Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1888, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON FOR SALE-HOUSE! FOR _RENT—HOUSES. 7 RENT—FURNISHED TEN. ROOM HOME ON i RENT— rR = ok HERPRORD, G12 Fst, > 14236 F st ‘ave. and * FOR RESTOA NE: COTTAGE IN MT. PLEAS. ae ant: $25 per month Sa, 2 JB. M4 33: _W.C. DI 120: mR RENT — FURNISHED —A BEAI ae furnished 12-room bouse, near lows. we two new houses, 10 rooms tt Cirele, rent or sale; all 402, . F.. Star office. te Ww. eine Lg = oy Fo ST. 8. w. Co BRICK "915.50. Ce PARKES 20g and Bete ‘NISHED. Cor ¥ and 19th n.w..200 [13th st., bet. S and -400 Jefferso’ | ths — deyariments. house ‘contains Tange, two latrobes, and im She "Apply THOS, nw. mn Pi. com t th. Bact? cele : a B22-3t FoR Bx 7 38 DIANA AVE, SWS Rooms and 2.50; 303 Dn. w., ‘conve yy ty Td good condition and 22-3t for rent toa Teliable tenant: FITCH, FOX & Square, on ber 15,'1 ircle. > Pte bet 1h an 337 3 a ine s e st. (bet. car & herdics). 14th st., bet. V and W. .. iF ..200' Other furnished and unfurnished Houses, to which we ask attention. These houses can be seen only by obtaining permite from our office HILL & JOHNSTON 1503 Penn. st. Dw. to ; alf rooms are co: ly furnished, including SheKateen is laree, ont desirable | _217-co2w _ Se ape a NR ERA ri nvenien = ren vpnine 8 pleasant home each. 7. C. DUVALL, 7-5t "925 F at. R | RENT—UNFURNISHED—COR. _SUNDER- and Place and 20th st: 2} Pogue near Dupo Cirele. | Price 20th st., 9 rooms, price Apply to DULANY & WHITING. 1350 F st B17 Gt 4 $th st. nw. THOS. WAGGAMAN, 917 F st. nw. Fe, RENT_419 3D ST. N. B. TWO-STORY, BAY window Brick, six root and bath, pa con- creted cellar, repleuces, rents 50. Apply 508 Kast Sapite VOR RENT— Brick 911 New York ave., 11 rooms... ick 930 E st. n.w., 11 rooms. R RENT — NEAT HOU SE OF FIVE water and gas; back and front yard. th mw. Keynextdoor. on -3t" k RENT—A CHARMING NEW HOUSE. 412 k. FY Tooms: handsomely finished Sas cotter, furnace. handelier: lange closets: n 30° Apply 12168 RENT—$40 PER MONTH—HOUSE 118 D| _217-6t imps. Inquire | [OR RENT—1528 0 ST. B2l-4t Apply to J. J. SHEDD, ee of Print i my Toons, al mod. imps, “Heut $20.50, inquire 400 7h en no: e 332 Miller's Gr, j03 Callan st. n. n§-Im SWORMSTEDT & BRADLEY,927 F nw. R RENT—UNFURNISHED. 20 13th nw. 13 06 Indiana ave, 9 $00 U st. n.w., Sr. URN. Conn. ave... bet. Rand 8,1 JOR RENT—A Vt. ave., bet. Kand L, 1 bie, per 3 Fiber ne Kits betta and i0ch, et. per month. Sunderland Pisce 2d Eis RCTHERFORD, reascl 1307 F st. bow. Se, Or and RENT—UNFURN 4 EMTGHT, 607 thet nw. R RENT—11-ROOM BRICK HOUSE. 205 DST, ; fronts B.w.: all modern conveniences; south; rent ‘B45 per month; key st 207 Dst. ‘Inquire 1348 Cor n29-3t* coran st. __ B20-3t" HOUSE ONG immediate mt Circle. .&. at Ww, 4 10-ROOM FRAME th and 1sth streets, in the 1319 Corcoran st., 11ra45 $e Ba. ave. nw batt l4r. Fg t SALE ECKINGTON BEAUTIFUL 10-ROOM tge cerns Flectrie steam h. we cerry impovenent: aleotine fs ratidly-develorine ‘sub, owner BYWiMbie 1313 Fa ic See mac aoe Foe A _HANDSOME NEW TWO-STORY and basement House, brick front, with bay window, containing seven ted. 171 4hst.nw. Inq BR *. Es Fe SALE—ON 12TH, BET. Q AND BR. and basement brick, 8 rooms, od, inj ARNEH & CO. ANE block fo one. tnew Fe “brick c. BAUMGRAS how UTIFUL 6-ROOM earl R SALE—A BEA! C, near Yth, = Tae $5,000; price, $3,800. R SALE—BRICK bath; on 12th. #% a inted; price SBOg Pa aves bw _ n22-3t R SALE—3 NEW heated, beautiful, little houses on Eckington n. W TWO - STORY tbove boundary ; easy. dd shade: Capitol, Penss D, ‘and ‘ahade neat Oupieol, Peneio ‘ond Lerdica; Prin 5, care nts; price 233.900, Only persons ‘iil edales OWNER: Star ies: oe SALE—ATTENTION — AN ELEVEN ty-five hundred dollars il Doliar House for ninety-five hundr oF ing a larze 4 ‘with {3rdoms, Address" m 20. Sun B'l'd’. n22 R 8, i Cirrele, 9 room: ERs gute rn ms Figg! ON Jos. RED) |. MONTHLY P. ENTS, press. brick boy-window houses, ements, lace hortheast, meaning bi THOU- ‘on New ‘Diw.) sdniirable location for HOUSE ON ly new; all mod. inp. bh B. H. WARNER & CO. HOUSE: EIGHT ROOMS AND K st. nw.; new! it ne tl ‘HILL & JOHNSTO: 1503 Pa, 7-ROOM AND BATH. FU nace Electric rail nN. ¥,'ave..n. side, bet, 1st and N. Gin dB WIM SF at RET Se {OR SALE-THE DESIRABLE PROPERTY ON ithwest corner of 6th and F sts. n.w, the sout _n! FO SALE HOUSE 1022 m= choice locati n21-6t OR SALE—1204 N elegantly papered. wi fence; cellar, furnace; range in kitchen ; conserva a complete house in appreciated. Poss 3 ne KR SALE—A HANI between 17th LARCOMBE, 1304 A HANDSOME RESIDE R SALE— Fits fitisn iegttion is leaving the city, and in aplendic TON, 1503 Pa. av JOR SALE—HAVIN G,W. Stewart to set for sale on favorable term st. “yh fouse No. 1316 1 He 0. 1236, 1246 10th st, nw. Ne ‘Honse No. $38 Net.n.w. No. 918 11th st. n.w. HENRY C. STEWART, JR., Attorney-at-Law, iw 1224 F House No. él & 1th. = ES. PRESS an Fat. to be, id order. re. 'G THE ESTAT! le, Md_av. 18,000 1 st. YOUN F st. WM. P. YOUNG, "1303 F st i ST., HAVING 12 ROOMS, th closet and every c v om d .. Must be seen to be jon eiven at once. Price only see 500. it to see the premises, apply to Tae TOF PPD ADD. STONE, SoU F street, ON H ST. ADD! nD! DSOME HOUSE 18th sta, Dw. , belonging to a. sold for 13,7: Apply to Ht F THE LATE tle, IT offer the following prop- 38, 1240, 1242, 1244 and st. nw. | 13th, Ms in 1159 to 115154 Ris BW 4 re andTsw.. fh, 4%.. 0001 fh. dr, boo ‘The above is only tion of the property’ on my books. For full iy ‘all at office for bulletin issved on the Ist and 15th. "[n20) THOS. E. WAGGAMAN 0) Finent brice Office. Oat on aS steam ; lot 105 ‘on This is a fine property; DYER, 1504 Patreet, Forge BARG! 7.900 feet of land, for $3,500,ga _n20-1w (OR SALE—A BARG. new seven room ho convenient to horse Eee ica Fo 2th st. a. tion; rented to a permanent tenant Inquire of M. M. Pak! FOR pALE ust COMPLETED ON STH ST, bet. L ard Mn.e., a handso: hh; the {room houxes for $2,800. These 21.6295 to alley. re ai ings, 3 stories, some 7 rooms. fave Introbes, ranges, ave lat all mod. imp. 732 Oth st. s.e., new lows, 82,500. 21 ist st. ft, alles 3th 750. 300. 017-6t HEAP—A THREE-STORY AND BASE- house, 10 rooms, opposite the a . DY yension "1304 F street. ‘ORY AND BASE. k: all mod. ions heated by Mass. ave., near Thomas Circle, well buiit and finished, “J.T 2 AIN—11-ROOM ‘AIN IF TAKEN AT ON use in northwest, with all rs and markets. Price on e BAPCHELDEM, 1215 Fst 219-60 me row of brick dwell- ye th rooms, speaking tubes and 6 room brick, front and side briel w..& room brick dwelling, lot 25x130 hew 6 room brick, all mod. imps., SWORMSTEDT & BRADL! 16 46 n.w., ir. 200 Park.ar Muss ave n.w.166.67 2406 14th st. nw, G6 Vt ave p.w.l5r..150 1213 7th st. aw, 428 Mass, 0 1534 29th st.n.w. nN. ir. 2 Pa. ave., 10r. 1. 14 Conn. av., 16r_87 Ist.n.w.,i3rs. Shop sos Be 5 stne. tore 102 Gnw. 2 ol i: 3; ion of the proj on my | 17; list Ofice for bulletin tweued on | 33 (n20] THOS. EAAGGAMAN” 7 OR RENT—A FURNISHED Hi 0} a street, one block north of Latayette square and op- posite the Arno, at the exceedingly low of 8105 ber mouth. Apply to HILL & JOHNSON, 1503 Penn. sylvania avenue n. 0 wer jouses can be examined by THOMAS J. FISHE! ENT —505 7TH ST. N. E., 6 ROOMS AND Ca THOS. 3 RK RENT—310 E 8 3,14 ROOMS: ALL modern improvements: near Pension Ofice and City Hall. Apply to JOHN H. MAGKUDER, 1417 New York av n10-Lin oR RENT—728 17TH ST. 3-STORY PRESSED brick; 10 rooms and bath, ali m i, GREEN & Cl at % _* -= * no5-Im* OR RENT_ FURNISHED 1640 2187 ST. N.W. | Ton RENT HOUSE007 T BIN ire places, range. furnace, statio WEGa RAN DLT rae South: rent, @80. ‘THOS. nary ‘nee: nicely and fully fur- nually low figure if Ay _blsét THOS. J CSP PS Fat. nw. JOR RENT_BY RO. HOLTZMAN, REAL tate aud Insurance Broker, 10th aud F sts. n.w. furnace. 16th st., opposite Hotel “rao, Foous, nicely furnished. . nl0-1 ¥F 8, RENT—T/REL-STORY BRICK DWELLING, 2 roots, bath-room, and cellar; all modern im: Proveinents: well loczied in northwest; rent $50 per TYLEY & KUTHERPORD, 1307 F st n.w BRICK HOL Apply to W. oth, NCES. _ FOE SALE-A GRAND OPPORTUNIT: class Grocery Store on one streets in Wi . AL BUSINESS FOR SALE: GRAND ‘emwn with small capital. If cas . Apply K.P. HU’ THINS § CO. stm, w. ‘4 F ST. BUSINESS PROPERTY_MERCHANTS DE- siring Stores on F correspond with parties Who will erect fine Stores to suit tenants in best por- thon of F st. near 12th. Address Box 8. Star offipe. IDS ARE HEREBY INVITED FOR THE STOO Birt Contained In-store 308 Fth st on mat peor spin DESO Ty: 360 cash. Ene Ee 'RENT—7 DUPONT CIRCLE; W. 7 months. Apole CHERERS Vath ate nl7-lw KR RENT—WITHIN ONE SQUAI WAR DE- Frinton dette 8 teu gat both ee Suggs Sait TAMER RTs, ‘et. Corcoran st. B. w., $35, R for ¥, 609 14th st. 620 RL At EVES TePING Jarre : RENT_FURNISHED—THE HOUSE 6 ane inspect apply to rahe? SESE ob LUPE eo ee eerie . Pat. nw. Ext: oor” Tue Ea heen a cause for bt DU ING FE idem epg ER at. ow. ‘They are daisies. At the nw. a OOK AT THE LIGHT COLORED KERSY OVER- | tured. Lae * | Send far prices and description to jose; convenier —BUSIN. e. 80. an elegant store room, second floor, tine cellar yment, balance on long tin ‘ints WO) _215-1m R SALE —A LARGE, house, nearly new; 122¢ HANDSOME DOUBLE 19th st., corner Jeflerron ns and two bath roonison second tour, R 417-60 E, 9 ROOMS, 311 20th were from Dupont nicely finished aud well nt to cars: at exact cost price of d house, 88,300, Apply -6t Si w brick building, mtaining with complete welling on ‘and all mod. impt. ; siuall cash me. MSTEDT & BRA R SALE~A THREE-STORY AND bric] oo large for femily of t pric! bargain With iminediate possess: | oth and cor. #th and Pa, ave, Ith s 12th st. nw, ‘Inquire at ion: lot PUBLIC OPINION ni 10rs..” i's t.w., Brick, 10rs., Ta, THE c to car® and ‘herdic’ lines 3 lot 76x106 to wide alley; terms exsy ; 000. E Dat. ne, Gre. 210-6060 aqait.: price Te Cheep lots, 13th st. : n.e, Get our prices.” Hi for'exchange. Loan! oc8-Tw* OR SALE. Ne st. nw. brick house, 10 rooms, Post-Ottice in Pension Jaw, property in this loc FINE BUSI between 6th and 1226 F st.n.w. MOD, rn roc st.: 10 rooms, cellar, orgetown Heixhts:double house, re ber sq. ft. st lave unite a sy . W. BP. MYERS & SON, 'w Office, 1420 New York ave. 7th (sts. w of the whic cation is special: In vie Build. nd DUSiDeSS purposes wenerally,: ly in Value. tents; in a eood ni dition.” Apply at 8 x BOS suit. u10-1m THOMAS A. Mi eL1 34 Fst, Room 4, the cheapest hov tor the money © st. ne.: eight rooms,-bath, date Iusntels, latrobes, rane, Fe, SALE G1 Mi 1756 Mass. Handsome ‘Maas, av PAY STATE GUITARS ARE THE BEST. Saas, Bay State Guitars are the lowest priced. Bay Bay oct31-Smo . State Guitars satisfy all. ‘State Guitare sell as fast as they can be manufac- J.C. HAYNES & CO., ‘23 Court st., Boston. Masa, COUNTRY REAL ESTATE. "R RENT—AT AMMENDALE, MD. NEW, COUN- Fy siar sultable for grocer's clerk in city whose ‘wife could do DAN'L AMMEN, ne2-thsamsee Washington. JFOk, RENTTAT HYATISVILLE, FOUR ROO! in one of the best cottages village, F SMITH & SON, 1282 Pete oe ee |. OR SALE~1.598 ACRES OF HEAVILY. TIM- I ‘vered land ta Stagnedet ince Wiles bo Va, at $5 per acre. W. W. HALL, 406 Fst. w. n@2-3r" O28 SALE LOW—136 ACRES 4 MILES FROM Reracto. W. We HALL. 450 Fath we {pH SALE SADESDALE.S AN ELEGANT COUN- ry bo mi D c 384 acres. 50 bein in Bue Woodlands tke fap | The Expert Engineers at Work in the| A Queer ! Tunnel 5 watered with springs and running streams: 150 acres seeded down in grain and remainder in corn; | well fenced and divided into fields of about 20 acres, iidings consist of dwelling house, 11 rooms, inelud- ing kitchen and servants’ rooms, heaied t by furnace from cellar and lighted bj 1d gas machine. Farmer's house of four rooms and kitehen: house for help, 4 rooms. Barn 64x44 ft,, capacit: about 40 tons: also wranary, cellar: stsble Under bard, for ?0 horses, root room, carriage house, workshop. implement room, fertilizer room, with large loft above for 40 tons of hay; hay barracks 80x40 ft., cow stable for 26 cows, dairy house, 2 henneries witht and ice house. All improvements are new and have n frosted within the last 6 years, the dwelling and dairy jouse excepted, both of which are in ood state o repair. ‘The dwelling is furnished. Young orchard of ae and other fruits, 800 trees: old apple orchard of 3 trees. Tee 3 PUMBS of exceliout water. ‘Thia splendid estate between the farms of W. W, Rapley and in d opposite the counter sent of Ben Baek son. aud opposite the country vent of Hon, MeCuiloch. about S miles trom Washington city ead 3 miles from Takoma and Silver 8) ring Stations, the Met. Branch ‘Bete E., | Wiil exchange for Washinton or Baltinore property. Inebility of owner bestow due care induces offer for sale or. terms. COORE D. LUCKETT, 035 F. At Rockville after 15. plume. apples 5 N OFFER, FOR A FEW DAYS ‘of ‘best guality Montzomery County Farming Land, with ordinary mprovemehts: 30 acres splendid timber; place well watered: five miles from Tenieytow: m row to Oftut’s Cross Roads ; for the small sum of #5500: on very e2ay, 2 T \PHERD & CO., 1321 F st. yEARM: IMPROVED “BY honses, barn. wood water; lo- “for further i" gation rs address FLORI FOr SALE DH north of Tenleytown, Kockville turnpike and on the east side by ville turnpike, partly in the Dis Montgomery ty, cherie ACRES 07 Sounded on ‘wont alate by manded on west side i Brook. the tly in us 8 uuned as and SYPHERD & CO ne in .,_It is now rket garden, and has on it a 7-room pevessary outbuildings, T. H. 21 F st FORE T—DAIRY AND FRUIT FARM, TWO miles from t) some this city; on shares on money rent: capital aired. A. PHILLIES, —s © “T4198. ¥. OR SALE—AT MELROSE PARK, HYATTS’ Md., desirable Lot ‘ite the “yas dence of the late KR. lott, esq. Lots 50 by 130 0 each. Lil fect, fronting on Melrose ave, eral terms to purchasers of more than one lot or to any one building at once. For further particulars apply to TYLER & RUTH. ¥) aul5-4m* * Fr SALE—AT ROCKVILLE. HOUSES 7 TO 18 nro krass, grain, dairy, Fy andl mock nuit lari; 3 acres to 400; "near Matfer KE, LUCKETT, 935 Fst. After 12, at ‘ville. n10-2w* E—40 ACRES OF LAND, if MILE FROM 's, D. C.; fine water, splendid farm. small ‘or particulars address MARION DUCKETT, d Attorney-at-Law, Bladensburg, Md. n9-3ui AT WATERFORD, LOUDOUN CO. a large new store and dwelling, oho of the bee CONS ELLs at Water ra orto Ne ownage We fords 0 é ve., Washington, D. C. o27-1m RM OF 145 AORES, IN PRINCE ity, Md., three fourths of a mile from Seabrook st. B.& PRR, ten miles from clty 145 res, dwelling and improvements; three-fo cleared end in cultivation, Also 12 acres at Wilson st, &P. KR, eight miles from city. Beautiful build: DUCKETT, trustee and attorney, 8 __ PERSONAL. CLERK OF $1,000 CLASS, PENSION OFFICE, will hange with clerk of like grade in some other bureau. Address EXCHANGE, Star office. nozezt™ CIE SER ICE EXAMINATION QUESTIONS and answers. we to sw. NN, Southwest ch . Ivy Institute, Malatesta cES—A. GOODRICH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, 124 Dearborn st., Chicago; advice free: twen' one years’ experiencd; business quietly aud legally transacted, _se15-8,tu,th,1y WEED FRESH, AUTHOR- unicati ized Private Detective Agency. Comni ons promptly attended to and strictly confidential, Office open sll hours, W. WILLIAMS, Manager, 926 F n.w. _ ny 4-7" i EOE DE TER J UStH's OLD STAND IS THE ONLY PLACE where first-class Second-Haud Clothing can be atO19 Dat. myl-9m sold at respectable prices. Address or call a nw. Prorecriox That Au Mex Ties Protection from the Cold Waves, Protection from Mer- chants who Charge Exorbitant Prices for their Goods, such is the Protection offered by OAK HALL, COR. 10TH AND F STS. N.W., in offering a stock of Suits and Overcoats for Men and ¥8 Second to none in the cfty, aud prices fully one-third cheaper’ than those of sny other house. FOR MEN. Qvercoate at 86. wort! Overcosts at Overcoats at 01 40. All-Wool Corkse 10, worth $15, Bine Flannel Suits, ext 2, Worth $18. ‘Prince Albert § and wran- teed to be fu these hardsouie, bu Broad ( {expensive stores, . Full Dress, and Doubly-Breasted Frock Suits, at $25, guaranteed to be ae good as uny sold ut 0. Chinchilla Coats and Vest at $ Suit tion. Odd Pants a specialty at OAK HALL, _216 Corner 10th and F sts. © Proper Foorwear. ‘Look in our windows and you will better understand what we mean when in future we talk to you of proper footwear. SHOES for Men, Women and Children, constructed with special care for the requirements of tender feet. Shoes that require no “breaking in,” that are pliable and elastic in tnake, yet strong and service- able in wear. Shoes that are cheapest because’ they Gre the best. Our low prices place them within easy reach of all. DALTON & STRICKLAND, BEST FOOTWEAR, 939 Pennsylvania ave, ‘TOWN. out 11:30 o'clock last : in the gents’ furnish- ing store of Mr. M. H. Newmeyer, a re is supposed to have origi on the premises, The damage to the contents of the store amounted to about which is fully covered by The damage to the building, whi by Mrs. Burdette, is slight, Saves oy Rea Estare at Avction.—The property at the northwest corner of 34th and O streets, belong: to the Homiller estat was sold on Monday evening by Mr. Thos, Dowling at public auction. The corner house, a large brick containing eleven rooms, wW: purchased by Mr. 1, J. Stanton, the lots a ng by M at thirty cents per are foot, and stable in the rear Mr. Homiller, at 1,000 Sext Down vo tur FARM Wolsh arre 4 Last night Officer \dle-aged man named Jno. sett, alias St, Clair, and locked him up on a ‘ge of vagrancy, it being alleged that he had “no home. This morning in the Potice ras sentenced to twenty days on the fault of bonds, nape.—The boat Beulah arrived to- lay with 4,260 bushels of wheat, consigned to G.°T. Dunlop ‘TeMPERATURE AND ConprITIoN o WATER AT 7 . M.—Great Falla, temperature, 42; condition, receiving reservoir, temperature, 49; condi- tion ut north connection, 5; condition at south SOUNDING THE LINING. WHAT A STAR REPORTER SAW IN THE HOLE— ‘MANY HOLES DRILLED IN THE BRICK-WORK— HOW THE SOUNDING 18 DONE. Work on the construction of the aqueduct tunnel has been suspended since the 6th in- stant, but what on its face looks like work of destruction is proceeding very actively six days aweek. The brick arch has been pierced in 80 many places that a full view of it would sug- gest the top of a gigantic pepper-box. A num- ber of these orifices were made by Lieut. Townsend in the course of his inves’ but these are few when compared with the | number of those that have made their appear- connection, 13; distributing reservoir, temper- ; condition at influent gate-house, 6; condition at effluent gate-house, 21, Is the Republic in Danger? ENGLISH RADICALS TAKE A PESSIMISTIC VIEW OF AFFAIRS IN FRANCE, A London cablegram to the New York Times, dated November 22, sa: During the past two days there has been a curious consensus’ of opinion that the French republic is ina des- perate strait and its downfall is imminent Several English radicals of repute besides Wilfrid Blunt, who is scarcely of that descrip- tion, have expressed the most views on the sub; out of which a sort of scare has a SE a hs A, I i if ance since the board of civil engineers em- ployed by the joint congressional committee commenced their examination of the brick tube. Above ground the experts are mute as clams, and no amount of ingenious inquiry will extract from any of them such information as would be of interest to the public. in the —s of the tunnel, however, they converse with freedom and com; tive safety. They are alone with their work. The waterless pub- ic knows nothing of their proceedings, and it waits with ill-concealed impatience for some sign. A Star reporter who thought there wes news in the tunnel succeeded in effecting an entrance thereto, and from afar off he watched the maneuvers of the investigators, LOCATING THE HOLLOW SPACES, To locate the hollow spaces above the arch is the first work. and that is being done by an expert who fendered similar services in the New York aqueduct tunnel, which was con- structed ina manner startlingly similar to its fellow in this city, The instrument used by the “sounder” is a long, steel rod rounded and considerably enlarged on one end. With the larger end the bricks are thumped, and the acute senses of feeling and hearing settle the uestion of solid construction or otherwise at that point. If everything is all right the ‘sounder” moves on 3 or 4 feet and taps again, and so he continues. He does not have to go very far, however, before he strikes a place where the packer thought he would save the contractors a little expense. and when one of these weak spots gives back the tell-tale echo of the rod’s ringing sound the “sounder” marks the place and proceeds with his tedious labors. It is slow work. The entire tunnel has to be tested by this one man, and his progress is al- most snail-like. He ex, , however, to get there ultimately. Had the “sounding” process not been adopted it would haye been necessary toa thorough investigation that the arch be pierced at intervals of 7 feet from one end to the other. So far the “sounder” has done little but mark weak in for the drillers, and all these places will have to be opened up. The drill and hammer men follow the “sounder,” and they tear out the brick-work at the points indicated by him. Up to the present time they have had no lack of work. THE ENGINEER EXPERTS. Behind the drillers come the engineer ex- perts, three in number, and they examine with the closest kind of scrutiny the character of the work which has been exposed. They re- fuse, absolutely, to give any opinion as to the construction of the tunnel except to members of the joint congressional committee, and to one of these they did say that the newspaper reports on the condition of the tunnel were really far below the mark instead of being, as was charged at the time, gross exaggerations. The expert board will leave the city to- morrow to attend to the business which has accumulated at their homes, The two Phila- detphia engineers will, however, make flying visits to the tunnel once or twice a week to see how matters are progressing. The board docs not expect, it is understood, to have another | full meeting until the middle of December. | At that time they will carefully examine the whole construction, and about the first of January expect to make a full report to the committee, THE EXPERTS’ REPORT. The report will not only give a detailed description of the manner in which the tunnel | was lined, but it will also deal at length with the plan upon which the tunnel was con- structed. It will be either an indorgement or a condemnation of the engineering ideas which brought the tunnel into being. Easti- mates of the cost of repairing the lining will also be submitted if the board thinks repairing would be advisable, but it would not surprise | the congressional committee to any considera- ble extent if a new scheme to supply the city with additional water was agreed upon by the board and submitted in connection with the re- port. Capt. Burritt’s Death. HE PASSES AWAY AT THE GARFIELD HOSPITAL EARLY THIS MORNING. Capt. I. N. Burritt, editor and proprietor of the Sunday Herald, died this morning, a little | after 1 o'clock, at the Garfield hospital. Though his friends were informed by the publications yesterday of his hopeless condition, the an- nouncement of his death to-day caused a gene- ral shock. During his residence here, extend- ing over nearly a quarter of a century, Capt. Burritt had made many warm friends amo’ the citizens of the District, and his death will be sincerely mourned. Mrs. Burritt and her children were present at his bedside when he | died. The dying man was unconscious all day yesterday, and, early in the night, it became apparent that he would not live till sunrise. A sketch of Capt. Burritt’s career was published in yesterday's Stax. By an error his age was stated as fifty-two, instead of fifty. Arrangements were being made this after- noon to remove the remains from the hospital to Capt. Burritt’s home. i914 I street. The details of the funeral will be decided upon to- night. The funeral will be conducted the | pastor of St, Matthew's Catholic church and will probably take we Saturday afternoon or Sunday, Capt. Burritt held membership uot only in the Loyal Legion and the Grand Army of the Republic, but also in the Society of the Army of the Potomac. These organiza- tions will probably all be represented in the arrangements for the funeral. sofRieravicineauns Ivaprquate PuxisiMent.—A case of indecent exporure, which again shows the need of a new code of criminal laws for the District of Columbia without regard to sections, was called to the atte nof Judge Miller in the Police Court this morning. Two inmates * Home, Thomas Scantleberg and iel, were charged, on the onth of i ing the offense named on the 7th street road two weeks ago. The testimony of two small boys, Edward and Walter Talbott, was en. The court heard the denial of the defendants, but their exami- nation, the court said, partly corroborated the testimony of the b Mr. Padgett informed the court that, under the county law, a fine of only $5 could be imposed. Judge Miller said he thought that the persons who enacted the law.certainly did not anticipate any such crime as shown in this case. He informed the prison. ers that he, would fine them a thousand dollars if he was permitted under the law to do so. ‘They were fined $5 or ninety days each, —— Tae Cuorar Socrety has signed contracts with Miss Emma Juch, the soprano, and Mr. SINGING AS THEY GAMBLE. Game Among the Navajoc: Founded on a Myth. DR. WASHINGTON MATTHEWS GIVES AN INTER- ESTING ACCOUNT OF NAVAJO GAMBLING SONGS —TRE GAME OF KESICHAY AND THE STRANGE MYTHS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. Dr. Washington Matthews, of the army, read ®& paper before the Anthropological society Tuesday evening on the subject of “Navajo Gambling Songs.” He said that his audience must not expect too much from him in the way of music; there was a time when he could. with some little difficulty, distinguish .the dif- ference between “Yankee Doodle” and “Old Hundred,” but he feared that he had even for- gotten that. The Navajo Indians, he began, have numerous songs, many of which are sung during the progreséof a gambling game called {This spelling, Dr. Matthews after- ward explained, will suffice.) The game is founded on a myth which forms one of the tra- ditional beliefs of the Navajoes, The songs used in this game are almost numberless, and one old man of whom the doctor asked the number said, with an intended exaggeration, that there were over 4,000 in the game. An- other said that there was a song for every bird that flies, every animal that crawls or prowls. The game is sacred and is usually played in | winter and always in the dark hours. When | asked why the night should be selected for the game, one Indian remarked that “he on whom the sun shines while playing the kesichay will be stricken blind.” The game is played in a lodge or wigwam. Six moccasins are. buried with their tops even with the ground in two rows several feet apart and filled to their edges with send. - HOW THE GAME IS PLAYED. The Indians divide into two parties and draw | lots for the first move. The winners of the | move take a small black stone, and, raising a blanket between themselves and their oppo- nents to conceal their operations, hide the stone | in one of the moccasins, burying it in the’sand | so that it is entirely out of sight. The others | then try to find the stone by striking with a | stick the moccasin supposed to contain it. If they find it they take the stone in turn and hide it, ‘the others guessing, but if they fail their opponents hold it until it is| found, each time hanging up the ALL KINDS OF COURTSHIP. The Queer Methods Resorted to te Procure Life Partners. Prank H. Stauffer in Epoch. Among the ancient Assyrians all mariageable young girls were assembled at one place, and the public crier put them up for sale one after the other. The money which was received for those who were handsome, and, consequently, sold well, was bestowed asa wedding portion on those who were plain. When the most beautiful had been disposed of the more ordi- nary looking ones were offered for a certain sum and allotted to those willing to take them. In ancient Greece the lover was favored with an opportunity of telling his sion to his mistress, and he used to pubi it by inscribing her name on the walls, and om the bark of trees in the public walks, and upon the leaves of books. He would decorate the door of her house with garlands, and make li- ns of wine before it, in the manner thas was practiced in the temple of Cupid. g to Dr. Hayes, courtship quimaux has not much tenderness abot he match is made by the parents of the ple. The lover must go out and capture a polar bear as an evidence of his cou strength. That accomplished, he sneaks be- hind the door of. his sweetheart’s house, and when she comes out he pounces upon her and tries tocarry her to his dog sledge. She screams, bites, kicks, and breaks away from him, He € use, Whereupon all the old women the settlement rush out and beat her wit frozen strips of sealskin. She falls down ex- hausted, the lover lashes her to his sl a whips up his dogs, dashes swiftly over frozen snow. and the wedding is consummated. The Australian lover is still more lacking im tenderness, if the statement made by Myers Deley is true, The lover makes up bis mind a8 to which woman shall be his bride, and then hides in the bushes in the vicinity of her dwell- nes near the spot where cealed he knocks her down with a club and carries her off before she comes to. If he does not get her to his hut before she recovers, there is likely to be a lively fight in the bush, for the Australian damsel ix generally a vigor- ous one, and may have reasous of her own for ony objecting to his attentions, The lover may then be obliged to club her again, and as that is considered to be somewhat of a reflection on the ardor with which his earlier effort was made, he is apt to putas much soul and mus- cles into his first love tap as he can summon, In some parts of Asia the question of a man’s blanket and changing, or pretending tochange, its location, The game is counted by means of 102 long slender sticks on euch side, which change hands as ‘the sides win or lose. The | system of counting is very intricate, the count depending on the location of the ball. Four, six or ten counters change hands at eac hiding. The chances are almost all in favor of the holders of the ball, and frequently one side willlose all of their counters before the ball is found. when the game comes to an end. Two of the counters on cach side are notched, andare called “grandmothers.” When there has been a long run of bad luck the “grandmothers” are stuck up in the yand aiid told to go and seck their andeliildren, meaning to bring back the luck and the lost counters. It is supposed to be lucky to hold the ‘andmothers until the last, so they are not | id out until the others are all gone. THE KESICHAY MYTH. The myth on which the kesichay is founded is based, like most other Indian traditions, upon the sayings and doings of animals in| those ages when the world was supposed to be poopaet entirely with beasts. There were some animals, the tradition runs, that saw better, hunted better, and were happier in the light, and others that liked the As it was thonght wise that the existing alternation | of night and day should be changed so as to | suit one or the other of these classes, it was de- termined to call a council of the animals to de- } termine in whose favor the change should be made. When all were together they decided to play the kesichay to settle the controversy. | The council was held at night, and the game essed with varying success for many hours. ing the playing the animals of either side began to sing songs illustrative of their luck or their feelings, sometimes taunting each other | with their ill-success, Every animal present sang of his own characteristics, and so_ the | foundation for the present animal songs of the | kesichay was laid. When the blanket is put up the holders of the ball sing a chant to the effect that “the old screen hangs in front, the | old screen hangs in front.” repeated many times. The bear, the dog. the owl, every bird and animal known to the Navajoes, has "some appropriate song that is sung in the game, THE DAWN. diurnal animals developed into a round of taunting songs, flung from one side to another, until some one called on the raven. He sang a song of the morn ied that the dawn had come, when the eastern sky began to be filled with light, and with a mingled ery of disappointment the nocturnal animals fled to uk hci scattering the articles used in the gume, which was thus brought to an undecided end. For this reason the alternation of night and day has never been changed. THE BEAR'S MISTAKE. The moccasins used belonged to the bear, who, in his hurry, put them on wrong, thus | giving his feet their peculiar shape. ‘The sun shone on. him before he reached his den, and turned his black coat to a reddish brown, which | is its color now. \ t | A Navajo Indian will not kill a snake, but if | one is encountered, will puta stick beneath it | d and toss it away. if a snake come into the | tent where the keeichay is bei wed it is tossed from one side to the other by the oppo- nents in the hope that it will bring bad luck | to those with whom it stays, soe Hauling Dirt from Roanoke Street. MRS. BURR OBJECTS AND CHARGES A FOREMAN WITH MALICIOUS MISCHIEF, Henry A. Pixton, foreman for Contractor | McCandish, was before the Police Court to-day charged with malicious trespass. He ploughed | and hauled dirt from Roanoke street on Columbia Heights. The work was done under the direction of the District Commissioners. Mra, Mary: V. Burr, who owns a house on | Roanoke street, objected to the re dirt trom in front of the house. ol epted Mr, Pixton’s bonds, with the under- tanding that the dirt in front of Mrs, Burr's house would not be removed. Seta eer a | A Stove anp Rana. | .an East Washington negro. pleaded a the Police Court this morning to a s held for the jury. Frank Winters, a colored man, who has a horse and cart, was also charged with him. Curry some da: visited the house of John Walters. No. 306 2d} street northeast, and broke epen the kitchen | door. He took from the house a stove and| range, which he emplo; Winters to haul to a second-hand store. Winters was therefore acquitted, and Curry was committed in default it pee Fashions in Hairpins. SOME COSTLY ONES THAT LADIES ARE NOW WEAR- ING FOR ORNAMENTS. William Ludwig, the baritone, to sing at the society's third concert, at the National theater, on May 17 next. Season tickets for the seri of concerts are now on sale at Metzerott’s, TraveL ON THE AMERICAN Pray, via B. axp O. R. R.—No extra fare is charged for travel- ing on the fastest trains ever in regular service between Washington and Philadelphia, m —— Tuex Want To BE STATES.—A special to the New York’ Herald saya: A petition is being cir- culated in every county in North Dakota, ad- dressed to President Cleveland and the Senate ot House. It asks for the immediate admis- sfon of all the states formed from territories now ready for admission into the union the speedy formation of state constitutions the remainder, including North Dakota, Wash- ington and New Mexico. It therefore prays that the Fiftieth Congress forthwith admit South Dakota and Montana, and provide for constitutional conventions in North Dakota and other territories in harmony with the ordi- nance of 1787 and a long line of precedents. Vea port = and for From the New York Mail and Express. “The most fashionable hairpin now comes from Paris,” said a jeweler to a reporter for the Mail and Express to-day. “Itis made to repre- sent a shell fountain, over which is a spray of leaves or fine flowersin cutsteel. They are very attractive looking; the steel will glitter in the light like diamonds. The pin setwith gar- nets in all kinds of designs isalso a great favor- ite. A popular design for garnet pins isa round ball with the garnets set all over it, giv- ing the effect of solidity. Some of the more costly hairpins, which are only for adornment and not for use, are very handsome. Theg are made as balls of gold, some plain and some richh ee and others are studded with ori hese are worn by ladies with fair . The brunette’s taste runs to enameled pins These are mostly made to represent wers, ture. and have all the delicate tints lilies of the valley, with leaves in This is worth $75. A bunch of | title to a bride must be settled by a fierce | fight between the friends of the contracting | parties. If his forces are victorious his sweet- eart becomes his tropy. If her friends are | vietorious he must pay such a price as the vic- | tors demand. All over that country some cere- | mony of violence or exhibition of physical | power must precede a wedding. Some native | tribes insist upon a foot race between the bride | and bridegroom to decide the question of mar- riage, and others require a long chase on horse- ba In some sections of Asia the lover must | carry off his bride on his back. If he reaches his hut with her there can be no protest against the marriage. Failing in that he must pay ber | parents for her in cattle. The willing bride | makes no outcry; the unwilling bride arouses the whole village, the residents of which try to rescue her. In the isthmus of Panama either sex can do | the courting, while in the Ukraine the girl | generally attends to it, When she fails in love | with a man she goes to his house and declares | her passion. If he declines to accept her she pmains there, and his case becomes rather distressing. To turn her ont would provok her kindred to avenge the insult. The fellow has no resort left him but to ran’ # from home until the damsel is otherwise dis- posed of. A curious custom prevails in Oud Beierland, Holland. October is the auspicious month, and on the first Sunday (known as review day) the lads and lasses, attired in their best, prom- enade the village separately, stare each other out of countenance, and then retire to make wy their minds on the second Sunday, which is | called decision day. The young men go ap and pay their compliments tothe fair ones of their choice, to learn if they are regarded with favor® On the third Sunday, or day of pur- the swain is expec to snatch the pocket handkerchief of his adored one, and if she submits to it with good grace he under- stands that his chances of winning her are flat- tering. The captured pledge is restored to the fair owner on the fourth Sunday, the “Sunday of taking possession,” and it rarely happens that the damsel refuses the lover for whom she has i On thé Sunday follow- ‘ding to custom, calls at the emorata, where he is asked to If apiece of the crnst of a gingerbread loaf is handed to him there is motkior left for him but to retire. If, on the other hand, the parents offer the young mana piece of the crumb, he is allowed to come again and is ad- mitted into the family, On the island of Himla, opposite Rhodes, a girl is not allowed to have a lover until she bas brought up a certain number of sponges and given proof of her ability to take them from as certain depth. On the island of Nicarus the | girl is not consulted. Her father gives her to | the best diver among her suitors, He who cam | stay longest under the water and gather the most sponges marries the maid. “Hone, in his “Table Book,” gives an ac- | count of 'a lover who walked three miles every evening for fourteen years to court his sweet- heart, besides dodging her home from church on Sunday afternoons. The distance he trav- eled was more than 15,000 miles, For the first seven years he only stood and courted in the r porch, but for the remaining seven he nred to bang his. hat on apin in the pase and sit in the kitchen settle, They were and lived so unhappily after- ward that their long. cool and deliberate court- ship failed to be of profit to them Buch « pro- longed courtship would not have suited Shirley, “I not love who says: Much ceremony. Suits in love should not, Like suits in law, be rocked from term to term.” ‘Chronicles of Ingerbe,” conducted his wooing i ci We are gravely told that he met Matildain the streets of Brages as she was returning from mass. He seized her, struck her several times with his fist, rolled her in the dirt, thereby “spoiling her rich array,” then rode off at full speed. Convinced of the intensity of his ardor, Matilda subsequently consented to marry him, The brothers, Jacob and William Grimm, authors of the wonderful fairy stories, con- cluded that one or the other should marry. Officious friends found a suitable lady for Jacob, but he declined to do the courting, so illiam acted as his proxy. In doing so he fell in love with lady himself, which troubled him greatly, as he did not want to betray Jacob. The latter solved the dilemma by telling William he could have her. AScotch beadle took his sweetheart tos graveyard, and showing her a dark corner said: “Mary, my folks lie there. Would you like to lie there?” It was a grim way of proposing, but Mary was a sensible Scotch lassie and she accepted him, ~ coo Frenchmen’s Liberal “Tips” to Walters. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Ihave noticed that the oldest travelers are the ones who fee the waiters with tne most lib- erality. I have been particularly struck with this among Frenchmen, who, in all the small details of life, are masters of a philosophy which throws the heavier English or German minds far in the shade. It is no unusual thing to see a Frenchman in Paris, London, or any of the continental cities iter ti would startle an Ame sage dinally married from 25 to 50 cents upon the waiters, witl of more or less bentvolence, the Parisian will the lackey a plateful of coin often averag- ing as high as €20r $3 forasingle tip, fhe Iuncheon has cost, but twice as