Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1890, Page 14

14 THE SENATE STABLES. Comfortable Quarters of Government and Senatorial Horses, HOW EXPENSES ARE PAID, Some Handsome Equines and Fashion- abic Carriages—The Men Whe Take Care of Them—The Superintendent Who Will be "lived, —_——_. ‘Aare the Senate stabies. houte No. 3, which is situated on Delaware avenue near C atreet north. good deal of an establishment and contains more horse flesh than Senator Hale supposed it had when he succeeded in having the posi- tion of superintendent of the Senate stables wiped out of existence by an amendment to the legislative, executive and judicial appropria- THE STABLE. ven an aristocratic equine; lots of room, airy quarters, good feed, all necessary attention and many other things of which innumerable horses know nothing. Regularly housed here are nine animals that can appropriately be termed Senate horses. Two of these draw the large mail wagon. Three others draw each a small mail wagon. The re- maining four are used by the riding pages as saddic borses. Supposititiously these comprise the aggregation of live stock which engages the attention of the stable employes, but in reality there are other animals to be groomed and fed and watered, others of higher degree and of much greater consequence. These others were in the stables or their vicinity when a Sran re- porter called around to look at them the other morning. Six of these fine horses belong to Senators, two are the property of « Represen- tative and five are owned by Capitol officials, These thirteen horses, with the nine used for Senate business, give the stable hands about all they want to do, and the superintendent has been anything but idle in endeavoring to keep the accounts separate so far as such a thing was possible. Now, let noone run away with the idea tnat the feed for all these horses is paid for from the Senate contingent fund; it is not. Each horse admitted as a boarder is taxed to the extent of $12 per month and the owner of each horse pays the required sum to the Senate postmas- ter or his representative when it becomes due or as soon there:.ter as seems convenient. With this money, or so much thereof as may be necessary, the superintendent of the stables purchases feed for the boarders; whatever else is needed comes from the ever open hand of a bountifully imclined government. The em- ployes are all on the pay roll of the Senate, so that the attentions they shower on their un- officia! charges are entirely gratuitous so far as both themselves and the government are con- cerned. Those who toil with the c1 comb, the brush, the sponge, the broom, the bucket, the A SADDLER. dung fork and the chamois leather are Dick Brow 50a month for his trouble; John Gray compense is €45 per month; Oscar Barnes, who draws $25 and a boy named George Fair, a brunette, who by reason of his disadvautageons youth signs the roll for but $15, Watcning the movements of the before- mentioned, buying the feed and being respon- sible for the large amount of property on the — is the superintendent of the stables, ir. Reynolds. Mr. Reynolds ceases to watch on Monday. The senatorial horses may won- der at his absence, but he will come no moi because there isan unexpected vacancy in the legislative, executive and judicial appropria- tion bill. “The superintendent will be far away, but the horses and carriages will still be there. AN EXPECTED GROWTH, They may be even more numerons than at Present, for as more Senators and Representa- tives and friends of the postmaster get ac- quainted with the situation there will be more applications for stalls until, at length it will be incumbent on the Senate to enlarge its stables in order that all comers be accommodated on an equitable basis. Then no will say a word about a necessity for reducing the force; there will increase. until at last the Senate will have a monopoly of the livery-stable business in this city—an establishment to which the nation might point with pride and of which the historian can say that it started out to be astable without any such expansive intentions as afterward made themselves apparent. A first-class prophet might fail to foretell the magnitade to which the Senate stables would arise if the present conditions are only half- way fostered. If such a thing should come to THE WAGON smED. = then Senator Hale would be sorry for wing poked fun at the struggling infant in- dustry now in operation at the corner of Dela- ware avenue and ( street. When he has to call on “the Secretary for Fquine Accommoda- | tion™ and is kept waiting for an hour or two and then receives the uews that the Secretary has gone toacabinet meeting he will wish he had said less about the stables during the first session of the Fifty-first Congress. KEEPING CARRIAGES, ‘There is no charge for the keeping of car- Fiages at the Senate stables. To have a buggy thoroughly scrubbed and oiled is a most inex- pensive form of recreation, therefore a long wilding in the outer stable yard is comfortably filled with vehicles that match the animals eecommodated, Fally protected from the cracking sunshine and the mold-inspiring rain they rest beneath the shelter so thoughtfully provided for them until they are dragged forth to follow the economically boarded borse or horses that in the natural order of things precede it or them. ‘The government wagons, mferior material in every way, have to get along as best they can beneath cless shed. On them the winds blow and rains fall, but they stand it pretty well, thank you. Those persons who ougbt to know something about it say that $12 a month is remarkably ebeap for feeding and stabling a horse. The price varies in localities, but im this city the figures run from $13 to $25. At a moderate estimate, therefore, the individual who is for- tunate enough to secure admission for his ani- mal into this horse heaven saves more than $100 per annum, and the more horses he gets in more money he saves, SUPPLY OF FEED. An ample supply of feed is on hand just now. Up ww the stabie loft are about five tons of hay, IT HIN one square of the Capitol grounds, immediately north of them, Ordinarily the place would attract but little attention and it cou'd very readily be supposed to be « part of the equipment belonging to engine | rigidiy to anything that looks like private ex- It is, however, a four or five hundred bushels of oats and a ton or so of ground feed. It has been suggested that this feed would last much longer if the government horses had less work to do. Some people may imagine im their innocence that a Senate horse ceases to toil when Senate busi- ness suffers a temporary cessation. That idea is incorrect. Many Senators are opposed most HE PULLS A BUGG! enditure, 80, when they desire to move a few lozen pieces of furniture or half a score of | trunks, they notify the Senate postmaster and j the wagon or wagons go into service at the proper time. This saves the express and trans- fer companies a good deal of trouble. It also uses up a good deal of what would otherwise | be the employe’s spare time and shows that | many Senators agree with the precepts of one Isanc Watts, who did not keep s horse in the Senate stables, when he said: ‘For satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do, But they don’t want too many hands around, therefore the superintendent's services have been dispensed with. —_—_ GOLD DUST 24 CARATS FINE. Kept in a Table Drawer at the Gov- ernment Printing Office. EVEN THOUSAND dollars’ worth of gold dust in a table drawer! Poke your fingers into the yellow stuff and notice how soft and agreeable to the feeling it is,while the attendant in charge watches you carefully and sees that you do not get away with any of it. It is smooth to the touch be- cause it is all composed of gold-beater’s film rubbed to almost impalpable powder. For the 8a eason, too, it is absolutely pure and vir- gin metal, 24 carats fine. The drawer is in charge of a pfetty young girl at the Govermment Printing Office. Her work there is to stamp gold lettering and ornamentation upon book covers. The precious substance comes to her in the shape of little rectangular sheets of foil inexpressibly thin, laid between layers of tissue paper made up in book form—each book holding twenty-four gold sheets, Handling them is » matter re- quiring great skill, though you might not im- imagine it from casual inspection. To begin with, say, the young woman places on the table before her an ordinary leather book cover. She takes from the little gold book a sheet of the foil. not with her fingers, but catching it up with a small pad of raw cotton, Laying down the sheet of pure yellow gold upon a little slab ihe cuts it into three pieces with a sharp knife. She makes it smooth by blowing gently upon it with her breath. One of the pieces she applies to the back of the cover where the title is togo; another she also puts on the back where the name of the author is to be, while the third biggest piece is spread over the middle of one flap of the cover, where an ornamental design is wanted. Next, after smoothing the pieces of gold film down firmly on the leather, the pretty girl slides the cover beneath a small press that stands on the table. In the press, face downward, is a die engraved in relicf with the name of the book that is to be inclosed in the cover, the author's name and the ornamental design referred to. The die is kept heated by gas. A movement of a lever worked by hand brings the die down upon the cover, and the raived lettermg and design burn the gold foil wierever there is contact, so that is made to adhere to the leather in those spots. The die is lifted, the cover is withdrawn from the press, and t gold is rubbed off with a piece of soft | on the end of astick. Wherever the die hav not touched it the film comes off readily, leaving the lettering and the design adhering so closely to the leather that they could not be removed save by hard scraping. Finally young woman rubs the leather well with a chunk of burnt rubber, which takes off all un- desired particles, so that the ornamental pat- tern and the names of book and author nie out with beautiful clearness of outline in 24-carat gold. ‘The whole process has taken a good many words to describe, butit is actually performed very quickly, the covers being spread with gold, stamped with the heated die, aud rubbed off in rapid succession, Each fresh sort of book cover has to have anew die, of course. ‘The operator is very careful in rubbing off the loose gold after each stamping so as to lose none of it. As she exercives the leather- tipped stick she permits the yellow stuff to falt through a crack in the table top into the drawer beneath in the shape of dust. It is allowed to accumulate there until the drawer isfull. The drawer is quite big and deep and will hold $10,000 worth of the dust. You would not imagine it to be any very precious sub- stance if you found a quantity of it in some odd place; it looks as much like powdered tinsel as anything else. However, it is worth #20 an ounce, and when a drawer full is collected the gold is forwarded to the mint in Philadelphia, which subjects it to assay and sends back a check for its value. The young woman is held responsible for the safety of the gold in the drawer; she carries the key to it about with her always, and nobody but herself is allowed access to it. There does not seem to be any reason why she should not slyly pocket a smail juantity of it occasionally if she so desired, though the number of books of gold foil charged — her do serve as some sort of check in the account as to the metal employed in this way. Ths burnt rubber used for the final polishing off of the gold lettering, &c., is simply india- rubbe~ which has been subjected to a peculiar fire process that makes it very malleuble aud absorbent. So remarkable is its latter quality that a chunk of it as big as three of your fingers will take up more than $15 worth of gold in its pores. When, after some mouths of use, such a piece of burnt rubber is loaded with all the gold it will comfortably carry it is sent, with a lot of others im the same condition, to the mint to be assayed. In a room at the Government Printing Office adjoining the one in which the drawer full of gold is kept you can see a man putting gold ti- tles on superb department ledgers and such things altogether by hand. He lays the pieces of gold foil on the ‘backs of the bound and completed books and burns the lettering fast with little wooden-handied dies that he keeps heated im a small gas stove. It requires great skill to get the titles perfectly straight and | rical, though a black silk thread is used ke preliminary lines across the gold film fora guide. Finally the gold is rubbed off with a Jeather-tipped stick and with burnt rub- ber as in the other case. Real gold is only used in this way for partic- ularly fine books. Designs and lettering of the sort for ordinary volu are done at the Gov- ernment Printing Office in nearly the same manner, but with a yellow composition called “German metal,” which looks very much like the gold and is decidedly cheaper. No trouble is takeu to save the wastage and each book cover, after being stamped by the hot die, is simply put through « brushing machine, ——_—— An Important Engagement to Keep. From the Indianapolis News. ‘The train for Cleveland was pulling out and | had gained considerable headway when there came a whiz and the sound of splitting wind as |eiman with a tail silk het crushed down on | bis cars dashed through the gates. He carried | two big valises, but they were apparently as light as feathers, for they did not interfere with his mind rush after that train. He fairly flew along the platform, and the brakeman on the car was so busy looking at a in the window of the National Hotel that ‘he did not see him. The crowd yelled and who “Get there, old man!” ‘Pull for it “You'll make it if you dou’t fall "and a hundred such aggravating re- marks. The man made an heroic effort, but 't have the fegs, and the he didi e didn’t see him; thus he missed thi brakeman came slowly back to the gates, down his — his face and re! It “Well, L'll be blowed.” He didn’t say blowed, but let it go at that “Had a@ lively run,” suggested a meek and lowly gatemap. - “Rather, Just my luck, though, to miss that —_ Why, I wouldn’t haye missed that train for #50.” “Where were you going?” once more asked the gateman with the ging whiskers. “Latayette, and I have an important en- gagement there tonight.” oe you can keep it.” “The train were chasing goes to Cleve- land. The Lakayetie train dou’t atart for eight minutes yet. There it stands.” ‘The drummer didn't saya word. He gath- ered his and climbed aboard the car, while the faintest bit of a smile hovered about ‘the meek and lowly gentleman's chops. WIDOWS’ AND ORPHANS’ RIGHTS. Story of the Court in This District Which Guards Them. ITS GROWTH SINCE ORGANIZATION AS THE OR- PHANS'’ COURT IN 1801—ITS PRESENT IMPOR- TANCE AS THE PROBATE COURT, A BRANCH OF (TRE DISTRICT SUPREME COURT—ANECDOTES. T IS SOMEWHAT interesting to scan some of the records at the court house ‘and make comparison of those of today with the same kind of work three-fourths of acentury ago, not only as to the quantity but the quality of it, and to note the improve- ments in methods and in modes of procedure. An examination of the records of the register Of wills’ office, located in the northeast rooms of the lower floor of the court house, now pre- sided over by Mr. Dorsey Clagett, with an able assistant in the person of Dr. M. J. Griffith, will show some interest- ing facts and give an idea of the increase of business since the Or- hans’ Court (now the ‘obate Court) was held (as some of the tra- ditions have it) on the street corners. As is S well known, the register & of wills’ office is to the Probate Court what the office of the clerk is to the Supreme Court of the District. and the records on file (some of them in fraxments) show that domestic troubles are not always ended by death in the REGISTER CLAGETT. family. An old citizen whose large and interesting family has hitherto prevented him from reach- ing a point where he could feel that he had no need to labor in his old days thus moralized a few days ago: ‘First we are subjected to all the ailments of infancy; then we spend an eternity in feoking: forward to the longed-for day when we reach our majority; then, follow- ing the example of our parents, we manage to surround ourselves with enough responsibilities to keep our noses to the grindstone until old age; then, after suffering for weeks or months, we are stowed away in boxes, and after the funeral comes a squabble among our surviving relatives for what little property we may have accumulated, To sum it up, we have trouble through life and wake trouble for those who come after us.” The old man doubtless spoke entirely from in own observation and experience. Had his tention been called to some of the old records in the register's office he would probably have been even more pointed in his statements, EARLY RECORDS OF THE ORPUANS' COUR The first book of proceedings shows, from the fact that the records in it run from 180) to 1818, that the amount *f work could not have overwhelmed the officials, for the volume is no larger than one of those now nearly, if not en- tirely, filled within a year. In those early days there were two orphans’ courts for the District —one for Washington county (north and east of the Potomac) and the other for Alexandria county (south and west of the river), the former inheriting the testamentary law of Maryland and the latter working under the Virginia laws, The chirography of this first volume is re- markable, and although the pages are some- what yellowed by time the ink is generally as black as when first put on ¢he paper. The book opens, under the date of April 14, 1801, with the statement that the Orphans’ Court had been convened by Wm. Hammond Dorsey, judge, with John Hewett register of wills, THE COURT ROOM. the house of Wm. Rhodes, on the second Tues- duy, being the 14th day, of April. The com- missions of the officials named, signed by Presi- dent Jefférion, are spread upon the minutes. The book also shows that Jumes Sewell Mor- sell, afterward judge of the old Circuit Court, and A. B. Woodward were admitted as attor- neys. The first regular probate business was in the form of an order granting letters of ad- ministration in the estates of Wn. Young and Ruth Ann Young to Alexander Young at the expiration of seven days in filing bond ap- proved by the court. APPRENTICESHIPS IN THE OLDEN TIME. Under the date of April 15 appears the ap- prenticeship of Henry Joyce, a boy of fifteen years,to Wm. Giberson to learn the bricklaying business, at which trade he was to serve until ho reached his majority, the said boy agreeing to serve his employer faithfully and the master to feed and clothe him and teach him to read. It is interesting to note that fully if not more than one-half the volume is required for simi- Jar entries. me date (April 15) is an entry of tho On the & filing of acopy of the will of the late Gustavus Scott of Montgomery county, Md., by Elias B. Caldwell and un order directing that letters of administration, with the will annexed, be issued to Major Caldwell on his filing bond in the sum of $50,000. On the same date is an order reciting that the court had been informed that one of the executors of the will of John Emery was out of the county and directing publication for three weeks in the Georgetown Museum and in @ newspaper published in Baltimore, It would appear that in those old times the rule was to petition the court for probate of wills, the issuance of letters. &c., orally, for the proceedings show numbers of orders for probate, but no reference is made as to the pe- ttions or other papers on file, WHEN COURT ADJOURNED. Tradition has it that prior to the location of the court and the register of wills’ office in the west wing of the court house the court was movable; that business was as often trans- acted at the residences of the judge and regis- ter as at their office. It is stated also that when located in the court house the judge and register would sometimes pass the basin: hours without a business caller, As one of our residents used to say: “The judge came in at 10, took a seat in front of the fire m the grate, aud read his paper. The register took a good-sized chew of tobacco and spit at the fire, and when about 2 o'clock he had put the fire out, the judge would say, ‘Court's adjourned,’ and leave the register to lock up. LISTS OF THE JUDGES AND REGISTERS. As stated above W. Hammond Dorsey was appointed judge in 1801 by President Jefferson. He served till 1806, when Mr. Jefferson ap- pointed Robert Brent, and he served till 1319, when President Monroe appointed Richard Bland Lee, and in 1827 President John Quincy Adams appointed Samuel Chase, who served till 1838. Dr. N. P. Causeen was then ap- pointed by President Van Buren, and served ten years, being succeeded by Judge Purcell, appointed by President Polk in 1848, Judge Purcell was the last of the old line, serving till 1870 when, by act of Congress, the Orphans’ Court was made a branch of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, and has since been presided over by one of the justices, ‘The registers of wills have been John Hewett, from 1801 to 1818; James H. Bluke till 1819, H’ C. Neale til 1836, E. N. Roach till 1961, and these all died in office. Then Mosex Kelly served till 1862, Z. C. Robbins till 1866, Goi, James R. O'Burne till 1869, Col. Amos Webster till 1881, H, J. Ruinsdell till 1686, when the present register took charge. THE PRESENT OFPICE—GROWTH OF THE WORK The court was held in the basement of the west wing of the coart house for many years, but about the beginning of the civil war the register’s office was located on the third floor of the City Hall. adjoiuing what was then the aldermen’s chamber, and in the register’s office the court was held. In 1883 the court was moved to the room in the northwest corner of the building now occupicd by the recorder of deeds, and three years afterward to the present location, the courtroom proper being occupied by sn register and 1 ae deputy ud the clerks occupying a room ing on the west, whil this r aho ‘x convenient fle ‘room. "Thess quart are conveniently arranged and the office is today in better working order than ever before. It is needless to any that the office could not be conducted now on the old system, as the growth of the work has made it. necessary not only for enlarged aceommoda- tions, but for more systematic methods, Some idea of the growth of the work may be obtained from the following Rasees: The papers, all of which are in file cases, with the records, show that from 1801 to 1878 there were about 8,500 ee ane 3,000 guardianships—an average o! former and nearly ry of the latter series shows about 4,000 administrations and 1,200 guardianships—400 of the former and 120 of the latter per year. IMPROVED METHODS. Much of the records prior to 1869 was found to be in @ chaotic condition, and one of the registers found valuable papers loose in a large box, which papers should have been spread on the minutes, These he arranged as systematically as possible in the order of dates and pasted them in a book, which is undoubt- ediy useful, but from the irregularity of size and difference in quality of paper is not at all ornamental. Formerly the papers in court cases were filed away under names of parti but now each case as it comes in is numbei and the papers in each case kept ‘ther. The dockets for the administration accounts, guardian accounts, &c., have the latest im- Proved indices, and those in quest of informa- tion may in a few minutes learn from docket entries the status of any case. As stated above death does not always end domestic difliculties, especially where the dead leave estates with numerous creditors and heirs, But few adults die whose names do not appear recorded somewhere in the Probate Court. If a will is left it is necessary to prove and probate it; if no will is left and there is an estate, then letters of administration have to be procured; and if there are minor children, guardians are appointed. Generally the fees run from $5 to £20, the general average being about $6, and these are deposited when. appli- cation for probate of will is made. In cases of estates when the inventories are returned the bill is made, ‘Lhe following is the rule of the ‘court as to APPLICATION FOR LETTERS TRSTAMENTARY AND OF ADMINISTRATION, “All applications to this court for letters tes- tamentary and of administration shall be made in writing, duly sworn to, setting forth the resi dence and citizenship of the petitioner, the death and date thereof of the person on whose estate the letters are desired; his or her last dimicil; the estimated value of the personal estate, the character thereof and where situated or being; whether the decedent died testate or in- testate; the names of the next of kin, whether residents or non-residents, adults or minors, and, if minors, their respective ages and such other facts as the court may deem necessary and proper in the premises, Upon the filing of such application the register of wills shall issue a citation, to be served on all the next of kin of the decedent who may be over the age of fourteen years, residents of or to be found within the District of Columbia, commanding them to appear in this court on a day named in such citation, not less than seven days from the date of service, to show cause, if any they have, why letters of adminis- tration or testamentary, as the case may be, should not be granted’ as prayed in the peti- tion. But such citation or publication may be dispensed with by the court, upon the written assent of the said nextof kin, or where the justice shall conceive it proper to dispense with the same. Should any of the next of kin, or persons entitled by law to the estate, be non-residents or not to be found, notice to them of such application shall be by publica- tion in one or more newspapers printed or publisbed in the city of Washington, for such time and in such manner as the court may direct, setting forth that application for letters on the decedent's estate bes been made, and that they, and all parties interested, appear, ou a day named in such notice. to show cause why the application should not be granted. The evidence of such publication to be the affidavit of the publisher of the paper wherein it was inserted, or some competent person hay- ing personal knowledge of the publication.” THE USUAL COURSE OF PROCEDURE. Should the letters be granted an inventory of the property is taken and returned to the court and the amount the executor charges himself with in his account, Most of the ac- counts are stated in the office, but there are a number of accountants, among them James 8, Edwards, Warren Stone and W. H. Dennis, en- gaged from time to time, and the accounts they prepare are usually audited by Dr. Gritith, In these accounts the adminis- trator is charged with the amount of the in- ventory, and on the other side he claims credit of amount paid for funeral expenses, debta of the estate (charging commission from 5 to 10 per cent), then striking the balance for dis- tribution, and setting out the amount to eac! heir or beneficiary. Itis not every one who departs square with the world, for a great number of people die in debt, and some leave only litigation for their heirs. ———— . ‘Ana Z eS THE GREAT HORSE, Description of Salvator and His Rival. Salvator is a famous horse. But for his sulking and the fact that his old stable was on the last turn, Tenny, however, would have put his nose under the wire first and been the great horse of the season, Salvator is a four-year-old chestnut horse by imported Prince Charlie, out of Selina, and is owned by J. B. Haggin. As a two-year-old he was started but six times and met with but two defeats, winning in turn the Maple, Tuck- ahoo, Titan and Flatbush stakes, Asa three- year-old Salvator ran eight races and won all except one, winning such events asthe ‘Tidal, Realization, Lorillard and September stakes, also the Jersey handicap sweepstakes and a purse race. His only defeat was in the Om- nibus stakes by Longstreet and Proctor Knott. This brings him up to this season, when he was started but once, then winnmg the great sub- urban, which gave him the title of King of the Turf.” SALVATOR, a four-year-old brown horse, by im- ‘on @'Or, out of Belle of Maywood, Ifo was purchased when a yearling by Mr-D. ‘T, Pulsifer for #210. As a two-year-old, Tenny started seventeen timcs and ouly succeeded in securing two victories, and these were smal! purse events at Latonia, As a three-year-old Teuny was much more successful, for he ran in erghteen races and wou ten of ‘them, includ- ing the Fort Hamiiton, Volunteer and Pelham Bay handicap, also the Passaic, Eatontown, Yan Nest and Electric stakes, AS four-year-old Tenny has developed most won- derfully, winning everything he was entered in until hemet his Waterloo at Sheepshead Bay in Salvator and Cassius, and his defoat for that rich stake was the direct cause of the mateb. THE PHILADELPHIA’S SPEED. The Cruiser Makes Kighteen Knots on ‘Two Boilers on Her Return Trip. The new U. S. steel cruiser Philadelphia went up the Delaware river yesterday morning with flags flaunting in the breeze and at 9 o’clock reached the wharf of the Cramps, from which she started last Tuesday. A remarka- ble point in connection with the trip was that the vessel maintained an average of eighteen knots, with but two boilers going, for two hours on the return trip. ‘The official computation of her speed will have to be made here in Washington, but the Messrs. Cramp *ay that without making any allowances the Philadelphia developed a speed of 19ig knots per hour and thereby earned them £100,000, 1t is belioved that allowances for tidal retardation wiil increase this allow- ance, The course was 80.292 knots and the time 4 hours, 6 minutes and 57 seconds, The northern trip was ma m 2 hours, 6 minutes and 27 seconds, and southern in 2 hours and 30 seconds, This is atthe rate of 19,521 knots average specd for fonr hours. The builders say that this is equivalent to 20y knots as compared with the Baltimore, whose speed taken 1B pres’ logs ia set down at 20.1, Assuming that the Cramps should get no more than $100,000 premium they will have gained $248,666 in premiums on the Yorktown, Balti- more and Philadelphia, The Vesuvius, which also exceeded contract requirements, was built by the Cramps for a company that contracted with the government, | RUMORS FROM ROME, A Sensational Pamphlet About King Humbert and the Pope. Toseanelli is about to publish a pamphlet which will undoubtedly create a sensation throughout Italy. The pamphlet declares that last year a projéct had been fully matured by the arrangements of which, with the assistance of was to leave Rome. Unedited Kat the Italian government got per year. The new | return, IN CASES OF DROWNING. What a Washington Ph; About What Should be Done. RAtcurre, vans» ¢ A Sran reporter, in talking with a well-known Physician of this city concerniug recent cases of drowning reported in the Potomac and canal, picked up some very valuable sugges- tions about rendering prompt aid under such circumstances, “A great deal has been said and published by way of advice,” said he, “but not more than should be. Indeed, too much cannot be said | nor advice too often published, for with the | numerous excursions from Washington down | the river and to the seashore the danger of | drowning is constant and cases common. A large portion of the deaths reported could have been averted by following simple, practi- cal plans of resuscitation had there been any | one present who knew what to do. If news | papers like Tux Stan,” he earnestly urged | “whieh are read by everybody, would frequently | pe articles on the subject, even if they ad to republish the same thing, which, how- ever, is not at all necessary, they would be the | direct cause of saving the lives of many of the victims, I gather everything I can upon this and kindred subjects in the line of accidents, such as famting, burns, sunstrokes, &, HOW PEOPLE ARE DROWNED, “Drowning,” said the doctor, “is the resus of one of two conditions, One is from the shock of the accident producing heart failure or fainting. The other is where the unfortu- nate has fought agzinst fate and has been suf- focated by taking water into the lungs and stomach. The first condition is shown by the pale, ashy and flabby appearance of an ordi- nary case of fainting ‘and the other by a livid, dark colored look of suffocation. Too many people imagine that when a person has been taken from the water after sinking the last time that life xtinct for good and all, but this is not the case. Many have been taken out some time after disappearance and brought to life again by simple, practical means, while others have been taken out uuder similar con- ditions and the remaining germs of life al- eves to slip away when they could have becn save WHAT To Do ABOUT rf. “When a person is taken from the water within anything hke a reasonable length of time loosen everything about the neck, chest and waist,wipe out the mouth and throat thoroughly, as far as possible, with a handker- chief, roli up a coat or anything and lay the body face downward, the chest and upper part of the stomach upon'the bundle and the fore- head resting upon the forearm near the wrist. | Make firm pressure between and below the shoulders to force any water out of the lungs and stomach, Then turn the body on the back and if the appearance is from fainting fasten the tongue in the front of the mouth by hold- ing it with a dry cloth or by slipping a rubber band over it and the lower jaw or do anything that will hold it and keep it from falling back into the throat to prevent breathing. Cau- tiously pass ammonia under the nose. if at hand, or tickle the nose or mouth with some- thing, dash cold water in the face suddenly, or slap the face sharply. The object of this is to produce a gasp, when which is done continue the ammonia carefully or the slapping of the face, When breathing is established proceed with promotion of warmth and circulation by application of hot water bottles or something very hot, well wrapped to prevent burning the skin. Hot sand bags or warm, dry blankets will answer, “After rubbing the limbs upward toward the heart to encourage the venous blood to return to its source the careful sdministration of stim- ulants is in order, ‘This sould be about a tea- spoonful of whisky in a tablespoonful of hot water every few minutes until taken six or eight times. Do not move the patient, if pos- sible, until strength is well established, and only then so far as is absolutely necessary. WHEN DROWNED FROM SUFFOCATION. “When the victim has been drowned by suffocation there are two ways by which arti- ficial respiration may’ be produced, One is known as the Marshall Hall and the other as the Sylvester method, THE MARSHALL HALL METHOD is as follows: Proceed as in case of faint drowning until the water has been run out of AUCTION SALES. TWO-STORY BRICK HOUSER, FOUR ROOMS EACH; WATER AND SRWERAGE: KNOWN AS Nos 12 AND 13 DINGMAN PLACE, ‘AT AUCTION. On SATURDAY AFTIRNOON, JUNE TWENTY- RIGHTH, AT SIX O'CLUCK, we will offer forsale in SUB LOTS 141 ANI guakt oo i*® consisting of two Two-story Terms made known at sale A it of $50 re- qu time of ssie on each house. Ii the terms of sale are pot complied with in Bfveen days from day of ale right is reserved to resell the property at the risk ‘and cost of the defauiting purchaser alter five day" ang rot sume LOWApAaper puatiened = = Conveyancing, &c., at the cost of the Ratcuirls. Dan & Co. THIS EVEN: ‘LOSING-OUT SALF, Beginning THIS & VENTING and continuing until entire stock of Watches, Jewelry, Sbow Cases and Fix- ‘tures are Of, Store for rent. FECHNER, Anc _se28-St? Si ‘tioneer, S23 7th et Bow, QT. cLa ‘CTIONFER, 611 PENN- | EY tsnis ave, under Metropolitan’ Hotel. sells BIS DAY lay jot Yawnbroker's Unredeemed Pledges, Gold and Silver Watches, Genuine Diamouus, Works of Art, de Smm, ‘FUTURE DAYs. :CO., Auctioneers. El 5 Ww * STA Upreaite City Post Oftion FULL LINE OF NOTIONS AND FANCY Goops RIBBONS AND HOSIERY OF ALL KINDS, &c., FANCY GOODS, FIXTURES OF STORE, a&c. STORE FOR RENT. Sale fcommences on MONDAY MORNING, THIRTILTH JUNE, at TEN O'COCK, on the Prem'ses, 7th and Q streets porthwest Every lot will 27-28 CONFECTIONERY NO. 337 PENNSYL- STOKE, FIXT VANIA‘AVEN: On MONDAY, 3 O'CLOCK, we will sell the entire contents of ve. £.8.,, NTENTS uit UNE THIKTIETH, at TWELVE Confec- cy Siovery store, No. 337 Penna. ay part ot Counters, Shelving, Beales and Weights: Candy Pane &e, rey . cash. Oe DUNCANSUN BROB., :: tioneeta, ATCLIF DARBR & CO., Aucte. MATOLD: FURNITURE CARPETS bon CON TAINED AS HOUSE o 221 RTH BTNLET ‘Terma =a NORTHW COMPRISING PARLOR SUITES, EASY CHAIRS, | ROCKERS, MARBLE - Tor” AND OTHER — Ta- BLES," COUCHES, “WINDOW HANGING: CABINETS, MIRKORS, WALNUT, OAK AN OTHER CHAMBER "SETS, WAKDKOBE: CHIFFONILES, HAIR AND OTHER MAT: 4RESSES, PILLOWS BOLSTE: BI DINGS, HALE” FU! EXTENSION TABLE, ND GLASS WARE, o y ARPETS | THK HOUSE. KILCHEN REQUISIT THE ENTIRE TENS OF SIXTH STREET NOKTHWEST, GI ES, HOU! SECO! m at TEN CK,’ we will sell at the all the Furniture, Carpets, contained therein, to whi tention is in’ i BATCLIFFE, DARK & CO. ‘Aucuot Je JRATCLIFFE, DABR & CO, Auctioneers. DESIRABLE BUILDING LOT ON Q STREET BE- TWEEN FIRST AND THIRD 8 TS NORTH- WEST, AT AUCTIO! DAY AITERNOON, JULY THIRD, °K P.M.. we will offer for sale, in front premises, part _—_ Yor" seven op, fronting 20 feet on Q street bys depth of 220 feet to nting 20 feet on Qsireet by a of 8 30-foot alley, making It desirable for building on reet and aliey. ‘erms: One-third cash; balance in one and two Yeare, six per cent per annum, payable seus-annually, secured by deed of trust ou, pronerty sold. or aah St option of purchaser. A deposit of 8200 at. tine sole. If terms of saleare not complied with in ten days from the day of sule right reserved to resell the property at the riek and cost of the defauiung pur- chaser after five Auctio; RA. DAK 4 #90. neera, 20 Peunsylvauia svenue Bw. the body. Several should assist. The body should then be turned over say three-fourths around to the left and returned to its face~ downward position. Put considerable pressure with the hands on the backsix inches below ti shoulders; remove pressure suddenly and roil the body over on left side again and back Continue this process at the rate of about fifteen to a minute for ten minutes and then stop to see if there is any effort on the part of the patient to breathe. If so, encourage by the face slapping or ammonia applied as directed. If the breathing does not begin keep the move- ment up for hours, occasionally varying from left to right side. Persons have been resuscita- ted after four or five hours of unconsciousness. When breathing is establishea proceed as in case of faint drowning. to stimulate the system, produce warmth aud encourage circulation. If & person is notabsolutely stiff when taken from the water there is a chauce of resuscitation, ‘THE SYLVESTER METHOD is to proceed as in other ways to get the water from the stomach and then to lay the patient on the back with the bundle under the back below the shoulders, which will throw the chest well forward. Then, kneeling at the head, one should take both arms just below the elbows and draw them back over the head nearly to the ground; then return arm to place onchest and ribs and make firm pressure, Suddeuly remove pressure and repeat move- ment for ten minutes, 15 times to the minute, Stop then and see if any breathing takes place. If not, do not give up the case for hours, Too many people have been lost by giving up too ‘Boon, UNDER OTHER CONDITIONS. “The same treatment can be successfully administered in cases of gas poisoning, at- tempted suicide by hanging or chloroforming, or when breathing has suddenly ceased from any unknown cause, In all cases of accident send for a physician and go to work as above suggested, In cases of drowning also order at ouce dry clothes and blankets and materials for hot applications, but don’t wait a moment for anything—go to work as outlined—the great object being to get a start in the right direction. “If every reader of Tae Sran,” said the Aoctor, “would cut this advice out as published aud keep it at hand or study the lines laid down inany who are allowed to die could be saved, Some years ago you printed some valuable in- terviews with Dr, Gardner of the Washington Barracks nearly in the same line, which re- ceived a great deal of favorable comment. and now as cases of drowning are almost daily re- VALUABLE BUILDING LOT ON L STREET BE- TW ay MENT ETN AND TWENTY-SEC- RERTS NORTH WEST, ORIN Heh vay) FRET BY DEPIE OF r Riven INCH RUNDING. ‘ACK TO A TH: RTY-POOT a! . On TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY FIRST, at STIX O°CLOCK, we will offer for sale, in front of the prem- ORIGINAL LOT EIGHTEEN, SQUARE SEVENTY-THKEE, Daving afrout of (57 feet on 1. street ly a depth of 146.1}, running back to 30-foot alley. one of the most desirable jots in the northwest, being Dear the Sianal Office. all lines of street cars, markets, &., and can be readily subdivided into smalier lots. ‘Terms made known at sale, A deposit of §200 upoa acceptance of bid. If terias of sale are not complied with in teu days from day of sale right reserved to re- sll the property at the risk and cost ot the defaulting purchaser after five days’ advertisement in some Dewspaper published in Washington, D.C. All con- veyancing, the cost of the purchaser. Jo2o-dads CHANCERY, SALE OF VALUABLE LOT, IM PKOVED BY TWO FRAME HOUSES, Nos. "1223 AND FOUR-AND-A-HALF’ | =U Re SOUTHWEST, 2 ¥ ‘GREENLEAF SCHOOL BUILDING. By Virtue ot adecrce passed by the Supreme Court ot District of Columbia in Eguity cat 12. doc. 0, rein .barles and others are complainants and Jane others | re defendants, we will sell at pub. in front of the premises, at. HALP-PAs: O'CL CK in the afternoon of TUESDAY EIGHTH, 1890, lot numbered sixty-six (66) dn aquare five hundred m Lwo Gi 3 prescribed by the decree: One- in one and two years from the day of sale, with iterest at the rate of six per centum | per antum, payable semi-a:nually. Noves of the pur- chaser or purchasers to be given for the deferred vay- m nisand to be secured by'n deed of tra the property sold, or ail of the purchase mor paid in cash, at option o! purchaser. A deposit wil! be required at We vf male. All convey’ notarial fees aud recording at thecostof the purchawer, ft t complied with in ten days after ustees reserve the the defwulting purchaser, after nt of rm tha, WALTER COOKSEY,) : slits, iUsL MADDOX, { Trustees, ATCLIFFE, DARR & CO., Auctioneers, VALUABLE IMPROVED AND UNIMPROVED PROP- ALTY AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ¥IFiH AND TKELIS NOKTHEAST aT AUCTION. Ou W DNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY SECOND, 1890, ut SIX O'CLOCK, we will offer for sale in frout of the premises PART OF LOT 5 IN SQUARE 830, fronting 48 tect on E street north and 100 feet on Sth street east, a portion of the lot being improved by & Two-story Brock House. ism asection of the northeast that is dissuch that it can be ni waded into three or dine ote, ‘Terms of sale: One-third cash, balance in one and two years, with interest at 6 percent per annum from day ‘ut sale, secured by deed of trust om the proper y ported the subject is an interesting and im. portant oue to discuss through your columas,” After the Fourth of July. We put him to bed in his little nightgown, ‘Lhe worst battered youngster there was in the tow! Yet ho Said as he opsned his only well ey “Ran, ‘rah, for the jolly old Fourth of Jul, Two thumbs and eight fingers with lint were tied up, On his head was a bump like an upside-downcup, And his stnile was distorted, his nose all awry, From the joys of the glorious Fourth of July. Wo were glad; he had started abroad with thesun’ And ail day he had lived in the powder and fan; Wuule the boom of the cannon roared up to thessy, ‘To salute young America’s Fourth of July. I said, we were glad all the pieces were there, As we plastered and bound them with tenderest care, But out of the wreck came the words with a sigh: “Lf tomorrow was only the Fourth of July!” He will grow all together again, never fear, Aud bo ready to celebrate freedom next year; Mezawhile, all his friends are most thankful there Kes A crackerless twelvemonth 'twixt Fourth of Julys, Woe kissed him good night on his powder-specked face, Welaid his bruised hands softly down in their place, Atid he murmured, as sleep closed his one open = ye: “I wish every day was the Fourth of July!” —New Youk sux. —M. PHELPS Dawson, — eee. Cute Trick of a Book Agent. From the Indianspolis News. An old farmer south of this city, who has thrown book agents over the fence, allowed his curiosity to lead him down to the gate to see a bicycle go by. Just as the young gentleman came up to the gate something went wrong with the wheel and he stopped to fix it. The old farmer kindly offered him his aid and the wily agent sli @ book into the victim's hand to hold Ull the wheel wai fixed The conversation turned from boo! sold or #ll cash, at the purchaser's option. A deposit of $200 will be required at time of wae. Terms to be com- hed with in ten days from the day of sale, otherwise the Fight is reserved to resell at the risk and cost of defaulting purchaser, All conveyancing and record- haser’s cost, ‘CLIFFE, DARK & OO. Aucts. HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. VERY VALUABLE, UNIMP! FIFTEENTH ST i k AVENUE \ OKTHWEDST At AUCTION. On WEDNESD*¥, MAY TWENTY-FIRST, 1 at FIVE O'CLOCK F.31., in frout of the preiuises, Will sel! Lot 43 iu) square 210, fronuing 24 feet on 15th street near Ehod- Island avenue by sdepth of 100 fect to an alley 10 feet wide. ‘This lot is b- auti- fully situated 11 8 valuable ‘section and should com aud the attention of buyers generally. ‘Terms: Oue-third cash, balance im one and two ears with interest and secured by a deed of trust the property, or all cash. All conveyancing cording at cost of pul . Adeposit of & required at time of sale. HE PURCHASER OF THE ABOVE MEN- tioned aay having failed to comply with the terms of sale the property will be rescld at bis risk and cost on WEDSESDAY, JULY SECOND, 1890, at FIVE O'CLOCK, Terias'and conditions of sale as inentioned pve advertisement. by or er s owe: aed eT Sion DOWLING, auctsoneer. W ALTER B, WILLIAMS & CO., Auctioneers, LL-KEPT HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, a Cine Ts, &e.. Ai AUCTION. On MONDAY, JUNE THIKTIETH, commencing st TEN O'CLOUK A.M. we ~hall seil at residence, Xo, 1001 11%) street northwest, a a assortinent of Household Pects, Learly new and in good condition, GREY PHAM? PaRLon SUITE, UPHOLSTERED Ree CNAIHS, HANDSOME FOLDING EN VER TABLES EXTENSION BLES AND DINING ROOM CHAMIS, WIN 1 B, Pers. RPHINGY. | MATTLESDES, BEDDING, qeruconhe WALTEE b. WILLIAMS & CO., 3e2b-41 BR ae ‘and 7 100 will ee SALE OF UNSERVICEABLE Bi i WEEN TWENTY-FOOR’ T 1Y- FIFTH STREETS NOKTHWesT as: eT ad ty Re? ast MOCK. we will Sacween 24th aod Zou u.w. Tot (of Umserviceable por Tn RA’ Dank & 0. ancts G EO. W. STICKNEY, Auctioneer, 936 F st v, END SEVENTH NORTH OBBT- DNDAYS HAN TiETH DAY ¢ Pehook Pa ‘und 1.27, equate 1 ferme ‘snd ‘and two ®) years, ‘at rat ® 00 | right to resell | nw, U Auctioneers, Je20-dhds | AUCTION SALES. _FUTUCRE DAYS. SS ATOLIFFE, DARE & CO. Anctioneora, Femtiny (yamia ave, m TURSDAY MORNING, BEG mak AT TEM roL RY ovk Denowiree x. ueae oe D FURSITURE, SG BALES ROOMS, BOSENAP LY ANA Ave ALLY ‘ Les i OMS. No STRERT DISPLAY. 28-2 RATCLIFFE, DARK & ©0., Amota JQ ATCLIFFE, DARK & C0.. Anctionsors, 920 Fennayivania ave. 2. MINISTRATO! LOT HOUSEHOLD er sigs s SALE TWO BUGe HARNESS, go. By virtue of an order of the District of Columbia, holdue Court Dustnees, Iwi!) y i ston AY MORNING, J0LY FIRST, at TEN the auction Mo.us of Rateliffe Darr & ‘Co. B20 Pa. ave. Dow Lot OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, BUGGIES, HAKNES' ‘Terme cash. 3G. NAYLOR, Jn. jon Admiuietretor. pues 8 DOWLING, Auctioneer. & GENERAL COLLECTION or HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AT AUCTION. On VERDAY, JULY FIRST, 1890, commencing it TEN 0% K, at residence No L321 G street OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, LARGE LOT OF bold _ 2-2 ATCLIFFE, DARR & OC COLLECTOR'S BALE OF ONE GOLD WA CHAIN, Boot AS), nC. LOUN T CLOTUING, BTC. AT ACOTION, 0 THE ESTATE OF THE Laid ING JULY FIRST INNO, AT ‘Will sell at the AUCTION KOOMS PFE, DAKIC& GU..9 0 PENNSYLVANIA ORTUWEST, the persons! eflects of the Waters sud pardy mentioned above, aud ch TL invite atiention, cas BENJAMIN P. SNYDER, Collector, National Safe Depoait Company's office, 15th »nd N 2. RW. ctioncor uctioneers TCH AND f ONE ! | AUCTION SALE OF VEKY VALUABLE IMPRO. «D PROPERTY, BEING HOUBES NUMBLAED Thu 7 TO 1315 C STREET NORTHWEST AND Al,Li t HOUSES IN THE REAR 1 will offer for sale in front of the promise om WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF JULY, 1b0G 8t SIX O'CLOCK P.M one-half of ory wal Jot 2 and all of Jot 3 in » <6) per centuia per payable ee all cash, at the option of the purchaser ‘Terms to be (DBO. W STICKNEY, Avctioncer, 056 F st. | TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED PRO! THE COUNTY OF WASHING By virtue of a certain decd of trust rece No. 13735, folio 71 ek seq. one of the land records « 4 the Di ‘of Colunubiaywud at the Foqnest of the party secured thereby, we will offer for salc, in front of the renuisea, on a OSLVENIM DAY OF | SULA TR00, at FIVE 20K P.M. the following | Gescribed propert De 'W. Jones’ suldivision “Ivy City” at od the risk and cost ot faulting purchaser THOS. B. WAKRICK, _22428971,5 JAMES HN. WARLN RATUEPE, DARE & 0H., Auecioncers, 820 Pa ave. uw. PARLOR. DINING KITCHEN FUKNITUR! Tt, sppeboans, is E. LX. TABLE, Sulit STOVE PAINTINGS, CH AT ALCTHION. On MUNDA THt nT, O'CLOCK M., we ‘will well, at p Madison st becween P and Streets uw. the furuiiure @-utained Ube we invite attention, KAICLIFA x, DAKK & OC at Auctionesta HORSE AND CAKRIAOR AZAAR, 940 Loulmiana ae Salk Ok EXCHAN p Cut-nud te und Pony Whactons. Buszgies, Dayton Wagons, M.Ak and Grocery Wagons, Expre Dog, ii for the Distriet of Company's Corriages, Wawons and ond Carty, Auction Sale of Horses, Carriages, Harness every FORSDAY, PLU A MOKNINGS, commenciux Jell-Im 8. JOdcAsSON BROS, EES’ SALE OF B. COLNER + VENIES S NORTHWEST Ad ALCTIC Ry virtue of a dee: corded in Liber 1 land records for the District ot Coluun written request of the party secu fell at pubic sue front TUESDAY the F FIVE U'CLOCK t or gutoel and and pre: situate and iving iL the city of of ise { Washington and Dinthict of Columba, aud kuown and ee theaat corner of orth west crus of sale: Oue-third cash, two years. with interest at 6 per cured bys deed of trust on the pr the option of y ad i pusied iy Wastinertol Lasers cumt. nie DEW SPALEr pul © ‘Conveyancing, Seat pn in, to wit by the Way 2, of orugiual ® reconts an liber . t ‘Terms of sale: Ail Cash. required at ame of al A deposit of $50 will be All conveyanciny at cont df 91,5 B. WALIIC RAtcurre, pare & | 20 Pa, 20., Auctione t.w,, Washi rh, sngton, DO. TRUSTEES BALE OF LE: AND CONTENTS OF BOLAKI’S HOTEL ANO RESTAURAN 13 NSYLVANIA AVENTE HOUSE), WASHINGTON, By virtue of a deed of trust dated Oct 1b86, in Liver No. £. No. NoKTHWEST r4 avenue northwest, Wasi red term: of the lease of jurniahed in good style, and Back isa bo Chairs, silver and 1A Chauber Furniture, Cookin ‘ bet ‘The restaurant enjoys the Teputauien ot of the inest i the ct}, and the bar i unexccdied Thi e Kitchen and Lauuary in the and = fuli Avent; furnished Biluard and Fool noom (three Bill three Puol Tabies) un the gro yr; a lange 1 Dining Room, the Hotel Office end a large number of Private Dining Rooms, Pantry, Ciosets, &c.. wll band- somely furnished, on ‘the secoud flcor. and for hovel Du: poses there are about thirty furnished rocum, Ae 2 Who. thas place /s ome Of the most complete 30 all found and is desirable every respects that cau bv most way. ‘The present lease expires July 1, 1894. The rental te onl} S240 per month unt July Le peol end S258 per mouth nce of the term.” Butubact Tangemen's cau be made tors long: . Satisfactory Brr Lsriuen.s can be unde ws the Brunswick Puike Collouder Company for the Bi bard and Pool Tablef complete, he ab: eutloped trust. 10 abo¥ pew wove Wil first be offercd as an entirety tury bid 28 not obtaiued will then be ‘Tertus: AS su entirety terms will be stated at time Of gale, and if pold tn detail msi inmpected up to time ‘Doneer, the (ranted 0. LDS, Atvorwey and Dots. u.w., Wavkingion, DG TCLIFFE, DARK * (Cv., Aucta, ON L STREET BE- -Nix-FIRst AND TW PR NOKTHWIST. AND NEAM FUE SOLAWENTY SECONDS Tbh o. E THIRTIETH, well, in front of tae ALUABLE BUILDING LOT. TWEEN iW OND STR! GF a dept of 05 sections of the ‘Cirele, U.S making LOT 52, IN SQUARE feet ¢ inches on L street "