Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1889, Page 8

ERFOOT’S AMBITION, He Invariably Wants to Climb to the Top of Pike’s Peak. HOW ONE OF THEM FARED WHO MADE TRE aT TEMPT—A WEARY TRAMP THROUGH SLUSH AND SNOW AND OVER GREAT FIELDS OF JAGGED- EDGED BOCKS—NIGHT VIEW FROM THE SUMMIT. AnovE THE CLovps, Cox., June 26. As I step outside the door of the shelter house the frozen snow crackles sharply be- neath my feet. Close about me the scene is one of strange and chill desolation. Every- where the eye rests on the stili white surface of the fresh-fallen snow. mottled by the irregu- lar outlines of deep-brown protruding rocks that look black in the dim light of the stars, The absolute repose over the great sweep of the mountain top suggests painfully the eter- nal sleep of a dead world. The pulseless silen f accomplished destiny broods over all. the faintest movement of the air is felt To no sense does there come a sign of life. The air seems to grow thick and heavy. You feel the stiliness as an invisible, impalpable powder siealthily stealing down about you. T' » cxtmmot de- tect it, but recognizes, its pr thering dimness of vision. It chokes the ‘esses the chest until ihe heart sterand the breath comes ck and pain And then the speil is broken and the brooding silence put to flight. The rapid beating of the heart fils the ear with surging waves of sound. The churning motion of the blood pump is felt almost to the antary sigh heaves up from I turn for ence through a 1 ey jesolation of the vast moun- white and cc tain ridge. Ilift them above the white irregu- lar line that marks the margin of the suow- capped peak and look beyond to where the plain should lie. Here they dilate in pleasure on a strange and beautiful vision of light and life. Far away to the east, pendent on the breast of the darkness, dances and tlashes $3 OF IMMENSE DIA- MONDS. The light of the great gems seems to live and | move, and it gle the cold air with electric brilliance. separately, for they dance ai dash t at the center there is a wild and} eross-fire of ehvoting light. A} d Each jewel must be swung in diverse directions ar fusion until bewilderin lit T arer to the r lig lean Il, dim in the de others, faint in radiance and Par away to the north, in a few in numbe uarrow dusky be now-clad hills an: horizon line, there rests a dull yello th t another smalle . all udless sky | thousands of stars whose light is das the snow fields that spread about my ol- | The nearer and that gem | mer resorts, Manitou | miles distant, just "3 work, a and re- | nal service | night. The chiil | my steps. I soon | ghtening sensation | sted feeling | m over 14,000 | nd that my Jungs are not han just enon, of the rar gh zs Even then | panting spasmodically Stas of some one | drawing a rope just under my arms, | Nearly all the time I can hear my heart beat | and feel myself shake like a building with a power! ine in it, 91'S AMBITION. Nearly tenderfoot who drifts into this region, unless a prc ed invalid, becomes | with a desire to make the ascent of Pike's | All the glot tters do it as part of cri Last summer over me to t summit. : All but a} e of them came up’ on | 3 season the new carriage road oma place called Cascade is seventeen miles, e old trail from Manitou Spr This is still the favorite rc 6 f ro- mance in up. They seem to regard it as to crawl around the sides of th horse or mule back than in a even women and girls— many of them quite unused to the saddle— have this preference. Of course they sin in ignorance, but the penalty is not mitigated on twat account by nature any more than by the Revised Stat When they get back to their hotels in the evening they are not infrequently too utterly used up to eat, sleep, or rest in any position. Their nerves are shattered by har- rowing anxieties, caused by their horses sink- ing breast deep irto snow drifts, scrambling over jagged rocks, and sliding part way down the trail where it winds about cliffs midway be- tween heaven and perdition. Some of the men suffer quite as much as the women. In some respects the best way to make the ascent is on foot In other respects it is the worst way. To me it seemed altogether the most desirable way. and, after trying in vain for several days to find a com- panion who took the same view of it, I started out this morning to make the attempt alone. To @ hardened mountain climber the trip would doubtless have been a mere baga- telle. Aman with large lung capacity and strong heart who was accustomed to arduous out-door exercise might accomplish it without much distress, But for the ordinary youn; man of not very vigorous build and little use to rough out-door life the undertaking was moderately exacting. So how I fared in the toilsome tramp over the rocks and through slush and snow may prove interesting and in- structive to others of similar physical capacity who have an ambition to go and do likewise. THE START. It was a late start which I got this morning from Manitou. The sun, over four hours high, beat down blisteringly on the back of my neck as I passed the iron springs and dodged under the chain at the tol! house waich guards the entrance to the Pike's Peak treil proper. Cross- ing a rude bridge over the beautiful mountain torreut which makes perpetural music for Manitou as it dashes down to the plains, the trail at once begins a steep ascent along the southerly side of Engleman’s canon. I take off my coat, sling it across my shoulder, and, bend- ing to my work, climb with considerable rapidity up the steep and pebble-strewn path. There are a few tr growing on the taountain side, but they afford little shade. The burning sun pours down on me and down pours the responsive perspiration in trickling streams from forehead and back. 7 ebbles in the trail are sharp, the rise is coatinuous and great, but one forgets all dis- tresses in glancing up and about or down to the foaming torrent dashing in angry haste against and around and above the great boul- that obstruct its chosen course. The wild 1 varied beauty of the canon is beyond im- agination. Its precipitous sides are strewn ith bi rocks that it would seem the touch of a baby’s finger could hurl from their resting places to the depths below. Again, there are Cliffs of solid granite rising for hundreds of fect from the water. Here the rocks seem to have been piled by @ race of mighty masons as if to form buttresses to some stupendous edi- fice whose towers would reach the very heavens Now the rock-strewn sides of gentler slopes are beautified by a sparse growth of evergreen and aspen, with here and there a bush of clove- scented mountain primroses or white roses of Sharon. Far across there among the rocks some unknown and doubtless unconfessed poet has found a few square feet of level ground and built him a rude cottage. Beneath me, nearly all the way clear to the bottom of the chasm, where their feet are rpetually bathed by the anow-water torr andsome es grow. The exquisite re ity and luxuriance of their blue-green fr: are as delightful to the eye as the scent of their balaam is to the nostrils. The very sanabive is scented with this balsam te-day, and the lungs expand grate- fully to fill themselves with the Glorious air. One day of life amid such scenes aud with such here to intoxicate the lungs were well worth living, even if it shone but asa line of light between two universes of darkness, It is glorious! STRAWBERRIES. At an elevation of about 7,000 feet I began to find strawberry plants in bloom, and picked few ripened berries beside the trail, I con- tinued to see pe nr pero oe ie soms up to an elevation of probabil; The tail was Le yer | Crossed’ by demure Little streams that trickled hesitatingly down among the great rocks as if fearful of fate which awaited them at the hands of the sullen | wally | been a A f ‘THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C... SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1889-TWELVE PAGES. roaring torrents which they were obliged to join at the bottom of the canon. They seemed to feel that they had been dilatory in joining the muster of the waters and shrank from going at allnow. I did what I could to help them out of their ee ups large portion of the volume of each as I went thirstily along. Hardly for an instent all the way up have I been out of sight of the stream which dashes foamily forward’ below me. Fre- quently, like a reckless sprite of the moun- tains, it rushes out to the edge of a rock or a rocky ledge too far for retreat. Then. with a eurving leap over the . it and falls with a roar, beaten to frothy whiteness on the lower rocks. Through the graceful blue-green fronds of th uces I catch glimpses of the torrent, always hurrying on. e monotonous sound of its voice hoarsely complaining of the rocks which imi its career is ever in my ears. ‘A couple of miles up the trail. where the canon widens out, forming a vast bowl amid the hills, I come upon asmall house built most picturesquely among the rocks above the tor- Font. This the home of an old English pho- tographer and his family. Just beyond the trail crosses a rough bri in front of what is ealled Sheltered falle. ere the mountain stream hes found its beneath one huge rock, which partly rests upon and partly over- hangs another rock of smaller size. Emerging from beneath the larger rock the stream falls down over the sheitered face of the smaller one. Hence the name of the little fallx, On further the canon widens out again and there are a few small rustic cottages of summer resi- dents among the aspens and wild rose bushes. The hilisides here are covered with a profusion of wild flowers, and their delightful odor fills the bright warm air. Pretty soon the half-way house is reached. It is a smal! hosteiry of mis- leading name, for it is not much more than one-quarter the way to the summit. A MOUNTAIN STORM, At the half-way house I sit down to rest for a few minutes and make the acquaintance of a sweet little mountain maid, who asks me no end of questions. fhe and her brother, a couple of years older, urge me to stay to dinner, but I decline. Meanwhile the sky had been growing dark, and pretty soon great drops of rain begin to fall, driving me to shelter. Faster and faster the rain comes down, and far away up toward the peak we hear the | turmoil of thunder. The cliffs about us begin to smoke, as if a giant had been knocking the | dust out of them with a club. The wind scurries down the gorges, hissing likea mighty flock of flying serpents. The rain swirls and sweeps about in every direction. I see that the storm is to be a long one, and I gratified the heart of my little mountain maiden by inform- ing her that I would stay to dinner. it was 3 o'clock before the rain ceased. Shortly after 2a Lesaes get yet who had started for the mountain top in the morning returned without having reached the summit. He was covered with snow and his horse had given ont. He said it was the worst storm he had seen in along time. A little later a bride and groom with their guide returned from an un- successful effort to reach the summit. The storm had numbed them and the air was so laden with snow and sleet that they had turned | about after passing the timber line. They were very pheoeal cng and when I told them of my intention of ascending to the summit on foot they looked at me pityingly. They evidently thought me a crank. It was exactly 3:35 o’clock when, the rain having ceased and the clouds breaking away a little from about the park, I resumed my jour- ney. The first mile was through a pretty mountain valley clear of timber. The a: it | was very slight. Then the path led through | low timber fora mile anda half more, grad- | growing steeper. Here there had | slight fall of sleet, and the trail was almost ankle-deep with snow and slush. My long rest at the half-way e had made me as fresh as I was in the morning. however, and my progress was rapid, All the mountain- | side was covered three inches deep with fresh- fallen snow. The trail was also fall of it. but | horses and men bad worn the pathway so deep there was no mistaking it. About this time en incident ocenrred which made me feel leas comfortable than before. In the fresh snow of the trail I found THE PRINT OF A BEAR'S CLAW. No other animal could have made it. The bear must have been of good size, and he couid have crossed the trail but a short time before Icame along. I felt that I was very poorly equipped for an encounter with a wild animal, The only thing bling a weapon I had bout me was @ pocket-knife with a two-inch lade. Then, I was beginning to feel some | fatigue. Altogether I was sorry I had seen the | imprint of that claw in the snow. Soon I met a party of five who had got to the summit be- | fore the storm came up and remained there until it was over. They extended their sym- pathy over the trampI had before me, bat adé me keep my courage up. If my wind and legs held out they thought I_ woul reach the shelter house in time for breakfast, I laughed at them and hurried along. I wanted to get above the timber line as quickly as pos- sible. I would feel more easy and more as it [ had done something when Icame out on the open mountain sideandcouldsee ahead of me and behind me—and all around me in fact, It was a long tramp yet, however, but I kept at it dog- gedly, resting infrequently. At last the timber grew scarcer, The mountain side above and below was strewn with the skeletons of trees which had fallen through the sin by which the angels fell-ambition. They had in their pride grown so large that the rocky soil could not support their roots. So when the winds came they had toppled over by the dozen and lay in dismal contusion everywhere. As the pathway emerged above the timber the sun came out. This greatly reanimated me. Not tar ahead I could see that the trail wound about the shoulder of the mountain. Perhaps, I thought, I will be able to see the building at the summit when I turn that corner. So on I swung through the deep slush and among the jagged rocks of the trail. The side of the mountain about which I was now slowly climb- ing faced to the south, The sun beat down with welcome warmth, so that with my coat off | I did not perspire nor feel in the least chilly, After leaving the trees each side of the trail was strewn with A PROFUSION OF BEAUTIFUL WILD FLOWERS, There were bunches of forget-me-nots as large as the two hands poking their small blue faces, bright and undaunted, through the snow. A species of buttercup was there in plenty; also, a small yellow flower in °p earance like the he- liotrope. ‘Then a larger blue flower. in shape and manner of growing like the lily-of-the- valley, swayed proudly above the snow. Other exquisite little blossoms—blue, white, pink, and deep maroon—peeped shyly through their pal- lid covering and sent grateful glances to the sun for hastening to deliver them from their chilly bondage. Though anxious to be on my way and fearful of not poy 4 the summit before sunset, I could not resist the temptation to help the work of the sun by rescuing some of the pretty blossoms from their frigid op- pressor and transferring them to the warmth of my pocket. Meanwhile I had worked around to the southwest side of the mountain. No- where was there asign of the summit house, Far westerly, apparently for miles, the snow- covered extended. Ridge rose over ridge a weary way. LI could discern the course the trail took but for a short distance ahead. Then it was lost among the rocks and in the snow. There could be but a couple of miles of it, any way, I thought, so on I pushed, in the face of a cool wind which now arose from the quarter where the sun hung, above cloud banks and the great snowy Sangre de Cristo e,an hourandahalf or perhaps two hours high. Occasionally the recollection of that bear track in the snow made me un- comfortable. One satisfaction I had now, out on this breezy snow-covered mountain side, was that I could see everything for a long way off. Ifabearcame in sightIat least would have time to make some sort of preparation for his reception with such things hand—my pocket knife, and my stout stick. I was as disconso! of «@ snow. bird off somewhere the rocks. Once in a while I point where I could hear benea! mo le of considerab! among over a my feet the ie streams of Fe tf I i gE. i Es | i at Ht an H i vee cf i f GS 4 : i on a snow-covered rock in despair. Far be- yond still stretched the dreary mountain side and the heights still towered above me, with no sign of life or habitation, For the first time I became genuinely anxious. What would the chances be of my coming out all right in the morning if I had to lie on the snow all night? already felt as if my toes were freezing. Those of the right foot were almost without sensation. My bands were numb and reddish- blue in color. I could discern the trail wind- ing up the mountain before me. then turnit sl ly to the west and stretching away out o! i ene. The sun was almost gone. I struggled to my feet and pushed painfully on. Every breath was an exertion. MY HEAD BECAME HEAVY AND GROGGY. The weakness of my legs increased and I frequently stumbled in dragging my heavy feet over the rocks. I felt that I couldn't last much longer. A rest any place—even on a snow-covered rock—would be pleasant. The night wasn't so cold, after all. No doubt I would come out all right in the morning. I could find a big rock, and, to the leeward of it, escape the sharp wind. ry few Isat down in the snow to catch my What's hat? On the slanting side o! = in black, “2m.” Great heavens! Can hat mean two miles to the summit? It must be @ mistake or a brutal practical joke. It is cer- tainly five miles since I leit the timber, and the whole distance from the half- way house to the summit is only seven and a quarter miles. If I still have two miles to stumble and scramble over the rocks Iwill never get there. There is no more strength lett in my limbs nor will power in my brain. museles of my chest and t scem to ache with the strain I have put upon them. Iremain seated for some minute had up to this time felt warm enough about the body without putting on my coat. Now I begin tochill all over. The sensation arowses me and gives me fresh energy. I must go on. I | have been 2 fool to think of ug up. summit can’t be far off. What if the sun doe go down, I willl to follow the trail b starlight. If o: » a mile in three hours it is better than lying down and freczing among the rocks. I cui rest frequently, bui ¥ must not think of lying down. I jump up and STRUGGLE ON DESPERATELY. My steps are irregular and I pant and gasp like a fish out of water. But I am determined and stick to it, How I ever made the next mile and a half I can hardly remem- ber. My recollection is blurred, so worn ont was my mind and body. At last the rrow trail which I had followed came out in a wide wagon road. L tried to shout for joy, but my vocal cords were numb and my lungs incapable of more than the feeblest exertion. I knew on striking the wagon road the struggic was I must be over. near the summit. took a tresh wobbly spart and tried t¢ 2 turn in the road the edge of th atein from which I thought I could catch a tarew glimpse of the sun, which was setting in in cribable splendor. I got to the desired spot st in time. There { turned, and. peeping ove the top of the mountain, I caught sight of what looked like a ct y piercing the air. It was the tip of the structure which marks the very SUMMIT OF PIKE'S PEAK. All my anxieties were gone now, but I was weary in the extreme—more tired than I had ever been before. In a few minutes I was knocking at the low door of the old signal service station. It was opened by the custodian, who proudly holds the highest office in the United States, He ypointed about a mon‘h ago by Secre the Pike's Peak reservati ed into the bands of the Interior de ton its abandonment asa signal station last Octobe iwas soon seated be kitchen, trying to cook de the fire in the blood and the fee ‘i w y tramp, Lut when I at- tempted to laugh my aching chest reminded me that [had reaily worked hard and suffered nota little, A tramp to the top of Pike's peak is not child’s play. M. see OUR NATIONAL FLOWER. A Scientific Botanist Decides it Should be Golden Kod and not the Daisy. To the Editor of Tae Evewtxe Stan: Ihave read with much interest the various views as to our ‘national flower,” in your issue of Saturday last, Allow me to y that Mr. Pfister is radically wrong as to the daisy. He cannot mean the real daisy of English song and story—Burns’ modest, crimson-tipped flow’r”—( Bellis peren- nis), as that occurs here, spontaneously, only as a garden escape. Quite probably he has in mind the ox-eye daisy or whiteweed (Chrys anthemum Leucanthemum). But this is barred out by its being a foreigner, in- troduced by accident into America, ,where it has become somewhat of a pest to farmers, whose pastures and meadows are only too often overrun by it. Certainly we cannot take a foreign weed for our national flower! As to the ready recognition of this “daisy,” Mr. Pfister is also in error. At least a dozen of the Composite resemble it so closely “wee as to be wholly undistinguishable in a black and white drawing. In- deed, the actual flowers of the common mayweed (Anthemis Cotula), resemble the smaller heads of C. Leucanthemum so closely that it is often necessary to take notice of the brown-scarious margins of the involucral bracts of the whiteweed in order to be sure of the genus. THE GOLDEN ROD. There is not the slightest doubt in the minds of those who have given this subject scientific attention that the golden rod is, so to speak, destined by nature to be America’s national flower, Its range is universal—from Alaska to Mexico and from Plorida to Maine. It lifts its golden head alike on the seashore and the mountain top, on arid hill-sides and in moist woodland depths. Its graceful feathery sprays have an individuality peculiarly their own. Its superb color, matching so exactly the precious metal Americans love, fixes its identity as far asthe eye can reach, It flowers from early Jaly to late autumn, bravely filling the ga; when the ‘flowers that bloom in the spring” have all played truant from Dame Nature's floral school. Even its scientific name, Solid- ago, implies a combining or solidification, as of states in a union, certainly a most felicitous meaning. Practically, let us remember that it is the adoption of a flower by womankind that will make it truly national. As a corsage bouquet a cluster of golden rod is unexcelled, and for vase bouquets it is superbly decorative, while as a boutonniere a little spray of it must please the most fastidious. Of the hundred known species over three-fourths are North American, but it also occurs toa limited extent abri (ero species in England), so that patriotic mericans on their travels need not be de- barred from wearing their country’s flower. Finally, be it observed, ‘golden plume” would be'afar more ap} roprite name thaa the present one, the habit of the flowers being more feather-like than rod-like, It is much to be desired that every flower painter in the country should ‘put the chosen flower on canvas, as a labor of love, and exhibit the picture as long and as public; as possible, ih @ corner “ “America’s National Flower—The Golden Plume.” Emerson ALEXANDER STERXS, ————+e0-____ In Favor of the Sunflower. ‘To the Editor of Tur Evexrne Stan: We are very much pleased to read your ad- mirable article in the Saturday issue of your paper, July 6, on the choice of a national flower. Your reporter has given in beautiful form the views of prominent florists and horti- cultural gardeners which are worthy of atten- tion, Mr. Smith’s of the national quali- ties of the sunflower Cpe I to empasize what was sai and one or two more items. Truly the wer represe: American haracter in its stalwart growth, Tall, in- ‘the | given | LICENSE AND INTEMPERANCE. A Policeman’s Opinions on the Liquor Laws and Their Effects. “Now that the prohibitionists have been de- feated in several states,” said an old policeman toa Sram reporter, “it clearly demonstrates that public sentiment is against prohibition. I don’t think, however, that the result of the elections shows that the people are in favor of either free or cheap rum. High license, I think, is the first stepping-stone to prohibition, and it is the best solution of the liquor ques tion, even if the other step is never reached, “What Washington wants now is high license and more stringent laws regulating the liquor traffic. Under the present license laws a man can run a saloon for a whole year by paying a license tax of about $150. That includes whisky and cigars. ‘he profits on both liquors and cigars are large. so that the license tax of $150 is mall, With the license at such a low figure any one can start a corner groggery and sell drinks at three and five cents and make mon these cofner groggeries,” he continued, “that canse much of the trouble and agitation of the liquor question, At those places the poor and ignorant usually assemble aud spend their week's earnings, Such places are also used and frequented by ‘crap’ players, who hang about to rob every person who can show anickel, Theu in many of the places they run ‘sweat cloths’ on the ‘quiet,’ and in fact eny games whereby they can gather in the pennies, uickels and dimes éarned by digging and shov- | eling in clay banks. Occasionally those sharp- | Ors are caught and punished, but the proprietor | is really responsible for a good deai of raseal- }i and the evils mentioned are traceable to a low license, If the license was as high as it }ought to be many of these dens would be wiped out of existence, and thus many per- sous who spend their time there would be com- | pelled to seck & loafing place in some better quarters, Itis also possiile that the adoption of a high-license system would make MANY UNLICENSED BARS, but there would be other laws enacted in con- nection witht he new license system which would ive the police every opportunity to capture the violators of them, and then the punish- ment would be made to fit the crime. If it should be severe enough unlicensed places would soon cease to exist. UNDER THE PRESENT LAWS in the District regulating the liquor traffic,” the officer continued, “it is very difficult to convict those persons who keep unlicensed places. In the first place it is’ difficult to obtain evidence against the cheap saloons, where scarcely anybody but the lowest class of | white and colored persons frequent, Drinks are sold for three cents and upward. Some of | them sell beer two glasses for five cents and charge five cents for a drink of ft? or ‘hard stuit,’ but if the patron only has three cents, of course that will do, The proprietor will never let a y escape him, A favorite drink among the colored people is blackberry and gin. That has been their favorite beverage for years, but now other mixed drinks are becomin, popular. At some of the places ‘stove-pipes' of gin and whisky are sold at fifteen cents each ortwo for a quarter, and some say that they take a couple of such drinks at night to make them sleep well, while they take one in the morning as an eye-opener, MAKING CASES. “Speaking of making cases against persons | who violate the law, I repeatit isa difficult task. | Tn the first place each of that class of saloons generally has a number of “regulars” who hang | about the place, and who, after a glass or two | of the poisonous liquors, will swear that white | is black, so that to prove'a sale an officer has to | send some one to make | nished money and bottles and sent to purchase liquor. The bottles are usually marked, so that there can be no mistake when the case comes to trial in the courts. Ifthe person or ‘spotter’ selected proves truthful and a case is made out by the prosecution, the defense often disproves his testimony. He doesnot seem to have much trouble inproving that the liquor was not purchased in these places, and the ‘spotter’ will often be so badly mixed up that the case fails, Then the question is asked, ‘Why don’t you get better witnesses?” THE WITNESSES, “I answer that in this way,” he said, “Inthe first place an officer can’t get reputable citizens to go in such places, and in the second place. if a gentlemanly-looking person should enter one he would not be able to make a pur- chase. He would be suspected of being a ‘new cop’ and he would naturally be refused a drink. “And suppose after all the trouble @ convic- tion is had.” he continued, ‘and then what?” After a trial of the case in the Police Court an appeal is taken and the case goes to the Crimi- | nal Court, The first point raised is against the ‘spotter’ and that often influences the against the prosecution, so that such a trial is up-hill work. Then in case a conviction is had in the Criminal Court nothing is done with the de‘endant. The court imposes a fine of $105 or €150 and costs, butif the fine is not paid that ends the matter, No one ever heard ot a rumseller being sent to prison for the non- payment of such a fine. It is probably because the law is defective, but then that’s what I have been talking about, We needa law. So that after all the trouble and expense to the District the prosecution really amounts to noth- ing. Itis true, however, that many persons fined pay their fines, but, ‘as I am told, not be- cause they fear being sent to prison, OTHER UNSATISFACTORY LAWS. “There is another class of liquor laws that prove a source of much annoyance to the au- thorities,” continued the officer. “It is those cases in which the applications are pending be- fore the Commissioners and where the question of rejection of the application or the revocation of the license is concerned. In my experience Ihave found it difficult to get these questions settled by the courts, When a case is made it takes so many months to get it on the assign- ment of the —— oe the license year passes by and many tors go un- punished because of the slowness of the wheels of justice. During the past f there have been 80 many moves and ions made in this class of cases that I dare say nota single policeman on the force is able to tell when he can make & case and when he cannot, There is still another class of cases a the attention of the officers, and that is the question of KEEPING OPEN ON SUNDAY. “As long as they propose to prosecute viola- tions of the Sunday law the law should be such that the officers would have no trouble in enforcing it. For instance, an officer knows that a place is kept open, but he has not sufficient proof to convict. He sees person after person enter the side door of a saloon. Some go insober and come out drunk. He urchase, He 1s fur- does not know the name of the ‘sons and consequently he cannot summon them to ap- as witnesses. If he should sub; them e might get hold of some prominent citizen, and then there would be a ‘kick’ — the officer, so that the odds are usually against him. Now, if the law required the saloon- keeper to keep his curtains or shutters open on Sunday, such as some of the respectable sa- loons do, there would be less Sunday business carried on.” THE AMOUNT OF LICENSE TAX. {Speaking of the question of high license,” said the reporter, “what is your opinion of the amount of the license?” ” replied the officer, “that "abewer. Thave: heard ec & past! . toon Kaeo tone anne or ranting mane 2 | Young Husband—"My dear, afters year of un- the spot where it bas grown, loves the true | remitting labor and economy we have, I ies cotiameel sad ee ‘the wonderful power | find, succeeded in saving about ‘What tting 5 etruth besutifully Young Wife—“Well, my we both need ‘Thomas Moore's simile: ee rest, Let's go to e summer resortfor » week.” ‘Phe etabe look whieh abe tase wines rom tha cee re? ot Habit, . Ff opm, ki You get very lonely while ‘dl Dilious was a dear?” ate sik bana sida aigeees atsing te | "My Susan —"Bathee, Fist two nightal dida't om eo ey fie of dose, "° | Kttee that slept preity well” | that the age of polished stone in the first ¢ PREHISTORIC MAN. Mr. Thomas Wilson’s Interesting Arche- ological Researches in This Country. HIS MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHROLOGY IN PARIS— COLLECTIONS HE WILL EXHIBIT AND PAPERS HE WILL READ—PALEOLITHIC AGE DISCOVERIES. Mr. Thomas Wilson, curator of the depart- ment of prehistoric anthropology, has gone to Paris to attend the international congress of anthropology and archeology. He and Prof. Mason go as the representatives of this country in the congress. Mr. Wilson sailed on Wednes- day, and Prof. Mason will start next week. Mr. Wiison is an enthusiastic researcher into prehistoric anthropology, and has been actively engaged in trying to awaken a wide interest in the study in this country and to broaden the field of research. The research of our scientists as to prehistoric man has been confined almost entirely to the Indians. The Indian is, in fact, the prehistoric man to theaverage student of prehistoric anthropology in America, With the discovery of America the modern civilization was suddenly brought into contact with a prehistoric race. While in Europe civilization had filtered down through the ages, each civilization losing sight of that before it, in‘coming to this country the moderns were brought face to face with a pre- historic race. So interesting and fruitful of discovery has the Indian been to the Ameri- can archmologist that nothing else has occupied his mind; "Bate attempted to discover whether or not there was a race of prehistoric man antedating the Indian, in fact, whether there were not distinct civilizations terracing down the ages into infinity. This is the in- teresting study of the European archeologist. Mr. Wilson is interested in European and American archwology, and believes America to be a broad field for research. Since he has been associated with the Smithsonian institu- tion he has done much to increase public in- terest in these questions, About Washington and elsewhere he has identified objects in stone as the work of man in the paleolithic age, and he has endeavored, by the association of the prehistorics of this country with those of Europe, to broaden the field of research and excite new interest. THE STUDY OF PREHISTORIC MAN in Europe is quite different from what it is in this country. We look into the past of a dis- tinct race from ourselves and contemporaneous with us. The prehistoric man stands out in bold relief before us. In tracing out European archwology we double back upon our own paths to see what races have traversed them before. We dig up our hearthstones to see what pre- historic races have built their fires there. a = search in this direction dates back only to about 1806, when little Denmark gave it a start. Two scientists identified the polished stone hatchets with which that country abounds as the work nae phous man. The king was in- terested and a commission was appointed to prepare a description and history of Denmark. ‘he many archwological remains were studied by these scientists from 1306 until 1836 before any publication of the results of their labor was made. They then announced the discovery of the existence of man in the prehistoric age of stone, bronze and iron. order of advancement was easily determined by the appearance of the relics discovered of the utensils and handiwork of the prehistoric races. On the iron were the Runic inscriptions and on some of the bronze, but not on the stone, showing that the bronze had lapped over into the iron age, but that the stone and iron ages were remote. By these comparisons and by various calculations it was concluded was from 4,000 to 2,000 years B, C.; second epoch from 2,000 to 1,000 B. C. The age of bronze was from 1,000 to 100 B.C. The iron age was divided into three grand epochs, from 100 B, C. to 1,000 A. D. FURTHER RESEARCHES, Since then researches in different countries have resulted in greatly enriching the science of prehistoric archeology. The Scandinavians did not find evidences of the existence of man before the smooth stone age. In the drift of the river Somme, in France, was first discovered the rude chipped hatchets of the paleolithic age. From thai time the ad- vancement in prehistoric archwology has been great. Many important discoveries tending to show the antiquity of the various races of man have been made by learned archeologists, ‘The researches in England, Scotland, Spain, Portugal, and especially Switzerland, where the remains of the villages of the lake dwellers were found, have resulted in valuable dis- coveries. THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ANTHROPOLOGY and archeology was formed in the interest of united effort and the results have been satis- factory, A number of meetings were held every two years in various parts of Europe, the first being at Spazzia. Then there was a lapse of six years, until this congress was called to meet in Paris this year. Mr. Wilson while sta- tioned at Ghent as consul for this country was right among some of the most interesting of the archwological remains. He becmme so in- terested in the matter that he at once made prehistoric man a study, and on his return to this country brought a very fine collection of prehistoric specimens, which he presented to the Smithsonian institution, It was deter- mined this year to send him to take in the congress. He has sent to Paris several boxes of prehistoric specimens of this country, and prepared several ex- tremely interesting and valuable papers, which he will contribute to the congress, One of these will give a description, with abundant cuts, of the a features of the istoric anthropologic: partment of e ian. Another will treat of paleo- lithic man in America, giving an account of the Trenton gravel. instruments in America of hard and semi- precious stones, as nephite and jadite. THE PALEOLITHIO PERIOD IN AMERICA, In another paper he goes very fully into the discussion of the paleolithic period in America, describing the paleolithic instruments found in various ‘ts of the country and comparing them with those found in Europe. In be refers to the articles belon; to that age that have been found in the District of Columbia. builders or Indians, all belong to the neolithic period of the mage unless there is to be an age of copper, w! does not seem likely, The people of the period had much the higher civilization, They made pot- tery, had flocks ond herds, and a knowledge of agriculture; were o1 d into tribes or bands, buried their dead and the like, 80 rich Guige who know most of its evil effects. matter is by no i g i | | ! f ! f F it £ 4 i i F i ef it i ie i | | al what is : i F ? | i i i The chronological | och | Sess” Prussian authorities looked upon the match as constituting a serious established order of the : Hii if fs a WITH BULL’S-EYE AND SACK. A Night Trip with Frog-Hunters on the Eastern Branch. ROW THE WASHINOTON MARKET I8 SUPPLIED— WHERE THE GAMF ABOUNDS—A FROG-aUNTER'S OUTFIT--MOW TEE GAME IS SECURED—Pae- PAaRING FROGS’ L268 FOR THE TABLE. Every one is familiar with the unmusical cry of the bullfrog. A few among the many are acquainted with the delicate flavor of his hind- most extremities, and s select number know the art of hunting him and enjoy the sport as only arfenthusiast can. But all the hunters do not go into it for sport alone and to supply their tables. It is not generally known that there is in this city nearly a score of people who earn their living, and quite a comfortable living, too, by hunting frogs for the restaurants and hotels. There are a great many frogs eaten here, and the taste for them is spreading rap- idly among all classes. It is within the memory of even middle-aged men when in this country frog legs were not considered edible, but that time has passed away, and now nearly every one looks upon them es a most delicious, though costly, delicacy of the well-kept table. FROGS ABOUT WASHINGTON, The country about Washington is exceedingly produetive of frogs. The many swamps about the city fairly swarm with the agile croakers, and the river, particularly the Eastern branch, 1s Ono of the greatest known breeding places of | the best species, It is here that the hunter mostly goes in search of his game, and any night the lanterns of a score of boats may be seen twinkling brightly as the crafts silently, paddled by an experienced fro along banks of the slow-moving stres Generally two people go on these excursions, working together and dividing the “ketch.” HOW IT IS DONE, The modus operandi of catching a frog seems simple enough when it is described, but it is quite the reverse when the uninitiated first tries his hand. | A Star reporter aceompanied a couple of the | most experienced and successful hunters on | the river on their evening trip one night this week and saw how it is done. A large majority of the froggers rendezvous at the toot of 7 streat, Whick is the great gathering place of all the fishing craft eailing the waters of the Poto- mac, A frogger’s boat is not in itself peculiar; it is not unlike hundreds of other boats used for various purposes on the river. A light canoe or skiff, propelied by « broad double paddle or shoving-pole, if, in the hands of a skillfal boatman, makes good progress. |The frogger's outfit is also simple—only a lot of bags, a light, hardwood stick, and a bull’s-eye lantern of the most approved pattern. This is all, if the rub- ber coats of the men and a bottle of bait that is stored carefully away under the stern-sheets, are excepted. THE START. it wasa warm, dark, murky evening when the boat was pushed away from the wharf out into the muddy waters. The stars twinkled | 4 fully, and the moon was not to show itself until after miduight. The trip to the bunting | grounds of Mr. Frog was uneventful, and soon | the boat was moving easily through the still | waters of the Eastern branch, hugging the | shore closely, while the music of the game | sounded from nearly every direction. The | hunters spoke in whispers, but their voices | sounded strangely loud on the still air. | And the frogs sang on, unmindfal of it all. It | was @ grand concert, with never a discord, | never a jar, the deep bass of the old patriarch, | the shrill treble of the young female, the mu- | sical tenor of the young and juicy male, min- | gled with the quarrelsome note of old’ Mrs, Frog, and the almost pathetic tone of the very small youngster, whose voice is not unlike the cry of an intant, BEGINNING WORK. The boat skirted the banks and sudaenly the light of the bull’s-eye flashed out and the night's work was commenced. The lantern was attached to the bow of the boat and its rays flashed far over the waters and amid the tangled shrab- bery. It was dazzling i its brightness.and for | a moment the frogs squatting about in the wannkapin leaves ceased their croaking and | winked helplessly at the light, unable even to drop into the water. This was the hunter's pportunity and he seized the frogs, one x another, by the nape of the neck with his righthand. With his left he held the bag and | threw them, one after another. into it. The | work was done quickly. We had struck a sort of nest, and in a very short time half a dozen frogs were writhing in the bottom of the sack. When no more were within reach the bag was closed, the lantern slide shut tightand the boat glided in to fresher fields, Everything had come very quiet in that neighborhood. Now and then the first experience was gone through ith, varied several times by the use of the stick. The lantern was flashed and the man in the bow, instead of using his hand, banged the stick down now and again, whack! whack! whack! upon the nose of his frogship, who would immediately drop into the water, turn- ing up his white stomach, dead. By the time the moon rose there were over tweuty-five | = aboard, so the boat was turned home- war °) al OTHER WATS. There are several other modes of hunting frogs for the market. The boys do a good business shooting them with air rifles, going to the swamps lying along the river shore. It takes a quick eye and a steady hand for this sort of thing, but they generally succeed in bringing back # dozen or two from their trips. There are numerous other methods, with hook, = Gage or net, but they Se gun and lantern are by far the most FROGS AND TOADS, Many people in speaking of frogs confound them with toads. While they are closely re- lated, they have little in common except ap- arance. The frog has superior legs, great jeveloped by constant practice. His voles, ra is superior to his humbler brother. The voice, too, rig F ceavy even in the same animal, and it is difficult to ascertain one’s distance, for itisa t ventriloquist, and it is almost im- possible to imitate the notes, HOW TO COOK THEM, Nearly every cook has his own method of’ preparing frogs for the table, and the taste varies with the cooking. The most popular way is thesimplest. The are first cleaned, bie fara core and then after being thoroughly washed in salted water they are put in a cool place for at least twenty-four hours. eng —_ is — - oe flour-water, —— salt an and the immediately transferred ton wellbeated’ pa where they are allowed to fry until they be- come of a rich brown color. with iraiey gn other harks they melon most de- Soe a ais to within a few years ly the of the frog were eaten, Dat the smimel hevine bor come very searce in Europe, the experiment was tried of eating the entire frog, and it was dis- covered that the delicious flavor of the legs was also found in the other portions, used me for making a kind of broth that is much = wr gen acy yng nothing com] ying. it does, inthe ‘when the inost delicate ‘food ———\~+o+-—____ MORGANATIC MARRIAGES. Prince Alexander but Imitated Noble Sire’s Example. From London Life. Prince Alexander of Battenberg is by no means the frst prince who has married be- neath him. 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