Evening Star Newspaper, July 18, 1889, Page 3

FOR SALE—HOUSES. THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D.C.. THURSDAY, JULY 18,. 1889. FOR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS LOST AND FOUND. 00 WILL BUY A TWO-STORY Basement Six-room Frame House, with water, erst Hand Mata mw. Address J. 8 Bel fae sk SALE — TWO NEW SfX-ROOM Brick Houses, with bath and cellar, om 10th st. 2. halt cars aud herdica Price, only cany teruas. For terms, Be,. nee Mo- ACHLES & BATCHELDER, 1215 Fst 2¥. Bt SALE — SPLENDID INVESTMENT — TWO- ‘Six-room Bri k, near 14th and V sts; Just Rents at $24. ‘Price reduced to $3,350 f days, A. J. WHITAKER, 13073 F ay R SALE—A NICE HOME NORTHEAST, NE‘ tat 4y18-3t GEO. W. LINKINS, 19th and H sts. nw. R SALE—A LARGE. FINE, FRAME HOUSE Southeast, cost over $4,000 to build; 12 rooms and bath aud'cellar; fine range and latrobes; water, ke. ; im pertect order; good stable; lot 26.1121U3. to 30 tt. paved alley. ‘This is anice house: very cheap, 63,500. GEO. W. . .W. LINKINS, Sie 3t 19th and H sts. D.w. FE SALE—NINE-ROOM PRESS BRICK FRONT Window House, near Massachusetts sve. and ‘Dupont Circle; house new and in fine condition ; price if taken at once, ; about ¢: poe iyi LACHLEN & BAICHELDEK, 1 W : FOr, EXCHANGE — FIRST-CLASS | DWRLLING 01 h Stat rthern part of Baltimore; will be exchanged for's Farm in the soutbern part of fourth €r fifth district of Montgomery county. i. M., Star office. sy18-10) i SALE—3 HANDSOME STORES AND FLATS, ‘with Stables, 14tst pear Rhode Island ave. | ‘2 new 6-room and cellar — ot pon in west, near car line; ‘fnew O-rvou Bricks in northwest at €3,000 each, to wut. ‘Arow of eixht-room and cellar bay- Bricks, elegantly iuisbed, four roome ou a oor, 6that. neat ‘A'tow of eiebi-room Houses on st near 6th st. Bw., overlooking Khode Island ave. ‘A uine-room House on 3d st. near cif $7, hall, M. 8 & OO. ka BON uO F st. 3y18-3t* c 2 ROk SALE—A BEAUTIFUL HOME; LARG) grounds with shade; in Mt, Pleasant, 16th st. ex- tended. Inguire of owned, C.8 MONTAGUE. J¥17-1w* SALE— THAT DESIRABLE PROPERTY aor feet on south side of C st., bet. 3d and ud runuing back 180 feet tos large present improvements consist of Bit taining OR SALE ELEGANT PLACE ON P ST. $:also'a Hotse-on Iaith st. hear lows, circle, Tear — HOS. E. WOODS & SON, ayli-3 Pacitic Building, 624 F st. n.w. _ )J[Ok SALE—A BEAUTIFUL HOME ON 6TH ST. Fit. itn iresidat once, THOS. Woops & SON, Pacific Building. 2. SALE—1403 31ST ST., TEN-ROOM, THREE- ‘Story, Brick four rooms ‘aeep,, deep 16t, cellar, s Spied WHITAKER, 13073 F st. JOR SALE RTHWEST — THREE-STORY, F Sine hoo Brick: parlor, dining room and Intches, first and rear alley ; ; is 0. A. J. WHITAKER, 1307% F et. dy16-s2" VOK SALE—GREAT BARGAIN INLY ONE LEFT of B. pres, tg +4 sateen elas eee Sexe 810 Fst. n.w. ALE — HANDSOME NEW PRESS-BRICK indow Front; six rooms and bath; Brick A Dst. n.e. pear he eg | ave.; all im- jeuts ,easy terms; very cl " Se Wiad & ST T, 810 F st. .LE—HOUSES. ¥th st, bet. K and L ts. mW 830, Pa. ave. n.w., b.i-12,000 415 Sa at bie ‘The above is onty a ports leoks. For ruil list call at the Istand _ ly. JOR SALE—ONE JOD the property on ay oftee for bulletin issned on THOS. E. WAGGAMAN. oF BesT LOCATIONS IN 21 Massachusetts ave roo! to barguin. JOR SALE— HANDSOME SOLID BRAND NEW Two-Story 7-hoom Pressed Brick Bay Window Cemented cellar. very larwe kitchen: modern improve- Wents: uear three car nes, market, public schools; 320 16th, 1 VOR SALI PROFITABLE INVESTMENTS, DEPRESSED PRICE: E.—1114 C st., 9 rows, stable, fe very desirat Fu uterestiug facts furnished dy13-6t WELLEK & KEPE?TI, 32 R SALE— F° HOUSES — 4) D near 5th st. ne., Two-story, Six-room, Brick ; $3,100. Vithuear P st n. O00. + $6,000. nd 5 sts. uw, Three-story ? Sts. n.w., Two-story Brick; Tooms, bath, and cellar; $8,500. 1) North side of T, bet 13th and 14th sts. n.w.. ‘Three-story and Cellar Brick; eight rooms and bath; 9, be Beautiful Three-stor ind Basement Brick, ti containing fourteen rooms te on one of the finest corners in the northwest; ain st $16,000. s. (297) Southeast coruer of 10th and Wats. nw. 00. Price per square foot, 90 cts. (298) North side of N, bet. 2ist sud 22d sts. n.w.; lots 18 and 19 front by $5.6. Price per square foot mr 00. <.04) 18th st, bet. Mass. ave. and N st. n.w.; 63x Price per square E Hyattsville, Mi —A_ beautiiul residence and attract- ail modern improvements, bot aud cold kas, ete; 6 minutes walk to station; brick pavement all the way Lots for Sale at Hyattsville, Md., ground high and . lot corner of Wasiington and Balti- more pike Guy ave. Bargain at #500. (4) Prince George’s Co., uear Suitland P. O., 3 miles from the District, 40 acres well adapted for cul- tivation. good 8-rvoi frame, fruit, &e., $4,500. dylS-St BL H. WAKNEE & CO, 916 F st. n.w. OR SALE— 7 24th st. near G st., desirable Frame Dwelli Est. ucar 2st st., 6-room Brick, good lot. Vinguia ave. near 22d, new Brick, st. new 140 to alley 19th st. Lear Kat, stable in rear. dug on ersity Park; lot 5535 feet feet to alley, with Stable, Teu-room Brick House and every eunvenience. JOB BAKNAKD, dy 11 -co6t 500 Sth st.'n. w. JOR SALE—$3, 300 CASH—$35 MONTHLY will get the last of 11 of those Beautiful Sstory and Back-Building Bay-Window and Balcony Houses on H st me.: 10 rooms, handsomely finished in nat- Eial wood: cabinet oak mantels: open ftre-pi E ey Ww. ‘T MISS THEM—ONLY 3 LE! to 8,250, including nice side lot; 8 moutlily will secure the Prettiest(Queen Anne)Ho 4p best improved location northeast, on two car lines two-story and back building ; bay wivdow and balcony, 7 rooms; bot and cold water; oak fish: oak malt x. W. &. BURFOED, Bs and large pautry: second fei tiga aps Tensioners e and all mod. imy 2 RUTHERFORD, 1307 Pat wiser JOR SALE-NEW THREE-STORY AND CELLAR Brick Dwelling, on 13th st. n. ree TOOLS re a ay -e, Price a med cen LER forma. Bes il wiser {OK SALE—OK EXCHANGE FOR UNIMPROVED roperty a of Soe. oa E cut brick Houses, contai! rooms bath, on G st. near 22d nw. Price $0,500; aluo ® number of other bouses in differen: sections of the city for exchauge for unimproved. ety. AUSTIN P. BROWN, Heal betate and Loupe, 1419 F st. nw, FOR SALE — MISCELLANEOUS. LARGEST AND BEST / AS s cut prices ever offered for cash Colunbus Bugmes reduced to $130: BA at the Bo trade. Fs: SALE—A GROCERY AND PROVIS. fully stocked, well located, business, Bas imal capital.” Rddrese ‘Box 95, Bast ose, NOR SALE—ONLY $20, DOUBLE SLIDING-SEAT Fonsecer Fn — S¥0. 45516 Prospect sve., Georretown. itt OR SALE—CHi LE OR DRIVING forson, sino Draft Horses: 24th and Ve. sve. RW. ‘Cail after ay SALE—DRUGS BELONGING TO THELATE Pau. ; trial given. Fibe, Bi Gander Pals Gare a att e-40° Les pees 5 ag Es as Loria ioe epee tion of 3 IN GARD. tt ‘aw, Washington, D.C. or call at Bi Falls Church, Va. R SALE — EDITION OF WEB. ster's eee eee ae te and a large mi . Each good as new. Address URGENT, Star office. 3y18-20" R SALE—A GOOD HORSE, VERY GENTLE, be sold chi account of deat the owner, In- quire 206th etme. Syis-3e R SALE—STYLISH NEARLY NEW BABY CAR- ris handsome|; tered in : coat $87.50; price, 810 Vit Ost awe yieat" R SALE—ONE SIDE-BAR BUGGY, NEARLY new, $200; Koad, . Owner leavit the city’ ‘Can be acen st 17946 iscwe pea R SALE—IMPORTED YORKSHIRE BULL GY¥P, FPRAuSa Sone enema or sale. MID'S STORE, BolT Lah se nw. SALE—FIVE NOTES, $300 EACH (1,500, mecused ga fore snd lot of Tt inquire at J - 3y18-3¢° £ 3,500). 8, 457 Oth st . ‘OR SALE—JUST Al 25 HO! Mt ee ee HLEGEL & QUIGLEY, in rear , __ay18-60"_ iH COLUMBIA: aiden and on sy18- {OR SALE—PURE ALDERNEY DIR from the farm at 25 cts. per gallon; notsoldin less Quantities than s4fallon. wend orders, 3y17-3t E. MATTHEWS, Derwood, Ma. RK SALE—A NI Piano; good size 125, with Stool for. ‘THE PIAN' House, 913 Peuns; 4y17-3t R SALE-SAFETY BICYCLE, PYSCHO; GOOD condition; $90 cash. Can be seen at Mi "s Ee Store, 507 G st. nw. ayl7-30" RK SALE—A FINE LARGE AND SOUND BAY Mare; cam be see at COUPER! Isee tee nw. = S COOPER'S sanios por ot IR SALE—A FINE PIANO BARGAIN—A BEAU. tiful and very rich-toned Parlor Cabnet Upright ves, dark-finished rosewood case; all ti es; see it at once if you want a bargain: Bye moutha, Only $190; quick cash, owner leaving + years’ mi Can be seen at our ware rooms iE PLANO EXCHANGE, ‘The ne jouse, sy17 913 Pennsylvania sve. jALE—THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF AGEN- Sean gtabie. conslerine ce 1 Handsome bgtak 6 By gentle. Also a Very Fine Side-Bar Top Style Dayton Wagon, one Extension-To| Pony W 4 children anda Phaeton: three Sets Single Harness, 1 Por! Sleigh. Blankets, Robes, &c. All will be sold separate, for no fault, but solely on account of owner giving up Keeping horses. Any one in search of superior articles SY gn por = ow! ner.” Foran examination and trial of Horses app! to «room at stable rear of residence, 1301 K st. n.w. dy16-3t" Fe SALE—A BARGAIN WORTH NOTICE—A superior Dayton Wagon, custom used two mouths, and Set Harness. Private Stabie, 1006 iz at. nw. 3¥16-3t* JOR SALE-RIVER SAND BY CART OR BOAT load; reduced rate for Saree orders. ‘ land's Boat House, F-st. Wharf. " Telephone 503-2. Fes SALE—A COUPELETTE IN SPLENDID condition. with Pole and Shafts, built by Brewster of Broom, Bey NE Can be seen at BEARCE & LAW- by oS M stow. 1. H.C., 511 6th st. ow. Le'st 3y16-1m_ {OR SALE—ELEGANT LIGHT VICTORIA ( and shaits), made to order by G: adelphia, for $800; iss good as new oF oue-third value. Also, Set Double and Single Harness, Apply Private Stable, 1004 13th st. n.w. Jy16-3t* JOR SALE—A GENTLEMAN WHO HAS LATELY disposed of his horse offers for sale his and Harness. Can beseen at HARKAWAY Stabies Vermont Court, opposite the Portland. Jy1o-tu,this: i SALE—TO HARDWARE DEALERS, CAR- - Fn wpe Cae ager nomng a ay pont Sash eights, aesor size: ‘suit. Y: iron Foundry. President ‘and Pratt sts., Baltimore. ald” y15-1m J: OF SALES SPRATY'S PATENT— Dog Biscuits und Medicine, SCHMID'S Bird Store, 317 12th st. n.w, Book on Treatment of Dogs sent free. je15-1m* Fe SALE—BAR AND RESTAURANT, 7TH 8 u.w. Apply to N. NEUKOHK, corner 7th and Far- Tagut sis, Dw. 3y15-6t" 7OR SALE-NEW YORK, NEW YORK, NE} York Carriage and Harness Repository, 461 Yenpsylvania avenue northwest tor the great- est bargains ever offered e Surreys, Concord ‘op Surreys an rriages of all styles, both new and second-hand, For sale, hire or exchange. Also it stock of Harness in the oe. of all styles. Kobes, Sheets and Nets at cost, Paint a repair- ng urpot boueat sold and exc! LEK, Proprietor. Je21 Fe SALE—THE “OTTO" GAS ENGINE RE- quires no ©; avoids all — attendance; Bo Joan of Cae | no bending ot . Send for circular aud price lay D. BALLAUF, Ag’t, 731 7th st. wl d-tr R SALE—MEEKS, MEEKS, MEEKS. I HAVE on hand and for sale a large stock of new and sec- \-) Carriages, Buggies, Phaetons. Surreys, Ex- tension Cabriolettes, Kensingtons, Koad Carts, y- tons, and all styles of Business Wagons, Harness, Whips, Lap Robes, &c., at price ‘accommodatii terms as can be found in aby market, home or ‘abroad, Repairing and painting promptly attended to. Give po Sopa to 623 G st. n.w., and see ss your- ves. Fe SALE-—THE PIANO BARGAIN OF E day—one beautiful-toned U) right, fished in fancy Bans, S748; easy terms. b WORCH & CO., 925 7th st. uw. Pianos for rent COUNTRY REAL ESTAT i SALE—FINE FARM 40 ACRES, FT. FOOTE near Anacostia; well improved; handsome View of river; bigh and healthy. price #7 ICLACHLEN & BATC! jy18-6t PA201 FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—NEAR LAK wood, N. J., the famous Winter resort, containin 126 acres in ‘excellent state of culti of every description in perfect order guetive home. Address FARM LiF ap24-3m_ jon; buildings retty and pro- ‘Lakewood, J¥18-e03t JOR SALE OR EXCHANG: FARM OF 160 acres, 6 miles northeast of El Dorado, Butler county, Kan., for city property. THE CHASE AP- PLEMAN 6’, 631 F st. u.w. Jy18-3t* RK SALE—A NEW HOUSE ON COURT-HOUCE square, in Westminster, Md. (45 miles from Washington and proverbially healthy), having four. teen rooms and finished with every convenience and comfort; crystal chandetiers, cherry mantels, oak floors, sanitary heating; every room. papered, aud the latest improvements iv plunbing and gas-htting. Ad dress Box 78, Westminster, Md, dy18-law, $t OR SALE—SPECIAL — 150,000 ACRES OF W. ‘Timber, Coal and fron Land; will be sold at mins tosuit M. I. HOPKINS & CO., 2 a. TRY PROPERTY_WANTED TO PURCHASE ‘arin containing from 150 to 400 acres; must be situated on line of railroad and distant not more Ly cule Seo Weshington. - reply Hid nt should state location, price, and Calars of interest to buyer, "Address Ani STOCK FARME! _3y16-5t* Star tice, FOR SMEGAT HXATISVIELE, A GOOD SIX: Room Cottage; lot 100x150; good 5 alde- Walk of brick to the station , pri jy 16-3t B. H.W. ROR SALE-ON TRE 7TH-ST. D, BRIGH Frotocds s Farm containing 38 scree toot ee will be sold cheap. _3y16-3t__B. Hl. WARNER & CO., 916 F st. nw. FOE, BENT, OR SALE-ONE OF THE HAND. somest Residences at Takoma Park, AS D\VESTMENT For LADIES SILK CULTURE Isan industry that 1s especially attractive to Ladies, The easy work, the short time and the large profit are inducing many toenter thy SILK COLONY AT ODENTON. The prices of these places will double in six months? = ook Asscountry home the natural beauty and advan- tages of the situation is unsurpassed, As an investiment it is first-class in every respect, ODENTON'S ‘Success within the next years will surprise even the most sanguine of her colonists, Those who buy ‘now will reap the harvests of the future. A FEW MORE LOTS IN THIS TRACT FOR $325. SOUTHEEN SILK ASSOCIATION, 3y16-6¢ 410, N.W. 7th st, R SALEMORE THAN TWO HUNDRED OF ES SiS aniatote! eraandaeny came 'T COUNTRY RESIDENCES, HANDSOM® COTT, He FINE BUILDING SITES UF ORE TO TWENTY SOME FIRST-CLASS: ‘R FARMS, Oe rvs: Eee 227-thekimim “Sun Buliding.” esta? ot ae yes Secrets ts and at the ar pers, one ot a ror teriun apply to DULANEY & ay} A Cs eevee ae Pele Oa I pers Gans. given the finder on return to 1728 t FOBT. ¥ 18, 1889. BETWE: 57 L ST. N. Deere ee sernceet tate ; Sov some omafl change and papers: Pinder will Pisose return to 1200 Wat sew. dad receive sutatie Feward, Sylrn Liiahaniereward if ert sew00d Rec ies Bie-ae CAvGET BUBING THE FLOOD AT GEISBQRO® Qwner call and veo HICHARD’ PERRY, test Neve Yard gate. Syl. QsT— ON G@ ST, NEAR 6TH N.W., BLACI Pocketbook, containing between $15 ‘and 916 and ME Sunday School. “A sultable reward will be iven if returned to 461 G st. n.w. Syl7-30 Tay taining ney Owner call Xork ave. and prove property. 3y16-; ATTORNEYS. EOP os ATTORNEY-AT CEE Rie CIRO, SINE AT jon Win Batou, D.C. Kesidence, 1215 H stu we" ast IN JULY A and Bapere. HOW THE LAW WAS EVADED. The Civil Service Commission Severe on the Postmaster at Milwaukee. The civil service commiasion have made pub- lie the report which they have been preparing for some time of the investigation made by them into the operation of the civil service law in Milwaukee. A report on the Milwaukee Post office was made some time ago. It was brief, and the commissioners say they were in- fluenced in making it by the false statement of the postmaster to the effect that his term of office had expired, The report now made pub- lic says that the examination of the post office was made by the entire commission, and the conclusions reached were agreed to unani- mously, The recently published statement of the Milwaukee postmaster to the effect thatghe was not given a hearing is condemned by the commission as @ gross misstatement. “That there has been crooked work in the office,” says the report, ‘‘is admitted by all; it can be shown to exist by a brief examination of the alytical statement compiled from the certifi- cation book and of the pencil memoranda from which the certifications were actually made. The only question is WHERE THE RESPONSIBILITY LIES. The commission examined the secretary of the board at Milwaukee, Hamilton Shidy and the chairman, J. B, Johnson, Shidy did all the work oi cya oy He testified that - was compelled by the itmaster to give the latter free access to ‘tie list of sligitios, and that he forced him (Shidy) to alter the books so 8 to produce a certification bearing the name of the appointee chosen by him. Johnson's tes- timony, though hearsay, confirmed that of Shidy. The postmaster denied these state- ments, Johnson, the report says, evidentl: hoped to escape responsibility by ‘making no be Sy as to the truth of Shidy’s statements tohim. The commission holds, however, that Shidy and Johnson are equally to blame, qf, however, the statement o' Shidy to the effect that he was forced to accede to the postmaster’s demands for fear of losing his means of sub- sistence is true an infinitely heavier load of blame rests on the postmaster. SWINDLING CERTIFICATIONS, After giving several instances of alleged offi- cial misconduct the report says: ‘In short, the official records show beyond pogsibility of die- pute that the lists of eligibles were twisted and garbled in almost every conceivable manner in order to produce swindling certifications whereby certain m could rejected, al- though entitled to appointment, and other men appointed, although having no rightful claim tothe chance, * * * For Mr. Paul to plead innocence quivalent to imbecility. * * * Mr. Paul alone benefited by the crookedness of so Rogie maga for he aes had the a] Pointing power. ‘ere could be no possible ‘object A Shidy’s conduct unless it was fear of thwi the wishes of his superior officers. The conclusion is irresistible that Mr. Paul is RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WRONG DOING, He has grossly and habitually violated the law and has done it in a peculiarly revolting and underhand manner. His conduct merits the severest oo His further continuance in the office would be a t ieee misfortune, and we recommend his immediate removal.” As for Shidy, the commission think he was alt of grave misconduct in permitting the oard to become the tool of Mr. Paul, but what he did he did under fear of losing his place if he rebelled. In conclusion the commission say the whole history of the case emphasizes in the most striking manner the urgent need of having at least some members of every local board entirely removed from the influence or dictation of the appointing officer. Provision is | should be made so at least some salaried mem- ber could be added to eet local board from outside sources, so that it should contain mem- bers removed beyond the possibility of influ- ence from*the appointing officers, Scientific Use of Eiffel’s Tower. From the London Times. Ata recent meeting of the French academy of sciences M. Janssen, the well-known astron- omer, read a paper on some observations he had made to test the truth of the received statement that oxygen rays in the solar spec- trum afe due to the presence of that substance in the sun. It was known that some of these rays are due to the earth's atmosphere, but it was uncertain whether others of them might not be due to the solar atmosphere. One method of testing the question is to ascend a high mountain and observe the diminution of intensity in these rays as one proceeds; thus learning whether or not they are all terrestrial. Another plan isto analyze the rays from a powerful light giving a continuous spectrum. the light should be placed at a distance equiv- alent to the thickness of the earth's atmos- oy in its action on the spectrum. The iffel tower, with its powerful electric lamp, offered to M. Janssen these conditions, It 18 situated about 7,700 meters from his observa- tory and the intervening air is practically equivalent to the thickness of the atmosphere toward the zenith. A collecting lens was em- ployed to give the spectrum of the Eiffel light an intensity equivalent to that of the solar spectrum in the same analyzer. The effect was vivid and the spectral field extended beyond A, while the group B was as bright as that from the meridian sun in summer. No oxygen band was visible, and M. Janssen concludes that the bands obey other laws than the rays. In fact, while for the rays itappears not to matter whether one employs a thickness of gas at con- stant density or a thickness equivalent in weight but of variable density. For the bands, on the contrary, the i lace according to the square of the density vula- tion shows that at the surface of the ground an atmospheric thickness of more than 50 kilome- —_——_+o-_. Fever and the Cold Bath. From the Forum, ‘The most rapid and certain way of abstract- ing heat from the body is by the cold bath. used in the treatment of typhoid fever. It is, however, by no means new. In gi77:“‘Dr. Wm. Minnie | Rue, Wm. Pruette, Geo. Brodcrick, Walter Al- costum: Within afew years this has been extensively CITY AND DISTRICT. 6@ Tar Evexno Stan's subscription lists, livery rooms are at all times open to the wel- come inspection of any person having a color- able interest in the correctness of its claims as to circulation, This is a guarantee to adver- tisers that is given by few papers in the world, and by none other in Washington! DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. For some tim: steer frmee Dover ieapeceas and ‘or e sewer Patroimen have experienced considerable diffi- culty in passin; sh the sewers on account of the steam which is blown off into them. The sewers in many have been The attention of Capt. Lusk of the sewer de- partment was called to this several days ago, and after looking into the matter he recom- mended that the following order be a] s “Hereafter no steam exhaust pipe, or of, or hot-water drain from a steam boiler, will be allowed to connect, or to remain in connection with any public sewer or house lateral, except when a tank or condenser 18 provided of a cient sin sence to suitably cool its contents be- fore disc! ging them into the sewer or lateral. If into the latter the connection must be made on the sewer side of the running trap.” The Commissioners in board session to-day ap- Proved the above. WANTS NINTH STREET OPENED, The Commissioners have received a petition from Soe oO. Be Wilcox of the ee — ing for the ming and of bed , Se the aity boundary outward. Hesays that there is no available highway of communi- cation between the Soldiers’ Home and the city between 7th and 14th streets, and that the 0) pre of such a road would be a great ben- eat and greatly relieve the overcrowded high- way on 7th street, ‘MISCELLANEOUS. Capt. Lusk has recommended to the Com- missioners the advisability of having the work of lowering the water mains on 7th street to accommodate the conduits of the Washington and Georgetown railroad done by the water department. —___ ALEXANDRIA. Reported for Taz Evenino Stan. Poxtticat, Worx.—The preliminary work of the coming gubernatorial election is now mov- the political leaders here. The democratic aries will, as heretofore mentioned in THE aR, be held on Friday night next to elect seventeen Alexandria ites to the Rich- mond convention, which will assemble on the 14th of August and select a candidate for gov- ernor. it is not thought that the Alexandria delegates will be instructed, but they will be left . The republican politicians have not yet settled the inter-party culties, buton an agreement to pe plan of action, will hold primaries in August and elect delegates to the state convention, so that September and Octo- ber will be devoted to the gubernatorial can- vass for the November election. Tue Poornovse.—Mrs. 8. B. Cornwell has been appointed by the mayor keeper of the poor =a workhouse of this city, Mrs, Corn- well is a sister of Lieut. Charles R. Vernon of the South Washington F sep district. She many years ago brought the affairs of the poor- house from = es into order, and the inmates have been as well cared for and the cost to the city reduced 50 per cent under her manage- ment, In 1875 the cost of the poorhouse was $3,901.67, and last year 1t was only 2,127.33 with a considerable increase in the number of inmates. DeatH.—Capt. Adolphus Taylor, for some twenty years a contractor on the Virginia Mid- land railroad, died at his home in the western part of the city last night of consumption, after 8 long illness. Notes.—There were ial services Iast night in the Second Presbyterian church and at the German Lutheran church, on Cameron and Alfred streets. A large congregation thered at the Presbyterian church to hear Ray: Dr. Moore, one of the leading divines of his churbh in Virginia, At the Lutheran church @ large representation of German-speaking Alexandrians listened to an able discourse by Rev. Dr. Walker of York, Pa.——The lawn party recently held at the gardens of Mr. E. J. Evans, on Wolfe and St. Asaph streets, netted $45 for | the Alexandria infirmary.—The police are now looking for untaxed dogs. Only 689 dog licenses have so far been issued by the auditor. -—Mechanics building association, No. 3, at ite last meeting loaned $3,200 at 25.—In ac- cordance with the arbitration of J. W. Brown, Walker Roberts, and J.P. Robinson, leading dealers here, the Danville ‘syndicate will pay Mr. J. H. D. Smoot $300 for killing his mule and breaking his wagon on Union street a few days ago. ae GETTYSBURG TO WASHINGTON. Route of the Proposed Railroad Just Surveyed by the Party Now in the Field. Correg;ondence of THE EVENING STAR. Buapenssvura, July 17. The engineer corps of the Gettysburg and Harrisburg railroad are here in their work of making the preliminary survey of the Wash- ington extension of their road. The road has been in operation for two years between Car- lisle and Round Top, Pa. The route just sur- veyed for its Washington branch, leaving its southern terminus, crosses over into Maryland and passes through Harney, Taneytown, Lin- wood, McKinsney’s Mill, Taylorsville, Mt. Airy, Ridgeville, Damascus, Laytonsville, Olney, Sandy Spring, Burnt Mills, Hyattsville and Bladensburg, and forms a junction with the Baltimore and Potomac about a_ mile north of Bennings. From Taylorsville to Sandy Spring the road follows the crest of Parr’s gidge, commanding a magnificent view of the country for miles around, It passes just east of Bladensburg, between this town and the Shepherds branch of the Baltimore and Ohio. Several routes are to be surveyed before the final location is made. Should the one just surveyed be selected a depot will be located here. The road is mainly owned and operated by Jay Cooke and J. C. Fuller, the latter the president of the company. It is an independent organization, but is run in con- ees with the Pennsylvania system. The length of the Washington branch is to be about 80 miles, The road is to be completed by the spring of ‘93. Mr. A. E. Lehman is chief of the engineer corps located here. PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY NOTES ‘The case of the state of Maryland agt. Miss Lizzie Maurice for keeping a disorderly house in Hyattsville was resumed here this morning before Justice Hurley. Gen. Carrington, in the absence of his son, Campbell Carrington, peared for the defense and moved a continu- ance of the case till Wednesday next, on ac- count of the absence of his son at Ocean City, where he had gone for his health. The motion was vigorously opposed by the prosecution, but was granted by the justice. ~ George Lowe was arrested here last night for disorderly conduct and taken before Judge Hurley this morning and fined. Alexander Vaughn, who has been under bond to keep the peace here for some time, was sur- rendered yesterday i be sureties and Sheriff Darnell took him to the county jail. Mr. Allen Berry, of the firm of Fenwick & Berry, Hyattsville, who has been critically sick for some time, was operated upon by Drs, Bayne and Lewis yesterday. Fr —— Sreciay Arrractions at Bay Ripar.—Com- mencing Sunday, July 21, a series of grand operatic concerts, solos, duets, quartets from the favorite operas—Queen’s Lace Handker- chief, Amorita, Night in Venice, Beggar Student, Black Huzzar, Fra Diavolo, Nanon, Black Cloaks, Erminie, Merry War and others, ‘The company will comprise the well-known ar- tiste—Alice Carle, Mabella Baker, De len and asuperb chorus of thirty selected voices, ped pee mare adbee ager pee ras iven in appropriate an ™ one of the most novel and inments ever given at this popular resort. On every Mother (to daughter lately married)—“‘What achange has come over your husband, Clara, MR. BLAINE’S HEALTH. He Looks Like Anything Else Than a Sick Man. ‘The New York Tribune this morning has the following special from Bar Harbor: Mr. Blaine ‘was found at his cottage this evening engaged. in opening a large mail which had just arrived, He looked like anything else than a sick man, He had just come in from a long drive. When asked about his health he replied that he had uniformly declined for the last five years to affirm or deny anything concerning bis health. He would not interfere with the enterprising correspondents of certain newspapers who about once in sixty days set afloat some aston- ishing stories in regard to his physical condi- tion, stories generally concocted by persons who had never cpoken to him. Mr. Blaine said that these gentlemen were welcome to the field without any fear of correction or denial him. Mr, Blaine is daily seen on the or driving and he seems more any previous season he ever spent at Bar Habor. ABOUT BLINDNESS. Evil Effects of Watching a Solar Eclipse Without Protection. Dr. L, W. Fox in Journal of Franklin Institute. The enthusiast who watches a solar eclipse without protecting his vision pays for his rash- ness by developing a central blind spot which may not disappear for years, or may leave him permanently blind. Dr, Whitney reported seven cases of premature injury to the vision in ‘Japanese students from exposure to sun- light during the last eclipse. Onanother sion an engineer was rendered blind by ex- posure to the light of a powerful electric are. The intense glare of the snow is also produc- tive of blindness, It is not unusual for woods- men or hunters to become so affected. The intense glare of the tropical seas also produces blindness, known as ‘moon blindness,” erro- neously attributed to the effect of the rays of the moon, but in reality caused by the sun's rays, Light is essential for the development of vision, as the retina must have a certain amount of stimulus to develop its action, In illustration of this fact we may simply refer to the blind fish of the Mammoth cave. Disease in various forms plays a part in causing blindness. At one time smallpox was a most prolific cause of loss of sight. Measles and other eruptive fevers still cause much blindness. In weet ulated countries, where about one-third of the population be- come affected, visual defects in consequence are enormously great. In hot and dry coun- tries ophthalmia is exceedingly prevalent. Na- poleon, when in Egypt, had at one time about one-fourth of his army affected. This form of disease is seseegr aa ty contagious, and asimilar form of disease finds its origin m schools and institutions where cleanliness is overlooked. Epidemics of pink-eye still live within the recollection of many present. While these dis- eases do not, as a rule, lead to blindness di- rectly, yet the secondary results are banefal. esd a eee Se THE WESTERN RUSTLER. The Unique Person who can Promote Any Enterprise. From the New York Tribune. In the Dakotan vocabulary there are two words, “rustler” and “boom,” which occur with marked frequency in every conversation. The rustler is the direct product of blizzard. He moves with a quick, restless force. He does not rest for sleep or food. He knows no weariness of the flesh. He has no doubts or fears, He believes and he is an inspirer of faith. He will build a hotel of 300 rooms or a street motor railway on the blank prairie and wait for a town to grow up around it. The town always comes if be be a genuine rustler. You can’t tell him by his looks nor the cut of his clothes, His grammar is ofven addled and he makes a bib of his napkin at thetable. But when be turns himself loose upon a project with money in it the project projects. It | looms. It yawns, He keeps it ever in the way of your eyes and before you know it you begin to see rainbows around it, He cares nothing for money after it is made. Ask and it is given you. ‘Tell him a tale of woe and out comes his purse. He would mdulder in s week behind a desk or in a count- ing room. He isaiwayson the lope. To-day he is getting options on corner lots in Pierre. To-morrow he is building mills at Yankton. ‘Then he is off to St. Paul bulldozing “Jim” Hill for more railroads, or off to New York placing the stock of a new loan and trust com- pany. He is interested ineverything. He lets no enterprise escape him. They'll all ej he aiyh, oF all “bust.” There is no midi line out here. WATER IN AUSTRALIA, The Country Changed by Streams from Underground Rivers. From Macmillan's Magazine. Some years ago I ventured to assert in these pages that the future of Australia for the next thirty years rested with the engineers. The recent discoveries of underground rivers in the most arid portions of the continent have given those words a greater significance. The difficulty of Australia has always been the fear that the land will not support a large pop- ulation, These discoveries of water dispel that fear, It now appears that the volumes of rain which fall about once in five years over the greater part of thé Australian continent, covering with floods the plains which for four years previously have not known more moist- ure than might be given in England by a good fall of dew, find their way through the porous soils into channels and chambers be- neath the surface, where, at the depth of one or two thousand feet, they provide an inex- haustible store of the most precious commodity known to the Australian squatter, It is impos- sible to say at present how the use of these un- derground supplies of water may change the face of the Australian continent. ‘The overflow from one bore, at a place called Kerribree, has already cut a channel of several feet in depth through the sand. and “ow forms a permanent river of several miles in length in what used to be an absolutely waterless country. It is only to be expected that as more water is brought to the service, the clouds will take up more moisture by evaporation and the rainfall will increase. fet with regular rainfall and in- exhaustible tanks and creeks, even the Aus- tralian squatter might begin to be contented. Physiological Reasons for Sunday Rest. From the American Machinist. ‘The question of Sunday work has, of course, moral side, and itis that side which most strongly influences many who are striving to lessen the evil. Physiologists ere universally agreed that men need, for purely physiological reasons,one day's rest out of the seven. There is plenty of evidence upon this question, all point- ing in the same direction, and the conclusion is inevitable that the almost universal desire THREE EMBRYO STATES. ‘What was Done at the Constitational Conventions Yesterday. In the South Dakota constitutional conven- tion yesterday there was introduced from the committee on education and school lands « Fesolution which is likely to lead toa full inves- tigation of the value of lands granted to South Dakota for the benefit of various state institu- tions, The omnibus bill gives 500,000 acres, which in one body would make a good-sized county of over 22 i A like quantity of land is granted to each of the other new states, Most of the really good land im South Dakota has already been taken. Un- Jess land in the Sioux reservation can be thus selected it is difficult to see where South Da- kota is to get benefit from the grant. Dakota, con- sideration of the Suunto kare the legislative power ina body until Monday, wi it will bea order. The postponement is & victory for the advocates of eT asthey are making converts every 5 appointments hinge on the decision of the convention in this mat- ter. The question of exemption, which has been of great interest to eastern business men under the territorial form of government was brought before the convention oce® | insurance ‘to-day. The proposed article fixes the exemption of homestead or ee | ty from seizure for debt at $1,500, and directs “the legislature to make reasonable exemption on pal property. The committee on executive has “oe ret its report on the question of salaries lor state officers, Its schedule is as follows: Governor $3,000 per annum; lieutenant-gov- ernor, $1. auditor and commissioner of 5 500 each; —secretat of state, treasurer, superintendent of pul in- struction, commissioner of schools and lie lands and railroad commissioners, $2,000 each. An article has been placed in the hands of the committee on school lands regulating the dis- posal of the immense grant of school lands in the state. It provides that none of the lands shall be sold for less than $10 per acre without the consent of two consecutive legislatures; that not more than one-fourth of the lands shall’be sold within five years, and that one- fourth shall never be sold; provides for leas- ing the lands, not more than one section to be leased to one man or corporation. Chairman Cooley of the interstate commerce commission addressed tho convention. In the Montana convention at Helena yester- day a resolution prohibit the sale of school was reported favorably by the committee. : et ach ban HIGH STRUCTURES VIBRATE. A Remarkable Peculiarity of All Tall Buildings. From the New York Telegram. - The attention of President Orr has been called to a remarkable peculiarity of the pro- duce exchange tower. He was informed that the tall structure vibrated perceptibly when- ever there was even a light wind, and that a gale caused a decided swaying motion. Some of the brokers were surprised when they learned that the tower did not stand firm, but Alfred E. Pearsall calmed them by saying that all tall structures had the same peculiarity. Any properly built wall will vibrate. The tallest piece of masonry work in Denver has just been completed in the finish of the stack of the city railway building. This stack vibrates. When the large chimney was built at the Grant smelter in Denver men who were finishing it could just see the edge of the roof of some freight cars under the east wall of the building, and, in order to demonstrate to friends they invited them up, and all who went and lay down on the platform on the top, 80 they could not move their bodies, say that one moment they could see the of the car and the next they could not. There was little or no wind at the time. and yet the stack moved nearly five inches. But five inches only makes a bricklayer smile; eighteen does not frighten him in the least, es She Is a Business Woman. From the New York Star. “If my husband Bad taken my advice,” said & woman to the writer not long since, “he would have been a rich man. About twenty- five yearsago he had quite alarge sum of money to invest, and I wanted him to put it into some land in the suburbs that was then coming on to the market and could be bought for a very low sum, I d the investment, but was only pooh-poohed at, and told very loftily that wo- men knew nothing about business, and that he had already made his pians for investing. Of course I said no more; what was there to say when I bad virtually been bidden to hold my tongue? The investment was made and never amounted to anything. uy husband didn’t even get back as much ashe put in, letting alone any profit. The land I wanted him to buy ope right up im value, and sold at last as igh as 75 cents a foot. I said nothing about his own investment. I never even referred to it, and you may be sure very little was said to me, but I knew all about it. Yet I took great delight in inttocently quoting every rise iu land in the vicinity of the place where I wanted ihm to buy. But the funny part of it is, all this didn't convince him. He talked as loudly as ever about wome~ inability to do busi- ness, and at the same time kept on making investments that didn’t pay. I said nothing, but I managed my own little property myself just as I thought best. It wasn't very much, to in with, but by careful investments, and by wate! the markets so as to know when to buy pect fear bingy sell, I've got enough to be rfectly independent of circumstances if my Enaband wore token away and all his property Jost. And still women don't know anythi about business. Don’t they! I'll put my own ility against that of any man I know. I can’t put my finger on one that would have mi ed better than I have done. And I haven't neglected my home or my family either. I've been a domestic woman and a business woman, although in the latter ca HOGAN PROBABLY LOST. The Missing Aecronaut’s Chances Re- garded us Very Slight, From the New York Times To-day. Tt looked very much last night as though Acronaut ED. Hogan, who took Campbell's air ship up ona trip from Brooklynon Monday, had made his last ascension. Inventor Camp- bell had not heard a word from him or the ship last night. Mr. Campbell felt very anxious and looked much worried. He said that Hogan had undertaken the trip on his own responsi- bility. The object of it was to show that the balloon carrying the ship could be raised with poses ga Hogan had expected to come down again immediately after making the experi- ment. He went up without his breakfast, The balloon, after Up very rapidly the wheel under the cnr, was Inet even going ie the of Astoria, Mr. Cam) bas no idea as to where it could have lan Prof. Gilbert, who has made 204 as censions, and who was Donaldson's partner the year before that famous aeronaut was killed | uring a trip made from Chicago, called on Mr. | Camp I last night and gave as his opinion that bad either been killed or y in jured. fie had found that there were but | 15,000 feet of gas in the bag and, this he said would not keep the balloon up more than eight hours. He thought it possible that Hogan was smothered by the gas coming from the neck of the which was left open and which hung well down into the basket portion of the ship. This theory would account for his not coming down at once. Gilbert said that the chances last night were 100 to 5 against Hogan's safety and that they would be 100 to 1 if he was not heard from to- day. He knew Hogan, and said be was « good wronaut. Mrs. Hogan te! hed from Jackson, Miss., last night, asking if husband had been heard from. He is about f: years of age, and bas been making asceusions for over twenty years. _, Some of those who saw the balloon say that | it traveled toward Coney Island, and it is - ble that it went out to sea and into the water, Prof. Gilbert says if it did so it would sink very quickly, the material used in all balloon bags being such as will «ink with rapidity. Gilbert, however, does not believe that the air ship could have gone very far from the coast, as the gas condenses rapidly when the balloon passes over water. As soon as the sun sets balloniste find that the gas contracts quickly in the darkness, and Gilbert uses this argument to show that Hogan must have come down on Monday afternoon or even- All sorts of stories are afloat around about the airship. Oue is that it was seen passing over toward the Connecticut shore with io clinging to the netting. Another has it that the air ship dropped into Long Island Sound, and still another that it landed at Pittsburg. Camp- bell bad no information sbout any of these re- ports last night. “Perhaps,” he said with alittle hope, “the air ship had landed upon Long Island, tar away from any railroad or telegraph station. Some of the people up there don't talk the English language so that you can understand them. Hogan is the kind of a man who would rest himself a day and then let us know where he is. He did that once at Jackson, Mich, He bad an ; — to make an ascension in Canada op iy 19." WILD YOUNG BRITONS. A Manitoba Refuge for the Too Rapid Scions of Nobility. From the Minneapolis Journal. There is one of the strangest farms in the world up bere in Manitoba. Its principal crop is an annual growth of young Englishmen, sons of wealthy parente, who have interrupted the boys in their diligent work of sowing a thick and early crop of wild onts, and have sent them out to the colony to have their moral and physical health built up and a little in- dustry and useful knowledge instilled in them atthesame time. The owners of the farm, two brothers, charge the boys for their board and instruct them in farming for nothing, but the work they manage to get out of the young fellows is worth a good deal more than the time spent in teaching them, though occasion- ally a horse is foundered or a piece of machin- ery broken. it is remarkable, though, how these young sprigs of nobility—many of them—take to the hard work of the farm. They have true Brit- ish grit about them, and the managers have sense enough to have the drudgery and dirty work done by hired men, The boys ride the horse rakes, drive the mowing machines, learn to run « thresher, plow, éc., andall of them sake kindly to the care of live stock, the horses especially, thongh a propensity to race the latter at every opportunity has to be guarded against. The “instincts of gevtlemen” do not seem to desert them, either, for they will never sit dow? to eat in the clothes they have worked in, and they refuse to eat with the farm hands who bring the smell of stables to the table, Bathing, shaving and dressing for the take up # good deal of their time; in “waste it,” real farmers would say, but the boys insist on it, They alsocling to their ry Many of them get to like the life, so it they stay lon than their parents insist on, but nearly all return gladly when the term of their banis! hment is over. The farm owners make s ing out of i good thing of it. a A Hint to Autograph Hunters. From the Pall Mall Gazette On one occasion the duke of Wellington re- ceived a letter in the following terms, I correct the spelling: ‘Mr. Tomkins ventures to address the duke of Wellington. Mr. Tomkins’ mother is a washerwoman. Mr. Tomkins regrets to say that, having washed for the marquis of Douro for many years, his mother has been un- able to obtain payment for the last three years. Mrs, Tomkins is very poor and cannot afford to lose the money, She hopes the duke will kindly pay it. Mrs. Tomkins’ address is—,” After carecully reading and considering the let- ity I have been very quiet, but what I have done has told all the same. My husband ter the duke sent the following reply: “Field doesn’t know how successful I have been. He marshal the duke of Wellington has received a watches my proceedings with tronizing letter from Mr, Tomkins, stating that the Mar- sort of amusement, evidently thin! ms that he uis of Douro is in debt to his mother, Mra, isg very indulgent man to Jet me do what I bese with my own. Some day Pil astonish ‘im, though, see if I don't.” ith which ter- aes. The duke of Wellington is not the uls that dest son has not paid his washer- rible threat she nodded a good-bye and left the woman's bill. Mis. Tomkins has no claim house to go and look after a piece of property which she heard was to be sold at's bargain. ——eee The Motions of ti From “The World and Its Wonders.” The world revolves on her axis in 23 hours, 56minutes and4seconds. This time is re- quired for one rotation from astar round to the same star again. The revolution is therefore called a sidereal day. While the earth has been turning on her axis she has been advanc- ing in her orbit and it will take her four min- utes on the — to come ~ — tion in regar: e sun, us, adding four minutes to the length of the sidereal day gives twenty-four hours for the solar day, ; of 7 eee ion: por pmet er? bun- dredi of a secon years. It may, rece ag by considered as invariable and 4 consequently adopted as a fundamental unit in of workmen for rest on Sunday and their strong | da, objection to working continuously every day is opeeky of a natural physiological law, which, like all other laws of the kind, cannot be violated without some one having to suffer the penalty. There is good reason for believ- ing that many railroad accidents are di- rectly traceable to and men- tal exhaustion of trainmen, caused by the strain of severe and exacting duties, performed without relaxation for a of time beyond that which is allowed by nature. And in the of street railway employes, who are re- or twelve to sixteen hours HE $ HT ig : i fi : i | i i E ; : 3 ef Fie : H | i Hf ra i AD —_— — —_ + % 4 upon the Duke of Wellington. The Duke reo- ommends her, failing another application, to place the matter in the hands of a respectable solicitor.” Some six weeks later the duke had a dinner party at Apsley House. One of the its asked the duke if Le was not tormented “A few days ago I was examining a most interesting collection, with your Grace's in the place of honor in ‘the book.” He pastes and the reply face to face.” Ishould like to have seen the duke’s face when he heard the cannon et Waterloo; I should also like to have seen it on this occason. —-s Mexican Ways. Mexico Correspondence of Boston Herald. The other day I encountered a village “costa- more” or usage, which surprised me into s gentle fit of wrath. Having a desirefor a good E iz fi fr sack Hit i i fH ih F | i i | i ii j ttt i H Li