Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1889, Page 11

cITY AND DISTRICT @ A wealthy London merchant gives the secret of his business success as follows: “I always feel beppy when I am advertising, for then I know tut, waking or sleeping, I havea strong though silent orater working for me; one who never tires, nevor makes mistakes, and who is certain to enter the households from which, if at all, my trade must come.” To secure the services of such an agent as this shrewd nerchant referred to, advertise in Tae Eveyixa Stan. It is read by everybody i Washington. REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. A L«rge Increase in the Bu.iding Op- erations. VICE PRESIDENT MORTON AND HIS APARTMENT HOUSE—A NEW OFFICE BUILDING TO BE ERECTED ON NINTH STREET—IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NORTHEAST SEOTION. The erection of over 2,000 new dwellings in this city during the past fiscal year, an increase of over 300 as compared with the building record of last year, is regarded es # remark~- able showing. It would naturally be con- cluded that such a large sddition to the num- ber of houses would havea depressing influ- ence upon rents. But such has not been the case in the opinion of the large owners and renters of property. Whilo they admit that the tendency is tu leave old houses and go into the new houses, and that, therefore, there is always a ready demand for new houses, yet they claim that tue old houses have been taken as rapidly as vacated. If this was not the case, they argue that the extensive buila- operations weuld have the effect of bringing down rents. The old houses, they say, would be offered at reduced rates rather than to aliow them tostandidle. Renta, however, are maintained at the same res, much to the eS of a large c! of le, who are obliged to live in rented houses. East spring the demand for houses fell off at such a rate that rents were reduced slightly in a number of cases, There is said to have been reaction this fall, which is attributed to the increase in the population and especially in that class who nd the winter here, es- tate agents pede grmein who manage property claim, however, that the present rate of rents is not high. In fact, as compared with similar in other cities, they argue that rents are as cheap here as in any city in the country. They assert that the construction of houses here is superior to that in most cities and that there isa greater abundance of what are known as modern improvements. It is claimed that the standard here is so high that the owners of old houses who allow their property to deteriorate find that no one wants them and they are al- lowed to stand idle, VICE PRESIDENT MORTON'S INVESTMENT. The large apartment house at the northwest corner of 16th and H streets, which has been erected by Vice President Morton, will be opened on the Ist of October. The building is seven stories high, has a frontage of 111 feet on Histreet and 126 feet on 15th street. It contains about forty-two suites with a number of single rooms. Each suite has @ parlor, with two or more chambers and bath room. The name of the new building is the Shoreham, and it is the largest structure of the kind in the city. The suites are furnished throughout and are rented from $1,200 to $2,400 per year. The agents, Beall, Brown & Co. of this ‘city, have dy leased a number of the suites. Among those who will occupy apartments are Senators Stewart aud Farwell, Representatives Reed of Maine, Handall of Massachusetts and McCreary of Kentucky, George E. Lemon and ex-Repre- sentative Wm. Pitt Kellogg. _ A NEW OFFICE BUILDING. The Lochiel house property, on the west Side of 9th street between E and F streets, was recently purchased by a syndicate, which is now regularly organized as a com . It is proposed to erect a large Office ‘building on this site, to be known as the Interocean building. The name was selected becanse the new building will occupy a position midway between the Pacific building, on F street near ith, and the Atlantic building, on F near 9th. ‘The organization of the Interocean com is as follows: A. A. Thomas, president; Duncanson, vice president; John Paul Joi secretary and treasurer; A. T. Britton, M. M. Parker, C. B. Pearson, Dr. Daniel B. Clarke, Henry Wise Garnett, O. C. Green, Emmons Smith, Beriah Wilkins, John Cammack, Geo. E. Emmons and Reese H. Voorhees, directors. The plans have been d by Mr. Smith- Teyer, architect, and the erection of the build- ing will be begun at once. The new building will be seven stories high and will be one of the largest office buildings in the city. The first two stories will be fitted up for store pur- aa building will be oceapicd next ® portion of office, A SUBURBAN SUBDIVisI0N. College Park, a part of the Riverdsle tract. formerly owned by the Calvert family, is now being subdivided under the management of Mr. John O. Johnson, The plan of subdivision resents some novel features. The property divided into squares and each square into four lots (200x206 feet), which jement enables every lot owner to have a corner lot. Mr. Johnson states that there are five houses upon the place and a number will be erected in the near fature. A large store building is nearing completion and also e ball to be used for Pager li Cea pe x imity of the property to the Maryland agricul- pm | caliegs gata Ae to be an advantage, as the corps of professors and the students con- tribute to the t social life of the locality. Mr. Johnson reports the sale of several blocks “i prices ranging from two to three cents per it IN THE NORTEEAST SECTION, During the past few months a large number ef houses have been erected in the northeast section of the city. Building operations are still in progress there and recently several ex- tensive purchases of land have been made with the view of making improvements, Mr. Wm. Siapes and ethene ave yuroheeod tho cont belt of square 779, on 4th street between E and F streets northeast. The ground has been down and two houses, fronting on E street, have been begun. It is the intention of the syndicate to continue the improvement The same syn- dicate are also building two houses on 9th street between C and D southeast. Recently Mr. Joseph 8. Boss has taken outa permit for the erection of a row of Opposite Mr. Alexander 3 H E | i : i i Le 9 > THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1889-TWELVE PAGES. WHAT BECOMES OF A HORSE. The Period of His Greatest Usefulnes- Begins After He is Dead. i epehblens saga gan aoe seem with | consumptive aspect presumably en- gendered by long periods of semi-starvation, and when it fell dead suddenly in the shafts of an ash wagon opposite the patent office early yesterday morning, the colored man who drove the cart did not evince any marked surprise. A policeman who was passing stopped for a moment to inspect the corpse, and then went intoashop on the corner to ring upa tele- OYSTERS IN THE NURSERY. Baby Bivalves Raised By Hand—Gi- gantic Clams and Florida Crocodiles. “Did you ever see an oyster in the nursery?” asked the fish dealer of s Sran reporter. ‘No? Well, then, come this way, and I'll show you my private incubator. It’s juste little tank, You see, filled with water; there are abouta million young oysters in it, Take a look at them.” ‘The newspaper man bent his gaze within the little glass aquarium and looked about with eager, though vain, scrutiny for the infant bi- ives, phone, Ten minutes few by, and a man with | val ® business-like air and a large wart on his nose made his way through the little crowd that sur- rounded the dead animal. The ash man he ad- dressed briefly in = whisper and presently handed him five silver dollars, After eyeing the money for a few seconds with the sir of one ints pocket and walked off, probably. tS bors in et and wal 5 iy r- ow another horse for the purpose of dragging his mhome. As the hd oy gery let hil ic pedestrian remar! asi the person with a wart on his nose that the poor beast was to be congratulnted upon hay- ing finished his career of usefulness in this world. The man with the wart grinned, and replied that the unfortunate creature's useful- ness, far from being finished, had only begun. TAKEN AWAY IN A DAY. The philanthropio qjtizen did not under- stand the meaning of response; but he would have comprehended it better if he had waited @ minute or so more, at theend of which a heavy dray was driven up alongside the pavement and two men with an inclined lane of boards and -tackle pulled the ad horse upon the vehicle and drove away with it. The bystanders noticed that the dray was marked in big letters with the name of such-and-such a |, “manufacturers of supe- rior fertilizers.” ‘This, then, was to be the deutiny of the de- ceased oe Unlike the cee that chirps at breakfast, it had not survived the period of its usefulness. It would live egain in the fruits and flowers and waving grain, to which it might contribute the elements of growth. PUT THROUGH THE MILL, After awhile the dray came to a stop in front of an ugly-looking building on the Poto- mac bank at the other end of Georgetown. The men did not hold their noses, but that was because they were used to the very un- pleasant smells which thicken the atmosphere ot locality. The carcas was unloaded and having been conveyed into the building was hoisted to the ~—- floor, an expert operator se’ to wor! upon it aging a keen knife and quickly removed the entire skin, the portion covering the head and tail included. The flayed ani- mal was then cut up into six parts, which were thrown into a big iron kettle with a steam jacact and boiled four hours. At the end of this time the big bones, loosened from the flesh by cooking, were separated from the mass of mest with rakes for subsequent grinding up into bone fertilizer. which is very expensive, but contains elements that restore the nutri- tive power to the soil in a wonderful manner. For whereas fertilizers made of flesh produce a good effect that is merely temporary the ground bone supplies the appetite of the bungry loam in a way that really lasts. Nitro- gen, carbon and lime, which it so largely con- tains, are marvelous growth producers, USING UP THE REMNANTS. Bnt, as was about to be said, the flesh and little bones, after the big bones had been taken out, were put under s powerful press, big enough to accommodate half « ton, and squeezed until nearly every particle of water and grease has been forced out of the tissue. ‘Then the mags was placed in a steem dryer with two. jackets, between which steam was continually flowing around, and after a while it came out dry as achip. Not abit of grease or moisture, in which the elements of decom- position are propagated, remained and the residue, after being ground up fine in a sort of mill, resembled Lone Jack tobacco more than anything else. It had no offensive smell, and ‘Twe Sran reporter was informed that it would last indefinitely without exhibiting a sign of decay or change. In this form, put up in bags, it was ready for the farmer—an excellent fer- tilizer, though byno means equal to ground bone. It is much cheaper, however. THE SKINS AND HOOPS, And now, presumably, you are under the im- pression that you know all about the post-mor- tem history of a horse. By no means. You have not yet been told that his skin goes to Philadelphia or New York, and is made into base balicovers, Nothing so tough as horse- and, therefore, so well adapted to that irpose, ret been discovered. The hair of ihe mane and tail is the best possible material for a curlvd-bair mattress. The hoofs are ‘ound up into the finest gardeners’ fertilizer fs, and the most costly of all fertilizers, owing to the diff- culty of grinding them. The result is called ‘hoof meal,” and its value from the gardener’s point of view is largely owing to the presence in it of a great percentage o! ammonia. Very likely, however, the hoofs may be utilized 4 the manufacture of an ex- t quality of glue, or it may be that the chemist will adapt them to the various uses of his own, among others to the making of that exquisite color of Persian blue. Besides, the may be used for hair cloth and fish lines and the bones for animal charcoal and buttons, MULES AND OTHER BEASTS. ‘The mule is useful after death for very much the same purposes as the horse. The fertilizer- maker finds him equally available. Nor does the manofacturer of fertilizers disdain the hogs <= Med a ears — See Soom 6 slaughter houses he depends upon largely for his Sapglion of eterio which is all pre- pared in the same way, Heads and feet and other waste portions of animals killed in the slaughter houses are serviceable to him, as are also the trimmings that come in bags from the chipped-beef factories. Much damaged meat, too, comes from the butchers, who send for the fertilizer man when they have any on hand. As for the beoves, their horns are made into ladies’ combs.an@ their shin bones, which are of extra berd and fine material—into knife and razor handles. “That's a@ very pretty cat of yours.” re- marked Tae Stag reporter to the fertilizer man who gave him some of the above informa- tio in. “Yes, indeed, that’ especial pet,” was the reply. And ded, contemplatively: “It is very sad to think thatsome day poor yassy must be turned into fertilizer, too. verything goes, in this business, into the pot. Teould boil up sill my wife's relations wituout y would make good fertilizing @ qualm, if material.” BEGINNING RIGHT. A Lesson That Black George Washing- ton Taught His Missus. From the Philsdelphis Times. I had been for quite a while without s man- of-all-work, and when George Washington, a clothes,as he expressed a willingness to go to work at once. I watched his preparations with interest. fle took off his coat and hung it on a peg, and with the utmost care deposited his stiff paper collar and blue crevat above it. He next undid his “I don’t see anything,” he said, “‘but one big oyster shell.” “That big shell is the kindergarten,” replied the fish man. “There are about a million baby oysters on it at this moment, You cannot see them, no matter how closely look, for th are quite microscopic, but xy are there the same and growing fast, A month they will be visible to the naked eye. This is a experiment I am making in the science of oyster culture. I have fresh water flo’ through the tank all the time and a little salt water running in also to give the effect of a pend water acs For the —_ fow Gn eters y are oysters have no shells an just fal econ on their own hook, Then they attach themselves to something and the shells begin to grow. That big shell is put in for them to hitch on to,” A FEAST FOR THE FUTURE. “You say that I shall be able to see those baby oysters a month hence,” said the reporter. “Pray, how long will it be before I can eat them with satisfaction in a stew?” “They ought to be big enough for stewing two years from now,” responded the fish- monger. “But if you want a fry you will have to wait a year longer. American oysters grow twice as fast as the European varieties, besides being six times as well flavored.’ “When this invisible million here has at- = full frying size you will have quite a “Yes, indeed. And, if you will consider that at every spawning each oyster produces a mil- lion or so of young, you will perceive that be- fore long I shall be ina position to supply all the markets of the world. Under natural con- ditions, of course, only a few out of each myriad of oysters actually reach maturity. They have countless encmies, and even when fuil'grown they are destroyed in wholesale fashion by starfish. My incubator system, however, will thoroughly = protect them, so that nearly = all grow up and be worth a penny apiece re- tail, This tank notion, expanded to a gigantic scale in real tide-water rivers, will solve the problem that is causing the oyster men so much anxiety at present. The oyster of the future, instead of being cut off in infancy by devouring creatures of the sea, will arrive at a luscious prime and fulfill the highest object of its being on the deep half shell, with salt, pep- per and lemon juice on the side.” And the ichthyologist winked his left eye as he signified with a smack of his lips his appre- ciation of the bivalvular delicacy. , “I met a person once at an oyster bar,” ven- tured the newspaper man, “who was quite offended with me because I did not hand him the pepper castor until he asked for it. And he demanded if I knew who he was.” ‘No,’ I said, ‘I do not.’ “ ‘Well,’ he replied, swelling out his chest with pride, ‘Iam the man who eats clams un- til the shells are piled around him up to his knees!’” “That fellow ought to go and live among the coral islands,” suggested the fish monger, “where clams grow to weigh 500 pounds each. bake of those might afford him @ square meal.” “But they are not good to eat, I suppose?” “Oh, yes, they are very good indeed. It is the famous ‘giant clam’ I speak of that is found imbedded in the coral. The meat of one weighs 20 pounds, without the shells, which are often 5 feet across. Two of them are used in a Paris church, .I have heard, for holy water basins. They are carved by the Chinese, too, into snuff boxes and all sorts of ornamental things,” “That's curious,” said the reporter. “The funniest kind of clam that I ever saw was called a milk clam, I did not know what it was when I picked it up—I was asmall boy then— in the shallow water I was wading through. Having no other seeepeee at hand I put it into the bosom of my blue-fiannel shirt, next to THE ANTIQUARY AT HOME, A Funny Little Shop He Keeps and the Odd Things that Fill it. A more varied assortment of antiquities it ‘would be difficult to imagine than’ that which crowded the funny little shop around the corner from Pennsylvania avenue, Such curious things, too, most of them were—old tables and sideboards made at least a century ego; desks and chairs, just a precious few, from the old of the Senate and House which had afforded accommodation to goodness knows what eminent statesmen in times past and gone; old clocks and hall racks, ancient brasses end silver plate, antedating the electro process; dressing cases and massive “secretaries,” those almost forgotten articles of colonial furniture; antique andirons, fenders, pokers, tongs and kettles, silver candle-snuffers and epuffing dishes, candle sticks, toast rac! tea urns, &c., &c., ad infinitum, And ami: the wreck end ruin—for these things, for the most part, did in truth represent in a fashion the ruin and wreck of many a once proud name and estate—stood the genius of the place, a little old man with kindly face, whom one half expected to produce and offer, as did the Antiquary to the hero of Balzac’s ‘Magic Skin,” a rectangular piece of ass’ hide that should be guaranteed to insure its possessor the fulfill- ment of every wish, at the cost of his life, 4 DIPLOMATIC TABLE. But the little old man, unlike his fellow anti- query of the weird French romance, had no marvelous talisman to offer, though he did take an undisguised satisfaction in exhibiting to Te Star reporter who had ventured dm a table that was simply amarvel inits way. It had once belonged toa foreign minister resi- dent in Washington, and yet appeared to the casual observer to be in no respect unlike any other old-fashioned table such as is found ip the middle of country parlors as an accom- paniment to the ancient horsehair sofa and chairs. It was uot very pretty to look at, but oh, the wonders con- cealed within it! Undoubtedly that foreign minister must have been a very bad man, in- deed, to have oceasion for such ‘a piece of fur- niture, For it was all a secret from beginnin; to end—a positively labyrinthine article o! ameublement, evidently designed to conceal and keep hidden dozens of k and dismal tragedies. Possivly, however, they may have been only state secrets; but, any way, when & concealed spring was touched the four sit of the table's upper part fell down the top folded back so as to disclose a bewutiful desk, which, though it conld not have been made less than sixty years ago, looked like new. The antiquary ‘pressed a second spring and a portion of the dosk again unfolded, revealing a wonderful arrangement of drawers and two enameled ink wells. At the same time two slides fiew out, one on each side, adding hulf as much again ‘to the superficial arca of the desk. A third spring opened the inside of the desk to the view, Then, when it was supposed that everything possible had been shown, @ certain spot in a little strip of appar- ently solid wood was smoothed slightly with the forefinger and the strip dropped out, re- vealing two little bits of secret drawers, the existenee of which nobody would ever have sns- my skin, and went on. I had gone perhaps 100 yards when I felt a most horrible sensation at about the region of my little stomach, and, hastily pulling open my shirt in front, I threw out thé newly-found clam upon the beach. Presumably looking for water, it had actually crawled entirely out of its shell, save for its at- tachment thereto, bringing itself into contact with my bare cuticle. Ihave realized ever since what a “clammy” sensation is with a dis- tinctness not conceived by most people.” A REGULAR squint. “T have heard of those feliows,” rejoined the fishman, “though I never saw one. It is a cot paratively rare variety. But the queerest of ell clams, I think, is the ‘long clam,’ with the little neck, that squirts salt water at you from smali holes in the sand flat, The neck is as good a siphon as that on a seltzor bottle and it is also used asa tube for breathing and feed- ing. Atthe other end it has a sort of foot, with which it can burrow very rapidly. I don’t know a more wonderful instance in nature of simplicity in organic construction adapted to elaborate purposes. These long clams are said tohave been the chief food of the Pilgrim fathers during the first few months after their arrival on the bleak New England shore. And, speaking of clams, would you like me to show you a real live crocodile from Florida?” uppose you mean an alligator.” ‘No. {don’t This is a real crocodile. He is only a foot long, you see, aud warranted not to bite. But, though I thought myself that ho tor at first, a scientific customer of mine who some connection with the Smith- sonian explained to me that he wasn’t. Ac- cording to what he told me there are two va- rieties of crocodiles in Florida, as well as five varieties of alligator. The crocodile and the alligator first cousins, and so much alike that it takes an expert to tell them apart, But while the alligator never grows to be more than fifteen feet long the crocodile sometimes at- tains double that . The crocodile is also | gee for having a taste for human flesh, in ancient Egypt, my Smithsonian customer said, half the people worshiped the crocodile asa god, while the other half believed him to be the devil. Many of the reptiles were taken care of by the priests, who adorned them with precious ornaments and even covered their scales with gold leaf, ——_o——. HOUSEHOLD ECONOMIES, Some Sensible Suggestions Regarding Every-Day Life. From the Country Gentleman. Have an under tablecloth of colored cotton flannel on your dining table. It will not only make the linen one look better but dull very much of the noise caused by moving dishes, and will repay its original cost in one year, in the added wear of the linen ones, principally on the edges of the table, where they other- wise wear out first. Use clean white tablecloths every day, even though it necessitates rigid economy in wash- ing and ironiug in some other department of the house. Nothing more surely shows good breeding than fiue table manners and you can never teach your children theze while habit- Framed eating off an oilcloth spread or a slovenly one. Turkish towels for the kitchen as well as for bath towels; thoy wear well, wash easily and require no ironing. Make “tacks” or comfortables for every-day use of domestic gingham, instead of calico. It only costs a trifle more, will wash better and wear as long again. Use hones onats or crochet bedspreads for all common use. They can now be obtained of fair quality as low as 75 cents and an excol- lent one for $1.25. They ure not heavy to and look better wi not ironed, but ht to dry. winter underwear and thor- the few odd hours and of pg which, of housewite tor 3 pulled out out it ange ot te bany mont leaves the nicer 4 eee? ii g ‘ i | z & i Hi id poe unless informed concerning them ff’ he ad possessed this piece of furniture for a fife- time. Finally, at atouch or two the whole contrivance folded up automatically and was a table agai VALUABLES IN SECRET DRAWERS, “We often find such secrets in the old desks and secretaries that come here,” said the an- tiquary, “‘and once or twice we have discovered valuables in the concealed drawers. On one occasion a workman of mine came across a number of gold pieces so hidden, and a person in my own line of business whom I knew told me that he had turned up a will that saved the fortunes of an orphaned family. You see these things nearly all come from Virginia and Mary- jand, where men make a business of ae about the country and collecting all sorts of 0}: junk. Frequently they pick up from the houses of families in reduced circumstances articles of furniture and the like such as dealers of my sort are glad to buy. They pay the merest trifle in cash for them and get a fair price from me. Old-fashioned house furnishings are more in stylenow than ever and the rich peo- ie of Washington are my chief customers, field of supply in Virginia and Maryland is showing signs of exhaustion and goods of the sort sell to more advantage for that rea- son. Look through the fashionable parlors and drawing rooms of Washington and you will find them filled with the movable sious of first families long disappeared or, which amounts to the same thing, re poverty. RELICS AT AUCTION, “Another source of supply I find in the auc- tions, particularly Saturdays, when the best things are put up for sale, Many old-fashioned articles that are worth buying I pick up by at- tending them. Then, again, people often come to me and say they have such aud such pieces of furniture to dispose of and I goto look at them if I think they may bedesirable. A great deal of old furniture is made to order nowa- days. New mshogany is given the look of age with dragon’s-biood root, or a little shoe black- ing rubbed in will have a like effect upon oak. ‘The inside of the desk or bureau is made to look ancieat by firing powder from a shotgun repeatedly into it until the indentations pro- duced by the process give it a sufficiently worm-caten appearance. Or the same result may be obtained by washing the drawers within with @ sponge copes in a powerful acid that eate the wood here and there. New~brass handles, modeied from antique ones, are made to look old by rubbing them with pumice-stone and singeing them with gunpowder. Andirons and candlesticks are reproduced and treated in the same way.” ——>__—_ HUMAN HAIR. Its Qualities—A Million Pounds of It Change From Head to Head.~ From the Rochester Post-Express. Perhaps there is no staple article about which less is known by the public than human hair as an article of commerce, It will doubtless sur- prise many when it is stated thet the deslers in human hair goods do not depend on change clippings here and there, but that there isa regular hair harvest which can always be relied on. Itissaid that over 1,000,000 pounds of human hair are used annually in the civilized world for adorning the heads of women. In New York city alone over five tons of this class of goods are imported every year. Much of the hair used in this country comes from the heads of American women and is fully as fine in shade and texture as the imported article. There has been some talk recently of forming a trust in this business, and if this untoward event should occur our American women would have to dispense with u considerable por- tion of their tresses or pay a much higher price for them. A well known hair dealer of this city gave a Post Express re- orter recently some interesting facis about the hair business and the source from which the beautiful locks are obtained. ‘Most hair which I use in my business,” he ‘aid, “I obtain from ladies in this city. We had a big harvest during the recent craze for having the | hair cutshort. Many of the ladies who had their locks shorn at that time have since bit- terly regretted it, In many instances the hair grew so slowly that it became necessary to wear a wig or switch as the fashion changed, After women have reached a certain the hair seems to partially lose its vigor and if cut it will not grow again. Blonde hair seems to be going out end the demand for bleaching reparations is not nearly so great as it was a few years ago. Not cnough human hair can be ured in this country to supply the homo lemand and in consequence there is a large amount imported annually. Thé largest sup- rovinces. There ix a human ‘orlans, in the ent of held ey r Friday. ng palm of the seller, applics ars, and ins minute the luxuriant tresses fall on the floor. Of course, a maiden can her long braids Pass brapang 2 dealer's » but i if ‘4 He LET UNCLE SAM RUN IT. A Timely Parable on the Subject of the World’s Fair. Once upon a time, in « distant foreign land, there lived a king who was wise and virtuous in his generation, albeit a tinge of barbaric blood still ran in his veims. The nation he ruled over was large and powerfal. The people were so happy that every morning they were compelled to stand on their heads to let the joy run out, as in those semi-barbarous days it was deemed fatal for happiness to strike seer itd One morning the king arose, and, after ing a short time, cracked his heels together and cried ‘‘Allab be praised, three months from Tuesday week will be the anniversary of my discovery. So on that day there shall be great rejoicing throughout the land. Strangers from the four quarters of the earth shall be invited and beer shall flow even as fountains of water.” Upon hearing this all the people crasked their heels together and shouted “Allah be praised.” THE PRINCE WITH THE ENGLISH BEARD. But soon a cloud arose in the land, yea even the size of a man's hand, but it grew and waxed greater till it covered the whole nation. Fora prince of one of the cities of the nation, even it prince known by his English beard and that city noted for ite dirty and impassable streets, had arisen and said: “Lo, these festivi- ties shall be held in the city over which I rule. ‘There shall the strangers from the four quar- ters of the earth gather and leave many shekels in my coffers, which shall be filled, yea even to bursting.” And when the princes of the other cities heard this they became wroth mightily, and they arose as one man and shook their fists at him of the English beard, and from shaking their fists at this one man they came to shaking their fists at each other, and THE FIGHT BECAME GENERAL in the land, even as in the ancient legion of the Kilkenny cats, and the noise waxed mightier and mightier and the scribes of the different princes wrote many severe articles about each other. Atlength the uproar became so great as to reach the ears of the king of the nation and he arose and called to him all the princes of the several cities, even him of the English beard, and all the rest, and when they had ar- rived he gathered them together and said: “‘So the uproar of thy quarrel has reached mine ears, Did'st thou ever hear the tale of TRE MAN AXD THE GOLDEN cU??" And they all bowed their head and said “nay.” All but the prince from that city called Cincinnati and he bowed his head and an- swered “nein.” Then the king spake as fol- lows: “Once there lived a man who was fortu- nate in possessing many brave and valiant sons. In the nation of which this man was a citizen there arose a mighty war, and during its con- tinuance the man and his sons rendered the king many brave services. When at length peace reigned once more the king called the tan and his sons to him and gave them a large ae cup, ed and polished even to a high degree; and when the family had come together again there arose a mighty strife as to 10 should be the possessor of this gift, THEIR VARIOUS CLAIMS. Ome son saying, ‘I fought bravely during the war,’ and enother ‘I made thy weapons, otherwise thou could’st not re fought,’ and still a third, ‘Else I had tilled"the soil both would have starved,’ and so the quarrel con- tinued until the father said: ‘Peace be unto ye! the golden cup shall remain with me, when one alone will not be the ownersbut it will be the common property of all, The glory and honor of its possession being equally divided,’ ET UNCLE SAM RUN IT. “Thus spake the father to his sons,” continued the king, ‘and thus speak I to each one of you: Get thee to thy homes and let thy Uncle Sam run his own anniversary; and ye of the English beard, gird up thy loins and hie thee homeward and in thy leisure hours study the government of my city, so that thou wilt not again make thyself the laughing stock of the nation by writing to the mayor of my city when lol it has three mayors.” And behold they all gat themselves to their homes and peace reigned, fe ee Fauntleroy and Grandpa. Little Lord Fauntleroy had been kept in, His teacher was a man of delicate sensibilities, and while failing tosee the humor, he felt the point of a bent pin in his seat, Night was coming on and the dew was slowly falling when the little lord walked across the lawn to where his grand- father was seated, the last glints of the setting sun playing fantastically among his long gray locks. “Gramdpa,” said the soft eager voice, andthe old man looked up at the sounds he loved so well. “Grandpa, isn't it right to study diligently and work hard at your books?” “Certainly, my son,” said the aged man, ‘Nothing’ is more 'praise- worthy than honest, patient——" “Then, grandpa,” and the child's voice was tremulous with anxiety, “what did the grocer mean by saying you wero working his books altogether too hard. and he'd have to shut down?” And the dew continued to fall and the night closed in damp and cold, and the old man said it was too chilty outside for his pet and he had better run in by the fire. pa = Sl Star Twinklings. Jones—‘Miss Gladys, do you think you could bri yourself to marry a man, like ‘self, who has only his salary to depend on?” 5 Miss Gladys — “Why—er—well—yes, Mr jones.” Jones—‘“Thanks, Miss Gladys, I was anxious to know how the family would look upon the matter, as I intended to propose to your sister this evening.” A maid from Vassar met a youth Who never kuew a paradigm, But he wes tall and rich forsooth, So she shook Greek and married him. ‘That wasa smart girl in Alexandria who wrote to her young man, who was forbidden to loaf around the ranch, that her ma was goin by boat to Washington, but that her pa woul be hanging around home base, presumably at the corner grocery. ‘The old man read the let- ter and delivered it himself, thinking it con- tained merely alittle geographical informa- Tit read: “Marseilles to Washington over miles, but Paris not so far.” She looked very sweet, Tn a tailor-made dress, And a hat that matched the gown. We flirted a little I must confess, Nor did she kill me by a frown. But that very night, Tend, sast9.tel sai ive Up m, a She was a waiter girt At the big hetel And she helped me to the ple, ———+e-_______ tio) 3 . Japanese Clover in Kentucky, From the Manchester (Ky.) Democrat. During the war a blockade runner brought into Charleston, among other things, a crate of Japanese ware. which was sent to the interior. ‘The straw packing was thrown by the merchant to whom it had been consigned into his back yard, where there sprang up at once a beautiful Breen vegetation, which spread rapidly and was found to be very acceptable food for all kinds of stock. A confederate soldier stayed in that neighborhood while recovering from a wound, and after the war sent for some of the seed of what had been dubbed Japanese clover, which he sowed on his farm near Cumberland Gap, Tenn. From this beginning it has worked its way up to the Ohio river and grows every- where. tt has short joints and sround each ‘there lies a leyer of seeds, which scatter in eyery direction and are sure to grow. ‘This vegetation covers the mountain sides, ence barren, and will grow right | down into the eandy road. On Sandy, where the soil is strong, I have seen it grow so tall and luxuriantly as to make excellent Itis pee nutritious and improves the soi | fashion of red clover. FREDERICK CITY AND COUNTY. Politics—The Canal—Point of Rocks Bridge—Social Notes. Correspondence of Ter Evexixc Stan. Faeprnict, Mv., Sept. 20. The republican nominating convention for Frederick county will be held in this city to- morrow. The democrats hsve been waiting for the result of this convention in order to se- lect a day to nominate the candidate of their tend the convention tomorrow held a confer- ence. The offices for which candidates are to be named comprise the sheriffalty, house of delegates, board of county commissioners and surve’ ‘The Catoctin iron farnaces, located within ® few miles of Mechanicstown, this county, are being made ready for active operations snd are expected to go into binst at an early date, These furnaces are the most extensive of the kind in the country. The annual state convention of the Baptist church of land is in session this week i the Baptist church here and is attended by several members from the District of Columbia, The massive bridge across the Potomac river at Point of Rocks, which was destroyed by the rebel forces under Gen. Bradley T. Johnson during the war, has just been replaced by a pon- Gerous iron structure, the completion of which will shortly be celebrated in a formal manner by the people of Maryland and Virginia, Ata sale here today a life member- ship ticket in the Frederick county agricultural society was sold to Chas. H. Utermebie of Washington at $35. Misses Jessie Hauer and Maggie McClow are® delightful reception last evening at the ome of Miss Hauer on South Market street. Miss Elsie Birely, daughter of Mr. P. H. C. Birely, poster & gay party of friends last Ip ery. honor of her birthday. The discussion by the people of Williamsport of the subject of repairing the Chesapeake and Ohio canal from Cumberland to Williamsport, in order to open up canal traffic between those points once more, has set people along this section of the canal to thinking of the prob- ability of forming a company to proceed with the repair of the canal to meet the work of re- pair at Williamsport and thus open up the waterway for a greater distance. All sorts of mental calculations are being made as to the financial policy of such a plan, which, it is hinted, if carried throngh, would instigate the Montgomery county people to look after the repair of the canal from Point of Rocks to Georgetown. In the meantime the railroad companies continue to take advantage of the shippers who erstwhile had the canal to fall back upon when railroad rates did not suit. Messrs, P. F. Pampel and Charles F. Markell, counsel for Hanson Forrest of Frederick county, have filed a bill in equity in the cireu:t court here praying for an absolute Civorce for Forrest from his wife, Mary M. Forrest, The bill charges her with desertion and petitious for the custody of the children. Officers of the Ministerial institute of the Maryland conference of the United Brethron church, in session at Boonsboro’, have been elected as follows: President, Rev. A. M. Evers; vice president, Rev. C. M. Hott; secretary, Rev. W. L. Martin; treasurer, Rev, L. 0. Bert- ner, A handsome summer residence is being erected at Knoxville, this county, for Mr. Hugh Bannon of Washington. The prohibition political fight in this county is being pushed by the organizations in the various districts of prohibition leagues, Wm. L. Renner aud Miss Minne E. Sickle, both of Frederick county, were wedded a few days ago by the Rev. J.B. Zerger of Lewie- towm.——Dr. Frank Sidwell of Jobnville, this county. has removed to Washington.— Miss Mary Dean has returned to Washington after a pleasant visit here, es WESTERN MARYLAND. The Divorce Epidemic—Two Accidents, One Fatal—Peach Culture, etc. ‘Correspondence of Tre Evextxe Stan, Hagzustows, Sept. 20. The divorce epidemic so prevalent in this latitude has extended to the ministerial fold. Marion Adams has, through her solicitur, Alex. H. Hagney, esq, applied for a divorce from ber husband, Alfred Adams, alleging vicious conduct, abuse and ill-treatment, Defendant is traveling preacher, and the parties were married in Hagerstown October 26, 1882, where they resided until September 7, 1887, when, as the complainant alleges, she was compelled to leave her husband on account of his cruel treatment and threats. A sad accident has befallen one of Hagers- town’s most beautifnl and well-known young ladies, Miss Mary Landis, who has been visit- ing in Baltimore for several weeks. While en- gaged in curling her hair with a heated iron she let the instrument drop from her hand. In its fall it struck her lett eye, burning the sclerotic coat of that member, which, it is found, will cause total blindness, Great sym- ed is ———— for this young lady. Edward Castle of Williamsport, this county, has been taken to Pittsburg to answer a charge of burglary. Bruce, a bright Ind, twelve years old, son of Mr. Alexander Ridenour, residing near Smiths- burg, this county, died yesterday from the of- fects of a surgical operation. Several months ago the lad received an accidental blow upon one of his arms between the elbow and shoul- der. The arm became inflamed and a virulent abscess developed itself. Finaily an operation was deemed necessary, which was performed, the lad unfortunately surviving it only a few hours. Among the converts to the peach industry are a number of the farmers of the Leitersburg district of this county. One of the members, Mr, J. F. Leiter, wiil vet out 1,000 trees on his farm next mouth. This industry 1s not confined as heretofore to the peach belt on the Blue Ridge mountain, but is extending throughout the So a Mr, Richard J, Alvey. son of Chief Justice R. H. Alvey of this city, has been appointed pro- fossor of language aad literature at the Mury- land agricultural college. Gov. Jackson bas appointed Hon. Geo. M. Stonebreaker of this city, one of the delegates to represent Mary- laud at the National farmer's convention to be heli at Montgomery, Ala., on the 13th of No- vember, —-___ Marriage in Marlboro’. Correspondence of Tue EVENING STAR. Urrzr Maxieoxo’, Sept. 20, The marriage of Mr. Frank A. Hill to Miss Grace Harrison Clagett is announced for Octo- ber 16, Miss Clagett is the only daughter of Mr. Henry A. Clagett of this county, and is a duate of the rgetown convent. Mr. fin is a brother of De Richasa 8S. Hill of Washington city, He inberited the old family homestead, Bleak Hill, a few miles from Mari- boro’, where Mr. and Mrs. Hull will reside after returning from an extended northern tour. A state farmers’ alliance will meet here on the 25th instant, The republican primaries will be held here Saturday. Mr. HAL Clagett, who, some weeks be- factory st - that he bas deter- operations in a stocking Site, tiuds jabor so scarce mined to move to Marlboro’, Macguper, ————— Written for Taz Evenrxe Stam, Four Phases. Golden ringlets, hazel eyes, Deep and dreaming, fixed afar; ‘Thoughts that to the zenith rise, Life the sky and he a star; This the boyish poet's rapture Ere the hours his being capture! 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