Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1889, Page 6

AN HisPoRIC HOUSE TO BE REMODELLED—THE WASHINGTON SAFE DEPOSIT CO. TO ENLARGE THEIR BUILDING — SUBURBAN IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE B. AND P. RAILROAD, “The Chain Building,” as the old-fashioned residence on H street opposite the New York Avenue church is known, is soon to disappear. The owner, Mr. W. W. Danenhower, intends to erect upon this site a five-story building which will be used as a family hotel. The present building is back some distance from the bnild- ing line. The new structure will be brought up to the building line and a wing will be added in the rear which will extend to the end of the lot, some 144 feet. There are two houses which will be affected by this alteration, the one occupied as a residence by Mr. Danenhow- er an‘) the adjoining one, which he owns. The frontage of the entire property on H street is 65 feet and Mr. Danenhower is having plans prepared which will make the new, steucture a very effective addition to the ar- chitectare of that locality. The building was erected in the days when solid construction was the rule and not the exception, and Mr. Danenhower finds that modern workmanship cannot improve the walls as they now stand, so that they will be made use of in the new build: ing. Mr. Danenhower is one of the old resi- dents of the city and he recalls the time when this building was one gf the aristocratic resi- es of the city. He remembers secing it in 1845 when Gen. Scott lived there. He became the owner of the house which he occupies in }866 and has become more or less familiar with # history, which possesses many points of in- ferest. He says that it was built by Count Menon, the secretary of the French jegation.' and for a number of years charge d’ affairs. The count was the repre- sentative of France in this city for a period of about eight years, commencing in 1322. Mr. Danenhower says that during his residence here he built this house, which was a three- story structure with sloping roof pierced with dormer windows. —_ front was stuccoed and an imposing porte cochere, resting upon sand- stone pillars was the feature of the front. ‘The drive-way wes protected by a fence made of posts connected by large chains, and from this circumstance the name was given to the place, which it has since borne. He says that Count de Menon became invoived financially, and after the close of his official career he retired toa place near the farm of the late George W. } Riggs, in Prince George’s county, Md., where he passed the rest of his life. His remains now lie buried _ there. He was famed for his lavish hospitality, and the old house was the scene of many a brilliant social gathering. The house was sold under a | deed of trust held by the Bank of the United States and was purchased by Sam’l L. Gouve- neur. of New York. who married the daughter of President Monroe. This marriage took place in the White House, and was the second wedding that had occurred there. The Gouve- neurs were wealthy, and it was soon found that the French secretary's residence was too small. He thea built the western portion of the house, where he a fine ball-room and | picture galiery. His daughter made her debut in society at this house, and subsequently mar- ried Dr. Heiskell. of the army. ‘The property came into the possession of Dr. Heiskell’s wife upon the death of her parents, and finding that the house was too large, they divided it into three houses. The center and western houses still stand, but the eastern house was some years ago purchased the Epiphany eburch ho: and « new front was built. Dr. Heiskell occupied the center house, while the western hou: ¢ the home of the widow of the celebrated Alexander Hamilton. In after years the center house became the home | of Gen. Scott, and it waa from the porch which is still standing that he made his speech after his nomination as President. Baron D’Offen- berg, the Russian m iter. the French minis- ter, p the time Speaker of the | | P.. Banks, House, and other prominent persons in social and official life occupied these houses at different periods, A GOOD PLACE TO OWN PROPERTY. The indications are that a majority of the members of the incoming adminis become property-owners in this cit; to the extent of ei . The rapidly increasing v of Washington prop- erty is no doubt the reason that influences those who propose to live here only for a term | of years, to buy houses instead of leasing them. The Vice-President-elect has siready secured a | fine residence here. and so has Mr. Blaine. Their example wil! no doubt be followed by other members of the official family of the new President. Four of the seven cabinet members of the present administration own their own homes here, and President Cleve- land himself established what is con- ceded to a sensible precedent by purebasing early in his udministration a place where he could enjoy the privacy and rest of a home. Whether the President-elect will follow this example is a question that is agitating the minds of a number of property-owners and agents who have ces which they think would suit General Harrison exact! LEVI WOODBURY'S NEW RESIDENCE. ‘The plans of a handsome residence for Mr. Levi Woodbury have been prepared by Mr. T. F. Schneider, architect. It will be built on Towa Circle, adjoining the residence of Dr. Janney. which was also designed by Schneider. The lot is 50 feet wide. and house will oceupy about 30 feet, leav: a lawn on the south si The entrance hail, 8 feet wide, extends past the parlor to a large stair- case-hall, which is to be handsomely finished in oak, with a broad stairway and fireplace. Back the ‘This hall has anentrance to the side lawn. of thishali is the large dining-room, with an outlook on the lawn through a bay-window, and adjoining the dining-room, on the north. is a library, and to the west a butler's pantry. back stairs, and kitchen. A cellar exten under the whole house, and contains a laundry, room for steam-heating apparatus, &c. The second and third stories are well provided with light and air, having a south, east, and west and for a part of the house a north exposure. On the second floor there are two bath-rooms and one on the third floor. The first story is to be finished elegantly in oak and cherry. The front and side will be of pressed bricks stone trimmin; A circular tower stands on the corner and extends above a high slated roof. The design is in the modern romanesque style. ENLARGING A SAFE DEPOSIT BUILDING. A notable improvement is to be made on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue, between 9th and 10th streets. The Washington Safe De- it company propose to enlarge their present muilding by the erection of an addition on the | west. This new portion will have a frontage of | 23 feet on the avenue, and will extend toa = — 100 ory — be of the same height as the present building. Messrs, Horn- Blower and. Marshall, the architects cf tts present building, have prepared plans for the | Sddition, and so it will harmonize in design | and the entire structure will have the appear. | ance of one complete building. The design o' the front indicates by the rather severe chore. ter of the architecture the pur for ding is used. ‘The mas- which the buil | sive walls of brick and stone, with heavily | Ww that security is the | — openings sho t This addition will add | of importance. greatly to the p nt facilities. The entrance | will be as at present, with a space for office- | floor. | rooms in the front portion of the first great | Then in the middle portion will be a vault two stories high, and in the rear will bea large room, which will be Partitioned off into compartments for the use of de sitors. The walls of the first story will be lined with glazed brick, which is not only ornamental, but will add greatly to the security of the building. Its construction throughout is entirely fire-proof, the floors being brick, resting on iron girders, In the center of the front of the building is the elevator shaft. Iron doors opening on a level with the streetafford the only outside access to the elevator. Furniture and other large articles will be carried to the second, third and fourth floors, which will be used for storage purposes. There is no comnrunication between the elevator shaft and the first floor of the building. The lot adjoining this new addition is owned by Mr. Jobn T. Lenman. He proj to re- | move the present building, which is old and | dilapidated, and erect in its place a handsome | store building. It will be four stories high, | and the front will be built in a substantial manner of brick and stone. Messrs. Horn- blower & Marshall are the architects. The erection of these two buildings will cause a great improvement in the appearance of that side of the avenue. ~ RESIDENCES IN WOODLEY PARK. Mr. Jobn F. Waggaman, whois largely inter- ested in Woodley park, told a Sraa reporter re- cently that s number of fine residences would be erected there during the coming season. “A recent purchaser,” he said, “who is very enthusiastic about the beauty of the place and | | | the fine residence sites, is H. L. Horton, a wealthy New York banker. He proposes’ to | erect there a residence for his own use, costing | at least €25,000. Another owner of jand in| Woodiey, A. W. Lyman, the correspondent of | the New York Sun, proposes to put up » house | im the A. D. Jessop, a wealthy resi- dent of ipbia, has been looking at some sites in the K, and if he concludes to buy he will build there a bi usand dollar house. The perk is so near the city, and yet | dence for those desiring suburban homes, | money in less time, | bent in a, ll THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SAT so much in the country, that it attracts a class of people who are able to make handsome im- CONTEMPLATED IMPROVEMENTS. Mr. John R. MeLean has purchased the old Davis house at the northeast corner of 11th and G streets. It is probable that he will soon im- the erection of ALONG THE BALTIMORE AXD POTOMAC RAILROAD. The suburban movement is pushing its way out along the line of the Baltimore and Potomac railroad. In the vicinity of the road beyond the ay limits the ind is being rapidly sub- divided and laid off in city lote, nnings and its vicinity has been a favorite place of resi- for many Washin; for some years past. The holdings are mainly small farms and country places, and the method of city sub- division of land has not been adopted to any extent. At Wilson’s station, which is a short distance beyond the bounds of the District, there is a small settlement of people. The next station, eight miles from the city, is Ard- wick, where A. E. Randall last year sub- divided some 18 acres of land. He has built a house there himself, and two other houses are under way. Thos. A. Mitchéil 1s now subdi- viding 200 acres into building lots, and proposes to place these lots on the market. Mr. Mitchell thinks that there is no reason why this locality should not become a favorite place of resi- ie states that the ground is high and rolling. Some years ago a subdivision of ground was made at Bowie, a station a few beyond Ardwick, and the qui at that point. Mr. Mitchell and others in- terested in property along this line of railroad are of the opmion that the future development will be rapifl, and that its importance as a center of suburban settlements will equal that of the other lines of road leading out of the city. oaereangen tae WILL CARLETON’S START. The Author of ‘Farm Ballads” as a Schooimate Remembers Him. From the Detroit Tribune. Iran across George W. Thompson in Grand Rapids the other day. He was a member of | the house during the session of 1883, He has a law office in the Court block, just uniler the shadows of the city hall tower, and quite near enough to it to feel the vibrations of the great bell that tolls the hours of the day and night. He was writing at a desk when I entered. “Know Will Carleton?” he queried as he | motioned me toa chair uear him and laid down hispen. “I should say I did. The first time Isaw him was early in the sixties. He came from his home, a little north of Hudson, in Lenawee county, to Hillsdale to attend school there. He was a tall, lank, green country boy. He wore a pair of ‘high water pants’ made of coarse stuff, the best we fellows could afford in those days of expensive clothing. I remember that he had a little blonde moustache, and it seems to me he had a goatee too. He hada | Voice like a horse fiddle and couldn't sing. We were both in the preparatory school. “Carleton was a peculiar fellow. Most of the | boys didn’t like him, particularly when he was writing his poems. He seemed to possess a natural aptitude fer poetry. I think the first he did while we were together at Hillsdale was | the writing of some verses upon the death of | oue of our class-mates. He wus always melan- | choly when he was composing. and that was why the rollicking college boys didn’t like him But I didn’t care a rap how he felt or acted. and for that reason I was often his companion when the other fellows found his society too depressing. Before he had begun to secure any recogni- tion of his work, he was like the rest of us in those days, obliged to work vacations. The money we carned went to help us pay expenses during the college terms. This was gen- erally done by teaching school. But the work was tedious and not particularly remu- nerative. This set Carleton to schen some way by which he could make mc He hit it at a circus, about that time invented a pen flexible a metal that it could be PN n and then back into the proper positi shout impairing its utility, Carleton bought a lot of these pens and fol- lowed the circus to a neighboring town, where he thought he could make something by selling the article to the He never dreamed of being canght by us. But as luck would have ita young fellow named Beale, then a theo- logical student. now at Andover, supplied a pulpit at Owosso, and some of us feliows went out to hear him preach. The next morning when we started for home we passed the circus grounds, Imagine our sur- prise and amusement when we saw Will Carle- Somebod made of | ton there throwing these pens fastened in hold- ers into a pine board, bending them up. straightening them out and then showing the open-eyed. gaping countryfolk how well they would write after so much abuse. When he i swallowed uneasily is that you?” Ss teaching schoo! dt Cambria Mills when mh was writing “Betsey and I are Out,’” ‘hompson coutinued, as he stroked his moustache reminiscently. ‘I was studying law, too. Carleton came out to see me. One of the girls drew a picture of him on her slate and made the others laugh. He talked some about his poem and joked me and my chosen profes- sion by quogpg the well-known lines: Once when I Was as young ss you and not so smart perhaps, For me sue mittened 2 lawyer aud several other chaps, ete, “I was in his room when he received his first pay for poetical work—for this same ‘Betsey and I Are Out.’ It was a check from the Har- rs’ for $15 or $30, 1 don’t remember which. ¢ was very happy over the money and the recognition it meant.” ig — FROM “A NIGHT S RHAPSODY.” No night for slumber is this— A night to be up and away Where the sea is rolled in a tide of gold Under the full moon's ray; To tly with the wind till the cleft waves hiss From the racing prow each way, Where the tumult of winds and of waters is Over the sounding bay. And the sails in the moonlight shine, The flashing foam flies free, The land is a long low line, ‘The gunwale scoops the brine, And the air is stronger than wine, And lords of the night are we. . E. CLARK. IN THE DAY OF THE EAST WIND, The rocks at my feet are strewn with crimson ani brown seaweed Brought by the udal swell, as waves after waves succeed, And break with a Splash in my path, but I do not heed: And over the Links comes the east wind drearily moaning. Istand on the edge of the rock-pool, and gaze into it, and why? The place has a strange fascination for me, but not ove of those am 1 Who would seek a self-sought grave in its depth, despairingly; And over the Links comes the east wind drearily moaning. Ihave put the temptation from me, but it comes back again and again, That I should quiet, in this way, the aching of heart aud of brai And the sea always whispers, eerie, surging refrain, And over the Liuks comes the east wind drearily moaning. » “Come,” with its Homeward 1 go through tho shingle and sand, while the spray of the sea Fills my hair with the salt ooze and foam, and the billows break ceaselessly, Rolling in with resistless force, like some dark- coming Destiny; Andover the Links comes the east wind drearily moaning. —Brsste Craiguyie, ee “We Want a White Government.” Gov. FITZHUGH LEE’s SPEECH IN NEW YORK LAST NIGHT. The New York southern society had its third annual dinner last night at the Hotel Bruns- wick. The toast, “The South since the Revu- lution,” was responded to by Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, who said the south had a right to secede, ‘The matter was, however, settled by the sword, But the settlement of that question left an- other. ‘Iu my own state,” said the governor, “there exists no other thought than that she shall continue a member of the American union of states and enjoy the same equality as the states of Massachusetts and Ohio.” It remained with the mesilate whether fas —— improvement prosperity can t ‘O- sone by a-union of American white-governed states or white American through African gec- Hous in the great whole, The whole thing de- nded upon the sout ing recognized as a Phite governed portion, that there shall exist no African sovereignty. “We do not care to take the tomahawk from the red man give it to the negro. We have provided for the negro, built homes and schools for him, and given him all his condition requires, but when it becomes a question whether those states are to be governed by blacks or whites, I say,” the governor exclaimed, “we want a white govern- ment.” In San Diego, Cal, the completion of the it fume whic! national guard, lement | a PRESIDENT AND CARDINAL. Both Made Addresses at the George- ‘THE PRELATE REVIEWS THE CHARACTER OF THE The closing ceremonies of the Georgetown university centennial celebration included some features not mentioned in yesterday's Star, as the exercises lasted until after 6 o'clock p.m. The array of church and civil dignitaries upon the platform was quite impos- ing, including President Cleveland, Secretary of State Bayard, Chief Justice Fuller and Jus- tices Field, Harlan, Blatchford and Gray, of the United States Supreme Court; Chief Jus- tice Richardson, of the Court of Claims; Mar- shal Wilson, Hon. J. Randolph Tucker, Gen. Rosecrans, Hon, Zach Montgomery, the minis- ters from Spain, Peru and Austria, Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishops Corrigan, of New York, and Ryan, of Philadelphia; Bishop Roberts, of Detroit; Father Doonan, a former and Father Richards, the present president of the univer- sity; the Tacultles ‘of the different branches of the college and the candidates who were to re- ceive the honorary degrees. Their names have already appeared in Tae Stan, and the rogram was carried out as stated with the ad- itions of brief addresses by Cardinal Gibbons and President Cleveland. Cardinal Gibbons made an imposing his rich red costume. relieved by the wh: surplice, and he spoke with an earnestness that showed how deeply he sympathized with those connected with the university in the whole scheme of the celebration. He spoke ina voice that was clearly audible, and he was frequently interrupted by applause. Cardinal Gibbons’ Address. commenced by referring to the fact that God usually selects the proper man for the accom- -plishment of any great work, and that when it was time to found Georgetown college John Carroll was raised up as the person eminently fitted for that undertaking. He paid a glowing tribute to Archbishop Carroll's life as a priest and patriot and spoke of the wonderful success ire in lace foresight had enjoyed. He spoke of the great number of graduates which the university had sent forth and of the distinguished part which some of them had played in the history of the nation and of the church in this country, and he referred to the proud satisfaction which the present president and professors must feel on reflecting upon the number of kindred institu- tions which have sprung from this mother of colleges and of the glory of this centennial celebration, All this proved that the pen was mightier than the sword: that peace had victories more substantial and more enduring than those of war. “It proves,” said the cardinal in conclusicn, “that all achemes conceived in passion an ordinate ambition are destined, like the Alpine avalanche, to leave ruin and desolation in their track, while the educational and religious pur- suits of men assembled under the invocation and protection of Ggd silently shed blessings like the gentle dew Of heaven and bring forth fruit in due season, It has been the custom of the Chief Magistrates of the nation, from the days of Wa igton, to honor Georgetown college by their presence on public and festive occasions. Iam happy to see that our present | illustrious President ‘is uo exception to the rule, and that he has been pleased to lend ad- ditional luster to these ceremonies by his dis- tinguished presence, “May those who in the long years to come will gather together to celebrate the next cen- | tennial be able to record a success as consoling as that which we commemorate to-day.” Father Murphy then said that the President of the United States had not only agreed to lend his presence to the occasion’ and to pre- | sent the degrees, but had also agreed to make few remarks, and would now in his own words j and in his own way speak of the impressions | which the exercises of this centennial celebra- tion had made upon him, ; When Mr. © land rose he was greeted with prolonged cheers and applanse, and it was fully a minute before he could command quiet | sufficient to be heard. He spoke as follows: PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S REMARKS. Inthe moment I shall occupy I will not speak of the importance, in a general sense, of | liberal education or refer to the value of ux | versities like this asthe means for acquiring such education; nor will I remind you of all the causes for cougratulation which this centennial occasion affords, These things have been pre- sented to youinallthat you have seen and jheardin the days just passed, and they are | Suggested by the atmosphere all about us, I am thinking of this college as an alma mater. and calling tomind the volume of love and affection which-has been turned toward her from the great outside world of her alumni, during thy hundred years of her life and at this tle especially awakened. To-day the young graduate wh Ima mater occupies abroad place in his life, turns to her with warm enthusiasm. The middle-aged graduate | to-day pauses in the bustle and turmoil of business activity to give a loving glance and affectionate greeting to his alma mater, The | aged graduate to-day in memory passes over scenes and events of more recent date to recall through the mellowing light of years the inci- dents of cuilege life while he breathes a fervent prayer for his alma mater. If the dead gradu- ates are not with you to-day in spirit. the loving bands which attached them to their alma mater, though broken by death, are here, hal- lowing the place where they are kept and making at THIS HONORED INSTITUTION A SACRED SHRINE. Another thought, born, I suppore, of the solemn trust which I have held for the Ameri can people, prompts me to say a word concern- ing the relations which such an institution as this should bear to American citizenship. Men of learning we at all times need, but we ulso need good citizenship. cation which leads its possessor to live within himsetf, and to hug his treasure with sordid satisfaction. The least an educated man should do is to make himself a good, true American does not also improve the citizenship of others, | His love of country should be great, his inter tive, and his discharge of the duties of citizen- ship should be guided by all the intelligence he possesses, and aided by all the learning he has acquired. Georgetown college should be proud of the impress she has made upon the citizenship of |our country. Onher roll of graduates are found the names of many who have performed public duty better for her teaching, while her alumni have swollen the ranks of those who, in private stations, have done their duty as Amer- | ican citizens intelligently and well, I cannot express my friendship for your col- lege better than to wish for her in the future, as she has had in the past, an army of alumni, learned, patriotic, and useful, cherishing the good of their country asan object of loffiest | } | citizenship a supremely worthy use of the edu- | cation they have acquired within these walls. | “Phe President, ou his arrival at the college, was greeted by a presidential salute of twenty: one guns fire by battery A of the District mil tia, and at the conclusion of the ceremoni seventy-nine more guns were fired. ‘The work performed by the young men of the battery is most creditable, a3 they were only organized last October, and tired their first salute in honor of Gen, Harrison’s election. Yesterday the young men conducted themselves with the precision of veterans, and proved the effective- ness of their drilling by their commander, Capt. Yates. the buildings and grounds were brilliantly illuminated at night, and the three-days’ cele- bretion of the centennial anniversary of the college closed in a blaze of glory. NOTES. The section of battery A that fired the salute —— was composed of Ser; Shannon. uundes, and Howe, Corporals Oliver and Simms, Privates Prall, Cox, Darneille, Ferris, Strauss, Mallam, Humes, Reynol: Davidson, and Bradley, and Musician ‘Y, and was by Lieut. Robbins. There will be a solemn requiem mass said in the col 1 to-morrow morni at 10 of the souls of stn ed during the first century of versity. the life of the uni: comprehensive (except as regards American af- fairs, which are ignored with unan- imity); it will be witty, but it sais & si nitty, even, but it will like- : which the college founded by his energy and | There should not be that selfishness in edn- | citizen, and he fails to do his entire duty if he | est in public affairs should at all times be ac- | | effort, and deeming their contributions to good | THE HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS. re s ¥ the Register. CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT THE OCCUPATION OF THE The enterprising students of the city high school are this year publishing a bright fort- nightly journal called The Review, devoted to the interests of that institution. It is con- ducted by a staff of six editors, selected from the different classes of the school, under the business management of Mr. Harry English, one of the instructors. THE YEAR'S REGISTER. The last number, issued on the 14th inst., contains an entertaining articie, headed “‘Regis- ter Wrinkles,” being a synopsis of the facts and figures contained in the year’s register of the pupils in the school. This register is a work of some magnitude, a volume of a hun- dred pages of foolscap, containing the names and nec statistics of some 1,200 pupils, including all who have been connected with the school for any length of time since Septem- ber 17, 1888, The Review says: ‘‘A perusal of the statistic blanks, as handed in by the pupils, disclose many ludicrous mistakes, any amount of simon pure stupidity, and an extensive insight into juman nature in general and that of the aver- age high school pupil in particular. Upon entering the school the pupil is given a blank @m to be filled out, requiring the last, first and middle names; age, c! and section; parents’ or guardian's name and occupation, and address. Compelled on short notice to make this personal iyventory, the amateur statistician becomes sadly mrxed in the extent and accuracy of his information. One youth with commendable exactness gives his age as seventeen years, seven months, three days and eight hours, Another is undecided whether he is twelve or thirteen years of age; first puts down twelve, then on the second thought thirteen, Unfortunately neglecting to scratch out the first guess, he is registered at the re- | markable age of one thousand two hundred and thirteen years. At least half a dozen have | entered the figures in the wrong spaces and declare themselves to be sixteen months and four di or fifteen months and nine days, which is quite too young for high school Pupils, even considering the fact that entrance and quarterly examinations have been abol- ished. One young lady had the good fortune to enter, so she states, on September 31. THE OCCUPATION STATISTICS. “The occupation statistics are perhaps the most amusing. Some of the parents have com- bined occupations, such as ‘brick manufacturer and real estate owner,’ ‘government clerk and gardener.’ A widow's occupation is given as “domestic duties,’ while the number of ‘resigned,’ ‘retired’ (the office of honor or emolument from which said ghey retired or ef is not stated), and ‘at leisure,’ is appalling. Ono pathetic occupation is ‘nothing at present,’ while a careless and defiant lad writes boldly, ‘nothing in particular.’ A ladies’ tailor is down as ‘taylorist,’ while the ambitious scion of a compositor writes ‘typographer.’ One is a ‘bookkeeper’ and another a ‘huxter,’ neither of which trades or professions is recognized by Webster. A preacher's son believes that brevi y is the soul of wit and calls -his father ‘D, D.’ Some pampered official’s offspring says his father’s occupation is ‘government,’ only this and nothing more, and another with equal | terseness and pride says ‘independent.’ Some | of the answers would fill the heart of wort Henry George with rage, as ‘property owner,’ @ very common and agreeable calling, and ‘lives off the rent of houses.’ A case of ‘the best man wins’ is registered in one slip where | the parent’s name is given ‘Mrs, — and Mr.,’the latter unimportant addenda being written in very small aucune in the corner. | The scribe vouches for all these assertions in quotations, and will exhibit the originals, which he has prudently preserved, to all who doubt his vera: So much for the register’s humorous side; it has a serious aspect which is interesting too. After the preparation of numerous tables aud much Juggling of figures some remarkable results have been reached. “A word of explanation beforehand—when it is said, for instance. that ten are in the Navy department it is not meant that ten employes | of the Navy department have children in this school, but that there are ten pupils in the school whose parents are in the Navy depart- | ment, | IN GOVERNMENT EMPLOY, “First as to parents’ occupation: 515 out of | the total number, or 42.8 per cent, are in the | employment ef the government. 574 or 47.5 per cent are distributed among some 93 trades and professions, and 119 or 9.7 per cent (of which number 87 are women) are unemployed, or have no occupation set down. Of the 515 government employes, 402, or 33.2 per cent of the total number are in the departments as follows: Treasury, 85; V 72; Post-Office de- artment, 58: Pe 7; Land Office, 17; Survey, 3: Agricultural, 3; Bureau of Labor, 2; Bureau Statistics, 2; Justice, 2; Civil Service Commission, 2, while 69 are entered as ‘gov- ernment clerks,” “Of the remaining 113 government employes, | 17 are occupied in the Senate, 16 in the District offices, 14 are navy officers. 12 policemen, 11 army officers, 11 in the bureau of printing and engraving, 8 are Representatives in Con- gress, 4 ure employes of the House; 2, firemen; 2, city post-office; 1, detective; 1, letter-carrier, and 1, United States Senator. There are bi side sach notables as the commissioner of pen- ions, a rear-admiral, United States navy, as- istant adjutant-general, United States army, uperintendent of life-saving service, superin rendent of schools, a civil-service commissioner, | the city postmaster, the assistant treasurer of the United States, and the paymaster of the | United States army. each with one child in this | school, and the chief of the weather bureau and | | one of the District Commissioners, each with | | two children here. “Chief among the 93 occupations of those ot under the government are: Attorneys-at- jaw, 51; mer@hants, 48; real estate and insur- 34; physicians, 30; contractors and build- carpenters, 19; printers, 16; bookkeep- ers, 16; grocers, 15; bookbinders, 11; commi merchauts, 10; machinists, 9: 5 are farmersand | 5 dairymen; 4 are artists and 4 blacksmiths; 2 jk | ance, | ers, 2! |are bankers and 3 bricklayers; 2 are under- | takers, 2 dentists, and 2confectioners. There is 1 plumber, 1 book agent, and 1 drummer, an elec- trician, an astronomer, 5 editors, aud an author. One is the Mexican minister, another the chan- cellor of the German legation, another an offi- cer in the Corean army. And so on, and on, |and on, for there seems to be no occupation | under heaven which is not represented in this | liberal register. “Statistics of residence are as follows: Those | living in northwest, 69.54 per cent; northeast, 10.73 per cent; southeast. 9.06 per cent; sout! west, 6.46 per cent; outside the city, 419 per cent. THE AGE OF PUPILS. “A table is also given presenting the age sta- tisties of the school, In the third (highest) year | class the youngest pupil is fifteen years, the oldest twenty-two years, and the average age, 18.22 years; in the second-year class the youngest is fourteen years, the oldest twenty and a-balf years, and the average age 16.93 ly in the first-year class the youngest is twelve and a-half years, the oldest twenty and a-half years, and the average age 16.54 years, |The average age of the schol is 17.23 years, j and the average age at the time of entrance to | the school 16.23 years.” erate - Lock to Your Picture Cords. From the London Globe. A correspondent sends us, apropos of our ar- ticle dealing with ‘Portents,” an account of what he calls a singular circumstance. When he was at school some twenty years ago a prominent picture in the school dining room came down with a run about the dinner hour. ‘The same thing had happened some years pre- viously coincidently with the death of a near relative of the headmaster. The recurrence of 8, similar accident caused our ndent some anxiety, as it happened that his brother and several other of the boys were then lyi ill, No harm happened to these patients, but the daughter of the house, a bright, cheerful little girl, was immediately carried off by a re- ae story may certainly be classed th iy others showing how mere coinci- dence ts ition, however ? : H E iu s | men who were concerne: Treated. Tho State department has received am inter- esting report from Mr. A. H. Schindler, U. S. consul at Persia, descriptive of the rice and sugar industries of that country. Of the former product he says: “Rice is cultivated in all parts of wherever water is abundant. It thrives near the rivers and perennial streams, hot lowlands at the head of the v2 gulf, all over the plateau of Persia, at altitudes vary- ing from 1,000 to 8,000 feet above the level the sea, and best in the lowlands forming southern littoral of the Caspian. It may said that all districts in Persia which possess a | river or a perennial stream produce rice. A | great part of Central Persia, and almost the whole southern littoral, extending from the head of the Persian gulf to the frontier of In- a —— — cg of a and do n luce rice. The r the cultivation of Gilan and vt age of rice, and thgse provinces are on that account very insalubrious in summer. No one has been | able to give me any information as to the yearly produce of rice in Gilan and Mazande- ran, but there is no doubt of its being very con- | siderable, ‘THE TREATMENT OF RICE. i “Rice is divested of its husk by small hand- | mills of stone, and is then further cleaned by a machine called dang. This machine is moved | by water-power in Mazanderan and Gilan, in | Senjan, and some other districts, but in towns | generally ina more primitive manner. The machine consists of a heavy beam of wood, | which swings vertically on a fulcrum, like a see-saw, and is armed at one end with a hollow steel cylinder a foot long and fixed at right | angles to the longitudinal section of the beam, | at the other end with a connterpoise. The | machine works as follows: Four or five men jump on to the end of the beam with the cyl-| inder; their weight makes the beam descend | vand the cylinder at the end is forced into the rice. The rice is kept in a tank about four or five feet in diameter and four feet in and constructed in the ground, its aperture flush with the surface, and is mixed with coarsely-powdered rock salt to increase fric- tion. The men then jump off the beam on to a platform at the side and the counterpoise at the other end of the beam raises the end with the cylinder. The fall of the counterpoise is arrested by a block of wood, and as soon as the men hear the thud of the counterpoise on the block they again jump on the beam, go down with it, aud jump off it. THE PAY. “The work requires neither intelligence nor skill, but is very fatiguing, and it is a matter of astonishment that it is so badly paid. The five men on the beam receive for twelve hours’ depth | Statistical Analysis of| How It is Produced and How It is| From the Catholic Hierarchy of the | Pen Sketches of hrs. TWO LONDON LITERARY WOMEN. Cashel Hoey and United States. Mrs. Campbell Praed. From the Baltimore Sun. From the Pittsbuny Chronicle, The following is the full text of the letter re- | céntly forwarded to the holy father by his emi- | Cardinal Gibbons, in the name of the | tholic hierarchy of the United States, ex- | pressing the warm sympathy of Catholics with | head of the church, and protesting against manifested by the anti-religious iy | government of Italy toward the | Father—That active sympathy | ae which nature prompts | ithful chil the present | affairs seems most oye to! us, your devoted sons. It is well known to what a wretched state you are re- | duced by the malice of your enemies; with what countless sorrows and anxieties you are every day afilicted. It cannot then be a mat- ter of i il Mrs. Cashel Hoey and Mrs, Campbell Praed are both “in society.” The first-named is an Irish lady of about sixty or sixty-five, xbort, stout, round-faced, and always dressed—accord- ing to American idess—very unfashionably. The queen is the grandest of the grand army of dowdily-dressed old English ladies, whose ap- Pparel would drive an American woman crazy if | she were obliged to woar it. Loosely-fitting bodices, lace shawls, enormous caps, plainly- banded hair—natural or a “scratch” —mitts and reticule, are component parts of this get-up ala Reine Victoria. By its wearers it is con- sidered the dignified and becoming thing for elderly women; while the yellow-skinned, thin old womap, with an abundance of elaborately- y hair, no cap, diamond earrings ; dressed surprise that we, your sons and bishops. | and tighily-Atting Parisian costume is lo: should be —— moved at the spectacle of upon as one of the most offensive of Aim 2 your distress. We are united to yor the products, and is the constant subj. deri members of the Luman body to the head, and jon from Euglish pens, pencils. and voic when the head suffers the whole frame has | Although — Cashel Hoey has been for necessarily @ sensible share in its pain. Where- | many years before the public as a writer, and fore, though we accomplish nothing more, we may at least in some measure alleviate your trials by energetic protests, and by our fervent prayer to God the avenger of outraged right and justice. When, eightcen years ago, we learned that your capital city of Rome had been seized by the lawless troops of a treacherous monarch, we, our priests and our people were horror- struck at the unparalleled enormity of the crime. We could not bring ourselves to credit that even unbelievers would have perpetrated such an outrage. Imagine, then, our shame and mortification when told that no heathen or heretic, but a prince boasting the name of Catholic iad deliberately plauned a deed so atrocious and had carried it out in the blood of Your devoted subjects! “ Upon that occasion we were not unmindful of our duty to your holiness, but owing to the un- fortunate state of Europe at that time we could do but little to mark our indignant sense of | could, and by our ‘letters and public demon- | stration of sympathy we loudly denounced the | Shameful injustice before the entire world. But y | having seized your territories by fraud an lence, have ‘degraded your people to the slavery of a foreign yoke, and subjected them to laws and institutions conceived in a spirit of hatred to religion. Day after day adds to the rage and hate wherewith they menace God and our Lord Jesns Christ, His holy religion and all who profess it, To such a pes is their madness come that they act as though they would audaciously pull down the Almighty Himself from his throne, and once more hand over the sovereignty of the world to satan, who, according to blessed Paul | has produced excellent work in fiction, she | America, the wrongs done you, still we did what we | our foes, most holy father, not content — | never been fortunate nongh to achieve a wou- has told me that Or $50 a week, nection very highly, aud the larger part of her im iv Having formed a literary par ship for copyright purposes with John Li the Harpers are able to protect her later writ- ings, and pay her with the promptness and liberality for which their name is a synonym. Mrs. Hoey lives ina pretty house in the old court suburb, Kensington, not far from the beautiful town house of the Duke of Argyil, on Campden hill, Her husband is a } light, and is a permanent member of the counsel for the management of the Prince of Wales’ Rothe- Say estates, This off rings him a salary of | £1.000 per annem, so that neially as socially Mr. and Mrs. Cashel Hoey are i enviable position. Mrs. Campbell Praca is | Young woman about 33 | family, and the name of her > ‘hat of one of the gentility, rtd i end asfaras her health will permit associates with a gay and fashionable set. Her novels are widely read, but in Eu eeful, ds gland are kept away from young readers, ¢x- | actly as those of Ouida. They are in a certain | sense brilliant, but are restricted to the delines tion of scenes and manners of « fast and loc it class of jle—a kind ouly romine kk cities in this feverish . Her lite style violates all canons of the art, und tood and studied by more serious writers ertheless, there isa glamour im her peri fascination in her study of character wh causes a reader to pursue her fiction breath) too pi : . : j the Apostle, held it aforetime in bon- | to the end, and then toss it away, vowing thet work per diem, durin h they go up and | age, Like’ the Jews, they have. taken | the rae spent in reading it might and should down 120 times per + 234 krane (that is, Christ captive, forasmuch as | be more profitably employed. rs. Campbell one-half kran, or at the” present rate of cx" | have loaded His vicar with dishonor, y | Praedhas been in America, having made the change a little less than 7 cents cach) and their | have despitefully used him with mocke | now regulation trip thither with her friend mid-day meal, The superior qualities of rice | insult, the cup of gall, the scourge Sestis etait. are generally cleaned twice. For the first cleaning the charge is 124to 138 cents per khawar (649 pounds), for the second cleaning 62 to 82 cents. Many families clean their own rice at home by putting it, together with rock- salt, into a stone mortar and pounding it with a wooden pestle. This practice is principally followed in the south of Persia and in the prov- ince of Arabistan, at the head of the Persian | gulf. The work is always done by women, and the families of small communities generally combine. In the vill often see, and more often hear, ten or twelv women preparing the rice for the next day’s consumption. Each woman wields a long and heavy wooden pestle; one woman, generally the most muscula , Who acts as leader of the gang, begins to sing and step around the big stone mortar; all the others then sing and fol- low the leader, all keeping accurate time with the feet and with the pesties, which they crash into the rice about every third note. It takes the gang about half an hour to cleat32!y pounds of rice, THE YEARLY PRODUCE. “Tt seems quite impossible to obtain any cor- rect figures regarding the yearly produce of rice in Persia, There are no statistics what- ever regarding agriculture, and the popula- tion can only be estimated. The natives can only make guesses, and their guesses vary so much they are of no value. From my personal estimates of the population, my observation of the economic condition of the inhabitants and information from the best sources, I have tried to obtain some figures more or less approach- ing the truth, and this I have done in the fol- lowing manner: Rice is an important staple of food of the inhabitants. Calculated per head of the population, most rice is consumed by the Mazanderan (the Mazanderanis), but it must not be supposed, as some travelers wish it to be done, that the Mazanderanis eat rice only. It is ‘true that they eat little or no bread, and it is commonly reported that a Mazanderani can not digest bread, and would die if he were to eat bread only for a couple of days, (Conolly’s Overland Journey says: ‘So. little do the people use wheat and barley that it isa saying among other Persian: ruly Mazanderan boy threatens that if his wishes be not complied with he will go into Trak and eat brea But they eat with the rice sufficient quantities of other food containing more nutritive matter than rice does—tfor instance, butter, cheese, meat, beans, peas, vegetables, &c. THE FOOD OF THE MAZANDERANI consists of rice, various stews made of condi- ments, meats, fresh and salt fish, game, butter, onions, garlic, walnuts, and pomegranate juice. and of lettuce, milk, cheese, treacle and various fruits. Rice, with a curry or stew made of pheasant or woodcock, walnuts, pomegran- ate juice, butter and garlic is the famous dish of Gilan and Mazanderan, called Fisnisass, Computation gives the yearly consumption of rice in Persia at 457,600 tons. About 300 tons of rice are imported annually from India by way of the Persian gulf ports, and deducting this quantity irom the above total we get the yearly produce consumed in Persia, 457,300. In comparison with the quantity from the above total consumed that which is exported 1s incon- siderable, amounting to hardly 20,000 tons per annum. Adding 20,000 tons as the quantity ex- ported to the total consumed, we get for the total yearly produce 477,300, or say in round numbers 500,000 tons, and this figure I think near the truth.” fo a The Arkansas Ballot-Box Thieves. ONE OF THEM ARRESTED—SUPPOSED TO HAVE HAD A HAND IN THE CLAYTON ASSASSINATION. Robert Watkins was arrested at Pine Bluff, Ark., yesterday, charged with stealing the ballot-boxes at Plummerville, Ark., on the night of November 6, the crime which had as an out- growth the assassination of the republican con- | gressional candidate, John M. Clayton, brother of Gen. Powell Clayton. Yesterday's arrest is claimed to be the beginning of the end in the unraveling of the mystery surrounding the assassination. It is Late precy belief that the in the ballot-box theft were also concerned with the killing of Clayton. Watkins is now in the state prison, lame: ay Homely Women Look Handsome, TY SOME OF THE MIRRORS THAT ARE FASHIONABLE Now, From the New York Graphic. “It is true,” said a dealer in mirrors, “that none of us know exactly what manner of men weare. The mirror does not enable us to see our outer selves as others see us. Only the finest mirrors approach perfection of surface. of @ room appear all awry. The ret most nearly true to the object reflected is tained ps from a hand mirror made of plate glass,or from a metallic erate size. Great es in the south one may-| cross of his Master. Nor are the’ ting, that you may walk more closely still in your Master's footsteps, new Pilates and modern Herods, men dev ligion, who, whilist they see you robbed of your liberty and betrayed to your enemies, make not the slightest murmur of protest or disapproval, but to hide or excuse their own cowardice, would have the world believe that the wrongs of the holy see flow from what they call misfortune and the unhappy temper of the times, But the climax of insolence, wickedness and treachery is reached in the laws lately passed, whereby it is made a crime, punishable with fine aud imprisonment, for any one openly to speak or write a word in your holiness behalf, ruly a hard lot to make a man the victim of the ‘cruelist injustice, and then to make it a felony for him to bewail his miserable fate! It is no longer possible to mistake the end of all these things. That nefarious law not merely invades the natural rights of your faithful de- fenders, it attacks your own most sacred per- son, md all doubt this was the will and purpose of those godless men in that iniquitous enactment. It was plainly their intention to deprive the holy see of all power in future over | over the world. This, could they bring it about, would be to overturn the form of government established | by Christ for His Church. to make void His | promises, and destroy, in the end, the church | herself. For, plainly, there can be no free- | dom for the Chureli ‘if her supreme ruler is himself not free, and of what use ure the, members torn violently from their head? In defense of our own and our chief pastor's liberty we protess ourselves ready to undergo any and every danger. That liberty is part of the precious heritage which our God brought down with Him from heaven to the earth and left to us, His sons. Let no one, therefore, marvel that we should hold it beyond all price, dearer to us than even our lives. Be of good cheer, then, Leo, great pontiff. Bear well in mind’what the Royal Psalmist hath foretold for your comfort and that of all the just—that God will in His own time arise to judge your cause and scatter and destroy and will cover them with everlasting shame. He will arise and will have mercy on Sion, which the wicked have made their spoil, Mean- while, we, your sons, relying on these sacred oracles, and on the promises of our Saviour Christ, will from our inmost soul most fervently pray that the time so long looked for may swiftly come in which you may with entire freedom rule over the whole Church, having changed even the wolves now ranging about the fold into the lambs of the flock. Prostrate at the feet of your holiness, we humbly beg for ourselves and our people the apostolic blessing. Signed by the Cardinal Archbishop of Balti- more, in the names of the prelates of the country and his own. ae The Court’s Sentiments Prevail. From the Sacramento Record-Union. A remarkable trial has just occurred at Brownsville before Justice Sparks, in which Daniel Hess was charged with stealing water from a ditch. The trial consumed six days, and was enlivened by a constant exchange of personalities on both sides. Justice Sparks said in presenting the instructions of the de- fense to the jury: want you to bring in a verdict accordingly, as they are the law. ‘Tossing the district attorney's instructions to the _jury,the justice contemptuously remarked: *Them’s not my sentiments; they're no good; worth.” returned a verdict of guilty. The justice stood aghast.. “What!”*he shouted, “you dare to go agin my sentiments: The verdict is set aside and the prisoner dis- charged!” This ends the case for the present, but further Proceedings are expected. Lincoln and Patents. Gath in the Enquirer, We can also remember that Abraham Lincoln probably received the means to lay off a while and conduct his debate on the subject of slavery with Senator Douglas through the pro- ceeds of his fee in the McCormick reaper case, Washington and Lincoln were both the pro- ducts of patents. Aland patent was given to Lord Fairfax in Virginia, aud he had need of surveyors to lay out that land, which otherwise would have been squatted on’ and left with no distinct title, like millions of acres in West Vir- inia still, which cannot be sold because no- iy can be proved to own them. They will id of justice, piety and re- | the Church cathoiic, not in Italy alone, but all | “Gentlemen, them’s my sentiments, and I | but you can take them for what they are | The jury, after a few moments’ deliberation, | an ey Future of the Republican Party. WARNER MILLER'S SPEECH IN DETROIT LAST NIOHT. Fleven hundred guests sat down to anclab- | Orate spread at the Detroit rink last night, the | occasion being the fourth annual banquet of the | Michigan club, Senator Palmer was the presi- dent of the evening. Gov. Luce delivered the address of welcome. The first ¢j | evening was the Hon, Warner Miller, of New | York, who spoke to the toast, “The Future of the Republican Party.” He said: “It does not | take much courage to march to death in war | when 50,000 or 100,000 are marching with y | but it does take courage some time to st | for a great principle. The democratic | cries out against sumptuary laws, and it is | rect outgrowth of the old Calhoun doctri: | you have no right to legislate for the mors | the people. The republican party stan | the advancement of temperance, and has, It may not be going as fast as some | thusiast would have it, but it is doing the best jitcan. This question must be settled in each state, The prosperity of the country depends on the continuation of the success of the repab- | liean party. The republican party appeats to its past, and offers it as an earnest of what it will do in the future Letters of regret were received from Presi- dent-elect Harrison. Vice-President-elect More ton,a number of United States Senators, aud ‘ many others. ee No Trouble in Identifying Him. | From the Chicago Journal. George Bowron, as everybody knows, is the leader of the Columbia orchestra, He is al | one of the pleasantest gentlemen to be found | within the city limits. A story is told about | him which is good enough to be trae, whether it is or not. In the course of events during the ‘last summer Mr. Bowron received a draft for j money. I think Mr. Bowron's draft came from his estate in England, and that in view of his | recent marriage he had instructed his steward your enemies. He will awake as from sleep\ to quit stacking the extate fund up in the bauk | and to send him a small wad. Anyway he had | the draft, and he took it to a bank and handed it through the little brass-bound window to | the cashier. This gentleman looked at Mr. | Bowron, who blushed, as he always does whem | people stare at him, “Are you Mr. Bowron?” asked the cashier. believe I am.” ell, you'll have to be identified.” But 'm Bowron—George Bowron, leader of the orchestra at the Columbia.” “Oh, I know who George Bowron is all right enough, but I don’t know that you're the man, Just bring somebody that we know to identify you. “Mr. Bowron wes moving away in disgust at the red tape and circumlocution which rascality makes necessary in all professions, when the eashier called him back. “Would you mind turning your back to me and taking off your h ed. Mr, Bowron did so. “Here's your money, Mr. Bowron. It's all right. I've known the back of your head for five years, ee Why He Was Rejected. ‘New York Correspondence of Bostou Gazette Col. Robert G. Ingersoll was not biackballed at the Players’ club, because that is not the way that the Players shows its disinclination to admit a man to membership, His name was posted as that of one whom some of the mem- bers would like to see in their club, but there was such general opposition to it that it was withdrawn. A member of the Players told me the other day that it was not because Col, Ingersoll is an agnostic thathe was not wanted, | but it was because of his connection wi | star-route scandal, and, to use nix exy | because he is a “blatherskite.” There are doubt men in the club who are not orthode their religious beliefs, but they don't make profession of insulting the beliefs of others. Coi. Ingersoll is a man of certain gifts of ora- tory, but he seems to take pains to misapply them, and he waxes as eloquent and as entiisi- astic over a fifth-rate thing as over one that rates among the highest. It scems to make no | difference to him. He only wants an oppor- tunity, and away be goes, up and down the columns of the dictionary, buck and forth over the pages of the rhetoric, ished, what does it all amount to? except a lot of wildly extravagant words that might apply to some occasions, but seldom those at which Col. Ingersoll discharges them, — - Was at the Fight. From the Chicago Herald. “George, love, I was very, very lonesome without you. Promise me, dearest, that you will never leave me all night again.” “I do, darling; but you kvow I couldn't help it this time.” i " I suppose you really did have to go.’ ontHow did it come out?” “It was a draw--I—I mean, my dear, that we From the Chicago Herald. ‘A ring at the ‘phone at Lawyer Sharp's: “Hello! What is it?”