Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1888, Page 2

ANI Cr. Should Railroads Use Streets Gratue ‘the Editor of Tux Evaxixe STAR: In the present discussion of the rallroad ques Hon, in this city, Ihave not seen tt suggested that | pare abt Of Way Which ts to be granted should be + bor have I seen it noted that in entering Phuadespate ie Pennsylvania bougat its rigit © | Mie ttrOUsh private property and was’ not allowed to confiscate st eeis—the veins and Srvories of a city’s iife and breath—for Its use aud | Dusiness advantage This in view of the marked vendeney of the times to make these raliway con panies pay for their use of streets and highways is surprising, and specially so when, very lately, =~ me per ce “+~ tue annual earnings of some such companies has been exacted In New York city. Horse-railway o Jes do not cause Whe damage to street, adjacent property and lines gud avenues of joot ‘and Wagon trafic that the Steam railways do, and if 1: is wise and just to Gemand remuneration trom the first, it Is certain- ly more so to demand tt of the "second class ‘The question naturally suggests itself, Why should Fallroad companies be given laid within Un elty idmits when they pay farmers and couniry 1olk for their less Valuable acres ana less serious property damage? The ciosest conside: pa OF This Ques Yon coula not show it right or equitable not to re- iaburse cities for whole streets take taking utterly destroys improvements mu: them at great pubiie expense, while tue si Parties pay tor all other lanj used. There question but that the ground, whether OF other property, occupied by rauways W city limits, shouid be did for. case, unless compensation 1s made @f the sireets, would it not be weil (racks, In their course through Were ‘laid® between streets as Was sugu! tm New York city soue Ume since In c Yon with a scheme for a new elvated re ‘The advantages of such a plan of rafiriad entrance Would be many. ‘The foremost 1s it would du the least possible damage to real estate, for it is seit- evident that It would be less damaging to have Rattroad track puss your back gate Lua your front door. In this jocation it would not affect the ac- ces-ibtlity of houses or stores aud would not make them undesirable. Indeed, for manufactor! Dusiness enterprises nevding proxtmity of ratiry Accommodations It Would make the auja ent proj erty desirabie aud more vaiual requiring ail streets to be crossed above or below grade it Would render the railroads safer and less lable for Gamage suits, and would permit them vo run tue trains at greater rates of speed than they othe ‘Wise could; and then it would preserve the streets for the purposes for Which they were designed, Fegular, convenient, and unt Ded access tO the houses locat them. asideration ts Rot apt to be suMficieutly apprectated at this tine, Dut the charges made on horse Taliways, Which have been mentioned, show that pubile opinion ¢ ‘Uhis point is changing. In addition, the preserva- ‘Yon of the expensive street tnprovements aud the Saving of their Value Would be in fiseif a suMictent | Feason for the aieption of such 4 plan. | ‘Of course this pian Would be expensive, but no More so than the entrance of the Pennsylvania Into Philadelphia or the New York Central into New York was, ifas much, for a large part of tue ty through which the "routes would run 13 Sparsely settled. As has beeu sald, these railroad corporations pay for lund in the country. Why | then snould their efforts, as soon as they Feach a | city, Where real estate is imime re Vall Abie, to have land xtven thei be acceded to and ratined? | Iu Loudon and Berlin aud other | European cities they are not allowed to enter the City Umits at any price. If they doit ere they | maght to pay a big price. The rep | hese corporations ia making th quests emphasize the gre: are to a city, but they adroit advantages & city and good city c | them. A central location in acity for depots 1s | Worth millions of duilars of business to the Fall | Way securing It. as evidenced by the lavish Penditures taade in other cities to obtain suck | sites, e | —_-_— In Behalf of the Gas Company. ‘To the Editor of Tum EVENING Stan Your correspondent, “J.,” in a letter headed, “If | im Alexandria why not * has another hit at the Gas Co. Poor, silent, suffering Gas Co.; 1 Rever speaks back, but suffers on. Now, I think Some guod things Cag be suid about the Gas Co. Thave been a gas consumer fur twenty-nve years, and I can saieiy say tuat I have never be« charged fur a fovt of gas uot consumed. The ever bus teen 4 Variation in my bill that I could Rot account for. The two most important ele ments for the comfort and sanitary condition of a | ity are water and light. Now, iet us draw a little | trast between the parties Who supply the city | With these two elements, Sume two Fears ago U Gas Co. saw that to keep pace with. th n Of the eity and supply suMtctent orks would have to be euiarged to twu r present Proportions, und to-day tueir mew Works al Teady ior the manuiacture of gus (at an expen of over $1,000,000). I am sure it has Deen the admirat every mechante who bas | passed Penna. avenue east as often as I have done | To see with What expedition, acc and heat. Less they have laid a 24-inell main froui their new Works Lo the Capitol, (a distance ¢ Whole stretch was laid in a little over one month, And not a pound of dirt Was left beuind tem; 10 | fact, tt would be bard to teil, except at crossitigs, Where the pipe Was laid. Now, what about tue Parties Whostuppiy the other element? For over Tweive years the citizens (especially those in tl higher parts of the city) have Ueen suffering for Want of water, After mucis complaint legisiauon Was obtained, aud an appropriation inade to Supply the. ‘want, and what is the resuttt | For four or five” years appropriation after ‘Appropriation has been obtained until the work cost twice the original estimate, aud the result (at best) a bungled Jou, and tue supply of water | -o much needed) at least two years distant yet Mr. Editor, there bas been no water in my bat: Lub oF closet for two years from 6 a. m. until 5 p. Mh, and sometimes not then, and tis is the case | With thousands. Now, what (under such circum. stances) should be expected from the powers tbat bet Surely, in the naine of fairness abd equity to those who do not receive the articie, a correspond- ing reduction should be made ou their bills; but Whiot 1g tne actual state of the case? Why (as tar as muy knowledge gots) ‘ninety Out of every bu dred this thetr bills increased two the est mit that the law allows, Mine 1s $1.33 More than it ever was, and I Leaf the same com Piaint from ail around. ‘It I received the arucie miles). The | Chere woud be b piaint from me, as I prize it highiy and am willing to pay for it. So dol prize Light (as), and ain always willing to pay for it, Decause I am se: if Feceiving te ga8 company lad neglected W provide te their increastay demand, and every night about S Oclock tue gus shoud go out, and yet the demand on their bills was for the Same amount, Then ‘There would be a howi—a just ¢ + Dut suppos A WATRieTAKEM AND Gas-CONSUMER, A Remedy for Unequal Assessments. ‘To the Editor of Tux EvENe Stan: Acertaiu lot in this District was lately pur- aiter being pr @ forced one in any respe Price pald Was prov. t, and, therefore, 2 tair market value, Jet at the assessor's office tue lot was assessed at just double the price paid for it. other ov is leased for tWenty Years ai811,000 per annum. It ts aswessed for Taxation at $45,000, atid tue tax 720. pects, would nd $100,000. ‘be assesment 15 Uerefore oly about ui its real Value, I Will thus be seem that the first lot 13 usscssed avout ten times as heavily, in proportion to real Value, as the se-ond. Were sucu a disparity of assess Mt would be a matter of bu’ ‘at exceptional | ance. But it fy wot exceptional uu we conthary, | investigation will show that these ‘ave but sa pies ofa lerge majority of Ue as. ents. Jus fice demands that land be assessed equally, on Us Dasls Of 1s actual value When It ly fund to De the rule that the greatest Inequalities exist the Feason should be sought, aud When found, a femedy should be app. Assessors in est take to decide wha’ ing the value of 1 under nection ID the Tacy oF equality ¢ Jot Sold to-day ior a given price would to-n geil tor a widely diftérent price. Iu cases w Baten of lots have id at auction in tue | same hour, a Wide ¥ a in the price of lots of | has frequently quality ies m are levied on an eruiuable quantity—on a det atter of t be, at d denniten uracy 1 Do asyotem. J au not in glined to impeach the bi Sse are hon under such a haphazard system the w Parities must arise, and, with absolutely honest, experienced, and intelligent assessors, woull be Unavoldabie, Noexpert, no matter how compre. Densive his Knowledge mizut be, could tei | What a piece -of land would sel! tor. ‘so| as the assessment 1s jew | or an which there iy no “actual basis of fact and which is therefore at best on Jong will the existing wide dispu: equality of assessineat will nev to ube aywtem itself that is at fault, W to secure equality Lhe assessment must Be levied on the basis Of suiue fact tuat is already evermined. Tuere is one aspect of tue value of land that ts a determined fact, and which Is cou- stantly redetermined from monte to month or Jeartoyear. The fact is rent. Kent Is the unit Of real Value and the actual basts of the selling | value. If aud were taxed on the basis of its art | ‘wal rentai value there could not possibly be any Gisparity of sssessinent, aud exact justice Would De done to each aud ail, ‘Most land to use Is rented. Only 2 or 3 per cent the people are land-owners, and ail the rest herever land ts held ile, or only partly of let for & nominal rental or used by Its Value Dears acertalu relation Uo tue SUF Founding land that ts rented, and iis actual rental walue can be determined with matuematical ac- cB. BL Hi an opinion, so | iy continue, and be realized. It In the purple distance of eveuius’s sky. ‘Have you seeu the ships with their sails of white, ‘With their pengons of guid and crimson light, J Beat fast that way from the pirate Night? Into currents of biue, till, lost to view, ‘They enter the harbor of cloud-land wide, ‘Where the fairy ships rock safe from the ude, ‘The voyage o'er and the night defied, (Ob, these argosies in the evening akioe Are rich with » freight of fantasies: ‘Dreams that may never come to pass, Loves that die ere they live, alas! “And far ou that shore we may not see ‘They fade in a color-myatery. Manu La Banoz, ‘Wasmrmoton, July, 1838. | ected, but he is quite a in. | clear aud intetigtbie as he proce THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. ae ® D. C., SATURDAY, JULY 21 188S—DOUBLE SHEET. ELOQUENCE IN THE SENATE, Members of the Upper House and Their Manner of Speaking. SENATORS WHO ARE PLAIN, PRACTICAL SPEAKERS, MAKING NO PRETENSE TO ORATORY—MEN WHO SOMETIMES RISE TO WIGM PLANES OF ELOQUENCE— THE GREAT LEADERS AND THEIK FORENSIC POWERS. It is. acommon saying that the days of oratory in Congress are past; that high-sounding rhetoric and beautifully-turned sentences no longer sway minds and change votes; that eloquence 18 ata discount in Congress, and no more orators are Sent to represent the people there. But 1t 1s quite probable that this comparison of the present With the past, to the disparagement of the former, Is as deiusive as many other retrospects, It 15 likely that eloquence 1n the good old days of the past Was Just as linpotent to make votes or change Votes as it is now, for the suojects that call forth eloquent ess are usually of & political Who are sent to Con- Kress to represent political principles are not given lo shifting convictious because of rhetorical bre No more were they in the days of Web- ster, Clay, and Calhoun. Then, a3 now, the real work was done in committee, and the ‘eloquence Was for outside effect; perhaps, just a8 now, more for te purpose of procuring tue re-election of the orator than anything else. Ifa genuine compari. son were instituted with the past it Would no doubt show a larger number of able and entertaining speakers tn Congress at tue present day than at the period which 1s $0 ach prated of as testifying to the glory of Con- gress, There is certainly a great deal more for a Congressiman to do now than in those days of the long past. The Congressinan who does bis duty €:nnot afford to devole Weeks to the preparation Of bix greatest effort. In the Senate of today there are ubie debaters, pleasing talkers, and some Who seein to talk more 'to please taemselves than ny body else. Perhaps the latter class 8 not en- Urely modern. Webster aud Clay were in the habit of occasionally taking refuge in the | cloak-rooms to eseape a certain Kind of senatorial eloquence Uuat still exists, There are several Scuators either one of whom can draw a crowded house by announcing that he Will ask the Senate to hear him on a cer tain day, and Ly accompanying this announcement With an intimation that he intends to pitch into soui-thing oF somebody; and if be makes the intl. mation quite sharp, thus affording ground for beliet that He Will be pitched into also, public In terest In The event will be lungely increased and the gauertes are certain to be crowded. Ladies can’t, WIth any sort of propriety, go to see a prize- Might, but there ts nothing to forbid their listening to tWo Senators abuse each other, and When due Bolice I$ given of such a set-to Uke fair sex turas out weil. SENATOR EDMUNDS. Senator Edmunds, the leader of the majority in the Senate, dues not attach much weight to set speeches and loog arguments. Hs speeches are asarule very brief and altogether impromptu. But, then, he fs cock-sure of re-election as long as he Wants to remain in tue Senate and does not need to talk for home consumption, His delivery ta methodical and impressive. | Me Hever, gets ex- fu the use of cutting sarcasm When he finds it necessary SENATOR MORGAN. Seaator Morgan 1s one of the most fluent public men of theday. He 1s any easy, graceful talker, with a wonderful commaud of language. He ts one of the fastest talkers tn the Senate, though every word Is distinctly uttered, becatise he bas hever to stop for au instant for words to express is tuews. He ts lucid, too. He renders his subject ‘THE MASSACHUSRITS SENATORS, Senator Hoar 1s deliberate and scholarly in bis efforts. His speeches usually read better. than they sound, because his voice, when raised to the Yone necessary in public speaking, becomes harsh. He J: not much given to g cited he has a way of drawi peaking, that means a c) and earuestiess. ww Dawes does wot deliver many set | speeches, bat he has a good deal to say in the run- ning debates, paruculariy if there 13 am Indian tion involved. His voice i$ anything but mu- al. Tt has a grating sound, that would com- pletely upset a Lervous persoh. Senator Dawes has a habit while talking fa the Senate of contin- ually scanning the galleries He gestures by throwing his arms straight out to tue front vigor- ously. ures, but wien ex- | his mouth, even od deal in the way SENATOR MANDERSON. nator Manderson, without any attempt at oracorical effect, in an easy, pleastug, and natural manner, Is alWays entertaining and instructive. ‘There 13 an alr of candor and sincerity about Aim that commands respecttui attenuon. Hts voice possesses a pleasing softness tuat is entirely mas- cullne, and ican always count upon command- ing the attention of lis associates SENATOR STEWART. Senator Stewart fs like the ready letter-writer In one respect—he 1s always ready to talk, No mat- ter what tue subject may be, he wants tobe heard. His seat {5 in the last row on the republican side, but he rarely ever begins a speech tuere. When & debate opens he ison the alert tor an opening, and he gradually moves forward until he gets near the central aisic. Then, when he can obtain re Uoa, ue starts ina loud tone, and with both swinging in the alr like the afms of a wind-mill, He rareiy ever stops uatti eatirely ran down. ‘THE ORATOR FROM DELAWARE. ‘On the democratic side one of the Senators who 4s most relied upon in Cebates of national import- ance 18 Senator Gray, of Delaware. In the debate on the Biair educational bill be demonstrated his right to lealership. It was generally conceded that bis argument against that Dill served to ki it in the House. Seaator Gray has a resonant voice and an easy method of delivery. As yet he is a comparatively young Senator, but 15 destined it he ilves to take front rank utuobg the orators of that body. SENATOR PLUMB. On the republican side of the chamber Senator Plumb 13 one of the most effective Meakers. He talks fast, disdaining all the studied effects of oratory, but he always speaks to the point, and if he were engaging in target-practice in the wud prairtes of Kansas it could be properly said of hia that he hits the bull’seye every tine. He 1s, th nowise choice about words when he wants to black’ he 3a that the s Senave can seareely keep pace with him, because he says what he means; of, to use a prize-ring phi right froma the shoulder, There are no fanciful of both sides of the chamber when he speaks, be- cause he never talks unless he has something to ‘say worth listening to, He is foretbie without be- ing either dogmatic or aggressive, SENATOR BECK AND HIS PAPERS, Senator Beck is one of the old reliables of the democratic side, He ignores ail oratorical effects ‘and goes Straight to the point, He talks fast, but has the faculty of mixing up bis papers ct refer- fee. In the midst Of an earneot gpaech begin to toss over the on his desk, sort of aside say “Wait a minute; I've got that thing here somewhere.” He ig homiel efforts, but honest and effective, and, more than that, well-informed on any subject he to discuss, Senator Blair 1s one of the “ali he can talk at amark or against ume, but ing-song Way Of speaking that does not fill the galleries, Senator Brown never speaks unless on Some suject that is of direct importance to Dis Aunmediate constituents; then he obtains eave to ‘sit down while reading bis and he reads it in & mumbling tone that cannot be heard at the clerk's desk. But ashe ts always careful about revision and sees that the speech ts circulated in proper shape amoug nis constituents he accom- ie Lis object. Senator Butler 1s one of the best talkers on the democratic side, He has a fine nee and a good voice. He grows excessively earnest in any Subject he takes up. Senator Call is an ever-ready talker. Nogubject 4s permitted to reaca a final vote until he has a whack atit. He is very solemn in style, earnest in Voice, and impressive in gesture, usually em- hasizing each period of a sentence by bringing lown tue forefinger of the right hand. 4 DILIGENT MEMBER. Senator Cockrell eschews set speeches, but he is One of the most diligent members of Congress and fully informs himself as to every subject that comes up, even including private bills. He 1s al- Ways listened to, Decause Senators Who are Dot 80 diligent realize that they will learn the marits of ‘lue case under consideration by Usteaing to Sen- tor Cockrell. He does not aspire to Be a Orator, ut wan! 4 legislator, an shat success, SENATOR FRYE’S ORATORY. Senator Frye is one of the most entertaining speakers of the Senate, Healwaystakes the main aisie when he has a speech to make, and rolls up is sleeves as if he meant business; and he does, too. He parades from one end of the main aisle the other and without any notes pounds tue life out of any ——— be opposes, After exhaust- ing himself in a speech of this character he re- cuperates by going fishing a week or two. Seuator Evarts bas net made any great mark as an orator in the body of which he is now & mem- ber. He speaks ina jerky way aud still follows ‘tie habit of constructing Ln De It is diMcuit, even after listening attentivsiy wo, Dim, to decide which side of the leading question he espouses, SENATOR GORMAN. Senator Gorman makes no pretension to any of the attributes of the orator; yet his speeches are always listened to with marked attention, He never talks unless he has something to say which he believes has a bearing on the subject, and When be speaks he makes it apparent tbat he is thoroughly informed as to the subject on hand. He is argumentative rather than eloquent, seek- ing, without any displiy, to present the subject in the light It appears to him. No speech of the sessiun las created greater lmpression among Sen- ators than Mr, Gerinan’s recent speech regarding the methods of tue Ordnance Bureau. Senator Jones, of Nevada, wuose 3 shes sev- eral years ago On the sliver question were con- ceded to be among the ablest delivered in Con- gress, seems Lo have entirely forsaken the forensic arend, He never Lalks these days and rarely ever votes. TWO ORATORS FROM WEET VIRGINIA. Senator Kenna, another forcible speaker of the democratic sid, got bis education as a pubite de- | bater in the House, where he served for years. He 1s a plain talker, Dutis gifted with a good voice and easy command of Iangu His colleague, Senator Faulkuer, though’ but @ young Senator, has demonstrated his ability to hold hls own 1a the Senate. SENATOR TELLER. Senator Teller 1s a ready talker on all subjects and is well informed as to the political history of the country and ali the details of the legislative and executive departments. When he gets warmed up to a subject he talks ike a backwoods exhorter. His earuestuess swarups bis oratory, and he begins Wo pleat with strong nasal twang tat 1s anything but enchanting. THE OU10 LEADER. Senator Sherman, though not what would be called a gifted orator, {3 one of the most effective speakers of the Senate. He pays no attention to Une arts of oratory, but goes straight ahead to the object in view, and, In a plain, practical manner that, When tl» subject 1s suiciently inspiring, attains the altitude of eloquence he carries bis audience with him. Seua‘or Spooner is, though a young Senator, one of the recognized orators of that body. He'pos- sesses a strong voice and understands how to use At to the best advantage to please the ears of his auditors. SENATORS VOORHEES AND DANIEL. Senator Vooruees of course 1s not to be omitted from any list of senatorial orators, He has been a public speaker of national fame for many years, His powers as_an orator are too well known to need any description, a3 he has been in public life for many years, to say nothing of his political ad- dresses iu every campaign for his party S-nator Daniel, of Virgiata, 1s an orator who will add to his fame ‘in future Sénate debates. He 1s yet but a nt w Senator, and he pays due observance Yo the traditions of the body requiring new men to remainin the background for a time. But his, term oi probation 1s about out, and his friends may expect to hear from him belore the expira- Uon of the Fiftieth Congtess, THE RHODE ISLAND SENATORS. Senator Cuace 1s a Quaker, and 1s, therefore modest and bashful. He does not thrust himself forward as achamplon in the arena of Senatorial debate; and very properly, for he Las nether the voice nor the address to make himself a leader. Bat, as was shown In hts recent defense of Rhode Isiahd, be knows Low to take care of himself. His colleague, however, Senator Aldrich, need not tear to incasufe swords with most of his political op- poneats. Senator Aldrich has not the power of elocution that some of the democrats have, but he is Tuoroushiy posted im all the leading pollsical uestions of the day, and cau hold his own in bate With the best of them. On Giymont Sands, frills about bis speeches. They are made up ot Straiguuforward Western logic, and if anyboay does not understand Senator Blum tt is because he is ignorant of forcible English, t MR. HAKRIS’ STYLE, Senator Harris, now one of the most influential democratic leaders, 18 a vigorous talker. He never engages in debate unless he constders the subject of Luportance, | He has a plain practical method of submitting Ats views and opinions that invarl- ably commands attention. He 18 earnest, even to the appearance of being excited; has a clear, ring- Jug Voice and marks is periods ‘by bringing down his right hand. He 15 conceded to be, by both Of the chamber, the best. parliamentarian of > body, and rarely falls to succeed in obtaining Votes etidugh to pass any measure he takes charge of, iiis eloquence, whetuer exerted In public of in private, Is usuully potent enough to procure all the Votes nbcessary INFLUENTIAL WITHOUT ELOQUENCE. Senator Don Cameron rarely essays to “speak in public on the stage,” and he would escape these few exhibitions if, like @ school boy, he could play “hookey.” He has no confidence tn his oratory; admits that he was not cut out for a puvile Speaker. Now and then he feels it to be impera- Uve to make 4 speecn, but he invariably reads from mauuseript, and "in a tone so low that the oMicial reporter Cannot hear him. But when ne Wants votes for any bill he can get them 9n both sides of the chamber, which goes to show that elo- quence ts not an @sscatlal qualification of our pub- uc men, INSPIRED BY THE SILVER QUESTION. Senator Bowen, of Colorado, whose constituents all call him “Yom,” even iucluding those for whom he has procured appotntments here, and he says he would pot recognize them If they were any more formal in addressing him, does not. take muuch stock in eloquence as an ‘element of con Sressional duty. Now and thea when the silver question 1s uppermost he unrolls a lot of manu- Script, Dut notaing less commanding than silver libs eloquence. in dealing with Ver question he says he believes in plain, Uicable incontrovertible truth. Senator Bowen is one Of the most Independent members of tat higu-toned body. He does not talk often, but Waten the silver question comes torward, and he Wants to speak, he is entirely willing to exc all who do not care to hear Lam, : ses A PAST TALKER, Senator Hawley is perhaps tue fastest talker in the Senate; certainly one of the fastest. His Words follow as if im hot chase, one of the other. He cannot be called either a pleasing or entertain- lng speaker. He becomes entirely too much ab- sorbed in his subject and talks too fast, though nobody will question his earnestness or sincerity. MM. BLACKBURN HELD IN K#SERVE. Senator Blackburn is really one of the orators of the upper branch of Congress, but since his pro- motion from the lower house he has been defer- entially respectful to that unwritten rule which pieseribes tuat uew members stall remain in the ckground for a Ume. He has never sought to force himself upon public attention. The ouly Speech he has made in the Senate was his briet re- sponse to the attack made upon him by Senator Ingalls, in the memorable onsiaught of the latter Upon Hancock, McClellan, and the South. On twat occasion Senator Blackburn, in an impromptu Speech of Dut a few minutes, ona subject that Was suddenly presented to hin, manifested his powers of the real orator in a manner that won for Mim he applause Of his entire party. Teserve force of his hare a ths senate. OOS take lp the gauntlet at any time that it may be wo down by the republicans, Ghampion whose keenest, ‘reapoun ot "lgisatire 4 ‘Ways &t commas voice with bis abilities Ne oa of the Written for Ta Evgxrxo Stan, One summer's day, as turned the tide, ‘We wandered by the river’sside,— The broad Potomac’s silvery stream,— And with our hands ‘We cast the pebbles from the shores, By ones and twos and then by scores, And handfuls, and pebble and shel Made eddying ripples where they fell, Which, sailing, broke with pearly gleam ‘On Glymont sands. ‘Upon a log, moss-grown and gray, Cast up athwart the sandy way,— ‘The remnant of some sturdy oak From far off lands— * We sat, where marge and river meet, And watched the fading day retreat, ‘Till, byeand bye. in western aky ‘The new-born moon, demure and shy, Looked softly down (nor sighed nor spoke) ‘On Glymont sands, Upon the sand with childish games We wrote our simple, homely names ‘With sentimental words, supplied By careless hands, One wrote “Stocess” beside his name, Another “HoNon,” a third one “Faux,” Aud one wrote on the xolden marge ‘The old word “Dury,” plain and large, Just as a wave broke high and wide ‘On Glymont sauds, And later, when the restless tide ‘Went out and left the river's side A field of glittering pebbles, blent ‘With golden sands, ‘We saw. despite the waves rude shock. Deep cut, as in the solid rock, ‘The one word “Dury.” «raven deep; Aud this same word we fain would keep In memory of the day we spent magnificent supply of shade trees, and no one ap- tes them more than Ido, What I complain ; } I if i H i i | i Hi i Hi a rf H A fr t i iy Itt ii THE NEWS IN WAR TIMEs. Bays of Anxiety In Washington When ‘Waiting for Word from the Front, AM OLD TELEGRAPH OPERATOR'S KECOLLECTIONS— DAYS OF SUPREME RXCITEMENT—HOW THE GOVERN- MENT USED TO CONTROL THE WIKES—THE FIRST AC- (COUNTS OF THE DEFEAT AT BULL RUN. “We had busy times during the war,” remarked a veteran telegrapher toa Stan reporter, “and a fearful amount of responsibility in the matter of Rews, We had but one line of telegraph here, and Dut one raliroad. There was the New York Asso- ciated Press, through which the bulk of the news was received. The late L. A. Gobright was the agent here, and he had in his office as assistants Mr. Barnard and the two Holland brothers, James G. and Charles, The office was then in the Davis building, on Pennsylvania avenue, adjoining the ‘Metropolitan Hotel, now No, 619. Tue STAR Was published during the war on the southwest corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 11th street. The Republican was published in the build- ing Row Known as tho Tremont | House ‘street and Indiana avenue, but was afterward removed to the northeast corner of 7th and D streets, and then to 9th street, between Penusyl- Vania avenue and D streets. The old National Intel- ligencer was published at 7th and D streets (on the northwest corner), and Col. Forney, during the War, started the ‘Sunday Chronicle, which Was ‘sul jueutly converted into a daily paper. These Comprised alt the Washington papers. The Ameri. can awerere office was then on the north side of Pennsylvania avenue, west of 43 street, and the oMfice was under the managemeut of Mr.’A. B. Tal- cout, familiarly known as ‘Pop’ Talcott, now the elecirician at the Capitol Of the ten’ or fifteen Operators engaged in office then there are now ving W. H. Young, Wm. MeFeely, Fred Royge, Wul Suyder, and Andy Johnson, the latter though Was then a messenger boy.” ‘WIRING TO THEIR SOUTHERN FRIENDS. “such In the way of news prior te the war never got out,” the old operator continued. “The South- ern people freely used the line and kept up a cor- Fespondence with their friends South up to the hour of leaving. ‘The Government was aware of this, for Measrs. F. W. Walker and Z. K. Pangborn, two Northern correspond: nts, 1nformed Mr. Stan ton, then the Attorney General under President Buchanan, that the wires were being used for treasonabie purposes. They were informed that the Administration wis fully aware of the fact but could find no constitutional authority to prevent 4t, | When the question of seceding was being dis- cussed a dispatch was sent by several of Virginla’s Representatives co the people of Norfotk aud vi- cinity urging them to seize the Brooklyn as Vir- inia’s portion of the United States Navy. Sena. r Wiktall, of Texas, never denied that he bad used the telegraph, ahd was wont to, say Jokipgly that he had committed treason enough ‘over the Wires to hang forty inen, THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR. ‘After the inauguration of Mr. Lincoln,” con- tinued the veteran, “the tempor of the people here Was feverish. Large numbers of the old Washing- ton families, having Southern connections, sym- pathized with the Southern people, but in the early part of the war the large majority, while Rot approving of coercive measures, Were Willing to fight Yor ‘the defense of the capital, and & Prompt response was made to the call for troops for that purpose. A few troops from (he Regular Army were iu Lhe clty—a company of sappers and miuers, turee batteries of artillery, the ordnance company at the Arsenal and thé marines To these were added about 3,900 District “men accepted for the three” montis’ service, after the fall of Fort Sumter, By the way, speaking of Sumter reminds me that some ‘years ayo a correspondent related that during the month preceding the fall of Sum- ter he was in constant communicaiton with Gov. Pickens, of South Carolina, He, however, did not tell the Whole story und perhaps did not ‘know It, His custom Was to go to the ofice after it had Closed for the night and a friendly operator would send and receive dispatches for him, ‘They were ot destroyed and were left on the paper strip. Another operator ‘catching on’ to the scheme, Wok Une correspondence every morning and sent ‘it to the proper officers of the Govermiuent. In tuls way President Lincoin and his Cabluet_ were kept in- formed of the preparations for opening the ball at Sumte THE NEWS FROM FORT SUMTER. “Tt 1s not perhaps known,” he went on, “that an attempt was made to keep the knowledge of the fall of Sumter on April 13 from the Government as Jong as possible. Communication was cut off be- tween Kichinoud and Cals city, and the Govern- Ment had wo direct news Ull in the evening. In the afternoon, however, the late Patrick Crowley received a private dispatch from his two sons,then at Gordonsville, Va., announcing the fact. They had built the telegrapu line to that point. ‘The fact that the Government had not received such news up to that hour caused doubt as to tue cor- Tecthess of Mr. Crowiey’s Information; but froin this dispaten te report rapidly spread and caused much excitement. Ina short. ume it seeimed as if every man, Woman, and child knew tie news. ‘The immediate’ result 'was to quicken the military spirit, and tna little tine the War Deparunent had mustered in over thirty companies from the District. The question with the young men then Was nol as to Ube cause of the war, bul te salety of the capital. OFFERED TO RAISE A MARYLAND BRIGADE. “Col. Whitely,” continued the telegraphe then correspondent of the New York Herald, and algo the editor of the Baltimore Clipper, with a considerable following 1y tue Mouuinental city, having been identiied With the Au know-bothing clement. He Imiuediately applied to Secretary Cameron for authority to raise & brig- ade of Marylonders, and agreed to do so at once It qtarters and rations were ‘provided as fast as the enlistinents were made, Mr. Cameron decitued to accept Uns offer, Lut expressed his willingness to provide for thein ws fast as regiments were re- cruited and presented for muster, The aews of the adopuion of the ordnance ‘of — secession by the Virginia convention for subuitssion to the people, and of Jeff. Davis’ prociama- on offering letters of marque on Apri 17, was received by Us, DUL Was Lot given Out, and nd dispatches were posted. Through the Associated Press and the papers the pubile was advised, ‘The arrival of about 400 Pennsylvania Wroops on April 18th gave some contidence to te Union peuple, {oF this Was the first Installment wader the call of the President for 75,000 men issued April 15. Frou Ume to Ume next day news Was received of te movement of troops, but_ one arrived, and late in the day the telegraph ofice Was closed to all pri- vate business, THE BALTIMORE RIOT. ‘When the attack on tue sixth Massachusetts Tegimentin Baltimore, en route to this city, was Made the mob took possession of the telegraph office there, and, a8 they supposed, cut all tne wires. There were, however, Uwo Wires left uncut, AS $000 as Secretary Cateron learned of Unis 10D he became anxious to cowimunicate with Colonel Whiteley, and he directed the telegraph com- pany to’ find him and wire him that his propo- sition would be accepted. Colouel Whiteley was found tn Philadelphia, and in reply telegraphed ‘It 1g too late, ‘They are now ail on the otwer side.’ If there had been less red tape in tls instance the mob might have been prevented. Then tolowed Suspense, and the eagerness for nev's trom the Nort was unprecedented. Reports came tuat a Coutederate force was, marching on Washington, The wires had been cit north and south, Finally the seventh New York regiment, having come by Way of Anuapolls, appeared, aud as they marched direct from the dépot Lo the President's the entre Joyal population turned out to receive them, A PLAN TO WRECK A TRAIN. “Did you ever hear that a plan was made to wreck the train on which they came from Annapoils Junction? Well, there was such a plot. Out on the rattroad 1s a deep cut. ‘There was an old can- on in possession of some of tue country people, Who formerly belonged to a volunteer coikpany? ‘Tis old gun Was wastily mounted on a pu'r of ‘Wagon wheels, and was to Lave been stationed 50 as to command the cut. “A party was detalled to Year up the rails, and when the train was wrecked ‘the cannon was ‘to let into them. Two Germans ‘who Were in tue plot were overheard talking of 1t by some of the German soldiers of Unis city then guarding the rallroad, and tey at once informed Ube wuthorities. I don’t know but I have a copy of @ dispatch which confirms this statement, REVISING PRESS DISPATCHES. “about the time the movement was made on Alex- ‘andria,” said the veteran, “the War Department appointed a censor to supervise the dispatdties, and this occasioned much complaint, not because Of an unwillingness of correspondents to comply With any reasonable request trom the Govern- ment, but Because Of Lue Want of confidence in some’ of the men employed in the censorship. Ostensibly the object Was to prevent the public cation of matter that might embarrass tne oper. ations Of the Government, but soue of the Gove unent dispatches were’ about as Wild as the ‘most sensational correspondent could make them, THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN. “When the first battle of Bull Run was fought, July 21, 1861, the telegraph line was up about half ‘way, and up tothe tme the Union retreat com- menced the telegraph office was crowded with Dusiness—dispatches coming in giving glowing ac- were cauloned not to allow any y aa preater igure thas thowe in Gu, Chaotic. Every solaier wine came ueneeseks pore hhad a different story, and it seemed for & rican, Of | for a reporter to follow up. There were some In the newspaper business who did not appear to ap- preciate Deeg news When they had it. I weil re- member that two correspondents arrived here on a Saturday night in February, 1862, with the news: of Burnside’s victory at Roanoake Island, N.C. After Cope 9, Brees dispatches to the New York Her iid and Tribune, I knew how glad our people would be to read itin the Sunday morning paper. Getting permission of one of the correspondents to use his dispatch, J took it to the managing editor of a morning ‘T and offered it to him without cost. Theonly reply I recetved was: ‘The paper ts go nearly ready for the press that we will have to decline it.’ TI have forgotien to tell you that it was not long after the war opened that the Govern- meat dispatches were sent tn cipher, and in that way many a Piece of good news was kept from the public. “As you may suppose.” he continued, ‘there was much red tape prevailing then, ani often when Papers had their news ready vo give the public, the Publishers would be on the anxious bench a8 to whether it would be approved or not. Some oMictals were very reticent, and news had to be pumped out, but President Lincoln always seemed anxious to have the public get all information, “outside of the telegraph and the Departments, ‘the steamnboat wharves and navy-yard were points for items, and at these piaces reporters were ar coustabuy. The quartermaster (Capt. Allen) in charge of river Uransportation was located at 7th aud M streets, and often boats arriving brought UJ Interesting news from below, At the navy-¥al Which, for most of the time, was under the same comimand as the Potomac Motliia, news was often Procurable, but usually had to be wormed out. The rule seemed to be that nothing should be divulged until tue offictal report was given out by the Depart ‘at. Generally the reporter had first to get a si 's yarn, and after writing it up with the .plaustouity of truta read it to an officer and get at the truth in that way. ANXIETY TO LEARN THE NEWS. “Among our own people here as well as among the many thousands of soldiers sometimes en- camped around,” sald the operator, “there was at Umes much excitement, The anxiety to learn the Jatest news heid crowds about the newspaper of- fices almost continuously, and on the reception of rc news often would crowds visit the White louse with a band of music. You remember how ‘the hews Of the fall of Richmond was received. This was on Aprii 3, 1865, and the anuouncement electrified the city. Everybody was glad, even ‘those Who had been looked upon as Southern sym- athizers, At night houses were illuminated, bon res kiudled and bells rung.” so, A Notable Improvement, ‘THE HANDSOME NEW HOME OF THE NATIONAL SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY. The handsome new buliding at the northeast corner of 15th street and New York avenue is nearly completed. For the past eighteen months the pacrons of the National Safe Deposit Company and Savings Bank have been listening to the din of hammers and gazing upon the rough boards of the scaffolding used by the workmen, All this is changed, The old-fashioned building, which was oue of the landmarks of the city, has disappeared. | Initts placo has risen a stately pile, which 1s an ornament to the conspicuous site upon which it Stands, It 1s one of the most substantial build ings ever erected In this city, and yet perhaps one of the most ornate, The brick-work of the exte- rior 13 enriched with Seneca stone and terra- ta, the latter being in elaborate designs, The terra-cotta frieze 1s a fine spectinen oft work of that kind. The main j entrance is constructed entirely of stone, with | carved work at the sides and top. Arounied | tower projection of copper 1s the feature of the | corner, and it terminates in a gracetul cupola of | the sa naterlal, The entire building is fire- | proof. To sustain the weight of the brick floors | the exterior wails are 4 feet thick at the basement and gradually decrease until at the top of the fifth and last story Une tatckness ts 2 feet. THE FIRST FLOOR will be used for the business of the company, and 13 magnificent apartment, The ceiling is 21 feet high and 1s supported by massive tron pillars, The brick arches resting on iron girders, which sep- | arate each floor, in the banking-room afford an | Opportunity for decoration which has not been hegiected. ‘The walls and celiings are painted tn | Witat Is known as plastie work, and the colors and | design harmonize with the rich mahogany wood | Work of the room. ‘The high Wainscotlng, enriched | wit panels, the counters, doors and all the wood | Work is of tat co.or which makes this wood so Mective in intertor decoration, Standing out clear the Walls on all sides 1s the great Vault With brick and steel walls, THE VAULT. ‘The exterior of the vault 1s covered with tiling | of an ornamental design, ‘This vault 1s built up | from the rock, and the lower part, which 1s in the basement, 1s used for the storage of sliver. It 1s the intention to place a wooden screen around the Lop of the vault and have there a room for the | meetiug of the directors, ‘The vaults In. the base. | ment extend under the sidewalk all. the way ind and are well worth seelug. ‘The brick ulls'u this part as, wel. as Uiroughout the | building are laid in Portand cement. As 18 well known, this cement when dry becomes like stone, | Tvs alinost. tinpossibie to chisel a hole tureugh & | Wallor this kind. Col, Robert “I, Fleming, the | architect and builder, Who has had entire elarge Of the work of cuastraction, told a. Stax reporter that he used up three or four men in ying to cut a sinall uoie turough a walk ‘THE FIRE-PROOF CHARACTER of the construction ts carried out with equal care in tue upper stories of the building. The entrance to these Is from Ney York avenue, and there 1s au iron stairease with marble steps, and risers leading up to the topof the building. "An elevator offers an easier method of ascent, and 18 how in. operation, as the fifth or upper story, and a por- Uon of the fourth story 1s occupied by the offices Of the United States Fish Commission, The ad- Vantage of the ten rooms on each of the four stories Is Uhat they are ail front rooms. A FINE VIEW OP THE CITY can be obtained from the root, which ts protected by a parapet. ‘The roof 1s formed of brick arches on iron girders and 1s covered with Neuchatel cement, Which has the merit ot expanding and ontracting with the heat and cold, and tn cons = queuce never cracks, ‘This roofing, with the brick pot covered with copper, Is only a part of tae thorough tire-prooting oc Ule building. ‘There 1s ho Wood in the butidiag except the doors and the Window frames, Even the partitions between the Toouis are mate or terra cotta, Soue day the ene Ure building will be used for storage purp@ses, and Ohe story 19-43 secure as another, ‘4 portion of tue ground floor on 15th street has been litted up as stores, HOW IT Was BUILT. The building, independent of the ground, cost a quarter of a million of dollars, and during the en tire time occupied In Its construction the business of the company has gone on without. the loss of a single nour. ‘The new building has been bulit up d tue old, and oniy a tew days azo the last sues of Une Tormerstru ture Were removed. Mr. J, P.Suyder, the president of the company, who has given lis ume to Us work, thougut’ that great credit was due that tuey ad been able to | carry on the Dusiness and the Dullding at thesame | ume. “Tt required a good deal of thougnt on. the art of the vailder dud coasidcrable nigut Work, ut it Was done With entire success and satistact ton, od ART NOTES. ‘The historical portrait of the late Mr, Sumner by Mr, W. T. Matthews, which has been shown for several days past In the studio of the artist, in the Corcoran Butlding, has given great satisfac- tion to the Irieuds of the great statesman, Who re. gard iC as one of the best of the presentinents of him yet produced. It 1s to be sent tothe Ohio centennial exposition at Columbus, shortly, and unui ready for shipment may be seen by the’ pab- lic a8 above. Mr, Matthews also las on View seve eral other portraits, a number of landscapes, aud | wo or three pieces representing sUll fe, Which are well worthy Ube attention of art patrons and connoisseurs. —Mr. Dunbar’s portrait-bust of Mr. Corcoran has won so much commendation that he has been given a commission to make one ofthe late Pro- fessor Paul, whose tragic and melancholy death 1s yet fresh fo the public mind. ‘rhe bust 1s to be aid for froma volunteer fund raised among his jate pupils and friends, and will, we understand, be placed In the high School, of which Prot, Paul Was principal at the time of huis death, ‘ne gold and sliver medals to be awarded as first and second prizes to students drawing from casts in the Corcoran Gallery during the year ending on the 30th ult., have not yet been re- ceived from the inint, where they are being made. ‘As Soon as they arrive they will be formaily pre. Sented by the President of the Board of ‘Trustees to Miss Simons and Miss Miller, respectively. —A full length portrait of Simon Wolf, Esq., in crayon, by Mr. Miller, is exhibited in the Brad- bury Piano store-room window, It 1s one of the artist’s most ambitious efforts, and, in the hand- some and appropriate traime furnished by Veer. hoff, 1t attracts inuch favorable attention, —The Corcoran Gullery 1s now closed to vist- tors, and will remain so until September, in order that some needed repairs and improvements may ‘be made, and the contents pi Tearranged. selienctrsieento~*“rh cas More Cars Wanted. To the Editor of Tux EvENrxe Stan: I would like to know if the street-car compantes are not required by their charters to run enough cars to accommodate the public, and whether the Commissioners have any authority to compel them 5 i 8 ae E 3 Hee tees ie) Fe ipeienatisi if i : ae H Hl it Pra CLIMBING UP THE STAIRS, Lights and Sounds in the Mysterious Dome of the Capitol. THE NUMBER OF DAILY VISITORS—NOW THR DOME 15 REACHED—THE STMKANGE VOICES AND THE EFFECT UPON THE SCPERSTITIONS—HOW ECHO PLAYS TRICKS UPON VISITORS—GUARDING THE DOME. Probably nine-tenths of the strangers who visit the Capitol climb the dome, Neither the hot Weather of summer nor the chilling winds of winter can prevent tourists, male or female, from winding their laborious Way up the narrow stair- case, which leads by spiral twists, suarp angles and through dark passages, a mysterious way, neither out doors nor within, up into that im- mense egy-shell of a dome. Take it the summer Unrough, the estimate ts that an average of 600 as many women as men take the climb of over tard the human ambition A World of people visit the Capitol during the course of a year. About allof human kind, with all the commonplace, extraordinary, and odd in- from every state in the Union, in almost all con- ditions of life, of all nations—Spaniard, Arab, Russian, Greek, African, Chinese, and Indians in Ubeir savage paint and blanke’s—may be seen sitting around the rotunda, walking through the corridors, or climbing the narrow stairs to the dome. Many curious people and odd incidents are observed and strange character studies are Presented. = A MYSTERY TO STRANGERS, There 1s a certain sort of mystery about the tm- mense building to those strangers of simpje and maginative minds, Its immensity is a mystery to them, The dark crypt, and the tangled vaults roofs, dark corners and abrupt ang! stairs to reach them, and dark winding stair. howhere, and, above all, the hand-bag, with adeal of suspicion in here} When aide offers bis services or a pollcen out of her band-bag. One thing that puzzies 1s to know how people get on the dome. ‘They see no stairs on tie outside of the dome, and when they got in the rotunda they flud none'within, THE WAY TO THE DOME. The little swinging door in a dark circular pas- Square landings With little closed doors, which Uhousand, sometimes only a few hundred in aday. athe Way difficult in the dark." The av chaperone, selected for Weight and durablilty, g ing, While the young folks cilmb the treacherous stalrs togetuer, How close they have to keep where the stairs are steep and the way 1s dark! other day standing in the passage about a tuird of the Way up, She Was dressed gorgeously in a pur- } ple bombazine, and carried a uand-vag and a cot- | ton umbrella. ’ She weighed about 250 'S popped Out, and she Wiped the perspiration | rested agatnst the ralling and panted. “Laws, chile,” she suid in a trightened whispe®, “I heans voices! Dis buildin’ is jes’ full ob voices, eflort, THE MYSTERIOUS VOICES. “Dese voices” are a great source of fear and su- PersUton to simple-minded visitors. Country col- voices they hear mong the- clustering ci and arched pa ages. Sometimes the voices up from unuer the feet, sometmes from tne solid. aun ‘They are neard in the erypt, still more n usiy IN the old hall, where’ there are p. nty of 1s always full_of echoes. se Volees are ebery Whar.” Wiuluese many of the employes of the Capitol and others fond of practical joking pl upon the nerves of the superstitious © ple. Sometimes the jokes are pl Who are not superstitious The satucer-ltk rouinda Is Wii convey the least whisper with perfect distiuct- polnt directly opposite, ECHO'S TRICKS. this gircular gallery and lean over the rail, wateh- tng fhe people moving about on the floor of tue rotunda below, and whispering gentle things to each other, meant for no ears but tueir own, tuey security. When parties of tourists cliinb up to the come up and take luca, man on the other std unul he got the 1 of the gallery’ Usten: Mr, Blans? Wu is that you, dot’ Come up herd ‘They ali looked up suddenly rently came through the canop, aber Sui higher up. They were not a tshed Unat the Government should make especial was uo lunch anywhere in sigut. “Some ot the ladies Were anxtous to get dowa as soon as possl- bie. PLAYING DETECTIVE, ‘Two colored men leaned over the rail under the great allegory and talked about Lynchburg, whis- warnl themselves up to the proper authorities, and re- pent of their wrong-doing. “Was it murder?” Uhe Volce inquired, as they made a break for the stairs, sliding down ‘on their backs. voice that appeared to come from the mouth of wil uh 3: be caught at it. But the fact 1s that no one ex- cept the people standing at the points directly op- going on, 80 1t attracts no attention from others, PROTECTING THE DOME AND VISITORS. occurs. One is stationed half way up, aud the other at the upper railing. These men live up there, like the man in the upon the rest of the world critically. After there a few years they get into the habit of philoso- Watch people climb up abd down and to think Of the first work 1s, to keep iol! force @ long time and has seen much ee OE \d @ mat umor iris tind. ‘From ope ‘side he can look out into ya, or down the Potomac, I bere.” Several times he eiriiega the very most gountry can’ by | E ete i ae swelled out Ike a while his wife Lal and slid down to the ago there t buckets full of People find thelr way up there each day. About | 0 the balcony, Cases that start for’ no purpose and lead to | tbe crime oes that sound | trouble, everywhere, Have a strange effect upon the minds | saved, for a of ignorantand superstitious strangers, who form | Washington bar. not unluteresting part of the tmuny ‘sightseers. | tives in this Clty, Was IN Iso4 DE 1903 aj The timid old lady from the country is always | counsel Afraid of getting lost, and she holds tight to her | With headquarters at Martinsburg, and in addi: tion to looking after the ratlroad’s interests he at. ended to Lis private practice, At Mat polnts the way for her. She has to calculate a long | he stopped at the leading note. time between getting iost and running te risk of | upon ase falling a victim of aconfidence game. Pending | and soon won the her decision she sits In the rotunda and eats iunch | acquainted with bite! TUE FIRST CLIENT. Ho had not been there very long before he re- celved a call from one of the residents, who be- His visitor employed htm to bonds, These 30) each, and were issued by the Sage just north of the rotunda would never be no- | county of Berseley to’ persons Who. had Uced If not pointed out by a guide, a policeman or | listed and credited themselves to that county some one else who knows the mysteries of this tod lawyer touk the bonds and disposed of massive pile of architecture. ‘This door leads to | them -worn Winding stairs, ending in odd ilttle | 1s and perhaps his came his first client. dispose bonds wer erage | Supervisors, and erally gets winded and stops on the second land- | }f there immediately. A Stax reporter saw a fat colored woman the | p, from her brow’ with a brigit bandana as she | standin, them, Ma, Dey'sebrywhar "bout. An’ tem cullluns done | gy) gone up an’ lef me, and yer Tis. Mun, I don’ much | 9, like dem voices! i've afeard Pil nevber ytt out ob | hi dis.” ‘She was Urying to be calm wilh agreat | junding tbe porter asked. you Detective “Who wants to know? “The district attorney.” sghets You tell him to come and ask for Lim. self.” ored people, particularly, are frightened at the } “a counie of minutes later the Prosecuting officer lumns | of the county entered the dete ime | troduced hitnself. rer | people stirring around in a food of sunlight, aud | body of the tore strangely still tn the grea: dome, frou Whose | that that was apart of the county clerk's duly, helgut men have committed suicide. ‘The buiidiug | and furtuermore he Mentified the handwriting 22 Uhat of tue county clerk, whose nam? Was Stine. | 2z The detective then said that the one who \d made the forged bonds Was nO other person ored peo. | Unan the county clerk, and he at once started out ou people | to investigate him,” Sunemetz, besides being n- | county clerk, was the town magistrate, whose | py, upon which the great allegory rooting (he | uty it was to Issue all licenses forthe town, Painted, acts 45 a sounding-board, abd | detective, Wille being satisiled Uast the clerk Was the guilty party, did not have enough « hess (rom any place iu the upper gallery Le the | his handwriting to make the thing sure, ati bis first object Was’ to obtain asmucu of his hand- Writing as possible by I some way patting Ulin self in communication With the suspected forger. When sentimental couples get close together tn puissibiniiie ob Gua & emaoes eee To complete the investigation the detective found It necessary to talk to him and witness his handwriting without, being suspected. He then are often overheard by innocent looking young | Called at Cue county clerk's office, toid hin Usat thea Who happen to D= tolling on the oppostie side | BS M8 a merchant from Bultiwore, and that be Of the gallery, as far away as possible, |The young | Pa Tolced g store gear che depot ad a pee couple may be startled by ‘some most inopportune | Rad Teuteda store near the depot and lc props remark sounded In their ears when no one 1s near | Winch would astouleh every One in eee oes tem, Ava most tender moment an irreverant | Which Would astoulsh every one in tie Lown. ite or jocular remark 18 startling to thelr sense of Bi In spe tue head Of Which they were met with a notice: | the latter plenty 0: x Visitors not perinitted to go higher.” Aad tuere | the clark. Tu hotel was situated near Ue Court CLOSING IN. That night ameeting of the board of supervisors ‘was called at which the detective and tne prose- | cuting attorney were present, The forged and | genuine Londs were produced, as were Une license Pering mysteriously about things strictly private | 4nd letter. he writtugs were compared and there totnemselves, (A young man lolied against the | the license and letter were Written by the Fail Just opposite them—too far away to hear, | Dion and it was decided to place hlta duder at They did not mind Luin. | Directly a voice came out | PoPOM ARMS hon near midmigat and. tue detes of one of the painted figures over their heads, 4 Outatter bit, Me weut to the hotel heat ack tS acinar | une mane tae i.e eat te | sleeping. Nineimetz! Stinewetz:” he called; “get up, 1 SBe good Lovds” cried the two trembling men, | “Si:uemctz got up and dressed without asking a single question, and they left the hovel togetucr, Wuere the iceting they Walked "9 Ube buliding Another, very, old, ex.slave was accused by a | as hcld uh: devective broke the silence bY teil prisoner Who he Was and Wuat Le had been in After a fuil investigation tue | toid hiia it bad been decided that he was bb the figure supposed to look like Jeff. Davis ot be- | Bi . ing ws runaway nigger,” ahd threatened wit the crores Spe ing-post and a return lavery. Ke Psurround the dome with mystery; but suey | tee SUULY Party and asked him to Vell all about it, Would not be peranitted ir we perpetrators could Ho answered: detective and his osite across the gallery can hear a word of what is | detective aud ‘is, fe ; 3 a if li il i HOMES FOR BIRDS, ‘On the outside the dometsa creat big bird house, Pigeons, swallows and even sparrows butld their nests in the ornamental Work, abd ove once butlt in the head-dress of the Goddess. When the patuters go up to put a coat on the uabs, Dead birds are often found aving killed themyelves against the light during night sessions. W tric lights were there the balcontes and top of the 400 steps. A wooden leg, heart disease, apo- | dome used to be covered with carious, bugs and Piexy, or something over 200 pounds of flesh | dead birds of various sorts. ‘The dirt hus ca tre about the ony, things that can re. | Was one reason for not permitting the light to stay there, The dome tsagreat way up in whe to go UP. | air, and is a little world of itself. o NG A FORGER. dividual characteristics may be observed. Peoplo | he Clever Work of a Washington De- teoctive in West Virginia, THE NARROW ESCAPE OF 4 WASHINGTON LAWTER— SENDING HOME POR ASSISTANCE—THE PIRST CLUE TO THE REAL CULPRIT—TIGHTENING THE WEB—/ REST AND CONFESSION. A former detective, in talking to a Sram reporter the other day, toldan interesting story of a forgery committed In West Virgint how he managed to capture the forger. The forgery was a clever ploce of work, although not done by a professional, and had not the guilty Still deeper down; the long corridors poem man been pene early in the game the state of the flagstones at the bottom of which are never | West Virginia and private individuals would, no dried by a ray of the sun; galleries that have no | doubt, have lost thousands of dollars In fixing 02 & COURLY ofMictal considerable reputation, were member of This lawyer, Who at present some years ago and for the’ Baltimore and Onlo Martinsburg’s promisti respect of every one r of county the - “ c. ‘Tuen he calica | Boise made by Lue cars, Which prev Pee GEat Fon Mar DIAELt Whey ee aa | ine, a8 he was stopping Iu tue hotel at the rat an ; Od | ruadstation. ‘Then again he wanted tw et bear wre, pave lunch here for Ouio | tho: store he had reales, ss sie volce | more conventent Some | Wuere the stopped bad Toom, but the clerk, who Was a Very obliging fel- provision for the entertaluinent of Ouio folks, and | 10%; tought ue culld make some arrangements ecepted Lhe invitation. The whole | 1! Ee ight Of Stairs leading up to the worm-ligut, at imtecengnptiennd fom | “TLL DO IT.” ‘Then, instead of returning tothe meeting the mer Walked tn ime after midnight. ie said to the detective that he sawa big Uhing ta Wwe Job i ue couid get sowie one to Dring ta the Yonds ‘Two policemen are placedon thedome to protect | and ciaim oWnersiip. He bo diificuity in foding such a man and Operations were soon the visitors and to see that nothing improper | Rink “atte obtaining a Tall confession the der tective appeared at the meeung of the board of Supervisors. Tuey Were all Ured out and were ry, and look down | ynavie W account for the long absence of Ube de- tective, but Wien the detective enuered and said: ‘“jiere’s Your Man Who forged the bonds,” we phizing. They bave nothing todo but sit stiliand | members of Une board were greatly relieved.’ Tue prisoner Was Wen searced in the presence of the upon the various phases of ire. The old man on | board, and, v0 ‘Uhe middie landing has a litte place fitted up as | damaging evidence ‘shug as a Swallow's nest. He sits at the entrance | was (ven locked up, but during Lue night he just where the historical fresco escaped. A searching party Was sent out, and tbe from going there. He has a | escaped prisoner Was found hiding in Ube woods, lutue locker for his cloves and a bucket of ice- | He was subsequently tried and was sentenced vo picture-cards and a looking- | tive years’ imprisonment. ¢ brother-in-law Of a notorious crook who cu and shot down the stairs, Uatil she lost her footing ext landing, still laughing GUARDING THE xooF. Besides caring for visitors a watchman ts neces. ‘Sary up there to keep the roof on the butlding. He does not sit on to hold it down, but if he it would be stolen. Some years be great trouble about this. Th: nd pieces of It always sell Well jen used to sneak up aud steai strips of tt, and it was dificult to Keep the building under perfeet co ron they get m the elec Railroad, Ansburg He was looked cluzens, 10 Became quarket, Retain. balance {the money to his, client, who was then in another nd nobody knows whe! yes Which | Wn. No one suspected that the bonds were nay OF tay nee ps hens, “Bo Wo passages whlch | crooked,” and the first intimation the attorney this leads up among the rough igon braces and meee gion rafters and then Into the dome. Cp this narrow | Made the ~ $ ~ 5 i | Tuilroad when he received a telegram notifying staircase they all go—sometimes more than a | Tallread when he recety Tongeriea le way 0 to ‘They go'up by twos and threes, and souetunes | SPEAK, a stranger In a strange land, No one knew larger Sroups, Dut seldom singly. “The oid ladies | Huck ae od and wae 90 60 be aid not snow. hold Ugut to ‘their reticules and hurry past the Srlek atkeraey ae Bp amigo hang cap bonnet dark landings, The young couples go siower and 5: ean Anemeal ae Geet Meee cen. | Washington, Accordingly the attorney t fact Was some days after he had He Was prosecuting a case for tbe repared legram, Which he sent to a member of Congress here, asking that 4 GOOD DETECTIVE BE SENT The Congressman visited headquarters and consulted Major Richards, no was then chief of police, and one of the de- tectives Was at once sent to Martinsburg. detective took the rst train and arrived in pounds; ber | Martinsburg about 2 o'clock Une next mornin, When he entered the hotel he noticed several n but he paid no atte “Jas. A. McCoy, iis valise was handed to a colored porter and e detective Was told what room to tai euded Uke steps the porter followed closely ba hit, abd upon thelr arnvalon the upper from Washington?” room and 1n- Being contident that he was talking to the proper man, althoug the detecuve stone arches overhead. Again they sound from | was Stranger lo hit, the prosecuting oflicer pro- ng the shadows in’ a corner wuere nobody 1s, | duced the forged bonds, wikich the devective co yared WIUL a genuine one. He noticed a similarity the handwriting and inquired who wrote the He Was informed uid $7.50 for a license and then began to discuss is oe the EO vie tod intorm the coun- Gomme they are often astouished to be addressed by | EY, People of is, business, be told the clerk that Daue in che most: Tamllar Way DY 2 otoo tra | Re had decid a nave 500 handbilis priatd ang one of the allegorical Uerrors paint on the would Lik ~ e ; metime 1 ; a letter of introduction to som canopy above Sometimes they are invited 40 | Tae clerk had a particUlar triend in the town wh people Were in the gallery” taikiug ‘to eac | NaS printer, aud be gladly gave the deteccv other about their home matters. A young | letler of tntreduction. of | detective lied tue town ue Goat i Was very Well satistied, with the exception of the mes" ot “several of the a ied. He Wasa stranger in the town and nv of how the jerk What he would Together Uey went to the botel and ‘genuine and forged bonds, rough the the open air over the city. at the heights of At-| rug PLEASURES OF SUMMERING AT CkSSOX—INTER- ISTHICT APPROPRIATIONS. The District appropriation bill for the fiscal Year, Which has just become a law, 18 the largest Anpual appropriation bili fot the expenses of the District ever passed by Congress. The original Graft was the resuit of long and careful considera- Lon and Investigation by the subcommittee uf the House appropriations committee, of which Mr. jementa, of Georgia, 18 chairman, and i was Adopted tn tts prestat form after long conierence between committees of the two houses The Aggregate amount of the Items, as has been stated in THE STAR, Is $396,108.65 less than as passed by the Senate, but It exceods the Bill of last year by $700,730.65. The appropriation for salaries and Contingent expenses of (he Coumbsstoners’ oMice ts increased from $22,440 to 843,804. This increase ts due mainly to the transter to that beading of the appropriations for the oMices Of Dullding tm Spector, property clerk, Inspector of plumbing, d harbor master, The act taking the conuu sd from the supervi-ton of the Treasury ad wanting oftlcers 1s fepeaicd. An adilitioual $15,000 Is given the assessor's office Lo pay the ex- Penses of Ube MeXt triennial assessment of real broperty. ‘The appropriation for the assessors office Is Increased over last Year from $14,000 Lo $20,400. Taree additional clerks at 1,200 are provided for, and the conungent creased from this an appropria for necessary by distraint’ and Taxes, and for contingent tand increased from $300 to #4 1s elven for Judicial expenses, tucreastag Ue a: for Unat oMice to 11,000, To the for the coroner's ullce $200 Is adde ropriation for cary morgue. ‘The appropriadon for mark Salaries and expeuws of care creaged trom $4,100 W 5, for Lhe eagiueer's oftice au oe The apy “work On SUnUCy streets and Aventes and replacement of woaden pavements Was $300,000, ‘The appropriation now made un. der this head ts $61. Tis sum is apport between the Various s« Ushed in Tue Stak of We oughtares are not clan ton. For these §44,14 n streets get an 35,0 ast year Lue BorLaWest $101,400 Is give last year, For the southwest section. $02,500 is Kiven, agalnst $50,000 last year. Por the south: Cast SUCLION $54,400 is IVER, agalust §i,000 Last vase ts int ruueayt $55,000 approprialign last 700 Is given by Ue new law, priation for grading streets, alleys, ePeased Trou $10,000 10 $15,000, FUE ms of Ue an pi day. West mn of norele paveni AK is giver, Against $80,000 last year, Five Uucuscnd dellan ve last Year's appropriation Isgiven for currout Tepalns, "For repairs Lo counLY Toads $45,000 ls aps propriated, against $25,000 last year.” Fur vie Siructing bounty roads lust year's bill appre ved $50,000; Unis bill appropriates $m). Lhe appropriation for earveys ts cut from $20,000 to $10,000, Tu | ed sewers Is Inc Tain and pipe sewers fr } $70,000 Unis year, The sweeping 1s faised 1 provision that. not Yards sali be paid Th TOpTtatl a tor sitet as lamps is reduced frou $120,000) Lo$105,000, oud | aX additional appropriation of §30,000 «= tuade fF electric lighting. For public pulups $4,000 instead (Of $3,000 Is given. Appropriations for pubile Schools, for salaries of Superintendents, leachers, and Janitors, aud se voard,and clerks including additional teache nls, Fepairs, fuel, TUrullure, Wook’, Stabion ery, ew schoul DUtidings, Turnituire for ew scuoul buildings, and otwer necessary items ts lncreased | trom § p to 454,71, namely: ‘The | ation tor omicers ot prvite 400, agaltast Woois ts | $8,950 last year. Tue number of Weackers Is in- | creased from 654 to 643, and Cue appropriation for salaries of Leacuers, frou $438,270 l Jauitors, &c $4,400 vo §,701 nts Wo schou! bulidii sanitary imp L, redui for contingent ex and for purchasing from $20,000 Lo & | &c., tor Manual-iraluing school, increasd frou $5,000 to $8,000, ac. The appropriation tor new schoul buildings bs 000, axallant $222,000 lust year. ‘A Lundred dollars ts added to major of po! ‘the salary of the toual lieutenant of pol fs provided v; Lwo additi a at $1,140 additioual priv B00 each; tw os 20 eae one 1 laborer at #480, and owe addi- | Gonal driver of pate ob at $300, The polioe- contingent fund iy increased irom $11,500 to | $14,000. For the purchase of site aud erecuon of Stallon house in northeast seculon $13,000. Is. ap- Propriated. "The aggregate a tation for Ue Po.iee ts $400,540, ayant §344,700 Last Sear. 1 for he dre department ts zi A ewe gine Louse in Lue southeast’ secon, eux hove carriage, &c., aud a addilioual crew are pro od to ‘The appropriation for the health office ts im creased by $1,000, The appropriation for the courts Is reduced from $16,200 00 g14o1s. A’ new provision 4s ma 0 deiray Une expenses alte Of writs de Iunaticu aqui made Uereunder, wait « Perwons comuitted Lo Lhe Goverument for Uae Insane by oruer ot Ue executl OF the Di=ueict of Comtubla under Of tue act approved Mareh 3, INs7. ‘The approyruation Tor Lue supp tt of indigent im Same Is Amerewsed {rot $75 1382 10 $79,185, —_—— BROTHER HOnINSONS PICNIC, ‘The Annual Gathering of Sunday School Children at Jackson Grove. appropriating $2,000 Hospital nity provisivss Correspondence of Tuk Eves ine Stan OpenTON, A. A. Co. Mp, July 20, At Jackson Grove, amuile of so from Unis plac tweiftn annual pienic Of the Sunday schools of We neiguborivcd Wok place yesterday. ‘This annual event 1s famillany known as Brower Kobinseu's picnic, from the fact Uhat Rev. Mz. Kobluson made the original suggestion, aud ts ing managers of it. ‘The cal Methodist Protestants has been Lieid at Jackson Grove for some years, aud U 4 Labernacie om the ground aswell asa boarding teut, aud In these many were protected from tue weatucr, Notwitu- Standing the rain, there were over G00 Sunday School children on the ground, and perhaps as many grown persons, drawn f upper end of Ube county between the Patu 1 Patapsco Rivers. Many of the children came by Tall, but some came In market Wagons, Wiicu brougut, besides the child pawiehes and ples. Svou the’ t the banuers of form gave bright point St attracuon wa: ice cream, fruits, and © THE EXERCISES. At the exercises at the tabernacle Rev. C. N. Roviuson, of Brookiyn, presided, Aadre: made by Rev. G. W. Cassard, Rev, M. N. Strick and Key. 8. N. Tucker. ‘These exercises took place tn the morn d iutnediately after UE Latnlly groups Wok UneiT lunch baskeis and spread out feasts in sylvan tasiilon, Tue ut and otuers Of tue schools Were during Ue afternoon treated W lee cream. CROPS, AND NOT POLITICS. While every shade of politics was represeuted by the old folks on the ground, there was Bude discussion of Ue subject. ‘The prices obtained tor Peas and strawberries, and the prospect of the each crop appeared Wo be segarded as of more lin portance, Squire Harmon entertained some of the more re. Ceut settlers WIth BCCOULLs of Luuse Who picaicked When be Was @ UOy, SIXLY Years ago. ‘General regret Was expressed Chat no arranges Ments “lad been maue vy the Jackson Grove ‘Camp-Mecting A sociation for a cainp tals sear, and On @ hasty\auvass it Was found that a hulbet Were anxious W lave a Union circuit eaip hid, Efforts wil! ve made to hold one during tne latter Part of August. During Lue aiternoon a number of t Ang on Lue arcuWay over Severn RIV Of Mr. Jou Kiibor, residing wes Uon, 4 miles nortL, fell to the bution, a distance Of 25. or 30 feel, Mesell on Une right’ side of kis head and face, aud Was knocked nsensibie, VUt Te Vived sven afterward. aurimon's State 0 BOOKS OF THE WEEK. THE RISE OF SILAS LAPHAM. by Wu D raat tet, tue Sicilia dickvor’s Paper Series of Choice K ading, Su. 40) Tieaner & Co. had | THE TALE OF THE SHAKSPERE ELMTAPH. By Faaxcis B (Baron Verulaus and Vincouit 2 Alban). Treuslated trom tue Angio-Phoueuic By Lbwanp Gombox Chana Cicage, Belton, Carke ‘vo. fete wi i lilt , : ] i i + i Bi