Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1888, Page 2

CITY AND DISTRICT. MILITIA MATTERS, Interesting Notes Hegard: the Dis- "trict Organizations: Everything ts bustle around the armortes of the ‘peveral companies of the National Guard, prepar- ing for the fail inspecuona, waich take place next month. In the streets om clear nights the steady (wamp of fert announces whe approach of some company Whose armory 18 too small to accommo date them, Dut Who are determined to make & (good showing despite all diMculties, (General O-dWay announces that those compa- nies not showing proper efficiency in numbers and Grill ta the coming tnstructions will be consoll- cated or mustered ou Me says he will do this, DeLeving that asmall compecent force is better tha a Large potent one, and by fixing a high standard for the National @uard of the District ‘be will gain wore meu in recruits than be Will Jose vy the lucompetent ones falling out. The National Guard Drum Corps received their uniforms and Instruments last night, and will commence practice ai once, The orgauizatlon of the National Guard Band, of ‘which Prot. Schroeder is leafer, ts com and wil: commence practiag next’ week. ‘The band, ‘while taking the ame of the National Guard, does ot revive its sole support from them, ‘The Seventh Bat are going to Baltimore on the 4 of pex! month, Snerman J. bfuwn bas accepted the commission ae Orst Lewlenant aud rife ia We second Dat, panei ~~ ‘Bat. A, of the National Guard, have received their uniforms. Capt. Burton Ross, of the Pirst reg.,has returned from bis vacation at Boston. Col, Cecti Clay, Second Regt, is absent om bis anbual buating and tshing trip in Canada, Majox E B. Townsend, chief of ordnance, 19 ‘sbseut on a visit Lo his ranche in Texas, Major Thoa M. Gaue, inspector general, has re- turned from his summer vacation. The Veteran Corps is increasing in numbers Very rapidiy, and it is a curious tact that their percentage Of attendance at drills tar excecds of any other company tn the brigate, ‘The Custer @uards and Ordway Riftes are talk- Upom the invitation of the National Fencibies, Major Gary Las established the headquarters of the Fourtu Bat at their armory” Gen. Ordway hopes to secure the use of the hall over the 9th street wing of the Center Market for the company inspection drills i Uctover. — arma THE AQUEDUCT FRAUDS, ‘What Contractors Beckwith and Quackenbush Mave to Say—The Other Fellows did it, To the Editor of Tux Evasra Stan: In the absence of Messra Clinton Beckwith & Joba V. Quackenbush, the contractors for the construction of the Washington aqueduct tunnel, We deem @ statement from us, their responsible employes, called for, touching the defective pack- ing found by investigation. The conditions under Which the work is being done are as follows: The trimming or enlargement of the tunnel for lining is carried on by our own laborers under super- ‘Viston of our own foremen. The labor of putting fa the masonry lining ts done by Brennan & Palmer, under a memorandum of agreement with Beckwith & Quackenbush, all the material and plant being furnished by the latter, Brennan & Falmer employ, thelr own bricklayers, stone. masons and packers, and have their own 2. The ot between Brennan & Palmer and Beckwith & Quackenbush requires them to com- pista the masonry “to the satisfaction of the ited States engineer in charge,” which Is iden- eal with Une requirement in the contract be- ‘ween our principals and the Government. The United States engineer im charg 1s represented at each masonry heading bY ab inspector. There are also a chief inspector and an assistant, whose Guties are to supervise the whole of the Inspection, Assuming that the Government inspectors would do their duty, we have not deemed It nece-sary to employ additional inspectors of our own to further | supervise the work of Brennan & Palmer. Mr. Quackenbush, when here, has repeated! au spection should be minute and thorough. The amounts of cement and sand furnished to Brennan & Palmer bave been suffictent to a from 15 to 18 per cent of the total value of masonry, which 1s usually allotted to that class of work. ‘So far as our own responsibility in the premises Je concerned, our several duties have not involved ersunal inspection of the pa ‘Consequently Bar taspection of the details ot ‘the masoney work as been uumit<d to such observation a8 is D going through the tunnel. according to Mr. Quack- Sabusb's instructions: “Hence the exeeution-of the to the culef inspector bis desire that the tn- | sing under @ masonry heading while | REAL ESTATE MATTERS, Seme of the Handsome Improvements ‘New in Progress, DR. HAMMOND'S EXTENSIVE BUILDING OPERATIONS— WUAT 18 BEING DONE ON FOURTEENTH STREET EX- TENDED—MES. LOGAN'S MEMORIAL HALL AND MOR- ‘TUARY CHAPEL—A VILLA AT CHARLTON HEIGHTS, Dr, William A. Hammond, of New York city, : j : 4 . £ i g = i bees s deat & ‘one city. It will certainly be tne largest dence bere. Including the feet wide and 112 1ee. deep. built high root and graceful Lower structure, as shown by the arcultect, Mr. A. B. Mullett, will be well Uoned and adapted for the conspicuous Wulcu has been selected, at the corner Strect extended and Princeton street. It ear VicinILy Of Lhe O.d-fashioned house by ara Jona A. Logan and tne ‘stone house which the new Cluet Ji capy. The main entrance ot house will be {row 13:h sireet, and meut the principal suite of rooms ‘suvantage of Uke souLuern exposure did panoramic View of tue city. ‘The larg in Lue house 1s Uke library, wulch Will be and long as the average city house, It is U fect wiue by forty-seven feet deep. Tyis 18 located Ou the north side of the bouse, wi the sours side will be the parlor, study, dining-room, One of the most striking tures’ of “tue interior are the ~ halla Tue entrance hail 1s 20x40 feet. 11 will be elegantly Huished im oak, with @ magnificent mantel. ‘Through great doors the visitor will be usuered ‘Grand ba'l, which occupies the central ou of the Louse. The lofty celling of this Ball extends Lo tue Lop Of the ‘second story. and is Ugnied by a great skylight in tue rool A buicony extends around the hall, and at one end & Grand staircase leuds to the en, Upon the latter the rooms in the upper story open. 1) hall is 40 feet square and bas an tmmense old- Tashioued Engulsh open fre-place with seats, 1B-re are doors leading trom Ube great ball to the itbrary on one side, aud the parlor, study and dining. Foom on tie other, All” these rooms will ve Mnely fnisued in hard wood. The Spacious interior has been by Dr. ammond, With special relerence 0 bis Own Use ‘aud (hat of lis wile. ‘Lhe chambers on the second oor will ve models of convenience ay well a8 of luxury. ‘There wil: be a picture gallery over the eutrance hall, and Une entire design of the house 43 palatial, "An immense attic constitutes tne third story. The construction of Ue house, as well, 4s the interior arraugement and extertur ‘desi has received the greavest care. ‘The bricks are. in Fiemish bond, and there are courses of brown, ‘stone also Donded. “Owing to Ube great utze of the house, @s Weli as Lo Lue Character of the construc- on, 1 Wik Cost @ great deal of money, and it will be Ciassed im the front rank of floe residences tuts city.” Dr. Hamunood and Mrs, Hainmond have devoted a great deal of ime and thought vo thelr ew house, and bave been in constant consulta on With the areultect * THE sanrranros. While this great work is in progress Dr. Ham- mond 1s having built, from plans and under the supervision of Mr. Mullett, anotuer large building, It has a fromtage of 117 feet on 14th stree: just horth of Whitney avenue, and wuen coumpicted Wil be Used a8 @ hospital ior the reception of pa- Uents suffering from nervous troubles. This 1s Dr. Hammond's specialty, and it will be seen that im 1emoving trom New’ York he has not retired from an active professional life, He has investea Jarge suis Of money 1 these ‘two buildings, and im cotug back (0 the city, wuleh he loves te is contrivuting geuerously 10 its material develop- nent aad adorament, MR. M'LEAN'S HOTEL BUILDING. ‘The new hotei which Mr. Washington McLean is bullding at the northeast corner of 15th and I Es é 4 tf 4 Hessedites 3 ii | | Streets north sest 1s rapidly nearing compietion. It bas become oue of the conspicuous features of the architecture of that section of the city, where there are so many flue residences and buildings, asonry has been left to the employes 0: Breunaa | The building rises to @ beigut of 130 feet, and bas & Palmer and to the Goverament inspectors who | at the coruer a rounded projec:iou ter! Supervised them. Under these conditions no | above the roof in a proat couid possibly have Dave accrued to Beck- witb & Quackenbush by siighti packing. mates ‘based upon the certificates of its In tors that a certain amount of work has been | the si! Gone to their satisfaction, Brennan # Paliner are | arcuitect im turn paid by Beck wich & Quackenbush for their labor by quantity aud on the strength of tne cer- Ufleate of the Goverument inspectors as to qual- ity. So that Beckwita & Quackenbush have paid 48 much for the bad work as for the good. 1. might be added that, so far ae the investiga. tion has the lack of proper packlag as Deen found limited to a comparatively narrow Space immediately over the key of tue brick arch. Therever the sides or haunches of the arch have | | rial All the halis and windows throughout the ‘space throughout, th Foot will have to be pierced with man-oits at suitable distances to enable packers to work toa Coummon point between them, and the vold spaces will be Packed without unjointing the existing brick arch. Of cou: enbush, by tue terms of their contract, are the parties by the Government as respon- ‘sible, and will be held under thelr bond to make good all defecta to the satisfaction of tne repre- Seatacives of the Government, But the actual or personal responsibility lor Lne defective work fou! Must de ascribed to the Government inspectors on ‘auty at the masoory who were implicitly Telied upon (o see that the work Was performed by {he employes of Brennan & Paltuer in accordance ‘With the contract and specifications, Touching the statements that have been pub- Usbed alleging or totimating collusion between the Government inspectors aud Breanan & Palmer or their employes we can ‘orm no opinion; but thus far there is no substantial evidence in that direction. From appearances thus far we draw ‘the conclusion that the defective work ts due Partly to the negligence of masons and inatien- Hon lo their duties vn tbe part of Government ik spectors at the m.soury headings A W. Lakoy, Superintendent A.C. Bouts, ¥. W. Cuaux, Engineers, Gronortows, D. C., Sept. 24, 1888, ‘The Majority. fare they all. they of the pallid faces, Beye our to beckon their retarat pw is it with them iu the shadow places? ‘How sball we leara soleus secret? slow can we discover, ‘aby carueet the true way Abe a: in what reaue they hover oo a peepee sities, Sapemetratees Resets ‘That tp the sky. the vast sulitudes of vince and ‘here inay be coDsciow-nres Bu Beard hope. Abd that when we must yield w deutirs embraces, Ps ‘odin of tas better ate i So wudly etidicd im thin life of oars ‘Paact Rosmvsox, TEEN mae Pune and Punsters. From the Heme Journal ‘An occasional and well-timed sally of wit givesa ‘gest to conversation and It 1s welcomed according- ly, Dut the thrusting of the unwelcome pun upon Us in seasom and oUt Of season, creates « feeling of Dausea so great that it prompts usto Kick the offend- er, be he ever so tuuimate a iriend. In these (rivo- ous days tne punsier meets with more toleration ‘Shan be did from our forefatnera. They uad little Dut conteupt for nose who were always uu te lert to neize upon any thing that would give tuem a chance of exercising the.r wit in the transposi- Yea of words. If young people veatured co sia in This fasmioa tuey were for their troward- ess, and If tbe Offender were old he was reuinded With dignity that of all the race of fovis the old fool ts ‘tne most objectionable. Herbert, in his “Church Porea,” thus rebukes the would-be funny man: W.cean unruly engine, wildly striking Setsetuaies & the engineer: sens tases frend: mouetusies tbe engineer Myx thea the knack? pamper it aot yay 3 dear. ‘But thou want afecting wit eyond their power, fot to be edear foul for as hour. ‘The derivation of the word pup bas never been satisfactory (raced. Dr. Jonnseo bimself was in “I KNOW Lot whence this word |; Lo pun ts Lo grind oF to beat with 4 pestie; cat pun mean an empty sound like that of @ mortar beaten, as clench, the oid word for puD seems only a corrupuon of clink?” There is Beckwith & Quack- | mea: the ‘work of | broad Tue Government pays in monthly esti- | Stanulai basis Uke tall brick U1 raceful tower. of rock-taced Drowa-stone, rests upon a foundation of blue-stone, and upon this sub- Seven stories in ueight, Lifts its gracetul proportions above all ctures in the vicinity. ‘The design of the . West Wagner, In’ planaing the bulid- ing, was to adapt it Woroughly for hovel purposes, It occupies the entire lol, which bas a froat- age of 65 feet on I street and a depth or 113 feet, and in the rear widening Out to 90 feec There 1s an entrance on I street, Dut the main entrance wili be from 15th street, through & Wide, spacious, stoue porch 1ato a roomy hall, With reception and other rooms openinj from it. The ball will be wainseoted in oak, a: ‘Will have @ pane.ied celling of the same rich mate- buliding will be wainscoved. ‘here wiil be 150 Toows, aod all of them will be lighted from tue Suced throughout tue Duldtng, aud al voc mie rouy bout tue tue modern appliances for couiort and safety have been used, ‘he projecuons On the two frvuts, which extend the entire heigut of the building, gives an altrac- Live appearance Lo the rows, as well a8 providing the space which aid in the work of Th inte- rior decoration, Ab extensive vault extends up- der the cutire parking and side walk of the 15th- ‘street front, aud tuere will be located the boilers Wauica ban ps Ube Steam eal to Lhe ‘Back room wili also have an open replace. INCREASED HOTEL PACILITIES. ‘The completion of this buiiding Will increase ma- Verially the Lotel facilities of the city, How much bas been done in this direction in recent months has frequently been referred to in Tam Star. Many o1 tue Dew and enlarged hotei buildings are in this immediate locality. On tne opposite cor- ber ls tue restaurant aud hotel of Mr. Jno. Cham- berlin, which was opened several years ago. in tue corner residence, and bag graduaily extended uuLil Loree large resideaces are used fur tue accom- Modatton of tue Lraveling public. ‘The same pro- cess i> golug on, only in # different way, in the Duiiding known as Weicker’s) The Original struc- ture bas been greauly enlarged in the last few Years, and now ao addition is belng built which ‘Will add stili further to the accommodations of What has grown Lo be @ hotel As has been stated ‘Tae Stak Ube project of turning Lue old bul «the soucueust corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 13ta street into @ hotel 1s being considered by Lhe owuers, and Wiil no doubt be carried out, The large bui.ding at we corner of 14th and K streets has been opened a5 @ hotel by C. C. Lefier. ‘The Arno on 16:h street uas been very maverial- \y enlarged during the past year and is now quite aD extensive ding. BY Ube erection of an addition to the Richwood at the corner of 17in abu ii streets, (he capacity of tnat hotel has been greatly increased. Tue cuanges thus noted in the expansion Of the Qotel Laclities Ln one locality of the city Duds its counterpart toa greater or less —— im Other poruivas of the city, Old uotel Dulidings are being enlarged and new ones erected Uo weet (ue demaud created by Lue ever-lncreas- Ang number of visicors to Wasuington. XBW APARTMENT HOUSES. ‘The present year is marked by another notable change im the same direction, as it has witnessed the erection of two great upartment buildings, One is at the corner of 14tu aud H streets, and the Other at the corner of New J yenue and B street. The owners of both Uulidings are residents of New York, although they have luterests in this city. Mr. Lane, the owuer of the latter, is one of {he ‘directors of the W ib and Georgetown Haluroad Ca. and 8 lange s.o-cuolder, the Omner Of Lue former 18 Mr. Levi P. Morton, W! Deen ‘3 resident of thls city at iatervais” "? ™M A FINE VILLA MESIDENCR. A handsome suburban home is being built by Mr. James &. Waugh at Cuariton Heights, a com- paratively new subdivision near Branchville on {he Washington branch of the Baitimore and Oio Kallroad. ‘Tue new structure will be located in We midst of extensive grounds and when com. Dieted willbe aa eiegant country villa Great Wide porches extend around the house and above Uhe porch roof rise ube sides of the Dullding, cov. ered with Ule and the wuoie crowned with & high piteued roof covered with red. A spacious ball Occupies the center of the Louse from tats ‘Open the Varivus roous Ow the frst floor, Hard Wood will Ue Used 1m abundance uot ouly 1h Wain scoting but in paneling tbe cell he design rsa enlcd arte 9 eee and wen it is compiled it prouiises to be one of Uke best equippeu and handsomest villas in the Vicinity of Lue city. J4Lu-street front of the sane square. is Known a8 Craven ‘Terrace, and it is now a solid Tow of stone houses turee slories in beigi Lending along Lue entire 14th-street trout, Stougiion and Caapia sirvets, ‘The continuation of tais improvement around the corner, un Chapin street, is & counterpart to the vements al ready’ made by Mr. Palmer on the north side of Stoughton street. in whe latier locally he built several stone aud brick houses of nandsome design, and the entre work, comprising Lweuty-one bouses on the tbree stree\ ‘ihe erection of houses id i i f i ; be i iF 8 4 | E 8 3 2 8 #E5 edi il ue 4 sist i it ir i 5 H ry E t & 5 i i i HH 2s: ul [ i a ES # afl ali fF FetFEEEE ; eaters The single along the jeft foul line that hit the fence, Dut tried Yo make a two Dagger of It, und was put out at second. Dally got ‘mad and Both aides got men on bases after, this, by means Of bits and ‘on balla, but could not score. In the 9th, with Denny out, Seery hit for a base, atch wild to the pickets. O'Brien turned to yet it and stumbled over Seery, tne two being onthe round by the bag. "Wale Myers was tne u, McGeachy, who Was couching, ran over and pulled O’Brien from the prostrate ,, mAKID, @ show of Oght. There was some excitement Scery reaching ‘and on Bassewt’s fly out to Hoy. Glasscock went out at firs. Washi 9 4 errors, and Indianapolis 10 hits and no errors, Sweeney played & good game in the felt, taking four Oy and, after a fumble in the first, handling Dounding hits easily. He showed up well at the at, too, making tw neat vacrifices and a single Bit’ O'Brien's batting was good. He made tnree hbita, Dut each time went out at second, Glasscock Was, as usual, greeted on all sides with mock ap- plause and groans and hisses whenever he took a Mpliisburg. Geteeted Philadelphia easily, 4 t0 2. ts ‘The batterles were Morris aud Miller and Gleason, Clements, and Schriver, Philadelphia made 6 bits and 2errors,and Pittsburg made 13 bite and 5 errors, New York and Detrott played a tie game, 2 to 2, of ten tunings. Titeomt and Murphy and Gruber and Ganzel were the batteries, New York made 5 Bits and 5 errors, and Detroit 9 hits and 2 errors, g.ctueago wou tfom Bos.on, 15107, turough Key's \d catching and some hard batting. The bat- teries were and Key, and Gumbert and Daly. Chicago made 15 hits and 4 errors, and Bos- tou 20 hits aud 12 errors ASSOCIATION GAMES. Baltimore, 12; Cincinnati, 0. athletic, 6; Kan- sas City, 3. St. Louis, 7; Brooklyn, @ Louisville 4; Cleveland, 1. eighth place, with lessened chances of getting cut. They have played five games this week, and have Jost them all, On Monday the Giants were the vic- tors, 2t01. Keele and Keefe were the pitchers, and the younger man did the better work as far ab base hits go, but Was wild at critical moment ‘and lost the ‘gaine thereby. Washington outbat New York, but made lerror to none by the Giants. The yamé of Tuesday, prevented by rain, was played on Wednesday, Immediately before the reg- Ular game. New York took bouh, the first by the score of 6 to 3, b. harder batting, and tbe second by the score of to 4, by better luck and Keete’s Tuureday and iost another guise, to G, tsrough her their inability to it Crane, held the Giants down within easy reach. ores. In these five games Washington has made 10 Tuns, 28 bits, and 11 errors, to 20 runs, 37 hits, and Gerrors by their opponents, O’Brien bas done the best batting, making 6 hits with @ total of 9 bases, yet he inade Due 08. Sweeney and Werden, the new Qelders,who have been tried here, have done very well for men just coming into tie League. “Oo Werden made 3 hits, and Sweuney showed good Judgment fae peieetecens cl teae aa jot to make @ good third baseman, It 1s that be wit play ne third day, a ‘The Widner case still ‘Bis contract with New Orleans expireson the Ist of October, next Monday, Dut it is doubtful if he can play’ even ‘then without permission trom the court. McGeachy wants to come to Washington, and Would do 80 with half a chance, eae an reese a re in after new Players. a A Queer Check. A SEQUEL TO A COWSIDING SCRAPE BETWEEN REPUTA- BLE CITIZENS. ‘The following 1s true copy of a check drawn on @ West Washington bank sixty-four years ago, and shows how banking business was conducted in thove days, The check was drawn by a citizen to pay the judgment in favor of aman whom he had ‘cowhided: $204.37.) Grosarrown, June 18, 1894, Casuier of the Union Bank of Georgetown pay the bearer Two hundred & sixty-four dollars & thirty-seven cents, it being the amount of a Judy- night's work of and the aid clatea, This will supply the Puppy with of giving afew more bh Dinners to £. & THE BOW WITH CANADA, . ‘Whas. Canadians Think ef Retalia- tion aad Ansexation, ‘BOW YANKERS “PUT If OX” IN GANADA—SOPEO- MORIC AIRS OF DOMINION STATESMEN—COMMER- CIAL UNION ONLY A QUESTION OF TOER—THE RE LATIONS BETWEEN CANADA AMD GREAT BRITAIN. {Copyrighted} Special Correspondence of Tam Evexrne Bran. Orrawa, Sept. 25, 1888, It ts astonishing how New Yorkers “put it on” when they go to Canada. For some reason orother they seem to fancy that tuey are visiting a foreign country, unlike their own traditions, religion and external circumstance, and hence an effort to powe. have been stopping at a big hotel at Montreal for a few days, which is much affected by New York people, One could tell the citizen of the states the instant he entered the room by his air of lordly and supreme superiority. It is a curious thing, for there is very Uttie vo justify it, inas- much as the Canadians are a wholesome, well- Gressed, clever and amiable people. It 1s undoubt- edly the outward manifestation of @ feeling of ‘suave superiority which Americans generally feel toward Canadians, When one informs the aver age New Yorker that Canada ts larger than the United States in area. he stares frst with, surprise and then,With absolute incredulity, but the are the same, CITIES AND PROFLE ‘There is nothing particularly impressive about the cites of the Dominion. The public buildings are good, but the houses ure inordinately small, ‘and in most instances seem cramped. I am told that this 1s on account of the of heating in winter, which are very it, und hence the Philosophy of having a small towarm. The country ts beauttrul in some wees and menage oy there ig no distinct. type of feminine beauty, darker Canadian girls are exceedin, pretty. The lack of general wealth throughout country is noti¢ le in the absence of nr aampenses, ‘well-paved streets, and expensively-built Nor do the seem to be Inciiped to much for amusements. A city of the size of Montreal, which I believe numbers 200,000, has no reguiar theater, and depends upon traveling and exceed- ingly bad shows for its entertainment at this sea- son of the year. During this week, for instance, ‘there has been only one theatrical performance 10 town, ‘THE ANNEXATION QUESTION, ‘The feeling in Canada about the retaliation mes- sage 1s very strong. It is the only question which intrudes itself into conversation at ail potata, and about which all Canadians speak with equal in- terest. it ts, in fact, a vital interest with th although 1t is only one of many in the Unit States, and it 1s indicative of the tendency the country is taking toward commercial union and annexation, The tremendous prosperity of the State of Michigan since it became a part of the Union is taken asa fair indication of what the state of prosperity would be if the boundary line were thrown down and there were no restrictions in the trade of the two countries. The theory Which finds the readiest acceptance here ts that of Erastus Wiman, He has pointed out that Can- ‘ada is @ series of states, among Which there is free trade, and that within its borders it ts prosperous. In the same Way the United States is a collec- Uon of states which trade with each other Shing within ite borders “ia, iso" prosper. within lers 190 prosper- ous. Yet these two giants of commerce, the Dominion and the Unived States, lle side by side, Which nampers the intercuangs ot "goods as cl pers the interc! of foroes both countries Lo go to uo end of bother, confusion, and expense. As the customs which the United States pays to Canada average about the same ug those that Canada pays to the United States there would seem to be no proper reason Why the 4,000-mile varb-wire fence should not be ed down and the two countries be allowed to trade in peace and equality. Ther they could Whoop things up ail along the line by putting up a Wire fence of indisputably, majestic and heroic Proportions all round te North American cunti- ent, barring oul from competition with the wo countries the whole civilized world; but within this protective fence the various commercial in- Verests and trades of the entire continent would mingle as freely and wurestrictedly asthe drops of water in Lake Superior. ‘THIS IDEA OP COMMERCIAL UNION 1s of very recent birth and it 1s growing vigor- ously. Ifind that many of the most enterprising business men now in Canada favor it strongly. There 1s, however, a considerable tory element here reat deal 1s said abvut loyalty to Great Britain, what 1s due to the mother country and 80 on, Dui more selfish interests are geuung a and impressive start of loyaity, Canada is and always has been perfectly inuependeut in commercial matters, keeping her old mother out of competition as rigidly us sbe has Germany, and hence it may be reasonably predicted that the ‘commercial spirit Wili carry her into commercial union some day. The President's action on: the Mshery matter has curiously enough uccomplished What an endless amount of internal agitation had falled to do, ‘Tne Canadians have been driven together and a feeling of patriouis had been de- veloped, This sentiment has, however, liue to do with Great Britain, 1 Delleves in Canida Ite us @ nation and encourages the idea of independence, Once Canada arrives. at_ the polnt where she be- Ueves implicitly in herself and ceases to rely on Great Britals one-baif of the batueis won. And this fs Very much the case even now. Canadians point to the many commissions which have been envered into by Great Britain with tue United States as to Doundary and other maticrs, aud, rightly or Wrongiy, many Canadians think tat their inter ests bave been saciificed in order that Great Brit- ain should maintain her own position viea-vis to the Americans. When Canada gets nto a squab- ble with Ube states of ‘suMiclent importance v0 be conslaered an imperial matter Great Britain hasto be referred to, ‘Thereupon Lord Salisbury, or who ever happens to be premier tor the time being, takes the matter into his gracious consideration and orders Canada majestically to do nothing and Say nothing unul the home government has ar- Fanged matters, ONLY A QUESTION OF TIME. The statesmen of Canada have to stand idly by Until it suits Great Britain to issue her mandate, That the English government have treated Canada with some unfairness in regard to certain inver- Rational matte.s, mindfui of Koglish trade inver- ests or the Itish “question in which America 1s 80 much interested, cannot be denied. In regard to many caves, particularly as to Maine and Wash- ington Territory and other boundary disputes, you wil bear even loyal Canadians complain that they have lost territory equal to half of Europe owing to Englisu ignorance or disrezard for their iater- ests, “As to Uhe recent fisuery business, 1t is be- Meved here that both Jos. Chamberlain aod sir Chas, Tupper bad strict injunctions laid upon them to make a treaty at any price, und Canada and Canadian nverests were undoubtely Sacrificed to harmony in the Chamberlain treaty last year, Canadians knew this, but they were told to maintain silence and did so. When the President's retaliation message came they were ‘anxious to burst into speech, but once more came ‘the English command tor silence, and silence is Sull the order ot the day. But Canadians have learned this ,esson, that they can no longer afford vo let England do their treaty making, and when they once get that power into thetr ‘hands they are no nmeasurable distance trom independence, which theans, ulumately, annexation. So that from every point of view, whether by way of com- mercial union oF by the attainment of the treaty— making power, the coalition of Canada with the great county gouth of it can ouly be @ matter of une. It 1s a8 inevitable as that two bodies fall- ing through sp..ce mnst conjoin from the irresist- ‘able force of attraction, POLITICIANS AND STATESMEN. ‘There are oddly impressive shades to the interna- tion controversy. Some of them are whimsica!— the deadly earnestness of the “statesmen,” for in- stance. I have seen several great European diplo- mats on impressive occasions and at least two British cabinet ministers at work. ‘They were all Placid and easy-goiug men, So are the really in. ueutial thinkers at Washington, But bere the amount of intensity and force that appear upon Une surface of politics Would abash the prize so- Phomoric debates of a back-county The ‘weight of nations is feather weight cox) wo the load of responsibility and power that tne aver- age Canadian pouticlan carries, His urow is bee. Ued; his mien portentous and bis speech replete ‘Witi dignity, tmpressiveness and verbal force. He Simplicude of words" but’ no"‘has ean pugneut amy we they are violent. ‘Tue tact is the Canadians are & more impressed with their own importance Shan a strict consideration of the facts warrant, ‘They speak of a war with the Uuited States in a ing way at times, ax though there would not g musa chance for us tn tis erent of ‘an out. ‘The man who holds the break. aclear ‘owner coun. EEae° ie i g 5 FEEE Z Hi NEW YORK GossIP. Men, Women and Things im America’s Gotham. (GLOAPERS OF AMELIE RIVES AND LAURA JRAN LIBBEY A LIVELY WaXWORE—cUsTOM moUeR qussIP— ‘NOVELTIES (f HOTELS—REGISTZRS TO BR DONE AWAY WITE—OTAGRS IN THEATERS, Correspondence of Tan Evaxm0 ram, New Yong, Sept, 98. ‘You may be unable to find a visiting statesman, Mterateur, artist or faker at his hotel, but if you ‘only wait long enough at a certain book store here he is sure to eventually turn up there. The other day I saw a bright looking, youngish sort of lady Teading the titles of some new volumes on the Rovel counter, and I noticed that huif the clerks ‘were keeping one eye on her while they kept the other on their own respective customers, I caught the roving eye of one of the aforesaid clerks for 9 moment, and with ® pantomimic lifting of the rows and an inclination of the head I telegraphed to him the question, “Who ts she?” The clerk ‘wrote something on & slip of paper and tossed it over the counter, I read on it the words “Améite Rives” Then I used a privilege of long standing I ‘have Nad at the store and waiked behind the book counters, wuere, under a base pretense of examin- ing some advance copies of Christmas editions de duze, I Was enabled Vo lovk, unyeen, for a moment a4 ue much discussed autlior of “The Quick oF the Mrs. Amélie Rives-Chanisr doesn’t look like an autuor. I Lave seen lots of the novel writers, but ‘none like her, “In the first piace she isn’t eccentric im appearance, I don’t know why authors are so frequently eccentric in dress and manners, but Uhey are. Mrs. Rives-Chanler is simply an at- tractive-featured young wi ‘of exquisite [ pages mold admirably set off by a tasteful cos- juine, and bas notulng to distinguish ber from the hundreds of other nicely built young ladies who Prowl! about the book stores at this season of the Year, Hold on! She has something to distinguish her, too. I think any observant would note, at ‘first glance, that this young woman has a face showing a vivactty and an intelligence quite Fare among her “contemporaries” at the book Sellery, This and a pair of peculiar eyes, whose coler matehes nothing I have ever seen—dark Father than light, but neither black, brown, nor hazel—are her only distinguishing characteristics, Walle | was making mental note as above from ‘my nook behind the new books de /uze, an oMlclous- looking, middie-aged Uttie woman Dustied up to ‘the authoress, and with an evident proruseness of apology and prodigality of sinirk, introduced ner- ‘self and entered into ab appurent cross-examina- ton of the story-writer. Mra Chanler seemed ot at all offended, but answered the cateculser courteously. Wretch that I was, I edged slowly along past the volumes de (use and assumed a Fapt contempiation of a work in one syliabie for small children, where 1 could bear fragments, at least, of the conversation, It went someting ‘this.” Mrs Chanler Was speaking: “Of course that isn’: true, The bishop confirmed me ut ny home becat use I was then tooill Wo goout of doors a me, my admiration for your work “and— must be the excuse for my inpertinence—did you have an altar arranged, and were you dressed in whiter” ‘The guthoress smiled. “I believe I had on a white i wore white gowns nearly every day then; but there was no altar, and that part of the story isn’t true, either.” “Oh, 1am so glad, ‘Tell me, ir you will, do you ‘write every day?” “Not quite every day, but my working hours are Very regular, from @in'the moruing until 1, sel- dom longer," woAnd You have a study, @ sanctum for your “I have a room of my own where I am free trom interruption, but I work usually with a la Diauk book's cover as a writing desk, and carry it about with me to many different places,” At that moment a weill-knil, neally-gioved gen- Weman (perhaps Mr. Chanier) approacied “the authoress, and carried her off to another part of tue Store, while the interviewer hasteued back to & female companion, and the listener lost himself in wonder at the assurance of one specimen of Womankind, and the patient forbearance of another, Another authoress who I have frequently met 1n this bookstore is the latest disciple of historica eratica, Miss Laura Jean (or Jane) Libbey, whose sensational, riotously amorous, and ratuer inde- corous novel, “Mis$ Middleton's Lover,” is the talk of the Ume. I have observed that Miss Libbey is asteady patron of the French counter, where the yellow-covered Parisian novels, with very sug- gestive utles, are sold. Peruaps Miss Libbey Caught some of her morbid iuspiration for “Miss Middieton’s Lover” from the French counter, She 4s a younger person than the author of “he Quick or the Dead,” and where the Latter has facial indl- cations of sentiment and quick intelligence, the former shows Lraces of shrewdness and business acumen. Miss Libbey is short, but rather preity. She has splendid dark brown’ hair, eyes of clear biue, and a clear complexion. Her manner and her conversation are bot what perhaps I had vest call “unconventional.” She is a resident of srooklyn, I believe, and bas written for the Ledger and Similar periodicals, She is now engaged upon a ew novel which Will assuredly prove a “‘scorcher.” She has already advertised its appearance, and from her published announcement in last Sunday's papers I should judge Uat it will sell like hot cakes, If Anthony Comstock doesn’t gobble it ap. ‘This Young yirt advertises its Utle as “A Forbid- den Marriage,” and anuounces that it 1s “more sensational than ‘Miss Middieton’s Lover’ and bolder in plot and incident;” tuat it 1s “the story ofa Deauutul young girl who loves ‘not wisely, but too well;” that it is “full of excitingincidents and will be ‘a great favorite awong club men,” And that it is “a novel of high society life, and the Plot is laid near Ei Ferry.” I wouid like to ay Just What'I think about this young Woman abd ber work, but It wouldn't look nice in print, Another trequenter of the store 1s that pitiable creature, Miss Harriet Coin, whose mania led her tochase Kyrle Bellew to Boston and elsewhere, and ‘More recentiy to assault a Wall street’ broker and his wife in a 5th avenue stage. The victim of the latter eccentricity has threatened to have Miss Coffin incarcerated in an asyium unless ber rela- Uves take steps to that end, but I believe she is ‘suil at large. She comes into the store someumes toward evening, buys paper envelopes, and stamps, and site’ for hours at ® desk alternately Writiag and holding her head in her bands, ‘Sue Is caretully watched, however, and tue first sy1uptou of ap outbreak on er part would be met ton prompt attention from the firm's private de- clive, A new dime museum ‘ilat has recently started on 14th street 1s practicing an amusing deceit upon passers-by. In a big suow window, mounted upon @ pedestal, 1s the figure of a handsome fe- male, bare as to arms, shoulders, and neck, the exposed portions exiubiting that unmistakavie gloss which indicates waxwork. The figure moves its head from side to side, the blue, expressionless eyes move in an orbit ai if scanning the divers individuals in the curious crowd without, and the hands work two big needles in and out in a ptece of crochet work, After a large crowd has gath- ered and its members are gazing agape at the ine- chanical wonder which cannot only move but kait @ real antinacassar or doyley, the Wax-looking “iay figure” will suddenly fastén its glassy eyes upon te widest gaper tn the crowd, and gradually ‘those eyes will suiten in expression, the lips will Stretch into an amused grin, the flugers will dro the dalaty fancy work, und'the whole figure ‘wil indulge 1n & thoroughly human burst of laughter, while the hand poluts 1a amused scorn at U ¢redulous gaper on the other side of the window. Then the figure, wil, sep out trom behind tne pedestal it seemed to Be resting on from the waist Up, and 1s transformed into a real live and laugh- ing young woman, who pulls down a curtain and shUts out the view of the astonisied gazers, In ven minutes the curtain is raised agafn, and the performance ts repeated. ILis a good advertise. ment for the museum foiks, and the young woman ‘Who poses as @ waxwork is an actress of consum- mate skill, ‘There is @ little trouble just now in the New York custom-house. The democrats are angry because Collector Magone doesn’t get rid of the re- publicans quite so fast as they think he should, ‘The collector says, however, that he is discharging them as [ast as the Clvil-service law will let him. ‘The trouble seems to be that there are not enough eligibles on the list to M11 vacancies ag fast as the collector can make them. ‘Thousand-doliar and $1,200 men are now doing the work of $1,400 and $1,600 Vacancies, and are not promoted to tne bigher grades simply because ihe board of civil- service examiners bas made €Xamioutions so hard Gemocrata, the collevior saya, is a otraight-ene oer eee ceeerent mo mages nd one whose politica are sev down as uowouful” After the last day of this year, one of our big hotel men tells me, there will be few or no hotel Of informal agreement has been entered into by ‘the most advanced bonifaces to discard registers entirely. Afver this year guesta, on arriving, will hand tueir cards to tne clerk, who will enter their ina which the af et eee : Balt a hundred or so of circulars which 4 tween Grand and 79h streets are ‘80 as to prevent their being carried ay. NO, indeed,” answered Mr. Comstock. “No- Dody would use an opera-giass tat is such an Open hint of the user’s dishonesty. We inten however, to have the barreis of the glasses col & drilllabt scarlet, and (he name of tue theater ‘Will De on each glass in big raised or sunken iet- tera, We expect that many Will be purioined, but We Calculate that if 25 per cent are stolen and 50 er cent of the remainder are ued every night the Company will make « reasonable prod. Now if only some Manbattan Cocktail and J: ayo. Would put boxes on every seat which Would respond with ready-made drink and a clove Whe. a quarter is dropped in the slot, u theater Would present additional attraction, ‘both {0 Uhose who go out between the acts and’ those whowe toes ire stepped on by the cocktatl and clove battalion, ES OW DYISM RAMPANT. Hew Leafers Eujoyed Themselves Finy Years Ago. ‘THE GANGS OF TOUONS WHICH INPESTED THR CAPTTAL THE ROAD AGENTS AND THEIK MISCHIRVOUS PRANKS—RUWNING WITH THE MACHINE—TRICKS OF ‘THE SMITHSONIAN RACKERS—GECTIONAL BATTLES. “tn my young days,” said a ‘three-score-and-ten’ citizen a few days ago toa Stax reporter, “there Were a number of rowdy gangs in the city, and they spent a great deal of their time having fun. ‘What some of them would doin the way of mis hist was almost beyond belie, Wid? I should say eo, The first gang 1 have knowedge of was known by the general public us the ‘Seventh Street Rowdies,’ put we called ourseives the ‘Seventh Street Road Agenta’ Iknow tuat you have an idea that ‘road agents’ 18a modern term, but we Carried the name over Nifty years ago. This crowd flourished from the latter part of the 20s till about 1840. Their rendezvous wus then on the site of the Patent Office, and in that square was the residence of a family named Orr, and on the southwest corner there was an tce-house owned by the late Dr. Gunton. ‘The road agents found the high grass in the lot convenient to hide in and many of them would sieep in it all nigut when not engaged in mischiel The neigh- Doracod had not then been built up to any exten, On the east side of 7ub street, Was Goldsmith's restaurant and some Other piaves, the lale Capt, Goddard having a siore nearG xtrect. There were @ lew houses on 7Un street some distance apary and there Was a tavern with a wagon-yurd at the nortaWest corner of 7th and H strects, The street Was devoid of iootpavements and in the roadway the Montgomery farmers had mude a wagon track to the Center Market. Did you ask how we operated? Weil, in a party of perlaps torcy, whose es ranged irom sixteen TO twenty-oue oF Lwa, Af there Was not head enough to siudy up mischiet I wouid like to know where it could be found. It ‘Was @ comunon thing in fruit season to LEVY ON A COUNTRY WAGON for a supply of fruits and melons, and when these Were not to be had sweet potatoes were captured tomunch on, This crowd did not run with any Particular fire company, and on the occasion of & fire would be found scattered among the different companies, uniess, indeed, there was some pre- concerted act of miscaiel On and for tue night, East of Judiciary Square was a setulement, most'y Irish, and the boys of that section and the ‘road agents’ o.ten had a stoue battle. I remember that on 7th street old Mrs. Baptist lived and made a lving by prepariug and cooking souse. 1 can ‘supeil he odor of fried pig’s ears now. Well, the old lady had in the second story oi the butiding a large room, where she was accusiomed vo give parties, DUC her friends styled tem balls. 1hfs Too Was reached from the street by a fight of Tudely-constructed steps On one occasion « ball Was in progress aud none of the “agents’ were in- Vited, They, however, determined to get even and the plab'was watured. Ava signal several of Uhe agents approached the steps, gently raised and carried them off, and then raised an alarm of tire, Then ali was ¢xcliement. First the dour was crowded and then Unose beind pushing on, down they came, pell-mell, the women screaming and ‘(ue men cursing tne ‘agents.’ I wouldn't say tuat the agents ever killed any one, nor did they ever commit a crime which would ‘have sent any of them to the penitentiary, but they were a wouga crowd. I was counting ‘up the other day, and I find that at least seven of the forty are now liv- ing. In after years some of them became leading cilizens, ‘The erection of the Patent Office de- rived the ‘agents’ of @ place of rendezvous, and, ike the family who had lived on the site, they moved off. WITH THE FIRE LADDIES. ‘In 1840 the Northern Liberty Fire Company was organized, and the engine house was iocated on ‘8th street, @ few yards south of where the fountain Stands in Mount Vernon square, Previous to this the brick yards of tne late Ulysess Ward and Crit- teuden were located tbere. The Northern Liverty Company Was known as the ‘Blue Dick,’ aod the crowd which ran with the machine touk the name of the ‘Chunkers,’ but why, save it was up to that me @ new name in these parts, is past nding out. With the Franklin Company was « gang known as ube ‘Razons;’ with the Perseverance, Lie ‘Swampers;’ with the Union, the ‘Never Sweats,’ and the Columbia bad years after the ‘Rams’ about ‘hem on Capitol Hil. “Most of the 7th street gang {foed agents) united with these gungs, the mnajor- ity with tue ‘Chunkers’ aud ‘Swainpera’ ‘The name “Rezors,’ by which the Second ward crowd was known, Was adopted for some reason unknown, abd subsequ nly the crowd was known ‘as the ‘Butenders’ and ‘Peelers.’ The Union's alites, the ‘Never Sweats,’ Youk that Dame on the claim that they could draw the machine farther without perspiring than any other crowd, ‘Then the name of ‘Gum-Balls’ was adopted by the crowd growing up. Tue “Swamp- ers’ ran with the Perseverance and took the nauie from the fact that the ‘Persy’ was located at the Marsh, now Center Market. There was, 130, a crowd located in the nelguborhood of 43¢ street and Pennsylvania avenue, which ran with the ‘Persy,’ known as the ‘Rats’” As the fire com- panies were friendly or untriendiy wita each other, ‘so Were Lhe crowds that associated with thei {t was dangerous for one to Ko Into a part of the town ruled by a rival crowd. Besides the crowds Bamed there were, in the uelgborhood of oun street, above K, a crowd of smaller boys, fourteen to elghtceu, known as the ‘Nineters,' aid in the neighborhood of G, from och to Lath streets, the “Polnters,’ and thé usual occupation was sone Datties On the square bounded by G, H, 9tb, and 10th streets, ‘THE SMITHEONIAN RACKERS. In the old seventh ward, back of tue Smithson- fan grounds, was ® gang koown as the “Smith- sontan Rackers,” and the prime object of this crowd seemed to be the breaking up of sparking in the Smithsonian grounds. This gang, like the “road agents,” had some apt scholars in inlschief, abd oncof thelr favorite tricks was, alter some Paths bad been made in the to peg down Short ropes to cateh the feet of the lovers as they slowly waiked, and trip them up. This style of sport, if such it may be called, extend-d to ouner ris of the city, Dut was soon carried too far. in some instances wires were strung from the tree-box to the fence at about the height of the face, and a rope Was stretched across ube path at Sucli # distance as Lo cause a person, when tripped, to full against the wire, This was Loo serious & matter to become popular, and it may be said it ‘Was not tried but once in a’neignboriood. ‘THE GREAT KIVAL Gax@s were the ‘Razers,’ of tue Second ward, and ‘Never Sweats,’ of the First, each of which had a junior crowd, the ‘But Enders’ in the Second and *Gum- olis’ in the First, growing up to take their places. ‘These crowds were always too large for the small body of tocope with, and they at tims bad things pretty much tuéir own way. When not engaged 1n a stone battle on the regular ground, which was ufterward the Wiuite Lot, soutirot the President's house, ney were apt to be louking around for some buy, sent, perhaps, on an errand to their district, and it ne’ was cat At Was almost certain that he would return with & Diack eye, bloody nose or cut head. The weekly ‘Stone battles south of the Prestuent’s were brok -D Up DY the scLOOi teachers (who were now only to know the scholars then their ‘schools, but former pupils) attending tne spectators ‘the names of participants to the police. After a number had Leen arrested and fined the regular bat.les ceased. ‘The ‘smith- A WEDDIXG SERENADE. An old fellow somewhere near seventy years of age had married a young girl of nineteen and taken her to his home near Buzsard’s Point. The i i i 3 | i i i ! | i Hi it B i i 3 i Hu i | SABLE ISLAND TO IRELAND, Tmterceting Quebec and Its Autique Fer- lifications, 4 COMFORTABLE TRIP FROM WALIFAX TO QUEBRO— FIRST-CLASS RAILROAD—THE PEATORES OF ELLE Special correspondence of THE EvErTto Stam, LONDONDERRY, IKELAND, Sept. 18 1888, Tt tsa long way from Sable Islaud to Quebec by water. I therefore lost sight of Capt. Baliast's chubby, bushy, rriendiy face at the old wharves Of Halifax, and bade a regretful good-bye to the staunch litte Nancy Mary and her staunch little crew. From Haltiax to Quebec the exact distance Over the Intercolonial Railway, the only rail rouye through Canadian territory to the upper provinces, is 678 miles, It will be scarcely credible to the American reader that this faraway amd, to us, practically Unknown route ts elye than a sinuous trail of pro- Tructed discomfort, And yet some of our own Pretentious lines between the East and West can Rot excel it either ia running time or in all those improvements and conveniences wihica me long-distance travel endurable, Steel rails a Spichdidly ballasted road-ved, fine coaches, superb Sleepers, Smug, Wuolesone lunch and dimay Fo xns at stations plunp, pretiy and pollie Canadt Girls to serve you, and indeed honest service aul make ove iovoluotarily like what Is experienced on every hand. They truly do drop their “Hs,” but never their manners aud duty in this sowetmes dreary part of the world. But the fnverco.oulal Is a “government” raliway. Wai¥- ing all argument “upon the beneficeuce or pro- Priety of any goveromeat undertaking wihicd Should be effected by Private enterprive and capl {ala substantial tact in Luis instance remains: ‘The Ottawa government has CEMENTED THE PROVINCES by the strongest possible ties of common business Anverest tm the building of this great line through What was previously regarded as an tinpassable and practicaly valueless wilderness. Almost from the very suburbs of Halilax—excepting tue lute eck joluing Nov. Scoua to New Braaswick, (he soutueastera portion of the latter province, and a part Of the route traversing tne southern shore of the St. Lawrence—t the Lerritory contiguous to ‘Quebec, belore tuts raliway Was Opened, Lue eye OF while man, unless trapper or busier, bed scarcely looked upon the vast reaches Of’ ruck, spruce and hemlock, savanna and wouutain, Sol Uude reigned. Woives collecved the taxes, ‘To-day toe region Uaversed will favorably compare with that (hrvugh wuicu extend tue prosperous lines that reach Trow Si. Paul to the Ked Kiver and be- Yond. ‘The whole distance {rom Malifax isa pe- Tiod Of piewsing surprises and experiences to the American; and wien you aw. from your conjectures and reveries about how & Wulug it would be for Americans Were tuere no dividing line irom ‘the Polar seas to Ube GUI, and Hud Yourself at Point Levis, opposite Quebec, mingling W.ta the crowds ot ine tory tbe mobic i. Lawrence ia fe, grand Passage between Lhe mighty forued, out-juLtie Grags; the sunny Vineland, Levis lise a dra of Noruaudy Denind; Ue quaiat old city vpposive; the Frenca peasants, priests and pouitry-venders all aoou(, with here ‘and there a tradesman and markeuman, Cuating With animation in tbe British; Oras though some sartiing closing of Bugitsii cuannel bad occurred, aud yourseit lot Wid all te foreign Urougs had been Suu. With Calais up Lo WiLalu « ride-suot of Une beig ats and ramparts of ancient Dover. ‘queexc. There is just one point from which to view Quevec and Une nobie scenes outreaculng in every direction, That is trom the lofy citads. Wan- dering up quaint St, Louis street and passiag througu toe noted St Louis gate, the way baton wi Oue through Lue slope of tue citadel’s Slacis, “Indeed, if one goes in way direcuion from the Wharves in Quevec # sleep, Wiading Way 1nust be traversed. If you do it afovy, you will ueod good muscle and Wind, If you are percued upoo ‘One OF Lhe City’s od lest of a. vebicles, Lue cadeche, Whose driver dili, atly dives at railing youtus, aud swears unceasiogiy in veautiful ye heck Is likely Lo be brokeu. You arealways under the moutu of a ferociows caunon, oF pear Ube moutd of a ferocious beggar. The inain ditch is faced With massive wasvury, und vpens 1uto a harrow parade oversuaduweu oy basiion angles, Tue Great Gate is Of chau Interwoven in strange and curious inks But some! the valueless au luguity anu absurd pretense: 1 Lis grauive and trun show bring @ hiddea si. .¢ belind Wwe eyes instead of a properiy respectful awe inio ine heart, Tue seaury paw and prance al out lke Capped and pamialeited bears. ‘Tuere are mu: clus and clang, wieu You do not come upon Luese chuvby senUucis unawares, When you ao tuey are quive earthy apd dull, THE BOMBADIBN aT THE GaTR gave me in charge of a -a-buLtocked, falsetto. Voiced, sway-backed, lis, .g-tongurd aruilleryman, ‘One Of Une squad on guard at tne entrance at the with the remark: “show Luis ‘ere Hamerican gentleman the honors now, Willum. Lively now, HV'm a sayin’! Aud Willum, atier a few briliddmt wilitary movements Wuicu “mage his poor ute asthimauc jungs Tatile like @ revellie, led the ai dis heveled and unkempt way; for it is no crime to state tue fact Ubat the cyadiuvn Of ruinous des- UetuJe &od Uakempi sloveauness Of Unis ouce miguty fortress and sul magnificent relic, Is an Unparalleled disgrace to Briuish widiary pride and Canadian govcrumental digniy., The (crane Callous, OUllt Lo the very edge OF Lhe lofLy heiguts Of Cape Diamond, Which rise almost perpeuaicu- lariy from the St: Lawrence, where the river's wa- Jestic expanses above and below are narrowed to Scarcely 4 half mile in width, occupy 40 acres Of ground. To the city side 13 a Drvad giacis, broxea by three raveilns, above which are a line of casomaced barracks, ‘The an, commans- ing tne up) iower river ap) ea, Pisins of abraham beniud aud Pon Levis site, are tremendous In Lelgut upd thickness “the interior Parade 1s in the Lorm of a triangie, with the ollicers’ barracks, an uuslghUly siructure, portiou of which is occupied by the ‘nor-geue eral asa summer Tesidence, upou its south aide, next tue riverside basuobs and ramparis. A futuy keep. or married quarters, is near. And ai tue iert stands THE KICKETY GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY. On every hand are rust, mvld, ith and decay, AS a former soldier with some Knowledge of mili- tary affairs, I have no hesitancy in saylog there 18 ot a pound of properiy. ainmuaiton, a shell Ot burst any One of’ tue moUsirous and Fust-eaLcD cannon, Within tke enuire citadel. The garrison 1s slovenly; Ube parade is as Tuli o: Unsighiy bollows and pools asa deserted brick-yard; Umbers are roUten aud rotting; walls are crum@bicd aud wora; carriages are diswautied of tueir guas Which neglected in Lue mud; Lrunuions are lovseved irom their Worm-eaten beds; aud Ley are a brave gar- figou WHO thus dare disease on Ube Lop of a (run Caveu cone of Mth of two centuries, oF Lake part in even tue Mring of time and signal guns ludeea Canada bad 4 right lo Wura paw wheu the ively Fenians Uripped gully over tue boarder. TWO Uuiugs here, LoWever, loucu Lue American bear and spirit a’ vil, aud “my astumatic guide, Willuua, reioved luis Waite cotton givves and pro duced uis waite couon bandaercwer us We ap- proached these wemen.oes, and be, the subject alter. an luls ere,” sald he, with @ pathetic tremble in his voice and the mist Of @ tear in bis round, red eye, “is a Wery paluiul subject.” We were stand- lug’ac the edge Lue King’s Basion, loosing down tue aluomt perpendicwar rocks to We war Tow strect oi Lower Town, aearly 450 teet below, SHI spose ye'v'e Lue sorry story be “art ye kuuw?? Hail Way dowa the cruel beight where a more desperaie charge Uaan at Lookuul ouce was unde, Was a table: bearing the legend, “dere Heli Mont gomery, 1775.” “Wery paintdl, wery” sigued Wiliuin heavily. 1 placed a cou “iu bis Umorous, Umely Laid abd Lurued Trou the spou ie tol Jowed brisk.j, good soul! brightening’ up te suu- nel With, “BULL CaWDL "append Lagala, ye kuow, at, Du? 1M & muMent wore We Lad reached Ue center of the Parade, Lo Wuicu spot he Lad dexver- ously guided me. There stood a oral, saucy lit Le Deld piece vi brass, pollsned until it dimost wir rored tie sky—tne only Uuing in Lhe whoie cliadel Of Quebec with @ clean face and a snappy, good look” about 11, “ieally, now, Hi"—began Wilun, with & dow ucast, Couulserating, face—vit'ite Wery Unpieasunt Subject, wery!" ~The ju hada very large wscry Which said tt had a Hu..* “Dear me! but bits a wery—” I placed anocher cola in ais tun orous, Uwely band, bis Lopest face, "He put Ube cold away; slapped Ue gun fauiliarly, Kindly, introspectively, sy mpathou- cally, as be mused aloud in @ tone of unciuous per missivility, cuarity and forgiveness: “Bul b'k CaW'al 'appen Uagaia, ye know!” FROM THE KING'S BABTIOX, Ityoucan bribe your guide to a few moments’ § proud | all Canadians aud ey starred Arnaid fell ball-starved au, glory. For Quebec ouce Bourisbed Le power Deneath Ube lilies Of Prasce waica ruled the Americam conunent from Newfoundiand to the Mexican Gult. ECKOPEWAKD. Once aboard your steamer sailing Europeward, UnUi the Hual plunge iLO Lhe wea at Belle Isie is made, such spicndid soenes am OU an entrancing and noble voi may be Of Ube ciorious face of nature te country, the jower Su Lawrence, Wwe mighty reach Of Anticosti Island, the gnostly headiands of New- fowadiand, aud ie sublime coasts o Lavradot, Denind Whick, In the awiul North, Sileace site frozen at the feet of God, present sceties und con Leuplatious Linpossible Uf such contiuuty of reals wation in our own couBiry, Lhoust tah vidual fnstances they may pussiviy” be wun Au inieresting’ teature ‘of the Beile inet ma js tbe “French suor:” of ‘News sintbie of MS, Great Britain conceded Uwe ‘hen, and still wo the Frenc Most productive Mating grou to catch and cure del, erect lal a, ious and trad: Ang stores, abd practically exclusively occupy Lae land and se. along tuese stores They buve with Wouderiul tenacis and Wurift clung 0 aad largely extended their orginal privileges The verrivorial Coucession exicuds frou Cape Kay On the New. foudiand wULUWest Coast, uortu along Luc entire Western shore, Wis (he great nortpern vail separating it frum eastern shore, nly Comp Flea ve soot gigantic and ing Privilege on Like globe, are scatiered a . DIMINUTIVE BKITISH COLONtER along the coasts, the population is almost wholly French—citizens of @ foreign power perpetually | occupying neutral ground within Wwe domain of Governinevt devarred irom exercising jurmdic- | Won orestabisuing laws. The situation would seeu (Wo De ab ADLIBAlY 10 the relations of uations: and added interest is given to the region trom Ube | facts tuat Doth the ast and West shores Where Ahese Luimble French Babermen live vacit almost SUCHE VER, are Beary EXeMpL from fogs; posses au excepuionally fue climate for tue lauicude Aud (hat these strange and Isolated poojve hav for neaciy Lwo CeMLUTies, EXIsied 1 absolu WithOUL AULBOFILY OF laws, Save Such as tu | Beeu piekded by CuMOR ‘cOMsEUL Lo Laer and clergymen. In tals the most porucra route Ww Europe, there ts ab almost starting 4 realize | Scwustese’ and dasctuations at jou, iu Lhe Knowiedze, expecially If 1 |iosing sight ot Belle Isle, Ue ancient isie of | Dewons, where the dolofous Lady Marguerite languisied, you have siguted Lue eatuer-covered heighis of Wel:d Od Dowegai on Lue uortuwest Ins Coast; and in @ few hours more are swaying aud Douudiag tu 4 Wild Iris Jaunuug-car beneath Lhe massive gates and Wituio Lue historic wails ut {he Olden acropolis of northern Ireiaud, tue ap- cleat cy of Londonderry. Bpoan L Waxeuan. ——— ee NEW PUBLICATIONS, THE ORIGIN OF FLORAL STRUCK MRGUGH INSECT AND OTBEK the ikev. GRONOK HEWSLOW. MA. AGS. wELbor ws etc. With cients Boiutihe sere, URES, volutes aud Biel . 2 Dare eto. “iy tewur ¥. Poon New York: Foor. 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