Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1888, Page 2

‘In fact, I have fared rather better, I think, than a (G00d ‘many tellows I know. I have had pretty M@eady engagements ani have never been obliged count railroad ties. Of course I attended (ne ‘& number of companies and was chiof couple of times, but J did not lose «, eal in a¥4 rt before, 1 Have ae ‘Well for a fellow who juuiped in with ‘Out friends or experience and pot on wherever icouid.” your ses ae = a ‘are gone and you have had enoug! i" Tam Bran reporter inquired. ‘YES, MY DELUSIONS ARE GONE, ‘I think I wili stick to it, nevertheless. There fageination about the life which doesn’t assert until you begin to think seriously of giving Uatil you bave actually tried something nile. Then you discover how hard it get into other Ways of life, It issome abandoned the idea that 1 was cutout actor of the age. I stiil have hope ‘Striking a = ‘that just sults me, aud ‘Bonoral Place for myself on the stage. day comes I am willing to go in and Work as offers with respectable compa- uf att inte " long did it take you to get thoroughly the enthusiasm which frst carried you on the reporter asked pates taen months. When the wretched Of the life and the petty meanesses and of many of the people I was thrown ‘with had thoroughly ground all the tl- of me, I tell you I was sick for a While. "t allow myself to be entirely discour- gotover my biues after awhile, and bung to see i through. Sol did, and for ‘Years I have knocked around tn all parts of the the Rocky Mountains to Maine; tough times and been in many hard way’ got Out without countiog rall= tes or missing et ‘nts for dinner. knowing What f kuow of the business, tf I ‘Over again nothing vould induce me stage. Eales be can begin with some as Daly's or the Madison Square it ‘2 young fellow who has any fine -respect. Starting in as I did, taking fers ih the Way Of an engagement, 4 is pretty apt to be thrown in wila a ‘people who, to pul it as mildly as possible, ‘Rot desirabie companivns nor calculated (o ele- ‘one’s ideas of human nature. There ts no use At, stage life is fearfully demora! and atmosphere of the average traveling ifsufing even to a young fellow who ‘around as most Young fellows brought ty are apt todo. Uf lave years all sorts oftbless people, failures at everything With the idea that ff ts a lazy lite, On to the stage. It ts these people ht the theatrical business to its Yalso wake rougher and harder ‘those Who go into the profession Tove for it, aud- who are willing and ‘work for its rewards.” THE MANAGERS. “How about the managers? Aren't they in- ined to carry things with a high hand?” asked ‘the $rax man. “That is one of the most galling and humiliating features of tue iife to a man of aby spirit and seli- Fespect,” the young actor answered with the ‘Bitter ring of unfurgotten resentment iD his voice. “T tell you the managerial ranks are not over- with who could make good their claim to tue llie of gentieman. | don’t speak Row of the respousibie men who own or manage or Who have an established standing in I mean the crowd of Uieatrical Whom & young acter ls apt to be mo in with in New Bg mee = Who engineer ew stars, and organize al of ‘snaps’ for the road. The insolent these feliows give themselves in dealing ‘With their le,” as they cali them, are simply maddening. They talk of, and often to, their com- 4890 many cattle, and a fellow has to be {tO resent Imsuits ai all Umes, and when he ves resent tuem it usua'ly Means an end tothe ment, lor many Of these Managers are utterly irresponsible financtally, aud when they discharge you any attempt to hold them to their contracts is so much time and energy wasted. “Then you wouldn't encourage young men to ‘Wink of the stage as a promising field for the ex- @rcise of their ambition?” the reporter asked in leaving. “Most emphatically not,” the young actor an- Swered, “My advice is Uo Unink of almost any ther career before the stage. Even its golden apples, I believe, are Dead Sea fru! Leap-Tear German at Old Point Com- ort. (Correspondence of Tax Evexixe Sran: Hyosta Hore, Otp Port ComFort, Va., August 1, 1888. ‘The leap-year german last Saturday evening was Yea by Lieut. H. RK Lemley, of Washington, as ‘sisted py Mra. Lieut. J. KR Williams, and was a complete success, The chaperones of the occa- sion were Mrs. Beck and Mrs. Handy, of Atlanta; ‘Mra. C.C. Duneanson, of Washington; Mra Capt. Story and Miss Kobbe,of Ft. Monroe. The favor table ‘was piled high wita bright and pretty artici among Which were many colored jockey caps an ‘hips, An lmpromptu hurdle was placed across ‘the ball-room, ‘@ steeple chase was soon in First came the men, who jumped over, then stood to receive their part- ‘Bers, who followed after the hurdie was lowered, Great dice were thrown for partners in the waltz, and many other unique figures introduced. The costumes were elegant, and many rare jewels ‘worn. Mrs Lieut. Willlams wore pale blue bro- cade, point lace front, diamonds Mrs. Cc. C. Dun- gansou, white velvet and silk, exquisite diamonds. ure ‘Story, white 5 tin’and le: The Count di Mutercole, whose parents are said to possess a charming villa at Naples, Italy, 1s at Uy Bgl ck, of Atlanta, gave a charming moon- Haare bi ani H i i i By of e i i i Mra Uizhtsail to twenty-two frieads last wees. Cham- ‘sandwiches, c., supplemented the feast ‘The Hygeta will be full throuch August, several Iarge excursions being expected. Among recent arrivals from Washington were Ba and wiie, Miss Gadders, Henry Smith, Mrs Ewan, Louis Goldsmith, B. Dunn and ‘wife, A. Rutherford, P. B. Walker, ¢. H. Lambert, E Lambert, Miss Lambert, Mrs. 'E. 8. Westcott, Miss Nettie Westcott, Miss’E. M. Hodge, N. Free? Man and Wile, LLM. Page, T. T. Taylor, wite ‘and three children, Win. Fitch, Geo, W. Crouse, J. ‘. Bates, and Mrs Ciagget. —oo——___ From Washington Grove. ESTATE SPECULATIONS —NEW COTTAGES BEING ‘ERECTED. Correspondence of Tax EvExrve Stan Wasnixoron Gxove, August 3, 1888. ‘Two weeks summering at Washington Grove has Convinced me that itis avery enjoyable place. ‘My Arst inquiries about it were principally as to ‘the presence of mosquitoes, and I was told that ‘Chere were none. But something that bites flies around our cottage at night and occasionally takes ‘@ nip at an unguarded part of the anatomy. How- ever, they have not found the way inside, and we ean outside attacks. sTpesaciety here i very good, and the ge of security makes this’ Grove particularly Gestrable for a sumaier nome. | Numerous young People give life and zest to it. sympathy aud pervade cifcies here, suc as are S- Gom found in summer resorts, And the home-like feeling 1s the foe to biues. Independent of uties there seems tobe a ively spirit of ation bers, which. if carried, too, tar. May seriously injure tue grove. Some enterpri have bought «large tract of ‘woodlands =) ‘across the raliroad track, and propose plait. It ang seliing the lots. ‘i 2 je have a good hotel here, and a series of Sun- @ay school meotings gives us pieuty of spiritual To all seeking a quiet, peaceful and pleasant zesort this 1s a good place, but those who want ute, license andspirituous food must go e.sewhere. ‘Some Dew cottages are In process of construct ‘tion, and bear the imprint of a more permanent Character than tue majority, which ar shells on suite, A match carelessiy Mung aside Would cause ‘which Would depopulate the Grove. care is manifest ever; wuere, and alto- Sether tls is a good place to live or die in. C. From Hockville. Correspondence of Tnx EvENixo Stan. ROCKVILLE, August 3, 1888. Semvel F. Earhart, who has been confined in the Jail at this place for the past two weeks on account f aberation of mind, was to-day brougnt before Jury, and, after a thorough examination and the Asylum for the Insane, at Catonsville, Baltimore THE PLEASURES OF THE WHEEL. ‘The Joys Known to People who Ge ‘Touring on Bicycles. FLEASANT JOURNEYS TAKEN BY WHRELMEN FROM ‘THIS CITY—A TOURIST’S OUTFIT—WHAT IT COSTS TO GO ON 4 TRIP—THE DELIGHTS OF THE COUNTRY ROAD. A Sax reporter and Iits friend, the philosopher, Sat on the top rail of a fence beside the Condult Toad, a mile or so above West Washington, It was ‘Sunday; so the reporter was resting. A party of eight or ten swept by over tne macadamized road. They were on wheels or “on castors,” as the boys ‘$4y, and the wheels represented pretty nearly all styles of machines known to cyclist, In the lead Were couple mounted on safety bicycles. One “Was @ woman, tall, straight, robust, graceful, Juno-like, who rode with an ease of moveurent that showed that bicycling was a delight to her. ‘Then there was a tandem tricycle, with a woman in front and aman sitting behind doing most of the hard work; an upright or “vertical fork” ma- chine, bestridden by a long-legged your man” in *Kniccerbocker” breschest a, “stan with the little wheel in front, ridden by a rotund young man, whose short round legs pumped up and down rapidly to keep pace with the leaders; a singie “trike” with a tair rider, and at the end of the line anotner couple, a man’ and, Woman on safety machines. It may be necessary to say, for the information of the untnitated, that the name “safety” ts applied to the low wheels, worked with pedals, and a chain attachment, that have become so cotdmon during the past year or two. ‘They are called “safety” because the rider 45 not liabie to take a “header.” Then, as every man who rides one of them hasbeen told sev. ral Umes a day for the past year or two, by persons who suppose the idea an entirely novel and origi- nal one, the rider 1 40 near the ground that if he fails off be cannot hurt himself much. That 1s a View of it that seems to first strike everyone who Inspect one of these machines. BOUND FOR 4 SUMMER OUTING. The party of wheelmen and wheelwomen, mounted as described, whirled by, starting up littie clouds of white dust from the road. On the front or the rear, or somewhere about each ma- chine, Was strapped or swung a bundle, a newspa- per, or « novel, and an irregulariy shaped package that suggested sandwiches and sardines. They were bound for a Sunday outing at Cabin John Bridge. A$ they approached the vanishing point im the perspective Juno, in frout, appeared no longer tw be riding @ wheel, The Wheel could not be seen—only theerect fgure, that seemed to glide as a goddess should, the Mowing draperies sway- ing rytumically in wavy lines of beauty as in & measured dance, ‘THE PHILOSOPHER'S REMARKS, “Suppose,” said the philosopher slowly, when the cavalcade, or eyclade, bad so far vanished that ‘the vision of grace in front no longer distracted his sober thoughts, suppose that, some, moder ip Vgn Winkle appeai uppose a man deen Guried in the wids of Avrica for. a dozen Years, cut off from all communication with the ‘ivulized world, wouldn't that be ap astonishing sight for him?” “You mean the fine-lookin ‘No, no,” said the philosopher, a little irritated by the reporter's stupidity. As it was Sunday and Uhe repor ver was resting, be had left the acuteness Of perception necessary to his usual employments at the oifice. “I mean the whole thing—this troop of people gliding along that way. It is something approaching what Buiwer describes tn “Ine Com- lng Mace Everywhere I yo on country Toads, such as Tiove to inger on, 1 have seen men, and now I see women, too, gliding along swiftly, as Diithe as larks aud With as easy motion. Wouldn't {astonish the man who had been asleep while Ubls thing bas beea developing? And, pray, What Will it come to a dozen years hence?” The philosopher did ot want an answer. His question, though spoken aloud, was addressed to himseif, " He was Interviewing himself, as 1t were, aud he fell into a day dream a8 he figured out an answer in bis miud and nearly fell off the fence. TOUKS AND TOURISTS. ‘The reporter at his first opportunity visited a haunt frequented by wheeimen to learn s»mething about the pleasures on the road; where the wheelmen go who take outings; what the degree of pleasure Is that they enjoy, and generally how the delights of the wheel compare with the slower pleasures afoot. There were three wheelmeo Uhere—all veterans. They sat in a cozy live room. One of them, who was the chiet spokes- man, cheerfully subuiitted to the questions of the reporter. “There are no end of tours that one can take,” he sald. “He could go around the world. as Thos, Stevens did, He could go anywhere, wi re there are decent roads.” “But say he wanted totakea week of wheeling?” suggested the reporter. “Perhaps the favorite route for a week's tour from tis city 1s down the Shenandoah Valley, ‘with fts famous limestone pike,” said the wheel- man. “Wheelmen come fromall over the coun- try to take that run, A party I kuow of wil start ext week trom Hound Mul, Va. go trough Sticker’s Gap to Berryvite, a distaiice ot 12 miles Over a road that is ridablé but pilly; thence they Will Wheel to Winchester, 10 miles 'a Way, on @ good road. At Winchestér they will strike the celebrated Shenandoah. They can go south from there to Luray, Staunton, Lexington, and the Na~ ‘one in front?” “1 would take,” said the spokesman, “a comb ~, iad it _ in Mary! : “Al raveling and,” interrupted one of the others, who was matter-ot- of the others, wo was exceedingly tact, marie cham ceacirmen rsh some extra Bifiaxerenlers a pipe. and tobacco or other smoking matertal Would wear knee breeches, long stockings, and a fanpel shirt, and carry & coat tn my bundle to be on if it cool. My bundie would be strapped. yy a ‘Sindievearricr Uhat 18 attached to the machine. Some wheelmen oe are amateur photographers as well have com- bp Ree esa ee a On the sur- Founding country for supplies.” A DAY'S JOURNEY. “How far would he wheel each day?” asked the Teporter. “A man starting,"say on a week’s tour for pleas will ride from 40 to 50 miles a day.” “Make no rule about it,” said the matter-of-fact to dismount, smoke a ply do so. If you see a pretty right in; Do not set out a day.” There are yout men who will take roasting’ rides ‘of a hundred failos & day,” the other whee man continued, “but, no mat who Wheelmen will “stu ‘rout there are twenty, and oné wants to all should stop.’ Someumes a man wi Spell of weakness and it will wear him m ride five miles in that condition when bis: Protests than to ride a hundred when he ft it. Stop, and in half an hour he will be y it always to be @ rule iriag ‘parties, feels like” Seige! BEHG ‘THE DELIGHTS OF THE WHEEL. “And the wheelman will get a great deal of Pleasure out of his week's tour?” said the reporter. ‘The bicycle man’s tace lighted up. The question had touched him on a point where he was enthu- Blastic, He became eloquent. “It ts hard,” he sald, “to describe to a grou Ung, to one who has never ridden a wheel, the ex- bilaration, the physical delight ot wheeling. ‘The ‘swift motion, the pleasing exertion, the change of ‘scene, tbe fresh air, the rapidly circulating bi all tend to the highest spirita. You go out with a pay, and #00n every little incident is seen in its rightest aspect, The comic and piconans, side always turns up first in the mind. You quiz the Zoos "— ma “Ta waa yon laugh. ear a Every uttie incfient fas’ its" pleasant side, ead 2 tour with me is one continued guffaw. You get thirsty. At home, perhaps, nothing but ice water would do you, buton the wheel you come {0 & spring and you think you never had such a delicious draught in your life, You get @ splendid pppetice, 4nd Lue plainest food becomes as palata- ee as aby dainty ever servedon a rich man’s a “You could eat a horse,” broke in the matter-of- fact man, was “You get into close bk oy? with nature,” continued the enthusiast, “You take an interest fa the trees, the birds, the grass, the outlines of ‘the bills, the clouda You meet the people Gg tt Would not in any other way of travehing. ou take ap interest in their employments and learn bow they think and what they talk about.” “The best way to Mud out,” said the matter-ot- fact man, as he rose to dismiss the council, “1s to climb on @ Wheel and try it yourself.” ses: THE POTOMAC RIVER REGATTA. Prospects of a Successful Series of Races Next Wednesday. The annual Potomac River regatta next Wednes- day afternoon promises to be successful in every Particular, and will, no doubt, far surpass in in- terest the regattas of previous seasous. The lower or national course has been wisely abandoned, and that which is known among boating men as the upper course has been selected, which is by far more acceptable to contesting crews and Particularly spectators, as there are mauy points easy of access along this course from which the races can be seen. The course is a mile and a half, straight away, over as pretty and smooth a sheet of water as could be desired. The start will be made from the lower end of the Columbia Athletic’s Club boat landing, above the Free bridge, and the finish will bein the immediate vicinity of the Washington Canoe house, tus giving excellent opportunities Of Witnessing the Muishes from tbe balconies of the boat houses. Admittance to the boat houses on the day of the regatta will be by card, each member being al- lowed two cards. ‘WHO WILL CONTEST. ‘The entries do not close until this evening, and there are many surmises being made as to the crews entering outside of the District. It is more than likely that the Artels of Baltimore will be represented by a senior four-oared crew to battle for the Post and EVENING STAR cups, and it 1s equally as likely a junior four from the same club Will row for the possession of the Mason trophy. Robinson, of the Potomac senior four, who has had but little rowing of late, owing to'tilness, 1s a tural Bridge, ‘or north to Martinsburg, 20 miles, and Hagerstown, 19 miles, and from Hagerstown to Frederick, 26 intles. In wheeling trom Hagers- town to Frederick they would cross the South Mountain and the Catoctin Mountain, naving some Walking to do going up, for which tuey ‘Would be compensated by the grand coast down the other slae. All these roads are fine. From Frederick they would return to Washington, a dis- tance of 55 miles over a fairly good road, ‘which they would accomplish in a day. “How Would they come from Frederick?” “Why by way of Newinarket to Ridgeville, Dae mascus, and Mechanicsville, and home. Or they wouid make a shorter cut over a doubtful road by way of Galthersburg and Rockville, From Gaith- ersburg the road to Frederick lies through Ciarks- burg, Hyatistown, and Urbana. This is a much suorter road, and that portion between Gaithers- burg and Cidrksburg 1s fine. You can go to Phila Gelphia, making the trip easily in three days. I Would advise you though to start from Baltimore, ‘Tuere are few inviting roads south from Washing- ton, bul you can go north in any direction.” ‘On the walls of the little room were tacked uy some postal cards from a couple of wheelmen 0! the city, who, starting from Columbia, Pa, were on their way across Pennsylvania to Port “Jervis, whence they were going up the Hudson, one of them intending to cross New England to Boston, ‘These cards gave concise records of each days? progress, noting that the wheelmen were retarded on the Way by ruts or loo many pretty girls or other incidents of the trip. WHAT IT WOULD Cost. “A Dicycle trip,” sald the wheelman, “would cost for necessary expenses about §2 a day. If you stop at acountry house you get a meal fora quarter and lodging for half adollar; tf you go on to the town you pay 50 cents, perhaps, for a meal, and a dollar for your room at night. ‘It is the ex- Perience of all wheelmen, I think, that they are ‘Treated well at farta houses where they apply. AS a rule wheelmen are gentlemanly, and when they ‘approach a farmhouse in a gentlemanly way they are well received.” “The I suppose there are short runs around ‘Washingtou?” said the reporter. “There 13 a good road to Marlboro’, most of which 1s in splendid condition,” said the wheel- man. “The members of the Capital Club made a. run there Sunday. The road ts except the last four oF five infles, at the Marlboro’ end. ‘The Toad 1s not very Interesting, though there are some nice views on It. It 18a pleasant ride vo Ashton, Md., by way of the Mechamtesville or Norwood pike. You can go also by way of the Colesville pike, Which 18 now in bad condition, Another Inviting ride 18 to Rockville by way of ‘Norbeck or Brovkville, returning by Offutt’s cross Toads to the Condult road, “The Capital Club wheeimen are going to make run to Fairiax Court-House, Va. Early this sea- son they went to Vieuna, Va.” They also went one Sunday a few weeks ago to the Bull Run battle- Held, going by Way Of Centreville. A short run is to Falls Chureb, Va. ‘The road is not very A man came in hers this morning who said he had. ridden tn from Falls Church—it fs down grade this way—in forty-two minutes. All about the city there are pleasant places to go for shurt rides. One can go out by one road and come back by another Anice ride 18 to Biadeusburg. One can make a pleasant two days’ run to Gettysburg or Pen Mar ver good roads, “When a Wheelman strikes a road not well known he makes notes of tue distances, the character and condition of the roads, the grades and other in- formation of value to Wheeimen, and all this in- formation is complied and published each year in the road book. The Capital Club in this city ‘& road committee, whose special Dustness 1$ to amine and make reports of tue condition of has ex- the SUMMER AND FALL “Perhaps,” said the man of the wheel, “the Pleasantest season for wheeling 1s the fall, when tt ts cool, but many go in the summer. One rea. son for tis 1s that men can get away from their Dusiness in the sucamer. ‘There 1s this danger of Wheeling in the fall—that a man Is more apt to take Gold by lack of precaution after the heating exer. on of a run, Merely regarded as an athletic out door exercise there is nothing to compare with Dicyeling. In the course of @ short ride every muscle is Drought nto play. One vet of muscles empioyed tn pedalling; then you go down grade and shift the work to another set offi County. Mr. Earhart was for a number of years a | change the balance of heel; Feaident of Wasuingtou, where he followed shoe: Drake; the muscles of che back and of the sony making. He is a native of Penasylvuuia and was | coustanuy employed. Tnen ‘g soldier in the lave war. lookout for your and you are using ‘overt Peter, son of Hon. George Peter, of this | muscles tuat control ‘who has for the past three years Deen en-| and eyes. Every muscle as & Wacher in the Government Indian | brougitinto play. at Crow Creek agency, Vak., returned home Pi gatee ye Great draughts of ir, fOr & man Dir. H. M. Spencer, of Rockville, who has been | ailed. = engaged in ratiroading in Southwestern Virginia | if you for several mouths past, returned heme this morn- | we due wee iv * jr Fou bod, ou of . BW, Wiliams send uty years. t-| f fins aicatgcny ebstase koown apd respected farmer 0 Secodar Grove, this county, died on Ws Os Waiting tote Our feet get ® . they ‘The morning. reason your nore commence at 5 o'clock you are and as ‘The trial at ‘had not qowaré of the Brish ship you have from ‘the next b more. ‘Then The pcre ‘Ro intention at present ic FE bron it inate month or ry Stine ee ember = eto e himself again, and will row with the crew on Wed- hesday, much’ to the gratification of the Potomacs, During'his absence Mindeleff filled his seat and did creditable work. ‘No crew upon the Potomac during the past week has caused more favorable comment than the Columbia junior four, which 1s composed of O'Leary, vow; Moore'2, Kenyon 3, end Miller, stroke. "This crew, by its good form fn rowing and Speed, has been repeatedly taken for the Columbia senior four, which 18 considerei by many as no mean reflection upon the senior four, ‘O'Leary, the cool bowman of the Columbia Junior four, was under the weather for a day or s0, ‘and it was feared that ne would have to refrain from rowlng. During his illness Duke was put in the crew, and he is now a valuable substitute. O'Leary has since fully recovered. ‘The Potomacs have decided not toenter a gig grew, ‘This race will be contested by Institute, of Newark, N.J., Richmond, Va., and Columbia crews, ‘THE EIGHT-OAKED RACE. ‘The etght-oared crew from the Potomac house will consist of Dyer, Reynolds, Robinson, Elmore, Mindeleff, Norton, Gertel, Omey, and Doyle, cox- Swain; substitutes: Lingreen, Alpin, Dr. Wirt, and Warden. ‘The Fairmount eight, of Philadelphia, will be here to contest with the’ Columbia and Potomac: and itis expected that the race Will bea grand one. ‘The Columbtas have an elegant eight, which will greatly !mprove thelr chances of Winuing. The Potomacy will have to row in a boat which ‘bas been in use since 1882. ‘The columbia eight is made up as follows: Nute, Snyder, Elder, Kondrup, Reed, Hyde, Duke and Gibson, coxswain. ‘In Nute, stroke, Harban 3, Snyder 2’and Elder pow, the Columbias have a good strong senior four which Will hardly take much if any wash from the contesting crews on Weduesday. after day this crew bas been out and doing ‘excellent work, ‘They are in good trim, and after a hard practice pull they are apparenily fresh and ready to fill Seats in the elght shortly after they have had their yart SPiivery effort will be made to keep the course per- fectiy ‘clear, and by not allowing any boats ex- cepting racing bouts to be taken trom the boat houses. the clubs will assist materially in doing that which 1s most desired by the crews. The po- iice patrol will assist 1n keeping the course clear. ‘AS the day for the regatta approaches strong efforts are dally made by members of the Potomac and Columbia clubs to catch the time of the differ- ent crews. One man will row to the point where the start will be made and start the time, and an- other will be at the finish and at a signal catch the time there. ‘Then the two, by slight figuring, will give the Clove enough t6,| ¢epeod Stuer schemes for catching the’ Judge the Ume are No one wno has been under the direction of Captain Gibson has improved more than James Wade, who is the pink of condition and who will stroke the gig. His weight will be about 183, ‘Sinithson, Who, a8 a member of the Potomac club, made’ such @ creditable record as a senior sculler, is now @ member of the Spa club, of apolis, Md. He will row against Psotta, of te Cornett University Navy. ‘The trophies which will gladden the hearts of the winning oarsmen are on exhibition in the show windows of Voigt & Hass and attract con- Sderable attention. In workmanehip and design are equal, if not superior, to any ever given fasbiugton regatta, ‘The cups and Dauners, are also on exhibition, net Wanted to Get Out, ‘A VOICE THAT STARTLED AN EXPRESS MESSENGER From the Kansas City Journal. ‘He was an express messenger on the Santa Fe afew days ago. It wasa night run, and there ‘Were two messengers in the car. Just as it began ‘to grow dusk the train stopped at a smail station ‘and a dead body was taken aboard. Nothing in Particular was thought of this, however, and, as ‘there was nothing to do, and the train would not fora both messe: cee Sat to rest on, and so ‘arranged himself comfortably thereon ahd went to. How i THE ARMORY BUILDING, How the District National Guard Will be Cared for—Notes from the Armories, ‘The fact that the buflding on 6th street, occupied by the Fish Commission, is commonly known as the Armory building, suggested to General Ordway an Investigation Of its history. He found that the building was erected under a provision of the sundry civil appropriation bill of 1855, “for the care and preservation of the ordnance, arms and ‘Accoutrements of the United States, required for the use of the volunteers and militia of the Dis- trict of Coumbia * * * the building to be used by the volunteers and militia of the District of Columbia under such regulations as may be pre- ‘Seribed by the President.” ‘During the war the bullding was taken for hos- pital After the war, the militia of the et not being reorganized, the butlaing re- mained unoccu In 1876, after the close of the Philadelphia, Centennial Exposition, in looking bout for a place to store the exhibits presen by foreign governments until the National Museum building could be erected, the unoccupied Armory Dullding was selected, and an appropriation was made each Year for watching and carigg for them ‘until 1885, ‘Though no legislation was enacted after 1885 the Smithsonian Institution, National Museym and Fish Commission retained jon of Dullding, there being nobody sufficiently inter- FOURTH OF JULY IN JAPAN, How American Residents in Yoko- hama Celebrated the Day—A Gather- of Washingtonians, ‘Special Correspondence of Tax Evaxrxo Stax. Youonama, Japan, July 6, 1888. Te may interest the readers of Tux sraz to learn that their absent friends in Japan celebrated the Fourth of July at this port in the old styl, as- ‘sisted by many of the natives and foreigners of all nations, The day was announced at midnight by & salute from our fleet in the bay, consisting of the flagship Brooklyn, the Monocacy and the Marton. ‘There are nearly thirty war ships moored in this harbor, of which the English have twelve. At day- break on the Fourth every ship was decorated from stem to stern, presenting a beautiful sight. All the principal business houses were closed, not even a door left ajar in the largest English banking house. Flags floated every where in the city, as Weil as on ship-board. ‘Tne writer had hoped to celebrate in new shoes, but the proprietor of a little open shop said “mé no work to-day, me work to-morrow.” Next door to the shoemaker was a rice mer- chant. His little shop was decorated with fags and paper lanterns. On one side a raised plat- form had been 1 on which sat several na- tyes amid a pile of fans and undies, Two OF three attendants were Out rice So fast ested to protest against their continued occupancy Of it, On discovering these tacts General Ordway submitied them to the Secretary of War, who made a demand for the surrender of the building to his custody for the uses for which it was by law designed and designated, the District militia being reorganized and needing it. The Fish Com- mission officials refused to surrender tt, for the Teasou that they had no place to which to’ remove thelr establishment. General Ordway thereupon submitted the matter to the Senate committee on pPropriations with the request that they elther provide otber quarters for the Fish Commission oF provide other quarters for the District militia, carry out the intent of the law of 1865. The Senate committee after investigating the Matter conceded that the claim made by Gen. Ordway was a valid one, but that as the building had been ghoroughly fitved up for the. use of the Fish Confmission, and was in the best possible location for their purpcse, it would be inexpedient toremove them. ‘They have accordingly inserted in the sundry civil bill a provision to transfer the Dullding to the Fish Commission, and have assured Gen. Ordway that on the presentation of proper estimates they will, at the next session of Con- gress, make the necessary appropriation to rent Other quarters for the District. mliitia, or to erect & bullding in place of the one belonging vo them, a8 may seem most expedient. All Who are connected with the District militia agree that the one thing needrul to make them oroughly efficient $8 proper arimories, and there is no doubt that they will ually secure them. ores. Battery A, of the National Guard, leave to-day for Colontal Beach, where they will spend Sunday and Monday, returning to the city Tuesday. ‘This company is one of the most flourishing in the Dis trict militia, Drill Sergeant Nelson, of the War Department, who was a non-commissionod offloer im Ube late war, has charge of the boys, and the course of training he has been putting them through snows itself in their well-executed drills, Which take place once a week in Ward's Hall, They hope to get their uli uniforms by September, ‘Tue excursions given by the various companies during the summer have been very profitable. ‘The last of these was given by the Signal Corps to Mar- shal Hall, and was well patronized by tilitla men of other companies. At the grounds a rifle match formed one of the attractions, The prizes were a gold medal for the best shot, und a silver fac simile Of the gold one for the second. Mr. W. H. John- stone, of the Continentals, captured first ‘prize, WILD Ascore Of 68 oUt of a possible 90; Lieut. O'Con- hor, pf the Signal Corps, Mr. Harding and Mr. Miller, tied for the second’ prize, and on the shoot- ing off Mr. Homiller won. rol. Schroeder, who intends organtzing the National Guard B.in4, is daily beseiged by proml- nent musicians asking a place in the new band. Prot, Schroeder Says he intends having the band in shape by September, and in a short while will commence renearsals, After drill Monday evening the Union Veteran Dorps (Co. A, 2d battalion), elected several new members, The camp fire and garden party of tuis company on Tuesday evening was a success. Many G. A. R. comrades and thetr families were resent. The command will give another camp re the coming month, ‘The ambulaice corps give an excursion to Bay Ridge August 23. ‘This organization, under the watenful eye of Capt. Leech, 18 rapidly progress- tn ‘fixe neadquarters of the National Guard, at 17th street and Pennsylvania avenue, having been put in shape, Gen. Ordway has been busy moving in during the past few days, The General will occupy most Of tbe second floor. Gen. Ordway is busy working on the needful ‘Supplies for his soldiers. ‘The Emmet Guards, under their new commander, o wt. O'Brien, will shortly take a trip to Albany, ‘Adjt.-Gen. Bigelow ts expected home ina few days. A new company, to be called the Yates Rifles, are organizing. Several members of the Ordway Kitles have signified thelr intention of resigning and Joining this new company. Q AU a meeting of the Stanford Rifles Thursday night it was decided to meet Gov. Stanford on his return to the city from his European trip. ‘Eighteen members of the National Guard Drum passed an examination for admission 1ast nigut. ‘This new organization will occupy rooms ‘at headquarters, corner 17th street and Pennsyi- vania avenue. Mr. Thomas Taylor has been ap- Pulnted chief instructor, with Messrs, Robey and ninney as assistants. ‘The necessary equipments ave been ordered. ‘The fatigue uniforms will be issued frst, and will consist of blue blouse, sky- Diue pants’and leggins. ‘The undress will ' com. rise blue overcoat, fatigue uniform and black Reimet for winter, and white helmets for suminer. ‘The fuil dress uniform will be that of the Regular army band. They will be mustered in by Gen, Ordway next Friday night. ————— A LADIES’ REGATTA, Summer Pleasures Festivities at Lake George. ‘Special Correspondence of TH EvENrva Star, Fort WILLIAM HENKY HOTEL, Laxe Groxar, N. ¥., August 1, 1888, ‘The most brilliant imagination cannot conceive a spot more lovely than that wherein lies this gem of the mountalnsyLake George, upon whose ver- dant shore towers Fort William Henry Hotel. ‘The tourist finds attractions in other resorts, Dut once naving seen this region, his heart will turn longingly hither to enjoy the comforts of Ubls hotel, the fine boating on the lake, the dalight- ful drives'in 1ts environs, the purity of the mount. ain air, and the panoramic beauty unfolded in every direction of this unrivaled landscape. ‘Thus tar the most exciting event of the ‘season has been that of the ladies’ regatta, which took place on Saturday last. The three boats entered Were manued by crews composed each of two charming and fearless oarswomen, who had been in training for some weeks previous to the race, and Were named the Priuceton, the Yale, and the Harvard, 1n compliment to college friends, ‘As the day wore on the excitement became in- tense. Each guest was scrutinized as to the colors on bis person, while on every hand was neard the phraseology common to racing exhibitions, ‘The ladies had prepared picturesque costumes in the colors adopted, viz., orange and black for the Princeton, blue and white for the Yale, and red and white for the Harvard. ‘AU7 p. m. the boats Were in position, the signal shot fired by Mr. H. Aristide Preston, popularly called here the “Prince of Haytt,” and the three Doats dashed forward as each crew bent to the oar with @ determination of will, an exhibition of nautical knowiedge, and an outlay of muscle that would have delighted the soul of accomplished oarsinen, while every expletive in the boating ver- nacular was heard in the enthusiastic shouts of friends on shore. ‘The race Was won by the Princeton, manned by Mrs. E. O. Roessle, of Albany, and Miss Marie Pres ton, dauzhter of the Haytien minister. "The Yale crew Was composed Of Mra. L. A. Niche olls, of New York city, and Miss Emeile Preston, ‘This crew made @ magnicent spurt at the fulsh, crossing the tine Just alter the Princeton, ‘The Harvard crew conststed of Miss Rosle Pres- ton and Miss Maile Taylor, of Brooklyn, and but for an untoward accident to an oar-lock, might have won, They rowed bravely to the finish, and Won tn good style the unird prize. Tater in the evening ata banquet prizes were awanted by Mr.T. . Roessle, the referee and donor of the prizes, and everybody connected with the race was entuustastically cheered. ‘The first prize consisted of two silver medallions ‘with crossed Oars pendant from bar pins; second prize, two ‘oars designed for lace pins; thi * two sliver oars of like design. The ‘fest closed with a “hop” in the parior of the hotel by the fair, contestants of the regatta pnd fle guests in general, at which the elegance ot the costumes Worn Was especially noticeabl among the many graceful dancers present were observed the young bride of Mr. T. E. Roessle and her sister, Miss Alice K, Taylor, of San Francisco, Asecond ladies’ regatta 1s in contempiation in connection With the meeting of the Cancetsts’ As ‘Among the Washingtonians here are Mrs. T. 8, Verdi, General Starring and Mr. Thos. EK. Wagga- manandtamily. Mr. Alexander Greger, of the us sian legation, will occupy the Roessle cottage next Week, and many other Washingtonians are ex- ITALY AND THR LMMIGRATION QuEsTiUr returning to the emigration question, ‘wells upon the importance ot America’s co-operat- ing with Italy instead of ‘to tne sug- (Of thowe whose object in Falsing the ques- is above all to reach the Italian mt. Tb ‘confidence in the wisdom and impar- ity of American statesmen, who, it saya, will ‘the advantages of ‘having sober and classes who do not dream of OF social excesses, Inuswss Damacr sr Rawws Bisoe ar recent i i | to the assembled crowd that their bodies swayed up and down as each man, woman, or child upon getting thelr rice drew from a bunch of twisted Papers presented by another attendant, a pencil ‘Shaped roll, which was given to those on the plat- form, and ‘by them untwisted, read aloud, and a fan or package handed back. ‘There were no Dianks 1 this Fourth of July lottery. In other parts of the city marines and sailors were having a good time. ‘They dashed about in the baby gigs cailed Juirikshas, drawn by little men on @ Fun, who look like mushrooms. Some big, stout Dutch sailors, in clean sults ot white and bite, were spreeing on the fashionable promenage by flourishing an empty gin bottle and tying to Sing and dance. ‘Their drunkenness was luterest ing because so characteristic of their stolid nationality, They were so harmless and so noise- Jess that the little Japanese policemen only looked on in wonder as the sailors sat down in their white trousers in the mud, Later on an Irish-American had more tun than fifty Hollander. The rej Dext day of the Consular Court showed thal had disabled one policeman to the amount of 50 cents for doctor's attendance, and another poilce- °WAY DOWN East, Among the Herring Fishermen of the Passamaquoddy. THE EASTERNMOST POINT OF U.S. LAND—HOW EAST- PORT 18 REACHED—BUXOM, ROSY CHEERED MAIXE MAIDENS—MILLLIONS OF HERRING 4XD BOW THEY ARE CAUGHT. (Copyrighted, 1888.) Special Correspondene of the Tux EvExre Stam. Eastront, Me. July 30, 1888. However many foreign iands one may visit, even until, and after, the newness of travel has merged into ‘something lke philosophic quiet, I feel sure ‘that most Americans’experience is like my own in Tespect that an indefinable sadness amounting almost to genuine dread takes possession of me whenever I approach any shore or imaginary line beyond which floats the emblem of any other form of government but our own. I cannot analyze your feeling and mine in the matter wholly. But Idoknow, for I have talked with many about it, that foreigners arriving on our shores, however sad may be their strait, possess instead the spirit of elation and joyous expectancy. Therefore I fancy that this peculiar sense of depres- sion has its origin in a common inborn, in- bred and well-nigh involuntary protest from the American heart against the concrete conditions inimical to human pr which the recognition of all such emblems inevitably suggests. The republican-democratic spirit ever resents Dacriers between peoples. We have unconsciously become, as individuals if not asa government, the chain- pions, end even sometimes against their seexin, of all and any subjects of other powers. Perhaps Our Irresistible destiay 18 to exert such mighty Teflextve influences upon other nations, that a tite ‘hal: come when an American shail be abie to find no flag but his own; oF if discovering such, It shall mean that ail those owing 1t allegiance stall thus ‘wn tt because, and only because, it has ceased 10 Tepresent a threat by autocracy against individual Uverty, and because it shall then mean in its suprenlest significance protection to the universal equality and brotuerhood of man, APPROACHING EASTPORT. ‘These and other similar reflections possessed me as our erowded steamer, pascing the lofty, purple shores of Grand Manan Island to the south, swept alongside old Quoddy Headlight, which, with its gaudy stripes, is vet like a stiffened section of Bal- man lost a day’s time at 25‘ cents, which the de- fendant had to pay. The “buimboat’s” bill tor Unpald drinks of 75 cents was disaliowed for causing the disaster. Another seaman attracted by the sign of “Bumboat” came reeling out of the place and, lurching against. the floor of a tile oper shop, fel entirely across it, to tue great astonishment of the “salesiady” and her child ana laughter of the passers-by. At noon every War ship in port opened fire sim- uitaneously, and a tremendous cannonade lasted for some Unie, which Was answered by the distant forts. AU3 p.m. a reception to all Americans and invited foreigners was held on’ the Brooklyn. On the lower deck were tables tilled vy the bighest Style of culinary art, while the gun deck was de- ¥oted to dancing to’ music by the marine band, Those wno were interested in the boat races mounted to the quarter deck to see them. ‘The races occupied all the afternoon and were very interesting. ‘The sea was rough for boats and the distance, Some 6 miles all tola, rather trying. The Americab boats won every race, ‘The Other Doats Were built more for strength than speed, and be- sides, itis sald that our sailors are better fed. Several steam launebes conveyed the guests from the landing to the ship, about a mile and a half dnd revurued them. ‘Thetr plunging and danci showed What the ‘racing boats had to conte with, The officers and men in the English fleet” lost upward of $2,000 on the races, The bay presented a most interesting appearance. Mingled with decorative war ships were lanumer- able boats, Sampans and jJunks, with their. queer looking sills filled with ‘natives, their costumes Tanging from a simple white cloth about their loins, oF in their oWn skins, beautifully tatoea, or as Puck in an open kimino instead of a dress-coat to a full robe of blue cotton, Besides there were fancy crews of oddly-dressed salor men, with shovels and other like iinplements for oars, going about in the Worst, craft they could procure or in- Vent, One dressed Mke a clown had a sort of wooden bath-tub which he navigated with ladles, AU nigit the American ships were brilliant With Chinese lanterns. ‘The Monocacy appeared like a Set plece of fireworks, showing the complete out- line of her hull and rigging. The event of the gxening, owever, was an elegant dinner given by Mr. C. Fitut and his wite (nee Miss Rouff), of Wash- ington, to their fellow-citizens of that city. Ten Japanese friends and others, all American, made forty guests. The table, suaped like the letter U, had on its white cover, two broad strips of blue and red arranged to make up our national col and @ large fluted column of flowers ornament the center, made to represent the sergeant-at- arms’ mace of our Congress, surmounted by an eagie and our flag. While the elegant repast was being served In covers, each with Its appropriate Wine, a Japanese military band of twenty-nve erfcriners played exceedingly well In the German style, in which they had been taught, and atter- Ward followed the guests to the upper balcony of the hotel, which faces the bay, from which was an excellent view of the illuminated ships and of the fireworks, set off from a boat. ‘Those Who enjoyed dancing Kept it up to a late hour. ‘Three of the Japanese ladies wore European dresses, which do not become thelr style of beauty, the others were in thelr own costumes, and looked in contrast like pretty Quakeresses, ‘The Wash- ingtonlans invited were airs. Scldmore, mother of our vice consul here, whose handsome white hair, stately igure and Kindly interest in our country: men has inade her the dean of the foreign society. Lieut, Hogg, of the Marion, and his wife, Who with the Wives of many naval Officers had crossed our continent and the Pacific Ocean to join their hus- bands at this port. Mrs. Paymaster Smith, sire Foster, Mr. Geo. H. Sclimore and the writer.” The other guests were Dr. and Mrs. McMurtrie, Pay- Master and Mrs. Redileld, Dr. Ames ‘and ‘Lieut, Waddams, Mr. and Mrs, Morris, with others, ali Americans, ‘OTs BiGELOW. ———+e Hagerstown Happenings, NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS—MKS. DAHLGREN'S PITALITY—A PRODUCE COMPANY FORMED. Correspondence of THE EVENING STAR, Hagexstows, Mo., August 3, 1888—The tree- School system of this county has always been a Just pride to our people, and the school board 1s Prompt in supplying deficiencies as they become apparent. ‘The board recently decided to erect additional school houses at various points through- out the county, and to-day awarded contracts for the building of twelve. One of this number is for colored children exclusively, and it will be erected at Hagerstown at a cost of $2,500. ‘There are seve- ral other colored schools aiready here. Of the other buildings to be erected the contract prices Fange from $500 to $4,600. ‘The whortteberry crop in the mountains sur- rounding Hagerstown is simply immense this sea sou, Sixty bushels were shipped from one station in one day, and up to date, frum the same polnt, 125 bushels. ‘The beautiful summer residence of Mrs, Admiral Dahigren, on the South Mountain, below Hagers- town, 1s the scene of much social activity. The guests are principally trom Washington, and in- Glude Senators and Representatives ahd ‘their wives, Army and Navy officers and others high in authority in Washington. ‘The hostess dispenses her hospitality in the most liberal manner, aud her list of friends seems to be inexhaustible, ‘The appointment of Mr. Lewis G. Stanhope, of Hagerstown, to be inspector of streets for Wash. ington, provés bighly gratiying Uo his friends in Western Maryland. He was for many years super- intendent of ithe Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and a warm personal friend of Senator Gorman,’ who 1s credited with securing Mr. Stanhope the’ posi on, He fs a very affable gentleman, easy to ap- prodeh, and will doubtless make a populur omciai fa his ew position, Mr. Stanuope wih retaie eas residence in Hagerstown, where bis family. will continue to reside. He bad been an applicant ‘for the position for a considerable length of time at the suggestion of Senator Gorman, and, as he had given Up hopes of securing it, the’ anvouncet of his appointment proved ai ‘agreeable Surprise mn, A cablegram was received here to-day from neva, Switzerland, announcing the m. rt that” place of Mr. Wim. Kealhoter, 9 inent, member of the Hagerstown bar, and Miss Elizas beth Lane Smith, daughter of the late Dr. Josiah ‘Smith, of this place. Among’ those present at the ceremony were the American consul at Geneva; Hon. E M. Mealy, consul al Munich; H. H. Keedy, and Miss Bessie Keedy, the three last named also being Hi whers. "The newly-wedded couple will spend several months traveling before return- ing home. butter and ice cream, to ‘and sell. and yultry. ‘The capital stock ts ‘di Bolshates ofthe value of $100 pers ” From the Pall Mail Gazette, July 19. him shine with a light softer than usual. Here, for instance, 1s what is said to be a well-autbenti- cated little story which happened the other day ‘when the chancellor was being announced to his sovereign, :with whom ‘about at cee couse nite the ante-room, Prince heard ca and, a2 tbe door was open, he, looked tats the imperial ni , where the little crown prince was grinding away at a meanwi iy dane Mo bis tune, saw the prince, ‘the dancers ran up to him, ‘saying, Bismarck, come ‘and dance prince shook his head and ‘am too old; I really cannot prince will dance Iwiligrina "With shouts a prince Joined hia brothers, ‘Bismarck ig Game in ‘threshold to look with Tmust s 0 the chaneelior, you w’ take = ete whom you‘ elt.” rain storm woineeday nn sber ot fan t's Yer ‘toll. ry Moral hose on the eastermost point of land on our United Stares coast. Kounding Campobello 1s- Lind, which, with Grand. Mauab, Is a Canadian Posséssion, and so situated, thanks to the lnbe~ Cility of our dipiomats, that no vessel of ordinary Grait can reach our own eastermost_ seaport city at low tide without passing through Cana- dian waters, ‘the. noble Passamaquoddy Buy 1s entered, ‘and. the picturesque litte city of Eastport ts seen, facing the sea in pleasant ter- Faces from its central rearward heights like a Dright and gigantic reversed” shell, ius. Outer rim Washed by the blue waters of the’ bay. To te left and south as we enter port, 18 seen the pretty Village of Lubec, the hotne of scores of active and Telired sea-captains, Who sit. on. vine-covered porches and level great glasses at the seu's horizon, And all strangers passing thelr snug harbor hones, nd, occasionally torglvably roar Out at Ube Ute tavérn roysterings, Fmanug ara bug cozy rus. For liu taster bold; No land-cares for me: Tim a rover free, With bo fear of growing cldt— and the ike; many fishing settlements seaward Restle at the bases of rugged cliffs and within shiuing coves beyond; while a great arm of tue Day, called by some Cébscook, aud by others Pen broke Bay, sweeps to the northwest past count less islands, coves and headlands to that sleepiest and deadest of all earth’s somnolent villages, ab- cient Pembroke town. ‘To the right ‘THE SPLENDID PASSAMAQUODDY Stretehes away past the island city, for Eastport 1s entirely surrounded by sea-water, blends to the east and northeast with the majestic, misty-skted, treacherous but often awful and sublime Bay of Fundy; reaches, along our shores, past Pleasant Point, where the bleached remnant of the once no- ble Quoddy Indians live; carries its miphty tides full in the face of old St. Andrews, the most beau- Ulul city and resort of all Canida; and at last Diends with the noble St. Crolx, ‘whose broad Dosom 18 endiessiy freighted with the vast product Of the countiess mills “at Calais and St, Stephens above, where the shriek of a thousand gleaming saws every hour in the year Is a ceaseless requiem for the majestic pines, from a region of Urackless pine So vast that the states of Massachusetts, Con- necticut and Rhode Island could be set down in its heart, and so completely lost that a govern- ment surveying party could alone realscover them, AT THE WHARF. . AS nO railroad has ever penetrated this easy~ going Maine region, half the city folk are a perma- ment committee-on-arrival for the steamers. They come to the wharves, rest their meditative chins in their hanas, open their mouths as if having Teached some prolonged, susiained note of wel- come, stand rigid “and staring for half an hour, and then silently disperse. Among these are the Waterside all-sorts, the brisk, ponderous prom- {nent citizens with baggy trowsers and ample iinen dusters, a few old fol’ Who for three-quarters of a century have never missed a boat, and whose absence would cause alarm, and, "better than all, Devies of the most ‘strapping, buxom, red-l1p) Tosy-cheeked, ‘snapping- eyed maldens you ever “tcheld, “Glorioss is this “old Acadian tor handsome giris. None of your measly, cadaverous, gsthetc, pigeon toed, diaphragm-garroved maid: ens are they. They stand as squarely upon their feet as the pine-trees of their own state, Their heels touch. Thelr toes do not. Their insteps have the arch of aCuban woman's. From ankle and finger-tip to shoulder, such Hogarthian lines are followed as should model the American Venus. And above chests and breasts graud in proportion and symmetry, there are necks Without an angie $a which set heads of startingiy massive and per. fect model, with wide-browed, large-eyed, splen- Gidly-profiled faces, against a background of air in such Wealth, that if unloosed, every possessor could stand within it naked but altogether clad, CAPTAIN AND PIRST MATE. But from contemplation of these splendid Maine giris, who make the noblest of wives and mothers, I must desist; for there alongside the whart I saw the chubby face of good old Captain Ballast shine ing a glorious weicome througu his stubby beard, and heard his hearty voice roar out: “Here we are, sir; waitin’ suug and tidy, as the spider sung out ter the fly!” So they Were, these old seawise companions of mine, the burly’ captain and his first mate, sea- man, steward, cook, and patient, swear-words tar- t, lean, lank Tom; and there was the Nancy Srary, 20-100 burthed, schooner-rigged, triia, and Seaworthy as a gull, I had charterea tor a good round month for conveyance to any port or cove fancy might lead from Quoddy Head to Labrador, and for @ sui so sumail, “grub-an'-rum-found,* that I would be ashamed’ to set it down fairiy in this record. But there Was as much good friend- anlp as good money In the compacts for In many another idyllic day had the old Captain Tom and myself Basled Stitt along this indescribably splendid northeast coast among our herring- friends from Machtas- Port to St. Andrews. In a Jilly we were away among them for greeting and badinage, ai SERRE eet ateapaate eam ae not but re-teli, as may, the fascinating tale of their humbie toil and rewards. HERRING FISHERS. Herring in inexhaustible numbers are here. The fishers are nearly equally divided among Amert- cans and Canadians who, from April to December, which term comprises the “season,” know no other labor or hope than in this harvest ben eat the waves, From Mt. Desert; past Englishman's Bay aachias ‘Quoddy Head, Livec and Eastp sr volt tn Maine, around Campobello, Grand Man: Tniands, becr Island, Lee Tsleind Passainaquoday Bay, St; Andrews, St. George, and even to Maces Bay, in New Brunswick, every mile of shore line. every swirl of waters, ‘every nook and cranny where the tide creeps in and out, has its indis- mutable. evidence of this” herring are by the seine, in weirs, and by “driving;” she lat- ter method, forbidden by American and Canadian ie i i i i tH § f EF i i H : if un E aE A i i i : i : i ti i se : f Placed an inch or two Sith willow or alder: and out from land type of tuterrocation. The that portions of the herring Ward with the tide, enter, and, once inside, Whirl and swirl about in’ the’ great lobe Of the Weir, Dlindly #eeking an exit only in the direction of the outgoing ude, This bilnd fatality of the erring. fg so marked. that fishermen ‘assert hot One escapes where ft has entered. Taking herring in the weirs is easily accom. pilsbed.” One end of @ seine 18 fastened at the ‘Weir mouth: the other end, dragged by boatmen, 18 given a half-sweep around the Weir, preceded DF a Smail Doat, in which are muen dealing the water With paddies to “dock” the fish until the setne | “bunched,” when the herring are dipped into Uh Smail boats swith ordinary scoop-neta. Two or Lure sweeps Bf the seine Will Lake every herring thus impounded. Ofven the turn of the tide comes in Ube night; and when it is remembered that there are 4,000. to 5,000 of these weirs upon the herring grounds, sone idea may be Kained of the appearance Of the dark rus of Shore line where dash the fisher's lanterns, flare their couutless torches, : EXCITEMENT OF DRIVING. But there isa genuine romance and excitement about herring ““riving.” It ts done under fear of the mighty law, and cover of pitch black nigbts. If the waters be sullen, dark and still, and a dense fog has stolen upon Quoddy from Use sea to keep the hated oficials in-adors with their grog, fortune 4s kind indeed to the herring-nsber, who tay thus turn an extra honest penuy for ‘the winter and 7 Uetle ones, away from the Ottawa money-bags and the bothersome surplus at Washington. Every. Uing ts sug aad ship-shape betimes, aw alting the night lood-tide. Softly Une fisher and'crew of three iu ‘thelr ollciothes and sou'westers, giide away from shore with muffled oars ito tne impenctra- ble darkness. “Every square rod of water Is as familar to these men as the “cuddy” of their own Boat. ‘The mast is lett bebind, arsmen, one steersman and a “dipper.” When favorabie “ground” has been reached there 1s a sudden flasi in the boat. In a moment a stronger gut appears forward, Over the Kunwale on the port side. There, in a lvtle wire-woven dragon, oF cresset, sizzles and flames a Quodgy torch. The Quoddy indians, at Pleasant Point, on the St Croix, have made it of birch bark. It 18 18 inches long, 6 wide, 2 or 3 thick, has cost 5 cents, and wil blaze for half an hour. The moment Uits it, aflame the quoddy boat fairly leaps upon the Water, The greater Its speed, the greater the luck. SUDDENLY THERE 18 4 TREMOR IN THE WATER Just ahead of the flaring torch. ‘The “dipper” ‘Stands with bared arms, resolute as if for.mighty dred, grimly grasping the stout handle ofa huge ‘Sscoop-net. The tremor upon the water increases to ripple, and the efforts of the oarsmen are re- doubled. ‘The ripple soom becowes a spul tng volume, radiating and widening to a Ward, as it’ million tiny waves, given animate lute, Were battling for precedence," Suddenly tere tsa “swash!” and the “Allpper's” net bas descend- ed, It brings back more Luan a bushel of gieam- ing, squirming, herring. As if fordear lite the “dipper” scoops and the oarsmen row. ‘Tumbling, Splashing, cavorting, and actually squeaking pro- Jest, as they are Sung to the boat's. boviom, Nish by the scores of netsful are thus taken. ‘There ls o diminuuou iu the myriad herring which madly plunge and leap vo the fore, and tumble and “punch” togeter underneath ‘the fascination of the Quoddy torch. And not until the boat is filed Wit (hts precious truitage of the sea, and the crew stand knee deep in the finny Ueasure, 1s there cessation of labor. ‘Then tne torch is'ex- Ungutshed; aud a swallow or (wo of rum is taken, and land 15 warily made through the fleecy folds of the friendly fog that cept upon Quoddy from we sea. Poon L Wansuane NANTUCKET, Special Correspondence of Tux EvExixa August 1, 1888, Nantucket is in many ways one of the most at tractive places for a summer's outing on the At- lantic seaboard, ‘The fasion-plate dude bas not- yet invaded its quaint old streets—at least to an objectionable degree—and an unconventional good time seems to be the object of the many Who flock here from almost every quarter. ‘The island was in early days a leading station for the whale fisheries, but now the summer vis- {tors take up the attention of tue inhabitants and the old bronzed sea captains seem content to forget the harpoon and take the ladies for a sail. ‘The profit 1s probably equally great and the labor much more pleasing. ‘They have well-bulit boats, Which hey handie with remarkable skill, and it 15 @ matter of pride with them that they have never lost a lite ling parties return at night with large es of biuefish, and for the more skulful abd daring the swordfish is often the prize, All who come here delight in the bathing. ‘The beach 1s good, and the most fastidious can be Pleased,for at the Nantucket end ot the tsland the Water 15 still and delightful for those who wish to display their aquatic skill, and at Stascopset there 4s surf enough to satisfy the most ardent lover of the waves, ‘The town Of Nantucket 1s a quaint old place, ‘The houses are, for the most part, very old, built Of wood, and clustered along the "harrow streets, putting one in mind of the quiet ittle hamiets of {he “fatherlana.” Some neat Queen Anne cot- tages now grace most of the attractive places ontae water's frout and the hotel accommoda- Uons of the town are good. Iv Js bard to tell whether the old winamill which has been so much abused by every poor aruist, who bas been so fortunate as to come here, or the famous town crier, Who announces daily in a cracked and broken voice to tue sleepy Inhabitants the news of the island, 1s the more interesting. This custom of the town crier 1s a very ancieut One, and the summer Visitors are carried back as it Were a Lundred years from the land of newspapers and general information, The Nantucket crier Tarely goes beyond Une prectnctsof his island home 80 his announcements are not often startling. ‘The drives about the Island are pleasant, and the road froin Nantucket to Slasconset or Sco! as It amore commonly called, is a Deautiful one. It lies across the “moors” ‘or low lands of the Asiand, inters; with fresh water and fone catches glimpses of the sea almost the whole drive, ‘Tne road passes Sankaty light-house, which stands high on the beach and Wrows 1% welcome light for 40 miles seaward. Slasconset Was originally @ small collection of fishing huts, but now it can boast of some very pretty cottages. The beach 1s fine, and the suri, which comes rolling in With aconstant roar, forms Mts chief attractiveuess. Senator Spooner as Duilt a pleasant cottage here looking on the sea, and Mrs Spooner and her boys are enjoying their summer there. ‘There are many people spending the summer here and many more are expected in August, aS Uhat Is sald to be NanLucket's most attractive sea son. Harry J. Sunter, a well-known New York artist, Minds his pleasure here among the scenes he loves'so weil to paint, and many without bis afustic taste Anda charm not met with else- wi ‘The most delightful thing about the tsland is that 1 1s really cool, and as it 1s 30 miles from tne main land the breeze must cote from the salt water. The thermometer rarely reaches $0 ae- grees and then only for a sort time in the middie ofthe day. The air isa coustant tonic, pure and refreshing, an@'to be here is like an oceab voyage without being sick. All who visit Nantucket go away charmed with this little island of the sea, G.C. HL, dr. BRATEN BY FIRENZi IN A GREAT RACK AT MONMOUTH PARK. ‘There was a great race at Monmouth Park Thurs- Gay between A. J. Cassatt’s famous horse The Bard and J. B. Haggin’s filly Firenzi, in which The Bard was beaten. The distance Was one-and-a- half miles, for the Freehold stakes. Time, 2:34. “The racing sensation of the year,” says the New York Tribune's account, “was The Bard’s frst defeat in S88. He ran @ great race, carrying the {ull weight of 120 pounds, making the all the way, and equaling the record 2:34) at a mile anda halt, But well as be rau, ireuzl ran better, aud beat him easily.” ie ‘ §, a rl 5 5 . if i il i Ee if ! i i i i E, 7 i i i ! 4 ¥ | g ii i gs; 85 EERE iF ef iH i i ii i i ! é § i il li ill } Hi ral tie t it ty # : | i : i | gritaly over the bare but asi table, and round bits of ivory NEW YorK <n SUMMER, A Philanthropic Money Lender im the ‘Tombs Prison, 4 SWINDLER OF WHOSE METHOD: THE STAR mas TOLD BEFORE — ANSWERING ADS AS 4 SCHEME FOR EVOLVING “NEWSPAPER ARTICLES—#TAY-at-wome HUSBANDS AND RERTANTR, Corresyondence of THE EVENING Stan. New Youk, August a About as good a way to get hold of an interests Ing newspaper story as 1 know of ts to answer tue personal advertisements tn the Sunday editions ot the city dailies 1 have been following this plem for years, and have bad a lot of fun and evolved many newspaper articles out of it, I have coyiy indited letters in a school-girly hand to gentiemen: Of elegant leisure Who advertised that they Wate? “the company of a stylish, handsome young la@y to theaters and places of amusement.” I hate answered the ads of young widow temporarily straitened circumstances” who wished “the friendship of an elderly gentiewan of means; 1 have ali but promised to marry some dozens of ladies and halt-dovens of gentiemen who put her cards in the matrimonial column, although I pev Dad a personal interview with any of them; J have written tn reply to the alluring ada of numerovs swindlers and Togues in all lines of knavery aud have occasionally aliowed them to work their swindling operations upon ine up to a certasa point, and Ihave put peculiar ads in the paper myself ever and abon, ad never without catching Some interesting game for the subject of am articie, he king Of confidence men, as Peter ¢, Hunter, a weil-to-« Dut easily Imposed-on tanber frou Jersey, but Joe aware that “Peter . Hunter” wrote up hia jew York paper With a faite happens to” pick up STAK In Brentano's next week. ‘Three months ago | answered the advertisement of a philanthropic geutieman who sald he would Joan money th any Atnount to worthy men without the usual formality of depositing co 1ty for the loan. The philanthropist replied to my request for information, and the sory of the swindling operation he conducted In “ulils of ex- change on London bankers” was cold by me 40 THE STAR a few Weeks ago. Last week this pitianthropic gentleman was am Tested at his oMfice on a charge of swindling divers Persons, and now lies at the Tombs Jail awalling Uial on some very serious charges.” Thi man of philanthropic inclinations ts a Yale College, one of its orators at alum ad a lawyer Who has born prominently before Uke Public in “Imporiant cases as pieader more thea ‘once. ‘There to be 8 pretty good case against him, and it may go hard with bim. Mere 1-4 copy of ihe type-writer letter circular be semt when T answered Lis alluring ad. and Wold bisa I wanted to Lorrow mones : Attorney and Counselor at-Law, 30 Broadway, New York. Practises in all the Courts of this State, amd United States Courts. Loans on Mortgages, New Vows, April 10, Us Yours of the Wb ts at’ hand, J am Pared to furnish to you without delay, bills of ex change (dratts) on Londou bankers for any qrmount, 100 pounds sterling or over, at whatever dates you desire. ‘The comtulssion for issuing Yuu {ie suid drat ts 3 per cont reckoning the pout sterling at $5; thus 100 pounds sterling y ing g300 calls for $15 commission. “Ou drafts 500 polnds oF over, 2 per cent commission, ‘These bills of exchange when due, you will be expected to cover; the manner of wiich will be duly explained froin thls office, A register Is kt of all transactions; and parues are nouled season of their ob This oMice does nut require collateral on this method of accommodation, nor are you required {Ww Issue your own note. Your Hability is uited Lo Your own responsibility ou the Bilis of exchange, ‘of Which you bave all the benefit and the sue benefit; and your total expenditure consists hn the moderate commission pald Unrough this offee Wo the London bankers for the use of tue credits #0 Uverally granted by Wem. May ainbitious and deserving mea have been greatly assisted during several Years past hy tis Safe aud inexpensive metuod; and our itberal cur- respondents in London (the world’s financial center) authorize us lo extend Ils beueitts w every deserving applicant, or— With parties, whether in New York or any other place in tne ‘United Suates who wish toiburres smaller sums (loans less Unab §100 uot entertained) on chattel mortgages, viz: furniture, machinery, Bpaveuts, live stock, ic. Ualsoice deais as tollows "he applicant ts required to Lakea life policy Ihe Home Provident Co., 89 Liberty street, New York, for at least $1,000, which costs lilm ‘or ber $1.81, and if the loati Is $1,000 Lhe policy to be for 2,000, &c. This poucy vo be assigned 10 Us When Ure ivan 18 made, as additional collaleral, and as ‘© means of locating the party while he loan Is pending. Nobody’s record and securities can be investi- fated without considerable expense, and Unis pr - fiuinary inevhod ts adopted as Lhe ohe best calc lated to guard Us against irrespon~ibie people who are perpetually Wanting to borrow money oD la suMclent of already mortgaged cuilatierals, Our rates on ali loans are az per cent per an- num, Tuere aFe noextras, no COMMISSIONS, ye bonuses. ‘The subscriber transacts a law and collection Dusiness iu Ue Various lexitimate branches of tie rofession, having been a member of Uhe bar siuet S61. Meritorious cases are sometimes When desired, on conUngent fees, Respectfully, « gignen), . BISsKLL. Hat I found _out that was objectionable in uy correspondenu:'Splilanthropic scheme, and What ‘Ue district allot wey 's Office NOW Objects to, Is Ubat (2) the London “bills of exchange” are wort, tn trinsicaily, just 1 cent per pound (avoirdupois, ot sterling) as serap paper; @ us banking {wey are Worth absolutely DoLuing; @) be has a habit of guarantering that these Uills of exchange are negouable, and When a victim finds out that Uiey are not neguUable he magnanimously prow- ises to Feturn W Uhe Viclim one-half Ube commis Sion he has paid to get thet: (4) be trequentiy begiects Lo (ulflll the promise aforesaid about re turning any poruon of Lue “commis very ready Lo secure a would-be borrower Ube life Ansurance policy in Uke Home Provident Co. aud pocket his commission for the same, Dut he is ube commonly and unconscionably dilatory ta the matter of making Ue loan on the policy after it is written, and sotetiines refers Une vic to the circular letter as printed above, potting out tie fact that Uhat circular letter does not anywhere actually prouise Unat he Will make the loan to Gee policy holder. Good lawyers say the district attorney 1s gotug to have hard work to prove any” pouive eriluinal act agalust the philanthropisi, but one of tie dailies laughs at the lawyers abd Is determine’ send tue bili-ot- euieman vo yall. New York ts Just now a paradise for husbands and servant girl, The wile and superintendent of the domesyc fireside is away at the shore or te mountains, and Ube “help” and tue lonely husband havegreat fun, with nobody to interrupt. Iu te Uptown avenues and cross streets the fronts wt ‘the Lig brown stone houses are all suuttered aud sealed, and an air of complete deseruon bas pos session of whole rows of residences. But if you Want Lo note the deception of this seeming deyer- ion, Just sit of an eveniug at the window of a rer Dedroom in a house on the bext street. From this potnt of olwervation of the “rear elevation” of your Neighbors’ Bouses you Will bear sounds of revelry outstrip all the Wild ante-Leuten festivities of hese same houses at other times, You will see a ining-room agiare With gas-liguls in No, 44, aud the cook and the upstairs girl euvertaining witn ‘Ube master’s Wives and Ube Misses’ dinner serview diceman X, Une coachiman of No. 42 aud the but at No. 46. In (he extravagantly lluminated rear portion of No. 40 you Will see @ Vail among ‘Ube servants going Ob, With a fiddler and a harpirt furnishing the music.” In No. 46 (he open winduws Wili suow Milord, the husband of an absent wife, enlertaluing OVeT LUMeroUs glisseR and buble: and divers cigar voxey a haif duzeu or wore of ie dowb-lown [riends, tL gleeful abafidon buuty pops chainpagne and corks al matte Ke Spice’ over the mantel: cigar ashes. are scattered hither and yon, Without tear of Ube mewt house-wite’s reprimand; pack» of cards slige covered. dining Dear Sir: as Uhey are chipped in or pot. And when at three im the morning the uate stumble in an uncervain gait gown, ts Tront steps, of upstairs to rest in tn: bedrooms if you are silll watcuing you ®t doubt Tess see LUDDY In his own bedroou With a Wet Low 1 round his head Writing a letter to his dear Wwitey Wo teil Ler how lovely the bouse is In her aby seuice and bemoaning tue unkind fate Uhat him a slave Lo busivess Wudie Ube partwer of his Joys is resting at the seashore. But it ts than likely that’ Uns same partner is equally exaggerated expressions of uer lonel At being separated from hubby, so the game ie probabiy an even one, 1B. B. Souua, — so BOOKS OF THE WEEK, THE CURSE AND CHAINS OF ROMAN CATHOLO. Cis: A Coutrowern.” hen. HMM Manton, gira The ocusm Ontholics. Baltimore: Bai, Woodward a Ga FORTNIGHT OF FOLLY, By Macnice, Tmomy. ann. Kor of aso Pal Westie A Aue a a THE POETRY OF THE FUTURE. Dacroson, sutnorof “ibe Living writers Souk." etce etc. New York: Sou B Alden: [¥ AUNT'S MATCH-MAKING, AND ome STURIES. 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