Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1891, Page 11

Bas 4 = a a 4 Gs colar to seb off black and white pictures any~ shores i departments. Th: this depart: ATTRACTIVE HOMES, |x Siamese nity anos mets ~ Beet arase, mere amaryl Stace eee ares on em Was ir. AG. At REPRODUCTION OF STUDIES. Some of the Newest and Most Ef-| Some of the colored studies in flowers, which the weet sbore ‘of the seuntry, ft sesme; ove | 80me Points of Interest About the | 2tirwbe mea come with the different art papers, are excel- more favorable to : i lent reproducti id if framed sre euch foc Ferray wo te fective Styles in Jewelry. timiles of water colors enpecially as tobe often amature tt tes Sees . Sparrows of the Streets, 1 oi some special arate garb ectie ‘Though much has already been done fot the | MERRY BIRDS THOUGH WICKED S IN TABLE SILVER.|° agit | FISHES OF THE FOTURE. = ly been done Sinstrtiats tooth than thor domere. shad, which has been multiplied many times ; ‘ WELL-KNOWN NAMES TRAT WERE ONCE ATTACHED TO THE GOVERNMENT PAY ROLLA. Lith etrects, his family being prone then the solitary and only white settlers of that VETERAN CLERK OF THE FORTIES, berhood. DESIG) ~ d and © : A very pretty searf for table or dresser came is : os and was in charge of Lieut, M. F Other Dainty Ornaments for the Dinner|to my notice lately. Linen of rather fine | Reciprocity amd the Fisheries—Au Acre of mae tenan Table—The Kage for Blue and Yellow Com- | {ality was hemstitched on ends and sides and | Water More Productive Than One of Land— of Pacific J. H.C. Coffin a professor and tune ion in t 4 threes with some single ham the lithographer.” Dination in Decoration—Some Useful Ar- | fowirs were dogwood tlomome without folinge. | Stocking the Oceam—Pacife Lobeters—We | Seow made at “ahi oes i eee ticles for the Baby Mentioned. fw nl pool agree ae = Limit to Possibilities, be ma Dra ao NOODLES HAS A LATCH KEY. y rush made for places, © great omens a silk, a single thread of filofloss being used for co sea bottoms, le who had come | rugh the more insecure were those in the | Nevertheless He Palle Into © ¥. Fenn { ‘ory Diengree Wee for The Even nme on Wee ga ees | 8 XTHIN A CENTURY | hes the ay) reer A Ey a gg eg I I neh iy [ OVELTY is the aim in all matters pertain- | 1.20 and the stitch was taken as short as pos from the present date ne ‘of those rows were making ® bi | name of “house sparrow,” and gets the name | quired to retain a place as well as to obtain =m HE DAY BEFORE RE ing to decorative art, as well all other direc- | sibje on the wrong side aud quite long on the the waters of this coun- pe Fampus together in Le- | applied to it in the United States merely from | one. That was the rule, but in a few instances was married Noodles fons. A constant effort at newer and different | right, so. an almost solid silk flower in ap) tey will supply as much The ‘seas will support any Bp fayette Square about the circumstance that it was bt over from medion coosmmneni rman fons. | ance was the result when finished, which was Ply ber of shad, and in order to crowd the England. It was in 1880 thatthe first batch | Persone with nothing to prryolir remarked to come of effects is what is striven after op all oceasi extremely pretty. ’ food as the land pro- J - noontime yesterday,and | TS etched from Liv brass or cheek obtained positions, and some- the bo: ‘This change wud desire for it are stimulating the Platy. duces. So the author- v4 a Stan reporter stopped times retained them for years. I re- “lub that he bad no to invention and industrial art, and the taste | wise tor The Evening Star ities in charge of the | fry into tho water. It is the same a few moments to watch call ome old man now who, having s i is pro 5 . for aclubf for the unique in deesretion Sostued 1 em DRESSES FOR MATRONS, fel commission told «| faimon., (This propagating of such river fishes them. followed the drum as a member of ans ce ean en Cpenoame qo Braz reporter. By that| of the future, “Newandy Senatasen Passers-by said: ‘Just the old Jackson Democratic Association pone Pen Ms ‘The latest designs in both jewelry and dishes | Suitable Gowns for Koyal Ladies Designed future. New and improve: merely retain his see those birds fight. | piace than people beyun to take them to other | ‘Brough the Polk campaign, determined that he ever see such afew pairs ata time. Re Tea you is done by the birds in. protect or utensils for the table are charming, and the by Redfern. vuriety is almost infinite. A complete resetion| Of late years it has gradually grown into s in the style and shapes of brooches las come | fashionable custom to spend the greater part of st, and now the graceful spray in flowers | the Lenten season amid different scenes from jer lace pin set with jewels are bygone as | those to which the winter has accustomed us. membership for the t name of the thing application and waiting a week for an appoi Ment which did not come he took another tack That wes cix weeks Mr. Walker, th. etary, lived then on P He stayed away near 20th street and frequently | | like aman fore month . The old democrat was i not long in finding out Mr. Walker'® course ret set hey har and at once laid siege to him, stopping him on | _. strolled in, 00 of : ie the street us he entered the building and as be : ind permitted John time water farms will | processes for multiplying the fish supply of have become as plenti-| every kind ure constantly being discovered Ra % ful aw land farms, und | With results that are really wonderful. quarrelsome things?” from insects gave rise to belief that they ~, “exa'y the aqueous acres wil) WEuSEEO YER: But it was not true that they were fighting, | would prove beneficial whe! they could be ie cultivated with as ae per eragen eye trsnidemagzing though it did seem as if they were all set-| naturalized, tm this venageyarel res dpacvonshond ud round or heart-shaped or even | It is also a sensible thing to do. for whether one} SS Se: mach attention o@ the | ous water supply, may der en to coestiiae | ae jpeerherr bebnm ry metadamgeed iewgrae Peey me egne ee dy ware the rage. The miniature pins | is satiated with gaicty or fatigued by a long rein rat serm | what is equivalent to so-called ““intenaive” | frien (hat any casual observer org irc cheaper to club together and have the sparrows have been favorites for several seasous, and | round of duties, rest and change are always | 1#& is, in fact, to be the great industry of the | farming on land. Given a flow of 100 gallon oo ‘yi'- | shipped to them direct from Europe. at now the compact sha i in all styles ble in this feverish teenth century | Stare. It is far more profitable even now, for | of water per minute and plenty of liver and | 48 ® matter of fact, the apparent victim of the | in that there was delibera! left. In fact, the Secretary found it impossie) (“ll club servants are named John) to relieve bene fepairse ache ae Yl ealiiedaac 7 dala bp alee any a one ia | ®&iven area, than the tiling of the most fertile | seraps thrown inand roninad toate iptlapentes | stback wera ben‘ Sird/aat Gis cosh; were-ll the United : bleto escape ‘him. Finally’ Mr. Walker waked | him of his coat, hat and. silver Secs teal calaaeah dy ial dead win saved a severe illness during the trying cli- | *il- A fruitful acre of earth will support one | of trout in a pond ten feet ag songs Jong | cocks, rivals in amorous pursuit of her. When | then had for years been recognized abroad as « | what he desired. “Anything, Mr. Sec- | The fellows welcomed him like a long-lost . : : and ten feet broad, replact ‘with oma costly peet anid a nuisance. Silver can take some forms that would be | matic vagariet of the early spring months here | YOUn€ bullock, ineroasing the weight of the | Ooo, cerapidiy as they’ reach marketable size. epee ee wera epimers pe meaty Sear beast 500 pounds in a twelvemonth. One acre ps FOR FOOD AxD spor. less pl if gold were the metal used, and | and in England. Queen Victoria is one of those r It can be done ~ery profitably, too. The time | situation is of thia nature. If you observe at-| Recently th Fecog- larger pins can be worn in silver than in gold. | who subscribe to thin theory, and it is her an- | Poonis ottoyher’ eat shelly Pros nated oe ia looked forward to, and it isnot far away, | ‘entirely. you will notice that the emulous | nised on irc Gucs koe ee — — A pretty silver pin for example isa tiger lily, | nual habit to indulge in a little continental | included. in the same length of time. Oysters | ween. Cvcty farmer will look upon an acré of | lovers are not trying to hurt the female, though | Goro d weit re of a couple of well-constructed eoch- complete in form snd characteristics, and about | trip at this time of year, andit is now her inten- | are, weight for weight, very nea fen to ing wo ich feel ary re is, chelate = her Lena read reer them —— =| a mart “rage _ sae of = _— : Pav peers sie emcee Vere i he expanded, as was formerly his wont, half the size of the natural flower. No leaves | sion, to visit fair Florence, if the present out- | beef for making and blood. artificial fe rer hadith Gt epee tain Sapna . restau! . ay - { #nd. as usual, had « little ‘ 4 pond, lake, river or estuary. hance besto' thiess ‘upon the} ™ore commonly than is imay menial positions and were frequently stepping | pone oe opens oer ‘the ‘petals Katle in| break of fever there is not too alarming. With | epee tie tatire bdr ne eng pra ‘EXPERIMENTS IN THE YELLOWSTONE. Fouth whoee attentions are too deracnserative. | Name of “reed Bird” or “oe ftones to higher positions. The watchwen's Ge en relief, the curves perfect and ie ae Foenat Pin ied herself with | near the sca, and estuaries also, can be made to| At the present time the government is ac- toes wary only Minds without feathers. | % senode. _ Game donlece-Day and soll Soom br | berdbe, although par: llc emt sw Ecing te remark whee Suithine toucken eet the tiger lily made by oxidation @ | her impaired health are all made very casy and | Yigl@ crops in this ion. tively engaged in piscicultural experiments in| | Sparrows do fight on ocossions. ‘They are Seth oat ofan houmets. Eiecbed “4 it inter- | Yel that Ido most thoroughly di one xple 5 ry very aggressi ati tures. But | and made ready for sale they are not easily to whose daily avocations were not inter- nt ut lisapprove of Fee eee ee ts sotto delicate ones | }00ve fitting. Another of the royaltics who de-| , But great ua wil be the business of raising | the Yellowstone Park. In themidet of thepark | Ibeir aiiurrele are usually fought out on the | be distinguished from the’ real article which | Fupted by the performance of duty as watel this plan of building « block of houses ail of is grateful. While the heart-shaped pins and | Pendon Hedfern for adornment is her ex- pach ge penne = th the cultivetion lies Yellowstone lake away up on a volcanic principle of the duello. Only two are engaged | they are intended to counterfeit. Nor are they |™en. Some who served as such subsequently | [" Seheune Wrenn the —— tis an econom ornaments are a favorite fancy of the moment, | ™ajesty, Eugenie, whose objective ais for| of fish. This be carried on in three | Plateau covered with lava mostly. ‘The fishes, | and they go for one another with beak and | far inferior in flavor. They are iy worked themselves to higher positions, a few | j milder's point of view, Je im more apt to be ileeting than some- | her health-seeking trip is Egypt. Here is a|Piarchos. “The most seapenie ed cin iz, three | which wt one time probably lived in the other | claw until one of them is disabled, or, llent pot pie and are considered ex- | #s high as the head of « bureau. and over without e, “ iMintlese” pronounced. “Turquoieee act with | oat which has just been made for her. - ¢ 4 FAMOUS PIOZON ATOR. works unfortunately. There isone necenst mae as often excel ; {ar | Jakes thereabout, were presumably all killed by | happens, left dead the field of battle. | cellent eating by those who have tried them. ‘tion for market in the waters of the in- ppens, Spon diamonds are almost prettier than anything Eepaening foc marty opportunities Aauacte eruptions of long ago: at nll events, there is not ‘They mey sper like two roosters for a brief | | Of late, also. sparrows have been employed) “I forgot to tell you when speaking of the | town’ whe nae, There put else in this particular shape, unless one basa now. The: space, but almost im treasury building that there was once fine | <ifferent group: ¥ i TH accept with comes = Prodigal and vied with one another as to who should have the pleasure of asking him to take something oftenest. Under the genial in- Inasmuch as he uses the architect's ideas over undreamed of for economic fish farming. winch fon teen ta Lie belts tenis mediately they clinch, one | $0 8 considerable extent for sporting purposes, . . vis ry resily 80 le the | gets his adversary down and the result is svon | serving in place of pigeons in shotgun matches. “ Ses nar ele sons canted DILAND LARED TO RE INCREASED AXD UITLIZED. | watera bus for mighty colarnets which bec ete | Herta ene ee ee a Te Frenne eieeunain shotgun matches. | spoting on 15th street. ‘The pigeons fairly | gut parts of the north of them shape is to be recommended. It isnot gonerally realized that there are in | passage upward. These tenantless sheets of | fighting, sharpening’ the bills to make those ping, and netting them for sale with this object | took — of the portico and disfigured | jury ne southeast corner and abso- =a this country literally millions upon millions of | Water are being stocked with jland-locked sal- | weapons more formidab! in view. Decoy birds fastened so as to attract | the fro: ‘he superintendent was at « loss 3 . ate Re ge 4 Teape: ‘THE RESET FAD. y ea, giving each eortaleke |” Alen jot_considering the stree Inkes available for this purpose, in size all the | Mon and oth by itself for th way from mere ponds to the great inland seas vane hoy of fresh water, In Illinois alone there are ter FESICES, WORN AND FEUD, panetelilend of thousands of lakes and hundreds of thous | About Yellowstone lake itself, however, there | Rest at hom By the way, having jewels reset is a fad with tome women— young ones generally—and every little while they must alter the style and shape of rings, brooches or what not. Other women have a special fondness for associations with their jewelry and would never wish to chan, or modernize it in any way. In jewelry, as Other things, it is well’ to choose not in the e treme of passing faney when one is purchasin and, if possible, select something that is f trintically pretty and tastetal, so that after the momentary fashion has left it behind it will look well as an object per se. A brooch of thi= kind comes to my_mind, for it is something hot must alway’ be pretty, ry ough the rrow rugs after other hen | #parrows on their way home to roost are some- | how to abate a nuisance. He finally obtained , > . o of better studying results. | birds on occasions he tas, But one wife and tines employed Atier being caught. theyre | from the corporate authorities a suspension of | puy"es,the houtes, would be very apt to his eggs for him and keeps the | Confined in houses inlly designed for the | the law against shooting in the street and per- | x5. “yee oar a, n< some one else's domic: He begins making love to her | purpose, capable of holding several thousand | mits were grantd clerksand others to diminish | Nnight ty be senate that ae a ek : A about this i , OF & little Inter, which are provided. with hundreds of number of pigeons. ‘The consequence was e : fnds more can be readily created. "There are | is quite piscatoria: romance. It lies on this| Gencing around her with’ heed and tail in the | Movable percher. When the birds are to be | that for nome weeks every das beter, 7 o'clock sober individanl, habitually, may be led away Hn that state hundgeds of thousands of extinct | side of the great Rocky mountain “divide,” | air, to show her what a pretty fellow he is, and shipped all openings to the house are closed | in the morning the treasury pigeons were pep | Siled irik, ba theoxtent of on tnjudicioudly Of water be tine elae fet caaetormeg intosheete | and is occupied in large numbers by trout, | chattering his compliments—doubtless “con- | and the perches removed, after which the spar- | pered. Pigeon pic became a great dish to Louk died drink, but, there is cortainiy room tor Fe Sag 4 ¢ sity ppm All the enormous | which have actually climbed over the mountain | ventional enough i: emeclves, but gratifying |Fows are driven to one end and through a | st, but not to eat, for the larger number of the | {7'uau Ciror on the part of citizen entirely ~ ain, ‘BMinncesta’ ange Michines | chain from the Pacific side, being obliged to | to her vanity. After the marriage the pair lose | chute. ‘The narrow end of the chute enters the | birds were so tough that it was almost beyond | #2 nines Ue prising | ee One Minnesota an ithe R@D | ascend for that pur} elevation 8,000 feet | no time in setting up housekeeping, for they | oor of n cage, in which they are inclosed and | belief that they had been killed by shot. The gees new. Foor chasis oe ethics pan ee ran | above: the sus Kivcl. “This exteqordinary fost | must rear five Sr tix, families tefore wert | Counted. Shey are fed duriag coutinement on | port wes, however, enjoyable, Those clocks NOODLES’ EXPERIENCE. for creating “a anillion more be sae want | was accomplished by ascending Pacific creek | winter. And yet Mr. Cock Sparrow, with all | cornmeal and wheat. Sparrow trap shooting | Who had had practice in bringing down night | “To illustrate: I was invited. last night to» for Famer bad tha de he “§ such inex- | on the west side of the range, passing across | these domestic cares on his shoulders, is as | bas been practiced in England fora great many | hawks on the hill at 13th street and Massachu- | stag dinner. It was the first night since my eve artitces ne {he damming of streams. BY | swamp at the summit of the rage inva time of | cheerful. and chipper aa any gay bachelor years the bird. with ite cunning, tenacity of | sts avenue and other parts of the city wever-| marriage that I have been absent from betes can be nade to form artical taken Byers | food, and traveling down Atlantic creck on the | dicky bird might be. Be eee te eaee, Saat, oMection | SET vexe at see autet -ourvine te We Weree-1s .., Soerah adie gen te aos Gt, whether the stone or the setting be of a by- where in the United States itis pretty much inp gil nh rele HOW WASHINOTON SPARROWS LIVE. ae ppt nei ees | reef epeas deedion wo oe eoen: Unk Sas | After 20 when “I returned Opening the de tin an oval moonstone with ite fame and Cvery acre of this water can be made | luke, owing to the impassable falls of the Yel- |, TB¢ sparrows of Washington spend nine-| Great Britain uparrows are sold. by poultry | absent that he was abooting pigeons, or if of a | with my Intch key. I was somewhat eurprined — = oe repr bel = srotuee several times as manch food as can | lowstone river. Tt is commonly infested by a | tenths of their time, between coming off the | dealers under thelr real name for ia shilling @ | bibulous disposition he was after ewallows—of in ojd gentleman with gray whiskers in solid cietles of gold wire, being con” obtained from the most fertile acre of land. | parasitic worm, which renders the meat dis- | roost at daybreak and going to bed, in pecking | dozen. liquor. ap nected by an open work. lacelike pattern of La yer ec mateo See eased. It has been demonstrated that shout the drop ings of the horses in the streets. DAMAGE IN THE SPRING. THE OLD WAR DEPARTMENT. 1 7 a eald, very po- peniast “An oud pint fertectiy rouad, fal Imultitades of extinct lates which can be filed | Worm ini intestine, the egg ofthe patible [Ahab the ahs nd ples of prorender. When | hence sey ?arTpa, iat Hycommits fearful | Treasury,” continaed the veteran quill driver, | | “Tin there'wat'a pane which nppenre to i ‘ ; havoc among the buds and blossoms in winter are voided by the bird, the fish swallo theite:th dovered with snow and the droppings J retell A once more and made to team again with fish q ve and spring. At the beginning of nea sed, he was fanintas wife’ life ns they’ once did. “In the marshes, where | 688%, the esis are batched in the fsb ; pra desmtytronen, the sparrows ere spt $9 £0 | gon thy one who choctes te observe can ace | ment -A new iron fence had been placed in | Vivo iud'eaiied. toned tn nna ee once thes® dead ponds were, countless shells fhe palicses ant os on bi lenses: apa peer... Biel wo ee | hese birds eating and cutting of wantonly the pg yey at Lafayette | as taking bis departure. 10 relieve the aitu- and fis found today. Fi h , : ng) 8 lot ; muds from the treet of Washington's | womteg , ation, I raid east having got, mized wien they won fox | Setted that the best way to get rid of the pats-| preening themeclves and attending to their | S00", any time, but eat more of them in | and ral qibere| were then no statues in the | you fay nye.” TePMeL “Charmed to meet [paren fieripen core epee bom bem becai square. The grass grew luxuriantly and good beasta hating got mired when they went for | Sested that the best way to get rid of . spring, pelicans. In ilet. But a considerable part of what he finds . hind to exeite the wonder of a iter age. When |S es of the world parasites of fishes are | that is edible must be taken by Mr. Sparrow | fender then and perhaps in part for the reason | hay wasmade and sold. and money wasappropri- Mrs. Noodles bas gone to bed, I presume,’ I two inches in diameter; in the center is a car- bunele cut in facets, and quite large, sur- rounded by diamonds; the outer circle of the iragorm in brownish tones and a gold rim is the finish ou the edge. This looks as though it ought to be some souvenir of travel, maybe among the Seoteh highlands. D IN TABLE SILVER. Fighteenth century designs prevail in table “now let us take « glance at the War Depart. |e ¢xtromely awkward. Evidently. we I mup- ; man. Parasites of the tench are sold i {hat other food is somewhat leas abundant | ated in addition to the amount received for bay | **!2, ie silver, festoons and bow knots appearing here the izrigation of the arid belt has become an |in the’ markets of Italy under the name of a og Woncechogeoren eam bene Euring the last of this month and from thet | cat therefrom. The W yer indeed” be rebponded. “It ts early as on everything else of a decorative nature. ‘ voirs will produce as much value in the shape | eoeatont pis.” hatched out brood after brood all through the | cating binds from ‘the antes f and other | Be Northwest execut Nu “Yes, I said. ‘She told me before I went Pierced work is used aloze and in combination | , Tt is of plain black cloth, made with loose | SPifancy al from the lund in the form of vote: REPS DOS ny warm season, in batches of from four to woven, | trees You can even cateh the mutilated Due od contary hed contained mot only the | out this evening that che woula rabably retire with thin ther, a piereed work border being | fronts, simple coat sleeves aiid Pravsian collar. | £400 ‘The fch commission's exbibit of aquaria at | fOqnst fhe cares of his paternity are, far from | in your bands as they fall.” Vines and treet are | pisces then enemies Tith the arms, ut | ary, inaamiuch we she felt rate fetamwed ahece Se ee 2 tae Sete, eee candace tsemereetlacedls mrocesn waren rant. |, | te Cheago fairs to be immenscyatractv.| tg wo perch. the ie ids guier in he | Meroe oem, devo by dhe chemical | bounty at ae toe. Marcy woot ie |" SnGecneNAe e t shapes for table use, is said to be done All these millions of water farms, as they ate | As thus far conceived, though details have not irks and other roosting places from all direc- ¥ time I speak, 1546, the Secretary. 5 luxuriant Englisn ivy which once covered por- ; morning,” rep ; fine hand saw, the result being eape- some day destined to be, will be planted with | been perfected, the annex to: the purpose will | fions. If you will go through Lafayette Square | tions of the Smithsonian building hue beer to. | SBUel Cooper was his aesistant adjutant gen- | Tugeriny unckoemtecly. ee eenteman etl ° = er lingering unaecountably, as it seemod 0 me. ttractive. fishes native to the Misiissippi valley—such ae | be 150 fect square and entirely of glass. Thore | #tthat hour this evening you will find thou- | tally ruined. On oecusions at much as twocart | Sf! Ad Archibald Campbell chiot clerk. In | MARIE unaccyuntably, it . ‘ern dishes of silver pierced work, into the crappie, black base, rock base and piekorel | Will be 1,000 fest in length of glass tanks filed | #ands and thousands of them there, all chatter-| jou,’ logge of apar-| or wnice HroPer there were six clorks, but one | pleasure, at all. events, to convey to her reer of nests with one thousand of 8 o with all sorts of water creatures, one-half being |4€ in chorus and making that wonderful Ny in ther snitable species, ‘palatable: and. qalckly | devoted to marine life and the other halt to the | TOV of trees “vootferous with. their small | 7%? MAY® been taken froma single Duilding. | Known innver of this cits, survives. "The In. | SOmpLments, sf Kmmay! the old gentle: ae — Se eilin it ~ ly display of fresh water specimens. ‘The visitor | ¥oice:. You might suppose thet they were ‘NEMIES OF NATIVE BIRDS. dian bureau was in the east end of the second | men. Pray do #0. acq! gen! the way, with it multttudincee bayoue, will’ at | Will walk betwee: two fines of aquaria the en-| holding a convention, but i: is merely that | Itisknown that sparrows molest and drive ee pee ot tenes ates oy na. |” “Gul, ie ands G2 mavens O on ces ford extensive and most profitabl> areas for | tire circuit of the building. In the middle of ears Given to talking when they are to | away other birds. They take possession of the | "he gallery of Indian portraits had a short time | 95,57). Lay the: p x i of nothing further that ald be the propegation of scaly ood.” In short, all | {he latter will be « great tank full of salt water | Gether, being sociablo fowis ins high sense of | nests or former nesting places of the natives | P&fore becu removed to the patent office, and | SUUMYE of jwruinw further that eg which the low jars of maiden hair may be set, are very handsome for center pieces for a dit ner or luncheon. Among novel entertain- ments « Greek dinner was given in York just before Lent. The invitations were on parchment, the ladies wore Greek costumes, | compliments, if 1 ma; is q hsonta: On the first floor The guests ‘were seated on couches cove-ed the Froch Sater is at hard that car possibly, be | brought all the way from the Atlantic. term. and hold them against all efforts by the rightful | Major Gennnal Winton’ meott Permit me to open the door,’ I remarked. with skins of animals and the mena was in vennted for the growing of fish In ug quanti. ere TADGS PAMILIBG. gwners. ‘The lator in most canes nd conten | inan adjoining room, mere his aitsaessamy, | See oF thew latch atches are aufcle rns manera seo ae! ie on ee STHAUSS DRAWS THE LONG BOW. | Some mamma sparrows take a pride in resr-| tion unavailing and are compelled to retite | clerk and mouenger, Near by was the nijetegt eal be One principle at the bottom of the fact that . big it ji i sooner or later from the field. Not less than ~ , rata Frnciple af the bottom of the fact that | an, extraordinary Account of His Experi-| 16 the biggest possible familiee and so keep general, Roger Jones, with bis assistants, seven inster@ of the diversion of “grown folks.” seventy kinds of wild birds are attacked or di Hemstitched handkerchiefs ean be used in a farming is that whereas & pound of beef must ences in America, Tee ie OEE all the time, the reeals being | icdged in this manner by the sparrow, and e | Sits, mmirtcemeeecneer, ond alee Gen. T- 8. | pose v ? he jee apes ewe Sf mei Co ieee that inthe mune nee wll ocasionally be found | maforty af thes are species whieh nevi about | Jory uarermaster general with wx clerk | PP. Ton tsnoatat otservation of mine ap n is fine ane ee beeeining oenate ine Wasting most of what it eats i: muscular together full-fledged young, two or three in | housesand gardens. Even font chickens | 15th street opposit> the treasury, Gen. Jemp | PeeTed to occasion the old gentleman some i effort of walking ‘about, the flah is suspended | _ The Vienna Adendble in ita issue of December | lews uslvanced stages of development and cggs | have: been ttiseerbed: ie Bee eden eae : | Astonishment Without effort in. its hative element, having | 2%, 1840, has some astounding statements m+ } Of NArions degrees of incubation, some fresh | pest. In April there are m good manny robins | Pari talking eet wees Tone Sent ane | “ST to not. think I quite understand you," he merely to waggle its fins occasionally in order | cerning the reception of Edouard Straussand f! dopa ous tobe hatched. | By adopting | usually to be seen in all the Washingtor parks. | street between’ D and Er pistols merthweat | Feplied. to achieve what locomotion is necessary, vo that | his orchestra in Boston. After giving some | pum Avsewpus methoc the mother bird makes | but they are merely migratory, and those which | ‘The office of second. auditor mae On tke Mag | “Ltaised my voice a little, supposing that be nearly all of its food goes to support and in- iis saint Oe hor growing offspring assist by the warmth of | attempt to stay and nest here are soon driven | firey tie duties ‘he 1g closely allied with the | ™UAt be somewhat deaf, and said: erent te bulk of ite body at sonic por ala-| remarkable, satistie of the concert tur jst | dels boli in batching the yet mnbroken ees | Sway Becounts of the department. Gen. John ‘a, | "merely wished to sk whether you pro- ki is OM] Ly al on to say: % h poi, | posed to ve & horse 3 is teen ounces market price. fi ‘Soe os Gece, ra 1e its | She gets time in this way to procure focd. ‘The| 4 PROTECTION FoR THE WEB Wony Pests. | McCalla was the head, with Joriah FP. Polk | PQ! ™ oo at ae Fora table center piece they are es- pecially pretty embroidered with the Dresden designs so much im vogue now, and which if any one can draw at all are best arranged by the worker herself. A small spray of howers ticd with bow ends, the ribbon in outline only, ix another effective way of working _ ‘Thay aise mabe pootly covers Sor eurvege a CULTIVATION OF COAST WATERS. Pie baseline coe system is on the same principle as that com-| Unfortunately, although the sparrow was | chief clerk and twenty other clerks and @ mee- | hana a upon me some- lows for babies. They may be for this purpose The second great brauch of the water-farm- | *t#t acquaintance ¢ American public. | monly purwued in tenement house districts, | originally advertised as an insectivorous bird, sere Sten Se ts as Be ee Rene. a do not appear to be intoxteated.” sprigged with tiny blae forget-me-nots or with ing industry of the future will be the cultiva- | he concert began latein the evening. | Nearly | where small children of three or four years ar¢ | there is no species 0° injurious insec: eaten by | Hi; ERslish of Indiana, mn Ate ge wed said it, you know, just as if be had al- flowers all in white, or with corner designs of tion of the coastal water of the Atlantic and Pa- | 5000 people filled the hall. Nearly one-third | considered old enough to nurse the newest | the sparrow which is ‘not much oftener de. | £7 Vice Mb sureed aber oe Pan OWN of Ine as & peT¥on Addicted to over- flowers which we connected with ribbons, al- eo or ha te of these were in shirt sleeves, and yet they | babies. In both cases its operation has a|voured by native birds. Not only doce the | °'ning $1,400 per Soin ticaek “ines okaiic ce in stimulants and as though be ak wad am ae Se cere iat See os tows of the Gulf of | vere mostly persons of the middle class, ‘This | Marked tendency to accelerate the increase of | sparrow uot eat the web worm, Shisb inso we | Vania avenue near 18H sega wo et re nished to meet me for once in » con of these are simple in style and Moxica | It is a easy to stock these waters as ated 8 population that is apt to be regarded as of | structive to the shade trees of jashington, but | 2a7;,end in time of peace, the quarters were too prettily suitable for a baby’s pillow. Speaking todo fe for the ponds and lakes, and op- | class is one to which the working men belong | surplus nature. Assuming the annual progeny | it ustoally protects the web worm by driving | Si! for, the bnsiness of the department and | °": ¢ added, “I must suppose that of babies reminds me of a convenient article erations for Propagating Purposes can be car- | in America and is very much respected on that | of » pair of sparrows to be twenty-four, an: away the birds which would eat it. The spar. | °°, the west side of 17th street several three- | E have no an ahebter ter a for their use a8 much so as the rubber buth- Fe rae Ge ncet eunty of wuceess. | The | side of the ocean. The working men earn much | that all live, togethor with their offepring, in | row could uoteat the web worm if it devine rp | S087, Brick dwellings were im use by the /fouere insane. I ly freight train. The tub I mentioned. ‘This is a standing wicker eRe ohne cea aTe ts limited and well | saoney and are, thercfore, in» position to in- | 1 years the devoendants of the original tale | lo so, on aceoumt of ile hairy nutans. Oneexe | bureaus of the department. police will, doubtless, attend to your conver: frame like a work basket stand and one which a Rare t Be tint. Coll db pot ge | es themesives, Thay harees especial taste | 8nd female wil. number more than 275,000,-| emy of thie insect parasite, the yellow-billed TH PENSION BUREAU. | ance back to the saylum. So permit me tobld fits a lain basin for water, a division 6S ee coming inte (deep | for music, and no admission pri igh | 000,000. cuckoo, is known to shave off the hairs of the | ‘The pension bureau was then presided over | yon good nigit.’ sere - e middle making two comspartmen ts, wasters “The area | for them if the fame of the artists has. crossed ISTELLIGENT AND CUNNING. caterpillar before swallowing it. Cases have | by Jas. L. Edwards, with G.W. Cramp chief | “While be was spesking « faint light had sud- spawning grounds to breed in of their range is always a definite one, and the ocean. ° sparrow isa bird of much intelligence | been known where the web worms became 80 | clerk, and twelve clerks and two messengers. | 4enly dawned upon me. I gneped and said. propagation can be carried on inside of that | | “An audience of 5,000 in America is not an nas than ordinary cunning. By keeping | UMeTous upon Virginia cryopers as to denude pci sy a wg dg tg ii vou kindly tell me what is the number Trea with perfect confidence in. suse resuite, | specially large one. In some cities the orchbs- He @ Pine | the vines aud #0 expose the roosts of the spar- 4 | OF thts bowser” Within the last balf dozen years. tne fish com. | bad more than 12,000 persous frequently | °08¢ to man it not only obtains food in plenty, | rows that the latter were obliged to move to | Wm. Gordon and Charles Hibbs, and I think |” “The old gentleman mentioned it. Without mission has : present. The firet number on the program, | but renders itself secure nearly all of | other quarters. that of the sixteen all are dead. This office of | pausing to offer an apology I sprang out of the ‘a Strauss waltz, was listened to in deal ji sare the foes which attack and check the increase of | In ‘Washington the statues and fountains in | that day stands in greater contrast with the | door, ran down the steps and entered my own REMADE THE GREAT COD FISHERY OFF THE NeW | A second and third followed, and still no ap-| other species. It is generally sup; that | the public parks are always toa great extent | Present than is the case with that of any | house, two doors below. But the joke. ENGLAND Coast. Inuse. At last, after the fourth piece, the cats catch many sparrows, but this is not true. | disfigured by the droppings of the sparrows, | Other bureau of the government, the total | know, is on the architec jy made During the month of January last it took for | tire audience began to whistle. This aston-| Centuries of experience, developing this bird | even the benches being often so befouled as not | RUMber of —- having increased till over | the houses in the row alike, but one lstch key hatching 250,000,000 cod eggs. Out of this | ished Mr. Strauss and his men. With amaze- | intoa parasite upon man, have taught it wie- | to be available for use. The birds cause trou- |100are now employed for each one at that | opens all the front doors dish and powder box like the basin accompany decorated like it with figures of ‘TRE BLUE AND YELLOW Faxcy. The fancy for blue and yellow combined in decoration continues and is pretty as the color- Sasmeetins gown is one of the best ing for an entire room. A bed room of which | models fo1 wily woman, such es the once ment he saw bis manager coming to him beam- | dom, and it is probable that pussy has better | ble by their attem| ane time. Small as the number was then the Lhave read is furnished entirely in blue colors. ) brilliant empress has now become. It is black, | RUmber about one-half will be safely hatched | [rg'with pleasure, to congratulate him, “Wins | suocess in eatching the wariest cf the nati f of the electric li force occupied all the rooms excepting two in Pale blue Linen is the material spoken of ‘ss the | of course, like all her costumes, and is castel- | and will grow to three inches in length, when | doce this mean?" asked Mr. Strauss. ‘Don't | birds than in pursuing the sparrow. Even the | nests. ‘They two three-story buildings. ,The topographical foundation for embroidery, but I doubt if | lated around the bottom of the skirt and the | they be carried in tanks upon steam | you see,’ was the answer, ‘you have made them | young ure not often p timid iy ‘The birds which i it ill | engineers occupied two rooms in one of these linen im that shade could be readily obtained. | lower edge of the bodice. The cuffs are shaped | launches to the fishing grounds and dumped usiastic and they are whistling. hostile to the sparrow, killi ‘Quan titi buildings, Col. J. J. Abert, then residing on I As lovely shades of vlue, however, come in | to match and there are Fevers upon the board to shift for themselves. It is exti- ir, Strauss and hiv orchestra suffered very | its eggs, such as the shrikes, the howks and the of material ¥ i between 20th and 2ist, being at the head, with batiste, sateen and French eambrie I should | chest. mated, the ft much in America from black servants and from | jays, are not often found in the cities. It is a i drains four clerks and two messengers. Ai this | From the Detroit Free Dress, think any of those fabrics could be substituted ——__ «ee — maws temperance ple. The darkics stesl like foe in the animal kingdom that excessive mul- | choke < fh Bruft.| If Mrs. Potter in pice of it. Pale yellow primroses were ‘The Decline of “Good Form.” pe ravens ever} they can layhold of. In the | tiplication tends to disease, and nearly all ani- T ere rate bine Groundwork, which was | trom Chambers’ Journsl. gre hotels one iad to be constantly on the guard are, subjest to mics and pare- ‘or bedspread, bureau cover, . - sites and which would be equally preity fer ectle | No doubt the changed conditions of life, the ty pounda, and \ ‘i be ry cover and chair cushions. Yellow lace for edg- | hurry and scurry of business and the tussle for constant dan; ing and yellow curtains—in pale tint, of | very existence are largely responsible for this. raat mabas SLAs O08 tic course—would suit the other decorations, the | We have not time to be polite. and if we stay to cod ted by one season's hate! met by exercising furniture being white enameled. A pretty | consider others wo ourselves ma: with small expenditare and comparatively | with teetotalers. ‘This sect, among whom there ‘ jee may be jostled 3 , addition to the | furnishings described | oe of place. Dut. ix not the prevailing tens | Hite abor. | By a not very costly expansion of | gre a large number of pastors, often worked the work the schools of cod of | against the concerts, because they thought the the burean, though it is even more effective on | dency of self-indulgence and luxuriousness | Ne to $ | a low dressing table. A long seart ‘r | equally “to blame for’ ths decadence of [aie ale organ ab) Sola roigat easy -_ : moat at| which of late years had grown to be one of the | MUNMAF® record of ‘the times in which it was whatever material the bureau or dremer is| manners? To watch how the so-called gen- go beyond the bounds of nicderation. a free theme, won Pope fori vabage ne} was then located on G street above 17th, | Produced. linen cloth upon covered with, the width being regulated by the | tleman of today elbows his way into ‘age. Recommendation tha | Thos. Lawson was surgeon general with Sur-| Which the embroidered pictures are worked is weight of the goods, a thin scarf requiring | theater, train, omnibus and everywhere - cod Drinking in England. thousands HL. L. Heiskell assistant, two clerks and « | 214 feet Jong by twenty inches wide. The work more width for drapi weil, of course. ‘This | else; to see him smoke in the presence of ladies; is do in colored crew T are 1,512 ils, oF may be left plain, though somnctBing lady to open the door for herself; ana to igen | ort fae Boat figures in the composition and, curious aa it of silk, or may ough some ly to. joor for 3 ami Y light adde to the effect. pap lpr py bed and furnish food may seem, while there are 628 men, there are the center of the mirror frame with's bow of | favors the fairer sex, are but instances of the | pending as wile ribbon and then arranged us gracefully us | gencral style of behavior to which wa are be- | upon aeciden nase upper corner, a it festoon | coming accustomed—behavior for which, not the male, & ‘om the center being almost inevitable. From | many ago, he would have had to answer | nated the city by the proprietor’s wife and deugh- the corners where it is fastened invisibly the | with or small sword. beaches by y | ters. Good ale is “three-hapence” (three scarf Langs on either side to the bottom of | Of course the plea put forward by him is that eggs gf if a the —_ and nn cee the dremer he get ged eqteen of the wad ape depen fi ia enough material so | i e fore must not be as- tee /ctiect will wot, be “insured ft. fe | touted "But dat aS 8 tonished at being treated as equals. But look out | pensive liquor is si: in all but retty to have full sossttes of same on the cor- | + merely begging the for the chival- ‘Aneat places. i by oe ond cook ike mah Sen. cp wo, rows nigh ‘does notlower s bearing, but reci- ed epee cent t if itis diluted ieee = plain color of a ribbon ix Pye ag neg a notice to that effect is conspicuous! ag | Serves w there. Where a omage romanhood rz generally pretune tbr eS ewtnging | 3° om wae the law requires, csitaae a tel Tangs jar tose mens ‘as three Americar men, and as ll or all | nesting any C worthy 0 be simi- ‘9 ‘pmblie” for of the such 9 this soil. y Hi i fi ff + BE | ° to it it | Lite 5 that a Bie han aval be Searocang opel te | bird feeds insure ite safe return. . YOR THE MACKEREL. has to enter ‘In the Hades of Hts Priends, i ‘The Uncertainties ‘What is being done for the cod is to be done Timée as also very soon for the mackerel, which is ber es i