Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1888, Page 2

eet THE EVENING STAR: CITY AND DISTRICE REAL ESTAYE MATTERS, Extensive Grading Operations in Prog- ress om the Little tract. NOW THEY SLICE OFF 4 HILL IN THE SUBUEBS— FINS IMPHOVEMBYTS GOING OM IN THR CITY— ‘yu NEW RESIDENCES FOR MR BRITTON, MR WLN- DON AND MAG SHERRILL NOW BEING BUILT, aere jevatioa some 30 feet nigh between od 19th streets, just beyond Boundary, It is proposed to slice off this alll and distribute tt round tm tbe vieiaity to fill up the holiows and Gepresstons, Mr. Albert Giesson bas contracted with the owners of what is known as the Little Tract to accompilsh this feat within ninety days He Gods that he has about two hun dred thousand cubic Yards of earth to mo Hw has now alarze ture of men at work, and long tne of carts swarming over the ground. But puMing and snorting at the brow of the bill isa great Wooden framework wuich ts eating tta way through the hill atagreat rate It 18a steam shovel om wheels, and Itzrolls over the ground with ease, Suaving off any excrescences (hat are above grade, and dump ng the earth {ato cars which ran Well on a temporary ralifoad track that has been Built for this purpose. The working end ef this steam shovel 18 a large tron, scoop, whieh, 18 sus we it Ir ve fhe ends ‘of picks When the eugine sorts x rartie, ‘the long ms ‘around, and the scoop nestles gently eins cama os the Dank of earth. {hen the engine gruuns, tere js a con(used mingling Of sounds aud fhe teeth of the scoo} takes a good hold of ail the realestate Io their nmediate Vicinity. As It eats fis way Into te mass of the earth the scoo which is really s stomach, becom’s filed wit Carta ands raptily borue aloft. wuen. by 4 quick vement of the great arm, tt (urns uj wo in midair, and’ the contents tall into a cart. A ‘scoopful more than fills a 2s it contains about two cuble yards of earth: ‘The cars are drawn by mules to the damping ‘Mr. Gleasor proposes to work at nigitt as Roe ag he gets u's apparatus 12 complete order. ‘Thus steam suovel 1s the Orst one brougit into the District for such a Tt has beep purchased by Mr. Gleason, as he finds thit there 1s work enough of this character to be done to warrant theontiay. He has made contracts for laying Out suburban subd Which wil involve the re- moval of aBout one million cuble Fards of earth Assoun as be has leveled the hill on the Live ‘Tract he will remove his machinery to Kalorama, where be has 660,000 cubic Yards of earth to move Actoss Rock Creek in the new sUbdivision of Dun- Uafton there are some 300,000 cuble yards to be Litdied. He bas bow about five Lundred mien at ‘work ob theye subdivisions aad a large Lauber of carts. Last Year be had coatracts to move about 706,000 Cubic yards of earth, and he says that he expects the ext year will Witness greater creations la thts direction, When the grading 1s com in the Little ‘Tract It will $:_pe gtadually down from Columbia yodd to Boundary ‘street, where there will be a terrace of some @ feet In Letght, The s'reets will Le Lido aud the entire tract divided up into balding lor, DAVID 4. WINDSOR'S RESIDRYCE Me only vacant lot remaining on the west side of Coum’ tieut avenue, between M and N streets, Will sora be tunproved by a house to be built for Mr. Drks1 A. Windsor. This house will be built of the Maryland white stone, which ts tound along the Pototiac, some miles north of thectty, and will, off -f a pleasing contrast with the bfick residences pm 20th sides ‘The Obio white stone will be used for ih< courses and Will be dressed, while the Other stone will be ruck-fuce@. The plaas a8 pre pared by Mr. W. Bruce Gray, architect, provide tor A trout whic will be am effective piece of arcul- Vectura, ‘The house will be W gn0 Engst vaseueat’ bose’ A graceful arch will Span tne entrance vestibule or court, which will be open. ‘The Walls of the vestibule will be lined With enameled brick, aud the door will be tiled. A tower extends tlrougn the entire neight of the building and terminates in a veuieh Tarionizes with the bigh-pitched Took There ts a recessed balcony tn the second story. The stone of the front will be enricued with carving | Owing fo tue interior ar- fangement the rooms on the rst oor will occupy the entire width of the house and will be separated by a central hall, where the stair- case Will be located. The entrance leads directly foto the Ball, where there will be a Greplace. This hall will be ‘finished a Oak, and screens, hand- some spectmens of wood carving, will serve {0 Place of partitions A small reception room or Gffice wilt open out from the central hall and ls to Le lighied by windows lookingen tue avenue, The Louse Will be four stories .n height. 2MRS. SHERRILL'S WOME. ‘That part of Massachusetts avenue, between 17th, ‘and 18th streets, hag been Improved very rapidly recently by the erection of fine residences. The vacant 1s being filled up and the avenue a Doth sides will soon present @ solid front of Gwellings A new house on the south side w Il soon be ‘Mrs Chas H. Suerrill has made a contract with Win. P. Lipscomp for the erection f @ Bandsome house from plans prepared by Bir. Harvey L. Pags, architect.» The wide tronta:e Of 30 feet permits & somewhat different Laterior a & than 18 usual in ity houses, The en- Trance door opens directly into a large square ‘This ie lighted by a large window at the side of the entratce. The antique oak finish of the hall and rs Of generous width Will make it gn at- tractive feature. An oak screen separates the staircase hall from the entrance hail, which can be used a8 a sitting-room. The drawing-room and parlor are on the right of tne entrance, and fartoer back on» line with, the entrance hall iy ‘the dining-room, thus allowing a view through Ue entire depth “of the house, which 19 sorne ser. qnty-fve feet, ‘The matertal tived in the construc tis will be brick, ‘upon a basement brown stone. "A rounded. bay window exteads 10 The Lop of the Louse, Where It terminates in a tower. A. 7. BRITION'S NEW RESIDENCE. ‘The contract for building Mr. A. T. Britton’s house has been given to Mr. Wim. P. Lipscomb, and Work Will be beyun as soon as the weather per- mits. Tt will be just gorth of Scott’s circle, on the east side of 16th street, and will have a front: of 40 feet and a depth of 75 feet. ‘The front will brows stone to the second-story windowsills, and the rest 4 brick and stone. An elaborate ‘stone purchway ieads to a broad-arched entrance. On the south corner isa tower which is round 10 the secoud-story, and from there ruts up Uhrough the roof ta the form of an oct the projecting corners of which are suj on the shoulders of griffins carved in stone. On the north corner is a circular turret starting from the second-story, and on @ carved stone corbel. The roof of the house Is high pitched, Stands signe, and covered with slata, Tue house all sides are faced mith pressed brick, Thé en: ‘trance-hall 13 a room. wit Oak wainscoting ‘and panclied Ook Cita and elaborute mantel On either side of the cimney Dreast taere are seats upholstered with leather. Avowe these seats there are four littie windows With handsowe designs in glass. A little hat and cane alcove occupies oue corner of the hall, and 1s Mnlshed with leather seats, mirrors avd bat hooks. This ball is overlooked by a balcony, formed by the stairway, which occupies a Langs ‘Square ball adjoining it, and separate, trom it by a carved oak screen. The ceiling of this hall 1s iso paneiled and the walls wai On the Srac Boor, beside the two balls, are the two parlors, tue Ribrary aod diniug-room, the back stairway ball, todet-room, pantry and coagervatory. ‘The library aod diniag-room are divided by a richiy-carved Oak scteen, the lower part of whicd can be removed and the’ two Tooms thrown into one, making a room 45 feet long. These rooms, ulshed in oak and have high paneled wain- Sicgant mantels, The tro upper sto. Fieg have each six lange cham ‘The vost or the house wit be $45,008 ‘and is designed by Mr. 1. P. Scuneider, a ‘THE SONS OF MALTA. The Simgular Secret Order and its Peculiar Bites. “The order of the Sons of Maita, the most singu- Jar secret order that ever existed,” says Col. Day- ‘Won, “was introduced bere a few years before the War by a jovial member of Congress from the Gol- Dut through its broad charities soun became popu- “Tar and embraced Senators, Repres-ntatives, and Prominent ofMcisis, aud the sihounts exacted of hétm fOr initistion and other fees were fixed in proportion to What t was thought the candidate ‘Should pay. About this time there was much talk Of CubaB War, and many of thove who became Sons: Of Malta joined tne order thinking that through Ta MGC ceremonies they would ind themselves ‘champions cause of Cuban lude- The candidates were frst ushered ‘the hall with much display and ceremony, then charged by the presiding oficer. and coa” ducted to a private where they were bilud- folded and lectured before tue grand oMicer to be trutaful abd answer ali questions whicn wight be put them. ““lrewembder a member of ” said Col. Dayton, “hailing from Boston, who was propused ‘and presented to the order by Lis colle. gue. After he hed been blindioided be Was Uabered in and the roe was quiet, not a whisper being Ycard save thé voice of the officer asking the ques ious and the candidate respouding. He was \uen asked bis imind in regard tO the acquisition ot Cuba, but led “around ral Vimes shut, and the “chair be might answer the questions answer Une qi Ropuaity, as there were nove ‘cubmanuer. ©: the sequisition pasueliy Sam ie, favor of the acquistiog ef Eitbe and will give 60,000 to the cause. uti dou't ‘Want my colleague’ to know Uuls~ the e feu from his eyes, and bis o ave or ain others, Was, wore te tse tne to Patulave Bin, candidate exclaimed: “] 1 But it is too late vo take it back.” The Scene Was 8 Very ndiculous one. Be ee ‘TuEeKs Canada was Tux Bust oF It.—Dr. vamneron, wember of the Canadian fie tat. ve of one of the chief tes ig Nova Scotia anda government ip Ottawa yesterday that be believed te SOME WASHINGTOWS EV ANCES, Complaints, Needs and Hopes of the Present. A LITTLE BILL POR BACK-PAY—THR DISTRICT'S ANTI- QUATED LAWS—UNFILLED MARSHES AND UNPINISH- £D WATRR-WORKS—THE RAILROAD DICTATORSBIP— SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT—CURRENT NERDS. No. & ‘Washington's recital of past grievances must be Modified somewhat to represent Just complaints at the present Ume. Capital-movers no longer re- tard the city’s growth. The nation’s “bantiing” no longer fears sudden death. Congressfulfils its obligations in respect to the improvement of the District with fidelity. An appropriation equal to One-half of the estimated District expenses is an- ‘ually made, and considerabie sums are frequently Appropriated for special purposes which enure to the benefit of the capital Tue ward of the nation ts properly clothed and fed. There can be little complaint of ii.justice on the part of Congress in ite treatment of the’ capital so far as outlays of the present are concerned. If the District has a Grievance in this respect it consists in the fact that the same principle of dividing expenses which Bow prevails has not been applied to previous out- lays, with the result of reimburaing the District for past expenditures beyond its proportion. It is difficult to see how, with Justice and consistency, Shis reimbursement can be avoided by Congress. ‘The General Government, by the fact of planning ‘@ magnuicent capit.1, covering a large area and characterized by broad streets, avenues and reser- ¥ations to an extent unsuitable for a self-sup- | porting commercial city, a4 a Sreans | this capital in a place comparattv jana a3 well'as by the'terms of the bargain with the Owners of the soll, and by the declarations of its representatives af the founding of the city and atterward, showed an intention to Dulld up a national city, at the nation’s expense, 00 a grand scale, ive of the future population Disirict. Capital was to be prii a center of Federal ac: ton, ang the occupation of the ground by settlers was ‘merely incidental to this great Purpose. It Was to be a meeting-place for the use, convenience and entertainment of the people of the eutire Union, and the expene of its support and DL Was Dot to be limited by the scanty resources of What permanent population ft might acquire. Probable favoritism towant this Uoh Wasthe ground of one of tue ‘ats egainst the ratification of the clause of the Con- tution, which provides for “the 10 ulles square.” Tn the Virginia convention Patrick Henry suid: “The people withta tuat place may be excused from ail the vurdens Imposed on the rest of society and way eDjoy exciusive emoluments to the great couse Of pampuiet discussion Rspecting we gov. course pphiet discussion = singe, Congress iuceting ail the esis of tt eeting capital, on the ground that the inde fr and séif-respect of i citizens Would be degraded. Co: seems for a time to have obeyed this protest so fur as to TeD ho assistance wiiatever Worthy the Dame im the Work of capital-making. For more than thirty years, during which period $700,000 had been real- ized from Ube sale of vty piedged for the benefit of een expenditures upon streets and avenues, which were its exclusive property, wee Jess than $700 per year, 18 anoual a Uons since tuat Ume until a recent period in the city's history, have been widely Varying in amount, at the best inadequate, In 1878 tue Govern- ment, waleb had in the begioning tmpliediy un- dertaken to meet ait the expenses of capital-mak- tog, And then shifted that burden in the main upon private citizers, decided that justice re- quired it to pay one-halt of tne Dustrice's expenses, ue mt proportio Stated as the untaxed owner Of one-half the city property, and as interested to that extent in all unprovements, had beea urged by Senator south- in 1855. He also advocated ‘THE RELMBCRSEMENT TO THE DISTRICT of whatever it had expended tn the past beyond {ts just proportion. Congress has followed only one-half of Senator Soutuard’s advice. It justice requires that the Government should pay a certain Proportion of District expenses now, both justice and consistency demand that it should pay the Same proportion of the expenses of the years of its imdifference and neglect. It was shown in 1874 that up to date the citizens of Washington had ex- pended upon the capital in excess of the amount appropriated by Congress about $13,500,000, A Dalance should be struck, and whatever sum is necessary to make the expenditures of the Gene- Tal Government upon the capital equal to those of Mts Citizens, for Ube eighty-seven years of the city's life, should be credited to the District. This act of equity is the more necessary for the reason that the heavy debt, to whic reference has been made, guaranteed by the Government, but con- ‘stituting in effect ortyage Of about 18 per cent Upon the assessed vAlue of privat le ta the District, — heavily upon the ciitzens of the capital. ‘The indebtedness which bank- Tupted Washington in 1835 ts now increased more ‘than ten-fold. It will be tu the distant future, if the ume ever Cm hi the city wili be able to extinguish this debt, which meanwhile will rest 8 am incubus upon the prosperity of the capital "Anoth F grievance: wulch fo-still felt by che Die trict is the avoidance by Congress of general legis Jation respecting its affuirs It complains While it necds as much legisiation ax many stat i i$ granted only a few hours or a few days each sension, to be largely wasted in debate with- Cause of complaint bas not been removed since the date of Elliovs demand for reform. ‘The Dis- tict laws have been aptiy compared to those of the Medes aud Persians, which change not. The common law and the old British and Maryland statutes fn force at the time of cession have not been sufficiently altered by Congress, and these ‘Very aiterations have been sweepingly described Dy & prominent lawyer of Washington as “little dabs of iaw, little blistering or caustic acts, dropped at random on the raw body politic, unad- Justed to any want, connected with nothing, rem- edying nothing, and often worse confusing what no mortal man could understand beiore.” In many respects the laws are a hundred years behind the times, The occurrence in Washington of great triala, Uke the star-route cases and that of Guiteau, has called the attention of the country to the condition of District law, but no substantial improvement has resulted. At present the laws and ordinances are not even collected in a code. ‘To learn even the municipal regulations one must consult the acts af the corporations of W: and Georgetown, deceased; the acts of the Lev: Court of the County of W: deceased; certain acts of the Legislative Assembiy, deceased; certain regulations of the Commissioners of the District given the force of law, and certain acts of Congress, ‘These ordinances are often contra- dicvory, clumaliy drawn or incomplete, and need Lo be revised, as weil as consolidated abd codified. Several fruitiess attemy have Deen made to obtain the necessary ion by Congress, bmg Fevisers Of the es ye Vain 06 legis abvurd- A code im provement which are offered, and & revised code members “in is consumed ‘The House of Representatives bay very recently dou. Died the nuimber of days devoted Wo the affairs of the District of Columbia, and now agrees, If noth ing Of greater importance interferes, und quorums of W: ‘and it is Doped that time may now be 1ound wo rid the District of same of tue Statutes existing at the time of the frst Ucn to Maryland, whieh are our law merely be- cause “ api to local and other circum- stances” in tuat state und at that me. They are hardly to the nineteenth century and the capital of the Uniteg States The Dist be given a com, code Or body of re' i tl i i Bee; | gz HH i E i é é il ! i ne ii And that will be sufficient. Tpe ald Commitzes of One Hundred, a voluntary association of promi- nent citizegs, Whose representations to Congress gave the city its new. goverament in 1878, say in thetr memorial to taat body: “The which skirt the entire tromt of our city are the growth of years of neglect of the commercial and sanitary Interests of the nation'scapttal ‘The remedy is to be found only in a judicidus Plan of harbor im- Piel Ay les Da Ty the city will be alike Congress lavished millions on the Fvergend barbs ot tbe untry, in localities, too, whose claims to na- {iona gSasderaion ary esignigcaat ap compared with Washi Wwaile comparatively nothing Pp kp et toned navy ant to sustain a vast marine commerce.’ improvement suggested | by ae aes bas been delayed foun concerning tulstoa part of toe lad improved, and by @ lack of necessary funds Iris co tier bat en eid last river wi with the unjust, There should be no lying or half-way measures iu the recla- ‘of the Potomac bottoms. The land that reclaimed ig in n0 condition to 8 rise in the water, and there is con- that ‘has best ‘accomplisnea, been, of course, an im tin the city’s bealth the Aihng of 18 grasses, which, the foul current from one of the ‘city’s large sew- exposed at low-tide to the neat of the gave Weach wind the secds of disenve and But a rank on the half-re- feeeeereate sui deain. the health capil Congress prompt and adequate ‘provisiog Tor prosecution of the work. The proposed impiove- Ment wili vot only beneMt tue city's harbor and healtn, Dut it will add to the Government reserva- tons, fully retinburing the expense of reclama- tion,” everal hundred acres of valuable land, which can be converted into an atiracuive The healthfuiness of Washington ts a subject ‘that bas been wuch discussed, aod the city trom its earJest days nag bg the defensive. At the time when the sive of the capital was chosen it was charged and denied that the climate Was destructive to Northera constitutions Mr. Warden (1816), in Ube firat elaborate description of {he District, sive chat the prevailing opinion that Washington 1s unhealthy is Based on prejudice. Mr. J. kudlot (1890), 10 the Mork to which reierence as fun says: “The ju. against general “health of this District have been dissi- pated by tne monthly publiestion of observations and the inverments In the ravevards authenticated by the board of heatth. ut even the figures Of the Doard of health do not 842, “very uobeaithy,” and tained by many up to ® recent time ‘would not however, to have been origi objectionable. Henry Fleet, who Was captured in 1621 here, says: “This says: the most pleasant and Bealtatul country, and most convenient for habitation; the air temperate in summer and not violent in ‘win- ter.” ‘The charge of undealthfulness was, doudt- less, first made by those who wished the seat of Government to be located elsewhere than upon the Potomac. If any reliance can be placed upon sta- tistics, the city’s average health ‘has been excel- lent, and th: death-rate of the white tion 4s now reduced to about the minimum reached in large cltieg in spite ot the drawbacks; and such of these a3 now remain may ve readil removed, Malarial diseases which have prevail to a considerabie extent will, it is thought, be almost entirely prevented by the reclamation of the flats In the absence of its bag pee imarshes, with its improved sewerage, with abun iensive aystem of supply now appraschise sons. ner ; ng com- pletion, with ite broady Airy streets ud 10s tou odors of « manuiactuting city, {¢shoula be one ot rs i one the" healthiest, a3 it Is“one of the haudsomest, clUes La the worid, . TRE REIGN OF THE RAILROADS. An Urgent grievance of the present, which grows: more unbearable year after year with the attempts al growth of the sections of the city spectally in- Jured, 1s that Which arises from the conduct of the railroads Washington. Their illegal oc- cupation of streets and reservations, and the dawage and disfigurement which they unneces- sarily inflict, are known to every reader ot Tux Stam, however recent the date of his subscription, and little additional comment is necessary. These evils have been exposed in vain for years to the Congress of the United States. ‘The Senate Dis- trict commitiee has recently decided to ignore ‘them altogether. It is not at all concerned to dis- cover that with surface tracks, in part Illegal, the Baltimore and Onio Rallroad distigures, ob- structs and endangers one whole section of the city, and the Baltimore and Po. tomac road another. It reads with indifference the long Ust of persons killed or wounded at the single plece of illegal track known as the Baltt- more and Ohio“ ¥.” It hears only with amuse- ment that, in the long strip of land over which the Baltimore and Potomac road 1s permitted by grace of Congress to rule with absolute power, the People of South Washington find for most of the {ume an impassable obstruction to travel and trafic, and, if entrance may be secured, a dan- gerous man-trap. it knows perfectly well, 100, that in no Clty of the world, except in that one ‘whose interests are in part confided to its vigi- lant protection, would the present condition of affairs be endured for a day. Yet the rpgulation of the railroads is 9 matter to be postpone. indeti- nitely! Almost simultancously with this an- pBouncement the rallroads of an unlimited livense to sponge upon = public prop- erty and to vex and injure the People, of the city, comes the novel and start rg, statement from a hitherto valued champion Heat ana tee at a ce forts OF arsenal ett aa Ganache sts city and hold weir by sui and may be evicted at any time at the pleasure or tne Government. “4 combination of these two proj sitions develops the pleasing doctrine that the descendants or assigus of those persons who gave im part and sold im part to the Government the Portion of the District which it owns may be evicted by this donee or grantee from that part of the lg which Was expressly retained, aud which has been improved as private properiy; While great corporal to which Government rly has bebo gratultudely loaned, and which, eithout permission, have appropriated other pub lic erty, and use ail to the injury of the city and its people, may not be evicted pr disturbed. ‘The property awners are Oklahoma trespassers: tne law breaking rallroads are not, | Undoubtedly doth branches of rhe déeteine are unsound in point of law, but waiving ali questions of legality, the {Wo afnouncements might naturaliy suggest to Congress the effective scheme, beautitui in its simplicity, of quieting cumpiainis inst. the raliroads, and setting the whole plicated problem, by evicting Ue restless and dissatistied citizens,'and vurning over their property to the allabsorbing railroads, When, if that contingency may be imagined, the —s efforts of alley: ap eager se he pubile last corporations sill confined to ited of exercise in locallues whers the deve people to be tenderly have tue right to Vote, and when the jure Of the District pay more regard to Interests intrusted to its guardianship Ubaa to the wishes of wealthy, poll- Uctan-making corporations, @ wise and stulesunan- like plan of regulating the steam railroads of the city Will be deVised and enfofosd, which shall clear pd surface cpon ogee ca RS bese squatters: jerome! property, the Teservatio Ec tea seccaee oid man upoa, In connection witu the broad plan of remedying ry Failroad Ga beped will place station or adjacent stations at the point fo the busi- ness center Of the 4 that can be by Tunneling or with injury vo ‘and pri vate in ‘& com uh Of local Tapld.transit_by electric or cab.e railways will be Disirot “quick and eaay Socata x aca ata tts evident Be into ‘over- is E mea Hue sits 1n respect to size and di ot Sane sae Serban annPirie Sey cit re difficulties, ‘The development of this infant is ‘ROL Of course to attention tothe neglect o« the city. areas within the exist in tue sections aMictea by surtace Uracks and numerous grade crossings, require lunprovement ‘and denser are to be Sup- Waar as anata racia oom Police force and of the number of schools to keep with the mul ‘Of those who are to Protecied and educated. Tue columas of the press, the resolutions of citizens’ asso ciation, and the WALL—COLUMBUS AND JERFERSON A8 RIVAL GUIDES— THE BRONZE SCROLL AND THE PROWIBITION MOVE- MENT. ‘The following strange occurrence was described Wa Stax reporter: 1t was late during a night session that the mew- ber from a prohibition district stood in the statu- ary hall. He was tired. He was not feeling well. He had gone up and down on the elevator sev- eral times and was dizzy. As he stood alone in the statuary hall bis attitude showed weariness. He looked up at the handsof theclock, They were moving on in their steady way. The dim light rested on the bindings of the books shelved away up in Che galleries where the public used to Sit in the old hall, The statues tn bronze, tn clay @ndin marble stood silently with thelr backs fainst the wall. ‘be member from the prohibition district stood on the echo stone and looked with @ long and steady gaze at the statue of Fulton. Then pe looked again at the clock, and started with @ sud- den stare. He rubbed “his eyes, siepped back, Jeaned bis hand on Fulton’s foot, and a long, Steady stare settled on lg face. joing backward. ‘The hands ou the cock were Seat pai ees cae e¥ Ri 5 1g fast hip Coutid hardiy see nen as they SPUN ROUND AND ROUND, He watched them in their mad race until his head Joined in the spin and he could hapdly stand erect. He spread his legs apart and ughtened his grip on the foot of Fulton, while he watched the eccentric action of the clock. The wheels of the marble chariot in which the old clck rests Ofer the door began to move and joined in the i ‘Tien he looked about at the statues in a semi- cirele along the wall and standing in a row with thelr backs to the curious black inarble columns, AS he looked, they began to move. At first they circled slowly around. ‘The member from the pro- hibition district opened his eyes Wider Wwitu WOu- der and took hoid of Fulton with his other hand. Leaning back with his legs far apart and grasp- Jog with both hands the feet of tue marble Inven- tor of steamboat disasters, he Watched at the other statues as they moved out fromm thelr places and began to waltz around the room With’ a velocity that tnoressed at every turn. ‘They waltzed around und around the hail ‘and ‘turned nd spun uniil the member trou the prohibition district could scarcely keep his feet. Like a lot of tops they went around and around, and the hail Went around With them. And thé bands of the Clock and the chariot wheels went around. * A WHIRLING COMPANY. The bronze Jefferson flirted his Declaration of Independence over his shoulder as be whirled. Washington in clay an@ King in marble circled about in a giddy turn; and Columbus spun on his ‘high heels ‘until hls neck ruffle stood up about his ears Ethan Alien, Trumoull, Sherman, Baker, and Roger Willlams'waltzed by the meuiber from the prohibition district. Hamntlton, Livingston, Lincoln, Clinton, and the rest wheeled by. Evert Fulton, chair, steainboat, aud all, Was struggling to break loose'rrom the grasp of the prohibitionist. ‘They all danced and teaped about in a most aston- ishing style for digniNed and self-respect statues, “Washington stopped suddenly ai stooped his siouiders. Jefferson put one hand on his back and took the leap. The rest followed, apd away they all went leap-frogging around the ‘Then they got to playing with the echoes, and tnere was a verrible buzeing in the ‘ears, of the member from the prohibition district Columbas trod on the echo-stone, and stopped Suddenly. He put nis foretlager up to bis nose and listened. He had made a discovery. He cir- cumnavigated the stone, Look his bearings, asked Fuiton for the loan of tits steamboat, struck out across the hall, and landed on another. stoue. Then he Williams on one and Ham- liton on the other, and stood Washington between ‘hem, and they éould talk over is head $0 nat he could not hear them. COLUMBUS’ DISCOVERY. ‘Then Columbus talked very fast, and the whole group of statues guthered about him. He pointed ‘out numerous stones in the floor and said tifey had been “discovered by accident.” ‘Then he ‘stepped away Dick in the areh of the doorway apd shouted: “Can you hear me?” Washington Jumped three inches tn the atr and then said he did. ‘The rest looked blank and heard nothing: Columbus continued, “It Was discovered by-aceldent, J am talking in an ordinary tone of Voice. I can talk to you trom ins a de tat Binc ne ptt Zot a ‘Sul jualities when they were put in the bulldi Hamilton on your right and Williams on your I cannot hear me. None of those clove around. you can hear me. It was discovered by accident. ‘These wonderful stones are su to nave come frown one of ube caves of the Delphic oraci and they were transported here through stealth by a tory who sought to learn the secrets of execu- tive session. He died suddenly. The mystery die@ with him. ‘The stones Were discovered by acctdent—wonder- ful. If there ts anything you should like to say to me regarding our irlend Jefferson, who is just be- hind you, speak freely. Say, hon it you do not think his simplicity of attire tion, 18 he not something of @ pretender? I notice that he tooks with ea¥y at this, dee p and, handsoine my necl m, there—don’t fear, he can’t hear us!—do you not think he is at heart an aristocrat and a tory? And Fulton—isu't hes fraud? Did he really invent that little thi he callg a steamboat? I tell you, in confidence, | had one of those for private use inyvelf before he was born. In fact, I invented it myself. I had one im my cabin whet I first sailed to discover this glorious continent for the purpose of giving you @ chance to be the ‘father of his country,"and all that sort of thing you did so well. I used to make coffee in tt! And f Williams’ there—was he not the founder of the Salvation Army that 1s corrupting the morals of modern youth, by tmak- ing them sing horribly through their noses?” JRPPERSON EXPLAINS. “Our friend over therein the door ts not to be trusted,” said Jefferson, looking down at the echo ‘stone and whispering so that Washington could not hear him. “He 18 not the authorized guide.” “1 hear you with my feet,” sald Hamilton on the t “That ls the mysterious quailty of these stones, ‘We may talk freely to each other; those nearest canaot hear us Iam the only authorized guide with full knowledge and authority to explain these stones, which were discovered by accident. It was not known that they possessed these wonder- ful qualilies When they were put in the building. I the discovery myself in an accidental way, 1518 hot known with certainty where these two stones cane from. Some say that they are trom a cave of eehoes somewhere on the shores of Greece; but I possess Very clear evidence that they ‘of the table of the laws ‘and broke oue day. There my cuffs, It ls much more: and aE Pe gitar d he ever did discover America, In fact, Tam almog¢ ‘A DBCLARATION TO BIGN. Just then Washington walked up to the member from the prohibition district, with his heavy cane in his hand and a terrible frown on his tace. Jef- ferson followed with the great co; held ft betore the bewildered members eyea Sind it!" sald Washington, in an awful voice, ry At!” echoed 1 joined ti all the Other siatues, clay and brass. “sign,” Wesington held his cane high and repeated: ‘Aad On the ecrolt was written: When in course of human events *”* * "a decent reapecr to the opinions of mankind requires that > * © Yspould cease to ride up and down in an, elevator pledge msvelt 46 go into secret sation Yor abe ation fr promt tn te Dini 7 er “signi” said the he brought his oane See tere ale its suited eercereanred wits Sota Reade wate tlage aumed tomato, iateee “Simipeeoenem ee alk tee vouched for i [ i iin : i i i ‘awas W cay ALL ABOUT THIEVES, Mow Expert Hoavebreakers Succeed in CEs? WITH 4 DETECTIVE—THE HIGHER ORDER OF (CROOKS—PREPARATIONS POR WORK—THE MIDNIGHT ROMBKR—A QUAL DOG THE BEST GUARDLAN—BE- COLLECTIONS OF LNTEASSTING ROBBERIES. “What do you think of the robbery and murder Of A. J. Snell, the millionaire?” asked a ‘Stan reporter of a decective the other day. “I don't know anything about the case except ‘What I baye read in the papers from time to time,” he replied. “From what I have read of the case, ‘howeer,” he continued, “I do not think that it was and obtain In the evening t! localtties, and pick out their ‘mark.’ For two or three days they will watch the house ubout dinner time, say sit or seven o'clock, unul they bave Kcarned esomething about’ the occupants of the hoise, nabitg, the umber and which room each occupies. Then one man Will Watch the front and another the rear. They then determine the best way of entering house. They can easily tell by watching wa ‘and curtains which rooms are occupied by whom, for they see each person as they the dinner table ‘The usually over a Jolntug house and cross through the window. It to know what's short thine it takes theme a the house. Tt seldom takes them more th: or ‘fifteen minutes to go through a large house. ‘THE UPPER BUREAU DRAWER. “It 1s a singular thing,” continued the detective, “that almost every one keeps his jewelry in the top bureau drawer, and that is the place a house- thief usually ransacks frst after entering a house. After going through the bureau drawers ne opens trunks and searches other places in the room where he thinks he is likely to flnd anything, and then he makes a tour through the other rooms on the upper floors. He will continue his search until the ‘office’ or Iven him by one of bis con- Barta Tederates that be 1s in immediate then goes toward the window thi which he entered, and lays low until he 1s again signaled. Someumesa member of the gang will occupy a Toom several doors from a house which he intends to rob. Then he can cross the roofs Of the houses and can by means of a rope ed about the chimney descend to any window in the house and enter, and when bis work is done he can go back the same Way and take the rope with him. “Many “houses,” contined the detective, “are robbed in this way, and the robbery is not discbv- ered until the soi megg 3 morning. Tuen the occu- Pants suppose that burglars were in the house while they were asleep. A first-class ‘houseian’ seldom takes chances going in a house at mid- hight. and only goes then Décatse he can get 0 ou opportunity. ‘THE MIDNIGHT ROBBER. “A person who enters a house in the dead hour ofthe night isa desperate man. If, while he 1s golng through the house, he hears a noise and thinks the Occupants are alarm: he will make every effort to escape, and if he fi that bis way 4s Darred he will Aght for his uberty, and mur- ler necessary to effect escay ‘The est thing for @ person to do when they bear anyone in their room is to jet them alone or frighten them off and not attempt to keep them in the house,for trouble and possi tmurder is bound to follow. I never heard of a pro- fessional committing “a gcliteraie murder. He only does when absolutel to effect his ‘The sreatest enemy this cl Of thieves has is the small dog that ts allowed to travel over the house, If when they enter he happens to be up stairs he barks and alarms the occupantsof the house, and as the thiet approaches him ue backs until he gets under the bed or some other plece of Turnitire, and continues barking Unul the thief etther leaves the house tarougt fear or Decause the barking dog hag attracted the attention of some one in the house, Such a dog is feared by thieves more than a masitf. Many per- sons when they discover that their house hus been robbed, say that they were chi ‘but in that 1s not so. It 19 only imagination 8 chloroform, except ina nen 3 few “a 18 not used. In the frst place there ‘to use it, and in the second its use would ther Lhan put to sleep stggen enna To get person ‘the influence of culoroform it usually necessary to hold them, and it 1s not one in ten where 4g chloroform used, dangerous thief 1s THE HALL swEax. He will go from house to house until he H i >! ch the house in @ few minut any one he will an superstitious, and believe drinly Juck, and some of them will not have a certain person to work they think that this person wi luck, I remember a thief who would do ai Of @ job if his ‘pal’ was with him, but he would not undertake tue easiest one with ‘any other person, no matter how expert # thier he was. A MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY. “recall one of the most mysterious robberies ‘that was ever committed in this country,” contin- ued the detective. “It occurre@ in New York sev- oral yoarsaga._ A thiet went into bank to get a note cl ‘and, while there, a lady was Some coupons of United ‘States ‘bonds east When she left the bank the thiet followed her to her home, which wasn aflat, He watched the flat and, when ready to operate, found that there Was no Way of getting to the room without being detected except through Ue elevator shat. He broke into the basement, and, by through ‘the elevator shaft, be reached the tlooron which the room Wag situated. He got Into the room and found in @ tin box nearly $30,000 in negotiable bonds. For # long time It was a puzzle to the om- rooms in Hi ul ¥i i § : il i £3 i aii a : t<} ie is a & 2, € i # z i isk E SE 5 sg § if i i ; i d 3 4 i i ty i : i EY '°84, it Py a } 4 Eg. d E 4 ee | E & E g E : fi asked re “Tl 1,” the detective, “or in Sacer net eee A RECORD OF. CRLNE. Homicides im the District of Columbia Since 1830, WHAT THR JAIL BOOKS SHOW—NUMEROUS CONTIC- ‘TIONS AND SENTENCES, BUT Pew HANGINGe—EX- RQTIVE CLEMENCY AT THR LAST MOMENT—INTER- ESTING CASES OF TEARS 490. By glancing over the criminal records of the Dis- trict of Colambia since 1850, it will be found that the first prominent homicide case was that of Frank Camper, who, tt was thought at the time, ‘Would be hung, but the trial resulted in a verdict ot iter. ON the night of August 12, 1850, a fire was in progress on E street, near 13th. On the square eastward tne homicide was commit ted, the victim being Martin Ragan, who then ‘kept the saloon adjoining McGtil’s printing office, It was some two of three weeks after before ft was ‘Asoertained who was the perpetrator. Camper Was arrested, tried, and convicted of manslaughter, ‘and sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary, After serving two years he made his escape goseph A mander, a noed Baltinore targian nh sentenced LO some sixteen im. Drisonment on sentences ot two years each. Calm. perand Allemander were never heard of nere Sanper nea, alter ti ina been Semper had, af maa murdered. id RE Next nomcR hore was John Day, a bricglayer, who killed his wife in the early part of 1851. He was convicted of murder June 20 of that year. A ney trial was, ho granted and on the second trial a verdict of guilty’ of manslaughter was rendered aud he Was sentenced to eight years in the penitenuary, bad been married but a few montas and Jed Lo the perpetration of the deed. Day ‘was restored to citizenship by receiv, @ pardon day or two prior tthe expiration of the sen- ‘The next case, Ike the preceding one, had a wife for ft resulted in “conviction and ‘his Was the case of Daniel T. Wood- @ shoemaker, a man of fine personal uppear- ape: bod ormore than ordinary intelligence, who having been for years a prominent temperance man fiaily lest bis business and set up a salcon. Afew days before Christmas, 1852, he cut his ‘Wife's throat. One ot is chiidren was the princi- pal witness against him. He was convicted June 6, 1853, and jn reply tothe question by Judge cr ‘say Why the sen- ford “Have you anything t Sence of tne law should not be pronounced?” ne rephed: “1 have, may it please your honor,” and ied in far beyond what ne was capable of using to argue that he could not be gullty of murder, and to appeal to thecourt to save his life, He was gen to be hui September 2 following, aud the execution took In the Yard of the Jail, 4th and G streets, the Richard Wallach being then the arshal. was committed to Juli Septem- murder, but be died before his Frederick Gratz ber 24, 1852, for George Raglan was committed to jail for murder On June 19, 1855, and on June 26 was convicted, Raglan was a colored ian, and he was cl with killing a white man named Wood by stril him in the head with a swingle-tree, the occur- Twuce taking place at a stable ou Gt ‘treet below Pennsylvania avenue. A new trial was granted him and @ nolle pros, subsequently the case, 4 JEALOUS ENGLISHMAX. In October, 1855, Wm. B. Edwards, an English- ‘man, residing on North Capitol street, near F street, shov and killed Thornton Avers, and at the same time seriously wounded Robt. Warren. The motive for this shooting was jealousy, Edwards supposing that Avery pay! altentions to a woman employed in Ouse, @ homicide was committed at night, when a monster torch-light Procession of the know-nothings was parading, and when the news of the houlicide reached (he Procession many left the ranks toavenge the deat Of the men—voth of them being supposed at that Ume to be dead. Fortunately for Edwards the offl- cers eluded the mob by taking him out the back Way. Edwards was convicted on March 3, 1856, and on March 14 he was sentenced to seved! Years in the penitentiary, 4 verdict of not guilty was rendered tn the case of Philemon ‘T. Herbert, a member of Congress of California, for the murder of one Keating, a waiter in Willard’s Hotel, in May, 1856, on the second trial; the rst having resulted 1h a dis agreement of the jury. George Cornwail and Lorenzo Burk were com. mitied to jali September 15, 1856, for murder, and on Deceuiber “21 following convicted of man. slaughter, and each were sentenced to five years in the penitenuary, John Morlarity was committed to jail December 10, 1856, and _on January 8, 1857, convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced’ to two Fears in the Parr McPherson wab 20, ary McPherson waS on January 20, 1858, con- victed of manslaughter, and senteuced to six years ip the penitentiary. Benjamin Wood and Christopher Sharp, com- mited to jall April 17, 1 Were convicted of a eact it years ip penitent a Benjamin Roblason was convicted. of taan- slaughter December 7, "1857, ‘Unree years in the penitenuary, ‘On April 14, ret das. Powers was convicted of the murder ‘of young’ Lutz, of Baltimore, at a restaurant on Peunsylvania avenue between 4 and 6th streets, and was hung in the yard of the Jail September 2 1858. “Tuts execution took place gine sk bovver known ss Seairtay Chas. Barrett, better known as Barrett, was convicted of the murder of ve Lewis on August 6, 1858, and was sentenced to be ‘October 22 following, but a commutation of sentence was secured by his friends to imprison- ment for Ife. He made pe ‘the peni- — the early part of ‘War and went Sou On July 4, 1858, James P. Deviin and John s. Devlin Were ‘tried for the murder of a young man named Beale, and the former was convicted of manslaughter and the hatter acquitted. Benjamin Ogle was committed to jail January 20,1858, for the murder of & boy named Webb, and on May 30 following Was convicted of man- seat ce ‘and sentenced to the penitentiary for ‘and sentenced wo years. He was pardoned by President Lin- June 18, 1861. ‘This brings the record down to January 20, 11 and then a biatus of a of years in tne jul Tecords appears. Beside the cases noted in this arti le.there were, from 1850 to January, 1438, no less than twenty-two other cuses, in Wich some of the prisoners were held but a few days oF ac- juiti "The next homicide case was that of P. Barton Key, who was the United States District Attorney for the District, by Gen. D. E Sickies, on the east ‘square, February 27, 1859. There ‘square, met and shot Key on a Sunday afternoon. The trial in the Criminal Court was commenced on Apr.l 4 following, Col Robert Ouid, Mr. Key's successor, represetiting the Gov- ernment, and Messrs. Graham and Brady, of New ‘York; D. Radcitfe and A. B. Magruder, of this os P. Phillips, —é CE on ee a3 M. OUOD a] 1g for Gen. Sick! trial lasted intl Aprh’28 uid resulted n'a verdict of hos guilty. CONVICTED 4ND PARDOXED, On the 23d of July, 1858, August Hetssler and George Johnson were convicted, on the charge of murder of Marcellus Stoops, of manslaughter and sentenced Uo eight years each in tne penitentlary, but were pardoned April 14, 1862. Hillary Hutchins and Win. Joues were tried in the latter part of June, 1859, (or the murder of John Ennisand on Juiy 2d the verdict was rendered Guilty of manslaughter a8 to Hutchins; not guilty a todones Hutchins was sentenced to the peal: rT venuary for elght years, but was pardoned 20, 1 Subsequently he was kilied by a young inka named Nicolson in self-defense. AT THE Last MOMENT. On April 4, 1861, a soldier, Joun Foley, was in- icted for the murder of M. Murphy, a corporal at his company (Maj. Haskins’), of regular infantry, ‘which was then quartered in a house on B strevt north, be:ween North Capitol and ist streets, was convicted and sentenced to be r. He received the ministrations of Kev. i and Father Waller, and was pre- dread event, while, in'the meant ‘was erected fh tue jail-yard. Ali U carrying out the law bad been the culprit on the trap and pull- (or rather pressing the toot er Was Worked had reoait e i be ri ue ye d it u .SFTER A HUNDRED YEARS, Early Etterte im ova pene wee Georgetown NOW CUNORERS WAS BESOUGHT TO ERECT A BRIDGE AT THE THRE SITERS XEARLY 4 CENTURY AGO— —AN OLD MEMORIAL AND THE GRIEVANORS IT SRT FORTH—MASON'S PERRY AND THE LONG BRIDOR. ‘The citizens, of West Washington propose to celebrate the Opening of the new free bridge. It might almost be called a centennial celebration, for nearly that length of time has elapsed since the agitation of the free-bridge question was begun by the citizens of that part of the District. During the opening years of the century Congress ‘was memorialized 8 the subject, meetings of citi. zens were held, and the corporation of the then town of Georgetown pissed resolutions aad ap- polnted committees. With periods of dissourage- Ment add inactivity the contest bas been main- tained with commendable vigor down to the Present day. Georgetown wanted a free bridge at OF near the place called “The Three Sisters” and this project was again urged only a year or twoago when the purchase of the old Aqueduct bridge was under consideration by Congress. The free bridge antagonized the proposition to build the Long Bridge when the latter was urged upon Congress as early asthe year 1807. But it had oeen Drought tothe attention of Congress some years previous, continued to come Before Congress. A relic oF ‘her a Memento of ope of those Onslaughts upon Congress by the advocates of the free bridge Was found by Mr. deury A. Willard among sowe of the Papers belong ng to his reiative, Win. C. Bradley, who was a member of the House of Representa: tives. Itis a yellow and faded document, but Is im an excellent state of preservation. ‘Tuere is no date, Dut a8 faras can be determined it wus printed ebout the year 18¥5. Tt 1s a memorial to Coa, signed by Joha Cox, mayor; James Dunlop, Thos Cor jr, and Daniel yaar ‘Congtess ts seked Lo give authority to build a tree bri ge over Potomac River at oF near the plice called the ‘The Three Sisters. * 4 FREE BBIDGE WaxTED. “The committee do not ask for « bridge,” con- tinues the memorial, “with any view to an increase Of the town revenue or as an object of private profit and speculation to individuals; they propose to make It a free bridge, the common property of the public, and asking only such coutributions from nose WhO Use IL as are necessary to keep it In re- ait and make and continue it what it is Intended be—a common pubitc benemt, * > * The bridge wil open to ws a communication with m flourishing aud fertile counties In Virginia, and Will attract to our town @ valuable trade, maveri- ally beneficial to us and W them, and of which we SIE now deprived By the dificulties, expense, and hazard which at preseat obstruct the pa the Potomac, The ouly direct communication. be- tween Georgetown and the is by Gea. Mason's ferry. winds, Ireshets, and ice often wake the passage Ganxerous or impracticable; and at ail times the delay, expense and ‘risk of crossing Operate very unfavorably upon our trade and in- tercourse with Virginia. The bridge at the Lite Fails ts 3 miles above Georgetown, separated trom us by @ road always bad and sometimes impassa- Die, and driving from us by tue heavy tolls which are exacted the produce which would naturally ‘Seek its market here. jeans 8 ie ae “Our town,” states the memorialists, “notwith- ‘Standing its local and natural advantages for trade, has been gradually declining, our popula- ‘Uon ts diminished, our Louses uplenanted, aud the people earnestly pleading that the avenues of comuerce may be opened, and that those otstruc ons: ght n t eee of ow Easter oad ‘to Whe burden of other e¥ils Which op- press cet Amy perish a2 ae as tion of the town: tan eee remind Con- gress that Lree bridges have been erected over Che Rastern Brauch for Che veuefil of Washington. ‘The Long bridge, they say, was wuts Dy Congress, although It Was a material obstruction of tbe navigation of the town represented by them, and was also an injury to the property of Gen, Mason, who is as the Opponent of the proposed free ‘These is, they add, Ubough ae by! were -e-——1 w outwel vi ry ean me ore etjcaonn weg sigan ons wwe ; agalQst this measure. The first, that 1 is an in- jury to the private ‘of Gen. Mason and we company at Little Falls; and second, that it is against Lhe stipulations of ‘a contract entered Into With Gen. Aason by the. of George- town, tn the year 140s. They d of the rst jection on of ‘good, ‘that the m of the river cannot be vested in any individual or company. MASON'S FERRY. In regard to the contract with Gen. Mason, in 1805, the memorial states that up to that time there was a rival ferry from the shores of George- town, landing its passengers on the Virginia side where the publ foad' struck the Hye Whee Gen. Mason consented to the erection of the catise- Way the road Was changed, and passing over the causeway lerminated on the island. In consider- ation of this privilege it is said that the corpora on granted to Gen. Mason a landing place on its side of the river, and agreed to sappress the rival ferry and to’ prevent the establishment of any ferry from’ the shores The | Sranting | of | whet erie sete ets tion of tne “agree! they urge, what they ask for what they ‘with Gen, Mason Was ferry; also, they bri its verminus on the Samed island or the causeway. ‘The memorial further adds BEES spirit of the contract with Gen. Mason some Pilcit rererence to a bridge would Rave been Attached to the memorial ig @ letter from Mason dated dressed 10 Messrs. “Hi and Joseph Kowles, representing of Georgdsowa, In wien he became Ube basis of the contract, furnish the material for the struct a causeway 30 feet wide from the 4 biol il Ff af 5 & 5 fF, und Ges Mason agreed to. establisn ween the island and Georgetown, stipulation that be should have exclusive run a ferry. FI : Fel i also overtook the condivion of communication between Georgetown anit Virginia 1s indicated in the memorial as uoted. “The bridge at the Little Falls occupted site of What is How Known as che Chain bridge. It was constructed by the Georgetown Bridge Co., which Was incorporated by the Maryland legisia~ ture in 1701. 1t Was NOL u free bridge, and tolis w. re exacted from those who were to use it, ‘The bridge coutinued under th saume manage- ment unui! 1833, when Congres made an appro- Priaviou of money and authorized the corporation Of «ieorgetown W purchase the bridge and make it forever Iree. WHERE GEN. WASHINGTON CROSSED. ‘The ferry trom Mason's Isiand was, perhaps, the earliest mode of communication between George- town and Virginia, It was by a ferry that Wasb- Wren be rode on horseback from bis oatate at Mount Ve. non, crossed the river ‘There, in Suter's tavern, which w.s located Congress street, near tue river's bank, be tet the Proprietors of the land selected as thé wile of the W a n. on ‘capital city, and made the ment with by Which they asseuted Wo a division of their tu the Government. Ai ‘Phe Three Sisters Was 103 mille, while the dis. 3 Lene age Se een: of tee ‘would injure her i che i iff i HH i t | | | | | and Fo | hape'six enoutivs tn Reported for Tus Evawixe Stan. ENGTON AaB & FARMER, With One Hundred Cows He Had to Buy Bauer— With tis tmuense Farm Me Did Net Matse Corn Use—Mie Farmer Suc for Bis @: Club, Virginia, met at the residence of John Ballenger, February 25, Presideut Pierson in the chair. Secretary «il- Mngham reporved having communicated with Reo- fetary Merrick, of the Farmers’ Assembly, a8 directed, and the latter replied Uhat be would Send proceedings of Lue assembly as soon as pul Ushed. Adiroular trom the Tribune oMioe was Feed, and a petition to Congress asking for In- creased duties on Farious agricultural prod Was signed by most of the members, were also two cther petitions, in favor pare food and tue bureau of ent ustry, Bills BOW Before Congress. AS pert to the tariff subject, A. W. Harrison read tract from a late address of the pres! New Jersey state board of agriculiar Cusaing the subjects embraced 11 mentioned, In connection with Ly Abolishing the revenue ax on liga 1 appeared evident that the prevailing « Was ia favor of high Ucense ratucr than pr tion, President Pierson then amuoun Standing committees, as follows: On cer Joba Balienger, SH. Buckman, Prank Wy (On Live Stock "A. W. Harrison, J. W. i D. W. Ballenger, Fruits aud ¥ Laxen, James Hunter, Jr. 2. ¥. irage Crops—T.'W.” Biuu! Buckman. Roads—W. Waitou, 1. BL Roberts, HOW TO DIMCOUR: Crows and their depredatious aid thw too mate them was talked about for awhile, aud A.W. Harrison said he tind prevented thew frora pulsting planing, discussion Chen interest, KE. Mason belug rr is -tade an J. W. Robert mo of ihe marvel nection Suc ( hae tae up corn by mixing a small quantity the seed berore minded of the ail essay at the farmers’ conve STOWLL Of the business War. It Was admiited Ub luade Butter Would ki Dr. J tik se 1 Carmtste, country wideut too far, He s PROVEIEHT Was Herd ught to make pro. e. Very Many of Wty weed earetul koe Vision for mllk inspec the milli deaiers int arver, ‘THE CRITICAL REPORT CPON MH. BALLENGRN'S FARM Was then read by W, Hus “We, a8 a committ Cunitles than have tee, and with te perience of added years, write this report it forcibly comes LO our « That we should look at howe, ‘The task, has been assigned Us, and we slall en shape our report So That ft may not ber “1 her as Tulsotue Daltery wor as bars aud unjust faulttindiag. ‘The farm of our host farming land of 20 acre bring the area up to ov Melds, the one uearest Une barn, was been In ture for twenty years. The remutuing six 0 sists Of sev each, with have the following rotation: Two in wheat, er corn to be follow xt year Uy w ain, Lue other In Wheat after wheal, gene! U last year hi ‘ “killed this wheat is after outs. The other four fleids will be this coming season as follows ‘Two iu mowing grass, ope Ib Corn, and One in pas Uure. ‘The wheat afver oats | cora-land Wheat not So Well, U the corn land looking te be aks Well, and Ube earhest sown of ‘The chances fur a erop will be ¥ uch influenced by te a= ter of the weather furniswed to us through the month of March. We were shown tree stryy through the ‘corn-land wheat which were Manured with ture — aifferent namely, Susquehanna, Bryaut’s and dissolved 1. CG. Rock—at tw difference was perceptible. A strip of Fuleas ter appeared to have made more growth aan Che Fuilz by 118 side. We are unable Wo report on the ‘other branches of Larming Ou account of the sea Son and the extreme sofuness of the laud from Uo Thaw, Our host las a butter dairy, selling the product. hitnself in Washington Alexandria, t ¢ would calf the attention of rach ts making to is ab the samme thu e churn, one of Spain's patent, hurned xf pounds at one ‘churning. power the mule, who has a shelter to work and rather enjoys the performance. Au the bers Of Lhe club contemplattn, provement in this direction should see this Fangeient. Tue dalty consists of fourteen 1 cows of grade shorthorn, With several Lelters fa tng from: wo years to a few months. Dull, Jersey one uree 1b a Stall made Outside the bara, ti Umes, he has considerable trouble to Ueman to euter. We would suggest be more easily thanaged If the ~tall iu which Kept Was in Uhe same stable wilh lis He, if he were stalled with them ‘oung, would enter as a matter of cx he genus taurus iy very imuch like genus Lomo in that respect, that those whi manage them Uke easier ad most successfully d not crack tue whip nor keep the fact that they Rave @ master very prominently before them, We has three Work-horses und owe mule; also, three Other horses Whose profilabie usefulness ts over, and are now pensioners upon bi Committee suggested an Limproveme stable, Wut y thought advisat has sibce been made. ‘The Nock of af twenty-five ewes, seventeen of twenty lambs, with eight yet from. Our host seemed to been full as much profi iu the flock if no Lambs had been raved, abd the sheep had been sold Cat, unless the lambs caine earlier in tue season. Wo found two broud sows snd one boar, of grade Jer sey Ted. One of the sows had pigs. HOW TO HEAD OFF RATS Our attention was called to Ue fact that our host, like the inhabitant of Ux famous Hamelta town of old, was troubled with “rats.” To over comme Unis difficulty he las laid a cement door in his cow mangers, and has built « feed bux of brick and cement, both of Which are exvelleut frum our Slandpoint, but bad for the rats. We find « young beifer, which had beer tunate enough t have Broken one of tts WILD some care Was standing on all tow ‘ot much the worse lor the accident. to Kk there would have be heard fom, Peru are sowetimes tov hasty in slaughtertug Valuavle animals thus afflicted. ‘Your commitice think the extra labor expended At Unrasutng Utne to brag Che wheat Lo be Uirastod to the barn Would be more than compensated by having the straw al or near the barnyard, as sicaw is the meanest of all farm products to move, and the high winds apd muddy roads of winter Would be avoided, ound a bew hay carrier for unioadin: ag f &@ few minutes from tbe bara floor. Our Our host umntentionally fell upob @ @ay meinc bie to all Virginians, and espectally to us w succeed him ih possession of this land Birthday of Washington. Being Uius reminded « ts HaLUrally gO back and compare some ut agricultural expivits wiun our own. History ur tradition tells us Lust WILK one bundred cows te AU Umes bought bulter for bis own Use, and wiCa Uuls imupenge area of land he did not raise enough corn, but went to Westmoreland for a suppis ‘Unis staple. We certainly are doing Tully as good farming as thal. We Know along these winter Toads his coacu wallowed to Pouick or Alexumds in soillary grandeur, and we know him lo have deen a digulied, ratiier hard-beaded old Vingi HUlemsh, a member Of Uke established church. Uhe sane land supports sores of dissente fully as independent, not always as dignified, an rather more bard headed than our illus rious pred= cessor. We have taken up bis work as farmer Sud wiien we at times grow weaty and visssti-fed With resulta, We at least have Uuls salistaction Lat, as Ullers of te soll, we are as sucoo=sTul as “ing that the ate aud up- have Une use of broken limbs @ compos, 3. W. BiUBt ¥ and effectiveness o de- There weiped Wo De mo difficulty at almost ony. sage of the ant: growtu; several lustances tention os ‘ lowe Lo Une re ae bef a od et se justiited the means, a SOme OF (he Wost Vicious Zalmais Known were those which ever iad horas, ‘The comaulivee Ou cereals Was requested Wy furtish an essay on tat subject at MEX. meeting, whic ihe Bath Taka comattieg, PF Witkinwon, eT. Laken,