Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1888, Page 2

OME. Place Where Old Soldiers Can Enjoy Their Tobacce, but Get No Grog. der the department of Soudiers’ and Sailors’ Work or the W. C, T. U. there was opened, on the 16d of July last, at No, 329 Missourt avenue, a “Temperance Home”—the objects of which are to Provide a resting-piace for soldiers, sailors and ‘ethers, and to care for inebriates, This howe ts in Charge Of Mrs Rachel G abam a3 matron, with ‘Capt. J. A. Graham as caterer. The “home” occupies @ comveusentiy-arranged building of thirteen rooms. On the lower floor are the reading and dining- Teoma, and above are tn? bed-rooma One of these bed-rooms wus furnished by some of the immates of the Soiers’ Home. for 24, and since the opening been jodwed and fed, at w There are accommodations mS persons have im expendiiure of about the home Was opened the op hand suMictent only for the pay Iueat Of one Month's rent and Lue deposit requived the Gas Company, but (key had faith in the comm of the Work, ‘While a not charge 18 “al and lodging to those ¥s Ts and cividans, Lo worthy applicant armed away, Taw ‘epurter who visited the place found sev. nMates eDyoylng the comiorts Of a iemperary $1,100. “i suppone t tor,” sald the “Yea,” rep fies present, “that Is ve men a place Wi easure Lus'ead of Bice reading “reporter, “that the W. ‘aud 4 smosing root stand,” sid War vu touaccn” he reply, “it does, but would you de- ef oF sailor of Lis tobaceu? W fave to overlong taut bablt, for You wigat as Well 4 maw as 9 taxe away his tobuccn. In short, try to make it pleasant for those who come Aad. have no severe irop-ciad rule Conse itiy. the institution I ity av are brought here by tue police when drunk, wad of beiny taken to the station House, And we is i bave succeeded ta recluuming some. We have in kuod @ boy of Seventeen years brought 1 man. He had ‘wandered here Ut, He stopped with us ays Youking over tue “Wauts” In TM Sax euch eve king. Me las Bow a good place. The most ince! bg Ca¥ We lad Was that of @Foung maim, a Krad¥ate OF ope of jeading institurions ‘of Yearning. He was a fine ctvil euginerr and lingutst Of geaticmanly addiess He was, however, @o Lo drink, Raving a natural appetite tor ‘iquor, hen he cawe some mouths ago Was far gon coward babitual drunkenness He sald that under the tafluence of his appetiie he would give thous ands for a drink of Uquor. After rematoing with us about two months be lett with a determination never to drink, afd is now proftably engaged in a re-ponsive position in a neiguuoring cily, We have Bud, 100, @ Young mau who in this city had Decowe almost a buaumer, Out he straigateued up ARG 19 now engagedou a farm. He thi. ks so much Of uls “uriing-pott,” as be calls tie bome, that be Calls in to See us “requenuly, but he suuis tue Dar-rvome,” A WARUINUTON SCTENTIPIC JOURNAL. Washington, the capital of the country, is more nore Lecuming the capital of science and the center of Scientific activity. The latest evidence ‘of (his fact appears before us in the frst volume of The Ameriean Anth opologist, the journal of the Anthropological Suctety of this city. Founded in 1879, With Lue Object of “encouraging the study of story of ian,” the society has upon tof the vent goientifie while the honorary an include the naies « A aterest aitaches to Prise, as Our W ishlagton society ts the y really active one tn t puntry d usively 10 anthropology, and as thts J the only ished here whieh t eletvely fe discussion, the meetings of the society the Whole range of antarope cen pubiished trom rocesiiugs Which have bern exe ated in thts country a need of amore adeyuat ‘ord and communt uraied the ne aterprise. Taeasure desig. to be the itis and pessread | “4 werin fe Inquiry in tue form of asiVely dissem- sockety, Shall cover » much ding of the society's Wo make It the means | a students of anthro this country and, toa w proceedings, 11 be a communteation pology Over the whole certain extent, of Europe also. The fest per, Bow before us, contains four les of unusual interest and ¥aluc, three of ch are by well-known residents of this city. Aest article Isa scholuriy essay DY James C. ling, president of Columbian University, om “TW LAW OF MALTUUS.” After stating tue fundamental doctrine of Mal- us to be “that population has a tendency to mul- uply itself beyond the conditions of subsisience,” the writer proceeds to point out some of the mis- taken ideas Which writers have entertained con- cering tbe doctrine, fur which Malthus is in no. Wis responsivie. Especially does he potot out that the frst edition of Malthus book coutaoed qwany errors which the anthor afterward apolo- for and corrected In subsequent editions . notwithstanding th:s tact, it ts to this edition which the uareasouing oppouents of the theory have turned for controversial material, According to Dr. Welling, the great mistake of Malthus Was im not properiy estumatiug (he all- ‘suMetent effect of the various factors of civiiza Uon 1a Increasing the ‘ood supply and in supplying means for its distribution far beyoud the possible emands of population, The writer thinks that toda lands of the world, the greatest pinch of tue Mal- Yhustan problem faust "be sougiit not so much in imetuods Of food production as in unproductive mnethods of fuod consumption and unsclentitie methods of food distribution.” Througuout he Takes an optimistic View of the situation. Citing the computation of Dr. Ernst Engel upon the | steam-power of the world, in eflect. that Ue total | In all “ctvilized he shows that, takimg Cae population of all civiiized nations, eaclt jndividual woud have at command a working power equ.l to 117 men, fi the power were used to ‘The Puilest possible extent, and if it was equal, Gistributea, hie = COL F. A. Seely contributes a valuable paper on THE DEVELOPMENT OF TIME KEEFING In Greece an! Kome, which ts in the nature of a | study of the growth of the common clock. There | are three primitive forms of time keepers,—ihe sun- | aialclepsy dra, or water clock, and the graduated | ude. The ipveniion of the sun-diat tu one of Wwaby forms, ls ascribed to Babywnia or Chae 4 and is of Unknown date. ‘Tue sundial of the weks Was 4 tuere staff, without a gradu ted diul, | Jor indicating hours or definite tracuunsot a dy, A Shadow of certalm length ludicaled the hour for Datuing, anocker the hour for supper, and so 0a. | ever perfected, the sundial is ut lmited en t, Useless at tight or on cloudy days. Hence and, a8 tie Went ou, lor a more perfect Taeans of recording tue passaze of time, which Was the Water c.ock, the forerunner of tue moder, Time piece, Col Seviy finds te sunplest form of | Uuls device in the Lands of the Malay pirates'a the Shape Of @ bucket of water and a perfora ed co Coawutshell trough which the water enters and Mus the Mut UBT itstuxs In soutuern India tly But becomes & copper bowl, upon Wyich the a= Lendaut strikes tue uour. The next sifp ip the In ¥eutlon 's found tm Culua, where the waler clock Was developed into something more reseubling an Instrument Of precision. tere Une device “was —an upper one, trom Fescaped, at a regular rate, Wrough ‘Rn Orifice Into « second, thusmalutain.ng coust nt head ip the wecund, frou whien It passe Into & third, marked upon the tusde with graduations snd baving & foating tudex. Thus in tue water Ock We Hlud the Curee essential elewents of te A motor IM Lue fori of water, acted o OY gravity; «true escapement ip the form Of the perforatiou, Whe the Dat auswers to tue ek hands. The introduction of the water clock sat Rome and Athens and the mecuods of its use are taxen up, and the Steps discussed which resulted ip the cowmon clock. ANTHROPOLOGICAL NUTES ON THE HUMAN MAXD sive Lr. Frank Baker opportunity to discuss some very Curtous superstitions regarding the hand of the dead. Most of us probably ace prepared to be Surprised to be told that there are many pe sons in our Gidat who Dave implicit faitu in the curuilve coperties Band Of a dead persun when plied ve an aiticted part: Be, Baker Bade iso Haat among cul.va iutelligeat people Luere is @ Leet tuat the minulimof churactermay be inferred from ap Lospection of the baud, which beef leads to au easy step to a faith tu palulotr, Pure ad sitaple, a step actually taken ia tue Fo revival of cheirowancy upou a. clewuite Desia, While rejecting tue pueriives and abourdi- {ew Of paunistry. Dr. Baker ‘states that there may be @ Fationsl paysiognomy of the hand, frou & Study Of Wh.ch tuay be deduced a certain ‘amount of iniormation respecting the natural disposition of au individual aud Bis plysica: condition at tbe tume. A learned paper on the Channe-Abal (fou! language) trite by Dr. D. G. Briutoa, of Philadel, Plus, completes the nus Ler. Unique Composition. To the Faiter of Tux Evaxixe Stan: I send 8 unique compos tion, which was pally published io a Puliadeiphia paper overa hundred years ago. It way be read (une diferent Waya, First, let the whole be read in the order in Whic it ts Wwrittea; secuud, read the ine down. ‘Wards op tue leit of eacu Commu in third, in like manner on the right of © h comma, Feading the Kevu.ulionary cause is by the others, euouraged and ‘ark! bark! the trumpet sounds, the din of war's alarus; (O'er seas aud solid grounds, doth call us all to arme, Who for King George do stand, their honours soon sual suine, ° ‘Their ruiw te at hand, who with the Congress joir. ‘The Acts of Parliament, ip them I much delight, J hate their cursed intent, who for the Congress fight, ‘The 1 uries of the day, they are my daily toast, ‘They scou will sueak away, who Independence boast: Wao non-reaistance bold, they have my hand aud bew.t, ‘May they for slaves be sold, who act a Whisyish part; Ou Ma: seid, North and Bute, may datly Dlessings pour, Confusion tnd dispute, on Congress evermore. ‘To Nor apd British lords, nay bououcs sti 1 be done, | | f THE NATIONAL GUARD, The Program of the Coming Invpec- tioms—Notes from the Armories, In the coming inspections tn the school of the squad each ny will be formed in squads of from 6 to 12 men in single rank, and upon tuelr t1- spection in squads of from 16 (0 24 wen in double Fak, each squad under a comutssioned or nop-com- missioned officer. Every company officer will be Fequired Ube resent. ‘The school of the squad inciwies the firings. The prozrita of the drilt 1s, being printed, and three coples willbe furnished each company. Ata business meeting of the Butler Infantry Corps, 8» battalion, 4th sergeant, Chas. C. Brown was elected chatrinin, and Eleut. D, F. Seville, of ©0. A, ‘recording secret ry. A lew constitution and set of by-laws was adopted. ‘The Union Veteran Corps (2d battalion, Co. A), ave arranged for a camp fire next Monday night. ‘The Anacostia Kifles (Co, C, 2d battalion), aro expecting thels new uniforms. ‘The Washington Continentals (Co, A, 34 bat- tallon), expect to take xt least 49 men with them to Mit. Vernon on tie 22d. Co, ©, of the 34 battalion, will give ahopon the za. The total umber of enlisted men tn the D.C. N. G13 1.418, The seventh complimentary hop’of the Corcoran Cadet Corps (Co. A, 4th battallon), last Tuesday Digit, Was an enjoyable affair. The Old Guard, Union Veteran Corps, last even- Ing resolved to present. the Grand Army with a suitable oflering for tuelr fair. 3 Jas'S. Wyckofl wore elected acute ine of the corps abd Juo, ¥. Stoddard an houorary wet- Gen, Ordway stated to the school of the officers beld at the Washington Light Infantry Armory Wednesday night that Lieut. C S.A., Would o deliver the lecture teror bisa 1 fnstant. Col Bigelow then con. ducted the school lu its rezular form aad see Greatly pleased with the showing made. Company B, the Marion Rifles, 41h battalion, ave received their equipments, and are very much pleased with them, ‘The National Fencibles are at present tn the important matter of obtaining uniforms. Company D, of tne 4th dattalion (Logan Camp Guards), ar ‘contemplating the renting of the hail, corner 6th and ¢ strects, a8 an armory. Al the recent inspections held under order No. 1, inspector-general’s oMcr, the two compantes of the 5th battalion were marked as follows: any A. 5: company By 9 (out of a posstb ‘hese mh urks ind.cate adegree of inefficiency Cannot De permtited In tie National Guard. The Sth bat alfon wiil assemble at {ts armory op Mon- Gay, the Sth proximo, at_9 oclock p.m. for 8 special inspection to determine whetuer of not it shall coutinue in tue service. Capt E. B. Town- send, A. D. C., will inspect the accounts, records, nd ‘pubic property—company and battaiion, Toe tnspector-general will spect the companies 4p the schoo! of tie soldier. In the recent examfaations in the school of omf- cers there were three that passed a creditable ex- Autnation and two that faile L ‘On Wednesday an order was tssued appointing a board of officers to prepare a revised form of para graph 120 of the Infantry Tactics, which relates to fring Kneeling. The officers devalied for the dourd are as fo.lows: Capt. Burton R- Ross, Co, B Ist battalion; Capt. ‘Charies x. Domer, Cor C, 4 battalion: First Liew. Cuaries H. Oufwnd, Co. C, Ist battalion, The board will mect at tue ‘call of its president. A new company, “The Stanford Grays,” was or- ganized at Meyer's Hall last night, ‘The next fleid-day of the National Guard has not been decided upon, but will probably be on Decoration Day, May 30° ne | The Bigelow ‘si Monday nizut at the Dastreets soutnwest. Brig.-Gen, Ordway last Wednesday, Of officers, delivered an interesting’ lecture, enti. tied “How to Quell a Riot." The school convened inthe Washington Light Tafsntry’s armory, aud Was attended by about ity olcers Mr. T. J. irwin, it 43 sald, will be the major of the 4th battalion, ‘mishers will give a hop on ir armory, corngr of 11th and tthe school Maj. Pollard, inspector of rifla practice is | Taking preparations for bis tour of the various compantes Which he proposes wo instruct Im ride | practice. The following members of Co. C, 1st battalion Washington Light Tat best percent th rs Corea moe coe tte Lace san ae bar ine nengt Se ica cdo Corps Cia: Kastan as sea Ourand, 96, and Corp. E. Puilips, 7 At @ meeting of the Washiagton Continentals (Co. A, 34 battalion) Thomas Broderick and ee ne o the mos Important matters that at pre: ent Interests the meubers of the D. CN. G. is the | pending bill, introduecd by Senator Hawley, to Teorganize the District militia, aes SENATE SKETCHES, The Room where Secretary Bayard Once Dispensed Hospitality. A HANDSOME SIDEBOARD THAT RECALLS PLEASANT ‘TIMES—SENATOR EDMUNDS AND MISTAKEN IMPRES- SIONS CONCERNING HIM—HIS FRIENDSHIP FOR MK. THURMAK—MR. EATON'S VISITS TO WASHINGTON, es for a In the room of the Senate committee on private jand claims there is a handsome sideboard which not many years ago was provided with all the ac- companiments and appurtenances of such a piece of furnl\ure—decanters, glasses of different shades and sizes. It Was placed In the room when Sena- tor Bayard was chairman of the committee. The Delaware Senator, now chief of the Cavinet, dis- pensed a hospitailty that was often giadly cepted by Senators of both sides the chamber. The decanters were set oside or only used for orna- mental purposes, but there were always black bottles within the recesses of that side) board which nev-r seemed to run dry. | Senator Bayard’s invitation to partake of the re- freshments of his committee room ws invariably, “Won't you Join me in a glass of Whisky?” As the leader of the minority of the Senate tor some tine | Senator Bayard was called upon to bestow hospita. bie attentions upon all prominent party leaders B. Buki+y and | CONGRESSIONAL CUBANLINESS, Luxurous Bathing Facilities tor Legis- ; lators and Their Friends. BATH-TCRS FOR BIG MEN IX THE DEPTHS OP THE CAPITOL—CUSTOMARY COURTESINS TO CONSTITUENTS EKPING CONGRESSIONAL FEET IX CONDITIOX— ‘THE ABSRNT-MINDED MEMBER'S MISTAKE. When a jan wants to show especial attention toa visitor Nr a8ks him to take a bath. This watery refreshinent is much appreciated by those who have once tried it, but sometimes the kinda ss is wilsundersiood by the uninitiated. ‘The Dath accommodations of the House are a lux- wy that brings to Lue mind of back county constit- uehts fairy visions of oriental grandeur. Away down in the depths of the Capitol, down still yet below the vasement, the inarble taks of tempered Water tuto which ‘the members plunge are lo- cated. When the elevator bumps against the bottom and can go down no fartuer there are Unree steps with @ brass rail on each Side, aud then you are in @ ltule square room, almost as Warm as @ steam bakery. An old green Velvet carpet that used to be in the House covers tne door, and photographs of some of the natural Wwonders'of the West hang on the wall. Just the Other side of a glass door a littie toy of a steam engine Is breathing hard as it tuzs away at the eievator ropes, hauling a load of heavy-weight legislators, It gives a long sigh as the elevator Strikes bottom ahd the meinbers make for ‘THe BATH-ROOMS, ‘This rooms the ubby or vestibule of the bath. A doubie door on one side leads out to the vaulted pas- sages that run down with Inany turns and angles among the foundation wails of the butiding, where are all Ua Organs of itfe—the engines that warm tue creat marble monster, pumping the waruth Uurvugh its veins dike a great heart, and firlng the trie nerves, and there are the big fans that are the iungs to pum, alr into its great body. But tuat’s not the way to tue Datu-room, The new members Would yet lost if they proceeded by ‘this route, HOW 10 GET THERE. There 1s another door lading from the lttle square room. This leads Into a short passage be- tween the heavy foundatina Here the air 1s Warm-r than in tue room, Suddenly it turns at Fig angles into anotber auort pasaage, where te thermometer vegiaters sulil higuer, Another turn And another thermometric Juunp, and there are the bach-rooms, ‘Th: plural applies’ vo the big walnut cabinets with bilad doors waich stand ina row along the wall, There are nine of these, and in each 8a large tune or bath-tub, which can be filed with hot or cold or tepid waver in a very few mminutes. Tuese are all in a Darrow “L,”.shaped ro: Wuich is presided over by @ big colored wan an hus assistant The cabinets, or Daths, are about tue Size of an ordinary hotel ‘bed-room, and the tubs are big enough for the I statesman to Wauow about in with ease and comiort. Tom and Bai Goorgis, test their capac more chan any ocber uembers, but they, even, can roll over and flounder ubout in one of the inarbie tanks with us much ease as they coud perform the same evolutions anywhere. LEGISLATIVE BATH-TUBS, Some of the tubs are simply iron, nicely painted but the newer ones are made of marvle and each looks like a great sarcophagus. ‘Three ordinary men might get in one of them without much crowding. ‘The marble sides are as shppery as glass and as warm as the flesh that touones ttiem. ‘hermometers are hung in each bath and on the Walls in che passage, The temperature 13 kept al- Ways the sane, aod a member tight promenade for turee uours in nothing but his epidermis with. out danger of cold. It was here that Mr. Reayan struggled with a Ught undershirt on tbe occasion Of bis farnous bath, while the vote ou the Morrison. Dill was Delng taken, ‘The temperature 13 just at a pont where the exertion would briug On & profuse ersp tye Uon, and but litte rubbing 1a tue bath ts. su ficleat to Dring a ruddy giow. Members come up | in the elevator from tuese regions with the hair | curling about their temples and thelr cheeks as pIWK ws a baby’s, ‘A BATH BEFORE SPEAKING. Some of the older members take a bath as the last step in thelr preparation for making a speech. ‘They write the speech, commit it to memory, take ndeliver ft. If a member h. acold, or for any other gr Ssity of ‘belng parbotied, thefe ts a am bath al the end of the bath-room which he resorts. It 1s a little close room fur- hished with a wouden bench aud a coll of steama pipes that cover the walls of the compartment, en the door shuts there can’t mucu leat get out, and the thermometer naturally runs up into the’ big combinations. A member Mes on the bench, the door is Shui, and tue steam 1s turned on, He ts then In about as hot a place as he 1s likely to enter in thisilfe. He getsenough of thisin # Iittie while, and s¢ has to be aooled off gradually by being plunged first into a tub of hot water, next into cooler Water, then cooler and cooler, until he 18 back co the Lemperature of ordinary mortals, Fe'takes about an hour, or ap houraad-acoalts cooling before he ventures out into the colder atmosphere of the House; and it ts best for him to Wali rapidly on his way hom ‘WHO MAY BATHE, ‘Members of Congress can b.the here any day, provided not more than a hundred select the same day; but on Saturday none but members canenter. On other days employes of the House, oF men eho have been given Uickets by members, may bathe, On Friday business is most brisk, and the swash- ing of the water may be heard from early moral uu the place Is cloved In the evening, It is hai to tell_how many people are bathed on this day, but ordinarily a hundred is as many as can bé handled “tn hours,” After an all-nigut dession the Capacity of the rooms fs strained, Members have all their toilet. made here except their barbering. ‘The air smells molst with stem, and 18 fragrant with perfume an t scented soaps.’ The very finest tolet furnishings are used. ‘The “vlack ian of the bath” will rub Soudown and pertorm ail the services of the bath. ‘THE CONGRESSIONAL CHIROPODIST. Besides this, he has proper instruments for the purpose and he will trim off the corns and keep the feet in order. When a new member ts elected from a country district {t generally takes “a right Smart while” to get his feet in condition, They Tequire much care and attention. But this man | keeps all the Congressional feet in order, without | regard to size oF previous condition, ‘Some members Visit these rooms évery day, some threv Limes a week, some twice, some ouly once a week, Wiulie a few do not call so often, ATTENTION TO CONSTITUENTS. ‘The last mark of attention from a member to his visiting constituent is “to give him a bath.” Who Visited the senat room his. echoed, glasses, the volees’o country. Mue "that ts written of Senator Edmunds does | Dim injustice. He is sometines represented as | Sour of utsposition and surly of manner, but aaa | matter Of Lact there are few men In the Senate of | @ more genial and kindly spirit. ‘The Veriwont Senator fs an indefatigable worker. Besides faiths ful attendance to his public duiies, he has » large | Viucrative law praciice, and he ts Just as dill. geuc In beualf of his clienis as he ts faithful to his constituents, He has no the to waste in lite cons versatlon, but any person Who has business with him of seeks Information oF advice from hia Will ul and considerate treat. imunds is a rigid dis. jan in a | Liat pertains to the resl work of life, but he prescibes no rules for others that he | Goes not observe himself, When. president. pro tempore of the Senate le required the enforce. | ment of ail the rules, because they were made for | ‘tue government of the body and he was chosen to | see them applied. ‘The Senator regards secrecy a3 | essentisl 10 Inueh of the Dus ness of the Senate, d hence he is not often called upon by news. per men, It would be an easter job to opea an | oyster with a cambric needle than to obtain. frott the Vermont Senator any information Which could be even constructively Leld as secret. But when | refuses information soucnt he docs so gently | id Kindly, »$ on one occasion wher a @eporter cailed at his house for an interview. ‘The Senator met the seribe at the door, and in resp. nse to the of meeting juaay Of the great men ot the request that he could not talk on the sub- tn ‘But come in,” added the Senator indly. “Gome in And let's have a talk: nots hewspaper man and a Seuator, but as common ee Senator Thurman knew and appreciated [ae mp qualities of the Vermont senate uring the service of the old democratic “Hom n” the Lope = and Mr. eo were almost tn- separa! They were e chums at coll ‘Though they differed as widely as the polce ih peice, and had frequent and animated ‘Uiits on he Goor, their friendship was never interrupted. ‘They still correspon. Instead of the coid, repel Jnl man some.ines described. nose ‘are ‘more runny Lue beedy Or relieve distress than Vermont Senator. RX-SRNATOR BATON. On pleasant daysa man of small stature, with thin gray hair, a clean-shaven face, with Jackson- tan Mxity of purpose denoted in every Mneament, and wearing a suort cloak, may trequentiy be seen leisurely promenading Pennsylvania avenue, Every now and then he ts greeed by some Nez quaintance with “How are you, Senator?” and as he responds his right bana ts extended from be- Beath the cloak. Its ¢x-Senator Eaton, of Con- Recticut, @ ock-ribbed @-mocr.t of Une Oid-fashe joned pattern, and one wie has in the Past held Connecticut im the democratic line, In spite Of tre mendous odds, He spends much’ of his. ume 1D Washington, accompanied by his wite, but it 1s Somewhat remark bie that he never revisits the Senate chamber, Lue scene of soine of his flerce political battien Though seventy-.wo years of age the ex-Senator is as active and bardy as inany men of forty, When Mr. Eaton was in the Senate it Was frequently remarked Unat he was the only member of the body with whorn Senator Coukiiay Avoided debate, ‘Ti ose keen Satiricalshatts Wile the New York $ aator was Wont to soot un- — ly were never directed at the old Jackso- nian democrat of Connecticut, Some. 8 Uhat 1 Was because ukling admired the straight- forward pouttical methods and downright sincerity OC Mr. Eaton. Others walntained that Mr. Coke Ung enverained a wholesome fear of tue Cunnecti- cue’ S-hator, who, In political encounters, Was In the habit of striking suraight trou the Of consequences. see One Way to Blackball Censeur, in the Boston Herald. ‘The reference made recently to Mr. Emerson’s Statement of the qualifications necessary for the membership in the Saturday Club was Drought up tn the smoking compartment of the parlor car the other day, and turned the conversa- Uon toclub matters in general, and methods of election fn particular, The advan ‘and dis wish s bicek of cord, to General Washington, Savantages st several nan a Barrons | Commitee were discus oot oy cg ee Par Ren guEr Ear * M. TuWle, WhO Was of the party, 3: in Although the supreme chancellor of the Knights Round Tabie, the scheme ts sthiplicity itscit. When of Fy. Ls recently apnuiled the charter ot the | atainaer, the ‘announces the nate of tbe rand ‘age of Feunay.vania, On iodges Of the | candidacs, ict recived i alience, he's a neue have decided to suf . ki cul; body jones PPOs he | ey there 1s nO election. | MB7POMY SATS OD, ‘ ' | finally conducting fui to the Speaker's yallery, After showing a voter through the building, ex- plaining and testing the mysteries of the echoes in the Statuary hail, giving hin a Munch, and wuere he can sit and Watch t.e“whirligtg of tie Hiouse whirl.” 45 a final and spectal honor the Kepresentative invites him to take a bath. If the Repreyntatiy makes this offer in ther ght way and tthe right man, i 18 apprectated; but they have been known Co inake euemies by making the proposition too abruptly and without explana. Uon, AN EMBARRASSING MISTAKE. The story is told of an absent-minded member Who always went to the Utnost to entertain his visitors, but d.d it ta that perfunctory way that comes fron, habitual courtesy without discrimina. tion, He was showing a lady the wonders of Con- gress. He tad taken ber to the aorta wing and pointed out al the reat Senators; he had rung the Changes on the echows, had s@t With her in the: Speaker's gallery, pointed out his own seat and Lien the seats of ail the oler great members, and they were going down In a crowded elevator— when suddenly a thought flashed upon his pre- occupied mind, and he asked quickly : “Won't you go down and take a bathe” Some one in the elevator Utteres, and the mem. ber awoke to @ realization of his on, The eee a pea Caples a : pretended: spe not heard him, d was cold and embarrassed, cies Ns eee. © Across the Hiver. ‘THR PROPOSED FALLS CHURCH RAILROAD—AN 2FPORT TO SROURE SCHOOL, FACILITIES, Correspondeuce o1 Tue EVENING Stan. FALLS CHURCH, Va., Feb. 8, ‘The bill tncorporating the Falls Church and Po- tomac Rallway Company has become law. The corporate body is composed of the following per- sons: W. P. Grauam, Geo. B. Ives, Prof. N. F. Gra- ham, Schuyler Duryea, and isaac Crossman of this place; and James M. Love, D. M. Chichester at the ‘Court House; O. K titne, ot Vienba; Franklio Sher- tan, of Providence 1; Wm. N. Febrey, of Alexandria County, and gustin Herr, Geo. T. Dun- ‘and Arthur CP toe capital ink to 7 ‘Cropley. of West Washington, 43 $50,000, witn privilege Increase to $500,000. The roud located About 1872 or '73 am effort was made to enlist the people in the butiding of & $5,000 school house here on from 10 to 20 acres of land. It was to be centrally located, It was to be furnished with teachers who would start the letters and send him out college. In fine the aim was Lo educate our own from your city out uere, 7, Where all the children aud to take bo; within ap hour's drive away on: surroundings would be aygtenicall excellent. But the effort uteri ts found that an exceilent scl sixteen | Fearn, ago. here if their children could be educated. some go away to educate thetr children. ‘The situation stares our peopie in, the face with signiticunt menacing effect. A petition Lo tue proper autuority been drawn and is belug circulated to have the corporate Limits made a single school dist ict, und then the proposition is to increase the schoo!’ tax 30 cents On tue $100, Lo agsureeight or ten months Tor th school year und a bevler school at tust, jearn that a rémonstrunce 18 to be circulated to defeat we our are beginning to talk about a Food road into yOurcity. A. very few anda to such have tried to wake up the for Breen years, » saris Lord Stanley bas bec & enter Ou his duties thereat tne sane tune, REAL ESTATE MATTERS, ‘The Prospects for the Spring as Out- ed by Real Estate Dealers and the “The market 1s dull,” observed a roel estate dealer to a Star reporter “but there is more doing ‘now than a couple of months ago, The prospect 4s that the spring business will be fairly good. It is rather early to make a prediction as to future operations, but the Indications point to an im- Proved condition and greater activity. Prizes have not sagged and no one is offering property at a ‘sacrifice. You can’t buy any cheaper now than you could last spring. People who have invested their money in real estate are holding on. There 1gno lack of confidenoe. While every one would like to have Lusiness more active still they ar Satisfied to wait for a better market, confident that it 1s bound to come. ‘There are a good many ae from persons who have money to In and there ts some talk of butiding enterprises. If 4s probable that during the coming season a num- ber of important improvements will be begun. I Know of one architect who has two large commmis- S.0nS to execute as soon as the spring Opens. There may not be a bulldiag boom, ut there 1s golng to be a great deal of work done.” FROM THE BUILDING INSPECTOR'S OFFICE. There are no evidences of a building rush ths spring. In fact, so far as the records go, the in- dications are that the season will open ina dull Way. ‘This unpromising aspect of the records may be due 10 ‘some extent to the bad weather that has prevatied for weeks, Some years the open weather in January and February encou bullders ‘to begin operations early. ‘Fauaiag Inspector Entwis owever, tooks for no great activity at Che begin- hing of the building season. ‘The numoer of per- inits Issued since the 0 ginning of the y ar fall 200 short of the record for t.e same time iast year, During January, 1887, permits were tssued for 59 hew ‘putidings’ und “ducing January, 1888, permits were issued for ‘but 3a AS @ rule the number of its issued in January 18 small. The building inspector ‘says that tue outlook does not prom! se anything like a butl ing “voom.” Usually at this date, ang ‘it Was notably the case last year, there are many inquirtes made at the building tn: office that enabe the officials there to judge of une provable extent of buliding operations for the year. Arch- bad, bul.ders, and property-owners, intending to Duild, call to get advice as to plang, or to cousult phe resp w petra u oe ies to them In buil ere have ‘been few such ilaquines = og ‘THR METHOD OF PROPERTY ASSESSMENT. ‘The District Commissioners have not yet formu. lated a bill to correct what whey represent in the last annual report to be the evils rowing out of the present law regulating asvessments Of real estate in the District. They urged tuen that the existing mezuod providing only for triennial .ssessments, and making n0 pro- Vision for change and correctidn alter the assessors have berets their work, is uosuitable to the Wants and ioveresta of a lal and Ls arr s ing community, Last fall Commissioner Webb visited severai Eastern cities aod mude a somewhat ex.ended inquiry into the methods of assessing real estate. His conclusions were that the law ‘Should be so changed us to require assessments to be made annually, and rie means by which Assessments shali be at all Umes subject to revis- jon and correction by some authority constituted for the purpose. He fouud tuat provision for tre quent assessments and facilities for revision at any Line existed in other clues, The assessor of the District, Mr, Fish, prepared a bill providing for the division’oi the Disirict tnto six assessment dis- tricts, and the appointment of six sub ssess- ors with annual salaries, to make an assess ment every July of all real proper.y in the Dis- trict, aud'to compose a permanent board. ein- powéred to mae changes or corrections in as- sesswents at any Une durng tie year, of the Commissioners told a SraR reporver {at tuts Dil had nov reeetved the sanction of the Comtuissiouers, Mr, Webb hus been autnorized to dtaw up a bill providing for the changes that the Commissioners deew desirable, and 1 is expected Uhe biil will go to Congress son. The subcommittee on assessments and taxation of the CiUizens’ Comuittee of One Hundred, ia a re- Port now pending oppose Uke proposed change tu annual assessments, on the ground that such fre. quent assessments Would create woo great turbance of Values, excite distrust, and keep tbe miluds of the people continually’ harrassed by tue apprenension of an itypendiox chan; Tae ‘pk however, favors thé establishinent of 8 board of Appeals, UO sit at a stated period, annt- ally, 10 revise agsessinenty upon Appeal belag made, This report aiso criticized the plan of the Commissioners on the ground (uat 81x subassessors not be enough to accomplish the work sat- wily in the me spectite ‘This is the nuin- ber provided for 1a the bill drawn by Mr. Fish, the Assescor, Dut Whick, ax Oue of the Comtalssioners ‘stated, Has DOL received the approval of the Com. missioners, i A MILLION A WEEK AND GROWING Extentof the Cigarette Trade in Wash- jugton. THR AVRRAGE CAPACITY OF A CIGARETTR PIEND— THE TASTR FOR CIGARETTES INCREASING—DIF- FERENT BRANDS —HAND-MADE CIGARETTES THR MOST POPULAR—IS THE PAPER INJURIOUS? “Forty cigarettes a day? Any number of men in Washington smoke that many,” said an avenue Tobacconist, discussing an item in Tar Stag, which told of a Loutsvilie man who had been made an Adiot by the exce##ive consumption of the seduc- Uve L ttle paper-wrapped rolls of the weed. “Did you notice that pale young f-llow (nearly all ciga- Tette smokers are pale) who was in here a few tninutes ago? Well, he bought two papers of cig- arette tobacco and three big and two small pack- ages of clgarettea Kach paper of tobacco will make a hundred cigarettes as they are usually Tolled, and the packages >ontained elghty already nad up. Now that supply will last him less than ‘4 week; about four days Is his average, I think. He 1s one of the worst cigarette fiends I know of. He 13 never without one in bis mouth and he cer- tainly smokes fitty a day at a low estimate.” “But doesn’t the row the papers and the doctors make every little while about cigarette smoking, and the frequent deaths attributed to it, hurt ue trade?” ‘Ime Star man inquired, MOR CIGARETTES 8OLD THAN EVER BEFORE. “Not a bit. More cigarettes are sold to-day than ever before, and the business ts growing all the while. Grown men who a few yeurs ago would feel humillated if anyone offered them a cigarette how suioke nothing else. As a consequence the cigar trade has been badiy aff -cted, for « man who once acquires @ taste for cigarettes doesn't care for cigars wny more, Th fact, he seems to lose his tas’e for tobaccoiu any other'form, and If he was & chewer, gives it up. So that ail other branches of the tobacco trade, as weil us clgars, suffer as cigarettes become ‘more popular. And the worst Of it 1s, there 1s no money in eigareties, a3 there used to’ be five years ago, when they sold tor 20 cents a pack: Now, ali that we make tn job. bing thein Jy about 20 cents @ thousand. We don't make that Ir you allow for bad debts, expense of delivery, and So forth.” WASHINGTON SMOKES A MILLION A WEEK, “Is there a large trade in them in Washington?” asked the reporter. “Washington consumes about a million cigar. ettes a week,” the dealer answered, a8 he resumed his seat after waiting on a customer. “This isn't a wild guess, Dut is based on figures’ happen to know regarding the sales of a brand of cigarettes that has the cail on the market just now. 1 can give the names of firms here tuat take regularly every week Over 400,000 of Lbtsone brand. One firm alone takes 100,000 a week. Of another brand made by the $ we manufacturers this firm takes 50,000 a week. We handle 50,000 of the most P pular brand every ten days’ ourselves, One Cause of the recent spurt in the cigarette trade 1s the photograph and picture feature of It. You would be surprised at the number of who are making collections of these pictures, or have children or relations doing it, and who buy clgaretves mataly to get the CIGARETTES AT TWO DOLLARS 4 THOUSAND. “What are the cheapest cigarettes in the mat- ket?" inquired the reporter. “The cheapest are sold by the jobbers at $2 a thousand. The best American tes are ‘worth . bout double that The cheap sacs by machinery, while all the made, A good cigare chine. One big New York frm tried machines and seriously hurt its business, It has now gone ack to the old way. “Are many of the fancy-priced cigarettes sold here?” asked the interviewer. Washington, nor for high-priced smoking material of any for that mavier. In fact, I don’t think many foreign cig .rettes are sold in this country at all now. It used to be the fashion for yhe very elect young, ten to, smoxe the fancy Aaa eet most of them now. CIGARETTE PAPER. “I think a good deal ‘of the talk about the great Injuriousness of cigarettes is bosh,” the dealer sald, after a pause, “If you smoke cigars or to- bacco in any form to excess it 1s bound to hurt You. It used to be said that the f On cigars (tes did’ the main” dammage. See here? and’ Me ture a leaf from a book 0: cigarette papers, lit ‘and as 1t burned up close to iis Nigers ‘ih E juality,” he sa ara fa it even better,” fs ‘ BEAUTIFUL TRESSES. Ladies Who Require the Services of Protessional Hair-Dreveers, ‘MRS, CLEVELAND'D STYLE—GATR-DRECSING AT THR WRITE ROUSE—THE REQUIREMENTS OF SOCTAL LIFE AT THE CAPIPAL—GMALL FORTUNES SFENT DURING ‘TRE SRASON—THE PSYCHE KNOT. A dollar to comb your hair. Aman could get a shave, his haircut, anda shampoo for less, A lady has to pay &@ dollar to have her hair fixed in a style befitting a fashtona- bie occasion in Washington.» But there is a differ- ence between the tonsorial treatments. A barber can fx up a man’s hair in a manner entirely satis- factory. It takes an artist todo fora woman. A ‘Woman’s hair dressed for a fashionable occasion at Washington is a work of art. The men and women who do the work—and there are but few whocan do it in a way to pass criticism—have pictures and models of the heads of famous beauties of ullages, running back to the esthetic Grecian types. They Study these as artists to get an effect, according with the face they nave to deal with. On the oc- casions of the formal evening receptions at the White House, or the state dinners, or at the very fashionable receptions, dinners, and entertain Mens Isewhere, there is a sharp rivalry in nead- In preparing for ‘THE WAITR HOUSE RECEPTIONS 8 good many dollars are spent in artistic coils, ‘where fs a peculiar touch of th: professional hand ‘hat is looked for. The lady who has neglected this may hear some of her fair acquaintances re- mark: “Her mad did tt,” and the remark Will be Accompanied by a litte élevation of the eye brows, OF, perhaps, the least little Uff of the nove, There 1s no elaborate aruficial head-dress worn, and the arrangement of the hair must be particularly strlk- ing. Stust indies of fashionable pretensions have their heuds dressed by an “artist” for all evening Occasions, and several ladies prominent in Wash- ington society piace their heads in the hands of ‘the artist every day—sometimes twice a day. ‘MRS. CLEVELAND'S STYLE. Mrs Cleveland no longer wears her hair in the style which so many young ladies have imitated from her, making it the fashion, She is very pat- toular about the arrangement of her hair, and has cellent taste in selecting a styie to suit her face. t in thls she has an advantage over most Women. With a tine shaped head and good fea tures, most any style is becoming to her, and she 4d.ls grace toit that makes it striking, The fashion She sel, now termed a la Cleveland, was adopied by her at first more from necessity Chan as a mal Yer of preference, as one of her school-giri freaks Was to have her hatr cut short and her neck shaved belting, and the head at ent in her Pictures was the natural evolution the vo the long. ‘ON ALL SPROIAL OCCASIOKS: she has a regular hair-dresser arrange her locks; but ordinarily she leaves this to her matd. On ail ‘state occasions the “artist” 1s called in, At the last state dinner she had her hair arranged in a style that 1s entirely new here. All the long tresses were brought back and and cured again and again until her hair looked as 1 1t were cut and covered her head all Over im short curis— Cupid curls, MISS CLEVELAND'S HAIR, From the popular idea of Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland one would expect her. to be indifferent as to these matters. AS a fact, when she was the mistress of the Wlite House she spent more money with Ube buir-dresser than does the “young bride of the White House.” She had an extraordiuaril fine suit of bali, and took pride in having it lool weil, A becoming arrangement of this natural adornment Was the extent of ber vanity. In ail else she Was matter-of-fact. She never trusted her bair to her maid, 1s arrangement must al- ways be artistic, HAIR-DRESSING AT THR WHITR HOUSE. At all times When there have been ladies In the White House, exeept in the me of Mrs, Hayes, hair-dressers have found it a profitable tustitution, Mrs, Hayes had but the one style of wearing her hair—brougit down tn heavy folds over her temples aud then drawn straight back to a lite Knot behind—as she had learned to arrange it for herself at her quiet home in Ohio, ‘Mrs Grant Was like Mrs, Hayes in this particu. Jar and nad litde use fora provessional hair-dresser ‘Dut Miss Nellie found favor with the ton-orlal ar- ‘Usts. Mrs, Lincoln, Whose hair was a matter of pride, gave her curls over to the care of a profes- sional. Duving Mr. Arthuy’s time the hair-dressers_ were calied to the Whité House to fix Miss McElroy’s heir, Mrs. Mckiroy Wore @ cap and had no need 07 his services. = THE FINEST HAIR IN WASHINGTON. ‘The very Mnest suit of hair in Washington at ‘this time 1s said to be that of Mra, Lee, wire of the Tepresentative from Virginia, She is a tall and very fine-looking woman, and her hair, when i It ts said, wil “rail on’ the floor, It ts of arch brown. She has with her a niece, whose hair is of & pure blonde shade, whici Is an object of adinira- ‘ton in Washington soctety thts season. They both par their heads tn the hands of a professional Bair dreawereach day, and somettmes twice in a ay we the style of arrangement ¢ ‘The only rival Mra. Lee has is Mrs. Dawsen, w blonde hair ts said to be about two Inches longer. Mrs. Clover, the daughver of the late Senator Miller, of California, ty renowned for her beautiful hair, and the wife of Representative Campbell, of ‘Onid, bas hair that is the envy of her lady trends. Mrs. Carlisle has ® thick suit of auburn hair, which she bas alWays artistically Arrai bya rofeasional. Mrs. Senator Eustis, Mra. ator 'arwell, and (he wife and daughter of Representa- lve White, of Broo 1yn, will not permit an ama- ‘eur to vouch their hair, ‘A SMALL FORTUNE 13 SPENT in hair dressing here every season. ‘The bills for that item of the tollet amount to from $30 to $90 per mouth, according to the number of ttmea the tr is dressed each day. If once a day there is. a dollar each day. ‘This 1 DUL One Of the little items of fushionable expenses. THE PSYCHE KNOT. “Ars, Cleveland never wears her hair in a purely Grecian style, though her features would admit of 4t,” the hair-dresser wuo arranged her hair for her Wedding tollet said toa STAR reporter the other day, “She wears something near !t, Dut not the Psyche knot. In fact, the periect Psyche is worn hardly at all It ts too trying to be popular, But few hive features regular enough forit. ‘Those Who do affect 1t generally tnsist upon having and in making other changes to adapt it to their features. Psyche’s hair had a disposiuion to curl, and a few rings broke loose at the forehead when tie hair Was drawn back to the knot behind, but She had no bangs! ‘The curis made just the least Feaistance wgalnst beng drawn straight back, taking the lines very graceful. “But Unis style cannot become common etther on the street or In the evening. The most p style for evening this season has been hight.” A Protest Agatunt Dirty Streets. To the Editor of Tar EvENtNe Star: Is there no possiule way by which the disgrace- fully fhithy condition of our streets can be called to the attenuon of the authorities with sufictent ‘emphasis to induce them to take the proper action to have the nuisance abated? The idea that the streets cannot be cl-aned simply because we have freezing weather at tims, or because there may be a litule snow or rain ts tae absurdest nonsense. If the conditions do not happen to be favorable for the Ordinary operation of the sweepers why are pot men sent out with brooms, or at least ‘with hoes and shovels, to remove. the Unickest of the Mth? Most of the streets have not been cleaned for two months or more, and at the Principal thorvughiaressas for exampie a incipal " . Erreet°betworn Sth and 7th sureets: ‘The ploagane economy by which the Comuissioners reckon that they escay ee the sweeping of a few bun- ‘dreds or of square yards of st eet sur- face during tue bad weather is unworthy of the government of @ city Uke ours. At least Toney thus saved trom going into the pock of te, sweeping coutraciorg, might ‘bd spent io vogethe Lag mt Of the secumaulated imud now obstth Of our streets, New York has not gene noted for the ty ‘To Relieve “scrivencr’s Paralysis.” Causour in the Boston Herald. ‘A correspondent, presunbiy fair, for she signs herself “A Literary Lady,” wants to know whether from it to cause him io try many that have been suggested. But while be can name no cure, he can make some suggestions as to reliel, hange all the conditions frequen tty, the height of the chair or of the table, the kind of paper, sometimes the smoother, sometimes: “ve ‘or pen and pe. helder uently. Dom, uy re) BXPERT THIEVES. Hew Safe Robbers Ply Their Trade ‘Successfully. WHAT ARRANGEMENTS ARB NECESSARY BEFORE GINNING WORE—THR TOOLS USED—HOW BUILD INOS ARE WATCRRD AND BNTERED—WouK ON THE ‘SAFR—REMINISCRNOKS OF A DETECTIVE. “The safe-blowers are having a pretty good thing Of it,” remarked a detective to a Stax reporter. “Iu what way?” asked the reporver. “Why,” he answered,“they are breaking safes all over the country. It was only a few days ago "Eat they paid a visit to tis city. Tuen they visited Norfolk, Va, only last week and made a big hau!.” “How do they inanage to commntt th se robberies and then get away so safely?” asked the reporter. “Easily enough,” replied the detective, “Persons who do such work are not ‘chumps’ by any means: When they seiect a place to rob they know from careful study almost where RACH POLICEMAN WILL Bi at the hour they select, and you'll never find him in the neighborhood when the safe Is biown, ‘Then when the plunder {s secured they always place to secrete it where the police would hardiy Untuk of looking for tt waUll they have a chance to Juinp town with It.” “Wuen they reach a town tn which they intend to do a Job, how 1s the scheme worked?” asked Ue reporter. “they first walk through the town,” replied the detective, “and select a business house. Une of the gang goes into the Place during bu tues hours and asks questions of one of the clerks Wille doing $0 be ts carefully watching ail the tnterto arrangements, and takes particular notice of the safe 0 see whose make itis If ho cannot learn whether any amount of money ts kep. nthe sate or not he Will usk for the change of a lance note, SAY 2 $50 DILL “Then he notices the surroundings, aud when the fin. Visit Js paid he kuows exactly the lay of the land. In the meantime, for Lwo or Uhre nights, he and bis comp.ntuns wili ‘pipe’ off the policeman on the beat or the private watch- man. They learn the habits of tue latter and know wuen the policeman 1s changed, or when be 4300 anowber portion of the beat. Arter talking the matter over the burglars are s.tisfied that the Place can be worked and they wait for a good op- Porvunity, A RADNY OR WINDY NIGHT 1s usually selected. The members of the gang, say four in number, will visit the neighborhood, They know about where the policemen are and while three of their number keep guard, one man forces an entrance, which can usually b¢ done by means of a jimmy. After an entrance is effect ‘spool Sian, Aner an eutancs eee important part, ‘THE TWINE SIONAL. If the but’ ting ts situated on the corner the twiaets run torough the keyholes of both the front and sid doors, The @ndin the store Is at- tached to one of the men at work, while the other end crosses the street and is held by one of the men on guard. Ii any person, whether an omicer Or a cllizen, apprc aches, thy conteder “pulls tne string’ and waras those inside of the danger, ‘Operations then cease and tue operators couce themselves wile the ‘cop’ or citizen walks over the string. When the dauyer 1s Over, tue Siring 18, Aculn pulied and operations on tue’ sate are re- newed.” “How about the tools used by the burgiars?” queri@d the reporter. “A first-class operator needs but few toolsto en- terany building and open a safe, In the first place @ large jummy is needed to force an entrance to the building. They usually carry also What is Called @ secifonal jimmy. Itis tm: several Pleoes, and when pul together ts very Leave, Each can carry & portlohof It and put It together when the premises to be ‘worked’ are reacucd, and It Will then open any door ever hung to a buliding. Once in tie butiding It 1s necessary to Lave a brace, with the Various sizes and shapes of bitsy to assist in DRILLING THE SAFE, and he must also have the mecessary steel Punches. ‘The man who does the drilling is a me- chanic and knows the weak poluts in the various makes of safes, for he has made them a study. The hole is usually drilled above the loc Mechanic aiways Know’ were Co surike Aiter the hole Is drilled trou: Of the punch $15 used, and with tie € of the sledge hammer tie lock 1s ts Lo ge Way and drop to pieces, ‘The wedges thed used until an openmg lange enough for a jimmy is made, and the burglars are abie to open the safe Without Lhe Use Of an explosive. In many instances, however, this mode 0. geLuug Lavo Une safe fails and then its necessary TO USR EXPLOSIVES. Many burglars prefer the us: of explosives possi- biy because they are not well enough up inthe business to open safes without them. In such ‘Cases the hoie 1s drilled so tliat the explosive can be laced aguinst the iock. The hole thus drilled Is led With Lhe explosive, dynamite being generally Used, and then Lie cap, Which ts about the size of ‘& 42-caliber cartridge, Is Inserted and set off. This causes the lock Lo tall, and the Jimmy 1s then used to fores open the door. RIPPING SAFES. “Sometimes safes are opencd by what they call ripping,” continued thedetective. “The operation 1s commenced with @ very fine wedge, and larger Wedges are used until the ripper can take hold and rip the strips of binding about the door, and tue operation ts continued in this way until’the door is ripped to. A Job worked successfully in Uhis Way requires a good deal of Lime and labor, but the operation makes but little noise and there are Jess chances of being detected.” A CLEVER KOBBERY. “I remember,” coutinued the detective, “one of the cleverest safe robberies ever committed. There wag an immense Safe kept in the office, which Was 4u the rear of a large establishment. ‘There were large plate-giass Windows and doors, and where was apparently no way of entering the office un- Jess the large Windows were smashed or tie door broken in, abd then there was a private wal man on tue outside who could see everything in the store. ‘The oflice was divided by a frame par- Ution, and stained glass, so that from the outside the safe could not be sewn. The burglars forced an entrance to the adj ining bu.luing, and went to the second floor wuere they cut throug the wall and — entered second floor of the building in which the safe Was located. ‘The carpet was removed and nolse- lessiy us posstble the flooring Was removed unui a spice large euough fora person to get through was cleared, A liole was then punched through Lhe ceiling and a handful of plastering fellon te floor below It woul, not do for mich of the plastering to fall, and ifa large hole was made we Watchman would see. They nad guarded against those diMfcuill sand made an arrange- ment similar Wo a Cainese parasol, Which they uad covered with White muslin. Tuls Was pressed through the smail bole and opened. The haudie ‘Was then drawn through, and t umbrelia-like arrang ment spread over the celling, covering a space about tree feet In diameter.” The laths ahd plaster were then removed, and instead or Gropping on the Noor everyihing’ Was caugat by the umbrella, and was remove . and thrown on the floor, ‘The hove being made the burglars WATCHED THEIR CHANCE, and when noone Was about they lowered them- selves one by one and entered the office and suc- ceeded in opening and robbing the safe. In the morning the store was opened as usual, and to the Surprise of the clerks Lue safe Was found empty. ‘The premises were examined, but no one was able to Mud where Ube tuieves had entered unul 9 or 10 o'clock, When a porter visited tue storeruom up- stairs and found the hole tn the floor. BALTIMORE ROLBERY. “There was a bank job done in Baltimore some tenor Mfteen years ago,” continued the detective, “which was a neat piece of work. Two men rented lace on South street adjoining the Third Nati Bank and opened a brokers oMice. On ne wall ext to bank was buag a large map, Which was. convenieat.y there to conceal tue operauions of these (wo meu, They were very free with their money, and kept @ quantity of silver coin on a shelf ‘adjoining the show window. One one of the bank officials novced ‘the money 80 near the window, and he kindly that a screen be put window Y H E 4 BEE: Ba : Be ernment should spend a single doltar elther for the erection of a city post-oftice buliding or a site for such butiding. An economical admiutstration Of the public money imperatively forbids a useless: expenditure, The necessity for enlarged aecom- His'been'a pressing ome Tor years p st, ntl now the erection ora new Department ‘bul Ing can no delayed. It Is conceded on all sides Liat strect on tue hort, i sirvet on tue ‘street on the eust, and Mth street on the the Senate bill jorrili, the chairman Bannce, commiees, December $8. 1887, and tuen let the Government proces ‘of a new Posi-OMfice tL Dulidiug ; Wnile such ulld ‘building to subserve the wants of a City Dutiding into the new Dutiahe, ‘whereupon CILY post-office can be removed ite quarters Zub Lebrots building directly tnvo ‘the ‘prevent Genera PostOnce Duildiag, ‘coruer ¥ E THE BEARS AND THEIR FRIENDS, A Peep Into the Cages at the National Museum, . THE FIRRCE JAGUAR AND ITS PRETTY MIDE—THE COON THAT FICKED 4 POCKRT—THE PRAIRIE DOGS AND TURIR RESE VATION—PLYING SQUIRRELS FROM PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY. One of the spotted Iynxes, or wild cats, in the Zoological collection at the National Museum died last Sunday. It was the larger and finer of the two. An autopsy resulted in the conclusion that death wasdue to pucumonia A sick wild cat ts Dot a gentie creature to nurse, 80 the patient Was hot troubled with muca medical attendance, Toe remaining lynx seems quite lonely now in the cage, where It used to sit all day with its com Panton glaring at the people who stopped in front of their cage, The collection of animals is grow. ing rapidiy. Mr, Hornaday, who Bas been ‘fy instrumental in bringlug together > antinals and having Provided for th . Porter that a zoological colt he National Museur could be go ess cost than anywhere else, The facil curing specimens, and the at aiready axisting for fact iat many persons are te ae Mens in such a coliection, where they would Ue sure of proper attention, Would make It possible fo secure a lange couection for a ¢ smal! outiay. What is ge-ded, § is a proper Duilding and. grounds. One Jor the most attractive members of ‘the | group of anias in. the exiibidon ts Che Jaguar from Texas, a beautiful creature for Whoin a larger cage than tuat i Wich be now chairs I8 Delng prepared, This animal has. & spotted skin, of a deilcave tawny ue, finer im I Shadings and markings than a leopard’ skin. is one 9 the Largest of its species. The Jaguar has owersul shoulvers and forelegs and wien It frets in ita cage, darts Kis Bead and springs from side to Side wiih Wonderful quickyess and gracefulness, ‘The man tn Texas who Owned the beautiful beast Was offgred $500 tor li, Dut preserved sending It to the Na@onal Museum! THE BRARS. There are now four bears in the collection. Be- sides the ilttle clunamon bear that wanders rest- lessiy round and round its tree, making circle after circle with Its chain aa @ radius, there are Unree black bears ina pit by chemselves. These Dinck bears, One Of which ts from North Carolina and the ouher two from Texas, are frisky and sociable creatures, Tuey trolie And play with ove another, and clamber about the shelves in their pit for the purpose. They have a fondness for peaturs and for small boys Wuo carry peanuts in thelf pockets. ‘These bears eat cooked me t and potatoes, The young cluuamon bear is less tame Mian the others. A Tew days ogo it Decame peces- ‘sary Wo loosen the collar, ‘that by reason of the bear's growth was becothing too tight about Ite neck. Bruin fought desperately against all com. ers, “Finally a rope was secured about its neck ‘aud twisted about the tree to which the bear Is chained in such ammanver that the animal's bead Was pulled down against the tree and ft Was held tut. Even then it struggled and came near twisting itself out of the rope. The j Collar was ousened and brulu Was set free again, Or rather iven the freedom of bis chain, - The clu Damon bear, when it was Mrst brought here, was | of a very light brown color. Now bait way Up its | legs IU iS sar brown, aud looks as thonga it had Siepped kuve deep uito dark browa paint. This cuauge of color Will gO OL Unt the Whole Dear ds dark brown, PORES AND ‘COONS. ‘There are several foxes in the collection, and they attract much attention. As a Stak reporter assing a fox's cage the creature was busily engaged busying Some article under Lue sawdust | wita waicu the fluor of tue cage Is covered. It UUs Was a remnant of Teynurd’s fe Was burying for future wu in one of the > form jou for the smail boys, . SprighUy aud sociable, Their parkie with fun, | They er claws greet those eyes suit nh Out who cx cOUuS a pl waned nd Lastiy Quiled i Phe boy" was ang, round Ue pn deposit New York, It Tecenuy sent there Bourke Cocaran, ¢ irom Brazil, and AY all Une visitors Stop a0 jug a collection of yin sq Tue squirrels inhabit a ULte bollow log oF Mind of a tree, Waen the keeper gives tuls toy a LuUe shaking the squirrels come out of it from’ all directions, and clamoer with xreat agility around | tue cage. Tuese squirrels Came from Prince ag George Co, Md. Tuey do not actually M, havea sort of wing-iik: Out like & parachute Wen Ley make a leap, THE PRAIRIE DOGS. A little colony of prairie dogs probably excited greater Interest than any other part of the col- Jecuon When the exhibition building was first opened. This colony lived in a fat cage, partly fied with earth, 1u Which key burrowed, inaking their little mound houses. Now, however, the prairie doys stay in their noles while people are in ee ES civsed tor Ul .. MF. Hornaday proposes to hat a regular prairie dog reservation In te grounds in the spring. A” portion of ind Will be enclosed With a Wire neiting, and the enclosure ‘Will be given up to the prairie ‘At a depth of a few feet a of cement Wili De laid to prevent the animals .from tunne.ing out, Some a farmn Of prairie dogs Was started at the Zoological gardens in Pulladeiphia, A wall of ry into the ground to the depth of 15. ail around the enciosure. This it was would be sufficient tokeep the prairie home, The licue animals, however, mining engineers. It was not long before they began to rise up to the surface at a distance of 50 Yards Or more from the encio.ure, They bad burrowed down underneath the brick barrier, So it 1s proposed to puta sod bottom of cement beneath the prairie-dog reservation at the National Museum. a ‘The Wind aud the Movement of the Atmosphere, To the Editor of Tur EvEextxo Szan ‘To tue casual observer the movement of the atmosphere, and thal moventent of the air which we term the wind, inay seem to be the sume; but belong W the sane physical develop- ey are quite unlike in their bature. ent of the atmosphere ts the grand | e the movement of the earth around While the Wind 1S « inere subdetall, rand movement we are no more personally conscious of than We are of the movement of our earth in the ecliptic; It makes no sin, ike Un production, the weather map, much ‘ignorance of Uhis'In hax the ignorant person is of ement of tie earth around Uae sun. the attaospuere Is frou toward the east, or toward the rist Sua. Bul because OF Uhis’statement tue reader must Lot Juinp at the conclusion (as It seems some have) tat there is a Teguiar Aow Of ty like the cursent of « river, In an easterly direction, forsuch f$ not the case. The movement 1s pecuilar, aud: in detail, quite unuke any of the ouber physic phenomena in creation. Instead of being a steady flow like the river, tis quite irregular, with local novements directly opposite to Laat of the grand movement. : ‘According to the old system, it was thought whit almosphere bore about the satce relation to “APL Chat the alr about us does tw @ glove put mechanleal cuntitvance of man, ve lhe diagonal currents, say Southwest breezes, accounted for on Ube basis of the parallelograia Of motion, & €, the compromise between the south winds and the west winds or currents According to this idea the southwest ‘Winds Would be the Comproutise of the winds frou under certain con- B would stilt shown the giob for the concentration we term ‘iow eter) these clouds would hav ment; tuey woutd the light of Lhe sun, and we would bein fog, of coudition of Iight rains. As unese clouds tncreuged in weight ty would Slowly precip.tate, ouly & it i “| and at the most we woud have at fue drizzie. “prt tie. factor “low,” whereby the currents we tern Ue Winds are caused, Comes in and conern- ‘trates: = on es lgvicture al Various points: all over the gi ‘The “high” oe povcncenn age A ae at tue “iow,” and is represeut foo where the atmésphere 1s cleared by the winds, of ‘the perceptible suspended motst ure. 7 ceed Au tals direc “lows” are thus disiribuied joLoWs that all over which we : ment. We are not personally - and vognizamt of it by tue Gilly ‘Observations othe’ changes constantly CUPION PANTS. Styles ef Valentines Used Nowadays. BOW OUR GRANDFATHERS TOLD THEIR LOTR WITH THE AID OF #7. VALENTIXE—OLD AND MODERN ‘VERSES—PROPLE TIRING OF VALENTINGS—THE SOVRUTIRG THIS THAR Cupid bas changed his weapon. At least the modern valentine go representa When our grand- fathers, of, perhaps our fathers, wished to expres® the pangs of love from which they suffered, they Precured a highly-colored picture of a beart rough It Was represented asdriven the Gar of (ne God of Love—that picture told the whole story tothe coy, perhaps obdurate, fair one, But the modern lover does nothing of the sort. Re buys sachet, It ts redojent with fragrance, and upon the breath of the perfume the tender secret 8 # ap- Dosed to be borne into the heart of the girl he loves. The valentine hag, however, otberforms. Kt Is artistic. There are graceful groups OC figures, pretttiy patuwd flower and Dis of lahdscape depicted on canta While these may please the eye and appeal to the artistic sense, they seem to Rave very littie 10 do WIUN St, Vaibnilie’s Day. They are pretty, but they don get down to business. What @ inal Wants When he seuds his girl a valentine ts bo lat her know that he is just passing away for love 008 her, But Valentin-s are not of taat kind. In fagty there are wot many oo any Kind Dowadaya, “PROFLE ARK TIMKD OF VALENTINES.” Acclerk in one of the large stores remarked tow STAR reporter, as he stood plckihg over the stock : + They are ured of Christmas cams, and valentines puch the same Ching. Liment:” echoed Lie shave noth nd lace ues, over there, ded, as if to 1 cate that all toe senth of the day was oe fed to these relics of a departed fashion. Sure enough ihere Was a collection of the ol timers —thow curious combinations of de paper. In Lhe mass of lace and highly. Of paper nestied such tender ultie seutiments, “To my love,” “My dear Valentine,” and otuer situllar tering of endearment wuich Ube heart of Uhe lover feels but canpot always express “We seil quite a number to chtidren,” observed the matter-of-fact clerk,““and the of ber day x Man Woman cawe I and bought (Wo oF Three to send to the old couatry. They dou't have them there.” RELICS OF OLD-FASHIONED LOVE-MAETNG. ‘The reporter, however, lingered over these kindly Aids to old-fashioned love-making. Turming over the delicate lace leaves you find amatory Verses, whict pS sound rather stately to modern jere Is Ove as an example: "Accept the gift affection sends ‘This (air Spring day to you. Believe tur, of your niany friends, YOu have not one wore AS these valentines are now Left to children, it is Apteresting Lo see Low the modern lover expresses his affection In verse, Very prettily gotten u paper folded onc The best @pecimens ate ‘They are stuall sheets of On the cover I8 @ peb-and-ink xecuted, of a forlorm mala oF a ‘outh, ‘The inner sheets eon- tain the Verses. These are of a rather Jocuinr, not to Say Mippant style. ‘The lover approaches tis true love with a certain dash. He affecie a bold- ess, perhaps, that he does mot Teel, He hupes to secure the object of his affection Dy appealing to her cood nature. There are wo sighs tn he modern Salentine, This is the way the young Man talks: What a funuy thing loves Hconseth trom: alive ‘And lighteth like «deve ‘Ou some. The verse, Unat certaluly rt, Ut — ou Tan tr My heart that iv Vers few young ladi-s could bw insensdbte to yuch an appeal. Itgues right lo the polat. A po¥sl ian's certiNientr gs to the phyattal condition of id not ve tine of te fe changes are rung om SK. MQ.” and other | endearing terms whlcn the cofrespondence be- ‘Uween the litigants coutaiued, THE COMIC VALENTINE. Some of these valentines migut be classed as comical, although they are not the cruel carica~ tures the so-called comic Valentines usually are, ‘The latter, however, still Nourish, and dealers find & moderate sale for them. ‘Tuey ar desigued to AnjJUre the feelings of the recipient rather than to ‘Win affection, and for Us reason they cannot be called true valentines. ‘There isan old favorite valentine verse which this year has been revived ina new form, [tts Priuied op a card. Attached to the card is a Cluster ‘of artificial Bowers, ‘The Words are “The row is red, the violet blue, the pink ls sweet, ana 80 are ae Yexuother card defies the proverb that a knife cuts Jove, and asserts Unat true love Is Superior to even he Sharp edge of steel. A knife 1s fastened Lo the center of Uhe card and about it are grouped ‘Uhe comforting words, “If you love me as 1 ivve you Do Knife can cut Gur love in two,” ‘THE NOVELTIES THI YEAR are not very BumeroUs, and Lhe stock of some of the large dealera, 4: teast, ts rather meager: ‘There are a great many very pretty cards, Such aS you see at Christmas, but the sentiment of the Terses seems to be entirely general ‘The modern card is apparently afruld to make love, They O doubt suit the Lastes of the customers. But is aifMficull to find a single verse Which would fi The Dili for a Young tan Who Wished to InFoKe Che id of St, Vair mune in bis iove wf. the YOUNG Man does Hot need the heip of the patron Saint, perhaps be can speak Une feelings of tis heart with boldness, of peruaps be Says wotbing at All about love, Lui merely mentions lls salary. Notwithstanding this colossal imperial peculie Uon, private enterprise in che sate direcuon 1s visited With summary punishmest, The sultan desires @ men: punished by having his hand cut off st Which is plunged Into a pot of botling order to cauterize the wound and prevent fatal ‘tue bastiuado is used on tt Uils punisbines answer Was tbat be sh few minutes a floor face downward, and te upturned soe Of ils HUreates of Uae poor our countrywan 1 y hh Were so heartrending rfered and begged tue that " was the reply. What arm you whipping him fort” was the amazed question, Which Was auswored in & Lone of equal astonishment : Wy, didnt you ask tosee aman Dastina- ‘Tney had gone into the strRet, seized a passer- by, and severely whipped an thoffensive mat merely Lo @raully Uke Curiosity of we atalable fur Edward Everett Hale has resurrected for us @ capital Dit of history in the king of Eugland’s ac- count book, in which he puts dowa wnat be paid Jack Cabot for finding America 11 reads after tuis tuat found oman, ¥ stoned ves iid ‘Toa woman wits ered Dove P Pueyende 3 Hie Makes Us Very Tired.—Wequit—Looks luke snow, donne Ar Yap or 1 why, ian tos snowing now!” Wequit—“I know; but it like snow, doesnt It?"—Juek, amma Lo Durse)—“What is all that nolse tn unittrsers, Mane?’ Nurwe—“Ze leetle dog, mad- dune, bas Laken Mees Flosie’s candy.” Maiuma— “Well, take It irom Bim at once. Marie, apd give it dack to Mi-s Flossie, Poor listie Pido, he musun’t eat soqwuch candy; 10 might make Liu sick."—