Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1888, Page 2

ITY AND DISTRICT. ADVERTISING FOR A mUswanp. letters began w be received. ped trom tbe advertising col- intelligence, a newspaper pub- Seattle, Washington Terntory, would ums of the Post Ushed at seam (0 ludicate the character of tue letters whlch are awaiting the owner in this city: Ww ANTED—BY A LaDy, “Turth. <ood sound principles, who take use. fromthe East to Wark: Grow up. 1 au already grown a appt) od Ce gee fervitory ise wrand part of 0 SRUREY, and surely thore must be ‘sowe wraud mei hootae meee’ + wan who wants © wife to stana by onan Papi gR TE a in his interest, Sosa Se oGesvata Mine MabuE Bios Some of the letiers, from their appearance, con- tain photographs, UE the majority of the ity or more in package lack these silent indore virtues which the advertisement c: for a husband appeared in the or more, and the number of re- fy men or more in Washington Territory are anxious to enter the matrimonial estate. ADVICE TO MAGGIE. ‘That marrlageabie men in the tefritory are not humerous is intimated by a writer in the Sunday Star, of that place. In commenting upon this ywant” the writer says that the lady ts correct in her ‘surmise that “surely there inust be some Stand men here.” “Sut then, Magute,” he cor Uinues, “we hare some grand women’ here; we have some women here who are not at ail grand, but Who bave ® tolerably goog bank account. ‘And have a great many who are neither Sraud bor rich, but with faces and forms beauulf a8 Veous, with dispositions sweet as an angel's and hearts pure and fair as a lily, and not half euough young men worthy tw take them. The the advertistug dodge to work well in the Weas nas Maggie. You are wasting your money and your tine, iad trom the way S0ut sud We are of the opinion that you cannot well to spare either. If you realiy seck an ¢s- Tabiishment tn lite for a serious purpose, be con- feut to wrestle with fate where you are best Known, and if you are worthy, some dewrving wan Will discover your wort and permit you wo ‘stand by his side and bis interests: toe THE NATIONAL GUARD, ashington T. Gen. Ordway went fisning last Saturday night down the river. He ts expected to return to-day. ‘The “Logan Camp Guard” will nencetorth be known 4s the “Logan Rifles.” ‘The iast lot of District Raving reached Ukeir lucky Owners the adjutant- jerat Of the guard is bow vegianing wo teorive ur acceptances, Amoug those who signified thelr acceptance of commissions during tho week were Bist Lieut. Heary ©. Surgurs, Surgeon K. A. Poster, Second Lieut. Wm. H. Millack and Capt. v. L. M. Piexotto, ‘The inspection drills in the school of com- 9 wii commence on or near Lhe first of Octo = militia commissions Special orders No. 75 directs that the enlisted men of the Licht Battery meet at the militia aeadquarters on the evening of the 17Un inst., for the purpose of electing a captain and a frst lieu- Tenabt, these positions being vacant, Samuel S. Koche, anenlisted maa of Co. C, Si battalion, has been trausterred wo the corps of Held musicians, Headquarters presents a deserted appearance, Wats expected tat tings will look 130 vely as scon as the general aud all of the 1 Men return to town from their suinmer outings. ‘The Old Guard, Union Veteran Corps, will leave | to-morrow noon for the G. A. K. encampment at | Columbus, Ohio, on a spectal Grand Army train. | Ata meeting of the National Fencibles last Might it was decided to hold a ‘alr and bazar In November, under the charge of the following com- Inttteo: C.S. Domer, chairman; Lee B. Mosuer, T. A. Tomlinson, W. W. MortimersC. E. Sessiord, | Jadues Watsun, Dr. i. M. Cline, J.C. McKeever, J. ta G. Stele, W. EL Guy, C. T. Carter, A. Ralph John- Son, Robert McMurray, jf., Alexander Mosher, F. | ©. Kowan. A uumber of” active bers were Giecied, x3 Tollows: M. B Dower, Alexande Mosher, Charies 7. Carter, Robert MeMurray, ji and CarpGruf, The nates of Mesers L. Le meyer, £. Aaier, of Baltimore, Md.; J. 8, Waiters, | Waters, Erust Gerstenberg, Gruss and C | it had a very SUPPLY. Progress of tife Work on the Washing- ington Aqueduct, AN UNDERGROUND INSPECTION—WATER TO FLOW NEXT APRIL—LINING THH TUNNEL THROUGHOUT— HOW TH FINISHING TOUCHES ARD MADE—HISTORY OF THR WoRK. Armed with a letter of introduction to Col. K. H. Kirlin, chiet inspector of the water-works exten- sion, 4 STAR representative repaired to the Cham- Plain avenue shaft of the new aqueduct. It was early morning, and the night “shift,” as the force of men Who work through the night are termed, Were just coming up from thetr toll, To those down fn the depths of the long tunnel the night was the sameas day. As these men, with their clothing bespattered with mud and slime and their hats pedecked with the smail miner's lantern, Whose faint gleams guide the strokes of labor in that four-mile dungeon, came up an equal force Was preparing to descend, for night and day the Work ts prosecuted. Col Kirlin was on hand, is his custom, among the earilest. “You don’t mean do go down yourself. do you?” he inquired, after reading Tus Srax man’s note of introduction. The reply was in the affirmative. Tue Sranhad directed “a thorough inspection ot tue work down In the depths, In order that the public who are so much interested In the com- pletion of the extension might know just: what progress 1s belng made, and when they “may hope for a fruition of long deterred hope. “Allright,” responded the colonel, “1’ll take you through with pleasure; but you doa want to go down with Chat suit of clotues. “Tl supply you with: ry sulLabie to subteranean investigations.” In short order the colonel and his Stam guest were ap- pareiled in a style that would have landed both in a stauion house had they Ventured into the city. Kough overalls, dark blue flannel shirts, hig’ rubber boots and common wool hats so discolored by smoke and begrimmed with dust # to almost defy any further sullying, even in the depths of the tunnel Col. Kirin next selected {ror A shelf in hls ofiee two coal-all Lampe pro- Vided witu handles, and somewhat resembling Wu Gippers of a small’ size. “These he filled With oll, Liguted, and gave the command: “NOW FOLLOW ME.” A few steps ana they stood upon the cage or ele- Vator to the shaft. Col, Kirin touched a bell and the descent began, Down, steadily down, 136 feet below the surface of the earth. Half way down a swady trickling of water fell like a summer Shower, the water penetrating to the skin, A slight Jar told When they were at the bottom of the tunnel, “Now hold your light well forward aud we will goeast,” remarked the colonel, as he led the way. Dark! Yes, it was as dark as Erebus, and the tunnel atmosphere had no nignt-biooming- cereus odor about it. However, THR STaR hud seut to ascertain the actual condition of the work; there was no turning back, ‘The faint glimmer of Col. Kirlin’s lamp shone ahead as THe Stak man splashed through the water collecved in the bot- tom Of the tuanel. THE TUNNEL LINING. } ‘The first fact of interest to tne public tbat | impressed Itself upon the groping Star investi- gator was that a great deal more of the tunnel had been lined than was generally supposed, and that the Work 1s much nearer completion thith persons Unacquainied With Its actual progress im: Jn Uns couneetion it may be as Weil to sta tue linfug of the tunnel, or rather the necessity for lintng it, has retarded’ the ual completion of the Water-Works extension, aud Das really been cause of the pubile disappointment. When plan Of sinking shaf.s and runing the tunnel "ep enough to find what was apparently sOiid rock of the description desired. It Was then estifuated that tke Omiy cost additional (0 What Is ertked un open tunnel—that Js staking an excavation Yeep eaough ani constructing a Tunwel of masongy—would ve the extra depths of ‘uatis required, ‘The rock appeared to be, But after the work was begun it was dis- covered that Und atmosphere decomposed the hile 1} was ‘slid and hard enough Desoni Of moter earta, soon ulter tt | uiw exposed Wo atmospheric Influences tt grew | soll, and that while the atmospheric visita- | Uo “in the tunnel might not be sui to satisfy the exacting lungs of the ian accustomed to breathing above ground | DELETEAUOUS EFFECT upon the rock, which was designed to be the natu- Fal ining of the tunnel, Beside the decomposing qualities of the rock, there was another disap- pointument in siore for the engineers. Tney found | ‘Lal great natural Hssaresexisied. These fissures are Glied witu soft clay, and when Tux Stax ex- plorer examined them they suggested tne idea of Veins in the human body, Between the hard rocks Uiese SUraks of soft clay oveur, and so soft that It be rewoved with the Magers. AU first it was thought that i would be ne to lhe the tunnel only iu hateues, as it were; only where these fis ppeared, for they are always ac- companied by strata of soft rock, or of rock much Softer than the general character tound in the LL Biake, Were added to te ‘ist of honorary | memuers i Written for Tax Evesine Stan . | My darting boy, su fair of fac With eyee so dark and deep aud brieht Tthink they caught te purple light ‘That gives the modest pansy grace. ‘Thy face a look of sorrow wears, “Penwe tis k, buried mem ‘The pansy «yee I wearcety ser, ‘They are so brimmed with baby tears, The dimples, too, are who'ly #0 (We don’t make dimpios when we cry); I take the plump smali hand, and try Tn vaun to tind the pricking thorn. I kins the «pot my li meet. “Now that all well,” and s:atles peep through, Chasing away the chiming dew: The dimples, too. piay hide aud seek, So off he eves, a barn to make ‘To hold his motley st-aying herd, Aborss, an elephant, a bird, ‘Two dogs, a rabbit and adrake. ©, littie soldier! just becun Thy loug campaien that ends with life, What weary mamhes, sleces, strife, In battles lost or battles won, In thy dear future all unscanned © By tender mother's wateutul quest, he can but do her little best ‘To wake thee brave in heart and band. Far off the field, far off the fray, And slow advance the path to meet ‘That gives thee wound or sear too deep ‘For mamma's Kiss to charm away! —Buaxcne Watton. Trewin, Mass. Aug. 10, 1888. tee From the Sen Shore. Correspondence of THE EVENING STAR, Kewosorn Beacu, Dev, Sept. 5, 1888, ‘The season Just closing has no doubt been very enpoyabie, restful and heipfui to every one of the many Washingtonians visiting here. The hotels have not all been flied at ail times, but cottagers were all on hand, and social life here—as usual— has been of the best and very enjoyable. Many ished Washingtonians have oeen here, among them B. H. Warner, who, 1t 1s whispered, has, “With others, eng: tO purchase 106 ‘acres of laud (rooting on the beach and adjoining the associafion grounds on the south. This is out Of the safest beaches om the coast. We get fish from the nelguboring waters, and fruits And Tovisions from tie rich farms adjolning and push- ing Up Almost to tke beach. A hew element seems to have started up this season which may disturb Tae quiet dreains Of the easy golng Of the past, and Plans for piers, pavilions, tnprovements in grounds, lakes ai groves are already on the way So be carried out, Commodore Shock, of Wash— ington, Who owns and occupies a handsome cot lage bere, Heads Unis element, In connection with @ Bumber of prowinent Balt:niorians and visitors from Wiliuington. Among the Was! nlans Doticed on the beach lately were the wife and children of Prot. Frisbit, of the National Observa- tory; Miss Miller, of the Agricultural Department; Cominodore Suock, General Lockwood and daugh- Ver, aud others, G ee American Schools, Dr. Win. F. Hutchison, in American Magazine. A Wish could say a few words of undiluted praise for our American schools from a sanitary point of Wew; but many years’ experieace on schoul boards compels me to believe and say Ubat there are few etter, more effective and rapid means of injuring a child's system, physical and mental, than steady adberanee to our hours of school within doors, and Of iessous Without. Every successive generation Rnds iess and less practical Knowledge amoug our Joung peopie with s steadily deere: rate of in- Grease Of species, unUl i ts but a qi of a few Years when there Will be po more full-biood Amer- dean women Lo keep up the race. Ural nerves are overtaxed systematically, ad Whe few moments per diem allcwed for relaxation are employed in reading novels or otherwise Weaken- puysical powers tuat are already below par. ‘Few school rooms are consiructed or With regard to Lue health of little ones who spead 80 Mau; of their best hours and attempts cl use there z Tunnel; “bat a” closer examination dem- oustraied that in order to make the tunuel What it ought to be It must be lined throighout from one end to the otwer. The en- Eineer& all agreed that shoud any mistake be lance as to the potency of Mntog at any point, it Would endanger the permanent value of the tin hei Hence it was determined that, in order to Mahe the work what it oaght to be, the tuning Sionid extend all the Way through. Tiils lining is, | commpiete | 4,800 feet, and ia August 1,167 ond there on the sides by hand labor into ni drilling The Lardest and best of the rock Blasted out 1: ‘used In the construction of the tour-foot lining wall hitherto mentioned, Io the lining this four-foot wall of masonry 1s built on each side of the of the very best i work and between It and the natural rock wail Is laid the “packing,” or solid stone raagonry. litter keeps pace with the lining. The masons lay & few courses of brick-work, aud then behind that and between it and the wail of natural stone, is laid the “packing” in the regular form of an arch. , When tbe brick arch is nearing complet for the section in hand, a “ as tt migh is left open in the le of about 2 feet wide. The wooden irame provides ior this “slov’ as and slightly convex pieces of wood formed vo Mt In this “slot” upon a narrow left for the purpose, The masons lay upon these narrow convex slips Of Wood several courses 0! brick, which Mill out the arch back of that. Before Proceeding furtuer they lay Ubeir stone packing. ‘50 that Luere Is not only the brick arch vo prevent any caving of the earth, but between the brick, and up to the rock, there 18 solid masonry, Con- ‘Structed in arch form, thus offering a double pro- Vection against any caving of te eurth, DIFFICULT WALKING. It required no ttle paddling through water and stumbling over stones for Tux Stax man to ob- ‘Serve all that {s here recorded. The inspector goes through the entire length of the tunnel every day and makes the round Crip every other day. Henoe it was no easy matier for ‘Tum Stax explorer to keep up with him, Now and when a sectivn of the tuane: was encountered from which the stone had hot been removed. Sometimes it reached almost ‘to the roof, and, as the stones, of all dimensions, from a small marble up to the weight of a ton, Were made slippery with a green slime that accu- mulated in the dampness, and as the soles of the Tuober boots were very smooth, it was extremely difficult at Limes to navigate, WHAT HAS BERN LINED. ‘The entire length of the tunnel is 20,696 feet, and the sections lined aggrogate 13,734 tect, leav- ing less than 7,000 feet to be completed, The in- side area of the tunnel as lined is 9 feet 103 inches vy 8 feet 114g inches. ‘The side walls of the lining composed of svone-work are required to be not less than 18 Inches thick: The completed lining is not continuous. Jt isin sections a3 tne Work progresses from the different shafts. The Work of lining Was begun from the Howard University shait and from there west there is a completed section of 3,063 Mneal feet. There remain only G4 feet to line to entirely that heading. This will be Unisked next week, From the Champiain-ave- nue saft, east, one stretch of 1,508 feet and an- other of feet have been lined, Westward from that safe tue Lining ts in for a distance of 1,988 feet, and there reinain 1,235 feet of the heading yet to be lined. The trimmers are now at work in ‘he latter portion, and masons will begin work by next Monday. From Kock Creek shaft, east, three sections of Uning have been completed—one of 267, one of 140, und one of 2370 let in lengtu, Westward rom Rock Creek’ the secUons lined aggregate 00 feet. From Foundry Branch, east, in tuat heading 746 (eet of iaing have been putin, and Westward irom that sail there are 1,045 (set of completed Mning. In the headtag of tie west shaft Uhe work of Mning ts entirely compieted, THE NUMBER OF MEN EMPLOYED Varies somewhat in accordance with the require. ments of the work. On one day recently the num- ber on the roll was 286, und on the corresponding day of the next week it was 340. Col. Kirlin said Uat the average daily number of eimployes 13 about 300. In May ast, When (ue work of putupg In liniag Was rested, only 236 feet were com- pleted. In June 1,182 feet were put in; in July feet. ‘The work fs pushed as rapidly as the capacity of the shafts Wall allow, 70 EXTEND TRE TIME. In a few days a bili wili be tuuroduced in Con- gress to extend Che ume for the completion of the aqueduct extension until the first of next April Col. Kirlin says the entire work can be compleved, all the conuectons made aud Use water turned on by hat Uwe. Unless the time shall be exvenued by Congress, the Work must stop on the first of Noveuber, a8 under the restricuon im) by existing law, the Secretary of War Will bot have authority wo'pay out a dolar of tue appropriation after that date. ‘THE Srax’s explorer closely examined every por- Uon of the interior of the tunnel. ‘The lining as it Js putin gives assurance of permanent security. With the arch of stone Work, as already described, aud the inner arch of brick It Would be next U6 Amposstblc for a break to occur, UNDERGROUND RAID TRANSIT. AS THe Stak reporter splasied through the mud ‘And water following Col Kirlin he heard a roaring noise, then saw a flash of tight and beard some- body ery, “i00k out for yourseii.” It was a car load of “ihuck" coming down the Shaft. At Kouk Creek the grate Is Very steep as tav tunnel dips to ess Deneath the stream, and the cars recuru- ing to the shaft go with a dash, with. row belng pat in as tae Anal touches of the great une TRE BRICK ARCH. ‘The first pitu, aiter cetermining to line the en- tire tunnel, was to exect within it an arch work of brick, covering the bottom, sides, aud top, if an arch may thus be described, ‘The first work dove with the lining was upon this plan, and the explorer passes through a seml-oval of solld Urick Work, firaly executed, clean, and neat. Along the bottom trickies a small Stream of water, but the top and sues remind one of some cleaniy-swept court-yard. It Wa. ot long before the engineers devermined that an artificial Dotto was nol necessary; that the Tock at the bottou of the tunnel did aot need any covering, and they changed thelr plan tor one wore economical, Which 1s noW belng carried ou, Al present the tianei is veing lined with stone ‘and brick, stoues constituting the sides and brick the arch, the bottom being composed of the uat- ural rock. ‘This is much cheaper than the pian first adopted. Ou each side a stone wall @eet high iserectea, ‘This 18 a masonry Wall compOsed GL the pick Of the stoue taken out of the tunnel, Where sort stone 1s encountered It 1s rejecied and sent to the top among what fs termed the muck. In order vo better understand the present status of Lhe tunnel, perhaps it shouid be explained Laat under tur Oryginal plan that tt should supply its own support Without artificial Lining of any kind, the uluensions were to have beea 7 by 11 feet. ‘Of course Uhese dimensions could not be regularly maintained, as the work was done chiefly by biast- Ing. One Of the lirst things that directed the at- Tention of the engineers lo the character of Lue Tock Was he irregularity of the hole they were undertaking to bore. Ia some places where Lhe Fock Was Soft or full of fissures 1t Would blast out 5or6 feet beyond The designed dimensions, Hence when a complete system of lining Was deteruined upon it became 0 “crim” Une Cannel, that 1s to cut out the irregularl- Ues as far a8 practicable and put 1 in shape for the inasoury Work. Now tnis lining is put in with ali Ube precision’ of the best engineering and mechanical skiil, Siuce the fluoring, as the bottom Of the tuunel inay be described tO tbe ordinary reader, bas been abandoned, the plan of erecting 4 feet Stone walls on each Stue and ‘une Urick arch upon them has been as the permanent method of improvement. But even Under chis plan ecouomy is consulted. Where the natural rock is hard an. strong only two courses of brick are used In the arch, but wherever there 1s any sign Of fssure or Weakness three courses are put in. A CAUSE OF DELAY. ‘The work of lining the tunnel has been pushed forward with diligence. In making the appropria- ton for completing the tunnel Congress inserted a clause fixing the outside limit of time az Novem- ber 1 next. This requirement could have been complied with had the parties under whose super- vision the Work originated recognized the my ance of making the sharts AS it 18 these ‘shafts are of ubusually small nal plan did not contemplate lining. plan, Inequalities in the tunnel were of no sort of significance; but the arch, constituting the lin Ing, must be symmetrical, ahd before the masonry can be laid Uiinmers must do thelr work. In other words, if it had been found feasible to utilize the natural rock, 1t would have made no water varied & few feet frou tbe’ designsd dieses, water varied a few the sioas of 7X11 or not; but when a lining, making a erioct arch, Decauué necessary, Ite proportions ad to be imaiutained. Hence the work of “trim- ming,” as It 13 ae1 In this Work tue inequaiiuies In the tunnel have to be removed, and that must be done by drilling and Dizsting. Hence, in the incompleted portions broken rock 1s piled in places almost to the very blerranean passage, E \op of the great sul ‘THROUGH THE TUNNEL ‘Tax Stax man, following in the wake of Colonel Kirlin, and carryiug bis lantern 80 as to throw as i il é i | i Hit fi i i Es 4 y ki i Bins | if ti Out any aid of muse power. A man sits infront of the Uwo cars coupied together with his hand on tue brake wheel and nul within several Lundred Yards of the shatt he “lets her go” at a rapid rate, It Was oue of taese rapid-transit concetas tat Dore down oa Tug Sram maa, who Collowed the inspector's example and quickly got out of the way. BLASTING. Way up at the west end of the Rock-Creek head- ing the machines were busy drilling, preparatory to diasting. Shortly after noon the blasts were set and all hands retired to a safe distance. Ata given word the electric spark, by means of @ bat Very, Was appited, and in ai instant there was a hoist as if the Wuble tuane! had been blown u| ‘and then tue smoke filed every inen 0: space an made the aif almost unvearabie lo a man uccus- Yomed Lo pure atinospuere. It is interesting down in the tunnel, though 1's not very nice, THE GISTORY OF THE ENTEKIHISE, ‘The first appropriation for the work on the aqueduct extension, the new reservoir and the dam at Great Falls was made over six yeurs ago. ‘The project resulting in these improvement which have required’ so many years and suci.& large expenditure, first appeared on paper, of claily, Feoruary 25, 1879, When the District Com- inisslOners addressed a letter to the House District commits setting Jorth In a geceral Way a pian for increasing tue Water supply of the District ‘This plau, Which Was devised by Capt, RL. Hoxie, then assistant to the Eugineer Commissioner of Uhe District, Was also embodied tn the annual re- port of the District Commissioners for 1879. This lan provided for an exteusion of the aqueduct ‘Ube distributing reservolr to a new reservoir near Howard University by meaus of a 9-foot con- duit to be carried in a tunnel under Rock Creek. ‘Phe estimates for the entire wok then sabult- ‘ted, including the necessary awaras of damages Uo property, amounted Lo $1,395,196.91. ‘The act appropriation for the work Was approved daly i682, Meanwhile, the estimates had been somewhat increased, 01 to ap advance in the cost of materiai’ and labor. ‘The act, after making provision for coudemantion of land, directed the Secretary of War “to extend the Washington aqueduct from its present eastern Verminus to the high ground north of Washington hear 6th street extended; and that he construct at that |. & reservoir Of Lhe Capacity of not less. ‘than tiree hundred million 3; erect the hecessary gave-house and lay such main connec Uons as may be necessary to furnish to Washing- ton and wh an ample supply of water, and that he complete the dam at Great Fails to the level of 148 feet above tide, and extend the Same at that level across Conn’s Island to the Vir- nia shore; and that he raise the embankment tween the Potomac Kiver and the Chesapeake and Obio Canal above the dam, so ag to protect the canal from the increased which the completion of the damm Wil cause in of — full sal hereinat- ‘water, oF pay to the canal company, in factiod for all such Mooding the «mount appropriated for Laat purpose.” sane ‘acl. made appropriations for the work as ‘the cost ‘should be charged ayainst the Di and that the surplus of the water rents should applied {o the extinguishment of thedebt, THE PRELIMINARY OPZRATIONS, Placed in charge of the Washington aqueduct and Proposed aqueduct extension by order of the Secreuaty of War, Colonel Casey. who had been te change of the Washington aqueduct for some years, Deing relieved at his own request. joxie was, at Major Lydecker's request, assigned to as sist hum in this new work, the frst year ‘operations Were confined to such exami- mations, surveys and maps, as Joe get Eng ‘he preparation of s detailed @ com- ply with the Fequirements of the law in matter of land condemnation. Octo- ber 15, 188%, Major Lydecker submitted to the Chief of & detailed en. In this document Lydecker said: ‘construction of a tunnel from the distribut- Geb surect extended, Will accomplish fie ieaeed in the Dest abd most substantial manner, at least Cosi, abd in the shortest Ume pracu- doubt that this ‘solid rock in a direct and under these ‘would becouse & ‘work, The cost and almost entirely on use and on the de- the work is ‘of complete cable yard 10F the To length ot cubic question the more I am convinced in the opinion that for facility, time, and cost of construction, security against ‘damage ‘rom na- every material respect) the eunuel project ts to every respect proj best one.” The rectrvolr as planned would ave & ‘capacity of 313,000,000 ‘The water would cover 36 acres, with a depth of 30 feet, and its Surface be 145 "feet above tide. At the’ bottom, the report said, there Would be a Stratum of im- permeable hard clay. THE TUNNEL PROJECT APPROVED. ‘the reservoir, and the maina, mapped out. Some delay was, how- ever, encountered in the purchase of the land necdesary for the reservoir, owing to certain diMtculties that arose. Tne Attorney-General ren- dered an opiuion on July 6, and the land was taken by the Government in August, the Prlation of $35,250 falling short of te a wo ‘the amount or $170,674.30. Proposais for tue construction of the tunnel were received and opened October 5, ‘The contract for the work was awarded to Messrs. Beckwith & Quackenbush, of Mohawk, N. ¥., on the 29Ln of Ocvober, at prices which made the @s- timated cost of the tunnel $548,100. ‘The contract for the construction of the dam was awarded to Chittenden Bros, of this city, tor $04,208.75, and that for the resérvolr to Maloney & Gleasou, also of Washington, for prices making tne total estl- mated cost $208,080. BEGINNING THE WORK. Active operations under these contracts were commenced in Noven:ber, 188%, Ground was frst broken on the tunnel at Foundry Branch on De- cember 12, at Rock Creek and Champlain avenue the next day, and at tue new reservoir January 2. These were ‘the sites of the working shatts, by means of which the tunnel level was reached. ‘The plan was to sink @ connecting shaft at the distributing reservo.r vo a depun of 70 feet above meun high tide, the level of whicu was taken as the datum lné. ‘The tunnel, having a normal cross-section of 823g square fest, Would then start eastward on its air ine for tue ew reservoir, dip- ing LO WituiN 2836 feet of the da:um line al the uundry Branch saaft, a distance of 2418 fect, then rising slightly to"an air shaft at Fayette street, Wuere 1 should dip suddenly to avoid the bed of Hock Creek, 6437 feet from Foundry Branch, At this point 10 goes below the line about 30 feet, and Lucn rises sudiicieutly to clear it a few Jeet alan air shat midway between the creek and Champlain avenue, where the Uunnel rests on Lhe Wine and auouuer ‘working shatt 1s suuk. rom Uuls point “to the eastern terminus, a distance of 6,658 feet, the tunnel’ Is almost ievel, rising about 14 ‘eet. ‘There ts an air Shalt at 13uh street, Tue work of tunnellng was begun February 16, 1884, and June 30, 1884, 1,591 feet of tunnel tad been driven, At thé close of the fiscal year ending June, 1864, Major Lydecker re- ported such progress ‘a Juscitles tbe expectation ot completing ail essential parts of the work dur- Ang the fail of 1885." An additional appropriation of $87,500, required to pay for lands taxen for the reservoir, Was asked, “With wuts exceptlon,” the Teport said “tls believed that te amounts appro- Driated Will ‘suMice to complete the works on hand.” The report also suid: “Our expectations as to the possiwiilty of the tunnel and Lue proba- bility of carrying it in good rock has been more than realized.” “rhis report lkewise gave some interesting detatis about the tunnel and the reser- Votr. ‘Tae new reservolr Was mainly a question of excavation and embankment, the excavated ma- terial being used to form adam at the lower end of tne valley ta which the reservoir is +located. ‘Thus dam ts about 14650 teet long; 45 feet Ligh, 170 feet wide on Lop, and 425 feet wide at the bottom. ‘The thickness at the water line, 15 feet below the top of the dam, ts 250 leet. ‘To provide motive power for the drills in the tuupel a pipe line, 24,105 foot long, tw carry compressed ulr, ve longest ever Worked in tis country, Was constructed, A CALL FOR MORE MONEY. ‘The following year (1885) the tone of the report Was not so hopeful. Difficulties met during the year indicated that the cost of the work would largely exceed the estimates and the tme re- quired would be much greater than expected. rhe stated that the tunnel had been com- pleted for a votal distance of 133,500 feet, of wach /45 feet had been lined with masonry. "The con- tact called for the completion of the work by June 30, 1886, but the report said that its comple- Uon at that time was not likely at the tnen rate of progress, An additional appropriation of £399,000 was asied for the tunnel and one of $160,- 000 for tue reservoir, Major Lydecker explained that tue work during the early part of the year, developing the character of the rock and the ef- fect of 11s exposur’ to alr and water, made it evi dent that the cost of completing the Cunnel would largely exceed the origiual estimate. ie called ‘attention W Lhe fact that the estimates on wiich the appropriation was made were pi in the Office of the Eagineer Commissioner of the Dis Uict, and not in Whe War Department. “al the work advanced,” he said, “it was found that the shafts had to be sunk to greater depths in order to reach god rock, and that the varying character of the rock developed In excavating te tunnel would require its being Itned to @ inuch greaver extent than Lad been aaticipated; 1 great increase in Wwe amount of excavation has theveby Tesulied, of which no uccount was taken In the ‘nat’ estimates, a8 Well as in the amount of onry to be placed as lining. Besides the origi, estimates did not allow for the works neces for c-menting the inside suaft at the wesverly end-of the Luanel with the reoviving reservoir, 00 contemplate the completion ot all tue working ‘Shafts ih such 4 manuer as to admit of their ruture use in flusuing the tuonel, or in draining and re- Pairing it If necessary, « Course which, from the ature of the rock excavated, has become a pre- ‘cautionary measure of the greatest importance.” ‘The additional appropriation for the reservoir was made becessary because Lhe character of the slopes uncovered made an uuexpected amount of Puddilng necessary; then the stone from the Lun- Lel, which it was intended to use in the construc tod, Was found Unsuitable, and provision had to be made (or diverting Ubree sinall streams that flowed along the bed of the reservoir. ‘THE APPROPRIATION EXHAUSTED. In the following year the appropriation wasex- hausted by February, and the work of tunneling was suspended. The report for the fiscal year, ended June 30, 1886, a Jength attained of 18,538.2, of which 1,480.66 feet Werelined. A deticeficy appropriation’ was asked, comm and wile rT tees were looking into the matter an appropriation of $5,000 for Pumping to preserve the work already done was made. ‘The report for 1887 showec that the work on the ‘This is a solid masonry dauh 2677 ont a solid masonry 2,877 {eet long, trom encieney bit approved August 4 isaq sph. Driated $305,000 for the tunnel.” The work'wag re- and’ the excavation of the tunnel com- Up to dune 30, 1887, 6,110.5 teet of tunnel ‘suspended September 30, 1887, on account of exhaustion the ay ration, but ‘of the general. deneiency ‘bil wy B88, | SPPTOp $207,750 for the ns Were resumed, it having been decided to line the tunnel through— out, the work was in “ in every ‘The total length lined to June 30 10,000% | A p z f Hi i | : Hal aa ‘Capt. Hoxie and Maj. Lydecker, but also of Col. Casey, Gen. Meigs, Col Craighill’ and Col, Ludlow on thé question of lining. A CHANGE IX THR LINING, ‘The result was that when the appropnation asked for was made it was coupled witha proviso Uhat the Secretary of War take the advice of the and methods pursued. The boara Rahat, Gyros, Comstock David & Houston, and Walter eens, alee eine a 886, ro ate ig “te pinion that the exclusive use of practicable. ‘The board recom By between tne brick arching around larger sto! © convenience. The charactor of tho fining ased we ‘thereupon, changed and the expense year’s ation was made large enough, also at the suggestion of Major Ly deoxes, to for ining OF arching the tunnel through ite | whole ngth. ‘There 18 much difference of opinion as to the efficiency of the _ tunnel as an aoqueduct, The tunnel at its lowest point below Rock Creek will have to withstand an inter- hal pressure Of 843 pounds to the square inch. Whether any construction of can with- Stand that pressure, and whether, after all, the security of the aqueduct does not ‘nally depend On the solidity of the natural wall of rock, are questions to be testea by actual use, When the tunnel project was proposed other plans Were sug- Gen, way was in favor of bringing the water from the Tibuting reservoir along the high ground north of tne city in a pipe or condult under pressure without a reservoir. Col. Casey's lan Was to lay u 4&-inch cast-tron pipe from the istributing reservoir to Capito! Hl, and Bot tap AC until 1t had reached Capitol Hill A SEA ISLAND KING, Colony of Convicts Discovered by the Albatross, AN ISLAND IN THE PACIFIC FAR FROM THR TRACE OF TRADE—HOW THE PEOPLE ARR GOVERNED—AN- OTHER ORUSOK—ALONE ON A DISTANT 18LA4ND—HOW HE LIVED. ‘The United States Fish Commission steamer Al- batross satied from Washington last November for Alaska to search out deep-sea secrets. She is uow sailing down again, and making investiga- Uon of the cod and halibut fisheries of the Pacific, the wealth of which has heretofore been unknown. Prof. Lee, of Bowdoin College, Maine, who was of the scientific ccrps on board, left the steamer at San Francisco on the way up. He shipped a large number of specimens they had collected on the voyage, and then came East. A Star reporter found him at the old armory building unpacking, asgorting, and arranging a great variety of odd ‘speclinens of the fish family which had been taken from Ube mysterious depths, and packed away 1a jars of ‘aloohiol, ‘The Albatross was on a cruise of research aud explorauon. Not hastened by the competition of trade, and sailing out of the Paths of commerce, the scientists on board had an interesting experience and saw a number of strange things. Of course, their main purpose was to learn more of the fishes of the sea and in tis direction their study was very successful They left the Norfolk navy-yard late in November. At the West Indies they did some fishing In hopes of finding the Winter haunts of the blue fish, and, while hot finding what they sought, thelr experi. ence was far irom uninteresting. Of the cost of Brazil ney made a line of soundings for the Hy- drographic Office, and then hastened around to the Pacific, Their entire voyage was full of interest and profit. Prot. Lee had many interesting thin, to tell about the trip, aside from the scientific details, Out of the track of commerce, near the equator they came across a “Sea Island King,” Who rules with despotic power, and at another place discovered a Robinson «'rusoe. “We found «curious colony living far from ail rest of the wor.d," said Prof. Lee, after he had detailed some of their interesting experiences along DOLh coasts, “We sailed out of the regular track and visited the Galapagos Islands, On the largest of these we found our colony. The island is between six and seven hundred iiles from the mainland of Ecuador, almost under the equator. It 1s walled in with bigh voleantc rocks and is very dificult of access, A MINIATURE KINGDOM, ‘Years ago there was a convict colony planted on ‘One of these Islands by Ecuador, but the convicts revolted, Kiiled the governor and made thelr escape ‘on schooners belonging to the colony. Since then ali the tslands have been uninnablied, except the Chatham, where we landed, Behind the high Walls of rock we found a fertile country ip a high state of cultivation. ‘The island was inhabited about @ hundred and fifty people, governed by a very shrewd and progressive man Of Spanish race, He made no ciaim to sovereignty, but his control Seems as absolute as if he were ruler of all Russia, ‘and there are some of the same dangers surround: ing him, Lis subjects are convicts from Ecuador. ‘Years ago tits: governor, king, or task-master, as he may be c was engaged in gatuering orchilla, @ kind of moss, which 1s very valuable in ‘the manufacture of ayes. He got rich in this busi- ness, but lost his fortune through the government of Ecuador. Probably upon this claim he asked the government for and was granted the Island of Chatham, which 18 probably 150 miles long, the Conditions betng that he should. receive convicts sent by the government to the island. This was probably tea or twelve years ago. They have Low an odd little world of their own out in the Pa- cific, cut off frota the rest of civilization by hun- dreds of miles of ocean. Only a few Umes in many Years has any vessels landed there, except two Schooners which are owned by the governor of the colony, and the inhabitants buve no means ot es. cape. ‘Iucanuot be considered a highly moral or Progressive community, though the governor him- self is a shrewd and progressive man. 1B SUBJECTS are an odd and rather unprepossessing lot of peo- ple. Most of them are nattves of Ecuador, some of them probably haif-Indian. The governor told me that he had one fullblooded British subject and he asked 1f We would like to see him, He gratified our curiosity with the sight of the Diackest negro I ever saw. He spoke Engilsh and insisted that he was an Englishman. 1 usked where he was bor! and be said avSt Helena, ‘The incident affor some amusement, ‘There was one English Maye ths — was only about twenty-five years jue eyes: and light hair. She was about as bard a looking speciiaen as one is apt to run across, The inhabitants are about equally divided between the sexes I could not discover that there was any religion or that any marriage cerem¢ was recognized. They sppeured to pair off in rather an indiscriminate fashion, to live free from restraiut furtuer ‘than such as is necessary to get the proper amount of work out of them. ‘They have at abundance of food, and in that climate it is not w keep abreast Of civilization in matters of dress. cae fe orca can sone of @ backwara race can Judge from that some- thing of unetr character. THE GOVERNOR 4s the only one who knows anything of the world. He has traveled considerably, can speak English after a fashion, and keeps up within six months of ‘the times. In conversation he shows a pretty clear knowledge of affairs in Europe and America, He was especially interested in the political affairs of the old World, and had a clear motives of or [ eomad mations; as to what ht ropean War’ and What tt might result monarch, I he takes an interest in the ouner of, the, world, However, he does not claim an independent kingdom. He écknow! dey ‘upon Ecuador; but I presume a a pleases, He executes tne law in his own way, E gE Hiy i i eH Re, et i ‘ Hi f i i E i te i i ui VIEWS OF REV. DR. BUCK. To the Editor of Tux EvExnvo Sram: Mr, Hallowel’s excellent article in the Stam of the 26th ult, prompts sowe additional thoughts on the same — What 1s to be said will be summed up udder three questions—Shoula Wash- ington have a park? Where should it be located? and, Why it should now receive attention? IU may be thougut and sald by some that Wash ington city, with its broad streets and spacious avenues shaded with its varied, choice, and beau- tus trees Logeter with its ‘well-laid-out and ighly-improved reservations, is @ park in zi and nevds no other. Too much cannot. well DS ‘Suld 1m praise of Washington and of Whe parking committee Who have had Its ornamentation in charge; but, granUng all the charms the city may possess, does it supply the nved and demand for a Tural oF country park? Few or none will say so, Jn fact, who prefers the streets for a drive whocan explore and enjoy the purer air of the high bilis And cool Valleys north and west of Washlugion? Hence the crowds we see daily enjoying Lue ceu- erous Lospitallty of Ube old soldiers 0: tbe United States Soldiers’ Home and its authorities. It 1s ‘strapge—marvelously strange, When we think of A—that the Congress and Senate, with the whole United States Government and the great city of Washington, should have been content for some tuirty years'to depend upon the soldier of tne United States Army to provide, and at heavy ex- pense to keep in order, a park for their use, Yet such is mainly, if wot entirely, the tact, But thet Washingtoa inust have a park ts manifest from the bill before Congress to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbla to pur- hase tbe valley of Bock Cresk for that, p 4s well as for the reasons urged by ‘Mr. Hallowell and others. But if Une 1,000 feet along Rock Creek be secured, should the park be confiued to that? Few regions are more wild and attractive tan Rock Creek, but there are many little streams and valleys on Goth sides entering into it which should be secured also, and the District Commissioners should be granied some discretion as to how much and where they should purchase. Aud it is by no means clear the Government of tis country and Washington city shvuld be satisfied witn Kock Creek, with its environs as a park the Soldiers’ Home park and Kock Creek park ‘should be Joined together by a series of parks or park roads, Lous linking heim all together and so uniiing them virtually Into one. Tne rst park should be all the Land that can be secured between the Soldiers’ Home and Washington city, includ- Ing the new reservoir. This could be made access- ible by horse cars, and would make an admirable outing for children ior country air. Through this park Would also be the choice mode of access to the Soldiers’ Home, and enable the public to avoid the manifold annoyances and nuisances of 7un Street, ‘The second park should be Petworth, tying West of the Home, and com) of about acres, all of it high and undulating, F, from 200 W 320 feet tide, all oft aduairably sulted fora park. ‘The Government of the United States could not do better than to desired. The whoie estate 18 bie of the higi along Uhe deep valley, rippiti Yogetation of Rock Creek unsurpassed, it equalled, by hme Bg Ube country. Io this way Wasb- Capital ots gress Ration, “Ih consieues, whe capital of a jon, In conclusion, Why should this matver be now and at once tw? I answer: because the probabilities If it ts not done soon it will never be done. only dificuity in the way is the cost, or ex ‘And If great now, this will be in the future. A’ right of way, at the now be secured for a frow road the Soldiers Home. This ite eer eo oN i to Ube Ine between Saul’s and Ruper.’s, there will be sure and easy connection with Rock Creek, ‘Therefore what ought to be ‘and can be done footy the height of coll to postpone," AB J. &. Bocn. An Ideal Thought, . Written for Tax Evexmso Stax. If I had seen you dead, my love, ‘And closed your eyes when dying, And heard your breathing soft and low, ‘As winds in satumn sighing— ‘Had whispered words of hope and cheer, And soothed the parting spirit ‘Upon ite way to realms of day— ‘The land the saints inherit— Tra think this thought: “He waits me thera ‘Beside the Heavenly portal, A spirit fair, beyond compare, ‘And clothed with life immortal” Wasnmretox, August 19. “MLA IN LIVELY FASHION, From the New York Sun, ‘The bicycle force that has been organized incon- nection with the English volunteers recently had tts second feild maneuvers, the ret having been te i i L i E i 4 i f | i | i I J i | f i ! i | [ i a i 4 rH lf i Sir ae eae ae Ear rai ga ann, of i ell tl by | “ : { NEW YORK NOTES, Political and General Gewip im the Mectrepolts. ‘THE PROHIBITION CAMPAIUN—A LARGE VOTE CLAIMED New Youk, Sept. 7. Thave been talking politics with (he generals and the field marshals of the great emotional Party, the probibitionists, Their struggie for Fisk and Brooks is not a campaign, it Isa crusade, ‘and their political speakers are not (he old-tash- Joned stump orators of the olii-fasidoned parties, Dut are rather emotional revivalists with ail the Teligious fervor of the Ocean Grove savers of souls 4nd the prayerful uuctuowsness of the “exper- jence bench” ata colored people's camp-mecting. Women, lots of them, are enthusiastic Workers for handsome, well-nourished G-n. Fisk and for the alormon elder-iooking candidate for Vice-Presi- dent, Dr. Brooks, Some of the women work- ers are paid by the probibitionist national cow- mittee for goimg about the country shouting for “God, Home and Native Land,” and some of the most ‘entuustastic females in the cause pay thelr own expenses, and are to coutribuie their last breata and their last copper to the cam- PAD. AD this wholesale cooperation Of Uke wollen tb an électiou campaign Is not because Ue prowivitionssis wave indoryed Woman suffrage i thelr plattorin, for Wey haven't exactly done Lal, although tuey have ex, ymupathy for it; but because “God” aud “tome,” Use first two prin~ ciples of the prohibitionist rallying slogan, ate Wogds Luat appeal to the pearls of ail Women in a pecudar and poweriul Way. I believe 1 ali women vould vote at the national elecuion next November Ube party for “God and Lome and Naive Land” would poil ten Umes as taany voters of Une geutle sex as Lhe party Whose leader 18 a woman herself, the earnest, aggressive Mrs. Belva Lockwood. A glance I Luk at Uae putlonal headquarters of the two old parties and the one new one revealed to ine one pecullar feature, namely: that une busiest campaigners in We fleld are the prouibi- Uoulsts, Their rooms at No. 88 Sth avenue are ot ike any national headquarters I have ever seen. Instead of the vobacco-smoking poittichans disc plans in # loud voice, in Une Prouibition rooms aif tis a silenty nearly, usa hare. and just as sreu-penaved. Middit-aged young women are gently on type- Writers at Cunning UUUe desks all about the room. Big-bearded men are sorting a Ut erature for export to beniguted rum owns Visitors are received with quiet courtesy, are allowed lo whisper occasionally with Prot. ‘Sau’l Dickie, Uke national committee chairman, and re- Ure On Lip-Loe Lo the sunay ouL-of~doors ax if they had been Visiting a sick-bed. Tous of documents are supped Lo all parts of Ube country, speakers are engaged aud assigned to special ' localities with Uueir expenses paid, and moneys are solicited, Tecelpied for abd disbursed. Prot. wickie, the executive head of the campaign, told me Ubat the organization of the party is as com- plete, if not compieter Lan the organizations of either of the oider parties, and Ubat (ue Work is belug carried on with a system that timakes every~ \uing run ike Wacuinery. “1 asked Lhe prouibiuion genes alein-command at What gure be estimated ‘ue vote for Fisk next November, and Was assured ‘Uiat IC could not reach sess than bait a “luce 1884," said Prot, Dickie, “tue vove for Prouibitiog Lis increased in tue Counury at lange 4n the rao of Ave to ope, Judsing trou local elec- Uous and the most reliaule data we are able to Secure. AL Lhe joWest estimate tue 1885 vole shouid equai the St. Joun Vole of 1884 multiplied by four, Which would make te fyure aboUL half @ millon. In New York sate we are coulident of AL least 50,000, in New Jersey Of 28,000 Lo 30,000, and in such Western states as Micuigan, lowa and Wiscousin the ratio to the wuole nuuiber of Volts will be even larger. In almost every county ta the Union our work is progressing favorably. “We have all tue moncy we need and are expending 1U Judiciously. 1a rural districts We have speakers and tens, so tat a prouibition- ist caravan 1s moved irom pl.ce Lo wover dug Uerrivory rarely inv by missiouaries trom Aue other parties It 1s from these districts, ‘Where our einissaries are abie by colisctions W almost pay Uueir entire expenses thal we expect to secuwe Our largest increment of vos Proul- bition is an eagerly-weicomed principle among the Linking agricusturists of Uke country.” Prot, Dickie Was very cautious lu Lis estimate on the vote of luis party, and sald tiat be would not make public a higher estimate ban the above: DUL is manner Wien speaking of Lue campaign methods, aud his euthusiasin in recailing (he re ports Of Successes received from his party's agents iu Various places, made me understand Wat he TeileS Ob & much larger Vole Uhan ue indi cated. At any rate, Iam couiident tat neither of the old ‘es into consideration Wie real strength or the iu the presaut cam Paign. ‘Tue later are waking a “sull uuut” for Votes, and thelr meUuod 1s not one to atiract at- VenUdn, But itis nevertheless xystemauic, Unor- ough, and neuce powerful, and aithougu tle ofti- clais aC Gemocratic and republican beadguarters poou-poob and ridicule the idea of a pro: bitiouist total “vote Of more Laan 300,000, I imagine that (weir ridicule Will Lura Wo dismay Wuen Une revurus are made. *, For a party that Is gouuig tt in @ hap-bazard,con- tented sort of way, the new American party takes he lead, Its representaUves wnet In convention in Washington, bad @ spilt and a squabbie, nomi- Pryredy watts tie ust of his, worrying, anyway? yeu, Wat's the use of Mis w His eivcliou Is Just as sure 4s Mf he burrowed heaps Of trouble over i, Have you noticed indications of late that the Great body of the Kuights of Labor is going tuto ‘speedy dissolution? District Assembly 49, of New ‘York, the most powerful local branch of the order, has succumbed, and unless some wholly unforseen bir has been: Into two for a long and each tacuion has elected delegates to attend the next convention at ludianapolis The original the ghost, there are goit some. sturtiing revelatious evacrruing the onder. 4 § E i i i &§ Ht e e i fy : ‘4 § § ] i f 2 i § a 3 | fe i i re § 5S ‘ i é Cid i : i E | TH HE g § H i Ft i i j | only ten minutes ago, a boy of about ten years, ‘and he aid it very neatiy. Every afternoon I take ‘a bow! of milk, a plate of swiebach, and a quarter of watermelon in & handy dairy restaurant. This ‘aiteruoon my check for & quarter had just been a ae ed Welch, of the Now York Base Ball Ciuby aud ty had a Srening to sell, "When tae cleanest bis slock his smile Jews than & doular Dil wien Beet Thanded tse Fy A ther ebd of the dairy am 8 pessimis, where Tneasure Int watching’ i ii As 8 discret ‘against such a tenderfoot as I am. messenger boy he will overcharge Fou every ume ‘ules you can Keep # rate-book handy by tor ready reference. I Was out of change not long ago im wy own room when T empliyed & messenger boy, and, after woticing his oum.e, 1 gent bin after sthall change (or @ Dvedoliar bili all over Ube building. He got it, but ia denominations Such Liat Loomidet give bim the exact sum for Lis services, I overpaid him five conte to save annoyance to my feww-craftaman in tue ng, thought no more about had boa Humver of Instances of the saine BA- Lure happening sous afer convinced me tbat Chis Scheine of plunder Is coustanuy.worked Dy the district memenger inds. 1 caught ue HUte chap at lis game Une day and he owned up to the SWindic, DUL ald Lils Dusses expected bin Lo swine die folks 4 Litue every day, because Le was gui- ug only a stn salary (row bis employers, and to uuake it up some way. ‘The good citizens of NeW York are coming back to town in battalions, Thiry-two extra-goud Cite lucus came back to town Monday, When Uuirty> two Mitsiers Of the Gospel arrived op Uree ovean steamers Uuat reacued port on that day, The Ubeaters are ail open but two, and play tug 9 houses; fall hats are appearing; fall overco. donned 1 Lue cul of Lue evenings; Dali, pares snd receptions ar: betng | a every waory arcevuinnces that summer is over, Aud Wik Ube Close of sumer comes Lue Oaslly= credited Feport that 200 summer boteis are gulag Lo.QUi heavy lowers by Ube seawn. The weatuer s been 40 fickle, the heated days have becn so Tew aud 80 seal and money Withal bas leon so LUght ali summer that thousands Wino spent last SuMIWEF abd the Piecediiy OWE at Lhe seaxdde oF mountains staid quietly al home Uils Year, Kept Feasonably cool aud saved money Lo spend Uke winter, And bow very odd tt is, when you come to con- sider It, that it isu" fashonabl September and October LY Ue sea OF au Mountains ‘These monte are by far Use most DeaUUUTU! and Uke most Ueallaful at the summer Tesora, Avis Luen always coul enouga tor dauc- ing, dclighizul weather for Towing, climbing, walking and out-door games, and the town uss ot Yer put oh Ils most atiractive winter features, Pat nnn sara Saray nome wuca saveperene son opens, abd WBE Lasuiou says scurry We soul sortawith, 4. i, Sore _— coo - NEW PUBLICATIONS, TRE MYSTERY OF THE “OCEAN STAR” A Coi- ection of Maritime Sketches By W. 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Headiey,—two autuors of Whot Ue present generation know very Uitte, but Who Were Ueimendously poplar a quarter of & ary ago. —_ eee Larry Jcrome’s Summer Cocktall, Prom the New York Sun, Several gentlemen sat tn the lobby of the St, James last evening discussing Uheir late friend, Larry Jerome. They were recalling his stories, When Commissioner Jacob Hews said: “I will always remember the last. story that Jerome told. It Was on bits last Visit to New York, a day or two before he went to Ns country house at Sharon. We were sitting Ip the calé of the Hoffman House, telling fish stories, and Larry was in one of bis best Lumors, Laough he Was suffering from tines at the time, It Was on occaston of one of bis visits vo Col, Dully’s, at Martet when be met with the adventure. He told it as follows,” abd he speaker Went on 0 relate the narrative: “1. just reveled ih the expectation of yanking ‘out four-pound trout, but I found when I got to ‘Sim's that Td have to go tt alone. He was inid up with a sprained ankle. He told me the best f<h- | {ng Was about ten miles across country. T started | Off, and by S o'clock In the morning T struck tbe Stream. 1 tramped up and down unull 5 o'clock ‘at night, and Dever gol a raise, and it begun to get moooiwnous, I Was bungry, and what's more, Uuirsty. Heavens! how a whisky cocktail would have rejuvinated me, Talk about manna tn the wilderness, 1 Wanted @ dmnk, and I wanted it bad. “I reeled up, unjointed my pole, stowed It away, and started cross lots. I must have been at least 15 miles from Jim's, The farther I walked the Unirstier | becaine; ob, how I Wanted that cocktail! AU last, afler scrambling over windfalls and Through thickets, Tcame out on a road, which I followed half a mile until T came to a settiement, consisting of a blacksmith ‘School house and store. From signs tacked on its front I read that itwas a post-oflice, store, shoe, and dry goods store, besides the office of constable ‘and Justice of the peace, ‘The sign which attracted ‘aquors’ Thinks I to myself, me tbe most was ‘ last: ‘Cesar, how rer the cocktail at last groat Cesar, how my in did need wetting! Where | tound an old umber Who Looked LIke Joan Whitcomb, Upped back in his chair against ihe wail, He as vasleep and snoring. 1 tapped iim on the shoulder and he opened bis eyes TBS ST Temas cnt should aay 1 hed; got = cGot any whlsky: ; some ‘ot the ‘vest whisky ever in these parta’ ‘a dollar an’ a half @ gallon for 2 Can you make a cooktatit” Sh; what's that?” Scpbintyou know what acocktall ts? scNaw; never beard tell on it.” “All Fight €rot around “bebind there and Ti ow W make One. neh old tellow went, bebind bis counter, took down a bottie of My-specked whisky, and looked Up inquirinzly. “Got any ‘as.’ “Put in a spoonful’ “*Yaas.’ ns * sGot any lemon? “*Yaas, got some essenon? «put tha few drops.” “That pull?’ “Yes; got any Ditters?” “Hosietter's’ i Put in a few drops’ “Phat put? “Yes; BOW put in some cracked toe? “ssome whatt I” sway. you darned old fool, bubody ever heard ice in the summer time,” “| saw that he Was an that 1 ands With hit wished Lim good Started of 1 hadw't walked ten sang out af sewell what is it?” “4 rt say that I got a boy down in yonder what I allowed was bh inks, candle Jinks, be can’t hold a eto or— “Oh, mercy me!” Don't do that! My head is all right.’ You see, | wanted to go shopping, end asd ad not any money ma old me ty ve careful Dut to ask for wnything the store I went into was likely W have In stock.’ —_———.9— Sitting Side by Side. AND THEY GOT TOTHINKING BOW FUNNY IT WOULD BB ‘The Boston Cowricr says that Wey were sitting ‘Cogether in the warm parior, saying litte, but (hink~ much. But lovers do not need to say much to