Evening Star Newspaper, October 20, 1888, Page 2

eae DA = CITY AND DISTRICT. LAW FOR THE NimRODs. fit ie begs be 58ce the ey 8 A va i i 3 § i F y a Fe in Petre G | i i § 5 i § Hi a! § Ei 8 i : 1] i i x Ey fF 8) i H A penalty of ‘destroyed, and any wild ‘fowl | Hat tn BF 3 gi National Guard Notes. Major J. K. McCammon, Capt. B. R. Ross and Capt C. E. Edwards have been relieved from duty as members of the examining board, and Major ‘TT. M. Gale, Capt. C.$. Domer and Capt. J. J. Cos {nett appointed to Mil the vacanctes, The following enlisted men,have been dishonor- the quarter ending September 30, 1888: J.L. Anderson, M. J. Barry, J. E. Bledsoe, H. D. Brodie, W. E. Burke, G. W. Clandicr, W. E Clark, J. P: Connor, . a. Cooper, 7. k. Cullen, W. T. Dingiey. G. A. Dougherty, A. 'F. Ferguson, . Green, FL ree ay ‘s. Landvoigt, D. Hay, ¥. 1, Mages, E W. Hull, Louis Lindneimer, Luu, J. K. Marks, Jono McCarthy, W. B. Shaw, J. D.'sheep, W. S. Sher- at be onis Sullivan, W. H. DA FO Whittaker, D. M. Woodward and B. F. Young. ‘The next school of officers will convene at Na- tional Guard headquarters om the 24th of this month, ‘The annual fall inspections have been going on now for some time. Companies A, B and C of the ‘Third Bat. were inspected last night and made a ‘Very crediiable showing. ‘The Light Battery have moved into their new headquarters in the Washington Riding Academy. ‘They will be inspected ‘Nowenber 8 win ‘the sig nal corps. ‘There will be a grand parade of the entire ‘National Guard on Thanksgiving Day. The new Dand ts now fully equipped and will be a feature ‘of the parade. ‘Ihe solutions to the problems recently published 1m Tux Stax in reference to the defense of the pub- le buildings will be handed in on the 14th of next month, and will be read in the school of the of cers, Invitations are now out for a series of compli- mentery hops to be gwen the first Wednesday of each month, inning bext month, by the Mer- ebant Kifles. Ihe chairman, Lieut. A. A. King, is busily eugaged making arrangements that are Becessary for the number of guests expected, among, whom Will be many National Guard oft- cers. The Merchant Rifles have elected twenty ‘ew men during September aud Octuber. Co. A, of the Butler Inft. Corps, met on the evening of the 17th of October. Second Lieut. Morton was prowoted to be first lieutenant, vice Lieut. Saviles First Sergt. Rovert Deiany was elected second Meutenant. Capt. Young presided at the meeting. Major ER. Campbell, of the Second Battalton, denies the statement in last Saturday's Stak, to ‘the effect that in epg Sp Seeger to his Staff be had neglected Ca. D entirely, while every ober company im the battalion was an Campbell says tbat the officers of sec. Battalion were a; prior to the ope the appointment of preseot major, and that there is no one ou the noa-comin.ssioued sta wuo Bas ever been a member of Cos. B,C, or D, and ene | officer, he ith & view of “Co. A turned out ‘equipments are in per- fect order; the men attentive to duty, and all Co. B is sma, but well tm their ‘new captain all that Wuey can desire in an Officer. Co. D bas a tine set of *boys;" Uneir cadence step and manual of arms ‘The headquarters of the Second Battalion has estabiisned at the at of Co. A, 7th and streets northwest, ‘The staff and non-commis- are required to be present on the first third Monday evenings of each month for in- The commanding officer and adjutant will be present on Monday of each week, from wo 8:30 p.m, for the transaction of business, ———__ ‘What Comes of Keeping the Children im the Dratt. ‘To the Réitor of Tux Evzxrmo Sra: I heartily endorse the article in Taz Stan of October 19, entitled “Keep the Children out of the Dratt,” signed by “Parent.” Its views are sensible and correct. I, myself, lost a cuild not over a ‘week ago trom acold contracted by the window Amher school-room, in the Henry butlding, being carelessly lett open. My bereavement 1s so heavy ‘that I earnestly caution the scvol authorities to Femedy {his serious evil. Her teacher, at the \t olds position in that buliding; th ay ecaspatetyegeee ces aan was entirely 1g Fesult? An innocent cnild fo 804 five of the best save her from the grave! A terrible warning which sbould be by those who hold the lives of so many in their grasp. and what is the to suffer miser- physicians could not E ‘A Protest Against Poivoning Dogs. ‘To the Réttor of Tax Eveximo Stan: Allow a subscriber to protest through your col- ‘amas against a most wanton cruelty prevalent in ‘West Washington and its vicinity. I reter to the malictous poisoning of dogs, even on their owner's ‘Many nobie animals have already fallen dog, licensed and taxed,is as legitimately “prop erty Si a horse or a house. Were our houses area horses maimea by ge amauity, yet we must nd our faitntul protectors lying dead at our ofteu by the surreptitious: the law themselves, and sub- Outrage withoui redress, A SUFFERER. ——_>—__—. ‘The Truest Heart. ‘Written for Tus Evexixe Stan. ‘Lifes wondrous tome before me now is lying: NAVIGATING THE PoTomAc, Steamboats which Used to Run Before the War, 4 CHAT WITH AN OLD PILOT—THE GRRAT SOUTHERN ROUTE—FIRST STEAM WHISTLE ON THE POTOMAC— LOCAL STEAMBOATS AS VESSELS OP WAR—RARLY PICNIC GROUNDS—THE INCREASE OF TRADE. ‘Tere are living to-day two, or perbaps more, of ‘the Potomac pilots of ante-bellum days. One of them 1s Capt. Bob Walters, who first traded in the Tiver in 1836, and since 1841 has been actively engaged in the business, and another 1s Capt. &. F. Lomax, who 1s some three or four years Capt. Walters’ junior in service, Both WINGED MESSENGERS, The Growing ‘SUCCESS OF THE SIGHAL-SERVICE PIGEON STATION AT KEY WHST—BIRD MESSENGERS AMONG THB AN- CIENTS—aT THE SIRGE OF PARIB—VALUR POR ‘MILITARY PURPOSES—SOW MESSAGES ARE CARRIED. ‘Reports received by the Signal Office from the Pigeon station established at Key West indicate ‘that 1t ts going to be a success, Several very good ‘fights have been made by the birds, and it 1s re- Garded as already certain that the service will be Ni Capt. Walters, @ day or two Srax reporter: “1 first landed in this city in 1896, when about sixteen years of age, and traded here, for say oe ag tgs oe Somerset County, Md., to mond, Norfolk, Then'the steamer Paul Jones the river, but she was burned a few steamer called the Surprise ran town and Alexanaria some ten Jones, but I don’t remember ha’ ‘Was aigo another steamer which ran to Norfolk, which I do have seen. She, and, I may say, itt Het i ; : j i i i i i : H é e 3 cris H # sie hi. ms ui i iD 8 ii ll : i 3 mate of the Phenix. These boats ran on the Alex- Sndria ferry from about 197 tll late in the '50's, ‘The Johuson went to pieces in Alexandria, and Some of her pleces were raised a few years ago by Agnew when . The Phenix was sold away Salem was nt here kor were then extensively in the West lodiasugar trade, aad the Salem was mostiy used for towing vessels to apd from West Washington, She, however, did sume Service as passenger boat, mand of Capt. Baker wus once in the Government Service, having eariy in the ’50’s taken on a force of men who captured the schooner Pearl, engaged im carrying runaway slaves from the THE OLD COLUMBIA. “But I must not forget to tell you about the boat Whose name in olden times was a household word in the District, You know the name, don’t yout The old Columbia, built, I believe, before 1830, but repaired, broadened, ana lenghvoved until she was the most commodious boat Capt James Mitchell, who died in 1862, was her com- mander when I'first knew her in 1837, and she ran Detween this city and Baltimore, stopping at every on the river. Capt. Ht ‘succeeded Capt, Siitchell, and the latter died in Iso she ‘Was sold to Baltimore men, and was there @ few years ago. There was, too, the Osceola, with the Agure-head of that famous Indian entef. "She run from the ’40’s down to about the commencement Of the War, and made a weekly round-trip each to Baltimore and Nortoik; but in those days the Nor- folk trip was wot @ paying one. Afterward we had the Express, running to Baltimore, and she ‘Was lost in the Chesapeake a few years ago. ABOUT 1850 ‘the Thomas Collyer came here and next the George Washington, both running as ferry boats to Alex- andria, Subsequently the Collyer made regular trips to Mt. Vernon. The Washington was the ‘Smartest boat of her inches I ever handled on the river. About 1850 George Page built, near the foot Of 7th street, the first of the present'style of ferry. boats, the Union and the George Page, which were Put on the Alexandria line. A short time after, rhaps the following year, the Wu. Selden came bere at Tan Only a Snort time on excursions and ry trade. Cap’ banks and 1 had charge of her afterward, when she ran between Balumore and Fredericksburg. Subsequently she ‘Was sold to parties at Hampton, Va. burned at Norfoik some years since. When I came THE FIRST STEAM WHISTLE used on the river. I remember that it was a com- mon occurrence, if she was to be laid up for a day oF two, to change the whistle to another boat of the line. In 1845 the Mt. Vernon was added to the line. Next came the steamer Baltimore, built in Philadelphia in 1847. Alter the war she was sold to Ciyde, of Puiladélphia, and Was afterward destroyed by fire, ‘The Philadelphia was the next Doat of the line, but it did but little service here. It was built if Philadeiphia, of iron, to run be- tween Norfolk and Seaford, D’L, in opposition to the Bay line from Baltimore, and came here in 1860. it was impressed into the Government service and was Known as the Ironsides during the war. Tuis, with the Powhatan, which became the Philip, the Mt. Vernon, which became the ML. Washington, and the Baltimore, were the boats of tue Southern mail ine, whica were taken Yo the Washington navy-yard and put intoservice. THE FIRST GUN. Probably the first gun tired on the Potomac dur- ing the war was that fired by the Mt. Vernon at a Party of Confederates who had burned the light Doat at Lower Cedar Point April, 186. Jimmy Suith, I think, was the pilot on that occasion. ‘There Was plehty of experience for piiots in those days. I remember piloting the United States ‘steamer Pensacola down and out in January, 1862, We rau tue batteries at Shipping ‘and Cock rit Polis There were 17 shots fired at us (1 from Cock Pit), and @ shells shrieked over the ‘decks, Dut did not cut a rope. Capta, Charley Mitchell, Silas Reynolds and Aleck McCausland were con” Price betore the war tan the river landings sa ict ve as far as Machodoc, and I velieve in times back the Cygnet and Cuaimpion ran here for @ ume with Some others Whose names I cannot now recall, ‘The fare in ante-bellum days usually was $1 and $1.50 to river landings, $4 and $5 to Norfolk, $2 (meals and staterooms extra) to Baltimore, and 25 Below the elty tutre were no such pleaie plagsy 3 w such as there are at the present time. PLEASURE RESORTS Occasionally @ party would svop for a few hours at Fort Washington, and about 1850 attempts were made to establish resorts at the White House (veiow Mt. Vernon) and Pye’s Landing, a sh tauce below. “‘The fire did not last Sver a season or two, but the latter developed into Giymont. Piney Point flourisued ase summer resort w: back iu the 40's, and it was for he only place of the king patronized to any extent on the river. Now, for pic-nics, we have Ci At Giesboro Poist, River View, near Fort Yon, Collingwood, a z View, Va, Marshail mont I read on every page, with Joy and tears, ‘The goodness, Kindness, and the love undying, ‘Which, mother, you have shown me all these year, I reed how you my infant couch attended, Through long and weary nights of snxicus care, ‘That then the Life but just berun bad ended ‘Mad not thy faitaful saving hand been there. Tee bow you my early footsteps guided, And wetched solicitous my later youth: ‘With tears the early tauit you softly chided, ‘And tought me virtue, love and boly truth. yearning. ‘How sin hath sofled the plumage of thy wing! ‘Thine image. gentle mother, e’er is pear me, Where'er I go it follows night and day, ‘I rises on the gicom, a star to cheer me, ‘And lead me from the tempter's dangerous way. ‘Dive wandered far and tasted many s pleasure, Have drunk of sorrow, tesied friendahip’s worth, ‘My erring fet have moved to folly» measure, ‘But thee I've found the truest heart on earth, —De Wrrr 0. Srmsovn, Pumeters in Politics. ‘From the New York Journal. ‘The fllowing was sent in by anew member of ‘the Puasters’ Club: “I Grant Hewitt will be Er- ardt race for Coogan.” The perpetrator of this atrocity te still at large. ‘Post (inking of fair maiden) I think I can cee oemteng ore pets pm Ri & i i E 8 & i A i i aie abba! i : this sort of pigeon jlios, Every a basa Daakettul of these pigeons seat him from the seraglo, and in case of insurrection or other emergent ocoasion he attaches a levter and. turns Knled by nawas they generally send ve or six. wis they el There ‘are also historfeal, records ‘showing’ tat China bas made extensive use of these birds as messengers. In more modern times some shrewd men have utilized pigeous for business purposes. Rothschild, of London, laid,the foundation of his mmense Wealth trgagh ‘he agency ofthese o_ established regular pigeon post tween Paris and ‘London, wita, severs relay stations, by means of which he received early 10- formation of rise and decline in the market sev- eral days in advance of the regular sti n, ‘There are also several prominent business men and capitalists in New York who owe their suc- cess to the foundation laid years ago through ‘Advice received by piyeonsin advance of the stage. “‘Weils-Fargo agents used them formerly in thé mountains of Nevada to bring news from the near- est station on the same day, which by ular means would not have reached them in less three days, “The use ot 8 08 in this coun- try is very extensive. Mr. A. De Cordova uses ‘his birds to bring reports from Wall street to_ him at Chetolab, his suinmer residence, near North Branch, N. ¥., and many business men use pigeons im a suntlar manner, AT THE SIEGE OF PARIS. “However, these are only uses made by private individuals, and though history cites many in- stances where the birds were employed for mili- tary purposes, yet the bird as a military institu- tou may be said to date trom the siege of Paris in 1870-71. When that city was by the Prussians and all means of communication with the outer world cut off, pigeons were employed and all available birds in Paris placed at. the dis- ‘of the government. ‘The pigeons left Paris baloons, At Tours @ oom at the prefect! from which the furniture Was removed, Was fu up with perches, &c., and converted into a Pigeon-lott. “In this lott were all the rds which arrived by balloon trom Paris, Birds selected for the journey into Paris were taken by train in the early moruing from Tours to the farthest point north that could be reached, in order to reduce as much as possible the disiance the birds had to fy. 1t must be remembered that these birds had recetved little or no tratuing. From the middie of September to December ii, 219 pigeons were Now, and although the majority of ine birds were lost, shot, or struck by Lawks, coples of all the dispatches carried reached Paris, Each time about 5 birds were Liberated, all carrying the same dispatch. When the government had re- moved to Bordeaux difficulties creased on account of greater distances and tue severity of the Weather, Gapltulted, 8) more birds wore Ubetatsar ut ee rm more birds were liberal few Feacued Paria. In all 969 birds wore went. Out of Pans by balloon and 3u2 Uberated, out of which umber 73 reached Paris, some of them made several trips, and one bird, known as the “Augel of ‘the Siege,” made the journey six times. One of the was caught by Prince Frederick Charies and sent to his mother as a prisoner of War, After four years of confinement this guer made ite escape and returned vo the old loft ATTACHING MESSAGES. “French genius showed itself in the manner of attaching messages, Mons. Dragon, a well-known microscopic photographer of Paris, went to Tours by balioon.” There he photographed the messages on Aims or pellicles of coilodion. Each pellicle was 2 inches square, and contained about 2.500 mes- ‘Sages of 20 words each, or a total of 50,000 words. A vird could easily carry a dozen of these pellicles, OF 30,000 dispatches, One bird arrived at Paris on February 3 carrying 18 pellicles, containing 40,000. dispateues, or 800,000 words, This is tue largest number of messages carried by any one In all, 150,000 official and 1,000,000 private dispatches Were’ sent to Paris, At tie capital a sentry was stationed at each pigeon Tort and upon the arrival of @ bird, the mesoages were detach-d and carried to headquarvers. Here they were thrown upon & white wall by a powerful magic lantern, copled by scores of clerks, addressed, aud sent to theif destination, At first the messages Were rolied up and attached toa Solid tall featuer by a waxed silk Unread, but latter they were in- serted in goowe quills about 2 Inches long, which Were sealed at euch end, and ted under the tall to feather. Bach bird had numbers stamped on the Wing, the first indicating tne numoer of bird Sent, tne’ second number of series of mi And’ the third number ot birds remaining. fad any one, previous to the Franco-Prussian War, returning to the use of pigeons for carrying messages, he would have been laughed at; and, 1 the use of pigeons Was suggested to the Freuch ininister of war by @ Belgian, previous to the circumva.lation of Paris, but only after all means of communication with te outer world failed, were they resorted to, ‘Tne wonderful suc- cess obtained by the French, and the utter impos- sibility of the Germans to cut off communication of Prance’s capital with the provinces, led the ations of entire Europe to establish pigeon posts, France, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, daly, Hus: sia, Austria, all have a pigeon service. IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. “In France all principal stations on the frontier maintained by the government, and in addition there are 300 pigeon societies, fegularly enrolled by the goverument to ald in case of necessity, ‘Bach society Miles ite pigeons only in directions in- dicated by the government, and the minister of war gives anoual rewards to those making the Dest, progress. ‘The German government owns 6,000 flying between important rontier forts ahd tue capital, Beside these, 1t has control over 100,000 ‘owned by rivate societies that have placed their birds at and form the ualon of Ger- Daly in directions indicsted | many. ‘They also fy by the minister of war. The pigeon services of countries differ Dut littie from those of and Germany. In Spain, however, the used om naval vessels and revenue cut- Xorg, communicating mith the nearest muitary ‘THE SPEED OF HOMING PIGEONS varies somewnat, between 30 and 60 miles per hour, and depends upon the physical condition of i 3 ¢ i i ; ey i 5 i Z ke if : i i: H jal i f Fe nine’ and Hi it Ag i i fs if pigeon homeward has been much discussed. Per- | sons who have no practical knowledge of the man- agement and training of these birds invariably re- Gard this faculty as 4 wonderrul instinct, but those Most acquatnted with the subject it asa mere exercise of the pei ve faculties of the birds, which have no relation whatever to the blind, unreasoning instinet that oF 18 sald to direct, the action of so many animals, Pigeons must be regularly trained by stages, or they will be inevitably losi if blown 100 or 260 miles trom home. The best birds will refuse to fy in a fog, and to my kuowledge none have ever flown homé in the dark. If contined in strange lofts they have deen known to desert nest and young and take ‘the frst chance offered to return to their old home. The cock, however, will seldom go with- out his mate, and’ it 18 said that he will actually her from the nest to escape with him, “Not long ago some young that had never Jefe thelr nest, were purchased from a point fifty miles away, In due they were allowed Ub- erty, and thelr new owner observed them in the morning sitting on the root sunuing themselves, In the evening he received a telegram announcing their arrival whence they had come. Thinking he had been swindied with trained birds he became irate and replied: “Keep them and send me birds young enough to stay with me.” In due time he Tecelved another lot, so young that they had to be fed. But they, too, were reported back at thelr home, The purchaser then telegraphed: “Keep your flyers and send me birds in the shell.” The secret of It probably was that the young recognized thelr rents, which flew in that direction, and went me with them, PIORON SOCIETIES in the United States are quite numerous, and form ‘@ net work over the States from the Atlantic to the Pacific and trom the lakes to the gulf. To my knowledge there are three papers issued monthly on the homing pigeon, in addition to the columns in cortaln sporuing papers ny devoted to ‘this subject. ‘The birds trained for flying have no fancy characteristics, They are valued solely on account of their great power of fight, a power that is indicated by the enormous breadth of wing feather, the extent to which they overlap, and for thelr powerful wings with vast muscles to move them; all such characteristics as color are ne- glected, and the young birds are reared from those that have made the best records, ‘To show the perfection with which the pigeon Societies, here and abroad, have equi) 7 cotes, I will only menulon the Belgian trap-door nd the annunclator, ‘The former consists of a ‘cage by means of which the pigeon enters its home after returning from flights, but which 18 90 ar- Tanged by a door ot swinging wires, that the bird entraps itself, like a mouse, upon entering. It can then be easliy caught and’ auy e detached before it is permitted inside. ‘The latter consists of a platform, upon which the bird must alight “before "entering the loft, arranged 80 that the weignt of the bird upon the platform ‘Will make the necessary electric connection to ring a bell at the office OF home of the proprietor and thus announce its return. It has beeu still furtuer perfected, 80 that now the electric current will operate an instanta- neous camera, thus photographing the bird as it auights, A clock hanging opposite will aiso be phovographed and give the ume of return, The Use which has been made of these pigeons, by civil societies as well as by military authorities, suows what may be expected from tite pigeon station es- tablished by General Greely at Key West. —————cer— Nonsense in To the Editor of Ta Evsxrxo Star: Asa parent deeply interested in the welfare of the rising generation I have the highest apprecia- on of our public schools, Having also been a teacher myself, I fully appreciate the trials of a teacher, and am disposed to be lenient in criti- cism; but the questions submitted in some of the grades of our public schools to be studied up out- Side of the text-books are so lacking 1n usefuiness that a criticisim of the method seems imperatively Becessary. ‘The chiidren are required to “tind out about” so-and-so, but are not allowed to give answers that aré derived from data given in the text-books in that grade, Now, these text-books afe ‘supposed to condense the ‘gist of these sub- Jects in ‘such plain language as is adapted to the heeds and comprehension of the children of that grade, and to taxa child with the minutia of an encyclopedia ts not only puzzling and confusing to the child, but distracts attention from the im- portant and salient facts given iu the text-books, To-day the pupils were instructed to “find out about the Lianos, Selvas und Pampas.” Now, the geography of Uudt grade fully explains that the *Zianos (a Spanish Word meaning level fields) are great treeless plains in the nortn part of South America. As soon @s the rainy seuson sets in the Manos are quickiy covered with grass. They are then the feeding places of vast herds of cattie, horses, and sheep. In the dry season the piains are cracked by the great heat. At this time the cattle have to be driven elsewhere for pasturage. Sometimes during the rainy season the llanos are quite covered with waver, ‘The cattle tuen fice to higher land. The Indians climb the palm trecs and live there tilt the water falls.” “The selVas (a Spanish word meaning woods) are great plains adjoining the Amuzon River, and covered With a thick growth of trees—gigantic alms and mahogany trees, and great ferns. “These are woven together with climbing vines and Langled underbrush, so that the torest forms a dense thicket. Only’ wild beusts can force thelr Way througu it, and a path must be cleared with an axe befure & person can go even a short dis- tance into the interior. In the rainy season the selvas are changed into a vast swamp” “The pampas (a Spanish word meaning plains) are treeless plains in the southern part of Sout ‘America, covered with painyas grass. This grass grows from 10 to 15 feet high, and Its waving seed plumes are very handsome. Over the pampas Fange countless herds of wild horses aud cattle, ec." Now the chilld 1s not aliowed to give answers, from the foregoing data contained in 1s geogra~ phy, but is expected to study up other facts out- ‘Side, What there is outside of the foregoing that is of interest to a child, or worthy of retention 1p its overcrammed brain ,is more than I can uuder- stand, and yet if some sort of an answer ts not given the chid ts marked a failure. Not only this ut Many Of the questions are both absurd and mis- chievous. For tustance, the children were instruct ed““to find out about tobacco, and the two brands of cigars made in Havana.” "Being a smoker, Us question Was coufdeotly submitted to me for answer by oue of my children, Just what value Unis Would be to a girl pupti [failed to see, and, 1 coniess, I did not kuow what the two (2) brands ‘of cigars made in Havana were, A few days later 1 Understood tat the sauistactory answer Was tbat “Havana” and “Key West” were the two brands, In @ lady veacher this distinction might have Leen excusable, were it not for the new geography that it presented, Again the children were instructed Yo buru bones, and conduct certain tentative ex- periments io actual manipulauion with murlatic acid, being told Lo purchase the latter at the drug stores. Surely Ube teacher had not @ proper con- ception of the nature of this powerfully corrosive acid, whicu, in Ube hands’ of an inexperienced cniid, wouid'be almost as daugerous to its welfare as dynamite, Ir intelligent and ¢anuot ve formulated by the teachers for outside invesuigation, In Lae namie of common sense let us dispense Wit Ubis nousense, and rely upon the text books, Oct, 16, 1888, Pater Famiuus. —___ The Woodlawn Farmers, INTERESTING SUBJECTS CONSIDERED AT THE OCTOBER MEETING. ‘The October meeting of the Woodlawn Farmers’ Club was held at the residence of T. W. Blunt a few days ago, President Pierson in the chair, Reading the minutes induced some further con- Sideration of the cheat subject. President Pierson stated that an acquaintance told him he had collected mature seed of cheat and planted it for three years in succession for an experiment, but Tauled to get any Of it to grow, This wal in Michigan. On the other hand E. K. Mason said he had spread cheat straw and seedon some bare ‘spots Where no grass would grow, and had a stand. James W. Roverts spoke’ of cheat being generally supposed to come in where wheat was eaten off or otherwise retarded tn its growth, Dut on @ portion of bis field the pust season, Which Was Dadly eaten off by fowls, no cheat was seen, ‘Tue general view obtained that the seeds of cheat, like Ukose of mauy other species of plants and Uees, remain dormant in the soil, sometimes for very inany years uatil the conditions ure favorable for germination, When they spring forth, as for Anstance, in some sections Of the country it'a forest of hard Wood 1s cu. off 1t 1s followed by a growth of ‘and when the pines In cura are cut they wi be followed by a growth of bard wood agai, ‘The secretary recently cleaned out a deep well, which had been securely covered 80 tha: no seeds could get in, and the mud from the bottom, which was turowa out in @ pile on the surface, was covered in less than & month with a thick growth of minute plants, ‘PROST-BITTEN CORN, was “frosted Detore 1 was | wasted wind it was near ‘as ever, & conversation which wed about corn crops this season it appeared that A, Roberts had an exceptionally one, whtel, was attributed in t Lo the that he of fertilizer with ihe Dow alseke clover would ao here.’ “Tose whe ed U. Biunv’s specialties are potatoes and hay. He Las im about ven acres of the former, which promise an abundant yield. They found tas ‘as been producing an abundance several years, whica BOOKS oF THE WEEK. SIGURD A a if . AVPIBion. ¢ REAL ESTATE MATTERS, Fine Residences Course of Erection in this Chy. TEE QUESTION OF REDUCED TAX RATES OR REDUCED ASSESSMENTS—POLITICS AND REAL ESTATE—MRS. SHIELDS’ PINE RESIDENCE—A LAKGR HOUSE BE- ‘YORD BOUNDARY. In conversation with a large number of real es- tate dealers in this city a Star Teporter was told that the usual effect of election year upon the real estate market ts being experienced. Vuile there S something being done all the time,” remarked, one, “yet the volume of business is not large, and generally speaking, the market 1s not active. Peo- ple hesitate about making plans or entering into any arrangements looking to the future while there is uncertainty as to the changes that are Uxely to result trom an election. Of course this 1s more particularly true of those who are in Gov- ‘ernment employ, but still the same thing affects all classes of the community aad all kinds of bust- ness, Washington is not the only place where business becomes slack on account of the election. It prevails throughout the country. Stull, after all that can be said in regard to the present con- dition of the real estate market in this District: has Deen said, t remains true that dargains are 0 4 ro] if aay tind ve Sea he abe oe ee! purchasers can readily be round.” dealers sald that there was: plenty of money awaiting thvesiment, but investors seemed W be rather inciined to hoid off. The market for rented Eevee. is reported to be rather dull, but It is poate ‘so than 5: Bomar prior to a short Congress. re are @ good many ‘houses for rent und a good many are rented. “The mand just now seems to be ulainiy,” observed & dealer, “trom people who Want turnished houses for six months or so, ‘The season, as far a8 It de- pends on tue session of Congress, will be a short One this year, and there ls acclass of people Who come here wiien Congress comes and ‘leave upon the adjournment of that body. Leasing a house for such a short period is not regarded with tavor by owners, and in consequence tue rented List 18 ‘unusually Tull for this time of year. The prolon; ‘Session of Congress seems to make but litue differ- ghoe im the rental market, “The faiuiles of mem. bers of Congress nd oihers nade their usual arrangements for the summer, and now, as a rule, are back again for the winter.’ THE CHURCH OF THE COVENANT. ‘The work of rebuilding the tower of the Church of the Covenant ts being pushed forward rapidly. Ivis expected that the structure will be completed and ready for dedication about the 1st of January. ‘The original plan will ‘be carried out, but. for the Present the tower Will be fuished only up to the Toot, so that the building can be enclosed Next spring itis expected that the tower will be com- Pieved. ‘The work is being done in the most sub Stantial manner. The walis ure backed with hard brick laid in cement, and Ube stones of the tower are laid in Portland cement. Practically the tower will be independent of the rest of the ‘epee so that any seitlement will only affect. the wails of the tower. ‘The side wails of the church carry but little weight, the lantern 1s supported by the large pillars in the interior. The decision of the eh authorities to execute the origiual ‘ae mevts with general approval from not only members of the congregation but from outsiders, It ts Considered that the church will be one of the finest specimens of architecture in-the city, and for Unis reason there was a general desire that the original plan should be followed, "The architect 1s represented in tuls city by Col. Robert L Fleming, and there is also a clerk of the works who is cob- stanly at the buliding. ‘The brick work is being done by Wiillain Garson. REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENTS, “I noticed in THE Star the other evening,” re- marked a well known citizen to a Stax reporter, “that the District Commissioners are considering ‘the question of the reduction of the rate of real estate luxation 1b the District, It is stated that the District revenues are in excess of the propor- Uon payable by the District tor improvements and CUITe( expenses, and Luis means 1s suggested to reduce the revenue, While it would no doubt be effective yet 1t seems to me that the assessments might be kept down und the same p' ‘ce complished. ‘The last triennial assessment made avery considerable increase in the valuation of Property all through the District. ‘This advance Was Justilied no doubt by the enlanced values of property at that tune, ‘Sull the increased taxes Uon Was felt Lo be somewhat of a burden by many property-hoiders, Keal estate has its fluctuations us Well as other species of property, and the mar- ket value 1s apt to vary sensiuly during a period of Ubree years. What would be a fair Valuation at the beginning might prove to be somewhat exces- sive beiore ihe expiration of the period when & ‘EW assessment is made, If that is the case the citizen is loo heavily taxed. A more equitable metuod, in my opinion, would be to keep down the Valuation, ‘The prevent rate Of taxation is low enough, and if the assessors avoid what may be termed fancy Valuations Len Lhe reputation of this city a8 a piace where taxation is equitable and uBuorm Would be maintained, ‘The Lemptation Presents itseif to get a8 much money as possible Out Of real estate, thus Increasing We revenues of the District and inaking possible large sppropriag Uons for street aud otuer improvements. There is NO necessity, in my opinion, to try to do all this work in one generation, ’ Improvements are a 00d thing, but they should be graduai and within the limits ot the normal yearly revenues, Note ing should be done that Would tend to increase taxation or lo make it Uncertain in amount. A large number of people come here to escape from the evils of the modern municipal government, and that feature of our clly’s aliracuveness sbould uot be overlooked.” A NEW APARTMENT HOUSE, An apartment house is being erected at the Southeast corner of 10th and,E streets by Mra An- nie V. Barbour. It will be five stories in height and wili be bulit of red select brick with stone trimmings. Tuere will be an oriel window on the E-sireet iront and @ wrought-iron baicuny at the Uird story. AU Uke corner will be an octagon pro. Jection, terminating above the root in # tower, Tue first floor will be used for store Purposes and the entrance to the apartments above will be from E street. ‘The building was designed by W. Bruce Gray. ‘The arrangement of the upper floors Will be Very convenient. Buch set of apartinents will contain eight rooms, a bath, anda kiteuen. The houses adjoining the new building on tue east have Fecentiy been remodelied by te owner, Mrs. Bare dour, abd cuanged trom old-fashioned louses 1nvo modern dwellings, ‘MKS. SHIELD@’ NEW RESIDENCE. Sixteenth street, wear Scott Circle, ts improved by a number of fine residences, Oneof the largest in that locality 1s the oue that 1s now being ercet- ed for Mrs. Susan Shields on the northeast corner Of 16th and O strects. 1 occupies the entire front. Of the lot on 16th street, which Is 674 lect, ‘This structure ts crowned by a high pitched roof, which is broken by a tower atthe corner and gables at the sides. In place of the stone trim- mings usually employed, brick arche: span the Window openings, and the irieze ‘aud belt course 4s also of brick. Variety, however, 1s obtatned by use of tue octagon-shapeu bricks 1a the trieze Aba in the course between Une first and second stories, ‘The bricks are laid in the style known as basket work. ‘There is a square projection at. the north end of the front finisued at the roof with a gable, and on the O street front there 13 an octagon bay window, The buliding is well proportioned, and the effect of tne design ‘is strengtilened by its simplicity. The arcatiect, Mr. Sumuel Ed- Monsion, Was associated with the late H. i. Rich: ardson in the erection of the houses which the latter built in this city. He is a nephew of Mr, Charles Kdmonston, the well-known bulider, who Das Ube contract for building this mouse. Brick is not used exclusively The bascinent ia of rook faced Seneca stone ve lars supporting the brick porch at the mainentrance ‘stone, ‘This porch 18 spanned by a deep Of brick and the vestibule 1s open, The Laterior ts palatial in its roportions, ‘The entrance ball, 10 feet wide, leads io a spacious central hall, which ts 23 teet wide and 28 feet long. Here 1s ,ocated the great stair, case, Which 18 continued to the top of ‘the house. Ou the first landing i$ a balustrade and trom thls point the Visitor has a View 01 the Lwo halls and tue rooms opening out from thew. ‘The feature of the central Lailis continued on the second floor and frum it access is had to all the rooms. From the entrance hall there is @ door leading into the re- ‘ception room or par! ‘The otuer rooms on the Mrat floor communicate with the central ball, Back of the reception room is the billiard room, ‘The drawing rvom 1s 31 feet long and 18 teet ‘wide, and occupies all the space south of the en- trance. Back of this room is the library and sen the dining-room, with an octagon bay window looking on O street, ‘There 1s also on tails Roor & large Butler's pantry, a lavatory and ‘a culldren’s Gining-room. ‘In the’ rear or tie staircase hain an elevator. There are on the second flour three Dath-rooms finished with white tlling, ana umple closets are in all the ved-room. ‘The’ third story contains three servant's room anda childrens piay room. Above is a large attic. Oak &nd cherry are used’ a the interior” Anish of the house. The ualis and dining-room are finished in Mr. R. O. Holtzman, agent, ts erecting for Mr. 1H. Warder two stores on the west side of 111 street, between Band F streets, Tne old occupted this site has been removed, Soop excavation 1s being ‘made for a cellar, JOHN 0. JOBNSON’S RESIDENCE. H Hine $e g ° | BE ili fatal : ir 4 f # E | THE YOsHIWAKA. HOW THE APPRARANCE OF VICE 18 ERADICATED— SEGREGATING THE DEMI-MONDR—A BUNTING GROUND FOR THE FOLICE—COMPACT BETWEEN PARENTS AND BONDSMEN—CURIOTS CUSTOMS, From Tar Sran’s Traveling Commissiorer. TOKYO, August 22, 1888, There is a place in Japan which every male tourist visits to gaze on its outside; a place that contains probably the most remarkable attempt ever made tosolve the great problem of human Society; yet m place entirely unknown to the Western world, for nobody has ventured to make 1m print more than an airy passing allusion toit, No foreigner, indeed, has ever been in a Position to write much of this place from his own knowledge, for the police authorities tell me that I am the first to whom opportunities for thorough investigation have been afforded. I have, of course, hesitated a good deal before sitting down to write of it, Dut I have concluded not to make one of the conspirators of silence upon all maLters of (he sexual relations of men and wome: ‘and who are themselves not a little responsibic, am convinced, for the continuance of the evils they deplore. “1 shill therfore write simply and truthruily of what I have seen and learned of this remarkable and secret piace, and you will give it to your readers if you think Ht. But as Japan has Dorrowed so much and so wisely from us it seems & pity that we cannot borrow trom uer fn return something of her practice of dealing with ali such subjects with equal frankness and wodesty, On the furtuest northwestern outskirts of TOky6, an hour's ride in a jinrikisha from anywhere, thre isa colony apart, You enter it throush & wide gate, op one side of which is a weeping willow—rhe Willow of Welcome” in Japanese— nd OU the other side a post of police, Tue streets Inside are long and Wide, shops and tea-houses al- Vernating; down the middie ts a beautiful flower- garden six feet across, where a succession of flow- ers in full bioom ty maintained among q fountains and quaint stone lanterns An eagie, marvelously constructed of sureds of bamboo, 15 siUting upon a tree stump, and ALP 4 DOZEN WAR FIGURES ofmen and women, startlingly life-like, are pluck- ing the flowers and strolling by the fountains. One man has trodden upon @ toad and ts springing back tn bis footdrawn up ulmost to bis Waist. A lady” has stopped before a little brook and siands with her gown gathered up, hesitating to cross, when a corlie—a Japanese Sir Waller Raleigh—runs up and spreads his coat on the mud before her. ‘These are the Wax-works, and all day long @ crowd of real pcople, not a bit more real Jooking, gaze on them with vellgut, or with Japan- ese Lenderpess and simplicity of feeling tind per- fect pleasure in admiring the flowers and the but- terflies, From the eaves of tne bamboo-peaked Toot hang two rows of brilliant red ianterns, and from the suops and tea-bouses at the side hang two more rows, So in dayume tour long lines of Ted are Waving in the wind, and at night four Streams of dancing scariet—appropriate color!— make the darkness gay. the end of the priucipal street is @ large and hand. some Duiding surmounted vy a clock-tower dominating the entire colony, And when you have walked for a quarter of a mile under the lonterns and beside tue flowers you lind not one only but a dozen such buildings, massive struc Lures of stone and brick with pillared veraudas and lofi vaulted entrances trough which you gel a glimpse of great stairways aud columns of Poilshed wood, witu cool green gardens exten sing vemptngly beyond. ‘There are no finer bwidings in 1Oky6 than these, and they bave cost hundreds Of thousands of dollars, ‘They bear no sign or mark outside to indicate their purpose, tougn if Youlook up in passing you will probably see Graceful ngure or wo in bright gowns strolli Upon Lhe balcony, or a pair of Ulack eyes will look curiously dowa ‘upon you, or perhaps you may catch sight of a gracerill bead witu monumental ¢oure restiug upon a Uiny bund and bare arm, ‘This 1s the Yosuiwara as you may see it any day. What 18 1t, however, if you can look behind the flowers and the lanterns and Tead the unwritten Slory of Luese silent palaces? ‘THE PLAIN OF REEDS. The word “Yoobiwara” means literally “The Plain of Reeds,” and so long ago as the reign of the Shogun Iyemitsu, in 1659, it was the favorite quarter of the city for the residence of the prosti- tute class. At the restoration, however, Uwenty years ago, the authoriuies deterinined to Suppress houses of Frostitution in the city of TOkyd proper, and to coufine them to Unis part. Now the word “Yosbiwara” has te generle name for ‘the quarter inhabited by the Japanese denu-monde in any town. ‘There are no fewer than six of Uuem 4m 1OKYO alone, Dut We Shin-Yosuiwara, or new one, which J ai descriving, 1s ue chiet and most Temurkable. ‘This slep of segregatun Was taken Jor several reasons, In the first place, it seemed to Ue authorities that public morals would gain by the removal of tue licensed OF kashi-cashiki, from all tue respeciavie quarters; then’ the system of regular medical inspection which they were determined to eutoree would be easier and more certain; tue tax upon each member of the demi-monde ‘could be better collected; tue whole which ts regu- lated by very iniricate laws enfo.ced Lheoretically With great strictness, woud be much more under police control; ana last, Dut not least in Weigut, Such @ quarter Would bé a happy nunling-ground Tor Lhe vecret police, a8 @ successtw swindier oF a hiding thier wouid be pretiy sure 10 vura up and any conspiracy -against law and order would be likely to be disclussed there, At cas 18” argued Une auunorities the eagies be gatuered together, Of Lue Aushicushikt have Woo wich to gain and Loo much Lo ise not to help tbe. police secretly by every means—and there mus: be @ milliion—in ther power, So there is a special Drauch of Yo- shiwara police. ENROLMENT OF RECKUITS. ‘To understand the peculiar Japanese point of ‘view in this matter, we must go back to the de- Partunent of police. There, asI said tn my pre- Vious letter, 18 @ special bureau of prostitution (in2luded in ‘the bureau of trade) with a dozen busy Tunctionaries, and there, too, 1 Was perumiited as a Special favor to be present at the eurolment of re- crults, Ina small room on the ground floor sat | two officials beuind desks on a raised platiorin. Opposite Laem Were sliding-doors in the Waly, and as Lhese Were opened from outside by a Ubree persong eutered, the girl appiying to become a licensed shoyi, ber parent or guarulun, and tue Keeyer Of @ kashi-zashiki. ‘They all make very jow bows, and (main in an attitude of thegreaiest Fespect. “The giri 1s questioued, Sue replies auLo- matically wih dowucast eyes; tbe parent 4s questioned, he repues apologetically with Many explanations; tue keeper is ques- uoved, he replies ‘protusely, with pracused fluency. ‘There is a good deal of talk, aad ine Official makes many eutnies in up elaborately ruled ledger before hun, ‘Then Une three reure, In a moment the slid.ng-doors open again to” admit anotner trio, and $0 on Without variauon, Wituout emoUon, torinally and relenuessly tue streain of Victims is rolied On—vicums to human lust or di- Vine incomp-tence oF naural necessity, according to your point ot view. I could nut heip belug minded of the automatic plg-killing at ‘tue stock. Yards Of Chicago, Sowe Of the giris are no longer Young, but coarse in person and brazen 1p manuer. Otuers are delicate aud pretty anu very friguiened, Some lvok little more than children, bew udereu. ‘The parents are quite commonplace people, and the Dawus are like thelr fellows tue world over, Sug scoundrels, ‘The average number of app. Callous, many Of them Tefused, Is avout ten dally. DETAILS OF THE CONTRACT. ‘The whole system 18 based upoa the theory of a civil contract, When a girl is forced by her parents or desires of her own will to become a ‘yujo or “lady of ” the keeper aushikt 8 iinmeuiately Teady to advance x0 we Parents a certain sum Of money, say Lwenty dol Jars oF Nifty, or in Very exceptional cases perhaps @ hundred.” The girl, her parents, and 4 surety Thereupon cater lnvo a bond tor het to becoue aa earnings Which goes Lo the keeper (heore.ic. oue-naif) 1s sufficient to recoup him for ube sui advanced, ‘with his outiay for her ciothes complete reimbursement sue must reiund all the money advanced or Ume.” If sue runs away, the jOL Of oot A @ civii action for ‘parents and surety—a. sore gruesome action tor restivatiou 01 coh; ful she can escape altogetuer by her parents’ reach and leaving t debi. When ber Ume bas ex; abst is Hi 4 5 § §: | g Gi iH i i H B : E i i a in 5 beet H £ si B § 4 i Hi 36 i i ESE i £ | & i E & 1 | 1 if il Hi 5 { she replied. “Any question?” “Certainly.” “Then,” I said to theold laay through my interprever, “wil! you ve so kind as to show me some of Une’ seals ionging to your Ladies of pleasure Wat you have at this moment in your possession?” ‘SHE WINCED VISIBLY and turned colors, but after a minute got up with- out a word, trotted off, and recurned immediately With the private seal of a certain Miss Man, and I {ook an impression of it in my note-book, to her evident great alarm, This t, of course, that ‘she was in the habit of entering the accounts 1 all the books, altesting thean herself with Che seals of all her d thus the police would be shown, an immaculate Mancial recora, while the girls Themselves Would uever even see the books, or Know with how much they were debited and Credited from Week to week. It is very unusual, Dy the way, for one of these great uouses to bE owned by Ube keeper; such profitable property is generally owned iu Japan as elsewhere by nighly Tespectable capitalists Who are never beard of. ‘And prontabie Indeed it must be, Tor Ube marke’ ¥alue of land inside the Yoshiwara as compared With the general average tn TOkyO 48 as tour Wo one. In this Yoshiwara there are 100 kashi fashiki and about 1,850 shogi. The government {ax upon each house's three dollars a month, and upon each giri frow half a doilar to three dollars & Month, according to ber class, There are four classes or Hon, the enumeration of each bing prescribed by law. As everywhere else, the position 4s poty one. MOUS, oiran being the politest name, the ‘most frequent, joro the most accurate and severe, and yujo—“fille de jove”"—Uhe prettiest. ch has her own servant and ber own apartment, often charmingly decorated with paintings and screens, and adorned with ltue carvings and porcelain and bits of sliver Work and lacquer, the gifts of rateul admirers, And there is nearly always a ricer ten Ant framed scroll tn a conspicuous Position, extibiting some sc Appropriate ootry iersely told. in tbe complicated, Chinese characters. One I remember had :he four charac. ters matsu kiku nao sons, literally “pine santuewum still are, + ¢., the pine and the cliry- ‘Sani bemum always preserve their charm, even ip {inter when other flowers die, and, by impuica- ion, “My charms are everlasting, like ne and the chrysanthemum.” ¥ PLEASING BELIEFS AMONG PORRIONERS. ‘There are some pleasing Veliefs current among foreigners here, and which have been circulated In ‘Several recent books on Japan, to the effect that it 1s @ common act of filial devotion fora girl to Volunteer uuasked to devote herself to Uhis life for a termuf years in order to pay ber parents’ debts, to extricate them from some other ewbarrassment, oreven to lay by a Lite money for hers-it; and that this done, she returns to the bosom of her family as if nothing had happened, indeed wita the added halo of filial piety. All this ts unmiti- ated rubbisu. Major Knoilys, K. A., in his recent Folume of snap-shvt ~sketchesot Life in Japan” (Chapman and Hail, 1887) has attained the climax Of absurdity 1u LulsTespect. “Many gif_s,” he says (P. 223), “acvove (uemselves to three or four years Unworality of set purpose, amass comfortable litte Sums Of iuoney, are Warmiy welcomed back Into the domesUc Circle, and are regarded as models of Mlial GULy iu bavidg thus tolled for the support of their parents Iu fuct the landmarks between Vir- tue and vice are obliterated.” This 1s such a Usque misstatement as to be little betier Adolic, What Major Kuollys' sources of informa. {on during uis few days ia TOkyO may Lave been 1. do not kuow, but I have made searching inquir- tes on this point in all quarters and from ali sorts Of people, from the high ofticers of the department Of police ‘down to the yuo Ubemselves, abd 1 ave DO hesitation in characterizing bis statement as Dreposicrous. Tt is true Uhat the majority of the | girls who eater Yosbiwara are there that tbelr parents may have money in consequence, but {uere 18 not one cave in hundreds where they are hot unwilling and unhappy victims. FILIAL OBDIENCE. ‘The influence of Confuciauism bas been toim- Plant the duty of Mlial obedience as the primal ‘and imperative virtue among the lower classes of Japan. A daugucer yields absoluve unquestioning Obedience to her paréuts under all circumstances ‘Thereiore When Uuey say Wo her, “You will marry $0~and-so,” SLe does not dreatn’ of objecting. No more does she when they say to ber, “You must enter Ube Yoshiwara.” Of course when she is asked at the deparument of police, “Do you take Unis step of your own free wil?” ‘she replies, “I do,” Dut the case is exactly parallel to tue con- demned criminal who Walks up the steps of tue gallows of bis own free will. As for the notion that a Life of prostitution is not ‘considered by Ue Japanese to involve any paricuar discredit or Gisgrace, tbat 1s almost equally silly. Tue reason Uhat such a life here is regarded differently fom a similar iife in other countries is sim ply that it is different—with just we difler- ence between @ person Who becomes immoral Under compulsion and one wo 1s imimoral from choice. The J have their ‘own view of all sexual matiers, including this one. Troke to kasake no, Usey quote phiiosyp: nai ‘monowa nai, Abd prostitution ainoug Unemsélves Uney wsuimate at precisely its true value. An in- effaceable stun and an irredeemable lowering Touai dignity they know it to be, but they Koow aiso that there are not a few casts in which 4 leaves the moral character untouched. ‘The biography of a famous and beautiful hariot named Murasaki Says of her, “she defied ber body but ow her heart,” and’ describes her tenderly Previlly us deichiu no hasu— » lovus in the im Consequeauy inaly an oiran, Understanding Tespectabie in the occupa- ag FFE looks forward to a “po 4 wi luaD Wuose acquaintance she Dus i in Yoshiwara, a Jag Of Ube are thus: Boa every year, Uhough perhaps bol a larger propor- Uon Uhan ip ober countries, And as for revurolug Yo Ubelr families it ts hardly too much to way Laat ‘Uney never do. WaT THEY THINK OF THEIR OWN CALLING may be Judged from the fact that when agi! leaves ber kashi-2ashiki Lo be married or lo make any attempt W live differently, nothing would ip- duce her to take with ber a scrap of the clovhing she has worn Wuere, ap aruic'e of Une furniture vi her room, or even One Of ber Knick-knacks trom it, although she bas paid for them all ten Umes over. Sue would regard Ubeir presence elsewhere as a coustant reprosch and ‘60 Bhe leaves: them for the keeper to sell al Len times their value to the next comer. “When she leaves," I say, but does she often leave? I fear Uat the female footprints by the Willow of Welcome nearly ali point one Way. “What are ube chicl determining causes Uthat recruit the ranks of the yujo?” 1 asked my informants at tue inent of police, “Tere are only Lwo,” Was tne re- piy, “poverty and navurai toclioation.” “Precisely ‘the same causes that make Journalists with us,” I remarked. “And all otuer professions,” added the director, “But, putting seu Uiment and theoretical fegal safeguards aside what proportion of yujo ever return to respectable life?” “Unsortunaieiy very few,” was the reply; “we have a proverb ia Jay se Which exaclly answers you question, Tehido doro-midzu ni haivara, wsho mi wo aray- enai—once get into dirly Water, and you wil never be wasued cleab agaib as long as you itve.’ A-few get married, occasionally ove Commits sul- cide with her lover because he bus pot the means wherewith Uo pay ber debts and take her away, and Occasional one returns Lo independence and re- Spectability, but the great majoriy either die or Gescend in (he scale as Ubey get olver aud ugiter, Uli they end by being SerwaDts ip tue houses of which they were formerly Ube ornaments, It goes without saying Unat in so strange acom- munity —among these “1oUus in the mud”—there 15 & Vast deal of romance, becessarily much more than among the simiar Classes of countries where Vice comes chiefly from choice. Hundreds of novels tell the stories of denizens of the Yoshi- Wara—of thelr beauty, Ubelr misforvunes, their de pa and happinoss or despair and triumph ai Siitide. ‘Some of these Would. be well worth tell- Pad if Palestine, Yong ago, there are orten n paid 10 Palestine tore viruues co be found ta Ube hariot class than in our own bighiy respectable ‘and I should imagine this W be even Uruer of Japan Wan of Jerusalem. THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY SPECTACLE of the Yoshiwara takes place for a 1ew afternoons atSo'clock threetimes a year, when the flowers in Ube long street-gardens are changed. First in ‘comes the pink glory of the cuerry blossoms; then fa summer tne purple of the iris; then tn aa! {uma Ure uundred colors of the curysanthewum, tue ‘Batlonal fower of Japan. Wisea the “new Dowers are planted the ladies of pleasure tuese @ Slate Visit. From or E . Hy if E : Eeiaieze i 4 s as it i i Seen eee See eaes | THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1888—DOUBLE SHEET. i a ea ID eS © ee plate glass and Ube passers critically at their leisure, Mike Sow. Some of them are adresse. ous and offensive, I> well advised to suppress it Ay. Such is the great Yoshiwara of TOKYO. | This ts Rot the place to express any opinion Upon ine Principle of lcensing incontinence, Dut as I have Written so frankly tt ts only fair 10 the Japanese Lhorities for me to polnt Out Laat their pecwilar Yatem bas absoluriy eradicated Ube appearence Of vice tn TOKYO; You might walk the sree of thls city Of & million people @ year Witeowl seeing & CI ita state of tings prot Without a parailel in the civilized world, , toa, thes have Sissoctated it trom rt and Arun ess ‘and robbery; Une streets of the Younuware are as uct aud Orderly as Mayfair or Fifth avenue nd nobidy here can fall into temptation wnwit- Upgiy; be must coin search of It, Moreover, the Japanese policeman is a man with a high see of personal dignity, and it 1s impossible Lo thiGK of din LUTRIY Up tis palm for a bribe OF prosuLubing his position to the purposes of blackmail J nm Uhese are matters of some value, at ony rate, (he Propie who have been responsible for Une potior de moeurs Mabille, for tue Strand and be Haye ileus of sexta and San F¥ame rket and Endacott, for the nue and the wells’ of Chicag cisco are hardly likely to deny. Hexny Noxmam. eet ‘Written for Tar EvExte Stan —MS. KATE CH Te Re-enter Washington Soctety—Sea- @tor Quays Family. The announcement by the close friends of Wm. Kate Chase that she will be an active participant in the fashionable gayeties of the capital during the coming season will bea genuine surpriy to the leaders in and out of oMcial society, and will be one of the most Interesting events In Its pres: ent and prospective influence upon tue ou jorme a's and spirit of Washington life, This beautiful ond historic woman, since her return trom Burp, where she had been passing several years eds: at Ang her daughters at We excellent school near the Palace of Foutaivebleau, the sceur of the kinjress Josephine’s Jos and grief, has divided her time between a city Bowe In New York and ber inher= ited patrimouial estate tn the subUris uf Lhe Amer- Acan capltal. Much of the past summer Mra cly_s, With her three daughters has been living quir At Edgewood. It is now her purpose vo son the city before tue opening tulngie once more in { belle and a bride two di Social Uraibing ‘aud experience whica Uicy have 0: Yet had. Mrs Chase, though in middie life, retate hat beauty of torn ature, Chat Vigor fascination of conversational pc of melon and MaBhers whi: made her, wi) Harriet Lane, the most notable and ‘att gure in the lstory of Washington soctal i She Was practically to the Lincolu social era and Of Lue new party Which had come into power ta Bational affaits what Harriet Lane was to tle last @emocratic adminisirat She Mats, martial and avai Leroes, wen of tet 4nd ” politicians First as the — det 5 Gaughter and presiding lady of the beuse be of a “former governor of ty great commonweaith of Ohio, a former Sena the Uniled States, the hi Bacal de ent of the Government, Lie founder OF Ratbonal banks and the Muaactal ‘systew which placed Une executive authority in position Lo conduct ® gi- antic domestic war. Then as the wife of the Youngest war governor Of Lue Union, a general of brigade and a Senator of the United States, and Gaughter of the Chief Justice of the United Staten. At all Uines sbe Was the Companion aud conbdaut Of her distinguished fatuer, POLITICAL RAGACITY. In public affairs and the movements of patttl. cal parties she possessed a Wonderful knowienge, Abd exuibited marvelous sagacity. Her lewaer: Ship practically tn Ube organization of her father's candidacy for Ube presid-aual nomination 1 180s Of feu hive political ceuius ever displayed in Une bistory of Americ tities. That si ied throug the trickery a at New York po Hot Ube only instance of frustrated plans Uutwugh. such methos What might have been a victory for the demo- cratic party Wwe: or Conspiracy and Tebeilion, Had tue foresight of Us extraordioary woman been followed, wie cau teil What Would have been Lue polical experien- Ges Of the pas. LwWo decades Briweeu Uae tor uf the Datties for Ube Union and the doiinwting genius of the struggles tor the means Lo -«: an aggressive au pesstul Wai woud have had a puzzilug probiem Lo sorrel their discrimination between (Wo men—one fore most th the art of War, tue other forewost 1b arts of afany'of the friends of Mra. Chase in her melden ays of Lwenty-odd years ago, When sue berselt Was in the tWentles, and asa young mietrou Within a less scope of Ume, are stiil in socket life here, The wnirugig of politics uas turuea mony down, Dut there are those Who Dave survived Uke Mutaitons of time and events Who Will Kladly Wek Come her back to ber piace in Uke social world, ‘There are stuli many more who Will houor her wat Only Lor Werselt bul Lor Lhe Lived of a noted sire, Whose impress upou men und affairs sti! ‘the memory of ilving actors in Uue se day. ‘The eldest daughter of Mrs. Cl Chase Sprague, strougly resembies She passed last winter tm a quiet way om ing social lite. is gifted with « taste lor the bistrionic art. The your Uers have talents for music, li and languages, wich Will énable thet U like brilliant waiellites to the central brillatey of (heir mother's social gifts. The entre of Mim ‘Chase again into society will give the fastionsbies something 0 Ubink about, Lak about, and about, Wuich Will relieve ue monotony Of te ayeties, Tue spread of twe capital bas mad ficaed ‘property ett her ‘by her tatuer very wale ‘Abie, which places Luis estimable lady in cousore able Quancial circumstances, MNS. SENATOR QUAY, ‘wife of the Junior Pennsylvania Seuator and chair man of the national republican committee, was reoccupied her Washington residence tor tw sea son, She is accompanied by her younger ters Cora and Susam, who are in Uhetr attending school. Her eldest daugute Agnew Quay, will remain a few we: Uhe delugnudl bomesiwad in tue valley Beaver, which is kept up throughout the dest son, Kichard, will remain in New after the election, when ue Will goto Mexioe Lo pass Uhe Winter on @ ranche Just acruns the Atmert- can border In Which his fatter ts inverested. Tue Younger son, Andrew Grog Curlin Quay, a lkeyiene a ee troopers: regul as beh permanently assigned to the garrison of Washington. The Senator Will pass Sundays in Washington ental aflet te election wien ue Will cuiue here Lo aw ait the opening of the closing session of Ue Centon ial Congress and Ube last of Lue preseut Adusiais Urauon, THE ELDEST DAUGHTER Of the Senator, who accepted very few Invitations last season, one of Laem loa debutante dinuer ve enter society tormally during the coming wu She is @ young lady of fue education and Uve talent for patuting. She is much devo the art, aud 18 Inclined to pursue Wer studies iu Ubat direction, The two younger daughters are Very fond of music, and promise to be adejr> in the melodious ari Tuey are the happy posse-ors Of a pigmy steed in the form of a beautiiul wort land pouy. The domestic surroundings of te Benator are extremely happy and investing ‘Th: departure for Europe of Mrs Logan, with her charge, the two daughters of Georg: Pul jan, the millonuire car-bullder, of Llluoin, wil, oove he transier of Uke remains of Ler decen t, and ‘be no ceremony ob Line Ars Logan's absence, Will be Observed upon ber re Wituln two years. Mrs. La "3 With Whe Minges Pullinal is Upon a Formafcagageueut wiuch will wot 'cua ws) he The golden day te dove— And shadows of the gioaming bide, Where streained the meliow, shining tide Of setting sun. Pursuing day, on dusky wings ‘Night fires into the West, ‘And unto listening ears it brings Btrange, soft and dreamy whispering, The voice of rest, Up, through the brooding, thick'ning veil, ‘Aaiiver star Love, Alone and beauiug softly pale, Like some sun -lurhted, far off aail, On deep bine sea. Now, silence unto night is wed, ‘fold my bands and dream. ‘While from the withered ruses bed ‘Prom Lite. : ‘Tae word “emall-pox” fell ew Tommy to spell, ‘hopelessly. a ea ‘“éo you Know whas s (eo ctmple & WOrd ab ate all ‘Tommy, “he ou! to gut vaste Eee ; eae: