Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1888, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C.. SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1888—-DOUBLE SHEET. ; CITY AND DISTRICT. NATIONAL GUARD MATTERS, ‘The District Milttia and the Megular Arumy—Notes from the Dificrent Armo- ries. “What ts the difference, if any, asked a Stan Te porter of Col, Bigelow, between the regimental Organization of tue National Guard and that of ‘The Army?” “We have in the National Guard a three-bat- talon regiment,which ts quite different, however, um the three-battalion regiment in the Army. ‘The latter ts practically a twelve-company regi- went. In our battalions the major commatding i and @ battalion staf and all the company Officers are commissioned In the battalion, while 1m the Army, the majors and company officers are commissioued im the regiment, and t ts no Dattalion staff. There is, In fact, he continued ho Battalion unity. A company may drill or parade oue day in one battalion, the next in another, according to the relative rank of tts cap tala. If any three or four companies are required Yor detached vervies, of to serve together ata post | away from regimental headquarters, they would De taken without any reference to tie baitalion to ‘Which they nominaily belong. ‘The great wivan- age to the National Guard Of having & unit of Organization and instruction, such as the four- Company battalion, ts the convenience With Which ie can be quartered and driiied in one army of ordi- nary size, ‘The recurns of a three battalion regiment In the Army do not recognize the battalions, but account simply for the field ana staff and Uwelve compa Bea With us in the National Guard we get b: talion returns through the regimental comand. ere AS soon us Lie blanks can be procured, we Shall have them consolidated on reximental Lurps, The two regiments in the National Guard have at present but two battalions each, althoush ey will doubtless have three in the near future. ‘The company officers in the National Guard are commissioned Dot only in tuelr respective battal- Jons but also in their companies, ‘Ubey aFe commissioned tu their te “IN THE AKMY, he continued, “the regimental staff officers are supernumerary line officers, nowinated or ap- pointed by the regimental commander to the Na- Tonal Guard, both the regimental and battalion ‘Staff officers are commissiuned as such, aad bold theretore uo commissions in the line." You will see from this tuat the card ¢ or officer trame- ‘Work of the Natlonal Guurd ts fixed aud rigid as that compared with that of the Army. This Is to Be accounted for by the greater lnportance to tbe enlisted men in the Nacional Guard of the pe i characters of their oficers, He wants to now berore entering a company or a larger or- anlzation who his odicers are going to be, and Is fafluenced very much 10 Lis cuoice of an ory. You to serve in by the character of Its off ‘He could uot have the assurance that he requires An this respect if they were Ilabie to be transterred as they arein tue Army from one compauy to ‘another, of from the ithe to the staif, either by ‘Promotion or by appointment.” NATIONAL GUARD COLORS. “What colors do the Natioual Guard regiments carry?” “Each battalion carries the na each regiment the reztm: each regiment of Infantry carries two colors, the national color and the regime nial c Tue texte mental bumver betuy embroidered tional color, and the arms of the Unite Tegiaiental color. Each of our LS HOW CAfTies four Colors, Which se lafge auaber When one cunsiiers’ that a re Tegimen: carries but two, aud that ntaent an the Army isin favor of reducing We number Father tuab Increasing It.” FILLING VACANCIES. “Tt 1s the intention of Gen. Ordway to fll all the ‘Vacancies existing in the National Guard during Whe summer, The vacancies are at present as tol- lows: in the first regiment, regia Staff, colouel, Heutenant-colon Sungéon, inspector of ritle practice aad cuapl Foarta battalion, eld and stat, quarterwaster surgeon, inspector of ride practice. Company B, Bret Ueutensut. Company D, secund heute. ‘Second regiment, regimental, Held aud stall, q Vermaster, inspe tor of ritie practice. Second Dattallon, Company D, secoud leurenant. Tuird Dattaliou, Heid and staff, inspector of rifle prac Uce. } ‘Second Lieut. Sherman J. Brown, Company B, ‘24 battaliog, bas been recommended for vattailoa Inspector of rite practic: ie in the army nents, jonal colors, and ates on the pal Guard a G. S. Clift, of Company A, Ist battalion, National | Guard, has been honorabiy discharged. ‘The examinations fur sergeants and corporals | tn Company D, of the 4th battalion, will be neld | July 13, 1888, | « First Sergt. C. S. Davis, 4th Sergt. M.A. Skinner, | and Corporal J. C. Exner have been appointed a court martial commitiee of Company D oi tue 4b Battalion. ‘The brigade drum corps will be formally organ- wed this week. It has thirty-six members, mostly graduates of the Marine Corps, om tue ris | It ts thought that, owing to the lange nuiaber of men out of town, the regimental parades, hereto- fore mentioned In Tux stax, will bot be practica- | bie, at least for the Ist regiment. | ‘The newly-organized “ba.tery A,” of the Na-| tional Guard, heretofore spoken of ‘in THE Stax, suull continues to prosper. At a business meeting eM last Tuursday at No. 25 Peun-yivania ave- LUE, @ Lumber of new members Were elecied. Gen. Ordway will muster the battery in about tue 15th a ‘The Congressional Library. ‘Trom the Architectural Weekly “Building.” June 30, We cannot but regret the action of Congress, which may delay work on the Congressional Library. ‘The resulution introduced by Mr. Kyan ‘was, to say the least, tll advised, and it must be a matter of surprise that 114 members could agree ‘o suspend work and have new plans submited. Senator Voorhees, who hus been chairman of the commitiee on aditional accommodations for the Ubrary, and to whos: efforts the purchase of astt~ and beginning of a structure are largely due, says the Senate Will never awent 10 a stoppage Of Us work. He says tuat, even should the building cost seven Or eight milion of dollars, the mouey could ot be more advantageously invested, Senator P Goek alzo says the Senate Wil uot consent House proposstivu, aod from the Orst an able and constaut’ iriew Library, will exert all ais intiueuce lo prevent a cessation of the work and change of plan. We be- lieve these gentlemen will Voice the Wish of tL intelligent portion of the community. such a Dullding, destined to be the depu-itory of books, he property of & nation yet in its tnfaacy, should De of BO mean propurtions. ‘The members of the commission think that it ts not reasonabie to expect a building which Is cop- | Biderably larger than tke State, War and Navy De- partment building to ve built tor two or ihre Inlilions When the Latter cust over $10,000,000. ‘Whatever erroneous ideas the members ot Con- Kress may have in regard wo the total cust of tne P Duliding, it 13 claimed by tue com- Tulssioh they were not derived frou ‘The commission, bowever, proposes pieve at present only’ the west Of the building and the rotunda, with the adj. ook depositories, deeming that suilicient acc qmodatioa ior the Library just now. Attu Fest of the butiding couid be Nnished as It Was estimated that thts portion of Would cost, in addition to What Das already bea expended, “over $200,000. The excavation bas Deen made for tue entire building, and Ls tract for the concrete is also tor tue entire area of tue | proposed structure. Kecent contracts fur tie stone | ‘work have only teen for the West front aud tue | Fotuoda, and 1 is thought that if the money is ade available that tus portion of tue buliding could be made ready for the Library im about two Yeurs Of course tue adoption of new plans now | Would entail a serious ioss on the country, ax Mr. | Clark, architect of the Capito! and a’ meu. Der Of the Lurary commission, has "pointed out, The granite aud some” other uate- Fial_ coutracted for can be in any Duild.ug that may be decerm but the granite will have tobe worked over ac cons siderable joss. The coniract for laying Ue cu rete foundation for the entire vultuing has bec Jet, abd Mr. Clark ls reported as saying that if 4s Anpulled of cours the contractor must be con 3; that Ht might not be necessary to pay ihe Tuil amount of the contract, Dut whatever is paid Wil be a dead lus, But outside tue question of direct loss, national should have Fegolutiod as that Introduced by Mr. Ryan. As we Jately and frequentiy bave had occasion to re mark, liveral expenditures in public buiaiings and aibother necessary pubite work, in View of the ut condition of our governmental finances, | would be not ouly good economy, but also tie ‘wisest policy as "regards ests of this great nation, and tu saying this we refer not aloue to our public Dulldings, but to we ecessities Of our Navy, the protection of our and the improvement of ‘and Water-courses, all of which need Mberal expenditure” of money, an ure Which Would redound W the best $Of the Whole country, not alone in te present but for all Ume Ample appropriations ‘such pi eswguid af once brute the tthe ease fas Wich which our Treasury ts bur Gened apa accelerate (he Wheels of ade turough- ut the land. ———_——+e+ _____ From Rockville, SNCREASE IN THE RATE OF TaxXaTION—4 HANDSOME ‘RESIDENCE CHANGES OWNEXS—STATE TEACHES’ AS (SOCLATION—MT. PLEASANT CHURCH TO Be DEDICATED. Rock vinta, July 6, 1888, ‘The tax rate for the present year in this county Bas been fixed by the cousty commissioners at $1.10 on the $100, a Increase of 2 cents over iast year’s rate. ‘Tue handsome residence of Commodore Badger, adjacent to the fair grounds, has been sold by Couke D. Luckett to Mra. Jane R Coawise tor cash. survey of this town, becun on Monday last, the Limits embrace 640 shows that the corporate lit ce G40 acres "Mount Pleasant M. & Church South, near Dick- erson’s station, will Le dedicated on Suaday, 8th fast. Bisuop Willson and Rev. J. il. Boyd, of ‘Roanoke, Va, will cunduct the services, ‘DUMbeEF Of leachers of this county Will atiend alcolors, Inthe Army | nd | | report of tho Commissioners for 1st, revented the passage of suca a | our har. | | PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. Col, Wilson’s Estimates for the Next Fiscal Year. Col, Jno. M. Wilson, Commisstoner of Public | Butidiogs and Grounds, tn his annual report to | Uhe Chief of Engineers, gives in detail the number | of plants aud trees of various kinds handied by | him ‘for decorative purposes during the year. | About 5,200 plants were placed under giass tn the | greeuhouses for winter bloom, During the spring | months about 350,000 ornamental follage and | Bowering plants were set outin the parks, The | Grounds under Col, Wilson's supervision cover an | area of 413% acres, divided into 331 reservations, and scattered over various sections “of the city. | Of these reservations 57 are highly improved, 47 | Partially lioproved, and 227, covering an area Of about 713g acres, remain entirely unimproved. |, 2ae estimates for the next Mscal Year are as Dliows: Ose public Gardener, $2,000; one elerk in -g" of old pubite Fecords of Washington, $1,500; telegraph operator, $1,000; Overseers, foremen. draughismen, mechanics, and laborers, $30,000; day watchine’n at Lafayette and Franklin Squares, $720; oue daY Watchinan at Marion and Folger Squures, $660; for Improvement of grounds north of the Exeeutive Mansion, $2,500. Tt is proposed to remove the old broke) asphalt Walks, now in ¥ery bad condivion, and to replace them with new | material; to resurface the old roadway leadi Irom the wala road to the green-house, ‘wor! Will consist of constructing about 960 square yards of paths and resuriacing about 1,000 square yards of roadway. For improving, gracing, and maintaining | grounds ‘south of the Executive’ Mansion, $4,000. Grading and itproving Monument grounds, $5,000. Laying asphalt walks in various reservations, $5.00). For improving and maintaining parks, $20,000. |‘ Smitthsonian grounds, $8,000. Judiciary Square, $7,000, For lodges for park watcamen in ‘. Vernon, Iowa, DuPont, Thomas, Mc~ nd Folger Squares, $5,000. Supplying nsion Office With plants and shrubs, $1,000, For painting and repair and refurnishiny Executlve Mansion, $16,000. For grading at necessary Tepairs ‘to greeunouse, $5,000. For erecting seven lamp-posts in ellipse south of EX~ ecutive Mansion electric lights, $1,000. For | electric lights, $1,785.50. For replacing the over- | head Wires between tue Capitol and tue Depart | ments with & dupiteate underground cable, seonoenin ‘The Railroad Problem. | To the Editor of Tue EvexIN Stam, « | _ As the action of the Senate on this vexed ques tion is soon to be had, it 1 desirable that all the ligt possible should be bad on it, The one ques- | ton of paramount interest 18 how to give the railroads the necessary terminal facilities and reieve Cur streets from obstruction. I take it that we all realize the absolute necessity of the presence of the railroads, and that everyboay 1S desirous that they should have even better Yeruinal faculties than tuey now have—the only quesidoa being how to give them that and afford Tehet lo tue ‘streets “Every one can see that the present Baltimore and Potomac depot ts not what tuey suould have, because ail trains have to enter and leave by Oue harrow passageway, so that even how it Is necessary to be CousianUy shifting brains i order lo get in And out, aud in a few years, with the natural increase of "trains, It will be much » it Will be greatly Lo the advantage pany Lo Change Lieir depot to some pulat e tal duLiculty Wi be overcome. ‘This can ne by locating On The squares at the Inter. a of Virginia and Marylaud avenues, as pro- Peet by (the Morrill bul; OF, better sully by | locating on the three squares’ between 3d” ant ju 4% streets, fronting om Maryland avenue, Ose great "advantage of wis Litter location Would’ be that the ground floor uf the depot would be on a le to WILL Lue tracks, Instead of 15 Tet above Liem, as it must be If located at intersection of Virginia and Maryland avenues, of course, “that the UaekS are to Dé Sunk at Cie jatter point so the road can De Dri over, und Wuick Mi, Barbour, chairman of toe Distiiet committee tWo years ako, at We hearing Stated Uaai Mr. Scott had offered to do two years beioe, and Whicu one of their officers this Winter id Chey could and were wiillug to do, Such & cuange Would reileve the Mall, open 6th street, uubie the tracks Wo be bridged Over on the Mue of Guu and other parallel strovis, and at the same Ume give Che company fur better fachitles tuan 1t how Las, and would Ue Just as conventeut tor the PUDLC 4S Lue preseut depot. Ik necessary, tue lve res between 2d aud 4g and Virglola and Yland avenues might be used tor te two Pouds Of Course a sligut change Would be made | ln the lines of the street ears vo carry them to the Uepots, and these Would be 2d, 3d, aud 43y streets, au opel aud clear for carriaxes to aud trou the Gepots aud Peubsylvapia aveaue, only a couple of squaces distant. In tat case any number ot tacks coud be Fun thiough or along both sides of the depous, us greatly Increasing’ tue fuctiities: lor arnVal and deparvure of trains, as in tae N. Y, Central depot; aud Cue great advantage of paving the dep. ton’ a ievel with the tracas, Of itseit | is sufficient (decide (he mtver to favor of that locaton. Anotuer advantage would be that it Would Ue so much nearer Lielr round-house and Uae yards for siorlug cars, walling trans, &. thers € being any amount of ground south of tue tol ual cau be had cheap for sucu purposes, > plats, With the siukiug 0: Lhe tracks, would be fh cheaper Lah Uhat proposed by Sor Twine biuys report, aud as The company Would be paid Tor the preset depot there ca be Do Objection OD Uuat pola ‘Tuat company nas expended about $1,000,000 “to get Uarougis Baltimore, and. It cer Talay ought not to object to tue expeuditure of cae-tuitd us Milich OF less WO Secure 4 passage and improved Lermiual tacilides for all tine at the balioual capital. Wuether hey object or Bot Con gress ought Lo compel it As to tue Bulluuore and Onlo, when we had a flag last year on the Lud.ow vill, to tunnel at 9h Street east, after leaving Une coluuittee rou We had « long taik with tue engineer and counsel f tuat company, and they then inforined Us that ne geal pout With Cem Was Lo De permitted to Soutu ‘of Peunsyivania avenue and lo cross Tue Long bridge; tual if tue citizens would uelp them get that we migut locate thelr Gepot auy where between the Capitol and Long Dridge—nu watler Where, 90 Uaey Only GUL below Uwe Avenue. We assured thea we Wouid do ali we could Wo aid them, DUC never Would consent LO Lun nelug ab Ist street, as Uuey propesed, nor 6 | ther Crossing Delaware and Massachusetts ave- nue: nly, When tue matter was con sist Ciuz"u’s Association, they unani- mo 1 the Baltimore and Galo suould be permitted Lo gu souta of Une Avenue, but that Jof tunnedng tue Hilt they should go east 4 frou Uhat position neither © local axsuciutiogs nor Uke Committee Of Une Hundred has ever varied, thous many individuals Would preter Liat they’ should be permitted to cross ob the ue of 3d str et rather than have tuelr traeks remain as they now are. But now that company, While asking Us great boon of get- ting souta of Penusy.vanla avenue and crossing te Long bruige, OF, as Luey Express Kt, being PUL ua an Waal Louig Wik Weir TVal, the Penbsyivania cumpauy, in all particulars, refuse to accept the boou Wee ollered, unless Al is permitted Ww Ko ou ad street! Not ouly Unat, butit has the iinpu- dence to Say to Che Seuate committee tuat It It moves at all It must be paid for doing 50, and Uiat if itean’t have its uwa way oa bot these points It will stay Where 1% 4s in spite of Cougress apd tue ettlzens combined! Why Uist company should insist on tun- | ncliug the Mii, Wen, as its engineer admits, | the rate east Of Lath Street Is so much cheaper, | is Very strance. On this point Capi. Green, in une fe 145, Says: “The difference in Cost would te. very , One (Via Eastern Branch) invowing a tunnel OV feel, Wuick, on the basis subuillted by Woe Twiling, would cost about $200,000; and he other (a 4 street), requiring a lunnel of 5,000 feet, cComtiing $00,000," sah excess of $400,000, Oi course, to tuiibet at sd Street would re-uee Une cost about $200,000, Dut even that would wake the tunneling Of tie Lill cost $400,000 more than Via tue basvera Braucl. Why that company in its preseut condition should tuaist On tis more expensive route Is Indeed strauge, and we Legin UW suspect Ubat it does not want or Latend to move at all at preseat. IC begins to look more as though, i Wanted Uo secure a iranchisé to sell than any- Unlag else. As tw tunneling at Sth or any street east of 34, as was been proposed, IL cannot be done on ac! | count of the sewers On 5th street the Bouudary sewer Is only 7 feet Velow the su | aud ou G street there 18a Gut sewer only 10 Jeet below the surface, and which as it descends Lo Uwe West, comes nearer the surface the farther we go task Now, as at Sth and Gthe truck coud be depressed only 8 oF 9 feel, how could tt cross tue track of the ‘street ralirad on H street — adjotmng? It cannot go under H because of the sewer on G, and At CanBOL go OVer IL, Unless Mt runs on grade from | Bouudary ail the way tw E, tus crossing eight oF | niue streets ou grade, wuich vertainly cannot be | Wolerated, At Oth street east 1 would cross six Streets ob grade, at 116 five streets, apd at 12th | the same number, and besides could’ not get under cover ai Maryiaid avenue. It wil therefore be seen Unat It 1s not possible for the Baltimore end Ohio Wo cross at any point east of 3d $ret, and it | cannot cross there Without raising ewmbankinents | trou aine to twelve feet nigh oa the Various sureets | Where they are Wo be bridged over It, Incit H street Witu its street raliway. In view Of these | facts, It Would seu that the Only thing for Con- | grees to do i to compel the Baltimore aad Onto to ko via eru Branch as has been unitormly Urged by the Citizens’ WwW. D | w Written for Tue EVextxe STAR, | There are strange lights around usif we would but poet | The lily holds her tiny caudle up, ‘Whose light burus low within ite fragrant cup, Formed out of living pearl; the mystery Of suns is in the flashing blade of grass, Which shines and darkeus as the licht winds pass: ‘The ruse burns into flawe, and, ailemtly, ‘The moss rays out its lire of pale green light, Like stars that shine by day, and softly bright A radiance glisteus trom each flower and tree. There are strange hear: ‘They murmur in the winds which come and go ‘Where'er they list, and whisper in the flow Of dark, still waves and goutly, faintly near In brooks that ripple to the wider streama, ‘The stleuce of ail Loncly places seeme To speak # language to the listening ear, ‘And lo! from ont the dreamy solitude Of shadow, in the darkening, leaty wood, . ‘Voices everywhere, could we but REAL ESTATE MATTERS, The Expansion of the Suburbs of the City—New Railway Lines Chartered by Congress. ‘The amusement resources of the country about Washington was pretty well tested on the 4th of July. Such » large proportion of the citizens Went out of the city to spend thet holiday that the expression “everybody went” 1s almost justi flea, They found what they went out to enjoy—a Quiet, pleasant day in the country, ‘There were fiends to visit, and there were the attractions offered in the Various little towns within a radius Of 15 oF 20 miles, all about the city. Those who have not given the matter much attention were nO doubt surprised, as they passed along in the cars, to see handsome iittle villages where they Temembered fields and forests a few years back. There might also de seen the deginnings of new settlements and the freshly-painted houses of the Pioneers. ‘The tmportance of nis suburban devel- Opment, as well as its extent, is indicated by the elaborate pamphlets which all the raliroads lead ing out from tnis city have issued, These publica- Uons xive brief descriptions of the various places and set forth the advantages they offer to those Tro contemplate establishing homes out of the city, Along the Metropolitan Brauch of the Baltimore ‘and Ohio road there are nineteen stations between here and Gaithersburg, a distance of 2134 intles ‘The pretty depot buildings at Takoma, Forest Gien and Gaithersburg are sketched to illustrate and make attractive the pages of the railway ulde book. ‘There are sixteen stations on the ashington Branch as far as Laurel, a distance of 173 miles trom this city. The depots at Hyattsville nid Laurel are used to illustrate the style of arc: laces are graaualy growing 10 popuiatfon, and ually grow! aN the’ ‘accommodations “offered for ‘suminet "Guat ters are increasing. The many favorable sites along the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad are being utilized for dweilings, and the popu- lation ‘shows great advances during the Rast, few years, In Loudouw County, Van, the ‘ashington aud Ohio Division of the Ricuihond and Danville Raliroad connects this city_ with Some nineteen towns between here and Round Hill, adistance of about 50 miles Tne hand- book issued by the raliroad company gives a good idea of the importance of tats suburb. People are also finding resorts along the Itoe of the Virginia Adland 4s far a8 Warrenton Juncuion and beyond, In fact, che country all about the city 1s being transformed into places of regort, where the resi- dents of the city cam escape from che heat of the ety. SUBURBAN STREET RAILWAYS, Twosuburdan rallway companies have been chartered by Congress during the present session. One of the companies is authorized to run @ line | trom Boundary at the head of Connecticut avenue along Columbia and down Woodley Lane’ to Woodley Park and beyond, Be | ginning at 7th street. and New | York avenue, the tracks of the other company, which will te’ known as the Eckingtun and Soldiers’ Home R. R. Co., will extend aloug New York ave nue to Boundary, then through the extended | streets of “Eckington” to 3d street, out the later to street, wutcn ts algo extended, and thence by 4th street, ‘tothe grounds of the new Catnolle Uni- Versity, "A lime. will also be run up 1st Street,” from New York avenue to the Soldier’ Home and along the avenue which Will be opened at the south bounds of Che grounds. Eiectricity will be tue motive power used by the latier company. | ‘The system of over- head wires will be adopted, Bills authorizing | other ratiway Itnes in and out of the eity are now Pending, aud it 1s thought that tn tue rush of the closing days of the session possibly one or perhaps two of Lhese bills may ve squeezed throug, | A RAILNOAD COMPANY BUYS A TRACT _ LAND. | The Baitimors and Onto Ratiroat Co, have re- | cently purchased about fifteen acres of land lying on the edge of Boundary, just west of New York avenue extended. Thirteen acres of this lund was Known as the Germania Schuetzen Park. The purchase vorders on the dpe of the Metropolitan Branch and ts within @ short distance of 3d street east where it has been proposed to run the tracks of the Bal- Umore and Oulo Co, in case the plan for a union | depot in South Washington meets with the ap- Proval of Congress, “It 13 supposed that the loca- Uon Will be used as ashe for buliding a freyht depot and for otner ra.iroad purposes in case the | company 4s compelled vo remove from its present eg | im Prince George County. | WASHINGTONIANS BUYING SUBURBAN PROPERTT— | PERSONAL NOTKS PROM LAUHEL AND RLAEWHEMK | Correspoudenee of Tur Evawrxo Stan. HYATTSVILLE, Mp., July 6. Mr. LD, Wine has, within wirty days, made a | number of sales of lots from te land owned by | Rim adjoining fis residence, Ravenwood. Mr. Marcel Peiourd, of the English legation, nas | Bought lots 29 and 30, tn square B, for $1,200. Mr | Charles McAleer, of the same legation, bas pur- | chased lov 31, in Same square, for $500, Mr. Alva | Thompson, of New York, hus taken i0t3 19 and 20, | in square F, at $580. Mr. H. A. Drury, of tue Post: Office Department, has bought lots 8, 9 and 10, 1n square D, and is erecting 2 handsoie residence | Wlereon. "Mra, Mary C, Tricow takes lots 16, 17, | 1s and 19, (oF $1,000, upon Jackson avenue, aud 1s | erecting iso a tlhe Louse thereon, Mr. Alvert H | Kannode, of tue Westera Union, Will build at | Ouce upon lots 33 and 4, tn square B, for which he paid $1,000. Dr. G. A. Richardson, of Western Maryland, who has ent-red into partnership with Dr. Weiis, has purchased for $1,000, lots 24 and 26, Jn square'C, and will erect thereod a handsome nce. “Mr. B. H. Warner has purchased of | Mr. Wine an entire. blocs sor §3,600, which he 1s ‘how subdividing for Vullding sites. ’ Opposite the | Reform Scnool, upon the Wasbington pike, Mr. To. | Dias Valvert has vuilt and reuted twelve new houses. Straus & Co,, the florists, in addition vo their recent unproveiments, are now ul a handsoue residence near the Catholic cemevory upon the Washngton pike. ‘Among the Washingtonians who have recently purchaséd lots at Chariton Hetgnts are: C, C. Dun- canson, Miss Virgie Waugh, W. J. Hotaling, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Lipseomb, Miss Brass, ‘T. H. Sweeny, Miss i, Luif, Miss auth, Mr. Brill, Mr. Collius, Chas. Williams, Wm, Wiliams, Ed. Graves, Jno. M. Young, Amos Adains, Miss Lille Clabaugh, M. L, Head, Ciara Godey, Jno. Trainor, Chas, Duulap, EH. Studley, L. Stoner, E. Kennedy, K. Kavat nagh, L. Del Monte, Mrs. Kecier, Miss Jackson, B. ‘Tracy, B. MacAdam, P. Cunningham, Miss Doane, Mr. Stine, Mr. Benedict, Miss Burkley, Mr. Elo. K. F. Joyner, Jno, 5. dilller, RM, Johnson, T. D. Keleher, F. Wallin and Gibson. Contracts Tor building houses have been made with the company in many eases, while others will Duild for themselves, ‘The low taken are located upon the brow of the helzhts immediately facing the rai oad. Mr, Waugh has made a pian for bis own residence, son to be erected, that 18 2 model tn convenience, Mr, and Mrs F. C. Adams, of New York, have taken a cottage upon Washington avenue, Laurel The Misses Cooper, of Wasuington, are guests of De. Billard. “Wm. Jas, Whiteside, of the Signal Qttce, so Lay el for we summer. Mis Fiore ark Wal ington, 18.4 guest at Mont; Ler, the nome of Col. Davis. Pe ‘A'democratic club was organized Wednesday at Laurel with over one hundred members enrotied, Mr. Kicbard Wallach was elected chairman, and Geo. W. Waters secretary, Messrs, Snowden, Boud, and Mulstend, the old bourd gf trustees for tne Laurel scuoul, have been rea Kev. John Rose and F, M. Bowie have t $7,000 worth of new 5 per cent bonds offered by the county on Tuesda: THE TOWN TO HAVE BLROTRIC LIGHTS—AN EARTH- QUAKE SHOCK 1¥ THE COUNTY—WASHINGTONIANS SUMMERING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. Haauxatown, July 6, 1888. Hagerstown will soon come out of her darkness, For years the belated pedestrian was only enabled to use the sickly eoal ofl lights which Mickered on the corners as “beacon lights” to steer by, but Bow all is to be changed, and we are to have our city wit the electric ght The plant isin Position, Ube poles erectad and wires strung, and in a few days. everything will be in readiness, ‘There will be sixty arc lights tor street pu: costing $5,000. "OUF elt zeus feel somewbne proud rer this happy consummation of & question that has agitaced the comipuaity loud and long. ‘The formation of campalgn clubs in this county seems to be the order of the day. Within the ‘Weex @ Harrison and Motvon Club bas been tormed in Hagerstown, and a Cleveland end Thurman Club at Wililainsport. Tue warm weather does not seem in the least to cool the ardor of the average coun! iclan, Residents of the lower part of this county were startled Thursday evening by what they think Mas an earthquake, A loud nolse, as if. aa explo- sion, followed by & dull, rumbithg sound, fright. the Windows were shaken, aad houses aud barns roskes Ue gnd fro for @ briel space of ume. ‘The vibration passed {rota norta to souta, Wasuinglonians continue to seek the cool shades: of tuis county. MPA Coulton and her two he vera are at the Biue Mountain House; Messrs. Er- rick B and John Dahigren, students’ at —— town College, are spending their vacation with their mother on South Mountain; Mra Amanda Howard is at “Gapland,” the romantic home of Sabi raasuee Setaghee are iu,” Hi town; Mr. Raleigh at 5 and Messrs, Wil Coy apa ‘Schafer at the “Manor,” along ——>—__. Fer the Eye of the Bailreaa Compa a To the Fattor of Tux Evaxixe Stan: Thave watched Tar Stax for some time expect- ing the insertion of “special rates for the Cincin- nati Exposition,” but thus tar the “ad.” nas failed to appear. Cam you inform the pubile whether reduced is inteRded, and, if 90, che IN SUMMER ATTIRE, How Congressmen Seek Comfort in Hot Weather, A RAGR FOR SEERSUCKERS AND PANS AT THE CAPI- TOL—FLANNEL SHIRTS ON THE PLOOR OF THE ROUSE—VESTLESS LEGISLATORS—PERSONAL PECU- LIARITIEG VIEWED FROM THE GALLERY. Congress has bogun to wilt. Members have as- sumed the attitude and attire of summer; the gal- leries are nearly empty, and a few extra turns per ‘second are given tothe fans that pump air into the chambers. ‘There is no pretense to dignity, 1mpressiveness or grace in the attitude of a perspiring Congress- man. There is no attempt to preserve the bearing of a statesman. When the collar Degins to wilt, all the stiffness gets out of the Statesman’s neck, The most dignified sinks, imp and languid down in his chair and fans himself with the corpulent calendar, Governor Long Carries a palm-leat fan and en- eavors to compel the cool draugats through a ‘Vest and trousers of crinkley seersucker. His coat 48 of a heavier material, STILL THE BEST DRESSED MAX. A monthago the dapper member from Pitts- Burg, Mr. Dalzell, was Muted by his tailor with Several beautiful light-colored suits of thin woolen material, which looked as if it had paid tribute to American infant industry, For maay days he Was the envy of his colleagues, His vest was heatly buttoned up, his collar stiff, and no wrinkles showed tn the soft gauzy But now he has discarded the vest. ‘Tuere 18 4 sus- Picion of bagging at the knees of his trousers, the Coat ts wrinkled about the arm-holes and sagging # little at the shoulders. Collar and shirt (ront struggle to test the stability of starch. Still as he sits and fans htwseit with a white hem-sutched handkerchief, he looks the best dressed man in the House. «HIS COLLEAGUE, MR, CHAS. O'XBILL, has a sult that looks like @ compromise between & Mosquito net and gunny-bagging. Close inspec tion discovers it to be a more expenstve material And (n all particulars appropriate to the tempera- ture. “It ts of a Light coffee Drown with big mesues Ehyongn which he driveg lutce puts of alr with & vhinese fan. | He siniles as he tans, and bis W! Jeie ts undisturbed, FLANNEL-SHIRT MEX, Amos Cummings has had the courage to get in- Side of a pretty flannel shirt fastened in front with Ugut Ue of Chinese silk, Over this he wears an alpaca coat of adelicate slate color, sitting in front of placid Mr. Holman, who shakes a long Anger argumentatively in his tace, he look as “un- dress” and comfortable as it lying on the sands of Couey Island, He and Mr, ‘Kean were for & While tho only men besides the chief Page who dared to wear Luis comfortable Costume in the House. ‘The chief page can, Of course, take greater liberties with the dignity of ‘the House than can a member, and he Wears a pink striped blazer ove? his fanbel shirt, MreBuckalew Wears an alpaca coat, Dut It 18 of lighter shade aa firmer oud line, and with It 18 a white shirt front and a vest. Mr. Springer has douned a thinner sack-coat and. seeioy vite, Dut tke red rose stil stays unwilved " ‘The yellow seergucker coat worn Dy Mr. Ander- Son, of Kansas, looks wrinkled und mauist. Andersob, of Liltuols, with the absence of hair ou the top of his ead, and in a canary-col- Ored coat and vest of featherweight material, & White Ue and varn-down collar, manages to keep toierably cool by sitting still Hatch was douued a” comtortable-look striped seersucker coat and vest, iil A DESPERATE FANNER. Mr. Darlington, who is very fat, and used to a Cool climate, has taken to one of ‘those old-fash- toned black alpaca coats, fastened with one but- ton, and showing the waite shirt above and below. He reads all the Pennsylvania newsoapers each day, He sits leaning buck ta his chair, with & Rewspaper in one hand, a palm-leat tub io tue Other, und beads of perspiration stand oa bis brow. ‘Tue fan that cools ulm shakes the paper, and every now wud thea he drops tue newspaper 4u wis Lap, runs ls lagers vack Uurougn hls suuck Of gray air, and Cans desperately for a moment. MR. RUSSELL, OF MASSACHUSETTS, shows himself equai to tbe trial of beat as well as to all other emergencies that arise, He ts one of the very few who sulll bold to a standing collar. Lis collar ts stiff and shiny, adorned with a bow OF blue rivbon, WiLH @ coat dnd vest oF seersucker and Wrousers Gf I\gut material, be looks a§ CuO] a8 Sprlug tune, and doesn't carry a tan, r. Burus has Laken off his vest, opened his coat as Wide as possible and pulled up the sleeves, Me Settles his bulky form in his chair and keeps a Dig Paln-lcaf tau ih constant motion, Mr McComas has discarded Lis vest and man- ges to look neat and mot over waru Ina Cll, nt suit. His turn-down $n Shape, 2i.. yuan Wears & White Vest, a narrow shoe- String Uc, and @ black alpaca Goat thal sows Vance, of Connecticut, h a ce, of Connecticut, has abandoned his vest and siufs bis haudserculet down lis neck wo provect his culiar. His neyabors tacetiously ob- Ject to the proxiinity of ws warm-Uuted halt on “einer 1. Dorsey Wears a yellow Japanese ailk coat and biwk aud wulte-cieckered trousers, Mr. Ly wan Weurs his vest uubulloued and looks wilt long black alpaca Mr. Kilgore has taken toa Coat and waite vest buttoued at tie bottom ony. Mr. Hauk ts used Wo hot climate, and his WhILs West aud collar iook No nore wusi2d Whats ust sl ‘aysou's weersUcker cout a wrinkled with neat, it badheea ate ir. Romers hangs his gold glasses atch chal to white vest. isthe = r. Fuller's spring Suit looks hot and sagyy. ar. Keed envelopes lis rovundily in a checkered ‘seersucker Coat and yest. ie _ OTHER FLANNEL SHIRTS. Mr. Kean, of New Jersey, who ts regarded as au- thority in matters of dress, wears a flannel shirt ‘and no vest. His thin alpaca coat hangs loosely, ¢ateling any stray breeze that may come hts way. His wateh chain hangs from the waist band oF is trousers, wutcu are leid up by a bell. His Ue 1s a four-in-and, and hangs straigut down the froat OF tue soft, Weiukiluy shirt. Messrs. Payson and Harmer appeased iw Nannel shirts of nue vexvure Messrs. Mansur, Dargan, Cann Till. meee, Mansur, Dargan, on, Laird, Till ‘Anderson, of lows a om ja, gO Without ‘Mr. McAdoo has assumed a turn dow and coat of Irisa linen, oi : mires nding cul have been pretty abandoned in the House, anda tow’ meu nate, famous tor their neatuess, such a8 Campbell, of Onio, McKeuna, Felton, abd Litt, make any’ ef- fort to preserve ‘the periect arrangement of thelr ature. ihe summer attitude of Congress is that Of abject weariness, Fans, newspapers, and & Variety Of pampmets ure’ kept constantly in motion to stir up tne air, and members mop pele tacos with a ansety of uandkerchtets (rom rN ‘striped emolem of “Harrison nd provecuion,” a —————se0—____ france as @ Menace to European Peace. ‘The Berlin correspondent of the London Daily News says: Prince Bismarck, in conversation with, Several members of the upper house of the Prus- slap diet, expressed his opinion that peace would not be disturbed unless other powers provoked a war. He had no such fear of Russia. He firmly convinced that the former differences be. tween Germany and Russia would be complevely Settled. He wisbed he could feel the same coufi- dence in France, In France, however, he added, tie nexpected might happen at any tude. The Areus Zeitung ways Prince Bismarck has indu.ed Russla to abondon detinively the idea of making an alliance with France, A Fashionable Envelope, ‘From the New York Sun, ————e0— Betirea system Evils, ‘From the Philadelphia Press. It was at Harvard Class Day, and as she had ravishing gown, she Was in @ blissful frame of mind. Besides, she was almost as, ‘Tom OUT-LUCKED. Washington Again Defeated by Pitte- burg. OTRER GAMES YESTERDAY—THS CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD—WHAT THR WASHINGTONS HAVE BEEN DOING—NEW MATERIAL TO BE SECURED. Manager Sullivan has signed Tug Arundel catcher, formeriy of the Indianapolis Club. This Undoubtedly means the release of Murray, who has falled to come up to expectations, He is too tender tocatch O'Day’s swift delivery. There is not the slightest question about Arundel’s Dall playing abilities, He has not been in great de- mand because he was a dificult man to handle. As Manager Sullivan managed him for two years without: the = slightest qaiMculty while others fafled, he (Sullivan) has no fears of his not proving a valuable man. O'Day was anx- fous to have him signed, tn order that he might ave a back-stop In whom he had confidence, and this fact Was an added reason. Deasiey’s accident and Murray's inability rendered another catcher an immediate necessity, It is expected that by Monday Pitcher Shaw will have signed a Washington contract, and will then be given an opportunity tp show that he has not Jost his old time cunning “In the box. Two years ago he was one of the crack pitchers of the coun- Uy, and Done filled the position better, The return to the three strike rule it is Uhought willenabie him to retrieve his reputation. At any rate another Pitcher 1s. a necessity, and Saw may fi! the DIL. ‘anager Sullivan does'not intend to. be satisiied with thes changes, but 1s making every effort to improve the team in other directions, It 1s prob- abie that there will be some surprises next week. ‘ HOW THE GAME WAS LOST. Knell ts the sugzestive name of the young Calt- fornian who pitchea for Pittsburg in the post- poned game with the Senators yesterday. The ame went to the men of the Smoky City, 3. to 2, cause Washington had ali the hard luck. At Jeast that ts what it looks like when a club makes Just as many Dits as their opponents and the same number of errors, and yet fails to win. |The batte. ries were Koell aud Carroll and Whitney and Mack. The new twirler was effective at times, but quite wild, sending seven men to first on balls. ‘The Senators had men on second and third, with no one out, several times, ut could not bring them home, " It was the old Story of an inabliity to bat when batting would havecounted, Shoch made two errors at short. Pittsburg made 7 hits and 4 errors, and the Senators made the same. Wiimot led the batting, with a single and a tiple. Whitney failed to strike out a man, Indianapolis Won an eleven-inning game from Philadelpaia, 9 to & Casey and Sanders and Clements, and Boyle and Myers and Buckley were the batteries, In the niath, with the score 8 to 4, ‘the Phillies made a spurt and pulied up toa tie, In the eleventh Denny knocked the bail out of the lot for a tome run and won the game. The Hoosiers made 12 hits and 7 errors, aud the Philues 11 hits and 8 errors, ASSOCIATION GAMES, At Kansas City—Kansas City, 6; Baltimore, 3. At St. Louls—Brooklyn, it. Louis, 2. At Cincin- nati—Cinctnnati, 9; Athietics,& At Loulsville— Louisville, 6; Cleveland, 3. TRE CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD, League, Won. Lost.) Association, Won. Lost. Chicago: 18 | Brookiyn..... 20 Detroit... 21 | St. Lout 18 New York. 24 | Athletics, ... 21 Boston .... 3327 | Cincinnatt.... cae Philadeiphia.. 29° 27 | Baltimore,.... 27 31 Pittsburg . 19 84 | Cleveland./..) 19 38 Indlanapoiis., 20 | Loutsvities"!) 19 40 Washington.. 18 38 | Kansas Clty. 17 38 TOR WEEK'S RECORD, ‘The past week hus been as favorable as the first Week of the trip abroad. That is, tue team has | secured one victory, and for that everybody 1s thankful. The fact that there were tnree attend- ant defeats 1s, of course, deplorable, but not unex. pected. On Monday the Giunts of Gotham took a Scalp from the Senatorial head by U re of 6 10 2. O'Day and Deasley aud Keele and Ewing were the batieries, ‘The Statesmen could nov bat. On the morning of the Glorious Fourth Gilmore | twirled the Dall for Washington and the Pittsbu club took a victory, 14 to 0," The Statesmen coul not bat. Morris Was the other pitcher. On Thurs. | day the men from Washington squeezed turough | & knotuole and won, 3 to 2 ODay and Morris | Were the plichers, In (hese Tour games the Sena- tors made 18 bits and 13 errors Lo 44 bits and 16 errors by thelr opponents, Noes. John Irwin, late of Washiugton, has been signed by Wilkesbarre. There tsa probability that the home manage- ment may yet secure the services of Pitcher Shaw. Manager Sullivan now has entire aud uualded | control of the team, with authority to sign play- ers, He ts now gunning for pitchers. Will White, iate of Loulsvulle, played with the St. Louis teain yesterday. ‘The Pallas club defeated the Richmonds once more yesterday; score 9 10 4 ‘The Senators begin a seres of games with De- | troit to-day. They will play three games there and wilt be doing more than well If they get one, | Prealdent Young has decided not to. accept air, Valentine's resignation as umpire of the League. | He said yesterday that Valentine 1s too good a man to let slip tbrougy bis fingers, and that he hus | Vol Mr. Valeutine that he will not hear of his re- Signing. He recently received a letter Irom Presi- dent Nimick to the effect that Valentine's umpir- dng tn Indianapolls was us fulras he had ever Seen. jurdock has been signed by srooklyn. ‘Tue clubs of the American Association have de- Cided against a reduction of the Mtvy cent tariff. ‘The attendance at twenty-seven home gauics on the Boston grounds was 136,000, divided sub- Stantlally as follows: Philadeipata, 23,000: In- dianapolls, 22,000; Plutsburg, 16,000; ’ Detroit, 300; Clitcago, 33,500; New York, 11,600; Wasi Angton, 6,500. -asiey .s nursing his broken thumb. He will report here next week, Now tbat the captain of the Pittsburg Base Ball Club has had his Jaw broken, ne has uotuing vut nds and feet left to play ball witu.—Chicago jadelphta- Athletic team disgraced them. selves in Cincinat. Capt. Larkin and Weich Were fued $50 by Umpire Doescher for objecting to his decisions tu obscene language and disgracetul actions, and Pitcher Weyulug Was flued §200 for leaving the box and refusing to pitch, It is said Unat Uomediately ufter the game Umplre Doescuer ‘Yevegrapied bis resignation Lo President Wikolt. BOOKS OF THE WEEK. THE NATIONAL REVENUES: A.collection of Papers by. Aterieun Economista, “Es ited by ALuENe Haw, Ph.D,, author of “Cooperation in # Westeru City,” “learia—a Chapter iu he History of Com- outlian,* ete, with au Tutroduction, aad. ah Ape peudix of Stutistical ‘Lables. Cuicago: A.C. Me- Ciurg & Co, Washington: Kobert Beall, FOR FIFTEEN YEARS: A Seauel to “The Steel Ham- mer.” By Louis ULBaow, autvor of “Madame G.aselin” ete. Transiated from the ch oy B Wirtatimer rappiotou's “Eon aud coautey ‘Library—No. 3. ew hork: D, Appleton & Co, A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION, By Lucas Mater, uni ot "Cole Rasenby's Wien Sion tore ner,” ete tom's. Town and Cor bear >No. 47" New Work: D. Appleton & Co. ~ THE SILENT WITNESS. By Mrs J. H. Watworrs, wutuor of ‘he Bar Sinister,” etc. etc, [Cassels “Kainbow" erie.) New York: Casseil & Co. ‘Wasuiugton: A. », witherbee & Co. ODDS AGAINST HER. By Mancaret Rvase.t Mac- PAMLANE author of “Lhe Maye ul w Nene ies icasvell's Suusniue Series, Now.) “New York: Gas: belle Co. Washington: A. ke Withervee & Cu, THE. BOROURANES ca Alona R mA the Epocwess author of “Molly Bawa. . ete evs ‘Philadeiphia: J. 8. Lippincott Co. wi? UDITH CARSON; or, WHIOM was THE HEIRESS? TORI Gtare, Rochester: Bie Audeewas Waa inion: W. HL Morrlootk BACHELOR'S WEDDING TRIP. n ‘Phiiwtelphia; The Peu Publishing: ATERNITY. A Romance, [Macuuillan's Summer wae Library.) New York: Macmillan & Co. see ‘The Head in Mot Weather. A VETERAN EAST INDIAN TELLS HOW AMMRICANS IN Vite SUNSTROKE. Before Captain Crovkhart assumed command Of Lhe steamship Devonia he served many years as. first oflcer on steamers plying through the Medi. terranean and Suez Canai to East Indian porta, On his last trip to New York he chatted with a New York World reporter about the hot weather and frequent, records Of prostrations aud sun- strokes (ound in the newspapers uere during’ Use ‘Lorrid summer months, “It 1s astonishing,” said he, “that _s people so Practical and scivalitic as the Americans should it Uhis evil Wo go 80 long unchecked, for the By Uresecy. cbt Hiwsrzy. Yast majority of sunstrokes areeasiiy preventable by ection head, AlnOst everyman fineet in New York bas his. bait Bury the Wires, from York Tieitow in time 40 tho women contrive to make the Sowers on their bonnets stand up ao straight? she—Why, don’t you know? They are mounted on Wires, fk | Uke oi | creased ta & | added to bead then on, THE STORY OF THE SHIP, Strange Craft from All Parts ef the AN INTERESTING COLLECTION AT THE MATIONAL MUSEUM—HOW THR MODERN SHIP RAS BEEN EVOLVED—SEORETS OF NAVIGATION KNOWN BY RUDE SAVAGES—TRE PURITAN AND VIKING SHIP. When a boy who lives near any boafot water gets his first jackknife, ten to one the first thing he makes with it 13a Doat, and in hig miniature boat building he will advance by about the same Stages that have marked the progress of the ‘World, since the time When a rudely constructed raft represented the highest achievement in naval architecture, There is a department of he Na- tional Museum that would delight any rightly | constituted boy, or man, either, for a man never outgrows his boyhood interest in boats and ships and the mysteries of navigation. Tats department tells the story of the ship. It 1s not a written or printed story, but one told by the collection of rafts, canoes, Catamarans, and ships that fills a large exibition hail, Some of the craft are of full | size, While others, that Would be Loo Lange for exhl- Dition thdoors, ure represented by models pertectin every detail and measurement. Hundreds of boats from aj] parts of the globe are collected tere. Chinest Junks, South Sea catamarans, Greenland kyaks, Square-pullt, Dutcb fishing vessels, and graceful Gioucester schooners seem to be sulllng after oue another in this circling procession of Doats that streteves around the hall, Beautiully modeled square-rigged ships, with ‘all salls. $e and palatial ocean steamers made on the scale ol a doil-bouse, seem ready for a cruise on a winla- ture sea, Placed against te wails or suspended from the celliug are many boats of full size, Just as they are used by he natives of the lands’ from which they were brought, ranglug tn order of size from @ Uny corracie from india toa creat warcauoe ‘owned by some Indian euief on the Northwest coast. Parts of the story that cannot be told by mode, are indicated by drawings or photographs, show- ing teams of oxen hauilug great timbers trom for- est to shipyard; vessels half constructed on the Ways, or the launching of a ship, ‘This collection was arranged by Capt. J. W. Collins, of the United Suates Fish Commission,an old Gloucester skipper, the curator of te depariment. of haval architec ure, He has so grouped the boats and models that te story to be to.d reveals ttselt 2 THE FIRST BoA’ An old {dea was that the first boat was a log. There are, however, treeless Lands, where the peo- ple have no logs to begiu with, ‘They start, per haps, by making boats of skins. In some parts of the World, where there are neither logs nor skins aVallable, Savage men construct boats or rafts by binding rushes togecher Lo sheaves. From the log The neXt step 1 40 the dugout, which savages fashioned by hollowing out a log With fire or With Tude tools, When savages began to make bark canoes they took quite astep toward the modern ship, as & bark canoe, with 10 frame-work and outer covering, Mlustrates in a rudimentary way important prinvipies involved im the shipbuilder’ art, Savages, too, observed that the wind could be Used to prope: their bouts. 101s supposed that the frst sal Was a busi. From the bush the Savage Went to a plece of skin Or bark, or a matting Tudeiy triced up on a pole, It ts curious to note that the formns of sails used’ on yacht the most nighly civilized people hat veloped naturally from the primitive forms used by savage people. ‘THE PRIMITIVE BAIL The primitive 1s etther a square or a lateen or trlanguiar sail, The lateen sail 1s so nated be- cause it 1s the form used on the Mediterranean by people of the Latin races, When men learned more of Cue Siip-bUliding art, aud boats grew Digyer, the lateen gall Was enlarged, booms were projected fore and aft, and the sali extended $0 as to reach beyond the Vows In frout and beyond the stern In te rear. In order to do this, thougu, Whe Sail ad Lo be made tn two parts, oue'to go in iront and the other beliind the wast; but Lue LwWo Lo gether forined a triangle. Thus’ was produced the sloop rig. When meu put two masis in their ves sels (he Sally Were Sil cut so ay Wo iorm some- tun When ail the canvas 1s. spread, very much ue Luge lateen all. The square satl, too, OWL prMMlUVE tines, As vessels in- ie walls Were divided and Yatus were This division Of Uke sails made Ht easier lv Handle them, — Tue collection of boais and boat models lilustrates not only the Geveiopmment Of the modern sip DUL sows What & Scieutitlc imu Would call the Ant uce of EMVuFODe ment On boat building In different ands, BOATS FROM TUE AKCTIC. Near the ceater of the hall, a kyak from the Greenland coast, made of skins by an Esquimaux, hangs from Uhe ceiling, Where 1ts graceful lines an be compared With those of cedar cauoes, rac- ing boats, dug-outs and New Eugiand nsutuy boats 10'Is decked over as Ughl usa drum, au {ue ends are sharpened and curved up. 14 We center is a hole In Ube deck Just large enough to adult @ man’s body. The Esquimaux, wien in his kvak, sits squarely on the boULom, his ies streiched’yut before iin, ali Of ts bouy below the Walst belag under dock. He has a qarment or cout of skin, Lhe ower edges uf Wulch are Lastened Lo the rim of the hie, or cockpit, Luus maxing It Wwater-tigit, In U8 Cockle of a bout te Esquiiuaux, with paddie and spear in band, Lagards lS Lite on rough Arctic seas in pure SUIC Of Sal of Walrus, “a uman paullius upon the tide.” There are kyaks, Woo, from Avaska, abd from ower Arctic regions, Bidarkas, or Skin boats from the Aleuulan Isiands, are decked over Uke Esquimaux kyaks, aud are ornamented With colored fringes ut Ule seams, Just as Judians love W oruament tuelr clotuing: Some of the bidarkas are “curee-huled,” or nave piuces or tree wen to sit 4m tet, wind to te jUue modeis suown in the Museum tmiulature Spears are iusied Just as the Indians las Uneir sears to their boats When they start out to bunt seal. Wuile i've Stax reporter was exainining wwe kyaks and bidatkas Capt Collins remarked Uhat hiany savage Or barbaric peopie settled for Uhew- selves long ago points over Wasch there bas been along struggie of ideas among etvillzed people. Desiguers of Facing Yachts make protound study Oc Lue lines oF Lie bul as they sweep back from bow to sera. BY making acurve a lutte fuer here or sharper Uhere they have siowly progressed from type to type uutll al last taey have arrived at the same conclusion tuat barbaric people Teached ages ago by Uheir natural shrewdness, THE PURITAN AND THE VIKING Sill ‘To illustrate tnis, Capt. Collins produced from a poruollo plans showing the lines of the Viking war-sl{p found at Sanderiord, Norway, In 1880, and in which venturesome Norse sallors put to sea a Uuosand years ago. Beside (hese diagrams be Placed drawings Of he Puritan, he swift vessel represeutlug C.e highest point reached in Areri- Cab Yacht buliding. Following tue pians line tor line, tue skutiarl'y of tue Purican and the Viking ship Was striking. ‘The Esquimaux kyak, too, bas lunes suggesting that tue Tude savage or the Norua had discovered the secret Of “east resistance.” It is argued that savages Who made SWiIL boais hit upon Uueir designs by observing the fortas of fishes, ‘The Swift boats of pruniLive people, like Tast-sw im ming tithes, have Welr greatest displacement in Uhe cenier, Walle, In sailing yacnls, 1018 a lve abaft of atnidspips, BARK CANOES. ‘The rudest form of the bark canoe shown In the collection 1s from British Guiana, It was made merely by taking 4 Single Sheet of bark of sultabie size, curling up the sides, and then stiffening the cages UY theans of slender splints bound tobem With Longs. ‘The ends Of the cauoe are eft open, and the savage navigator bas to use much skill w Prevent water from washing In at stem or sterp. An Indian canoe, made by tue Passamaquoddy Tudlaus of Maine, is shown, as a model of 1s type. It ts made of tirch bark, over a light wooden frame, With one LuWart aubidships. ‘The bark 1s sewed Logether at the ends and to the guawaies With dyed wooden fiber. IUuas a rottnd bottom; tue ends being allke, suarp aud curved upward, ‘A balsa or swithuling raft from the East Indies is made simply of loug bundles of rusues bound to- gewwer. A catamaran trom Madras, India, 13 made Of ings Dound Logether with ropes and fashioned so Ulat Ubey tend Lo a point uud bend upward slightly in foul. This is used as a surf boat. Wnen a heavy swell threatens the craft the native mariner descris IU aitugetuer, Jumping into the Wave and then clanbering upob it wuen be comes Wo the surface again. On Unis craft, Loo, he some. Umes seus Up a Liny Mast and uoists’a DIC of coLLOn asa sail, has come DUG-OUTS FROM STRANGE LANDS. ‘A simple dug-out, perhaps the simplest, 1s a ‘“donga” from Jessore, India, It tg made from the stem of tue tur palm. The natural form of the tree, with its bulbous end, is and the Doat look’ Iike a big spoon,” ‘The native sits in the bowl of the spoon oF boat, and bis weight keeps ‘tue other end out of the Water. A dug-out maue by Chinese fishermen 1s a log completely hollowed out fromend toend. Iustead of tne log 80 as to leave the ends sould, the sunpl: Chinaman old, and ts the typeof boats used in the Sandwich js a CeDLUTY ago, when the Island ers had not yielded mucn to European influence, ‘The boat 1s & narrow dug-out, and has a mast and sail. The only evidence of the influence of con- tact of the native with white men is that (he sail | scut ike that ordinarily used on a cat-ri boat and is attached toa boom. AS the dug-out 1s narrow it has an outrigger, formed by (wo mut poles, extending out from one side \d to Which is attached a log that Moats tn the Water and Keeps the dug-out trum, upsecting, ‘These outrigger canoes commoniy found in places where the trees are of smail diameter, and | {he dugouts have to be made narrow. A Malay outrigged canoe from the Straits of Malacca and one from Ceylon are exceediagly narrow, and have square sails An outrigged canoe froui the Caroline Islands represents au advance in savage | Doat buliding. Itis made ia sections secured to gether with thongs Ic has a mast wich small vous and a matting sail On the masthead is a feather ormament like an Indian's headdress, | There ts a Malay proa, like that used by pirates of | the Eastern seas, baviag two small gums mounted on swivels in the bows. FROM CWINA AND stax. ‘The Chinese Junks show many oad forms, with high stems and sterag, Some of them have Utue Sails set at the stern like the “jigger” sail used Sometimes by canoeists of the American Canoe | Club. “The junks have rudders that are perforated Yo let the “water through. One case contains a Series of models of beautiful, siender pleasure doats from Siam, The huis are long, graceful and farned up sutiy at the ends, the form being slit Mar to that of single seull tracing suet. In the | center ty placed a little structure for passetigers lke thafon a Venetian gondola, ‘These boats are Silded aud highly ornamented, BOATS AS ROUND as A BOWL. There are several boats placed together showing how peopie ta different parts of the world hit upon the same form, ‘These are boats of the corracle pattern, round as the bowl that the old nursery Thyme says Uarve Wise Men Of Gothatn Went Lo sea iu, Tuere Is & Boyne corracie in which Irish sh- ermen take out their snap-uets and fish for salmon on the Boyne, It is almost perectiy round. The frame is made of willow like a huge basket, and over it hides are stretched. Another corracie similar in construction 1s from, the Kiver Dee and auother is from India, The h Ler 18 & child's corracic, piaited like a basket Sui rushes, and has noouter covering. Near it Stands a Duli-boat, Used by Indians of Dakota, 1Lis & round boat, about four feet In diameter, the frame Vetug made ot plant wood, and Ue cover- Ang of skias A large drawing near by shows of Indian women coming lo a stream, carrying buil-boats, The one in the foreground 1s Just launculng ber boat; the otuers iu tue Hue, wihica stretches tar back Into Lue perspective, carry Uhelr boats turned bottom upwards and supported ou Geir nea aud uplifted by as though they were AN ODD Wa¥ 10 FISH. A fishing boat frou Chittagong, India, tlustrates ‘@ curious method of catching fish practiced in that Part of the world, A platform of light bamboo rods is constructed on one side, and dips into the Water. A tong batuboo rod with a bundle of (wigs fastened on Ube end like a broom 1s swept through, the water, This frightens Lue fsb and drives thw Upon the platiorm. The fishermen defty bring {ue platiorma out of the water with a Jerk, and the Usb slide from it into the boat, Acurragh, from Donegal, Ireland, presented to the Museum! by Whe Marquls of Hamilton, is inter. esting, because Jt show's what boats men’ will pro- duce When tuey have but limited means at hand, The fishermen that make these boats are poor, ‘Tue curragu 18 made by constructing a frame of } Willow in Uae ustial form of a round-boULoIN row | Boat. Over thls frame canvas Is stretched, and it 48 made water-Ulght by a coating of Lar on the out- side, These voats are made sometiu feet t FISHING VESSELS. Many cases in the hall are filed with full-rigged models of fishing vessels, sporting boats, and pleasure boats used in differcut paris of Lue world, ‘There are many striking conirasts among these forms but none greater, perhaps, than ULat Ue Useen the Dutch and Gérian fishing vessels and the New Eugland craft used in tue mackerel or cod ‘ishery, "It is easy to fancy that Ube boats Tepresent Ule difference tn the tem eratuents of tue two peoples, Tete Is a Dutch fsuiny bout used On the coast of Holland calied a “Bomb- scuute.” It is represented in the Museum by a model about Uuree feet ong, Tully equipped, even to having figures on it representing Ue crew at work. The — hull tue vessel rly square, and looks Uke a There ure two short masts anda litte “jigger” mast at the Pleru. The vessel las uo ceuterboard, but, 1u 108 place, a Wouden arrange. ment Like a big” paddle, that Is screwed to cue side, and can Ue Taised’ or lowered. Tuls vessel would be very slow aud very safe, 101s not merely Une desire o secure sufety, however, that Led Lo the adoption of us form. - Tue vessel is used on a Parc Of Lhe coast where there are no harbors, aud oO at night and launched in the morning. A Belgian boat bear by, Used for beami-trawi Dishing, ts wade on Very pearly the same pla as he “bomUscuute,” and for siuntlarreasous A German fishing schooner ju use to-day resembles In torn Uke Gloucester schooners Of a century ago. It ts made of oak, Varnisied above tue Water lipe and palutea bla below. JUis shallow and wide and Las a cockpit for Uke betustnan at the stern, THE NEW ENGLAND SCHOONER. development of the New England fishing schooner. ‘The schooner was invented at Gioucester in the last century, Tne old-style Grand bank cod fish- {ug schoouer, used first in 1750, wad full round bow, curved Stem, and What Was calied a “yaw imou-knee” cutwater, a long, Straight side, igh Schooners, distinguished by unusually high aud short quarter deck-, were known as 1-tap- pony” tue, Revolutionary war and the war of S12 Were desiructive (0 the Msuing fleet, The large schoou°rs rotted atthe wharves. uring that period and following it, ap- peared small vessels known as Chebaceo boats, Lecause Luey were bUlit at Chebacco, a name by Which a parl Of te preseut Lown of Essex was Kuown, A model of @ “Dogboay,” or square-stern Chebaceo boat ts shown in the collection. It rep. Tesents a Vessel of 17 tons burthen. It tas @ round bow, with a high stem painted r-d, tere bowsprit, and’ carried a foresail! and matnouil. ‘These boats have disappeared entirely from Une Noung Meet. Next in order of development c the pinkey, of from 35 WO 40 Lous, senting the period from 1820 to has iull ‘rounding bow, — carried two imasts with three sully and has a cuddy deck forward. IC4s larger Gata ue Cuebacco bout, and Was r gged with @ DowSpriL. P.nkeys of Uns ype are sli scen on the New England coust, but they are becoming rare. ‘The gracetul and effective lines of the modera American fisting schooner and Ueir sailing quall- es are fainous (ue world over. Ya Bt builders have Curned Weir atienuon U0 designing ves. 1s for the Hisuing Meet. Models of these Vessels with all salls set sland near Liose of tue earlier forms, ‘They carry maiusail, foresail, Jv, jiplopsall of batioon jy malo stay sail and fore aud wail gall topsails, ‘They have suarp bows, broad beams, long rugs, and ellipucal steras. Capt. Collins tas Tecenly Undertaken LO Conver’ Lhe OWDETS of these fishing Yesveis to a Rew torm, maklug the uus deeper and changing the Hues ‘in some Obber Tespects, 80 a5 10 Wake Lie Vessels steadier and Sater in heavy seas, Thrve yearsayo he had the Fish Commission schooner Grampus, constructed ou these itues 10 prove Uhat without loss of speed, the vessels coud be made more sea-wortuy. dince tuen a nuuber of Misting schooners lal constructed ou the new model, irs OF COLUMBUS’ THKR, Pictures banging on the wails near modcls of modern sea-guing Vessels give representations, ac- cording to ihe best authorives, of tke ships in hich Colun bus sailed in 14%: of Spanish galieons, | In Which many bold Voyages Were made in Lise Sixteenth aud seveuteenta centuries; of the Mu flower, in Which the Pugrim Fatuers came ov Lue ocean; of a sixteenthceutury carrack, aud | other vessels of Chat era. Co.umbus’ ships lad | @ach three masts, and each wast had one long Yard or Loom and Carried one sail, except the shu:t Mnast wear Ube bows, Which had WwWo sails. These vessels rose Very hiyh from tbe water at the stern, The Spanish galleon is Bull up att like a Lowe ‘The wonder ts ‘tuat they ever weauuered AUARUC Storms, A modern sallor Who Lrusted bituscil Ln mid-oceai: in such ffall, Lop-beavy eraft would be jenvuresome indeed, A Caterpillar Warning. ‘To the Fditor of Tux KYUNG Bran, If one of the Parking Commission, with a couple | of men, Will drive through the streets along which | the sycamores are planted, on Monday wext, be | Will be able, with avery slight expenditure of tima, to avert much damage to the foliage of nese and other shade trees in August. The first gen- eration of ‘Tussock-moth caterpillars are just now beew Usued for cod with havd-lives, Some of tnese | | whtspored, long, and crews of fishermen go to sea Iu Wen, | its made so Unat it can be hauled up on Uke beac | told, tree 4] A series of models epitomize the utstory of the | | | Daua’s chiet Lieutenant, Uh NEW YORK Goss: Notes and Comments on Events ta the Motropotis, AN ALIZORD PLAN TO INJURE THE REPUBLICAN CAUSE WITH CAINESE CLUBS—LITERARY ONGANEEA~ NEW PRLLOWORAFT CLUB— MEN 48 PLAYWAIGHTR . New Yore, July 6 ASI turned into 78th street out of Broadway | yesterday I saw Scrivbieton, and he beckoned to me from the porch of the new Feiloweratt Club with an alr of combined foxiness and importance, Thave w that air about Soribbieton some few Umes before, and {t always belokened a0 anx= Jecy to tell me that he had a Mt of exclusive news Which would sell to & syndicate of newspapers for & mild fortune, “Wel, Scrib, what have you gott” I asked, ‘Sh-b, old man, this time it ts a sure dead strike for ive hundred, and Fil let you In, Now,” be su Know that fellow McMahon that does “organizing,” promotes sock companies and lobbies for tue elecurte subway people that got up the big de puta ; the fellow ousiration at Philadel. © Grant after his trip around the 4, You know. Well I got Chis straight him, and he’s the bead of the scheme, Kwont doto give away now, bat whea the Polttioal campaign gets a litte hotter five news Papers in as many Wig Cities Will give a hunared apiece to get 1.” “Well, what ts tte” “10s this—tig scheme—knack Harrtson cold if & @on% get 1 in prin, You see, MeMahon t ered with the democratic comumiiter to fe hot Harriwon repabde sim ali Uhe bi cities, AMong the Cligese. IU look as THU chine bad gone into the wing In « sthank-You-sir to Harrison for his Work agaiast the an-Chinese me sures ngtess, Wen the true-bide Ainerican citizen Minds John Chioaman appareayy giving Harrison Ut giving the repubiicans wast elect \ President te | tru Who hates Joun Cain ort wd, rm n sup) wan, Will LUE ABOUL wi vote for Une otber side. AU's the & potical scheme @ngluceted since MeMahoa faxed old Bute chard WO make bis three It’s speccn to Blaine,” “Can he work tr" et re “Work A? Tshould say so a. Why, bs secured ve Chinese ‘wrrntien te fe the meee Up a Dig hurrah for Miarrison tm Uae lauadries aud opium joints.” Now, my friend Seribbi ing himself in fgures do bis tate) ° on 1s given to express. Speech, and ia uo figure briluantly as in tne ng Jo pian English, my f nisagrrat ar. But he docs es When the vruth nuld be, and this Lent Jousts with U Sertvvle truth som WeWs asa Of his Ant and scribbleton may be right, Woo't luke it because I have Old bts story i pubic. Aid, of course, his name ribbleton, T would have talked Limaweif about it, but MeMabe of town for a fortnight (Srganiaing bi clus, Perbaps), and I was Uaable to see 1 ot wear oC a BUMber Chinese poittical clubs : nizing "LWIKL BOW all you Can Deytu LO Luiuk a tue aboud Wha ani Seribbieton said, Apropos of politics, Some unretiables have Started the Old story again about Levi P. Morton ahd bis ancestry, George Wilkes, now dead and one, Was the originator of the yarn, and claimed, to have papers to prove it. Wilkes asserted that Levi P. Morton was uot truly Levi P. Morton, but Moses P. Levi, aud that be began life as a pack- Peddier “in Ule DackWoods setilemeuts of ‘New Hampshire. “Here, Uke story goes, lie gave Up tbe peddling business und learued the Laltor’s rade With a country Knight of Uke goose by Uke name of Morton, whose nate be afterward adopted. OF course, nobody who knoWs anything about the Morton family bolleves tuts Yara, and, even it were truc, 1 am al a joss to uuderstabd how It would re- Heet’tn any wanuer upon Lhe republican caudidate Tor the vice-presideucy, IU ls BO Worse O have been a pack-peadier Uian vo have been a canale driver, as Garfeld wax, of a day laborer, as Lit- colt abd Grant were, of 4 hangman, am Cleveland fs aleged to have’ been while sherif of Erie County, N. ¥.; and if aman wants to change his tame ‘fu Uuis country from Moses Levi to Levi Morton, by all means let liu change It tu poace so joug ast interteres with nobody's busters but is OWN. THIS Was to bea campalrn, we were frow unworthy personaitites "on eituer Side, and Yet here in its Very Luclplency boU par Ues'are saying Basty Luluge about one anolier's candidates ina regular Nsb-market fashion, u Tue new Fellowcraft Club, on west 2xth street, where my friend Scriv¥levon spends most of Lis Ume, 1s the result of an effort among men who take newspapers and periodicals to found an ore ganzalon for newspaper men and “lverary fel- Jers” exciusively, It nas long been a soure complatul im the Press Club that meu are sion, are ists of New York on Press Club's roll, but there are aiso among its uu bers a very of a ers, Would-be ruallsts, aud w ed ‘it supply poliuical or put wees, And Ube Author's nines Us membersulp Oks TauWer than news bs ago a Bumber of the jum, Wi weverad Guurter deck, and a Windiass worked With hauu- | } spikes Prot the decks of Uils vessel the crew | Ciub, a fourisliuc body, ¥ to poopie wh e Youu Republican Club, @ Il up handsomely wit wflUng-rooms, brary, dining Voi, abd a few Living Boom ‘erat Club, ts Lumited quota Is ne a the Century lider, Is presideni, Billed by inen Who have ist, MY feliuw- to sneer at tue wom Ube “yiltedged Fedowerait ts as ru as can be found © Only in FeSpect to Isston—provenesonal LeWspapet work aid good beaver, lows aud call but in realit ‘The Authors’ Club 1s ‘exclusive in the same @- rection as the Felloweraft, A few weeks ago Mr, William Waldorf Astor, who has written a very eplable novel of tue times of the Medicis, "applied tor mewbersulp iu twe Aut Ciub, “Mr. Astor is in every respect a gen- Phas mont engaging manners and ts as Uhasouining a Commoner as can be lund, noe Withstauding Lis Wealth. Wen Lhe ballo-box war ed iter Lie Vole ob bis Gaine in the club there Unree black balls in It. ‘ie Authors’ Club had refused Mr. Astor's application, uot Ueeause he Was nol an author, for be Was Aud ts, but bee cause with Sip 15 a diversion’ and not cluo dido% want to admit to fich enough t buy Ukew ail lst give aWay all his worldly id OUL copy tor 4 1viNg ws his only tum, Club ukes Ubts wasinss Devore the AUL Club wal bay By the Way, Af ike Authors’ stand on requirements for jeu bom Ube abe Utied to the Of wuluors Who muy allowed Uo alfiilate With Ukes exclusive tierasenrs, Lowell, Stedian, idard, Houuey, Bauerom, Ihany other distinguisted authors have priv fortunes oF Weir OWN Which Were BOL earued by Writing books, Indeed, a goodly wumber ol our ‘Teal authors Would bever have been great aue Luors at all bad Uuey NOL possessed Tertunes to Tely on for support walle uey were siruggiay Wo make a nawe 1b Uvers ‘The Sun oMice 1s gone*datt on the subject of play-writing. From Ube freshest reporter to Editor Whole force, reporters, edivors, copy readers, every man jack of them ts Interested in a play of some sort, The frst any- Dody ou the Outside suspected of Luis departure Was when “Auanucns.s” Was produced a lew Weeks ago, and it Wecome brulied about Chat 1s farcical” absurdities were concocted IN tue Sun editorial room. Tbe dramauic editor, it was said, had doue tac Most of the Literary work on “Amanuensis,” bUL be had accepied biLs of paten+ Work in Une Way Of puns aud songs and “buske ess" from oluers On tue s.afl, £0 Unat “Lhe Dane. ball reporter, Wwe jabor reporier, the dog-tight lust and the office cat bad MMOL Che AULHOFSLIP Or Lue pier play, a society drama, was tric aiternoon. Ti vere bo anche Teporers at the produciuon, abd from certain re- | roarks I heard at Uke Ume it Was revealed Wo me ‘Vast this effort was a collaboration emanating from Whe Sun office, And some Unter Weeks ago & Fealistic melodrama, written by Lue Sun's pouce reporter, Was given at the Peuple’s Tueater, aud Tan a Whole Week with considerable success 1c is said Ghat Che Sun young men nowadays unrough With Weir Work fof the Sun as luously as Ubey can and wilh as lictie ule, In order Lo devote every spare work on tragedies, and comedics, aud and pantomimes aud’ spectacies, And i the Sun editorial rooms at any catch stray bils of conversation 2