Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1889, Page 8

BREEDING CANARIES. ° How the Birds are Mated and How the Young Should be Treated. The Room for the Music, Art and Con- @RIGHT OF THE BREEDING sRASON—TUE CAGE versation of the Household. AND NEST—THE MALE'S WOOING—CHARACTER | i7g FURNISHING AND DECORATION—THE FPITOME OF THE FOOD—DANGERS TO THE YOUNG—HOW| oF Tus Tastes OF THE MISTHESS OF THE LONG THEY SHOULD BE KEPT IN THE NEST. HOUSE — FOREIGN PARLORS OF IRREGULAR “The breeding season for canaries is now at| S!4PE—PRETTY EFFECTS aT LITTLE cosT. its height,” said a phos bird ergs (Copyright, 1889.) ® Star reporter, “an: ere are upward of a car ear * thousand pairs of the beautiful little creatures | Let all the other work and all the regres that I know of that are bustling about, lining |S nd the scolding be done in the other their nests, and making great preparations to | T°0mspf the house; but let the music, the art, fear a family. the conversation, all be kept for the parlor. “What is the proper way to breed canaries?” | L¢t that be the apotheosis’of home, The par- aaked the reporter, lor needs a hostess who has a cheerful smile “The first thing needed, of course, is a cage. | “248 neat taste in dress. Into that room. she This should be made of brass or wood, although | *2¥ld carry nothing but hopefal words, warm I would advise the former, as it keeps free | Welcome, pretty needlework, Flowers inte y from insects, The cage should be not less than | 8 the windows of the modern parlor are 8x10, although 10x16 is far preferable. In| “ghest delight, and an ivy trained to grow placing it care must be taken to hang it about | “70Und a picture or more graceful nasturtium, 5 or ¥ Ieet from the floor, looking to the south, What a wild grace it throws around the old- Breeding cages should always be stationary. | fashioned wooden mantel-piece! How well it ‘The nests are made of wire, cane and straw. | harmonizes with an old engraving! If possible, Lemploy the wire ones, and partially line} bave a copy @f some piece of antique art in them with cotton batting, leaving a little deer |Your parlor. The Laocoon, the Medicean bair about the cage so that tue birds may | Venus, the Apollle, the Marble Fawn, the Venus arrange the lining to suit themselves, Gravel | Of Milo, or the ever beautiful head of Daphne, should be sprinkled in goodly quantities on the | ©Vep mm plaster, better in brange. These ele- draw of the cage, together with a little plaster- | Vate the sense. Nothing is so good for preser- ing from an old building, or, if convenient, a| ¥ation of health and’ cheerfulness as the pres- Written for Tux Evaro Stan, little crushed oyster shell, site is most important,” continued the fancier, “for it prevents birds from laying soft-shell oeEs THE FOOD during the breeding season,” he continued, “is | well as use. another important factor in the breeding of | as Michael Angelo canaries. Many people think that as long as a | high in art. bird has plenty of seed it makes little differ- ence. ‘This is o great mistake, as there are several varieties of seeds which, when fed alone, This latter requi- | nce of beauty aud really artistic objects. ADORNMENTS. Your parlor should be. the expression .of highest degree to which your nature ‘has reached, the spirit should eit at beautf as finer spirits command both, hung his throne at Florence, jut while You make your parlor and beauiiful, avoida sjamble.” Remems F that china,even on a” table, must have some ceramic and historic connection to be not only produce drowsiness, bat sickens the | Valuable, and do not put spinning wheels, imi- little fellow, who lingers a while, only to die. ‘The owner, who is possibly greatly attached to the bird, grieves considerably and little thinks that she bas been the cause of it all. Birds during the mating season require a particular kind of food; for instance, a little rape, canary and millet seeds mixed. and, for a single pair of birds, a little hard boiled egg mixed with cracker dust. A bunch of lettuce, celery or aslice of sweet apple is also greatly relished. It is a capital plan to let the pair of birds in- tended to be mated hang within sight of each Other before being put in the same cage, by way of introduction, for canary birds are not firm believers in love at first sight. When in the same cage hang them up and never disturb them, for in the breeding of canaries absolute juiet is an essential clement to their well- Teing. Many and many a pair have been ruined by too much handling and many a beautiful family left to languish in the narrow coufines of shells on account of too much, curiosity.” THE YouNG. “How about the little ones?” ventured the Feporter. Seating himself upon a box, the home and | breeding place of meal worms, the pet fancier | continued: “fhe old maxim of ‘like produces like’ ap- plies equally well to canaries, so when you ready to select your stock ‘do so with great care. If you want offspring of a clear deep yellow, let unmarked birds be mated, or shouid you, on the other hand, desire birds of a cinna- mon hue mate two of that color,or a deep colored gold male with a ron female. Aguin, many people like mottled birds. The former rule refuses towork in this case;as mottled birds are the offspring of impure stock, and they are just as liable to produce yellow birds as mottled or speckled ones. Colors and sizes are often reproduced,” continued the bird man, “but voice and songs never. The ‘oung birds that sings like their father do so ause they only hear his voice, while a youn; bird will readily learn the notes of a redbir: a lark, or a nightingale as quickly as the song of @ canary, When they are thus taught their value is greatly enhanced.” “About peculiarities, such as top-knots, can they be reproduced?” “Very easily,” he replied, - “Two crested birds will produce offspring with top-knots, but after long experience re prefer to mate a crested bird with a piain head.” “Is there ever any trouble in mating cana- “Very seldom,” replied the bird man, “it sometimes happens that the lady bird is a quar- relsome old maid, and in that case the male is indeed a sad wooer; sitting beside her he pours forth his plaintive melody, but all to no avail, for he invariably receives a thrashing for it, and, poor fool, takes it calmly and submits. When the birds are first pat together a fight or quarrel usually follows. but they soon make it up, the male bird making the first advances Bhe usually repels him and moves over to one side of the cage and watches him with one eye. If the gallant is a wise one he will sing ber best song and then try to coax her with a eracked seed. The first indication that every- thing is all right, is the male feeding his mate, After the first egg is laid rest easily, for she has three more yet to lay. HATCHING. “After the fourth egg the female ‘will begin to set, and in thirteen days the little scrawny creatures will have arrived. Sometimes after tation dog-carts, useless clocks aud fans about without a motive. Let your parlor be individ- ual; let it express~you. Do not copy, your neighbor's parlor. It is a thousand pities that the shape of a parlor is universally square or oblong. In Eu- rope they have a “corner,” a curtain hung across the corner of a large room to make a little room of itself, to break up this regularity. If the architects would only give a8 some orig- imal rooms, We all know how pretty are the altered houses, where a woman . permitted to push out a bow window, or to alter a door, or cut down ai ady too high casement, These irregular, jutting, and ori, rooms are very delightful to furnish and to'live in. They are expressions of a thought, and the conscious ut- terance of thought by spvech or action to any end is art, MODERN TASTE. A parlor can be made very artistic now ata small expense. Thanks to the pretty and \*cheerful cretonnes, the cheap eastern stuffs, the Madras muslins, and the discoveries of the Decorative Art society, the parlor of to-da can be made a gem for very little money. Wall- Pwpers are so exquisitely pretty and ‘so very cheap that now one can have the ceiling as weil as the walls papered with an ornamental frieze. The cotton-cloth curtains, with pieces of flannel across, simulating the Roman scarf, are very pretty and effective; soft low chairs and couches, made by the carpenter, with high backs, “and upholstered by the lady herself; long, low book-cases, plaques on the wall, all in Sood taste, make a parlor look cheerful and cultivated. We use the word ad- visedly for this full room, this disorder which is order, this fullness which is nota jumble, is the ‘modern taste. “Our ancestors preferred long empty rooms, with stiff chairs, jorsehair sofas and here and there an empty table. The American parlor of forty years ago was something terrible. Our earlier ancestors, however, had hand- some things. Nothing is 9 good as old mahog- any furnitare with brass fittings. The stiff indoles, high old clock, mirror with a thin rame, and brass and silver candlesticks, were all very handsome and are caggsly sought for by the modern housewife. OLD-FASHIONED TREASURES. Nothing is so pretty as a long, low old- fashioned continental parlor, furnished with modern taste. The quaint carving, the fine old woodwork, the pretty affected niches, the mantel pisces nearly up to the ceiling, brackets and ‘skets and three-legged tables for tea, and rints by Baetglozzi, a rocking chair or two. he nm hostess can reconstruct the at- mosphere of those days when the bellesof New- port fascinated the French officers. It was the most romantic moment of American history, the moment of Rochambeau and the beautiful hostess, Women now are the slaves of the lamp and of the lamp shade. There is no end to this species of adornment, The lamp is pleasant enough, but the shade, cially on the can- dies, is very dangerous. The piano is always an awkward fixture. If square, it takes up one corner of the room, and if the lady who owns it is a singer she wishes it to face the company. The little upright piano is much prettier. The — have a music-room out a carpet, which is much better for musie, but in the av- erage housebold the piano is in the parlor, WHAT THE ROOM SHOULD CONTAIN, One table should be given to the modern magazines, and plenty of paper knives should thirteen days there is nosign of the young birds. In such case let the bird remain undis- turbed for several days louger. When the | ‘oung ones have made their debut the old bird | rp re on; he sings every chance he gets. | and takes the pice of his mate whenever | asked. But sometimes he is a bad man, and rsuades his wife to give up the little ugly | fellows. She consents without any feeling, | and if something is not. done immediately 4 nest full of dead birds ‘will greet you. In such | cases the yelk of an egg moistened with saliva | should be given the youngsters on the end of ‘a stick.” “How can you tell when they are being neg- lected?” “Very easily. With young birds, if in place | of full, round breasts and beavy abdomen you | find every feature dwarfed, it is time to com- | mence artificial feeding. Fresh food will some- times induce the mother to feed the young. ‘There is another important thing that should | be carefully guarded against,” continued the bird man, “and thatis the ating of the ung. It is brought about by the female set- = too closely, and is readily distinguished by the _ of the young being matted and led.” ! there any way to prevent it?” asked the ter. “Sometimes this will continue no matter what is dove,” replied the fancier, “but it can often | be stopped by removing the male bird from the cage, thereby compelling the female to leave her nest quite frequenty in search of food. ‘Another good plan is to we the cages in such a mmer that the male can put his head through the wires and call his mate. “How aboat insec: do they worry the young to any extent?” “Insects we been known to kill ang Y=] indeed I might add old ones too. en I 4 nest infested I replace it with a similar one.” “How long should one keep the young con- fined to their nest?” As es 3 as possible,” answered the bird man. “T mean by that until they are about three weeks old. They are then able to use the perches.” “Suppose the old birds wish to rear another family while yet their family is young?” « very seally scoomplisbed. Separate the birds, giving e Fol tothe male, he will feed them all right. Every night and morning, however. he should be rae in the cage with his mate, and after the third egg has Deen laid it is best to put him with E. al- — I have now pvinted out the dangers of breeding canaries. The pleasure and satis- faction one gets from the growth of the young, their tameness, bright, playful ways and aston- ishing intelligence wou! fill much more than you care to give it at present, so I will reserve it for some other time.” ——__ ‘We Shall Meet Again. Where shall we meet, who parted years ago? ‘The stars shining through the frosty night; The moorland lay before us wraps in eaoee, And Boreas smote our faces in his fight. | almost always beauti lie about. The tusk of the walrus, the ivory of the elephant, the tooth of the alligator, all di- verted from their original purposes of prey— now serve the peacefel purposes of cutting the Icaves of the latest magazines, saving them from the abomination of Loe” bp by a clamsy fore- finger. There should be an open fireplace, a wood fire, and the brass fender and fire-irons shonid be brilliant. The cleanliness should be perfect. In aecountry ‘lor dogs may come and go, if well bred; and gentlemen may come in in Jawn tennis suits, flannel shirts, shooting jackets. knickerbockers and other garments of | ease; but dirty boots—never, ‘The city parlor, of course, isa more pretentious place, and is but the | potned of the people without taste is the wors e in the world; flaring carpets, discordant colors and bad oil paintings, what could be worse? THE WHOLE TONE of modern decorative art, began by Eastlake and carried og by a thousand skillfal hands— by Wm. Morris in his wall papers and by a so- ciety in every city—leaves little to be said on this subject. One has but to stop in at any nter’s to find something artistic, and the various fashions for cheap decoration have iven rise to much fun and some good jokes, f has been overdone. For instance, a few years ago the Japanese idea had hold of mind, and # plea was sent forth it stork who had stood on one leg so kt be allowed to put down the other leg; came and went, ladies gave up German worsted work, but now are takin; Hi covering their chairs and tables, ‘Turkey an Persian rugs are made by ladies who buy the burlaps and the worsted, and knit in the wool themselves. These are very handsome, par- ticularly as the sensible fashion of stained- wood floors* has come in. Rugs are- much cleaner than — A very pret at pariog, may be made by buying stri stuff and it from the ing. Tl same stuff should also be put on the chairs and sofas. fngenious women can there ia no end'to the cheap curtiaa, fringes there is no and stuffs, a és 4S FOR THE MODERN PARLOR in an opulent house, whata dream itis! Velvet panels let in the wall; the most superbly Painted ceilings from Italy and France; the chairs designed by an artist of renown, the in- laid piano and the artistic sofas. The beautifal little dream of Oriental luxury, which unites the drawing room and the di: room, where the ¢ made to lean over like an arch, painted with tids, and within the arch a tofa, with many long pillows heaped up, a ru, of Algerian staff. produces an eastern effect uite bewildering, particularly if the lamp ss are of different colored glass, so that the light falls in hues of id of soft variant colors, like that irons saved ery “for it all up again "Twas bitter sad. I felt a tea ‘Then gazing in thine eyes, “Adieu!” I said, “May teaven have thee ever in its care!” ‘ Abi the night from thee I I fain had spared thee seeing my despair. OLR owded street, or in some rural lane? beach where the sea doth m sandy valk, whe moan, ‘Tstant lanar ‘Or shall we meet in some familiar Our knew—or in some saddest, Hi lass window on the faces below. Scany a modern parlor is nt joa iden ceiling and brocaded inh HA, - tab! the “purpose and is always introduced. always be able to write a note in her Bronze, and silver are - BVENING PICTURE. There ig nothing so charming as the evening picture of a parlor, simply but tastefully far nished, with books everywhere; with mamma's tablé in the corner, papa’s chair by the best lamp, with a group of young by the piano. pater winter should be warm coloring; Plenty of portieres, a “living | room,” to use the beantiful old-fashioned ex- pression. If it is summer and the evenings are Warm, the s protty French windows opening to the ground; all the prettiest end raost conven- ient mats on he floor, and all sorts of cane chairs, with cook snggestions in the pale tints of cretonne curtains and walls. The only trouble isin overdoing modern decorative art. There is always an excess where there is revolution and improvement. Now the passion is so great for old things that there is every reason to fear that the modern parlor may get to look like a garret, and that cobwebs may come in as apart of the adorn- ment, and that rats and mice and such small deer may De the next fashion after the owl, the stork and the goose. be 8 x M. E. W. Saerwoop, ——+.00.——. CELESTIAL VISITORS. Where Comets Come From and How They are Found. A Srar reporter asked Mr. Geo. A. Hill, who is-now engaged at the Naval observatory searching for comets, to explain how these strange celestial visitors are found. “I imagine,” replied Mr. Hill, ‘that readers of Tax Star would be very anxious to learn all about this subject-should 4 bright comet, with a tail 30 or 40 degrees long. suddenly appear in the heavens, but as that phenomenon is quite rare the thgee comets now visible by aid of the telescope would not excite much interest on the part of the casual observer. “Comets, whether faint or bright, are, how- ever, interesting objects for study, and we will continue to observe these until they pass out of sight. To my mind a comet is the most | wonderful of all ‘celes! bodies. Not in the sense of its size or importance in our solar sys- tem, but because of the mystery that surrounds | it. Did you ever stop-to consider that 90 per | cent of theeomets observed each year have | never before been seen by mortal eyes? Where | do they come from? not know, TRAVELING THROUGH SPACE, “The moon, planets and stars shine to-night | with the same splendor, and look down upon us just as they did when the builders of the pyramids were carving out the stone that was used in building that monument, 3,000 years ago. But [venture to say, that the two le comets now sweeping throngh our skics, were at that time passing through a portion of | stellar space of which we have not the slightest conception, They have been all these years gradually drawing nearer to the sun, and in the year 1889 we are permitted to observe them fora time and they are gone forever. In its journey through space a comet moves in one | of three curves, un ellipse, a parabola or a| hyperbola, If the comet moves in an ellipti- cal orbit it will return again to the sun. If in an orbit of a parabolic nature the comet rushes toward and around the sun, and then passes off into space never again to be observed by ua, ‘Two of the comets now in view are moving in a parabolic orbit, and they will soon be lost to our sight. The third, Fayé’s, named after its discoverer, is moving in an elliptical orbit which it takes about seven and a half years to complete. This comet has just approached the sun for the fifth time since it was discovered. SEARCHING FOR COMETS. “Tn searching for these erratic objects,” said Mr, Hill, “I use a telescope of peculiar construction, and one that was made especially for the purpose. Asarule bright comets are found near the san. As soon as darkness comes on sufficient to permit faint stars to be seen I commence to sweep along the southwestern, western, and northwestern horizon, starting as low down as possible and sweeping in horizon- tal zones upward toward the zenith. In the mornin, I sweep in the eastern portion of the heavens, and from the zenith toward the horizon. The eye-piece of my telescope is so constructed that I am able to observe at one time about a degree and a half of the sky, or, in other words, if the moon was about three times as large as at present it would just fill the field of view as seen in the eye-piece, By having so large a fieldI am able to sweep rapidly and at the same time observe all ob- jects that appear in the telescope. HOW THEY APPEAR. “Comets asa rule first present themselves to our view in the form of a watery-looking nebu- lous mass of matter, with a slight central con- densation. It commences to grow brighter, and shortly a bright point or nucleus is seen. If the comet is large and approaches relatively near the earth a tail is observed to follow it. The comet may continae to grow brighter until it bursts forth before our eyes in all the splen- dor of such objects as the great comets of 1843, 1858, 1861, 1874 and 1882, The average of those that rush into our system are small or too far way from the earth to make much of a show and their presence is known only to observers who are interested in that particular branch of astronomical science. The great obstacle, ob- servers searching for comets have to contend with is the nebulw that are scattered all over the heavens. A faint comet and faint nebula are strikingly similar in appearance, anda comet-seeker must be thoroughly conversant with all nebul# that can be seen in his tele- mone to be able“to detect the former from the iter. “The true character of a cometary looking object is soon decided after it has been exam- ined. Nebulw do not move, but retain their relative positions with respect to the stars sit- uated near them. A comet on the contrary is continnally in motion, and an hours’ time after its discovery is generally sufficient to observe it approach and pass a star situated near it. “In the United States there are two observ- erg besides myself who are constantly engaged in this branch of astronomical .research— namely, Prof. Brooks, of Geneva, N. and Prof. Barnard of the Lick obser ‘y on Mount Hamilton. “THE ‘TOTAL NUMBER OF COMETS that have been discovered, and of which we have accurate observations is something less than five hundred. For the past fifteen to eighteen years the average hasbeen three or four a year. Some time during the period from 1909 to 1912 dne of the most Magnificent comets of all ages will returm to our view. This is the great comet known as Halley’s comet, whose riod is about seventy-five years, This ob- Jeot has now passed its most distant point from the sun, and is returning to us, jose of us who live until 1912 will have the ure of seeing this béhutiful object, which has been out in space on @ three-quarters of a century fommey, far beyond the orbit of Neptune, come ack again to our sun and fulfill that great law tHfat controls all heavenly bodies, the law of gravitation.” A Matter of Opinion. From the a ; Said the doctor, "8 now out of . ‘Lat the seprice begin,” the old Prtees, said. The father thought, “ 'I'will drive me insane,” The mother sobbed, sadly, “1 wish I were dead.” A boy whispered low, “What a fine dress she has, A young artist sigh a “What a beautiful brow; A maiden, with pity, “Unt o Anold woman muttered, And then, “Rest in peace,” some good man says, “Farewell,” they all mutter once more, AA philosopher aoe “ne woman less,” 8a, x ore. eines a eaters not mg ————+e. A Test of Nerve. From the Detroit Free Press, It was on the line between Charleston and Savannah, and we had run in on a siding to let and junate lassi’ ‘She's happy now. tracks is little enoug! with your back to a car reduced. You can extend coaches, rest stood s tH se f EF 7 ig F g fl i 4 Hid PPrE SEE iu i: iB; F 5 BEF LF: |ran on the part of the shortstop of the Written for Taz Evexmne Stan, SPORTS ABROAD. Something About Athletes and Athletics in Other Lands. BASE BALL AND BULL-FIGHTING IN CUBA—THR FRENCH EXCEL Ix RIDING AND FENCING— GERMAN BEER AND ITS EFFECT ON ATHLETICS— ‘THE LOVE OF SPORTS IN EXGLAND AND IRELAND. Copyrighted.) - Cuba is the only country in or near the tropics that I have ever visited wh@e men take a live interest in athletics. This does not except Spain, fora man who site in easy chair and watches a bull fight cannot expect to | be classed as an athlete. I was very much surprised the first time I went to Cuba ft the fondness for sport which the people displayed. It was not difficult to find the cause. Every Cuban boy whose family can afford the expense is sent to the United States to be educated. The Cubans are ®& quick-witted and clever race of men, and they easily imbibe whatever book knowledge is essential to a scholastic career here, ‘They matare much more rapidly than our boys. The result is that they have plenty of time for athletics, and they are always prom- inent members of the clubs in the different schools and colleges, When they go back to Cuba they keep up thé fad, and the result is that they have managed to infase a liking for sport throughout the whole island. There are a half dozen or more athletic clubs of the very first order in Havana, plenty of yachting and rowing in the harbor, and baseball has driven bull-tighting to the wall. BASE BALL IN CUBA, T have seen some notable games of base ball, but never anything that approached a contest in Havana about three years ago for the cham- pionship of the Island of Cuba. For two years the Matanzas and Havana clubs had struggled for the mastery, and this was to be the deci- sive game. There were 20,000 people on the ball-grounds, and when I drove out the clubs had been playing three hours and a half, and had not yet reached the third inning. They had had four umpires and the grounds were lined with police. The excitement of the people was beyond description. Everybody on the grand stand was hoarse from violent screaming, and when the third inning came to a close with a home Havanas, the populace crowded over the bal- ustrade and almost smothered the shortstop with caresses. They began all over again the following day under rigid police rules and the curbing of the excitement wherever it was pos- sible,and the game was brought to a satisfactory close. The Havanese have picked up the slang of the American ball field. It was very odd to hear | the incessant jabbering of Spanish’ interrupted by such phrases as “home rif,” “foul tip,” ‘fair ball,” “take y: se,” &e, The ex- was no less intense ball. reserves down there he will find that they will not have ensy sailing by any means, The | Cubans are not heavy batters, but they are the quickest fielders and base runners that I have ever seen. THE OLDER LOVE of the Cubans for bull fighting is on the wane. Undoubtedly bull fighting is still a fascinating sport for the old timers, but there has been such a succession of clowns in the bull ring during the past ten years that they have prac- tically killed the sport, When a great bull fighter turns up in Cuba—an event which hap- pets about once in four or five years—he is lionized to a wonderful extent for a time, but there is every indication that bull fighting as a national sport has seen its best days in Guba. I often wonder what has become of Maz- zanini, who went to Cuba from Spain and fell violently in love with Sara Bernhardt the day thathe arrived in Havana. Sara and he were inseparable during the stay of the French actress in Havana. Wherever the bull-fighter went enormous crowds followed him. The conjunction of the French actreas and the hero of the ring was almost too much for the sightseers. Mazzanini was a remark- ably handsome man, and he won his way into the affection§ of the people by his amiabilit and good nature, He was paid 60.000 and al his expenses for a four weeks’ tour throngh Cuba and Mexico, When it came to the ac tual business of buil-fighting, however, he a hig himself more or less of a muff. The alls were so tame that they excited his de- rision and he expressed his contempt in pantomime to the populace. The populace grew sulky and refused to attend the bull fights. ‘hen Mazzanini went to Mexico, where he also expressed his contempt for the bulls and the place generally with rather tempestuous results, The people pelted him with chairs, benches, an everything else that they could lay their hands on and then shot at him casually as he rushed out of the ring. I saw a woman bull fighter once in Havana, but the bull she was to fight proved to be a calf. The populace conceived itself to be in- sulted, Senora Gloria was imprisoned for ven months, and all the proceeds of the fight were given over to charity. All of this shows that itis not safe to fool with the hot southern blood of the people of the tropics, ATHLETICS IN FRANCE. It has always been a mystery to me why France has not produced more athletes, The French boys are quick, lively and energetic. Atthe public baths, and in some of the big schools they exhibit no end of life and activity, but they never develop into strong men. They begin drinking coffee and absinthe and smok- ing cigarettes too early in their lives. The only things they really care for are par and fenc- ing, and they excel in both. The Frenchmen 4re natural swordsmen, but they have no con- ception whatever of the benefits of general | sei training. Iremember at the Smith- ilrain fight there were two French noblemen who had come over from Paris with Lord De Clifford to see the match. ‘They were of the ordinary type of jockey- club sportsmen, fond of horses, cards and foil They watched the two pugilists pummel each other for a few minutes, then yawned and went over and sat down on a stump, smoked cigar- ettes aud talked about their frends. If any one called their attention to the pugilists they gianced at the ring politely, then shrugged their shoulders and admitted that they could not understand it at all. Alot of French- men shortly after the fight had begun rowed of sportsand many of the crack Ath- CTI LES. ICTION SALES, Jetes in America—who, by the way, are the AUCTION BA ——AUCTIO SA’ => cinck Athletes of the world nowadays —are : NY Irish . of the people : Lee henge a Pay ve — 4 (20M AS DOWLING, Auctionser. their love for freak aire They do not drink WALTER B. WILLIAMS & 0O., Auctionsers. ROSEWOOD CASE PIANOFORTE, beer, ‘smoke very little, and the smooth roads — of Ireland offer them ty ATTRACTIVE AUCTION saLk CAmen, CRANEES AED ~ ee and walking. Before eer DINING-ROOM FURNITURE came Upon Ivsiashs ths porte Towed taste] roster of the Weanten SihviePuts Cn. apie, wnt AT AUCTION, fondness for sport ot = — ai eee ing | pena tanr yr enter bowe pote aera cent ON MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY other for city athletic event. a ta Teg ; TWENTY-FIFTH, 1889, he walk 15 or ies TEN O'CLOCK, I shall sel] the entire At our salesroom, corner 10th and See ; Of fore notable hast’ Roy they will walk $0 | wos-commencing TEGRUANY TRENTINT A ee ni | coments ot — od J miles to break up a hunt if possil young Irish boys are good runners. Some time ‘ago they adopted the English style of running. but lam.glad to see that the Ameri- can form which Myers exhibited over there has taken good hold. Some of the fleetost runners that I have ever seen in Ireland and Englund now rup in the American fashion— that is, with the arms hanging free and the head forward, a good deal as an Indian runs. THE CONVENTIONAL ENGLISH STYLE of running is to throw the shoulders very far back, stick the elbows close to the sides, pump the arms up and down, keeping time with the stride and throwing the leg very far forward. In England the amateur athletes crop up at every possible point. Every little village has its ‘ers, its cricket and foot- ball teams, and there are contests —- constantly. The boys are a straight-limbed, ruddy-faced, clear-eyea lot of youngsters, who speak without affectation and are delight- fully modest and unconventional. It is a won- derful thing to me that they develope after they are 22 or 23 years old inio the stiff, awk- ward, surly and even insolent men that one meets so often in London. Every facility is offered the boys in England for indulging in athletics. The most crusty and crabbed of village shopkeepers will contribute his share toward purchasing a cup or prize of some sort for the boys tostruggle for, and it is really remarkable to see the number of people who turn out at an athletic meeting in some of the large towns outside of London. Athletic poner 1 many of the big manufac- taring cities like Birmingnam prove a thousand times more exciting and interesting to the people than a circus or a race meeting in PUBLIC INTEREST. They number spectators by the thousand over there, where we count them by the hun- dreds. A crowd of ten thousand people any- where in England at an athletic meeting is by no means unusual, though the runners may not be champions, and there may be nothing more interesting than a series of walking and run- ning matches between men who have merely lo- calreputations. What Ihave admired mostabout the English and Irish boys is the careful man- ner in which they look after themselves, They will toddle off to bed early, no matter what the attractions may be. get up betimes and take a 5-mile spin, wraj act up in sweaters and heavy coats, return and take a cold bath and sit down to breaktast, without feeling that they have done anything out of the ordinary way.” Wnen aif smoke at all it is simply to take a short pull at a briarwood pipe, and as a rule nothing ovearth can coax an English boy into touching malt drinks or smoking cigarettes, They look tar- ther ahead than our own boys, The trouble in America,as far as my observation goes,and Ihave been more or less associated with athletics for a aumber of years, seems to be that the boys and young men take up athletics merely in the way of a fad. Thgy train themselves violently and severely with some definite p in view, such as the 100-yard dash, or the high jump, and if they fail to beat’ the record in the course of a year they abandon athletics altogether. Men are athletes in Ireland and England until they are forty odd years of age. That is the one advantage of cricket, by the way, over base ball, and it is the real reason of the permanent popularity of the game in Great Britain. A man can play cricket until he is Atty years of age, but nobody can play base ball now-a-days unless he is a well- trained athlete, with youth, strength and lots of activity to back him up. But then I had ratber see one game of ball a thousand of cricket. This is, as far as my observation goes, the usual preference in America, Buakery Hann, LINCOLN AS AN OFFICE SEEKER. An Incident Recalled by an Old News- paper Correspondent. A veteran Washington correspondent, Mr. E. L, Stevens, was chatting the other day with a Stak reporter in regard to the deys when he as an active gatherer of news, Mr. Stevens is brim full of reminiscences. Passing along the other day on 13th street, between E and F streets, and noticing one of the old houses, Mr. Stevens recalled an incident which he re- jated to a Stan reporter as follows: “From December, 1847, to 1854, I was con- nected with the press as the Washington cor- respondent of western and eastern papers. It was my custom to make frequent visits to the rooms on Capitol Hill of the member who represented the Cleveland district, where I resided, and in so doing I became acquainted with a member from Illinois, who occupied joining rooms, Those two members were quite intimate, compared notes, talked to- gether, walked together, and discussed the great questions of the day, and anon the Illinois member prepared a —— on the Mexican war then being waged, and read it to his friend at a time when I happened to be resent. I soon after heard him deliver it in he House, where it was commended as one of the ablest ‘and best®upon the subject during that session. This member was an ardent friend ot Henry Clay, and with other whig members during that session labored hard to make that emment statesman the nominee of the whig party in preference to Gen. Taylor. But they tailed. Gen. Taylor was nominated and elected, and some days after his inaugura- tion, on passing down the Avenue, I met the Illinois member, who had failed of a re-ele: tion (declined, I think). He seemed hearti glad to see me, and invited me to go with him to rooms that he had taken on 13th street. After climbing up with him to the northwest corner room in the fourth story, and being seated, he informed me that he was a candi- date for the office of commissioner of the gen- eral land office, and showed me papers. Thomas Ewing was then Secretary of the In- terior. That department was organized by him, and there was another candidate from Illinois for the commissionership, an original Taylor whig. embracing an excellent Plano and ageneral assortment of well-kept Household Fffecte, _f22-2t __— THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. Y ASHINGTON DANENHOWE: W rent Revers and tncceanee 3 1116 Fst. tow, PERFMPTORY SALE OF SIX VALUABLE 87. o'clock, and resuming at 3:30 and 7:30 p. m. daily. This large collection contains many pieces of real ‘merit and pew EPERGNES AND GOLD-LINED CENTER-PIECES, ‘Al (Tea-seta, Urns, Waiters, all sizes Lots Th SQUARE NO 203 PAGING A SOOO heum, Winton, intnan.) ALLTY. BETWEEN POL PRES TM AND FIP. ie as cae FEENTH STURETS AND T AND KEETS Dishes—Lobster an Chic ao. i aT. repiusnd Oyster Turreens, Bogiish Tiking Pitchers | 4.28 ae asl ERA SEE TT Water Sets, Champagne Coolers, ice-Paile. and Swine. | Sul in front of the premises to te ineteet bandon ing Kettles. In fact, most every requisite to be found ‘of aub jot: made in silverware for the dining-room. (45, 46, 47, 48 40 wud 80, tm ferme. Conveyancing at coat of purchaser A Geponit of $100 wil be requited ct time of sale, ends, failure to comply with ebove terme within eu days from day of ale, the property. will be resuid at Tak ase. ru TSX" DANENHOWER, Arent. LING, Auctionver. wrt SATIN CHINA FRUIT AND BERRY BOWLS, Rewcolors. Golden Blue, Old Red and Bine, with ‘many other singular and beautiful shades. Embossed with Gold and mounted in Silver frames. JEWEL CASKETS, GLOVE AND HANDKERCHIEF BOXES in Venetian Glass. Embellished with raised figures, hand-painted and burst in. Japanese Hose Jars, FRENCH MANTEL CLOCKS, BRONZES, Under and by virtue of adeed of trust bearing Aste the 27th day of May, 1NSO, and duly recorded in Li- ber l, Folios (SS, NY. and 0, one of the Land Rec. Statuettes, and Mantel Ornaments, life-like Terra | bet 1) Folios, Cotta Bu ts, together with a fine line of Rogers’ cele- brated Silver Knives, Forks, and Spoons, Carving Sets with pearl, ivory, aud buck handles, Ladies especially invited to attend, as seats will be provided for their comfort. Qut-of-town purchasers can have their goods packed hicl Suttle ju trust ‘cout by record in the WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., adapted to gardening and ferun: and is composed both of arable aud wou and it alao haw a/Ahe stone quar). te ‘sain vo Within ove mile of Aula creck, Vici ns6 Avetiancees, | Mere of ete: One tonttnel tas perines mmenay to be paid in cash within five days irom the day of » of which one bundred dollars is to be paid as a deposit Bt the thige of sale, the balance of the purrivase ‘momay nd elehtecn montis treat hear at ake te Shee months from theday o FTHOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. the purchaser will ive to the trastes be thiet exe —— Promissory hotes with interest, tobe mecured ty dest CATALOGUE SALE $f rust ou the property, or all rauh"at the ‘optiou of the purchaser. “If the tormsof sale are hot complied oon With within seven days from the day of sale the prop= A FINE COLLECTION erty to be resold at the risk aud cunt of defaulting pur. pd Oice, osm 10, Ree beudise Wena ce, room 19, Kel . a, oe or Mteaaetaials oT mmo £77, THE ABQVE SALE 18 POSTPONED UNTIL, HISTORICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, FEBRUARY TWENTI-EIGHTH, USS, at same hou ©. POLITICAL, ECONOMICAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND fe BROOKE B. WILLIAMS, Trustoe_ UNCANSON BHOS., Auctioneers. GENEBAL LITERATURE, | TRUSTEES’ sale or Bho! cS, BRIC-A-BRAC, SILVER 3c ‘Many rare Americana, and aleoscarce worksea | py wintur ‘UF TREE CHATTEL DEEDS OF economic subjecta. FROST, DULY Av CORDID. KESPECTIV BES LT Also A FINE LAW LIBRARY, To take place at my Auction Rooms, Eleventh street and Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, D. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY TWENTY-FIFTH, 1889, AT HALF-PAST SEVEN P.M, ke Wo AND FOLLOWING EVENINGS. PARTIES DESIR EXHIBITION 5. 119-6¢ THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. FL THIRD PROM TERMS CAs HENR@ WISE GARNETT, 19-dte CLARENCE F. NOKMENT,) Trustees. N\BOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. ‘ALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Auctioneers. HANDSOME ROSEWOOD CASE UPRIGHT PIANO, HEANILY CARVED, MALBLE-1OP BUEE NUT EXIENSI OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, DI8- 00M C TRICT OF COLUMBIA, Wasnixotos, Fret . 18BM.. is" bereby given that on March lst, I8bH, the Jewse of the Pisu Tt abd Fish Stalis, in the cities of Washington and } will be sold by public auction tor the | ¢ Yeat from March ist, LASD, ax follows: k Pm. upon the 4 a Market-Hi to th b in advan so. at between Be snot, 20 Mame day on bate w ».in front of the fish stalls of (Center) as! 1” Market, all rights apd privileges «ranted household effects w: or ed by the’ laws of the Corporation of 119-dt WALT! Washington, to establinb wharves docks ug, Cleaning and sale of ish im the city dno wharf or deck shall be deemed uated at some poiut on the porta wac River, between 11th st.¢. aud ‘Terms: One bun- ‘of sale, and the the lanc % | pamaagad BROS., Bi CSTEES' SALE OF BRICK STORE, CORNER OF SEVENTH STREET EXTENDED AND POME- ROY STREET NORTH WES By virtue of a deed of trust duly recorded in Liber thin five days from the day of sale, No. 1237, folio 171. et seq, ope of the land records of ta, District of the District of Colu: in front of the . ATLEY, ©. W. 115-l0r remit TUESDAY the TWENTY SIXT se8, on, ¢ TWENTY- FEBRUARY, 4D. 189, at FIVE O'CLOCK E Mo ait that piece or‘parcel of land and prewines situate “and beivg in the county of Washington, District of Coluin- and known and distineu: __GENTLEMEN’S GOODS. H. D. Bux. IMPORTER AND TAILOR, Piss the honor to inform you that his NEW GOODS ve Just arrived. Mr. BAKK personally fits all garments made in iis establisiment. of the north line t line of 7th street ad running thence cust on Pome: fred uund Uifty-aiz (150) feet tousreth with the allev twenty-seven and a the line of G. ‘Larcombe; eroy street one hundred and one-hundredth (152 45-100) feet to thence south on the line of 1111 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. mhi7 PIANOS AND ORGANS. Tur Srerr ester Paso. 6 property at the risk and It is artistic in cout of the defaulting purchaser after five days’ public | | It bias the m sinwing quality of tone te notice of such resale in some newspaper Pi in | be sound in any Upright Plato Washington, D.C. ‘Terms—Cash or wouhly ustallmenta, FPLIFE LA & iSH.SMITH k BIRGE SMITHS Trustees, HNELL & CARUSI Seal Estate Brukers, 1008 F street northwest. CONLIFF, £22-3m 8. serra KRAKAUER PI bly five instrument REMARKA Pianos and om Buruett sold here 15 Years, ulno speak SALE OF NEARLY NEW DWELLING-HOUSE, ON | ior themselves. G. H. KUHN, Sule Ageut.$07 Loth MARION STREET, BETW! & A808 | ae wo STREETS NORTHWEST, N AS No. 1603, a OW AT PUBLIC AUCTIO; virtue of a deed of trust, recorded in Liber No, folio 28, of the Land Kecords for the District of we Will offer tor sale mn front_of the PAST FOUR OCLOC z the Bare uate in the city of Washinton, ki No. 124, in, Eurene Carust and William J. Milles irustees”, subdivision in Square a FEC in the gftice $f, the Surveyor of the District of Coluin- bia in Book 14, page The lot is unproved by a nearly new brick dwelling bouse, containing seven rooms, including bath room, bot and cold water, gus, range and Iatrobe stove; cou: Saxpezs & Sumas. DECKER BROS., WEBER, FISCHER and ESTEY PIANOS. Sold on accommodating tercis aud for reut, Special attention called to our new sty ESTEY ORGANS Two hundred and four thousand (204.000) Estey organs have becu made aud «old. Everywhere the pre. ferred oneun tor Home, Church, Cuapel, and School Use. Handsome S-stop Katey orman for €75. monthly payments, Call and examine, PM mown as Lot SANDEKS & STAYMAN, rete basement under wliole of house. . x “Terms: Oue-third cash; balance in one and two Fa Sati cn penineton. BO. yeurs. Purchaser to give his notes for the deferred “9, 2 oy , payments, bearing interest at rate of six per cent a | 32 2217 Main st. Kichmoud, Va. year, payable semi-annually. and secured by a deed of trust upon the property. C chaser. $100 down ai time of e. E CARUSL WILLIAMS: MILLER, | Trustees 480 Louisianaavenue. WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO. Auct.e {5<d&ds Sonveyances at cost of pur- I [ALLET & DAVIS’ PIANOS ROOMS. CHOICE selected stock ; low pric and BB FRE §?- THE ABOVE SALE IS POSTPONED UNTIL BO: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY TWENTY. GHTH, at same hour place. By order of the Trastecs. = IHOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. over from a neighboring village to the island in the Seine where the fight was goin on. They shrugged their shoulders an went back at once. It bored them to look at a ill for seeing which almost any man in Great in would have been willing to pay heavily, I have often talked with Frenchmen about sparring and kindred exercises, but their minds are thoroughly made up on the subject. The: believe that it is muc> better for a boy to cul- tivate his brains than his muscles, and they esteem a bit of repartee or a notable bon mot much more highly than they do the most per- fect physical development which the mind of man can conceive, GERMANS AND THEIR BEER, The Germans are, as a rule, too heavy for light exercises, They do not keep themselves in meres all, Itisa curious thing that people so intelligent, and living in a climate which is admirable for athletic exercise,should cee up all the finer and lighter forms of out- loor amusements, Running, cricketing. base- ball, lacrosse and similar games are at a very low ebb in Germany, though there is some football, Even the sports at which the Ger- mans claim to excel are by no means their own. They have been very proud of their skaters for a long while, and yet Joe Donoghne, of jewburg, has won every contest in his German tour, beating the cracks without any special struggle. are a great many men in America who are as good as Donoghue too. The curse of the Ger- man boy is r, just as the curse of the American boy is cigarettes, Kaiser knew what he was talki he on th i and during our conversation upon the chances of success, I suggested that asthe Secretary was originally for Taylor instead of Clay, he might select this other candidate in preference toa Clay whig. But this did not deter me in the least from taking ample notes and giv: them a ———- place in my correspond- ence in regard to the Sen yes of my friend. I call him a friend, for be had always D ex- ceedingly friendly to me in many wa: application was not successful, r to his home, and I did a juarters, but uy nt capi X There in the ‘presence of thousands of en, on the 4th of March of that year, count he took that solemn oath, @ career Lincoln noble sentiments, and entered u} which has made the name of Abraham | a household word among all the civilized na- tions of the earth—a name that will live when all the monuments of human greatness and grandeur have become extinct and crumbled to dust. UNIMPROVED PROPERTY ON-MERI- DIAN BILL AT AUCTION. Special attention of “Purchasers” is invited to their IAS p ARR Rtzley” Guished im douen 5 EST DLOORATIV® ART. Pianos for veut. 83 SECOXD-HAND, PIANOS mmnent rite every Spown meke in country, in Comme repair, will be 7 ¥ M very Jow figures.” SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS offered fp oes and su terms which wil. be on EASY ae ties eae Wat ENABE & Co. iT Market Spec BEDDING AND MATTRESS HOUBE, Cor. 6th and A sts se. 121-3° HOUSE AND FRESCO PAINTING REX FURNITURE POLISH. THE P. HANSON HISS MANUFACTURING Ca, 815 16th st nw, Baltimore Honse, 217 N. Charles st. @11-dea Cooume Br Gis ‘A full line of G48 COOKING STOVES On hand snd for esle.