Evening Star Newspaper, November 1, 1890, Page 14

14 Ne THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON Sal _ + ae D. C.. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1890—-SIXTEEN PAGES. Oe HIS FIRST DEER. ee ees A Tenderfoot’s Story of an Interest- ing Experience ia the Mcuntains. ceinkaenigit HIS ARRIVAL AT RANDALL'S. a Hite Eacerness to Ki Antlered Buck—His Nervousners at the Ani- mals Approach—Iis Deadly Aim and Mortiiying Discovery of the Result. > Written for THe Evexixe Stan, UST AT THE close of & gorgeous October day soft, in ‘84, when smoky, purple sh were filling the of the Vegas, le but a touch of su; anging hke a golden nalo over the surround- | dropped ?*C off at Gloricta, a little station in the very heart of the Spanish peaks of ot New Mexico. I use the term “dropped off” in a lit- eral way, fully realizing as the train disappeared around a steep curve on the mountain side that I was alone on the se lJoneliest station on the Banta Fe road, with the little matter of 2,005 miles twixt myself and friends. Starting at New York city I bad slowly drifted out and across Unclo Sam's big farm, was almost on its onter edge, in the woods and near his last fence, without @ reason for my coming. Crazy sort of a trip. Well, yes. Lut I was full of that ven! me style at that time and did noteare a “pinyon” how it turned out. either. for I had become #» thor- oughly tired of sketching among the hills about New York that I determined to get some- thing different. 1 HAD IT AT rast. My sole companion in that wild trip was a grip. half of it given over to artist's truck, Paper and canvas. brushes and led te of oil color f of the metal m whieh many were missi: so you that know mey ca gucss at the general internai appearance of that portion of the grip when I saz that Isat npon it down by the ehiberated upon the Finally, az m place. I per in the wid ide of while I st f the dense darine suddenly settles upon these valleys v sun dis. ra, Hali walking. half stu at last before the tiny rude and on enteri -open door circle of half- red in t few Mexicans cha with the t mountain patois, wuiie “down in front several ink quaws squatted to: eating pinyons aud talking their hideous jargon. Ss that so ben the wore AT RANDALL'S every one of them were puffing away cn their yellow paper cigarette except the trader, who was as much surprised at my sudden apnear- ance as the rest. though when I told my little iy pleased and said I it mentioning wha of stuff gave me a hearty invitation to make his place my own while I stayed in those parts, and then after he had explained to the wonder- ing natives who I was and bow I came he be: @ running line of questions about how it looked “out in the states” and informed me that he bad drifted into this wild territory years be- fore and never regretted it since he left Boston. DEER WAS THE worD. Then he began to talk about the beautifully grand scenery and the wonderful pictures I might make; in fact offered. if wonld stay with him. to take me upto the canon and to the top of themasas the next morning in quest of deer and —— But he had said deer; deer was the word that struck my ear I heard nothing of his praises of the beauti- ful view, of the grand effect of sunrise, as seen from the tops of the masas. ‘The idea of being able to take up a gun and stepping out scarcely beyond one’s door step. kill deer, absorbed my whole time. He had Promised to tet me shoot the first we came across and now I'll tell you how 1 did it. It was hike stepping around the edge of sheol when we started xp the canon very early the Bext morning. Nothing but a great yawming space. black as ink. before us, and that kind of limb over fallen timber on and up through ehapparel that only the initiated know of. We were at the summit at last. How still and strang wemed at that height when the sky ov ad began to Klow a rosy color far in the east across the vegas, Randall. motioning me to follow, handed me the Winchester. and taking the shotgun moved Cautiously across the rocky flat toward the upper timber Line, keeping « sharp lookout for signs of di My heart was up under my chin and seemed Deating its way out. My hands trembied, my throat grew parched, Ifancy my eyes protruded in a fashion cal- culated to penetrate the biggest deer in all the San Miguel country. 1 Wasfoertixo “neck rrven.” That I felt sure of, and was doing my level Best to overcome it when the high clump of bushes on my left suddenly parted. something brown dashed out and up over a great flat rock. the stuff.” and with: ‘Tremblingly I raised the rifle and fired a forty-five caliber slug after the fleeing figure, saw something drop and then, so thoroughly overcome by excitement, dropped myself upon the edge of bowlder and awaited congratula- tions from Randall, who was hurrying toward me. «ne was big enough to kill an elephant it hit describe to you the weird sensation that overcame me alter the excitement had partly abated, or can I describe the terrible awakening from that dreamy feeling when Ran- doll, who, following the direction of my thumb as I pointed over my shoulder and said “dee: had parted the bushes, gazed out over the flat rock aud then sank in the sand, twisted almost double. and Inughed until 1 thought him stark mad? If thero had been deer in that dark moun- tain forest as the echoes of his laughter rang again and again through its recesses, more- over had they known the reason of this sud- den burst of hilarity, they would have laughed with him. Stepping past him I parted the bushes and looking quickly out saw stretched upon the ns of a big cotton tail or rabbit, My had struck hii rn, tore him straight up the center, ripped his head and, banging a bit off the edge of away down over the The joke was too good to keep and that good- hearted soul Randall ticd what was left of bunnie to the end of his short gun and carried it down over the trail toward home in mock triumph, He hung it by astriug over the and at my expense the natives made laughed themselves hoarse and smoked more yellow paper jarettes than ever. SFY. — Written for Tar Events AR. THE SERVANT GIRL QUESTION. One Which Has Perplexed, is Perplex- ing and Will Perpiex Housekeepers. NEW FEATURES ARISING FOR CONSIDERATION— METHODS OF HIRING SFRVANTS—TEACHING THEM NEW IDFAS—THE ITEM OF WAGES—LAWS ABOUT HIRED GIRLS. ET IT be understood from the outset »,, that the discussion of the ever-present | { wy servant girl question is not experimental | Na! uiloscphy exemplified in print alto- Nw Sccther, but is taken also in part from ebservation and from what others ve said and written upon the subject, A man—and this 18 a man presuming to write about the affairs of women—cannot be expected to con- | fine himself wholly to experience when dis- cussing such a question. though if he havea family of his owa to provide for and that fam- ily is domiciled under a roof to itself he will be very apt to learn a thing or two, but if he will keep his eyes open about the house and bis ears open about town he will accumulate a great deal of usefal information thereupon as he goes along. Two lady acquaintences who happen to meet on the street, in church or at the market house do not talk long before they branch off and get onto the merits or demerits—mostly the latter— of their hired help. When the girl is good and all thatis needful to make the housckeeper’s burden lig) ke easy which domes- ties usually to wear, the fact will find its Way at once into conversation, and contra. when she is bad and horrid and serews on the poor employer's neck Woe is sure to be promptly poured into willing and symputhetic ears. GOING THE ROUNDS. A housekeeper may imagine the: nothing worse t. ii petent Irish girl until she gets a fre y-going Ame one. The Swede, who follows the good as long mo ing the aliot ue for her to bero ‘dinto the ways of her predecesso: uch meid, with her eggra ress, is 3 the stolid Geri the sabl ly no b the others, 1 Worse than ail, matter of fact no question 18 PERPLEXING TO TH HOUSEKEEPER sip and none has been or dixeussed. che is iresh, three t plexing than ever, for for the past few years a grow- sin the du- conditions uupropit‘ous and un housekeepers. ‘he full mtent is to ties tu cerivin classes of wot guise of accomplishments to demand ine Lor instance, here is | been doing general | kitehen wor the door beil. table i furnace—in fact doing auy 6f the tury houschold serviecs belong to her Line of work. swerlng sng after the many neces- but suddenly «ne an- nounces her conclusion to coniine her labors to a certaia portion only of these things—that the butler, or coaciman, or cook must here- after do this or that—the work is too hard and t other girly at other places are making similar demands and so must she. My lady's maid will not sweep a stroke or make a bed—it is unprofessional—the chambermaid will not do a thing in the kitchen, while cook sticks closely to her realm, monarch of her sur- roundings, doing only that which is in har- mony with her queenly preferen THIS NEW PIASE IN AFFAIRS may be, possibly is, toaccrtain degree, due to the talk among and steps taken by labor or- ganizations for shorter hours and higher wages. Such ideas doubtleas find ready credence in the kitchen and other departments of house— hold work. In all probability, however, do- mestics have been led to look for and accept such theories by a want of good management on the part of alarge majority of housekeep- ers—a lack of understanding of the business methods necessary to obtain efficient service. There is often, too, and too often a natural gentleness of feeling which induces an other- wise excellent mauacer to temper justice with unu ary mercy, OF accompany Instructions with apologics, either of which invariably lead to a completion of relations between mistress aud maids to such an extent as to make it a question which 1s which. While it is neces- sury, very mecessary, to remember the golden rulo it is equally important, especially under the growing new order of things,to bear in wind that a cardinal principle in deaing with help is to establish at the beginuing of service and maintain the complete supremacy of the employer. Too many housekeepers, the younger ones particularly, are apt to STAND IN AWE OF THE DOMESTIC from the outset, in employing them to gloss matters over to a ridiculous degree, offering them privileges which cannot be wholesome and displaying a general eagerness to please them which they are sure to take ad- vantage Be few servants resist the majority are spoiled time to come and in turn in- noculate all others with whom they come in tact. The evil resulting from such unfor- Ttunate methods is widespread—really good servants are ruined and good housekcepers forced to combat difficulties not of their own making. What is the relict? Good judzment, coupicd with firmness, would have obviated the trouble. To lay down A FIXED SET OF RULES would be impossible, as each houschold must be alaw unto itself and allowaaces must be made for many diverse conditions. There are two elements necessary to success, however, at alltimes. from which none are exempt. especi. ally when the employe is either young and in- experienced or a hardened sinner full of high- strung idiosyncrasies—one is patience, such as can sit on a monument aud not budge for the first month at least and the other is vigilance. Patience tempered with firmness will ulti- matey succeed; constant vigilance is the price of comfort in every home. TEACHING A DOMESTIC. Asarule servants expect to be taught the individual methods of the newly employing mistress, The best of servants expect this, and im any case if the employer proceeds properly there is some hope that even the worst of them, with all their shortcomings, may be made laborers worthy of their hire. The majority of girls going out to service know not the half of their duties, though they firmly believe they “know it all.” Those secking positions as waitresses, for instance, will learn, in ten cases out of twelve, something they do not know when they a taught that the setting of a table can make a frugal meal success; that they should be as particular in the laying of the sideboard and side table as of the table itself; that they should keep a watch- fuleye on eo at the table, so as to supply their needs without the necessity of being told; that they should watch the glance of my lady and, following the direction of her eye, need no further order in waiting _— @ guest; that they should go to e left of persons in serving buttothe right with wines; that tidiness is Rext to obedience and that a willingness to do other things than waiting upon a table when called upon is absolutely essential. Indeed, the teaching of servants and the methods of instruction employed in the beginning is a matter of the most serious importance and one so often underestimated and sadly neglected it is astonishing that there are as many good ser- vants as there are. THE ITEM OF WAGES. The item of wages is one over which many disagreements take place and one not always understood by either party as it should be. A perfect understanding should be had on every cor ‘ation, | squarely | can be | } contrac: | ease, incompeten’ ad:aittedly | occasion of engaging help and as nearly ai possible every duty defined, for it often results that a servant holds at the exe iration of a month that she has een called upon todo thisand that not in- cluded in the agreement and consequently de= mands more pay. Many secking places esti- mate their services at much higher rates thin they are willing to take when brought down to “business principles. The housekeeper must know exactly what duties she will expect her domestic to perform and precisely what she is willing to pay. A little vacillation will give a sharp ap- pucant, and they are nearly ail sharp, a chance to pry the limit up a_ notch or two before the matron knows i:, and once out of balance it i: hard to recover, Itis wise when engaging a servant for one month on trial to have it understood that the engagement can be termi- nated at any time withm that month, the wages payable pro rata, if the employe proves entirely unsuitable. Many a housekeeper bas had tosnifer weeks of torturo or pzy a full mouth’s wages for a few days’ labor of a thoroughly undesirable scrvant because of a simple one mouth's engagement. A COMMENDADLE PLAN. A Washington lady has a uniquo plan for keeping her servants and always has good one: and is the envy in that respect of her neigh- bors and friends. She contracts to pay s uner at the rate of = 50 a 3 per week for over ayear and under two ars, and for over two years and long as the servant will © 50a week, Twelve dollars a month ia th ge payment for this class of work. sav, while at $3.00 a week the pay is $15 a month. ‘This isa high-merit mark to which an in- dustrious, contented and competed servant should be willing to work up to. kincred plan is admirable, especially where but Oue or two servants are kept. for securing ef- fective and continuous service. TEE LAW ABOUT WIRED GIRLS, In England it is the law that when a person hires a servant, unless otherwise agreed upon, the hiring is for ayear. There is no such law in this country. Occasionally a girl is hired for acertain length of time, in which caso a written agreement should be had, the same as in regard to tue hiring of any other class of employes. With this exception a verbui con- tract is sufficient if it can be proved, and both the employer and servant are bound by it. For this reason the presence of a third party is always advisable. ABOUT DISCHARGING SERVANTS. Many housekeepers allow unsuitable and un- desirable servants to remain in their employ because they imagine they have no legal right to discharge them, Among other good reasons the following are allowavie and will hold good in law: Gross carelessness, willful neglect of duty, gross iviiity, prolonged or frequent absence trom the house without p sion, immorality, insubordination, inabitit to dothe work hired for whether from «i ness or other causes, gross uncleaniiness, the commission of auy crime or misdemeanor, the ¥ contagious or loathsome dis- to perform the duties en- gaged for. If a antis taken sick so that she is unable to do her work she ce: her wages, but hum this point—at least for a reasonable loc length of time—and pays for lost time, pwever, that man, 12 goes without saying, } on when she pl servant quits her positu oftea in a most inconven ployer—but when she d | Whistle for the balance of her pay, if there be | any due. averything is not on the side of the em- ployer, bad as some s¢ ae No Need to Be Alarmed. From Puck. Mr. Pine (of New York)—“I feel rather em- barraseed, as the subject Lam going to speak of is rather delicate.” Miss Poreu (from Chicago)—“Oh, don’t let that embarrass you! ‘To tell the truth, lam very fond of delicacies.” see ANACOSTIA’S NEW HALL. Arrangements for a Dedication at the New Masonic Temple. Anacostia has now a public hall which will be formally dedicated Tuesday night, It is on the second floor of the Masonic Temple, which has recently been erected by the members of Anacostia Lodge, No. 21,F.A.A.M. The build- ing is a three-story brick structure, located at the corner of Pearco and Jackson streets, ‘The structure is thirty feet wide and has a depth of sixty feet. The room on the ground floor is also to be used as a public hall and at present it is the only one in the village. | On the second floor is another large hall, which is to be used as the lodge rooms of the Knights of Pythias and the Grand Army. iloor is to be used exclusively by the Masonic lodge and bas suitable ante rooms for lodge purposes. ‘The dedication service ‘Tuesday night will be in charge of Grand Master J. A. Sainple. ‘The early completion of the work is due to the efforts of Messrs. D, W. Campbell and John H. King. The members of the building committee were D. W. mmpbell, chisirmsn; Jobn H, King, secretary; J. O'Donnell, 8. M. Golden, James dail and others. Ana- costia Lodge was instituted December 28, 186% ith seven charter members, They were Wm. Farrish, master; George Martin, senior war- den; Charles H. Wheeler, junior warden; J. A. MeConnell, secretary; J. H. Wheeler, treasurer; B, F. Wilkins and John Crookshank. Of thoso Mr. J. R. McConnell is the only one now con- nected with the lodge. ‘here are now eighty— one names on the rolls, The committee of arrangements which h: charge of the dedication and ball to be given in connection with it consists of Charles J. James, chairman; Join H. King, secretary; Mr. O'Donnell, treasurer; J. FE. Minnix, Julius nN. KR.’ Harnish, W. D. Campbell, An- drew Byer, W. 8. Dodge and others, he present officers of the lodge are A. B. Garden, master; D. L. Ritchie, senior warden; . J. James, junior warden; J. H. King, secre- tary; C. B. Smith, treasurer; Adolph’ Gude, senior deacon; James H. Dony, junior deacon; J. E. Minnix, steward; John N. Minnix. master of cercmomies; Rev. E. Richardson, chapiain, aud Julius W. Tolson, tiler. ——————— A Lame Explanation, From Judge. Mrs. Smallware (on her husband's return)— bbe is ae little package marked ‘For my only May?” Me. Smallware—“That's a bundle of s-samples, my dear. I expect to be taken the road early in June for good.” Maiden (who has been reading of the French way of conducting matrimonial alliances)— « you knew papa quite well before you married him, didn’t you?” Mamms (sadly)—“I thought I did.”"—Life, Distressed young mother, traveling with weeping infant—“Dear, dear; I don't know what to do with this baby.” a oreo Boston Courier, ‘This or some | tase | The third | REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. The Hotel Facilities of the City and How They Are Being Increased. FLAT BUILDINGS AND THEIR ERECTION IN THIS (CITY—OPPORTUNITIES TO SMALL INVESTORS FOR MAKING MONEY IX REAL ESTATE HERE—OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST. H HE completion of tho large hotel build- ing at the northwest corner of 14th and K streets will make an important addition | to the facilities which already exist hore zor providing temporary homes for the thou- sands of strangers who visit the city each year. The increase in the number of hotels and the enlargement of hotel buildings has been one of the marked features in the history of the city auring the past few years. It is evident that the temporary population of the city is very large, and like New York city and other large cities it is necessary to make ample pro- vision for the crowds of visitors that find their way here, The number of spacious buildings that are devoted to this purpose are steadily | being added to. The Norma the Shore- ham, the Arno, the Randall,’ the Lang- ham, the Fredonia are some of the hotels which have becn built during recent | years, Then an extensive addition has been | i \ made to the Arlington, The Shoreham has also | been enlarged and other buildings devoted to hotel purposes have been refitted and re- furnished. Chamberlin's, Weleker's, the Na- tional und St. James’ have ind capacity and facilities greatly extended, and if may readily be seen that the | hotel accommodations of this city sre much th e few years ago, It} d not b en that there are a large ver of b ;houces which eupplement | dations offered by the hotels, and ion ef the traveling public 1 ling houses when they a 3, 02 2 me ot hotcls, ere the erp: there are instances wh exceeds that of some of t hotels. ample supply of hotels and boarding houses | | explains the ease with which Washington can | take ina crowd ot people and entertain them | comfortably. On special occasions when an extraordinary throng of peuple are in the city it is conceded that there 1s less discomfort and | complaint than in any other city in this coun- jiry under similar eire’ 8. While the cilities of the city have been increasing the necds of the growing suburbs in th.s par- | ticular have not been neglected. Large and lings have been erected in diff ions of the country bordering on the city, and during the warm season these coun- try hotels are well patron Good ex- | ‘amples of hoiels of this character are | jfound im the building — er on | the heights above Georgetown, on the | Tenleytowu rend, and the one at Forest Glen, on the Metropolitan branch of the Balti- more and Ohio raiiroad. jin the county and also |. land no doubt the near tuture will wi erection of a number of other ho: # has been already mc yndicate has began the erection [tensive hotel buiiding in the sub | Eckington, which wil be near to the center of | the city owing to the electric ears and yet will | be in the country 60m of an ex- ivision of HOUSES, | marked a real hat there are not uses or flats built in this | 'y every one in search of a house ox- | e for a cen locality, y fiud a ho are apt to discover that the ve than they want to pay. ‘The couse is that they have to go sumo dis- | tance away from the central portion of the | exty in order to get a house. nw it seems to | me thatan tmeat house, with rooms in | suites of four, five or six. could be buil its would i more thau is now for houses of thatsize on the outskirts of tho city, The fact is, however, that such burld- ings are seldom erected and there are but few a the eit) ASran man zell of the firm of B. H. Wa theught apartment build to be a paying imvestiuent in this ci “Loam certain that th prompt repli in localities for business purpo. was the are buidt ludependent o: this latter consi Swar ‘ration Mr. ell saw no reason why buildings of this acter would not prove profitab.e. He said that he had erected for achent au apartment buiding, and that ever since it had been ready for occupancy the suites had all becn under lease at good rentals, The net return upon the money invested, he said, was more than the same amount invested in houses would yield. ‘There -eems to be an opinion that the build- ing of apartment houses will be one of the feat- ures of the future development of the city. It is said that the conditions are favorable. Rents are acanowledged to be high and yet the num- ber of houses still remaining vacant is uot large. The demand is such that houses ure oc- cupied as rapidly as they are built and when it is stated that more houses were built last year y previous year the inference may rea- sonably be drawn, Which is, however, supported by other evidence, that the population of the y is rapidly increasing. ENLARGING A BUSINESS HOUSE. The extension of the large building occupied by Messrs, Woodward & Lothrop go as tu se- cure a frontage on 10th street has been noted in Tur Stan. The new addition is six storics in height and is now nearly completed, Re- cently, however, additional ground on 1th sircet, adjoining on the south the new exten- sion, has been secured and a building is being | erected, which will make the entire frontage on lvth about 75 feet. ‘Lhe store building now extends through the entire depth of the square, | with ample frontage on F and 11th and 10th | streets. The design for the new addition has | been made by Mr. James G. Hill, who was the | architect of the main building as well as the recent extension. MR. B. H, WARNER'S RESIDENCE, The handsome residence of Mr. B. H. War- ner, corner 2ist street and Massachusetts ave- nue, is being further enlarged and beautified by the addition of alarge dining hall, which will be built to the south of the house and will be elegantly finished and decorated from de- signs and plans and under the charge of Mr. ‘T. F, Schneider, the architect, The wails, part tho way up, and ceiling will be paneled in quartered oxk, An elaborately carved oak sercen will separate the new room from the old one, and will be supported on carved oak columns. The end of tho room toward 2st street will be circular and almost entirely of plate glass. Other improvements will be mado to the interior, so that the whole first floor, with its pretty staircase, can be thrown into one large suite for entertainments. Emmert & Heisley are the contractors. OPENINOS FOR THE FRUGAL DOLLAR, Aman with limited means has presented to a good many opportunities in this city for fely and profitably investing the few dollars which he is able to lay by each mouth. There are in the first place the various building asso- ciations, which are excellent institutions when conducted, as they are in this city, in acon- servative, Judicious manner. ‘The’ prosperity of these,associations here is an evidence that their money-saving Virtues are appreciated. By laying aside a fow dollars each month many a man has been able to accumulate @ sufficient sum to start him in buying a home for his family. One association, which is the largest in the city and is one of the largest in the country, has about 6,000 sharcholders, and the receipts —_jast year were over a million of dollars, The savings represented by the sums paid into these institutions are used mainly in the purchase of homes, and the great majority of the shareholders could never hope to own | pla to | © | prom | not be their own houscs except through the assistance obtained from the building associations, Even persons enjoying good incomes are glad to avail themselves of the facilities offered by these associations and by easy payments to meet obligations which otherwise might be de- ferred for years. The various investment companies which are organized for the purpose of buying and sell- ing real estate are also found to be desirable as a meansof saving and making money. These companies are formed of shareholders, who elect their own ofiicers and appoint a com- mittee to which is intrusted the important duty of investing the money. The members of the buying committee, as it is generally termed, re paid for their services and a smail salary is paid to the secretary. Each shareholder con- tributes, for example, ten dollars a month for twenty-four months or longer, when the share matures, If there are 100 shares the receipts of the company are each month $1,000 and this money is invested in land. Per- haps a block of land is secured and then a subdivision is made and the lots are sold off. Or the land may be kept as a whole and sold when the opportunity offers at an advance, ‘The profits of each sale are either divided among the shareholders or added to the original capital and reinvested. In this way of small means are able to enjoy the advantage which the of large cath month of money thatcan be tauly spared, each mont mone; can be e: and if only the ‘4 capital is returned the shareholder is that much Besides these organizations, which are sim- ply the co-operative action of persons of small means, opportunities are presented to the man without capital to buy a building lot on small monthly payments, Then in cases where a person has some capital he has a chance to buy a house on easy payments, or periaps he can unite with others in what is commonly known as agyndicate and become part owner in a large piece of property. There is perhaps no feature of the real estate market here which is more characteristic than the appearance in such large numbers of per- sons of limited means as active buyers and sellers. The proportion of property owners is also very large and each year is increasing. —_ THE DISTRICT NATIONAL GUARD. The Hilton Trophy Won by Our Boys Has at Length Arrived. WHAT WILL BE DONE WITH IT—COMPETITORS FOR THE EVENING STAR MEDAL—TUE ORDWAY TROPHI—WORK OF THE BOARD OF EXAMINA- TION—THE MARION RIFLES FAIR—NOTES, The Hilton trophy is here. It has been long time coming and there were those who ied that it would never be surrendered by the state of Massachusetts until Gen. Ord- way sent up a fighting squad to take it away. Of course the bay state militia authorities will produce a reason or two for the apparently in- excusable delay in giving up the great shield, but it will have to be a very sound excuse in- deed that will account for the slackness which has been apparent ever since September 13. Now that the trophy has arrived—it came in an iron-boand case—the question is what shail be dene with it, This has been temporarily settied. For a couple of weeks it will be dis- din one of Sais & Co.'s big windows—a retarn for the liberality displayed by that firm in the matter of a subscription to the “teat m ‘tund. From Saks’ it will be returned to headquarters and te probabilities are it will Le removed trom thence to the War De partment, there to be exhibited under case in one of the prominent cor that is doue all the members of the team will group themselves around the emblem of vic- tory for which they fought so pertinaciously > a photographer, ard perhaps two or photograp exercise ciephautiae cameras upon th ENTRIES FOR THE STAR MEDAL, A good deal of ammunition has gone up in | smoke during the past few days onthe bar- racks rarge. The sharpshooters have been banging away vigorously in a series of en- ueavors to fit themselves for the competitions which will come otf on Wednesday next at 10 a.m. In cireular No, 6 it was stipulated tha nil entries for Tue Star match should be i the hands of the adjutant genera! on or before October 20, ‘That reguiation bas bee: nded s0 a8 to allow entries up to Tuesda general of rifle’ pr: inspector first regi- Bell, inspector second . Geo, H. Harries, Lieut, F. L. Grahaw attalion; Lieut. W.P. V: 3 Lieut. W. . fitth battalion; Lieut. company A, fifth bat . DB. Smythe, fourth batatios Edwards, fi:ti battatio: Stewart, company A Dozle, company Freeman, company ‘or 1 ter 5. Ca: battalion; Corporal mpany A, sixth battalion; Cor, avth battaion; . first battalio B, fifth battalion, Roberts, company C, fourth in=pector si har, com Tobavt dames battal Abell, compan and Private J. battalion. Competition for Tar Stan's valuable badge es to be especially not, and all the prob- abilities point to a record-breaking score by at least one of the leaders, Whoever the wiuner may be, he will have to do more than a little good shooting. THE ORDWAY TROPHY. Seven battalions will be represented in the shoot for the “Ordway trophy,” which will take place next Wednesday afternoon. com- meneing al ‘The only one that will in it” willbe the eighth, Jo some of yen it will be a good deai of a sur- prise to know that the seventh battalion has put up five men who will enter into competi- fon with their Caucasian comrades, Uule | the members of the seventh’s team have re- cently developed considerable skill as marks- men they will hardly win the prize, but they are piucky euough to go into the tight and de- serve a good deal of commendation, It shows “grit,” aud that’s a good quality in a eoldier, evenif he cannot hit the bull's eye more fre- quently than once or twice a week. The “Ordway trophy.” presented by the best officer that ever drew a sword, is a large bronze clock surmounted by the bronze figure of a private soldier, It is a striking work of art, to say nothing of its striking abilities in a more mechanical w: GOOD SHOWING BEFORE THE BRIGADE BOARD. Capt. Ourand and his company—C of the first battalion—deserve a good deal of credit for the showing made before the brigade board, When a company has one or two ‘can- didates for promotion” init it is supposed to be moving along very nicely, and the number of such companies is few, but company C ran five of its members through the mill on one evening. These five, with the others herewith named, are now qualified to. take their places as second lien’ is of infantry. They are t. J. H. Carll, Sergt. B. F. Kirchner, Sergt. H. Kettler, Sergt. Claude E, Haines and Sergt. Pierre M. Kennerly, ail of company first battalion; Quartermaster Sergeant Geo. H. Michaelsen, fifth battalion; Corp. W. E. Baker, a B, third battalion, and Sergt. Louis Keinburg, company D, third battalion, Certificates have been awarded the foregoing and as soon as the badges arrive each of the candidates will be properly decorated, COMING BOARD OF EXAMINATION CHANGTS, Thero isa good deal of work for the officers who serve on the brigade board of examina- tion, and as turn about ‘is popularly supposed to be fair play, the next general orders will re- lieve Capt. C, 8. Domer, company ©, second battalion, and Capt. J. J. Costinett, company B, fifth battalion, from further duty on the board and will detail in their places Capt. Jesse M. Bassett, company B, sixth battalion, and Capt. Wilham C. Beck, company C, third battalion. Capts. Domer and Costinett bave served longer than any others on the board and have been most faithful. ‘THE FIFTH BATTALION’S ACTIVITY. Major O'Brien is moving the fifth battalion right along, and the officers who want to keep up with him have all they can do. In future the major will have a battalion drill every night when any two companies of the fifth are in the drill hall at one time. This means that he will have five battalion drills each month, If that program is carried out all through this winter there will be no excuse for any officer or guide not being thoroughly acquainted with his duties, EDUCATING THE BALTIMOREANS. Baltimore seems to be drawing heavily on this city for drill teams to do fine exhibition work, Last week Capt. John Miller took his clever company—D of the first battalion—over tothe Masonic fair and showed the soldier boys and pretty lasses of the monumental city how the famous white-coated Infantry do their work. Now the management of the fair has invited the National Fencibles to make a dis- jay of their ability and they want them on Wednesday evening next. That will be the closing night of the fair and a big attraction was necessary to crown the venture with suc- cess. Capt. Domer has accepted and will take his company over on a apace train. Maj. Brackett, who commands the second battalion, will go, with his staff. An invitation has been tendered Gen, ete bam his staff; that, too, will be accepted if general is in the city that evening. THE MARION RIFLES’ FAIR. ‘The coming week will be memorable in the financial history of company B, second battal- ion (Marion Rifles). That command will give a fair at the Washington Light Infantry Armory commencing on Monday evening andending on the night of Saturday, the 15th instant, On Tuesday evening the second battalion will be solidly on hand. Wednesday evening will have as a feature the company competitive drill. On Friday night the independent companies will have an opportunity to compete for a _— ‘Tho big competitive drill, however, will be on Wednesday, the 12th instant, when several companies of the guard will maneuver for the possession of asilver vase. Knights of Pythias will fill the armory on the night of the 13th, and on the following evening there will be a complimentary hop. Incidentally, there will be dancing every night. ‘NOTES, Col. O. F. Long, the industrious adjutant general of the brigade, has gone up to New York stete for a couple of weeks. It is the colonel’s first vacation since he was to pleasant time, * "The officers who were elected in the fourth battalion last week have ordered to appear before the brigade on the A9th instant, EDUCATIONAL. EDUCATIONAL, AMBANG TON, IN POE: Ly AMITCHELL (LATE, PRINCIPAL OF he Capital Business « oles aud Civil Service In. stita ©) cives private 1ustruction trom U to 10 o'clock. 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