Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1888, Page 2

ih) THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDA’ CITY AND DISTRICT. — THE GOSPEL WAGON. ‘The Novel Church on Wheels which ts Used by the Workers of the Union Mission. ‘The gospel wagon 1s now a familiar sight in this city. It is one of the agencies of the Union Mis- Bion, Every Sabbath it passes from one point to ‘the other where preaching services are held, and nearly every evening in the week it carries Chris- ‘an workers in their evangelistic trips. The dif- ‘erent churches in the city are interested in the church 13 them. Satskirts of the city’s the chief feld of operation for the Wagon. It is 20 feet long by 7 feet wide and 63 feet high. The wheels are low and of the Bame =i so that the box can turn upon them. All the ruaning gear ts unusually strong and ‘Size and heel to be made to onder. yhen the w: : way to. meeting Kind of excursion wagon, though nd object is clearly explained by the ia bright colors that eo i jug ils name, vi n,” Tofu on thereat door of the drivers seats the ame of ts owner, “Central Unio& Mission.” When on the street the seats face each other and ‘the platforms are fastened up. AS the wagon letters v= each ‘plat- stops for a meeting the platforms are ‘out {the level of the Boor, kno organ ro. the Tear platform, and a little cain guewras around the stakes of the ‘ither side can be used for the Yonience the samme side 1s, wsed Meanw ‘two seats ‘speaker are moved back, down for a shade, and in a vet littie pulpit and chotr platform, with the Organist ready to play, the leaders sit or standing in front, fauked by two rows of singers and speak- ers, ‘with generally a few interested ‘wedged in. ‘THR MEETINGS. ‘Experiences are called for, and men and women 4n the audience speak of their religious experinces or lack of such experiences, If possible personal conversation 1s held with these and an invitation given w the Mission meetings, WHAT THE LADIES LUNCH ON. ‘They Run Mostly te Fluffy Pastry aad Ice Cream, and se do Many Men. be thoroughly enjoying thetr little mid-day repast at a popular down-town lunch-room much fre- quented by ladies. They attracted Tum Stak reporter's eye, not by any loudness of manner, but by the earnest attention they were paying to each other's subdued remarks and to thelr coffee and rolls, Which latter were disappearing with a ra- pldity indicative of an enviable condition of appe- Ute. Their jaws worked quickly, but gracefully, and, while they seemed to be in something of ® hurry, they took only small, lady-like bites, which never interfered with the lively flow of conversa- Yon kept up between them Their tabie Was across the room from the reporter's, with other tables intervening, so that he was able to gratify the curtosity they had awakened in biim without danger of disturb- ing their sereuity by the consciousness that they rere objects of particular attention: $0 the re- porter deliberatel . Having Ire disponed of the ros one of the girls called 8. ‘Waiter and whispered something to He hur- ‘ied off and soon returned with another supply Tolls and some scrambied ’a pleces cake, With little pitchers of cream and two fresh cups of coffee. THE SHORTCAKE WAS ATTACKED in a very few moments with no perceptible abate- ment of vigor, but ere the last mouthful of it had disappeared both girls gave signs of approaching seuety. When the plates were cleared there was evidently some debate as to what next to do, and some comparing of notes as to the condition of their respective appetites. It did not take Tor them to reach a decision, however, and more the walter was called. There was ‘slight hesitation about giving the order this and both evidently el their minds @ Of times. Finally the attendant got a When be reappeared he set down before LH E eraaet a or “Yes, men as as women. Rven French rolis seem to be too i E i take Plate really get enough. They dissipate on are men, too, Who have a and always wind up their lunches with i, ‘THE REIGN OF THE SHORTCAKR. “Just now, naturally, the great lunch material 3s strawberry shorteake,” the cashier continued. “Wemake great quantities of it every day and nearly always run out of it before night. best of our business Is done between 12 and soc In that lime Just now we serve between twoand three hundrea people with shortcake. ‘Then we average dally from one hundred to one hundred and nity | are cut into four quantities of doughnuts z shopping, here for I fr) or IuBehy aba all they Care for, Destruction of the Pian of the City. ‘To the Editor of Tux Evextwo Stan: ‘Who ever will go beyond Boundary street, and examine the present condition of sub-divisions, ‘Will appreciate how the plan of the capital is ‘Detng destroyed. When the present site for a fed- course, of fore: tas tar as to fate tine plan of Pars the plan for Washe Jagtoa city, and to his Knowledge and genius Ashington city owes, in a great measure, ‘Droad streets and broader: avenues, He Was succeeded by Andrew an Ameri- can engineer of less ex; very il ! 'g i i é a: ; H Bae? sts i H i : i Bs fe Hid if i i aif Re: i i ; fj i i i if sib i 5 I | [ I HL F 5, CONGRESSIONAL HEADS, MAKING LAWS, MILITIA MATTERS, Thetr Shapes and Styles as Viewed | The Final Disposition of Acts ef Cons| Results of Inspection Drills—Netes from the Armories, At the recent inSpection drills in the school of Orders No. from the House Gallery. MR. ALLEN'S BEAD has much of the humorous and comical about it. It looks as if it had been got up in self-sacrificing good nature to amuse the public. It presses it- self into notice and Its form and appearance be- of Mr. Allen's bright humor. It sa comes fine built on good lines, and is partly bald. But it could not get bald as most any inerely ordi- nary head would. The baldness has not about the crown, It suddenly giv ‘The bumps of ideality are bare. A vigor Duneh of hair stands straight up on the bump of veneration. The bump of hope ts bare, or nearly $0. On sone Spots One, two, or haif a dozen hairs nd footing. But wherever’ there is a bairit pompadour. ‘There is enough hair on ee cover bareness, and to spare cover the whole head of Mr. Tillman. LOOKING DOWN FROM THE GALLERY it 1s the congregation of heads that protrude upon the observation. Such heads! If the whole Amuert- can people could step into the gallery unobserved some day and look down upon those heads! Then there would be an ex; of national pride that would ‘all over the country. ‘Sometimes there are teet Where the heads ought Dut the heads are what arrest attention. ‘@ striking and impressive group. Bald in the large majority. ‘There are little big heads; gray heads and red heads, are by far most numerous, but there 18 to give effect to the scene, | There are heads juare heads—but ‘they are all great heads. ' BIG HEapa. ‘The biggest head of them ail is that which rests on the thick neck and broad shoulders of William ‘Bourke Cockran, the Tammany orator. Probably ely likens to the bust of Shakespeare, It rests with ‘upon the shoulders of Mr. Bacon, of New York. A very large and a great head is car- red_by Governor Long, who says he intends to ts to wo E ps at — eX) ye me term. a firm, impressive it has a big, ald, strong ‘and itis full of hard sense as Well as picturesque ideas, little body it controls. bard head riSp has @ big round ‘Mr. Glover has a remarkably large head for the ‘Samuel D. B. Henderson has a ‘With a heavy Jaw and square fore! ad Judge ‘head, of more amia- Die lines than Mr. Reed’s, full of good nature and the ‘that most of the congressional ‘Above All else, the heads are picturesque. some * jue. are beautifully bald—from the forehead to the neck, and from ear to Gav's spec year ago in mau Cases alargees: it cases a large ex- panse of scalp sunlles up at the galleries Tai man, Reed, Kyan, Bite, Cow and ‘Turner are rapidly losing the little hair that’s left them. Fully two-thirds of the members have had their locks ravaged. But there are some GRAND HEaDs OF HAIR. ‘The silver locks of the Kentucky hair that baldness, Mr. McCullougn's ‘hair ts his His curly ‘Saxon locks saxon rest upon his head Pets ‘A fais, opring day that is just begun, ‘A day all misty with golden light, ‘And into ite beauty warm and bright ‘Has blossomed 8 little flower of the sun; Golden petals, fine as a mist, ‘Bhine im the light, and over it sways ‘A butterfly bright, mm the yellow maze Of ita wings and the flower it has kissed, But, alaa, the day of the flower ia done! ‘It stands in the sunlight, weird and white, ‘The ghost of its golden bloom, and I, Seeing the dandelion standing alone; ‘Kaow that its soul and its besuty have ‘With the love of the butterfly. HOW SILLS REACH THE STATS DEPARTMENT FROM ‘THE CAPITOL—THE IMPORTANT STOP AT THR WHITE HOUSE—HOW THE LAWS ARE PREPARED FOR THE PRINTER—A COMPLETE RECORD OF LEGISLATION. An act of Congress has by no means a sinecure; tt course 18 far trom a lazy One; Its route in travel ing trom its birthplace to its tomb 1s circuitous, and its pace ts rapid. It first breathes the air of it 1‘ ponderous book ‘of its receipt, For ten days fate will bein the Daiance, unless the course should chance to move more quickly. discrimination the clerks Classi make the trip quickly, others are delayed for two and four days, Occasionly a bill 1s k even nine days, and 1s revurned to the Just in ume to be signed. BACK AgatN, ‘When the billscome in again, Iaden with depart- mental opinions, they are presented to the Presi- dent; and here inscrutable fate holds full sway. No eye can penetrate the depth of official gloom that now surrounds the process of weighing the Dili, of considering its effect—perhaps its cause, a8 Relkof deciding Upon its advisibillty, of judging as to its economy. A veil isdrawn, through which even tie most favored are but seldom atiowed to pice, and when they peep they, keep eternal si- nce, In the course of time the bilis emerge from ‘this transivory etage, some approved aud made laws, others disapproved and sent back to the manufactory either for amendment or complete destruction. Approval is accomplished by signa- ture. In the present Adminfstration the President writes in his fine, even haad, tue following phrase immediately under the body’of the Dill on the left- hand side of the sheet: “Approved May 15, 1888, Grover Cleveland.” Presidents differ in’ their methods of signing. Some have written out the Words of approaal and date, as does the President. now in the White House, while others have had this form engrossed on'the bill by a clerk and merely write the executlve name. President At thur followed the latter Disapproval 1s ex- ressed by a “veto mnessage,” which, setting forth in form the reasons for nun-consent, 1s sent with the Dill to the house where it originated. APTER APPROVAL. As soon as the bills are signed by the President they become, in legal vernacular, acts, and the next step in the process of their existence 1s thelr registry and fling at the Department of state. ‘They are sent over by a messenger, who delivers thein to the chief clerk of the Department. ‘They are immediately stamped with the date ot their Tecelpt and sent to the Bureau of Kolls and Library. ‘There they are hastily examined and marked ac- cording to their character, “public” or “private,” each being given a number ranging from the trst act received. The numbering given the bills at Capitol is disregarded with one exception, thus: When a number of acts come in at the same Ume those which originated in the Senate are re- corded Hirst, and these are arranged according to their calendar numbers, This renumbering 1s necessary since the bills seldom become laws in the order of their introduction, which determines their number, and also becatise—to the griet of some and to the joy of others—there ure hundreds Of measures that never start on their way to the White House, In this way there are two sets of numbers run- ing Usrough each session, and the acts are re corded in a register which gives their characters, whether public or private, and their titles. For example, “An act entitled’ an act for the reilet of Timothy’ Titcomb,” would have marked on its upper right-hand corner “Private, 6,” providing it were the sixth, private bill that ‘had reached the Department. numbering is preserved an Decomes a part of the act. All reterence to a law 4s thenceforth made to public or private act num- ber —, first session, Fiftieth Congress. By means of this system an’ exact account of every act 1s easily kept. GETTING READY FOR THE PRINTER. ‘The Congressional Record 1s caretully scanned every morning, and all bills that are noted as finally passing are checked. Printed copies of these bills, such as are distributed at the Capitol among the members, are ten secured, and every- thing! 13, prepared 'so that when thé signed act Feaches the Department it can be prepared for the printer a8 quickiy as possible. Speed ts the most portant factor at this point. Experienced clerks read the printed bill and the approved act comparatively, making the former contain even any mistakes Of spelling that may occur on the parchment, or original copy. ‘The comparison is carried to ‘the punctuation, particular attention being paid to commas and periods, since 1t has oc- casionaily been shown Low valuable the use of a comma may be in an appropriation act. All sums of money are read twice, first by the “proot- reader” and then by the “copy-holder,” in order to Insure perfect accuracy. As soon as tho reading 4s finished the verified printed copy 1s sent to the Public Printer, with @ requisition for, say. 300 copies of “Public act number so-and-so?” Wires thegprinting is done the copies are sent to the De- Parument, and once more the original Dill ts com- pared with the work of the printer, the first com. Parison belng duplicated, even to the rereading of e suns Of Money. ‘Thus all figures indicating the amounts of appropriations ‘are, after they have passed inspection at the Capitol and White House, read four times before they finally appear {a print. ‘The prinied coples are then sent to we Secretaries of ‘the Interior and the Treasury or Other Cabinet officers whom the legislation may affect. THE PARCHMENT COPY has fulfilled its mission as the bearer of legislative action, and 1s fled in a large room adjacent to the library, filled to the celling with sombre cases marked with diminutive figures. At the end of each session ali of the acts passed are bound in one Volume, or if the legislative mill has chanced to run with particular rapidity in two or more Volumes. One, however, 18 generally sufficient. And thus while sessions pass and Congressmen come and go, the laws sleep on with, perhaps, the inaaimate conscience that a little has been done ‘toward the running of the great machine called “The United States of America.” ‘This room con- tains every act signed since the beginning of the Government; every law that has been entered on the statute books of the country. THERE 18 A STORY SLERFING in this room of a time when the British came to Washington in 1812, An unknown hero, it is said, desiring to serve his country, was seized With a patrotic fear for the safety of the public val Hastily deciding upon a plan, he drove & one-Lorse wagon to the department, then located in the ‘Treasury Department building, near the south front of the present Treasury, with the haste of fear—rumor said that the Briulsh were in ‘sight—took all that he could carry in his wagon, tmeiuding the volumes of archives, with which ibé ut into the country.” He went some distance up the river and securely hid the recious documents in the woods. ‘Thus the legal has been preserved unbroken. It is the duty of the State it to furnish who may apply for them with certified copies ‘Of acts of Congress, It occasionally happens that ‘@ member of Congress, lal, or a constituent, feeling unsatisfied as to the correct- hess of the Copy Of acertain act which he may ossens, will Want to De perfectly sure that there BO e, and he applies at the Department: for a certified copy of pul ‘so-and-so, of such-: such Congress, drawn from its hiding-place and the comparison repeated. It never haj DSC! on printed copy a Of its correctness, —————co>—_—___. How Long We Live. Fo the Editor of Tux Evexrwo Stan: ‘Almost every one has seen tables of “1 years which a thing vo certificate | At birth the chances are that one will live to be about, forty; but if one survives the periisof the frst four years the chances are that he of she will live to be ‘about ‘fifty-four. From the ages of twenty to sixty the death Fate is very B E ie a Hy 3 4 | ! f i of the ent ‘Office ees i Rk f the squad, held on, '1.60; '9th, Co. D, 1.50; 10th, Co, B, 4th ‘iatration, 1.28; ), 2d battalion, 1.03; 12th, Signal ‘corps, 6th battalion, .93; 14th, Co. B, -75; 15th, Co. &, 7tn' battalion, .75; 16th, Co. B, 2d battalion, .65; rm Oo. 6th Dat— talion, .62; 18th, Co, C, din battalion, .52; 19th, Co. ©, 2d Battalion, .50; 20th, Co. C, 7th “battalion, 45; 21st, Co, B, 7th daitallon, .40; 224, Co. D, Tut battalion, .17; 23d, Co. A, 3d battalion, .04. In marking 5 is the standard of perfection. Except in the case of the 7th battalion the tac- tors of attendance which are used in computing the foregoing figures are based upon the returns for the quarter é1 March 31, 1888, while those of the 7th battalion (its returns not in) are ‘based upon the return for the quarter ending De- cember 31, 1887, amended according vo diecharges made up to the foregoing date and at headquarters, ‘The following enlisted men have been dishonor- ably discharged from the National Guard for non- payment of dues and non-attendance at drills: A. ©. Beers, Win. Lee, Alfred Marks, David G. Myers, Chas. A. McNelly, Jos. ©. Brown, Chas. M. Bell, Co, x Co. 6th Dattalion, Wa. Deskins, J. A. Mellontree, Ralph singleton, Jno, Young, Geo. H. Gnmin, Lewis H. Glibert, Ran- dolph Jounson, Lewis D. Jones, Jno. Herberson, T. E. Allen, R. D. Carroll, Eumer Howard, Andrew Klug, M.'A. Lightell, Horace Beall, W. W. Cook, E. B Ferguson, Hobert Randolph, Willis Keddick, J. D. Ross, J. H. Sinith, Jos. Smith, Sainuel KE. Cross, Jno. W. Offutt, F.’C. Bates, ‘Frank Haut, BJ. Lewis, J. A. Broderick, J. M. Murphy. “You see by these discharges,” said Col. Bigelow, “that the company commanders are rapidly weed- out their companies, Dut after the 1st of June ail applications for dischiarges iil have to be based Upon the sentence of a court-martial or a vote of the company, according vo 1ts by-laws and reguia- ons.” Gen. Ordway and his staff attended the competi- tive exhibition drill of the companies of the High School battalion yesterday in full dress, They were highly pleased with the exhibition, First, Lieut, Chas, H. Ourand, company (, 1st battalion, acted as one of the three Judges, the two others being Lieut. Chase and Lieut. Satterlee, of the 3d artillery. At the regular meeting of the school of officers last Wednesday evening Gen. Ordway gave in- structions in regard tothe line of marcu aud other details of the parade on the 30th. ‘The order of march will be as follows: Squad of Police, general and staff, signal corps, music, com- mnanding oficer and stuf of tirst regiment, fol- lowed by the first and the fourth battailons, Which constitute Unis regiment; druin corps, second ri ment, Consisting of Lue second and third battalions; inusié, sixth battallon, followed by the seventh battalion. ‘The following details for guard duty will be made: First regiment, one sergeant and ten pri- Vates; second Tegiment, one corporal and elyht privates; sixth battalion, one corporal and four privates; seventh battalion, four privates. ‘The parade will be dismissed at the corner of 14th street and Pennsylvania avenue. ‘The following honorable discharges have been al Guard: EH. Hellig, W- n, G, W. Tus A. Taylor, G. ‘oontz, Henry ‘im. Smith, W. H. Johaunes, A.'C, Ackerman, W. H. ens Win. Ferguson, Frank E. Harding, < Fitzgerald, Suva, Wa O'Donnell, W. E. Evans, ‘The major-elect of the 4th battalion having for more than thirty days after notification failed to appear beiore Ube eXanilning board, his election Was declared null and void, and ‘the company officers have elected C, A. Gary in his place. ‘The following appointments have been made by the President in the National Guard: Edward P. Hall, adjutant, 2d regiment; George Henderso: surgeon, 2d regiment; Frederick W. Krichelt, Meutenant, company C, of the 34 Battaltor B. Perry, captain aud chaplain, 2d regiment thur Yates, aide-de-catp; Sherman J. Brown, Heutenant, company B, of the 2d battalion; Cit ford 8, Walton, captain and adjutant, Ist regl- ment; Edward R. Campbeil, major, 2d battalion; James A. Long, major, 3d’ daitalion; Horace B, Durant, 1st lieutenant, company 0, of the 2d battalion, ‘The Anacostia Rifles will be inspected the 28th of this month. With them ends the annual in- ‘spection and muster of the Nauioual Guard. There was @ meeting of the officers of the 2a battalion and the signal corps this afternoon vo Feceive instruction in the manual of the sword, ‘There will be no inspection driils until the fall. ‘The school of officers has been suspended until October. At the recent meeting of the Emmett Guards the following promotions were made; Corporal J. C. Reagan, to be first sergeant, and Private RA. O'brien, to be corporal, vice J. C. Reagan, pro- moted. The ards intend to pay a Visit to Al- bany, Y. nh September. The following were appolnicd armory trustees: 8. P. McGrath, R.A. O'Brien and J. C. Reagan. Sometime ago Tue Stax mentioned the fact that alight battery was about to be formed. Last Thurs- day the meeting took place in the office of Gen.Ord- way, andj made some preliminary arrangements, Capt. Yates, of Gen. Ordway’s staff, was present and gave Valuable information on ‘military mat- ters. ‘Tue name decided upon was Battery A, D. C. N.G., and itis proposeed to recrult its mem- bers to fifty-seven by July 1. The company will be armed with Hotcnkiss and Gattling guns, and will practice the regulation saber drill, ART NOTES. A pleasant party of friends gathered at the Tesidence of Mr. Waldo G. Perry, 1410 6th street, on Tuesday evening, to examine specimens of Palnting in water colors executed by hls daughter, (iss Florence Perry, and her class of pupils, with. all of which those present expressed themselves highly pleased. —The well-known portrait of Washington, painted by Gilbert Stuart for Daniel Carroll, of Duddington, in this city, which has been for some time past on view in tne Corcoran Gallery, has been purchased by Mr. Henry O. Havemeyer, of New York, and by him presented to the Metropoll- tan Museuim of Art in that city. — The Fanning collection of water colors, which has been exposed and partly sold at Dowling’s auction-rooms during the week, reached here a Uittle too late in the season for a successful sale, and had to contend in addition with exceedingly unfavorable weather; but in spite of these draw- backs quite a number of the drawings were sold, and in some instances very handsome prices were realized, — Mr. Ulrie Dunbar has nearly completed, in bis studio in Vernon Row, & portrait bust of the late Mr. Corcoran, which can hardly fail to win reputa- tion for the altist. It is strongly modeled, and an extremely faithful ang in features and expression, and, if reproduced in marble would form a desirable acquisition to any one of the many public institutions which were the objects of Mr. Corcoran’s bounty. Mr. Dunbar hopes to complete the clay model within a week or two, ‘when it will probably be placed where the public ‘Will be able to inspect it, — Mrs Rollinson Colburn has published a series hases of life at the national ‘and,while affording amusement, are really ble coatribucions to the history oF the tumes, not only for their taithful portrayal of character pi ‘uresque buildings which are being rapidly swe] away by the maren of improvement. “The series ‘tus constitute either a tke for Fesidents of the elty oF am appropriate souvenir for visitors, .. bn — There are now at the Corcoran Gallery for purchase, if approved, two superb canvases by rhaps, and certainly in his own Jules Breton, ; f OLD st. MARYS, Glimpses of Picturesque Southern Maryland. ALONG THR PATUXENT—HISTORIC HOMESTEADS—RELIC ‘Special Correspondence of Tax Evexree Stan: ‘MECHANICSVILLE, May 25, 1883, “Maryland, My Maryland!” has long been cele- rated insong and story as well as history; and yet I think there is part of it, and that the oldest Part, that Is almost lost sightof. This is St, Mary's County, lying between the Potomac on the west, It was not brought before the public eye by the War as was the northwestern part of the state. There are no large cities to draw attention to it a3 In the northeastern part of the state. St. ‘Mary's has, however, a quiet quaint beauty of 1t’s the roof leaks like a steve, and some friends of Who made the trip on a rainy day last summer had to sit with umbrel the midst of his work and lean on his fence talk Lo you for an hour; the busiest housekeeper always seems to have plenty of time to stop and talk, and if Ume ever Waits for any one anywhere it certainly does on the Maryland Southern Kall- AN ACCOMMODATING ROAD. They stop and take in freight and put tt off. They stop if any one wants to get off or on any- where. They stop if the engineer wants some berries, or some perstmmons, They start from a Place When they get ready, quite independent of their advertised time. It 1s, however, one of the most obliging railroads that I know of. Last fall a entieman came to the train, bag in hand, to go ltimore, The day had grown very warm, and he remarked to the conductor, “How warm it is? Iwish I had put on a thinner suit.” “Weil,” calmly replied tue conductor, “go home and change your clothes. We Will wait for you,” Hie went home and changed them, aud the train Waived tor him, ‘The cars iand you at Mechanicsville tn an open Meld, with nothing but the , grass and the daisies under foot, and the bright blue sky over head. I will say noUbing of the days when it rains or suoWs, St. Mary’s isso beautiful now that I often think how it must have looked when the Planters had money and slaves enough to keep up ail the laud and work all the broad flelds. Its broad fleids ot corn and tobacco, its beautiful woods, filled with the most exquisite wild flowers, | ferns and mosses, its quaint oid farm-houses and cabins, and above all the many loterestuy; both white and black, Whom You meet mi 4 quaint and charming place. IT 1S A PERFECT PARADISE FOR BIRDS. ‘The mocking-bird, Baltimore oriole, tarush, bob- -link, cardinal-bird, swamp-robin, &c., are only & few of our birds Robins, blue-birds, cardinal- and some others stay with us all . [cat count at least twenty-five of which 1 know the names, besides many others that I do not know. There {3 very good hunting also. Quail, duck, ‘sutpe, Indian’ hens, rabbits, squirrels, abound, Fox hunting, also, is quite largely en- tered Into, Only a few Weeks ago a pack of hounds in full cry afver a large gray fox, followed by a large party of hunters, passed my Joor. In the Waters of the Patuxent and St. Mary’s are found very fine oysters, fish, crabs, and terrapin. The Patuxent is 4 lovely river, abd many fine views may be hadof it. I think the finest 1s from the top of what is called Chesley Hil. Standing Uhere you get a magnificent view for many miles up and down; the river lies before you, with its mnany creeks, its curves and islands. When I first saw It it was summer. Before me lay spread out great fields of corn, tobacco, and wheat, some forest lands of dark pine, and some orchards with their hghier green, ‘The’ dark green of the pines, the golden hue of the wheat, the rr feids of corn’ and tobacco, and through all running the placid biue river, seading up its creeks and sepa- rating tuese broad felds, and on the other side the dark ‘brown cliffs of tie Calvert shore, made a picture never to be forgotten. ‘A HISTORIC MANSION. At my feet lay “The Plains,” a large old home- stead, belonging to the Sothoron family. Up this river me the British in the war of 1812, when ‘they marched from Benedict, afew miles above here, Washington. The old house has still maby a bullet-nole in it; a memento of some Oring of the British at that Ume on a Cer onl of Maryland soldiers stationed there, who, though few in number, tried to stop the ships, On this farm were stationed United States troops, during the late wal, irom Butler's command at Point Lookout, to guard this approach to Washington, So Unat' this house has twice been swept by une tide of war, A a daughter of the family told me how, in her childaood, she used to play ‘with pieces ofthe old carved wainscoting, which bad been cut and hacked to pleces by the British, and how, during U late War, she herself and some friends had carried out, concealed under their skirts, nearly ail the fatntiy silver, when the house Was tilled with Federal troops. she also told me how, on one Occasion, she Was com- pelled to see a party of soldiers calmly aividing among them ali tueir old family china, “At last, Sue sald, “ny feelings were too much for me, alla I seized a pile of piates which were standing on the table neur me, Which they were just going to divide, and saying, ‘If I cannot have them you shail Hot,’ I tarew them all on the floor and broke them in pieces, And, do you know,” she added, with a merry twinkle of ner eye, “I "have never been sorry for it.” Tuis brave girl brought back to the farm, after the Army had left it, the invalid mouler with her litte children, ’ and alone and unaided, for her father was in Canada and her brothers in the Southern Army, she wok upon herself the care of the family and farm, Wheh, as she herself said, there was not a pane of glass or a piece of furniture in the house, and the ‘only living thing left on the place was an‘old gray cat. ‘This woman, accustomed ail her life to luxury and the constant help of slaves, alone took charge of this place and made it once more a home, and in Ume a prosperous one. Iam Northern born and bred, but I look with the greatest admiration upon the women of the South Who have come forth so nobly from adversity, and quietly and bravely worked their way up ayala, At The Piains you may see the portraits of the father-colonel and the mother in a quaint dress different from any I had ever seen before. Here also are the portraits of ancestors of colonial times. There are a few rare pieces of old china saved from the general wreck at great risk, and in the dining-room stands the old Silver, where it would not now stand but tor ‘woman’s care and ingenuity. Farther down the. river is “Crennonay,” the residence of the Thomas family, where thére are many interesting relics of olden times, and one of the quaintest stairways that I have ever seen, ‘Then comes “De La Brook,” the residence of another branch of the same ‘family, people, tO me I heads, tomahawks and pottery, once belonging to the Patuxent Indians. Passirg down the river the traveler reaches Patuxent Beach, the residence of Judge Cram. Solomon's Island, once filled with large canning houses, and then on down to the mouth of the river ald round Cedar Point, ana down the Chesapeake to Point Lookout, he ascends ‘he Potomac as far as the St. Mary's Hiver. is ‘ST. MARY'S CITY, i indred years. ‘Here are also the famous Cool Springs, which were much resorted to in the early days, I'saw in the Whitingham It at Baltimore, Dr, Allen’s 18s Hstoneal Church in Mary- says: “Mr, Philip Lynes appearing a the board and giving an account of some extraordinary cures rougnt at ‘Mary’s County, and oral x Props Honea tlhe fcOovr et eal, June 4, 1698, Wi Z Hy ; af i kr t Bi 4 Es hi HE 8 ? i ! 5 E # E ut ie if if i 5 i i lit i 4 F HT ut i : ' EH tit Hf g | i Fy i i Hees i a ed EEE H i MAY 26. 1888—DOUBLE SHEET. THE TENNIS TOURNAMENT. Preparations fer the Contests of Next defect which ali will share alike, and so there wiil be but little juality OD that score. Between ‘that time and the Baltimore contest tere will be an yunity for practice which Will no doubt be ‘Some of the W players have visited the grounds at Mount Washington, where the Balti- more men play, and tuey bru back rather dis- couraging reports of the excellent playi which they have witnessed there. They say that the Men Seem to be in fine practice, and they are iu- clined Lo the opinion that Washington will stand a very oor show in the coming contest. HoW- ever, these players, iustead of abandoning ali practice in ‘Of being abie to compete with the skill which they witnessed at Mount Washing- ‘ton, have rather redoubled their ef with tae determination to do their very best. This is re- garded as an encouraging indication for Washing. ton, and if Baltimore players carry off all the honors they will do so in spite of the best efforts Of the Washington players. THE PLAYERS. Bonsal is still the best player in Baltimore, and his play this year gives promise that he will re- ‘Cain this position, There is some question whether it will be possibie to secure for him a partner of equal skill for doubles, and it is thought that — ‘has a good Uguling chance for that prize. 7 Among the new players of promise in this city is Mr. Pops, who plays at the navy-yard. He is said to use the Landsdowne stroke With good eff and his return bails are bewildering by reason Uheir swiftness and curve. He will play with Mr. Menocal in the local tournament, and they will make a strong team. Mr. Charles’ McCawiey Will play this year with Mr. Kowan Stevens. These gentlemen have veen playing a good deal on the grounds of the marine barracks, and are in good pracuice, Metcail and Davidson will also be partners, although Mr, Metcalf says that they are not in good trim. ‘THE TOURNAMENT ON TUESDAY. ‘The arrangements for the tournament are com- Pleted. Play will begin at 12:30 on Tuesday. Eight courts have been laid out, and they can all be used if needed. On Wednesday, which is Deco- ration Day, play will be commenced at 10 o'clock, and continued upUll dark. ‘The grounds at Ken- dali Green can be reached by taking the New York avenue cars, and leaving them at 7Ub and H streets northeast. ‘The grounds le a couple of biocks north. The committee hope to make arrange- ments $0 that luncheon can be obtained near tie grounds on both Tuesday and Wednesday. The tournament will be under the direction of the committee, which consists of Dr. Frank P. Mac- 4H. WW. spofford, Chas. L. McCauley, D. S. Ward, and J. J. Cuickering. ‘Yhe drawing for places will be held ‘Lo. committee on Monday, and the result will be announced in Tua Stax Monday evening. ‘The Baguall-Wilde system of drawing Will be used, Tris is the same system a8 Was em- ployed last year and It gave general satisiaction, the only difficulty being that it was not fully understood by tue players. 1U1s proposed to have 4 diagram of the drawing exhibited in a conspicu- Ous place in the grounds this year, and ever) body will have an opportunity of wrestling with their Own uncertaintics. In addition those members of the Committee who are not engaged in playing will be ready to Ubrow light on maay difiicultics that may be presented to them by the players, | ‘THE ENTHIES for the tournament closed at 12 0’clock to-day, and the following have entered: Doubles: Arthur Middleton and R. P, Logan, Far and Near Club. ‘Chas. G. McCawley and Rowan W. Stevens, Co- lumbia Atuletic Club, KB, Goodteliow and W. B. Chilton, New Jersey Avenue Ciub. Agnes 8. Bartlett and Sallie A. Bartlett, Tangle- wood Club, C. 8, Frailey aud W.O. Beall, Far and Near Club, J.C. Davidson and Metcalf, Twilight Club. coli Spoltord aud W. W. Buchanan, West End ju Jobn Pope and Oscar Menocal, Navy-Yard Club, on Borden and J. McK. Borden, Capital Bicycle cui 2, @, Sawtelle and Edmund Sawtelle, Chas, Hemstreet and Frank Leitner, Vesper Club, Kendall Green, Mrs. D. 8. Ward and Miss Meigs, Miss Bayard and Miss Safford. ‘Oscar Woodward ana H. Bradley Davidson, Tudor Dayton & Ward and P.M. Richardson, ayton 8 P New Jer- sey Avenue Park Club, Singles: Chas. G. McCawley, W. B. Chilton, R. B. Goodfellow, Agues 8. Bartlett, J. C, Davidson, W. P. Metcalf, John Pope, Kowan W. Stevens, Chas. R. Hemstreet, Frank’ Leitner and Frang Wurdeman, the last unree of the V. Club, Ken- dali Green; Clara Meade, of Navy-Yard Ciub; Us- car Woodward, H. Warren Smith, Chas, Hem- street, Vesper “Club; Frank Wurdeman, Vesper Club” Miss Gibson, “atiss alelgs and Mrs DL'S, ‘There will be special prizes for the ladies, which they will contest ior. ‘The entries of ladies and gentlemen are entirely distinct, and they will not Play together. All the prizes to be ment are now on exhil Jewelry store, BOOKS OF THE WEEK, 5S CAL STATISTICS: A Handbook for the Use ‘the Statistician at Work, students in Colleges and ‘Academi ts, Constis Enusnirators, ety Cuantes ¥. Prpaix, Chef Clerk of the ‘a Sette Bureaa of Statistics of Labor. Boston: The William E. Siaythe Company. ORION, THE GOLD BEATER: or TRUE Hearts axp "ALAE. ale of New York Life. By 8 Sonn see author of “ine Gunuaker of Meson ete, etc, [Casseli's Sunshine Seriea] New Yi ‘Cassell & Co. Washington: A. 5 Witherbee & E RESIDUARY LEGATEE: or, Tax Posruumous “ei pias tet a7 Washington: 2. 5. 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Appleton 8 Oa TaN B- Avpicia & On Wasiinrtont ‘ober: BOW XEW YORE WAS DEFEATED—OTHER GAMES ‘YESTERDAY—RECORD OF THE WASHINGTONS, I~ DIVIDUALLY AND 48 4 TEAM—THR CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD—NOTES FROM THE BALL FIELD. ‘Washington won from New York yesterday by & Score of 3to 1, This result was not warranted by the Senator's battiag, fer they made but three Single hits and did not eara a run. Poor Boston turned out in force to first game of the season in that city, vo have Won with any sort of fullow- ton mage S hits and’ 6 errors and ‘Puilsdeiptse 8 a s ‘hits and 2 errors, Tote the Vatteries, “Chicago made five hits and Unree errors, and Detroit eight bits and five errors, All other games were prevented by rain, ex: in New York, where the Brooklyns defeated Louisvilles by a score of four to one, ¢rippled nine from the Capitol have it tO feel proud. Starting Out on Monday with a shut- Out by Pittsburg (5-0) Uhings looked bad, But on ‘Tuesday O'Day, whose good work bas heretofore been unproductive, managed to puzzle te Sinoky City team, and the Senators won, 6to3 On Wed- hesday reliable James Witney’ did tue twirl and tue Washingtons won, 5 to 4. Yesterday’ story has been Wid, In these four games the Senators lave bad all the luck, their hits stand. ing 28 Lo 43 by their opponents, but the error column giving 13 for Washington agalust 15 vy Irwin as done the best batting of the week, Making 6 hits, Mack followt with 3 hits in two Games; o'Brieo, Douuelly and Myers with Seach, and Wimat, Shock, Hoy, O'Day and Whitney With 2 apiest. ‘Irwin's work ‘at short, has beck perfect. He made in the tour games 10 put-outs and 15 assists without a single error. WHAT THE SENATORS HAVE Dows. Washington has now played against each of the Seven other clubs in the National League. ‘Turow- Ang out yesterday's game, full series of four games have been played with the New York, Boston, Philadelphia, 1 and Pittsburg teams, Uhre gaines with Detroit, and two with Chicago, twenty-five in all. Of Une tive victories one was Tnulaiapoits ahd two from Fivtevurg’ Que with ni wo " ne wi New York was tied It would therefore appear that Pitt las been the Weakest team for Washington vo meet, with New York next. in Uhese games the Senators have made 177 hits Wo ‘241 by their opponents; in five games the hits by Washington outoumt! those of Lhe oppouents. In the contests with New York, Washington made ‘BL LAGS OUL OF & LLal Of 60, a percentage of .516; With Detroit, 25 out of 62,’ percentage .463; Wilk Philadelphia, 38 out of 80, percentage .450; with Pitusbury, Sout of 68, percentage .441; with In- ianapolis, 25 out of 62, percentage 403; with Boston, 21 out of 57,percentage .30¥; with Cilcago, 8 Out Of 37, percentage 244, THE CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD. League, Won. Lost., Association. Won, Lost, ‘Chicago 21 6| Cincinnau.... 2S Boston 20 | St. Louis. 1B 7 Deuroit. 22 | Brooklyn. 1” 9 New ¥i 11 | Baltimore, 10 14 2 13 Sunday, of the Pittsburgs, leads the League in base-stealing. IUis said Liat Glasscock will never again be the Shori-stop be Was prior to his sickness. ‘The weakness at short has been cured by Irwin's good work Uhere, but the Weakness at Uird still Temains. Donnelly 1s playing good ball, but he is hot dolug the batting that he should, although he has shown some improvement over last year. Itis probable Ted Sullivan will manage the Washingtons and 0. H. Buller, of Pittsburg, take Sullivan's place at the head of the ‘Troy team. — change, ‘Bennett's catching 18 tuuy equalling any of bis Work in former years. in the hine ‘galhes he accepted seventy-three chances Without an error, bis only misplay belng one O’Brien has picked up a little in his batting, but Obrien he has faulen migutily. Sa re ene eee 1 in the Nation: jul Botld tot ‘make respectable suowing agaist a fair amateur nine. It must be very galling to the people of tue capital city vo see thelr rep- Feventatives straggling in the rear every weason.— ere. ‘The above caine a little too late, It should have ypeared about a Week ago. “PXtver Hoy, the deat mute, had struck out the third time, Nir. Hewitt asked him, as Le sat down On the bench, What the trouble Was. Hoy indicated ‘With his flagérs Uhat there Was a hole in his bat— Detroit Free Press. “Tommy,” said the old gentleman, sternly, “I understand that you were ing about the Polo nds this afternoon, instead of belay at school, Fivon't have you wasting your ume im that way. ‘What on earth could you see or hear by peeking through a knot-bole in the Fence” Tom: “I could see you, pa,” respor my, “set. tin’ on the gran’ stand, and shoutin’, ‘Good boy, Danny !""—7ia Bits, — ane in Pit Whitne mes rubbed with whisky to prevent his cold, He couldn't use language strong enough to ex is indignation at having to Pitch nine innings in the rain. ‘The efforts on Une part of the Washington agement to secure Arthur Whitney from Pitts Durg have proved unavailing. The comes from that city that in a conference tween Waiver Hewett and President Nimick the former i Sim Whituey isabout the ‘only man among the ry Senators who could be traded for Arthur, That | “The Woman's Educational and Industrial Union,” said a lady connected with that onganiza- tion toe Stax reporter, “must not be contounded with the industnial associations and clubs which have @ political basis, for it claims to be entirely non-political and non-sectarian, and is connected with no political party. Neither is it a chari- Dut itis intended to do that i i ff il G 14 é i E 2 E Ld Hu He. i i i i 8 s E | i i it 3 | f | t i | | i | Eb 1 i 8 | i Bas i i i i i iil l i Ef H —== JOTTINGS FROM NEW Mateers of Emterest tn the INGTON FAINTING IN A NEW YORK GALLERY. Correspondence of Tux Evaxrwe San. The Wallack testimonial beneft im the lange Metropolitan Opera House last Monday nicht was agreatevent. No such an array of talent hes ever before been gathered together in the presen: (ation of a play, and it ts dowbiful If Lhe Arerican stage will ever again Witness such an aggregation Of distinguished artists Every actor and actress ‘Who could, by hook or by crook, obtain even the ‘smallest part tn the cast, was a participant, and Uhespians Who under ordinary circumstances Would scoff at a supernumerary's post in any Presentation, were willing to do anything to possess the distincton of an appearance in tne most notable dramatic event of the times. Every miduygni, and ez necks “to seo what to ‘many only an cocasional glimpse of the stag ‘On the stage Itself, behind tbe scenes, was tue feature of all, There ic was reunion of dramatic aruste of of talent any tutng else, and It che been Where 1 Wax, in Ube Wings, and could have seen and heard ail that I @id on Monday evening, It Would have been con- tent to pay much more for the opportunity than even the high prices its seats in front cost to thelr holders. To say that the stage Was crowded Is Lo mildly express it. There were first the uwenty Principals of the “Hamlet” cast: then there we ‘One hundred and thirty-four men and women in costume, well known artists all, who acted us su Dernumeraries; then some thirty or forty men in evening sults who were either managerial trend Of Lester Wallack, husbands of actresses who Look Pate in the performance, or newspaper men. One aif Of Lue supernumerary force, chielly Lae female Part, came to see and not to be seen. Leonard Grover, Blanche Weaver, Nettle Guion, and Mer cedes Leigh were among’ the “supes,” bit Unrough= UL all Of Ube performauce that I witnessed Ubese four people were doing nothing Dut peering out on, to the and at th e. Even Comedi eune Rosina Vokes, a “supe” herself, manit thls sort of curiosity when Uphedia Was going On the stage, 1 never saw a lot Of supers, even an amateur periormance, pay less attention to ‘their Work in and, and it was & mystery to me how they were made to do the litte they did with any pro prlety, until saw Ben Teal. This ittie cap was he SUage manager. Wilk a ruLhless disre the elies Of the occasion he Was arrayed in & Suit of last Year's purchase from a ready-made counter, and carried au old “cork hat” percned on the back of his head, With a sceming Sull more Tuthless disregard of the distinguished cast he hustied them Tight and left, snarled orders at Them as if they were so many ‘catile, anon swore a Bit at ing, from haif-past 7 their use. Gushing “ingenues” saw “ieading ju for the first Ume since last summer, rushed them impressively, ofttimes kissed’ Wem rapvur- ously and told them of rare old guys they had heard during the season about one another, Sweet, womanly “Aunt” Louisa Eldridge kissed everybody, or else everybody kissed ber,” Joe Jet- fervon ani Buly Florence swapped yarns and made bets about something. Such noted auxiia- nes as Kate Forsyth, the veteran Couldock, Nel- croft, Minnie Maddern, Ben Magni ¥.F, Mackay avd Ida Mulle strotied abou here and there, renewing old acquaintances making some new ones, aud anuoyiug Beu Teal nerally. Such of the principals as Modjeska, Mayo, Gilbert and Plympton chatted amicably with ieswr dramatic ligtts, and ouly dignified Booth withdrew entirely wit and stalked, grim aud stately, from dre Uo stage and stage Lo dressiug-roown, ‘The Whole thing Was a circus Show, not ap artistic presentation of “Hamlet.” The ‘audience Were there becauy: Lbey loved Lester Waliack and ‘Wanted to see such a heap of dramatic oh all at once. ‘Tuere Was no nearer approach to artistic merit iu the pertormance than would be ina hurriediy-prepared chorus sung by ball @ hundred soluists, Bul Uke show was a great eveut— for a circus, Have you some of the “King’s Daughters” im ‘Washington? 1 presume you have, for they are spreading all over the world with great rapidity, A noble, blessed band are they, and the good Wey @o is greater than can be acoowmplished by any soclety, reiixious or philosophical, that I wot of, ‘They are women—wealthy Wives, society belles, SOP giris, servants, school misses, even litte Wols Of maidens—all untied in one motto, to do and be 004, and lend a hand. ‘They are destined to work ‘Sx0cial revolution for truti, goo and moraity Such as modern times known. There Js no ceremony of initiation, no Dut a plain little sliver cross Tibbon, no watchword but Le be sentence, “In His Name.” Onganized at first by {en ladies in a certain church, they have increased Dy Vens UBL Luey number Ho less Ukan 20,000 In ‘Uhls cOUnLTY, and How Lucy Know no sect, nO creed except vo “Jo and be god and lend & hand.” Tnere are Sisters’ Teus, Mothers’ ‘Tens Widows’ Tens, Oid Maids’ Tens, ‘ens, Hoid-th Tens, Happy Workers’ Tens, Sunbeam Teus, ‘Tens, slcspital Teus, a hundreds of doing countiess: chanics. ‘The i of greater Chase Whose Ope to Visit hospitals And carry cheerfulness and =p the bedsides of suflerers. ‘The for hospital or othe ing, devote themselves to making this brighter one for mothers in Weir homes, ‘These may be seen cariug for bits ot bables belonging to elf heighbors, wiending torn goWns, polleuing a Utue here, cleaning a tritle there, thaking cozy homes of untidy houses, taking som? of tue drudg- ery from hard-working mothers. The Hold-tue. Tongue Tens have no duties but to practice the virtue of holding back hot and in ling the practice of Us Uils small duty is accomplishing a w The Sunbeam Tens and the Home themselves to doiug ltUe kinduesses at Lome Which make howe happier, They save mamuas’ faces from many a Wriukie, and make beter boye Of brotuers and better girls of sisters, ‘The “King’s Daughters” are the daughters of the king of wen, and “lu iits ry are spread~ and comfort ¢ hore, amoug rich And poor alike, as did Uuelr king of old, in whose ame Ubey Work, Could the army of pessiuista, cynics, and misanthropes have seen the hundreds Of the “King's Daughters” that 1 saw this week trooping in.o the great hail of the Young Wo. en's Christian Association, on 15th street ; could sceptics have noted, as T did, tue tender gut ot ess that shone in the tyes of each pare Uclpant im that gathering, White-haired graud= Mamnwas, Landsomie Woweu tn rich costumes, Wane faced wounen in shabby, worn attire; gulden-halred, ‘and little children, surely the surest, sorrient cynics would have adiuiited that Were Is jet good in the world. gered words, and But New York is noted for a curiosity in mattersthat to residents of other cities and towns woud awaken no interest whatever, For example, @ funeral will attract a crowd of curious gazers ‘in any part of the city, who stare With an apparently ‘absorbing interest at Une crape on the dour-knob, the hearse and the coaches in waiting. In no ouner of this country have 1 seen such curiosity exhibited at funerals, A man or Woman ‘on the street by a “dog will aturact the gaze of nearly every pass-r-by, simply because in New York a dog on the streets isa rara aaa, OF Tather arara canis. The other afternoon as I strolled out of Broadway Wo cross City Hall Park IT saw « crowd of fully 500 meu surrounding one of the little patches of green, not an acre in area, and Watching sometuing that’ was going on iu Unis Hutle oasis in the desert of Civilization with a rapt Anverest Uhat only a dug-fight, a inurder (or, per- haps, @ funeral), could ‘engender. 1 manayed to Wonk my way vo whe front of this great, Uirong and as [ obtained a clear View of the litule patca ‘Of green I could not for Whe life of we distin, anything at first that secwed vo Justily te ree Markable gathering. At last 1 saw What bad at tracted the crowd. Almost hidden in the gr: ‘ought the other morning whem Of them was served with & polively Invitation to visit, free of charge, Ube per= of “Nadjy” at the Casino. Fancy @ ae ad i eH i i & ! Ih emis il i 48 i adi HH | i