Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1887, Page 2

to CITY AND DISTRICT. NUGGETS OF GOLD, ‘The Arizona Bonanza, and What Thought of it Here. SCIENTIFIC MEN SKEPTICAL. ABOTT THE REPORTS— LUMPS OF GOLD AT THR SWITHSONIAN—WHAT GOLD- MINING PAYS—THE LONELY PROSPECTOR WITH BIS SPADE VANISHING FROM THE RARTH. ‘The news of a great discovery of gold at Pres- cots, Arizona, which has been the topic of a num- der of telegraphic dispatches recently, has excited @onsiderabie attention, and especially among the Setentific gentlemen of this city who make a ‘Special study of minerals and mineral formation. ‘So far, however, the discoveries have not been Geemed of sufficient importance to dispateh any one to the locality to see the auriferous wonders for themselves, in fact the scientific men, Who are not inclined to accept any statement hastily, are rather skeptical about this alleged gold find. ‘They are, according to statements made to a STAR Yeporter, willing to believe that gold has been not in paying ore of the to 3 the dis old-producing ma im th of that richness is not days outside of Austra! it gold helds of the world are k uw in Australia the bre does net averaxe that amount G€ gold, and the labor and expense required Lo #ep- Sate the gold from ite surroundings Ivory greats & metal, is very generally distributed surface of the earth, but, unlike a great metalg it 1s ‘not found free in very large ities. One of the pleasing fictions of the yuiman imagination ts the sec is given of find- great nuggets of gold by lucky miners. But Sccual finds of this character are distressingly Dr. Dewey, who knows all about the col- Tection of gold ure and nuggets of gold, INTER SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, would soon dispel any illusions entertained in re- | gard to picking up gold from the earth's surface Or finding it in massos. He has a number ot cases contain recious metal, and in one of these Geoes is Sarepiay of some of the largest nusets found in different parts of the world. Of course, ‘the actual oF Ms are not there, as they have been melted up long ago, but the fac similes are, air sxilifuily made of plaster, covered with gild ing. It 18 an interesting spectacle to see these masses of the precious metals, looking like Focks with their irregular shapes and their sur- faces fullof seams and crevices. They have the rich yellow color of the Australian gold, for it seem’ that these trophies of the gold mines all come from that country. The United States ts somewhat more modest, and the native nuggets, ‘they reach the proportions of an ounce in may be said to be a very gratifying sur- the miner. The boss nugget of the world found some years ago in Australla. It was | ately named the “Welcome,” aud its emgy now occupies the place of honor in | Smithsonian case with the lesser nuggets ‘about it like the planets about the great of the universe.» It weighed 184 pews it sold for 452,000. Then oy about GO pounds, another | about 32 pounds, and soon down cale to the Sore common ‘ouggets which weigh about an Gunce. An ounce of gold Is worth about $20, and | go It cap readily be understood that miners do pm t {ura up their noses because a nugget Weighs only an ounce. 3% i A BIG LUMP FROM COLORADO. InColorado a mass of gold was found weighing 201 ounces, and valued at $4,000. This Was, Low- ever, in 1865, and the size of nuggets gently unk considerably in company with the very high. At the Smithsonian they will show | ip another case some of the gold which was by J. W. Marshall at Suter’s Mil, in Call im January, 1S48—the discovery that gave gold excitement and the immense immigration to the Golden State. 2 meaty a the mining was what is called placer The sand washed Fmd = = mou was panned or sifted an gathered togelner im fine particles. Every- yt ‘the miners obtained their sieves, Specimens of dust are in the Smithsonian collection and is.als0 a display of the small nuggets ob- ‘tained In hydraulic mining. TUE COST OF MINTSG. Some idea of the cost of getting the precious metal can be obtained from looking over the speci- mens of gold ore. There are a few specimens that | show on the surface that they contain gold, but ‘We ‘great majority look as unpromising ax the @tones on the street. The ore in some cases re. EY semples te very much, and 13 about as hard End unybiding. “The great power of machinery 4s brought in play in the stamping mills, and these jasses are ground into powder.’ ‘Then an- tahet process 1s uioyted abd tue agency of inereury | 48 employed and the result is an amalgam from | ‘which the gold 1s easily obtained. Yet, it is sald that by S the average yield is from $1 to $2 per ton. Nota great reward, one would thus, for crushing Into powder a ton of. granite Fock, but if the supply of ore is only suificient to the mills going, this yield pays handsome its to the miners. HYDRAULIC MINING ig also a rather expensive process, espectally when ‘the water is brought from along distance, The ‘water falling froma height upon a mass of peb- ‘Dies and stones Washes it away, and the gold fall ro the bottom or caught upon plates isgathered Ses somes tote cuble yurd itis sid to give a eubie y: 0 ts return. ‘Modern gold mining. may be Wve, yet the solitary miner may with no other capital than lis pick @ and bis determination to yt such cases are not so fre~ rs, and in the place of the found compantes carrying upon an extensive sale. n operations upo! Henry Irving on the Avenue. Pittsburg Post's New York Letter. ‘The oddest manto be met with in Sth avenue oF anywhere else in a whole afternoon's promenade 4sHenry Irving. It will not do to describe him as ‘the great London actor, because only about half of ‘those Who see bim on the stage agree to that esti- mate, while the rest regard him as stinply and ab- sardly jue. Let the disputed question of his eeu There t= no Tow for dispute, how- Seer thet in the street dress of a private gentie- meal he ts 20 curious that no mimic can hope to characterize bim. Nat G ip, Hen! 4 ‘other comedians have transformed theif and faces into sufficiently correct likenesses Irving, and printed tS have doubtless ma fou his strongly characterized visage: you can no idea of his shambling, | footed or of his ludicrously theatrical ‘arriage. NO other man save Oscar Wilde has tata years caused so much stir in the avenue by merely Walking through it. Irving is a genius in Ris way, and bas worked merftortousiy up to his at distinction. He is socially courted by two Bistinguished circies in New York society the and fashionable. But the woman who his side this pleasant afternoon Is placed taboo by the swells She is Ellen Terry. ‘They go to the theater to see her, and adiaire her nsely a8 an actress. a, I recall no mimte fer completely Captured the ferni- of the town. But Ellen !smatrimonially had a long series of busbands, ‘and If an actress expects to rs beat society she must keep her hough Irving cannot find many who are* willing, as Beecher pal actress In their invi- eat ‘The Czar of Russia. A CALM, HANDSOME MAN, 10 WHOSE NATURE ALL FREAK SEEMS FOKEION. Copendagen letter to the Courier-Journal. ‘The czar walked up the broad stone steps, clad 4m the magnificent trappingsof a Russian uniform, ‘with che steady step of a man among men used to command. On bis calin, handsome face there was sign of fear. no expectation of trouble: there ‘was pot a tremble of either hand or litab, al/bough the giant-like Danish guardsman who stood near ane trembled trom tiead to foot with te great tear ‘that might chance to happen, which did not. The czar strode to the door of his carriage, and with courtly but unconscious grace, assisted ‘the empress to her seat, and tossing a half-finished ‘over his shoulder, took his place by her | of whom wouid be pointed out as so | homes here, do their marketing, buy their fish and | —_— ta A Thoroughfare Where Greatness is 80 Common as to Pass U PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AND ITS ASSOCTATIONS—MEN WHO WAVE WALKED ALONG IT—THE PAST AND PRES- ENT—HOW MRS. CLEVELAND CAN GO OUT SHOPPING WITHOUT ATTRACTING A CROWD. ‘The judge stood leaning against one of the col- umns in front of the hotel with his head bent down ina thoughtful mood. His eyes were directed to the pavement running down the avenue toward the Capitol, and he seemed to be studying the forms of the hollows and fissures worn by the grinding of many feet. Autographs,” he said, pointing down, as he saw ‘Tar Stax man standing by him. Where?” “There.” And he pointed again to the hollows in the paving. Then he added, fotiowing out his | reflections: “ihe pavements 1h Washington are worn by the footsteps of great men. Did you ever think of that? the number of famons men—and, I add, women—who have walked and who do tk every day the streets of Wasington? stand for an hour tn a pubile place here, and you will see more Of the famous people of the day than you could see in the same space of time in any other Pines 1 America. Did you ever think of that? Well, the people here don’t care about such things. nigers Will spend the day running about to get impse of some famous person whom Washing- ton folks pass every day without thinking of it. You see they are used to it. Since Washington | Decame the capital of the nation there has not | been a famous man tn America who has not | Walked In Its streets, and most of them have been more or less intimately connected with life here. Lincolm and Stanton and Chase and Johnson only afew years ago used to walk by here. Nearly every moraing for eight years Gen. Grant WALKED DOWN THIS AVENUE toward the Capitol. ‘The echo of his steps has scarcely died away! “The footprints of Gea. Sherman have worn deep into the pavements 15th street, around by the old National nd between his house and the War De- partment, You could not find them among ail the (hat are there! Gen. Sheridan, Gen. Van , Admiral Porter, Admtral Worden, who whipped the Merrimac, and a dozen other military | d naval heroes walk the streets here every day, | most unnoticed. Some of the famous diplomats the World may be seen here most any day, Every day of his life, while representing the court of st. James here, Sir Edward Thornton used to walk to the Capitol and back to his residence on Connecticut avenue. Rain, shine, snow or sleet, he walked In a brisk gait down Connecticut ave” nue, through Lafayette Square, and down Penn- sylvania avenue to the Capitol, and then back by the same Way, And the Britisit minister of to-day, with his little brass lateh-key hanging from thé burton of his coat, takes almost the same Walk. And there are the "gaily-attired Chinese minister and his suite, the Japanese minister, the represen- tative of the'Russian bear, the Dane, the Prussian and the Swede, fez-capped diplomats of the far Fast, and the swarthy South Americans of the diplomatic corps, may be seen strolling about the streets. “And tuere are some little convivial corners Where some of them make resort and are merry companions with some of the simplest of us. ‘The glamour of greatness is lost here. The footprints of Webster, Clay, and old Tom Benton are somewhere on ihe avenue, though much Scratched over, dug up and repaved. They may ve above the grade, or below the grade, or they | may havebeen carted off, in the general turn up | of improvement—but thost men have walked here often enough. Washington and Hamilton have walked op this avenue arm in arm. The figure of Jefferson has been as familiar here as yours “or mine, and Jackson's military heel$ have ground into the stone flagging, no longer here. Aaron Burr has jumped lightly across the stepping-stones (things of the Past), and Marshall's face was familar to the | people here of his day. All the Presidents and all the statesinen of this country have lived in-and been a partof Washington. You knew all that? Of course! But when you associate them all to- getuer ft 1 sometuing to think of. You are ASSOCIATING WITH FAMOUS PEOPLE here all the while without noticing it. When Con- gress is in session you pass fifty men on the street any day without more than noticing them, any one 2 oue to see | even in large cities, and a sight of whom would be a thing to be remembered and talked of by thou- Sands of people in remote parts of the country. “The Justices of the Supreme Court, wao have the greatest power of any men in this country, and embody in thelr joint personalities one ot the three equal branches of this Government, have their | potatoes and their leg of mutton here—the sim- Lest of eltizens. Any one could stop either of These jreat unen on the street and. be po pleasantiy recelved, Any one of them would stop to direct u stranger to some place of interest, or to tell a laborer the time of day. No one would ever think from anything in their manners that their decisions were the Law of the land from which there Was no appeal, and that they ure above and out of the reach of the whole world. Call on the Chief Justice, and one of the pleasantest and simplest inannered men in the world will come down to see you Without any ceremony. “A million people crowded and crushed each other and traveled for miles to see the President and his wife during their recent tour. Even in great cities like Philadelphia and Boston there is a Tush and Jara to get a glimpse of the beautiful lady of the White House. MRS. CLEVELAND OUT SHOPPING. “The other day I saw a sweet-faced, simply- attired lady step from her carriage on the Avenue and go into a crowded store. She came out with a little parcel and was driven a little way to some other place. From store to store she went. ‘The people passing on the street did not stop to stare ather. No one laid aside a ‘bargain’ to look at her in the store. She wentin and out like the other ladies. But it was Mrs. Cleveland shopping. She does not do all her shopping here, but I see her often, sometimes with her mother, oftener alone, driving about the city shopping’ just as | hundreds of Other ladies do—without any more inconventeuce from the crowd. When she crosses the pavement from her carriage to the stores she has the same straggling line of pedestrians to pass | through that others encounter, and the chances | are a hundred to oue that no cne will recognize | who she 13; or, If she is recognized, there will be no sort of demonstration. She 13 simple and modest in her way, and seems to enjoy these little shopping excursions. In the same Way she drives about at Will. No crowd stops to stare after her carriage. Whatever ogling she gets is from strangers Who happen to learn who she 1s. BEHIND A PAST TROTTER. “Mrs. Cleveland is a very good driver. Didyou know it? I saw her driving down i9th strect with a fast horse and a side-bar buggy the other day. A footman was by her side, and she held the reins. ‘The horse was on a smacking trot, and she handled him with great skill, Coming to a Square Where there Were many hacks and other Vehicles, she clipped in among them without drawing rein, and did not scrape a wheel. she had just driven in from the country roads. Her wrists were bared for a little way from pulling on the reins; her hair was just a little loosened by the wind, and a bright color was in her cheeks, She holds the reins with firmness, and there ts Just enough development of muscle in her arms from the strain on the bits for perfect grace and auty. “Don't you know,” added the judge, after a lo Pause, “that of all the people of note I know here are none the public are more interested in than Mrs Cleveland, Yet, she moves about with- ut restraint and 1s not annoyed by attention here. By moving about freely she has disarmed curiosity. It 18 a wonder that the President does not profit by berexample. By the time he had walked down the avenue two or three times he would be in no more danger of annoyance from a crowd than was Grant in lis walks. Why Mrs Cleveland moves about and no one knows it. You never hear that Mrs. eland has gone to New York. It ts always ‘Mrs Cleveland arrived here to-day.’ She gets there before it Is known that she 1s gone.” — toe Shakespeare and Harvey. To the Faitor of The EVENtNe Star: ‘The honor of the positive discovery of the circu- lation of the blood is popularly believed to belong to Dr. William Harvey, but this anatomical fact was previously known to Shakespeare, Shakespeare was born on tue :sd of April, 1564, and died on bis birth-day in 1616. Harvey was born on the ist of April, 157%, and died June 3 1657. His “discovery” Was made tn 1619, though his book—Exercitatio Anctomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus—did not appear until 18s. ‘Suakespeare makes the following references to ‘and Was driven away to the Russian church, ‘where a special service was to be heid for nim and rhe Pitmcens of Wales and Albert Victor had gone to tae new English church for service. it ts & beautiful stone Dullding just finished and aedi- cated a few weeks ago. I had a good opportunity to study those royal faces, for 1 could have stretened Out my hand from where I stood aud Touched their robes of royal purple and fine linen, Dut doubtless if | had tried so dangerous an ex: Perioent 1 would have been shot ou the spot as & BiaList, ‘The tare ot the czar is neither hard nor mean, there is a firmness always vsible behind tue and the indifference which would Ue called a Une of cruelty by Lis enemies, Dut an ovest determination to rule or die by those who kgow him best. I like bis face, and, in spite of my Fepubliean principles, admire’ the’ man. I have beard much about him while Lere; of his kindness Yo the poor of Copenhagen, his friendly interest in ‘the younger members of the English and Greek Drapenes of bis royal fatoer-in-law's house. That father-in-law, the King of Deamark, is a very good. apd a wine off man. “It is said that he long told the czar that he had better give up the Rus sian situation, Dring hither his loved ones, his {reasures Of aft and of cold, and ail of his house hold gods, in order chat he migt live out his days ery Denmark, “tree from the fear of OF dynamite. ‘The visits of the Gaar to the court of his wite’s father. which grow aor and more protracted each year ary the aly ‘Dreacuing speils of anything like peace of mind are granted to his imperial highness; for, strange to say, the Kussian nihtlist. seems to let him alone wiieu ou Danish soll The constant Which ts told by all newspaper correspon- about te pallor and the look of anxiety on of the Russian empress does not hold 18 here in her old howe. I have seem her and have not yet detected anything Her face bas “more character, more than the face of her English sisver, vincess of Wales. Tam told that she is fairly Yery agreeable in private life, if tt can it she bs so fortunate as to enjoy that Toyalty—private lite. E ee Waeck.—A dispatch Lesmington, Ont., November 25, says: The hoouer White Star, trom Oswego for it, was, Port Peive yesterday m . Three shore tn @ small managed to reach the and a salior named Hunter re- the circulation of the blood: + * * “Universal plodding prisot ‘The uiablespiritsiu the arterion os TP — Love's Labor's Lost, written in 1588-89, EAL ESTATE MATTERS. The Condition of the Real Estate Mar- ket Considered Favorable. SALE OF THE FARM OF THE LATE JOS. B. BRADLEY TO A PHILADELPHIA GENTLEMAN—WORK BEGUN OW THE EXTENSION OF MASSACHUSETTS AVENUR—a PROPOSED CABLE STREET RAILWAY. ‘The conservative tone of the real estate market still continues to characterize real estate transac. Uons. The activity of the past yearhas given way to a more moderate and careful method of invest- | ment and while the transactions are fewer in num- ber, they are of a healthy character and indicate no 1038 of confidence in the future of prop- erty here. A real estate dealer of sound judgment and extended experience in conversation with a Srax reporter says there has been no falling off In prices of property and he an- ucipates none. “When,” he continued, “# bulld- ing site can be purchased for $3,000 within a short distance of Dupont Circle, which ts now regarded as the center of the fashionable part of the city, I don’t see any reason to expect a slump in AS compared with other cities is very cheap here and those who come here and invest realize that fact fully. There is & great deal of buflding now in a a, in one section of the city Dut In all as long as improvements are ‘on I consider that the tone of the real estate market is healthy. It israther hard to realize the growth of the city, which 18 going on all the tine, but there is nd doubt of the fact of such growth. People who have Money do not invest it in improvements which are not needed, and unless there Was a demand for new houses Dut few would be built. Iknow that there are a number of wealthy people who are looking around for buflding lots, with the intention when they find a location which suits them of Dutlding homes for themselves, There are other indications Which show beyond a doubt that this city is on the up grade of prosperity, instead of the reverse, ‘a8 some would have us belleve.” SALE OF CHEVY CHASE. ‘Thomas J. Fisher & Co. have sold for C. C. Glover, Richard H. Goldsborough, and Thomas Hyde, to Mr. John C, Bullett, of Philadelphia, for $65,000, the farm known as Chevy Chase. ‘This farm was the property of the late Joseph H. Bradley, and {as purchased from his heirs by these gen! in May last for $41,500. Tt contains 304 acres, and les at the intersection of the Broad Branch’ and Brookville roads, north of Tenleytown. Fifteen of the District this Pe a es gomery County, Md. It was for many | on Occupied by Mr. Bradley as his country PROMOTION OF CLERKS, Various Opinions About the Advant- ages of the New Rules, VIEWS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AXD DE- PARTMENT OFPICIAL®—COST AND RESULT OF THE. WAR DEPARTMENT RXAMINATIONS—UOW THE RULES ‘WILL BE APPLIED 10 OTHER DEPARTMENTS. Compulsory examtnations for promotion tm the executive departments were inaugurated last sum- mer in the War Department. Now that the quall- fications of all the clerks in the different bureaus of that Department have been tested, and tite re- ‘Sults Known in individual cases, it 18 interesting to inquire what effect the examinations have on the service, and if the new rules attain the object for which they were designed. The recent inves Uigations of @ Stam reporter in this direction, among both the officials of the War Department and the Civil Service Commissioners, showed a di- versity of opinion. Some of the former think that the examinations do not show not already known about the merits. of clerks, and have no other effect than to worry and de- moralize the clerical force, ‘There was not a single oMcial who Was not in favor of civil-service ex- amination for admission into the service, It kee ut dead wood and admits only those of a degree of intelligence, but above all it relieves the Departments of the former distracting pressure of influence to secure offices, Politicians have learned that they can do nothing by interceding with the Department heads for appointment through favor- itism, ‘and when & vacancy occurs now it isa Toutine piece of business to secure the certification of four ‘successful candidates of intelligence and to select from among them a man withont regard fopolitics and frie ‘While acknowledging the due to the civil-service requirements in this officials hold that the prelit direct minary examina’ loes not definitely settle the ques- {ion of qualification. The probationary term of ‘six months’ service 1s, after all, they say, the real test of a clerk’s efficiency, and that this is as it should be. No more, they think, can a man’s fit- ess for promotion or retention be ascertained by putuing him through “an examination. rue test is his record at lits desk trom 9 in tl morning until 4 in the afternoon. Arguing from this standpoint it is not thought that the promotion Tules really attain the end for which they were ‘THE COST OF THE EXAMINATIONS. The examinations were commenced about the middie of June and were not completed until late in October, although the month of September was omitted. About one thousand and twenty clerks Were examined, ‘The board of examiners was com- of nent clerks in the different bureaus, irteen in. ‘ome, and 1s improved by a good residence and the necessary outbuildings. It fs stated to be the ine ‘tention of the purchaser to rent the place for the present as a residence, but his ulti Parpoes. is to subdivide tue land into butlding sites. Mr. Bul- Jett, the purchaser, isa well-known citizen and proininent business man of Philadelphia, He has Sreat confidence in the future growth of this city, and became interested in property herea year 2g0, when, in connection with Several others, he purchased an undivided four-fitths of the tract of land known as Kalorama Heights. This land, as is well known, lies on the west side of Boundary street, at tie head of Massachusetts boheme: yore been Scae through y a rough the rT Pee 000 Rode. Creek. Mr. Bellet aid neat 000 an acre for Kalorama. It Hl be subdivided and all. It ts claimed that in order to con uct these examinations the Department was de- eS of the valuable services of these officials about three months anda half, to thedetriment. of the public service. The bureau chicts objected to the absence of their, in nearly every most trustworthy and efficient assist- ants. None of the members of the board recetve Aealary less than $1,800. In the first place, there- fore, 1t is argued that the examining board cost the Government at the lowest estimate in salaries $7,350, as their attention was entirely withdrawn from their regular official duties, ‘The ten hun- dred and twenty clerksexamined were abseut from thetr desks one day. The gradesexamined included the third,second, first and $1,000 classes. A low sala- Ty average would be $1,300, 1f there werea such & rade, and the Governnient pald therefor $3,906.00 insalary for which it received no return, making in laced On the market as soon as the proceeding fore the District Court in behalf of the infan heirs for the partition of the property ts com- pleted. IN THE TENLEYTOWN REGION. The work of opening Massachusetts avenue from the Tenleytown road east 1s now going on. ‘Mr. Albert Gleason, the contractor, has a corps of men at work in grading the roadway, and it is the intention of the parties who own the property on each side of the aveuuie, and who are doing this Work at their own expense, to continue grading Until the grounds of the new Naval Observatory are reached. “It is expected that Congress will take Some action tn regard to the extension of the ave- hue through this place, which ts the property of the United States. It ‘is thought that Congress Will provide for the erection of a bridge actoss Rock Creek inorder to unite the twoends of Massa- chusetts avenue, and in that case some arrange- ments will be inade for getting through or around the Navai Observatory Grounds, and thus provide @ continuous drive to the ‘Tenleytown road. ‘The owners of property tn that vicinity and on the Tenleytown road are now engaged in organizii @ company for the purpose of constructing a cable railroad along the ‘Tenleytown road from George- Lown to the District line, ‘They have secured the right of way throngh the property bordering the Toad, and as they will not use the public roadway they’ are not obliged to go to Congress fora charter. Mr. R. H. Goldsborough reports the latest. trans- action in property on the Tenleytown road. He has sold to Mr. Thomas Hyde, trustee, for $16,000, the tract of land known as the Iturbide tract, on the east side of the road, just beyond the Prest- dent’s residence. It contains 5 32-100 acres, so that the land brought about $3,200 per acre. "Mr. Goidsborough bought the property last spring, and paid for tt $2,500 per acre, pind acd FRENCH AND GERMAN SOLDIERS, A Comparison Between the Fighting Men of the Two Countries, From T. C. Crawford's London Letter in the N.¥.World. ‘The French soldiers, so far as thetr physique 1s concerned, cannot compare for one moment with the Germans, The men are smaller and do not have the look of ruddy health of the Germans, I do not believe they are trained as well physically. Certainly thelr faces do not indicate a good physical condition, ‘Their eyes are dull and their complexions are sallow. They have a slouching gait a3 they walk, instead of the alert, vigorous action which comes from fine physical’ training. ‘Thetr uniforms are loose-fitting and clumsily cut. The German soldiers wear snug-ftting clothes, ‘Their trousers are always akin-tight, and you will rarely see a wrinkle in the jacket of even the private soldier. | ‘The French uniforms, while handsome in coior, are very clumsily made. There is enough cloth ‘in the trousers of a French soldier to make a whole uniform for a German. ‘The clumsy look of these baggy trousers is further increased by their being sewed tght to clumsy boot legs, which are separated from the shoe below and are strapped under the foot. The French have different {deas of discipline from the Germans. The subordination and the thorough discipline of the German army are unknown among the French. A French private soldier never salutes his officer only unless in quarters, If they should meet in civil life they are suj to be upon an equal footing. ‘The other night in Paris I Saw a group of French soldiers in uniform ou top of an ounibus coming down the Rue Rivol. ‘These soldiers were intoxteated and were carrying on in the most outrageous way. They were shout ing and singing. One of their number, a bugier, was sounding military calls greatly to, the delight of his associates. Imagine a group of uniformed soldiers carrying On Uthat way in the streets of Berlin! Students of the French military system say that French officers do not believe in excessive disetp!ine, and that they think such a system has a tendency to break the spiritof the men. ‘They rely more upon the dash and courage of thetr men than they do upon mere drill" Thisis all very well for a charge or for an advance movement, But when MU comes Lo standing silent under a heavy fire or to maintaining order and good form during a retreat the lack of this very discipline is always shown among French soldiers by demoralization and panic. A German officer said to me the other day Uthat he believed the system in their Was 30 ct that the Berlin authorities could half 4 million of «men on the frontier and give them orders in the event of war to remain until the last one was shot down without any of them daring to retreat. He sald he did not believe that French troops could be held in the same way in the face of wbsolute death. But this was a Ger- man view. Every one concedes the tremendous courage and gallant dgnting qualities of the French soldiers, but they have not the same mili. tary discipline, aud I believe that the very super. fority of the Germans in point of completeness of Preparation and of disci ‘will always enabie thein to defeat the Frenc! ‘The constant rewards held out in the German army to merit result In establishing @ most mag- nificent spirit among the officers, It an officer have talent and superior qualities he is certain to be recognized. It 13 a great thing for an army when it is known that promotion therein will only come to those who it. Every German officer, however obscurely he may be has the chance before him of betng summoned to Ber- lin by the authorities for special advancement and promotion if he does work to deserve it. ‘The re- ‘sult 3 a staff of the ablest officers in Ei In France promotions in the army are largely influ- enced by poilticians. ‘The head of the army has “Madam, you have bereft me of all words, Only tiny blood speaks to you in my velam™ —The Merchant of Venwe, written iu 1504. “Gentle lady, ‘When I did first impart my love to you, L freely told you, all the wealth I had Rap in my veins.” Ibid. * + © “Scarce confesses ‘That his blood flows.” Measure Sor Measure, written in 1604. «Had bak'd thy blood, and made it heavy, (Which, else, Pune tickling up aud “dow tes mi brite —King John, written in 1596-97. Togt whiles warm life plays in that infant's veins.” —Ivid, + * + “Bat the sherris warms it (the blood) and maken it course from the inwards to the parts extrene NN King Henry IV, part 2, written in 1597, “The blood and courage, that renounced them, our veiga Kune in Your Yoino Henry V, weitten in 1500. King “The purple from your veins.” fountains issu: Komeo and Jutiet, written in 1596. sre hatasiit 2s Wood) cournes through ‘iaral yates and alleys of the bods. nataral ates “Hamlet, written i 160001. “ tain from which wy current rung” He Sountete Soe Se ee taae Why should he live now Nature Begear 8 toga OF, written have learned the fact of the the blood bankrupt is, ively veins?” 1500-1603. id uot learn it trom Dr, Harvey. Wasuixoton, D. C., Nov. 22, 1887. been changed ten times since the last war with Germany. had Dut one head, one directing mind. The French work and plan to make themselves stronger than the Germans. I had no idea to what extent this day that tue French sofdiers have taken: wittia day thal cI ud within 3 At aod Rare ena ne Se ing it would help to make them as strong’ as the Germans, i From the Boston Herald. ‘A prominent physician says that children’s School luncheons should not be placed in the old- fashioned lunch basket, or tin Dox, a8 bad odors always cling tO a mich-used reseptacle,. Whet neatly round the bread’ and butter, or’ dies, and a Dox to hold it all. ean then ‘box wi : a en by the quantity, should they ‘tue luncheon basket. ‘super. in story; teach. et et Advertise well! You will never more wise can man to this repent it; nothing it; advertise all$11,250.60 as the actual cost of holding the exam! nations for the War Department. It is claimed, however, that this cost Was nothing in comparison tothe thjury suffered by the service from the de- moraltzed condition into which the entire cienical force was thrown by Worry and fear. Minds were distracted, duties neglected and mistakes made from the time of the announcement of the com. pulsory tests until the agony was over. Gne man was crazed, and 1s now in the fnsane hospital. AS a recompense it 1s thought by some that the Gov- ernment service has received little if any benent. “STANDING” AND RFFICIENCY. ‘The fact that the scholastic standing of the clerks as estabilshed by examination corresponds in the majority of cases with the efficiency rating by the clerks’ immediate chiefs, these persons say, simply shows that the examinations are unneces- sary and that selection for promotion by the heads of bureaus ts equally satisfactory. When the Scholastic quaiffications ant tue eiliciency rating do not agree they think that the latter 13 the more reliable and should determine bis fitness or unft- Ress. An instance 1s cited showing this to be so, An employe in the Quartermaster Gencral's Office failed to secure a mark of 73 tn bts examination, and yet the Quartermaster General says that hé hasn‘t a clerk tn his office who can perform the duties required of the man, who didat know as much about books ag he did about the business to which he had devoted his entire attention. The claim that the examinations prevent favoritism im making promotions the dissenting ofciais only partially recognize. LATITUDE IN MAKING PROMOTIONS. ‘The Secretary 1s prevented from promoting a clerk who failed to get a percentage of 75 in his examination, but as those ho failed are very fow— only about one in every fifteen—the Secretary has nearly as much Opportunity to show favoritism as. formerly, as he is pot compelled to select those Who passed the best examination. The Civil- Service Commissioners includ» in the list of eligt- bies which they furnish the Department all wao stood above 75, giving the Secretary nearly the same latitude tn his selections for promotions a3 he had before the new rules were enforced. A clerk who barely passed 1s just as eligiole for. pro- motion as one who over 90, and there is Bothing to prevent the head of a bureau from rec- ommnending him for promotion and the Secretary from approving the recouumendation. According (o the new rules a clerk who has fallea 1s com- Pelled to undergo another examination, and, in Case of a second faliure. “ne may be reduced’ or dismissed” by the Secretary. It would appear from this the dismissal ts not compulsory, and the clerks stand nearly as good chance of both re- po ‘the service and of being promoted as formerly. CLERKS GETTING OUT OF RUTS. Other officials of the Department, while admit- ‘tang that the rules fall to a certain extent in pro- viding for the promotion of the fittest, claim that ‘the benefits derived tn other directions are of great value Lo the service. Men who have been long in Government service work in ruts and take no active interest in matters beyond their routine duties. A realization of the necessity of their being informed in other directions has the effect of awakentug their facuities and keeping the:n posted about matters that they had long neglected, there- by rendering their services of greaicr value to the Government. Besides, the examination Papers of the clerks enable the chiefs of bureaus, or the Sec- retary, to learn at a glance their vartous qualitica- Uons, and to seiect men whoshow by their exami- nation papers aptitude for certain kinds of work. They also think that the clerks realize what {3 meant by efficiency, and are more punctual and attentive to duties than formerly. MR, OBERLY’S OFINTONS. Civil Service Commissioner Overly, when asked by Tux Stax reporter for the views of the Civil Service Commission upon the results of the ex. aminat said that they were applied to the War ot as an experiment, but that the Commissioners are highly gratified, tor the success was beyond their expectations. They are now Satisfled that the regulations can be appiled wo other ts without "nv radical changes ‘When his attention was cailed to the objections which have been cited, he aunitted that there were unds for the criticisia, but Proceeded to. q them and to show wliat he considered many benefits to the service. ‘THE PRINCIPAL ODJECT of examination for promotion was ottained, he sald, in satisfying a public opinion ur demand that the entire clerical force of a Department should undergo a test to show their scholastic qualifications, as well as the candidates for admis- sion to the public service. While acknowledging that the rul do not entirely prevent favoritism in making ‘ions, they do prevent, he sai the promotion of clerks who are wholly unfit for advancement. Heretofore he said the man Jeast qualified for preterment has always been the one most zealous in playing the sycophant and in securing influence to aid in advancing him over the heads of his more deserving fellow clerks, ‘This man, who 13 invariably aware of h icles, can ‘no longer sail under false colors. He may be only one out of every titteen, ‘but Mr. Oberly thought ft well worth consi that this single one is, prevent from gaining undeserved advancement, The expense of hol ing the examinations, loss of time, and demorall. zation of the clerical force would not. be repeaved, Yor, after the first wholesale examination, those that iil be required only of clerks who Ss pseabany eca Pires ond sre cler ae} Teallve that they fr nt 33 i i i if is He tf, Bi i i H4 ; HE ele i i i i fl ie a3 4 E i ! i : e. in ee 8 8 8 3 i i 23 ai al frie HI E aag a8 i g numerous, and this would have given color to the Ferme of wholesale Giealsssic, T think he ad. tions in the Treasury Department elteie more ai ons ent a l~ Sa iving ground for any such false suspicions.” THE MARRIAGE QUESTION. ‘When asked the opinion of the Commission on ‘the question of the reappointment of a lady ina Gepartment who marries a clerk, Commissioner Oberly said that the Commission would not hest- fate to give a certification for reappotatment, Botaing fase ner elined to the opinion that the “‘same family” means the same household, the memb-rs of which ate suy or naturally suj to be supported, by'tne head of that houseaohd Sundtadmsnery MILES AND MILES OF TREES, ‘The Work Accomplished by the Parke ing Commission. HOW THE STRERTS OF THE CITY HAVR BEEN SBADED— SIXTY-THRER THOUSAND TRERS OF MANY VARIETIES— TRE REMOVAL OP OLD TREES—THE PRESENT CON- DITION OF THR WoRK. The long and regular rows of beautiful trees con- stitute a feature of the national capital's beauty that delights everybody. Indeed the shaded Streets and avenues frequently get mention as the ‘Most attractive of the many ot ‘nis of Wash- ington. It has required considerable care and Some expense togive the city ts 140 milés of Shaded streets, comprising 280 miles of trees; but the result attained 1s not to be measured by dollars and cents. The work of thoroughly and extensive- ly shading the city, of extending double rows of trees along all the streets and avenues on the outer edge of each sidewalk, was begun under Gov. Shepherd's: administration, but it was com- mitted to a commission consisting of Mr. wm. Re sinithe superiauncene of the Botanical Gardens; Mr. Wm. KR. Saunders, superintendent Of the gardens and grounas of ‘the Agricultural Department and Mr. John Saul. Messrs. Smith and Saunders have been the active directing mem- bers of the commission, Mr. San! being associated with them as an arbitrator In the event. that the {wo should differ as to means or methods, But as Mr. Smith remarked to a Stax reporter, in speak- Ang of the corumtssion, “Saunders and I have never xe disagreed on any question connected with this ‘TRE NURSERY. One of the first cares of the commission was to Select trees of a hardy nature, adapted to the climate and the sol! and surroundings, and which Would not be too slow in developing. Some were Procured from the surrounding woods and some Were purchased from nurseries. That was in the infancy of the undertaking, and some expertment- ing had to be done, It was ascertained that wild trees, selected from the woods, did not do so well ag those cultivated in nurseries. This fact being Setticd, a nursery was established to supply the | commission with trees 2 tO from year to year to con- Unue the system of shading as the city extended, and to supply the places of such trees as might die. This nursery comprises eight acres, near the workhouse, and there Mr. Smith has made his Study of tree propagation to meet the wants of the national capital The experimental Was passed years ago, The percentage of trees: lost by the coinmission has been remarkably small. Very few have died. In uns rsery there are now nsplanting, besides in- nuincrable seedlings at different stages of growth. Speaking of the occasional removal of old trees and of a complaint son mes heard that there was want destruction old veterans to make room for young trees, Mr. Smith Said Uo a Sram Te- porter: “No tree has ever been removed unless it was to make a decided improvement. ‘We have never yet removed an old tree without first con- sulting about it with the greatest care. In no sip- gle case has a tree been removed unless it was to make room for a better one and to add to the gen- eral linprovement. Of course it 1s not possible for every nen vo understand these matters, and while the commission cannot undertake to Answer such criticisms from every source, it can be sald in answer to all, that greater caution could not be observed in the matter of destroying old trees, We make it a rule to Preserve them wherever It is practicapie.” THE VARIETIES NOW GROWIXG. According to the latest calculation of the com- mission the leading varieties of shade trees now grewing, given tn miles of rowa, are as follows: White maples, 55 miles; Carolina poplars, 16 miles; elms, 1:3 miles; lindens, 13 miles; ush-leaved maples, 10 miles; Norway maples, 6 ‘miles; other varieties, embracing about 10,000 ‘trees, 27’ miles; in all, 140 malies, Of the White maples’ there are now growing 23,305; ash-leaved maples, 4,043; Norway maples, 2.786; lindens, 5,530; sycam American onental, 4, ims, 5,365; Carolina Poplars, 7,050, There’ are miples Austrien,’ Turkish, and cut-leaved maples “and Poon species about 10,000, making the total number of shade trees now growing on streets and avenues about sixty-three thousand. The growing trees are principally of the following species, the hames given being those by which the trees’ are commonly known: Soft or white maple, Norway maple, ash-leaved maple, Mnden, sycamore, or buttonwood; American, Euro” pean, slippers, and winged elm, Carolina poplar, bardy poplar, Grecian poplar, Turkistan pop” lar, Sugar and Black; or Southern maple; syca- more, American ash, mixed; Catalpa, inixed; lnurei-leaved willow, Ginkgo, or maldenshair tree: sweet gum, oaks, mixed; hursechestuut, Kentucky coffee, honey locust, tulip tree, cork or'white elm; cypress, mixed, and Zelkona tree, NO VACANCIES EXIST. The average distance between the trees is about 25 feet, and the commission ix so watchful and attentive that no vacancies in the rows are to be found, From the time they ure transplauted the trees are watched With care, and those which show evidences of dying are promptly replaced with fresh ones trom the nursery. ‘The same care has been bestowed upon the trees in all portions of the provements have not yet generally erties rement ex Unbroken ines of beadtital shade trees exist june as within the heart of the city, Very naturally, the members of the commission feel great pridein the shade trees, ‘they are grati at the remarkable success that. has attended their efforts. Under their careful supervision the shade trees recetve close attention, When iirst planted they are boxed, and #8 the trees exp: and the trunks enlarge the boxes are increased in size. AS they grow the essential matter of ee ee to. sae ‘The annual cost of planting, » and ex- eae ates Seren ante Which also includes the expense of the nursery. As the city expands so rapidly It ts esti pm ‘the commission could use $25,000 with advantage, and possibly, in view of the beneficent results attained, that sum may be allowed by ‘Congress, ———-___ BOOKS OF THE WEEK. : LAS: An Illustrated Magazine for - Pylen Condacted by Sry Mares Dodge "Volumes iy. November, 1886, te October. 1887 in Two Co. "Washington: Rabert Beall "** DOWN THE ISLANDS. A Voyage to the Caribbees. By Wittiam Aoxnw Paros. With ih from Drawings by MJ. Burne, New York: Scribner's Hous.” Washington: Brentasea ‘THE NEW CRUSADE: License and Miewed fa the disht of Rederal Cegielation, water, Minn; Liberty Publishing Co. OF THE PILGRIM F, THE LANDING OF THE FILGHIM FATHERS. fa. Colora | Tondon: Castell Brothers. ton; Win. tyne & Son. THE CAMP IX THE MOUNTAINS. By Epwanp 8. Euix, auther of the “Young Pioneer - Saat fries te (Deerfout ferice Wark) PL sutorot exer fare Masque aa oes rea THE, ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY Lares eEurE ee —Baward Greey's “A Captive of Love” has been translated into German by Hans Werner (Herr A. under the title of “In Lie- Desbanden” bya acute nd peg puniahing- groom to keep a8 profound secret the direction of ‘the bridal trip. They give out that they are going ‘w Washington or Niagara. ‘Then they go to some THE CITY HALL AND ITS ASSOCLATIONS—TRE HIDDEN THINGS IN THE BASEMENT WHERE ALDERMEN USED TO FRAST—HOW 4 CLEVER WOMAN CAME TO ‘THE AID OF & SOVPERING AUDIENCE Special Correspondence of Tur EVENIxe Stan. ‘New Yorx, November 25, ‘The City Hall of New York is being repaired. It Reeds it. Its stone floors are worn With the tread Of many feet; sections of the tiling are gone, and the place presents an appearance of antiquity and decay. The stranger, on his first visit to the me- ‘tropolis, 1s surprised to discover what an untin- posing, time-worn, weather-beaten City Hall the Greatest of American cities contents itself with, ‘Dut so much of historical interest clusters about the old place that any attempt to repiace it with @ new structure is frowned down. The ordinary Stranger visitor tothe place never sees the real objects of interest. He goes up a stairway, which became so worn with the tread of fest that It was Recessary to reinforce the steps with iron, and en- ters the long governor's room, whose walls are covered with portraits of past governors and may= rs of New York, and notable persons like Lafay- ette, whom thegrtist has pictured as 2 gentleman in baggy trousers and with a cast of countemance far different from that which the average histor!- cal engravings give him. A large portrait of Clark, the cold-water governor, with a fountain in the background, a life-sized picture of Gen. Dix, ita his famous “shoot him on the spot» order in and scores of other paintings of great mei look down ‘rom the walla. You imagine that a ‘of reproach rests on their countenances ‘Decause the frames about their portraits have been allowed to go into decay and become covered with Gust. The bust of Washington, high over the entrance to the room, gazes down on the quaint old desk at which the Father of iis Country beld interviews with his children. A. plaster cast of Jefferson, painted in imitation of bronze, stands 1 one corner, but the artist did not paint’ the uni edges of the coat-talls, and the visitor discovers from that negligence that the statue 1s not what itseems. An apparatus for testing weights and Some copper receptacles for the accurate gauging Of measures add an appearance of practical utility tothe room, while a punch-bowi irom China pre- sented to New York in 1812 suggests conviviaity, ‘Dut dears on its broad surface am inscription praising the virtues of water—for canals. Tae Portrait of New York's cold-water ‘seems Yo look down upon this bow! with earnest, disapproval. Quaint old furniture, sofas with high backs, tables with slender legs, and chairs that are Perfect symphonies of discomfort stand resolutely about the room, and tell the visitor very plainly ‘that they have come down FROM COLONIAL TIMES. Canvas coverings have been thrown over the chalrs and sofas to shield them trom decay and hide ther faded crimson upholstery. An old white-haired woman with a pleasant face sits ‘Sewing on one of the ancient sofas and an eyeon the visitors who wander in, sign their ames to a register, look about the rooia, and help make the carpet more threadbare than @rer. She 4s the wife of ‘the former keeper of the City Hall. Ouce upon a time (a crank visited the governor's Toom, slashed some of the portraits with a kuife, and then went to the aldermanic chamber on the ‘same floor and knocked the nose off of the bust ot agreat man. Thereafter a cuardian was posted in the governor's room, and tue old lady perforins that function, ‘The sttanger may wander into the court-rooms "on the door, where weary — lookii Juror the trials of clvil cases; he may take a peep into the stuffy iittie room at the west end of the second floor hall, where the City Hall reporters write, and he will’then proba- bly go down on the first floor and read the oficial Duletins that bristle on 2 big board ina disheveled ‘fashion and announce what the sheriff and. the Jaw is going to do with certain estates ‘Thes? bulletins are never pulled down, but pew ones are ‘Ked over them until the documents are several ‘ata deep. The st may see the alder manic chamber, which l00ks ancient and more at- tractive than any other room in the house, ana be shown the cherry-colored desks at which certain of the boodie aldermen sat, or he may get into the ‘flanked with narrow little committee- wil re- ceptacles for coats and hats, where the bootlers Sat to concoct their plans and some of them to Play poker. THE MYSTERIES OF THE BASEMRXT. But if you want tosee the interesting parts of the city hall you must go into those sections that the new-comer never sea. Down in the basement, With Its massive walls and air of gloom lke Yault, are barred cells where prisoners once lan- gu.shed when the city hal served as police heud- quarters. These cells are now coal-bins or recepta- cies for ail sorts of ancient debris, from base- burners to legless chairs. There ts one apartment, With deep brick ovens and rusty cooking utenstis, Which used to be the tex-room where the alder men took refreshments in the days when all the New York aldermen got for his services was a little good cheer after the session. A few doors to the westward are the rooms where more sumptuous feasts were cooked and spread. It was fitted up by BUL Tweed and bis higit-living friends. ‘The r: on whicn were cooxed their lavish’ feasts has Tusted, the broilers, on which uieir choice meats Were prepared, hang useless on the walls, and the big Dutch oven, with its rusty Iron doors, where high-salaried artists in all good things baked for the epicurean bosses, 1S falling into decay. The sideboard. which once ~ groaned be- neath the weight of — costly. wines, how a for odds and and the room there Tweed, Sweeney & Co, had their private table, while the iess important members of the board ate near by in a large apartment, Isnow fled with bundles of documents. Not tar away from thls historic scene of #0 much lavishness 10 the Tweed days 1s a little cell-like room, where two days in the week acharitable old man dis- enses food to tne poor from private contributions, and near it 1s another room where the employment and relief bureau of the G. A. R. hears the sad Stories of destitute veterans und gives them Te. lief You see at one point the battered end of a speaking-tube that used to lead up from the room of the chiet of poiec to the bell tower, and through Which the bellman in the tower used to communicate with the chief in the basement, I THE Ganesr. You leave this somber place and climb up to the garret of the building. The voices of children greet Your ears as you ascend there and you find that the keeper of the ball and his children lve up there. The halls are full of relics of the past. At one place hangs an old wooden eagle that has lost its legs and most of its gilding. A large allegori- ¢al picture, with Wasbington in the foreground, hangs limp and trameiess trom the wall, abd neat a engraving . Na faci on OE car geek gabon Light, (A treman's hat, a bust of Minerva, ‘a copy and no end of curious things are to be seen about the musty Place. You ciimb a pair of steep stairs and stand upon the copper-covered roof and read upon the ledge of the wall the names of the men who Were concerned in erecting the structure. John McComb, the architect who planned the bufiding somewhat after the Four Courts of Lubiin,and Jno. on grees om © Who did the ~~ lutricate carving, have their names up here where po one can see them frinout a seidonattempect elimb. are graven the names of ambi- Glows workmen nino cutethe tape ae left. their inscriptions on their work as a boy carves his ini- tals on a tree, You descend again to the first foor—tt isn't a long distance—and finda young couple thelr way over tue dueven’ llig to ths magors Office at the west side of the buiiding. They bold a brief conference with the attendant at the door, Who conducts them out into tue hail, encounters a Tous joking gentiemen, Who ts going to clerk of ti of ry ice of the he board a. MONSTROSITIES OF MILLINERY. ‘Women know how to pierce the armor of their sisters when men are utterly at sea. A few nights ago I went to seo Irving's “Faust.” The tickets cost $42 piece from the muggy fist of an affable ticket speculator, and they were precisely three Tows from the rear doors of the theater. It was ‘Ssufiiciently discouraging distance from the stage at best, ut the misery of it was increased a thou- i i Hy i Ee ? i Hl E il Fl oF i EB i ile i i x : Hl i i i I EH iE ‘ : Screener ze i affairs would De tolerated in any other city in the World except New York, when there was a commo- ‘on at the other end of Uhe row, and a lady and gentieman entered. They sank into the two va- cant seats tmediately on my it, and arranged their wraps comfortabiy. Then they both Up and sank ack in their seats disrany ‘The Jady had a clear-cut handsome and clever-ookinng face, aud was dressed Thad just my inind to take @ nap of an going out into the cold and Wheh a glance at the bright, neighbor took that idea out of uy hea ten Ay: hah” she said telly, “1s simply dreadful “Ghustly,” sald her escort, wi the way. 1 know, and who nodded to'nse dies '. ‘and who Dresehted me to his wite. cient Jou Se anything at allz” she asked ex- iy after giving me a Sharp little mod. rat except a Vast and exceeding array velvet and ribbon.” re d you ever see anything $0 in your she asked with an att of iment, but 1n a volce that was audible toeverybody in the vicinity, and doubly 80 to the two Women i i g g Who sat directly in front rather respectable looking but then they haven't any should think it must be exceedingly mortifying for women to have to advertise the fact that (hey have got toan age where it is simply Imposstie to get anybody to accompany them in public, be ‘cause 10 80 very significant. you know.” Te fat cheeks of the two big women in front of unten Tedder and redder as my neighbor wat shot after shot at U and a moment they began to whis to whom I had just come to see the play, and she was ho matter what had to be done tn and she kept up ber running fre of marks with inercliess rapidity aiid tn Uttering and laughter of every By degrees the position and pu front of us Tore unbearable, Wut they finally a houpeediy Delligerent. At this of le | my beautirul neighbor sudden! one of te fat women in frout of | cent head of hatr, and she wondered | 1c was covered up'by such a | last stroke Was too much, and the fat | a sheepish grin remov | Sear and placed it in her queer enough to a sailor who has voyaged to tropical countries, He is by no means a rare J in Warm latitudes, and the fact that be is not dreaded, like the shark, is because instances are rare where he attacks map. I do not believe the hideous monster ever attacks human beings frota | hunger. The sea ts full of thetr sort of food, and | nature never expected them to prey on the flesh | and bones of a tough ola salt. My experience with the terrible creatures has also gone to prove that | they seldom or never attack a person unless thelr | anger ts excited, ‘or over four years I was mate and master of a small schooner plying between Spice Islands and ‘Sigbapore in the interest of an American trader. I | do not think T made a le ulp without seeing from one to a dozen of the horrible devil fish. One day in the Banda Sea it tell dead calm, avd acur- Tent driftea us close in upon an island to the north of the Lesser Timor. Weletgo the anchor in a livule bay, and when the schooner ht up she Was tn J2 feet Of water, and within 50 feet of the beach. As the weather was hot the sailors slept on deck, there being one white man and five natives, Everything passed off quietly until just in the gray of morning, wi a terrible commotion on @eck routed ine out. It seemed that an octopus had crawied up the low side of the schooner, perhaps to gratify its curiosity, but seeing the sleeping men had, | perhaps, also to gratify its curiosity, Mung a. | feeler at one of them and taken such a bold of bis | hand and arm that be awoke with a shout of pain, ‘The others were also aroused, and seeing what | haa ares they seized whatever is were | at hand, and made the Felease its hold. I came on deck just as it fell ipto the water along- side, and the splash Was as beavy as if a man ha falien overboard. A portion of the feeler which had eg ve ‘the sailor had Veen broken off by the blows. There were three or four feet of it, and | for a time it squirmed and twisted about the’ deck lke a spake. it had touched the man’s flesh only | in one | om the back of the hand, but he made as much ado over it as one Would over a builet in the | leg. It was a horrible wound, however. The flesh was puckered up and biistered, and the spot where the cup had taken hold looked like an erysij sore. Jt was a long four weeks before the wound healed, and the scar lett closely resembled that ofa burn, Thad the sailor in the cabin dressii his. and it was twenty minutes after we had beaten he octopus, when there was another cry from the | deck, and I heard the men run forward and tumble | Invo the forecastie and slide the cover. More from. | instinct than any thought of T closed the | cabin door, then the skylight which’ lighted the | cabin. There was a slide door in the forecastie bulkhead communicating With the hold, and aiso | one frou the cabin. Aver Lwo oF three minutes | the sailors came climbing over Une cargo—we be- ing about one-third full—and I let them into the bin, i never saw a more frightened lot of men, and I could not at first believe Lhe story they told. ‘They sud that when the octopus fell into the wa- ter he swam Off in the direction of a rocky reef on our port quarter, and distant about two hundred feet. After a few minutes the men noticed a con- siderable coramotion in the Water, and Ubis gradu- ally approached. All at once they made out five Or Six octopi at the vessel's si@e, and before thiey dvew back and ran away the monsters were throw- ing thelr feelers over the low bulwarks, “There's one of ‘em, sir—there’s one!” shouted ‘the mate at this laoment, and we turned our faces, to the ‘light, to see three or four of the horrible feelers playing’ over it. At the same moment the Schooner was canted to port with a sudden pull all: Of three streaks, or With as much force as a strong. puff of wind would have exercised in open sea. At this movement all the natives broke out into a Yell of affright, and, asi sternly rebuked them, one of them exclaimed: “Oh captain, the devil fish have come aboard, and not one of us cap a ‘There was no longer any doubt that we were beset by the creatures. There was not a second in which the feelers were not playing over the skylight, and otuers could be heard fastening to aud dragging Ualngs about the deck. As the en- Ure affair Was afterward put in writing, sworn to by every man on board and left wita the repre- sentative of the Brilsh government at Surabaya, Island of Java, I shall not hesitate here to state particulars. The noise on deck might be likened to a row between four or five men. Everything about. My | movable Was being moved and fu: skylight had a hardwood frame and heavy glass, and the feelers found very little to grasp, "The noise made as the cups fastened to the glass by suction and let go again was like the suap of a pair of pincers.” Looking from the bull's eye in the stern, I could see that the Water Was ali ina commotion, although there was not a Dreath of air outside: I bad a dozen muskets, as many cutlasses, abd nine of ted hatchets in This was the schooner’s Wo the forecastle, from which they could attack aia signal. ‘Then { carefully slid open, door of the companion to get a look on deck. The sight was one no man. ever forget. If there Was one octopus on the port rail there were a dozen, and it there was one fepier twisting and at everything. J did not have more than thirty seconds time to glance around beiore tree or four feelers shot at ine at once, and I closed the slide ot a Second Loo soon to avoid them. Tc Was death tu the most horrible form to put foot on the deck, and I sent word tothe men in the forecastle not to attemp' 1o hopes that, If We remained quiet, the creatures Would tire, themselves out and go away anter awnil we spoke in whispers, ‘mov: about as sortly as possible. O'clock were still though tor the last hait Moveable had gone overboard. ‘There was not at that time a bel -pin, capstan-bar, stick of firewood, oar or Tope ieftou board. The scuttle butt, which no sweeping over us could dis- lodge, had been wrenched from its fastenings and ‘which the men bad browgitt up the previous even men ing, had been rent and torn. tn ail sorts of es the horrid arms pulled at them. The had been torn from the hatches and svout, andhad not the hatch covers Deen securely hooked, they Would certainly have been Short slid back the door to secure seemed us if some of the creatures tease nein ‘Rot so Teould rail, “uiscovered the Deaks: {Wo octopL Others were in the w and had tnetr teeters mast, Carefully ‘moving about, for another iif hour, By that time they Sever the commotion in the doubt that it was ‘creatures, and that thelr anger on us ft deck. "We coud ‘at d'get sue ef them to ‘one: ailenUly a8 possible to & MAD GD tbe look- ‘a thanktul body of when the anchor was finally up and we were founds I CHAMPION ATHURTER SOON DIRAFTEAR PROX THe SPORTING WORLD—THE PAMOERS OF OV RETRAIN. TkO—POOTRALL THE BEST LUNG AND RART Gane 1% THR Worta, BY Jruaw Hawrnorxe. « INR?) Copyrietted ennatihels of muscle, There is nothing inside them. Afier a few years they become stale, Ina few years more they begin to pine away. Their digestion ts im. Perfect, their hands and feet are cold, their eyes lack Drillianey. At forty.nve tney are invariably old men. If they live beyond fifty, It tsa life net ‘Worth living from the physical paint of view. ‘There are men Who spent a great deal of time exercising tn the gymnasium when they were Ute more than boys—Say from sixteen of seventert i ward. Now, at that age (he body has great. vit ity and ne Re ote PeuAINS. over A menit vet feel little OF Bone Lhe wo ainbitious to have a ‘bard ‘ticope nod muscles to be at their on 80 far at twenty 1 have Lire, what masy they Bot eupect to become at Chirty oF Hoe thry can make their cles as hard and as pent ax home of eu: that the latter TABOR, ANG pew Ts or rowed or little better than was ever men whorn he arances become les frequent. Al first he the cause of his failures to every reas: the right one. He Was feeling a litwe “ott at day, he had sprained his foot, be hed jaioed his ars his boat was Bot ap to bis wet Bt Dut the truth Was, that while his muscles remalned the strength to make a proper use of them had oozed away. They encumber and weaken him in JUSt the sane Way that a suit of ponderous #ix- teenth century oy would do. His heart oat qu and stomach have ali they can accompli and more, to keep the unwieldy mass The man ts actually not two-thirds alive. In bis thoughtless youth he built on to himself, as 1 were, the muscular system of @ man (haa himself. For a watle all seemed to go well, but bow Lhis excess of material ins to Vell. Like the fatved monster created b; Tankenstetn, tt de mands to be supported and cared for by ree vor; and as the latter is powerless todo tls, the monster destroys hin and ftself at the same Une, If you want to be strong and to keep your strength for the time when you will really need 1 ‘ou must go to work in quite a different way. Never mii about records ind Guy Livingstopes, Such men as Guy Livingstone are strong without effort. They twherit frames, and the vigor of thelr tut Orgaulsm 1s such as to be more than sufficient to meet a'7- they can put it to, Their hearts seud the blood in pow- ertul qottgg Tieuaeeeena tet a A Wt ‘heir 1UNS ( KLeUG, 50 Lo apes Unt fant cas eta an tte tearoom and their breathing is asdeep and as inperceptibie a8 the tices of the ocean, Their stomachs cheer- in gymnasiums; why should they? are always adequate to any call that ts m: them. ‘They are apt to be habitually lazy; but when the beed comes they can do anything with. out half trying. Such men, or the Non of ‘them, demoralize modern achleticisia. By invet- erate practice you can Work yourself up to be as g00d, Tor five minutes, as Uney are without prac- Uce for twenty or tuirty years; but the efort wil cost you your life. If you are Wise you will not inake the attempt. But there is something that you cam do. You a (Daring Constitutional and congenital tenden- Jes 10 Weakness and diseas) become as healthy as they are, and live as long: and you can be Strong, W0,'up to the mearure of some natural capacity, and they are no more than that. Begin by forgetting all about your biceps and and your externais Y, and attend to your insides: itis oniy 0 m ihe latier that te former can, be effectively reuched. Now, ‘of the vast multiplication of homes Umes, there is still almost a» inuch out-door work us there ever Was; and your business tx wo keep ‘out in It as much a8 you can. Move about briskly, with your mouth shut, and at every breath take tm as much aif as you can hold through your nos- trils. Do not go out with the premeditated pur- pose Of running a mile as fas’ a& you can and coming home again. Foot-ball 1s the best I and heart game in the world, and whatever most ike foot-ball—such as hockey, tag, Uase ball—are so far good. Your movements should be varied, (prompy upexcived, and so tar as possible You shor'4 be about something that interests you losuch “ogre that you are not aware of Une ex- tent or «ind of exertion you are making. Take {gue hour's tramp across county, With a.coupanion Af you can get one, and vary soiae four hour With an occasional burst at wp speed, or by leaping over 8 fence. 0° cilinbing a Wee, o amatch at broad jumping. Whatever you do, do it with a will, and remember that your office is not to make your muscies big end hard, but to get a Seite ae or throw juvlts, or have a bout at wres »” or have % much the ter; but 1 do not advise always doing a certain thing at & Certain time; only do some- ‘thing each day, and be out doors’ whi) you are doing it. At the end of the year do not ask your- ‘seif Whether you have Increased three tuches tm your girth, Or around the arme and legs Your Lallor Will attend to Chose macters; but congratu- late yourself that there ts a it reduess ia your cheeks, and brightness in Your eves; Ubat You eat a gvod deal more than you used vo do, and hat What you eat seems to dissolve away’ and become ceplible the moment you have swab lowed it; that you are asleep five minutes after you are abed, and until five sninutes of the time you get up; that your hand i$ steady and your inind’cieur ‘and’ eMicient. Ast your muscular strength, getting Gp, when by any chance you happen to enier into 1Uon With tocm, To be out of doors whenever ble—that ts first disideratumn. To breathe deeply and slowly is another. A third, not less than these, is to rub the surface of the body with Stiff Tesh brushes after it has become heated with exercise and before you sit down to any sedentary @ecupation. ‘This brusbe ing, of itself, nourishes and tavigorates the muscies beter than most kinds of gyi-uastic ex be. cause, {induces the Blood vo flow toto them, and renders them supple joreover, it puri fies Ube skin, enables the pores to breathe and re- eves the tu t for any reason You cannot get your daily nce Of Open-air exercise, them double your allowance of fest.brushing, the age of twenty-six or Uhereabouts you will BOL need to be euvious of prominent gymnasts. As to Ue question Of diet, there ts not much use An spei bout It. Some seem to feel atefactiou toward un alesome 10d, abd As tm to reform them. Other have asimilar instinct for What 1s simple and ible in food, and they need no sdview. stil ot =