Evening Star Newspaper, November 19, 1887, Page 2

" QITY AND DISTRICT. REAL EYTATE TALK. m of Street Eprovementy. Making TOP STREET Rarways | ON OF CONGRESS THIS WOITER--THE DEMAND FUR RENTED PROPERTY. The members of Congress are beginning to | arrive in thecity and inthe interval b fore the | ‘opening of the sessions of the national legisiuture | they are hunting up quarters for the winter. Gen- erally speaking they want furnished houses, as | ‘Whose Who rent unfurnished houses have already made their selection and have ‘heir families | located for the winter. The list of furnished ) Bouses for rent is quite extensive and there isa! ‘Wide range for selection. Some of the finest Private residences in the city completely and even Glegantly furnished can be rented for the season, ‘and a temporary resident can be very comfortably Roused. ‘The renting season as it is drawing toa close 13 commented upon by rea!-rstate agents as Deing a tery good ona, and while there are houses stil op the renting lists, the number 1s not very large, especially 3 compared With what was offered in the carly |poriion of the season. ‘Tne number of expeasive houses rented indicates that society circles tints secon will recelve many Dotabie additions. In other respects the Teal es- | fate market fs quiet, although ® rood many trans. | actions are being made, as tne daily court record Will show. Butlin ations continue to be active, and a lirze number of new houses are | Started esch week. Dealers consider that the t outlook is promising, and pralict a revival im the spring of the activity of the past year. The inovement th subaran peopercs isprincipaliy con. | fined to th= completion of the Work of opentay grading screets, anda creat deal inthis Hine ts | Detng done in th ourlying subdivisions, ‘A PROPOSED PLAN FOR STRERT IMPKOYRMENTS. (A Suggestion h: ven made to Col. Ludlow, the ‘Engineer Commissioner, to cto away with the pres- ent system of making street improvements, ac- cording to a schedule submitted to Congress, upon which appropriations for that purpose are based. It is proposed that a lump sum be appropriated, and that ail street improvements be made only at tie request of a majority of the property-helders upon ech street. One-thint of the cust of such im- ements 0 DE assessed upon the property, and fhe remainder to be paid ont of tne appropriation made for that purpose. It is claimed that the cost to the individual proj ‘¥-holders wilt be slight, and that they would be perfectly willing to bé taxed tothat extent In order to secure the improve- ments. It is also cialmed that it will be a more equitable system, and that the streets needing tre pavements the most wouid in this way obtain im- ements which, under the present systew, might be delayed for years. A calculation of the cost of paving streets under this arrangement has pees made ¥ Bich shows that for property fronting 20 feet on a roadway % feet wide the cost of asphalt pay ‘ment at $? per square yard would beanout 3%. The Mgures are us follows: ‘Twenty feet front on a roadway 335 feet wide would give a total of 700 square (eet, or about 77 square Yards. At $2 per yard this w d cost the District $154, and che-third ussessed against the properties ‘On both sides would be about $51, or about $25 for | each side cf the street. ‘The strects fo be improved each year would in this way be determined en- | urety by the citizens, the extent of such work be- ‘only limited by the amonnt of money appro- Dpefated vo ect two.tiirts of tio cost, SEW STREET RAILWATS. ‘The attention of Congress at the coming session | ‘will be called to a variety of plans for improving | and expanding the present system of street rail- ways, The effort made at the last session to pro- | eure a charter for a cable road, Walch will make a | about the city, will be | at at least two eom- | panies ta addition will ask for the privilege of | using the streets of the eliy for street | railways. The promoters of tliese schemes seem to be indifferent as to what motive power is desizuated to be used, whether cable or electricity, and it 1s probable that the authority to use either will be asked for in the tills, All taese railroad plans will be vigore! | pushed, and the contest promises .o be as animated asitwas last winter over the granting of the charter to the cabie road. In additiou to these lines within the limits of the city, chart ‘ery Will be asked for roads running out into we suburbs. The movement fora line out the Tenley- town road will be revived and vigorously urged and the projectors think thelr efiorts will ‘be crowned with success. Last year tt was to build s cable road on this route aud the’ pro- motors still favor that kind of motive power. in the event a cable road is authorized to ran @ freight car in connection with the passenger ear, 99 that a loaded Wagon, horses, driver and all can be hanied ‘the steep hill going out from West Washington. In this way it fs thought that tb enues of the company would bein a healthier condition than If ent! dence was placed on the Janes from the passenger trafic. Congress vill also be ask, sider the adv section of the city be neglected ag far as the introduction of buls in Congress Is concerned. —s tT STUDENTS, A Talk with Superiutendent Powel About the Work of the Night Schools. “The night schools,” observed Superintendent Powell, th the course of a conversation With a STaR reporter, “are fuily coming up to expectations, as far at least as the numbers in attendance are con- cerned. AS tothe benefits derived trom the in- struction given and the practical advantages to the scholars. that is something which we cannot estimate so readily. But I believe that ft is con- coded to be a great advantage to get pupils witnin the sehocl-house andJto provide suMictent facttt Hes for education, and then the denetits will i low. There 1s no doubt about our having the num- bers, The attendance ts double tua: of last year. 1 @i@ not know but that the opening of | sehools in various portions of the eity would | Jessen the number of pupils attending the schools first opened. fat such has not Ween the case. The attendance at the school in the Franklin building is lancer now than when it Was the only aight school open in the District Jor white puptis. As perhaps you know, there are now im the six districts coiprising the white | Schools four schools, located in the Franklin, Merry, Peabody and Jefferson buiidings At some of Weve schools the Attendance reaches 160, and in others the number of seholars t= about 127. The jendance at each of the four schools is Thea there is a colored Licht scheol in the Mudd buliding, and another in Hilisdale, and the attendance at both of these schovls is ‘over dance at the nigat | This does not Ineiude ‘ge attendance at the colored schools In the other two districts.” “<What proportion of this number are woment” asked the reporter. “There are not many women tho go to the night schools,” was the repiy; “perhaps not more Yan 100. There ongint t d there Is Bo reason why the girls wis to work during the ay showid ot eitend these schools at night. We | olars, and the order ts nt KNOW, the sciools ars tm three pights fi aceordine to their att. Teachers, beside a principal. ‘The course is juetic, reading, geography, history unt _penman- snip. "In addition, tue principal gives brief talks on civics, hygiene and physics. He makes these talks ay practical as possible, and endeavors Wo get the pupils to thing of the Kind of govern ment under Watch they ilve, how It 1s constituted, how the members of Conctess ure chosen, and how the Staves are governed. ‘Then ne talks of the Jaws of beaith, of venti! prover clothing, &. He speaks of” heat cold, and ow to read a | ‘Thermometer, and gives some suggestions as to how the Signal Service predic ‘Al these matters are Of practical every-day life, and the desire fs not only to Them to think for themselves. Under the subject ef apgiene the principals tn ‘accordance with tne ‘act OF Congress, tells the’ pupils about he effect of Rareotics aad the use of alcoholie stimulants on ‘the buman teay. “The advanced grade In the schools,” continued the superintendent, “13 composed, as a role, of qe aud young boy3 who are well” informed and Intefigent, generally speaking, but there are cer- tain detec educatton which they wish to remedy. ‘The schools are ragged schools by any means. There are a great many bo} earning good wi Decanse they ha s Yantages, ‘The course of study ts calculated to | aid the puplis in acquiring iiormacion. In the iret grade in arithmetic they beyim with simple sums in addition, subtraction, ae. Then they lake up fractions, decimals, and @naily, in the third grade, they jearn to calculate percentage, @iscousts, prot and less, and commissions. ‘They are taught about partnerships, stocks, tnuefest, <c. Tuen they read extracts fru Ament cam hisiory and in the questions on the passage yead, tue pupils are taught something about geegraphy, their reading 1 corrected, and they are Pireg Practice in writing English seitences. “The ier 13 important, use, while “many people Lnglisu ‘correctiy, they are botuered when they come to write to know where to put the captcais und how to Introduce te punctua on As you may Judge, a course in the night the puipits, but to ger | the disease prominent. When Senator Hill and and | | ore | Dougiass aid. THE EV E NING STAR: A CHAT ABOUT CANCERS. Distinguished Men who have had ‘Troubles with their ‘Throats. SOMR WHO HAVE THOUGHT TARY HAD CANCERS BUT DID NOT—COL. INGERSOLL. ATLMENT—THE CASES OF G2N. GRANT AND SENATOR WILL—STR MORELL KENZIR'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON, ‘The illness of the crown prince of Germany from cancerin the throat reminds the public of the great suffering of Gea. Grant, and renews popular interest in the discussion of this fatal disease. Such prominent men being affected by it makes Gen. G it died of It the theory was quite general that It Was the result of too free use of that noxious weed, tobacco. When it was announced that Cot. Robert G. Ingersoll was threatened with The disease, it was the belief of many pious people that It was the direct Judgment of the Lord. Ina conversation with Dr.E.Carroll Morgan, of this ctty, a STAR rvorter learned that Col. Ingersoll had no cancer, and that tobacco 1s not the radical cause of caneor. The trouvle wita Col. Ins A's throat was first discovered by Dr. Morgan twelve months before it went ont to the world that a “judgment” had come upon the agnos- tical Ingér-oll. Tn December, 1885, Dr. Morgan dts covered a tumor in Col. Ingerso!!'s throat and told him of it. It was then'not easily discovered, and other doctors who examined the throat about u esame me reported that they failed to sis Tanything of the sort. Dr. Morgen made a craving of the tamor as he saw it with his laryngoscope. ‘Two or three montus later some of the New York doctors discovered the tumor, Col. Jager-oll Wes then thoroughly frightened, a3 15 shown by a velegram sent by iim to Dr. Morgan from X to be in ils office at 11 o'clock the ere to con ‘The tone of the dispatch shows how 19 Was, and might be construed by some to indicate that the colonel snared the belief of hls pions critics that there was a “judgment. Dr. Morgan says of the tumor that It was a staple tumor, such as he has trequenty removed With pertect snecess, and was not a cancer at all. Colouel Ingersoll was going to Europe to consuit the best surgical skill there. He got from Dr. Morgan the address of Dr. Mackenzie, the sane Who has been consuited ay to the crown prince's throat, who Is a personal friend of Dr. Morgan. He telégrapaed to br. Mackenzie, who replied that he conid not be in London at the time designated. ‘Te “boycott, copspiracy” cages in New York pre- vented Colonel Ingersoil’s going to Europe. He then invited Dr. Morgan to accompany him to the Adirondacks and operate the tumor. This Dr. M.'s eng: nts prevented bis accepting. do not kndW now how Colonel Ingersoll ts,” said Dr. Morgan to a Stax reporter, “Dut he had no cancer. It was such a tumor as could be re- moved without extraordinary trouble.” PROMINENT MEN WITH THROAT TROUBLES. The doctor talked very interestingly with THR Star reporter about cancers, prominent men who had them, and those who thought they had. Being @ specialist In throat diseases many such cases come under his observation. “Cancer,” he said, “4 not aS common 2% YoU ma, suppose. It has been talked about mitch because of some great men betng attacked by It. Great men are not par- tieulariy subject to ft. A huckster is even more apt to have if, Cancer seems to pe more common now because we know more about It, and the case a, Grant attracted so much attention, ‘There are at jeast a hundred cases of consimption to one of cancer of the throat. When such wide publicity was given to Gen. Grant's symp. toma It, caused regular pante among, publle men who talked or smoked a great deal, and thought they mizht have cancer. Many risned Off at once to have thetr throats xamined. Peo. ple Who never thought of such a tidng before hud thelr Urroats looked into, it put considerable money ia the pockets of ihe doctors. It, would astonish you » know how many public men Stopped sinokley altogether or curtailed their sup- Ply of cigars, ‘There was one Senator—the successor to one of the members of Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet—who was an inveterate smoker, became convinced that he had acancer tn his throat, and lived a_ life of tor. ture for & few months. "There is probably not another man im this country who smoked as much ‘as but one brand of cigars that was strong enough for him. Any ordi nary cigar would be nothing more than a stick to him, and ft was very seldom he found a man will. ing to smoke one of his cigars. All during Grant’s last Illness he was under treatinent. There was a little sore place in his throat that I was very confident wax not cancer, but, of course, I could not Say positively at the 'very'frst glance. I told him that it was probably nothing at ail to be alarmed at. But he thought it a cancer, and was wild about it. He wanted me to state at once what it Was, a thing no man could do; but after waten- ing {t ciosely, T was soon able to" assure him that he ‘had no caheer, which he Was very reluctant to believe. Meanwhile Gen. Grant ‘died, and the first thing I knew the Senator was making cam- paign speeches in the open alr, and he ts now free rou ait apprehension. He 1s Onty oue of the most conspicuous of many. Many members and Sen- ators have th.oat trouble, Dut not cancer. Some | ehensive: others never appear to think of ‘One of Nir, Cleveland's Cabinet has had Fouble for a long Ume, but dou't believe as ever thought of its being cancerous, It he as he has never uentoned it, “There 1s no danger of cancer in bis ease. SCERS AND C1GAI cigars causes cancer?® « “3 it trac that smokin, ‘Hardly. Excessive smoking, asexcessive eating, rink cancer ng. or any other dissipation, will promote the person 18 already predisposed to tt, ‘There 15 no reason to suppose that suoktag will case cancer, ‘atany people smote at a frigtmal rate and get nocanter, Many never use tobacco and die with cancer. Women have cancer of the breast and throat, ‘They are not caused by smok- tng. If a person ts predisposea to cancer It may be brought oat by any sort of violence against na- ture. Late houra, too much eating, too much drinking, irregular habits of any sort, may develop it, it may be developed by a hurd blow. Sullivan might hii @ man in the neck and develop a cancvr for him. A long-cout.nued sore throa breathing bad air for a long Ume, au. thing tritating the throat, might develop cer Unat Was trying to come tnto existence, ‘here is a theory that cancer Is uereditary, but the hereditary line Is not strongly marked. Leredita- ment in it cannot be traced with any certataty. Cancers are not common, Tuere are manf throat troubles not cancerous, that are very common and anaoying. The tnroat is affected by the climate and atmospiere. Bad alr wil cause continuous Unroat irritation. The bad air in some of the public Dulluings bere make many throats suffer, and might remotely assist the development of cancer. ‘The Bureau of Lugraving and Printing and the Printing Otiice are trightiul om the ot ‘those exnployed in them.” DR. MACKRNZTE'S VISIT TO THIS CITY. In 1882 Dr. Mackenzie, the crown prince's sur- geon, Was the guest of Dr. Carroll Morgan in this city. The doctor has an excellent photograph ot him, as well as photographs of some of the famous viaan dectors Who have been ussociated With hn in the treatment of the prince's throat. “You may id mpon it that If Dr, Mackenzie has decided tat nothing fs to be gained by an operation on the prinee’s throat he knows what he Js talking about and the prince 13 done for. Dr. Mackenzie is cool, keen, lateliectual, and azn ous if there was anything to be done he woula not hesitate to do it. I ean see him now among those excitable German doctors, a cool Anglo Saxon, examining the crown prince’s throat as he Would’ yours or mine, or the throat of acar- driver, if he had him in charge. He has Perfect, self-po-sexsion and great skill. He 1s never “rattird. you see coolness and keen intellect. He can well stand Up against the Jealousy of the Germans! He will not come out, as poor Dr. Douglass did in the Written for Tre Evexre Stan. KISSES AND KISSING. A Custom Approved by Poets Siuce the Dawwn of Literamre. VERSES IN BONOR OF OSCUIATION—MODIFICATIONS OF THR KISSING CUSTOM IN DIVPERENT COUNTRIES— THE KISSING GAMES OF YOUTH AND THR TENDER MEMORIES-THEY LRAVE, ETC. int Alar! af moret » quence & The The frst sheet Deopyet cue tour Showse.* Sosang Leland, and for all we know he does Ample justice to his subject. Dr. Walcott calls it the child of love, and begs to be informed— SWhy so sida pl Bulwer speaks of a kiss as “soncentrating emotion, heart, soul, ali the rays of lte’s light, into asingle focus.” Southern tells us of “the fragrant Infancy of opening flowers flowing to his senses” in @ melting kiss, Dryden mentions a “pleasing Kind of smart” produced by a kiss, and then adde: “When gone the sense of {t ls ‘The aweernescliag icon my fie alt day, Like drops of honey loth to fall away.” Byron's “Long, long kiss, a kiss of youth and jover 1s famiiiar to all, as also Cragharn’s famous metaphor, wi poem on a prayer-book a kiss “Love's great ariiliery.” ‘The Latin poet Johannes secundus becomes quite eloquent upon the subject. “11 Is not Kies Neava gives,” he says, aude nectar, itis fragrant breath-dew, it ts nard, 71 gather on the browsof liymethus. "And then heex- presses a fear that if many are given him to devour © Will Soon hecowne immortal, and partake of the uets Of the gods,” Such, then, are some of the Qotinitions of a kiss We must, however, confess t according to our way of thinking Pindar's 13 by farthe truest to nature, Wino, When asked “What is osculation?” “Onculation, Nettie, dear, * repited Teak 4 Pe rie renice wunetion queer, That I spearmdyecr se pin need not fear, ‘here's no one near: I then— ‘Oh, dear! ‘Nettie, that’s oseniation.” As to who first invented kisses, we have not been to ascertain. Happy for lovers that he dia not take out a patent: Unhappy for him ‘Unat he fated to do s0, for his wealth would have exceeded that And had every mortal who ever in- ‘What in se a kissing made to his niged in kissing made a we and “east a stone upon tt, &8 low tells te. tavelers of oid were wonton that of Manfredi at Benevento, hts remains would be overheaped by a Veritable Tower of Babel. Johannes Secundus, whom we have already re- ferred to, gives kisses a divine o He repre- sents Cytherea as floating through the clouds With her snow-white swans, scattering kisses over the fruitful soil, and as corn first sprang up in the felds for the use of man, 80 sprang the sole rei edy for lovers’ pains—Kisses, the assuagers of ‘Love's Fes pom flame, Tne poet Heine, on the other nani them as the invention of a mouth all glowing and blest: “It kissd and it tt tot desi The fair month of May was then fis 8 flowers were all from the eurtl ‘sprit he sun was laughing, the birds were s.1seie. We shall not stop to discuss which 1s right, but the first kiss of which there fs any record 13 tne famous kiss which Jacob gave to Rachel at the well, After bestowing wiieb, we are to.d that he lifted ‘up his voice sind wept. Our readers will doubtless recall the discussion this gave rise to a few years ago, when every editor fn the land un- dertook to give an explanation of the youth's strange copduct—so much so that column after column of newspapers were filled with the same, We learn from ancient authors that kissing was once a common form of salutation between man and map, as also between men and women. Herodotus, speakig of te customs of the Persians, tells us that “when they meet one another fm the streets, one may dis. cover by the following custota whether those who meet are equals for Instead of accosting one another they kiss on the mouth; af due be a little inferior to the other they kiss the cheek, but if he be of a much lower rank he prostrates himself be- fore the other.” Homer, in his Odyssey, makes the herdsman and swineherd, when they discover Ulysses, embrace him and kiss both his head and shoulders, and, udds tho “4n like manner Ulysses kissed their heads and bands” And Pen- elope algo, when she recognizes the signe, of which Ulysses wold her evidently, “weeping, ran straight forward and threw her hands around the neck of Viysses and kissed his head,” it was also customary among the ancients for ‘the last kiss to be given by the dearest one, when at the point of death, and wasa fancy of ol that the survivor drew in, with the last breath of the dying, tuetr passing life. Thus, Bion makes Venus, in her lament over Adonis, say, “Rouse thee © little, Adonis, and again this last ume kiss me Just So far as there {5 Ute in thy Kiss, tll. trom thy heart thy spirit shall have ebded into my Lips and soul, and J shall have drained thy sweet love poti.n ahd have drunk out thy love; and I will treasure thig. kiss, even as it_were Adonis him- Seif, since thou, ill-fated one, dost flee trom me.” And Virgil puts the following speech in the mouth of Anna, the sister of Dido: “O grant. that 1 may Wash her wounds with water; and if any last breath may linger above, that I may cateh It with iy mouth.” Among the early Christions ft was a sign of fel- Jowship. “Greet alt brethren with a holy kiss,” writes st, Pani to the Thessalonians, and to the Romans, *Saiitte one another with a holy. kiss.” Many of the practices in vogue among lovers at the present day, in regard to kissing may be ‘traced pack to distant zes. Theocritus inakes one of his heroines omy iaouth and spit out your kisses.” Ta another place he inakes a rustic exclaim, “I love not Alcippe, for but lately she did not kiss me, Aeing cought me by the cara.” ‘This mode of salutation Suidas calls the pot kiss, aliuding to the double handie of a It was afterward called the Florentine, and was usually bestowed as a mnark of unusual ‘tenderness. ‘The following 1s from one of Horace’s odes: “While now her vending nec: she plies, Backward to iueet the burning kiss; ‘Then with au easy cruelty cet And wisies you would snatch, not ask the bliss,” Shakespesre hasgiven the world some remarka- Die kisses. In the Taining of the Shrew Petru- chio takes the bride about the neck and Kisses her iips— “With such a clamorous smack, ‘That a¢ the parting, all the church did echo.” In Richard the Third we are presented with the following: “Their li four red roses stalk, And, in their summer beatty, kissed each other.” Anthony and Cleopatra “kiss away kingdoms and provinces.” with the Tn the Winter's Tale wo have “Kisst inside lip,” and in Cymbeline reference Ts made to the aversion which fathers have to see their daughters kissed by an unfavored suitor. “Bre Teould Give him that parting kiss, which Thad set Bator rnp acini word cones fn In father, Aud, like the tyranpons breathing of the Shakes all our buds from growin.” Asto whether it be wrong to kiss we refer the reader to Burns: “Some sav that kissing's a sin; But think it's none ava, For Kissing has wonn'd in'this world Since ever there was twa. ‘Ob! if it wamna lawful Lawyers wadna allow it; 11 3t Woama ‘Poor folk wadila get it In the days of our fathers tt was the privilege of the driver to kiss his fair companion every ume they passed a toll-gate, of crossed a bridge. Sore Limes they claimed it Whether they did so or not, Grant case, He will not sacrifice as inuch as Dr. Douglass sacrificed hts prac. tice and hishealth, Cot. Fred. Grant said he was robbing tue estate whea he put in a bill for $10,000, He gave up a practice of $18,000 a year for Gen, Grant, and the last [heard of hin he Was embarrassed financialiy. He ts making barely enough t live on. The attention he gave to that case and the anxiety It caused him broke his health down. Hits practice and every! went Wo proces. People scidom appreciate ihe anxiety a doctor feels ior iis patient. Mackenzie will not Jet thts happen to him. ‘The operation it 1s pro- posed to perform upon the crown prince has been formed Six iimes, | Deleve, in this country. as we learn irom W. W. Story, Woo tells us of a Steigh ride he took “many s Jear ago: “We talk and then are silent: aod mies aw wh soul ‘om lifted your face— We Biaacd: there was nobody nigh And he goes on to rojoice because, among other things, they heard “no al curse.” Sir Walter scott, as Wo loarn from “che maiden who ventured Won of bim a pair of played as chil. bo mention, nor of the many ips met with those of each new love. What need we care that they are all wedded now, ‘he result? 1 believe'tt usually kills the patient HOW A CANCER EILLA. “A cancer kill somet'mes by eating into 2 biood- Vessel, by smothering or starving the patient, or by attacking the whole system. A man I operated on for cancer in the throat died at Providence Hos- pital. On post-mortem it wa ound that his stom- ach, all his intestines, the and even lis spine had been attacked by cancer. throat ate into an artes ho one knows how long he cancer 1n his , causing his death, Dut had had the cancers in- side of | tum. The disease was t is system. People are _ver apt to think they” have canesr’ when” they” have nothing of the kind. Thad acase of said his mother, his of ancestors bad di man who ther, and a whole line Of cancer, and that he had iM. Mls throat Was indamed, be bad pains and many symptoms Gf cancer, and an ¢xaminauon discovered an unnatural growth in his throat. It could not be determined at Once whether it was cancer or not, Finally I cut it out and it was examined through a micro. scope, and what do you su Was? A third Vonsil! Instead of two he had three tonsils.” Tt had become Imilamed and caused all the trouble, Of course it had to be cut out, but not being a cancer ‘une man bad to fear.” Loxvatovs Corrrss.—Dr. Henry Hiller and wite, of Wumington, Mase, are having constructed for jemseives, LW ponderous ¢: m: Which tney hope may be able to endure for usterd marks scoot 18 usu, and in many cases is aliberal edu- cation, YY a8 compared with what the had when they entered the school. ‘The teacuers commend the diligence and attention of the pu- pils, and altogether the night schools are ina very ‘satisfactory condition,” Fer the Eye of the School Authorities, ‘To the Faitor of Tux Evrxrxe Star ‘The contr.ctors turned the Phelp’s School over | estate vali tothe Commissioners in a very bad state. First, the eaters bad no screens, buf some are in prepara- tion. now. the blackboards were un- ‘and the schools had to wait for a week Uevore they could use them. ‘Third, and this ts the puplis have not 4 fuil supply of pals’ room they have not it fault, the SS, and they are 80 very’ kucck would break them. please call the attention of ties to Uhetact about the ink-w Dut to a great taconvenience, ‘those in tae principals’ room, a& ‘@ great deal of ‘Work todo. A Panes. ‘The teachers | their new coffins, which are beauties of and arustic skill: ‘While we are left to plod atong the road of life soli: tary and alone. tis the old, Old story of Schon Roartraut and her page: “Tho’ she were Upon thecomin worn whacmecd Paces Tee For do not ail the foraste’ ‘wot ‘That I have kissed Schon Robrtraut's beautcous monte ‘Whohasnot? Yon, old man, whom life’s hard hammering has into a wretch, is to the world greedy skinfint with a singis thought, and yet who knows but In bis desert heart there 1 an oasts of love and tenderness; and often when ‘we fancy him thinking about Mis money he 13 in Feallty Greaming happily of srnen, in years some Torest, he kissed is own dear ‘We cannot more happy than by quoting the answer of the celebrated painter, Benjamin West, who, when asked what it Was that urged him on in his ascent up the steey hill of fame, rep! "A kiss from my mother made ge a painter.” Frepsnic J. Hauy, The Rhecumation Bug. ‘THE EXTRAORDINARY JAPANESE DISCOVERY WHICH ASTONISHES THE WORLD, ‘Nagasaki Correspondence St, Louis @lobe-1 i il sy fe Z| i rine!) — ee Hue desis and in one soom on Tae WENT ts not an ing-welt. ‘Thewe | nece Rowan aod cm Gaines $ aking are Rot | crew of train in tae schools | Southerencern Kueads were sined Oy an sorioeae vn that ine near i ili i | ee t i F ffl i i if I i i i a i 2 ! i } f f i ri 3 3 ih th iff H ii H | f f f i ! HH have lived from the aaa oy and produced it at the | ce aera iatewerren as ‘and cinnamon, and honey such as bees ; 4 ARRIAGES OF CLERKS. Discussions Raised by the Ruling of | Trying te Fin _ the Postmaster-Generat, TENDER SCNTIMENT. AND | TAW—AN | INTERESTING QUESTION AS TO A WOMAN'S IDENTITY AFTER MARRIAGR—THE PROVISIONS OF THR CIVIL-SERVICE RULES—CASES SN THE DEPARTMENTS, ‘The generosity of Postmaster-General Vilas in Permitting a couple of his clerks to marry without losing their Government positions has oeca- stoned 2. cood deal of comment and gossip n ali the Departinents, Thove whathink of marryingin the service are doubtless making thelr calculations, and wondering how they would fare under simi- lar circumstances. They keep thetr thoughts to themseives, for all Department courtships are eon- ducted on the quiet, and the marriages are gener- ally surprises, the resignation of the lady being ‘usually the first public intimation that cupid has completed his work. ‘Tuose who have resigned doubtless regret that they did not maken: ap- al to the hearts of their respective Secretaries efore retiring to private ani married life. Secretary Lamar, in the light: of recent events, ought to bave teen particularly generous in inter- preting the law. Itis notby any meanscertain that any other cabinet officer besides the Postmaster General would look at such matters in as kindly spirit. as he showed, and it isa question in the minds of many if such action was within the letter of the clvil-service Law, ‘THE ALL-POWERFUL PERSUASIVE MEASURES. A prominent official in one of the uptown De- partments sald: “It was a bit of impulsive sent!- mentality on the part of the Postmaster-General that fs likely, if taken as a precedent, to catse no end of compiteations in the Depariment service. Of course it was very considerate on his part, and iL would be difieult to refuse sich a reques: inade jn person by a pretty, modest young Jady. doprecating air'and badimmed eyes. I take It for granted that such were the all-powertnl persuasive Measures adopted In this case. It ts torvunate for tae conple, though, that the young man was not the petitioner. “the line must. be“ drawn. some- ‘where, for if such practices should become com- ere Would be trombie.” ‘THE PRACTICE AND THE LAW. From inquiries made in the different Depart- ments by @ Star reporter, It could not be ascer- tained that an instance similar in results has ever occurred in the Government service, Occa- Sonaliy vote husband and wife have retained their Position: only by carefu Their Yeal relations to each other, “AC- cording to the announcement in this case, the Postmaster General avoided any difficulties’ that mugnt ange, Dy accepting the nation of & “Miss” and by appointing a “Mra,” thereby taking advantage of the aj power conceded him 10 paragraph 5, rule 16, of the civil-service rules, wilich teads: “Any person -appotatea to. oF em Ployed im any plage tn the classified service, WhO Shall be dismissed or separated therefrom without fault or Gelunquency on, hiS part, may be reap- pointed or re-employed in the samie Deparun office at a grade tor which no higher examination ‘sroquired than for the position he last held, within one year next following such. dismissal or separation, without further examina tion, on such certification as the Commission may provide.” The words “separation,” “without fault or delinquency” would doubtiess apply to the case in question, bat there are several technicalities that might’ be raised by civil service sticklers gaint tie Postmaster Generai’s iupttisive gener- osty, although 1io one would becold-hearted enough to dfaw the lines very closely in this case, In the first place it 1s not known that the Civi-Service Commission preseribed any certification as re- quired by the conclusion of the paragraph. Not- withstanding the use of the word “empioyed” In addition to “appointed” in the rule quoted many Persons old that civil-serviee restrictions in no Wise affect employes who occupied their ofictal Position before Uke civil-service law was passe and is applicable oniy to those who have recev their appotutments under the clvil-service rules, RELATIVES IN OFFICE. Another point that ts raised by persons in com- menting upon this case {s in regard to the clause Frohtbtting members of the same family from hold- ing Government clerkships. It isa ttle dimcuit to draw the family line according torule. Secre- tary Lincoln always held that the restriction in this connection only referred to the iminediate meinbers of a tamily—tather, mother, brothers d sisters, and such ruling would include & newiy fnarried couple. An examination of * the civil-service law would show, —how- ever, that the prohibition 13 not as rigid as generally supposed, ands _ rau n inferential conclusion than a direct order. Section 9 of the civil-service rules provides “that Whenever there are already two or more members of a family in public service in the grades covered by tis act, no other meer of such famLy shall be eligibie to zppolnuinent to any of said grades.” According to tuls, it iscertain that when three of a family aro In office a fourth cannot be appoluted, and When two are in office a tnird cannot be ap- pointed, | In case there is cnly oue, however, i Is juterred that there 18 no authority to appdint a second, A CASE IN THE NAVY DEPARTWENT. Not a great while ago Secretary Whitney, it will be remembered, taade a decision in striktny con- trast to the Postimaster-General’s. althongh the efreumstances were quite different. A young lady employe of the ent was murried to an employe of another Department about the 20th Of last May, She tendered her resignatic at the Umeof the marrig, vo take e' ‘ni Lhe end of thirty 8’ leave due her, Ly there would: ave been no hitch had the bride elect not remen- bered Secretary Whitney in sending out the wed- ding invitations. its attention was attracied by the invitation to the circumstances, and he atonce decided that the young lady was not entitled to the leave, and so far as Tecelving salary was con- cerned Her connection with the Department Was severed at the date of her marriage. ‘This was on the ground that there was no longer a Miss ——— to sign the pay roll, and as a resiilt she lost abouteleven days’ payin the month of May, for she could only receipt for pay to tue date of her marriage, A great many peopie think that the Secretary of the Navy and the Postmaster- General couid not have both been right on techni- cal points in these decisions, ‘The Navy Depart- ment clerk Was considered another person alter marriage, while the Post-OMce clerk was the same after marriage, else there could have been no re- appointment. A PERPLEXING CASE. In speaking of the matter to Tum Stan man a Department clerk recalled an instance which Might have nonplussed the authorities had the ease come before them fora decision, A young lady friend of his named Miss Smith, a clerk In one of the Departments, was married, but ro- mained in office. Her changed life did not cuange her name, however, for she inair.ed a man wlio Was also named smith, and no dificulty was expe- rienced in keeping the Department offictas in ignorance of the matter. But Tax Stan's inform- ant Was anxtons to know if she would nave been entitled to sign the pay-roll alter marriage. she ‘was anotuer Smith, but her name was notchanged. Department officials generally do not think that : WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 19, 1887—DO SNAKES AND SNAKE BITES. an Antidote fer the Venom of Reptiles, ‘TRE EXPPROUENTS AT THE NATIONAL MOSETM—TRAS- ING RATTLRENAKES TO DISCHARGE THEM VEXON— INIRCTING POISON INTO LIVE ANIMALS—THE nID- ROUB GIA MONSTER—A TALK WITH DR. YARROW. Climbing a narrow stairway hidden in a corner behuid an exhibition case in the Smithsonian building, and threading a roundabout passage throug’ an arsenal of tall lances, bows, war-clubs, and other aboriginal weapons, a Star reporter found his way to the reptile department of the institution. It ts in one of the galleries overlooking tre exhibition hall, Tuere were no reptiles in Sight, except the dried body of an iguana. A pair of pigeons were hopping about in a big cage; a big, long-legged bratma pullet was fretting in an- other cage that was not high enough fort to stretch out at full length; another hen was tethered by means of a cord to a leg of a table, and two rabbits were gam- boiling in a big box witn a grated cover. Strewn about the table were repiiles. ’ “Where are the snakes?” repeated Prot. Rheem the assistant ‘to Dr. Yarrow, curator of ne de pernens. “Here they are,” and he tapped a high against which Tur Stax reporver leaned as ho made his observations, In response to the tap there came from the box # hui 3 ing fang, something ike the song of the Sftcket. sus- tained indefinitely. It was the whir of a rattle. shake, Prof. Kheetn, having raised the cover of tue box, down in thé gloom at the bottom could be seen four rattlesnakes gliding and coiling about. ‘THR GILA MONSTERS, : In another box was a pair of ungainly and re- puisive-looking creatures, known as Gila mon- Sters, because they are found in the Gila River country. ‘These creatures are about 1h inches long, nd formed something on, the Hines of fn eroooalhe ‘Thetr legs are short and sturdy, their necks thick and ipuscular, their heads most_sinister looking, with a bidecus jaw, ‘Their movements are erally siow aid awkward, bat they bite with Startling suddenness, and hiny on like a snapping care. op rre are, Stories about thelr, vending 4 plece of iron in their strong jaws, The reptll pI ve rartment thousands of ‘them all labeled, cacal end stowed away in jars of alcohol, to be taken down Ee ee pas oe ken from. Ive snakes are kept some. times for‘ itis, while “tor study, and casts are made from them, The reason ior ‘the four ratulesnakes at present 18 not so muc! study the reptiles a8 to find some way to rob {item ot thel terrors. In other words Dr. Yarrow, he cirator, s making experiments with a view to testing the virtue of various supposed antidotes for snake poison, PROCURING THE VENOM. Of course he hasto have the poison first, and while Tug Star reporter was looking on Dr. Yar- Tow came and went through the process of get- ting the m. Dr. Yarrow hada jong stick or staff, with a strap so attached to the end as to form! a noose, which could be let out or tightened by means of ‘another stick. With this snake lasso he fished fp the rattlesnake box until he got the noose over tne head of one of the serpents. Then he quickly tightened the noose, and brought the uirrutug repule out of the box into fall daylight. ‘The ‘strap clasped the serpent tightly avout six Inches from the head. With this much play tt farted its Lead about [nan angry manner. Then Prof. Rhecia came forward with a stick, on the end” of which was attached a wad of cotton, The wadded suck was. Unrust at the angry serpent until i, opened its jaws and struck Owl, burying its qiugs in the cotton. Again and again it atruck the Cotton, and when it seemod Yo get tired of It Dr. Yarrow irrivated it vy scratch. Ang its back with a pair of forceps he held in one hand. Finally tt retused vo strike any more. ‘The ‘snake was dropped into the box and liberated and the cotton wad was placed on a saucer. Another ‘snake Wus fished up in the same manner and made to strike at another cotton Wad, and this process was kept up until ali four snakes had been £0 to speak, of their venom. From the cotton thé Potson 18 extracted and kept in solution, INJBCTING THE VENOM. ‘The solution of venom 1s injected into the fleshy Parts of the pigeons, chickens, or rabbits upon which the experiments are tried by means of a hyperdermic syringe. Many birds and animals have already been sacrificed on the altar of science. The venom has been administered alone todetermine how quickly it will kil; then sug- fed antidotes have been injected instantly after he injection of verom. In some cases the venom, ‘with the antidote, seemed to produce death moré rapidly than the venom alone. A rabbit after re- ceiving a dose hyperd@rmically of twenty-five min- ims 01 the solution of venom would dit in ten OF tweive minutes, First it would become very stu and He still, then it Would breathe very qui and finaliy'die in a convulsion, The only cat Where the veuom did not Kill was taat of a hen, Whose les was ughuy iigatured above tne potntot injection. BITTEN BY THR OILA MONSTER. A heioderma, or Gila monster, was brought out While Tne Svan reporter was there, and a rabbit thrust at it, The torpid looking beast made a ul Part of the t's hind leg, crushing its teeth In until the bbit squealed ‘piicously, ‘Th rabbit afterward siifered Lo more inconvenience than tt. would trom. the blie of any animal with sharp teeth, There gre many scientific precautions observed in mak- ing the experiments. Careful notes are taken of every step, and care Ig taken to bave the purest chetaicais’ So far there has been discovered no effectual antidote, A TALK WITH DR. YARROW, Dr, Yarrow sat in his office the other evening and talked with a Star reperter about snakes. “I might say we have just begun our work. We in- tend to make exhaustive experiments with every- thing which is presented as an antidote for the Polson ofa rattlesnake. We expect soon to receive two or three fine large Florida rattlers, There are many things for which 1s claimed the virtue of Reutralizing the poison of a snake bite, but thus Fr We have not found anything that has satisfied our experiments. Of course that does not signify that we will not Mad an antidote, as our work is ‘still before us, a8 I have said. We'have tried those things that have been tried by selentists and pro- nounced successful. My greatest disappointment Was with ammonia, Halfred, uke Austrian, made experiments with ammonia, and said tat, in Jected into the wound made by the repule, it Proved a perfect antidote. This seemed quite reasonable from the fact that the poison of a rat- tesnake fs acid, and an antidote might reasonably be expected in a strong alkail, like ammonia. But my experiments Were ‘a failure. I injected the poison of a rattler into pigeon’ and followed at © with un injection of ammonta into the wound. now just how long it takes a n to die Snap and buried its fangs in the fleshy ral We from the bite of @ rattler, and we found thit in- there is much probability that a newly-married man and wit will both be carried on the pay-rolis nt that any length ot ttine. It 1s only the hey object to, “6 CASES IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS. ‘The only caso in any way similar to those men- tioned that ever occurred in the War Department was that of a copyist, who was the wife of a Sig- nal Service man in clerical duty. Tacir reiation was not known for some time, but when it was discovered the lady was required to hand in her resignation. It was about the thue reductions Were Delag mude in the Departments, so that no attention Was attracted to the case. "In the De- unent of Justice, during Attorney-General Brewster's verin, there was a inarried isdy emus ployed, nithough tt is not known that her husband. was in'Governinentemploy. Sho frankly stated to the Attorney-Generat her cireumstances, in order that he might determine whether she was entitled to remain in the Department or not. AS sho Was an exceptionally good clerk the Attorney-General as frankly told her Wat he saw no reason Why the Department should be deprived of her services simpiy because she had a husband. As a general thing, the cases which are brought to the atten- tton of the Cabinet oMicers for thetr decision, be- cause of marital relations, are extremely rare, lations are frequent enot rhaps, but Care is taken thatthe authorities are tot C00 well informed about them, pa arabes se AE A Church in a Dilemma; A FRUITLESS EFYORT TO STOP ONE OF TCE MEMBERS FROM TALKING. ‘The De Witt Memorial churen, in Rivington street, New York, i3inafix. All on account, the New York Times says, of a tall, square-shouldered maiden lady named Rebecca Fream. The fault with Rebecca 1s her unusual Christian ardor. Hvery Tuesday evening they hold an open service ‘sicad Of saving the biru’s life the ammonia caused death muck sooner than the poison alone. Perman- Sanate of potash falied alsa, John Shorts snake ‘stone no vent poison. Eu- Pphorbla—the miikweed—ts is to possess great virtue as an antidote. Tne Indians are said to ‘use some form of it with it success. We gaveit @ very thorough trial were disappointed, We Injected an extract into the wound; made a Uce of the plant n inject some the extract into the'rabbit’s stomach, but It. did him no good—he died, ‘There are many other ‘that we are going to try. ‘There are many tional re les for snake bite as for tise, We aro going vo try them all, "We siall vast by experiment any remedy suggested. ‘THE BEST WAY 70 GET THE POISON. “For the purpose of experiment we inject the venom of the serpent fnto the flesh of a live rab bit or pigeon. We get the venom from the rattler making him run bis fangs into absorbtive raw- utonrant eject tho polite, witch te eer eeed extracied from the cotton and to sorution. ‘The method of pressing the mn glands of the rattler to foree the polson out isnot effective. It cannot be done with the snake in a healthy condition, 111s fangs fold back when be notatout to strike, and in so doing cutoff the flow of venom. ile must, be either under the tn. e of Chiorotor na very week physical Condition {0 adzmie of this ‘methea of geting was Venom. After taking chloroform the rattler Glen, ‘The way we do 1s to simply put the raw cotton om the end of a stick, and poke it at the rattler and tease him until he strikes tt, i iking glass or a dish inj Striking once or twice it hurts them, and thes ase afraid totry ft any more. But the cotton does thera 20 Injury at all. “One of the interesting experiments we are mak- Ing 13 Loget some of the saliva from the teeth of the ja monster,’ and test it, to determine whether Dive of this stranj ‘The endeavor of other people to shai sorvices have taken on 8 Curious forme we riptures furnished, m ‘geem as though the Sci a remedy for all the ills that cor tions are heirs to, bub itseems not. So Secular au influence as that of 3 Judge was invoked & y if S 8 z 13 4 ef ! a bi him He seemed ‘Weill, and was as i Soe accor ran Rs tothe pinto beck Heys al swinaow eat of i ottice UBLE SHEET. to me for rattlers, but they are en- Urely harmiesa, 1 intend te iry the vencta on.this One to-morrow.” During the rest of tne con’ Uon this Hitle’ nt Waseither cotled about the doctor's hand or gliding about his desk SINGING AS A PROFESSION, Clara Loutee Kellogg's Advice. SHE THINKS AMERICA WILL SOON LEAD THE WORLD IN VOCALISM—THE IMPORTANCE OF 4 GOOD MASTER— CONSERVATORIES NOT RECOMMENDED, Correspondence EVENIxe STAR. (Copyrighted, 188° NEw Youk, Nov. 17, 1887. ‘There ts no woman in this country Better quall- fied to advise young women upon the subject of music than Clara Louise Kellogg. For years she has occupied a very high position in the world of music. As all the world knows, she hasa splendid voice, splendidly trained, and by her talents and hard work she has placed herself in the front Tank of American vocalists. I had an extended conversation with her the other day upon the sub Ject of musical education for young women, how ‘those who desire to study should begin, and the Tewands the singing offers those tho possess ¢o0d Voices, Miss Kellogg replied with charming trank ness to all my questions. I asked her: “What chance has a young woman to succeed in the musical ” “Every chance in the world—if she has ability. But, mind, she must have ability and that must be otno: kind either, Buc with musical abil- {ty apd a proper, careful training she has every Possibie ¢ to succeed. The demanc for sirst- Class vocalists is now greater than it has ever been and no one who ts first-class should be in want of engagements and If properiy placed betore the ublic would sneceed Very We ‘The musical pro- ession offers great, inducements to young ladies toenter ite ranksif thoy have the ability, and as musicians they can make a great deal oi money.” ‘Would you advise any young lady who has gbiuty to study muste with the idea of making her ve jt” “Yes, if they have the ability. But that ts a dimcuit and serious question to settle. How are they going to decide whether they have musical ability OF not? ‘They may have pleasing voices, and be able to sing very well in a drawing-room, andon that account their friends and psrents, Perhaps, will tell them that they are to bé trained a8 songstresses, Dut after years of study and ex- ‘they turn out failures. One good way to tif one has musical ability is to wa ‘of singing and get him to tell if the enough to train. Perhaps he will not tell at once, Dut after a few montis’ Practice he can teil surely if the voice ing to amount to anything. It itis not, study of music a8 a future means of sup: Ing Ones’ seit should be given up and some other It the is worth Trainin; | i ce 5, 8 a Hy i 3 5 i C4 a i Profession then Wt should be trained thoroughly, and o trouble spared to make oneseit as periect as sible. In to having natural talent in the shape of a goud voice, however, oue inust have a love for music, It’ must bé a part of existence and must run through your blood. To ven successful stager you mustappree ate Cs Music You aro singing, and be in harmony tih the work in whicu you are performing, Just the same a8 an actor tries to assume the character he 1s playing. There are too many young ladies who are trained as vocallsts because the profession 18a teel one and because they have fair voices, I ave mét with a great number who have been studying for a_greal Leen at great expense to thelr friends and re Lives who conid really not afford the outlay, and they will never be able to @o anything in the pro- fession to amount to anythlug. ‘These ladies usu- aily become and third-rate comic opera = =, ‘Aiter a woman has decided that shehas ability how woud you advise kerto proceed with her education, and at what age should she begin to ‘train her voice?” "Al Line age of seventeen or cighteen years is a good time vo beg n, but great care snould be taken ‘With the voice Dy Not overtaxing it with too much work, Many voices are spoiled by giving ‘them too much to do betore they are thoroughly matured, Asan example of this the choristers in the chureh choirs can be taken, ‘They are trained When they are very young and their voloes are taxed with a great ‘of Work, Later on in lite they rarely become very good singers and usually change into very ordinary tenors and basses; of course there are some exceptions to this rule, LJ late Joseph Maas was a choir boy, and then Patti Voice Was trained when she Was very young, Care must be taken In the selection of a teacher, and unie.s one is procured who thoroughly wnder- stands the voice, he will do Uirle good with it, One master may be able to make a singer of you where another would not be avle to do an: thing. A muster must not only understand music theoretically, bat he must also understand the voice — be ee train It _, as to strengthen the weal rts, good Way to begin to study ts to learn the theory aud be able to read correcil ‘then when the voice is well matured and 1s. read ‘to be trained, there will be no delay Un by ba’ ing to study theory. ‘The voice musi not besirained At all, and everyting must be taken easily wit It or it Will be ruined.” About how long a period of study Is nec essary?” ‘That depends on the ability of the pupil, but in ord: Umes two or Uiree years Wiil do and sometines a much longer per.od is necessary.” “What ‘books would you recommend for a student to sez” “I don't think books are any good, They are well enough to read, and a few usetil hints may be gathtred from thein that Will heip somewhat, but the best kind of study 1s practice, and #0 long as the voice 1S not tired, that willdo more good than all the books ever written.” “Is it necessary for one to go abroad togeta complete rusicil education?” “[ think ivi, One may study well enough, and find Just as good mastars in thiscountry as will be Tound in Europe, but the students caunot get the Mnisned education here they can abroad. Ja Europe there is hat is not obtained here, and one feels that she has to study, and they do too. They accomplish more good Work the.e in Unree months than would be done ina year if at home. I don't know what to cal! 1 but there is something in the atmospucre, something In the surroundings that iakes you und try to accomplish’ great things. You would be surprised to find how many co auroad to study and yet what @ few there are who really amount to anything.” “aro the European masters better qualified than those of this country?” “<{ don't know that they are. The masters there are first class. In this country the masters are also very good. Idon't believe in conervatoric or academies for the study of music. They may be very well to train for choruses aud choirs but Rot for solo singing. They cannot give tne atten- Uon toa pupil in an institution that a master will vo his own pupil, and then the students 1a these institutions don’t study as much as they would if they Were being taugnt Individually. The conser- vatories inay be for tue study of theory, and for acertain practice, but not for training the of a sol venWwhy are woinen not employed in the ofchestras 1 don’t see why they shoutd not of our theaters?’ “I don't know. pecialy stringed instruments, they have. dls? Fe ned themselves: be, becanse in unguis an many ways, and some few have shown that they can play ou the heavier and wind instruments. Some of the femate or- chestras have periormed very high chorus music. I think women could fill places in orchestras very well, and I think they will some dar. Tama believer in woman's ability, and think, with ‘exception of manual lxbor, she can do any- thing the sterner sex now ao.” “Do the Voices of Women in. this country com. Pare favorably with the voices of women of oter ork, In’ that statement, though, 1 wilt leave out Ger many. Germany Will, [ think, remain at the ( Country ‘im yoing to lead the others iu inusie. “Alt ry to lead the ou mausic, Al the performers fa the world come here, and aie ait apy ‘The American pubiic pay weil tor music, and are becoming a great music-loving people. “Docs the musical profession compare favorably ‘With the professions froma money-making stand- 13 pet gon't know much about other professions, but I think the musical profession is a very _goou one, and I think ‘si and performers ‘are Detter than in any other prozession. Look at the ut a tf Bumber of year and have | ary cases from four tO five years.” S me- | in earnestness about the study | SKETCHES FROM NEW YORK, Pletnres Drawn trom Life by Cum- mings and Hall. EX THE COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS—WAERE THE CRIMINALS OF THE XETROPOLIS ARE TRIED—Tow THE CITY MAS DEGRNERATED IN THE EYES OF BULLY M'GLORY—MADE DULL BY MORALITY. Special Corrrapondence of the Evening Star. New York, Nov. 18, Every morning there drives up toa square brown Duilding near the city hail a big van of about the same color 2s the building. Acurious and not Prepossessing crowd d:sembark from it and is es. corted up stairs to one of the Unree court rooms Where sit the Judges of General Sessions. ‘They are locked up in apartments opening into the court rooms. The scene inoue of these will an- ‘Swer as a description of all the rest and tliwstrate bow the busiest and most important criminal courts of the metropolis are run. The court Tooms are Cingy, and crude attempts at better Yeatilation for them have nat proven successful, The bails leading to them are crowded with & motly throng. You will usually Mx among them at least one man with a black eve and a bandaged: head, and a dejected-iooking woman with a puny babyin her arms. Nearly every @ay brings a de- tachment of solemn Chinamen, accompanied bY oreter of their oWn Face, Who 10OkS pros Pperous and Wise ata of Italians for whom tne translating 1s done by a doughty court interpreter, Who spends his letsure moments In over a pocke! dictionary, At1L2 o'clock one of the numer. ous cou Woo all look stern and rather thelr feliow-men, shouts “Hats off!” thus announces the coming of the jude. cer opens the court with Ube usually aniptelligt- ble manne ected by his kind, and then the griad begins. ‘There are perhaps twenty-five cases t0 be disposed of in each of the three courts of General Sessions of the city, and there is little time for su- erfuous formelity, Lawyers press forward i “an over the railing, behind wWolch the district attorney or one ‘of his assistants sits, and other counselors approach the bench fo confer with the Judge. Sometimes the buzzing of conversation between lawyers and clients Becomes so loud that a stern court official has to rap for order. The clerk, who has learned by long practice Une art of keeping the wheels of {he court's machinery moving rapidly, seizes a large bundie of indictments and cails out the names of the prisoners. They are juentiy brought in two at atime. It speaks well the oMicers of the law that i surprisin umber of the prisoners plead guilty. They are, in the main 8 sorry-iooking pany. representatives of criminal clarses OF New } ork, and not tnfrequentiy have served one term ip When the } sends Up o7¢ of tee Lo his second term he supplements bis sentence with the remark that it ‘Would be better for the community if a ‘ for New when convicted a (hird time, should be sent uj Lie—an opinion which many of the judges of York entertain. ‘THOSE WHO COM POR TRIAL First come a trio of vicious-looking boys, repre. sentatives of the young bandits who prow! about the strects robbing chfldren, women, and even men, They have @ dialect all their own, and answer the judge's questions in a half-suilen man | her, ‘hey are sent to the refuge to contaminate Jess sinful boys with thelr association, ali schemes to keep the more depraved lads separate from the ‘others in the fastitution having failed, One of the Judges is strougly Jn favor of Nogging them as the | only adequate means of panishieni. ‘Ihen a youny man, With alow forehead and a Pained expression or countenance, is aurried_ { Ward to the bar and pleads gullty’of stealing $1.50, | Heexpiains tuat he was .rank When he did i, tnd that he Bad just recovered from having the | deuiruca tremens in a padded eel at the Tombs, His father, a tail man, well-known in the chy as an auunosi fanatical tmperance lecturer, comes | forwardend eagerly begs the jndge to'let the young tan off with a lizut punishment, and he is fent (o prison for thirty days and adjuréd to mend his ways. A particularly Umid looking prisoner, Soo Js forever stroking his chin in a perrgus man- ner, is called forward and asked by the stern clerk whether or not he is gutlty. He says “not guilty” nan uncertain tone of voice and then Tecognizes the itor, Who nods at him and says: “Oh yes, I remember you.” The prisoner tries to court the favor by forward to shake hands with him, but’ an oficer escorts him back to the prsomer's room at a rap rate and is case Is set down for trial on another T. A lawyer with a round face and spectacles, who has been detsined to defend a youth charged with setting fire to a block in the heart of the city, asks @ postponement of the trial because he bas the earache. He gets his heart's desire and then the clerk calls the name of @ prisoner on bail. Two shouts fail to summon hitn and the clerk shouts for the business nen who Went his ball to produce the prisoner, ‘The business man fatis to do it, and the entry “bail forfeted,” Which means so mauch to the business man, Is inade on the record of tue ease, boy’s overcoat, pleads guilty to the thy Judge, Who someunes indulges ina t, and the grim jox World she wanted of a boy’s K Or speech surprising tna ly. She is semtenced to niiests ho emotion When she . Very few lears are wasted in these pera! Sessions, although they are the channels througi: which’ Mow the current of the principal criaimal cases that develop in the inciropolts, DRIVEN To CRIME. A young man, charged with picking pockets, ad- mits that he has been iu State prison, Dut says that he was driven tocrime because the story of his former imprisonment followed him and drove hitn from Work. Tie grows eloquent as he tells. hts sad sicry, Dut (he court has to sentence him to a Jong Uri in State prison, and he walks away with the suspicion of moisture in Lis eyes. A. very | Diack man, charged With stealing a pool ticket, | pleads not gutlty, says he has no money to hire & Jawyer, Tue judge calls on a y lawyer, near the rafiing fronting the bar, to take the’ case, ‘The attorney looks not pleased, for he 1s allowed no money for his service. AS an oficer of tbe curt, however, he 1s compelled to undertake it and Withdraws to consult with bis dusky client. ‘Thus the machinery grinds on, The grand jury comes im, and ali other business Waits until they are polled and have handed mp their huge package 07 indictments, The grand Jury ts always in ses Sion im the broven couri-bouse one, going on duty a5 s00n as apother ls discharged. 18. brief recess at 1:30 o'elock, and the Judge retires to eat a luncheon brought to his room trou a resiaurant, Hatt an hour taier the grind begins again. Those who have wished fo plead have been disposed oF at the morning session, and the afvernoon Is devoted a is suspended for a moment some pris: over td plead. ‘One weatly-clad woman, with careworn face, tottered 10 the bar one day last Week to answer to the ¢ aan Seay ah own house. Se Was the only really agicated pris- | Suoref the day. “It. Was shown thattabe had mo otive for Une ‘deed, and was 2 worthy woman, She was discharged and. was co moved av being Acquitted that she tottered from te court-room, fairly failing at the door as she went out. Amos J. Ccamanes. BILLY M'GLORY'S VIEW OP NEW YorE. ‘A sad-eyed man with hair that clusterea around bis thin, poetical face in long ringlets, strolled throug Ceutral Park on Sunday afterncon with bis head sunk on his breast in gentle meditation and melancholy. “New York,” le sald bitterly, “is a busted com- munity. She's a dead cock in the pit. Novnin’ of the glee and joysomeness which formerly charac- terized her retains but ashes and gioom.” He was clad _— pt deed . aioe overcoat, snowy linen, anda beaver bat, le Sess or einen Was subdued bya broad band of crape. The man Was the picture of aristocratic Tespec ability. It Was not ubtil be spoke thatone Giscovered that he was not a member of the most ve eitcles ot New York society. He rustied ves slowl¥ With bis black cane and =moothed u S OULOF Dis gloves, IC is dificult to convey any just notion of the absolutely solemn and romantic appesranee of Billy McGiors, €x- conviet, ex-dire Keeper, and once declared to be ‘the wickedest man in New York, “You don't often come out here, do your” I asked as be srrotled along beside me. “Rvery day. I'm fondot trees, binds, flowers, excitement, and art. “The Catherine Woll picvures ‘im the museum are great, ain't tncy? Whad@ they're worthy” “Half a million.” “Atleast, I'd rather sce ‘em th’n a prize fight. 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To the kaitor of Tur Evexpre Permit me, through the columns of Tar Prew- "NG STAR, tO @nter & protest against some of the methodsof instruction in the High School I refer now particularly to the teaching of Latin there. Since the commencement of the school term, now only (wo months, the beginners have been rushed through work which involves the learning of ali the MSof the grammar, which, of thetaselves, ould occupy UOt less than ‘Ubree months for thorough learning; and, in addy Uon, the pupils have to trausiste dally about a dozen Latin sentences into English, and as many more English sentencrs tnto Lata. The resuit ts ‘Tuat, with all the time the = can command, Ubey cannot thorouguly w nd anything, and consequenuy th are confused and jaded. This heavy task Work, Which Tequires 8 much time go through with at all, 1s the bane of our schools, | und, Whet ts Worse, ft ts generally a periectty we less addition to Cheit ee "vy ag ‘Thus, 4 the present case, though Ubere may ao wily nent derived "from. translating these modern Latin sentences into English, yet a well-studied ind deliberate, translation of a single ‘wentencr of wser would be worth m to the mil, ame | Would give hin more advancement in know) or thefanguage Than a page ot cae suf! whlch is palined off in the text-book used as Latin; but Ue Irapsiation of English sentences into Lain ts ab- soluiely without any beueMt wuatever, and the | tune employed in That work ts worse than Crown away. There is poobject im learning to write or | speak Jatin in our times, and while there ts so | much of other valuable knowledge to learn, 1 is a. fin to Waste time On Chis work. Many teachers eer to be wholly unconscious of the true tse of ea Latsp language to the student. The frst. main snd practical valuo.of Latin to us isto | gaiB a mastery over that important part of ou Gwn language which 18 derived from Ube Latin,and to ve able to undermand the Latin words, tochul- cal tertnn, phrases and quotations whicu abound inourentings. Tue second to the scholar.ts that he may read and the ly understand and clate the rich and valuable ilterature of that janguage, and the xhortest easiest road to its ac- ee lutte dig- ging and dro as . Another thing must be objected to in the $e torms in thie connection, The papiis im School are taught to pronoun: ¢ Aefordimg to the so-called “phonetic methods” fo Set an idea of the absurdity of this me"Rod, tor 1 Stance, Cicero $8 pronounced *Aeckara,” and Vir 2," Weergheel.” This is abominable. "The Latin firizuaze, the living propanelation uf which in, of course, lost, 15 80 closely allied to our own lame guage, abd forms bodily so much of 1, that it ob Vows y should be assimilaied in pronudc ation, as it bas been for centuries, But this artincial pro- Dunciation is bringing us ton Jaron aniutellig:ble to every one Who has no beea trained into its imaysteries, and who, if thus traiued, must find toe language entirely divorced from our own language except to the sight. Let me ilustrate: Ifa learner should ask a (eacher the derivation of our word circumscribe, the teacher would auswer that i comes from the Latin word irerkoomereepa,” ao cording to this new-fangied pronuncistion. ‘How clear the derivation wowd be to the seeker of Knowledge! And yet the Latin word Js spelled ex. aciy like the English, exespt the terminal letter, and means exactly ‘the same thing. Common gense and the common practice of ceaturtes evi- dentiy show and require (hat the two languages should be according to the same prin- pays of the English language among Eng Isn-speaking people. Paxext. ———___ Jenny Ling’s Prevents, THR GOLDEN KRCOLLECTIONS OF THE LEADER OF THE NIGHTINGALK'S ORCHESTRA. Prot. A. Waldauer, who is Supposed to be the last survivor of Jenny Lind’s orchestra, and wbo was the leader of the orchestra at the St. Charles Varieties Theater in 1852 when employed by Bar- num to accompany the Swedish nightingale as soloist, sald to a St. Louis reporter: “The orchestra was composed of eighteen soloists, each one of whom could take a part to fill out the am Knowing Unat Twas a favorke 4 Lina, Uhe members axked me to use my influe with’ her .o Induce her t in some city tor Lue benefit of the orchestra. While at Louisville 1 found an opportunity and broached the matter to her. She immediately consentet, like the good Woman she Was, and sald she conld give us a night at Pittsburg. When we ar- Fived ut Uhat place not less thin 20,000 people Were on the jevesto see Jonny Lind Bor. num had to seud another woman 6 Carriage in onder to. draw the crowd owas. nightingale tuen made her Way to the botel with- out dimemity. ‘The same night we gave a concert, Acrowd of A KU-KIUXETS, coal LAlNeT, A and Commence! Ware w in rrouaded the bulldl: hr indows, The audience fi stones through the se-stricken, and Jenny Lind was se irizhtened Phatsberanté the hotel througa an alles, and implored Mr. Barntm to leave that picht for —— undergraduate course, did yer?” aTS ees “on, U rN didnt ‘wl — me time,” said "Mewlory, samy, “tke aman, apd when | came out | was chased all over town. What kind of a village is this, anyhow?” ho asked, Balt salleniy. i Kept a sporting house, : cor a hang. kind. Of course it wag, Rau buns, | 8 e Prt gS ee 4 Fy E| : ; a i i it : Ap i ‘ ii ee 52 ii i i i { i 5 ‘l g Es iuimore. ‘This afair was the more astonishing Because “che nd’ become immensely popular 1 ses by reason of her guod- Dess_and charity, Wnen we aruse the ‘meat we ved orders 0 start at ence for Balumore. and, were tater ot Senny 1 6 the nigh dourse, mocked out ir benefit, and wwe were feel. ¥ badly about it, but on our arriv: Baluknore be seat for me aid a 3 oe Bae eg at abe vegrewed it sent her ance, You og chat cS ‘rum ‘and York we Sa eee ee tiowe Bi ipa uaneed nef omer Atentie TMS aooabe tat tae ae a “inow the tndien i