Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1889, Page 11

* SOME COLLEGE GRADUATES. IEARNED WOMEN OF WASHINGTON. and Its Local Members. ‘The Association of the Collegiate Alumna was organized in Boston in 1883, Strange to say, the idea did not originate with a woman grad- uate, but sprang from the brain of a cultured lady who perceived the possibilities of such an association. ‘The Washington branch of the association was organized in 1885 at the call of Miss Lydia M. Dame, its first president, The original society of Boston included thirteen colleges, two or three only being ex- clusively women’s colleges, the others mixed institutions ranging in rank from the college simple and purely classical to the university with its departments. The alumne began with a membership of sixty-six. To-day ithasa representation of 748. Mrs. Backus, wife of the principal of the Parker institute and graduate of Vassar, is now president of the parent organization, whose center is Boston. Among tlie colleges included are Vassar, Cor- nell university, Wellesley, Massachusetts school of technology, university of Kansas, Syracuse university, Oberlin and several others, notably Michigan university at Ann Arbor. The standard of membership to the associa- tion has been a subject of great consideration for several years with a committee, of whom Marian Talbott is chairman and Mrs. Carl Barusa member. The committee make an exhaustive report and fix the standard for ad- mission at those colleges only which have thrown off “the incubus of preparatory schools” and adopted strictly collegiate methods of work,according to foreign and home standards, of the highest order, and ‘not upon incidental supremacy,” such as occur in schools of every type. THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE WASHINGTON BR. 1 includes many ladies distinguished in social or scholastic life. Among the first is Mrs. Carl Barus, the president of the association; Miss Theodate L. Smith, who fills the deuble office of secretary and treasurer; Mrs. Charles Dar- win, for several years seeretary and graduate of Vassar; Mrs. Christine Ladd Franklin, grad- uate of Vassar and fellow of Johns Hopkins university; Mrs. Emma C. Atkinson, now Mrs. Almy, for several years principal of the nor- mal school of Washington; Miss Ida Corson, a lady of means and leisure, one of the older graduates of Vassar and president of the Vas- sar alumne; Miss A.S. Rainey of the high school, another Vassar girl; Miss Charlotte Smith, so well known as a teacher in the public schools, represents Cornell, with Miss Julia A. Doubleday and Miss Mary Eastman of the high school, who hails from Smith's college. The Washington branch of alumne includes graduates resident in Baltimore, Maryland and Virginia. EFECTS OF COLLEGE LIFE ON THE HEALTH. During the past years the alumna has given Special attention to the effects of higher educa- tion upon the health and the family life of graduates. From careful statistics collected and tabulated by the labor bureau of Massa- chusetts, assisted by Mrs. Anna Barus, chair- man, and her assistants, it is claimed that “‘the state of health of women in college does not seem to show any marked difference in general health from the average reported of an equal number of women engaged in other occupa- tions, or women without regard to occupation.” FOR THE BENEFIT OF PROMISING YOUNG WOMEN. Mrs. Christine Ladd Franklin, wife of Prof. Franklin of Johns Hopkins college, is chair- man of a committee trying to raise the small endowment of $500 per year for estab- lishing an European fellowship ‘to help those women who give promise of distinction in their line of study, and not designed to help & poor girl merely making a struggle to get an, education. There must be evidence of worthi consisting of college diploma of an unusua degree of ability and high character from her ‘ofessor and qualified judges. She must ave good health, with a definite plan for the fnture; last of all give example of literary or scientific work alredy done.” MEETINGS IX WASHINGTON, The Washington branch of the alumn@ holds four regular meetings each —in October, December, February, and April. It has also a course of lectures, when Profs. Ely, Gould, and Carol D. Wrightof Johns Hopkins university each discussed topics of interest to the future of the alumn. It has held as side issues meeti for the purpose of pursuing studies in belle letters on political economy, reading Latin at sight, and in various ways adopted methods of study to keep them- selves abreast with literary and scientific thought. ‘MRS. BARUS. The president of the Washington branch is Mrs. Anna G. Howes Barus, who waa born in Yarmouth, Mass., and was the daughter of Mr. Osborne Howes. a for- mer wealthy ship mer- chant of Salem, Mass.; her mother was a Cro- well—on both sof her family good old NewEngland stock from that home of the sea captains, Martha's Vine- yard. When fifteen Mm. years of age she be- ‘came w pupil in the’ ~ preparatory school of assar and entered the . college in the sopho- more year. After graduating she traveled extensively abroad, journeying round the world and in transit spending a couple of mouths in Japan. On returning by way of France she entered Sarbonne Col- lege de France as a student, where she con- tinued for some time pursuing her studies in French literature. She also spent some time in Germany, and she is an accomplished scholar and linguist. A friend says “her tastes are de- cidedly toward intellectual pursuits,” and she is a regular contributor to the Chatauquan on historical or descriptive themes. ‘ons married Yaree yours ago to Prof. Carl Barus, physicist of the National museum. Mrs, Barus is a devoted member of the alumuz. She is deeply interested in al! that pertains to the higher educational development of women, and regards ‘a healthy body as essential to a sound mind,” therefore she has been very act- ive, and successfully so, in collecting funds to establish a gymnasium and tennis court, with other out-of-door conveniences for exercise, for the benefit of Vassar students. Mrs. Barus believes that “the alumnm asa factor in social life has but to be understood to be appreciated as an educator, and that through its influence the standard of womanly culture will continue to rise higher and prove helpful to progressive womanhood.” She is vice president of the Economic association and a8 a statistician has but fe women. She regards from a “statistical point of view that college learning for young women is highly satisfactory in its results, either in private life or a more active career.” ‘Miss EVA M. PITTS, tice president of the Washington alumne and @acher of English history and literature in the Washington high school, was born in Pittstown, New York, as was also her father before her, her grandfather Pitts ing one of the origi. nal settlers of that re- gion. Miss Pitts grew up ina quiet country town, but coming of a sturdy stock on her aside and of New England aucestry on her mother's, to get an A brother and herself were educated at Cor- nell university, where she graduated in 1874, She took asecond degree the following year and was the first woman to receive a that institution. One who kno’ ise Pi Well says that she isa born teacher. She has devoted her life to it since graduation with the exception of three years of ill health, which she spent in travel. Miss Pitts was ‘ipal of the academy of two She br E f H i ite | i the geological survey, and daughter of Prof, W. F. Bascom, formerly one of the faculty of Howard university. She was born in Middle- bnrg, Vermont. Both Bat ste opent much ni seo ‘girlhood in Wash- of “Evolution.” She has been married about pe pene ‘and is the mother of three chil- dren. “She is. however, deeply interested in all scientific pursuits and every subject that comes within the scope of womanhood. She sincerely believes that the more thoroughly a woman is educated the better she is fitted for wifehood and motherhood; that it brings the element of intellectual companionship into the marriage relation, thus elevating the lew of family life. She was one of the first members of the alumne, and is still one of its most active. She served it for three years as secrétary and troas- urer, and has its history at her tongue’s end, which she states most clearly. Mrs. Darwin's tastes have not been concen- trated on any one branch of scientific work, but her intelligent interest in all gives her distinc- tion in the circles where scientific men and women congregate. She attributes her cul- tured tastes to her love for her father, who took great pleasure in developing her mind and character according to his advanced ideas of woman's capacity for education, After ating she went abroad as chape- rone to the daughter of a friend. They visited Germany, France and England and made art their special study, a subject on which she is enthusiastic and made a specialty of during her collegiate course. In her home are many specimens of her work on-the walls, as also on her table. She decorated a set of china—on one plate a pond lily, found scenting the air at Lake Geneva, with heads of wheat interspersed with grasses on another—each plate a souvenir of some spot or scene of interest during their European trip. MISS DAME, Miss Lydia M. Dame, P the originator of the Washington branch of alumne, is a niece of Maria Mitchell, celebrated the tronomer, d. Miss ‘8 ancestors are from Nantucket, and Massachusetts her native state. She is a graduate of Boston uni- versity and at present a teacher in Miss Som- er’s school. She has many friends in Wash- ington. ‘Miss Agnes M. Lathe was the second presi- dent of the association. She is an unusually “pretty young woman,” as one of her acquaintances says, and at present assistant principal ofthe city high school. Miss M. J. Patterson, a graduate of Oberlin, isan alumn® and teacher in a private school. Miss Grace Soper of the Boston Journal staff is a graduate of Cornell university and one of the brightest members of the alumna. It is no longer an open question as to woman’s ability to take and make use of the higher education so long enjoyed by her broth- ers alone. ‘“Alumne” is but a sign of how high the standard shall be. ELS. — eee FORM IN LAWN TENNIS. How to Produce the Greatest Effect With Least Friction. From Scribner's Magazine. Form is the style in which the player moves, carries himself and makes the strokes, Good form, I should explain, is not grace; it is mak- ing the stoke in such a way as to produce the greatest effect with least friction. In making a stroke both feet seldom remain on the ground, and any violent effort will destroy the balance of the body and thus make the stroke more uncertain and the recovery slower and more difficult. This preservation of the bal- ance to me seems the most important advant- age of good form. You can often make a stn- gle stroke well enough in bad form, but you place yourself at such a disadvantage in the recovery that you must injure your chances for the next stroke. It seems clear, then, that good form is worth having; that itcan do no harm and may do much good; but how is it to be acquired? By watching the best players, if possible, and studying out the position of the feet and body in making the different strokes. Also by the direct teaching of some player who has a good style himself, or at least knows thoroughly what it ts in. “But,” it has often been said to me, ‘‘we live where there are no good players; we see no good play; we have to trust to books for in- struction, and books cannot show how a player looks when he makes a stroke.” All this is true, and I could think of no answer to it until the idea occurred to me that a numbez of in- stantaneous photographs of the best players might be taken, so that the exact position of the feet and hands might be decided. A strong reason for photographing the stoke is to be sure, that you know how it is made. I remem- ber well that I used always to preach that in the overhand service the racket should go very little back of the head. Two photographs taken at different times show the head of the racket almost touching the small of my back. + POINTS ON THE OVERHAND SERVICE. Let us take first the overhand service. The object of the server is to get the ball into play with as great advantage to himself as possible, Among good players the service does not score very often, but if itis severe the server will robably h ave a chance to score in a stroke or wo. Speed isthe main point of the service, because a fast service is very difficult to return to exactly the right spot, and the striker-out is usually afraid to try to place the return very close to the side line. ‘The next point is to place the service. Should the striker-out be able to judge to just what spot the service is coming he can make a very severe return, and the faster the service the more severe will be the return if well made. It may be asked, “Is speed, then, an advan- tage?” Yes, because if you serve with any judgment and vary the place of your service the faster the service the less time your adver- sary will have to place himself for it, and unless he should do so the speed will be of great advantage. The twist remains to be considered. A serv- ice can be given with no twist or with a ‘great deal. If no twist is desired the ball should be struck fairly with the face of the racket. On the other hand, to put on twist the racket must pass around the ballon one side or the =. instead of striking it fairly in the mid- le. HOW TO MAKE THE STROKE IN LAWN TENNIS. After getting the ball into play by the serv- ice the next thing to do is to return it over the net off the ground. As has been said before, there are practically only two different ways of making the return—one with the racket verti- eal, the other with it horizontal; the latter is a modification of the tennis stroke or cut, the former is troke which lawn tennis has pro- duced and might well be called the lawn ten- nis stroke. Let us take it first: The ball is al- lowed to drop very low and the player steps forward to mect it with the left foot in’ the forehanded stroke. The ball is taken near the ground, with the racket, as before stated, nearly vertical. There should be little or no swing of the racket backward, but it should be held at a little distance from the ball and then quietly brought for- ward to make the stroke. As the racket meets the ball it should be lifted so that the ball seems to go off the lower end of the racket. ‘This motion gives an overtwist forward to the ball, and in this twist lies the essential A POINT IN TENNIS—NEVER STAND STILL, The main points, then, . THE SAILOR’S TRUSTY GUIDE. How Compasses Are Constructed and Made Available for Modern Vessels. ON WOODEN VRSSELS—IRON VESSELS AND THEIR EFFECT OX THE COMPASS, ‘ A thousand miles from land, with the sun and stars blotted from the heavens by never-open- ing clouds, the horizon without a fixed point; wild, restless, mountainous waves on every hand, Such a situation is enough to strike terror to the heart, to make the bravest quail, to crush courage, but for one thing, the only means whereby the commerce of the world is possible, in fact the main element in the stage of to-day’s civilization—the compasa. Without it mariners would be tied to shores, nations separated by water would never communicate, America would not have been discovered, the world would have remained in comparative ‘kness. When one considers the enormous ue, not only to-individuals but to the world itself, of free ocean traffic, the importance of so helpful a means as the compass, withou$ which such traffic would be impossible, is oe to grow into the proportions of one of the greatest discoveries, fit to stand with the in- tion of printing and the application of am. DISCOVERY OF THE COMPASS. When Solomon remarked that there was nothing new under the sun he undoubtedly had just been informed by the head of his patent office that his latest little device was not a new discovery, since it had been in ex- istence in China for a couple of centuries, for it would verily seem as though every discovery of importance made in the more modern world has already been made in that eternal land where history fades into fiction so far removed that dates are perilous things to handle, It was in China, appropriately enough, that the compass was discovered. at we historically know as “the ancients,” meaning those be- nighted folks who lived a few centuries before Christ, were unaware of the existence of such a power ina bar of iron that would enable them to venture in their water crafts out of sight of land, and so they crept from shore to shore, hugging the coasts, limiting their spheres, narrowing their worlds, cramping their minds, But there is good au- thority to show that the compass was known in China, and, indeed, generally throughout the eastern coast of the great continent ata very remote period. Chinese annals—queer old sheets—assign its discovery to the year 2634 B.C., four thousand five hundred years ago, when they say an instrument for indicating the position of the sun was-constructed by his im- erial highness the Lord of the Land Forever, Hou-ang-ti. It would seem at first the Celestials used this instrument exclusively for traveling by land, and, in fact, its discovery availed the world but little from a commercial point of view for about three thousand years. fhe earliest date at which it is heard of being used at sea is about 300 A.D. One ancient ac- count tells us that when Marco Polo, a cele- brated traveler, returned from thay he brought with him a knowledge of the compass and its uses, among other curiosities picked up in that far-off wpnderful land. ‘rom that time on the compass has been used to show the way on the water when all marks and fixed points were obscured, THE SIMPLEST FORM OF COMPASS. A magnetized needle laid on a floating cork is the simplest form of compass known. There must be a magnet, a petfect freedom of motion around an axis, and that is all. This will, un- der ordinary circumstances, give one a true knowledge of where the north is, and with this asa starter a quick eye can find the east. But to help the eye, to make observations accurate, and to give more than fonr fixed points, a card bearing on it a graduated circle must be added, so that by reference to the needle, which must point north, any other relative direction is obtained. IN THE DAYS OF WOODEN VESSELS, propelled by the wind blowing on sails, com- passes were easy to handle and easy to read. If they were well hung and the card was well marked the mariner stood in no danger of going astray on the ocean, provided he knew where he wanted to go. But let him lay a bar of iron on the deck alongside of bis compass and he would soon be traveling in a totally different course from that he wanted to take and he would be none the wiser until the smashing of his ill-favored ship on an unknown reef showed Rim his error. AN EPIDEMIC OF WRECKS AND THE CAUSE, In the year 1844 the project of laying rail- roads beyond Chicago engrossed the country, and many eyes watched the progress of the work with interest. Buffalo was the distribut- ing point fora bulk of the materials used in the construction of these arteries of civiliza- tion, it being the eastern port of the lakes, Between Buffalo and Chicago there were no means to transport the goods except by water, so enormous cargoes of iron, rails and other metallic materials. went around by water. There was never such a year for wrecks. A dense fog prevailed during a greater part of the shipping season, and vessels ran ashore in surprising numbers. Captains said that their compasses were crazy, that they would steer on the proper course when bump came a rock. Investigation showed the cause of this epi- demic of disaster to be the presence on board the vessels of the metals, which acted as influ- ences to make the compass deviate from its true direction, IN IRON SHIPS, Further study, necessitated by the building of steel and iron vessels for commercial and naval purposes, developed the fact that tho compass needle is seriously affected by the metals in the ship, and that an ordinary instru- ment placed on a vessel of the new type would not only be useless but dangerous. This has kept pace with the advancement in ship build- ing until the regulation of compasses is to-day one of the most complicated and important branches of the naval service, CORRECTING COMPASSES, In a little room on the second floor of the Navy department are two men who revel in the deepest of mathematical calculations, sur- rounded by brass instruments ot peculiar de- sign. In the center of the floor is a braas cir- cle screwed down, around which swings a wooden structure bearing some resemblance to a ship. These men are Lieut. Wm. H. Scheutze and Ensign John Gibson, whose duty it is to keep watchful eyes on the compasses used in the United States navy—to keep them in order much as the jeweler regulates your clock, and to fit new ships with instruments thatewill be sure to give them correct courses wherever they may chance to be. Lieut. Schuetze, an officer of massive frame, who has seen much hard service, is the superintendent of compasses, and he kindly explained the ways and means of the business the other day toa Srar reporter. BINNACLES AND GIMBALS. On one side of the room are three large standards, known in naval parlance as “bin- nacles,” used to hold compasses, They are about four feet high and are bolted firmly to the deck of If the compass were fast- ened rigidly to the binnacle it would be useless, so it is su, d on “gimbals,” or delicate turning points, so that every movement of the ship is taken up, and the compass card remains perfectly level. Lamps are fitted in at either side to gi light at night, and in front isa hinged glass trap that gives entrance to the hand into the binnacle. omhe English compass differs from the American in one or two fea- tures. It is, first of all, what is known as the “dry compass,” nding on the gimbals for movement, while those in use in the American navy rest in an air-tight bowl containing alco- hol, thus giving an equilibrium just as perfect as that obtained with gimbals. Then again the English compass has for what is popularly known as ‘“‘the needle” a series of eight mag- a ee fastened together by silk threads, \e is system of magnets acts as one, In the amerionn instrument the magnetic force is furnished by four tin tal each containing a bundle of magnetized steel wit altogether about a of an inch thick.” The tnbes are seal “s compounded man; than the En, ane ee & immediately hereas the others let the compass minute after a shake or a change hind kinds of The heeling deviation of a compass varies with the latitude. The third cause of deviation, the quadrantal, comes from the softiron in the ship and affects only the four points known as the “‘quadrantals,” northeast, southeast, north- west and southwest. Toovercome this ence great balls of soft iron are placed on arms extending out from either side of the binnacle, soarranged that they can be adjusted at the Proper distances, FITTING A VESSEL WITH HER COMPASSES. When a ship is all ready for sea, every bolt driven, all her guns on board, her anchors and chains in place, Lieut. Scheutze and his assist- ant goaboard armed with a theodolite, a dip- ping needle, and a sort of small cardless com- pass, wherewith they take all sorts of observa- tions on all parte of the ship, By means of their figures they caloulate the forces and the deviations, ond then, according to carefully- devised tables, they make their compensations and the compass is ip shape for a . There is often some change necessary in the tables of a compass, owing to the settling of mate- rials, but in a ro pp vely short time the instrument is perfectly steady in its readings, EVERY LARGE MAN-OF-WAR ‘ carries about twelve compasses, and the opera- tion of locating and compensating these is no small undertaking. Some, however, are little boat compasses that require no manipulation. There are two steering compasses and one standard, and sometimes other binnacles that require compensation. Then there is a ‘‘tell- tale,” an inverted compass that is placed on the roof of the captain’s cabin to show him which way the ship is steering. Sometimes it is found that the influences cease at a certain point above the deck of the ip, and then the compass is raised ona standard. Some one has e suggested that the instrument be placed on a mast head clear of all interference from neighboring metals, but so far asis known this i has never been adopted. A FIELD OF STUDY. While working at the office Lieut, Scheutze is enabled, by means of the wooden model moving on the brass circle, which is called the “Scoresby,” after a noted mag- netician, to reproduce most of the con- ditions of the ship, and can thus conduct valu- able experiments looking to a perfection of the laws of magnetic deviation. Every ship's navi- ator is obliged to make an annual report as to e condition of his compasses, besides another report whenever the vessel changes her lati- tude materially. There is quite a system of blanks and reports in use in connection with the steering guides of a ye so that the su- perintendent of compasses here is enabled to study the actions of every instrument in the service. THE MAGNETS used are composed of small steel wires tied into bundles, These are magnetized by being passed into a dynamo in motion, They are bundled according to weight and labeled by numbers, being registered at the office here, ‘They are then returned to the factory in Bos- ton, where they are put into the compasses designated by the superintendent. Thus is the modern sea-going vessel pro- vided against one of the most terrible dangers of the deep, that of going astray. Without this nhogerd the new navy would be valuable only fora strict defense of the coast, but with the power to goto sea without fear of her com- “pas becoming “crazy,” she can deal her lows a thousand miles from home, sweep the ocean of its traffic, and do incalculable damage. It is the work of these officers in the Navy department that brings about the antithesis of the helpless condition of things expressed by the witch in Macbeth when she croons over her kettle that she saw— “A ship without » sail, And # rat without a tail.” ——ee-+ THE WHEELING BANK ROBBERY. Stealing Has Been Going on for Two Years—Young Seybold Bailed. the bank of Wheeling, W. Va. by dishonest employes will foot up $35,000. There is no hope of recovering any of the money aside from that obtained from Harry Seybold Thare- day night. The bank is a private institution within the family control of the Lists—D. C.. Henry K. and D, C., jr.—and all the employes are members of their families or relatives. Joseph Seybold, the cashier, has been with the bank in the capacity of teller and cashier for many years. His son Harry has been in the bank for about seven years as bookkeeper and teller. About three years ago Mr. Gibson Lamb, the old cashier, and also relative of the Lists by marriage, left the bank and the city, while retaining an interest in the institu- tion, and embarked in business in Kansas City d later in Cincinnati. Almost simultaneously with his departure the peculations seem to have commenced. Various small sums of $100 and $200 were missing from the vault, but there was not the slightest clue to the thief, As time went on the sums grew larger, and on one occasion a package of $1,500 was missed. Still there was no clue and the matter never reached the ears of the publié, the sums being merely carried to profit and loss. When the loss of the twenty-four-thousand package became known it seems to have been accepted as something which had been looked for. There was still no clue to the thi The money had simply dis- appeared and that was all there was about it. ‘The Messrs. List endeavored to solve the prob- lem, but could find no trace or clue upon which to work, and from aig 10 until yesterday morning they were in the dark. About ten aago Mr. List determined to call in outside aid, and Capt. B, B. Dovener was sent for. So much of the facts as were within reach of the bank officers were laid before him, and the latter set to work upon the case. Inquiry brought suspicion upon oung Seybold, It was ascertained that he ad placed a large sum of money to the credit of himself and George Hennig jointly in the bank of the Ohio Valley, and that a smaller sum had been placed in the Mutual savings bank and other sums in the Dollar savings bank. He had also taken stock in the new Wheeling ice and storage company, had paid off several debts and was generall, of money. To allay suspicion he had stated he had won 215,000 in the Louisiana lottery, and that he did not want the fact known at the bank where he had been employed. ‘Last Saturday Captain Dovener posted off to New Orleans to see about the lottery story, He found, as he suspected, that Seybold had never drawn #15,000 or any other sum in the lottery, and, armed with this information, he posted’ back to Wheeling, arriving yesterday morning. After conference with the bank man- agement warrants were prepared and the ar- rests of Seybold and Hennig were made, as stated in Tue Star yesterday. Harry Seybold was arraigned before Justice Arkle yesterday afternoon. He waived exami- nation, and was released in $4,000 bail to answer an indictment before the grand Bail was furnished b: the robbed bank. Harry ee i — Le which rom the bank, saying the $24,000 peckage was his first and only offense. His 59 completely prostrated, and created a sensation in business and circles, i Ppnaeed knew nothing of son's arrest un o' rest morning, when he — his son’s wae bom on his front door steps. He asked what was wrong, and she said Harry had been taken away by the police during the night, and that he had done something wrong. ‘Mr, George Albertson of the board of review, id and Edmund were : D~. fiat I think, at wlings, Bowdoin; Rev. Re Jefferson; name of atan Bev. the and will occupy it soon, Mr. get are The Rev. D. W. educated at ntlemen who et office who F. erman (th institution I have forgotten); W. Kinsley and Mr. C. H. and the Re Burton at . Robert Nouree, I am tol lish college. Dr. Riddle, father o! D. ca Riddle and ex-president of two col- leges, died here a few months ago. I think there are three young men of our place who are taking a collegiate course; an excellent showing. Then there are residents here who are wel think not at college. large number of é | educated, but I can_ bring to mind o! Graham, this class such names as Dr. N. F. eminent as lecturer, surgeon and medical titioner; Ju V. Proudfit, Wilson, B. F. 2 Freeman, W.1 H. Doolitild, s F. Chamblin, 8. Dwingee, A. Cutter, Capt. A. P. Eastman, G. W. Morrifield, A. C. Rorebeck, who was Gen. Sheridan's secretary and I think is now Gen, Schofiel Lyman Ballard and G. D. Nichol- son and others equal noteworthy whose names now are out of mind. Prominent re old citizens are D, 0, Munson, J. M. Th the orn, late member of the Virginia legislature; S. Osborne, G. B. Ives and Isaac Crossman. Such men as these constitute our dominant citiz i give our village an atmosphere which in character is warmly social, aaa) Reva highly int 8 town o! P) . William Turner, whose condition some months ago was deemed exceedingly critical on account of menaced gangrene in one foot The; minently tual; they give us homes. healt val rain bet This is The here, health, Rev. nowadays? fruitful source, all our weather woes, the solar macule? That “local sho and an aneurism in the posterior part of the knee joint of the leg, is now in good general He gets out on crutches and drives out | - for an airing when we have an occasional intere een the rain storms of joyous sunshine. marvelous change of condition for a man eighty-seven years of age. v. F. W. Tuckerman is away on leave for three months (and possibly forever) seeking D, H. Riddle has returned from a leave of several weeks. The Alexandrian district conference of the M. E. church closed its session last Monday, The presiding elder, Rev. A. J. Porter, resides There are twelve ministers in the dis- trict, There were Elder, 8. A. Ball, W. line, A. N. Mundy, 8. P. Shipman, and Biehop. The latter preached in the M. E, Sunday morning to acrowded auditory. The residing elder, Rev. A. J. Porter, pre: e Congregational church in the evening. Who or what sends us the ea resent the Revs. P. Schooley, J. 8, Wick- church on hed in ly and the latter it this time again that is so often claimedof nearly ” predicted by the signal coi in Tuesday's Srar, and that commenced a lit before sundown of that day, was for several hours a genuine pour-down, and then with a somewhat moderated rainfall continued with- out cessation, so far as anybody knows, until Thursday morning. Mr. DB. O, Munson says that during the first night 6 inches of water fell. It is fit to make tho complaint that the sig- nal corps’ predictions now are worthless to us We get the evening country about 6 eople, Coloe eto ‘clock p.m., and the report is limited to 8 o'clock a, m. of the following morning. It is the following day that we want the weather prognostication to include, The Somers farm, lying a mile or more east of the post office, was sold recently for $9,000. It contains about ninety acres. The temperance woods meeting which was to have been held in Crossman’s or three days, beginning with drowned There is now no doubt that the total loss of out, ES for two fuesday, was Ls. A. FROM ROCKVILLE. Political and Real Estate Matters in Montgomery County. Correspondence of Tux EvEive Stax. Rockvitie, Aug. 8, 1889, The democratic primary election to-day in the severai election districts of the county closes @ long and hotly-contested fight for places on the ticket of that party, and so fierce has been the contest that it wii disappointments and wounds tha; will not be leave many healed prior to the general election in Novem- ber” During the past week business has been partially suspended and the working element of the party has been on the alert to capture votes for their favorites. The election to-day will doubtless be the most exciting one of the kind ever held in the county andall peaceable citizens hope that it may pass off without any serious breach of the peace, The discontinuance of Sunday services at ‘Washington Grove camp, which commences on the 14th instant, has canged quite an apathy among the people of this neighborhood, as Sun- day is about the only day in the week the aver- age farmer or men in other occupations in the country can spare to attend the meet- During the past week several visited this place on the lookout fac aitea to es- ns have tablish several lines of business, One from Elli- cott City is desirous of establishing a lumber, wood and coal yard. Mr. Jno. Riggs of Norwalk, Conn., is visit- ing friends apd relatives near Baookville, this county, and will remain for ten days. The house and lot of Mr. Saml. wood has been Beckwith for §: acres, Mr. John B. Diamond recently sold to a Wash- ingtonian two Percheron colts from his stock farm at Gaithersburg for $400. year. this Poole of The cro} Several physicians re; that epidemic dys- entery is prevailing Sorioan sections of the county. It is estimated that the largest crop ever cut in this county has been harvested this Since the almost universal use of lime has increased tenfold. Mr. Richard Medleys district has harvested 400 tons. murderous assault made on Mr. Elijah Veirs at the Barnesville picnic on Tuesday yet prove a serious matter. ‘ard at Der- urchased by Mr. Green M. The Luther C. Gue farm near Damascus has been sold by H. W. Talbott to Wm. A. Waters for $2,625. It contains about seventy-three of hay ry may The particulars of the affair as developed before a hearing by a justice of the peace are that Veirs was sitting in i talking to a daughter of Mr. John G. a carriage MoGachey when ti father carriage and ordered him to mediate! gc £ z i é | i Eyl ? i ro i r a] d the inate Velrs ime y got out of the vehicle, when he was yy the former, and, after eral blows of the irate father, walk was followed a consi ing sev- , but le distance by Mc- ped up behind him and buried large e g i EEE i & 4 iff ket knife in his back. i and is in the IN THE WARM SPRINGS VALLEY. The Proposed Improvements in the Three Summer Kesorts. ‘ STEAM CARS TO CONKECT WITH THE OUTER WORLD —HOW INVALIDS EXJOY THEMSELYES—A WOMAN ‘Wio CHANGES HER DRESS SIX TIMES A DAT— WASHINGTONIANS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. Correspondence Evextee Sr. 53 IRGINIA Hor Srarxos. Bara Count, Va., August 8d, 1899, The Warm Springs valley of the Alleghany mountains celebrates its centennial anniversary this season by entering upon a new era of en- terprise and development. For some years past capitalists of New York and Cincinnati, co- operating with Col. J. A. August and Mr. J. W. Edmonds of Millboro’, owners of the Hot Springs property, have desired to own the hotel properties of the entire valley, 8 miles in ex- tent, which are the Hot, the Warm, and the Healing Springs properties. During the early summer 8 syndicate purchased the Healing Springs, and, as they already owned the larger Hot Springs property, the only reluctant person to co-operate in the poses plan of improve- ment was the heir of the late Col. Eubank, who place. He would go into the scheme as an equal benefi- ciary with the other members of the association nor name a price for the property. The Warm Springs property, however, was left heavily mortgaged, and the mortagee, coming to a sudden conclusion that the a to realize on his loan was at hand, pressed the owner to accept the er of the company. He finally yielded and the contract of transfer has been signed. The com- pany will proceed at once to consolidate the three properties—the Warm, Hot and Healing—into one corporation. The mem- bers of the company are President Ingalls of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway: Mr. W. P. Anderson of Cincinnati, the brother of Col. Nicholas L. Anderson of Washington; Mr. W. rs Edmond of brewed! gel Col. 5 A. ugust, present proprietor and manager of the Hot Springs hotel. The iast named will be ap- pointed general manager of the three resorts. WHAT 18 INTENDED. The company has abundant capital at its command, and the improvements contemplated for so many years are all about to be consum- mated. The plan includes the extension of the C. and O. railway into the valley, and thus the picturesque but wearisome journey of 15, 20, and 23 miles across the mountains in a stage will be done away with and the pleasure seeker or the invalid will be set down by the cars at a int within a short distance of his desired tination, AT THE WARM SPRINGS. The present management at the Warm and and Hot Springs will be continued, according to the terms of the contract, during the next five years, At the former beautiful place the company will take charge of the opalescent, wulpburle waters, according to the latest modes, thus furnishing the delightful accessories of a luxurious pleasure bath. “They have a right also to erect on the — an addition to the present om im o- ations, and they will put up a fine hotel building, furnished as a model mountain man- sion, At the Hot Springs a complete revolution in the accommodation has been projected. Here an all-year-round sanitarian will be established. The winter hotel has been located in the valley in order to be connected under cover with the bath houses, The mineral-stained sides of the baths that are now exposed will then be cov- ered with marble-like porcelain, white as milk, into.which will flow the powerful earth-heated and medicated waters. In the summer season tients will be entertained in a new hotel igh up on the mountain side and conveyed to the bath rooms in cars propelled by electric motors. Beautiful Queen Mary villas will grace the tops of the neighboring hills and will be the summer homes of the millionaires directly and indirectly interested in thesuccess of the scheme and their friends, AMONG THE MAJESTIC TREES that form the park surrounding the Healing Springs will arise a hotel, artistic in appear- ance and dainty in all its appointments, in the stead of the building burned there a few years ago. This place is the most esthetic, restful and soothing in appearance and general effect of the three. It is eight miles distant from the Warm and three miles from the Hot Springs, and the great rock of the North mountain that forms ite und closes the farther end of the valley in the Alleghanies. In the fulfill- ment of these projected improvements well- known architects will soon be engaged upon plans for buildings and the spas of Europe will be visited in the interest of the company, so that no important detail in construction may be omitted, FOR THE PRESENT the valley is enjoying the heighth of the season, which is brief indeed, and the fleeting hours of it must needs be improved. Cottage life is really enjoyable at the Healing Springs. Several Cincinnati families are there and the pleasant afternoon teas held are social features that enliven the 5-o’clock afternoon hour The majority of the guests at the hot are sons afflicted in some form or degree of hen matism, gout, lumbago, sciatica, paral; obesity and numerous nervous and other dis- orders. Some diversity in the means by which locomotion is accomplished among them is observed, They hobble over canes, halt beside taffs and swing between crutches; they limp, stumble and stagger and would make a strange procession in passing into the dining room of maimed, bent and fat if it were not so that many of them take their meals in their rooms, These affiicted ones all play cards, and, as men are congregated here from all over the United States, the games played are greatly varied. THE DRESSING OF THE LADIES here is notable for the beauty that lies in the eternal fitness of things. The woman accus- tomed to summering in the mountains brings with her warm wool dresses and a few wash gowns for warm noon days and a dinner dress of silk og satin for a special ible oceasion. Th woman here who changes her dress sixtimes a day and another who wears to breakfast a superb —_ of gray satin, demi- trained and havi: peries and angel sleeves that fall to the floor of costly black thread laces; but these are the exceptions,not the rule. If, a8 women aver, the object of dress is to excite envy in otrer woman and admiration in men, there are more people here who envy and admire a woman for her ability to climb the highest mountain side than for the display of all the silks, laces and brocades in the most elaborate wardrobe. Out of the 31 days in July, here this season there were 21 rainy days, not counting the night showers. This shows how utterly inappropriate to the mountains this season are a mass of dainty dresses, The invalids are taken to and from the baths in chairs carried by two men servants, and the eottagers affect water proof cloaks, umbrellas and rubber overshoes in their tri- daily trips to the hotel for meals, FOR REST AND RECREATION. At the Warm Springs, where the people go for rest and recreation solely, with probably a few mild casesof dyspepsia, gout and rheumatism, society is organized upon a more elegant basis. ‘The excha of courtesies between the two itive. Last Thursday night the of the Hot entertained the party from the Warm with an excelient program of tableaux On the following night the folks atthe Warm invited their neighbors in to see the minuet danced in costume, Mr. George 8. M. Gibson of Baltimore leading in the dance of long ago. At the Warm there are ii E i i f i F i a ae i H EF i i Ad fie i: ili i 4 | ji 5, g iH i i rc) Es colored” 4 improving their surroundings | This powder never varies, strength, and wholesomeaess nds and cannot be sold ta with the multitude of low test, short PERUVIAN BARK, IRON, ans PURE CATALAN WINE, Malaria, Indigestion. Fever & at Me Peston fcsd tecnica be 22 Kee Dreset, Paris. E FOUGERA & 00., for the U. 30 NORTH WILLIAM ST., N. 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Its MAMMOTH DRAWINGS take. place Annually June and December), and its SINGLE NUMBER DRAWINGS take of the other ten months of the year, and are all @rewn ie at the Academy of Music, New in FAMED FOR TWENTY YEARS FOR INERGRITE ‘OF ITS DKAWINGS AND PRO! Ax MENT OF PRIZES, Attested as follows: . te do hereby certy that we superviae the arrange, BngZerail the monthiy and Semi-Annual Prsweinant The Lowiewana Sate Lottery (x * the ducted with honesty. fe quod Jatth tncard at’ parties, and we wuthorare the Dany te wae this cortyficate. with Facrwmiles faut a= ‘Giivertusementa. naiures attached, im ile Commissioners, We, the ‘Banks and Bankers, will pricesdrawn in The Lowisiana Stale Lotteries may be presented af our counters, EM, WALMSLEY, Bree. Louisiane National Bank, PIERRE LANAUX, Pros. State National Bape. A BALDWIN, Pres. New Orleans National Baul, (CARL KUHN, Pres. 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