Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1889, Page 8

A MARKET MORNING. Scenes in Which the Thanksgiving Turkey Begins to be Prominent. enmmanaaaipipainipesi fhe Karly Morning Life About the Center Market—The Countrymen and Their City Customers—Small Hotels on Wheels. —— HANKSGIVING day and then the holidays! Already the crisp No- vember mornings bring to the mind visions of the approaching fee tivities, But the ap- pearance of things about the market serves, perbaps, as @ stronger reminder. Be- fore daybreak this morning teams could be heard rattling along the streets in the direc- tion of the big Center market building. Some were being rapidly driven. while others went along in a dog trot. When the day dawned upon the hundreds of vehicles around the building a lively scene was revealed. Everybody was ina hurry, Those who moved slowly were apt to get run over. There was then no time for delay for soon the customers for whom all these daybreak preparations were being made would begin to appear. The country people on the outside stood ina Jong row at the E-street side of the market, while on the opposite side of the strect the line extended nearly five squares. FROM THE COUNTRY. ‘The appearance of evergreens gave that part ef the city a Christmas-like appearance, and Many of the old colored “aunties” from the neighboring country had a supply more than equai to the demand. T cupied the pavement under the shed directly against the south wallof the building. They are usually the first comers and “first come first served.” They select their places there because they are protected from the weather. no | Matter whether it is just a little suushine or just alittle rain. They are shaded from the lormer and out of reach of the latter. These old ‘aunties usualiy bring a little of every kand of country produce, from a piece of moss from the side of the brook to a turkey from the roost in the coop. When the old gobbler is dressed and taken to market there is no further Becessity for bis having to be put where he can Foost high and one cause of anxiety to his owner is gone. His roosting days are over and he is only waiting tor some one to say: “I'll take him; bere’s the money. If it isa chicken you want aunty's got it, and if it ix a little sussafras to make tea of to benefit your blood she can accommodate you. On the other side of the pavement stood the bona fide countrymen who toil twelve months in the year. They also had plenty of turkey ebickens, birds, rabbits and squirt as well such light green stuffs as pars! bage and other seasonings for the Thanksgiv- ing dinner. Then they bad pumpkins, appies, Sweet potatoes and dried fruits of all sorts suit- able for making piex. On the opposite side of the street were those people trum the country who supply the hotels and boarding houses by wholesale. They sell potatoes by the box and sack and so on, giving large purchasers the advantage of reduced prices. They sold turkeys and chickens by the dozen and in several cases #* "possum" appeared among the tempting Wares offered for sale. is,” said on old colored ‘ f you kin git anything Detter an’ a "possum an’ baked parsnips you'se Jess got ter git somethin’ what's moughty fine.” He was talking to a city colored man who was “calkerlatin’” what to get for his Sunday dinner. “You'se tellin’ de trafe.” said the customer, “but you know dat de "possum am too fat ter y¥ so much for him. Kase when de grease jes out you ain't got much left. I'll give yer juarter for it.” “Fo’ de Lawd,” said the one who shot the animal, “I ain't ‘gwine ter take no sich money fer it. I'll take dat dar possum right home an’ cook it for de chilluns, an’I kuows dat dey will smack dare lips over it, Good morn- in”” “AUNT” ADELINE. By 9 o'clock the crowd at the market had so increased that there was not much more than walking room along in front of the country koopa. “Quack! quack! quack!” went the lucks. and along came old “Aunt Adeline.” Her big flat shoes could be seen coming from beneath her new holiday dress, and a broad Flin that, placed her ivories in sight of every. ody indicated that she was the possessor of the ducks, -‘Aunt Adeline” is known to most of the people in the market, and well did they get out of her way because they knew that she would not stop short of anything; that she would walk over one. If you speak to her she will say: “What made you stayin my way?" She was the proudest woman in the market, and some ne was cruel enough to hint that she pur- chased the ducks in order:to show the white folks that she could live as well as other ople. They were not «il she had either. The bottom of her basket was filled with cabbage and po- tatoes, while on top she had a few oranges and other fruit. Further along the line were the “West End hotels.” That is what the colored people call the cook stands along B street near the hay- market. These stauds are erected along the line of the curbstone, and hot meals are served from over fires made in the street. The weather does not interfere with these outdoor hotels, for in falling weather the edibles are kept dry with pieces of oileloth, cotton and old clothes, which form an awning arranged on slender wooden frames. These hotels are aways in sea- son, and a!though they furnish a meal for from 101025 cents, they provide everything in the line of substantial food, and also many delica- cies, Their patrons are chiefly the colored men who work «bout the market and country people, wagon drivers and boys, READY FOR THANKSGIVING, At the corners of 7th and 9th strects were large crowds of colored boys ready and anxious boys cam earn more money. pe about the market transfer ‘mall cars and the boys in most instances have to carry the cnats Garcanh the smastteaee them on his class of dealers oc- | ¥, celery, cab- | _ “Oh, why don’t look out? I had hold of That annoyed both the drivers and the Nes end saveral times the boys had to be persed. Inside the building everything could be found from a cent’s worth of taffy to ‘an ice- berg. The former was on the candy and va- riety stands. while the Intter were in the cold storage rooms. From the cold storage bal- ee ek ee the interior of the main wing of the building could be obtained. Along the south aisle, where the fish stands are, were huge piles of turkeys, white fish of all sad wid e was there in abundance. Wil deer and bear meat were plentiful, and all sorts of birds, either picked or with feathers on them, were strewn along the benches, The poultry aisles alxo presented a sight that proved that many of the turkeys, ducks, geese and chickens have fallen beneath the ax. It was the advance guard of the army of Thanks- giving turkeys. Many of the fowls had been in the cold storage rooms for weeks and were only brought out for awhile to find purchasers, Those that failed were returned to their cold home, there to remain until next week. In the center aisle are the flower stands. The flowers were tastefully arranged and the stands most attractive, In either sity s the stands ofthe fresh meat dealers, e large beef roasts, lamb roasts, legs and cutlets of all sorts hanging from the hooks were tempting. Prob- ably the most inviting of all were the fruit stands. These areso arranged as to attract the attention of every one, whether they wanted to make purchags or not. BUYING A TURKEY. “Yes,” said one of the dealers, “the time has at last come when a full line of fruits and vege- tables can be carried all the yearround. Here, for instance, are some tomatoes, They are very fine ones. They were raised in Boston hot houses, and bring us high as $1 a pound. while the vegetables from New Orleans sell for about half that amount, “Then here are the Gross Coleman grapes— something new. They are raised in hot houses at Westtown, Pa.. and seil for $1.50 per pound. — are the highest priced grapes that come ere.” “What is this?” inquired the reporter, pick- ing up a cucumber-shaped vegetable about a foot long. “Why that’s an English cucumber, much bet- ter than what are raised here. They ure grown in the hot houses with the g pes.” “What is the price of thei?" “Oh, they only bring forty and fifty cents ench,” he replied. ‘Strawberries have not yet arrived,” he sud. Yeare expecting them every day now. They will come about four- teen ina basket and wll bring from $3.50 to $5 a basket, or about 20 a quar!.” The market was at ite height about 10 0’clock, and at noon business was getting dull. Then the dealers replenishe@l or rearranged their stock and got ready for the evening trade, — Courtship and Marriage. November chill ts, And lovely Phillis No longer strolis through the maple grey At eve with Cory ‘To hear love's story— She hears now by the parlor stove. ‘The parlor bright ta, And long the night is, . But there's little said, taough there is no cae nigh, But there ch hand pressing And waist caressing As the golden moments are hurrying by. ‘The time most sweet is, ‘Their joy complete is, Till a violent stam) ing is heard o'erhead, And a voice down calling, ‘Their boarts appalling— ¥, tell your beau to go home to bed!” ‘Thus checked their bliss is, But a good night kiss is With haste excna.ged ere the youth doth go Then homeward ies he And upstairs flies she, With cheeks aflame and Ler heart aglow Though courtship sweet is, Much more complete is ‘The joy of the matrim. nial life; No parent surely Can, late or early, ‘The husband pari from his ittle wife. —Bosion Courier. ——— a Father and From the Minneapolis Tribune. There was an educational scene down at the depot the other day between a man and a boy, but it was the man that needed the education, not the boy. The boy came there to meet his father and failed to bring some piece of bag- gage which was expected. “I did just as you told me to, papa,” said the little fellow, who was amauly little chap. “I told John to get itand put itin the carriage, and he didn’t do it” a don’t believe you're telling me the truth,” Son, said the father in a loud, bullying tone. “You forgot to say @ word aboutit and when I get home I'll settle with you.” “But, father. I did.” “Hush up,” said the man, sternly, while the boy's cheeks flushed and his eyes filled with tears. At that moment the man John, who seemed to be a family factotum or coachman, came into the depot and the father asked him about the matter. “Fred is mght, sir,” said the man, candidly; he told me about it, but I had a good bit to do an’ it slipped my'mind, You can blame me, sir, if it's wrong.” Did the father then turn to his little son and asked to be excused for doubting his word and speaking so harshly? Not a bit of it, He looked as angry as if he wished his son had been wrong, and the passengers waiting there were sorry for the future of that boy. — gorse Life Periods of Animals, From the Minneapolis Tribune. A bear rarely exceeds 20 yeara, A tortoise has been known to live to the age of 107. A squirrel or hare lives 7 or 8 years; rabbits T years, A dog lives 20 years; a wolf 20; a fox 14 to 16 years, Elephants have been known to live to the age of 400 years, Sheep seldom exceed the age of 10, and cows live about 15 years, Camels sometimes live to the age of 100; stags are long lived. Aswan has attained the age of 200 years, Pelicans are long lived. i Cuvier cousiders it probable that whales sometimes live 1,000 years. to the age of Pigs have been known to live 30 years; rhinoceros to 20. A horse has been known to live to the age of 62, but averages from 20 to 30, Insects, as a general rule, are short lived, though there are a good many exceptions to the rule, ——+e+—____ A Subterranean River in France. From the London Times. Near Miers, in the department of the Lot, between Auvergne and the Garonne, the course of asubterranean river has been traced in a boat for a distance of over two kilometers. Seven small lakes and thirty-two waterfalls were passed in the exploring voyage made in amall boat. It is estimated that the under- ground course isjfully seven kilometers, the stream joining the Dordogne near St Denis Martel, “It 1s tobe remembered that all that region is of limestone formation. To Get the Bonnet off in Theaters. From the Chicago Mail. “The object of my new scheme,” said Mr, MeVicker, “‘is to get women to remove their hats in theaters, and it's founded ona very simple principle. All women under tweuty- four are to be requested to remove their hats, contain @ line Nal be oupieseeay iets nes same conspicuut rin gram, and will get into the gouip fashion As peorle theater at night they will be confronted with a d in the lobby: ‘Only four will wear bonnets, THE EVENING STAR | | ™ * ' WASHINGTON, ENGLISH BOYS IN BLUE. Sketches About a Fumous London In- stitution. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL AND THE CHARITY BOTS—A MEDIAVAL COSTUME WORN IN THE HEART OF MODEKN LONDON—nOW THE BOYS ARE MAX- AGED—TRADITIONS OF THE SCHOOL. D. C., SATURDAY, THE DISTRICT BUILDING. pene Miss eaes ‘Where the Men Who Govern the City Transact Business. ——— The Collector’s Office and the People Who Come to Pay Taxes—The Water Department—Scenes About the Com- missioners’ Rooms—Pay Day at the Auditor’s OMfice—The Building In- spector and Other Officials. —__ The building occupied six days in the week by the officials of the District government of- fers a decided contrast to the white marble palaces where the different branches of the | a federal government find homes, The big red | but the explanation seems rather a lame one brick building on ist street, a not much fre- and the origin still reste in obscurity. Around | quented quarter of the city, docs not attract the anciont quadrangles now paved but for-| the notice of the stranger as do the other pub- merly called garden, rise the massive piles of | tic buildings, The District building is not an | gray stones with battlemented turrets giving | imposing structure, It was originally designed | rather a fortress-like appearance. | a8 a factory for the manufacture of sash, doors The memory of Edward VI seems to pervade | and blinds, but it was rented to the District | the place, statues of him gracing several niches | “"° : A Mile in ihe Inrge refectory is bis portrait aide | nhich for along time had been in aarch of | | bay window added, awnings put in piace an by side with tho-e of Charles I, James II, Queen Victoria, the Prince Consort and the | other alterations made to adapt it to its new | uses, Inside the floors were divided into rooms, present Duke of Cambridge, who is one of the governors of the school. One bright-faced boy | stairwate built, the walls plastered aud kal minedand carpets put down, A big flag with whom we talked told us that all the staif was put up on top and the stars and stripes ‘Stall Correspondence of Tae Evextxo Stan. Loxpox, November 5, 1889. Among the many interesting sights with which London abounds is the famous Christ's hospital, a school for boys, founded by En- gland’s boy king Edward VI, only legitimate son of Henry VIII, about the middle of the sixteenth century, Here for three hundred and thirty years has this ancient charity flour- ished. Only a portion of the original building is standing, called by the boys the “Jeffs, though they do not seem clear as to why that name is given to it One of the ancient beadles suggested that it is wo called from a former janitor named Jeffs, scholars of the mathematical school (founded by Charles I1) are obliged to go to sea, but the | flung to the breeze. The offices of pupils are not obliged tqgenter the mathemat- | {Un * | Jeal school. He added: “My papa is a naval | the pane haa hl ahh Mees | ofticer and he wrote to us that te had just met | Move’ oe - oh i building = 4 an English governor of an East Indian province | $feet,, whero they had been locate | from the time the present form of government tinguished trom the other pupils by a large | W#S established. There are a great many tin disk with geometrical figures securely sewed | pilogs = the eiee relia people do not to the left shoulder. All the pupils are famil- | ¥0W about and the ordinary visitor does not y referred to as “blue coat b on account | 8¢¢- It is a busy official hive from the time the f their costume, which is ideniieal with that | #8 8ocs up in the morning until it comes down worn by all who have been taught there since | #t 4 o'clock, An almost continuous stream of the foundation of the school, ‘They presenta. PeoPle passes through the doors, past the gray- arkable appearance when during our visit “Uiskered watchman and on to some o: the » clock struck the quarter after twelve | MMQY ollices comprised under this roof. Many they came running out of the various school 8° © Up the iron-bound stairway, but there who wasa blue.” The *mathemats” are dis- | rooms, books under their arms, racing, whist- | 8° ® number of offices ou the ground floor to ling, jumping and shouting like all school boys | “41k people are constanidy going. tue worid over, THE COLLECTOR'S OFFICE. The first in importance is the collector's | office, situated at the right of the entrance. A big iron safe stands out in bold relief against | the soft-tinted walls and receives the money takon in over the cashier's counter, There it is kept until it is transferred to the Treasury, It is a poor day's work when $10,000 is not paid over, and just now an average of £30,000 a day is being received. Men may come and men may go, but tax paying never stops. Though the busy season is about over the stranger wouldn't think so if he caught a glimpse of the 7 long lines of people who wait their turn at the They wear jackets and knee breeches of dark | little window to hand over their taxes. And brown cloth, long yellow stockings (exactly | whatacurions lot these tax payers are. Here the color of mustard) and low shoes. Over all | the avaricious miser pushes his money through ie. Jong-tailed bine coat, the skirts of which | Ulan) Ae cee jin fipsiederegterine reach aearly to the ankles, This is held at the ; v4 id igor ee are worn lawn or linen bands similar to those | Cente whe hoe ney sd enough to buy a little worn by Episcopal clergymen, and to add to | pounact (no has Me ese lik dasemes auras their remarkable appearance they wear never poor widow, who; with tcombling hands cocate Scap on their head. They are allowed to carry | Poy tain’ to onteee he eee ano com amail cap in their pockets, but they never by | font busy all dee tegen” om The cashier is any chance put them on even when they scat- Tein cua to eh Gi ake ter to their homes for the holidays, They are la inten awa tobe tiatccane aan proud of their costume and no doubt glory in | Pcoble in the crowd to be viedincly gels Bead a their uncovered polls. There are 1,100 boys in | favoritam abowse per a rag ree a ca oc ee being | jaborer is often ahead of his wealthy neighbor. twenty miles from London, from’ whick | Collector Davis has a reputation for politeness, the'seoke. Gf the ‘Landen aches ae and the way he deals with the anxious crowd is cruited. Here have been educated some | Wonderful. of England's famous men—Charles Lamb, Samuel Coleridge (still called the “inspired charity boy” from his having been a pupil here) and Leigh Hunt. As we looked at that crowd of odern boys tucking their long coat tails under their leather belts so that they could kick the foot bull better we knew that among them must be some of England's future great men, whose fame may yet fill the world. The school was originally intended for a charity institution, but many well-to-do citi- zens are glad of the opportunity of having their sons educated there. Qid London is allowed to be represented by only eleven pupils, but probably the homes of the majority are in the London of today. They are allowed to go home twice a week, but always wear the school uniform. Some of the little fellows we saw seemed almost too young to be deprived of a parent's care, The entering age is from cight to ten years and the course, if completed. fits the pupils for the university. The blue couts are as bright-faced, intelligent looking and well mancered a lot of boys as one would wish to look upon. THE UNIFORM. THE DOG TAX MAN. Attached to his office is that of the dog license clerk. Here ata little table in the corner sits Dr. Clark, the gentleman in charge of the licensing of dogs in the District. The busiest art of the year for him is now over, but yet e finds plenty to do and a day rarely passes that he does not tuke pen portraits of a num- ber of pets, handing over a license and a small metal tag in each case, aud adding to the reve- nues of the District to the extent of a couple of dollars, He has all sorts of visitors, the great majority lovers of dogs, aud when his time is not fully occupied he likes to have his visitors sit a while and chat about the great dogs they ve seen or Own or have read ubout. ‘Lhe doctor does a good deal of work in Hees try ing stolen dogs, for when the license is purchase he gets a description of the animal, and if in the future any dispute urises as to the owner- ship he is appealed to and rarely fails to satisfy the parties. There area large number of dis- tinguished names on his big blotter, as many of the prominent men of the city own dogs. THE WATER DEPARTMENT. Across the hall is the water department, and when water rents fall due this is a busy place. The characters who frequent this office are THE REFECTORY isan immense room containing sixteen long narrow oak tables, on each side of which is a crude settle’ The tables and benches both greed their attention during che day. Mr. | Do: sx sits at the head of the table his | back to the window and at his left sits Major | ae eee ee 23, 1889-TWELVE PAGES, Poe sy ee and it is a little room between that occupied by Chief Clerk Campbell and the office of Com- missioner ' Hine. ite workings. When @ question is asked, which mo one else can an- pinedgy dee Neher to re dg my ; = an an- swer it is not very long in for! 3 Through the secretary all orders of the Co missioners are given. He siands inthe same capacity to them as Mr. Halford does to the President. and his name goes at the bottom of every document issued. The swinging door which hides the secretary trom the view of the people in the hall is kept in a state of excited movement all day long with the rush of people | who want to know this, that or the other. They are directed tothe people whom they shoul: see, and when there is a chance the secretary attacks the pile of papers that always li desk and never seems to get smaller, but al- ways larger. Some queer customers throng his office. There are people ragged, wretched, tll- smelling, who want to be sent to the work house d then the next moment, perhaps, there is a woman who wants to get some one out, There are old soldiers coming here for pensions who want to get back home again and there are children who have nothing to eat and want to know where they can get it, There are office seekers with a smile and confidentially mysteri- ous air who want his ear for just a moment, and next comes a man with a petition 10 feet long for the abatement of a nuisance. Here isa man with an invention which he thinks the Commissioners would take up, and then come woman who wants her next-door neigh- bor stopped from throwing tin cans into her ard, ‘The book agent, the lightning rod ped- ler, the beggar, the tramp, the Senator, the wealthy property owner, the promoter of some great enterprise all are included in the stream ot humanity that files through the office of the secretary. THE COMMISSIONERS’ ROOMS. Next to the office of the secretary are the Tooms occupied by the two civilian members of the board of Commissioners, Major Ray- mond has his office on the other s.de of the big hallway, Commissioner Douglass sits at a desk in the front room and great folding doors con- neet it with the room occupied by Commis- sioner Hine. ordinates a good ex. b their desks, for it is rarely much after 9 o'clock when they are not hard at work with the morn- | ing mail,” Tuey like to get this all properly r The Commissioners set their sub- | e bemg early at ferred and attended to before the crowds of Visitors, with their tales of wee and their vari- ous grievanecs, come pouring upon them. By | 1 o'clock this commences and from that | rest and little time to attend to papers on their desks, Here will come delegation who want not put upon for improvements, then a com- protest against the encroachment of | the railroads. Several people drop in to ask that the bar room on the corner be not granted a license next comes a delegation with the app 1 of an oiice seeker in the spokes- | t. Mr, Douglass generally attends ions unless it happens that the present is of a mavel character or a usual importance. When the three Commissioners come tugether and listen to the tales of woe which are poured into their ears. TRE BOARD RooM. Promptly at 2 o'clock the board goes into | sion, Around along table in the pleasant | -windowed board room the three Commis- | sioners gather and seated in corafortable arm | chairs talk over the matters which have en- Raymond, On the other side Mr. Hin pies a large arm chair. ‘occu- It is in this pleasant room that proposed orders are talked over, pa- pers examined, proposed changes discussed and | ids opened. ‘The sessions vary in length from | fifteen minutes to hours, and sometimes the gas has to be lighted before the meeting adjourns. | The Commissioners are frequently joined by one or more heads of departments whose opin- ion is desired on some measure which has been proposed. ‘The meetings of the board are all secret and informal for the most part, but when you see Secretary Tindall go to the room with @ sharpened pencil behind his ear you may look out for some important announcement, THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE, Atthe west end of the hall is the auditor's office, where Mr. Petty will be found at the head of a corps of assistants, To get to the auditor's office it is necessary to pass the rooms of Capt. Lusk and Capt. Rossell, assistants of the Engineer Commissioner. The auditor dis- burses the money which the collector takes in down stairs and # great deal more besides, for it is through his hands that the appropriations made by Congress every year are aia! at. Pay day at the District building is indeed a busy time and the hundreds of people employed by the District crowd up to the window with their vouchers, receive their checks from Mr. Dar- nielle, the disbursing clerk. and go away look- ing happy and contented, Street laborers, and, stand shoulder to shoulder with quite interesting, Many of them are of the gentler sex, but they evince stern qualities when dealing with the water question, The able, with a matron to do the carving. Atthe | Way they scold the clerks sometimes when tead of each table hangs a muslin bag contain- | things do not suit them would make Mrs, b g the bread board, carving knife and crumb | Caudle seem meek in comparison. Most of inrush. The matrons attend to the distribution | them want to know why the water supply is not bof the food only. All the table service is at- | better and why their water is not turned on, tended to by the boys themselves, At the meal ways it that the water keeps so muddy? The hour the boys troop in to the refectory, one | clerks are treated as if personally responsible bearing the cloth, another the bread, another | for all the ills complained of, but they have to the mugs, and so on, each having his appointed | look pleasant no matter how irate the visitors, task, and’ they have’ the table ready fora jiffy. | Everybody who visits the building knowa the At the conclusion of the meal the table is | gentleman who guards the door, and he is ac- cleared as quickly as it was laid. Camptell (pom piper tare ist “The famil- MANY OF THE QUAINT cUsToMS i al of olden times survive in this school, one of Peeks iosopl pegema Ortino natant 4 than any other man in the District, for all the them being the visits of the lord mayor during | collections are taken by him to the Treasury, Lent. The boys lay their own tables in the hall eter gras eecnen ‘on ee ordining room. Then enters the lord mayor, | building and tho number quiries he has to Who site at the top of the room, and other | auswer daily and the mee bee os cman he wore visitors admitted by tickets issued by the va- | to the foot of the stairway and points with his ious governors of the school. After the | Stick to the door of the office wanted is count- singing of a hymn, accompanied ‘by the orgun | !8. He keeps the keys of every office in the in the gallery, a Grecian (one of the advanced | Puilding ranged on hooks on s board in the pupils) takes ‘his place in a queer little pulpit | hall and it is his duty to sce that every one of Bt one side of the hall and reads prayers, After | the employes is on time in the morning. If prayers the boys begin their meal, while the | 8°me luckless clerk is only aminute late it goes Visitors walk up and down the alleys between | *gainst him in the Sergeant's little buok, and the long tables, When the meal is finished the | after they are all in up the book goes to Secre- visitors return to their seats, the boys take up | ty Tindall. After that, well no one has ever the baskets, bowls, bread platters and candi | been able to find out what becomes of them. sticks and lastly fold the table clothe, Then | , At the endof the long hall, on the ground the 750 boys pass in procession before | 100r, past the collector's office and assessor's the lord mayor, ‘“toeing the mark’ | Office, isthe place where the majority of the a strip of brass inserted in the | ¢™ployes break their fast—that is, i they have Sove—snd bowing profoundly shan. retire, | Se, feuned Smerevitl. And erenl lf thoy Once a year all the boys go to the Mansion | 4°n't happen to have this handy it is not muc! house according to ancient custom, The lord | ouble to get credit of the good-natured col- mayor then presents each Grecian with asov- | 0redman. Pie is the most popular commodity, ereign, each sub-Grecian with a half-soverei, but the bill of fare includes fruit, cakes, coffee, and the younger boys each with # new shilling, | 0Ysters and other edibles. The employes con- We were shown the bath rooms, where at stated | &Tegate about at poon around the lunch stand hours certain wards are allowed to have hot | #24 tell stories while they eat their luncheon, baths. The numbers of the wards which are | While the attendant is kept busy attending to accorded the bath privilege are marked in | their wants, chalk on the main door, so that all know when ON THE SECOND FLOOR ves turn cones daajetas ae tee the Commissioners and several officials sub- e swimming pool adjoins the ordinate to them have their offices, The rooms and a splendid one it is, It is about 210 fect are ranged about a large oblong hall. In the Ly 20 feet and about 5 feet 8 i1 deep at th dopent end {tele paved and” dhe-tater ie | peDter of this hal atthe head of the sara, clesr as orystal. A triangular of mets! | the engine down in the cellar. "In this big ball sunk in the bottom at the deepest end ks the conjunction of hree fatnouy parishes" | One can see most any day many Jeading oltt- e bear witness to the unconquerable boys’ habit of cutting their names, notwithstanding the hardness of the wood. Each ward has its own have no dressing rooms, but the | #°ms of the District, and this is where Bostgis arround, wich dori walls wit | Ease cf the len! papers, poe down tree nches just wide enough for a emall boy to sit citizen bus fairly ais bee “4 upon and remove his clot which are hun; onal hook above, From thoes stalls the pool : reached by a step and a plunge. . THE DORMITORIES are divided into wards, Each ward is « large, fairly well-lighted room, beautifully neat orderly. Every boy has his own little cot with C. H. in big letters on the cover lid, At the foot of the cot isa box for school books, The clothes are kept in wardrobes in other rooms. A bright fire burns in » grate at the ent end of each room, On one side is a the monitor and in front of the table with pen and ink at which do their writing or reading. stone- Se es a a wi "1 have anclevator, The man who vite the Die- A = ° ye? g H eH i Ei E z A read ‘Looking ward?" Miss Lakeside—"No} I tried to once, but it ‘DR. TINDALL’'S OFFICE @are me a orick in the neck,’ is Just to the right as you ascend the stairway, nck in Tapper clerks and solid-looking contesctors, Large sums of mouey are disposed of by the checks given out at this office and it takes a found the District library and here quiet reigns supreme, for the librarian is rarely disturbed by an intrader. All of the are kept on fileand have been for many years, They form the most valuable collection of local his- tory obtainable. There are also a large num- ber of old files of the National Ih and there are all the editions of the and U.S. statutes, The Congressional Record is complete and there are many valuable =. from municipal officers of other cities. form not the interesting part of the con- tents of the library, which is in charge of Mr. Lanman, CHIEF PARRIS’ ROOM is opposite the library. Chief Parris can gen- erally be found at his desk with his two liew- tenants, Assistant Chiefs Nelt and Lowe A } large indicator on the wall registers the num- | ber of the fire-alarm box struck in case of fire, | In such an event, quickly buckling their coate | the chief and the assistant in whose district the fire is located rush down the steps, jump into their buggies and are off to the scene before the = in the build ing know what has hap- pened, ‘TRE CHEMIST AT WORK, The fourth floor has another office which is of considerable importance to the District. It is that of the chemist, or, as he is officially known. the inspector of asphalt and cement, Here Prof. Clitford Richardson, the head of this department, may be found testing asphalt or cement, analyzing drinking water, milk, butter and ail other articles of food which can be aduiterated. The greater part of his ti however, is taken up in testing asphalt | cement, as ail such materials furmisbed to the District have to pass through his hands for in- spection before they are ‘The professor is an expert “dynamite bomb” examiner and whenever the police find any- thing that looks queer it is submitted to im for examination, He generally makes short work of them by whipping his pocket-knife and dinxeecting them, In case a person dies under peculiar circumstances and the police think be hax been poisoned, a sample of the food taken from the stomach is sent to the proieseor and he makes an exam- ination of it andsends in areport. His various utics bring him iuto connection with nearly every department of the District govera- ment. Bat by the time the visitor has ex- plored the upper stories of the building it is do’clock, the flag on the building has been mance down, the offi are tast being leserted by the weary employes and the janitors have commenced making their rounds with dust pan and broom. Saturday Smiles. A brooding hen.—Detroit Something attractive in the way of a cigarette holder—A pretty girl's mouth.—Kochester Jost- Express. A flow of natural gas has been discovered near Chicago. To those that hath shall be given.— | Baltimore American, “Hi, Johnny Henpeck, who wears the trou- sers in your house?” rst me fader has "em, ‘n then I git’ em."— York Sun, “Money is quiet,” mys an exchange, “but there are lots of people who are willing to speak for it ail the same."”—Aearney (Neb.) En- terprise, Tramp: mad.m?" Madam—“Oh, how lucky, has just gone, and you cau eat all— But the tramp had fled.—New York Sun. Tom—May I kiss your little baby sister?” Fannie (aged sixteen, demurely): “No, she isn’t oid enough.” —Munaey's Week y. Commercial Item—Lady (leaving store)— “You bet 1am up to the tricks of these mer- chants. I made him come down 2 on the price.” . Merchant (to himself)—*‘Iam up to the tricks of these lady customers, I put the price up $4." — Texas Sigtings. Blifkins Pere (reading from his paper)—“I see they have a choir of surpliced girls im a Brook- lyn church.” Blitkins Mere (slightly deaf)—“Isn't that nice! I knew they'd find something for the surplus girls to do.” —Pitisburg Bulletin. Urgent Business.—Laura—~Auntie, would I be justified in writing to a young man who has never written to me?” Auntie—“Only on very important business, my dear, ‘Laura—“Well, this is important business, I want to marry him."—Terre Haute Express. Water in the Snake river has been so low this season that settlers have bitterly complained of the dust raised by the salmon going up stream. ‘They threaten to ask tor an appro- priation to sprinkle the river next year it the nuisance is repeated.—Alta California, Tonsorial Item.—Judge (who is bald-headed) N “Could you give mea little to eat, The Cooking club you is true, your conscience must be as black as your hair.” Prisoner—“If a man’s conscience is regulated by his hair, then your houor hasu’t got any conscience at all."—TZezas Siftings. “Mr. Orville R. Dupp,” said the man with the bill ina loud, harsh, menacing voice, “you good many people to keep account of where it all goes to. ‘They are always busy at the audi- tor's office, but the week just preceding the regular pay day and the several days following are the busiest. ‘There is a regular flow of peo- le all the time, for the witnesses from the Po- fice Court present their vouchers for payment here and so do the jurors and witnesses before coroner's juries. THE BUILDING INSPECTOR'S OFFICE, There is no officer in the employ of the Dis- trict who is looked upon with greater respect than Mr. Entwisle, the inspector of buildings, What he does not know about building a house is pot considered worth knowing. Before one can be erected the plans have to be submitted to him for his inspection. If he finds that they do not conform strictly to the regulations gov- erning the erection of buildings he refuses to issue a permit, and the plans have to be amended to meet the law. All sorts of char- acters are to be found in this room, some ap- plying for permits to build, others to repair and others to enter complaints, Mr, Entwisle says his room beate the building for cranks. It is in here that all plans for public school buildings are pure! , and the general care of those already built are under the supervision of the building inspector. When a person makes application for a Sadar to build he first submits the plans to Mr. Ent who ex- amines them carefully. If they are in accord- ance with law he turns them over to Architect Brady, who, in turn, submits them to Plumbing Inspector Robinson. An examination is then a tadiger i tage wrenied igownereg are all right, and it ¥ ison reports favorably upon it the permit is issued, ON THE THIRD FLOOR are located several of the offices of the gov- ernment, such as those of the superintendent of streets, county roads and sewers, Theso officers aro all under the engineer de it. There also the property clerk. who keeps an alert eye upon property owned by the Dis- trict, and he is responsible for it all, has his headquarters, On this floor rooms are now being fitted up for the offices of the attorney for District, The attorney's presence in the building will be a great convenience to the Commissioners, as his opinion is often needed on questions which present themselves to be immediat of, The office of the eer is also on this floor and a computing e1 eo into it will reveal a force of men bending over boards covered wit of drawing paper cutting i thi and paving, and on paper. said you would certainly pay this ifI would call this morning!” “I know I did,” said the miserable man, “but my wife is out some- where with my pocketbook buying me a birth- day present.”—Chicago Tribune. The housewife woke with sudden fright About the hour of two, And, trembling, lay with casping breath, ‘Not knowing what to do, ‘Was sipell of smoke within the house? Of; no, she simply usd bot Drought ‘The silverware upstairs! —Boston Transcript. ‘The conflicting stories about base ball stars may be a trifle confusing, but one translucent fact stands out—none die and few re-sign.— Philadelphia Record. Little girl (fearfully)—““Mamma, when are the Indians coming on?” Mother—‘Hush, dear; there are no Indians.” Little girl—--Then who scalped all the men in the front seats?"—New York Sun. Every day now that it doesn’t rain is a day of thanksgiving.—Reuding Herald, Telegraph Lineman—“Excuse me, sir, but could t time?” 8! r—Certainly, sir.” : “Well, here is a letter to my wife and family, a tew keepsakes, and another letter to the undertaker, telling where to find me, and if I | New York's disdain of electionserin ain't back here in five minutes, I would like to | minds one very much of the good ol have you them.” SWheetene you, goin wget “No. I'm going up t over there to fix a wire.”—Time. till explaining the late elec- tion should learn a lesson from Dom He hasn't said @ word.—Piisburg Chronicie- Telegragh. —*If half what the witnesses testify against | Pedro, | Gott! she had to be THE WEEK IN NEW YORK. Things That are Talked About on Man- hattan Isiand. THE CONGRESSIONAL CONTEST BETWEEN TURNER, THE ICEMAN, AXD MURARY, THE REPORTER, AND COOK—MRS. CLEVELAND IN A NEW YORK CROWD HOW MAYOR GRANT EXTRICATED HIMSELR, Correspondence of Tae Evextee STAR. New Yous, November 22. Rarely has there bocn a more amusing bur- lesque in the shape of a congressional contest than has diverted the town during the week. The condict has attained such » wide celebrity that Iecarcely need go into details, Turner, the iceman by summer and the Salvation Army shouter in the winter, and Tom Murrey, the reporter and cook, have suddenly become ma- tional characters, When Tammany found out Turner's cold weather occupation they were disposed to drop him like a bot potato, yet why active piety should not be en- couraged among icemen the average cus tomer cannot understand. As for “Terrapin Tom” Murrey, he is one of the most rollicking good fellows in the business, whether that be the sanctum or the kitchen. He ornaments either tripod, Murrey ix ® handsome, jovial hustler with a wide acqua os bright and sharp asoue of his best carvers and with as fine a flavor as any of his “fifty soups.” He ie by no means a chicken m polities, having taken an active part in several campaigns and being depended on by the Evening Sun for its city hall political news and gossip. He worked hard for Amos Cummings when he was rnuning for Congress in thos district, and it w singular if the rter should fe to the House of Representatives s is returned from another district, Murrey will be immensely opuilar at Washi ton, Without kuowmg much about the ty or being a high authority on silver has an exhau we ess tund of good # ld see to it that the House resteurant was conducted on principios of the highest gastro- nomic art even it he had to roast the jointeand cool the tea himself. MAYOR GRANT AND THE WOMAN TRUSTERS. Mayor Graut hes been harassed this week with one of the x «xing questions that annoy po! who was anxions to be everybody's frie terms of the two Indy members of the ft school commis sioners expired on W and it brought fill their piace valuable, Aiud ther came mayor advers« the two sr more y ilariy agains Miss Dodge, This opposition was based on the dislike of very many of the teach for Miss f her m On the je wad eulta work and like ue with sto be enx- al in in with the ious to xe ». The out com awaited by y with aa anxious and yet a half amused expectancy. he result testified to Grant's adroitness, He compromised with the various elements about as shrewdly us any one could have done. He reappointed Mra. Aguew, a woman of high standing and large experience who had made no enemics in ofice and who bad eh marked capa reappoint, Clara M. Wail he school lit | from the rank: fied w a Miss Dodge he her y ¥ side and the amateur phil- four hundred on the of intelligent citizens, The effect, so far as practical results go, will | be beneficial to the public schools and on that account will strengthen the mayor with the mausee S. CLEVELAND LOST IN THE CRowD, Pretty Mrs. Cleve i does not attract so | much attention in New York asshe did in Wash- ington, where everybody kuew and admired |her. 1 saw her yesterday crossing the big | bright rotunda at Den ud, 1m spite of the tales of louki ard aud worn; thought she was as pretty as ever. Her street | costumes are not always in the best taste aud | Sometimes a little schovlgariiah, bm y duy she was dignified and graceful ma black wilet with a high collared senl skin shoulder cape Janda little iace vei drawn over ber piquant face. But not « head turned to look at her and I fancied it must be rather « refreshing change to her to be jost im the crowd. THE HOLIDAY CRUSH AT HAXD. No one need hav y didiculty m being lost in the crowds that are even now begining to swarm into the ys for holiday pur- big sh | chases. y has aiready mounted the ©labo- rate panoratua fu the window which marke the approach of Ci:ristmas, and from da aliy dark bis corner is pract able. A dense throng blocks tue pay | the gutter, composed uot mainly of children | but of women laden with baudles and cum- | bered with the cars of much shop- | ping and an equal number of able-bodied men, who ail hang spellbound upon the monotonous movements of a few stuf puppets. The ent stairway aud plat- form of the elevated t station corner are carefuily serces prevent the gazing thr also. Inside the store isa howling pundemo- niam which will grow steadily worse ull Ch vurban Woman mall the ferries and she can get everything, inelud- ing lunch, without going outside, At leust she can if she has the mvincible patience to wait in & pusbing mob for her turn and the iron de- termination necessary to cope with the haughty attendants when she gets it. So the crowd of women is very largely armed with shawl straps and satchels, Which complicate matters consid- erably as they battle around the bargain coun- ter, mashing each other's bonuets and tramp- ling on each other's toes and engage in hand- to-hand conflicts over some specially worthless article of gimcrackery which has been “re- duced.” WHY NEW YORK 18 RESIGNED, Yesterday Mr. W. E. D. Stokes, the secretary of the committee on legislation of the world’s fair, sent outa very diguitied manifesto pro- claiming to the world that New York would not indulge in any scrambie for the fair, He an- nounced that this city would make no effort to secure pledges trom Cougressmen or resort to any other electioncering device if the country thought New York the piace, very well. If not, the fair could go wherever the public appetite was strongest. This is in « very nobie and lofty strain, but the real inside explanation is that the commutice, after a care- have afew minutes of your valuable | fui survey of the ficld, reauze that the other cities have already secured a large majority of the Congressmen and thet any campaign on the present basis woud be hopeless, Hence this impressive decorum all of a sudden, arts re- story of the German widower, This philosophic per- son was asked by sympathizing friends who attended his wife's funeral. if the poor woman was resigned to going. “Resigned,” exclaimed the widower, “mei On the half-shell’s scoop, difference. Owing to one cause and anot ‘Than live til the eocrowe of age comoes the enthusiasm with which the town started off sesotechy be ptey cocker nl toe tes maaan ee ann to in out. subscriptions ‘p mount dollar. vane kind of ‘a dollar bamenlty needs is | UP With tolerable though uneven progress, Ss a dollar that can be had by putting @ nickel in re is very little genuine meagre tp mg senna ie in terer 1x cus ‘stk ale tes Soman writer ‘Jedning Eom our protracted epell ot | out as many New Yorkers who would be rainy weather, the “coming man” will have to goes fesse “_ raha 99 A The streets of the city are ina simply un- speakabie condition owing to the almost in- cessant rainfall of the month. There bas never been anything like it within the of Masons finished its business at Atlanta yester- | that feurful bore, the oldest inhabitant, tbat bon ee from the reproach that was cok‘apon ws of having Aithier strecte thas Constantinople. ceased because it was wed iaty were fow in Tiguan and votes, Beh aldermen have learned their mistake and Probably s compromise will be about fhe utica labor atous hk be the > city's gate against the return of ‘the litte feeling, man bands, To ell Sai |, Another street railroad hes ry “too many men!" There are ‘too many men in the labor market to make & woman's A ne oe ok, Alleyes are ~4 Bea ek $S'ds "aioen coves oxta eae on aes B. Basses,