Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1890, Page 8

al arti se ¢ PF er e 8 ‘ THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1890—SIXTEEN PAGES, STRANGE MAMMALS. |iix'tee cate carecchce<| DIPLOMATS ABROAD. |schnee'Geccacentomeces| EARLY LAND OWNERS |Sha Sevitsseecsenes “Sewer se om hered around his ms larly understood. The young of the female ascertain very accurately about heapitabis beara sey leery » A RECTOR IX KNEE REEPCHNE, ite Corwin when she brings them forth are not those who hold the places always seem ‘The Rev. Father Matthews came here in 1798, because ‘Thomas * ne Y 6 ay | and ious to that Father McCaffrey sai Beasts That Lay Eggs and Other Sur- imay bein feet high, Ite the tame May with Why Minister Lincoln May Have tnd profi jt a winners at poxer are dini~ | Those Who Bought Big Tracts of the Mage aod crane wglegng nl creed tele safc as at back next to the Webster | mass in tho littie one-and-a-h = um, the new-born offspring of which a to, admit. their gains It is f ie diunth. Gam senting on the o prising Creatures. {eno larger than « Boston baked bean. But Thought of Resigning. Foci mentioniag, by the way, that Future Washington. Tesided, and Johnson Hellen, the owner of all ent St. Patrick's St Johns Chu: yout marsupials are not expec n: 4 Es z 5 g zs Ey i f the pres- corner of when was) min- those bonses. I have astory to teilof the Web- | H and i6th streets, was built very early in the bg care * — Tike — animals, er} pool ~y Hie for iryfese ions at td ster house. present centary. The first rector | remember . garoos, instance, are picke rate of pouns F annum—at SALE OF TRE WEBSTER HOUSE. of that church was a Hawley, who ad- AUSTRALIA AND ITS FAUNA. | ap ty their mother’ immediately upon birth | GOVERNMENT $2.50 4. Until within a very few| THEY WERE WEALTHY MEN. hered to the old style of knee beo-slw “ dn4 oust inte er poush Su tha beset Flare ERN PARSIMONY. Fears cach diplomat asoredited by this goverm. Tt was owned by Mr. Reuben Burdine, am old | D°r*: of tacep pada ag ‘all tha or four oid centieme we tl may be ten or twelve, perhaps, of them. The ment was given an outfit and an infit, That is bachelor, who had lived there for years, I | Call three oF f° Wl gerd - -< continental style all their lives—Rev, Mr, Distinguiched Authority Talks om the | infant kangaroo is little more than a stomach to say, he was presented with one year's salary think he built the house. Mr. Johnson Hellen | fiuwier, Mr. C. { Aleapd ; ar eee eae ri! ome with other rudimentary organs attached to be- | The Lot of an American Minister te Not | oxtrs to start Lim off tohie post and a quarter's | 22Mee Barry, the Friend of Washing- Soler si Bhinamichs, tha Ghee ar Tesided next door at that time, than forty | Taylor of Alexandria, the father of gin with, but by the time that it has gottobe| Altogether a Mappy One—Obliged to| pay to fetch him back. This has been done| ‘0M, And Other Houses—South Wash- | Yo.) tg Pag week eager leg ened Pre ge Sy ~Legreover weigy fecnrhypmnn fel Australia Seems to Have = Corner | as big as a mouse it is able to look out for its} Keep Up the Dignity of His Country | *way with, forit not infrequently occurred in| imgtom Was Once a Business Center | i, < abs. ee ed senpl gh grates a “Mr. Hellen, you ought to own this build: | Busil Spalding. | In thove bioyele pon—Mareupials, sustenance with som intelligence, a -| maw ameous jecpitality. we no tse for it. I am old now and | is not so ra he Rev. Dr. Laurie was one waa when it has attained the bigness of arat it is| St His Owm Cost. ment to.» foreign country, cobbaged the year ——s noes a) | very comfortable house on 6th street, | of the oldest pastors Irecall. Nr. Hines eave — ready to think of leaving the maternal pouch, es 'y that came with it and promptly resigned, ——__ and I will sell to on your own terms.” Dr. Laurie occupied Mr. Clephane’s house ‘a HEARD, | Thich. afters while, 1t does, to explore the ‘hus doing the government out of several thou- ae ‘Mr. Hellen eni Mr, Bardima, whet | about ‘98, before the church was bul by NEVER » | world alone.” HE consideration which Robert | sand dollars. BOUT the Jan PTEEiTo STAD, a by | teFme do you want to sell on?” on F street near ith street, now Willard Hall. did you, of s mammal —— Lincoin has been giving to the | BENJAMIN FRANKLIN STARTED REPUBLICAN 5IM- e year 1790 » gentleman by | ‘wir. Burdine said: “I have no use forthe | The Rev. Mr. Pyne of St. John’s Church im that lays eggs?” asked RACE TRACK SLANG. question of resigning his posi- PLICI?Y. the name of James Barry, « native of | money. Give me, say, spghgurand dollars as | woll remembered hore. “Lig was, if 1 am not i ro ane ra Par ra “ % ublin, ased largs tracts consideration, fait servant ave | Mistaken, “an Oxford n He was a schol Pe ear lett Couce of *| Some of the Curious Expressions In- tion as minister to England is, |, John Adams, 100 yoars ago, sald that “blood: trea aera a sculsad ut hs | Noaieuntced otiarse pone ering inne tainan | mes meee meres meas une aaa ee be os vented by Turfmen. a Star reporter was informed, wor earner Navy Yard and ‘up as far as| the property is youre If the terms suit you | ciety by his witand brilliant reparte. Mr. Bay- Well, there are 8€¥- | pom american Notes and Queries, due to money matters, ‘The | Port ite representatives abroad in better style. | UMM Navy ranning Up * | draw the papers and take the property.” ard smith, who died a few months ago, built eral that do. Everyone, | Race track talk is not always plain talk. It fact is that a minister plenipo- | 1¢ was Benjamin Franklin who started the idea | W2at was subsequently known as Coombes’! arter some consideration Mr. Hellen accepted | the house on the corner cot Hand loth wtreots Spparently, imagines | is rotated that a wild and woolly westerner was ti this of republican simplicity for Americans at for- | Wharf, about 4th street. He owned on the | the terms and the were signed. properly | Where now the Shor and next door that all mammals—that . beecter ty io countsY | eign courts. His gigantic tact told him that it | Maryland side of the Potomac about 800 acres | transferred, and Mz. Dardine, whom remem | on it street Mr. Hod tant noe once taken to an eastern race course, where abroad cannot possibly sustain | would never do to try a contest in dudery with | of land where now the Insane Asylum stands. | ber very well, moved and Mr. Hellen took pos- | retary of the tro Mr. Hodge is to say, creatures | the proceedings resemble a Kilkenny fight. On his official and social position | the courtiers of Louis XVI, so he appeared in | a. “sanvos Tarty wr a woalth, | %8sion. Some years after Mr. Hellen, who was | Was an admirable dinuer giver and on one oc= which suckle their | entering the betting ring the western man saw ) in a decent way on the income | the preseuce of that monarch in homely attire, | 1 sarry was » man of large wealth, | oe of the most careful men and an able law- yard Smith to dinner, but the young—bring them | men and boys pushing and struggling with all Uncle Sam gives him. John | Which the king evidently did not consider to | 8 it was said settled here in anticipation of Yer, thought the consideration for the property | vestry of St. John’s Church met that same forth alive, and, cor-| their might around a stall, and heard excited Br his disadvantage when he said that Franklin | the removal of the seat of government to some was hardly sufficient if any contest should issue | Right for which he was invited to dine with respondingly, the pop- | mon shouting at the Repel cts Ranga eer Greur bi ballad tigenicd im (Lo locality not distant from ite present site, He | st the death of Afr. Burdine, and he concitded | Mr. ouge” He saw” the fury. MMe. I'vne “and aed ie ive 18 Col és rT e' inquired here was ro re Blar notion is that all other animals lower | to ono on Proctor Keott!” Whee wale at was a correspondent of Gen. Washington, and | *° increase the consideration and take a new 4 itt T of importance to make this point seriously an issue in 1787. Congress cut down his salary by one-fifth . deed. He waited on Mr. Burdine and said he | to come before the meet actuated by the desire of being near his res-| yas not satisfied with the consideration paid | Should present some mat idence he made his home here, Am only | and proposed to increase it to $5,000 and the | ance and By o is daughter died some years after he had | annuity tothe servant. Mr. Burdine, perfectly | dinner to a and he wrote to the Depar-| aire can afford to accept a mission from this| fixed his residence, and as = mortuary | indifferent, enid: “Oh, do just as you please. | Pyne was invited to fll . Bee omen tment of State a letter saying: “Wo are | country so enormous is the expense of such *M | trinnte to her memory he built “Barry's | J Will execute any paper you bring me. don’t | Mr. Smith and he acer these SS oe a ae Int r prot ape Perhaps the word in most common useon/to dine tomorrow at a table with 8,000|ppointment. For, say what you will, a min- Chapel car oui aif mise nija- | think you need fear any contest, but do as you | meeting of the vestry, and Classed' below the mammals bring forth their | the race track is “tip.” Ife friend or acquaint-| pounds sterling upon it and the noxt day | ister to England or Francefeels the same hu- soa Raed ich I bad heard in my cl please.” called to seek an ex; a ‘as Se tha cone = fact, witha} ®0ce gives you some quiet and positive infor-| ¥. return the civility bi inviting the same miliation that afflicted John Adams when he | hood, for in our family it was often spoken of, | — Mr. Hellen executed another deed, paid the | declined the inv youn. ive. = in t a : mation about this or that horse, this or that return the ility by 2 found himself unable to keep his end up in be- | my father having sung in the choir when little 5,000 additional and the faithful servant still | order to attend the ge number of species. an ha = stable, the information conveyed is called a | Company to dine with us upon earthenware. | haif of the United States with diplomats from | more than a boy” ‘The chapel was built eome- | lives to draw the annual €500 with the same | “My dear friend, 1 of the — _ not fuhen bn tho California | “tip.” A “straight tip” is knowledge from | Depend upon it, that nation which places its | other nations. Ina small way the case is very | where about 1806, and moss mas anid there sep eiant saps ity she hasdone for over | man should have « Coast, called the ‘surf fishes.” which always | ®2 authoritative source. Synonymous with | own ambassadors at the tail of the whole crea- | Well illastrated by the situation of an American | regularly by Father Plunkett, and the attend. forty years and is likely to continue to do so | dinner to attend a n i roung. Also there “eonot efew | “tip” is the word “pointer.” Should you | tion cannot expect itself to be soon at the | 28¥al officer of rank. Such a man, in the scr-| ants came from all parts of the city and from | till the end of this century, to the disgust Mr. Pyne said down in the scale of creation—birds, reptiles | whips out his revolver and howls: “Where is and so forth—invariably reproduce their spe-| the fight? I'm not going to stand by and seo cies by laying eggs, to be subsequently hatched | four to one on Proctor! He must have fair and to bring forth offspring. Now, neither of | play!” invitation to and the more er with Mr. Hodge, I could conclude to the advice given by a “‘ti 7 vice of Great Britain, when exposed to a neces- | Maryland as far as Giesboro’. ughter | of Mr. Clarance Hellen, to whom at her death 4 snakes whose young are born alt . a Se take ans ‘eke pee pa head” Jams : sity for entertaining, is supplicd by his govern- | of Nir, Barry was buried there and two of his | the fund set apart to pay this ity descends. | __I met Mr. Pyne at the Suspension & Ineans true that the lower vertebrates are all| tke what is called @ “fiver.” Again, | | This policy of starving its diplomatic envoys | ment wit a fund for the purpose, or is author- | sisters, who died in Madeira some years before OLD HOUSES AT THE KAYE TARD, Niagara Falls, in IS68. He was vin ee Nab more wuumber of kinds of {if the odds offered by the “bookies” | has been followed by the United States con- | ized to send in bills to the admiralty. There | the chapel was built. and thelr remnius were : ; : In my hunt for the site of the Barry Chapel be @2 sistently from the start. It was well known|are circumstances under which American | brought there, Its location was east of James "y id inecets bear their young, living into the world, | ¢f ee seater y ould asc tite whats is tornced o | that Col, John C. New couldhave beon minister | naval officers. are put to, realy very great os: | rece secre, lt location was east of James | 1 yout to the Navy Yard and recognized some Sive ir caregoM Nbich drop their Progeny | sing alot.” In other words, you would be | to Englund if he had desired—so great wore Ronse in this way. For instance. af the recent | sels, and near banks of the Potomac and | 0ld residences Ihad not seen in years. The ve in carrion. taking “long odds” or big chances. Once | the obligations of the President to him. But | New Orleans exposition an admiral was sent | between what is now Malf and Iststreets. Some home of James Carberry, Dr. Alexander Mc- | #&Teeab!e time, Th was tl ee more, on every race track there are persons | he preferred to be made consul general to} in command of ® small fleet to do the honors | remains of brick and mortar mark the spot, Williams, whose green houses were greatly ad-| #2d I think he died im New “All this has been understood well enough | who for a small pecuniary cousideration will | England, because there was money in the latter |on the water for this country. There were MR. BARRY'S RESIDENCE. mired in those days long passed, but now are | 850 for ever so long, but it was not until within » | sell you ‘ im Ordinarily these sellers of Loaf o—— to be beeen = pare Mesncped ieee for Coen apareoriant A Pitpees,| Mr. Barry built a very large and handsome | §°D¢. and beyond that the residence built by ENT SOCIAL ORACLE. E very few years that science know of any excep- | “tips” are called “tipsters.” When they are in | Fuined him. For, pray remember, the cons from all other important powers and nec dled, when writing of dinners or 5 . , . . Gamble, an offi i é m rem ” they are known as | €eneralship at London is worth something like | sarily courtesies had to be exchanged. ‘The | Fesidence, which 1s still standing and seemingly | ©!) slit paged beg ony heed amar [Rictesrtager = ‘the | ¥ ent ied by the la f g of the “Oilipod,” of a gentle Montel”? Bor too; capper’ is’ & tipster | $40,000 a year. without any of tho expensive | officers of the American shipa were estertained | in good condition just above. Coombes whe, | ueuty occupied by the Inte Maj. Nicholson of | epcaking of them, a In “~Oilipod,” of « gent tion to the supposed universal rule that every | {ecmbloy of the “boo mammal brings forth its offspring alive. It is irginian, lived in the large, old- . a hs the marine coi and the residence of fi ri prema ony beer tein enameaal wae | WhO leads the betting public astray. social obligations which devolve upon son board those of each forcign government, | and thero he dispensed a most liberal hospital- | Mra, Briggs (“Olevia”). ‘The residence,when 1 | ™&" Who for years pndber praamatgenedlse ae that the exg of a certain mammal vas} ™ A very peculiar but emphatic bit of turf | minister at the court, and bails and dinner parties had to be given in | ity, and the dining room, where Gen. Washing- | knew it, of Gen. Henderson, then commander | Wo all questions of social disputes. dinners, wenn ceicut nat caliee but the assertion seerced | 90g is the word “clinch.” hen a person CONSULS HAVE NO SOCIAL POSITION. ‘This meant great cost, all of which had | ton and others of distinction at that day dined | of the marine corps, remains unchanged, | Cds and the ducllo were referred. Major so incredible that it was not generally believed. | 588.8 cock sure thing, when he ean pick out | To understand this it must be made clear, to | £0 ‘out of the private purses of the | with Mr. Barry, remains intact, Mr. Barry, it | and in the immediate neighborhood the resi- 0 ; fficers, some of whom were com- | was said, had | dence ot Puce | f ext to where Mr, Jax, Not until the year 1884 did the subject come up | Tithout fail the, wing: Ford taken from tho | esin with, that a consul general to Engiand— account to mortgage their mee- mena ct bapa coata sat Desert eenkty eeepc alent repealing Mage ti M. Carlisle built his residence, It is gone now, again for serious consideration, when it was es- Spanish, is used by cowboys to denote the way | #2d the same thing is ina great measure true | ger salaries for a year or two in advance to| “hard bread.” and built bakeries here am in | veyance to and from the Navy Yard was an om- | Ji must have been t ly im the cenvu tablished beyond dispute that not only one | (To hich their saddles are tightened on their | of other countries—bas no social position | meet these international obligations. For the | Alexandria and New York, ‘The nephews of | nibus, which started from the corner of 6th | TB€ major,as I remember him, was a very fne- Tnaccathie and: ieontectakly orinareus thet | ponies. ‘There are no buckles on the belly | worth u entioning Ly reason merely of his of- | expenses of this sortincurred by the foreigners | Mr. Barty, Mn Senos Ty Barry and Mr. Robert | street and the avenus semi-occasionailr, and | !0oking man, dressed with scrupulous nest- bpaees =e gy ee Band, but in their place is a “clinch strap,” ficial station. That is to say, he is not ro-| their home government paid as a matter of | Barry, transacted the business for thoir uncle, | deprived me of @ residence which was charm. | BSS in blue coat with | buttons and buff which passes through two rings and is tied by | ceived at court at all, and. Z course. It seemed, however, to be considered | and I was shown the other day, by the vener- | ing, but as distant from thecity and the office | Yes I looked upon him with awe, Upon the ‘THE DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS. the “clinch knot.” The western phrase “‘clinch- | enter what is i 8 part of the United States officer's duty to set | able Mr. Zadoc Williams a large ledger of the | of the National Intelligencer as Alaska. I ieft |SUbject of dinners and the duty involved “The best-known mammal of this surprising | ing up” means simply tightening the girth. | invited to the houses of the nobility. The rea- | up the wino and other refreshments on the | house of Lear & Co. of 1734 10 179, in which | the Winn residence in the early fell rome. | PY the invitation he eats d some very kind is the somewhat famous Australian duck- | And it 1s significant that on the race track you | 80M for this is that any one who occupies a] semi-public occasions in question. So it is | the names of Mr. James D. Barry and James | where about forty-eight years ago and have not | Tdical opinions and he undertook to enforce billed plat known to science as the ‘orni- | hear the expression “an air tight.” ‘The most | Consular post is concerned not with diplomacy | always. These foreigners, too, are used to the | Barry appear in transactions of thousands of | seen it since, but [ understand itis yet standing. | tem with expletives and emphasis, He said eee a ee eee emphatic form is “lead pipeclinch,” but how | oXactly, but more nearly with trade. He is on | very best and most expensive wines and cigars, | pounds sterling, proceeds of bills of exchange |The Navy Yard was an important piace in | ®" vitation to dinner given and accepted fhorynebus paradoxus.’ | This literally para | that intensifies the certainty I am’ unable to | hand for the purpose of attending to the busi- | and the officers of the American navy cannot | be'Tendse Among other entries in this ledger | those days and the sight of the barracks | CoMVeyed to the party invite beep saegeny arg g apaurinlranlpentrmeret | PO ness purely of people from his owA country, | decently return their hospitality with inferior | I found the name of Thomas Law for £1,061 | recalled the old friends who officered the | that dinner and that no. circus roe coopine wg bale ee eee ca | _ ‘The turfman has quite a number of words | and correspondingly he takes rank with the | drinkables and smokeables, 10s. 6d., that being the proceeds of bills of ‘ex-| corps at that time—Major Howle (whose | 2¢Ptive him of that rit, Lut, With ine fiat toy ant teothicas beak. like | descriptive of the horses. An animal that has | merchants and such folks. A MINISTER'S DISADVANTAGE. change on London. residence I saw the other day on 14th street | R°*ted, suppose the host dics been “fixed” or “doctored,” or one that runs | _ If this state of affairs has its disadvantages Goes tan semod tame cear (= i eat as if something was the matter, is called a | it also imphes certain very decided blessings. A like disadvantage is experienced by a| Where Coombes’ wharf, as it was known for | near the Long bridge but little changed), Maj. the > “what have I todo with t ~ i Years, still stunds Mr. Barry bad a large | Henry Tyler, Maj. Broom, Tom Sloan, Josiah | it, ir, L can’t lose my dinner boca and habit of feeding upon insects, ‘mollusks, | “#tifl.” Then there are “skates.” A second- | For exampie, the consul general at London or | Minister abroad. Robert Lincoln has no pro- | Tare house, and not very far west of it Thomes | Watson, ‘Sid Taclor, Maj, Russell end other | His executors must give the dinuer. : rate track in New Jersey used to have running | Paris is uot made the recipient of costly civili- | Vision mado for the entertainments he has | Law built very extensive sugar houses, ‘That | who have paid the debt of nature. leaving some Joux pe pepe tenn beg ee ar a races during the winter months when the | ties, which, in tho nature of things, he would | been obliged to give in his official capacity. | part of Washington bordering on the Potomac | very pleasant memories, The Maj. Gamble DS FROM FAR JAPA: bird’ When you consider that it livesin eteeame, | Ack Was covered with snow and ice. The | be cow ied toreturn in kind. He does not | Seventeen thousand and five hundred dollars a | seems to have been the bus eas part of the | whose residence I have mentioned was a man aon! “ = somewhat ac doce the otter or the muskrat, | POOF animals, with amooth iron shoes, would | appear «i court, nor does he set up for a high- | yearsecmya big salary, but he has it not to spend | city. The remains of substantial houses are yet | of large wealth and enjoyed it in a way which | yraqe by Artists 1 a burrows in the banks and lays its eqge in | ‘ten slide over the course in a curious kind of | flyer of iashion, and no one expects him to | upon himself or his jamily. To acertain extent | in existence, and up as far as aryland avenue | made the sedate citizens of that day regard him alias f ee nests built of grass or such stuff within ve tun. | {#hion, Some turfmen declared that they | give balls and dinners, Thus he is enabled to | only ia this modificd. ‘There never was aman | it appears to have been quite thickly settled, | with wonder. He was the uncle to the Miss Some Curious History. Rels above water mark, you will perevive what | ®kated. Since then second-rate horses that | devote the gains of his official situation to his | better thought of during his residence abroad | Mr. Janes Barry died in New York i early|Gamble whom Chevalier Wykoff pursued aoe areal paradox, from the zoolozical point of | ua in the mud or snow are called “skates,” | Own purposes, and if he is frugal he may accu- | than Robert Mclean, who never made any at- | part of this century, and his estate, said to be a . Corne. ‘ ! through Europe in the endeavor to marry her. HE small prices for S real paradox, from the zoolozical point of | “'re'expression “mud borse” is often used in | mulate a pile. ; 3 tempt at gorgeousness in the entertainments | most valuabl one, descended to his nephews. |She was the heiress of Maj. Gamble, ana which Japeness genls Bie closely turtle eggs, three-fourths of an |® Sarcastic way. Thus. turfmen notice that| | For au American minister to a foreign coun- | he gave there. What ho had to offer ina | The little chapel was neglected by the inher: | Wykof in his bool, “Aly Courtship and Ite agate tie inch long by one-half an inch the other way, | Cerin steeds only win on a muddy track | try of importance, if England be taken as an | simple way was accepted for all | itors of his wealth, After the removal of the d Cons quences,” describes with the most charm- sad cerca Satan outa marie when the “right odds”—say forty or fifty to | example, this 1s altogether impossible. The|thatit was really worth, because—he was | remains of those buried there to St. Peter's ing na:vete his mode of courtship, which par- ; one—ean be obtained against them. However, | Rovernment of the United States considers that | a gentleman. This gocs a much longer wi Church, Capitol Hill, no care was bestowed | took somewhat of the aboriginal. I could never this line to a writer - SO ee eee oe naa gem, obsained | the popular term for an animal quoted nt big | it iw doing « hberal thiug when it gives ite en- | der euch conditions than might ber ima upon it, and it fell'into ruins. One of the | understand. knowing Wykoff so well, why he monies kvenesticsds Dut there inno doubt that they are hateked | odds is a “long horse;” a “short horse” is one | Voy to Great Britain $17,500 » year for salary. | He and others like him have produced a fav nephews of Mr. Barry married a daughter of | published that book or why he pursued that enn techni thas Genes somewhat as hens’ eggs are, by the warmth of | ‘bat i# quoted at small odds. A common | Out of this sum he is expected to support his | able impression abroud—Minister Lincoln is | the lato Griffith Coombes, who for years occu- | mode of courtship. , sagen fp —ycioen! laser phraso for horses that are not run to win is that | fam in an establishment and provide | among this number. quandering un- | pied the house Luilt by Mr. Barry. Mr. Christian Hines’ “Recoliections of Wash- in the mi npire Par y- “they are not run for the stuff”—meaning that vntal expenses. ‘This last item ix the 5 ady-made millionaire THOMAS LAW AND Hi8 LAND, ington” extend from 1796 to about 18i4, con- are so wonderfully low ‘THE PORCUPINE ANTEATER. they are not out for the money or the purse. | troublesome one. To realize this just consider | would nover be able to get along uuder like Mr. Thomas Law settied here about the time | **ing some most interesting reminiscences of Yon will hardly believe “There are many other animals of this same | A horse is said to “go wrong” when he fails to | What } neoln is obliged todo with the | circumstances without throwing gold about aancen ere about the time | that period, f dee'ene when & order in Australia and Tasmania which have a| respond, or be “goes lame” when he gets in | income mentioned at his command. neces- | with both hands, But the fact remains that | Of or just preceding the removal of the gov- ran ieoee brea eens are sas, when similar bird-like method of generating their | the hor) stretch or “in the ruck.” sity he must live in the most expensive quar- | there can hardly be a situation more unpleas- | ernment to this city and owned a very consid- In it he published the militi r tell you that half a cent = reagan peo atrapl ta It is not uncommon to hear the turfman ask, | teF of Loudon. This means the taking of a big | ant than that of a minister who succeeds tothe | erable portion of the land in that section of P ed the militia companies or- a day is considered young. ms example, there is that bre ge ‘Who is in the pigskin?” That is to say, who | house that costs a small fortune iu itself to | position previously occupied by a man who the city. He and some other of the landed ganized for the defense of Washington in 18i4 there bebop a ~. ae —_— — ‘aa is the “jock” or rider? A jockey who makes a it. ‘The seme thing is true of Paris, where | could, out of his own personal fortune, afford proprietors built the “Twenty Buildings,"which and among the namesI find many whom I for a wor common hedge hog, being covered with sharp | stake of one kind oF another is said to | Minister Heid at present Por a eee | seh eat ig penn the possibilities of an | for years were conspicuous amid the surround. | know in my boyhood and who survived the | when it comes to an arcct, ome cone snout and worm-like tongue, which it rans} org Tot seculier to tabt tall, the beginning. It is not so much that | cannot afford to be an envoy from the United | Hicnborough, lord chief justice of Great | had heard certainly a hundred times from my is i 4 “It seems puzzling b out to catch bugs, ants and other such prey. | “9 ee ear ieincen ; 6 p Britain aud viceroy of India, It was said he | dear old friend, Maj. Thomas Donoho, and Gem, Although no such accurate information ex: The wooden stalls, from which the “bookie: minister is thrown into fashionable society | States of America, : : vas sent here by his brother to prevent his|John 8. Williams, who wrote the hiszory of | t© ®8Pport shout forth their alluring odds, form what is | and on that account obliged to Le swell, whai-| |The position of consul at Liverpool pays | “8% sent " 3 parbetey 6 anteater in that respect, it ig Un- | known as the “betting ring.” Aspectator who | ever the expenvo may be. The chief trouble | $20,000 & year, with no cestly social obligations, | £¥!Dg testimony in the trial of Warren Hast- | that sanguinary conflict. Those whose uames o cot dl | ings. Mr. Law married the daughter of Georgs | I find on the muster roll come up before me + Seen on ereature lays eggs likewise, has made a wager and refuses to pay up after resoagel rig ia ree He kesp up bis end, asit | It is a better post, therofore, for any poor man | Washington Parke Custis, Mr ‘lobias Lear, | so vividly Icaneee them in my tind. Alex. | Live in an, A cent with th he bas lost it is everywhere kmown as a Te, diplomats from otber | than that of minister to England. But those who was for years private secretary of G der Ke fthe Bank of th si into ten each rm c Retains oe renerath ee AEA FAUEA | imeleher.” ‘The “plunger” is one wio stakes | countrick They show him civilities which he | who are ambitiousof such a place munt remem- | Wreninetons whe Lintdly remeber seg pan of the United “mage ronze co} ce ae Seeernneeme Bee Reve boom | Ris sik spce 8 singea raos, or Ex who) maakes | ano’ do otherwise thas iretara, and’ this iar- | ber that thars te shsslately no social distingtion | 56 i1/*rerioved his bantases trematisorsomees Navy Department; Stephen Pleasanton, the : intensely occupied in studying the fauna of big esgees aur 6 pemecn tion to Bi capital Loves soning ol aor eee be ica ee to or near the site of Coombes’ whart and in 1816 | fifth auditor of the Treasury from the founda- | @OBCY i bis tr Australia for the simple reason that the mam- reat draft” is winning a number of bets in OTHER GOVERNMENTS MAKE ALLOWANCES, 2 i i committed suicide, consequent upon some com- | tion of the government aud the father of Gen, | *? how he will get away wi fuccession. A tarfman Letting with money won| England and other great powers are accus- | 8° Soci enare titel Nanetaeier tan one soni: | suerctal troubles, Leni's ‘whact and susniews | Piscsaatent Peter ieaguer ean ehaen cnditer, poe tag dognd ~weyvaremnrebed jagger to When he goes “broke” and | ‘med to make allowances to their envoys | tule works to ae more | cn. ing, | Ware house were at the foot of 17th street. Mr. | and about whom I heard an incident which wt For b yong loses all his money, he is said to be “walking | *brond for such expenses as these, which are extent in other European countries. | Gteenleal, alter whom Greenleal's Poin: was eA coins e pound of supials—the creatures which carry their young | o1, nis uppers.” altogether of public rather than of a private | there are no occupations looked upon favorably Ga Cantal Tillliané toa uab ort located, mn. Jackson before he was President came | oorces himself in c in pouches and ‘monotremes.’ None of either | “ry. the tarfman has invented new words as | ttre. For instance, Sir Julian Pauncefote, | from a social point of view save the army, the | resided on Capito! Hill and was one of the large | here to setile his accounts, which were being Appetite left for lunch be expends is to be discovered elsewhere on earth, save h pr rs : ~ Ay at present res dent in Washington, receives | navy, the law or the public service in the civil | OWMETS Of land in the eastern and southeastern | audited by Mr. Hagner, who disallowed some | cok bo Be anamn wal tian toe the opossum, which is a marsupial, existe in | ho went slong to express new wants or new | ging) u yenr salary, in addition to @ large | line’ Professional mon seen heosee ea ye eyo tt, Greenleaf, whom Mr. | important items, and the old hero, not being mals found there are, with one or two excep- tions, not to be discovered anywhere else in the world. They seem to be exclusively mar- ‘ “ “ lar sum, Supposing that be cares to attend the North and South America, and some forms of | Phases of sporting life. He has turned, nouns | Money provision ior entertaining, ‘bontiee | age Leesa ore mens exon lawye Seay in Now York in’ the Garly parhot tar ree: | cores eo comratantion, OF oppenition, tasated | cht Stor. two more bronze piccse'eill py foren the Australian faune extend into New Guinea, | Sire tty and has adopted 1ato his vocabulary | Nich he has lis residence free, at the corner | are becoming slowly more liberal, in England; tury to invest here, prices iu Rew York, boms | chomrt rene ea a eeeant for the fall | orchestra stall, ‘Thus he has mot lots than ave Qae fanny thing snout the mammals of Aus- | the every-day speech of ail sorts and conditions | Of Comnecticut avenuo and N street. Also a| but, you muy possibly remember. James ius: | SY '0 i ‘and prices bere high aud advancing | anda were ciety Oona ener, was inexorable | Coins left to pay for lodging and throw away im tralia is that, although they possess nothing | ors a combors, pioneers, diggers, gamblers, | e@l adviser is allowed him at the expense of | sell Lowell said: “Progress in England is like He was one of the builders’ ef the “Treats | thoes Tabor nine ensued, and sovecsl of | sive @iasipaiion, : akin to the mammals of other continents, | 20% speculators aad corucr Leva, "Lis slang | ‘Be home government and various other equip- | the movement of a glacier; you can't sce it, Buildings.” All improvements tended toward | lect Ma: Hephere aoe a eens at | “So, you see, a skillfal draughtsman and the exceptions named, they seem 10 | fits emacks of the mining camo, the stock et | ments.are supplied, Such is the happy condi- | but if you come beck'after & centacy you will ikat pant of x oli ap Oats toed te ; called at bis house ond ackuonledeeg | immer with an income ike tiis can atlord io mimic in an extraordinary fashion the beasts of | thus smacks of the mining camp, ¢ tion of a minister from a foreign nation to this | find that there has been an advance.” Lame eons | Loree called as his house and acknowledged | 0 9 rollicking ram, with lots of pocket y Sancta cheshore Tutscustery eckeoteust ge 8 ; . “Cons Pall en a high prices demanded for land by the original | he was wrong in his view and Mr. Hagner was — only to habits, but to the very appearance of | turf talk is often rich in sound and meani — owners, and those who, like Mr. Law and Mr | right. When the general was elected and took | 10, Sauander during tis leware Gn Greenleaf, had mado large investments in that | his seat in the Executive Mansion there wasa | !0xUFies and tripperics rong pressure made for the removal of | Mit tien to unten gher, but the general in replying to a . ae Ghecreutaress’ ‘Some of teens on ea eateee! | and at times strikingly graphic and picturesque | , 1° 0 on, Minister Lincoln is obliged to keep HUMOR IN WILLS, £ a agreat house open for general hospitalities. . i others Like ‘nice, still others like squirrels oF in appropriateness, “ iS He represents one ‘of the” greareat Titious of | see" Satire and Biting Wit in Some Sonia cana inal page vat ike ole wid nap Senin ems ipenar pane bona, the world and must de i part becomingly. Last Testaments. dences of a thickly inhabited neighborhood. hich had called to urge the re- | Serious. Time is money an even Jape benpclarolpsary fee a por lpiclag nantes — aig | eelis eeuetnonens aah ie Gabe oe ie One might suppose, says the Chicago Herald, | and reaching Maryland avenue, from 7th stree: ‘Gentlemen, I cannot afford tore-| For cxamric thie sabre wnt ee ome ‘a Tike sheep. ‘In short these queer animals, so | Because @ Man Turns Pale He is Not family are not thought to be suitably attired | ‘hat will making was anything but a merry | to the Long bridge at 14th street, the houses of | move ‘Mr. Hagner; he is just the man for the | 100, One man follr Yeats to ear¥o acl tenon unlike those of all other lands, seem to try to Necessarily Scured. unless their dresses ate imported from Paris | Occupation and yet the drollery of the wills | Our old citizens line the avenus, SS ee #5. X : : f it is only $25. You can see for your imitate in their ways and appearance those to | From the Los Angeles Express. : and cost at least 250) per gown. For any great| that some eccentric old fellows have | THE FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL. When Mr. Van Buren came into the Presi-| Cxouinte the workiuamsiip. is, " which we are accustomed. Col. Mosby has « peppery temper, and it was | occasion the gowns are necessarily expected to | jare behind them could hardly be eats Mr. Abraham Bradley, who was the first as- | Geucy the same pressure was brought to bear | Corvin, at the temper of the fine CAUSE OF 1OLATION UNENOWS. my misfortune to excite it on the occasion of | be brand nev. So fur as the minisier himeelt | rset’ Dean “suift nad | sistant postmaster general appointed by Gen, | UROu bim and he said to those whom came to| biaie, with which you coull © ai O f is concerned, there is no extraordin, passe ean Swift could not have con. ss ask the removal of Mr. Haguer: “Gentlemen, Se hea T Te s rather « carious thing to know that in | our first meeting. Oug@alk after a timo turned | is concerned, there is no extraordinary rectie, |cocted a more bitter joke than that | Washington, built the house subsequently oc- | General Jackson said he couli not afford te re. | Man's head at ovo pee Sages qencioms quetagionl eqects the munsuplats | om the culgest of coussge end I vepested the | ©" Colle thengh thas pane eae taste as | of (the testator, whb. Afler reciting the obliga- | Cupied by Mr. William A. Bradley, a nephew of | move Mr. Hagner; youcanno therefore expect wn 4 ppt endl pogo ply Oh pers rere by no moans limited in range to Austra- | old story of Gen. Custer and the recruit. Cus- | one period almost n question for international | tions he was under toa particular friend, be- | Mr. A. Bradley, who was the father of the late | me to dose.” John D. Barclay, the father of | the original price of this finished hia Fossil deposits of the Tertiary and Meso- | ter is said to have been one of those rare men | dispute. At that time Mr. Buchapan was mil: | no thed tohim, at tho bottom of the first | JosePh H. Bradley, so long the leading prac- | John Barclay, the reading clerk of the House of | J2an was only about $4. ‘This wall give sou a zole periods exhibit remains of creatures | who are born without the sense of fear, and | wter to England, and he refused fo put ou the | T2e%2 Will, 10,000—dollars of comet’ | titioner of the Washington bar. His brother, | Representatives for years. is on that list, as| suBtiontiy clear noticm of the che sce ot which, judging chiefly from the arrangoment | 2 eV. ost color in any moment of eril, Hig | Conventional gold lace and other auch finery to | P88 Of his will, 10,000—dollars, of course, | Mir. A. Bradley, jr., the father-in-law of Mr. | @F¢ also Nathaniel Frye, for years chiet clork bpanies labor. ” and form of cheir teeth, were evidently pouched — P appear before the queen, The master of cere- | thought the delighted legatee, but on turning | Ashton White, was for years president of the | of the paymaster general's office; Frederick A WONDERITL LAND, snimala In other words, the marsupial type | troope were standing under fire, not permitted | monies at the court, Sir Edward Cust pro- | the leaf th bequest was discovered to be 10,000 | Patriotic Bank and resided over the bank, then | Tschiffcly, who came here with the govern-| 41 oom 1 ieee coed in former ages was cosmopolitan; it was found | to return it, tested to Mr. Buchanan that though the | thanks, Whata wet blanket for “greatexpecta-|* most commodious dwelling. Dr. Phineas |™ent; F. A. Wagler, the musician, who, for #@ puzzle why the Japanese do m commonly in Europe, Asia aud im North and | “Sey,” said the quaking recruit of the vet-| queen might put up with ths infringement of | tions Bradley, the brother of the first assistant post- | Years, taught music and lived in the frame | come to America for employment, Doubtless eee erie ney its scientific men have | gran next him. “when are we going to get the | ettiquetto tho people of England would con-| Just as odd was the codicil of the death-| master general, resided next to Mr Wie A, | bouse on H street next the corner of they would, were it not that they are #04 been trying for generations to discover, bat ne | at) retreat?” “Well,” the old cold sider it a “presumption” if he appeared before | stricken humorist who left to certain of his | Bradley, who had been mayor of Washington Be and who was s noted character | tached to their own country. It is a wonderful one yet has been able to flud the cause of the | Order to retreat hore Jost haters mac’ | ber majesty without tho regulation dress, Mr. | dear relatives “as many acres of land as’ shen | in. the erly fortion Gem dackson rermered | 2 his day; Tench Ringgold, who was land. Twenty-five years ago it was a Seointion of this description of masamal. As = | rihere’e Custer on his horse Just befors-you. | Buchanan was angry at this and, not knowing | be found equal to the area suclosed by frie, | Me. Bradiey from the place he had held of so-| marshal of the District for several yeors darkness, and now it 1s «highly « matter of fact, in the conrse of evolntion of | Keep your eye on him and the moment you sve | in what costume t0 appear, absented himeaif | track of the center of the oscillation CY irs | sistant postmaster general from the founce. | under Madison end Monroe, Joseph Thaw, countey with a constitutional species and of ihe changes im the earth's crust, | him turn pale you must cut and run. from | the opening of ° parliament by | earth in a revolution round the sun, supposing | tion of the government, and that re-| one of Washington's best citizens, who was a | COUnIEY with a constitutional coveruiacut. You they have beea isolated in two groups—one spale hes tee business gerne into Entre’? | the quesn, which” occasioned © great | tho mean distance of the sun to bo 21,600 seme | moval created & sensation which spread | clork in the general post office for taauy years the empire of Japan way on basis, witis ees ee pene Saas af Sat tin Anker | Sine yale Nee ne beeinees Gin NG BAUS. | cctecy by the) London newspaper He| dlametira ct the cart from it" aiaemie a| through’ the wale: comuuy, “Xue seaagel aad Muskerl Sense of ombacrmome cen chp ibteeponaried bys wcnch chen ee © ieas and the other the large and varied assort- | ‘Why not" s {hereupon wrote to the Department of State | century ago, aud, asthe problem could not be | aud devoted friendship existing betweon Mr. | vivid memory. Mr. Jones was for years the | thority was reali wn tie bine nt slie ninoten ment of marsupials now peculiar to Australian, ae e" a coward, ir. on in Washington, saying that he had no stars or | satisfactorily worked out, the legatees were | Clay and the Bradleys dated from that period | only Jew in Washington. He was an English or tycoon. The iatter office, orig Tasmanian and part of the Papuan fauna, ent, tested, him to ,the other chestant | orders to bespanglo his cost like the diplomats | kept at a mean distance from the ‘property ail | When Mr. Clay denounced on the floor of Oom- | Jew, not only in mane, but econtorminn toe, 1 yan cng eg emt vce gy to KINDS OF KANGAROO. about the Duke of Wellington, who pointed to | of the other nations, and that be did net know | their lives, grevs the removal of Mr. Bradley as a ‘tyranni- |e man of the very highest stamp of honor aud | Franny of the trcoon crew inalis to be uo “Ia this curious list may be chiefly men- | * S2##tly face ward the field of Waterloo nat | how to supply himseif with the desirablo din-| A vory neat reproach was conveyed in the | cal abuse of executive power.” Mr. Clay was honesty anda man ofculture. Mr. Jones came | great that the feudal proces, 300 in number Guus da & bi Guid: “There goes a brave man, He knows ine | @02d8 unless he should hire them for the ce- | will of an uncle who bequeathed cloven silver | the guest of Mr. Wm. A. Bradley in the large | to the city with the government, “He was for h of E Ml standing army of me een tee tne inn my, | Salt: “There gees a brave man. He knows hie | ico, which proceeding he, would. renstd es | goestice terete eta Kr “Hf T | double house on Maryland avenue, now = Cath- | years a daily visitor to the office of the Tae dipsnangea yl eral gpa: fe kinds, most remarkable among them being the | danger, but goes to meet it.” I also stated the J P & regard as ns is nep! wi e remark: I y A tonal | pooh Bor ene wn, roxe and overthrew the goverument, know him | Whereupon ensued the most remarkable revo- lution known to history. The 360 princes, or unrepublican, In taking this uttitude he acted | have not left him d he knows the | Clic school, when his Raleigh letter of April apaype aoe — ao six to sight frp aaah cheat need cota’ bat | in obedience to the circular issued by Mr. reap; the young costhears) having ‘stolen | 27, 1844, appeared in the Nutional fh meer, . the rock kangaroo, the tree kangaroo, + i ei which leaps from Seca oo howe sneeroci | nevertheless fight ‘coolly and’ like the’ very | “Fey in 1853, suggesting that all diplomatic | the twelfth spoon some time before, and remained there until nominated at Bal- and there I came to well. Mr. Gales esteemed him very highly. ‘THE FIRST HOUSE ON F STREET. Gaimios, voluutarily laid down their arms, dis r representatives of the United States would Segre Gea timore on the Ist of May, 1844. Mr. Joseph H. ‘illiams od | idiers and retired ri Kangaroo und others.” The frat of theve varie-|euce, es do best to appear in foreign courts in A Cloud on the Horizon, Bradley's distress at the defeat of his friend, | ., Mr- Hines says, and Mr. Wil agrreeeeny | ag peed eee Epe pneel nere Heels best known of all the Australian fauna |, “Pah!” was ag igre a ng me ® | the “simple attire of American citizens.” Mr, | From Life Mr. Clay, when he was called on as president | it in my conversation with nim, that the tirst Sa: . memaen naehentae oF anccoumes Gao because ot Sze and lesping power, Isis oo ppp ae wnt liver, he wheeled | Buchanan wrote thatuo far as ho could observe = of the whig organization to make the an- | house built on F street was built by Mr. James |e eee een een on nic awa ee ceatenend, ee ene | Saal lathe. Sun Legonens Back Goisaaii aod | simple attire of American citizens was pro- Z pouncement moved his audience to tears, He | Clephano, the father of Mr. Lewis Clephane. | with, Up to that tame society in Japan had Gane * pate ees a — talked of other things to show that he for- cisely the garb worn by the upper servants at lived toan advanced age and died at his resi- | It was between 11th and 12th streets, where dence, “Chevy Chase,” above Georgetown, only | recently property has sold for fabulous prices, | DOChntusely aristocratic. the ruling claws pe fore feet and ripping his body open with the | €8¥e me. 5 she coart, andiso he made up his mind ing the military caste, which represented @ nally 5 inaceananiguneicestereas to wear a sword, in order, as he said, to dis- A sun © few years ago, ‘THE MAN WHO BUILT THE WHITE ing race from the mainiand of 0 , y ace Great claws that terminate its lower limbs. eese Dek tinguish him from the pampered flunkeys, Passing Mr. Bradley's residence near7thstreet | 47 chleee or ies aaa = rome ng mer per elpwebne go antes ol ‘All the small kangaroos are lumped by the a men Congress assumed a certain discretionary con- poe oa wo come to the residence of Gov, Shepherd's eminent elton Torrie: | armies of the princes, called ‘samurai,’ were golouists in Australia under the namo of ‘whal. | From the Bangor News. ae A trol over this matter when it in 1867, i father, on Maryland avenue next to the corner | Washington whose name dosorves recognition | Smirt °F ion, hoiding 1 dread te morchauts labies,’ the big fellows being commonly termed | _ It isn't often that a y Maine deer gives | sy order forbidding “any diplomatic offic p B | of 12th street, on the south side, whero Gor. | in the naming of some square or street or school | farj miner commoncrs. Lut the revolution ups ‘boomers’ or “foresters.” The ‘wombats’ are a | up one horn, keeps the other and fights a duel | to wear any uniform or costume not previously fo Shepherd was born in 1835, and next d | house after him was Cap: James Hoban. He | get ali this and tho empire is now to allintenw 7 queer tribe of marsupials in Australia. They | with a hunter, but it so happened recently. A | authorized by Congress.” Certain authorities still stands the residences of Ignatius was the architect of the Prosident’s house and | and purposes a republic, socially speaking. A tat focd aaa sbanky: Hike badger and burrow | eentieman named West of Lynn, Mass., can tell e held that this implied that a min. cS) Pe commissioner of public buildings, and Col. Wm. | in part of the old Capitol, He came here with | consituaon wasgrauted to the people not long five fa rece nad coe ver ae aaERer | you all about it, He was bunting in Kingsbary a this ‘country abroad ought not to ‘ B, Handolph, for years chief clerk of the government. For the building of the | aro by the emperor. a parliament. was estabs tuarenpielo and have parachites Tike Sying |andeame out apen Thorn brook, where he any clothes at all unless authorised by ure! OX Capitol and the Executive Mansion the state | lished and even European costumeshave be- r c t of the national legislature; but the possi- : near the bridge, where he li of Virginia contributed 150,000 Jat ys Squirrels, resembling latter very much | paused to rest. All at once he beheld # noble- | bility of an euvoy's goin rowed in bis buffon} . “ father of Walter Lenox, wi of Maryland 50,000, neath eg Danclng — rom bpemey Ba peers i ty with their long and bushy tails Some of the | looking deer stalk out upon the brow of the hill | foreign shores, upon the strongth of this law, ‘Washington and for yeats on: ‘a loan from Ball made forated, eo that the wonderful bits of work- marsupials are among the tiniest of animals— | hove him, He let drive oue barrel und the deer | haa not thus far en ie i BS es spicuous citizeus—a lawyer Capt, Hoban, enabled a to comple contin oxecuted in Sapan “during. earlier Bo bigger than house mice, for which you fell’ Hustily be scrambled. up to examine hie : one of the orators of his the Would probably mistake them at a glance. sober is grief that he had shot one New: We saplaia wit 6 coun peerabiad ~ : Of Chief Justice Chase when “ Frosident's house, | days each as ivory carvings, lacquer work and E BSaE tre i ul the , For as #0 0n—are no longer reproduced. What you ‘THE ZEBRA WoL! . here. The mention of Walter | perintendent he buy in a shop like mine today is usually an im- “Another very interesting animal in Austra- to such ® country as England is so much more * ’ Lenox brings up that of and | of government land, but it was not un! Eattor imitation of the ars of sla Japon” lis is the ‘zebra wolf, which is a very fierce | be Mt 7 remunerative than the situation of a minister, Ee associate, Kichard Wal. his death that it ————__—. prot pare opeintc Dy hia as cal ‘imal would It is all a matter of fees, The consular officer a ton’s most popular citizens, possessed of the Booth’s Yachting Experience. : is entitled to appointed by Gen. Taylor marshal of other shape, of about the same bigness and striped him in the lin ; = —_ th maddened, trict and was subsequently elected where now the large ‘G! - like a zebra. This creatare is carnivorous sed | fio ea aan last ee fary of anvanimal | ernment, is I tr Washington. = on F street near 15th, Capt. H very ferocious. Quite as intractable as the | at bay. Mr. West, retaining the disconnected he must of necessity 1800 to the day of zebra wolf and still uglier Is the so-called | horn in his hand, commenced to belabor the constantly called upon to record son, Jas. Hoban, “Tasmanian devil.’ which gets its name from | pd that have to do with transactions a bers of the bar when the fact of it) vicious appearance and te yy American citizens regarding P Key, Richard J. ‘To tame one is impossib. in this country. In that way “and many ) xe vent Marbury, Philip RF others of a kindred nature his are “ ley were members of the full-grown, black and has a tail. necessary and on each occasion of the sort he was one of Washington’ “One curious marsupial in Australia is the and six- tly selected ‘koala’ or ‘native bear.’ It is an odd beast, fees are was district attorney which lives in trees and might suggest a cr: to | enormously higher, and a consular officer may tion of Mr. Polk, His between « little bear and an opossum. render his situation ‘His funo- died within the last month. the tions are notarial, ordi- ‘The state of Virginia has ¢ i i A friend ‘more Gays, and Z General names of these wbe, . : ‘