Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1891, Page 14

~ 1G IMPROVEMENT, fhe National Ball Team Again Victorious in Baltimore. ROW THE CLUBS STAXD—OTHER GAWES TESTER- DAY—THE NEW MEN OF THE HOME TEAM—MAN- AGER SHANNON RECOVERED—NOTES OF THE ame BALL GAMES TEATERDAT. American Assoriation. At Baltimore—Washington, 7: Baltimore, 3. ‘At Boston—Boston, 11; Athletics, 4. . At St Louis—St. Louis, 4; Columbus, 2 National League. Ci at Cineinnati— Pittsburg, cinnatt, 0. At Brooklyn—Brook!vn, 8: ton, 1. At bia —New York, 3; Philadel- At Chicago—-Chicago, 9; Cleveland, 8. WHAT THE CLUDS HAVE DONE. American Association. we i Pe 48 56 462 w. LP. -T1 32.689 | Columbus. 683 38 642 Milwaukee. .44 57 436 55 44 556 tile... .37 70 .346 Lonis 52 48 520 | Wi * Brooklyn. ...46 Cleveland. . .46 K....53 $8 .582 | Cincinnati. .39 Philadelphia. 30 47.515 | Pittsburg.....37 THE SENATORS WIN. Yesterday's game was not expected to be a victory for this town, yet it was. It is the un- expected that happens in base ball. The score was 7 to 3, and it would probably have been much more in favor of the Statesmen had not rain storm occurred to put an end to the ter. The Nationais started out in the game as if they were going to pour oil on the froubled | Haltimore waters by giving the Orioles the + for they made four ran! errors in ‘quick succession that enabled the side to score three runs. Then they up, and by batting like fiends and play- | emcodn of well in the field they managed to pull ahead and geta good lead before the ‘tain came in the seventh inning. BATTERIES AND BATTERS. Carsey and Sutcliffe and Healy and Robin- son were in the points. Carsey was very ef- feotive and he pitched ball that made the eyes of the 500 spectators open in surprise. Healy ‘was an easy mark and the Senators merry with his curves and shoots. Sutcliffe be an 8 cially was joyful over the opportunity Presented him to fatten his average, and he wound up in the game with a record of » single, a double and a home run. McGuire secured a triple hit and a single, Griffin a double and a single, and Dowd drew a package containing « triple. Hatfield and Carsey were the only Statesmen who did not bit safely. Hatfield had an of day all around, making three errors out of four chances. A BAD BEGINNING. The first inning had a black and orange tone about it. Baltimore certainly had the bulge on the game at that period. The Orioles first went to the bat and scored three runs. Welch was out on a fly when Van Haltren went to first on Carsey thought he saw a chance to eatch bim off the base and his throw went wild, while Van went to third. Ray likewise waited for balls to pass him, and then he stole second. Sutcliffe threw over second to center, and Van Haltren scored. while Ray went to third bag. Warden hit for a base and Ray tallied. Murphy thought that it was his time to contribute to the last column in the score table and he let the hit go through his feet, while Werden scuttled around to third. Wise put a ball at Dowd, who returned it to the ite in time to catch Werden, who burt his Jot im sliding to the ‘rubber. Wise, who had gone to second in the melee, crossed the plate on a rattling two- base hit to right by Johnson. Hattield managed to fumble a groum! ball from Gilbert's bat and Johnson went along to third. It looked as if the inning might never end and the Senators were hoping that the black clouds that over- bung the field might pour forth their contents. though, hit a ball that rolled into the hands of McCauley and the third man was finally put out. That inning produced all of the runs and half of the hits of the Baltimores. In the second half of the first Washington gloved the gap a little, and encouraged itself Murphy and ‘Dowd each put ups foul which was taken by the catcher. but Griftin reached first on balis and scored when McGuire hit for three bases. Sutcliffe followed with a double, and McGuire trotted home. MeCauley sent one at Gilbert, who froze to the ball, ana the Side went oat. WINNING IN THE THIRD. Nothing was done in the second inning. In the third the Statesmen took a long breath and made three runs and won the game. Dowd we Johnson an easy chance to catch a fly, Ceidebesen wee grecrces acd ropped it. Griftin hit out a sharp single into feft field. Dowd had gone around to third and crossed the rabber when McGuire sent a safe one spinning out to right. Sutcliffe placed a neat ball beyond the reach of Gilbert and filled the buses. Then McCauley banged the sphere so hard that Ray, though be made a desperate effort to get it, failed to make connections, and two runs were scored. No one was out yet, and the batting streak seemed good for more runs, but the next three men went out in order, and no more runs were scored. Hat- field hit to short and died at first. Alvord struck out. and Carsey sent an easy one to Werden. The fourta was unproductive. In the fifth the Statesmen went abead one when Sutcliffe hita bard ball that Johnson tried to catch. It was a useless task, for the ball was not to be caught, and it rolled on and on until it reached the fence, and Sut. was enabied to tally a home run. The last score of the game was made in the sixth. Carsey took advantage of a wild throw by Gilbert to go around to third base end Griffin weat to his assistance with a two- bagger that let him cross the rubber. seventh had been begun when the rain ame and Van Haltren had gone to his base on bails, and Umpire Kerins called the contest to w close. Washington made 11 hits and 7 errors and Baitmore 4 hits and 3 errors. OTHER GAMES. The first two Athletics who went to the bat in Boston hit the ball for home runs, and it looked mightily like @ Waterloo for the Beaneaters, but after that nothing could be done. and the Hubites were enabled to win from the Phila- detphia men by the score of 11 to4. OBrien and Kelly aud Sanders, Chamberlain and Milli- $43 Rete the batteries. | Boston made eleven itsand noerrorsand the Athletics ten bits god four errors. St Louis made three runs in the first and the lead was never wiped out. Columbus played a uphill game, but it was a hopeless effort. score was4to2 in favor of the Browns. McGill and Darling and Gastright and Dono- hue were in the points. St. Louis made six bits and one error and Columbus six hits and three errors. sores, In Baltimore today. Orioles have lost five straight. Carsey lasted just long enough to win. Halligan has refused to come to W: Duke bas reported for duty and may pitch today. The —— are six points behind the Barnie is madder than the traditional hen that Loo Ely. Barnie Washington may get Ely. claims bim and says that he plays in Baltimore if with ‘any association club. is expected toarrive today or tomcerow. ‘Shannon wil also come from the west with Out- fielder Curtis, whom be corraled in place of The wlk of the Begotiations that are reeds Sa ten eee ture. [ that some: 48 going to happen in the way of « talk between the league and the association. ‘Tux Stan has been that the Young MeGuires other day by the score of 16 to & of the informed defeated the Young Franklins the The mem- ir ! f Hh r BO distinction 5 | Carthyites. THE EVENING STAR: the base bail reporter of Franklin Base Ball Club de- feated the Young McGnires by a score of 19 to 7, Hereafter Tue. Stax will not print the scores | of amateur games unless they are signed and contain the date of the game. A good deal of gossip went out from Balti- more the other day to the effect that Shannon would hardly beable to play ball again this season. While this was circulating Shannon was also doing some circulating himself and was hustling around Cincinnati, as it was stated | in Tue Stax of Thursday, in search of players. Shannon is quite well again and will play in | the game Monday, in company with Curtis, whose services fared ‘while in Cincinnati | in place of Halligan. Curtis isa hard hitter | and has heretofore covered right field for Cin- cinnati league. He is thought to be quite the equal of Halligan. He and Shannon are ex- pected this afternoon. The Baltimore Sun says: When Manager Bar- nie heard the report yesterday that the Wash- | ingtons had signed Short Stop Ely of the Du- | Iuth (Western Association) club he said they | had no right to get the man_ until the negotia- tions of the Baltimore club with him ended | jsi one way or the other. played with the | Syracuse Stars last y By nd at the beginning of the present season signed with the St. Paul elub. When the American Association decided | to raid its western neighbor Ely was appor- | tioned to Louisville, and the latter club sent him $150 advance money. The player, how. ever, did not come to Louisville, and lator on ined the Duluths. About a week ago Man- er Barnie received permission from Louis- ville to negotiate with Fly, and an answer was expected from him when ‘the news came that he bad signed with Washington. Mr. Barnie says he will refuse to play the game if Ely ap- pears in a Washington uniform today. The young Carseys defeated the young Shan nons yésterday by the score of 25 to 14. This is the second victory for the Carseys. The win- ning battery was Vogelsberger and Wegal, and ‘that for the Shannon's Burns and Hobert. Some Good Sermons Yesterday—A Great Day Expected Tomorrow—Notes, Correspondence of The Evenins Star. Wasurxorox Grove, August 22, 1891. The languor and unrest that follows Inte hours and an unequal expenditure of nerve force attacked many in camp yesterday and ac- counted in a measure for the noticeable deple- tion ia the several congregations attending the ay services of the sanctuary. ‘Thursday was so full to overflowing with intellectual and spiritual energy and enjoyment that many spent the morning indoors or strolling sociably im the woods. Again we missed the gracious presence of President G. W. Woodward and Prof. H. Wilson, both of whom had gone home, accompanied by others of the camp meeting neers, to attend the funeral of the late jess Birch of Dunbarton Avenue Church. Dr. Dalby preached to a fairly good audience inthe morning. At 3 p.m. Rev. E. H. Smith spoke to attentive hearers. “To Be Carnally inded is Death” was the text chosen and ably discussed. r. Smith is the author of several beautiful hymns tobe found in the Emory Hymnal. Rey. Robert Moore led the singing in this serv- ice. Dr. Gibson preached at night toa very good congregation, who came through to hear this strong pulpit o1 text from lalachi, 3:xvi, ‘hey that feared the lord spoke often one to another.” Three penetents knelt at the altar and three others arose in the congregation requesting prayers. A promising young man asked for the prayers of the young people at their vesper service at 6 o'clock. Since last Sabbath the people know that they are heartily welcomed to the camp meet- ing and the coming Sabbath, the last of the camp, promises to be a great day. ‘The usual scheduled trains and one afternoon special landed passengers here last Sunday. and even larger gathering is expected tomorrow. Dr. John Lanahan of Baltimore will preachat ii o'clock, and there will be two moreable sermons during the day, aside from the prayer and praise services. : There has been just the tiniest bone of con- tention between the highly favored residents of Grove avenue and the large-hearted camp meeting folks concerning the Sabbath question, but the old-time Methodist orthodoxy prevails. Several of the gentlemen have left the Grove for home to vote in the county primaries that are held today in ihe several districts. Among the number are Mr. Chas. Hyatt and Glen I role. Prof. Chas. Chase and Master Host Lamson, who were stopping at the Osborne Hotel, re- turned to the city yesterday afternoon. W. B. Brand of Washington isa late arrival at the hotel. Dr. Carabed is the guest of Mr Leonard Chapman at his Ist avenue cottage. Mrs. Barker, Miss Maria Tomlinson, Miss Bettie Tomlinson, Mrs. J. S. Tomlinson and daughter, Miss Blanche, will return to the city today, having spent a pleasant tek with Mra. Dr. Chas. Keyes at the Osborne. ‘The hotel folks much enjoyed the delightfal piano music played by Mivs Fannie Riley in the |" Osborne parior iast evening. Miss Riley is visit- ing Miss Katie Choate. Miss Bessie Daw of West Washington is @ guest at the Choate cottage 0. ‘Miss Capt. Ripley is convalescent and so far recovered 28 to be down among her friends in the Osborne parlors. Mr. Alfred Welling.accompanied by hissister, is stopping here. Mrs. Chilton is with her mother, Mre. A. Kilgore, on 2d avenue and Broadway. Miss Bessie Muilen is still quite sick. Dr. Platt attends her and insists upon perfect quiet, as her present condition is critical. liev. Mr. Gill of Frederick will arrive in camp today and Rev. Richard Norris of Cumberland is expected Mond: Miss Barrie and Miss Thomas are occupying the Hill tent, 3d avenue and circle. Miss. Emma Beall, who was called home by illness of a friend, will join them soon. A party of young folks from the hotel, chap- eroued by your correspondent, went’ for a straw ride in Mr. Woodward's scenery wagon yesterday forenoon, and stopping on their return at the picture man’s tent, they were photographed, team an dali, a grotesque mirth- provoking group. eee DEATH OF PAKNELLISM. One Patent Fact in the Perplexities of the Irish Prébdlem. A Londor dispateh says: Mr. Parnell’s let- ter, admitting the inaccuracy of the amount at- tributed to Mr. Dillon's drawing from the evicted tenants’ fund, has brought to a pause the wretched controversy in the Irish com- moner’s ranks, which really centers in the de- sire of each side to obtain control of the Paris fund. Mr. Parnell, broaght to bay, is meeting out the same treatment to Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien which he has already meted out to the Healyites and the liberal leaders, but he is fighting an impossible battle. Nobody doubts the scrupulous integrity of Mr. Morley, and on the question of veracity Mr. Parnell, with his record of the wildest statements, stands no chance of credence. However, he still knows the weak points in bis enemies’ armor, and compels them to wince and take refugo in am- ities. his unedifying spectacle, which gains unde- served attention, occurring as it docs in the deadest part of the political season, can have but one result—the destruction of Ireland's chances of home rule. The tory and party are delighted that Mr. Parnell bas sue- ceeded in drawing from Messrs. Gladstone and Morley an admission of anxiety to reach Mr. Parnell through secretchannels. Lung leaders in the tory papers dwell and humiliation of the of Rome. Altogether the position of the Irish prob! from whichever side it is viewed, rplexing. The only patent fact is is dead. The apathy of the ‘ization and the constant acces-" ites to the national federation have induced the latter organization to instruct He Tefistration agents for election lists to make ween Parnellites and Mo- Anxious to End the Treaty. says: It is stated upon unquestioned authority that Spain has notified the imperial govern- ment of her intention to terminate the existing treaty under which Canadien ad- mitted into Spanish West pg “most favored nation” clause of the convention NJ. Gen. J. Augustus Fay is dying at his resi- dence at Elizabeth, N.J. He is one of the | at Winnemucca, Hum Laying Out the Lines at Antietam—Mr. Me- Comas Buys a Paper—Notes. Correspondence of The Evening Star. . Haornstowy, August 21, 1891. Maj. J. C. Stearns of Vermont and Gen. Harry Seth, the commissioners appointed by Secretary of War Proctor to mark out the lines of the army of the Potomac and the army of | northern Virginia in the engagement at Antie- tam, are now busily engaged in making pre- liminary examinations of that historic battle field. The Fifty-first Congress made an appro- priation of $15,000 for the laying out of the lines of both the Union and confederate forces engaged in the bloody fight at Antietam. Under this appropriation the position of regulararmy commands and probably other notable sites on | the battle field will be indicated by iron table: the ground for their location to be purcha’ from the owners. There were forty-three regular army organizations engaged in the bat- tle. Maj. Stearns, one of the commissioners ted by Secretary Proctor, was a gallant otticer in the ninth Vermont regiment, while Gen. Seth was one of Lee's vision com- manders. Beard’s Lutheran Church, situated near Chewsville, this amg Oe building erected over a hundred vears ago, but recently remodeled at a considerable expense, was wrecked on Wednesday evening. by astorm resembling a cyclone. ¢ debris was scattered in all direc- tions, covering several acres of ground. Geo. Harter of Edgemont is or was the pos- sessor of a wooden leg. While attending the reformed reunion at Fen-Mar he was struck by a train and his artificial member cut in two. ‘This proved an occasion for much joking, in- dulged in especially by the local and Baltimore Papers. A more recent examintion shows that the man was seriously injured. His shoulder was dislocated and his skull fractured. His chances of recovery are quite slim. Charles H. Whiting’ wants to be divorced from his wife, Elizabeth W. Whiting, who has borne bim five children. Mr. Whiting charges abandonment without cause, and through his attorney, H. H. Rouzer, esq., has filed a bill in equity in the court of this county, ‘Capt. Henry Haugh, a veteran of two wars and a native of this city, died on Tuesday Inst ldt county, Nev. He was aged seventy-three years anda veteran of the Mexican war under Gen. Scott, who pro- moted him for bravery. He also served in the first Maryland infantry during the rebellion. He was buried by the Grand Army men. John C. Hess, founder of the extensive Hess Manufacturing Company of this city, has a a for the benefit of the insolvent laws. The usiness, however, will not be affected by his assignment. Miss Nettie Funk has sold her handsome two- story brick residence on Franklin street, this city, to Mr. Aibert Heard for $4.00. Money in this locality is evidently not very searce. At public auction thirty shares of the First National Bank of Hagerstown, par value $10, sold for €26.45, the highest figure this stock has ever reached. Mrs. Louisa Wright of Funkstown, this county, and Mr. Josephus Ward of Hagers- town are the latest government pensioners of that local: Mrs. Wright gets §8 per month and Mr. Ward $12. Miss Julia E. Wingert of this city has re- turned from a three-year visit to Europe. Much of her time was devoted to the study of music at Leipsi Dr. J. H. Roons has been a practicing physi- cian at Ringgold, this county, for fifteen years. He left, however, yesterday morning to ‘make his home at Seattle, Washington. A syndicate com of Hon. L. E. Me- Comas, Hon. Edward Stahe, Postmaster James T. Hunter, ex-States Attorney M. L. Keedy and other’ prominent republicans have pur- chased the Herald and Porch of thie place, a weekly paper, owned by C. W. Adams, door- keeper of the U. S. House of Representatives, and James T. Matthews, a special agent of the nsion department, and will convert the same into a daily publication—whether a morning or evening paper has not been decided upon. The price paid was $6,500. With the Gazette, another new daily democratic paper to be started here September 1, Hagerstown will have five daily papers with as many weekly publica- tions, ‘more than Washington or Baltimore can support; but then it must be known that Hagerstown has a “boom” and proposes to maintain it with all the adjuncts of a metro- Politan city, even if some one must suffer. here are “*no flies” on the nian frome his own standpoint Mr. Henry Dellinger, a well-known Washing- ton contractor, who owns a comfortable club houseon the Potomac near Downsville, this county, is now there making some needed re- pairs and getting everything ready for the entertainment and enjoyment of a number of his Washington lady and gentlemen friends, who expect to spend some ten days along the Potomac in fishing and other kindred sports. The John L. King residence on North Poto- mac street, this city, has been sold to.Mr. J. 8. Eshelman for £3,000. Mr. Zacharias 8. Claggett of this city has gone to Washington. whore he has accepted a position as clerk in the Beltimore and Ohio railroad office. The Crawford bicycle works, recently re- moved from Washington to Hagerstown, has received an order from the United States gov- ernment for printing presses to be used in the bureau of engraving and printing. This will keep the factory running to ite fullcapacity for several montis. Ira Hollinger, son of Mr. Simon G. Hollinger, residing near Waynesboro, was killed a day or two ago by s team which he wus driving running away. This sad casualty calls to mind others that have happened at. the same farm, making an unusual chain of tragic events. ‘The first was a daughter of Duniel Hollinger. who was kicked by u colt and killed. The sec- ond was the death of Jacob Gebr, who was run over by a wagon loaded with wheat and killed. The third was the shooting of John Hollinger, son of Danieh while protecting his father’s remises against a band of midnight robbers a few years ago, and the sad ending of Ira's young life’ marks the fourth in this grim category at the Hollinger plantation. Miss Kate Blake hns returned to her home in Vashington after a five weeks’ visit to this city.—Miss Cecelia McLaughlin of Washing- ton is visiting relatives here.—Miss Nellie Lang of Washington is visiting her mother on Potomac street, this city.—Miss Annie France of Washington is visiting Mrs. Wm. Crowe at Williamsport.——Mr. Wm. Alvey of Washing- ton is visiting his father, Chic? Judge I. HL Alvey, this city.—Mre’ David Shank is at Smithsburg and J. Welsh Whecler at Boons- boro.— Frank H. Clark and wife, Mrs. C. E. Owen, Mis Owen, Will B. Davis, Hugh L. Thompson and wife, all of Washington, are among the latest arrivuls in Hagerstown. B. gee An Aged Statesman. From the Des Moines Capital. ‘There could be no more suggestive picture presented to an Iowa audience than that of Gen. Geo. W. Jones of Dubuque as he presided over tho festivities of the Indiana Society at Prospect Park yesterday afternoon. Well along toward ninety years’ of age, he enjoys supert health, is litie and active, and as fastidious in bis dress and personal appear- ance as when, in 1852, he was one of the distin- GUished members of the United Statos Senate. Je seems ns quick in apprehension, a8 prompt in repartee, as wide awake and active as at any time during the past twenty-five years. He had pleasant words for everybody, recognized all his old friends upon the instant of meeting them, and was as compli- mentary to the ladies as we can imagine he was hslf a century ago. He presided with spright- liness and the most perfect self-possession He never kept his audience waiting an instant— recognizing motions and putting questions like the readiest parliamentarian. What a memory that man must have—going back to tie days when there were neither railroads, steamboats nor telegraphs! It was in his boybcod that the battle of New Orieans was fought. He knew intimately and well Jackson, Ciay, Webster, Benton and Calhoun. He sat in theSenate with Henry and A. C. , father oxd son, the first from Wisconsin and the latter from Iowa. He was by far the most prominent man in Iowa for # lifetime, and in afl the broad northwest there was not his saperior in commanding in- luence. : Emily Greenwood, the Actress, Dead. Emily Greenwood, the English actress, better known in New York city as Emily Donagh, died Niblo’s, Of late she has been with Rilasatn Spsctensine Auaregtien: y festerday morning she was seized wi convulsions of an aggravated nature. Physi- cians prescribed for and left ‘her, saying that she would dobtless be all right in’ few She grew rapidly worse, however, and died at 3 o'clock. 0 Reading’s Terminals in ‘The last obstruction to the building of the Reading Terminal railroad in was ‘Why So Many Couples Come Here to Have the Knot Tied. “Marriage licenses @1 each and no questions asked” is what brings many runaway couples to this city and swells the fees of the clerk of the court, and in addition to the cheapness of the legal document and the easy manner of procuring it there isa minister employed in the building, who is often called upon to per- form the ceremony, so that if there should be any one in pursuit of the fleeing couple they would certainly have to make fast time if they. succeeded in preventing two hearts to beat as one. The excursion season brings many persons here who are willing to share the joys and sor- rows of life together, and those who come on cheap excursions get the trip thrown in for what the license alone would cost in many places. Persons who come on such journeys always tnguire for the court house as soon as they reach the depot, and when they do so it is Pretty certain that they are bent on matrimony. HOW THE HACK DRIVERS GET THEM. Many such persons come from Richmond and other places from where excursion trains usu- ally reach here in the morning, and the an- nouncement of such a train on the road causes the “night line” hack drivers to remain about the depot and watch for the loving couples, be- cause some of the drivers will not hesitate to charge several times the legal fare, and the pas- sengers being strangers, and in love too, never stop to dispute the bill. Some of the drivers declare that they can always pick out the lovers who come ona matri- monial errand, and the first thing they say is: “Here you are for the court house.” ‘He's just the man we want,” they think,and without stopping to see whether the vehicle looks a8 good in the sunlight us itdoes on adark night they enter, and after a circuitous route is traveled the court house is reached, and there the people who know nothing but “we want to get married” are ushered into vacant court room, where an audience is soon obtained, and there, in the presence of witnesses, they are made one. The hackney drivers tell some interesting stories of these couples as to how they con- tinue their courtship in the enrriage or cab. They tell how the prospective groom takes the fair one’s hand and squeezes it tightly until she gives some sign of pain. “That don’t hurt?” he has been heard to ask, and of course her reply is “No, dear.” Then their lips mect, and if they don’t meet several dozen times it 1s not their fault. At the end of the journey the cabby draws on the purse, and he sometimes geté more money than the cost of the ceremony and li- cense. FEES OF THE MINISTERS. The ministers do not always get their pay in ready cash for services rendered, although they get good promises, and sometimes the amount of cash is so small that it would not buy the minister's family a bushel of potatoes. City folks usually give the minister a dollar or two and once ina long while it is increased to five, but this seldom happens, and when it does the minister has good grounds for the be- lief that the bill is a counterfeit. Charles county people have a superstition that an apple and 37 cents will bring them ood luck and seldor: docs their donation go igher. and theapple must come from their own farm. Those who come from other coun- ties in Maryland give according to thé thick- ness of their purse, while the Virginians vary in amount, some’ patterning after Charles county and some doing even worse. A great many, however, do considerably better. A BARREN ENVELOPE. The man who came from Green county did the worst. He completely fooled the author- ized minister of the gospel who performed the ceremony, and he so arranged it that the latter could not make the discovery until it was too late to call attention thereto. A closely sealed envelope, which was su posed to contain a 5 bill, was handed to the minister when he had said amen, and, of course, he felt a delicacy in opening it before the happy couple, and he also, no doubt, did not care to have those present ‘know the exact amount he was given. The size of the envelope was enough to glad- den the heart of the minister for the instant, but after the guests had departed and the envelope ‘was opened there was an emptiness about it that made the minister think that the man from Green county was not as green as his county. paces cit NEWS FROM ROCKVILLE. Excitement Over Democrati: Primaries— Tickets Tampered With—General Notes. Correspondence of The Evening Star. Rockviite, Aagust 21, 1891. The excitement in regard to the democratic primary election to be held in the several elec- tion districts of the county tomorrow was greatly augmented here today when the discov- ery was made that the tickets intended for the voters of Potomac district had been tampered with. The custom heretofore observed in re- gard to primary elections is to have about 10,000 tickets printed and dclivered to thechairman of the state central committee, who divides them into packages in proportion to the vote of cach district, which packages are sent to the mem- ber of the county committes for that district for distribution to the voters on the day of election. This year, in the absence of Mr. Spencer Watki uurman of the state central committee, the duty of sending out these pack- ages was intrusted to Mr. Spencer C. Jones, who attended to the business with his usuai promptness and all the packages appear tohave Teached their destination except the one for Potomac. ‘This package was intended to be de- livered to Mr. Philip Stone. who resides at Po- tomac, where the lection is held, but jit was accidentally learned to- day that it had not been delivered to him, but had been carried to Great Falls, the package opened and the name of Philip D. Laird, one of the eaudidates for nome ination to the legislature, had been scratched from all the tickets. Areport had also been circulated in the district that Mr. Laird had withdrawn from the contest. Quite a-number of these scratched tickets have since been found in the district by the friends of Mr. Laird. It has been evident for some weeke that deter- mined and organized effort was being made both secretly and openly to defeat him on all manner of pretexts, but his friends claim that they never expected the opposition would stoop so low as to resort tow trick of this kind. All hon- orable members of the party here. both friends and opponents of Mr. Laird, are loud in their denunciation of the outrage. and further inves- tigation will doubtless detect the perpetrators, Thomas Rawlins, a prominent farmer of le district, died yesterday evening at e, in the eighty-eighth year of his age. Mr. Rawlins was well known as one of the first agriculturists of this section of the state and was also prominent in all measures locking to the improvement of the county. He was for number of years collector of taxes for Pooles- ville district and had also held other public jitions. He leavesa large number of relatives in this state and Virginia. Yesterday evening Mr. James Gingell, a we known and popular citizen of Potomac distri died at his home near Cabin John in the eighty- first year of his age. Several years ago the de- ceased suffered a stroke of paralysis, from which he never fully recovered and which was the ultimate cause of death. He was the father of a large family of children, and his home has for yeqrs becn known as the seat of generous hospitality. Mr. Thos. Dawson, real estate broker at this lace, yesterday sold to Mr. Jonathan W. Baker the farm of Mr. Lee Offutt, known as the “Robertson place,” about four miles we of this place, for $6,610. ‘This is a highly im- proved farm and has on it a gouddwelling ‘nd necessary outbuildings. Garrett Park was last night the scene of a brillint hop, which was largely attended by Pefvons from all parts of ue county and the $ WASHINGTON. D.C.. SATURDAY. AUGUST 22, 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. RAMBLINGS. Zan 014 Sone. A glance at one of the recently issued maps of the District and adjacent territory can hardly fail to suggest to a reasoning person the desirability of a reform looking to curtailment in the names of some of our nearby settle- mente, both existing ard prospective. In this respect there is great room for improvement in the euphony of applied nomenclature, as well asan economy of words, which latter point is no small item in the use of language nowadays, whether written or spoken. Take Bladensburg, Hyattsville, and Tennallytown, for examples. Why not call them instead Bladen, Hyatt, and Tenley, respectively? The name in each case would then be shorter, pret- tier, and actually more distinctive than now. Why add the unsightly and unné- censary suffix? You might as well say Wash- ingtonville, Chicagotown or Cincinnatiburg. Then, “- why Twining City and Peeters 9 Park? There is no city at the first place and no Park at the other; and, even if there wero, the simple name Twining and Armsleigh would be better in way. And why “Pali- sades of the "Potomac?" There fo no for that matter, and, Palisades there, if there were,’ the single word ’ would be sufficient, without adding “of the Potomac,” since there is no other river here and no other lace hereabouts likely to be called Palisades. id so on one might go through along list. As for the divisions of the city now commonly designated as Georgetown or West Washington, South Washington, and East Washington, they ought to be spoken of simply as west-side, south-side, and east-side, respectively, thus identifying them as integral parts of one city, as they actually are. About the only reason that can be urged in favor of retaining the Present names in any of ‘the instances cited ts that people are used to them, and it would be difficult to make the change. The reason is not Worthacent. A man may be accustomed to carrying s corn on his too or a wart on his nose for a long time, but iikewise he soon gets ac- customed to being rid of it, once it is gone, and feels better for the riddance. As to mak- ing the changes, if the city papers were to act in the matter the public would soon get into the way of using the new names, and in a little while would be wondering how the old ones held on so long. x * ok Ok AThis word “‘palisade,” by the way, seems to be about as badly misapplied in ordinary usage as that other word “lurid,” which isalmost never used to express its exact meaning, and gener- ally directly the opposite. In this instance the name was probably borrowed from that rocky shore of the Hudson so styled, above and on the opposite side from New York; but why that Was so named it would puzzle somebody wiser than the dictionary makers to tell. ** k * A railway division superintendent has been discovered out west who recently made an in- spection of his division on foot! As the rules of the organization require that this work shall be done ina well-stocked private pniace car, with congenial company, it will go hard with this unprincipled villain'when the Federation of Associated, Amalgamated and Affiliated Rail- Yay Division Superintendents moots in the fal kK KK Many things they dobetter in France. Among them, conspicuously, the matter of passenger travel in cities. In Paris, for example, no pub- lic conveyance is allowed to carry more persons than can be comfortably seated therein, while fares are considerably lower than the average rates in our larger cities. It is constantly said that the same thing cannot be done in this country. The answer to this is that it can. The difference, in this re- spect, between France and the United States is that there corporations of that character have to be, and therefore are, satisfied with div: dends on the cepital stock actually invested, whereas here the public is obliged to pay a handsome dividend, not on invested capital, but on watered stock, exceeding any- where from two to fifty times in amount the original bona fide invest- ment. If the street railways of Washington were run 80 as to pay only a fair return on their original cost, instead of on their present inflated value—due of course to excessive profits earned—passengers could be carried anywhere in the city at a rate not exceeding three cents, and possibly as low as two cents, each. Take the avenue line, for example. Its actual cost per share originally, that is, the amount actually paid out as its capital stock, by the original holders, was, if reports be true, about twenty doilars per share, or something less than that, whercas its shares now command about twolve times that figure. The differenct between 20 and 240 in this case is therefore water. But you will be told that the stock is worth much’ more now, because the company has a much larger and more valuable plant and a more profitable business than it had then. True. But who paid for this? Why the public. to be sure, in the way of needlessly large fares, which, in the form of unpaid dividends. went for better- ments. The stockholdersnever put their hands in their pockets for a peany to pay for this. It all came out of the public. which is thus made to pay n heavy interest on the money it had it- self contributed. it's a good dea! -like making your mother pay you a round sum for having taken care of you while you were little. + * & * A correspondent of one of the New York Papers suggests that cards with the legends following be placed in tho vacant advertising spaces in the street cars of that city: “Hogs defile this car with tobacco juice.” “Cads stare impertinently at ladies in this car.” ‘Swine cross their legs and sprawl sidewise on the seats in this car.” “Blackguards use foul language in this car.” “Pigs carry ill-smelling cigar stamps in this isn’t, perhaps, the same need for 8 in Washington that there is in New York, they nevertheless wouldn't begreatly out of place here. This is getting to be a pretty big town, and there are lots of fellows here who think it isa great thing to ape the bad manyers and vices of larger places. It shows that they have traveled and observed things, you know. x ok OR “An Afflicted Household” writes to say that “if the Entomologists who are or have been in session here with the other renowned scientists of the world will kindly explain to the suffer- ing public where the prevailing and pervading invasion of fleas came from, where they are Roing to, how long they are likely to stay, and, above all, how to get rid of them, then and in that case the names of the Entomologists, like that of Abou Ben Adhem, will ‘lead all the rest.’” ‘The subject is accordingly commended to the careful consideration of fessor and learned confreres. xe eK > A quarrel that promises to bring ont some interesting disclosures is on between the writer and the publisher of that trashy book “Society as I Have Found It,”—the bone of contontion being a question as to the division of profits of the book. It doesn't speak very well for the literary taste of the country that there should est | boany profits to divide; and while business rows are to be deprecated, asa rule, this one will be rather @ good thing if its retections should bave the effect of Tithe horve of ordinary sisi. The frigh SUMMER_RESORTS. _RATLROADS. point is justrat danger: and ATLANTIC CITY, N. “PRE cREar s Toedoe Ie net that he someere’ behtaeb ~ > —_—__—_ | rerese PEXNEVLYANT® ROUTE. en Rag aging RADE HOUSE, ARKANSAS AVE” XEaR| To Tue SonTH Winl AND BOE railway officials ought to take steps to Sowers and shrubbery uate ieee wa tesla | SEERE HALLS MhoniFieee) eoCe ee ihe evil without delay; if they do not, then Beek Mee BRADY, P.O." Bow air Thais yravt Wiaul¥ovoe Vow STATION \ i ey se te LANENDON, ATLANTIC CITE, BOs | pOGUNEM OF OTH AND BTS. ABE we. matter in hand. Don't wait, gen for SARENDON, ATLANTIC For ueines ati Newt Chieury Catal coroner's verdict, which is sure to come at rate things are going now. e+ 4 RUSSIAN BASTILE. The Terrible Prison of Schiusselburg Where Even the Guards are Prisoners. Some fifty miles from St. Petersburg, upon the lake of Ladoga, there is a small granite island, entirely occupied by @ fortress, says Free Russia. It is Schlusselburg, the dreadful Prison of state—woree than the French Bastile, Worse than the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul, with its Troubetzkoi and Aleneevay ravelins and its underground cells. The most resolute of the revolutionists, men and women who have taken part in active conspiracies, whom it is not considered safe to keep in the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul, are sent there, ‘Open all the a HoT EMERSON, at eee, a, S 2. Shes 3a Je23-2m SAMUEL J. YOUNG. Beyond eae rn Asien Prettiest houses at this favorite resort. It is band- semely decorated and furnished. has ail modern im- Se et Eamets basin wrereneae Satie a ater Be SSPE the ween S100 818 GC. WW. [PoOesIDE, ATLANTIC Gay, Xext house to the beach. 2m CLIFTON, ATLANTIC CITY. N. 3. COR, c Sow open for 11th | ce Col. JORN M_ CLARK. Pa thre: sna" ND! z. hen! Pom. w For Willlainsport. Atiantic and Connecticut aves, Fae, LOSERIENGEAS proprietors WALA ENGLE, clerk. ATLANTIC Clit, N. 3. Wear the veach; steau beat. pointmen iD THERAST, dies ‘On finia ave. nea era ay deste cach . 3 r unin ‘w 13 employed in the service renders it possible to i vent terns 2 10, 3.15, 4.20, 10Goand 11 3 feokte the prisoners to a degree unattainable | —2¥1-"&sim mar. tohew’ Yorn, bao es = dally, anywhere else. "No one is allowed to land upon | ‘HE ORIENTAL ATLANTIC CiTa. a verythine Dew. _ seston __ ALEX. M. OPPENHEIMER, Prop. ‘Ps= cuacronte, i On the Beach, with ATEANZIC CITE, Seles Sapte nowes, 5 Send tor circular. ‘Jere ith Goats of Br - am F. ROBERTS & SONS. rect transfor to Fults et? aveahiey Sects across New Lork city te Cuty, 1215 pwn. week days, 11:95 p.m. tke island. Sentinels have orders to shoot any one who approaches. If the near relatives of a Brisoner inquire concerning him at the police lepartment in St, Petersburg they are some- times told “alive” or ‘‘dead;” sometimes no answer is given. emeelves prisoners, who mingle only with ach other and are carefully watched on the Tare occasions when ther are allowed to make N. 5. ‘View. T ie MANSION, ATLANIIC CLIX, Node THE LARGEST HOLLL ® visit to the mainland. It was ible to ‘Open ail tue year. establish secret communications with even the |_211-3m CHARLES MeGLADE. most jealously guarded ravel of the St. | THE WALLINGFORD Petersburg fortress. But the fortress of sArtAne Schlusselburg remained dumb, like the grave it is. The journal continues: Though some of the t-known men of the rovolution party, in whom the greatest interest wae felt among the whole body of revolutionists, were kept there, we rarely could even tell whether they were alive or dead. Afew months ago, however, our friends in Russia received some news from this place of endless misery. It is very brief— only such as can be conveyed upon a bit of pa- Per smuggled with the greatest danger through some friondly hand. 1s merely tells which of the prisoners are dead and which are still alive. But even this summary is eloquent enough. We learn from it that out of the fifty-two pris- oners sent there in the course of the last cight fears twenty or about 4¢ per cent are already lead. Several of those who survive should be added to the list of the dead. ‘They are insane and have lost what is as precious, if not more Ke M io m2 | Feesave san he, ; 20e.m. and 4:30 p.m. daily. bie | For Ancapoiis, +20 and 9:00 am. 11:80 and 6:20 wanda). Btibdaye S00 eae m. Gaily, except 3 RAILWay, "a. ». and 420 WASHINGTON SOUTHERN IN EPPECT AUGUST 1, 1 pe ee a Terns Me My R. LUNGACKE, Sr iP! WeLiinetos, “ OCEAN END OF KENTUCKY AVENUE, ATLANTIC CITY, ¥, 3. OPEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 320-2m M.A. & H. 8. MILN! 1iokp mi. On SBURY PARK, |N.J-—COl ilade. mm. 52-08, o> oe Ow oF ‘or rates. diarrams aud information dress THE COLEMAN HOUSE. ALFRED 8. AMLK, Asbury Park, N.J. Room’ Clerk. 32203 SBURY PARK—THE | deliehtfuliy located sanitation SEY, 7TH AV: ear beach and Inkes . peri sonife spice and bair qattresses s jops, tennis, boating, fishing. — Six ot HOS. GALAN, Precious, to a man than life. THE BLUE SKY. Ways in Which the Changing Tints of the Firmament Are Produced. From the Youth's Companion. Every one admires and talks of the blue of |——— the sky, but how many bave observed not only that the eky is ometimes of a deeper or richer bine than at other times, but that its changes of tint occur in a more or less regular way. Such is the conclusion of M. Crova, who has reported to the Paris Academy of Sciences the result of his systematic observation of sky color from December, 1889, to December, 1890. Ho finds that the sky 1s most intensely blue in December, January, March and September and paler in July, August and November. Observ- ing the changes from hour to hour he found that it was more dee Rien Sirdtc tps ; rains leave and arriveat Peuusyivenis Passenger Biation, Wash, a, D c — =a 3 —Datly.. Front Royal and = pen June ¥ to Uctober 1. jons for 200 wuesis. Mnprovements. Send tor cire &. LEWIS, Propriet SEA-S1DE—JEKSEY COAST. T= TREMONT HOTEL, SEA GIRT, . J. 2015-10, Orieans via wan Sleeper to. Memphis via Pavvilio with Pullwan Sleeper tor an, ce Kur ille via Asnevilie and sho p.m. —Dally tor W. iP RE abenbers LONGPoRT, N. 3. Directly on the beach. Hot ind cold sea baths. obstructed coeun Vigw. F 2. Ue thest isbn and sails. 1 DE—MISCELLANKOUS. AY RIDGE HOTEL, BAY RIDGE, MD. OPENS June 13. Finest location on tue lay. Convenient both to Washineton and Baltiuore.. Best of salt-water | bathing. Bosteay and fishing. Steam launch makes hourly trips iro hovel,” Forinformation and clrcaiat gpps'to WM. MEZICK, Supermiendent, Bay Idee, ad. jeltum CAPE MAY, piazzas and BREXTON, VILLA, ‘ocean. Hasierze the cooler part of the day, heat important clement in determining ‘the depth of the sky color, é This recalls one of the most brilliant of ‘th OPEN, CAPE HENLOPEN BEACH, Delaware: will reopen June 23, 1S & Powell, Props. —Favorable be to imita! and Sep fist finest azure tints of an Italian many experiments with which Prof. Tyndal SS — iy ee — By projecting a WALTER BURTON. m of electric light into a cloud of invisible pone =oae an > particles of vapor in a glass vessel he was able | Cp Quuensrren ve gortis aumento kee pica a. Fucmean Buffet Sleeper, New York and Wa to Kuoxvule va Lynchburg. Danvaie, and Western ‘North Caroiiua oa. 4KAINS ON WASHINGION AND ORIO DI. NISION lcave Wasbineton #-100.m- dally 0-45 datiy. ana Sunday. 1€*Tine point of the experiment was to show that the sky tint is caused by the reflection of the blue waves of light from minute particles float- ing high in the air, The, waves of blue light are shorter than those of yellow or red, and consequently are more easily arrested and re- fected back When the sun is blazing hot high in the heavens it dissolver the fine particles of vapor tom great extent and leaves fewer of them to split up the scattered daylight aud send. ite soon blue beams back to the observer's eyes. It will be easy and interesting for any person to observe for himself the variations in the color of the sky. Perhaps new facts may thus be discovered that men of science will be glad to learn. SPRINGS AND BATHS. BeProup sruises. BEDFORD, PA HOTEL OPEN UNTIL OCTOBER, Write for pamphlet on this great resort, and the famous BEDFORD SPRINGS MINERAL WATER. ay7-20t . DC . ae ee AIKFAX INS—DEST SERVICE” PhivaTi ‘The and the Sparrow. t; ome square from park and batl ‘er Inan article “concerning the cuckoo” tn | jatcd?’\uarss JW ALDERTOS.Deppmee or, Berke Longman’s Magazine an interesting account iis eae 2d i SHENANDOAH ALUM SPRINGS, Va. NOW {a given of the cuckoo's well-knownand seldom | Sens yon skates good tad toe seen performance. The surprising and ex-| mouerate. Address a ceptional nature of this Phenomenon, and in| some moatures also the difficulty of accepting | ‘THE, Bi HOLEL WILL BE the explanation usually given of the origin of | -4,0?°4™ sey “GE. ndiress the instinct in the young bird, must be held to wiVercultsim account for the disposition shown to accept ac- counts of it with reserve. One of. the ‘most staphie sketches of the occurrence by an eye- witness is that in Mr. Gould's “Birds of Great Britain.” The account by irs. Blackburn, who watched the movements of the young IN THE MOUNT. URORA HOUSE. HA, WSs VIRGINIA, E, AUR ASELECT HEAL i ‘On top of the Aliog Sufferers from bay fever zet eu — For and Northwest, ¥, ror Bi. Lows ve bated Saeattea 3390, cxprees 14,0 pt <i, 4 ons ‘For Pittsvurg anil ‘express, cuckoo, is full of interest. crcnier epee The nest under obsorvation was that of the | —~ TAIN LAKE Fama | for Wincbosscend way tester S00 pm, common meadow pipet and it had the firat two | (jRACF, COTT Bear Oakland and Deeg | Po LORY. “3-30. °8:43 vu. eggs in it besides that of the cuckoo. “At one | Part and hay fever. | 96. Qo p 1, dally” Se continues Mrs. Blackburn, “the pipets er Sialtimors were found to be hatched, but not the cuckoo. At the next visit, which was after an interval of forty-eight hoars, we found the young cuckoo alone in the nest, and both the young. pipe:s lying down the bank about ten inches from the toargin of the nest, but quite lively after being warmed in the hand. They were’ replaced in the nest beside the cuckoo, which straggled about until it got ite back under one of ™, Nii. SMITH, Proprietor. Terma, 0 per Sr ae a. utes), G2, O22, 7 half_price. ¥, W.VA. PROP. MBEP. 1. eul7-2m when it climbed backwards directly up the | [25 Eyck = BE open side of the nest and pitched the | pier cal Es pipet from its back onto the . It then | 3yl6-2m Highland Late, Lyc stood quite upright on its legs, which were straddled wide apart, with the claws firmly fixed half way down the inside of the nest among the interlacing fibers of which the nest was woven, and, stretching its legs apart and backward, it elbowed the pipet fairly over the margin so far that its struggles took it down the bank instead of back into the nest. After this the cuckoo stood a minute or two, feeling back with its wings, as if to make sure that the ipet was fairly overboard, and then subsided | Q) Into the bottom of the nest.” ‘The rejected bird was replaced, but on again visiting the nest on the following morning both $ MORDELL HOUSE, HARPER'S FERRY, iholcaly bouton Gace Ml eae ite. patronace all the year K Pat the ince gt KOLB ‘or teruus apply at the piace or KOL. Rife nee Washington, D.C. hve St. KOLB, Proprietress, muy Ptorel’s LCE 00D HOUSE, HANPEIS FERRY, W.VA. MES. 8. E. LOVETT, Propetress, ‘from dund 6 tw October 1. ny 183m Lone Point, 8.0 (near Warton clea) 3, near Waktu len}. No no malania; bowling, archer pipets were found dead out of the nest. Mrs. ‘day : kburn continues: “The cuckoo was per- ‘Address HAMMISON 8. DOWNS, fectly naked, without the vestige of a feather, | _my2sco40t Lone Point, ¥. Seneca Lake. or even a hint of future feathers; its eyes were | \\7 HITE COTTAGE, ; ARP x, W.VA. ERS PERM! 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