Evening Star Newspaper, June 23, 1888, Page 3

to JUNE 23, 1888S—DOUBLE SHEET cITy AND DISTRICT. REAL ESTATE "ATTERS. Market — Variety Forme « Feature of the Ci! Washiazton has been called a red-brick city Decause of the prevailmg material used in the Construction of bufldiags. A bird’seye view from ay of the heights surrounding the city Shows the red masses, with here and there the gleaming white wails of the imposing Dutidings which have been erected for the use of Une Government, In the older portions of the city, although the same material is used the ‘color has bern toned down by time, and the Orthodox dull brown of the average city is the prevailing tone. The excess of the area of the Fed over that of the brown affords a good object Jegson, showing the recent growth of the city. ‘The like of the suburvs has extended out frou: ‘the center of the city in all directions until now it has about reached the city lmits ‘There are squares of vacant qround still unoc- cupted, and there ts room for a great many houses, but practically tue city has begua to overflow its mits. It does not need the recol- Jection of the oldest inhabitant to remember the me when M street wus considered some aistance uptown fa the northwest section. During the past sixteen of seventesn years the most of these changes have occurred. and it 1s no wonder that the city looks red. it is really a new city. While this sameness in color may be criticised, no one has ever complained of the monotony 1h forms. In fact, the variety In architectural forms 3s remarked by Visitors who make ne pretensions Yo detugerities. They notice the difference from other cities they have visited in the absen Yow after row of houses of the s ‘The use of stone in comb Drick, which has become so gem to relieve the effect of the Of brick, and thts, together with styles of architecture, makes a driv streets of ube city deltihtrully varied and attrac- Ure, The architects in order to meet tue demand for something new occasionally are guilty of some extravagance In bad taste. ‘There’ are fronts of Tesidences Which appear to be loaded down with nearly every device and form known to arcnttec- ture. Tt 1s possible to see on a 20-foot front perhaps @ tower of the Roman period, a porch of the Greek, ‘am Italian balcony, the latiiced windows of the ‘Queen Anne period, ‘and the high roof of the Dutch school But such examples are not frequent, and as aTule the architects display not only ability of ne desizn. tion with al, serves solid’ fronts e varlety of ‘Dut good taste. Good construction and forms that | have some meaning and are adapted to their sur. Foundings and uses are the prevailing features of Washington house architecture. The influence of Richardson, who has left three examples of his art in this ‘city, may be regarded as a factor in Maintaining the standard of excellence for which ‘Washington stands pre-eminent, ‘THE SUMMER CALM. ‘The warm weather bas had its influence upon the real estate market. The summer calm bas soothed the active spirits of the brokers, and in the depths of their shaded offices their tioughts ‘Turn to the seashore and the mountains. Ail Dusl- hess moves more sluggisuly; and real estate 1s no exception. The daily record of transactions, now- ever, show but slight diminution, and a great deal Of property 1s constantly changing bands. Build- Ing operations continue active and the workmen ‘anuclpate a summer with plenty of work and good wages. The large number of new houses that are gotng up in all sections of the city demon- Strate that there is a demand caused by the increasing population. Prices as weil as feats continue firm and altogether the situation 1s one full of promise. The ulstorical Gullness of presidential year seems likely to make ‘an exception of this year, ani this change shows That Washington Is becoining independent of the Movements in the political world. EX-MINISTER FOSTER'S KESIDENCE. Mr. John W. Foster, the ex-mintscer to Spain, 1s Making some important alterations in bis resi- dence on I street, between 14in and 15(b streets. ‘The vacant side yard will be occupied by a 0: StOFY addition, Walch will be occupied by Gen, Foster as his office. A bay window will be added to the front and a tw: ¥ butiding will be built in the rear fn connection with the main building. ‘The house which ts now quite spacious wili have considerable addiijoaal roo when the unprove. ments are completed. Messrs. Horubiower and ‘Marshall prepared the plans. ~~ tee MILITIA MATTERS, Notes of Interest Abont the Different District Organizations. Upon the application of their company com- Mander, the following enlisted men of Co. A, 3d Vattalion, have been dishouorabiy discuarged irom the National Guard for non-payment of dues and non-attendance at drills: Thos. Broderick, W. A. Clewes, V.De Knlght, J. F. Ellis, P.M. | Gates, LC. Godwin, H. D. Herbert, b. E. Harte ter, simon King, Lee Lawrence, J. ft, Madert, H. J. Mgrtia, T. H. Fowers, Floyd Keaman, H. A. Sok Jers, RLV. Speiden, and LE. Waiker. aise! from the National Guard: ‘Starkey, Co. C., 1st battalion, and Patrick Dorlan, €o. A, 2a batialion; G. Liebermann, Co. A, 3 battalion. Permission has been granted Co. A, of the 24 battalion, to be absent from the District from the 80th iust. to the 6th prox.mo, in uniform aud un- EAL Ger arms for the purpose Of attending the re- union of the Society of tue Army of the Potomac | at Gettysburg. ‘The enlisted men of Co. C, 24 battalion, have deen ordered to assemble at their armory on the XStb Inst, at $:30 o'clock, for the purpose of elec ing @ captain, Vice Toison resigned. Maj. ER | ‘Campbell, of the second battalion, will preside. ‘The enlisted men of Co. C, semble at their armory on the 28th Inst., at 8:30 Gclock, for the purpose of electing a 1st lieuten- ant, vice Beagle resigned. Major James A. Long will prestde. The following ts the order of eMciency of the companies of the National Guard in the late mus- ter, including the signal corp: Co, A, 4th battalion, £99; Co, B, 1st battalion, ‘3.96; Co. A, 2d battalion, 3.54; Co. D, 1st battalion, 70; Co. © Ist battahon, 248; Co. A, Ist bat? Tallon, 3.40; Siznal Corps, 3108; Co. C, 4h Laliog, 2.98; Co. A, 6th battalion, 2.72; Co. D, Gun Dattalion, 39; Co. B, 3d battalion, 238; Co. B, ‘2a Dattalion, 2.30 220; Co. By Gum battalion, 2.13; Co. D, 24 battalion, L¥2; Co. E, 4th battalion, °1.70; Lo. C, 3d duttalion, 1.60; ©0. C, 6th Dattalion, 1.48; Co. 4, st battalion, 1.41; Co. C, 20 battalion, 120; Co. D, 4tu battalion, LOL, ‘The reason Co. A of the fourth battalion leads is that they had the largest number of men PrEeDe To get the perceutase of eMctency he mark of perfection in drill is muitipued Dy the percentage of attendance. In the tee cent muster Co. A, of the fourth, had a per- centage of 0S presedt of the numver on the roils, ands mark of 420 for effic.ency with re: spect to the following points: Arms, knowledge of duties, bearing, unlioria and equipments, wuster Toll, while Co. B, of the first, received $6 in the Hirst instance and 4.60 tn the second, thereby giv- ing them a bigher rauk In proticiency but a lower Fank in attendance. Gen. Ordway has ordered that inspection drills Im the school of the company and battalion be Leld in the months of Ucwover and November. The | Yactor of attendance will be Dased upon the uaxl- LUM enlisted streazti, whict wili be: For a cou- pany ot infantry, 100; e signal ase of the abseice of olflcers, deduction will be juade from the attendance in enuisted men at the following rate: For a second leutena: for a first leutenant, 3; for a captain, 20. Thus for a Company wuose at ‘consist of 40 men, ifs captain aud n- ‘ant, the factor of attendance would be 38, no mat ter What the number of um Resignation should be addressed to the adjut- ant-general, U.S. Army, through miltary channels, Lieut. Watson, of tue 4h battalion, has for- ‘Warded bis resignation. ‘The 6th battalion has been granted permission ‘Yo go to Harper's Ferry on 4th of July. Peaches in Profuston, DELAWARE PREFAKING TO SHIP MILLIONS OF BASKETS. (Correspondence Wilmington News, AN. Brown, manager of the fruit and produce exchange of Baltimore, says that the prospects tur a large yield of peaches all over the country have = been as favorable at this time of the year. ‘be Niagara and St. Joe County districts tn Michi- ab wil nave enough trutt to suppiy the late mar ets in Rochester, Buffaio, Erir, Chicago, Cleve- dand, and other near-by cities, but as it does not Tipe before September 10 it Will not materially fect the demand for eastern peaches frum these points, New Jersey will havea light crop. South- €rn Ouio and linots peaches will ripen about the fame Uume, and will come in competition with the from this section He estimates tne con- te to the Baltimore Exchange from ail points on the Chesapeake Bay aud its tributaries at about one hundred tuousand basaeis daily for a of Mfty days ches Mr. Brown says that Sold to packers and commis sida merchants In Baltimore, leaving from 25,000 ‘Vo 75,000 baskets Lo Le sold to dealers from Norch- em and Western cities. ‘The peach crop of the ‘Deiaware-Maryland peninsula for this year is Vari- Gualy cotimated at fro 3,000,000 to 1,000,000 of Daskets, and Safe lo approximate the Yield at the Mrst-oamed nyuree. ————cos— ‘The Notable Dead of 158s, From the New York Times, ‘Henry Ward Beecher’s name stands almost alone ‘im the list of the notabie dead of 1887. Tne current Year 18 pot baif gone, and yet the list of 1888 al- Teady contains nearly a dozen famous names, and as many more celebrities are grievousiy ll. ”"Pos. ‘unree imperial haies Will Bol sweil the years: Lecrology, for Dom Pedro's disease seems to have taken a turn for the better. Gallant Phil suert- may yet Win the bardest Hight of hts ufe, gona Bright siver-natred may stay with Us Weeks or. mon! for whom ge tis how long the list ts. bow the has suffered above the rest of the No single pation lost other countries shared our E s through the | ‘The following enlisted men have been honorably | L. be Motte and M. L: | orps, 36. In | THE NATE AND THE LOCAL RAILROADS, Views of Great Men on an Important Subject. WHAT SUMNER AND THURMAN SAID OP RATLROAD OCCUPATION OF THE MALL—ASSURANCES OF RAD ROAD SENATONS—PROPHECIES AND DENUNCIATIONS BY FAITHFUL LEGISLATORS FOR THE DISTRICT. In a recent tssue of Tux STAR an article was pub- lished showing from the successive reports of the District Commissioners that correction of the pres- ent evils of ratiroad occupation has been strongly urged by the official representatives of this com- munity every year since the establishment of the new government, and that the demand of the peo- ple for relief, thus officially expressed, has been emphasized by the representations and petitions Of @ series of public meetings and of committees of citizens before Congress, The evils complained of Were, inorder of time, first, the occupation of the mall by the Baltimore aud Potomae, foreshadow- ing the gratuitous surrender of the city parks by Congress to railroad and other corporations, and encouraging the illegal occupation of other reser- ¥ations than those granted, of which just com- Plaint 1s now made; and second, the obstruction and injury to two sections of the city by unneces- Surlly bumerous surface tracks and grade cross- ings, and tue illegal Use of such tracas either bY sions Without authority or by converting them into freight or Storage depots for standing car. ‘Though nothing bas been done by Congress, the legislature ‘of "the District, im response to the multitude of complaints brought against tue railroads, It cannot be said that the true condition of affairs has not been Understood at the Capitol, or that the District has | lacked influential ana able friends in the two | Houses of Congress to apprectate Its necessities in | thls respect and to preseut them to the considera | tion of the bodies of Which they have been members, Nor is the faliure to act explained by any success” ful attempt tw make the issue @ party question, Bown parties have turnished defenders of the capital against railroad aggression. President Gieveland Was recommended the subject to the consideration of ‘Congress, and the’ repubiican | Vice-President, Senator Ingails, has Deen | one of the boldest or the friends of Washington in | denunciation of the course which the railroads | have pursued tn this city. Of the special Senate committee of five to investigate the problem, | Ge four who favored giving the District retiet | included “two from "each party, Senators Vance and Harris for the ‘democrats, and | Schators Spooner and Ingalis for tue republicans, | The ralirouds have not permitted much discussion | in Congress of any phase of the question, but in | the Senate, where it Is not so easy to choke off de- bate us in ihe House, some things have been sald, and the advocates of justice to the District have been mustered tram bth parties, Senators Morrill, Hawiey, Dawes and Edmunds,” being prominent in the humber furnished by the republicans, out | side of the members of the D. C. committes. In | the abseace of partisan opposition to the request | District ior relief, aud of the excuse of ignor- | onceruing the eviis complained of, Mr. Van H 's Statement on the floor of the Senate that | these raiiroads bad Congress by the throat seems | to suggest tue only rewaining explanation of tn action. | 83.4 supplement to the quotations showing the urgent reytests of the District for relief in the lmaller & lew extracts from senatorial remarks, ot of recent date, may be given Uo show that in- telligent and uprigat men, Without regard to the parly or sectioa represented by them, Lave, by the | Indorsement of their Words of appreciation and sympathy, shown tuat Lhe complaints of Washing- (ou iu tuis water are well founded. The evil of pertait ug a railroad to occupy the mali was fully | recognized from the Ume Ulat such permission Was exvorted trom Congress. | CHARLES SUMNEK IN DEFENSE OF THE MALL | ‘In oppositiva to railroad use of the mall Charles: Sumner suid in the Senate in 1872: “Sir, I do not | tutus that this privilege ought to be granted, and | my reason ts precise and specific. It proposes to | take a considerabie section of land, whica if you look at tue map you Will see properly belo.gs to the park of Wasiagton, Jam unwilling at this early period in the history of this metropolis to begin by Culling out @ slice from Unis Inciosure set apart for te future. Ifyou do it now where are you to stop? Will You not be called to cut out an- | Otuer slice next year or in five years, and may not the park be reduced from that forum and those pro- pordious It now promises to enjoy? Tals mctropo- lis 18 BOW at Its: inuing and yet doubling in a decade. During tie last ten years its population bas multiplied two-told, and in Ube coming ten years there Is eve: y reason to Delleve that the de~ Velopment will be as lange, if not larger. Of course, Witu Lue increase of population Is te demand for @ park, especialy im Lue central situation which | Giatenjoys. I use the language of another when | Lsay Ual parks are the lungs of a great city; but Where Wil be tue lungs Of Lhis metropolis if you begin to reduce the park? Rather should we sa- | credly keep It all Intact, so that hereafter when you aad J, sir, have passed away and this metropo- lis bus groWu Uo a grandeur and beauty which im. agiuation cannot HOW conceive, that park may re | main in its entirety a blessing to the people, for | Wich tuey will ip turn biess us, Sir, L was born in acity waich has the enjoy- ment of such # blessing. Tuure is in Boston what Is KWOWN as thle common, Set apart in the very earliest days of tue Lowa, when It was 1n tact What (he nome tapiles, a common for tue pastur- age of cattle, but Lhougu Often ass died 1t Dus been preserved auld untoucied.” Kullroad corporations | | dud other cumpaaies uave tried In vain to obtain | acorner from it. Tue seulous fathers nave saved that beautilul piece of earth, Ull DOW it is ihe first treasure of Boston, unless we except ner common vols, Where al) are equal before Lhe law. 1 have oiten tout what Would have ensued if some Ume ago, yielding (0 Corporation pressure in 1s Vartous fortis, Lar chLy Bad co ed tO sacrifice Uiat beautiiul inclosuire, There it 13, the very | apple of tue eye to Boston, and nobody now fears tuat It Will be diminished by a fuel, And snouid not Washington have a similar possession? Are You Willing, sir, noW at this early moment of ber Listory, Wuen she is just begining to grow, oF rather When her growth 1s Just’ beginning wo be apparent, Wodespoil ber of this unquestionable altraction, where the useful and the Deautitui ” comumingle? “I thiuk, sir, you Will act Improvideutiy if you do so. I thick You Will act ayalust the best interests of the city, Whether you look at Lealth, beauty, or enjoyment, fora park winisters wo aif tuese. “Therefore, sir, would I keep it intact. By no cousent of Congress would I alloW any business interest or disturbing Fulroad company to fasten Itself Upon thts ine closure, ‘They suouid ve excluded, and when I say tus Would hot carry tuem Off far. Let them Plant thelr siallous Just tue other Side. ‘They Will then be peruaps a third of @ mile from Peun- sylVanla avenue, traversing the center of popula ton, With conveniences such as railroads in Lo other city enjoy. Wita those open to them, why | Should we allow them to enter our pleasure gruuuds? If tueré were no proper place without | xoluy a long distance, a mile or two miles, there | Would be some reusol, perhaps, for entertaining | tuis question; but wien I consider the facilities | whic tuey may enjoy ouly the other side or the park line, witu land there cheap and easy to be had, [ain'astoulsued that any oue can be willlug to sucriiice the park simply to bring them a few rods uearer Peousylvauia avenue.” Senator | Sumner then described the dangerous anuoy- auces frou the raliroad crossiags in Falrmount Park, Puuadelphia, apd read trom the last an- nual’ repors of the’ commissioners of the park be- Waling these annoyances In conclusion, he sald: “[only ask Senators to look at the park. Let theta pass through our Hbrary and take their stand on Uhat unequaled portico, fro which they may look doWo Upon am atpplibeater more like | that of ancient Rowe than tuat of any other eapl- lai, With a river Deaeath and hills iu the distance a river much larger than the ancient Tiber, and } hills muck more beautiful than those that stand around ancient Rome, and a Capitol, too, but how tucu more beauuitul’ than that wilich Once gave Tue laW Wo mankind, Scand on that portico, sir, aud survey that ampltheater; your eye will then Fest Wit Satisfaction Ou Lue 'OULLNe Of this very park, ‘stretculug from tue Capitol Deyoud the Executive Mansion, and d-stined to bea breathing piace for Uhe immedse population of future geuera- Uons, Stand on Ubat portico aud try to linagine what this park may be. And now its pi not only to duninish that breatulng place, Dut to disturb It by tue swoke of steamn-engines, and to confuse It by the perpetual din of locomotives. I hope bo such thing Will be done, There ts a place for all Uhlugs, and this 1 know: tne tora Fallway statin 13 not a public park.” ‘THB RED BANDANA SHAKEN IN THE FACE OF GREEDY ‘CORPORATIONS. In the same debate Allen G. Thurman said, speaking of the land proposed to be given to rail- roads: “IU 1s a part of that property known as the mall, It18 a part of that property which was set apart and dedicated as a park in the very origin of Unis city, In the Very pian of the city; and now 1 Wish to ail the atteution of the Senate to # fact Wuieh involves the good faith of the nation. ‘The original proprietors of a large portion of the land on which Washington Is situated did not demand that they souls ‘have pay for all the land they sold, On the contrary tuey gave about one-baif theif property to the United States without any price al wil, aid ten they provided further that iu respect to certain other lots they might be sold and the imoney go to the Government of the Cuited States, in “other Words that it should be a mouey donaticn, They gave thus a donation not only of land but ot money, and that donation amounts, a3 well asIcan gather from the acts upon the subject, to more than one-half of the property they owued, ‘That ts what they did. “Upon the faith of What did they doit? Upon the faith of tue Government that It would maintain the seat of Government here according to the Of the city, which had teen approved by Gems Washingtoi. ‘They could not do it otherwise. They gave by lots the very lots marked on that plat, and the consideration that they expected Was the adVanced Value of the lots that tuey re- tained, eunanced by what? Enhanced by tue ex- istencé of a city upon the plan that had been adopted, and upon ho other. By no other means could the value of the lots’ they retained be en- hanced, It was, Lherefoge, a part of the consider- ation Upon Which they’ granted their erty to the United States, and granted the proveeds “or “other “property. which» they Ruthorized to be sold, and te pala indo the Treasury, that the pian of the city Te | main intact.” Otherwise the lots which they re- Lained Would not be benefited. ‘The whole value Ww them wight be destroyed if the dedication made by the plan of the city could be vi and the public grounds could be taken away given Wo private individuals oF to private compa- ies. States, Now, sir, in the face of these in face of the ion that you received, in face of the plighted taith of the aation, it is pretended that you can take the only tie only thing that can be made ‘that you can cut tt up and give ft to a priv Toad corporation, sir if| you thay, give them this capii @ depot. * forced ‘the ‘Baitimore 4nd OMI0) Railroad Pennsylvania avenue, You made it remove its depot and go back from tne avenue. You not have @ Fatiroad depot on the avenue, and you forced that company off the avenue, Now, if you are to allow this company to come up substantt- adly to the avenue, if you are to allow it to cut up the public park and destroy it, how can you refuse to do the same for the Baltimore & Ohio Co.? How cau you refuse todo it for the southern compa- bies which are to come into this cits? How can you refuse to do it for any railroad com) “Ob, Mr. Presidents how beautiful thie park ee for the convenience of these railrosd companies! How beautiful it lies, right in the center of the city, and how much they would thank you if, abandoning all ideas of duty, scorning all aesthetic thoughts a8 unWorthY Of & practical people, you were Just lo agree to surrender all public property from ‘ue Capitol to the White House in order that it might be converted into railroad depots! That Would suit this practical age, that would suit the practical man, tuat would suit @ man who thinks ‘hat mankind 'were made to live for no other pur- pose in the world than to butld railroads put money in the pockets of the stockholders! ss" * Is the Senate to do any such thing as that? If you are uot, if you iniend to hold the scales of Justice, perfectly even ana firmly balanced be- tween these two ratiroad com if you allow One of them to set up on this purk you must aliow every other one to do it; and then instead of hav- ing betore this Capitol abd before the Presidential Mansion in this city park that will ornament the city, that will contribute not only to the pleasure of it inbavitants, but contribute to the pleasure of every wan, woman, and child in the republic who comes hére, and Which Will contribute to the healta of the City, you will have before you a Vast raliroad depot, oF “‘h SERIES OF RAILNOAD DEPOTS FROM HERE TO THE ‘WHITE HOUSE.” * * * And now, Mr. President, since the idea of ‘those who laid out this city has some prospect of realization, since its ‘magnificent distances’ are no longer the Subject of ridicule, since its wide avenues are a boast instead of a scoif and @ scorn, since its Public grounds are to be improved and beautifed— and we ail Want to see them improved and beauti- fled—it does seem to me that anything which mars the original design of the city ought to be discountenanced by us. This city Was not laid out by hazard. Its streets were not cow-paths, It was laid out by the line and the prummet, it was laid out by the engineer, 1t was laid out with design. Everything in the plan of it was the sub- Ject of mature consideration by both the engineer Who laid it out und by the sound in- tellect of George Washington, who approved the plan, himself no mean engineer, no mean designer ‘of any great work of the kind; and a Part of that design was that from the Capitol to the White House, from the hall in which the Rep- Tesentatives and Senators should sit to the Execu- lve Mansion, there should stretch a beautiful Park. Tt 1s a part of the design, Just as the square | Opposite the President’s House Was devoted to the public park—just_ as Judiciary Square, Just as La- | fayette Square, Just as Lincoln Square, Just as Franklin Square, Were all devoted to this purpose, So was this greater piece of ground, from Capitol Hill to the Executive Mansion, designed to be a beautiful park, an ornament to'the city, and con tribuuing to its health. We who have it marred and spoiled by the miserable canal that was suf- fered wo go into decay, have no idea of What it was before it was thus marred, We have no idea of how beautitul it was when AU Was in its native condition, and of how beaut ful {t may yet be when that ‘nufsance shall have 4 Hs Deen removed. Now it Is proposed to break u the original design of this city; now it Is roposee that What was intended to be the most beauuful | feature im the whole city shall be abandoned to business, to commerce, LO depots for raliroads, and | Ubat instead of that which should please the eye | and .raulfy the taste and swell tue beart as you | stand on Capitol Hill and look to the west, or stand at the Executive Mansion and loox to the | east, that sbull be yielded up to the hum and | dirt and confusion and noise of railroad depots | aud all Lue ordinary business of the city. Why, sir, It does seem to me that ‘it there is anything that shall shock the mind in considering a subject of this kind it 13 Just. precisely such a proposition, I know itis of no use to reason in this way with men Who have no thought in the world Dut the making of money. 1 know itis of no use to rea- ‘son in this Way to a railroad corporation, I know u if it would facilitate the business of the ratl- Toad company, some one Would have the impu- dence to dewand this Capitol itself for Its offices, I kuow that there ts nothing sacred that they wili not lay their hands upon it. I know that they | have gone through the most beautitul cemetery in bio and condemned the very graves in which | the dead were buried for railroad purposes, I | know It full well, and when I say it I do not say it in enmity to any such improvement, No man ts | Soabsurd as to bean enemy of railroads. Butt | know that they have no respect for anything ‘that merely gralifies the fancy and grauifies the | heart, but that with them it 1s merely sordid Wealth; that isthe sole consideration by which they are moved. I kuOW that very weil; and it is not, therefure, to them that 1 look, but it 1s to you, Senators, who bave charge of this great city, which belongs ‘to the public, over which you have abso- lute and exclusive powers of legislation. It is for you to say whether the design of the city shall be marred in this manner, * * * RAILKOADS SEIZE PARKS NOWHERE BUT IN WASE- INGTON. “« © © Tput it to my traveled friend from Ne- vada. What do you think the French people | Would say if it were proposed to take the garden of the Tuileries for a raliroad depot? What do You Suppose they would suy were it proposed to lake the Champs Elysées for a raliroad depot? | Wuat do you suppose Uuey wou.d say if iv were | WO} to take Lie Bois de Boulogne for a railroad | lepot? What do you suppose tue peuple of Lon- don would say If 1t Were proposed to take St. James | Park and convert that iuto a raliroad depot?» Waat do you suppose hed np on of New York would say if It were proposed to cut the Central Park in two to muke raliroad depois? What would the people of Philadeiphia say if it were roposed to take Independence Square or Wash- ington Park to make depots of them? What would ‘the people of Baitimore say if Druid Hill Park was Wo be converved Into depots tor rallroads? “My triend will not find tp any continental city tn Europe any such desecration as that, nor would it be Loveraied In any ctuer city iu America, It 13 only here in Washington, the very city which of ail others ought not to tolerate the idea, that this Ching 1s proposed. Sir, conceal it as you may, this Js a proposition to give up this whole reservation, which by Lae very lerins of the grant is to remain the property of the United States, devoted to the purposes for which it 13 dedicated, in: violation of haUonal faith, in Violation to the plan of the city, in violation Of the interests of the city, for the mere purposes of business and of commerce, * * * I want Uo stand here simply a3 a Senator, as one of the guardians of the puviic Lat oo as one of the persons to whom in partis confided the care of ‘Uiis city Of Washington, the national capital I Want to look at it Simply in that light and to ask myself and to ask you, Senators, wheiner it is right to give up and abandon this’ property and mar the design of the Clty by making this a place | Of business lustead of Wuat It Was intended to be and what it ought to be, what the health and pleasure of the city require 1t should be, # place of eauly and recreation.” ‘Senator Morriil then, a3 now, one of the strong- est, most Vigilant, aud most faithrul protectors of the District's intérests, took the leading part in Unis debate, and will svon be called upon to renew tne battie of sixteen years ago. Tue Senators who | favored the grant to the railroad were stronger in votes than Ib arguments, Some things which they ‘Said to lessen the force of the vigorous assaults upon the surrender of the mall, may profitably be remembered at the present time, Senator Cam-| eron, the les representative of the Peunsy.va- , aia jiroad, said: “I desire to say also that the | bill contains & proviso allowing Congress to re- | move the depot at any future lime when they de- | Sire the ground for a park or any other purpose. | ‘The bili “gives Congress the power to do it, and leaves it entirely in Lue control of Congress,” Senator Frelinghuysen, by reason of the state he represented also 4 mouthpiece of the Pennsyl- | Vanla road, gave assurance that engines would | ‘bot be run across the mail “This idea,” he said, | “of having trains Of curs with their smoke ! noise running into this depot is all imagination, | Noenxine will go into that depot, ‘The engines | ‘Wil switch off and the cars will pass this 800 icet | and into the depot With the passengers by the momentum tuey have recet' ” But some of the Senators were not deceived by the rall- Toad assurances and became bolaty prophetic, ‘this company ‘Senator Hamilton said: “When once Pee ee eee ees. rence ee sae land re | it will stand, and they will resist you tian they will be paid now. by having tetr duper ian they wi pax iy At tuts place. I ane the Senate to be warned in regard to this, Every act that has been done hitherto giving away the public property dedi- cated by our fathers in this city you are for to-day. You passed a bill the other day’ to re- Claim two squares adjoining the Capitol that we gave away fifty years ago, und I give you notice to- | Bight, Mr. President and fellow Set that it - the ques- on will come, what shall as it is the Question how, for the blocks of bulidings. on the ‘Squares Which you once = up. Isay again that Wherever you in later have de} from ‘the original Ca of the founders of have signally falied, and after testiged by Senator Blair sae | singie-handed snd alone to deny the if ! i this source have also been fully recognized by in- dividual members of ‘Most of the sitions for reliet have been Killed by the f in committee, so that little opportunity has been given to Congressmen to put tucmeelves on Tecord On the subject, but an Occasional opinion in matter has beén smuggled into the record through 3 the medium of the discussion of measures not openly aimed at the railroads, and which have therefore escaped the deadly’ attentions. of ‘these corporations. “For instance, in the discus. sion of a bill in 1 ‘the use of the city Streets and reserv: the luvely de- Date occurred in the Senate: HOT SHOT FOR THR RAILROADS. “Mr. Ingalls.—The Commissioners also bad their attention called to the condition of the steam railroads in this city. ‘Those who are familiar ‘with the suburbs, especially in the northeastern Parts of this municipality, I think will bear wit ness that values have been practically destroyed sonia eet days last tuon of tie cy dreds of freight Senger cars, cabooses, Fi or Uhe streets and highways, but stored and Ss therein. Those corporations have {0 use the avenues, notably Virginia and Maryland avenues, for yard’ pi for storing ‘their cars that are not in motion, and thereby Practically destroying that portion Of the city for PUrposes Of business and residence. 1 saw lately in one of the newspapers a state- Ment to the effect that one of these co Ons had succeeded steatbily, privily, without the knowledge of the Commissioners, fn gaining pos- session of Uhree pubic reservations, which they were using for the purpose of switching and stor- ing cars, and in Various ways using them for private purposes, when, if they haa been private persous, they would have been compelled to ie paid hundreds of thousands of dollars tor the baer eat (Whose use and value they thus willfully and wantonly destroy, + * * Both the street cars and the steam rail roads are chartered by act of Congress, and their occupation of the streets, alleys, avenues, and reservations within the limits prescribed by’ thelr charters is lawful, Mr. Hdmunds—They have got a good deal be- yon ‘Mr, Ingalls—I know they have, Mr. Vest—Before this ‘subject passes away I should like to ask the chairman of the committee On the District of Colun.bia What is the condition Of the bill or bills—I believe there are two of them <n regard to union depot in this city, intended for the purpose of getting rid of these raliroads through reservations, Tuat bill has been pending several years, 1 believe—1 know for five years in the Senate, abd also in the otuer house—and it 1s y tar THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION TO THE PEOPLE OF ‘Tals cry that is now pending before Congresa, Mr. Ingails—I quite agree with the Senator from Missourt, and for twice five years my atten- tion has been directed to that subject, and my dest efforts have been tn the direction of some solution of that difficulty; but I presume that the Senator from Missouri knows that the ratiroad interests in this city are conflicting and hostile. ‘Whatever one corporation wants Lue other resists. Such bas been te conflict, the clasuing, that whenever any measure has been brought before the committee, or by the committee before tue Senate, there have been influences, subtle 1 may be, and undetected, but powerful enough to pre- Yeht actioa, upon the ground, of course, thar the Public convenience Would not be conserved by Une measures that have been submitted for con- sideration, 1am aware Mr. President, that the condition of the ratiroad tarmini in this city and the occupa- ton of large portions of the area of the District by railroad corporations, under present conditions, is simply disgraceful.” It amounts al. most to crime, vast numbers of people have had thelr property practically destroyed and conds- caved by the unlawful occupation of the portions Of this city lying to the northeast and to the Southeast and south of Capitol for the pury Of locomotion and car storage. Portions of the city have been rendered practically uninhabitabie, ‘The raliroads bave carried on their business so that It bas been iinpossibie to worsuip Almighty God in the churches erected for that purpose, And Sults have been brought and the people have bee peutioning here and representing their wro and measure after measure has -n introduce aud ca ried through certain stages; but one cor- poration having got a tract of land on a public res- ervation Worth §500,000 without paying a cent, a site which it would have been required to pay $500,000 lor in any otuer city, uas interposed, aud Anterposed successfully, Its opposition Uo all meas- ures requiring 1t to withdraw from that reserva. Uon, to Luke up Its tracks through 6th street, to cease to Disect that magnificent mall extendin from the Capitol to the Naval Observatory, an carry On its op-rations where it wouid be as much to the convenience of the public, two squares farther south, Oo that broad space at the intersec- on of Virginia aud Maryland avenues. CONGRESS 18 UNQUESTIONABLY TO BLAME. “Tam not finding any fault, with the railroad cor- porations. ‘They have a valuable franchise, and they mean to keep it. Here 1s one of them, under the very eaves-droppings of this Capitol, with @ terminal station Guat ls 4 shame and a dis- Grace to clvliization; all 41s approaches are in tne public highways, without decent accommodauons for the puulic, and claiming that it bas @ vested right under a’ previous act of Congress to do as it pleases until 1910; and the other corporation, se- Curing specioi privileges on account of tue ouloquy that was felt ugalust its rival, has located 1s sheds and depot on a public reservation, destroy- ing access Loone portion of the city by the occu- og Of avenues and streets With Its tracks, and Both being able 80 lo combine when anything 1s proposed Which Ubreatens their interest that, al- tough absoluvely hostile upon every other point, | they are united in resisting every atiempt made to dislodge tuem froin their present injurious oc~ cupation of Lhe public property, “There 18 a good deal Of secret history about this matter, Mr. President, there are a great many open sé-retS that perhaps 1t 1s not weil Lo discuss; ‘UL When the Senator [rom Missouri inquires why 1 is that this matters left unacted upon, why 1t 18 the public have been left to suffer these exactions, Ica say tuat it bas not beeu for want of honest | effort, repeatedly made, to secure the concurrence | Of these rival interests 1a some measure that would enable their friends in Congress and out of 1t to agree upon some site for a union depot, and thus Teileve the people {row this burden under Which they now puffer. * °°” Ar. Van Wyck—Mr. President, it must strike those who take an interest in the legislation of Congress affecting the riguts of lodividuals that the Statement made by the chairman of the com- mittee on the District of Columbia tsa startling one, that the seam railroads entering this cly should use the franchise given them urbitrarily, and without authority take ‘vations or other property, and fhat tat should be continued year “alter year, and the American Congress, denying to two hundred thousand peo- ple the right of self-control, should sit here nine Months 1h oue year and tnree ‘and leave thls community entirely at the mercy Of the avarice, the greed, and the extortion of | corporations of this nature, It 1s a startling prop- Osition, ‘There 1s no excuse for It anywhere; none whatever. There 1s no allegation that Congress 4s powerless before such great mammoth corpora~ tons, If there could be such an excuse, 1t would be a worse Inamy than the crime alleged against them. Our crime is worse than that of the rall- Toad companies, and the Senator has properly de- signated their occupation of this franchise as in- fatuous, and soicis. The citizeus of this eity will be rejoiced at the statement made by the Senator trom Kansas, because 1t insures to them the co- operation and the power which that Senator from his posttion on this floor, and as the head of the District committee, may’extend to the people who ave veen long suffering in this city. * * * so {t seems these matnmoth corporations can take Congress by the throat, and, although it sits nine mouths in one year abd three in the next, the great representatives of the American republic tremble before these huge corporations, and the only remedy for the individual, the citizen (who has no protection by reason of any self-control on the part of the people here, or any regulation of theif own atm} 8 that he cust g0 19 the courty a Tatlroad company to enter the highways, the streets, and destroy the value of his erty and make it useless. I judge so from the fact that the people of South ‘Washington have titioned not only this year, but the last half jozen years, petitioned, without redress, Congress to give thei some protection, and until ‘this time thelr request, has ‘Apparently unheeded, st" oqne abuse of this franchise Was nt, so much g0 that it has been deserved for years and to-day has received the truthful characteriza~ tion which the Senator from Kansas has given 1, {trust now that this may be a, ttle ray of hope to the citizens of Washingion that the day of liveranee may be approaching, not only, trom the exactions and demands and outrages of the cor- porations of steam railroads, but of other corpora- Uons, which, for the last ten years, through Con- grese, have compelled a great city ‘and nearly a Siarter of a million of population to be subjected in thelr rights and in theif interests to corpora tons started and created by act of Congress.’ ‘The day of deliverance alluded to by Senator Yan Wyck may be approaching, as he. suggested, Dut {t seems to require a long time to arrive. It is Doped that the action of the Senate upon the rail. road bills next week may hasten its arrival, ean A Maharajah’s Wedding. ‘Times, ‘From early morning the windows and balconies maharajah of Puttall, seated on a mori Unrone (a beautiful venicle Gonstructed for the os casion and drawn by two él toward Sanaur, where the 4 i H a é i Hl i 5 rr scupation of reser: | in another | | BIRDS THAT SING AND TALK. The Curious Contents of a Bird Fan- clers’ Establishment, 4 OHAT WITH THE MASTER OF THE BIRDS—DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF CANARIES—HOW THEY ARE BROUGHT ‘TO THIS COUNTRY—PRODUCING CHANGES IM THE PLUMAGE—THE MINO AND THE PARROT. In aamall building, not far from Pennsytvania avenue, lives @ bird fancier surrounded by scores Of his peta, Ranged on either side of a long room are cages, filled with almost every species of song and talking birds. “The business is interesting,” sald the bird man to a Stax reporter, “but that’s all. Pecuniarily Speaking 1t don’t amount to much, and then again Mt takes a great amount of care and worry to even get a living out of 1t.” ‘Are canaries as popular as evert” “I bardly think Boh was the answer; “for the last year or so the canary has been slighted, and People are looking for something in the way of a Songster to take its place.” “are the canaries that are shi] to this Country trapped in their native land?” asked the er. “Oh, no; no doubt many people think so, but the Gomesiicaved canary is, vastly superior v0 those found in a wild state, In some parts of Germany People make canary raising a specialty, and their ‘Superiority over the wiid birds 1s solely Que to the Watchful study Which has Leen given them. The wiid canary ts green and gray, while as you know the domesticated variety 1s vastly different” THE TRIP ACROSS THE OCEAN. low do the birds like the ovean trip,” queried the reporter? ‘Yhat's the hardest part of the whole business. Few people who own birds, or who are charmed by their sweet voices, are aware of the hardships the little fellows have to undergo in coming to this count The birds are generally sent over in gharge of two men, but one 1s generally enough. His first duty aiter’ watering and feeding, is to see that the crates are made fast, for heavy weather Would break everything loose and kill many of the Dirds. The crates vary from @ to 7 feet beigat. When at sea the attendanv’s work begios in earn- est, and day and night be is on tue cout, lest ‘some unknown accident occur. Each bird must receive its rations of {v0 and water every day. ‘There 18 a disease peculiar to canaries known as selnappen, that breaks out every now and then, and carries them off in great numbers; the disease 4s mainly due to improper venUlauon, or over. crowded cages.” po rats bother birds that are being shippedt” indeed tney do. The wily fellows, in the ab- sence of fresh water, are ever on the alert for drink, and birds’ blood 18 their especial They bever devour the birds, yd a, much ‘the same as a wea el, cutting the bird's turoat aod ‘sucking their blood. Many schemes have been de- Vised to drive the rats off. The attendant some- times Je:ks a string, having a number of tin cans tied to one end, making @ hideous noise, during the night to frighten them away.” Asign aE the inscription “Meal worms for sale” arrested the reporters attention, and, turn- ing to the bird man, he inquired What meal worms were, “They are worms bred in meal and bran,” said he, “but step this Way and I will show you some.” Accordingly, THe STaK man followed, and was ‘soon peering Into a box lined with zinc and con- taining myriads of tiny squirming worms, “Those formas are bred as where you see them," he said, nd are intended for what we term soft bill birds. ‘They are the best thing in the world with waich Wo train, as the shiest bird will readiy take one of ‘them from your hand the moment it ‘sees 1t.” A set of young mocking birds lately suipj from. ‘New Orleans set up @ shrill cry as the bird man Senate Velling their master that they were jungry. “rhese Nttle fellows,” sald he, “seem to know me, and whenever they are hungry and see me ass they tell me in this way.” Taking the young .rds from the cage the bird man held tuem in one hand, wuile With the other he poked a combiuation Of hard-bolied egg, mixed with volled pouatoes and grated Loust, into their gaping mouths, low can you tell when tuey have enough?” “rhe moulent they stop crying I stop feeding them,” TRAINING BIRDS. “How are birds trained?” asked the reporter. “Well, perseverance and kind treatment go a long way toward its accomplishment, some Prople hola that by starving a bird you can reduce t LO subjection and make It eat trom your hand. ‘To a certain extent this 1s $0, but Ube results thus attained are not good, and the vird will forget the severe lesson you bave taught it after it has plenty toeat again. A litle heup seed poked through the wires of the cage several times a day wili soon be eagerly sought for, and In a few day's by holding your Dand ir the cage you will find that your pre- Vious lessons have been of great benefit to the bird, for it will hop on your Guger and take the seed without any irigut whatever.” “How many varieties of canaries are therer” ‘asked THE Srax reporter. “Taere'’s tbe St Andreasbery, taking tts name from @ small village on the summit of the Harz Mountains, the Belgian or long breed canary com- ing principally trom Antwerp, Gent and Brussels, ‘The latter Is Of a most peculiar shape, and its body, When at rest, should couform to a rit angie—a line drawn from the crown of the head to the tip Of the suouiders should form one side, and @ line Irom the Up of the shoulders to the Up of the tail should iorin the other side of the «angie. Then tuere’s the English canary, embracing the Nor- Wich or deep gid canary, Ube London fancy, the Gold and silver lizards, Ue Scotch fancy, the York- shire, the Manchester or Lancashire, and tnese different classes are subulvided by crossbreeding, tmuking other varieties of lesser fame. ‘The Freacu canary 1s another species, but that variety is merely an extract of the Belgian bird. Cayenne- fed canaries, while not in uemselves a distinct species of canary, are the latest fruits of scientific Tesearch, and deserve to be classitied, In the early Stage of the growth of feathers, the canary 1s fed | with cayenne pepper mixed with its regular food. In the little quills supposed to ve young feathers, Dut wulcn are realy tuves In Wiel the bioud clr, | cuiates, the coloring matter tor the feathers is made. ‘Food espectaily prepared 1s now for sale, and any oue can, by taking thelr bird in proper season, make it a beautitul orange color. “Do You know how the food is nade?” asked the , Interrupting bim. es Take tbe best quality of Cayenne pepper, a heaping spoonful, aud add one fnely-graved hard-boiled egy, and an equal quantity of grated bread, Mix the whole thoroughly together and sprinkle with pulverized sugar. Comuncnce teed- ing the bird whed it 1s seven or eight weeks oid, and after a period of two weeks feeding the orange color will be sureiy set. “There isa variety Of canary known as the American,” the fancier said, “but its origin 1s like that of @ common chicken, ‘The only thing I know of in its favor ts that It ts a hardy bird.” bs where any truth in the statement that cana- ries can be taught Uo pipe a tune?” ventured the porter. “Canaries may betaught to whistle a tune if When young it 1s taken away from otuer birds and the tune played or whistled Co it several Limes a day. Canaries have beep Known to talk, but such birds are very rare.” a do you do when your birds are taken “Why, doctor them, of course. I have here bout twenty-five different medicines, and as s00n one ails I make an examination and physic him accordingly, There 13 one other kind of bird I want to tell you about,” said the bird man. ‘While not strictly speaking a canary, itis closely allied tot. It ts the Mule bird, being the offspring of a canary and almost auy Other small seed-feeding bird. “It ts usually of a very brilliant color, a ne songster, and very hardy, “How is it,” asked Une reporter, “that you catch a a so easily bola you os qicerered ae ‘here's a great knack in 1. Some people grab around the cage and succeed in trightel Fine bird almost to death before catching it I first remove all the perches, and wait until the bird ets settled, then’ make a quick pounce on It, and Very rareiyitall to get it out ‘o hold it secure ¥ with- his piumage take the Ups of the Wings and the tall betWeen the thumb and fing- ers.” The bird fancier invited Taz Stax man to con- verve with his great talking bird, It was found in a large cage in one corner of tue room, and when the reporter Sree it exclaimed in a vi distinct voice: Call the dog.” The mino, for suci As its moecien, ‘a native of the East Indies, and Was obtained direct from an importer in New Of a glossy black plumage, ‘shadi into several other colors. The wings have a bar of white, formed by a series of tipped feathers, ‘and back of the eyes are two bright yee yw ups. The beak deep and feet are yellow. See “This bird,” Said the fancter, “4s one of the best ‘specimens Thave ever seen, 'He says more than any other bird of 1ts kind, and whistles a perfect tune, Iv 1s valued at $200. The mino differs froia the 3 inasmuch as it will sp ee! ‘spoken: we best parrots are generally it when you Ik, Dut, that 1s not the case with le ek het ag talk to a One who ‘wiil listen, and ‘wer questions in a surpris- Angly intelligent manner.” ihe merry whistie of the bobolink next attracted the reporter’s attention. It may not be known {at Ula is the same bird that appears here after the breeding season, but in a ferent garb and with a different name, for then he is the reed bird, He is a good singer and makes a fine house bird, BOW TO CARE FOR BIRDS. A striking feature of the interior of a bird-tan- cler’s house is the neatness and regularity with ‘which everything is arranged, A stream of fresh rater 18 constantly ct through the vages, End pelt fooding canisters ral ‘seed supply every “One must be careful to see that the York, Itis th i dl Be bl ily delight, } A CIRCUIT OF GossIP. A MILLION-DOLLAR CLOAK, Slow News is Circulated in the Gev-| The Red and Yellow Royal Mantic of/4 Physician's Curious Experiment ernment Departments, the Kamehameha Dynasty. MIS6 DAIST'S NEW DREBS ON THE WIRES AS SOON AS | AN INTERESTING OWWECT IN THE MUSEUM—A GAR- ‘SHE REACHES HER DESK—TAE CENTERS OF IXFOR- ‘MATION—PERSONAL ACQUAINTANCE NOT RSSENTIAL HOW STORIES ARE STARTED ON THEIR ROUNDS. “A circuit of gossip.” That was the description given to @ Stam reporter, As an explanation of how the little personal matters circulate about the great Depsziment building, it has the merit of being graphic. Most people whose attention is called to the matter must wonder bow it is pos- sible in # large building, occupied by a force of employes ranging all the way from 1,000 to 2,500 Persons, that information of what tndividuals are doing and saying 1s so generally diffused. Miss Daisy enters one cf these large bulidings some morning attired in @ new dress. She Quietly toher desk and begins the work of the day, Her dress, the style and material will be Aiscussed by all the ladies in the building before the time for lunch, Perhaps she went to tue theater the night beiore with Mr. Bloomer, nd her fellow cierks in the building are apt know that as weil as the luteresting fact that ‘they had a lunch on their way home, Should Mr. B. fall into tue habit of dropping around occa- sionally during the day to inquire afver Miss Daisy’s heaith the clerks in the remotest corners Of the building soon have a bulletin to that effect. Other clerks Who don’t have new dresses or youl mend, Or who don't go Lo the theater are publisix So LO speak, in the same mysterious newspaper, ‘Taelr past lite and their prevent mode of ving are ‘Spl belore the eyes Of their associates almost Guaincance may be fitted. and large proporuon a A Of the clerks may not know each ouber' by sight ‘Their desks, by actual measurement, may be a quarter of a miie apart, yet they have the kaowi- of those personal detalis whicu would seem tol te Felations of the most inuimiate charac HOW 18 IT DONE? ‘Who prints this journal of tutelligence? What ts the name of the editor? The answer to these questions has been given in the opening sentence. It was the explanation a Stanreporter heard from the lips of an observing Departuwent clerk. |The ¢ireuli of gossips 1s only another way of sayi that there are centers of information tow: Which news gravitates and from which it ema- Bates. It may bea manor a woman. Some peo- ple say rather unkindly that the women do ali the oasiping, but since the session of the woman's Congress in tuts city there 18 an evident reluctance bout maxiag reckless observations relative to the ‘Opposite vex. jut whether men or women are the central ints in this circuit of news the fact remains that, he circuit existe, It runs around the long corri- dors of the executive bul.ding aud isneariy always Dusy. Sometimes each floor has it: own system, but generally one circult in a building 1s all that can operate effectively. |The, persons in charge of the centers are supposed to hear every Know everytulg nithin certaln bounds Reople ‘come and teli what they know, and receive in ex- change the news from the etire buiding. The centers meet at certain times and canvass the en- Ure heid, and after exchanging iniormation each Teturns to their station fully posted. SCOPE FOR SCANDAL. ‘There 1s nothing too small or too great to escape the notice of these Department gazettes—and, in fact, in this particular, they are not at all different from people of similar ogeupations whose fleid 1s the recepUou-room or thé club-house. Department lite furnisues a tine scope for that fasclaating spe- claity of gossip, namely, scandal. ‘The opportune es of knowing aii Ue particulars of the litte es Capades Which humanity is able to are perhaps Superior to tuose Wiuci exist in society. In the Social world the Hleld Of ouservation 1s broadened, and there 18 u gvod deal of conjecture in reacting conclusions as to the relations which exist be- tween certain people, But, after all, perhaps the absence of positive knowiedge im) a flavor to the affair ana gives reins to the imaginauoa. In Department lite, especially When ail parties ‘cou cerned are ewployed in the same Duliding, the Means Of decomluy acquainted with private aud personal affairs are remarkably good, So the Stak man Wus told. All tbe iitule details are gathered together and eventually ind Uneir jay Wone of the centers, and then @ uew start Ls made on a more extended Journey. Twe original information may b- somewhat Banged in torm ‘and perhaps aitered tm matter by Ube Ume it bas kohe very far on the circuit, Alterations and ad- ditions wutch are calculated to adorn oF to add Auterest to tne story may be expected. HOW THE STORIES START. Persons are often heard to say “here 1s a great deal of talk about the Department,” which simply means thav the Wires of the gossip circuit are in good working order. “I heard so-and-so,” 1s anoiuer form, or else the famillar ene, “ney say.” Whatever the form the substance is “the same. The system is especially adapted for Departments in waica there is any attempt to eniorce rues which are designed Lo keep Lue clerks at thelr ues‘s during Office hours, All thal is necessary In such a case 1s Wo tell a plece O: news Lv one person and in an Incredibly suort Lime Lhe great buliding ts ringing With it. ‘The more spice of scandal iu tue siory the faster it travels and the more easily tne cir- cull works. ‘THe Stax man’s informant thought that the telegraph, the telephoue an. the rapid newspaper presses are Wonderiul agencies in tue quick Urtns- Inission of news, He Was of Lue Opluion, however, Ubat the Departwent system of Urdusmitung ews might give he newspaper managers several points .nd then beat them in welr own Speclai eld, Some times a gossipcircult may “gt let” but It 1s not very often, and then a tailure ts discounted by the frequency With which matters of lupor- tance are anticipated. Tne enterprise displayed is sumedioes almost propneuc abd way be 1m ad- Vance of he actual nappeniug six mouths or more. Perhaps the information may be enurely uaLrusi- worthy, but tue proportion Of mistakes as com. pared With the DUIK Of muLier Lal goes Over Lue Gircuit makes a Very favorabie suowing with that transinitted trough the agencies of te Clubs and society circles, ee vee ‘The Virginia Midiand Disaster. To the Editor of Tux Evgxixo stan: ‘The reports that have been published of the train-wreck near Cifton Staton, on tue Midland road, last Saturday evening, having been inde- nite, and in several respects incorrect, I will give some of the particulars of the disaster, The road from Fairfax to Cilfton 18 composed of a series of short curves, which were made When the road was Bret built to'avuld expenses of grading and. cut Ung. ‘The train Was sowe eight or teu minutes be- hind ume, and Was evidently running fast to make up the loss, ‘The rate was estimated by expert travelers at from 40 to 45 miles per nour. When passing round one of these curves, near Pope's Head Creek, the engine suddenly Ieft the track and plunged down au embankment on the outer side of the curve, ‘The tender went some distance beyond, We baggage and express car foi lowed and were Urbed over paruy in the run, ‘Tue smoking car, in which were a number of ladies, owing to the main car being crowaed, tol lowed’ the baggage car, but Was overturned vetore striking the express and baggage car. The rear of the smoker Was thrown farther froin the track than the front. ‘The main passenger coach next followed, and plunging down the bank vurned ‘on its side and struck the end of the smok- fogearat nearly Fight angies, demolishing tne front of the car, and especially On the lower side. ‘The front of thé car Was Instantly suattered, the al fragments flying over the car, but chiefly HabMieads’ of ‘the ‘passengers, ‘The’ water. cooler in the rear of the car was thrown halt to the front end. way aches Fan about 100 feet on the Lies before Jumping down tue cumbankinent, which enabled Most of the passengers to Jump from tueir seas, and, holding to the railing, wits prevented more serious injuries, Just as the collision occurred in Unis car Lae steam {rom the engine, which lay right beside and parlly under Unis’ coach, was forced into the car, adding Uo the consternation as well as the dvnger. Several of the passen were burned about the feet and ankles, ani Were drenched with steam and mud, The passe:- gers ail escaped through the windows on the ‘upper side of Lhe car, Many Of them being injured trom belng hurried trom the windows head tore. most to make room for Luose behind. Among the passengers from tnis city were Prot. W. D. Cabell, who réceived several silght cuts about the face: Mr. M. J. Wine, slight injuries in the side; Miss Josephine Campbell and Mr, Hantzman, unin) if A f Culpeper, received @ bruise on the ead in Jursping tro he trata” A colored mine ister from Washington had ‘his lips cut ‘through and a severe bruise on the eye. ‘The accident occurred about ten minutes of 7. A messenger was seut to Crofton, 2 miles distant, for a freight train on the siding to come to the wreck. It arrived about 9:30, and Loos the fra, with the dead and wounded, to Ci Kafion’ Hequesis Were made that the train Snosaes Could have besa obtained. $s and al ve 18 was refused the promise that the passenger {raio, then at Maoassas, Would soon run down and take them on to Manassas, We reached Cliiton ‘avout 10 o'clock, and obtained what shelter could De afforded in zr f | i i I F : fil i i i | i i a if i it i! i i uf i is i MENT THAT REQUIRED MANY GENERATIONS OF PATIENT TOIL TO MAKE—ONLY CERTAIN FRATHERS OF A RARE BIRD USED IN ITS FABRICATION, “I don’t care; I woulda't wear it!” “But see what it cost. You don't mean to say You Wouldn't wear a cloak that cost a million dol- lars?” said the stout man, in a satirical tone that indicated that the woman be addressed was Lis wite, The pair had stopped before the royal feather cloak from the Sandwich Islands that 's spread out fan-shaped in a case in the National Museum. ‘This cloak 18 computed to have cost in labor one Mnillion dollars Tue native mame for it ts mams In the days when a Hawatan beau or belle Wanted little clothing, but wanted that gorgeously colored, this cloak Or mantle would have been considered of more value, esthetically and tntrinsically, taan a shipload of Worth costumes, and its happy possessor might truly be said to be in high feather. Since Une watives have adopted wide trousers, lawn-tennis shirts, aud four-in-hand Ues, {8 value ies chieMy tu thé traditions that sufround it, @ Mantle, Which 1s semi-circular, is4 feet. lon OF decp, and it ty L1jg feet wide at tile bortom at luches at the top where it cores around the Beck. “The entire outer surface is inade of feathers of fine texture, giving the wuole the app-arance of | P plush. The prevailing colors are red and yellow or orange. Tue Body is decorated With large Rgures, crescent-snaped, of eituer red or ye low feathers. ‘The upper and lateral borders are corded and decorated with alternate tufts of red, black aud yellow featuers, HE DIED WITH MIB CLOAK 0%, A legend on%a label states tuat Cais feather cloak formerly veloaged to Kehuarkalanl, one of the highest chiets of tue Sandwici Isianda. After the abolition of idolatry in 1819 Ubat chief revedied Against the reigning king, and attempted to re- | establish the ancient religions A sanguinary bat He was fought and Kebuarkalan! was s.aia, and this cloak, which he ten Dad op, fell 1uto to hands of the conquerors, and thus became the Property of King presented 10 Capt. J. H. Auilck,'U. S The cloak is now ‘the property of lick’s grandson, Kichmond Ogston Aullc! posited it in ‘the National Museum. The great Value of the cloak is due to the long time required in 1sd1 to secure the featuers Laat compose It and Wo man- | k facture the cloak. Wow IT Was MaDe. ‘The foundation is a net-work of olona, or native hemp, and to it are attached by flue tread of the same material, the feathers of birds found ouly 12 the Hawatan Islands, and very rare there, Recent Writers have declared that the birds now extivet, The feathers are woven in So a8 to lap eae oUber | aind He Hat, forming a smooth, plusb-uKe surtwcas ‘The Lauer Suctace is without lluing ams Suows The Olona network and ‘the quill euds of the feathers. ~The cord of whe Upper margin 1s pro- longed so as to serve as a fastening at the Uuroat. ‘The yellow feathers are obtalued from the Vo or Tuo, ang, as stated, are of great value, as the bind is rare, very shy, and difficult to capture, and it has buta Very sinall tuft of these feathers upon each suoulder, “The black featuers are frou head and back of the sate vird—its plumase being @ glossy Diack. Tue Ooiscaugiut aulve DY meaus of bini-line; the yellow featucrs are then plucked and tue bird released. The red feathers are from the body and neck of the Dre- Pauls Cuccinea, tue most abundant bird of Lue Sandwicu Isiands, THE WORK OF SEVERAL GENERATIONS. The Hawallan Speotator, a newspaper publisned iu 1899, refers to Uuls, or a slinllar mantle, us fol- lows: “Kawkeaull has the Mams, or feather War cloak of lis father, Ta-Meha-Meha, It was not completed Wall uls’ reign, having occupied eight preceding ones in its fabrication. A plece of nan- keen, Valued at $1.50, Was formeny tue price of five Of the yellow feathers. By Uuls estimate the Value of Une cloak would equal that of the purest diamonds in seVeral of Lue Burop-an regalia, andy including the price of the featuers, not less Luan & tuiluon dollars’ worth of labor was expended apon it at the present rate of computing Wages.” A bunch of the yellow fea:hers called hulu was recelved by Uhe king from bis subjects in payment OF a poll (ax, and It requived many years Lo collect the thaterial and manutacture ove of Uhese tan ties Unul recent years tuese mautles were the royal robes of state, aud cousidered Lue principai treasures of the crown; but European coking has enUrely superseved' them and they are not how manufactured, A beautiful head dress for Women, Cailod lels, was made Of Luese [-atuers. Anotier autoority states that two yellow teaib- €r8 only are obtained from each Uo, and Luese are found under the wings When le mucu-prized feathers are piucked tue bird is set at liverty. ‘Tue price of the feathers, according to Unis au- tuority, was $1.50 lor Uuree, aud tue Ciiue occupied in making the Civak Was estimated trou 50 to 100 years, OTHER FEATHEK CLOAKS. There are other feather cloaks Like this one in existence, aud Liere appears Lo be som - confusion as to tuelr original owversulp. Oue Uke that in the National Museum was exulbited by Lady Brassey at ue Interaational Fisuertes Exbibiuon tn Loudon in ASSs3, Ti Was it Was stated, pre- sented by Queen Pouare, of tue Saudwicn Is Lo Capt, Taompsun, tor the protecuon extewu her agalust ue Feeuch in 143. “Luis cloak peared Wo be newer than ule one in Museum, and hence of iss value dustorically It was 90 Luguly prized, hoWever, that it Was 1a- Sured for £100,000. A wrier Ih uke New York Home Journat wesctibed recentiy a cluak she saw Wale “Visting Monviuiu, during the reyn ox Kamehamena. This, trod ber description, was Like Lue one presented to Comunodore Auilck, aud now iM the Museum. Sue spoke of tas the War cloak of the Kauicuam -uas, Lie obJectot a nation’s Veneration, aud tue only due Uke it ever made. ‘Tuts ruve, Lhe writer sald, Was worn by Kalakaua, Wueu he Was crowned, aud be Was Lae DML blag Wao uad been su adored. THE COST OF THE LIBRARY, What a Member ot the Library Com- mission Says abuut the Recent Action the House of Kepreseatatives, In conversation with a member of the National Library Commissiva a Stax reporter was intoruied tils moruing that the action Of te House in re- fusing to make an appropriation for tue coutinu- ance of the work Was appareaUly based upon the idea that the bullding Was to cost about $3,000,- 000, This Lumpressioa Was, undoubtedly, obtained from the earlier reports 1u regard to the bulldang, and not from any statements made by the Cou- mission, The appropriation committee was tn tormed before maklug Uke appropriation, wich the House refused to adopt, that the butiding Would cost froin $7,000,000 ‘Lo $10,000,000, AL Lue Plans Specified in tue original bili Were Carried out. ‘The commission, however, proposes to complete at present only Lue west Trout of the buildiuy ana tue rotunda With the adjacent book depositories, deeintng Wat sullicien accommdation Lor Lie library Just now. Afterward Une rest of the bull sng could be fiuished as couvenieut. It was esti- iiaved Wual this portivn OF Lue Dusiding Would cost, in add.don lo Wuat has already Ueea expeuded, over $2,000,000. ‘The excavation las been made for Ube eauire vuliding, and Uke coutract Kor Lie concrete is wiso (or Uke enUre area Of tke propased structure, Kecent contracts for tue Sune wora have only been or Une west trout and the .otuad., ‘and it is Wougue that If Lue inoney Is made av atl” abe that tuls poruion of Lue vuuding coud be made ready tor the tibrary in abou Uwo Years. “Zhe mewvers of Lue commission Unk Laat It 1s not reasonable to expect a buildlug Wuicl Is con- siderably Larger than Ube Suate, Wat, aud Navy Deparunent vusidiug to be DU Tor Lwo or Unie: tmiluon, When Ue Latter cust over $10,000,000, Whatever erroneous ideas Ue amembers ot Cou gress may lave in regard lo Ube Lotal cust of tue proposed building, it is claimed by tue commis Sion they were noU'derived irum Ukem. ‘They tur- ther say Unat no allegation Lo Lual effect bas been made, and Ube Feceut debate im (he ttouse sions that statements in reports previous to Lhe organi- dation of Lue comission ate Tespousivle lor aay Musconception waicu may exist. itis furvuer stated Luat Lue Commission are not the auiiors of te plan Of tke Duliding. They found Uuat plan & part of the law wuicu Lucy were appoiuted to execute, and in Lue periorimance 0: iat duty they propore to expend ‘Ue money ap- Se Monkey Theatricals, ‘THE MAN WHO WAS THE ORIGINAL CHARACTER IN ONE (OF THOSE ENTERTAINMENTS. From the New York Graphic. ‘Now that the monkey theater isin full blast as Mme. Tussaud’s exhibition in London. Tue Ravels afterward itroduced the chatacter in their Pantomimes, Dut it was le.t to Majiiton to bring it {opertection. He had wonderiul surengtn in bands, and could Walk with his hands hanging i al He i amebameba, by whom it Was | With His Pet—Mew You Can Dye Your Bones. “Have you ever seen a kilten with pink teeth” & doctor who devotes his j-isure moments to sci entife experiments inquired of a Stan reporter the other day. Tue latter admitted be never Lad, “Look at this,” the doctor said, catching wp an ordinary looking baby cat whic had beea playiag about bis chair, and prying tis mouth open with his Auger “See What a pretty color those teeth are.” Sure enough, the kitten’s teeth were of a Deau- Uiful, delicate pink Unt, Like We Luside of a sea shell, “They will become of a deeper shade by and bye,” the doctor continued. “i have only been coloring them for a few days” ma do Mt, doctor?” the reporter tn- quired. “Feed niin of ¢ “On, no,” Uk “That's the way ira fa make md Ties, The process of © of kittens is Uae simp) there is to it Is wo food.” “But doesn't the madder tujure them?” the re- b mand teeth » word. All maduer wm tuelt tule ut a ui a vere as effect been d has no injurt Tuis bas “Why,” asked Lue Stax 1 | feeaing "babies on madde | eeu? “Ua, no,” the doc’ when the discovery wa taken Int ome one been eu plak ely replied, “bat 6 mataer, when mesrous structure, prove eMicactous in (hd ALS Were Lied WH was found Uber will | t readily LOok the piace of the phosphate of lime | im vo ow, It did Bol Improve tue quAly ii the bones of the body are adder as weil as Le telat” tue repur ored by iu. “1 will show Kittens and pyeous 1 He procured a's ” ‘aud ou removing the cover a strong odor HOT saluted Ua oe. “1 bere, * Up a se » is @ frag. inent of the saul’ Of a kitten whica Was fed on Maadder fur Len days, and Lieu allowed bo go with- Cul madder for sik Weeks or so, Woe IL Was od, ihe streak of piuk in the’ center of Lae me indicates ie bone growth during the period which kitten was taking wader, The streak of piuk is faint, you see, and would have disappeared enirely if “the kitien had been stowed W live a while longer. The bone back Of the ear, you notice, is of a deep pi is due to the fa tuat that portion of the skull becomes mature sooner Whan Lhe rest, in ye bony structure AnIMAly, YOU KNOW, Une goes rapid Changes, Atve j MALUTILy Is reached tue chauges are wower. A , attaun full growth ater | tairty “days, “Now if, wuen ® pigeon is ten days | oid, you Deg sd tton madder, Keep.ng up five “days, aad tuen stop, by the thine it attain maturity "ail the color taken Up Ly Lhe osseous struccure will have enuirely disappeared. hy thus experimenting With madder vu Huporlaue facts regarding Wie growUh Of Lue bones wave Ween a “idas Une fact at madder will colur the bones been known long: “About a Years, think. It was discovercd | accidentally by a French paystcian, Wao resided | 1m a town Wuere atactory for Making Ue red cloUk r Soldiers’ Urousets was located, Mader tm used. dying tuts cloik, TU was fouud Usat pigs kilded {oie town bad Chelr Bowes dyed a brilliant pink, This curlous circuiustan ted tue attention Of Uhe paysiclan, Who began ab Invest He piss drank waste water from Ue ye room of the factory, and Luts gave lim Uae plabauon of their pink boues” BOOKS OF THE WEEK. THE SCIENCE OF THOUGHT dr ivered at he Three Intraductory, yal Huatutution, Lar wth of March, INS7 4) Abad Max Mau 91 Argyll, Geor The Gren Court Publisti THE | THICS OF MAKKIAGE, By 1. M.D. With e Preiatory Note L met. MD, Inte T. Duryea. «0. ha Lie Laws of miost of the ntates warding vertain a oh & Wagasls, Was be & Bo THE ROMANCE OF A QUIET WAT) RING PLACE . Dw ser i Wanpoi. New hurk. Beiford the Unpre ¥ Hetes een JUD PA PICTURE Lery with the U a Vax Dik sw wks, aiid tow tot Punlips & Huu HOW To Fanilar Talks in the vere ot Art. Hy tVt seypuem aif At 0 New Mork: Metuodint souk Concern), THE Wiruas ewer Bas of = Men haut Becis—No. Sj sew York: Cassell & Co. Wash wtou: AS. Witherbee & Co THE STEEL HAMMER A Novel oom Te by 1 H wutivor ot ~ Tr us Latiner. (My No. 1] New hork tae D. Apinctou & Co, | AN ELEMENTARY oF THY ESE LANGUAGE JAPAN. cisen Diy Later Lana aiid Casbaryed kid tou. New York: D Appleton & Co. TRE MIDNIGHT MARRIAGE, A Novel. By Ama. Da M Dovatas, author A Monin» ork." A. LL. Bure Ma. ISAACS: A Tale of M dorm CRAWFoKD, author of “Dr ver Library Mauhatian Secs » kK: Cas Withertee & Co! MISSOURI tention, By Lucien Cana, alte” Ber Boston au & Co. Washington, Wan Balla STUBBLE OR WHTAT? A Storyof More Lives than ‘Que. by 8, Bavanp Dov. New York. Ausou 0). F Randolph & Co. Wosuugton: Was Badautyue & bon. FOK GOD AND GOLD. 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Caspar, Une M Waukee publisher, f a Dicuonary of Us Latest and best aut 4 volut ch wilt about 300 pages, and sold tor 2.75 in CloUh, Will De ready for Lue "trade ‘we latter part of Unis month, Mr. Charies J. Stephens, with D. Appleton & Co, New York, has un .ertuken the task of collecting material, both literary and aruisuic, for an imupor tant work on the South American countries, “Not only will the material luterests and trauuro of tive diferent couuries tive tulbest_ prowie tence, but there Will be gathered tae hues! selec. tious of views of te nati pluie of interest. ‘The various d tives in Washington have tanen deep inverest in tue work, reallzng its knportsn<e, aud its puvilcation wil undoubtedly have a a te Saten and tbe a"he South, Mr, A New Story About Washingtom, From the Ludepend-nt Tuere is an unpublished story of Washington, told me by a descendant of the ancestor Wuo Is 1m, tue story, which represents Whe great general im the pleasant family life we have ail llked to con. Vemplate, and pot as the grand mab abd (be hero at tue bead of Lisarmy. [i was wien Wasuing- Yon, after the fevoluuonary War, Was Uraveling through Connecticut and visiied Hartford, staying at tue Bull's Tavera there. A boy came Ino the Kitchen of Une tavern and Said: “I Waut vo seo "The Tuacuunary on duty did not propose to let any mere boy sec Gen. Wasuington merely for Uke nd said as much. “Bull havea nove for him,” remonstrated the i. Ag