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Successfal Building Enterprises and Protitable Investments. SUPPLYING THE DEMAND FOR WOUSES OF MEDIUM S1ZE—THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY BUILDING— IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE METROPOLITAN BRANCH —NOTES AND COMMENTS, “One of the most snecessful investments ever made in this city,” said a real estate ope- rator, “was Secrotary Whitney's purchase of his farm, ‘Grasslands,’ on ,the Tenieytown road. He bought that place soon after he en- tered the cabinet, and some months before the President invested out there and the resultant boom set in. Mr. Whitney bought the 100 acres. including the old house, outbuildings, and improvements, for $300 per acre. He had to have the house considerably altered before it was suitable for his use and to build a barn. Altogether he spent some $6,000 or 37,000 in improving the place and it is now an attractive country residence. He had owned the place scarcely two years when the speculators began to look with longing eyes upon the fair acres. One enterprising syndicate inducea him to +t with twenty-five acres, including that por- ly of his farm which borders on the Tenley- town road. The Secretary was probably re- Iuctant to do this, but an offer of $1,500 per acre convinced him that the land was too ex- pensive for him toown. A short time after- ward he received aud accepted an offer of $1,000 per acre for the remaining seventy-five acres, retaining. however, the privilege of re- maining on the place as a tenant for three years. He thus in two years made a clean Profit of about $75,000 on his little invest- ment of $30,000 iu farming land along the ‘Tenleytown road. This little episode not only illustrates the good luck of Secretary Whitney | but the rapid appreciation in the value of su- burban property. MR. DANENHOWER’S BUILDING ENTERPRISES. The demand for houses of medium size is still apparent. and Mr. Washington Danen- hower, who has built during the past few years a large number of houses of this character, pro- poses to do considerable work in that direction during the present year. He intends to build arow of eight two-story houses on F street, between Ist and 2d streets northeast. All these houses will have basements, bay windows. and will be trimmed with stone. They will have all the modern improvements. and will be well adepted for the use of small families. Mr. Danenhower will also build six houses at Mas- sachusetts avenue and 4th street northeast. ‘They will be two-story and basement houses, and will be complete in all details. He is also Purposes in thiscity. Mr. Lane is a resident of New York city, but as director of the Wash- yn and Georgetown railroad com trod n the yond tue inthe ity Oo! 3 gee mice oe ‘e on New Jersey ave- uilding to the next cor- y inter- W. T. BIRCH'S NEW RESIDENCE. Mr. W. Taylor Birch contemplates the erec- tion of a handsome residence on the northeast corner of 31st and Q streets. This is in ane of the most improved sections of Georgetown, many fine residences having been built there recently. Mr. Birch’s house will have a front- age of 30 feet, and will be arranged as a semi- double house. The entry as planned is reception hall, handsomely Fnished with y and | Why a Distinctive NATIONAL ANTHEMS. American Song has not yet been Produced. the | 4 NATIONAL AIR DEPENDENT UPON A STIRRING OCCASION—PATRIOTIC SONGS OF AMERICA AND HOW THEY WERE PRODUCED — SOMETHING ABOUT EUROPEAN NATIONAL ANTHEMS. Some one who went it strong on sentiment remarked years ago that he didn’t care who made the laws of a country if he could make the songa. In free America for a hundred years or more the privilege craved by this per- son has been open to all comers, but the com- piaint is still heard that the American song, like the often-talked of great American novel, oak Leggy Lap panelled oak ceiling, with | has not yet been written. This lack of a dis- cross-beams, & broad easy staircase. At the back of the staircase hall to the right is a large dining room which faces Q street. Convenient to the dining room is the butler’s try and back- stairs. The dining room is to be finished in oak. Tho parlor, in cherry, is to the right of the reception hall as one enters. The rooms above are all large. Mr. Birch will have his private library or den on the second floor. The kitchen’ anda laundry are in the cellar. The house will be heated by steam. The exterior of this house is one of the best It is treated in the Romanesque style, and is very imposing in effect. On the front corner a circular tower rises and extends above a high slate roof; it returns against a huge quaint chimney. The entrance is rather novel in ef- fect, being com d of a wide single door, on one side of which stand two little windows with clusters of stone columns between each and on both sides of the doorway. The first story is all of brown stone; the second and third are of pressed orick. On the Q street side, and in an angle formed by the dining-room projec- tion, will be a porch which can be converted into a conservatory for winter use. The house will stand alone on a high terrace, which will have a stone retaining wall all around both streets. —_——- FRED. DOUGLASS’ HOME. The Famous Orartor’s House and Sta- bles—His Log Cabin. The home of Hon. Frederick Douglass is sit- uated on Jefferson street extended, Anacostia heights. The house,which is an old one, is sit- uated upon a hill about fifty feet above the street level. The hill is nicely terraced anda concrete walk runs from the top of each stair- way to the house which is surrounded by mas- building a row of three houses at 2d street and Massachusetts avenue. They will be twenty | front, ai ll have stone trimmings and | back building: ‘These improvements are of great advantage to | that section of the city. which is now experi- eneing quite a boom. Senator Sherman has | begun an extensive improvement, which will | result in building up nearly the entire square | bounded by G and H, 2d and 34 streets north- | east. Ground has been broken for the erection of nine two-story houses on this square, and it is the intention at present to build altogether thirty-three houses. They are each to contain six rooms besides the bath-room. | A PRETTY GROUP OF HOUSES. H John W. Phillips is making a handsome, im- | provement on the ground on I street, between 6th and Marion streets northwest. Rhode Island avenue intersects Rf. atreet at this point, and these lots have a frontage practically on | Fhode Island avenue and the reservation located there. Mr. Phillips is building a row of ten houses which are prettily designed. They | will be two stories high and will contain some ten rooms each. The entire row is a departure from the conventional style of architecture, | and by the introduction of gables, towers, and | overhanging cornices the group of houses pre- | sents an effective ap; ce. | THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY BUILDING. During the favorable weather of the present season the work of erecting the large building for the new Catholic university has made steady progress. The exterior walls are com- leted and the roof has been put on the entire utlding, with the exception of the central portion, A large force of workmen are now engaged in lining the interior walls with hollow terra cotta slabs, which will protect the build- ing from dampness and at the same time add to its warmth. It is the inte: spring to begin plastering the interior. and the other portions of the work will be carried on as rapidly as poasible. It is expected that the | building will be ready to be dedicated by next | Nerember. Before that time the Eckington electric street railway will be extended out 4th street. which is now being graded to the gates | of the grounds of the university. The autho ties will. it is understood, donate to the Balti- more and Ohio company ground upon which | the latter will erect a handsome depot. The | old name of Brooks Station will be retained. | The new building, standing as it does on the | brow of the hill overlooking the Soldie: ome | grounds, is a conspicuous object in that vicin- ity. The massive walls of blue-stone. without much ornamentation or attempt at effect, have | an unpressive appearance. The great size of | the building contributes to this result. The | frontage is 266 feet and the center portion is | live stories high, while the wing is four stories. The plan of the building contemplates the ction of seven large buildings. They will be grouped about a central park. The build- | ing now in course of erection will be known as Divinity hall, but the sites of the other buil ings have been chosen. In the center, facing the main avenue, will be the grand hall of science with its laboratories. To the right and reer of the hall of science the observatory will | be erected upon a high knoll, and at the front, | on the opposite side of the park, the library building will stand. A large church or uni- | versity chapel will be erected on the north, be- tween the park and the divinity building, with which it will be connected by an arcade. The high grounds adjacent to the divinity building will be reserved as sites for colleges that may be erected by religious orders in connection with the university, and it is expected that residences for professors will be arranged around the front of the park. DMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE METROPOLITAN ANCH. The foundations have been laid for a large boarding-house or hotel, which will be erected on the land on the opposite side of the railroad from Forest Glen, which is owned by the in- Yestment company of which Mr. Hertford is ——— It is the intention to have the yuilding ready for oceupancy the latter part of next spring. The increasing number of peo- | ple who go ont in that direction for the sum- mer has led to this enterprise. The hotel at Forest Glen has been open for two seasons, and its success has demonstrated that such facilities are needed. A movement was on foot last year to erect a hotel at Capitol View Park, in the same vicinity, and also one at Takoma | Park, aud these enterprises may still materia- lize. Mr. B. F. Gilbert, the founder of Takoma | Park. is im Boston, where he is concluding ne- | gotiations with Dr. Flower, a physician of that | city, for the sale of a tract of land of several acres along the Sligo. It is said to be the pur- } pose of Dr. Flower to build a large sanitarium | there and to improve and beautify the grounds about it. E Tprise that is creating a good deal of | interest at Gaithersburg is the erection of a n house, which is some 375 feet long. Messrs. Hanson and Adams, the two young men who are erecting the building, propose to go into the poultry business extensively. They will have two large incubators at work and will | furnish @ market for the eggs in that locality. FINE MOUSES ON CONNECTICUT AVENUE. | i The handsome residence to be erected. as stated in Tue Stan, on Connecticut avenue, | near Dupont circle, will make quite a change im the appearance of that locality. For years nearly the entire ‘ront of this square, opposite the British minister's residence, re- mained unimproved. Recently the ronnd was leased by Lord Sackville-West and other enthusiastic tennis players and was enclosed with a tight board fence. The courts inside were the scene of many social gatherings where tennis was the attraction. The fence was not specially sightly and the removal will not be regretted. On portion of the old tennis grounds, Alexander Graham Bell and his i Charles J. Bell, will erect in spring handsome residences. ion of the father-in-law of the Bellis. Gardiner G. Hubbard, is just across the street, while on the same side of the street are the handsome residences of Lieut. Emory and | in the summer time. The property comprised | and the great cedar trees that surround it Mr. | north has far the greater proportion of deeds | of violence. Southerners may be impulsive, | Sirl. and readily concede her claim to no sive cedar trees, A roadway leads from the street to the front of the house, thence to the | well-kept stables in the rear. Mr. Douglass has | had a log cabin built about 300 yards in the | rear of the house, where he spends his | leisure moments. The furniture of this pecu- liar little house is a large fire-place, in which } two oak logs are generally smoking, and a large | desk literally filled with books and papers. | Mr. Douglass’ horses are unexceptionally fine, andare keptin the best manner. A large | spring at the foot of the hill, in the rear of tne jouse. yields a plentiful supply of pure water, and a pump in the rear of the stable supplies the stock. A large porch runs the entire width of the house, and a number of stationary seat¢ have been placed here for visitors and friends in Mr. Douglass’ estate was purchased by him from Mr. Van Hook, one of the founders of Uniontown, now Anacostia. Thesite on which Mr. Douglass’ residence now stands was long known as *‘Tucker’s hill.” From this elevation one can see nearly all the points of interest for miles around. Since Mr. Douglass purchased the land from Mr. Van Hook he has made many improvements in the house, as well as on the grounds, 4 On account of the great height of his house Dongiass calls his place Cedar Heights.” Mr. and Mrs. Douglass are hospitable and entertain many visitors, ages Written for Tae EVENING STAR. AMELIE RIVES’ CHARACTERS. A Reply to Miss Anna L. Dawes’ Arti- cle entitied: ‘Contrasting Motives in Southern and Northern Novels.” Miss Dawes’ assertions are based upon the mistaken assumption that Amélie Rives’ char- acters are actual portraitures: from such false premises she must necessarily deduce false conclusions. It would seem scarcely worth while to answer such a priori reasoning, only that such wholesale misconception ought not to be allowed to stand unchallenged. To the southerner it seems manifestly ab- surd to call Amélie Rives’ novels or her crea- tions peculiarly southern; or to affirm that, be- ing tropical in their nature, they, therefore, correctly represent southern life. Neither southern life nor southern character is tropi- cal; far from that, a strong sense of duty and of law is the governing principle of the south- ern nature. That, in ordinary matters, south- erners may be more impulsive and unthinkin, than northerners, we are willing to admit: and, perhaps, more touchy on the point of honor; but. as a people. they are much more conserva- tive and moderate. If they do not keep pace with the north in basa and development, neither do they rush from one radical extreme | to the opposite. It was never the south that | fostered free-love or anarchy or socialiam, or, in fact, any doctrine of nihilistic tendencies, And if the negro element were non-existent, the statistics of crime would show that the even impetuous; they are rarely malignant or vindictive; indeed are almost too forgiving. If all this may be asserted of the men, how much more of the women of the south. Amélie Rives does not truly depict southern girls; some of the traits of her heroines may pertain to southern character—though I have never met their prototypes—but that might be said with equal truth of the people of the north, or of any country. The north has set a stronger seal of approval upon these works than the south, for southern women almost unammously condemn and disavow the senti- ments they express, how great soever may be the talent displayed in them. ishall utter no word against the northern greater ‘al and scientific attainments, while the southern girl is more apt to cultivate the graces and lighter accomplishments. _ Still, praise of the latter is in nowise intended as | disparagement of the former, for itis a mistake ; to think that they are essentially unlike in character, the differences between them are mainly those of temperament, of manners, of style. If a girl is nice in one locality she would have been equally nice in any other. But I repudiate with scorn the allegation that Amélie Rives’ heroines are typical southern girls, or that the latter are generally passionate, or lurid, or unbridied in their impulses. I go farther, and say that they scarcely ever are 80. The typical southern girl is gentle, thoughtful, considerate, modest, unassuming, dignified, respectful to her elders, courteous to every one, home-loving, home-keeping, well versed in domestic lore, of simple tastes and habits, deeply religious and warmly attached to her church and church work, of great purity and strength of moral character; in fine, “A Spirit, yet a Woman, too! Her household notions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty; Acountenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A Creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food: For transient sorrows, simple wiles, ise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles. “The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, f ht. strength and skill; A perfect woman, nobly planned, ‘To wafn, to comfort and command; And yet a Spirit still. and ee With something of an angel-light.” ie The County Appropriations. To the Editor of Tu Evexrxe Stan: Dear Sir: Isee by your paper of the 7th that the committee on appropriations of the House of Representatives propose to strike out the £50,000 for county roads, leaving the whole District outside of the city to got along in the mud as best they can. Now can you tell us what justice there is in the proposition? The the late ex-Senator Yulee. The adjoining lot the north is occupied with the picturesque stone residence of Frederick J. MeGuire, while above is a pretty group of Queen Anne houses. ‘The vacant between the last-named houses has recently been purchased by Mr. H. A. Seymour, of this city, and he proposes to erect a handsome house there for his own use. provement afford an opportunity for « architectural design. ENLARGING THE MALTBY HOTEL. Mr. MG. Lane, the owner of the Maltby, the new hotel at the northwest corter of New Jersey avenue and B street northwest, has pur- chased ground on B street adjoining the hotel building. H erect ad- dition “to the hotel, which “will greatly increase the and make one of the largest for hotel \ county pays in taxes each year $100,000 in | round figures, and what does f get? Next to | nothing—no water, the shadow of the police, | & few gas lights close to the city, and now the sages of the House of Representatives sa: roads! If they mean straight robbery ‘of citizens bac s Bede sare words—put it thus—*Pay your taxes, but dare not say yon have any rights that we, the chosen of political are bound to respect. j Counrr. —-__—— “No, Mr. Sam) ” she sare sweetly, “I designs of Mr. T. F. Schneider, the architect. | °"4 give the tempo, as it were, but there oak screen separates it from | tinctly national American air, which whould be s0-recognized on all hands, does not seem to worry the people to any great extent, but among musicians “it is often commented on. The government of the United States is too severely practical to concern itself about matters of this kind, so that oven if there was in existence a song or hymn gen- erally accepted by Americans as national it would probably not obtain any official status. Neither is there a court band to take the lead band which, in a measure, discharges t! functions of the court bands of the European capitals. This isthe Marine band of Washing- nd its leader, Prof. Sousa, has frequently of late had the question of a national Ameri- can air forced on his attention. , “I think, with many other musicians,” Prof. Sousa said to a Srar reporter the other night, “that the American national air has not yet written, and may not be for years to come. National songs grow out of some great popular occasion, some a and widespread stirring of the national feeling. They sing themselves, as it were, for when the time is ripe the right man has only to give the air and, as if by magic, the whole people catch up the chorus and the thing is done. In our history| no such great occasion has yet arisen, the popular heart has not been stirred, the strong emotion of which national songs are merely the expression has been lacking, and so the song has not been sung.” PATRIOTIC SONGS. “But how about ‘Hail Columbia,’ the ‘Star Spangled Banner,’ and ‘Yankee Doodle?” the reporter inquired. “Well, I should call them merely patriotic songs. There are others beside the three you have named that are equally good, but that have failed to become as well known. Such, for instance, is ‘Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean.’ But none of these, in my opinion, fulfills the essential conditions of a true Ame: can national air. Now, I think, the American national air should certainly be entirely the work of Americans as well as a true expres- sion of genuine American feeling. ‘Hail Columbia’ was originally composed bya Ger- man named Fyles, leader of the orchestra at the John-street theater, New York, in compliment to Gen. Washington, and’ was known for many years under the name of the ‘President's March.’ The words were not written until 1798, In that year much excite- ment arose in this country and a good deal of national feeling was aroused over the contro- versy With France. At the height of this e citement in Philadelphia a young vocalist, who was tohave a benefit, bethought himself of turning the patriotic sentiment to his own ad- vantage by having words written for the « dent's March’ and singing them. He applied toaman named Joseph Hopkinson, who was, by the way, a son of Francis Hopkinson, one of the signers, to write the words for him. These words found at once a ready response in every American heart and became immensely pop- ular, AS FOR ‘THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER,” the air is an old English one, and it used to be sung to rollicking stanzas called ‘Anacreon in Heaven,’ beginning: ‘To Anacreonin Heaven, where he sat in full glee, A few sons of Harmony seut a petition, ‘That he their inspirer and patron should be, When this answer arrived’from the jolly old Grecian.’ “What the answer was I don’tremember, but these lines show you there was not much of the sentiment or martial spirit of the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ associated with the original air. Francis Scott Key's words are fine, of course, and were written under peculiarly in- spiring conditions, as you | may — re- member. It was on the i4th of September, 1814, you know, during the war with England. After the British burned Wash- ington they advanced on Baltimore. They were met by a small force of Americans, who were captured by the British. Among them was Dr. Beames, a friend of Key, whose release the latter sought to obtain. He went for that purpose in a small sail-boat to the British admiral’s vessel, and was detained there for twenty-four hours during the terrible bom- bardment. At daylight in the morning, after all the frighgful storm of shot and shell, an American tag to which the British had directed much of their fire still floated defiantly over Fort McHenry. It caught the eye of Key, who pulled from his pocket an old letter and wrote on the head of a barrel the words which are now so familiar. YANKEE DOODLE. ‘Yankee Doodle’ is of rather a low-comedy turn, and while foreigners charge us with a lack of dignity, ‘distinction’ and reverence, I don’t think we are ready to adopt a comic song for our national air. “I have several times been called upon,” Prof. Sousa continued, ‘for the American national air by foreign governments. In the early part of 1887, while he was minister of finance, Gen. Boulanger sent me a request, through Capt. St. Maur, military attache of the French legation here, for an official copy of the music and words of our national air. A similar request came later in the same year from the British government, on the occasion of the jeen’s jubilee. Each time I sent ‘Hail olumbia,’ for the reason already explained, that both music and words were written in this country. “ATTEMPTS ARE BEING MADE all the time to write the air for which we are all waiting, but with poor success, because, as I have explained, the occasion for the song has not yet arisen, Among recents attempts are the ‘Salute to the Flag,’ by Mr. Preston, now correspondent here of the New York Herald; the ‘American Union,’ b: ‘God for Us, le tennial Ode,’ by Paine; ‘God Save Our Pres dent,’ by Millard, and many others which I can’t recall. Hardlya week goes by that I do not receive a new national air. I faithfully play them all, but, strange to say, I never receiv requests to have them repeated. A curious thing about it is that most of these attempts to write national airs forus are mado by for- eigners, The first thing most foreigners do on landing, in fact, seems to be to sit down, on hearing that we have no well-defined national and attempt to supply the deficiency, ‘Of the above, Prof. Widdor an English- man. Converse ix 2 Pennsylvania men, and also composed ‘What a Friend we have in Jesus.” ‘obably the very latest addition to our national songs is this. which I received to- day from a member of Congress,” Mr. Sousa said, secaings piece of music. “It is called ‘Hail the Lord by God Selected,’ by a man named Conradi, and, although it comes from the very American city of Chicago, the final ‘i in the author's name leads me to think he is an Italian. He desires to have it introduced to the notice of the American people at the in: guration, and thinks if it were played by a bi, military band with © chorus of a couple o} hundred voices to sing the words it would ve very effective. He no doubt epee its at by act of Congress as the icial national anthem of America would fol- low. Other attempts at providing a national air are ‘Angels of y Kellar, a German; ‘To Thee, O Country,’ by Julius Eichberg, also a German; ‘Flag of the Union,’ by Wallace, author of a,’ an Irishman; ‘Beacon of Freedom,’ by Kindsberg, evidentl; “Our Nation’s Flag,’ by Purdy, an ‘Forward, Columbia, by 0 man who for some,time named Fabiani, who despite his ae ee 3 - rene ee oe te no means least, ‘Colum! gallant and Patrick Sarsfield » an - man. is perhaps the most remarkable of the whole collection, to the do, after a con- cert at Coney d, in which the ‘Anvil Cho- rus’ and ‘Tannhauser’ had been mingl harmony, he fell into o sweet and fensor’ thoughts trom the gloomy end forebod- ing channel in which Sey normed inclined, to run, “the national airs have some sort of a recognized: In England, for instance, all the bands and orchestras play ‘God Save the Queen,’ not only on official occa- sions but at the conclusion of all theatrical and of entertainments every night. A curious thing about ‘God Save the Queen’ is the number of countries of which it is the national air, dif- ferent words — employed in each of course. B is.thus used in Prussia, Norway. Saxony, witzerland and Wurtemburg. The air is an old one, It was composed by Dr. John Bull in commemoration of the discovery of the gun- powder plot, and was first sung at a dinner ee by the Merchant tailors’ guild, of Lon- . in their hall, in 1607, James and Prince Henry vetog nt, e words are by Ben. Johnson. It has also been claimed that the music was composed by Henry Carey, but the best authorities ascribe it to Dr. Bull. Frenchmen have attempted to show that the air is of greater antiquity and of French ori- in, asserting that it was sung as a village ymn for centuries in the south of France. I think, however, the weight of evidence is in favor of Dr. Bull. be oon way, I must not forget,” Mr. Sousa added, “that the air is often heard in our churches here under the title of ‘America.’” “The next most popular patriotic air is ‘Rule Britannia’, which is also quite old. It was com- posed by a Dr. Arne, words by Thompson, au- thor, of ‘The Seasons,’ and Mallet. It origi- nally appeared in the ‘Mask of Alfred,’ which was written by command of the Prince of Wales, father of George III, and was first per- formed on the birthday of the Princess of Wales, in 1740, at Clifden. THE STIRRING SONG OF FRANCE. “Rouget de I’'Isle has given to the world one the finest and most stirring of national songs in the ‘Marseillais,’ which through all the revo- lutions of the last century has never lost its hold on the hearts of Frenchmen. Rouget de l'Isle was an officer in the French army, and the song obtained its name from the fact that it was tirst sung in Paris by a body of men from Marseilles, who came to aid the revolution of 1792. De I'Isle received a noble recompense from his country for his song in the mere of an annual pension of $16,000. ‘Portant Pour La Syrie,’ which also figures as a national song of France, was written by Queen Hortense, mother of Napoleon III. “DIE WACHT AM RHEIN “Since the conquest of France, in 1871, ‘Die Wacht am Rhein’ has come to be accepted by nearly all Germans of the north asthe national air of the empire. Although the song was composed by Karl Wilhelm in 1854, words by Schneckenberger, it did_not become widely popular until the Franco-German war, when its stirring strains inspired many a deed of German valor. Since then the song has re- tained its popularity and its significance for the Germans, as it is likely to do for many a day to come. Wilhelm was granted a pension of $1,200 a year, in recognition of his services to his country.” “Can you mention brie‘ly some of the other national songs of Europe?” “An army officer. Col. Luoff,” resumed the ‘otessor, ‘wrote the Russian hymn, ‘God Save the Noble Czar,” in 1830. The Austrian hymn, ‘God Exalt Franz, the Kaiser,’ was written by | 1. Leopold Hashka, in 1799, and was first per- formed on the kaiser’s birthday, February 12. of that vear. The Polish national song, writ- ten in 1830, is remarkable for the fact that the words praise extravagantly Gen. Shryuecki, who was afterward shown to have been a traitor to his country. Sowniski was the author of the ai “THE NATIONAL SONGS OF IRELAND AND SCOTLAND. need hardly be spoken of,” the professor con- tinued after a pause during which he lit a fresh cegar, “‘as they are as familiar to almost all American as our own songs. “The Wearing of the Green,’ ‘St. Patrick’s Day,’ ‘The Harp that Once,’ ‘Scots Who Ha’ Wi’ Wallace Bled,’ ‘The Campbells are Coming’ and ‘Auld Lang Syne’ are as familiar on our streets as ‘Hail Columbia’ and ‘The Star Spang- led Banner.’ If you want to make a Welsh- man happy you must play ‘The Men of Har- lech.’ It is'a fine old air,” Mr. Sousa enthusi- astically said, as he sat down to the piano and rattled it off. ‘The song takes its name from an ineident which ocurred during the reign of Edward IV. That monarch sent a powerful | army under the earl of Pembroke to storm the castie of Harlech, When the earl’s brother called upon its stout defender to surrender, the latter sent word back, ‘I held a town in France until all the old women in Wales heard of it; now all the old women in France shall hear how I defended this castle.’ They did, but after a stubborn siege, hunger forced the brave Welshmen to submit: By the way, you might give the Welsh name of the song. - It is, ‘Rhyfelgyrich Gwyr Harlech,’ “THE CHINESE NATIONAL AIR,” resumed Mr. Sousa, after a brief period of ru- mination, “is called ‘The World's Delight.’ It is a very graceful air, but not as delightful as some music Ihave heard. The Mexican air suggests our darkey melody, ‘Old When the Siamese want to play their national air they have to take a day off, as it is the most long-winded one I ever came across, The Turkish putriotie song is officially de- scribed as a ‘song of deeds, war, and valor,’ composed by Redgeb Pasha, chief of the sul- tan’s band. The Grecian song, ‘Sons of Greece, Come, Arise,’ sounds like a heel-and- toe poe “Don't most of tho national songs run to some particular form?” inquired the reporter. PECULIARITIES OF NATIONAL ANTHEMS, “The two most common forms,” replied Mr. Sousa, ‘ate the choral and march, “Hail Co- lumbi ‘Wacht am Rhein,’ ‘Red, White and Blue.’ and the ‘Marseillaise’ are in the march form. Good examples of the choral form are ‘God Save the Queen’ and the Russian and Austrian hymns. Another peculiarity of the most successful national airs are that they are written in a limited compass. ‘God Save the Queen,’ for instance, is written within a com- pass of six notes; ‘Hail Columbia’ within an oc- tave and one note; ‘Red, White and Blue,’ ‘Rule, Britannia,’ and the ‘Marseillaise’ the same; the Russian and Austrian hymns within an octave. The advantage of this is that they ean be sung by mixed voices. ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ is composed of thirteen notes, and it is almost impossible to give it with mixed voices in one key with any effect. “In concluding, just let me call attention to a significant difference between our American patriotic songs and those of European coun- tries,” said Mr, Sousa. “Our American songs are devoted to singing the glory and greatness and power of the country, but the European songs nearly all glorify some individual—king, kaiser, or czar,” Blaine and Reed. THE MUGWUMP GOSSIP REGARDING THESE MAINE STATESMEN. Washington Correspondence Lewiston (Me.) Journal. Wasuixeton, Feb. 6.—The Journal corres- Pondent called the attention of Congressman Dingley toa paragraph from the Providence Journal (mugwump), stating that Mr. Blaine opposes Mr. Recd for Speaker, and also to @ paragraph in another paper (both copied ex- tensively), ascribing to Mr. Reed opposition to Mr, Blaine’s appointment as Secretary of State, and solicited his comment thereon, “Such statements,” said Mr. Dingley, “are the inventions of the few | a etree iticians who regard it as their mission to abuse Mr. Blaine and to ascribe to him all manner of petty acts and opinions, Both statements are withontfoundation. Mr. Reed has not o) d Mr, Blaine’s appointment, and Mr. Blaine is not opposing Mr. d's candidacy for the speaker- ship, On the contrary he speaks of it kindly and favorably, although, of course, he does not regard it appropriate for him to interfere in the canvass going on for the position. Mr. Blaine and Mr. Reed are friends, and the at- tempt to represent them as antagonistic to each other, is silly and groundless, i. “In thia connection,” continued Mr. Dingley, “I may call attention to another characteristic popes of Ld contemy srpeiped in se few men who regard it their business little Mr. Blaine. Here (holding up a sheet) is a x which a teneon a it oe eyed never ty, ten: taryship , now (January 26) that ‘we know Gen. "Herrisou has. sleep. ‘Suddenly, he tells us, he |:X¢ AN ANGEL SLIPPED iH THE ETHEREAL POR- of the blue empyrean, probably as the myste- feet Hut a i gf q F 3 A NIHILIST ROMANCE. The ‘‘Man of the Linen Mask” and the Devotion of His Wife. ‘From the Philadelphia Press. In the blind asylum at Steglitz, a short dis- tance from Berlin, there lives a man who until recently was as mysterious a personage as the famous “Man of the Iron Mask.” Certain persons high in authority made application for apartments at the asylum which should be worthy of a wealthy occupant. He appeared & short time after, accompanied by a beantifal woman, who was addressed as his wife. The man was tall and well made, and dressed in the height of fashion, with hands that be- tokened gentility of birth, The woman was Young and aristocratic in looks and bearing. About the face of the man wasa linen mask, with an opening opposite the mouth and nos- trils, which was never removed in the presence of attendants. He sat in adark room, to which the servants were rarely admitted, and con- versed with few. His food was given to his wife, and the inmates of the asylum knew nothing of their name and history further than the fact that they were from Russia. Ru- mors were rife, as was natural, and many in- genious stories constructed to account for the strange imprisonment, But the mystery has at last been solved, and the ‘Man of the Linen Mask” proved to be the hero of a strange and touching tale. A year before the death of the late.czar of Russia, although the scion of a high and mighty family, the young nobleman, like so many of his class, became jucterested in the trials and ween of the nihilists, Time and as- sociation le him one of their ardent sympa- thizers and assistants. When the murder of the emperor was planned unfortunately the execution of the dreadful deed fell to him. The news staggered him. His oath bound him to the nihilists, his family ties to the czar. Thoughts of his people and the attendant dis-— influenced him and finally deterred him; e refused to commit the crime. A year passed by. Another revolutionist had the bomb which he had declined to do and Alex- ander was dead. He had forgotten almost that he had been a nihilist, but not so those whom he had forsaken. a one of the principal streets of St. Petersburg, when about to greet a lady upon the ite side, something was dashed into his eyes, and in a moment the light of dayhadgone. His mouth was deformed, his cheeks burned and disfig- ured. It was the work of a nihilist, before whose modern inquisition he had been found wanting; vitriol had performed the work. Mad with pain, he was taken to his home, but the injury was beyond reparation and his doctor's aid in vain, The government had confiscated his estates upon learning of his revolutionary sympathies, but restored them in part when informed of the fate which had overtaken him. The mask was placed upon his head, for he was unpleasant to look upon. jut the heroism of one woman was shown, the heroism of his fiancee. She was a countess and the daughter of a house as famous and owerful in Russia as was hisown. She was eartbroken when told of the fiendish act, and the meeting between the lovers was touching in the extreme. With sorrowful heart he of- fered to break the engagement and make her free again. But the brave woman refused, and declared that she would remain with him until death took her away. And they were married in the little church on the old estate, attended by their rel ps and friends. And on their wedding day they started for the blind asylum in Steglitz, where they had hopes of restoring the rinan’s sight. And here his wife at- tends him with unfailing devotion and prays for the day when the afflicted nobleman ean again look upon her face. ——— es —_____ Astronomy Made Easy. From Judge. Hostess—“And so you really believe the moon to be inhabited, professor?” Prol. Eiuzumachen—*‘Ah, vell, Ido not say is yun moon in which zere mus’ “And which might that be, pray.” Prof. E. (putting on his party manner: “Vy, ze—vat you call it?—ze ‘honeymoon!” ———— The Waltz. From Lies. Bertha Bluffington (a rattler.) Jack Gettethayre (a terror.) Sczne: the ballroom at the Jinseng-Jabber- wocks in Washington square; lights brilliant; music dreamful; conversation pianissimo. (Naively)—Don’t you think you are holding me too light? (Cheerily)—I don’t mind it. (Complainingly)—Oh, you bold thing? But you are! (Conclusively)—Impossible. (Indignantly r! (Explanatory)—To hold you too tight. (Warningly )—You are getting on. (Changing subject)—Nice music. eh? (Smilingly )—S-pl-l-I-l-end-d-d-id! They run into an under-sized couple: who are completely demoralized by the collision, (Pufting!; ‘Are you tired? (Ditto}—Not at ali, (Flatteringly )—You dance like a fairy. (Sweetly)—Do I? (Enthusiastically)—But you feel more sub- stantial. (Squeezes her.) (Angrily)—Be careful, again. ) (Inquiringly)—How does my step suit you— Bertha? (Surprisedly)—Well, upon my word, Jack— (Anxiously )—Yes, go on. (Piquantly )—You dance very poorly. (Jocularly )—But in other respects I am doing quite well? (Acquiescently)—Well, rather! (He pinches her hand.) Stop! There's Cousin Jule watch- ing us. (Expediently)—Very well, let’s go around the other way. (They reverse. (Sarcastically)-—How clever! hand a nip in return.) (Gaspingly )—Waltzing is good enough in its way, isn’t it? (Bermurely)—Well, it isn’t half bad. (Quickly)—That’s the worst of it. (His cheek gets dangerously close to her's.) (Shyiugly)—There, you are out of step. ‘They stop, he takes her arm, quick levant toward the conservatory. (Coquettishly)—Why, sir, how dare you— betore every one too—you are very rude. I am much annoyed at—(with firmness.) Here we are alone, and I pro pose to give you— (Hazardingly)—Don't give it to me— (Alarmingly)—What? (Di ately )—Let me take it. (Kisses her.) te} Jack! rc! (He does it (Giving his st forte; curtain: palms and orchids, The Two Burdens. Over the deep sea Love came flying; Over the salt sea Love flew sighing. Alas, O Love, for thy journeying wings! ‘Through turbid light and sound of thunder, When one wave lifts and one falls under, Love flew as a bird flies straight for warm springs. | Love reached the Northland, anil found his own; With budding roses and roses blown. And wonderful lilies, he wove their wreath. His voice was sweet as a tune that wells, Gathers and thunders, and throbs 2nd swells, And fails and lapses in rapturous death. His hands divided the tangled boughs, ‘They sat and loved in a moist-green house. With bird songs and sunbeams faltering through; One note of wind to each least light leaf; O Love! those days they were sweet but brief— ‘Sweet as the rose is, and fleet as the dew. Over the deep sea Death came fiying; Over the salt sea death flew sighing. Love heard from afar therush of his wings, Felt the blast of them over the sea, And turned his face where the shadows be, And wept for a sound of disastrous things. Death reached the Northland, and claimed his own; With pale, sweet flowers and wet winds pe ore forthe footbed of Oe soca” Lota flame kage png 7 trees under 8 When the dead leaves ‘drift on the ‘paths be- neath. His hands divided the tangled boughs, One Love he bore to a dark, deep house, Where never a brid clasp his bride— THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1889. A GEORGIA HANGING. Which was Attended by a Somewhat Curious Incident. From the Atlanta Constitution. Aman hanging in mid air, writhing in the agonies of death, 3.000 people scattered over the hill sides and safely ensconsed in the top of trees, a thousand men and boys chasing a rabbit, scared nearly to death, yelling, laugh- ing, screeching as they ran, is a picture few people ever see. And yet it was one presented in Cobb county to-day, . Just three minutes after Sheriff sprung the trigger which started Ed. Frey's soul on its way to eternity, a great tumult came from the hillside almost directly in front of the gallows. Upon that hillside 2,000 of the 3,000 who saw the execution were gathered, and from it came the ery: —— p49 ar ere he “Stop him “Some one shoot him!” The cries were faint at first. but with each breath they grew louder and more general, with a feeling akin to fear, everyone upon and about the scaffold glanced in the direction whence the noise came. And this is what they saw: il mell, helter Men’ and boys rushing pe! skelter down the hill side, yelling as they ran. Ina body they went, rubbing, bunching, tumbling, and falling against each other. For a half minute the crowd about the for- ad that a man was dying within a few fect of em. and with bated breath one asked another: “What's the matter?” “Ts anyone hurt?” “Who are they after?” A minute later and the crow re minute later an apr ges to the hillside, laughi: ey came. In the center of the foremost was # tall, raw-boned farmer boy, and in his id he held something which seemed to be attract- ing the attention of those around him. Ashe ined the apex of the hill he apne over his head so that nearly every one of three thousand people could gee it. It was a rabbit. The motley cotton-tail was secreted under a bush in the crowd and just after Frey had been dropped something started it out. The long- eared cabbage eater darting — the crowd. and several parties tried to eatch it, but the nimble-footed quadruped eluded the and the scgamble for its ears became ge! . Some one started the cry: “Stop him!” And in a second almost a thousand voices had taken it up and as many hands were catcb- ing at the fleeing, darting animal. The crowd became excited and with one impulse started on the chase and yelling as they went. But it was the farmer boy who caught the rabbit. Judge Winn offered the boy #5 for one of the feet, but the offer was declined. As Frey was taken down Undertaker Hender- son placed him in the coffin. The doctors ex- amined the neck. saying: “It was broken, a complete dislocation.” , The negro struggled very little and died easy. The instant the rope was cut people swarmed around and in three minutes there wasn't enough of the rope to tie in a kot. It was cut into hundreds of pieces and everybody wanted a piece. iil et Mid-Summer Eve. First Published in **All the Year Round.” A sunset glory lines the west With streaks of crimson, in the pine The raindove murmurs on her nest, And myriad golden starlets shine. Upon the fair calm bour of night, As she her sable veil lets fall: And swallows from the dizzy height Of ivy'd steeple twittering call. As twilight fades, and darkness grows Upon the landscape; and the leaves Of dew-filled flowers slowly close, And martins gather ‘neath the eaves. On the breast of the silvery stream The lilies quiver, whilst the sigh Of rustling night breeze, like a dream, Stirs their white blooms and passes by. The sleeping swan, with ruffed wings And head reposed, slow drifts on; The nighingale melodious sings ‘The blossom-laden-bough upon. . The plashing of the mill-whee! falls Like music on the farmboy’s car As, homeward tru: , blithe he calls And whistles when his cot is near. ‘The lights go out in the cottage homes, ‘The labors of the daytime cease, Abroad the king of slumber roams, And in (in are—rest and peace. oo A Brilliant Meteor. Ellicott City, Md., Speciat to the Baltimore American, An unusual meteorological phenomenon was witnessed at Oella, Baltimore county, about 6 o'clock yesterday evening. A luminous body, cylindrical in shape, passed over the heavens, seemingly not more than several hundred feet above the earth, and, forming a curve, appeared to descend to the ground a mile or so from the village. Its course was with the Patapsco river. in a northerly direction, and during the time it was visible, which was several seconds, the vicinity was lighted as brilliantly as if by a strong electric lamp. Just at the time of its appearance a number of villagers were return- ing home from work, and the uncommon sight created considerable alarm among them. —— > ee coe A Woman and a Letter-Carrier. From the Baltimore News. “Ihave been out of temper oftener during | the past six months than I ever was before in | my life,” said cart mail collector a few days ago. “Itis this business, this business that does it. We have ail kinds of things to con- | tend with, and the worst of all are the women. They are always unreasonable and always ing trouble fora man. * A few evenings ago I was coming down Franklin street as fast as I could lawfully drive, for I was in agreat hurry. Right on the car track, and directly in my way stood a woman, She very evidently had never seen one of our carts before, and was curi- ous to observe it. Iconld not check my horse in time, and I was afraid I would run over her, soI yelled and called toher. At last she stepped out of the way, and by the narrowest margin I just escaped hittingher. A little far- ther down the street there was a letter-box where I had to stop, and whenI did so she walked up and said ou you know, sir, that you nearly ran over me? ‘Yes'm, I do,’ I reptied. “Well. I am go- ing to report you for it at the post-office.” Sure enough, she did, and in her presence my supe- riot gave me asevere lecture. After she was gone. however, he did not say anything more, so I didn’t m it.” eee ee Those Horrid Technicalities. From America. Mrs. Hayseed—“So young Wiggins is dead. I wonder what he died of.” Alonzo Hayseed (from college)—“I hear it was pulmonary phthisis.” Mrs. H.—**Laud o’ Goshen! apd me thinkin’ all the time the ielow hat the consumption.” The Freshman Class’ First Effort. From the Elmira Gazette. WONDERFUL HAIR,: * A Woman at the New York Opera with Hair of Five Colors. | t i [ie if a & A i | | # eff ree ge F | & Hi ; it | ii fl | 1 Cs H a r f i HH i THE SHAKESPEARIAN REVIVAL. Cleopatra and Lady Macbeth — Mrs. Langtry and Mrs. Potter. Tt is a queer coincidence that our moat beaatifal ‘actresses should have concluded to produce two of Shakespeare's plays at the same time. It is not, how- ever, at all strange that these lovely creatures should have agreed upon another subject, as proven by the following letters TUxkpe CLUB, Texepo Pargy Sew Foun, Oct sy Dra® Mapaw: Tam using the pot of Récamier Cream you so bimdly sent me and find it all that you claim it tobe. It will beone of my articles of toilet from this time forth. 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