Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1888, Page 2

2 CITY AND DISTRICT. ——_—_——_— +. ‘The large building which Mr. John F. Cook has erected al the northeast corner of i4th and H streeta will be occupied asa hotel It has been leased for aterm of years by Mr. Christopher C. Lefer, and as soon as it 1s completed, which will be early in the fall, Mr. ‘Phe hotel facilities in which Mr. Washington McLean is erecting at the corner of 15th and I streeta. On the oppo- ‘site corner ig the restaurant and hotei of Mr. Jon Chamberlain, which was opened several years ago in the corner residence, and has gradually extenied until turee large resi- ‘aan are used for the accommodation rave! bic, The same ts going 9B, oBiy in a different way, ia the butlaing kuows reniyeaarged in CS int toe rare and oe © ja the last few years, and now aa is Detng Dutit which will add to the ‘accommodations of what has grown to be a hotel, been stated in Tax sax, the project of ‘arming the old Duliding at the southeast corner @f Penasyivania avenue and 15th street intoa considered by the owners, and will Out, “As the owners control the Avenue and the 15th-street Dullding, whea erected, will prob- wore space’ than the structure now standing at the corner. In fact, it will be oae of hotel bulidings im tue city, It is un- erstood that the procesfings for the partition of ‘the Willard Hotei property, now in progress in the District courts, were Degun for the purpose of Making possibis the improvement enlarge- ‘the present Duliding. ‘Ihe changes noted the hotel facilities in one locality of the its counterpart wa Ler oF less degree of the city. hotel Dutidings are en! and new ones are being erected to the demand created by the ever increasing e fie i NEICIPATING THE CROPS, Mow the Public is Given Advance In- formation of the Probable Yield. GATHERING INFORMATION IN ALL PARTS OF THE COUN- ‘TRY—FARMERS WHO ACT AS AGENTS OF THE AGRI- CULTURAL DEPARTMENT—UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTS OF DEALERS. ‘Washington is not exactly an agricultural cen ter. It 1s doubtful whether any considerable amount of wheat, corn, rye, Darley, potatoes, or ‘‘obacco is raised here. Yet it is Washington, and Bot the great agricultural regions of the West, ‘the brokers watch to learn the condition of the crops. Chicago, as well as New York, sends here to know what the condition of the wheat crop is, and there ts a rivalry as to which shall get the de- sired information first, ‘The great stock and produce exchanges of New York and Chicago understand that the price of grain and other products, and the value of rail Toad stock, in a measure, are affected by the bul- letins issued by the physician here who feels the ers the growing’ crops Ubroughout this coun- f¥ and abroad. This man watches the growth of tie crop and reports upon its. physical condition at Various stages of its development; and Maaily, toward the period of its productiveness, predicts how fruitful it will be. Ali the great /DE>S centers are deeply laterested in these bulletins and (ees ee en eee iagtoa holds a much’ more "important pos ton in the commercial ‘world than it is commonly thought to, THE MAN WHO WATCHES THE SYMPTOMS of the crops so closely is Mr. J. R. Dodge, the stat- Isticlan of the Department of Agriculture, The Work of the statistical division of the Department 4s quite interesting, and the report upon the crops issued on Lhe tenth of eaca monta gives the most Feilable Information to be had on this subject. AS near as Can be ascertained the estimates of the crops made there before the harvest is Ouly a fraction out of the way at any time. ‘Towards the last of July Mr. Dodge can generally tell with tolerable accuracy What the amount of all the principal products of the country will be. ‘umber of visitors to Wasbiagtou. A FROFOSED BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT. A fine bullding 1s to be erected at the northeast corner of 15th and G streets. The property be- Jonge to the Douglass estate, and an appilcation Deen made to the court to ratity che sale Mich has been made to Mr. Geo. EB. Lemon. It ‘8 frontage of 28 feet on 15th street and 72 on street, and is improved by a tureesvory orick Duilding. Adjotning the property on G street is ‘Uhe property recentiy occupied by the Marine Hos. Service, having a troatage of 28 feet, and ‘Owned by Mr. W.S. Thompson. It 13 understood Mat Mr. Lemon has secured the control of this ‘of property. He proposes toerect a fine Beructure Ua the ground now cecupied by the two tend to the handsome marble Eee t Approves the'sale, the new Tru add very much to tue appearance of ‘Uhat prominent location and will be a fitting com- Plement vo the fine building recently erected by ‘National Safe Deposit Co. on the corner above. ‘coe ‘The Apportionment-of-Offices Law. Wo the Editor of Tus kvxxixe Stax: ‘The editorial sentiment of Tag Sram is inthe ‘main characterized by so much fairness and sound ‘sense that it is not often the conservative reader ‘Will find cause to differ with the views and deduc- ons found in this department. An exception, ‘however, may be noted in recent articles condema- that principal of the civil service which re- (or 13 Supposed to require) that appoint ments shall be made from the respective siutes of ‘Ube Union, $0 that cach state shail have tts fair quota of uiva and Women as employes in the vari- Ous Departments of the Government. ‘The policy advocated by Tus Stax is that tue most capable ‘and worthy persons should receive these appoint- ments, it matters not where they may reside. Followed to its logicul conclusion this wight re- salt 1a, ery desk in tue Patent Ofllce, Pen- ion Oftice, Priating OMlice, and every otner ‘omice ‘and bureau operated by the Government, with no other employes save men aud women whose homes are in the District of Columbia. Would ‘Unis be fair? Is there no difference between a corporation, for insiance, that would naturally engage operatives from tle Immediate vicinity of the work to be done and the United States Gov- ‘ernment on Which the people of Dakota have as good claiin for employment as if they lived in Sigut of tue nation’s capitol? Besides, who shall say that these distant, outiying states and terri. tones cannot furnish “as industrious and intelli- ElRE eTrants as come trom otner quarters of the Union? BUt whether the idea of general sclection with- out reference to state lines is correct oF not, this Uhing is certain, there has been and is up td the Present time an amount of fraud on the part of appicunts through the civil-service route that je are aware of By it hundreds have Themselves off as living in Texas or Oregon tue more distant states and securing here have been credited to thes: states. By Dona Ode residents have been retarded appoiatinents of failed altogether. This practiced to a shameless extent, and this hundreds in the Goverument service from states in which they have not, ever had. the shadow of a legal residence: no remedy against such abuses? F. S. In Behalf of the People, Tothe Bditor of Tax Evesrxo Stan: Im your issue of the 21st I flad a communication “On Bebaif of the Gas Co.,”in waich the writer takes consigerable space to say that because the citizens have been most outrageously abused in ‘the matter of the water supply, therefore no fault should be found with tue -*poor, stent, suffering gas company" Considering the stats of tue ther- Mometer this is decidedly tie coolest thing of the season. “Poor, silent, suffering gas company” 1s good. The poor yas ‘company, according to the worn statements of its officers, trom the das it ‘started in 1648 to 1881, had paid ‘only sixteen and eight-venths per cent annually in-net dividends, Deside its plant, valued at $1,170,056.57, and cash On hand $733,972.14 Just tink vi it. only an an- ual average of 16 8-10 uet for a continuous term of thurty-three years, including of course the frst Years, when it bad Dut two to three hundred cus Yomers, and ail the expease of relaylug its imsins ‘the reign of the Doard of works. But that 4g not the Worst of Its sufferings. According to the SWorn statement Of its treasurer, inade in response Yo Senator Van Wyck's resolution in 1866, te Cum any had pat tn net cash dividends duriag the ve Years (row 1881 to 1846 Only US per cent on its watered stock of two millions, and that, (00, while 3t was unable to sb w that it bad ever lavested over $500,000 of capital! In the meantime its plaut ‘bad been increased, wweluding cash on hand and lana d forits new works, Uo §1, 710,524.07 ‘entirely from the profits, a8 6 new Capital had deen ia! “Poor, silent, suffering Gas Com- aay Is 100 Dad 1t’saouid be made (9 suffer so, while money is wortu but 3 to 4 per cent, I think the citizens ot the District, out of whose the two mliilons were taken ip five Years te Gas Company, Lo pay this 95 per cent of net divideads, tacrease the plaut, buy land and Gov- ernment 4 per cent Would ve willlug to re- leve the “poor, silent, suffering company,” and for Ss pape fees oe Seen Passing the Spooner ail, pass one Tor condemning gas Woras, purchase them at a fair price, and ettner let, twe District run them. or let them to Tesponsible parties, wita good security, to furnish gasofa quality apicandie power, and at Breasonabwe price. That would relteve the Gas Company, and 12 your correspondent ts hon est in bis statements, he should at once take hold ‘and beip get this dont. I agree wit ali he says or hints at in regard to the abuse on the water ques. Won, Dut I fall to see how Wuat wroug tnakes the gas Wrong rigat. W.C.D. —— Wernout Land. TUE VANSVILLE FAMMENs' CLUB DISCUSS THR MEANS TO MES/ORE FERTILITY. Correspondence of Tux EVEN:xG Stan. ‘The Vansville Farmery’ Club met at the residence of William Snowden, of Birmingham Manor, a few evenings ago. This old manor house, of an origi- Ral tract of 13,000 acres, upon which have been ‘Wuilt @ number of beautifu: residences tn and sur- rounding the town of Laurel, was built in 1600. "The lower portion ts built of old English brick of ilerent. colors, walle ts upper suoties are of a que framing. "The surrounding outbuildings are ima semicircle, giving a View of all trom the main Buildings. Mr. Snowden's farm 1s now mostiy de- Noted to trucking for the Washington market. ‘The committee of inspection, Messrs. 1. D. Ware eld, Jas. D. Cass, fod Cuaries J. Kiusolving, after @ review cf the premises, reported a most favor- abie outlook for all growing ‘crops, abd a marked Improvement of the farm generally. ‘The subject of disenssion was opened by the host, Mr. Snowden, An a paper of a practical nature upon the renovation of worn-out lands He considered drainage frst 4a importance, plowing second, and thea lime abd frase. Covered itches, moderately deep piowing, Lop dressing with manure, liming and seeding (0 HESS 2° Gittngd woul sieurediy bring back the ity. Limited capital is quite essential, he Said, for woen grass is once obtained it ts neces. sary (Lo give the Meids rest for several years, and then by limlag again the problem 15 solved, DE. Humes looked to lime as the bextnaing and ‘Straw a8 a great belping, With clover to Sine other works Mr. Striger said be would put twenty-five acres ta the fallin wueat and follbw with grasa Pio, pectors would take our wase lands at §15 to $20 i a id i i 4 ze j He looks over the whole fleld—ti rh the agents of the Department—and sees how at every stage of its growth the cotton, the ‘the wheat or he corn is progres.ing, and by the ot ‘gures and experience he 1s enabied to make the estimates, HOW THE WORE 18 DONE. ‘This work costs the Government but Uttle, and 1s of great commercial value. More than nine thousand men are scattered all over the country watching the crops, talking to the farmers and collecting information, It is upon this informa. Uon that the Department estimates are made, In each of 2,300 counties there 1s One inspector and three or four assistants They watch the crops with the greatest care, and each month report their condition, whether or not the season 1s tavor- bie, €c., tO the Peparunent. ‘They are not for this Work, and this fact is thought by the De- partment vo Ve in the interest of exactness of report, 8 Wellas of If they were paid at all, half a million dollars a year would give them very small salaries, and there would probabiy be @ ‘scramble to get the piaces for incompetent men to whom that litle Would be a temptation. The De- partment prefers to make these offices places of Gisunetion and to thus secure the services of the leading farmers of each section, The most experienced men available are e ‘and tnere 45a very general willingness or desire to turnish the needed information. Bianks are furnished by tue Department for Lue monthiy report, and the agents are familiar enough with the subject to Know just what is wanted. They go right out into the fleld and look for themvelves and talk with other farmers Where ever they meet, So that practically the whole community vecomé agents for the Deparunent. Eaca monih the chief ageuts Teceives the reports of his assistants; compiles tue, wakes Lis calculation, anu from the infor mation Uius acquired he makes up bis report. ‘Twenty-three hundred of tuese reports are re- celved each month at the Department. From them a careful estimate 1s made by aur. and ls report at tbe end of Lhe month 1s the restilt of ‘carezul consideration of ali the information 80 ‘assembled. In order to get a correct average It 13, necessary, not only to get the statement of the Conditioa of the cop in eacu couuty, but to ascer- tain What relation the usual production in each county bears to the whole, A suort crop in coun- Ues of large production would greatly reduce un average Of tne whoie country, walle & much Sinaller crop in an unimportant district would have scarcely any effect at all, APPARENT DECREASE IN ACREAGE. Another thing thai has to be taken Into account ig a very general disposition in farmers to make it Sppear that thelr acreage is less than itis, Mr. Dodge says that if the reports of the farmers were Telled upon im this particular the apparent de- crease 1n acreage per Year would be at such @ rate That in a lew years it would appear that there was no planting done at all. Thisis probably due totue lustinctive desire on the part of the planters to make te nuinber Of bushels per acre appear as great as possibie. Allowance has to be made for (uese things, and after twenty-two years at the work Mr. Dodge knows about what per ceat of misstatement to allow for. When of acre- the average farmer is about 20 per cent a bber. The true acreage must, be ascertained by comparing the amount of product with the a torts — THR STATE AGENT. Besides the 2,300 agents who report to the De- Partment each month there isa “state agent” in each state, who gets the estimates from his assist- ants about as Mr. Dodge does here, and the re- ult of ls work ts gent to the Departineat for vers. jeation. These Teports seldom differ tar from the results arrived at in the ot. Tn addition to these a report 13 received from the De- Parunent agent in Europe, and correspondence 1s constantly goog on with agricultural societies, &c. The information thus acquired shows wita ‘aunost absolute accuracy what the crops will be, and (row that notion may be reached as to how tue prices wil} be; aud also the amount of carry— ing trade ts Indicated with ts effect upoa the rail Toad earnings A great effort is always made in {he interest of brokers to get the earitest taforma- on from tue Department for their guidance in speculating. False reports are often circulated, and attempts have been made indirectly vo influ ence the results of these estimates. WRONG PREDICTIONS. Some years ago the wheat dealers in Chicago made their own calculations from the earlier re- Ports and what other information they could get, and found that the crop was going to be vet Short. “They at once bougat up all une wheat they could get, and then tried in every way they @ould to spread the impression of a short crop and to in- fluence the estimate of the Department $0 a8 to Taise prices. But there was oue thing they had hot taken into account—the foreign crop was, as tue Departinent had information to suow, much larger than in the previous year; so tbat the Fid's product was not short, ‘There was no ad- Vance in price, and it was as much as the sp-culas Yors could do to get out with whole hides. The ext year they tied Wo influence the estimates 50 as suow a larger crop than there was, but 1D ‘nls they falied also, me: sansa a sl Congressmen whe Drink Mineral ‘Water, “They come in at ali hours ofthe day,” suid ® mineral-water man to a Sta reporter, a3 the lat- ter asked if Congressmen patronized him. “Some of the greatest law-makers of the country drink mineral water every day.” AS the reporter was speaking Representative Butterworth, of Onto, accompanied by Represent- ative Hatch, of Missourt, came in, Mr. Butter- worth asked for Massanetta water, and drained his glass twice, while his brother member was struggling With a glass of Londonderry. Before they were seated in their carriage, Senator W. M. Evarts walked in and called for Massanetta, Which he drack 1m a Very calm and deliberate manner. “You are most Loo early,” said the mineral-water man, “tor what we term the cot ‘onal rush, ‘That doesn’t oceur unui nearly I1 o'clock, At that time they hold quite a session aud debate the relative inerits of the several mineral waters. Senator & C. Walthall, of Mississippi, is a fim be- Lever tp Biue Lick and’ voices its merits on all oc- casions. Representative Jones, of Alabama, always takes Hatuorn Water and advises his colleagues Yo do the same, Senator Ransom is the most de~ liberate drinker of mineral water I have ever seen. He drinks Watte Sulphur water from Virginia, and Lakes it very slowiy, evidently getting the benefit of every drop. R'bresentative Harmer usu- ally drops in between 10 and 11 o'c!9ek and takes glans of Massanetta before going to ‘he Cepitol nator Ingalls follows the exampie of Senator Evurts and takes Massanetta before commencing his arduous lavors, Representative Lawler says ‘Bethesda ts the only water of any account and in- duiges in it every morning. Senator Cull, of Florida, drinks Londonderry with great relish in the morning and evening. Senator J. T. Morgan, of Alabama, says: ‘Give me a glass of Tate, please, early in'the morning.” Mr. McComas, of Maryland, drinks nothing but Geyser, but takes the carbonated water in preference to the natural, Representative Anderson, of Kansas, drinks a combination of Massavetta and Silurian, declar- ing it to be @ positive safeguard against malaria, Kepresentatives Dargan and Goff are. also great 2 ttheral water drinkers, the former drink! sanetta While Che latter prefers Hawthorn.’ im the Moonlight. Written for Tux Evaxixe Stam, ‘The moon shines down on 3 phautom world, ‘Whi b calmly siceya in the cold white light, With Uroken shadows acrous it hurled Fro. the hand of raven-winged Night, ‘The church spire rises up grim and tall— Wo basten this work. De said, afe the mediciues needed. ‘The next meeting Will continue the discussion, Ww. “You want to know why, ever since you ean remewber, sick people have been given a Of toast, nt least for a time,” said the i i ‘A dark bat flies from the belfry gray; ‘The grieving doves in their slumber call ‘To loving mates who are iar away. (0 cold, cold, cold is the silver light. Silent and cold are the shadows long: ‘There is no sound of life in the night, No voice of gladness or burst of song. ‘The pale moon sails on above the land= ‘The city sleeps as it slept before; THE TENNIS PLAYERS. Talk of Organizing = General Club ‘Take the Place of Private Clubs. wherever they may be, and are keeping in practice forthe fall campaigu. Phose that remain in the city ‘Visit neighboring courts when their own are de- serted and find Vacant places there and in conse- quence a heartier welcome. The mingling of the layers together Is one of the advantages of the summer vacation, and those'who would like to see the number of good players in this city in- crease are consiaerin; to ther Poremoe gears diate ine went ‘he organization of aclub to take the place in Partof all the private clubs has been suggested. thingit teauibie. “fits conviction is se” general that go far noting has been done. There bas “A difticulty in the way of organizing a club,” observed one of the leading players In tue city to'a Stak mao, “‘is the supply of ground all over the city that'ts available for vennis courts, Nearly every Vacant corner lot in the city is occupied, and gu know that the number of these is not sinall. ‘hen there 1s the vacant ‘not on corners, @nd altogether the available space for tennis within the city lmits 1s considerable, Some of the courts are dirt courts and otuers are turf. Many Of them are in fine condition and nearly all are convenient to the homes of the playera, ‘The cost 1s comparatively slignt to the members, and that in this town 1s also a great consideration,” mow you see" he went ob, “a general club to amount to anything and to enroll as members & respectable portion of the tennis players of the city must offer some inducements.~ It 1s conceded ‘hat the majority of the players will be unable to maintain, on account of the expense, their con- nection both with @ general club and their local club, ‘They will therefore be obliged to choose between the two, “Perhaps the general club can furnish better courts, or perhaps the few are lower. There must be some inducement. There 4s, Of course, always this udvantage in a member- ‘slip tn @ general club over that in a local club, You meet @ greater variety of players in the former club. Many of whom piay better than you do, and 90 you are constantly learning something aud gaining from the practice derived from play- ing with good players.” This is a great advantage ‘and 1s really the one that should balance toa large extent other realor apparent disadvan- “What we need todo here,” he added, “Is to organize a club at once and makes sturt, Then Secure some ground in a convenient locality, which can be leased for a season, put it in order and begiu playing, In this way'a nucleus will be formed, and I think taat the membership would gradually grow, Ina short ume the club would, ho douot, be strong enough to look for a a ent place. It ig Detter to begin in a small way, ‘and then if there 18 a promise that tue players the District will Lake an interest in it, there 18 no Teason why the c\ub should not in the course of a few years own handsome grounds near the city, Where there would be a club-house.” Several of the ‘nt players of the city Were asked in regurd to the matter, and nearly all agreed as to the advantage of having such an or- ganization. Some thought that 1¢ would be too expensive, and others were of the opinion that it Would be’ necessary to go a great aistance away from the ceater of the city in order to se. cure grounds, For this reason they preferred their own clubs, which are couventent. Mr. Metcali said that he favored the project. He sald that he would join such a club and ne knew fourteen or ffteea players who would do the same thing if a club was organized, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Woodward, Mr. McCawley, Mr. Stevens and otners of the leading players aré in favor of such an en- ‘Verprise. ——_+e+- —_____ THE REGISTERED MAIL, Millions of dollars pass daily through the New York post-office in the shape of registered mail matter. There are several Ways of sending money through the mails. Perhaps the best, known is the money-order system. ‘The postal yote is com- paratively new and 1s, therefore, not sd familiar to ‘the average citizen, But when a man has some- ‘thing valuabie other than money, or a large sum of money he wishes to send to a distant point, he avails himself of the registry system, This 1s very simple, He pays letter postage on the package and, in addition, a fee of 10 cents, It may be Jew- elry or bonds, or even money in large amounts, but off it goes under the protection of the Post-OMice Department. “Suppose a man,” explained a Post-Office De- partment oficial © a Stark man, “wanted Lo send eae to @ distant place in this country and looked around for th® cheapest method, Unless be is @ person with an extended bank account, he is apt to get ten $1,000 bills, put them in an en- Welope, and place of it a registry stamp, Before he intfust the letter to the malls perhaps he asks Aimself what will be the result if this money should happen to be lost. He makes some in- quiries, und ascertains that the Government would not be responsibie, All tuat the Government en- gages to do is to exercise unusual care in ‘the transmission of a registered lever. Ro responsilibity attached except in that one par- Ucular. Special pouches are furnished, which are locked at one end of a through line, and are not opened until the otuer end is reached, ‘These are speciaily prepared bags, with combina- ton locks, and tbe combination is known only to two persons, namely, tne transmitter at ‘one end and the receiver at the other. When the registered matter is not placed in a trough pouch a receipt 1s required and obtained from every man into Whose hauds it comes. A registered letter is put on Lhe trainat a smali town, the postmaster bags @ receipt from the postai clerk, and the latter in turo from the postmaster receiving it. A re- celpt Is required from the person Lo whoin It ts de- livered, 80 that It 1s a comparatively easy task to trace a registered letter or ‘Kage, and if one ts Tnere ts lost, to Nx the biame or guilt upon ihe proper per- son.” “A rather curious feature has sprung up,” he continued. “There are companies in existence Where business consists in insuring registered matter. They have nothing to do with its trans- portation. The Government does that. But they Insure the trustworthiness of Lhe Government, 1ts accuracy, and the Integrity of its ewployes. They take the’ risks which the Government reruses to take, They guarantee (0 a man that his package or letter wuica he has intrusted to the care of U mails shall reach its destination. If trough any "cause ‘the package Is lost, then the insurance company pays the" loss, ‘It may also be added that tue Government catches the thief, as itis very seldom that the theft of Tegistered matter is & success, So you see wuen a man basa large amount of money tw send, if be doubts the reilability of the Government or 1s afraid of the casuaities of the way, bis fears may be allayed by getting out an insurance poi which takes bia whatever happens. The Fegisiry system, Uke ‘the parcel post, infringes ‘sowewhat ou tue business of the express com- jules, and On this account their adopuon by the Government was opposed. Butt was tuougnt to be aservice required by the people, and, as it 18 cheaper, of course it 1s popular. pee abated 3 5. BOOKS OF 1HE WEEK. A WINTER PICNIC: The Story of a Four Months* ‘Outing in Nassau, told in the Letters, Journals aud ‘Talks of four Picticers, By J-and E Dicnrnos and 8. £, Down. (Leisure Hour Beries, No. 210.) New York: Henry Hou & Co, Washington: Wan Ballantyne & son. THE TARIFF HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES: A Series of Easays, By F.W. Tavssta, LLB. Ph D., Ansistant Professor of Political Econom: Harvard Univeraity., (“Questions ot ths Lay.” No. 47] am dork: @. P. Putnam's sone W.H. Morrison. THE INDEPENDE! iw TICS: Address. aD rezone tetera 13, 1888. By Jaues Kussect Loweit (Ques tious of the Day," No. 4.) Now York: @. P Put: nam’s Sona Washington: W. H. Morrison. INHERITANCE, A Novel. By Ep: AVIRGINTA INCE, A Novel. By EDuxp Appleton & Co. Washing MADAME SILVA. By M. @, MoCuxttaxn, author of ete. etc. (Casseli's sunshine seri SOL} New York; Cossell and Oa. "Washinetons: niato'e. TO HERSELF. Suihor of “he Bar Sintoter ter et hattan Beries, No.6.) New York: AL. “BOOKS THAT HAVE from “che Forum.” Co. Wa : 2 Co. - tod en dork B. Appleton TRIAL LIBERTY. By Jom M. Doxwaxe Tee tocky GP Putuaia's Sous Washington, We SEVERED AT GETTYSBURG. By Miss M.C. Kxt- Lua, UPirende series.) New York: J.1. Oyilvic TWENTY-EIGHT WALL STREET. Tineat Curwa ‘New York: Irving Pubbuhiing Oo” “ Ne THE ART REVIEW, July-dugust, 1888. New York: SOLDIERING BY THE sEa. The Pleasures of the National Rifles’ Encampment, ENTERTAINING THE RED COATS WITH GENEROUS HOS- PITALITY—THE BALL GIVEN IN THRIR HONOR BY THE MARTEA’S VINEYARD CLUB—MR, —. A. WIL- ‘LARD a8 4 HOST AT NANTUCKET. Correspondence of Tam EvExixe Stan. \Oax BLUPrs, Maprua’s VixeYanp, Mass, July 24, 1888. ‘The Rifles have been away trom home a week, nd the pleasure afforded the boys has been un- Dounded. Tney dropped into this gem of an island, and when they landed at the wharf of Oak Bluffs ‘& great surprise awaited them. The reception ao corded them by the members of the Martha’s Vine- Yard Club, the Oak Bluffs’ Club and the citizens Generally, has been a subject of general congratu- lation among the boys and the friends who accom- Panied them. The proprietor of the Bea-View House 1s one in a thousand among hotel men, and 4s @ prince of good fellows. Tne only trouble. the Rifles have 1s to find time to enjoy all the weather, Dathing, boating and fishing, aud entertainments of aifferent kinda, ‘To use the of & paper here the Red Coats have on the other hand Won for themselves the deserved title of gentlemen, and in all they do Ubey exhibit the discipiined soidier and gentleman rr eg Rg Tad Grills of the boys are appreciate Pt *Ae® When the command last Tiursday reached Nantucket Island they were met by Mr. Henry A. Willard, of Washington, whose guests they were. ‘The couimand took in with pleasure all there was to see, and were served with retreshments by & bevy of pretty girls, ‘The journey home was some- What stormy, Dut most of ihe boys felt well enough enjoy, themselves. Lieut Hay proposed, was accepted, and was married to a Jolly Ransas C ‘on the boat by the sanctimonious “Parson’ Eaylor, Who Was arrayed in long coat and spec- Impromptu hops have been held in the parlors and diniug-room of the Sea View, and on last Saturday evening the Rifles gave one of their Well-known fuil-dress hops, and the boys were in the height of thelr glory, tor they made conquests on ali sides and were pronounced ideal dancers. The common remark 1s that all the married men seem to have stayed at home. The Weccacoe Band come in for their share of the honors, and hever before has such concert and dance music choed through the halls of this hotel as the past A iancy dress parade was the feature of last Saturday afternoon, and the waving of handker- ehiefs and the sid¢-splitting laughter told the boys it had been a success, Mr. and Mrs, C, B. Dennis, Dr. and Mrs, Tucker, May Boggs, Wim. Young dnd General Wara have been forewost in their endeavors to please the Rifles. Col. H. M. Brownell, Lue proprietor of the Sea View House, has been untiring in bis efforts Yo Show the voy’s # good Ume, and when they come here again they will stop at this popular hovel. He tendered the command a complimentary din- her ‘Tuesday afternoon, and the menu Was very elaborate, ‘The ouly defeat the Rifles experienced was on the base ball fleld, A nine from the M. V. Herald office took them down by a score of 7 06. Hamil. ton caugut and Smith pitcued. | C. W. Brooks covered first base, Wulle Mitchell and Finney cov. ered the other two, Colladay, 8. F. Brooks and Josephs were in the eid: Young ‘did the short~ Stop, and @ lady who is Up on base Dall aid the umpiring. ‘Tue Brownell mess are keeping up the reputa- tion of the command as envertatners, and they are a jolly set of Letlows. Liew. Manson and a party went fishing the other day, andcame home with a fine catch of Dlue fish. ‘One of the enterprising verymen here gave the entire command a free ride over the coucreted avenues of Une Island, ‘Tue full dress ball in honor of the Rifles, given by the Martha’s Vineyard Club in the Casino, Was Ube event of the Visit, When such a club give an entertainment they ieave nothing undone to con- tribute vo the pleasure of their guests. All tue details were carefully looked Wo, aud tue immense Casino was beauitfuliy decorated by skilled uanus. ‘Tue Fitcuvurg and Weccocoe bands alternately played dance and promenade music, Among Ube several hundred guests were: Major Boggs, Gen, Ward, C. B. Dennis, Paui Tidden, W. F. Young, G. M. Landers, jr., E Hatehies, Arthur Jenks, Hen- Jamin Prati, red Cummings, C.M. Van Siycx, Neison Caruian and Lieut. ‘Tutt, of battery B, Worcester, Mass., in full untforin; Miss Barbey, Of New York} Mra Richardson, of "Brooklyn; Miss luzie Gray, Of Woreesver, Mass; Miss Davis, of Bosion; iss Hill, Of Minueupolis; Mrs. Major Boggs, Of New York; Miss M. E. Waters, of Wash- ingvod, wuo wore a Ueautitul costume of pale pink Silk, corded girdle to match and diamonds; Mrs Brownell, of New Bediord; Mra, Lieut, George W. Evans, of Wasbingvoa, in lovely coscume of White SUK auld Lulle Wit diainoud oruamenus; Mrs. C. Be Dennis, of Boson; Mrs. Lieut, Scuouiters, of Wasl- Angton, tn pate bide Fale Francals, diamond and pearl Croaiments; Mrs H. K. Simpsoa, of Washing. ton, in igured moire and garnet velvet; Mrs. W. G. Lown, of Washington, White lace with molré Wimmings and diawouds; Mrs, DuBant, of Wash ing.ou, 14 black lace aud diuinoud ornaments, The Ollicers of the K.iles, on Tucsday evening, tendered a Wine supper to the members of tue ‘Martha's Vineyard Ciuv, tn one of the parlors of {ue ‘Sea View House. ‘There were covers laid Lor auxty, and all bad a royal good tune, ‘Hadsowwe badyes of Lhe Martua’s Vineyard Club have been presented Lo Capt. Oyster, Lieut, Evans, ‘and Lieut. Hay. air. and Mrs H. M. Brownell entertained the command and ‘its friends tn the new Dufft of te hotel, where salads and other good things to eat Were ‘arlistically arranged on a long table, and an immense bow! Of puncu adorned a handsome stde- board. A salmon tree feet long and w:ighing 30 pounds, artistically dressed, Was a feature of tne Occaston. ‘Tue usual mock trial was held, and after wit had been exchanged by Judge Brown, chief Justice of tue island, aud Lieut, day, Jas. L.’ Boyer was con- demoed to death and Was shot last night at 6 o'cloci ‘The freedom of the Martha’s Vineyard Ratlroad Was Vendered Ub: command to Katame, Edgarton, and South Beach by the president of the road. A clam-bake Was one of the features of the excur- sion, ‘The Rifles leave here to-morrow at 1p. m. for Boston, where they will be entertained by the Na- onal Lancers, . comING HOME. Correspondence of Tux EVENING STAR. New Your, July 27. The Rifles left Martha’s Vineyard with a great many regrets, but judging from appearances at the wharf the residents at the island were sorry to have them go. At New Bedford, after a pleasant ‘steamboat ride, the boys Look tue old colony road for Boston, A delegation of the Lancers met the Rifles 10 miles ou‘, aud wnen the cars rolled into the depot there was the entire command of the National Lancers to do honor to the scariet-coated boys. ‘The Watiam and Weccacoe bands played alternately through the different streets ‘to the Kancers Armory, and large 2rowds with clapping ands and waving handkerchiefs told that the hington cowpany’s repuvation bad preceded verywhere on the Urip have tne Rifles Deen grandly received, but Boston beats the world, BoR's ARISTOCRACY—HOW THE NATIVES REQARD ‘THE MOUNTAINS—OLD COSTINE AND THE OLD BAROX. (Copyrighted, 1888.) Special Correspondence of Tue Evaxrne 8ran: Eastroxt, Mx, July 23, 1888, It would be difficult to tell how many thousand Tich, good, or pretentious people now annually Pass a portion of each summer on Mount Desert Island, about Bar Harbor and Somesville, and on Deer Isiand ia glorious Frenchman's and Peuob- Soot Bays It would not be diMeult to estimate ‘how few of these ever gave the history and tradi- Uonary lore of the region a moment’s thought, Aside from Mount Desert Isiand, with its 100 ‘Square miles of area, Stave, Bartlet, Long, Swan's, Little and Great Cranberry, Placentia, Great and Little Deer, Fox and Marshall tsiands, all of mpor- tant dimensions, there are over 200 lesser islands, varying tn appearance and size from the dark-red, Slad, suahy and picturesque bit of sea-girt earch e or Whete live from one to a doven familles of water- ide folk, as there did a dogen generations be‘ore en. ‘Thomas Cole, the humble wall-paper maker of Onio, whose genius was first awakened by a wan- dering portrait painter, and who gave the world those five masterpieces’ of landscape “Course of Empire,” now in possession of tue New York His torieai Society, was not only the pioneer in land- Scape art, but he was the artist ploneer on these noble ‘shores, Church, with equal genius, and PeTBApS a redier faculty of acquisition, tollowed Im, and made the whole world really Cognizant Of them—not to know them; for there 13 not a Wizard pencli or brush that can ever convey to human eye an approxiination of even the meanest of the surpassing effecis in shine and shadow, fair Weather and fog, which your eyes or mine every~ Where rest upuh, whe the great bays nusiied and gleaming ike pouished sliver, sleep beneath It would take acolumn of Tae Stak to tell the tale, but sumMce to say no money or trouble Was spared in the day and night while the command Was there. At tue banquet 1n the evening cham- Payne flowed Like water, and every Rifle had two Or ‘three Lancers to vee that the bottoms of the late and cup Were nwt reached, The next mora- ing Carriages Were walling at ‘the Quincy House for the entre comm snd, and the city was viewed under the most favorabl: conditions. ‘All was oustle in the Lancers’ Armory at 6 O’clock of the evening of the 26th, and after hearty food-byes had been said the noviest entertainers in tne land escorted the Rifles to the train, wich Teached Fa] River at 7 p.m. ‘The steamer Bristol ‘Was boarded, und, after a deilghttul vali and sleep, New York was redched at 70 clock the next morn? ing. ‘The rain came peiting down on the Rifles as they marched up Broadway, but even rain could Dot dampen their spirits. “The windows of the usy houses along Browdwa7 were crowded, and huzzas Were given the Rifles for tueir’ sol. dierly bearing. At noon the sky cleared and points of interest in and around New York were visited, and the entire command went to Staten Isiand’ to see Nero, w we leave for ‘Washington, ‘Capt, Oyster Joined the command in but was called away again at New York. Harry Bowers joined the boys in New York, Ww. Just as Bidic Ado Montagu in Dress, ‘We laugh at the immense hoops, the small bon. nets and pinched waists of thirty years ago, and yet our present fashions will appear quite as ridic- ulous to our grandchildren, Regarded trom a dis- passionate potnt of view, could anything be more Bogura chau! che wouion ot the day wustinerniee ferent being from the woman of the pastand eset hideot uncomfortabie and juriows Eishiona will reign wit Just as despouc twat sa the garments of conven- com over which Tun and seriously injure with their Reavy voulcles. A good oe ths wa So be aoca te sweet, betwee, and 16th a Tied Perey veal r i 1 i I Hl ij H 5 i af El i Uhese soit blue skies; when the tides come and 0, singing their crooning songs among the kelp and sea-urchins by ledge, reef, and base of lofty headland; or when the mighty ocean comes crested 10 vo thunder and lash upon the eternal te bulwarks which mock and baffle every at WHERE TO stor. If you come to this spot because it is fashionable you will at onceseek Bar Harbor, with its splendid exactions and aristocratic regime; but if you come a8 an artist or as a wanderer, desiring the Feaily interesting in the sea, shore’ and people, you will settle yourseif for the summer somewhere about Southwest Harbor, or sul tarther from tne Mindless crowd, on the Porcupine Islands, or in AY Oue of the scores of little fishing with Wuich the smaler islets and contiguous mainland shores abound. Then rest to your heart’s content, or pass idyllic days with Deg cee with some safe old skipper in charge who kuows évery shade Of chi in sky or weather, Be a veritabie tramp Sundays and evenings about the quaint old inns aud among the fisher-folk; and sleep wherever night finds you. For you will find here those whose souls are not yet cogni- zant Of guile, and with whom unquestioning bos pltautty, is @ Shining part of their simple piety and. lulth, Then study the reaches of channel, the black teeth of ugi ‘the plumy crests of forbidding reefs, Find out all about iobster fish- ing, canning and shipping. Acquire familiarity With the fisiers of, and the seasons for, haddock, hake, ee ae and cod, and what ts done With the sea-harvest when it 13 brought ashore. Watch the wonderful colors change upon the sea. Note the suu-light bathing the mountain .ops, and the clouds laying the misty purples between. Find ail the light-uouses and know Ube keepers well, Sali about the mighty headlands and put the friendly hand of your goodiy aquaintance upon every one. And above ‘get into the spirit and thougnt of " @hese sea- faring men whose superstitions and lore are as a strange book that has never been read, Be with ‘them when the great “Black Fog” comes in from ‘the sea, and when It ax mysteriously disappears, and at’ ali umes enjoy tueir reasons for Ubings, thelr judgment upon the fashionable who are “sp'llin’ the hul keptry with their tavern airs,” their legends of olden days, their sctentitic disqui- sitions On Wind aud weather, their revelation of the causes of qpming and going of fogs, and even ‘their taes of how the very mountains of Mount Desert caine to be set upon their granite bases, ‘TWo out of two hundred samples of this lore will illustrate what you will acquire, THE “BLACK FOG” comes all unawares—to landiubbers, at least. When first seen it 1s as but a feathery feck against the horizon, For a time it creeps in from the sea, seemingly no higher than the lowest land's edge, In afew minutes 1t bas swallowed all the ouver islands, the light-houses, and reefs. In @ moment more the bays, the mountains, the very ligit 18 gone; and, wuerever you are, you area Diack statue ip @ palpable gray shroud which hides your hand before you. 1 asked my old skipper where it caine from #0 suddenly. “Whar does it come from?—whar? Well, now! She Jess araps fur ther “Flyin? Dutcum'n’ to sail over Ou!” Now that was the beginning and end of the whole matter. If you doubt, or argue with, tnis Sort of faith and fact, you cap never more sail in that skipper’s boat. So, too, walle yet frst ex. re lenelbg the smothering sensation of prisonment In the “B.ack Fog,” whose sul presence and texture po artist has ever yet been able to Tepresent On Canvas, in an instant it will disap- pear, leaving as clear and peliucid an air asever aLbed tue peaks of Colorado, 1t is marvelous. If you so remark, the crisp response wiil come: “Yes, ob, yes, Sun e’t ber at one chaw!” In their kindly minds, which open and close like ‘Steel Jaws upun an idea, If it 1s one Which has been presented by their torefathers, in a way easily ac- countable to tueir ken, there 1s no more change ‘than With the sand-hidden bases of the pyramids, MOUNT DESERT'S CHARMS. Again, @ mighty geologic and historic fact ts revealed. The chief beauty of Mount Desert Isiand isin ts mountains, From a litte distance they seem to rise grandly out of the very blue of the sea, The highest, Mount Green, reaches an ele- vation of neurly 2,000 feet. As you eooeens the Sunshine flooding their rounded peaks give them a bronzed, metailic appearance, But from a league aWay their real Deauty and grandeur break lovingly upon the vision. Verdure-clad In pla again showing massive bulwarks of rock, ‘aod from each heht vet! in graceful undulations to the sea, a rare anu winsome charm, a3 Well as abroad and stalwart mujesty, possesses them. Wherever one may be within sight of tne splendid: masses, 1t 18 Impossible to cease their contempla- on. Thus musing on them in tue spirn of geologic conjecture and revery, I halt unocon- sciousiy asked my skipper if he had any idea of Ubelr age. “A Jee-tle up'ard’ n’ a hundred year,” he an- swered prompuly. Tlooked at him with amaze- ment andit netted Lim. “A lee-Lle up’ard’ n’ 4 hundred year!” he repeated stolidiy, selling his teeth bard upon his tovacco, aud eyeing me askance as if with inidavory feel: ings Of resentment at my unaccountable igno- rance, “Tuem ar thirteen mountings aint tuar tur ee ‘Them ar aie eg oe mount- ings riz plum’ up ouren , ube very day inky d'clar’d "Pendeuce to these Yooniterd States! ‘Them as seed it lived right hereabout.” “But, Captain,” I pleaded, aghast at this start- lng révelation, “you know De Monts and Cham- plain discovered The island just 264 years ago; hamed it ‘Lisle des Monts’ Déserts,’ trom dreary appearance of the tops of those very moun- tains; Briaid and Masse, the French Jesuits, estabilshed a mission over there on the western, shore of Soue's Sound?” in toues Of awful scorn my skipper merely swered: “Did, did Walll spose ‘sech scal- lops comes from schoolin’, Isay no men livin’ Was in these parts afore my forefathers; an’ them ‘that's dead and duubted”—this with contemptu- ‘ous griet—“seed with Lheirown eyes them thii mouctings list up thelr heads, “Howsumdever, twher’s no argerin with saeerers!” T changedekipper and craft. within thirty min- ules for uny educative efforts, for not all the wealth: of Bar Harbor would tempt my old friend to longer associate With one whose temerity and iconoclasin $0 threatened the bulwarks Of his own patriouc BAR HARBOR, But the artist's, poet’s, or areamer’s era at Mt, juivo,” little Paris of our noruieast coast. ten jousend rich pleasure seekers come here {rom one to vwo million dollara. All the ings Of the American noveau riches are here. Hoveis are vast caravapsaries, splendid in architecture, decoration, regime, ecgee e polite, ai New; Newport gentine olden arltsocracy" Newport's sur Who has ever seen the latter, without instinctively 44 Piola sven ‘at the crest of tne wi , foremost one, a8 if @n Spark had lit the 7nole coasiWise advancing disc, 8 spumy and al. Tiost detached crest hovers ‘above, “nd,” tn ‘scores and soores that follow, to mass in ‘Surf with millions of tremulos, cockades of foam bora, which Gnally daab and tumble ‘wantonness over the merry waiting de neath. 2 ‘ ‘This ts all lacking at Bar Harbor. A dash in the sea here would of the heartless social arrogance freeses the soul. This phase of Bar predominant ol than old Castine, which you come upon im your from the soiled Desert? The trip up the Re of ag Take Tae Beech, Great aud Litt e Spruge Head, islands with their pretty settiemeats, tueir dainty mgd their beadiands and giorious veruure, Woo to revery and rest. But Castine itself, not yet much defied by tne brazen hand of summer-resort gain, rests behind 1s shores homely and demurely in ts Own winsome beauty and boundless back~ ind of romance aud history. Here the famous iymouth colony bad a trading house as early as EM og ig eraser English colonies. point for cen. Sak Uon the great movements against the English by the swarthy hordes oi TaranUnesand their French aiies, And ruins of most anctent forts are here, within and without whose ramparts are myriads of infinitely greater tragedies tian the death of that shining martyr to wilely loyalty, the grandly brave and beautiiui Madame La Tour, have been Wrought, Were ail this not so, its ra HOUSES: \" roofs and great gabled windows, Its antiquated streets, and queer Old shops, 1L8 wealth Of cool “spare” and square rooms its grand old~ fashioned porenes and brass door-knockers, is Tuined wharves and prim olg charches, its lanes thyme-laden and tremulous With songs of birds, its savor of all things winsome ashore and flavor Of all the magic of the sea, woul make-the en- chanting spell complete. But here lived the most Temarkable man of the day and ime, THE BARON DE ST. CASTIXE. Born under the shadow of the Pyrenees, aman of seusitive and knightly spirit, & hero in the wars of Louis XIV. he unaccountably chose the life of a recluse among the Abenakis, a powerful tribe of the Tarantines, whose villages and counsel- rounds lay along the Penobscot. and so won their ve and Uhat according to La Hontan, “they looked upon him a8 their Uutelar God.” He married among them, after their a beau- Uful Indian princess, daughter of chief ‘Madock- Wando. In time he became their king aad leader, and bis power and sway were equalled by nd other living man in America duting tbe six. teenth century. “Hé worked himself into such a rorwune,” says the old cironicler “which any man Dut he would have made use of draw out of the country, above two or three hundred thousand crowns, wuich be has now tn his pocket in good dry gold.” And so in many wondrous ways one how this good baron lived, loved and rued. The governor-generai of Canada must needs “keep in with him.” ‘The governor of New Bogland “was afraid of him.” His constancy to his Indian wife in those days of brutal Puritaric con- Vempt for sacredness of Uves oF of Indian Women, leaves a positive halo about his memory. ‘Thougii every flutter of the wind-whipped trees was @ shuddering, “Casune!—and nts Iudians!” to we Englisu sewers, no captive returned vo is peopie Without tale of Castine’s mercy and Lenderness The Little surely recorded and the numberiess legends lingering here shame history in 1ts lack of tribute to the one grand figure that ever trod our soll whose life atnong, or dealings with, {he Ainerican Indiao, was luminous with gran deur Of upright ie abd character, The Eagitsh Were his toes. He fought them’ witu savage ferocity. But bis life among these simple children Of navure Was a poem Of purity and novility. Go where you will about the dreamful spot which bears his name, the memory of unat spot Jess iife in the dim old ‘savage days, seems to uure ur from rook, pipe 1a song of’ bird, call ter. Venuly in souguihg of spruce and pine, sine in sno and air and flower, aud beat trumpet-calls to ‘him Who Will listen from out the sonorous sounds of Uhe zyUbunic sea, Epax L. Waknman, No Drag to Cure Insomnia, Dr. Hutchinson, in American Maguzine. Thave recently met with Several cases of tn- somnta due toover-taxation of the American nerv- ous system, and have been requested to prescribe some drug that should be effective to produce sleep and be at the same time harmless, No such drug exists! ‘There 1s not one medicine capable of quieting to sleep voluntary life that has been Working Len hours at high pressure, except 1t be more or less Polsonous. Consumption of chloral, bromine ta ‘Some form, or optuia, bas increased in this country to an incredible exieat, ts still growing, and a large number of Americans go to bed every night Move OF less under Lue Influeace of poison. Sleep thus obtained 1s not resiiul nor restorative, and nature sternly exacts her penalties tor violated law, more severe in these cases than in most otuers. Digestion suiters firsi—one 1s rarely hungry for breakfast, and loss of morning appetite 48 a certain sign of ill health, Increasing nervous- hess follows unt days become burdeus and pol- soned nights the only comfortable parts of life, — Family Epistles Not Privileged, From the London truth. Miss Macnamara engaged herself to marry Mr. Twigge, Whereupon her brother wrote to her do- nouncing the intended bridegroom as an imposter, ‘who only wanted her fortune of £10,000. She dis- Frrchwitn proceetied. to sue iis” accuser for ibey wit to sue lis accuser for libel,’ and last week the case ended ina It certainly does not seem to me, however, that on every ground the letier of a brocher to a'sister on such a topic should ve held as privileged. If family epistles of tuls kind are not to be so re- garded, cases of libel are likely to be increased to un alarming extent, eased Charles Wife. From the Youth's Compamon. A gentleman, accompanied by a Indy wearing a. handsome dress and bonnet, came out of a concert hall one night to find it raining, while they were without umbrella or waterproof clothing. “Why, Charles,” the lady cried, “it's raining!” #0 I see, sald Charles, catmiy. “Why, what shall we do?” “1 rather think that we shall have tolet it rain,” ied the matter-of-fact husband. xclted by the disaster awaiting her garments the lady amused the by-standers by say- ing, “Way, Charles, how can we, when T have oa this light dress and bonnet?” 290 ‘The Old Lady Was Not Forgotten. From the Lewiston Journal, “Evhel,” asked a Lewiston mother of her daugh- ter, as the fair young girl sataown at a late break- fast in her morning gown, “did George leave any package for me last evening?” Ethel blushed and Said falteringiy, “Why, no, mamma, What made you ask?” “Ub, notulog. "Lonly beard him say at the door as he sald good-bye, ‘Now, here is oue more for your mother,’ and 1d.du't know Dut it Was that pattern tor lace Jambrequins that his mother has promised me.” Ethel sad noting. ‘Those Girls Marry Americans. From the sew York Graphic. ‘There is One sturdy, rich, and American family in New York that never bartered their money and the future of any of their daughters for the sham and tinsel of a title. ‘That family 1s the Vanaer- bilt family, ‘The four daughters married Ameri Cans, apd every man of thew had made his Way io the World before the fortune bis wife brought him Was added to bis store. Kecall the r names and those of thelr husbands and they will be found to Tepresent the best types of our nationality. Mar- garet Vanderbit married Col. Eillot F. Shepard, Bow the owner of the Mail and Express; Emily 18 the wife of Thorne the great carpet dealer; Adele gave her hand and heart to Wiliam McK: ‘Twombiy, the pusulng, energetic railroader now in charge of the Vanderbilt interests in the West, and Leia bas for her husband Dr.W. Seward Webb, 800 of the old fighting editor, J mes Watson Webo, and now head of the New’York Central Parlor Car Co, ‘Street Car Horses, From the New Yors Star. “What is that White stuff in the water?” sald a 7s oatmeal which We mix with the water,” ‘said the conductor, to Whom tbe question was ad. dressed. meal! What has come over Deacon Richard- son?’ Has he Joined the Soaiety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals?” Fi 1 a i ji i E f : & Summer Geestp im the Crowded Me- tropelis, THE RECORD OF FAILURES IN BooTH's THEATER BUILDING—THE ANTI-BOBTAIL-CaR CRUSADB—KRA BELV4 LOCKWOOD BLOCKING OUT MER CaMPaloN— POLITICAL GOSSIP. Correspondence of Tax Evaxine Stan. New You, July 27, TU wager it will be a long tume before anowner ‘merchant will take hold of the big building corer of Gth avenue and 234 street, and try to maki money out of it, The building is a “Jonah,” i there ever was one, and merchants have their Superstituons as well as gambiera The building is the old Booth’s Theater, built at a time when New York contained no theatrical houses worth mentioning. Tuere could have been no more hope- ful enterprise then than the opening of this beau- Uful dramatic hall, Bootn himself was then at the height of bis popularity and in the zenith of his genius Beside uuls, the great actor wasa careful and an experienced manager, shrewd in Dusivess ventures, and he bad, to ‘carry bin Uhrough, an ainout of capital that alone should have insured success, Booun’s Theater tailed, For some unexplaines reason people wouldn’t £0 into tue house to Lear their favorite. The capital at Booih’s command was used up, debis accumu- ited and the great Uragedian Wes inte Dauk- ruptey. . 2 ‘nen Geo, L, Fox, who had made barrels of money everywhere Witu his iuunitable Dumpty,” took the theater, And be failed, ‘The failure so wore upon ‘the pantomnimist’s miad, it is said, that he became morose and ughty im his meatal balance, and wiumately passed away a mental and puysical wreck. Over dramauc stars and dramatic compantes (ook the theater at Various Umes. Many a Unem ell~pay where elas, Fat ng enterprises any iS @ fact, Loo, that many socteties and which afterward took rooms 16 the building. were Unable to prosper and were disbanded eluher {urough internal dissensions OF Guauclal diss cs, Finally nobody would hire so much as & frutt~ Stand connected With the lil-starred Cheater bulld- ing, and it became suck a White elephant ou Lue hands Of its wanagers that notwitustanding the fact Unat It was oue of Uhe most substantially con- structed edifices in New York, they had its massive (alls Faxed 10 the ground ana anew buuiding on te Couvaining one of the largest ‘nd handsomest stores in tbe sity. cosa, it was leased by the firim of Conkling & Wis, dry-goods | men expert: who éxtablithed a ictal store. Tue coruer was looked Upon as ous Of Che best In New York for. the pur- Pose, right in the shopping center, on Lwo streets (uai'do iore of Lhat sort of business than any ouher wo in town, Wed Conkling & Chivvis struggled manfully tate Tur Years, and aituough Lacy were not bankrupted in’ Unelt busivess, Wey found it 90 unremunerative that they were guad Lo ‘sell out, Levi M. Bates, who next took the upon as the shrewdest dry goods jobber in tue country. “He haa been for Years in uve Dusl- ‘Less, and as the head of tue frm of Bates, Keed & Cooley he Was KOOWD asa mau of Sagacity, surict lutegrity and most methodical busivess habits. A sirong and acuve party man in pollucs, he bad ‘4 reputation second only to Marshali Jewell’s as & mab Wuo coud False Lue largest amount of money Jor Ube republican parcy in tue shorvest time, He bought out Coukling € Chivvis, and conducted The store with the sume policy he had found so ‘Successiul In uls whole business life, ‘Ou Monday Of Unis Week ue Lalied. His WavillUies are not so large Dut that his actual assets ure more Luan enougu Lo cover them, but Uuis man, Who could always heretofore raise any amount Of money On Ube shortest notice, 1ouud hunself unabie Wo get Logether a few paltry Lhous- auds vo Ude him over an embarrassment Unat ‘should have been only Lemporary. Could Luere be veUler corroboration for the sup- erstitious of people who point out Uuat coruer aS ‘one haunted Ly Ube spirit of misforuune? ace, was ‘The New York “no couiluctor, no fare,” League 4s going Lo be a success, Just as Sttnllar movements have been @ success in Chicago, Brooklyn and other cities where they have been energetically Pushed. 1am glad to see tnat Washingvon 1s en- Saged in a similar movement against the uncom- fortable and dangerous bobiall cars. Ip this city some of Ube “bobtail” companies have made a coucessioa to the movement in Issuing ine structions to teir drivers Uo stop the car any- where in the street when a retuses carry bis fare to the box, enter the car and collect tue nickel from Lue passenger, put it In the box and then start the car again. ’ This concession 1s Of doubiful value, however, as it delays all the Passengers, blocks trafic Ja tue busy streets and Js conducive to violent profanity on the part of truck and cab drivers who are ina hurry." But it shows that the street raliroad com are not positive in their minds tat they ave a right to force a passenger Ué carry up his fare, and that 13 a state of which will eventually lead to ‘employment of conductors, as the public companies’ cbarters won't permit such. are how caused by the driver sopping his car Piay conductor. & and when I entered One of these cars Mond: ‘simply stood on the back platform and waited tor the driver to jingle his ell NOt putting my’ nickel in the and he dlun't swear. He pald no attenuion to whatever, and I got out at_ my destination feelti Father nurt about it; but I had savea tue nickel, ‘Twice since I have @ manner as 1 could sheepish and fut be had @ mistake, 1 gucen for be jingisa bo more, ne Te may be a-mortal sla to beat one’s passage car with a conductor attached, but it surely Is oaly a venial sin W beat a car, Anyhow, I'm ing Lo beat my Way with aclear conscience unui I’m Caught at it, One of Washington's two candidates for the Presidency has been in New York laying pipes ‘this week, Itis Belva Lockwood, and a@dn't bring along her tricycle. She had an enthusiastic Teception on Monday aight at the residence of Mra. Cynthia Leonard on West Twenty-third street, at which all the “advanced” members of her sex and her party in New York were nt ‘Mrs. Lockwood ‘a couple of political stump: Speeches ine temper ‘that’ for ite ‘calmness and depto might weil ied by stump Speakers of other — and poiliical addresses were also. made by Mrs Leon rd, Miss Linda Guibert, Ji Day, Mr. David B. Smith, Col. Rodgers and other ladies and gentiewen. Tuesday evening Mra Lockwood and ber friends met at a ball in upper Broadway and the later listened toa weil pre- ared ‘Tread by (he candidate, and on Wednes- ay ‘2 cammpaign committee Was or. nized and the work \o bedone between now Novemb r was blocked out. Wednesday even! Mrs. Lockwood spoke at another reception held ‘Uhe residence of Mrs. Frost Ormsby, on West Sixty- Orst street, and on Thursday she Was present at a rand ratification [pg ‘up by the la- es of Brooklyn at Everett Hall. The fair candi. date ts evidently determined that If bard work will insure ber eiecUon se will do ail of her share of it. ‘The prohibition vote iii this campaign ts going to astonish some of the moss-backs of the old par- tea I strolled into the probibitggn headquarters at Broadway aud 34th street the other day, and a bost of clerks hard at work on the details fans ‘are comuicted ts the “still hunt” poner. t yun” policy. nat th fa canvass is unger we wraich wat cover nearly every townsbip in the Union, and appeals ill be made from bouse to bouse, regular revival temperance meetings Will be held In each county, ‘and the women of the country are being wworked for all they are worth” Loinfuence their huxbands, fathers, brothersand lovers to Vote for prohibition, ‘The campaign of the republicans thus far has been signalized by one very prominent feature— caution, There isn’t much money for them to use this year, notwithstanding the Hon, Levi P. Mor- ton’s alleged “bar,” but there is @ vast deal of caution, ‘There will be no Burchards this year, no Raves neve is snse akoowa’ reason, anu 8 good parc ted ‘Cleveland. ‘Weitten for Tax Evewrve Sram, ENGLISM NAMES AND TITLES, Peeuliaritics in the Pronunciation of Proper Names in Eugiand, THE SEEMING MUTILATION OF BEAUTIFUL KARERE— SOME VERBAL CURIOSITINN—THE ENGLIAMMEN DO NOT KNOW HOW TO SPELI—PNONTNCLATIONS TRA DO NOT CORRESPOND TO THE WRITTEN WORDS. (Oopyriehted 1888) + On frst arriving in England one ts shocked to Dear the beautiful name “Giamys” provounced Glama, and Its sister name “Gladys” pronounced Glads, and yet M a person mispronounced any English name it would fall uupieasantiy on the educated ear and we would argue Un(AvoraDiy as Wo the social position of the offender. Tuerefore, ‘one must say “Giads.” For instance, Rovelegh, which tn Amertoa ts Pronounced as it is spelt, isin England #aw-a-la, with a strong accent ou the first syllable. You are invited to dine out, Ww Kau-t-ia; you dine there and you recognize your old friend of the Spectator with something lke a shrug. Tothe American @ar the English spoil some of their best words Mr, Webster was known as an wean Decause he called “Kovwerbithe” by tus nau, “Ob,” sald Une puzzied listener, ‘perhaps hi Redrif,” and the cingue port which Lon, PULS in bis verse, “Saudwich and Romney, Hastings, Hithe and Dowat, Were aliawe that day Tyee the French wat steamer cotmlag over, When the iow cleared away” — ‘This iamous port is simply Kear. No English roa. WOUld KOW It a8 eliwer Hotherhithe or te. 1X Q00D soctETY. What we call bad pronunciation of names by those moving in good society, that ts to say, the ‘educated Classes, Is (heir good pronunciation, aud in alinost every instance the change Worve to the educated American crits stance, “Chumiey” tor Cuvitondelay Danks* for Majoribanks, “ecump” for Bea champs, and s0 00, Nowiltng but the fact that U Prope in Engiand speak different dialects tn different counties, that they cannot underst one amother, Must account for Lue fact that Biyche 4s pronounced Biy, aring ts called Ma 1ng, 80 Guy Manuéring is really Guy Mainwareng: McLeod 1s McCloud, In Moyneux the x 1s sounded; in Vaux the Suaiz Is also sounded, but in Devereux the final x ts not sounded: in’ Des Vaux the final is z dropped. in Meauk the « taxes the sound of Mews. Ker ts prouounced Kat, And it would be very vad style 10 call it Cw Cockburn g1s called Coburn; Cowper, {he poet of the “Sofa” and *John Giipin,” ts called Cooper alwaya. In Waldegrave the de should be dropped, Ii shouid be calied Waigrave, a slight accent on Ube first syllable, In Loudon ‘always say Barkley for Berkeley, Only Une London cabien cail it Whal It ix ‘They say Berkeley Square, but my noble lord says Barkley Square. THE DERBY Is THR DAREY. In Dillwyn the w takes the sound of w: it is Pronounced Dillun, Leveden ts called Liveden, Pepys should be pronouncod Pepls, the accent om Lhe frst syllable, Evelyn ts called Hoeriyn, with the accent ov the first syllable, In Mouson the @ Lakes the sound of u and is pronounced Munson, The same in Ponsonby, which is aiways Punsuaby, Biouut is always Blunt; Brouguam ts Broo. Buchan shouid be pronounced Buccan, Wemyss is always Weems; D'Eresby is always Dersby; St. John is “Sin Jiu” as a surname ora Christian Rame, Dut as @ locality or a building it ts prow hounced as spelt—St. John. Sop: gomery ts gomery. In Eigin the g ts herd and should ba Prouounced as the g iu give. The g in Gilford I Sott, a8 Jifford, They talk of Jiford’s Mistory England; and te g in Nigel is also soft, aa (he Forties of Nel, Iu Conyngham the o takes the sound of u, and should ve pronounced Cunuingham. In’ Johnstone the ¢ should not bq sounded; Strachan shoud be pronounced SU Heathcote is called Hethcut; Hertutord As c Harford; Seymour ts pronounced Semur; Al Veuny ts ca.ied Abergeauy ; Bourne ts Burn; Colqus ‘hun 1s simpiy Koououn, Ube accent on Une last ayle lable, Coutts ts called Koots Duchesne ts Dukarn re 1s called Air; Jerry; Hame is Hume, and Kuoullys is Knowles, Leigh ls Lee; Meuzies Is Myngies; Macnemera is prouounced “Macuemra; Sands; St. Clair is Sinkle St. Maur is called St. Maur! Jers, but Villebols is SU! pronounced like a Freac hanie, “Vealbox.” ‘Tyrwhitt 1s Tirrett. Iu all of Unis one is reminded of Uhe English lord who gave tor te his card Uo an ex; aD it. Koohoon,” oy the ex hen he lovked at be card ead Colyhoun. “Thav’s one of them adventurer fellers,” said the expressman. BETHUNE 18 PRONOUNCED BEETON. Datziel is pronounced Decal; Chateris 1s called Charters; Geoghegan ts called Gaygen; Ruthven iscalled Riven; Fildes ts called Filedes; Bicester 4s Bister; Cireucisier 1s Cisester; Belvour is Bever; Pontefract is simply Pomfret; Rokeby is called Rookby. In Burdette, Keunaird and Parnell the last sytiabie is emphasized, In Tedegar, Breadal- bane, Clanricarde only Une middie .yliabie ts em- Phasized. For Trafagar Square the 0.4 Londoner says Trefaigs difference of omens clature reaches also Wo the very different names of Things, as no one in Londan asks tor an cary sbop;” he asks for the “chemists,” if be wants & dose of medicine, Aj ries exisied int Shakespeare's Ume, as we learn Crom Koweo and Juliet, out they ae “gone Out” since. As +000 as ‘an American can divest himself of saying gag” And learn vo say “yseage” the souuer will ‘ve understood. “Shall I send your boxes by the four traint” Says the cabby at Li ‘The word “trunk” is hever applied to a packing case, that is always a “box.” A vase is a “jug” in England. La in England is, however, a Studied effort frou the cabby to the ‘cabinet min Iter, All phrases have a stilted effect as we first hear them. ‘There 1s none of tue Mark Twain drawi, tbe oblivion of consonants wulch marks our daily tuik. The maid who lights your fre sks your permission to do so ery eegauk urase, ‘The siang of England is the al fectation of the and yet in an Edinburgh Review a once saw the phrase, “Now we will let Gude slide> THE PROPRM APPLICATION OF TITLES fs always @ question Which puzzies an American, ‘The Prince of Waves is addressed as “Sir” by the aristocracy and gentry, and never as “ Your Royal Highness” by any One who %& in society, That phrase 1s reserved for tradespeople and servants, Queen Victoria is always addressed by her house Dold and Ue aristocracy as “Yes, ma'am; mo, Ma’am;” DOL madame, pot majesiy, but simply ma'am. All Classes not comiug WiLkiN Lhe cala- jogue of oz, such as (be lower professional Classes, middie classes, Ube servant, say, “Your ey: a by gh 3 wituin the catalogue nury people Thean the middie aud lower Classe, ul aoctors aud every one in trade, even bankers’ Lies are not sided gentry, ail persons belonging to tbe stay ded gentry, ail persons 0g army and navy, Une clergy and the bar. Lue aristocracy of art. Sir Fs ‘Leighton, a» presiden: of tne Royal Academy, cao always Claim a private au. Gience ‘WiLL Ube soFereyn, Sometimes Ube aris. tocracy of wealth carries a merchant priuce up Auto the realm of the aristocracy, as “Baron” kothschild, &c. An Englisn duke is addressed as “Duke” by Ube afistvcracy aud geulry. some Ciusves must say “Your grace.” A inarquis ts ad Gressed as “Markis,” but generally as Lord A—. “rhe same rule hoids as Lo earls, cOUntARSES, Daronesses, Sir Joba, or Lord ~T ho 4 B. Americans are, if preseated at court, enti Ud Wo rank a8 aristocracy, aud are always re- ceived as such, They must’ be careful, however, bow they use tities It is only un ignorant snob who garnishes bis conversation wilu oo many Ulies, Une bumplious Americad Was very much jaughed at in London tor saying “That ain't Lord.” He suould have said, That is mot 8, Vuink, my Lord, or Lord i. THE DAUGHTERS OF DUKES, marquises and earls are always addressed as Lady Mary, Lady Gwendoline, Tue wife of Une younger unger sous of barons onorable, as Ube duugiater of Lord Rokeby in writing a note Monorabie Elizabeth Montague,” Called Miss Muniague In speak Gressing a nove whe word “The” title, as ot | i Hon. Emily Fitzgerald” Lady Jane Taylor,” Af the rank be that of an cari’s daughter. Fives are sunply “Lady Brownlow.” Tromatne, Lady Verney. an honor, wi Dave ouly rrcent.s bocu vighted and fe 5 it wi ot Hee Mi tits ei a te mii i i rf i i H igit : idk af | " i u fe i if Hi E f t