Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1889, Page 8

A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD. Mr. Blaine’s New Home and Its Sur- roundings. TER NOTED SEWARD HOUSE ON LAFAYETTE SQUARE —JUSTICE CARTTER'S ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK ON SEORETARY SEWARD—WHERE GEN. SICKLES SHOT BARTON KRY—THE LAFAYETTE PARK FENCE. The announcement in Wednesday's Star of the fact that Mr. Blaine had made arrange- ments for renting a home in this city has ealled attention to the historic character of a large number of residences in the immediate vicinity of the famous No. 17 Lafayette square, which will shelter the Blaine family for some years to come. Within the limits of that Square events have been shaped which swayed the nation, and intrigue has been plotted and consummated which ended in the taking of hu- man life and the destraction of the happiness of more than one individual. ‘MB. BLAINE’s NEW HOME. Like the residence of Senator Don Cameron, which it adjoins, Mr. Blaine’s new home will be thoroughly adapted to the uses of society. It is one of the historic houses of tlie city, and could its walls speak they would tell stories of mirth and sadness, love and hatred, diplomacy, wit, wine, women, and murder such as would, hardly be dreamed of. The property which Mr. Blaine has leased through the firm of Thos. J. Fisher & Co, was recently sold to Mr. David King by the heirs of A. B. Stoughton. When it was pur- chased by Mr. Stoughton, some time in the fifties, it was used asa club house. Commo- dore Rogers, who was the owner, had built the house some years before and made his home there until his death. By Mr. Stoughton’s hands the mansion was converted into a fash- ionable boarding house, and from this it soon resolved itself intoa club-house. To one of its rooms Barton Key was borne after being shot by Sickles in the street nearly in front of the house and from one of its upper windows Key signalled with his handkerchief to Mrs. Stakies crocs the square and in the onmne man ner the fair dame replied. Itisasingular and not very widely known fact that President Buchanan had donned his hat and coat for the purpose of calling upon Mrs. Sickles, and was about to leave the White House when the news came to him that Gen. Sickles had shot Barton Key. Of conrse Mr. Buchanan was not afraid of Gen. Sickles, but it has been satisfactorily established that he took off his hat and overcoat and remained in the White House for some hours afterward. SECRETARY SEWARD’S RESIDENCE. ~ALL-NIGHT DRUG STORES. They Are Now a Permanent Institution | How it is Played on the Cheas-board of Roads and Cross Country. 4 CLERK TELLS OF SOME OF THE CURIOUS INCI- SOME POINTS FROM COL. BIGELOW's TALKS TO THE DENTS WHICH HAVE HAPPENED, BETWEEN ‘™MID- NIGHT AND DAYLIGHT—soDA WITH A “STICK” IN IT—THE MORPHINE FIEND. “Open all nicht” is the sign displayed on the windows of at least throe drug stores in this | communication of a theater of war constitute city, Some people would perhaps think that it would not pay to keep a drag store open all night, but the revenne must justify the ex- would not indulge in the luxury of two sets of clerks, for those who stay on all night cannot be expected to work during the day. nor can those who are com- Pounding prescriptions and selling soda water and tooth powder during the day continue to do that sort of thing throughout the night. Every drug store has a ni: who sleeps in the back ally back of the prescription counter—and his nerves are so trained that the first ring of the bell wakes him and he gets to the door as soon as he can put on sufficient clothing to make It is only in cases of emergency that aman goes to a drug store with a prescription after midnight, and so the number of times that a drug clerk is disturbed in his slumbers is not very must be a demand for an or there wouldn’t be such an institution. It is & modern invention anyway, and so far as this city is concerned it is OF VERY RECENT DATE. A Sraz reporter recently dropped into one of these all-night drag stores, and had quite an interesting talk with the clerk as to the inci. dents that have come under his vision while the slumbering peace’ THE GAME OF WAR. HOME MATTERS. SOME NEW AND SEASONASLE RECIPES FOR TRE DINING-ROOM AND PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR HOUSEREEPERS—ATTRACTIVE DISHES FOR DIX- NERS AND LUNCHEONS, Ove Quant of sifted flour weighs one pound. Gut Fraxes may ne Ispnovep or restored bbed oistened with bs Bare og with a sponge m For Covans, one or two tablespoonfuls in pure rye whisky of hot rich cream will fre- quently afford almost instant relief. Fapep axp Wory Wixpow Suapes may be turned upside down and inside out and serve the latter part of the season or for another gunboat might, at a signal from the land force, come up and with a few rounds from its heavy ns demolish the bridge under the enemy's tten across, destroy effectually sever his communications by preventing the construc- ____ LADIES’ GOoDs. SS Se Warr, Howm & Co. Saratoga, Long Branch. and St Augustine, Have opened their Branch Howse, 815 15th aag ‘With the most magnificent stock of in Washington. ; or if the enemy. | ayy seo by the - Corcoran hastily = by the government 1t is more than that within the next year or so the high and exciusive-looking fence which surrounds Lafayette park will moved, and tle re; removed from one historic locality other scarcely less notable, for Co: vided that when the light is let in on La- the removal of the clumsy it shall be donated to the Gett id association, to be used for in certain portions of If Mr. Blaine should be President Harrison’s Secretary of State Lafayette square will be as sont as it ever was in the past, for there diplomatic movements will be planned the effect of which no man can proph- nister, leased: it, to coer phar NATIONAL GUARD—THE MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS BUILDING CORDUROY ROADS AND PONTOON are built.” He quoted Li after all Ru could the ights, have crossed ‘ashington, for our gun- in gb would have swept them in boats thus constituted an im; of our national capital in during the whole war, so that the enemy could seriously threaten it only in rear, and that — bya long and dangerous line of opera- ions.” “The network of roads and indeed ion of Arlington st-and-chain fence mac in front of what is called the strategic chess-board,” said Col. Bigelow, adjutant-general of the District national guard, in his recent lecture of in- struction to officers of the national guard. “This differs essentially from the ordinary chese-board in that it is not the squares that are played on, but the lines of demarkation between them. A somewhat different view of the ordinary theater of war is given by Hamley in his excellent work on the operations of war. He says: ‘It is extremely difficult to persuade even intelligent auditors that two armies are not like two fencers in an arena, who may shift their ground to all points of the compass, but rather resemble two swordsmen on a narrow ik which overhangs an abyss, where each to think, not only of giving and parrving thrasts, but of keepii penalty of destruction.’ ‘narrow plank’ would seem to be a consider- ably more difficult one than that on the ‘strate- chess-board.’ Each has its counterpart, haracteristic reality. it worth while, in ord Ofna. Barrison'e FINE FRENCH HAIR Goops. Also, selection in SHELL, AMBER 4ND DULE ENTS, SHAMPOOING. To Remove Curxkers From Stoves or fire- brick, put in about half a peck of oyster shells on ie a bright fire. This may need re- ————— Written for Tus Evzxrxe Stan. COMETS AND METEORS. A Few Facts About these Celestial Visitors and their Relationship. Mus J. Bosarss MODEL RIDING EVENING AND RECEPTION COsTUMEs celebrated in the Kip Guoves, which are to be laid away for weeks or months before they are worn, should be wrapped up closely in oiled silk or paper to Prevent spotting and stiffening. Mary Hovsexerrens Nerp Waanrye against the frequent use of feather dusters, these dus- imply chase the particles from the furni- © air where they are inhaled. A soft cloth is good and a chamois skin is sometimes better for a duster, Nevratora 1s Orren tHe Error or Ixpr- Gestion. In such cases a cup of beef tea, cocoa or even hot water will often relieve it. For the @ well-known physician often p of milk with just enough boil- water to make it hot. Texper Feet Ang Revrevep by bathingthem in a gallon of hot water, holding in solution a good handful of common salt, When the water cools rub the feet and le; tion with a rough towel remedy, but a useful one after long standing or walking. bell and a clerk LADY, FORMERLY CARRYING ON pDrrse: making in New York. would like the patronage uf ie prices and pert RARE OLD NEWSPAPERS. There are few persons who have not ‘wit- Some of the Curious Files to be Found in the National Library. It would take a world of time to look over and discover the curious and interesting things in the national library. Among the 610,000 volumes stored away in the cramped quarters in the capitol building are many things that are rare. In the narrow room there is for reading the tables are always surrounded by busy searchers—from the wild-eyed poet to the figure-wise political economist; from the school girlto the white-haired philosopher. When they get into their new quarters, the library build- ing that is now assured to them, many musty old volumes will get out of a cramped position and shake the dust off their bindings, and the people who read, and those who study, will have ince to seek out their choice company. it will be a relief for Librarian Spofford when he has his beloved books in roomy and comfortable shelves. If the want They are visible any clear night, and with a little patient observation several may be seen during an evening. Fiash- ing out in various quarters of the heavens, they are seen to dart across the sky, with motions more or less rapid, and with brilliancy more or less marked, some down towards mother earth, others across the starry arch, leaving behind them a phosphorescent glow generally visible only fora moment. Larger meteors (and the term at this stage can only be used in express- ing their size by their light) often leave be- hind them a very marked glow, much like a faint cloud, and which when the meteor's flight is thus marked, usually remains suspended in the sky for some considerable time. The writer saw such a meteor on the night of Au- gust 9, 1883, which left in its glow, visible to the naked eye for fully twenty minutes. Such occurrences are rare, however, and few are witnessed in a lifetime. are on record of meteoric showers visible in broad daylight, and well-attested statements have been made of single meteors of great size seen to fall in various parts of the country be- een sunrise and sunset, WONDERFUL METEORIC SHOWERS, Meteoric showers have in numerous in- stances been so marvelous that the fall pre- sented an appearance like that of a light fall of illuminated snow. One of the earliest of recorded phenomena of this character, and which is well attested, was witnessed by Hum- boldt and Bonpland early on the morning of himself presentable, his footing under e situation on the , Still there night drug store OF 331 5TH AVENUE, of these two illustrations, to compare them with each other, and each with the correspond- ing reality. On the army forced off ‘its re; itegio chess-board an ine of communica- is not necessarily ruined, It may save iteelf either by fighting its way back to it, or by ving to the next one; for though an army larly operate on the squares it may fight on them or march short dis- tances across them; moreover it can often command a cross line by which to reach the next parallel one. In the case of Hamley’s illustration, let us su Plank there are hal She has torte eapecialiy for this FUieSDINRER and BALL, Danber TEED A pe hae in an upward direc- This f& o domestic HE FEDORA DRESS Si! ‘ully in their beds. n all night was an experime: the clerk, “but after nearly a year’s trial it is now a permanent thing.” “Don’t you have some queer customers sometimes?” asked the reporter. “Indeed I do,” was the reply. ‘Some ver curious customers blow in here between mid- night and daylight. Some of them are regular and some are eccentric. Sometimes men take this store for a saloon, and come in blooming get another drink. Of course they don’t “Then you don’t sell whisky at all at night?” “Oh, no; it wouldn’t do. If I sold to one I would have to sell to every one. .You have no idea of the many men who come in and ask hee glass of soda with a ‘stick’ or ‘spike’ in “‘How do they,take your refusal?” accept the situation and go off it saloon, but sometimes they Goop Pre Crust, if thoroughly baked and kept in a dry, cool (not cold) place, will keep Perfectly well for several da; while warm in the cellar, or, if even kept in the cellar, will always be unpalatable. Custard ies containing much liquid, are very Frostep Arrte Pre.—Line a pie tin with puff paste. Slice in apples, sugar them and add a little butter, no water, and a little lemon essence or juice. Bake, and when done spread a thick frosting of beaten it;return to the oven warmed through. that instead of one ~ a — 7 rep = abyss about a step apart, so that, if the swor man loses his Daladoe on one he has a chance of recovering it on another; we thus assimi- Inte to a certain extentthe situation over the | ty, abyss to that on the strategic chess-board. remove the remaining =. suppose planks to ose CROSSING THE ABYSS. The swordsman on the single plank repre- sents an army on a single road, the man on the chess-board represents an army op a system of An army, however, can hardly place Will open at WILLARD'S HOTEL, Private Parlors, Feb. Sth, 6th, 7th, 8th, and Oth, a large and elegant ae sortment of Imported Bal] and Evening Dresses. also the latest novelties in Spring and Summer Costumes for House and Street wear. ‘Special attention given to orders for Ball and Even- ing Dresses appearance,fit cannot that the selections have been made on “There is much less of the ment entering into the founda- Spofford says, “than is generally supposed from its having for copyright ks. hazard principle. hap-hazard ele int of difference, we laid transversely to ON BRANDIS, 1299 PENN, ae a ft Costumear Stee taste te ce Bcfoct Sit Seo and sugar over the frosting is FEVER MAY BE PROPAGATED among persons sleeping ina room in the windows of which @ various departments have been kept up and recruited by constant and timely purchases, mainly at auction sales, thus constantly filling gaps In fact, it may be said that the library has bee: the collection. to some all-nig! It was in this old club-house that Secretary Geward resided, and it was here that the at- formed from the first with the view of the November 12, 1799, during their visit to the utility and general unity of plan.” Another well-attested had been placed a box of earth from malarious soil, House plants cultivated in with malarious earth are roads. itself in such a position that being forced off a tion. ‘elt az CARO! E road is immediate destruction, and even if en Se and argue, then plead and beg for the drink. "Tt dan't do any good, ‘They might east coast of Mexico, tempt was made to assassinate him on the night Lincoln was shot. The late Chief Justice Cart- ter had a fund of interesting anecdote regard- ing this neighborhood. He lived just around the corner, on H street, and was on most inti- mate terms with Mr. Seward, and they two. ith Surgeon-Ge: statement is that of Arago, the well-known astronomer, who on the night of November 12, 1833 (and here note that both occurred on the samé day of the same month, and divided by a space of thirty-four years), witnessed such a marvelous shower that he estimated that dur- ing his observation of three hours 240,000 visi- RARE AND CURIOUS THINGS. Mr. Spofford talked with Tue Star reporter Yesterday about some of the rare and curious things in the library. Besides the many valua- ble features of the collection is a rare class of newspapers and peri placed and consequently dest would illustrate a point or pi strategy, but of grand tactics, The danger to an army of losing its communication depends upon their importance to itas the channel through which it procures its sustenance and The swordsman is inde- just as well go away when first refused. Occa- sionally a man will get ugly when I tell him I won't let him have a drink. I had a case of A man came in pret well loaded and wanted a glass of soda wi lemon syrup. After I had put in the syrup, he said, ‘Put a stick in it.’ The germs grow Inxurantly in the m and warm air of closed rooms. Smorzerep Brrr.—Chop fine a pound of beef from the upper round, put it in a baking pan, add a tablespoonful of butter cut into bits, And 1310 8th st. that kind last night. TON FISCHER’ Dyed without ben The only set in 1d him I ‘couldn't | Other necessities, mnolerate.” Goods with eral Barnes, of the army, and one or two other congenial spirits frequently met at Mr. Seward’s house to spend a pleasant “I well remember the night 4 teaspoonful of salt and a quarter teaspoonful of pepper, cover this with another pan, and cook in a very hot oven for ten minutes. Serve immediately on a heated dish. America of the files of the London Gazette, ion in 1665, to the pres- ent date, is in this library. There are only three of these sets in the world. The set con- sists of 310 volumes. It is the official journal, ble meteors passed over the heavens, A rough estimate of the number of meteors, sufficiently bright to be seen by the naked eye under fav- orable circumstances, and those invisible, owing to the daylight, and which enter the pendent of them in that under the swordsman is to him nothing but an fect platform and his anxiety res it is essentially different in ite groun: that of an army for a road in its rear. My ob- experience. and delivered. iE UP OR RIPPED, whisky, and he said he would le was a great big fellow, but I couldn’t afford to have any foolishness wit h him. I walked out from behind the counter, went to the door and o A Be Foot s GARMENTS, MAD: a4 Tuosz TrovsLesome Turxos Known as “‘cold ened it, and told him so narrowly escaped death. , in. telling one of his the British government semi- earth's atmosphere during the «| appeared in London in 1665, four hours, is about 7,000, sores” or fever blisters, can be cured early in their career by the application of anything to get out. He hesitate: ‘a moment, and I they | Jeet, in dwelling upon this point is'to guard at in real war an awful night. Gen. Barnes and I were sit- if he didn’t go, and quick, teo, I would FAMILY SUPPLIES. _ nA UPPLL y parlor when a messenger came to was published there for a short time, when, on known scientists, taking into consideration account of the plague, Sane Goer ee ier nen ic | sieces Wibod enema bbe ‘sen saienier tae eye pos- cation is ended with forcing the enemy off it call'a policeman and haye himrun in. Then hot—hot water, a hot potato, &., kept on a was removed to Ox- m, door, if Gen. Barnes was within, he went. I knowall the policemen on this beat, few minutes, Very strong camphor will have aie that he had been to the general's had not been able to findhim. I said the was with me, and thén the man said he was wanted at Mr. Seward’s; that . Its issue has been uninter- rupted. The early numbers were but a single ie foolscap size, which now seems very odd. The latest numbers consist of 40 or 50 pages. This set is full of in- sessed the light-grasping power of our larger increase that number to about 400,000,000, We often hear of the falling of “GREAT BALLS OF FIRE,” with startling explosions following. Scientists Ow Pexszoxe Warsxy or with the occupation of it in his rear. Such subsequent steps must be taken as will prevent not only his recovering or reopening it, but also his gaining possession of another. It was the equirement that occasioned and anyone of them would rexdily respond if I should call. There is usually one here at all times during the night.” A CASE OF HYSTERICS. To be effective the treatment must be begun as soon the sore appears. A Snrrre Pian oF Srorrixe Bieepine of the nose has lately been advised. Grasp firmly the the same effect, dingy sheet of For the Sideboard it is the disregard of this Mr. Seward had been attacked and almost murdered. We didn’t wait to hear anything more, but startedaround. I know I went with- out my bat. When we got there we found the in a very bad condi- and if he had not fallen down behind Just then an old colored woman, with ashawl thrown over her head, came in and handed a bottle to the clerk. He took it, looked at the ‘This for the madam?” General Hooker's DIGCOMFITURE AT CHANCELLORSVILLE. By a brilliant maneuver-march he had slipped away unperceived from the front of the enemy, terest. In the papers are published the queen's orders of council, the announcements of all appointments in the army and navy and the civil service, the advertisements of corpora- tions and all bankruptcy notices. From this nose with the finger and thumb for 10 or 15 minutes; by thus completely movement of air throu tell us that these so-called balls of fire are really compact groups of small meteors, When sucha group comes within tho attraction of the earth it is drawn rapidly toward her sur- As it creates no Headache. For the Sick-chamber it is without a label, and asked. lots) you will favor the ‘No indeedy,” said the darky. e blood and will frequently stop he would have been stabbed to death. You must remember that Mr. Seward w: the time, confined to his bed by injuries he had short time before, and could offer scarcely = resistance to the powerful man to whom been assigned the task of dispatching him. “Well, the doctor commenced to bind up his , and I rendered what assistance I could, and when we had just about finished a car- last has been derived the term “gazetted” to denote failure. It is curious to read in these pers for the years about 1846 to 1848, during .e great railroad craze in Great Britain. Then it was that Hudson, the “rail- road king,” organized com and the whole nation went insane over specu- ion companies were formed all over the land, and there were companies for water transportation. passed around his flank and planted himself in his rear, and had announced to the enemy must either ingloriously him battle on his own gronnd and be destroyed. But, as we all know. by bold and skillful maneuvering and fighting, the enemy reopened his line of retreat and made Hooker's army look to its own. For the formation of a gen- eral plan in a country known to be either gen- ticable or generally im The encounter with the atmosphere separates them and at the same time consumes them, producing no little agitation of the air, and thus causing the soun separation and burning would give a result in some cases much like that of a rocket explod- ing in the air, with which display all are famil- ladies done got highstrikes. I thot it was a fit, As it is easily Digested. * i d but dey say not. She’s done bin carryin’ on Macaron1 Creaw.—Cook the macaroni nearly done; turn off the water and add milk to nearly cover, and salt. Stew until done, taking care not to burn. In another saucepan heat This action of THOMAS RUSSELL, 1213 Penua ave. it up the prescription and the old Ase 9 P ip “That class gives usa great deal of trade,” “Now the girl for whom that intended has probably been on ree, and her nerves are all uj will quiet her down and put her to sleep if she y after company of milk; thicken it with a beaten e season with salt and butter and pepper. thick as cream place the macaroni; serve with the cream on top. ‘ “Bawa. Ven» SHOWERS OF STONES. Instances of meteoric bodies falling to earth riage drove up to the door and an officer, I think it was Col. Hosmer (who was then con- nected with the Papeete eneral’s office) came in and told us that the ident had been shot. That was the first intimation we had of the attack upon President Lincoln. Col. losmer been hunting for Gen. Barnes, and said that Mrs. Lincoln was anxious to have him come at once to her husband’s bedside. MANY THOUSAND MILLION POUNDS were sunk in these bubble companies and kite- flying speculations, even clergymen and women being involved. The excitement of the times e of the Gazette. It was expanded until each number made a ume, crammed with advertisements of com- panies formed and being formed, and notices Extending back almost to the owing in the former case 01 and in the latter onl; sufficient. But for will let up on her liquor. Prescriptions coming from that direction are not always for women. Many men wind upas and try to straighten up Just then a new man came in wil hungry look in his eyes, and, calling the clerk aside, whispered some: said the clerk, ‘‘not without He ag I bélieve I will die Covorep Canpres.—Pink candies may be made in little balls or any shape by coloring SPRING WHEAT PATENT FLOUR is the Premier Flour of the World, The only Minnesota Patent now made from all old. wheat. For sale by the following well-known grocers: JOHN H. MAGRUDER, 1417 New York ave. CHAS. | KELLOGG, Masonic Temple, th st. GEO. E. KENNEDY & SON, 1209 Fst. are comparatively rare, the earth the mass of matter composing a meteor must be of sufficient bulk to prevent complete dissipation or consumption durin; through the atmosphere to earth. “showers of stones” are matters of history. On the 26th of April, 1903, such 9 shower occurred at L’Aigle, in Normandy. The number of meteoric stones found communications are all- Toenable it to reach e working out of the de- tails of a plan to the extent necessary to the actual conducting of a campaign the maps can- not be too detailed. For the execution of a strategic movement depends ofttimes not only on the availability of existing roads and other ly: lines of communication, but also on the practicability of marching across coun- in that locality, the fondant with raspberry juice or cochineal, and harmless pretty green candies may be made by using spinnach green. A little choco- late stirred into the fondant will make brown candy or pale ecru, according to the amount of chocolate used. Escatiorep Sweet Porators.—Boil nice Of course he was ready to go, and I went to the door with them, intending to return to Mr. Seward’s side, but when we = to the carriage ithin a space of 14 W. E. ABBOTT, 1721 Pennsylvania ave. BR. A. WALKER, 1600 7th at. E. M. BURCHARD & BRO., Penn. ave. and 4% st. time of Cromwell, these papers possess a pecu- Besides this set the try or of constructing our war with Mexico the position of Cerro Gordo was turned by additional roads. In | square miles was over 2,000. This companied by “bright sions.” The hei “You may die if you do get it,” said the “Look here,” said smooth potatoes twenty minutes, drain and steam them, dry five minutes, slice up, and on to run any risks,” tht and loud explo- contains a com- meteors first appear the driver,a darkey, said he was afraid to back to the house on 10th street, where the President had been taken. He said the lete set of the 796 up to date. There is a file of the London Mc G. W. & H. W. OFFUTT, Georgetown. A. 0. WRIGHT, 1632 14th st. rinkle a little sugar enough experience in the business to know il up the dish and A MILITARY ROAD, what condition I’m in cut by Gen. Scott, over rough ground and chap- visible is a much-disputed question. Estimates made by well-known observers my looks. All I want pour over the potatoe: wouldn't he had an there and would: arrest us all I into the hall and took a hat off the mI Se ype eee ae be t into the carriage. ie. y' then T posed the darkey in also, pts box and drove to 10th street myself. A soldiers had been stretched across street, but I was not delayed for I shouted I bad the surgeon-general of the army inside the carriage.” IX RECENT YEARS the Seward house has been occupied by the offices of the commissary-general, but it was ‘vacated when the State, War and Navy Depart- ment building waa completed. No. 17 is not et present in as good condition as it ought to be to receive such —— folks asthe Blaine family, but in a few days the house will be in the possession of an army of ae ee ere 8 and plumbers, an no end to the renovating and repairing. Just how much Mr. Blaine spend on the interior no one knows, but if he only invests es much money as Mr. Leiter pays him an- nually for the big Blaine mansion on Dupont eirele he will have $10,000 worth of refitting THE NEIGHHORHOOD is pretty thickly sprinkled with houses that have histories of national impo-tance. Next door to No. 17 is the residence of Senator Don Cam- eron, one of the most conspicuous social cen- known as the old Tayloe mansion. It was built by Ogle Tayloe in 1828, and in its rooms have assembled the great men of this country from a ee to this. For, forty years. Ogle dispensed a lavish “hospitality to men of political. military, and naval prominence, and such men as Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams and Gen. Jackson were his frequent guests, Tn later days the visitors have 2 faraly leas conspicuous in national history, the feasts have been as numerous and as ificent and the reputation of the house has consid- enhanced. The Tayloe house was the last visited by President William Henry Harrison before was stricken with the malady which caused his death. The old- fashioned mansion is but little changed, so far as itsexterior is concerned, and if old Col. Tayloe, who was one of the few native million- aires of the early part of this century, was to come back to live he would recognize the prop- at once. but he would be m: das soon corner above is the Cosmos club , another Oe of interest, for he: ison hel of her husband—President Madison. Here the wit and beauty of the nation gathered oe widow's receptions, and no more bril- i assemblages have graced later days than those which crowded the spacious perlors and halls of = item house. The house is Duilt ear! © present cent Catt, who Was ted by ith the Madison family. Madison's death the cup of milk, spread sugar and butter, and a little nutmeg or cinna- mon or ground ginger or allspice over the top, and bake twenty minutes. Waen Rectres Grvex Caxt ror a Cuprot, it means precisely a half pint. This amount of granulated sugar weighs a half pound. The flour should be sifted and measured and will then weigh a quarter of a por saves a deal of trouble to use th ps. They come in pairs, one divided into thirds, the other into quarters, thus enabling you to secure a certain number of ounces, without getting out the weights and is a single grain. That’! last me until morning. he God's sake, man, don’t you see how I’m varying from 40 to 90 miles; the average velocity accorded them bein; per second, or nearl: earth travels aroun however, have been velocity of over 100 mil THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND MILES PER Ohron- _P. F. BACON, Pennsylvania ave, icle from 1814 to 1856, and the file of Lon- don Globe from 1833 to date. There is a full set of the and — ——— 8 ment, including the Athaneum, the Academy. the Examiner, the Spectator, th zette, the Public Opinion, the Economist, There is also a complete file of the Paris Moniteur from its begi time of the last Frenc! deux Mondes is complete from 1828 to the present time. This is valued highly, as the journal is regarded as one of the most literary and critical journals sines, American, English aad Continental, Sd erican, and Continental, an: the recent additions in lit paral, which enabled him to seize the enemy’s line of retreat in time to intercept and capture and in the war of the miles of marsh and swamp were traveled over by both armies on corduroy roads constructed by the troops. In that war the construction corps of the Union army built or rebuilt no less than 641 miles of railroad and 26 miles of bridges.” CORDUROY ROADS, Speaking of swamps and marshes under the head of obstacles, Col. Bigelow said: “They are crossed on bridges or on plank, or corduroy roads. The latter were largely used in the well-wooded swamp country of the south dur- ing our civil war. They are ordinarily of about 12 inches in diameter wise. in rows, from 4 to 6 trees from 6 to 8 inches length of the width of the road. On the outer edges of the road trees about 6 inches in diameter are spiked or pinned to keep the trees of the road-bed in ition, If the ground is very be put down as shown in Fig.. yy itself is laid. The trees forming the roadway are adzed where the wheels run, in roll smoothly, or © cross-pieces are ig about 26 miles fast again as the u're in agony, but I can’tgive you Some meteors, just that state where take too much and peg out, then where would I be? I'll tell you what I will do, I'll fix you up somethin, eir commence- ion hundreds of = i 18 ¢ will brace you up it it won't have any ® nervine, which the m: gulp, but his face had , rb as he went out of the store, and it could be plainly seen that it didn’t spot “I saw that that man WAS A MORPHINE FIEND when he first came into the store, and I'll bet five grains would only give hima few hours’ “Do you have many calls of th: “Oh, yes; they ask for m Perhaps the reader will ask: “Why are these bodies burned up?” The an pose two bodies moving in space with such great velocity and in independent orbits en- counter; what will be the result? their motion converts that motion into heat. This rule applies in all cases. In the case of the earth and the meteors the action is identical. The mean rate of motion of the earth in her orbit is about nineteen miles per second. Moving along at this rate she encounters a cloud of meteors whose motion is further increased by the attraction of the greater body. The cloud of meteors encounters resistance in the earth’s atmos- phere and the friction produced converts the motion into heat so great that the meteoric bodies are rapidly dissipated. heat is generated in the earth’s at share of the encounter, but the relative amount to the bulk, or quantity, is trifling. It is stated that the amount of by the above described encounter is | ge! enough to vaporize any known substance al- most instantly! The fact that the ber of meteors. are consumed ani non goer before they reach the earth is sufficient evi- dence that their mass is small. Such of these meteoric visitors as have been discovered on the the earth and afterward an- a show, in general, only terrestrial ele- DISTINCTION 18 MADE , | between “accidental meteors” and “meteoric showers.” As relates to the first named, their visibility is common at all times and might be called “‘accidental” because they usually pear in a quarters of the sky and possess wit “ showers” make ns of the sky—that always from some These showers always take certain nights of August every year. It is believed, from the fact that they occur annually, that the meteors causing them revolve in orbits around our sun, and in- tersect the earth’s orbit at her in August and Novem! these rings of meteors are of at different poin' morphine in it.” The clerk fixed w swallowed at a sing! r is this: Sup- Breaxrast Savsace.—Chop very fine one pound of uncooked veal and a quarter pound of breakfast bacon, add to fal of salt, a quarter teaspoonful of pepper, and ywdered saze; mix well cakes. When ready to GAR, 7c. THE ily Hama, sweet and Satisfaction or ~ — 4 ‘Groceries, very ¢ . A. POOLE @ level teaspoon- a half teaspoonful of together, and form int use, fry until well done in beef drip, better still in the fat fried from a few slices of bacon, These sausages served with cream sauce and flannel cakes make a very attractive breakfast dish. Scorcn Scoxes.—Put three cups of sifted flour into a bowl, add a teaspoonful of salt, and mix. See that the oven is hot, grease your |, a8 they will be, by series, readers will soon find in our national collection sets of nearly every which has made for iteelf a name in in diameter an BOOKS AND STATIONERY. EARLY AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS, In the collection are some rare early Ameri- can newspapers. The library has a partial set of Benjamin Franklin’s paper, the Pennsyl- from 1794 to 1784; and there is a | bol, nnsylvania Evening 1775 to 1784, in one number of which may be found the first publication of the Declara‘ swampy several e carriage may the interstices. between Med up with smaller cross pi the carriageway is covere Rivers afford more points of passage than epee sd HOUSEFURNISHINGS, _ d over with earth. toapint of sour milk or buttermilk, sti into the flour, at the same time adding tabl ifuls of melted butter; beat until Fill the hot gem pans two-thirds full and bake in a hot oven about twenty minutes. Fiss Mayorxatsx.—This may be made of any remains of cold fish, but is best made of some kind of boiled fish that will flake nicely, such ix thoroughly with the Take teoshirde one and then allow to cool. Mix with tato an well beaten, and ly, working it in ters in Washington. The Senator's home is | Pennayiy THE P. HANSON HISS MANUFACTURING 00, 815 16th st. ow. Baltimore House, 217 N. Charles st. Cooma Br Gus published in the Uni p — continued = arnee for more than a century, an now the North American. These are all Philadel; Ee smnachod wife GAS COOKING STOVES On band and for sale mbS1 46 WASHINGTON GASLIGHT OOMPAST. _PIANOS AND ORGANS._ Teun Sues & Srarnax pt le ESTEY ORGANS in 1801 to the present date, and the publish the’ debates of Congress wi ten in 1789. different paths, to the nature oftheir supports, m Saipereent roemey vy Se is the trestle most among the former bridge, and among the la’ may be constructed in rivers spth dow noe <eet Spee whose velocity more than 6 fee’ areem- loyed with advantage in rivers of Mnndersts a over the 5 be cnel river, constructed b: on d Toren of iter, the ponton AT ROFFMA ag Be ing, add tothem one cup of brown Sugar, a half nutmeg grated; beat and add one cup of il worth points reached by sell it to her without » Farthe: 2 eyes She said that fo without a prescription, and, I wouldn't let her have it anyway, believed she aliases also a full set of the earliest “ ipping and commercial he E B E & | 2 WANTED TO KILL WERSELF. ‘When she saw that I had detected her motive t court for years after the | the its B i li i diss Fe aul i i 2 i ie if i i li river being. 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