Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1888, Page 2

‘THE CONDITION OF THE REAL EETATR MAREET— PRICES STEADILY MAINTAINED—THE EFVECT OF ‘TRE PRESIDENTIAL = CAMPAIGN—INVESTMRNTS 1X ‘The anual house-hunting bas begun. Although father early i the fall Season, the dealers report quite ‘am active demand. Their tists, which have Ince the summer exodus began, now be, are taking thetr plek now. Later on the choice Tabs to be more limited, ‘The Gemand at present Rot being able to find houses, Each house-bunter has his or her own ideas of at Is necessary to comfort In a house, and mat- Srauy such persons look first for what’ they like then they are more reconciled to take what can get. The great demand is still for houses and it does not seem likely that ever be fully met. While a ‘number of houses of moderate size have built, the demand seems to be equal to the dealers with whom a Stan reporter (did not seem vo think that the market ex- hibited any special features as compared with There was a favorable pros- f, that this would prove to be a season. In regard to the demand for vacant lots and tm- Proved property, the general opinion of real estate ex} varie while there is no great Rand wt & good market, and considerable busi- pess ts done. “ Presigential year, as it 1s termed, its effect upon the realestate market not anticipate that this year wil exception tothe general rule. A brisker it Is predicted, will begin next Spring. Prices, however, are remarkably steady. is vat little movement in su' urban property. ie great ork, now going on In grading and sub- the land is. making wonderful changes in ‘the appearance of the country adjotning the city. As has been stated in Tax Srax, large sums of Money are being expended In irhprovements of tats. > and the new Washing‘on is rapidly taking shape. " 'T. J. Fisher & Co,, who have charge Of the suodivision of Kalorama, state that the Work is being pushed forward as Tapidly as poss!- Die. About $100,000 ts being spent in grading and streets) and the owners, Anthony J. ‘the weil known Philadelphia banker, J. C, Bullet, a prominent citizen of the same place, and Senator Don Cameron, are greatly interested in he proper development of this vaiusble property. As the city streets, including Massachusetts ave- Due, are being extended turough Kalorama at the Same width as the portions in the city, over one of the ground is given up to strvetS and_ave- Belair Heights, which lies between Kalo- and Rock Creek, has already been laid out, RoW & bridge ts "belng erected across Rock at Massachusetts avenue extended, $0 43 10 inect the land lying immediately west of Boun- reet with the subdivisions Which are now tade on the west side of Rock Creek. All work, Including the erection of the bridge, 181 by private enterprise. ‘The District is erecting a bridge across Rock Creek at the Woodley Lane road, =0 as to connect Wasuington Heights and the other properties with Woodley Park and the properties west of Rock Creek. Columbia road fs to be widened to 100 feet. “The Little tract has been sulxilvided at a Jarge outlay of money, and work ts being done on the other subdivisions in this vicinity. Bulding jons are quite active along the northern Doundary of the city, and the buliding of the Various street railway’ that have been perfected Will, it ts Uhowgut, give an additional tmpetus to the "work of erecting houses. Among the more notable residences now in process of construction 4s the Mine house of ex-Senator Hendersoa, at the head of 16th street, and the large mansion of Dr. Wm. a. Hammond, of New York city, on Columbia Heights. Several bew houses are Ueiug Duilt In University Park and in other localities." Tue com pletion of the Eastern Branch bridge sib it is hoUgL, result in the more complete develop- Ment of the country on the opposite side, where already several subdivisions have been Laid off. THE CHOICE OF WEALTHY MEN. Mrs. Langtry, the uctress, has been credited ‘with the good business sense of investing in Wash- Iugton property. That she has, in fact, not done 0, 18 probably because she has not given the sub- Ject attention. A person of the excelent business apacity for investing What Mrs. Langtry ts said to possess would not otherwise hesitate long in avall- lng herself of the opportunities tor maki That Washin.ton property affords Mr. Dut, Jay Gould and otuer prominent moneyed men have been credited from time to time with sitntlar intentions, but so far none of these rumors have Maaterialized. However, tuis does not deter men of Wealth from building their homes here, and this lass of tue population Is sveadily increasing. A SEW BUSINESS BUILDING. ‘The vacant ground adjoining the residence of ‘Mra Frances Blau, at the northwest corner of 24th and G streets, ts about to be improved. Mr. Hermaa Biqu proposes to build a three-story brick building there, whica will be used for business Purposes, ‘The excavation was begun this week. AMONG THE BALL-PLAYERS, ‘The Hecord of the Washington Ninc— ‘The Standing of the Clubs, ‘The Senators were not scheduled for a game yesterday, and having no postponed games in Pitisburg they entered into no contest. They wilt play tn Indianapolis to-day, Monday, and Tuesday, and go thence to Chicago, where they play on ‘Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Then they will come home to close up the season, playing in suc- cession the teams from New York, Indianapolis, Pittsburg, Chicago, and Detrot, beginning Sep- ‘Vember 24 and ending October 12. Tue series with Boston and Philadelphia are complete. New York and Chicago played a postponed game yesterday, the Glants winning by the score of 7 oa | Krock and Farrell and Keefe and Ewing were the Datieries, The Giants batted hard in tie Uurd inning, and wou the game then Ly svoring 5 Tuna. New "York made 11 hits and error, aud ‘Chicago 12 hits and 5 errors, Detroit took a gume from Philadelphia, 7 to 5, througa errors by Mulvey and Farell. | With the | score 7 to 2 in favor of the champions the Publiles began to Dat Im the ninth inning, aud kept it up uatil they had scored three runs The batteries Were Gruver and Bennett, and Casey and Ciew- ments, Detrot made 10” his and 1 error, and Philadelphia 8 bits and 3 errors been EERE Bi £6 At Philadeiphia—Athietic, 4; Brooklyn, 2. At Gieveland—Cieveland es 5: Baltimore, Cincinnau, Lousy. At St, At Kansas THE CHAMPIONSH® KECORD, Won. Lost. Association. Won. Lost. 40 . 70 & ‘St. Louts.. Athletics. Brooxiya. 40 ‘The Senators played four games during the past Kansas city. Week, winning one of them. The first one, on | Monday, went to Detrott,7 to The batteries Mere Keefe and Deasiey,"and Getzein a FBe champions outbatied the Statest ‘Tuesday the team appeared in Pittsbu bowed 10 a defrat, 7 to ‘and They were unlucky in Placing thetr hits, which were just as numerous {as those Of Lhe Sak. « baitertes were O'Day , atch ‘On Wedues day the bore te victorious, 2 to 0, Chrough icky battin Sand errors were even.” Morris and ¢ Whitney and Deus ley Were the batt ice on Thursday by taking series, § to3. With ease. “B b ing dit the business. The batteries were St and Miller, and Keefe and Mack. During the Mavesmen made 13 runs, to 19 runs, 36 bits, aud 1 Rents. ‘The best patting of the week was done by Daily, Who tnade 7 bits; O'Brien. 6 nits, and Hoy Arundel made 3 bits in the ouly ‘game he ‘p! Aa Pittsburg on tue 110, 2. It now looks as Wiousi New York had won the Pennant, notwithstanding te uisustious series in Chicago” ‘The other eiuo ‘same positions they will season, with the possible exception of Imikanapolls and Washingtou. ‘The Senators, who have uo chance now W gain sixth place, have a very good Show to secure seventu, for they will fuist'the season by a long series at home, while the Housters Will be traveling. Bouton ts going to make a desperate effort to Teach tard place, and here will be a very close Face between that club and Detroit, ‘The former ‘Will beat home and the latter abroad, so that, counting Detroit's present lead, the chances are teresting game was played at Capitol Park yesuerday afternoon between the Prunrose and Peflerson Clubs, the former winning in 8 innings by the score of 2 to 1. ‘The batteries were Elwood snd Pusey for the Primroses, and Leech and koth forthe Jeffersons. The Atiautics and" the Capital Newsboys will Play to-day at the Park. er, Newark’s pitcher, Was yesterday sus- pended indenuttely. "Newark has signed Shannon, ‘OC Omaha, for second base. py wt the ead of the ‘From the Chicavo Journal. In a confectionery establishment where half a Goven pretty young women are employed behind ‘the counters I noticed one of the latter cram. half ed, | COAST SURVEY—THE ORIGINAL U'ENPANT MAP— LAYING OUT GEE CAPITAL—HOW THE LAND POR STREETS WAS SECURED—LATER MAPS, A Work of great historical value to the District ‘has Just been completed by the United States Coast Survey. All the early oMficial maps of the District have been reproduced by the photo-litho- Sraphic process, and they will shortly be issued by the Survey. The importance of this work can in the courts, had occasion to consult these ich Wil be used as evidence im the cases. He ‘Siated Ln an official letter that “it is of the utmost any ce to the interests of the Government and of individuals that they should not be al- = Ce iced. by the Coast arrey ‘should be reproai a ey oe ‘the Treasury, was placed under the direction of F. M. Thorn, the Superintendent. Mr. B. A. Colonna, the ‘Superintendent, Was given charge of the manusery ‘under his personal sion, aided by the experts employed inthe ‘Ube copies have been which exact Feproductions, “Ni up and nothing omitted,” he reports. ‘The repro- duction of the L'Enfant map, which was pleted some time ago by the Survey, and described lully la Tus Stag atthe time, was so successful that 1 was deemed wise to complete the work. ‘THE FORTBCOMING VOLUMES Mlustrate fully the early cartography of the city, and contain the L'Enfant map, the Ellicott g the plan of Mr. King.” Lehane, witch was seat to Congrest about afeat after Gen. Washington selected the site of the “Had It not been,” writes W: with some indignation, “for the materials wuicn he (Ellicout) happened to At tg provable that iavateee, ing from [/Bntant’s draughts ever woud have exhibited \o une public, tor afver the disagreement took place between him and the is obstinacy threw every dullicuity in the Way its accomplishment.” However, a pian had to be as it was important Laat the lic sale of ots should beyin as soon 4s possibie. Ellicott went to work and bis map Was prepared and engrayed in Phila- deiphia in tue year 1742. Copies of Lhis map W. re widely distributed, nut only in this country but iu Burope, A seound plate was made and copies were siruck off in Boston, So Lhat there are two plates Of Luis same map, but they are pracucally Ube sume. Bota theL’Eatant and Ellicott maps,how- ever, had been made Levore a detailed survey of the city Was compieted,aud as tbe work of the surveyors Went on and ihe various squares were platted changes were necessarily made, ‘A FERTILE CAUSE OF DISPUTE between the proprietors and the commissioners ‘Was Ube location and extent of the public grounds, Under the original agreement all land taken for pubilc uses Was to be paid for at the rate of $66 per acre, but when it was platted into building 40U8, and Luese lois divide: between the Govern- ment and the proprietors, the iatier were able to seil their share by Lue square foot, It was evident, even to rral-estate Owners In the year 1796, Laat 1 Was more to tueir interest to sell land at 10 cents & foot than for $66 per acre. So Luey pro- tested — aay change ip the public reserva- ons, fo the Ellicott map the elaborate system Of public reservations by L’Enfant was ited, and only tuose Intended for the sites for ‘the Capitol aud the President's House were re- tained, Tals was, uowever, mainly because of the haste required tn’ preparing the map. It was we intention Lo reserve ground ior public purposes, THE DERMOT? MAP. In pursuance of this policy, and also to make the actual surveys of the land correspond more accurately with a plan of the city, the commis- sioners In 1795 Legere Mr. Srey R. pee “wo repare a plat of ty, with every public Proprlataon plainly and distinctly ‘delineated Mr, Dermott, wuo Was at one Une connected w.th Ue Alcxandfia Academy, had become associated pune Ellicott, peed oo a He prey the w ‘Was approved by Wash- ington ip Tigh ana Which is pow printed for the ‘Prst lime. Appended Ww the pian Was au order of President Wusuington, which gave, for the first Lume, the exact buunds of the public reservations, ‘These latter were seventeen in number, and in- clude all Ube large reservations as they exist to- day, with the exception of a part of the Mall. ‘The humerous squares, circles, and sail triangies formed by the intersection of streets and avenues, Waich are now classed as reservations, were not specified, as they were considered to be the prop ‘erty of the United States as part of the streets, A CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNT OF THE MAP. ‘The Commissioners of the city in a communica- tion to a committee of the House dated March 23, 1802, explain why the Dermott map was ordered vo be made, and in what particulars it diff-red from the engraved plan of the city, which is known as Lhe Eijcott map. They state (hat the engraved map Was adhered to “in all the operations of the city Under the direction of the Commissioners as Sar as it Was practicable. But the clty not having been surveyed, and this plan being made partly trom L Enfant’s draft and partly trom materials poscessed by Eliicot:, it Was probable tuat it Would bot correspond with an actual mensura- ton.” So they directed On the 9th oi April, 1783, ‘Ube bead of the surveying department to make u record of each square as it Was surveyed, enum. erating the lines. As tue work progressed spaces were tound Laat seemed Lo be Included neither in the streets or in the —— appropriations, and so Ubls andewas lad off Lavo Dulding lots and divid- cd. “these spaces,” the Commissioners Le, “were Dulerous, abd consequently occasioned @n- Siderabie deviation from the engraved plan, The actual survey had another apparent effect; It oc custoned many squares to be laid in the Water, being governed by the channel, and to insert other squares between the apparent water squares and Uwe river, but this was iu necessity or tm conformity to the engraved plan. There are other variations from the engraved plan. | Squares Nos 728 and 729 (on each side East Capitol Street, between Ist and 2d streets), on the en- raved plan appears to recede from 1st street Whereas infact they are brought up wit, The first form is said to Have been given tuem beiore the actual site for the Capitol was known.” Other clapges are meationed, cased by filing up left “by L'Eutant, a8 “follows: South of square 104, south of square 50. Also, tie bed of “the proposed canal was chai ‘Tue Commissioners say thal no complaint was made In consequence of these deviations from the engraved plan until in the year 1798, when Presi- dent Adams was petitioned by several clty pro- prietors to cause @ complete plan, including @ water street, to be made and established, so tuat there couid be no departure theretrom. “Tue pe- {tion,” the Commissioners add, “was referred to the Aitorney-General, Who advised against mak- ing a new plan, because the plan to which the President's Signature is annexed (the Dermott plan) ts suMctently authenticated and supercedes ail prior plans.” CONVEYING PROPERTY. President Washington directed the trustees to whom the ortziual proprietors had conveyed their lands in pursuance of the agreement made when the site of the city was selected to convey all the streets and reservations as delineated Jn the plan tothe commissioners, ‘This order elicited a: protest frou the proprietors. Tuey not only sen & Jenglby communication to the President, then Mr Adazis, seting forth that the new mapiniringed wa their rights, but they forbade the trustees io con- | fustd to convey. | tinued dowa to the line of Pennsylvania avenue, gutting up thls reservation into several i Diocks. Mr. Samuel Davidson, the owner, natu- rally objected to having bis laud into @ public reservation, which bh would be obliged to sell to the Government at the Tate of $06 per acre, Mr. Daniel Carroll dences he had erected on bi he supposed would be the Capitol be injured if the squares at the RoFtheast corners of the grounds Proposed by the Dermott imap and the yuilding sites, ‘The Dermott map spite of the protests, and the yashinglon Was renewed ‘Was also of tue opinion that the value of the real ' : f al i E 5 i Hy Recollections of an Old Attache of the ‘PRESIDERT FOLE'S FOR CMILDREN—ENTER- ‘TADNING THE ‘BAND—GEM, TAYLOR AD IS OLD WAR RORSE—MR. PIERCR’S ROSPITALITT— ‘HOW GEX. GRANT WAS PROMOTED, “During Mr, Polk’s administration,” said ap old attache of the White House to a Stax reporter, “if we had no marriages we had two births there. ‘Mra, Walker, the wife of the private secretary, Ma- Jor Walker, brought two children to the White House and left with four. She was a Virginia wo man, and assisted in the social duties of the house, ‘and maintained the reputation of her state for hospitality. Major Walker's oldest son was a fine Uttie fellow, about six years old. He wasa pet of every one, especially the President, Mr. Polk taught him how to salute visitors, I remem- marshal, was master of und he was a fne Itwas bis custom in the winter to send W the President occa- a fine fat and entered the White House in Mr. Polk’s term which was more ted by the i. The Marine red. Ca Fog: 8 tions and levees and in the ‘Thea band represented no nationality; in Latives: every of Europe ae paginas teen eres eee = Enaceens te seep eeron ee as certon lawn, and ‘wounliy tle each of sherry,oidrye, and wi Qo dang }on ‘the stand, After of ‘aylor,in 1848, and before his gop eS TIES ct Re weenie aes : with Mr. Poik and bis Cabinet. He be bad an ‘affaires Yo Naples. When the Mexican war was in progress some ror the opposition papers refer to Win. ing In a place of safety instead of being at the front. Some of these paj were marked and sent him, He at once rec! raised a company of cavairy in ‘Tennessee, and an- nounced tbat the object of that com capture Santa Anna. He went into the Mexican War and bis command almost succeeded in cup turing the Mexican general, his wooden leg and chest veing seized by Maj. Poik’s troopers, aud the Egret aT inane pe nnn in Cor row 1 ‘and sper his lime at the White House during his brother's Administration.” GEN. TAYLOR'S ADMINISTRATION. “During the Administration of Gen. Taylor,” Said the old man, “there were no children resident at the White House; but the fatherly old soul was riper mda chert esinerte! to me that at The receptions und fovecs be groeved inore heartily the younger peopie. He cared little ior the cere- moulous social requirements, and bis manner was almost too hearty for the customs of the day in which be lived. ‘Oid Waitey,’the horse he rode in Mexico, Was brought here from bis plantation near Baton Rouge, The stable was then between the White House and the Treasury, not. far from where the fountain op; te the ‘Treasury portico 18 now located, Here Cue old war horse Was cared for, and be was allowed to roam ths inclosure at will, ‘The auimal not only had had a sinell of Powder, but had an ear for music espectally that of the’ drum and brass bu have seen him When processions passed the house prick up his ears and gallop to the Tailing, through which he~ would review the line. ‘The general never lost bis fondness for ‘Oid Whitey,’ and when he walked in tbe enclosure the horse would run up to him,appar- ently impatient to receive the general’s caresses, Tue general, shortly after his inauguration, re- ceived aS @ present a Newfoundland dog, which bad come into the world the day the nouination had been made, and was called ‘Zack.’ This dog became a great pet about the house, but it never ‘Was agreat lavorite with the general. The old Paswed into the phesension of Gap Benes Renaiey into Ul Ce, Tesi above West Washington.” > ‘4 JUDGE OF MEN, “General Taylor was a firm friend,” continued the old man, “and prided himself on being a good Judge of human nature, I remember that a stew- ‘2rd was wanted at the White House and he asked the oldest attendant to get him a good mun. One of the force of Will 3 Hovel, a German, was suggested by the altendunt and he was sent up. ‘Tne old general, on looking bln over, did not form ‘@ favoravie opinion of him, but concmded to give a ‘The attendant was called up and asked sharply: ‘Ts that the sinart man you sent fur?” “Yes, sir,’ was tbe reply. ~ ‘He dectives me if he 1g, said the President; ‘but he ts entitled to a trial, and I'l give him one. “In less than a week Ignatius Kuppert, for he was the steward, had proved to the President that he Was the rigit man in the right place. Subse- quently the Prestuent hud ‘appointed vo a 1m the Treasury. “here Was a death in the White House during Gen. Taylor's term,” continued the veteran, “The only colored person about the house was ule valet who had been with bim in Mexico, and whom he brougut from the plantation, The valet did uot seem to be at home, and had a desire to return to the plantation. He died rather suadenly and the general bad a post mortem held; that suspicions of foul play might be set at rest.” PRESIDENT PIRKCE’S HOSPITALITY. “Gen, Pierce could not have taken away much of his salary,” saia the veteran, “for he entertained royally. The day receptions were on the dinners Thursdays, and the levees Friday eve- Dings. The Presidenv’s steward Was a Mr. Snow, from New Hampshire, aud under the private sec: Tetary, Mr. Siduey Webster, he prepared great din- ners. “There was no such thing as stint in the nor was theie useless waste, Mr. Snow the knack of knowing just what would please all, and as the President endeavored during the session to have each wember of Con- gress at his table once, in addition to distinguished officers of the Government, Lhe Lastes were varied. ‘The President was extremely careful that non: Should be slighted, and when he met any of his ‘old-time neiguvors trom his New Hampshire home he cordially invited tuem to come to the House and make their stay with him. Mr. Snow remainea unui President Buchanan came in and some tne ‘MR. BUCHANAN AND THE FIREMEN. “Mr. Buchanan,” continued the old attendant, “never forgot a friend. While I have seen the re- cepuonsgiven by him to distinguished people, mili- tary organizations,und other I never saw hima receive any With greater cordiality than he Sia tie tained Means a etre wi v Ihave we way be see: ‘20 pa ial to u ‘and the key is in the fact that in his young days he ran with the macbine, and for some years ‘Was president of the Union Fire Co., of Lancaster, Pa, as I have Deen told.” ‘Mr, Waahburue’s visit to the White House to urge Gen. Grant for the head of the Army, I think March, 1664. ‘There were a number of visitors ‘awaiting un interview in the eveutng, and Presi- Gent Lincoln wag engaged with a gentleman at the ume. Mr. Washburne came in and Wished to see the President, and must see him, ‘Teil him,’ sald he, ‘that I’m here and want hour with bum.’ said: *1t must be im business,’ and Mr. Washburne repied Ject was to have the war closed, ‘Was the one to doit, He did nov wish Uhe War more than I did, and Uhat I would see the G ‘vited Mr. Wasuburne to Lake a seat inform Mr. Lincoln of Mr. Lincoin BE He 3 BpRe: i si ‘a Ei z E g i i [ | i it i € z ill i ual HI f ry ; H fi i i f H it il FH Ei FEE B f fF fi fl wt the ist regiment by moving sites arse a eS mm une into that of the ist n, the it Infantry. Last Monday night the members of Co. C, 34 Dattalion (Columbia Rifles), met and elected Ser- geant Major Chas, C. Dodge .o be 1st lieut. ‘The following enlisted men have been honorably discharged from the National Guard: Alex. %. Hooe and Private Frank E. Nussbaum, Co, A, 2d battalion; Privates W. G. Neill and Joseph ‘sincell, Co, D, a battalion; ‘Privates Fred. Hart- Well, Jos. T. Fair, E.G. Bailey, Wm. T. Heurick, Chas, W. Russ, Jas EK Cassidy, Saml 8 Huot, Fred. Isell, C. W. Ward, Willard P. Coleman, F. J: Henry, Chas, Heitz, Geo, 8. Naliey, A. A. Sousa, E J. Walsh, and J. M.’ Post, Co, B, 4th battalion. The following men have been dishonorably dis~ Gharged: Corporals Wm. H. Trouland and D. M. Woodward, aud Privates A. F. Ferguson, Fenton Marks, J.D. Sheep, and ‘Bert, F. ‘0. B, 4th battalion. HAGERSTOWN HAPPENINGS. Florida Passengers to be Quarantined— the Exodus from the Mountains, Correspondence of Tur Evexrxo Stan. ‘Hacgustows, September 14, The “yellow fever scare” nas struck Hagerstown. ‘This grows out of the fact that we are only about twenty-four hours’ r.de to prominent points in Florida by the Shenandoah Valley Railroad (whicn has its terminus here), and the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Raliroad, It is a tavorive Toute for Northern excursiontsts to the South, and asimmense amount of freight in through cars come up trom Florida en route to New York, Phila- deiphia and Boston, our citizens are apprehensive that the disease may be imparted by refugees or conveyed by the freight cars. This feeling has been intensified by the recent death of Prot. Proctor in New York, and steps will ve taken look- ing to quarantining passengers and cars from the afflicted locaitties, ‘The social event of the week was the marriage of Mr. H. K. Beachley, one of Hagerstown's pronil- Dent young merchutits, und Miss Clara Witmer, only daughter of P. A.'Witiner, county school ex: aminer, and one of tue editors ep emer or the Daily News, of this piace, ‘The wedding, which Was a brilliant one, took place on Wednes- day, in St, Paul's M. E: church, the ceremony belog Performed by the Ker. A.M. Courtenay. ‘The ridesmaldg were, Miss Libbie Bekie, of Hagers- town, and Miss Aina Shower, of Manchester, Md. ‘The bride wus given away by her brother, Mr. Frank Witmer, a student at the Maryland Agri cultural Colege, near Washington. After the ceremony the couple left for an extended northern tour, Mr. Thos, Knode, a liveryman, of Washi who had been conducting the Business at’ lus Ridge Summit during the summer months, passed ‘turough here yesterday with bis teams tor Wash- ington, The cold weather has caused a general exodus from the mountain resorts, and a number have closed for the season, including the Claremont House, Milier’s Hotel and’ Buena Vista, The Biue Mountain House at Pen Mar will remain open until ‘October 1. ‘Ihe 130th regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers Will bold their first reunion on the Antiet.m bat- Uefield September 17. This regiment was badly Gut, up AB this, memorable eugagement, having had 40 killed and 250 wounded. Gov. Beaver wil De present on the occasion, and the veterans will be received and entertained by Antietam Post, of Sharpsburg, aud Gen. U. 8. Grant Post, of Har- per’s Ferry. Mr. Thos Orcott, residing at Rohersville, this county, met with "a possible fatal accident at Hai Ferry. While at work at the pulp mili he Was caught by a truck car. One of his legs Was broken in three places, and he recelved severe injuries about his head and breast. B ——_—_. Girly Will Go Blind, CHEWING GUM INJUES THEIR EYESIGHT, From the Philadelphia Record, “It the girls only kaew that their eyes are being ruined by chewing gum they would shrink trom it ag they would from a viper,” said a Chestnut street optician yesterday. “We all know to what an extent this chewing gum 1s carried on, and what a nasty habit itis, I would advise the girls to stop tt atonce. If they have a big wad in their mouths while Unis Interview let them throw it oUt and ‘swear off,’ as the drinkers say, for in one vespect these dainty girisare like d ards, If they are chronic yuin-chewers they are heir to all the infirmities that afflict the chronic Whisky-drinkers. I have three giris who were ad- dicted to the habit, but I broke them from it after @yreat deal of jon and some trifling pun- ishment, ‘The Oldest girl has evidences of tne habit, though, and will carry them to her grave.” “HOw are tue eyes affected?” “Well, tne muscles of the Jaw connect with the spine, and from the there are little flbrous Ussués running in all direcuons. A number of ‘Uhege extend to the eyes, and are called the optic nerves. Now, if you will watch a person eating you will notice a palpitation of the temple wien the lower Jaw moves up and down, in the, process Otmasticalion. ‘This is caused by the working of Ube optic nerves, Which keep the inner part of the eyes in motion and exercise the nerves as much as 48 needed to keep them in a heulthy condiion. ‘Yhese nervey are more tender and sensitive to & degree than one Would imayine. When wey are overworked they become shrunken and enfeebied, ‘and then the process of deterioration in the eye- signt ‘of the connected by slender threads of tssue to the Bubll okie ze ui alo © comee ented. Tog we Howe a colors i, becowte on Unnatural oon a lon 80 a ‘that ine pmsgor must be resorted to, eg “One of my girls wears glasses just because she chewed so much gum. Her eyesigt 1s practically ruined, and she has crows’-feet wiinkles about ube cheek being ced up' acuion the jaw, she's, ain uoubled wut indigestion rom ! English Bathing Labouchere's Letter to the World, Thave more than once commented on the ab- Surdity of the prudish custom which pronibita per- sonsof opposite sexes from Vogether at English watering places, even if ubey are huSband and wife or brother and sister. Last week the con- ‘eequences of this preposterous rule were strikingly exemplified. At Crossbavena young married lady named O'Connor was. there, while i i ‘and, who was not allowed her, sat {ite tue oottumental ayatem ‘hed boca tn gorse ‘at Crogshaven Unis deplorable accident would not ‘have occurred, “The nouion that a woman in bath- Ang dress 1s an indecent object, or wat for Ler to athe with a male relative Or iriend would be itn ouly ocout to proaian propia’ a” Mees ‘From the: Artificial nuns In rated with gether of Tals, Since ‘made tn ‘Coons of dainuiness, wo or and it here ‘proper Oca, many ven Worthless and have been rejected DF cues eat ‘the Patent, Office, but the invent uncrushed by such @ defeat, send \hem to these ments Ln Sie an coe the were recently called to the attention of a Stan re- Porter by a naval officer, through whose hands a ‘amber of them hed pissed. is ‘any quantity of ideas thrust upon. be said “bp cranks und others at the rate of One invention 4 month, or thereabouts, I should say. ‘Most Of them are ‘utterly and the for- mality througa which it 1s pass before inform! feilow of the rejection of ‘bis plan practically & waste ot ume. I think Piece of tousunese “ever encountered It Was an in 4 Of a War ship, the plans consisting of some rough pencil drawings on & piece of com- mon manile Socompanied by a few notes ot & by the sotording to the We and also with Amprovements and couventences’ Ti claimed that wuen the ship was crew could retreat to the eleval rooms by a sort of system or selves in by means of the strong safe-guaras and thus “prevent the rom, being taken.” ‘That formed the central idea of the plan. “Tnere were no provisions for boilers, engines, or for guns Or other means of attack of defense, except an armor plating two inches tick. ‘The inventor, # Texan, evidenily Lhought that us ship Was a model, It Was, in its way. ‘The draw- ings, Which W.re submitied in March last, were ‘SenU'around the usual course and finally returned Wo the inventor a few weeks ago with a letter trom the Secretary thanking him for the chance which he had given the Navy to profit by his invention, Dut regretting un inability to adopt 1.” SENDING PLANS OF HALIFAX HARBOR. “One of these people—these inventors—is a regu- Jar correspondent witn the Department, ilving in Halifax, N. 8. Besides vending numerous pians and designs, he is continually sending maps of the ‘harbor of Hilifax with various schemes by which to capture that port and also to annex Novia 8co- Ua, ie 1s @ crank on the subject of Canadian an- nexation, and seems to devote his entire spare Ume to the development of schemes Wo that end, One of his reoen: productious in the line of inven- tion Is an arWor Jor a bathie-slip consisting Of considerable thickness of 1odia rubber, ils idea Was Ubat the elasticity of the substance would cause the shots si the vessel to rebound wituout damage to the susp, ‘The plan has been often 8 betore.” ‘This idea or u rubber armor, however, 1s not 80 foolisu as migut be thought, a an armor-plate expert at we ‘Doparuneat explained ae re porter, AN ELASTIC ARMOR. “There has been invented,” he said, “a sort of elastic paste which 1s spread over the unprotected, ‘unarmored parts of a ship’s bull. It is made of Prepared powder, produced by grinding the ibers, Of the cocoanut. "Its properticy are such that if penetrated by @ shot tue substance isnot de- Stroyed or torn away as in the case of iron or Wood, but the hole cluses up instantly, leaving only’ minute cracks where the shot en- Wered. The hole 13 closed so Ughtiy that Water cannot enter, aud this 13 the inalu object of thls armor, to prevent the ship from filling and sinking, It’ has been used experimentuliy in Europe witu great success, and has been by the French navy. Of course, as an arkor, strictly speaking, 1t 1s Valueless; but as @ means t@ keep the compartments of’ a ship dry, it is a good thing. A metal armor would keep ihe shou out entirely, but this can be used where the Metals cannot, Itis a peculiar sul men we with the dry powder before its prepara- being alMlicvea with irequent nose bleeding.” LIKE THE FRENCHMAN AND THR FLEA. “Your menuon of queer inventions,” continued this officer, “reminds me of a letier which I noticed recently from a fellow who wanted the Navy to buy his secret for destroying hostile naval Vessels by means of @ torpedo. His plan was detailed in the letter about as follows: A map, Clad in @ new and improved diving ‘Sull, Was WO swim out to (he enemy's vessel, and, diving under her hui, ps aor (yep han] eYe-bOit or ring. He was then to pass Ot ita line which he had lowed out with ulm ‘and swith Dack vo his slarung place. A Uorpedo of PF popened design should then be fastened to the and hauled out to the vessel by means of the rope and Wuen It caine tn contact with tne sip it ring. couid be explodea, either by the contact or by @ Ume fuse, ‘Tue inventor wanted several thousand doilars tor his Secret, which consisted in Whediving Cotton and tue style of fue torpoua.® Sua Demag: style o y ment rejected his offer.” A REVOLUTIONARY PLAN. ‘This idea is somewnat similar to that of David Bushnell, a torpedo genius of Revolutionary days. Among his many schemes and engines for destruc- Uon was one called the American torpedo, ae- ‘scribed a8 @ Macuine shaped Like a water and managed by a single person. It con! suiliclent wir to support respiration tor Ubirty minutes without being replenished, valves Lo ud- MUL oF reject water for tne purpose of raising or sioklug, buliast LO Keep It uprigns and a seul for po regs ype Papreatelag elas od tor carry large Magazine, coustrucved frou two. plebes! of oak tuber and Of carrying 150 pounds of powder with tue apparatus lor tring it, of atime trigger, ‘Lhe object Was Lo Swim sO 1OW UD the suriace of the Water that the muchine could approach at Bight Very near to the slip without dis. covered. After sinkiny quickly be could keep at any depth and row iu ‘Ruy direction. When the ship Was reached a wooden screw was to be fixed Magazine attached, and tbe peyent would swim away in bis turtie and await action of the time luck, The experimenis of Mr, Busunell, performed on the Britisu feet in the Delaware, were not at ail successful, and the American torpedo was abandoned, 1a ‘1777 ‘he periormed a teat somewhat like that proposed by the modera inventor mentioued above, by draw- ing ap exp.osive machine against the side of the British ave Cerevus from a whale boat. The imachine accidentally became attached to a schooner ang exploded, tearing her to pieces. TO SAVE LIFE. ‘The genius of these inventors 1s not all of anag- gressive navure—that is, it does not always de- velop machines of destruction, but sometimes i i i Hy ' i al i — oe AT HOME IN JAPAN, Frem an Earthquakc-preet Hotel te a louse of Wicker and Paper. ‘SKETCHES OF LIFE IN TOKYO—opprmTIES In THE CON- ‘STRUCTION OF 4 PRIVATE Risipexct—a BATE OF FIRE 4ND WATER—THE OPPRESSIVE POLITENESS AND ‘TRE IXPINITS MEREINENT OF 4 JAPAKEAE DIXEER, ‘From Taiz Stan's Traveling Commissioner. Toxvo, July 15. T have moved into a Japanese house. "As soon as {became evident that a say of a fortnight or three weeks in the capital, with the privileges of investigation which the Japanese authorities most courteously offered me, Would be more than well | Tepaid, Une question of & home outside the Tokyo Hotel became pressing, for the only hosteiry at Present in the chief city of Japan 1s afflicted with Pecullar disadvantages, To begin with, 11 1s situ ‘ted just at the gate in the walls where the trafic is heaviest, and, although the noise is uninter- Tupted, there is a more serious drawback. It ap- $i bs Bee sano cr Suion, ane ooverst people have been surprised to see their chimney introducing Augelf into their bed, plunging them into the state of mind of the ‘Who exclaimed when bis “It you're goin’ to git on, I’m goin’ to zitofl!” Tue ceiling of billiard-room in the TOkyO Club 13 bolted to the walls by a network of iron bars and luvian spider an benthoccares: “Wien on earth is for?” asked an astonished .visitor. “It y the cues ing about and the balis fy! tue Lables doing a doubie shuMeound the room two months ago, while the members themselves ared like rabvits through Lue windows, you task,” was the reply. But sluce “Earin- quake Milne” has set traps for the rumblers (ne Sele tnem “seismographs,” and the Geographical & ‘bat Caused us to draw back simultaneously Lo see AC we hud not dropped our andkerchiet unver our Char, and supped @ Jupanese seutence in Lue miudie—a feat which novuing 1e3s Lian up earth- quake could accomplish, It was of no use for the private secretary to look at the voor afd say “comeini” I kuew in an instant what it waa AN APFIMMATIVE NUISANCE. To return, however, trom Lhis seismic digression, the Tokyo Hotel ts impossible cuiefly because of Ube uninformed politeness of the attendants there- in, A strange objection, the reader will renarky but perhaps he bas not learned the abysm Capacities of nervous irritauon whicu lie in tue monosyllable “Yes.” I clap my bands and tue “boy” appears. “I ave toru my umbrella. Piease take It Lo be mended.” He bows politely, “Yea” ‘Soon after I call another. “send Unis note imme diately vo the Briuish Legation.” “Yes” By-an by a third servant appears with the card of an un- known native visitor who describes himself as “staustician.” It being then 8 a.m. and as I am about to breakfastin b> Jamas, I say,“Leil tue gen- Ueman I am very sorry 1 cannot see him just now, and that] thank bun for Lhe Vulume Of Stauistics (@o Japanese) be bas brought me.” An inteili- sen sinlle spreads Over bis lace, be bows With & polite gesture of perfect” appreuension, and’ disappears with the anevituuic “Yea” My particular “boy” here puts. bis bead in at Lhe dour op the level of Lue four, “You luke vea—coffer?” “Tea.” “Yes” Five minutes later he returus with a pot of execrable coffee. Wuile lam reproaching him, “boy” number one appears With Une umorella, Which he opens and ‘Uhen polpUng triumphantly to che rent, claims, “You maue broken!” With suppresses feclings: endeavour Lo penetrate W tue recess 8 Of his Drain Where plugin English dwells ane, Au hour after Dreakiast boy nuUver LWo appears wilh my letter. “You Want send lever post or send messenger?” “Confound you, I sald messenger, imuaediai quick—Ayaku—can’l you uuderstanat” es, meekiy, and exit. Finally at nali-past 10 buy number Ubree enters and falls on uls knees “Soler Ichikachi Kuzuwo Chucui—you bave got card—ask Will he walt now more or you see ulm morrow?” For tue unfortunate “statistician” bad patiently waited two hours and a ball down- stairs! Ii Carlyle had ever been in Japan I suould kKuow where he discovered te “kveriasting Yea.” ASI said, I have moved tnlo a Japanese house. Just When the affirmative aMiction nad become Unbearable, fortuue Lurew me 1a the Way of an old ‘Harvard acquaintance, who setilea down suddenly trom @ glove-trotier into a successiul aud pros- perous teacher here. “Come up and live With me for a while,” be said Cousoilugiy, “if youcan stund & Japauese house.” “But wave you room?” I asked, With the Vazue idea Ubal a Ji house Was Of the dimensions of a band-box. “Nineicen rooms,” he repiled, “and @ goou many of Unew subd.visible Lato four, Guess You can find « corner sowewuere.” A gilinpse at Lhe quarters so hos- jared offered Was enough, and my address is Ojumachiku, Ichibancus, Sijsuniban, THE ODDITIES OF 4 JAPANESE HOUSE, How to describe a Japanese house, where nothing ts like anytbing corresponding to it at home? From the outside itis an uninviting big Diack barn; Inside it is a spotiess doil’s house a @ thousand diameters, all wood and wicker and white paper. The entrance hall is a platform raised a couple of feet above the ground, Where you take off your boots if you are a toreigner, or leave your scandals if you are a Japanese! A screen door slides back aud you are io—but that depends upon circumsiances, ‘Sometimes you age in one room and sometimes in another. 1t may be a general situng-room, 50 feet square; 10 may be a bedroom (li you call early. in ‘the morning); or you may Mud yourself in an im- provised sanctum aud intrudig upon somebody writing labored descriptions for 4 lar-away press. For here wads bave not only bey have also legs, and when you wish to make @ pew room you simply “form square” by sliding enough panels in thelr grooves (W inelose the space, or, at your pleasure, all tbe rooms can be thrown into oue, inciosed, in our case, by forty-8.x panels, Tuose foruing the sides ot the house consist each of sixty little paper panes. To wet one’s Anger, stick it silenuiy into the window aud peep turough, ts thus the natural Jay ‘counterpart, of vecidental eure; inspection by te keyhole. ‘the Moor is of mats; OL mats strewed about as at home, but solid eujuctures of delicate stuffed wicker an inch thicl convenuonal regular size, into the floor—elastic, spotless, Immovable, never Taned by even toe daintiest of slippers ‘Chairs and tables are, of course, unknown, and the pos Uure Of repose "ls LO seat oueself oh one’s heels, Tuls squatting, Uy the way. is very paint at tte, and, like the “biameless dances" in ARuddigore, “takes @ deal of training.” At meal umes sou squat anywhere and your food 1s piacea beiore you, When you are tired you throw yourself any- | Where on the floor, with ‘no fear of soliing your white linen suit, When ‘comes you do not seek your bed chamver, you simply make it, the walls round tbe spot you have chosen for your slumbers. The rough and ready w, according to my American friend, is to. tread arvund on the floor Ull you find a ‘specially sort mat, and then lay a few walls upon it ror a couch. A JAPANESE BATE. FE i i ge i Hie o 8 E l 2 §, ; i LH & g Ei i i j fi i Ail EF is ih i i ; ih il HH i 2 it le: | i } ! i i i i : XD FOU, indeed, be so kind as to receive such an timporiane petvon as ayself uoder Sour All tuls punctuated with low bows and the sound of breath sucked rapidiy in between the teeth, ex; Of great empressement. At last, amid a fal chorus of arigatos, tac come to her floor, Vanou, objecis are handed to them to entertain them, a curio or two, a few photographs, anything, no inatter what, for it is de rigueur in 3 etiquette to affect a great Interest and admiration on suck occasions. Tien dinner begins (f am describing now, of course, the bospitall(y we receive, rather than Ubat which it is In Our power to extend) With Lhe production of a lacquer tray on whic! & Small Bowl of the same soup and fsh,—a species of Ing drunk the soup out of = b with your chop-eulcks. Tt ts | an error, by the way, to suppose that it ts diMoult | to acquire the use of this oriental knife and fork. Nothing iseaster. After Une N'sh comes a lacquer dish with sour oF five little heaps of food on tt—a Puree Of chestouis, a salmi of some small ulrd or ‘wild fowl, a few Dolled Uly-Toots, and & mes: of stewed sea-weed, With Une chop-sticks a small Portion Of each of these ts lifted In - picurean alter- Ration. Now sake is produced in a porcelain or ‘sliver botue, with a bowl of waver and» pumver | of Uiny cups, each holding a tablespoonful. Sake resembles Gry’ Sherry aud is alwaye served ward. You never help yourself to sake, but Ube ser- Yants—usually girls—squatting in The J Slassoof wine with you, sit, pect your cup, plunge it into the nove off your that, and, alter touch Your forehead, offer it upoa your palm With a low bow to the person you desire to toast. Me revelves it in the same thanver, with an ex- Pression of appreciat and Uhe servant nme. dlitely Mis it for ulm, A few minutes afterward he returns it with similar ceremony. With the actual driuking there ts no sentument whatever 10 Japan—no “Good health!” as with ws, no “A ia votre!” no “Prosit!” mo “Skaal!"—the ceremony ns anid ends with the passing of the cup. | Nor is there any of the valour of those who “gloried and drank deep;” you drink often in Japan; it 18 impossible to “rink deep” tn an inch of liquor. Aud ith the salour, disappear, too, ail legends and poetry as ‘uave clustcrea about King Olaf's drinking-hora and the Teutonic “Beocher® and the more gentle Anglo-Saxan “Loving Cup.” | And floaliy, the teetotalicr may not set again in Sobriety over against tue loss im valour and in Verse. “It 18 Just as easy Wo get Lipsy out of a Le: {igen as out of @ Bayon, aud much wore bum THE TOBACCO AND THE JEETS, So far the Japanese inner isexcellent At the | Rext cours:, however, most foreigners ery halt | ‘Upon a tiny wire gridiron appear several pink and white morsels, accompanied by various Lilliputtan | Salads and a good-looking sauce, Those are Taw | fish, exquisite in eppearance but execrable in the | mouth, After them come cakes of many kinds, and lea, and fnaliy, when you wish to rvuire, you give the by aking for rice, I should hia’ suid that Che “tobacco bon,” & Dox containing a Swali Brazier, a Japanese pipe, and a seccion of | bainboo, serving (he unpleasantly couspicuous | urpose Of combined ash recepLacie and spitioon, | = brought in aban early sage, abd even whe | ladies are present You cam smoke as many pipes of | the mild “and aromatic Japanese tobacco, each consisiing of two whifls, as You please. ‘The feast 4s prolonged by ceaseless conversaUon, a thousand Jests at Wulch everybody roars with Linghver, and | an endless series of mutual compilinents Adeiicate | in 1orw aud iu substance, characteriacd by infinite | Kindliness and merriment, subject to strict and immemorial rules, a Japanese dinner is typ Ube Japauese people, Most foreigners are de- lighted with it as a uovel experience, and ‘asten | YW supplement 1 with @ becisteak ‘ora dish of | Pouched exgs. j ‘One tavariable accompaniment to such an enter. talnment bere I have purposely om tted 10 men- Yon—the geisha, or girl musicians, WhO appear during dinuer and dance to the samisen and the diwa and ni-gen-king. Tiny creatures frou fairy- | jand uey are, so exquisitely dressed, so Wonder- fully coifees, So prety and gracetul’ and clever and fui of fin, true Visttors frou Oriental Wonder. | Jand. ‘These aud Wher like demand at least « lever to themselves, Dinuer brings the Japanese day to a close, The gucsts rise from Uieir mats abd steal away, bot skently by any means, and as c-remoniously as Ubey entered. When the last pair of sandals has een resumed and the last Jinrikuha bas Whirled away, our servants slide (he heavy shut ters into their places ad round the uouse, ina | Irice bedrooms ‘and beds appear, and trom te | Waking dream of being “At Home in Japan” one | passes by an easy transition into Wat land of otuer | dreams Where alone every Wanuerer 1s in Urugh at home, however many tuousand leagues of sea and land divide hum from what he loves. Mesny Nonwax. —— 000 ‘The Horrors of Street Advertisements. From the St. James's Gazette. ‘The hideous spectacle which the boardings of London offer to the eye was happily caricatured in Punch some months azo; but the result seems only to be an increase of the evil The time hus come, therefore, When @ more serious provest ts necessary, for If a sense of decency and of cousid- eration for the feelings of others 1s not a suMcieut Testralat upon Uhe people who profit—or hope to profi! —by these exhibitions, 1t will be necessary to discover some other weahs of coutro.ling the hitherto unchecked license they have permitted themscives, The most, pr minent offender now & poster representing what looks like | peculiarly cold - blooded murder. A girl with a red dress and vellow hair is in the ‘act of failing back, stabbed to the heart by a man who ts waiking leisurely away, still holding une | dripping dagger in his hand.’ From te girl's breast there 1s a co} and realistic fow of Diood. Tue object of this ghastly picture is to interest people in some story or other; but it is more likely to send them shuddering away from IL Then there are th: pictorial representations of Dr, Jekyll apd Mr, Hyde. Anything more blaeous than the vampire-like Untog here forced bet ure our eyes it would be difficult to imaciue, Those wino care for such spectacles can go tothe Lyceum: those who do not migut surely be spared be neccssity of gazing upon them at every meet corner, One allarly irritating 18 an tilustrat of a scene tn | “The Stil Alarm.” Iv belongs to that class of picture which represents violent action in and Which, in te nature of things, 1s never com: | pleted. A'fire engine, in full cry, seems bent on Tunning over you. ‘The horses are being u along at breakneck speed, amid the shouts of Une | firemen and the glare from the flames. Judging from the apparent nearness of the intter, one ould Suppose There Was no need to be In 40 rest | hurry; so that altogether the picture is very trying to the J tas Well as to the aerves. | ‘ot long ago Mr. Terris was depicted in the haz- | ‘ardous performance of hauling a young lady up a | cliff, while several men, Who presutably bad | thrown her into the water to drown, were rowing away in the distance. Then there was another poster portraying an escape from Portland Convict prison, with warders shooting tn all directions, We remember also the tzu spectacle of the “Farewell to Haslemere, and the sangulnary scene Which forms the princi- al incident in the story of “Mr. Barnes of New York.” ‘Then, could anything be more ghastiy than the “Mystery of a Hansom Cab” with the chlorotormed “tare” dimly seen by the light of the Street Lunps of Melbourne? An atrocity in black and white—we think It was somet OUT a “Death Ship"—bas happlly disaj Tt was vile enough asa drawing, but the subject made it @ veritable nightmare." And, talking of night. mares, there 18 to be seen in Ube ot ‘Bond street and Piccadilly a poster of which the Jegend is inscribed on a Vatnpire’s wing, torn off from the creature which gives 1s character to a picture called “The Nightmare,” It is announced That “She” is in preparation for production at the Gaiety; possibly the walls of London will soon be plastered with somebody's conceptipn ot the Withering Ayesna. Who does not remember the deadly struggle, that, formed eo curling dent in “Beo-my-Chree,” or the | tootignes. rged | jockey slang, NOTES IN NEW YORK, Metrepott~. LneTER WALLACK DIED & FOUR MAN—NEW TORE'S AiD TO JACKSONVILLE SU! PERERS—ART WORsmyr- ING MAMWON—BOSINESS WOMEN WHO SWEAR AnD Do OTMEN MANNIAH TRING, Correspondence of Tae Evaxiwe Stam New Yor, Sept 14 Poor Lester Wallack, who was buried on Mop- @ay im another man’s cemetery plot in Wout- lawn, has been a Fich man and& poor man HF Vurns all Ris life. He died ® poor man, and te only thing he had to leave besides his Blessing was a life insurance policy for §35,000. Eis favorite child, a daughter, is married to Artbar Sewell, whose means are ample for her com> for, His son Arthur bas made but litte in the world, and sow keeps © Ucket office and a news stage & hotel, ie Will get slong, however, aed the Wigow Wii Lave a prenty ior ber modest Breks tu the insurance money. New Yorkers loved Les He Was Uic lural gentleman LO eveny to Filta aveuue swells and to Bowe is And he w stage Ui ‘No actor protession tanh hard as he to proserve ibe Giguly of the Hocan cis ae Saeeee eee VerUsing by Laked-up stories of suara, “circus” Dum ines aud the like, bad a bier enemy te Lesuer Wailacs. Whatever success Ue had Was won i ca t Ieclilmate manner, be even having ap “Joun Lester,” so tat bis own merits Tauher than Be aided ‘by the popularity of Lue Wallack name # theatrical affair, Itisenough toknock the pessimism out of the Most Hardeued misanthropic crapk to stuay tive eagerness Which has been exhibited Im every pur Yen of Lie Country to Fexpond to calis for ald from the stricken city of Jacksonville, New York hes been especially prompt and Uveral 1m tials respest. On Lae Very day Chat te cail for ald reached Uds GUY Over $15,000 Was collected and forwared #0 Lhe distressed city. “This has Geen tollowed lay increased COMLMOULIOLS every day, aul weary Obe bait Une business houses in town are WOPKlig for Uhe reitet Of Jacksunviive. Ue a: the bout he Paysiclaus Of ibe be-piagued city ie Dr. i Worthy, Who Bas for a long time been a favoree writer On hutting and Msting tor tue New Yor Forest and Stream under Lar wate of “Al Preece Many Of Wai Journal's readers who have read af Dr, Kenworth)'s bravery in Tiguung yellow fever have Wished to express thelr appreciation of tubs Kallaotry, apd have forwarded conuibuuons ler “Ai Fresco” to Bbrest and Stream in such mut. ber Chat tue paper has entered into tye spirit af she SeMthwent, and Bos Organized an “Al'Preseo fund,” which has become one of Cue mont Valuuine Ruaticial vids to UnvoriuBate Jack souvile, ier ail, SIF Pessitnist, \iere are soir redone. thy features in Luis miserable seitisn World uf urs, fcan’t blame the man Who isa rank pessimbst about literature and art, It seems to me that our fine arts and our five natures are going to the dogs of Mammon. We make poetry for a market nom. adays; We paint pictures as we paint louses, just ‘according to Whe taste of the man Who pays us for Siapping on the brush; our mu de must follow tae chauges of fashion w® MUCh ax our Lrowsers aed biiyoock Nats, ana as for our drawa, any. in Wteravure there ts just no ported from tke country wuere de Maupin” and “Madewuselie wa read, tor the rhotously erotic nove Ubac'the professional novelist. rey anne” are 0d 108 om Teayond tie morbid’ and tue lnereUricloUs are Young Women Writers scarce oUt ut Wuelr teens. ‘They write for the market, and they pUL SUCH UUes lo their productions as Will excite the curiosity and ince ruriency of the pub- Lic. The drama Is getling into Ue same plaive, aid 1a play nowadays Wasu't uy Bastinens abdul It Ac makes a go Decatice tUs soe ter,” tts bur ., dows the mob stnasaes are “real glass” Musi ts Wholly subordinaced to money. ‘This season three Wonderiui foreygu pianisis are coming Wo Almeria, To charm tue ‘fuer senses of the met refined natures Uy the burmouy of sweet sounds? No: not a charm. To advertise (we Steinway piano, Joseph Hoffmann (last year he adverused Lie Weber plano; Oo Hegner, anulber “iatant phenomenon” in We plano line, abd Monee Koseutnal, are all brought bere by Une Stelnways, are boomed, ““Barnutucd” up to such & point Usat | Chey Vecow? Lue fasion, abd Mess” Steinway seul a lot of ecuuse Ubese “artists” play upon Wem. “There plenty of conservato.jes Of music iy New Lork city Where Vocal and instru. mental music are taught. But, with we sible exception of Mra” Jeannette Thurbers tree National Conservatory of music, Ubere isu" ove of them Thal 1s Bot run ‘Maltly to advertise some make Of plano or ongen. AS Tur painting and sculpture, the wounte Daues are Ube telows who are 1 Uhemseives into fashiou and money, While Ube idealist, the tree Gevowe of lis art, WiUsi either Lure monte bagk too or starve. Tie age ls the age Of Lasuion, and ueltuer reason Dor. Wilivution dictate Uhe fi but brazea effroutery aud what ts cailed ‘business calculation,” ‘There are & greater number of women in New York at present in business and professions Uap ever before. Woman, when she adopts ® manuish busines, adopts aiso certain manish peculiar tues, Forone thing, she swears That is shook ing, Dut It is true. Out of a dozen women Jourumb ists of my acquaintance, ten are addicted to ooon- sional swearing. Tney "are exetuplary women in ti0st rex; Cender mothers, true wives, some of being Lo tne’ legion of the “ext wenuy respectable.” But they have adopued frvin Men aByoclates 1h busluess @ Cerain Tree-ad- easy style Of talking, and that style iuciudes Oaths of more or ‘less mlidness About a Weck ago I heard ope of Lue most etulnbent tomsle puysiciaus in New York dain with ewpuate ‘0a.hs and cordial gusto a crowd of men and buys Who Were pusuiug afvund a unforiuuale Wao Was attacked wilh epliepsy on Broadway. Aud | the forewomen Of Large wullinery and drexemus- ing establishments, Iain (oid, swear at Uueir fn ployes babitually,” Ove hus GUL Lo Visit Ube tase Lracks wear New York to hear women who sre Poluted Ou us meibers of the most fauilies curst may, and Lue Dar and cali tor a schoower ‘oF a cocktail, and gel them, too, Aud pet daily newspaper In Uhis Lown is for the space Of @ column every day Over Lie jr jem, “Why don't Wwe men marry?” Just now everybody here “in society” ts ex our shores, Jf Veresichagin isn’t already a topse for society in Washington be soon wili be, so i may not be amiss if ] post Washingtoulans on Lne Propuociation Of Bis bam. Don't promounce ‘Ut ts speiied. Sumply say “very shockin’,” ‘and you've gut it, a kes is sealed up and the microbes are tn though apparenuy dead. Sume microbes live in sun pisces for Uwenly years. We will Chat we Waul to look ai some of tuem under tie inicroscope. Upon Ube litUe glass slide we put drop of gelatine Of Uwe cousisiency Lat wil Tun, We take a cambric beedic, and alter can beck Ln Lue om watiee On the fod SgROi of doing ‘great eal of warms Wern | dusky put on the sie cover to aut suon petwee aware of cases in Which the sudden and involun- |“ ee a. t tary sight or some horror of the kind has inflicted | 1¥e0 we place the slide wader ae fs pistive piyscal injury upon peopl in deiicate | Fy ve munules ine hictobes Lave Tuy envumed heaitb; and there must be many ‘in which | from Gueir Kip ag gud nom yo The shock has told upon not over sensitive nerves. | Se WHat curious Lulngs ae = ‘The exnioiton of a murdert a suicide, a robvery. | Lore Sie tre no ce Jolaie of sugar cane, throngs the streeve of Louaoa must ofen have @ | Take Unis fellow for and Fon woe. misculevous, Bot only upon weak and trou- ee ¥ F ‘No. Iris ubpl alae enough and to those ke to tae a, Card jot Spear ‘ou Nek en aie eey seam go, ope Za ad Re aeat ana No 2 jolu together, and were is Shout arrayed Cole beardn: and we trust they a ong oy ‘woe 4 scandalous modes of eUverusements rasoresd voby | So 2, Abd 2 and one drape tro No ‘those Who trade upou sensationalism.” wes smicrybe Felsen in the Fuser ini ry tm the tes ‘are in From the Xew York Graphic. pavieat Nearly ail our cherished theories are table to ve | {nto « ‘overthrown in this inquiring and iconoclastic age. | 8 # ‘The world has been confidently trusting for gen- | vive ‘erations back to the thous.ind and one appliauces | corpuscle for puritying ordinary drinking water. All sorts | corpuscles of fivers are in daily use, and every biessed one Of them emblazoned with certificates of disease | Yyeus biti Preventing qualities, Now rises up Dr. Swarts in | 01 bivod. ‘Uhe Rhode Island Medical oclety «ad declares that | one's the Rinses are not only worthless, Det abectetely Stee fis shooruon, He toot untiuered water and wowed — ‘tm It the preseace of about fed oe (water througa’s, Miter nica bad usr te | rom the there were’ thousands of new ‘added 0 It. | asences ‘Then be explained tuat Wwe Cy pe o n the Miter every day of ita Use ‘sourve | or magazine. Ti amounis Of a vast ‘Of the dangerous ele- | book ‘ments in the and reader & necebeartly more | can be Gove by & machine in the fractional frau that water ters could not be savice | a minute. The reader is now requised 10 60 Cleanted at least ouce & day It ‘oe tar Dotuee 10 Gispense with them altogether. Roa dm Tretming. ie “Grest Suateeman—"Teu, my son, T wish you to | reed ‘rise to the higuest place Within the gift of the na- ‘tion, Keeptapaim ip view always, and never agiect an opportunity to advance yoursel!.” of the Matters of Moment and Interest inthe