Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1887, Page 2

to - THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1887—-DOUBLE SHEET ITY AND DISTRICT. HEAL ESTATE MATTERS, (OR PUBLIC BUILDINGS—THE PROPOSED STREET UWAY TO TENLEYTOWN—AN OLD LANDMARE coxs—orm ‘TERS OF INTEREST. xtent of the building operations in this during the past year has frequently been re- o iu Tne Stax, and the fact that this activ. ‘ontinued beyond what Is usually consid ts of the Duflding season has been | ation of the healthy tone of | the real-estate market. The District Commission. | ers in their annual report call attention to the | provement of the efty, and state the re- ing inspector for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1880, showed a construction a0 | count of about $5,000,000, Which was at that time MILITIA MATTERS, Progress of the Organizations Com- Posing the District National Guard. 4 DISTRICT SIGNAL CORPS TO BE ORGANIZED—RLEC- TION OF OFFICERS—THE SCHOOL OF THE SOLDIER— CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION—INTRRESTING NOTES FROM THE ARMORIES. “The whole system of modern warfare isto open- order Nght,” remarked Gen. Ordway, in conver- ation about the ancient and modern methods of fighting. “In Napoleon's time the system con- sisted mainly of throwing solid ranks of men or columns of regiments against the enemy and coo- quering by sheer force. ‘The employment of such means in these days of Dreech-loading, repeating rifles, would be likely to prove disastrous; espe- claily is this true when one remembers that rifles now are manufactured to kill at a distance of & thousand yarns, No, the modern system 1s to throw out clouds of skirmishers and push them gradually forward. This gives to the private sol- the largest the District had known. During the | past year, according to the same authority, the | Yale of the buildings erected exceeded $7,000,000. | When it is known that the cost of construction | given in the permits 1s on the average about 75 | cent of the actual Value, a more accurate idea | js obtained of the amount of money that has deen expended in the Smaprovement of the elty during the past year. Since the 30th of June a large num— ng permits have been taken out, and building is now being carried on’ to a large extent in ail parts of the city. ‘THE PROPERTY SOUTH OF THE AVENUE The probiem of the location of the pyblic butld- ings, Which the needs of the District Government now demand, and which the future will no doubt demonstrate that the general Government will re. quire, 1s referred to in the recent annual report of tue District Commissioners. They state that if the souta wide of Pennsylvania avenue shouid be adopted as a suitable site for the erection of such Dulldings as the General or District government may require, the condemnation of this land and 1us Improvement would be of great benent. In case this should not be deemed advisable the Commis. Slouers recommend tbat a considerabie portion of this area te condemned and added to the mall, ‘whieb adjcing it on the south. A bill was intro- Guoed tm the House during the last Congress by Ne. Milliken, providiug for tue purchase by the Government of ail the property on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue, bounded by the avenue and B stree: and oth and 15th streets, at a cost for all of not more than $5,000,000. ‘This bill was not ‘Acted upon by Congress, AN OLD LANDMARK GONE. ‘The old frame structures at the northeast corner of 14th and H streets have recently been removed, and Workmen are now engaged in erect- ing brick Dulldings, which will be used for stores and dwelling houses. The improvement is being made by Mrs. Helen Cook, and the cost will be sbout $15,000. in the removal of the old pul one of the ancient landinarks of the city was stroyed. The old house was erected about the year 18% by John Smothers, a colored map, and in the building adjoining, with the front on H street, one of the first schools in the city for colored chlldren Was established. This school was con- ducted for many Fears by Mr. John F. Cook, the father of Mr. Cook, the collector of taxes, "and here was organized ‘in the year 1841 the colored Presbyterla Cuurch, Which Is now located ou 15U street, ‘THR PROPOSED TENLEYTOWN RAILWAY. A Dili has been prepared to be presented to Con— gress providing for the Incorporation of the George- town and Tealeytown street railroad. The route of the pi Toad as deseribed in the bill is as follows: Beginning at $24 and M streets, to run along 2d screet to junction with Tenleytown road, along that road to Tealeytown and the Dis. trict’ line. ‘The bill authorizes the use of 34h street for a return track if so desired. ‘The tal stock 18 $200,000, and the incorporators named are ga rollows: Joan W., Thou Huichard, H. Goldsborough, W. ran, Heary H. Dodge, ‘Osceola C. Green, Win. J. Thompson, Naval Burchell, Arthur &. Baten: vey Durand, Nathaniel W. Coke. ‘The ‘coupany proposes to construct the Of the road Outside of the limits of West Wash- ou private land, which Das been donated for that purpose by the owners. The cars will be Tun by cable, although the use of the electric motor is authorized by the DtLL ‘THE MISSES EMORY'S HOTSE. A Louse is betng erected for the Misses Emory, the daughters of the late Gen. Emory, on the south side of H street, between 17th and 18th streets. ‘Phe plans, prepared by Mr. W. Bruce Gray, archi- tect, are Low being carried out, and the house wil be completed early next summer. The front 1s of Drick with brown-stoae trimmings. A circular Day window extends through thesecond story, and ‘there is a colonnade in the third story. There is a ‘wide eatrance hall which is ted from the statrease hall by an arcade. A bandsome oak screen is between the library and the staircase hall. Back of the library, which forms a suite ‘With the parlor, fs the dinizig-room, whieh is lange and spacious "An ornamental feature of this room fs the oriel window. On the second floor are ‘Yhree chambers and on the third floor five cham- ers. The woodwork of the house will have a Baturai nish and there will be open fire-piaces tn all the rooms. ee TRIMMING A DUDE’S HAIR. A Barber Kelates His Experience—The Bang and the Side Touch. “These here dues,” said the barber, as he slapped 8 dab of lather in Tum Sran man’s mouth, and cut a slash in his chin ip his haste to apolo- size. “These here dudes, as I was a going to say, You can't make nothing of ‘em. I can't keep up with them It seems to me they are getting more numerous like, and their ‘ind all seems to runto their bangs. I'd rather | ut the hair of a right down cow-boy who wants to ko litzed, with two six-shooters tn his hip- than to trim the bangs of a dude. He never lets bis bangs grow out of a certain range, ‘They must be cut every two weeks or oftener, If necessary, 10 keep theua at about the same length, ahd he alWays has some artistic esthetic touch he ‘Wants put tot, He will come in with a big cane, and stands with his legs spraddied about ih trout . W. Pearsall, Har- we, and Join A. dier of to-day a good deai more tndtviduaitty than he bad manctent times. He is required to pos- sess greater intelligence and better judgment, both of whieh he owes often to the instruction nich he receives individually. It is thevetare necessary idiers should be Structed fa the use of che ries” NNN During the month of January the inspector gen- eral will make an inspection of the militia, This will probably consume the better of the month, as it Will be necessary for him fo visit each company at its armory. ‘The main object ts to Lest the men, note their’ condition, and find out what has been made. The knowledge of tnd on aFu-nignt the armories present ‘scenes a e Next Wednesday the school of the officer will wesimest by a lecture by Lieut. Finley. of the orps On “Military bs Jing in the daytime by ‘sun Sashes trom a usirror at night by torches. ‘Yuere is no doubt that the oficers will tind much to interest them in Lieut. Finley's remarks. Apropro of signalling, Gen. | Ordway | said that Washing- ton 1s @ splendid city which to de- velop & signal corps junct to the militia, ‘There are so many telegraph operators employed here who couid easily learn the code of signals that might be adopted. Mr. J. M. Field, of the Western Union Telegraph Company, an @x- perienced telegrapher, has undertaken to organize such @ company. Already a number of his feliow~ ‘empioyes have signified their willingness to joln Such an organization, It is pro} to organize company of thirty-five men, coma: by a first Heutenant, with iwo sergeants and_ two core porals. They Will be classifled as dismounted cavalry, armed with sling carbines and carrying ‘the regulation signal kit of the U. 8. corps. About twenty young men have already signified thelr In- tention to join such a if fully organized. The Morse code of signals will be adopted in prefer- ence to the Meyer code, owing to the slowness of the latter. ‘There is Dut one sitnllar organization in the couatry, it is thought, and that Is In con- nection with the milida forces of Massachusetts, A meeting of the projectors will probably be held Bext Wi Brening for permanent orgaaiza- tion. ‘Thedectination by Mr. Jesse Bassett of the major- ship of the 4th battalion was a disappointment, particularly to the members of Company c (Naz {onal Fencibles), whose candidate he was, It will now be necessary to hold another election. Capt. S. E. Thomason, of Co. D (Logan Camp Guard), Wasa candidate for the place when Mr. Basset Was elected, aud ft 8 now election 1s Held the oMfcers will unite and accept him. Capt. Thomason 1s regarded a fully com. tent to assume command of such an linportent ttalion as the fourth promises to be, The statement that Major M. Emmett Urell, of the 2d, bas been ordered before the examining board for promotion 1s incorrect. Major Urell ts | hot required to go before the examining board as, being in the service, he 1s in the line of promotion. Gen. Ordway states that the major’s commission | will tn all likelihood be signed by the President early next week. As stated last Saturday his ap- pointment as Heutenant-colonel of the Ist regi- meni, when the consolidation takes place, is very strongly spoken of by the boys of Une 2d,'who re. gard their major as a model soldier. It ts clammed that too much care cannot be exercised In select ing men for the prominent positions ta the willtia, Not only should they be good soldiers, but also men of high standing in the community, whose association with the militia would raise its moral as well as social tone, Inother cities the commanding officers of thé regiments aud companies are men of consideravie importance in the business community, and the militia soldiers are closely connected ‘with the merchants and other business men, The District militia will endeavor tobe in the front rank in ‘Unis respect. A Stax reporter paid a visit on Tuesday night to Cosmopolitan Hall, on the corner of sth and E streets northwest, where company D (Merchants’ Ries), of the 3d battalion, have their armory. He found Captain Costinett and his able 1st iteu- tenant, A. A. King, hard at work instructing the Doys i the individual school of the soldier. About thirty men were stationed, without guns, at regu- lar intervals around the hall, and Captain Costi- nett put them through ‘such exercises as coming to attention, breaking ranks, place rest, &c. To all appearance this company 13 one of the most flourishing in the District. Capt. Costinett says that he has sixty-nine active members and as many honorary members, but still he Wants more. Following the advice of Gen. Ordway and Col. Binnt, he 18 doing his best to ereate and foster & spirit of competition among his men. He has had two handsome sliver medais made, which he Will give to the best drilled man and the best ritie shot in the company. But as they have only worn the unfform since iast July the medal for shooting wil not be put up tik next Fepruars. The one for the best drilling will probably be competed for on New Year's Day. Exercise in marching movements will have tobe stopped by several of the companies when real ‘wintry Weather sets In. This {s unfortunate, as some of the companies have very small armortes in which it is barely possible to drill the men tn squads throughout the winter or until the weather ‘Wil permit of their taking to the street. This fact emphasizes the demand for armories of suilicient size to quarter and permit the driliing of whole ‘companies. Company D (Logan Camp Guard), of the fourth, are fast being worked toto shape by Capt. Thom- of a glass for afew moments Then he will slowly | Jet bimseit down in. tue chair as if he was sort of indifferent to everything. Just as you are about | toslash into his hair ‘he’ will Talxe up sort of | sudden like, as if be had forgot where he was and ‘Was just coming to his senses, and he will unwino | Lis tongue out of his cheek and begin to give in- structions. He always winds up with the languld | assurance that if it ain't done just as he las Girected ‘tuere’l be a dead barber. He is always Sorter vague as to who that barber will be, but | he's mighty inferential. Dudes have all sorts of notions about their hair,” the barber continued, ason. Last Tuesday night they spent ‘several hours on the streets tn [rout of thelr armory, on the coruer of 8th and E streets northwest, 1n drill- ing in Various marching movements. The dne thing noticeable to the observer was the excellent time maintained, even when the order to march to the | rear was given. They moved as one man, and re. tved and obéyed orders like veterans, Cant. omason feels a deep interest in their welfare, and says they are full of energy and thoroughly imbued with a soldierly spirit. General Ordway says that the Secretary of War after inadvertently squeezing the sponge down ‘Tue Stax inan's back. Bang’ are still fashionable, Dut the latest thing is the side-touch. You know | They used to Wear their hair brushed down over | Doth ears in bunches at the temples. The latest | thing 18 to brush ft back properly, beuind | one ear, and have the temple tuft on one side only. | Tt looks as If a draft of wind had struck oue side ot | the Lead and blown all the hair back around to the other. Some of them combine this with a bang. It is bard to get any of them to brush thetr fore: Reads vare. ‘There was an attempt to make It fashionable to look intellectual by brushing te hair straight Dack, but this did not take with the dudes, as the contrast with their features weak- eued the effect.” —— Shakewpeare and the “Circulation of the Blood.” WHAT HE DID AND DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. ‘To the Editor of Tax Evaxine Stax: ‘The discussions in Tug Stan respecting Shake- speare’s Knowledge of the circulation of the biood Defore Harvey's theory was made public (which ‘Was after Shakespeare's dramas were written), In duce me to call attention to the fact that the cir- culation of blood upon some theory, other and aif- ferent from that discovered by Harvey, Was well n@ befure Shakespeare's tin Galen, We Greek physician, who lived about the years Lio wo 200, the author of a system of physi logy, recognized the circulation of blood’ as a. ny siological Tact, and theorized upon it accord- ingly, aud concluded that the arterial and veinous Diood bad separate functiong the former to dis- tribute heat and life through the anitual system, | ‘the latter to serve for nutrition of the several or: ‘This theory was long accepted by his pro- om Fetioa ‘as true, but later investigations caused | Mudised theorks to be published concerning the admitted and well-known fact that the blood does circulate, Dotably, those of Vesallus, the Flemish FSiclah, about i542; of Servet, the French theo- ; Columbo and ‘Cesalpin,"Italtan professors (ove ai Padua and one at Pisa), a few years later, aud all priot to Harvey's discovery, which was about 1615. Servet wrote @ book Called “Chris Uanity Kestored,” in which he describes the cir- culation of tae blood as thougn that were a well- known fact. aud endeavors to show that the has promised to secure the introduction of the District militia bili into Congress at the earliest: opportunity this session. When he handed the Secretary, recently, the draft of a bil which he had prepared, General Ordway says the Secretary expressed hitself in favor of such legislation as bad been outlined as necessary to perfect the Of; ceo RT = militia, aud sald Pgh lend ‘the aid in his power to securing t8 passage through both houses of Congress, ‘The school of the soldier ts weekly becoming more interesting. On Thursday evenin were, in adaition to Gen. Ordway, Cols. Bigelow and Moore, and Capts. Clay and Gale, about thirty officers present. Gen. Ordway gave dn instructive leetpre upon the relations of Ube officer “aud. pric vate. He said taitina certain sense the officer of a company bears the same relation to his men as a father to his family. It is the duty of the oMicer to teach them to fix in tueir minds certain: inelples and kleas, so Laat when they are called Upon to render service to their country they may have gained a certain amount of knowiedge of what service they are expected to perform and how they can best assist the efforts their com. oficers, Gen. Ordway said that he recognized the fact that the discipline of the militia cannot be as strictly maintained as it 1310 the Regular Army, for the reason the service by tae men is purely volu a not only ie but ip Peg Ponce the men acti ly pay i. privilege. He held that disetj tg an instinctive matter Which men gal or by experience. If an officer Wishes Lo instil Into the minds of his men certain Priuciples of discipline, 1t should be done from the standpoint of instruction, not of arbitrary author- ity. He should teach the Why a thing to be done right suould be done tha particular was. If the men are approached iu this way it will be found that they very quickly divine the officer's lutentions, and wil yleid « ready ovedience to ‘the discipline. But they would not do this if arbi- trary measures were On the subject of drills Gen. Ordway sald that It 18a too common practice for officers to appear at thelr armories wearing uo 1osiguia of their author- ity or rank. When an officer enters bis armory ho ‘should. ‘as captain oF Meutenany or what, ever bis Funk may be. He should wear an uodress cout, shoulder sifaps and cup—if not more, Duman soul dwells in the blood. These authors geem to have spoken of the “circulation of we | Dlood” as we now do. They had knowledze of the | general fact, Dut thelr theories were erroneous, | Sa it was Tett to Marvey, ax steward for many | Years of patieut study, to discover the true iWeory aud mechantsta of the bivod’s circulation | substantially as now accepted by science. If | he Orst kuowledce that the blood circulates was | obtained in the lifetime of Shakespeare, he would | ot bave been so untrue to his art a8 to make Lis Characters of a preceding age speak of it as a ‘Well-known fact of their day, just as a dramatist of this day portraying characters of preceding couturies would not represent them as familiar With steam railways and electric telegraphs, | ‘The fact that some of Shakespeare's historic characters speak in ayeneral way, as though aware of the circulation of ‘the blood, is evidence not only that the fact was known to Shakespeare, DUL that he supposed the Knowledge existed Ih Previous ages, as it undoubtediy did. Itis not, however, probable that sni are ‘Was awareof the true theory and mechanisms Of the circulation as afterward explained by Harvey and as It is now accepted by the worid. The case is Very much as with the planets. They ‘were known by the ancients to exist and to have motion, and their theories and explanations were given (0 the worid three years ago, but covers of Coperaicusy Kepler, Gallen, and New- € ‘and New: Lon, who first gave to Tule world the of the planets and the laws of their Garvey did vf the biood. Following this out, Le sould teach the men the first principle of disepline—courtesy. ‘Tuls 1s the Underlying principle of all discipline, and sowna be gradually instilled into the minds of tue men. While it may be very well or tae captain or com- tmanding officer to be known Outside is armory as ‘Bul, Dick, or Tou, yet the moment he goeson duty he should be recognized only by bis rank, and un- der all cifcumstanoes should eve that charac- ter. In conclusion Gen. Ordway Said that better results will be reached by such @ system of in- struction than Upon any assumption of authority. ‘The evening was concluded by Col. Bigelow,who juestioned the officers present u| the Gaugue in the school of te widen. Punt ‘On the 224 of this month Company A (Washing. ton Continentals), of the 34 batt ‘will give fair at tueir armory tn Coamopolican Halk &° * “Centaur Cyclists” is the name that the new tri- cycle company have selected for themselves, At first the iO Will be Of a social character, ‘urue courses: ta J.B. Christian Denning, a well-known who. bas. bee ver the death lieved that if another | there | A mob of riot should be trested like @ man with malaria—it should be dispersed while in its incipl~ ency, And before it has gained courage to act by @ knowledge of its own power, Upon suct a gather ing & com) ‘mounted in this manaer could de- Scend Faplily,_and before they recovered from tbe Attack could be dispersed or else held in compar- | atively harmless state until heavier troops coul4 | reinforce the infantrymen, Itisestimated that to equip a light battery of the character ‘Gen, Ordway an: Sn pt ed Company C (W. L. Infantry), of the first bat- | Salign, 18 dotng some excelent work in the way of ———_-.e0____ SAVING THE GIRLS, An Institution that Proposes to Befriend those in Danger. THE WILKINSON HOME AND ITS PLAN—HOW YOUNG AND VIRTUOUS GIRLS IN A STRANGE CITY ARE BESET WITH DANGERS AND TRMPTATIONS—INCIDENTS BE- LATED BY THE FOUXDER OF THE HOME, A Star reporter was talking the other evening | with Mrs Wilkinson, the principal promoter of | the “Wilkinson Home.” The home has recently | been established in a narrow old-fashioned house, | 523 C street, and 1s tntended as a place of refuge for {nnocent and virtuous young girls who are ‘thrown into the city without friends and without the protection of a home ‘There are several | “homes” or reformatories for women who have “fallen by the wayside” and are calling for help, Dut this differsfrom them in that it is a home for the innocent and virtuous who might be in danger of deception and sin if left uncared for. No others are received. ‘The story told by Mrs. Wilkinson is | Of drama and sensation in real life. “You can have no idea,” she said to the re- porter, “how inany girls ‘are thrown Into Wash. ington without friends, and the terrible fate that awaits them here if they are not wise and pru- dent. They are met at the very depots by men and women finely dressed and of kindly appear- ance and prepossessing mann who are ready therpower puieless and iosuche youn gti st whont they dad alone and unprotected. there ts ‘& general disposition among country girls of poor Parents to iry to get into the city, where they ‘ink among #0 many people it raust be easter to secure employinent that will give them an honest Uving. 10 1s so of all cities, but Washington 14 Particularly attractive, and to @ higher Class of girls. Girls whé come of good families, and have been tenderly raised and well educated, are often thrown on their own and they turn to Washington at once with the idea of Ung pred pete It is the most innocent, gulle- ima? inexperienced of these who are most likely to deceive themselves into thinking that ‘such employment would be readily opened to them, and they are the most helpless when they get here. ‘There are also girls whoseek empioyment in stores, 8 dressmakers, or in the household, and come to the city without knowing a soul and without a Gefinite idea of what they are to do. When they get here they find the city a bi r place than they thought, and they find themselves without hom without shelter, and tn despair. Then it 1s that ‘they arein danger. There are women and men watebing Out for them, in the depots, upon the | Streets, and about the doors the cheaper places” where they go for their meals. ‘he pu of the “Wilkinson Home” ts to fur- nish shelter and protection for these young girls | until they can find their friends OF, get employ ane ae frees oa established in homes, a ey fall to-do this, We propose to assist them to get home, ag = ENTRAFPING A COUNTRY GIRL. “Only @ short time ago a young girl from a little | country town, who had never been in a city betore, | arrived at one of our depots on the last train, about: midnight. She had left her home to come here | after employment, because she could no longer earn a living at her country home, Her folks bad taken her 15 miles to the nearest depot, and got there just in time to miss the train. She bad either to wait or go back, She waited for a late train, and arrived in Washington alone in wonder at the great depot, confused by the | Stranyeness of the place, all thé other passengers, With their satchels and baskets and bundles were hurrying out and making tue best of their way to night quarters, The woman in charge of the ladies’ reception-room had gone; the railroad of- clals had gone, and even the policeman who stands by the gate to see the passengers pass out from the train had hurried away. In two or three min- utes the depot had been cleared, and there seemed to be no one she could ask to direct her. She knew not which way togo. She knew none of the streets, none the hoteis, and no one to direct ber, She went to the boy at the news-stand and asked him if he could direct her to some respectabie, inexpensive hotel where she could get lodvings and "break. | fast in the morning. ‘The boy did not know, but ‘Went to find some one who could tell him. The girl was young and innocent and pretty. There Was an eleganUy dressed man standing near the | door and when the boy turned away he slipped up to the young girl and offered his services. He found she Was iresh from the country and had no friends in the city. Then he toid her he knew of nice piace she could go, where she would. be very kindly received and would get every atten- tion, and seeing her doubtful, probably, that it was a place beyond her means, he hastened to as- | sure her tbat 1t wouid cost her nothing—he would attend to that. She was shrewd enough to see Uhat the man was a villain, and intended her no good, She declined his “kindness,” ‘and got away from him. She told me afterward that no doubt one of her sisters or cousins, who had had less ex- | steel than she had, Would have been deceived yy tue Man. A PLACE OF REFUGR. “This is only one of hunareds of cases, and the girls are not always as shrewd as this one, With- out friends and unexperienced they face an awful danger. Itisour purpose to havea place where they can always find friends and shelter, and be safe from getting intoa place of bad character without Knowing it, Whether they have means or are penniless we care for them. If they have means they may pay @ small sim tor their ac- | commodations, but all are cared for alike, What we want is for everybody to help us by sending here those whom they know need our protection. | They must be of good character. Nearly the same | danger may threaten most any young girl who 1s | travelling ‘alone, even if abe is merely going | i [from one place to another on a vis and is to be met by friends. Her train may be de- layed, or she may miss her train, ‘There was 3 | case decurred recently, ‘The train from the Sout | Was late, and missed connection with that for New York. Among the passengers who arrived at | the depot here was a very pretty young girl, who | was going right through to New York. “She had | been seen Safely on the train, and wasto be met by | rriends in New York, soit was thought she would have no trouble. But the trains faiied to connect, | and she had to wait alone in the depot here. | While she was sitting in the ladies’ waiting-roown | a woinaa dressed in sk with beads and ribbons | sat by her side and drew her into conversation, | Mrs Blank, who has charge of the waiting root, and is a tndrougn good woman, knew who thé Woman was and Intertered. ‘Thé young lady said that tne ‘lady’ had told her that tt would not be sate for her to go on to New York on the late train and had kindly offered to take her home witu ber for the night and see her safe on her way at a more sultanle hour. The friendly lady boing ¢x- left the depot in haste, ira. Bland took Peer soaee aly a hat eG start. And,” she continued, “there are cases com- | ing up every day nearly that are too shocking to Ss ‘TO WOUND AND NOT KILL, A Talk With an Army Officer on the Ethics of Wartare, “Is not this indicativeot a change tn the ethics ot modern warfare?” asked a Stan reporter the other day of a well-known Army officer connected with ‘te War Department. He was calling the officer's attention to an item in Tuesday’s Stan, giving ‘an account of a new Swiss gun, and which said; “owing to the smooth surface of the steel-clad bullet, it 1s believed that the wounds inflicted will be much more readily healed.” SNo.” replied the oMicer, promptly, «that ts not acl It has always been believed by modern mullitary men that te Killing of the enemy is leas desirable than Wounding them. Now, there ty Dut one thing tobe attained when a conflict occurs between two bodies of troops. You, on one are endeavoring to secure some advantage by forcing oemy from an important positi while “u are equally us ot Tepelling you and of securing your first and only way of accom) demoralizing your opponents and forcing them to Fotroat. ‘There are tree means of demoraliz or & feeling of fear that often results in a: and retreat; then comes a wound, more of & moral effect than you might A wounded man always Wante and always gees s reat deal of sympathy from his lea, who, seeing his condition, are sudden desire to Poor fellow and to help “ ‘ounded mau Often means three men out of Tanks, while a dead man 80, for Clg Eilting is in desiral as it fs considered a Darbarit Ly. “The Cl ve me Chisene a ‘the same theory, ill E ttid at midnight. While she was looking around | How the Rajiroad Tracks Intersect the Strects of Washington. LIABILITY TO ACCIDENT FROM INSUFFICIENT SA¥®- GUARDS—CONSTANTLY-INCREASING TRAFFIC OVER ‘THR RAILROAD CHOSSINGS~THR NUMBER OF TRAINS THAT PASS THROUGH TRE STREETS—accIbENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED. ‘The railroads entering the city, except in afew instances, cross the streets at grade, and conse. quently there is danger to be apprehended at nearly every crossing. This condition of affairs is ‘an additional reason for the advisability of a Union depot reached in such a manner as to re- move all danger from railroad trains within the city mits, About sixty-five passenger trains arrive at and depart from the Baltimore and Poto- mac depot every twenty-four hours, The number of freight trains passing to and fro varies, Dut the average would materially increase the total. About the same number of passenger trains on the Baltimore and Ohio road pass daily through the northeastern section of the city. Up to two years ago the only protection at the rosudngs wat a watchman, with's Nag by day aad lantern by night, to signal the and drivers. As these men could not be on both sides ‘Of the road at once it may be said that these sig- nals afforded but partial protection. The lifting gate, {3 now in general use at all the orosuings in he clty, Dut even with these safeguards eooldonts happen more or less frequently. WHERE THE CROSSINGS ARB LOCATED. Leaving the Baltimore and Potomac depot the first crossing 1s Maine avenue and B street south, but as the yard handsare more or less at this point continually there ts no gate here, At M Avenue, Where the tracks diverge, the Ball Potomac passing down 6th’ street and the Alexandria track westward down Maryland ave- hue, on Which there is more or less travel, a8 the ‘avenue 18a direct route from the Long Bridge tothe Capitol. Notwithstanding the fact that in addi- Hon to the regular trains Xne shifting oneinee are frequently puiling or pu: cars, and ¢1 are passing to and from the engine house, there have been no accidents of note here. At C’street Les are provided, as also at Virginia avenue and -h street, and, although from the proximity of the Jefferson School, the streets are often crowded with ‘children, no accident has occurred, although there have beén narrow escapes. Between point and 439 street D street crosses, Dut there 1s not & large amount of travel upon it, Next to 7th street the inost important crossing is 434 street, where the track 1s protected by gates. “Here there has Deen an accident, caused by the gateman not hav- ing seen an approaching train till a car of the Me tropolitan line was within the gates, aud then gare, were let down on it. Enis is one of the most Important c1 and is traveled almost - much as ie rere Ba is ene te ates, and owing veams using ete but slightly less important than 4! street, Between 2d and 3d si whore F crosses the avenue, and 18 one of the most im- portant cross: Liat ope have been erected, a8 also at 1st’ street, where Delaware avenue inter- sects It, and at South Capitol street, the latter dally increasing in travel. AT NEW JERSEY AVENUE there are no less than 17 tracks (the new freight- yard and engine-house being located just west of the avenue) on grade, and these are protected by | md but of necssity they are very wide art, flere ‘there is necessity for the most intelligent vigilance and management on the part of the gave- man, owing to the pulling: and backing in making ‘up trains. When the round-house is put in use the ratemen Will put in steady daily work at the gate levers, From Delaware avenue to 2d street the tracks are on what was once known as the old Washington city canal. At the turn into K street the track is above grade, and though there 1s no regular crossing nor gates, it 13. crossed some little by carts and wagons. Thus far there have been ‘no accidents at this point. ‘The track strikes grade a short distance east of 24 street and at the cross. ings of 3d, 4th, Sth and 6th streets (che tunnel commencing Just east of the latter) the track is on | grade and ts protected by gates. ‘The crossings at ith and 6th streets are used very frequently, as just now reservations 15 and 16, the old Eastern | Market stte, are used as a dump ground, From the eastern end of the tunnel the road runs through deep cuts until it strikes the Eastern Branch, tween 15th and 17th streets east, and the Oret mublic road crossing where gates are provided is at, Bennings, about 5 iniles out. THE ALEXANDRIA BRANCH, over which the Baltimore and Potomac line oper. ates, the Washington and Alexandria, Alexandria, and Fredericksburg, over which the Richmond and Danville (Piedmont Air Line) run their trains Into 6th and B streets, leaves 6th street at Mary- land avenue, by which the Long Bridge 1s reac crossing the numvered streets at that point, D street at 11th street. In addition the tracks of the Baltimore and Potomac with those on 6th street and Maryland aveaue forma Y by tracks running through Virginia avenue from near the local freight depot on 9tb street to the tracks east of 6th street. At 7th street there are two sets of gates, one at Maryland and the other at Virginia avenues. These Crossings are probably the ‘MoSE IMPORTANT ON THE LINES, as is shown by the fact that the gatemen are al- most constantly at work. Tuere 1s no crossing or gates at 8th street, but at Oth street, where the freight depot is situated, there is almost a con- Unuous string of wagons and teams passing. ‘Tenth street crossing is provided with gates, as also 11th street, where D street also crosses the tracks, and the latter has become @ popUlar thor. oughfare, and in addition has the 11th street line of the Belt Line cars upon it. Twelfth street 1s ‘algo inuch traveled, particularly by coal carta, oy3- ter, fish and produce wagons. At 13th and 13} streets gates are belng erected, but each have along had watchmen at the crossings, CASUALTIES. ‘Watchmen and gates do not always prevent ac- cidents, A Metropolitan strect car crossing at 43 ‘street and Virginia avenue, about eighteen months ‘since, was allowed to get upon the railroad tracks before the gates were lowe! and the car was wrecked, and by a miracle t! xX passengers were only slightly injured, Jane Cook, a colored wo- man, Was killed at Bennings, near the g.tes, last fall, John Taylor, a colored was killed on 1st street and Virginia avenue, in July of last ear. In October of last year John Slaughter had | his wagon demolished at 133g street, and Messrs, Guuck and Havenner had their demolished at 12ch street, and were sligatly injured. There Were then no gates at 12th OF 133¢ strects, Feb- ruary last Thomas Brown was struck at 43 street and Virginia avenue, and had bis right arm injured and hand mashed. even ar themselves aro subject to the dangers of the rall, for the late Ira Gree, lost his life at the 10th-street crossing: little over two years since, THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO CROSSINGS. ‘The tracks of the Baltimore and Oulo diagonally cross D and North Capitol streets, and passing through square 681, emerge on Delaware avenue, Just south of E street, crossing that street, Massa Chusetis avenue, and F street. North of thts poiot they diverge, one set being used by the Washing- ton Branch and the other by the Metropolitan Branch. The Washington Branch by Delaware avenue, curving north of H street ‘{urough the corner of square 716 into I street, ai uence eastward to near ota surest. then curving northwa:d through squares 857, ing over Boundary street, between 10th ir 1th, on its way crossing K and L streets, and the numbered streets from 24 to Oth inclusive, ‘The Metropoll- tan Branch, from its divergence between F and G streets, runs straight out 1st street east to O street north, Where it curves to the right and pasees out of the city east of tne Scheutzen Park, ‘On the Washington Branch there are gates at the mouth of the depot, North Capitol and D streets; at Delaware avenue and E si Mas- suchusetts avenue and 1st streets; 1st and F, 18t and G and Delaware avenue and H’street. At'this latter point the tracks are crossed by the Colum- bia street cars, and Hi street 1s number of country teams and 1s from the western and upper part of the cit Olivet cometery, From here the road through @ cut, and under w bridge at 2a streets northeast, Third and I streets are opened. ‘The tracks east of 8d streets reach and at 4th and 5th streets, on crossings are protected by gates. These are fast ‘becoming popular crossings, for the northeast sec- tion of the city is an ~4 Sixth street is not yet 0} and at 7th and K streets northeast, Where the travel 1s continually on the increase, ‘there are gates. There are at present no at the Boundary crossing, but & watchman ‘On the Washington Branch the rosdway at ‘Montello crosses the tracks by anoverhead briage ag also Rives, At Ivy City gates are at crossing, i ef Dut are used only during the races. ‘There aré gates at Hi nds, where, at certain ere is considerable travel.” At Hyatteville gates are in frequent use. On FeOruary 10, 1866 an 0a the Washington Branch. ams ‘THE METROPOLITAN BRANCH Tuns on 1st street east to Boundary street, and there are crossings at H, I, K, L and M streets, and ‘a flagman at Boundary street, The principal cross- ing is at H street, K andL coming next, and on the Other ‘two travel is increasing daily’ “There wre several roads the Mi tan Branch them, except outside of thecity, and while all road, t EARLY WASHINGTON, PARES, STATE RESEAVATIONS, MONUMENTS, @Tat- bes ae ‘Decome prop- ‘or reser- 1g Ny juare with their fronts which ‘onthe’ most will not 1) ae 56 feet, and many be above WEst WASHINGTON As represented as of two principal streets, Bridge and High, and two others extending north and Rortheast trom a circle Just beyond Rock Creek, on M street, Major L’Enfant, at that early date, For many years tue old map hes hung in the office of the Commissioner of Public Buildings and grounds, The hand of time during nearly a cen- haa Somewhat onitvecated the net, and Col. ‘Tecommended its restoration to secure reservation. Assistant District-Attorney H. T. rt, in charge of the suit of the United States Potomac fat Yo quiet’ title to the 8, also aided in ‘securing its reproduction on account of its histort- cal value, and because of the requirements of the tigation in the flats case, The work was done the ex Part the Preeklones House, which had been entirely obliterated, is an exact y. This portion was taken’ from an old map of thé President's square Sra Sopumments in the possteston of H. B. Doake, of ‘West Washi ‘showing the ide of the reservation for the President's House to be in ‘the form of a semi-circle. AVENUES AND STREETS. ‘Maj. L'Enfant prescibed a width of 160 fest for side, and 80 feet carriage-way in the center. For the streets, the width of those leading to the Public buildings or markets was fixed at 190 feet ‘and the others at 110. and 90 feet. The map shows Analostan Island and Alexander Island each e1 Urely surrounded by water. From the mouth of Rock Creek Water street extends to the Arsenal Point. In front of this 1s a breakwater extending ‘across and around Buzzard’s Point, where Water street again apt extending at intervals to & point above the branch bridge at East Capitol street, ALONG THE RIVER FRONT, from the mouth of Rock Creek to about 7th and M ‘streets, No wharves are represented on the map. From that point southward, extending round the Arsenal and Buzzard’s Point, many wharves are shown. Along the shore of ‘the stern Branch wharves are located a8 high up as the on ‘the line with Bast Capitol street. There 1s also laid down a draw bridge at the foot of Penuaylva- nia avenue, which was burned in the war of 1812. It is a mati of interest just now, owing to the controversy between the United States and the Baltimore and Potomac Raliroad, that at the end of Pennsylvania avenue there 1s a parallelogram terminating in a se ‘St which the bridge commences. A note on the map at the mouth of the Eastern Branch states that the “mouth isrrom 5y¢to 4 fathoms, the deepest along. the trom. fathoms, the 14 the shore where wharves are marked.” The old WASHINGTON CITY CANAL 4s 1aid Gown from 17th street through B street to Bd street west, with two large basins where the ‘Washington Market now stands; thence in a southeast direction, to South Capitol street, then to about F street south. Here one branch takes a southeasterly direction to New Jersey avenue, terminates in a basin on the branch, and another branch is still partly inexistence, and now known as James Creek Canal, terminating between Buz- zard’s Point and the Arsenal grounds Major L'Entant also provided at about 7th and 12th streets east canals from the Eastern Branch to the Markets of East Washi He seems to have bad an eye to the convenience of the people, for no less than 24 bridges ‘over the canals, Kock Creek is nid down ino mat Line froua its, mouth to about P street, and is crossed by three bridges in about their present locations. “CONGRESS HOUSE” occuptes the site of the Capitol, and the grounds extend eastward, taking in about fourth of the ‘two squares north and soutn of East Capito street, between 2d and 3d streets east. The Presi- denvs House ts in about its present location, a green spot answering,the “White Lot” being marked “President's Park.” while the square be- tween 17th and 18th and B and C streets, Known ‘asthe Van Ness Garden, is marked as the Presi- dent's garden. As st above, the north side of the President’s grounds was circular, and the re- Stored lines show that New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Connecticut avenues and 16th wer creak ia yeprescuiad. as entering the city r as en near the head of New Jersey avenue, and in a note 1t ia stated that the perpendicular height of 1ts source is 236 feet above the tide in the creek. Another note states that it 1s intended that thé Water is to be conveyed to, the nigh 1 where The Congress House stands, and after watering that parcof the city its overpius witl fall from under the base of that edifice, and in a cascade of twenty feet in beight and fifty in breadth, into the Tirouga, the garden into the grand’ canal (ou 3d th a ay street). The west branch of the Tiber enters the city at about 8th street west,from what is now Mt, Pleasant, and a note states that this branch of the ‘Tiber is tavended to be conveyed to the President's louse, Piney Branch, a tributary of Rock Creek, 18 marked, aud a hote says “Pine Creek, whose water, ig may supply tho citys ‘being turned necessary, ino James White's branch, is less than a Tae MALL. mile distant A large green spot represents the mall, which has about the same shape and dimensions ast present with the exception that about all that part of the city wo the river west of 12th street and south of B street is included. This reservation 1s crossed horth and south by seven streets, and through the center east and west is laid outa grand avenue 400 feet Wide and about a mile long, “bordered. with ns ending in a slope trom the houses on each dide.” On the edge of the green mall there 1s a line of deep oa walsh. Go “some of the most agresable pros; calculated Spacious houses and gardens such a8 may sccom- jodate f mi ™ the exact site of the On tals mall, on about face Memb equestrian ngur of George Warheng to place “the eque = toa monument voved in 1783. by the Late Com nental Congress.” It ia in a direct line, byjthe avenue, frou ress House and’ immediacely south of the nt's house, ‘The reservation now known as Lincoln Park he marks as the for “an historic column; also intended for a mile ty or itinerary column from whose station all dis- tances of ‘through the continent are to be calculated, On the river front, just north of M Street southwest, is a reservation “th NAVAL ITENERARY COLUMN proposed to be erected to celebrate the first rise of a navy and to stand a ready monument to con- secrate its and achievements.” ‘The squares now occupied by tne Patent.Ofce Duliding are set down as the site for axchureh, “for Fneral ors cy and assigned to the OF de It will FH afl i ale STATE SQUARES. ‘There are fifteen spots on the map colored yel- low, indicating squares or reservations which it 1s fh ti i i puidill century, he entertained at literatt and distinguished any other one man in the city; while to our own citizens “Pbiip’s Sunday ott is beauLirul home on K st. opposite ware, Was an event always pleasant look forward to, or discuss the last most noted Sirroundioge and heatty good cheer biel place cheer, a place in the memory of all never w wither or die. Mr. Philp was a man of very generous lupuises, broad cuiture, gentle manners and filled with that seduc- tive magnetism that attracts and never repels, Poasessing an innate love for all that is beautiful in art, combined with ready conversational powers Sought after trom Casa. Dickens, wisose guest Re after, from Chas, ns, WhOse guest ‘was at Gadd's Hill, down the whole Of liter. ary celebrities that adorn the capital. In religion he was liberal to @ fault, and came of a long line of distinguished Unitarians, in Which beliet he died, For several years be was a vestryman in the old ‘Sixth Street Unitarian church, which is now used ‘as the Police Court, when Moucure D. Conway was {ts pastor. and wien nis anti-slavery preaching was by no means popular. A wife and daughter in England and his brother in this city are the only survivors ot Che Philp family. We mentally water his uew-made grave with our vears, and with bended form and fervent prayer to the Throne of Grace, reverently exciaiin: Requiescat in pace. 8. WHY THE HORNS SHED ANNUALLY ARR SELDOM FOUND BY HUNTERS. Af the the last meeting of the Biological society Dr. C. A. White read a paper “On the Rapid Disap- Pearance of the Shed Antlers of the Cervidm” that called out considerable discussion. “Every hunter and naturalist,” said Dr. White, “is well aware ‘that although the cervidw shed thelr horns an- hually, the number of shed horns, even in the most {mpertect condition of preservation, which are ever discovered, bear no comparison with the humber that must annually be dropped upon the round in the fegions where those animals live, 1s also well known that the horns of these ant- mals killed before the time of shedding may be exposed to ‘the weather for years Without material change. In some portions of the western part of our national domain deer and elk are, or have been, 80 numerous that if their shed horns were not destroyed by some spe- cial agency, we ought, in view of thelr hard, bony character, ‘to expect to find them tn tinmense umbers, ‘and in fairly condition. In a late Saath, oth infantry, Us &. A+ apon. this subject infantry, U. 8. A., i subject, he informed me that’ he had discovered the ageut of destruction of shed horns, which his presence in the game country of the Western Territories at the time of the si ‘enabled him to do to his own entire satisfaction, This agent, he says, 18 the larve of asinallt which attacks the horn. 5 soon as it falls, and destroys it by burrowing into its substance. He says that he has often ob- Served this, and has obtained numerous spectinens at such Umes which were perfectly “riddled” by the larve, until the horns were ready to fall to Picithough have spent mich time in regions “ spent mucl to where the cervide were abundant I have never Deen there at the time of the sh of weir horns, Icannot therefore either aMfrm or deny the observations of Capt, Smith, but I can join in the expressions of surprise wilich I have often beard, tnat s0 few shed ‘should be discovered, even where deer and elk are very abundant. The shed horns seem to be equally rare at the high ‘and low elevations, and at high and low latitudes; that is, within a wide of climate and of tem- If Capt. Smith is correct tn bis observa- jons for the ‘where he made them there must be more than one species of insects concerned in the destruction of the horns of the cervidi, be- Cause it 1s not to be expected that any one species could have the full range of climate and wide geo. Graphical distribution Which that family of maum- ee ‘The Chesapeake and 0} Canal. GOVERNMENT AID SUGGESTED—THE STATE AND THR REPAIR BONDS—THE PRESIDENCY. From the Baltimore Sun, To-day. Col. L. Victor Baughman was in Baltimore yes- terday. A meeting of the board of directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal will be held in this city at Baroum’s Hotel next Tuesday. Col. Baughman, when he enters upon his duues as State controller ext month, will retire froin. the presidency of the canal and give his full time to the new position Which he has been elected 0 oocupy. “The pre- vailing impression is taat Mr. Stephen Gam! will be the choice of the board of public works a8 the canal president. Col. Baughman is having the active support of leading Western Marylanders in his efforts to get that relief which will be needed to continue the Water-Waygas an active avenue of transportation. On Jap. 1a coupon on the $500,- 000 repair loan will fall due. The two previous coupons are in default, and the fullure to pay the third would give the holders of the repair bonds the right (o foreclose ‘and sell the canal. Tue resident proposes the payment of the coupon due fan. 1, leer, whieh Will head off foreeiost ‘even if'it has to be done out of money that wot Otherwise go to the cost of operating, Col Baughman says: “Regarding ‘the question of aid for the canal from the General Government, ‘our representatives will find some strong points in favor of an appropriation made to our great yublic work. The Government itself ts directly in- in its future, having been one of its con. tributors. The District of Columbia is also finan- cially interested in the future of the canal. Mary- land, of course, has many millions locked up in this at water-Way. The appropriations made at Sitterent times will be lost entifely if something is pet and natural causes of trade. There are millions Of dollars of valuable property claimed vy the canal company which is how in litigation and ‘should not de lost sight of in the ration of ‘this important question. There are valuable Water rights in Georgetown which annnaliy could De made to yield at Least $50,000, beside valuable real estate, all under lease, whicli yields now a fair Tevenue, and could be toa far greater ex. tent than at present. ‘View Of all these facts it be inaugurated next legislature, “y that the State bas a clear right to protect its own rty,and to this end fhave advocated the of ture pass- Ing such a bil, as wil on, i E é i i i i | hi if H * ‘ : | Cummings and Swinton Write About Various Matters. ‘THE EXPERIENCES OF 4 NIGHT WITH A ROUNDER— A VARIED PANORAMA OF CITY LIFE—THE FED. ERATION OF LABOR AND TUE KNIGHTS OF LABOR— TE COMING MEETING IN BALTIMORE. It you set out to see New York ona favorable Bight you will behold enough to fill several chap- ters of history, ‘There is never a night when the avenues of excitement are closed, but there are times when the ordinarily busy places are com- Paratively dull Jtwas on one of the favorable and brisk nichts when a rounder, accompanted by a literary man, set out to see the familiar but al- ‘Ways interesting spectacles of the metropolis. ‘Their experiences began at 8 o'clock. ‘They meta Weil dressed, convival gentieman, who invited them toa well-known saloon to drink t many happy returns of bis birthday, It ts a place much frequented by pugilists, Dut reasonably onleriy. On one side of the room, & picture of brutal Bill Sykes, the most characters Ata table directly under this sat Man who looked all the world like the ¢eption of Bill Sykex He had a nev brutal face. The well-dressed him ‘and playfully stroked nis big head. Seomed to take it in and the Greaed gruticman invited nim Yo bave a Grink. Sykes took it, and then the rounder man uryed the gentleman to come Slaruod to go with chem, wae. aren wren Sota mn ave suddenly made crazy, sprang Selzed him by the collar and TAREW HIM TO THE FLOOR with terrible force, Instantly he aprang up, off his coat and prepared fora fight, Sykes, the remark: “I’m bound to Itek you before Jeave this place!” his coat. was slender, and Sykes would him if be liad once Friends stepped between. brave man led Sykes away. rounder and companion walked away and turned down avenue, Several ¥: tnashers were front of the entratce to one of the blocks on: avenue and ogling women as they went by, A comely, well-dressed young woman, by a plainly clad man in working clothes, walked along. One of the mashers accosted her. Her com- Panton resented it and up to the masher with an imprecation. The masher, having friends with him was brave and struck We 'piainiy- Aliired man. He hit Dack and at once there was, the livedest kind of a ght. The woman who had Deen the innocent cause of the disturoance began policeman dashed forward and ar- Tested the plainly-dressed man, whereupon the Woman set up the cry, “That's ty husbaud! He didn start the Nght.” Her piercing screams could be heard blocks away. The policeman was obdurate, When the rounder, who had observed the whoie affair, explained Uhe case to the police- man, he hesitated a moment and then arrested the Masher as well ax the husband, and, followed by ‘he wailing wife, led the Way to the nearest police station, i AN RX-SENATOR'S JOKE. The rounder and his companion made their way to a well-known restaurant on Broadway fre- quented by theatrizal people and men of all call- ings bent upon the enjoyment ‘One of the lifter was an cx-Senator who 1s boted asa pence tocal joker. Beside him at table sat a theatrical agent, the ‘overcoat, himself a moment, At the door of = theater he met a weazened '(LUle fellow wi as watchman in the house, He wore # cheap overcoat that would have been too small for the ave twelve-year-old boy. “What will you take for the use of that coat for om ye ile fellow looked. astonished, but ne Ite fellow look con. cluded that it would be worth a dol Was worth no more than double that sum. The Senator slyly hung the little coat in the where the agent's coat had finished iupcheon each agent reached for his in an a. Wa oe weet, i hi sect attem| wo him on with the Dare garment and he discovered the sell, his temper fora moment. Then owner coat walked In aud solelmoly bore it away. body laughed, and the agent concluded it was ale to do tue Same and turn off the Joke with a of wine. After plaguing him an hour the ‘and the rounder and E returned his © Panton lett. By The rounder ordered a cabman to drive him and Ihis compantons to the latter's lodgings, The cab- man Was a sturdy Irishman. When his passengers had disembarked the literary man recognized him as an old acquaintance. ane were fn a safoon at “Do you know,” asked the your brother 1s dead?” They the time, and the cabman Was about to take a drink at ex) He set down his Griuk untasted, turned white, and said: “Great heavens! is that so?” The brothers had been enemies and had not spoken for years. The cabman a ment, and then dashed out of tne saloon, not stop until he reached brother !ay dead. Watchers 4m the aimiy-ligited chamber of death, man, paying nO heed to them, ‘the comin where lay his brocher. away the animoaition of Years, dead man, si and then, with, acry of anguish, bent over and kissed the free of the corpse. It was a ghastly scene. The watchers, hot knowing who he Was, strove to remove Dut he pushed them aside. The widow chidrem, attracted by the noise, came in im coidiy. ‘The rounder and his companion, who into the night. “This 18 a great town,” said the literary man. “Yes; leUs have another bovtle,” exclaimed the rounder. ‘They had 1, and as the clock in # neighboring steeple was chiming 3 they separated tw retire. They had seen ttle, if any, more in than the average man about Lown beholds of a nigiat. Amos J. CoMMINGS, ‘THE FEDERATION OF LABOR. The rapid and gigantic growth of the new power in the labor world which hascome tothe front this year under the title of the “American Federa tion of Labor” will be made known at its national convention, whicn 1s to be opened in Baitimore on the 13th day of December, and waich will be the most Important for trades untonism ever held in the United States, Bon wil tay Lees a anized trades and unions, national, ani central, tm the ieading branches of industry, and from ail parts of the country. ‘Their business will be to atc roe Se ay Chis formidabie young federation, wD ey the lager issues in which It is conermea, trod Ns relations witn the Knights of Labor, and to take action upon Various questions that are of 600, Peopie, Unionists. The federation 18 not, in reality, a new organization, but is the revival of an oid body which bad failen Into decay, at the time ft was re- organized, under new @ year ago. ‘THE MEN AT THE HEAD OF IT. One cannot help being surprised by a visit to ‘the headquarters of this new body of magical growth in Sth street, of this city, where prepara tions are belng made for the national convention to be in session next Monday. You meet there Samuel Gompers, president of the Federation and one ofits founder, In whom you quickly become an Sere, moose ey face, strong featul termined purpose, rare knowledge les and long experience as a You may also chance princl wr. 08: po ry ‘toward Une destruction of a Sen somia dee Se etey e ‘onnfesses to have lost has to the latter and made what Shrewder men on both sides have damage that would surely accrue ations if war should break out ‘The adversary whom Dot ‘ly take advantage of the ‘would result tp havoc in fs likely, therefore, that steps any belligerent spirit that may Sar dene, The was when its offers of Jast year, and the ki over almost ‘of Labor have eases is tarough such severe expriences since then, That enance” will be likely to give way before that of the olive branch. But, for the poliey of nw TEN DAYS IN A MAD Housr ‘Blackwell's Island. Grier te Sre¥. PAUL sr ‘Reveal Asylum M ‘New York Worl : Norman L. Manto T_OF KREDON Bi. STOR! “FEES fe $nide: Robert Beall Isom author LUPPS ‘de the Nelly Biy's Experie nd lorrore. (The Tey ing Ore Gi“ Correm cy Tneanity. im Crane = “ty Couda Euteape, Miiin'k Co.” Wading om Bos. "Ee fran MS re ‘an Introduction. Philadelphia: tm the Life of Mary ir hey “br Theos hes De 2B beucewne MITOHEL: Astronomer ang Nagration. By New York Ile sons jourtiton, ‘& 00, Washington: Robert Beall. : om TRIRTY-THRI CARPENTER * YEARS IN 4 sr, DOXNE, FASHION NOTES. ‘Tus Hat Pix grows th size and novelty of decors. tion. Gnay Kenarer trims green cloth dress very handsomely. ‘Bxouisa Pauenrves or shoulder capes of fur are immensely popular in New York. ‘Tus SHoms Of an evening tolle! are always cor- Tectly made of the material of the own. Casmumne gauntiet gloves with plush backs are tn favor for muff wear in the coldest weather. * Conpova, of leather color, is one of the favorite fashionable “street” colors, Beprorp cord is a handsome woolen material, Tesembling corduroy without the velvet finish. Score plaid plush 18 @ novelty tn dress tabricg, destined to have a certain popularity with dressy Foung women. Stove Mowers of velvet arranged at certain carefully spaced distances on Dall dresses of ‘White tulle aad vo their charming effect. ‘Tue latest fancy in ball gowns is to trim the Open V's of the bodice, back and with land of Ane Nowers that Terminaso in aarp At the waist line. ‘Tas Exouism Watarva Hats of eealskin are of pola ‘Wire the gobelin-biue costumes, almost as fash- Jonable now as heliou of the same color used to be, ate worn Gressec kid, with broad etchings on the back on the in & lighter shade, A Prerry Fancy for ace pin 1s a long bar of frosted silver, on Which, hudd.ad together, as tf “a PLaty, furry and plush-felt hats to match com tumes are the favorite morning wear in Paris, ‘Three 2agie i ive shape. feathers and a few loops of ribbon are trimmings and the Amazone, wits ‘upturned close brim in the Back, the favor- PEnsiaw Lawn Of Astrakhan garments are mado ‘Up in many of the designs for seal skin, but furriers say these lamb skins are very tender, and do better service in loose visites than } its such as in the tighter-Neting coats aud pelerines and WALEINO sons of Dongola Kil with patent leather tips are made on lasts shaped like thos used for men’s metrical shape. ? giving an easy and syste ot walking shoes ara Droad and quite low, French boots with high heeis Delng Bow considered very bad forma. ‘The favorite ball dress of the Parisian debutante is Of pale lustrous light-weight taffeta silk, in Shades of pink, blue, cream, old rose, and copper. 82 bronze French kid, undressed kid, tn tte hatural ecru Shades, in pearl grey, and also in Diack. Two kinds of kid ate seen in toany of these ‘shoes, patentleather Teather but the bromee Ups being “used with any Mask Varis are imported in all the fashionable colors of the winter—fawn, gray, copper red, Gobelin blue, Old-rose, and green—made of very thin net with small dots, and a scaliopea wider patterns of vines’ and leave: than seen. ‘Silk Ussue and grenadine w: chenille 1s imported for thicker ‘widths of ali the cloth colors used fcr tailor gowns, NagRoweR Rows OF STITCHING are on the backs Of the newest kid gloves, and in Loadon the plata gloves without stitching are being -evived. Tan- color and gray remain the favorite colors for streeé loves; cream white shades are being revived fur evening: fre most ‘used in the light tan ant pearl colors long undressed suede gloves of mousquetaire shape. All gloves «re woru waxy ‘Alling and much larger than former For Txavaiine round hats are preferred to bone nets. ‘These new felt sailor shapes are very muck liked because their brims are turned up sbarply im the back, and admit of leaning back against the side of Ube car without damage vo their appears ance. For traveling Uhese ate sirap With’ big loops of wide ribbon with 1m coupl fulll thrust Uurough them; but for stre Cluster of ostrich tips than a Diack saflor trimmed rautued, a wear t Rep axp BLack are the favorite colors of the ‘season in theater and street bonuets A charm london was erect in front were a cluster of narrow, silky wing feathers of the Diack cock. inches wide was ruftied tn am: hung in a frilt over Uhe pointed bet.” Ked veivet strings Black were cut faring lac2'about three Ube feathers and front of the bone at the nds and pinned across with Little gold pins, mak- ing thus 4 broad bow beneath the culn. ‘Tae Exouisn WALKING Jacket of seal-skin ts@ popular fur garment that can be worn with Gresses of any color. It is closely Ntted to the with, a and tourn Shorter Jackets loose or ciose-t and its lapped fronts fasten like @ man's rolling collar, tt fits smoothly over the une and "io 82 too tn Jong. ‘Of jaunty shape for very youug made tgtemang in the back, but with ing frobts, as tile Wearur collar abd coat siceves withe Of these Jackets (ee Saturday Smiles. ‘When aman gets to bea “society leader” you louk for him at the tall end of every Burlington Free Press. ” (envious)—“A little at first, dear, but Rot after George had said ‘yes.’ "—Harper'sBasar. 13 a queer fellow. Dallet Decause of DO to see amateury Lhaladelphia