Evening Star Newspaper, September 1, 1888, Page 2

aon cecil t THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDA a a AP octohuvin 1. 1888—DOUBLE SHEET. CITY AND DISTRICT. Will be turned im from New York, then, after a me, from New Orleans, and finally from gan Francisco, thus giving the United States a silver beit that will outsnine even that of a champion Dugilist. The Adams Express Co. carries the sil- ver in trunks, or trou-bound boxes, guarded by armed men. At this end of the line FS ¥ im great iron-latticed w: se ie ie al cages noua ito the basement, then down a winding scale in thé northeast corner of the building into sub-basement, where the afr at present bas an caning hae rte oop ana Similar ideas. The visions of the mys- itt il 5 &| IN THE VACLT, ‘Treasurer Hyatt and a Stan reporter took this Toute last Wednesday, when the first consignment Of silver arrived, and were consequently stopped 4m their course by the barred door. In the distance Was heard the clink and wusical rattle of coins, like the cnains that are rattied behind the scenes ‘a6 the theater when the prisoner is being ironed or Uberated. “Mr. Hyatt shook tue door, but the Dolse was drowned by the clinking. Another shake Drought a man who opened the door for the Treas re the small room on the other side of the machinery of the freight-eie- ‘Vator, Ww @ few hours before had groaned in its precious burden to its resting place. On ‘as the visitors proceeded, an opening Into the wall disclosed (he painted door of a vault Marked with a great “2,” and containing upward ninety million dollars, straight abead, at the corridor, Wasa group of men busy Tite We examination of the allver, and producing from the outsid=, either Wes a stack of canvas bags, portly and proud in their a) ce. “Each one and weighs 60 Pounds,” said Mr. Hyatt. “Try to hit it, and you Sill see how bard would befor a tuict wo cake yush money.” the neck of one of the bags ‘One band, but it only slid from the pile to the with a miiffied clinking that was tantalizing. ‘Wo replace the bag with bot & tall, brawny, colored man came to the picking up the bag us though it were a earned ita few steps toa queer-Iookiag two leet high. ‘There was foot square on top, and below was a ‘Barrowing to an opening avout six WEIGHING THR SILVER. ‘The bag was dumped on the platform and the securing cord cut with a rapid motion of a knife. Holding the mouth of the bag down into the shute LEE eat fl it Hii Ps if i & oe es : i aD, ag Was the soon as the scoop rested on the the scalesinan, seated in front of the central H HG A] i; i a A i H : Fi : i ge i Ee 3 bi Hi ue fl 3 4a Us Hit i H 8 Hi i & ‘of wealth in cell No. 4 was growing bigher be party feturned tothe dour the saleman "olar i “We could detect a trade 4M a second,” ex- ‘Hyatt, “aud also @ dollar thai was See Low fine the scales are,” tearing off ‘& shall ptece ot paper from a 3 elbow and tossing it silver on the pan. The needle, before stationary, moved quickly to oue side. “You see taat i would be pretty hard to get in some oid coins,” sald the aren. ‘SAFEECARDS, ‘The atmosphere was horrible, close, damp and musty, and the visitors, who began to fei tue op- pressive effects of the vitiated air, were glad Out imto the corridor. The tuse-lock Yawned at the entrance; tne intri- atch, wee: My too frail tee thes cea w mmr 7 - arent caste Seana however, 1s inside of this piece of mechan. ab the end of the short It ts of solid iucbes thick, and weighs 5,000 pounds it inte the wall on the rigut, aud, without tise Windiass tuat nestlesin te wall beside streagth of ve men to move it. It shut nearly « foot into we lem hand gt Eee ue scales entrance, Which Will foru 4 part of the out- $1,200." The vault consists of sixtera cell each of which Will contain about $8,000,000. St is proposed wo have the vault lighued by cicc. ineity. soe The Lightatug-Hed Myth. ‘To the Editor of Tux Evemixe Stan: “Ligntuiog rodsare gotug out of use. Why? Because they are not believed to be the protection ‘that it Was once thought they were.” The above, from tbe Pailadeiphia Kecurd, was copied in Tus Sram This amertion 1s nod sustained by facts ‘Puat lightning rods are used mcze tuaaever is a fact which can, De qaslly, estabitsbed by positive forweriy only afew were ia use Wi?’ They are hi ual we Bod (hem? pecs gig, rte "amt tr se CAREUESS PASSENGERS, ‘What Becomes of Articles Left in Street Cars. WHY WOMEN YORGET THEIR BUNDLES—POCKETS WHICH CANNOT BE USED—WHAT MEN FREQUENTLY LEAVE BEHIND THEM—UNGRATEPUL PA‘SENGERS— A UNIQUE ASSORTMENT OF LOS¢ ARTICLES. “Do people leave things in the cars?” echoed a manager of a street railway as he looked with Some surprise at a Stan reporter. “Well, I snould Say that they did. Look at our collection,” and he pointed to @ large case of pigeon holes which ‘Stood in one corner of a room in the company’s main office, ‘The reporter glanced at the bundles of one kind and another, which occupied s fair Portion of the receptacle, and his eye rested upon & stack of umbrellas, which seemed to be the chiet feature. ‘The offictal noticed the attention Paid to the latter and remarked, casually: “It 1s a coid day when we don’t get an umbrella or # para- sol.” In further conversation about this peculiarity of streetcar life the reporter learned ny had a regular system in regard to lost arti- Bien’ Conductors ‘and, drivers ate instructed. 10 bring everything left im the cars by the passen- fers to the office, where an entry is made in & Kept, for thiat purpose. The article is de- seribed and the name of the employe bringing tt in 1s recorded. If the owner calls for his property within acertain time 16 ts becomes the property of the one who finds it. No reward is asked, but if the owner his gratitude should wish to compensate the hon- esty of the finder he is furnished with the name of the employe. WONESTY OF PASSENGESS AND EMPLOTES. ‘The perils of street cars as a place of deposit for goods of any character are so numerous it 18 rather surprising that such a large proportion of the traveling public should constantly select such pisces, But they do und it ts attributed to care- jessness by those most familiar with the habits of that class of le. There. 18 nothing in the we prevent tne other ap- propriating wnat some careless Tellow wes in the car in the hurry of getting out. Besides, the conductors and drivers can, if they wish, quietly take charge of such things and tosay anything about it at the main oMce. But Mt 1s gratifying to Know that the moral sense in. dot TS and railway employes 1380 Prated that & large percentage of the weil cult articles ieft 1a the cars is returned to the rightful Owners. Perhaps It ts not the moral sense at all, but merely cautousness or something else that ipfluences. At any rate, the main fact remains ‘Ubat the lost ts found and the wandering property rey back. ay ey ratuer ey In this respect. are speak bitterly of the ingratitude of peuple, wad they are especially severe on the of-course-manner with {uch Persons are apt togreet thelr restored prop- erty. WOULDN'T SAY THANE YOU. Not long ago a woman walked into the office of one of the principal street railway companies in this city and asked in a rather excited tone of Voice if some articie she had left tn a car had been found. ‘There was aglance al the register, a few Drle¢ Inquiries and the missing package was flsned out from the case and over. The owner selzed it Without comment of any kind, started to wi out. Ber retreating figure was followed by the cold, penetrating glance of an in- dignant oficial, which failed, however, to pass through the back of her head and reach the nerves Of consciousness, In distinct, but icy tones, the official buried aiter her the words, “Thank you.” 5e turned and looked at the man with an as- tonishment, which seemed to say: “What in the Worid do you mean?” He added, as he Caine way: “I Key ipo ‘that if your property was worth getting back,{t certainly Fat to have the vaiue ‘a “thank you.” ving tuis explanation So silence,the woman Waiked out of the r, and the official proceeded to make some remarks lo the attentive clerks, which were not entireiy complimentary to human nature in general and sireet-car human nature in particular. BOW WOMEN Losz BUNDLES. Judging from what 1s deposited in the offices of ‘the companies, the pyblic are not at all particuiar about what they leave in a streetcar. It may be a box of cigars or a pair of gloves, or perhaps one of the inumerable bundies which 1g the result of that very prevalent feminine habit of shoppin, ‘The ladies are said to be the most liberal contril ULOrs Lo the “Lost Department” of a street raliway company. The officials claim to have considera- bie Knowledge of the peculiarities of the fair sex, not ouly because they are married men, but be- cause of the position they hold, which — a —- with a ate a traveling public, In pe it seems to be a Settled conviction that a woman either ht to have more pockets or else she ougbt vo be abie to flud the ones she has, and they assert in the tL development of the’art of dressmaking it 18 practically impos. sible fora woman made after the ordinary ‘and most generally approved pattern e pocket thict is concealed souewuere within tue: folds of her dress. A3 aresuit, a woman With her natural ‘cautiousvess 18 not going to run the risk of losing a valued purcttase by putting it in a pocket whicu pitt Uo find again and so she ‘simply tin her hand. As the purchases ac- cumuiate in the course of a shopping expedition her hands became full, and she 13 apt to place the entire collection in her lap when she 1s seated In @ Strect car On her Way home. Some of these slip away, are left belind, and then recovered at the company’s office. If such a woman has an umbrella or a parasol, 30 much the worse for the umbrella or the parasol. Next to female pockets, or, rather, their Ride-and-seck nature, the faculty which wouen are said to have for conver- sation 1s regarded ag the most fruitful cause of things being left in street cars. Tue fair sex are Said to abandon themselves to the delights of a street-car conversation, and become obiivious of everything else, even forgetting at times wo get out at w Ls as! place. so completely do tuey become absoroed that unless things are chain-d on they generally abandon them in tue car, and ee 1s not restored until they ch home. WHAT MEN LEAVE. ‘The official mind 1s not soclear upon the reasons why wep leave thingsin the cars. They don’t seem to have given tuat branch of the business much thought. But as they claim that men do not give much trouble in that way peruaps it may be concluded that it Is not worth wulie for the mind to perplex. Mself over this phase of the matter. 4u 4g not denied that men drop their pocketbooks in the cars, and sometimes leave valuabie packages. In fact it ts much easier to Say Whats not left in astreet car than what is. The list is a surprising oue. Large sums of money have deen lost in this Way, and what ts more surprising have been recovered. Diamond rings and even ‘watches turn up, and Sometimes a Dundie 1s found snugly On & seat, Which turns out to bea baby. It is hardly necessary to add that in the latter event “the flud” is not de ved in the pigeon-hole case in the railway office, bat it is Uransterred to the tenderer care of soie infant asylum, and in this way no doubt, the wishes ot the original owner or guardian bundle are fully carried out. ee IN, THE DISTRICT JAIL, Six Prisoners Charged with Murder Awaiting Trial, ‘The June term of the Criminal Court will re- ‘sume business next month—the grand jury on the 20uh and the peut jury will be called oa October 1. There are indications that there will be much nore business than usual after the recess, and at ‘this time the number of prisoners in jail is 200— about 60 more than usual at this period of the year. There are at present among those in jail awaiting trial no less than six for murder, and one under conviction is walling the final disposition of his case, These are all colored people and are x men. The} SalaSsd OMS GS wae Za hat Brent, a colored boy of nineteen or twenty, is in cell No. 1, and the crime ior which he is waiting trial is Charles Parker, colored, on the cor- hef Of 14tu and B streets southeast on June 2 last. Ic is claimed that Parker masried a girl to whom Brent had been paying his attentions, and that Brent beat his rival wo 4s hopeful that his neck will not be stretched, While willing Lo converse with be positively reruses to speak colored man, 1s in the adjoining cell (No. 3). HO a8 charged with the murder of the 4tb of August. ‘Two brotuers, Walker and James Tolliver, are also in jail as accessories to the killing. The Tollivers the who left and ent w his house in Bland’s alley, Howardtown ‘a ‘The Tollivers went at- hey wens to Jackson's: ‘where was broken into, and Payne, Grawing a pistol, shot and kiled J whe THE THAMP’S RETREAT, ‘The Washington Asylam and its Inter- esting Inmates, WORN OUT WRECKS OF MEX AXD WOMEN OCCUPYING THE POOR-HOUSE—THE STURDY INMATES OF THE WORK-HOUSE AND HOW THEY LIVE—wArPY OLD COLORED MEX. A Stan reporter made the rounds of the Wash- ington Asylum premises afew days ago in com- pany with the superintendent, Wm. H. Stouten- burg. ‘There are about 40 acres of ground within the inclosure, but not more than half can be cuiti- vated. The property is located between the Con- gresstopal Cemetery and the jail, and extends to the Eastern Branch, where the inmates of the asylum are given an opportunity to fish, The build- tugs are erected on high ground, giving an excellent Mew of the surrounding country from the Navy Yard bridge up the branch nearly to Benning. ‘Tne number of inmates 1s as follows: Work-house, 206; almsnouse, house the white tnuiates prestin pa fe males, The bed- Tooms in this building are of Toom 1s occupied by two or three invalida, The beds used in this building are of the best make, with Wire springs und mattresses ot Mexiean Nber which: Were purchased about two years ago through the interest taken in the oid sons Dj missioner Webb. Each bed sheets, quilts and blankets, making comfortable as possible. The white males occu Tooms at the north end of the bi ; while th females are on the opposite side. ‘The colored fe- males occupy the upper floor, At the north end of the building, looking toward the jail, is a large Toom where the old men pass away the day. It is known as the literary room and books and pa- Bet, rt everywigre about the room. The lway dividing the rooms is very wide,and there, a5 @ rule, the inmates spend the warm days be- cause there ts always a good breeze passing through it. Some of the men, ait h very old, have good Memories and are able vo give an aluost comple history Of the institution during their stay. The} Fecelve thetr daily rations of tobacco and pave everything to make the time pleasantly. On the opposite side of the building are the white fe- males. In their ward are four small children, Who have more grandmas than most city children. Many of the oid ladies devote almost their entire Ume looking after the children, Three of these children are sisters. ‘vheir mother 1s now out at work trying to save enough money to obtain for them a home, A VETERAN INMATE. One of the inmates has been in the institutton ‘since 1847, the year after the institution was ¢3- tablished, and until two years ago she was strong and hearty, Then she was taken sick and has since been unable to go about very much. She 18 Row nearly eiguty-four years old, and has never Seen the Capitol or a street-car. ‘Until she was taken sick the old woman had full charge of the Gining-room, and she had such a good memory that she was abie not only to tell tue naines of the Inmates, but could give a complete descripuon of them. Suortly before her gickuess a genlemaa from Baitimore visited the institution and in- quirea for bis son, Who had been missing from home for @ long tinke, His proper name did not appear on the records, and it was impossible to tell Whetuer be badever been there or not, but the old woman remembered having Waited onhim. She ave a complete desc! ion oi him and told where in the polter’s Heid his remains were interred, On the upper floor the colored females are quar- tered. Tueir rooms are like Chose on the lower floor, and they"are served in the same manner as the white inmates, On the lower floor 1s tue din- {ng-room. In this room there are a number of tavies, wilich are always set, The room is in charge of aa old woman, one of the inmates, who takes great pains in seeing that each inmate oc- cupies Une same place at Luv tabdleeach meal, The Meals Consist of meals, soups, rice, vat-mval, Le: coffee, and vegetabies.’ There 13 algo a great deal of uillk used by tue old people, A large quantity of dried apples, prunes, and fruiisis also used. Opi ve Lue dining-roow is tue store-room, Which led witu all sorts of edibles. Large boxes of tea and barrels of coffee and sugar are piled about the walls, while (he shelves are covered with edi- Dies in suialler packages, ‘The coffee 1s purchased green and is roasted on the premises, and it 1s theretore free irom bread crusts, rye, &c., Such a3 1s used in many prisons. In ine rear of the main buliding are Lue eng {ue-house, kitchen, and bakery. In the latter theréis au oven 11 feet square, in Which bread Is baked by the cart load, tis as in quailty a8 the ordinary cheap Uread sold In grocery stores, IN THE KITCHEN there are several large boilers, in which most of the cooking Is done. Barrels of vegetables and hundreds of pounds of meat are cooked daily. In ‘ths kitchen ts cooked, in addidon to the asylum meals, tue food for Lae Workhouse prisoners. The cook's day for the prisoners begins in the atter- noon, when he commences to prepare the next morulog’s break{ast. Tue breakfst consists of a salt herring, a ration of bread, about ten ou! and a large Un cup of coffee. "The tish are steamer until thoroughly done, and then the dinner voxes are arranged on a large table. A fish 1s placed 1n each box and left there until the next morning, when the bread, cut by tue baker the pi evening, is placed in the boxes, and tn large boxes they are carried across to Lbe Workhouse, where they are distributed Uo the prisoners with a cup Of ‘coffee. Breakfast over, the cooks begin the preparation of the ‘food for dinuer. ‘The meat 1s put into the large steam botlers and cooked. Then soup ts made, which would not be refused in any household. Fresh Vegetables raised on Uhe farm are Used in abund- ance. The diner, Witch consists of a plece of meat, some Kind of vegetables, and bread and soup, is served 10 the Saine Inanner as the breakfast, thé soup taking the place of the coffee. In serving the mneals itis a game of chance with Lue prisoner whether be gets a piece of fat meat or not, but it he gets a fat plece one day he has the pleasure of knowing that the following day he may fare bet- Ver, While his companion may fare worse. In the evening a light supper of tea and bread 1s served, and at 8 o'clock tue prison bell ts tolled, at which UUme the prisoner is expected to reUlre Or at least cease talking. THE OLD COLORED MAN'S HAVEN. Across the field a short distance 1s the old maga- zine vuilding. This 1s used by the colored male inmates, They are thirty-six in number, most of them ‘appearing to be seventy years or older. Some of them Have been in the alins-house for many Years. ‘These old men have the building to tweuseives, and do pretty inuch ag they please. ‘The room is @ very large One, and the cots are arranged In rows On either side. Like tne other inmates they are permitted to go about the grounds and spend their time as best taey can, Around their butiding they have a garden which Uney cultivate and raise vegetables to eat in addl- on Lo those served at the regular meaia. They raise principally Lomatoes and watermelons and a great deal of tobacco, as they luke a tule of what they call “country tobacco.” A short distance be- low the building is the Easiern Branch, where most of tue old men spend a large portion of their Ume fishing. They have a hoise and wagon tn which they drive avout the grounds. ‘They have tn unelr ward « cooking stove on which they cook “extra's,” such as veg€tabies and fish, which they rocure themselves. ‘These men, the’ superinten- Sent said, are tue most grateful set of persons ne ever saw. They enjoy Uuemselves every minute in the day, and When several of them get along Uhe bank or tue branch and fgh tuey enjoy tue Sport, and each fs anxious to ouicatch the other, sad thou they haye & “aan-fry.” ‘They are, not & DIL of trou! ‘tuere one mao tn Ward Wuy ever makes things the least disagree ‘able for the oubers. LivR IN THE WORK-HOUS! At the work-house, when the visitor arrived, ‘fifveen male prisoners had Just arrived trom court. Eleven of them were colored, Most of them were old offenders and their faces were very familiar to the guards. “This om ld the superintendent, Polnuing toa white man,is an old friend, He rst caine here several years He was an ex. ‘lien’ Worker, and after he had been here several times I hated to lose him. Upon his promising 1 do peter I gave him steady work and he soon straightened up. | He stopped drinking “and dressed well. He went along in this way for soe UUme, Dut again he began drinking rum. ‘Then he Was boon discharged, ut It Was not inany days Delore he returned ag a prisoner and did the same Work for Lis board aud lodging which he was paid for doing the week before.” “As tue superintend. ent read the “ist of the new arrivals he called out nine names who were “regular boarders" ‘The Prisoners were marched turoug! room where they were obliged to get in ‘Vhe immense tubs, The clothes they wore wore placed ta scquchowe, and were afterward wraj in bul away until ie Tine Is served. After taking ‘their bath Wate Oners were marched back to the wide corddon, where they were geated in a row on wooden benches, They were in prison which con- sists of a palr of Striped pats and a shirt inade of Some dark natertal, “Each answered as the name was called and dence, Which was written down, said Mr. guara on duty, “you will pi the rules of this institution, and each person will ; i E ; | f 5 i iy ‘4 no one could understand his When released he refused to leave the building. and the Gi tds were oblired to use force in gett im ‘Sway. He soon returned, and when rain began fa.iog he was taken in aud given a place.f 7 for the nigut, 2 “We have many similar ” remarked the tendent. “We always try to treat them Weil and their food 1s 80 that they prefer to ‘THE Fare SEX. ‘The female prisoners occupy a building a few hundred feet away from the male prison. The Deen remodeled. ‘The second floor ts occupied by the white prisoners, while the colored, women oc- cupy the third floor. Ainong the female prisoners The matron, Mra. Stoutenverg, recognizes many familiar facés, When a woman fs once sent there She either remains away forever or becomes al- Teguiar boarder, aud Doehing, oan KOep uently when re! ar ap the Capitol ‘Derore geittog drunk. Some policeman who knows them comes along and they are “vagged” and returned the fol- Jowing day. In this building all the wasbing tor the alms-house and hospitals is done. There 18 & long row of ordinary wash-tubs in the laundry ‘With ot and cold water spiggots. ‘The old style 25- cent Wash-boards are ut to save the hands of ‘he prisoners who act as Washerwomen an im- Proved wringer is provided. There is one room set apart for the storing of prisoners clothing, and in is all styles of hats and dresses can be seen., “Some of the prisoners,” said the matron, “tre. quentiy come in ‘here in the tall wearing a walle iress and lace shawl, ‘This was the case with one Of the arrivais this moring. After spending three months here they leave in cold weatuer in the same costume.” ‘The female prisoners are treated like the males. They first take a bath, change their clothing, and thea hear the rules read to them. ‘Their asy- lum dresses beara resemblance to the men's clothing. ‘Their suits are made on the order of bathing suits with belts, and, like the men’s sults, ‘one suit will ft any prisoner, They make thett own costumes, and are given a day to mend the clotues which ‘they wear to the institution. ‘They have a reception room where their friends can see them. The room 1s nicely furnished, and there 1s au organ to furnish music when religious services are held. During the day chey have the ifverty o¢ the ‘halls and are permitted vo visit each ouer’s cel ‘THE POOR-HOUSE SCHOOL. ‘There are many children, mostly boys, Who are Sentenced to serve @ month or two for some offense, Many of them are wo small to work, and for years, they proved to be the source of @ great amount of trouble to the guards, ‘This nuisance continued unui Mr, Stoutenburg established a school for Uhem, which they aré compelled to attend each day, ’ The school is in session each week day, and tue ‘children remain in school nearly tue entire ay. In speaking of how the prisoners are punished for violaUons of the rules, Superintendent Stou- Venburg sald that there were no longer within the Walls of the workhouse any dark underground dungeons. When a prisoner violates some fule oF docs something for which he should be punisued, he 1s placed in @ cell in the main corridor, wuere he can hear and see what is gotug on about him. He is put on a bread-aud-water dict, and when ne smells the dinner coming around and can see his fellow prisoners enjoying themsefves, he thinks what @ tool he 1s, and will soon repent and send for one of the guarde. Tuls mode of punishment, the superintendent thought, worked much better than the old dungeon, for tien they could not see hor hear anything, alld they felt as tough they Were out of the World, and they became sullen, In such cases tne prisoler Was never mmade better, and Would cause trouble as long as he remained in the prison. THE COFFIN MANUPACTORY. In the carpenter shop there are no prisoners at Work. Two or ubree carpenters fiud plenty the Year around to keep them busy. In addiuon to the repairs made to tue buildings, they make cof- fins in which paupers are buried, During the year they make nearly one thousand coffins, more than five hundred being 18-inch coflins,for infants. ‘On the loWer portion of the farm near the Branch are tbe hog pens. ‘The pens are very clean and re- sembie anicely kept yard rather than pig-pens. The stable is a very large building and 1s in charge of a Veterinary surgeon. In the stable are about a dozen horses belonging to the various branches of the District goverament, ‘ne stable 1s also used 48 a hospital for District_horses, a ee BOOKS OF THE WEEK. RUTH, THE CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST; or, Tae Mew Hyon. By oun CUBSTER, aM. DBDs Suthor of “-pduy Watchors at Heaveuly Gaton Boston: Hi, Carter & Karrick. Washington: Gately & Aldrich DAKOTA: Resources, People, Statehood. By sO TaME Canoe New Sark: tue baker & Taylor « Washiugton: J.J. Decker. ALMOST. A Novel. By Jour S.Suntver. Hlustrated. ‘Baltimore: Lombard, Drui ‘To the Editor of Tax EvExINe Stax: An article a few weeks since in your columns called the attention of your readers to the large Parks in other cities, and suggesting that Congress should appoint a board of commissioners to secure suitable park for Washington before the lovely Danks of Rock Creek are despotied of the natural growth that now beauties hem. These commis- sioners should, as in Chicago, have ample powers, and include in’thetr jurisdiction the whole plan of parks, Loulevards and squares, that a comprehen- sive system of improvewent inay be carried on. It was mentioned that in Chicago a beautitul Toadway connects the Various parks, and 13 also Mined with handsome residences surrounded by lovely grounds, making, altogether, a drive of 40 mies. “Such a boulevard can be made nu Washing- ‘Sou embracing a distance of 20 miles in extent and furnishing Views of landscapes beauty and of archi- Yectural | mugnillcence unequaled , elsewhere, Smagine a well-paved or asp! egin infront of tue President's Mouse, frome wick heavy travel shall be excluded, winding past the Monument, the Agricultural’ Department, the ‘Suithsoniain Institution, the National Muset over the 6th street Bridge Park, the Botanical Gardens, by the east Tront of the'capitol to the Soldiers” Home grounds, by the Scott statue, on to the 14th streets road, thence to the proposed Rock Crock Park, through it to the exquisite groves and deus near’ the Presiden’s summer hom: and through the heights of West Washington to the starting point. Could a more lovely and interest ing ride be obtained elsewhere in the world? It would cost money, but would it not be moncy well invested? GH —__.—__ How Lovely Woman Drinks, WHILE THE THINSTY HORDE OF MEN LOOK ON WITH ENVY. From the New York Tribune, ‘The hottest day this summer two young ladies approached the ice-water tank in the waiting-room of the Staten Island terry. ‘They wanted a drink ot the water. Near by stood a man who also wanted a drink of the Water. He'd been out with the boys tue night before and he wanted a drink of it pretty badly. ‘You drink frst, Flo,” said one of them. “Ol, no; You, Bess.” «Never! Go On, Flo” «i won't do it. ‘Drink yourself, Bess.” ‘There were now twomen waiting. “I wink you're mean—when you know I want to. Yer don’t care—you've got to drink first, because I ay “Well, then if I must I suppose I must.” ‘Thee wore now four hing? men in Line waiting anxiously. “My, but it’s cold.” “ig tt?” “Awtul.” “Don’t drink it too fast or it'll make you sick.” “No twou't. Tate three dishes of ice-cream with Charlte the other night Tast as 1 could swallow them, and it didn’t inake me sick.” ‘There were elght men wailing to get a drink W Pains cold, 1sn°t 1t, Besst” “Cold as ice.” “4] s'pose there’s ice in 1t,” “ot course.” “Lm going to drink real slow.” “Thavs right—the boat Wou't be here for e long “My, I guess I did want some more.” barks you did—drink a whole lot.” Sanaa ree “Tye got enoughe-couldn’e drink another Grop.” i yaenen” AMONG THE WHEELMEN. Pleasures of Touring in Virginia and Maryiand, A TRIP FROM THE NATURAL BRIDGE TO WaSHINGTON— THROUGH THE EMPIRE STATE ON THE WHEEL—ORIST AND BROWN ON THE RACK TRACK—BICYCLING NOTES AND COMMENTS. ‘Messrs. Demaray, Wilkins and Macdantel, of the Capital Club, returned to the city last Sunday eventog from a tour through Westera Virginia and Southwestern Maryland. ‘They were gone eight days, unde wheeled 242 miles. The trip was a delightful one, and was descrited to a STAR reporter the other day by Mr, Wukios. “We left here on Saturday nignt, the 18th,” he said, “for Lynchburg, on the train, changing cars at the James River for the Natural Bridge ratl- Toad station, Where we arrived Sunday morning. ere we took to our wheels and ran to tue bridge, afew miles away@ Just before we reached there Macdaniel broke one of the levers. of his star, and had to pump along with one foot, Alter taking @ good look at the bridge, and Seeing all the other points of interest around there, we started for Lexington, a distance of 17 miles. The natives say Unat it is 14 miles, Vit- ginta scale, but our cyciometer registered 17. We reached Lexiugtoa ii @ shower, Ube ouly Lulig ite Leresting on tie Way being a ian Ou abil cArty- ing a basketful of botiles of beer. He was about turee sheets in the wind, and entertained us uouil We were out of sight and hearing. At Lexington Macdanicl had nis lever ixed by a local lock- ‘SmiILh, Whose outiit Of tools consisted of a brace and bit, two fies, a screw-driver, a tack-hamter, and a Vise. You can imagine ine job he put on the machine, It took half a day tw fix it and broke At once When it Anished, so a telegram was sent to Washington for a new lever. Among tue points of interest in Lexington 13 Gen, Stonewall Jackson's grave. Ibis very modest, aud we had hard work to find it, We asked a ‘ttle colored boy where it was, and he replied; "Kix you-all read?’ We told bln that we could not, and be said: ‘Then you-all ‘il have to flu’some oue who kin!” “We also ‘saw Gen, Robt E Lee's womb. It is in a very handsome memorial chapel, containing, among other works Of art a reclining statue of the general by Valen- BAD ROADS. “While at Lexington we learned that the roads to Staunton, our next objective point, were in a con- dition similar to that of a brick yardin muday weather, and we concluded to go by rail, The only means of doing so Was to board a freight Wal, and we made the distance, 60 miles, in a little over dive hours. We reached ’ Harrisonburg Monday evening. Macd:tnici there found his new lever, but itdia not MU nis machine, and ue had the old one retixe A mnachinist did it Ubis Uine and made a first-ciass job of it, ‘The towp Was in @ state of excitement, being enthused over water. meions and politics’ There were two political meetings being held, the county court bad met there tat day, and in some places the pavements Were covered with melon finds a fovi deep. I never saw so many melon-eaters. There are a good inany wheelinen in Harrisonburg, & majority of them riding Star machines, OFF FOR NEW MARKET, “We left there Tuesday morulng at 11 o'clock in a Tralnstorm, on our wheels, for New Market. While we were ou our Way we stopped at a farm-house and bad a glorious lunch of bread and milk and meat and melons, all that we could eat, and Were agreeably surprised when the farmer Cuarged us only 10 cents apiece, About 3 miles out of New Market We cause to he caves, wuica we visited, of course, They are, I think, better than Luray, tie formations are whiter aud are crystalized, Wille tere are not as large rooms, peraps, there are great winding corridors Uuat extent ior a mile and @ halt from the entrauce, ‘To add vo the other at- Uractions a lady guide explained the scenes, We made New Market easly tbat eveniug, Lue dis- tance from Harrisonburg being 18 milies, The next morning, Wednesday, we went ucross Mas- sunution Mountain, walking up and coasting down. On the otber side we crossed the Shenan- doah River on a ferry-poat, propelled by a stutter- log darkey, Uhe worst case I ever saw. He said he Wouid Lake us across aud back for 15 cents u head, but We said we thought he ad douvled hls price tn hts slammer and Would pot submit Lo any such grinding wouopoly, aud so We Waded back, the Water being Very sualiow. ‘AT LURAY. “Wo visited Luray Caverns that morning and ‘went dowa into the town for dinner, starting back Uo Newmarket tn the atternoou. The round trip Was 30 miles. At the ferry we met a farmer wita 8 oad of watermelons, Which he offered ww us for Scents apiece. We did not invest. Our run on ‘Tuursuay from Newmarket led us turough Mount Jackson, Ediaburgh, Woodstock, down Fisher's ‘Hill invo Strasburg. At Une latter place we stopped at a hotel with a ame that I won't tell you, for you could not spell i, It can’t be spelled. stras- burg 13 31 mnties from Newmarket, and from there we went lo Winchester, Wuere we arrived that night. On tne road we passed a small monument dn a field, and, meeung @ man a few yards alead, asked buh wilat it Was and What it “represented, ‘Don’t Koow,’ was Ube reply. ‘heim d—n Yanks put it there.’ He lived, it seems, within a Stone's throw of Ube ting, yet he did hou. kuow what it was. Winchester is 49 wiies from N-wimarket,Which We rode in one day. Ou Friday We Went W MarUnsburg, 22 miles away, and had Lo pay a toll of 17 cents aptece on Ui¢ road, AU Falling Waters we stopped for dinner. A suort distance beyond we Crossed Lue Povomac On a ferry boat driven by Uke current. IU 1s bitched to a ca bie running from bank to bank, and the nose is Ppoluted down stream. The force of ube current on. Une angle Of Lhe boal’s side gives it a neadway. On tue otier side of tue river We Look the tow-patit lo Hagerstown, where We spent the night, Our ‘spin on Friday ‘amounted to 44 miieae On Savur- day we rode 10 Wayensboro, Pu, and then to Pen- Mar, Where We Saw ail there Was lo see. We then {ook the train to Mechanicstown Uo avold Unirteen, mules Of bad road, the same piece where Hanua wok his Lumbie receutly, Between Mechanics- ‘Uown and Frederick We did some good riding, tuls being the vest road we found on tue trip. Satur~ day's riding amounted Wo 33 miles. Suuday morn- Ing We sturted for home, reaching: the city at 6:30, having made the distance of 51 miles over tue poorest roads of the whole tour.” Air, Demaray rode ap upright wheel, Mr.McDan- tel a Star, and Mr. Wiikins a “Drosuky.” ‘These Uaree men are about of Lhe saiue aviiity on the road, aud 1U Was tound Uthat the Star aud the ilttle waeel did slightly better Work. This Was priucl- paily because Mr. Demaray was compelled w hold back going down Ube hills, while the others could speed. Demafay did not lake @ header on the whole trip, AN UNPREMEDITATED RACE, One incident of the vour Mr. Wilkins did not re- fer to, It occurred on a level stretch of Maryland pike, The three tourists had fallen in with some Baltimore wheelmen, Wilkins and Macdanitel set a fair pace and Demaray was riding with the Baltl- more boys. Rivairy on the road between the Wheelmen of Lhe two cilies ts ivberent, ana when the leaders, riding @ Star and “Pony,” heard the Sound Of a Wheel close behind them, they began Lo pedal a litule stronger, but the pursuing rider was ‘bot shaken Off, aud they soon saW from the corners of Chetr eyes, Lhe ria Of an upright wheel, ‘They spurted harder, and the wheels fairly flew over Une lime-stone road, Neituer of the two in ad- vance liked to look over his shoulder, and so while pretending not to be racing, eacn was doing is vest, Occasionally the big Wheel would lap tem, and by @ desperate spurt they would regain a slight lead, ‘The impromptu race continued for a couple of miles, until the pursuer laughingly called out, “what in Ununder are you felluws rid- ing 80 fast for?” As they recognized Demaray’s Voice they suddenly aud gladly eased up, and looking back, much to their discomfiture, they saw the Baltimore boys far in the rear, waving made no effort to beat them. Wilkins abd Macdaniel do DOU relate the story, WHEELING THROUGH YORK STATE, Messrs. John Loomis and Max Hansmann, of the Capital Club, left the city by rail Sunday night for Watkins Glen, with their bicycles in the bag- gage car. On Monday they made a tour of tis Glen—not by wheel, by the Way—and took in the iagaliicence of thé scenery. "The next day tound tuein at Kochester, and Wednesday at Niagara, where they intend to remain until next Wedues- day, the 5th. On the Sth they will whee! to Canandaigua, and then they will push across the state, stopping at Cayuga on the 6th, Ithaca on the 7th, Courdandt the 8ta, Hamuiton ube 9b, Richfeld ‘Springs the 10th, Oneonta the 11u, Margarettville the 12th, Hotel Kaaterskill the 13th, West Point the 14th, and New York on the 15h, Acouple of day's in New York and then on +) Flanders, N. J., stopping at the Delaware Water Gap on the sth dud {9.u, and reacuing Port Jer. vis on the 20th. ‘Theré the wheeling will end, and the vourists will board the switchbuck Rail way and visit Carbondale, Scranton, and other ing towns of Pennsylvania. ‘They will reach home about Une last of the month, ‘There is an impression among wheelmen that yrnen twoort a a rid cher k, if one of provi with @ lamp, the lice regulation ag to lamps is complied With, Ris impression ig erroneous, however, as the reg- rine jon requires that each vicycie and’ tricy: fo provided. ands whotlman, wan fe 80, Tecently’ formed by Alajor Moore, the chief of police, that the office. of Ube force have insgructions to. every rider ‘whose machine doé not have a light W. E. Crist returned to Wi yesterday after the bicycle racing at New. on Thursday, Henin all tho races in which hestarae GaeereNe Mtoe the loss of the half-antie hearer i EE, th wo rd becaine very 16 woud Piding & rougu turn on the Neweascie to remove his hand from the ceasaruy slackened tl it 13 5 i E Ht | H i ‘5 tt 4 i i § tf i | li 28 i i : 4 | if = i rr i i re lg A is ‘The members of ‘he Washington Cy-ie Club and thelr friends voard-u the steamer vorcoran last ‘Thursday evening an: steamed down to Marshall Hali, where the evening was speat ta dancin:. ‘There were about 250 present, aud all had a coi ume. Mr. G. A. H. Mills started last Monday morning on his wheel for BalUi:aore, where Le Look tne boa for Philadeiphia, and from there rode to New York city, making the raa on Wedne-day. From New York he went by rail to Port Jervis, where bis sis- ter, Miss Lotta Mills, of the Ladies’ Cycle Club, is visiting. ‘Mr. Mills Will attend the Buffaio tourna ment aint on returning to Port Jervis will do & good deal of riding throug! nge County, N.Y... Tevurning by rail to Wasbington about the end of the month, Miss Mills is the first lady bicycle rider in the part of the state where she is visiding, and attracts constderatie attention. ss MILITIA MATTERS, What is Going on in the Different Ore ganizations of the District, It has been ordered that the undress coat or blouse for officers of the District Navonal Guard ‘Will be of the pattern prescribed by the Secretary of War for the Army, except that tuere will be no slit in the sides and it will be made to Zt more closely to the body. The sword belt will be worn outside the coat, In infantry organizations officers and enlisted men Will Wear the Dumber Of their battalion tu Uke upper angle of the crossed rifles oa their cap; com- Pany officers and enlisted men of companies will, in addition, wear the letter of weir company 1a ‘the lower angie. In regimental battalions the nuzaber of Uae regi- ment will be worn on the right side of the coat collar, oue-half of an tuch from the end, and the levers D.C. in a similar position on the iert side of the coat collar, In independent battalions We letters D. C. will ve similarly worn oa Lot ends of ‘the coat collar. Field olficers, staff oMcers, and non-commis- Sioned staif oflcers, of regiments, will wear only Une crossed rules ou Uhelr Caps, and the uumber of thelr regiment and We letters D.C, on their coat collars, In uke cavalry, artilicry, engiuec signal and ambulance compadl-s, the ietters D. will be woru above the badge oatheircaps, In tue Dund and tield music corps, Lue ietiers D. C. will be worn tn Lue ceuter of tue bugle on Lheir caps. ‘The badges of the Society of We Cincinuati, the military order of the Loyal Legion, tue Grand Army of tue Republic, the Sons of Veterans, tue f gulary authorized baliges Of Societies of Une sev- eras arthies of Uae United Statesand of ariny corps, tu the War of Lue rebeilion, aro autuorized Lo be Worn, by Uuose entiled W Unem, upon Uke lett breast of the coat, Lhe Lop of tue T.bU0n oa a line above the arm pit. In like manger medals or Dauges Wou in authorized matcues lor excellence in drili may be worn, No medal, badge, ribbon, or decoration other than those inentioned, except the prescribed serv- ice chevruns, war stripes, suarpsuovler, apd marks- aman badges, will be Worn. No drill matca wil be cousldered 4S conlerring the right Ww wear tue budge or medal won unless such latch ts autuor- ied vy the company commander OF superior au- thority, ‘Staff officers of regiinents and battalions will be distinguished trom olticers of the general staiT by Wealily suoulder-kuuis ald soulderstraps, Laue upon civiu of Wie colur prescrived by Atiny Tega. lations tor their aru of service, They will be dis. Ungutsiied tum live ofllcers by the Tolivwing ue- Vices, embroidered in silver, upon Weir suouider- kuots aud suouder-straps: Adjulants, a pian Suleld, according to pattern iu Quartermasicr- General's oftce; quarvermasters, ue leiets QD; surgeons, Lue ‘lowers M.D.; luspeclors ofr tle practice,'a marksinau’s badge, according Wo pat- Vern 1u Quarvermaster-General’s oflice; caapliaus, & Shepucrd’s Crook. ‘To Indicate service, all ea listed meu who dave served Laituiully for one term, Of Unree-yeurs’ eudsiment Will Weas, as @ Wark Of distinction, upon buth the dress aud dadress coats, a “service ‘chevrou” Of Lue kind and inapner pre- seribed by Army reguiaUions. Iu like manner ap additional chevron ior each subsequeUL ter of Uu.ee-years’ service, All eullsied wen Who are en- Utied to do so will Wear Whe “War stripe” pre- seribed by Army reguiauions. General orders No. 31 provide Unat in each Dit talion there will ve Uwo markers, who Will be posted 1n we Mue of tie closers, opposite the right and ieft fanxs of te battalion, 1a each Dgtiallon tuere Wits be acu'or guard, composed ola cdior ser- geant aud (uree corpuruis, wuieu Will be posted as ue JeiL tour of Lue second company of Lue bale talion, one coporal on the right aud two on Lue iext Of the color sergeant, ‘The Misi and third batiadous Of regumeuts Will carry a battalion Hay of Uae kind and desigu prescribed by Lue Army regulalions for Tegligeutal colors, except Ubal Lue Mag Of Une Lirst DabLalious Will be made of Ted slik aud the Day of the Uuird battalions Of blue Silk; Uke secoud, oF Color battalions of regiments, Will catry the hauonal colors. Uuattached battalions will carry tue national colors, An enlisted man desiring to be transferred from one organization to another must make application iu writing Lo his liumediate commanding olticer, who will forward We application, with sucu 1D dorsemcnt as he ueems proper, through regular Cuannels, tO the ollicer autuorized Wo make Wie Uanster,” If tue application ts approved by im, it Will be referred to Wwe commandiag officer of the organization Wy Wuich the man desires Lo be trams fecred, fof Lue aclion Of Wat organization, und Will be revirned tudorsed Witu a statement of’ such ac- Won, If such wclidu Is favorable the desired traus- Ter Wiil be made wud announced by special orders, ‘The attention of officers of the National Guard has been called to general orders No. 6, August 1, 1587, paragraphs 5 Lo 20, relative UW Lue care aad Tesponsibiuity for property, by Gen. Ordway. Arms and equipments wust io Lil cases be kept lu are mories, ‘The commanding officers of organiza- ous that have not armories suiLable for tue keep ing of unitorms, will make written application for Permission to ‘allow enlisted men Lo keep their Unttorins La thelr personal cuarge. Through the efforts of the commanding ollicers and Lhe Liberal. ity of the Government everyLnlug necessary Lo completely uniform aud equip Ue command, both for the present and the future, has Deen secured, and Wiil be issued Lo every organization as rapidiy 4s Uhey show Uhetselves sufiicienty efficient and properly provided to care for tuem. Officers must Fealize that thelr commissions as officers of Ue National Guard not only confer great nonor on them, but also linpose great respons. bility, John F, Robey and Thomas H, Taylor have been transferred from Company D, of the 4th battalion, Yo the corps ui fleld umusic. Private Lowndes has been transferred from Com- pany C, 3d battalion, to Company A, 4th battalion. ‘The eniusted men of the light battery have been ordered to meet at room No. 6, headquarters, on September 17, at 7:30 o'clock, for Uke purpose of electing a captain dnd one first lieutenant Cap Artuur Yates, alde-de-camp, will preside, ‘Thos M. Gale, aide-de-camp, has been appointed major and inspector-general on the general staff. E. B. Townsend has been promoted from captain and alde-de-camp to major and chief of ordnance on the geueral staf, Col. Bigelow has been granted two weeks’ addi- Uonal leave. He 1s rusticating at Long Branch, Gen. Ordway proposes to require all officers of the National Guard to furnish in writing hus views ‘as to the proper distribution Of troops at Lue sev- eral important entrances of the city and at tne Public Dulidings in case tuey were called into ac- live servion, FOr carrying our Ms views be Ras obtained a o suburbs, Which will be used In demonstration. ‘The Light Battery will shortly be equipped with two Napoicon, two Hotchkiss and two Gatti guns. ‘They are expected by September 25. On the third floor of the National Guard head- quarters are located the officers’ rooms. ‘They are all furnished in antique oak and are models of art. Isic Workmanship. These rooms were furnished by the officers themselves. ‘The front room 1s for the gen-ral, the next for the commissioned officers and another for the non-cominissioned oMicers, ‘Mr. D. L. M. Peixoto, who has been appointed captain and alde-de-campon the general staff,was @ prominent member o: the 7th New York ment for thirwen years and ig considered a v. able addition to Whe District National Guard, Mr. E. H. Neumeyer, who was formerly a Meutenant in the Washington Light Infantry, has een appointed ordnance sergeant un the general non-commissioned staff, ‘To encourage re-enlistments the men are to be permitied to wear the “service chevron” for each Verm of enlistment served. ‘Tne Drum Corps are fitting up their room at headquarters 1p handsome style, and expect to Teceive thelr uniforms very soon, Mr. J. Hooper as accepted the position of principal musician of the Drum ‘Mr. Hooper served many years in the Marine ‘as drum major and instractor, his present material will undoubtedly have one of the finest drum corps in the country. As soon as the musicians have returned irom their summer engagements Mr. Schrveder expects to complete the organization of the Natwonsl Guard fu Reminiscences of a Former Attendant atthe White House. THE RATIONAL HOTEL IN EARLY TIMES—PRESIDENT TENDANTS—GENERAL ‘WAYS—UPE aT THE WHITE HOUSE. “Probably you do not know,” said a former em- pioye at the White House to a Stax reporter a few days ago, “that the National Hotel furnisbed the egecutive mansion With {he most of Its attendants alfa neip nearly half acenvury ago. Perhaps three- fourths of the door-keepers, messengers, stewards, waiters, &c., came from there. In the summer of 1844,” ne continued, “Mr. Samuel Coleman, of the Astor House, New York, succeeded Mr. Gadsby at the National. Mr. Coleman brought bis furniture and help from New York in a schooner by sea,and be ‘opened about November 1. The house from Ube first ook @ firm hoid upon the traveling public, and S000 it was Giled With the vest class of tne sujourhers, lucluding Gen. Armstrong and many rs of the Army aud Navy and members of Cougress. Mr. Coleman had the best class of employes, and auong (hem were a number o1 gen~ Hemaniy-looking young wen from New York, wo Were a8 cificleut as baudsome. There were Lops and partics in the large drawing-room on (he Second floor at least weekly, sometimes three or four umes Week, and amoag those Who trequently gave "pares Was Mrs. James Gordon” Benuett. Tuese envertain- iments were somewhat different from Uhose of Ube present day. They wouid close With a sup- per at Midnight, and it Was Lhe rule thal When Lhe quests entered Lie supper-root all Lae Wolbers Dut oue Would reir, ie would remain ih Uwe rota simply Lo De on haud should aaything else be wanted. There were at tue hotel ac all Umes during the session plenty of soctety people, and Uhere Were Usually’ some three hundred guesis. The general plan of tue hotel Was as at present, Dut 1delleve that two swories have been added since.” PRESIDENT POLK'S ADMINISTRATION, “Ads. Polk, having been elected President, arrived with Mrs Polk aud Mr. Knox Walker, wife and ‘children iu February and located at the National,” continued the speaker. “They took a suite of rooms on ibe second Hor, and one of the New York serv- ants Was wetaiied Yo attend him, [well remember the day of Lis inauguration. My! didn’t the rain come down. Nevertheiess they lad a procession, aud be went lo the Caplio: and Was inaugurated, We haa uo thougut then that tue President would call on any Of us attepdauts of Uwe hotel. Mr. Polk, Guring Lis stay, had been observant, Soon aitet dus IWauguration he asked Mr.Coleman to send him @ guod wian for steward aud it Was done. In the course Of a few monUus others were sent for and 10 little Ume most of the Wlite House aitendants Were frou tue uotel, Sowe of these remained 10r Fears al the White House and others were Wai ferred to Departuteut places. ‘The Presideut pall Ube attendants from his own pocket and it was WOL LUI Whe adnaiuisteation of Mr, Fillmore at Wey were paid directly trom ihe pubile funds.” THE PRESIORNT'S MADITS. “Mr. Polk,” be continued, “Was an early riser, and when the Weatuer Was not inclement would take @ Walk for half au hour through Ce grounds and often return to Ube house before the members Of the family were ready for breakiast. W Lroops were in Mexico the war Was the subje Which seeined to be continually on ihe Presideut’s wind, and Ihave beard lia IrequenUy say as be Would sit down Uo breakiast, ‘dow can | relist breakfast and uot know how Che army is [arty 1 Look [rom Uhe President to Gen. Scott the mi duecting bia (Gen. Scott) to proceed to Me and take personal Cowmaud of Lue troops. Scott Uien lived iu We Madison House near tue DPiheast corner of Laiayetie Square, The nute 1 gave Lo the general's messenger and Waited Uue Feply, 1M Which Geo, Scott said he was taking a hasty Plate Of soup, aud expressed Lue opinion that us it was then the epidemic season ju the tropics it would be — hazaruous jor him to go 1 believe that this note Was the origin of the term “hasty place of soup.” Gen, ScoUt, Lowever, catwe to the White House soon after, aud i was’ not iong Lefore he left for Mexico, “The houschold cousisted Of the President, Mrs. Polk and Mr. aud Mm. Kuox Walker dud the cuildren. “Dhey were all very democratic in Ubeir tamners and tastes, and when Sunday came they spent i quietly, Usually at- tending the Presbyterian church on 43 street. ‘Mr. Pouk Look much interest in the campaign in Which Lewis Cass and Gen. Taylor were the candi- dates, aud Wasa great personal admirer of “Uid Rough and Meady,” Wougu opposed to him polit cally. WITH PRESIDENT TAYLOR, “Old Zack,” as he wus tamiliarly called, cop- tinued the narrator, “was too domestic in his habits tor such a position, and knowing him and Mrs. Taylor as I did, I can readily believe that it Js true that Mrs, Taylor said When apprised of her Ausband’s election, *What do tuey Want us to go to Washington fort Why can’t they allow us to spend our vid age Iu peace?” He w. in 1849, and, with Mrs. Taylor, Col. Bliss aid wite aud lls private secreary constituted Ue house- hod, [do not know that any ove in Uke Presi- dential chair ever bad tue respect Of the people of the District more than Gen. Taylor, tor, as I have suid before, be Was so plain and siupie in his Ways. He d.d not scem to regard the oflice us of Loo Much dignity Wo keep Lim away from tue people, and during his short erm he frequently Walked down lo Lue old center market wuere be Would Inspect tbe commodities on the stalls. A Line sow of bee! of mutton on Ube butchers’ stalls Would Interest Lim, aud I have kaowa him to re- mark to Capt. Peck, then oue of the leading butchers, as 10 the quality of We meats and dis cuss cattie growing with hum. 1% THE EAST ROOM. “T never shall forget a sight in the east room when @ Sunday school procession called vo pay their respects. With their banners and flags fying they filed around the edges of the room, leaving a Space for the President, and When le was escorts iu he appeared to be taken aback. Alitue girl titen stepped forward and recited au_addrest, pre sealang him with a bougueigend then s young boy Of, perhaps, tweive ex; Ube respect of tue scholars, &¢., for him, and Ukewise presented a Doquet With ‘the Words "we present you Uuis with ‘Ube wishes that you and your family Willenjoy long life and tany Bappy days’ It was Little Luougut then that io a Ume he would be a co: In reply to these addresses tue old general had been Laken Dy surprise and then expressed Lis Tatifcation that Ube culidrea were growing up in the Sunday scuool, for be as an old nan coud see that the country "would be sate in Uke hands of such as be saw before lm. It las seemed to me since that many Who Were preseut ov Ubat occa sioa wust have been Just the proper age to tender thelr services in the late war. PRESIDENT TAYLOR'S PATRIOTISM. “1 well remember how patriotic he was A ccle- bration of the 4th of July in the east park of the Capitol had been arranged, at which Mr. Whit- Uesey, of Ohio, was to read the Declaration of In- dependence, it was warm weather, and some of the Cabinet and friends were of tue ‘opinion that the President should not attend. He, however, insisted and Went. It was at the next ceiebration, July 4, 1850, at Ue Monument, that he was pros: Urated’ by Une heat and died July 9, five days after ward, Tere was scarcely a dry eye among those im the house, for we had learned to love lulu DURING PRESIDENT FILLMOKE'S ADMINISTRATION. “Mr. Fillmore succeeded Gen. Taylor, and in the two-and-a-half years of Ube time there were many receptions and levees, It seemed to me that Mr, F.llmore had more of those than was customary vetore, and some of us before Uke Lerma Was ended were thoroughly drilled as to our dues on such ‘occasions. ihe President's opponents intimated that he was looking forward to another term. The monotony of life at the White House was some what reileved by the litule goddess cupid. The President had a daughter, and tt was no secret to us that she Bud a suitor, abd, in fact, an aflauced one, ‘This was a Mr. Campbell, of Now York, one of the most gent young feliows Lever Knew, Hie was a lawyer, I believe, and he had fre- quent business bere, and, Of course, calied at the Waite House, and not uifrequentiy would spend a iew days with te tauily. They were a most interesting couple, and tuey were looking for the inatrlage in the {sll following The feciremeut of the President in 1854. sue Qed S be few mouths after the close of the Admiuis:ration,¢ and had the lowed the given twoor more dinners per week. The dent Lova cot oui-vl-door exercise, and enju,ed horse-vack riding very muck. He Was aiso most sure to lake aTideon a fine Diack horse as faras: i i Ei i F “ i i & i f Fe i i a - rT i | A President, Mr. save to say that the mony Stones crvaited tO ulm f belies were tale Many ‘He se m>i to have the faculty of remem faceuyet aiwaye petting te teak My ot always putting it inthe proper plant He, tov, Was very charitable, . IN TRE VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS, A Visit to am O14 Time Southern Home tena, Correspondence of tnx Fvexixe Stan. OATLANDS, Va, AUUSE 31, GR We are eo accustomed tv traveling due Rorth tm the summer time that many of us remain in igmor. ance of how much beauty les at our very door, or Father at the door of our next neigbor's in ¥ir- ginia, A short Journey Brouzlt our party to Lees. burg, where we found a carciage in waiting te take us to Oatlands, A pleasant drive over poud roads, through a lovely country with the whole landscape green aud sparking from recent st And Wo have tue ers, brought us im sight of one of those Old Virginia mansions so favored in story, A second brought In view # noble cluster of oaks and a long avenue entrance, where Une Vv coluM@S Covered, Save for their grantte caps gave @ look OF ancestsai Inheritance, Lack) our beauliful Country residences, of Crees leading Ww the rown Wall, Uhe brick Drought us to Uke house wuere the h Virginia mistress stood walling our arrival, rounded by er attendants. The house lseit fs beautiful, and bulil in Che styie so preval Soutm, The Greek feet long, while Lue proportious of the porch atv so caretully adjusted as Lo pryduce tn greatest harmony and Lue most grace Un eliher side of the porch bios watle oleanders, and among the stately colum of the portico stood rare plagts, alves aud biuen Ing Jensamil LAU gue uing through the house but added to the bewiluering effect, as our Ured party aligeted aiter our iong drive, Gur dusky aitrndants fe us rst into Th spacious Bali, adorned om elLuer ste WIL large portraits of the original OWDErS of Hus DeaUtirus estate, and OD Ube massive sideboard (he family Plate Was arronged in the same LometiKe Way thatit had always been. Leading us in Curoug the dining-room, we ascended a circular stairease aud passing Ubrough a long and dialy-lighied hall, found at last Lae apartments Intended for our use. The mansion was most solidly built in the year 1800, and Is, save for a few detects, almost intact, Tue carved Wood-work was brought trum kngieod as Well as (he rare and cunous brass rings Unset adorn the doors, and Wake the place of our more modern knobs. “The fusing of Ube Wails are yet periect, and s0 ts all the beautiful plaster-work Unt Foruis the ¢ sand center-pleces of be cellings, 1 is almost without a Baw, and looks Af IL Would stand for anowber elguty Jeans, Just as Lis. The mantel-pieces are carved wood-wetk, and Unat in Lhe dining-room 18 most ela orate. I Use garden Che negiect Is more apparent, Ube @e seTled and ruined Kreen-house, Wwe grass grown, steps of Lue Lertaces, al d the Overgrown and « Urlinined hedges show. » Want Of care and at~ enUvn. In Lue Lali grass one is apl to slumyle over ‘broken-waruie pillar Or the foot tuay slip on the tuussgrown step, ‘The ot the ‘garden has, departed, wut fascination oof oa deserted garden Femains. The toses have grown Over every Luiag; {ur Dox has growa tuto Utees, and Ue great plies Abd firs shut out all view, so close and so tall are Ley, while over ali grows Ube climbing Ivy, the English ivy, aud the sUll stnalier specks anow > Che Kenllworun ivy, ie Very name suggesting TUL and disorder, Kieyoud Un eat barn, looking as if 1 had beea built to bold he produce Of a thousand a {awa in frout of Uwe bouse Is a maguinoe la grandifiora, its sbowy, frarant blosmans AULT auld ILS glossy dar gree leaves. And he cab see how carefully the Iandscape Kardeulng hax bern dowe, tor just over Une green house and beyond is a glimpse of green iavns aud wobie trees, giving a park-like effect Whererer ue great trees perauita View w. — Summering at Hock Correspoudeure of Tae EVENING STAR Asovk ENON SrRivus, August 31, "Bi After a visii vo Us lovely spot among #he mountains of Virginia I feel impelled to say something of Its beauty and attractions, ‘Phe springs of Rock von are found im a broken space in one of the ridges of tue Great North Mountain, on one Side a couUinuoUs range of @ miles aud on the other alike range of Smiles, It would Yo look from ruck Wo Tock, as Uiough you wigti Jump across. ‘These large masws of rocks and doll are of Lhe mnost picturesque formation, This Popular summer resert, at aL aiLiLude of 1,100 Leet above sea level, and "surroun ch, rug lovely spot for Wose who Wuly Deauty aud soutiude. the high peaks or yoy nature's ‘The most promiuent among sare first We Pibkae bove hutel level, or 2,400 leet the top or Which you uave @ OSL MasuibLeNL View, Leing abie to wee Into Laur states. “Then comes ‘the Catamount, 350 feet above hotel level, @ high mountain of rocks, so curious in its toruia the imagiin lve mind wonde Vulsion Of nature could have made tt. Alter climbing over Ubewe Massive Tocks you are rewarded by @ lovely view ud a seul iu What Is KnoWD as Ube window —Uwe Tucks ib sUCh @ slape aud position as lo form perfect Window—a very romantic spot Ten comes Craig's Rock, a formation of Tock and sell, Where grow Deauutul trees and shrubs. Boimg ouly 200 feet above hotel level, and” provided Watis DUINCTOUS TesLing places, Iisa Most popUlar Walk for bowL old and Young. "Sunset Kock, which As 110 feet Ligh, 18 one Of the wo lovely spots Where The guests gO Lo see Lue ZiUrIUS suuseY, Ube OMer Velug a Lower DULL on Lie Lop Of Sauset HILL ‘The cool, exhilaraling atmospuere and the wild Mountain Scebery Make Ubks & mWOSt desirable Fest tug place, to say u able sprigs wiuiiin a stone's Us hotel, eight iu Buin ber, Unree of Which are mineral and of very great emicacy. ‘The botel has the appearance of an old Virginia howe, With its beauuitul lawns and lovely toUn= tains’ ‘The table appointments are good, Kock Euou 4s >; it offers mo attracuons for U ed, DUL It Is a paradise for children. Tue eveuiugs parwore and Dall-room are very enjoyablr, and musical aad dramauic catertainments frequently given, T. _ Seaside Sketches, HOW THE VISITORS AT OCEAN GROVE ENJOY THEM SELVES. Correspondence of Tax Evexixe Stan, Ockan Grove, August 23, 1886, There fs an unconventiouaiis about Uns piace that is charming. Its freedom from the artificiit~ ‘ues of fasuionabie life 1s a source of deep pleasure, ‘The girls wear ivuse, flannel boating dresses and felt hats that are positively ugly yet picturesque in their ugliness, and the boys—but Uncy are sus rare birds that I dare not criticize. Some one amused himself by counting the sexes on the board-walk at night to ascertain their relative proportions, abd Ue result of Uwe count proved Uiat on ordinary mights there are fourteen feiuales lo one male, and on Saturday aud Sunday nights five femaies W one male, But giris ao not become alarted and avoid the place, for Ocean Grove aid Asbury Park Will 1 his respect compare favor biy wit any of the olber summer resorts. iL things have Ubelr advantages, however, aud whem we haven't the beaux we haven't the ‘igarcttem, If one wishes to make friends lere he can ready: do's0, as every one seems Incilued Lo be soclabia, but there ts such a deligutful sense of freedow #% not Knowing auy One in so Vast a crowd aud be ing uo ove huow you, Tain sowewhat of a coward In tbe Water, abd so speud most of my ue during the Dating hour op the sabd, Yet Who knows bat Liat T have exhausted myseit diving through Ure breakers, “swimuuing, €¢.? 1 was very 1aueb amused while lying tu shallow water aud dodgiug Ue breakers by a young lady who was clinging 20 Ute ropes Just where the breakers struck a Uttie above ber apklea She was looking down al Wie, evidently eavying me my courage in daring to lie down in the Ureacherous Water apd letUag it wash over my head. 1 tm my kindest tones Uat she come out to Where I was, “1 would,” sue replict, “but 1am waiting fore, uve girl.” “You will feel better if you become wet sil over,” I said, amused at her excuse, Se rellige tandly, you 8 Mf glad to be thus uncouraged, Fielded and Came out to my side. “Uh! how Uns ts,” Se Bpattored, as Wave after Wave her shivering form, Sue soon became reckless as Ww the fate of her protege, aud, puliiig of ber su Uh a rashbess tal Was staring, ey lal don't care if It isu proper. Nobody knoWs me, anyway.” Tis in Just Such 4 reckiess spirit that we back our bangs doa vur rugs comtuuuen, abd dof our gloves and beadgear. Jct & pleasaut mor to be able to shop, ride, walk, go Lo meeting, ated do anything else One Wishes Uo without a bat or on. ‘There are many mild amasements to be found here, such as tenuis, sailing vn Lue Ocean, row: on the lakes, made more Tomautic by Ube piylug hitwer aud Uuther, decor With many-colured Cushions flags, aid Chinese lanterns; fisting, and last, Lut Bol’ ieast, prowe. hadiug ou the boardwalk Co the musicof the ‘apd by Ube light of Ubeelectric light’ You may Uy your weil, have ) our lortune wid by demors ite birds, dance, and attend either the kirmnies or the circus over in’ Asbury bus the wo places are 90 closely connected Unat one c hows Where oue euds and be Kins, €3 op Sundays, wuen Whe line lee iki e: HB & E Hi t Bite A i i i il i i ii tll i i | # i i il i i 4