Evening Star Newspaper, June 14, 1890, Page 14

AT FORT WASHINGTON Preparing For the Encampment of the District National Guard. P —_—- SURVEYING A RIFLE RANGE. > ‘To Shoot Over the Home of the “Jig- ger"—Some of the Camp Ff Securing 2 Good Supply Gaard Notes. f Water— T quite ready for camp yet, but we are getting there im good shape.” Sergeant Joyce said that. and he said it to an inquisitive Star Peporter who had just tanded on the wharf at Fort Washington and who wanted to know what Bad been done in the way of preparation for the annual encampment of the District Na- tional Guard. Sergeant Joyce, for the infor- mation of the unenlightened mortals be it Stated, is in charge of Fort Washington. Standing on the wharf-they had been fél- Jow passengers with the reporter—were Maj. Pollard. inspector general of rifle practice, and Capt. Horton. They were armed with such instruments as surveyors find necessary in their business and were evidently prepired to work. It was a hot, hard tug ap the gentle acclivity, which rises at the rate of something like one foot in five, but there was no time for resting when the ridge had been gained. SURVEYING THE RIFLE RANGE. A rifle range, or so much thereof as was pos- sible, had to be surveyed, and it had to be done before the steamer returned from its trip several miles further down stream. Now. if the ground to be operated on had on reasonably level the task would not have be @ great one. but the ground was not level, 89 the undertaking was by no means small. THE RAN Across the road which runs past the camp Of the first regiment and just beyond w the old artillery garden is the Sring point. esent arranged; it may. however. be chan | iy ed as possessing supe natural advantages for the purpose range. but it is very dubious whether there could be founda more perfect serap of sylvan beauty than the ravine which is soon to re- the reports of thousands of charges of goverument gunpow 7 hills on either side of the depression were thickly covered with timber. mostly of very moderate dimensions. until the axmen @ommenced to cut out paths over the aerial m IN THE RAVINE. eourse on which bullets are to travel. The choppers felled a good deal of timber, and by so doing they released a scenic fragment that would delight the eye even of an inartistic man. Less than a mile ‘away Piscataway creek flows past—a bright streak just visible over the fresh foliage—while beyond is the darker hue of that promontory known to river men and Maryland geographers as Mockley point. The great ravine is filled with the tints of summer verdure and beneath an un- beeken arch of living timber there trickles ® stream of water, strongly impregnated with iron. SHOOTING OVER THE HOME OF THE “JIGGER.” The scene was truly a beautiful one, but the walking was bad. Leaving Capt. Horton at the firing point. which was éf earth protected on the front and sides by logs. the rest of the ex- Pedition slid more or less gracefully down the almost perpendicular hills. stopping oceasion- ally to stumble over an apparently inexhaust- ible variety of tree roots, stumps and tough vine-like creepers. When the opposite hill was reached the party stopped some more. It wasatramp of such character that it could fairly be denominated hard work. Three hun- dred yards when in a straight line is not too much of a distance for an ordinarily mus- man to walk over in five minutes, " MAJOR POLLARD AS A ROD-MAN. but when that same distance can only be reached by clambering over the pock- marked face of nature as she is in thet ravine, then 300 yards is a Sabbath day's journey for @ professional pedestrian. T. supposed to be a pretty hot . but it would be cruel to suppose it is any hotter than the atmosphere was in the ravine ou Tnesday last. Up at the firing point there was a cooling breeze, but down where the “jiggers” increase and multiply there was an al and super- heated calm. It will interest a great many members of the } mard to know that over the home of ~jigger.” when the cam military, and sorrowfully return and plentifully lower extremities grounds are occupied bh to this same ravine do th when the men_persisten plaster their (the men’s) with grease. Several distances were ascertained and re- corded and then the hill to the firing point was sealed. The targets will be at different points along the ravine. The electric iarget will be in front of a Laidley revolving target, so that the iron plates of the electric mark will. with the necessary earth and masonry, provide the marker with requisite shelter. Unless the elec- tric targets fail to work the revolving con- trivance will not be put into operation. The services of markers will thus be dispensed with. By the end of next week the trees that now interfere somewhat with the ranges will have been removed and the erection of the tar- gets commenced. DEINKING WATER FOR CAMP. For the past few days Sergt. Joyce has been paying special attention to the supply of drink- ing water. He has had all the fort cisterns ned out and emptied. In some of them the water had been stored for more than eighteen Years, vet it was perfectly who! we and very clean. The result of the overheuling has been the aggregating of « water-stoi pacity of 30,000 gallons, nearly every drop of which must percolate filter boxes of gravel. If every man in ¢amp drank nothing but water for a week— & very probable occurrence—there will be water enough and to spare for the entire brigade. Tent-sills aud floors are stacked up under shelter, all ready for use at a moment's notice, as is raost of the other material which was used last year. The kitchens are being attended to THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE. snd everything experience can suggest is bei done to satisfy popes inveterate “kicker, There will have to be a good deal of mowing done before the 2ist proximo. Where the first regiment wili be camped there is agood c: of bay. while between the first and secon regiments there is a splendid growth of volun- teer oats. Very long and very much tangled is the grass which has taken possession of the territory between the road and the place where brigade headquarters was located last year, while the flagstaff has been bent over by the northwestern zephrs. It has been decided to have the adjutant gen- | eral’s office in the little farm house near bri | ade headquarters. iéefore it is occupied, how- ever, the carpenter and mower will Lave some- thing todo. Last year it was a fifteen-minutes' m the adjutant general's office to Gen. tent. | NEWSPAPER HEADQUART! The newspaper representatives will have a buikling all to themselves; it used to be the post hospital. Its interior will need put little | adjustment before the scribes are admitted as | tenant! post hospital is going to be a very com- plete affair. More interest is being taken in it this year and the surgeons are suggesting and planning a number of improvements, There was nothing of the hospital in its appearance a sego, but the sound of the hammer and the voice of the saw will soon be heard on the reservation and things generally will be re- adjusted. Nobody expected to find a brick sidewalk down at the fort, but Sergeant Joyce uncovered one last wi that runs all the way from the old Digges mansion—the headquarters building, the soldiers used to call it ng the war—to the road. It isa better ‘k waik than anything of the kind in the INSPECTION AND MUSTER. The following statement of the annual inspection and muster of the Na- | tional Guard is published in general orders for the information of all concerned: Company B. f . 100 per cent; com- pany B. Ist battalion, 100 per cent; company A, ith battali pry A, lignt artii- 9 per ed nt: t; company C, Ist company st bat- on, 9) per ¢ 88 per cent; At; company ( . 2d battalion, 80 per st battalion, 80 per cent: com: lion, 75 per cen any B, 78 per cent; co ’, third bat- per cent; fh battali talion, 75 per cen company A. 5th battalion, pany A. 4th_ battalion, field music, 70 per cent: ¢ tulion, 69 per ¢ 69 per cent; company D, cent: company B, 8th b y C, 6th battalion, 68 per ttalion. 67 per cen . 60 per cen battalion.60 per cent; com 59 per cent; y cent; company C, 4th batt: 1 per cent. The inspections show a very marked im- provement in the whole command since the laet annual inspection. The report of the in- company B, 4th B, 5th battalion, ation, 32 per THE POST HOSPITAL, spector general on the errors, omissions and deficiencies of each organization will be pub- lished as soon as practicable. The filth battalion, having the lowest per- centage of attendance and its inspection indi- ing that itis belowa proper standard of will be again inspected on Friday, the 27th instant, at 8 o'clock p.m. Company C, fourth battalion, having the lowest percentage of attendance of any com- pany. will be again inspected on Tuesday, the 17th instant, at 8 o’clock p.m. NOTES. ‘Those earnest and hard-working members of the guard who have passed regimental or bri- gade examinations and who are now known as candidates for promotion will in a little while receive their distinctive badges. A George Washington hatchet, which is the corps badge, will be the pin. The blade is of silver, the handle of gold. From the handle and sup- ported bya ribbon of appropriate hue isa gold and enamel shoulder strap or emblem in- dicative of the rank to which the candidate is entitled. A parchment certificate accompanies the badge. Capt. Jas. E. Bell, inspector of rifle practice for the Second regiment. has ordered the badge which is to be competed for by the non- commissioned officers and privates of his regi- ment. It will, very appropriately, be bell shaped, and the design is strikingly handsome. Capt. Bell has notified Gen. Ordway that he has found it necessary to handicap members of the Wednesday shooting team. Each of these dis, tinguished riflemen will give their less skill- ful competitors two points at each range. Gen, Ordway has detailed Staff Sergeant Harries, of headquarters, to assist Capt. W. L. Cash, inspector of rifle practice for the First regiment, — SOLD HER BOY FOR $25. How a Woman Gave Up Her Little Son to a Circus Agent. The police of Fall River, Maas., are investi- gating « queer case of child selling, @ mother having bartered her four-year-old boy for 225 to acireus agent, who wanted the little fellow to appear in an Arab scene. In addition to the sum paid the boy was guaranteed a salary of 4 per week. The story of the sale is thus told by # man who claims to have been an eye witness: A woman named Monez, in company with a brother, visited the circus grouse and had with her a son, Michael, four years old, and an infentin her arms. Aman stopped near the group and stood looking at the children for a moment, and then approaching the mother d her if they were hers. When she said 'y the stranger introduced himself and said he belonged to the circus, Thereupon he offered to take the children and promised the mother a good sum of money for them. At first she would not listen to the proposal, but by adroit promises that the ttle ones would be well cared for and that a certain sum would be paid them as salary until they grew up the woman was led to hear what the agent was say- ing. ‘The result was as above described, ‘The stranger then seemed eager to possess the black-eyed little girl, He offered $15 for her and drew out from his pocket a tempting roll of greenbacks. The mother would not yield. The price was gradually raised, a dollar or two at a time, until $30 was offered in ex- change for the little one. The mother hesi- tated. Thirty dollars was a big sui to her, und as the man began to pocket the bills her ves dilated with eagerness, but the mother’s love for the infant took possession of her and she refused. At length the mother 1s alleged ‘¢ agreed to part with her offspring for $5 more. or t35 in all, but he wouldn't listen to that price. He paid over the $25 for the boy and walked away, leading the little fellow by the hand into the Neato room tent, Maj. A. Meade Smith, a prominent lawyer of Norfolix, is dead, At Crisfield, Md, a prohibition church has been formed, the members of which engage uot to affiliate politically with any other pariy and to vote the prohibition ticket at all times. D. ©, Alexander, who was charged with at- tempting to bribe an enumerator of Prince Wiliam county. Va,, has been fully acquitted. Ex-Gov. Holliday of Virginia is in the Cape Colony region of South Africa. ‘Ten thousand rock fish were caught in Pam- lico sound, North Carolina, Saturday, and the catch was so numerous that the men employed could not handle them, ‘There are 2,095sub farmers’ alliances in North Carolina, besides 94 county alliances, , the failure of the peach crop in southwest Virginia means a loss of not less than $250,000 to Kotetourte county aloae. While drilling for oil at the Colfax well, in Marion county, W.Va, the drill, at a depth of 18 feet, struck a ledge iron ore five feet thick and very rich in quality, A few feet deeper = second vein three feet thick was struck. Real estate values have increased $5,000,000 in five years in Roanoke, Va, attendance at} i | archi STATISTICS OF INDEBTEDNESS. Supt. Porter Pleused at the Way the Questions are Answered. One of the most satisfactory features to Superintendent Porter of the work of taking the census as thus far developed are the reports from supervisors from all parts of the country that the questions in regard to mortgaged in- debtedness are being generally answered, This is a new inquiry, not only in this country butin the world, and the resnits are looked forward to with a great deal of interest. When completed the inquiry will show how many Persons in this country own their own houses or farms and how many rent. Also how many farms and home are mortgaged and how many are free from debt. It is the intention to make these Statistics as accurate as possible. and those re- fusing to answer will be vigoroa as the law authorizing this inquiry to be made directs, It is not anticipated by Mr. Porter that there will be a nec treme measures except in a few cases, STRIKING E MERATORS. Takes Prompt 11 Mutiny. The Superinten Measures to Quell a Si A supervisor in braska telegraphed last evening in hot haste to Superintendent Porter that his enumerators were devcioping an ic tendencies and were endeavoring to bulldoze him because they were not making enough money. He seemed to be unable to decide what to do in this emergency and inti- inated that if the enumerators did not relent that he would have to throw up the sponge. Superintendent Porter at once tel him cailing his attention to the peral cl the law in regurd to the enumerators and ad- vising him that if he arrested a few enumer- ators the rest would probably see their way clear to go on with their work. Mr. Porter to see Alter die- t tocall in the help of Represents Dorse upon whose recommendation the had received his appointment. then near git Mr. Porter thought tha Mr. Dors to Know about it at once. So he drove to the Portland, and going vetly to Mr. Dorsey's roum he aroused him supery! Although it was out of a sound sleep. Mr. Dorsey. when he realized the situation, wrote a stinging telegram tothe | super- visor, which will probably tw stiffen his bael bone, Ti item Unat Mr. Vorter established last evening of iling on the members of Congress when any heir appointees need bracing up. he says intends to follow in the future, and mem- bers of Cong ay expect to receive a call from the suy nient of the census at any hour of the day or ni WARNING THE Members of the D. Round Robin on the MONTANA MEN. ation Receive a Iver Question. The democrats of Montana s termined to hold the congressional de e evidently de- ation etions, The us somewhat ludi- to strict accountability for public latest effort is regarded her: Senators San and Power aud Rep- resentative Carter have all been the recipients of telegrams from ticir political opponents in n they are warned of the wrath to come if with silver, The tele- grams were ali alike, as follows: ‘You must stand by the silver interests; declare against bullion redemption. We will hold you re- sponsible for your vote and influence in this matter.” ate warning was signed by W. A. Clarke (who was democratic con- testee for one of the 4 storships) and a number of others of ‘ical con- vietions. Representative Carter did not get his di patch until ten minutos after the House b disposed cf the giver Dill, Senator Sani called for a repetition of the message; erous. nt is- thought it was too silly to be genuine. just lan came convineed that and he rep pe After awhile Col. Sanders the telegram was O.K., ied to the effect that if he was ex- tedtoraa the United + Seaate the emocrats of Montana would to supply him with a howitzer aud several shot guns. A good, strong lariat couid also be utized in capturing skittish legisiators, Senator Sanders is waiting for a reply. OLD STATUE: PLASTER. How the Corcoran and Other Art Gal- leries are Supplied With Casts. “We get our plaster casts of celebrated statues and other art works from the great museums of the world, in Rome, Berlin, Paris and London,” said the curator of the Cor coran Gallery to a Sran reporter. “In those great institutions—perhaps not more than half adozenin number—are gathered practically all of the important origmal antiques in exist- ence. The only way in which itis possible to secure reproductions of such priceless relics is to obtain permission from the authorities in charge of the museums to take casts, Not always is such a liberty easy to secure. You must remember that art works of the sort are absolutely irreplaceable, and, inasmuch as thore is always some danger incidental to the making of casts, no matter how carefully the thing is done, you will read- ily understand how it 1s that reluctance is apt to be felt in allowing the thing to be done. Not infrequently it has happened that the taking of a single cast was permitted, but a repetition of the process refused, simply because it was not thought desirable to take any more chances. There would be no object in taking a second cast were it not thata mold wears out after awhile and will not reproduce the original sat- isfactorily any longer. It is a fact that nearly all of the casts used in art schools for drawing from and such purposes are casts made from casts and not from originals. Casts exhibited in galleries, however, ought always to be first- hand, because the second-hand ones lack the finest sculptured outline.” HOW CASTS ARE PROCURED. “How do you procure the casts?” “We send to firms in the cities Ihave men- tioned which regularly make a business of sup- plying things of the sort, having arrangements of confidence with the great museums. If it is 4 statue from the British Museum that we want a replica of we are obliged to send to a dealer named Brecciani. who is. the only person per- mitted to make casts of art objects in thai stitution. Brecciani and the other dealers in this line of business publish regular annual catalogues, which they send around to art gal- leries and merchants everywhere, price lists accompanying. According to ther schedules abust of Cwsar is worth $1.50, a fragment of an ancient frieze the same amount, a reproduction of the celebrated ‘Disk Thrower’ #37, « caryatid $30 and a whole harpy tomb #45. The last, of course, is a particularly elaborate _ piece. When we want anything in the way of a cast we send on an order, just as for any other kind of merchandise. The making of a cast from a statue is an exceedingly difficult affair. For the head and face alone fifty or sixty pieces are required to make the moid; the will very likely take twelve pieces. Work is begun, say, by placing one scrap of moist plaster of Paris over a small section of the face, taking care not to cover any more surface than the plaster when hardened can readily be withdrawn from without breaking, When this piece has become hard it is permitted to remain sticking to the statue, while another scrap of plaster is applied to an adjoining section of surface. In this way the task slowly progresses until the entire statue is covered with the hard plaster, the bits being separated from each other by & sort of shellac on their edges, which prevents them from sticking together. After this has been accomplished it only remains to remove the pieces of plaster, which fit together, into the shape of the desired mold. Probably the finest collection of antique -scuipture in existence is in Rome. The drawing books sold for children are designed by artists of more or less merit and published by the great Stationers.” More Open Cars Wanted. To the Fditor of Tay Eventxe Stan: The number of persons who take an outing on the open cars on Sunday 1s so great that it has taxed the accommodation to its utmost, and in order to increase it I would suggest that the summer cars of the 14th street line be run through to the Navy Yard. By doing this it will obviate the necessity for changing at the Peace Monument and the loss of seats result- ing from this change, for the open cars that run through to the Navy Yard are so crowded that one is not able to secure @ seat entering the car at this point. Fouareenrs Sraeet. seamstable Hvis staeason The party of glassblowers who were not al- lowed fo land in New York, as they were found to be contract laborers, were returned to Liver- at the expense of the Cunard line, which them over, * prosecuted, | Whole community has run wild, and up to the t ssity to proceed to ex- | to thie highest bidder. prices ranging from $4 | } licated he concluded | * i | into streets and avenues, some of the latter 90 | ; | for arid lands everybody will admit. but it is FROM HAGERSTOW A Land Boom in the Town—Maryland Notes. Correspondence of Tae EvENixe Stan. Hagersrowy, June 13. in the swim” with “land suburban additions and all that the same implies, all under the fostering care of the Manufacturing, Mining and improvement Company, which placed upon the market on | Tucsday, continuing the sales on Wednesday and Thursday, of its first addition to this city, which consisted of the Corbett farm, south of town, along the Washington County railroad and the Sharpsburg turnpike. containing over one hundred acres, which has been subdivided feet wide, and into lots of various sizes. The present writing there has been a general scramble for lots, which were sold at auction to $9.50 per front foots A portion of this ground has been donated to a window-glass factory, the company of which has been or- | ganized with B, A, Garlinger of this city pres- ! ident and a capital of $100,000, The spirit | thns infused has become infectuous, and lots in and around the city in all directions are be- | ing pixced on the market, and as eagerly taken up at prices that would have astonished the natives a vear ago. Washington county's female barber, Sadie Proctor, of whom much has be Hl and written, died at Hancock several days ago. | Mrs. Proctor was a colored woman who was iett a widow several years ago, her husband having been killed in a brawi. By diligent ap- plication to her business she met all obligations | and acquired a cozy home. Miss Vlive Bowman of Boonsboro, this county, hgs be inted to a clerkship in the Census | Hicmenas Waktu, ‘The post oitice known as Roths, this county, after July 1 will be known as Pinesburg, in ac- cordance with au order from the Post Office 8s of the numerous ocnfederate dead at Rose ili Cemetery, this city, were | decorated on Tuesday. ‘The exercises con- the’ graves with flowers, poo! children and prayer and . David Laughlin, ‘The position of collector of taxes tor Hagers- own still goes begging, although the salary is Wm. K. Hoffman, the latest intee by Mayor Halm, has iso declined. ‘The warm weather bas caused city people to | flock to various res Among the latest arrival tered in this y pinson, UC. L. , D. M. Kennedy and ‘'T, fe 3 Hagerstown bank stock, the par value of Which is $15 per share, sold here yesterday at auction for $43, Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: C. B, Pearson to Jas. E. Connelly, lots 34 and 35, sq. 701; $600. i. Hatcher to John . Elizabeth to J. P. Hickey. lot Hand pt. G, sq. 596; W. Shieldsto G. Hammer, pt. sab 20, F. B. Cooper toJ. H. Camper, 00. JW. G ; H. & BY BH . pt. L. Smith to Bealah Thoinas, ¢. J. B. Williamson to . . C, Clark to 246, W. & C's eub blk. 8, T. Koss to M, 4 , WwW lots 1 to 5, sq. 10: FE. E. Hog bots, 1 Emma V, Montgon Mount Pleasant; $1,174.25. B. H. Warner to ederick, lot 12, block 9, Twining City: Si . Hall to C. Gessford, sub lot 4, B. Janin to RK. C, Garland. . ‘ertine, lots 1 to "8 sub Rosedale; Aibright to Lydia B. + 5. Columbia Heights; $2,343.97. a rm, lot 17, eq. 0 W. Danenhower to 55, eq. 2 ‘anny Lower to J, B. Nicholson, part 4, i $2,500, Wiridget A. Grady to H. Schmidtie, sub 14, sq. 971; $2. Anna Peake to J. W. Hoslett, sub 3 John M. Rankin to G. H. La Fetra, iots 6 and 3,7. & B.’s_ sub Mount Pleasant; #—. »yles to C, F. Walson et al., in trust, lot 00. Denmead to W. Mayse, W. H. Carrico to Anna « sq. 407, Peake, lots 12 to 14, sq. 861; $3,360, Euen to Eugenia L, Hellen, lots 1,2 and 14, sq. 1429: F.R. Horner to L$ Brookland; $600, aus, sub O, sq. 274; $—. AL r to E. 'T. Keller, part 4. q. 537; $2,000, ». Rendle to W. A. Hardesty, lot 11, bik. 2, Congress Heights; £150. S.C.’ Scott to Jobn Cook, subs 138 to 140, sq. 856; $3,600. L. D. Wine to W. C, Johnson, 20 and 21, blk. 6, Ivy City; 525. L. A.’ Burdine to Eugenia L, Heller, part 2, sq. 1039; 3—. Louisa Parker to J. H, Howlett, part 15, 5. P. B.’s sub Pleasant Plains; $2,025. G. ‘I. Brown to M. Gatti, sub 22, aq. 228) W. E. Clark to G. H. Baid- win, lot 15 and parts 21 to 23, Metropolis View; 8. W. 8. Graham to G, R. Caapman, lot 7, blk. 6, u. & B.'s sub Mt. Pleasant; $1,500, Cc. A. Me- F. W. Jones, trustee, to B. W. Gheen, sub 30, sq. 401; €—. Annie L, Cole to C. G. Lee, subs 23. 27 and 28, aq. 85; $—. W. A. Stewart to G. I, Hill, sub 2, sq. 335; @—. Moses Kelly to 0. C. Green, interest under will of Joshua Pierce; $—. B.C. Palmer to H. Hall, lot 31, sq. 805: $— A.E. Randle to P. Maiony, lot 26, bik. 3, and 8, bik. 4, Congress Heights; $500. B, F. Herr to Josephine C, Bodenstein, lot 16, blk. 1, Trinidad; $2,750. B. F. Leighton to E. T. Lyd dane, subs 11, 16 to 18 of lots 148 and 149, B. & H.'s ad. to W.W.; $3,500, A. Plummer to Jos, Tyer K, sq. 152; $3.50. R. C. Garland to Fannie F. Hunter, sub 30, sq. 722; $2,400. E. M. Eshleman to if, Potbury. pts, 9 to 11, 8q. 759; $8,100. Walter B. Wright to Hariette B. Holcomb, sub 42, sq. 936; £3,500. E. J. Stell- wagen etal, to James A. Hayden, lots 9 and 10, blk. 4, Rosedale; $3,339.51. Mary Jackson to Mary ‘Ann Moore, lot 84, Garficld; $150. F. B. Smith to E. Quincey Smith, sub 33, sq. 831; $. W. W. Slate ‘to W. R. Frisbie, lot 10, bik. 21, Brookland: $—. W. W. Slate to W. Finn, lot 9, blk. 21, Brookland; $—. Mary A. Norris to C. W. Meyers, lote 1 and 2, do., do.; #1,800, poco adtasa From Washington Grove. Correspondence of THe EVENING STAR. Wasuinoton Grove, June 13. The following persons are stopping at the Hotel Osborne: Mr. and Mrs, P. J. Meehan, Capt. E. H. Ripley, wife and daughter, Mr. and Mra, Wm. Bushby, Warren Choate and family, W. H. H. Smith and family, Mra. A. L. Reed and son, Mrs. L. Pusey and daughter, Frank Bushby and W. J. Osborne. The music for the Yateman meetings will be under the direction of Frank A. Wilson at night and Mra, J. R. Mickle during the day. A choir is being formed for the occasion. Serv- ices are to be held in the tabernacle each Sab- bath and prayer meeting on Thursday evening, under the direction ot Warren Choate. A large number of families wiil arrive on the 18th instant, the schools in Washington closing on that date. Rev. Dr. Scudder and daughter and Robert Cohen and family have engaged board at the hotel for the season. Among the large number of persons and their families whe are rusticating here are Mrs. M. D. Knott, W. R. Andrews, Barrows King, J. W. Bowen, 8. J. McCathran, Jas, Harrison, Mr Bird, A. N. Meeker, Mrs. Day, W. Redin Wood- ward, Jas. Padgett, Mrs. William Cissell, Mrs, Wise and daughters, Mrs. Harbaugh, Mr. Archi- bald, Wm. Allen, E. Wells, L. Dean, John E. Allen, John B, Davis, Wm, Palmer and Wm. Dove, J.R.M. ————_+e+—______ Monuments for Lincoln and Grant. To the Editor of THE EVENING Stan: Your suggestion with regard to a monument to Grant is undoubtedly an excellent one, The G.A.R., composed of the comrades who bore arms with Gen, Grant, not only want the re- mains of their great chieftain buried in the beautiful national cemetery at Arlington, but also such a monument reared to his memory in this capital city of the nation, which he did so much to save the lite of, as would do credit to his great name and fame. But what the writer of would like to see would be three grand monuments in this city: one to Grant, one to Lincoln and the one that is already erected to the Father of his Country, and neither to overtop either of the others, but the tops of all three of the same horizontal level as they should be of the same form, The one to Grant should be erected some- where in the vicinity of llth and N street northwest, the highest point in the city, and Lincoln's on Capitol Hill, Lincoln Park ‘being a suitable place for it. Thus thede three great- est characters in American history, which rise ount to all other like characters, would Be Properly commemorated by monuments rising equally above all the other monuments that should be allowed to be erected within the nation’s domains. | could help consummate the erection of the proj a monuments to Grant and Lincoln with the money of the whole le, as it did the com- pletion of that beauti! obelisk that now stands to the memory of Washington on monu- ment lot. The people no doubt would lend an pohgemge ts 3 hand to the erection of these ARE SNOW STORMS OVER? The Apparent Change of Climate and the Causes. To the Fditor of Tur Evexine Stan I would like to say few words in relation to the theory of the modifications of our cli- matic conditions during the Inst two or three years. Sergeant Dunn has certainly won an honorable record in the signal service. But when he attribntes our climatic changes to irrigation in the far west. he builds up a theory that will not stand investigation. And as to the writer in the Philadelphia Press, I doubt the correctness of his views regarding the ac- ceptation of such a theory by those whom he terms “The students of Washington.” That there is nothing better than irrigation sheer noneense to make it stand godmother for our climatic changes. What would people think of seeing a farmer takiuga two-quart watering pot in this weather to sprinkle » 160- | aere farm. And yet the result of his labor. while perhaps it would not come up to the irri- ome ge theory, would not be so very far be- hind it. “Tis true the storms have gone farther north- ward and the warm air has gone up from the tropics—and it has gone, too, with dynamic force—during last winter often at times when | there were no storms to the north of us—and its action has beeu a loosening of those com- pact fields of ice in those regions wh arctic store honse is piled up with be: this same work the storm itself has pl. important part. WHY HAVE THEY GONE NorTs. But tothe point. Why have those great inter storms gone farther north? Let us look at the facts squarely and just as we find them. Heretofore at the 30th paralle! of north lati- tude the normal standard of barometric pres- sure generally prevailed, except when changed by the eddying wave of a southern cyclone or a northern storm, which nosvoner passed away than there was a return tothe normal standard, But this was all changed last winter and in a ery marked degree. On the signal office map of Jnited States we find the b eter at San P. marking 1, 2, 30. . hh in meteorolog: constitutes a “high.” These “highs” have dominated last winter along the thirtieth allel. and the warm air has run steadily northward, on the Atlantic as well as the Pacific coast. im other winters this air would come laden with clouds,and the northern storm coming in by way of Montana would dip down to Leavenworth, to Springtield, and to Cairo, to meet and gather up this storm mat- ter, in order that its wasting energy might be Tenewed as it coursed its way to the Atlantic For the past two or three winters it graduaily changing from this, and arse Las been going farther north, and it it only keeps on there will be no need of ay up the northern ice fields, is no doubt but that 30.1 pa from them te There THE METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES ARE CHANGING, and that the change may be permanent is a possibility, and the real cause of it is in the fact of the earth receiving more heat from the lan heretofore, Of this fact there can cqly adoubt, for we read last January that in Australia, in the south temperate zone, the heat there in the sun was as high as 140° fahr., while here in the north temperate zone at the same time it was ranging far away above the norma! winter standard, provmg conclusively that the earth was receiving an abuormal quantity of solar heat, which caused those large areas of southern “high” and rolled back the storms northward to break in all their furious intensity on the path of the devoted vessels that run across the North At- lantic. To attribute this change to western irrigation would be a mistake, Nature is not cast in that mold. And while recognizing the great benefits to be derived from such work it 1s preposterous to assume that it is already making a permanent change in our meteorol- ogy. No, no. A‘*housandfold greater are the forces at work in nature’s universal laboratory for the production of those changes in the Seasonical laws that have heretofore blessed this terra firma of ours, The question arises, WILL THE CHANGE BE FOR THE BETTER? Will we be benefited by the change? We are told that our winters will be semi-tropical, and that the days of cold waves and snow storms are over. Therefore we may bid good-bye to sleighing and skating, asthe store house of cold at the north pole will be abolished. Steamers plying on the new route from north- ern Greenland to Siberia via the north pole will pick up occasionally stray chunks of ice as curios from the former land of the giacier. The central states of America will no longer have & monopoly in bananas, The tarantula and his comrades will feel at home with us, and even Yellow Jack may be induced to come a little farther north and gracefully doff his hat. Taos. McCane, 1130 B street northeast, —_— QUEER FACTS ABOUT OATHS. How People “Swear and Where the | £°!4, without counting the cne-tenth part of | oJ Cuss Words Came From. “You need not have looked severe because I said that I didn’t care adam,” said a gruff old Senator in conversation with the Sunday- school reporter of Tue Star, ‘That is not swearing. The expression hasa very different meaning from what is popularly supposed, and was originated by the Duke of Wellington. A dam in India 1s the smallest piece of money known, and not to care that much means sim- ply that one is very indifferent. That was all the phrase was intended to signify. The word ‘damn,’ from the Latin verb meaning ‘to con- demn,’ is a very different thing. Curiously enough, it seems almost invariably to be the first word in our language acquired by for- eigners, and it has always been such a favorite with the English that in the last century the French always referred to them as the ‘God- dams.’ A distinguished Gallic writer of that epoch said that English was a beautiful tongue and that ‘Goddam’ was the basis of it. ‘People of that nation,’ he remarked, ‘have afew other words which they use in conversation, but the principal one is Goddam. You can go any where in England if you know that.’ “A funny misapprehension also exists as to the expression, *Go to the deuce.’ People gen- erally suppose that ‘deuce’ means ‘devil,’ whereas as a matter of fact it is derived di- rectly from the Latin ‘Deus’—‘God.’ So, when any one tells you to go to the deuce he is un- consciously uttering the best of good wishes for your welfare, ANCIENT SWEARERS, Speaking of Latin reminds me that among the ancient Romans it was considered the thing for each man to have some particular ged to habitually swear by. Some swore by ele poe others by Mars, others still by Minerva, and soon, The demi-gods, like Hercules and Castor and Pollux, were also made use of in the way of oaths, Castor and Pollux were usualiy oprened toas the ‘Twins’—‘By Gemini!—the rase whence we get our exciamation ‘By iminy.’ It was thought very improper for Roman ladies to swear by the male gods, but they were permitted to take the names of the ‘Twins in vain, and also especially that of Venus, In moments of great aggravation they might gO 80 far as to cry - ‘Mecastor!’—*By Castor!’ The Greeks swore by the cabbage, which was the most prized of vegetables, and even to this day the same oath is often heard in Italy, while in France a lover is being in- tensely affectionate when he calls the lady of his heart his petit chou’ or ‘little cabbage.’ ‘By jingo’ is from ‘Jincoa,’ the Basque name for God. Barbarous tribes shave been accuse tomed to swear by the head of their ruler, Queen Elizabeth is said to have been a very hard swearer, as ladies were very apt to be in her day. Louis IX of France forbade the use by his courtiers of such oaths as ‘Pardieu,’ ‘Cordieu,’ ‘Tetedieu,’ and so on. ‘There chanced fo belong to one of the ladies of the court a small pet dog named ‘Bicu.’ The cour- tiers made up their minds to swear by the dog instead of by the Deity, and hence came the parbleus and corbleus of later times. ras had a favorite oath which most people would consider not conan Oh forcible to be satisfactory. He swore by number four, which the Greeks regarded as symbolizing perfection.” HE HAS SUFFERED MUCH. | A Young Man Who Has Spent Years— in a Hospital Cot. i In one of the surgical wards of Providence | Hospital is Harry Mailory, the only son of | the late Col. D. H. Mallory of a Wisconsin | regiment, Col. Mallory died in 1872, and | shortly afterward young Mallory be- | came an inmate of — Providenco Hos- pital, and for nine months suffered from | & white swelling. While attending Charlotte Hall Military School in Maryland afterward he was thrown over the head of a vicious horse, but he held to the horse's mane mntil the heavy animal fell upon him and injured his ankle so | Severely that he was again sent to Providence | Hospital During his convalescence from his | injuries he attempted to take a walk, but, be- ing weak, fell and broke his leg between the | knee and hip. A third time he was carried in | his cot of affliction in the hospital. He was | soon able to be about again, but ‘while the | hip bones were knitting the ankle and foot were wasting away, and the leg had to be am- patated. This was in 1874, Two years after e fractured his remaining leg. and it became full of ranning sores, He was able to go about | in 4 rolling chair shortly afterward, ard one | evening as he was being wheeled along | EDUCATIONAL. LUMBIA CONSE KVATORY OF MUSE dew for sumaner p Sauced course, piano, Violin, New Euglaud Conservatory TAMMERING AND SPEECH IMPEDIMENTS, even in memingly hopeiees Care, cured. | Nuccame free. ECR'S SCHOOL 837 s ful 10 years, Prospectus Bedford ave., Brooklyn, N.¥ yOUNG P educanor who wish to take oxray hy and Typewriting, 06 F stu. Robot OF PR: s Summer course Deu Piauau’s syeten: Gauabt 1m Mart wand deme and progressive COMBINATION MET. Stor thecourse. Trial lessons free. MEYERS, Principal, WM. F. Residence 65 Lat, aw. CPEX ALL SUMMER, S04 E ST—BbST PLACE to branch of Drawingand Pain' crayon Sowar Prats, have never dra x lessons jel0-2w* ME MIVALE TUTC SM. KYDER, spel of Grant bul upils (boys) tot the summer to coach, rences \. B. Powell, Supt of Publ ois, Gen Willa Birney and Com. WK. ® SAILLARD sCHOX WASH. LANGUAGES, *. Bw. —Gaillard’s ( leton, N. V9, ain ly Sue decorwted b « F ington bran 4 ducal tonal x oF Pennsylvania avenue the chair was ran | a the accidentally, bat with | ~ such force as to break the little bones that had made the past eight years of | PsDWAKD C TOWNSEND. . his life so full of pain. The result was a Lk her nut fourth journey to Providence H. the surgeons removed the remaining leg. The | widow ot Col, Mallory has, by her’ daily toil, earned the support of the two, The son is now | without legs, but declares he wili recover | ealth and strength im order to repayathe de- votion of his mother. He is bright and autelli- gent. He hopes to be able to get employment | and, with the assistance of a pair of wooden logs, earn a competence and to give his m a comfortable home and rest through her re- maining ye TESTI ospital, where - _ UNCLE SAM’S COINS, How the Government Assayer Makes Sure of Their Qual You would be amused to see the silver dollars that compose the stock of the govern- ment assayer at the Treasury building. Each one of them is about a foot long, of a nar- row oval shape, and perforated with hundreds of little round holes, Such is the form they appear in after being rolled out thin and punched with a machine, All the silver coins that come to the department for testing are treated in this way to begin with. They are sent in from the mints as specimens, taken at ndom from every fresh lot made, and it is the duty of the assayer to find out whether these samples are of the weight and fineness required by law, The weight is merely a mat- ter of a moment's trial on scales, which are of such wonderful delicacy that a single hair an inch in length will altogether overcome the equipoise, but to discover the degree of fine- ness, which means the proportion of pure silver in the coin, is a more difficult affair. It is decreed that the dollar, for instance, must be exactly nine-tenths silver, the remaining Teac Efocution, Correct (deep) Breathing Voice Culture, Oratorical an@ Dramatic Action, at 1317 13th st. Bow whe Osk POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, TERK Haute, Ind.— A School of Engineers Well ell »wed, weil eguipped departments of Mechanical an@ Engineer: Hectricity, Chemistry, Drawing, Laboratories bapenses lo A. 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The silver dollar has to be rolled out thin in a machine to begin with, because when the coin is made the silver in it has a tendency to go toward the middle, so that the metal on the outside is not so fine as within, But the assayer must discover the average fineness of the piece in order to ascertain just how much silver there is altogether in 1t. and he does this in a very curious way. He passes the thin strip of metal into which the dollar ha rolled through a little contrivance operated by a crank that is turned by the hand. The strip comes out punched as full of holes as it can be, while hundreds of small circular disks about the size of a gold quarter dollar fall out of the holes thus made into a tiny box below. Next the disks are taken out of the drawer and mixed up; a few of them are taken from the lot and they, representing the average of silver, are subjected to chemi- eal at sis. The director of the mint is charged with the coins he receives from the mints for testing in this way, and he sells back tothe mints the perforated strips and disks, thus squaring that account, It is the same with halves and quarters and dimes as with doilars, But these subsidiary coms are not worth as much in proportion to their legal- tender value as the kane: Two silver halves are worth about five cents less than one silver dollar; four quarters likewise and ten dimes the same way. The government makes about 25 per cent on all the money it coins in silver, through the fact that there is not a value of silver in the coins equal to what they pretend to be worth. GOLD corxs, however. are worth their full face value in copper they contain. The yellow metal, un- like the silver, does not “segregate” in the | pects middie of the piece. necessary to perforate gold coins for testing them. They are simply rolled out, each strip eutinto three pieces, and little pieces for chemical analysis are snipped off the cut edges, There is a very small amount of silver left in the gold pieces, as they are made at the mints, and, for the sake of arriving at perfect accuracy, the assayer takes this out by boiling in nitric acid. The silver and gold sent back to the mints for sale are melted up by the | Sin. quantity in a big pot. ——9@e—___ DYES AND BLEACHES. They Are Very Harmful, but Women Use Them More Than Ever. “I don’t suppose there has ever been a time when women were s0 given to bleaching and dyeing their hair as they are at present,” said dealer in cosmetics and such feminine de- vices to a Srar reporter the other day. “Few women are altogether satisfied with the color and shade of their hair, and so many prepara- tions for altering the locks to any desired tint have been placed upon the market within the last half a dozen years that the temptation to make use of them has grown in proportion.” “What is the theory of hair dyes? “Chemically speaking, you mean? They all amount to pretty nearly the same thing, having invariably for their active principle nitrate of | 21-t v1 silver, with a certain proportion of pyrogallic acid to ‘set’ the color. As for the shade produced, it depends merely upon the strength of the solution used, the same dye serving to produce black, dark brown, light brown, chestnut, light chestnut, drab and light drab, according to the amount of dilution. Probably there are 100 different proprietary mixtures for the p on the market, at a price per bottle represent- ing something like 95 per cent one, but there is in reality little chemical distinction among If one brand sells better than another, imply because it has been better adver- “How is it about bleaching washes?” “There are a great number of them on the market, differing materially as to their ingre- dients; but the best. bleach known to hair- dressers is the white fluid I have here in this bottle, which is not a patent preparation at all but the simple chemical known as peroxide of hydrogen. You can get it by the gallon cheap, and it will take the color out of anything. Mix it with one-fourth part of ammonia and you | an turn your own black white with @ few weeks’ employment of it the darkest brunette can turn her tresses to the lightest straw color. However, for such fancy shades as chestnut brown with red in it, for ex- it tried, such Jergadoabtedly. Their powerful chemical action affects the hair as it would upon any other vegetable and dries it up; often it falls out in sung Hovse Training wl rihand and Typewriting eeTaphy and Jeet» al Science, B Pen, mM of Teh Senovi of School of Day a FINANCIA:, BK PLAIN. +. 8. HBB K. PLAIN & CO, B. : BANKERS AND BROZ™ES. TEMPORARY OFFICES - - S10 FST. Nw, BUY AND BELL STOCKS, BONDS AND PETROLEUM, GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. Having our own Leased W onalien us to execute with promptness and dispatch on the Exchasges im New York and Chicago all orders sutrust.d tovtrcere, WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. y* Deposite. 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