Evening Star Newspaper, August 29, 1891, Page 14

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D.C: SATURDAY. AUGUST 29, 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES, great variety of birds, whose cheery songs will be enjoyed. One morning last spring, while leisurely strolling in the vicinity of the Klingle road crossing. I counted some fitteen different species of song birds, all lnstily cxor- cising their vocal powers. Among them were several old favorites, the song sparrow, the robin, the wood thrust. the thrasher, the cat, the chat, the biuebird. the scarlet tanager, the oldfinch and several’ members of the warbler mily. At the bridges crossing Klingle road and Rock creek the scenery is especially attractive. Klingle bridge is 65 feet high, 450 feet long and cost $75,000. The roadway of Rock Creek bridge is 130 feet above the mean level of the creek, is 750 feet long and cost $100,000. These structures are fair specimens of bridge architecture and scenes of unusual beauty are Presented from them. Gzonoz Simmoxs. TALK OF THE STAGE. The Reasons for Edwin Booth’s Per-| ier manent Retirement. A GREAT ACTOR VINDICATED. A Cloud Lifted From His Name—Not a Vie- tim of the Morphia Habit or of Alcoholism— Locomotor Ataxis Caused the False Ku- mors—ComicOpera Actress and anOld Beau. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. New Your, August 29, 1891. (OLICE INSPECTOR BYRNES NAMED the beverage had affected him surprisingly. course two bottles of beer, during three hours, should not have intox- icated a man in a normal condition, and nowit is clear that the commencement of locomotor ataxis rendered him acutely sensitive to alco- hel In other words, See — Prop- ly speaking.and every admirer of the greatest actor alive will be glad know it.” 4 MASHER TURNED Dows. A little episode on 23d street, in which a well- known comic opera actress figured, was rather amusing. From her reputation as a flirt of the most experienced sort one would scarcely have expected her to act as she did in this in- stance. She was out shopping with her maid, & decidediy plain-faced and matronly woman of forty oF, more. “The actress was dressed prettily, and as she floated majestically alon, the sidewalk was generally nee Tor, wet loveliness by the passing crowd. One tall, dig- nified and pompous gentleman, with ‘gray hair and mustache, a man of importance in Wall street and a member of more than one of the fashionable clubs, imme- ly. OF drunk at intervals EDUCATIONAL. _ ——X————l—S—S—S——_ EDUCATIONAL. MES, MYERS SCHOOL, 1827 1 ST. BOAR! AMA ana day shoo! for youns ladies and iste opens Octover 6. IN@L; care ml instruction partments, Fetal wn SLA MNAERS S >= THE BEST. SHORTHAND LESSONS DAY AND EVENING. * By H.C. TANNER (chief stenographer late pan- American congress), Sun building. Orders for stenographic work solicited. = 14 38 FORMERLY 12% 13TH. ‘The Misses Kerr's Boarding and Day school for FoUNe ladies and litle children will reopen Septem Dp StC. IANO LESSONS — EXPERIENCED A ‘cessful teacuer; new and rapid method for be- where; terms SOC. per hour, ioc. half hour. Mra. J. Wt K st. nw. ane. lin* ©. STAKIN'S BUSINESS COLLEGE, 15 Fst A. S.w.-Oniy school the city where rapid short: hand aictation can be obtained. Gradnates of othe “ONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, twenty-second year. Piano, Mrolit, ute, “cornet, &c. Free advan tases. OK BULLAKD. Director. aust-lan™ 307 DET DH LESSONS. Pio gressive aysta, twenty lessoum, $10; ele- Iuentdry clase, twelve lesson, it mustin ~_ MLLE, V. PRUDHOMME. J ORW OOD INSTITUT Nokwoon isstirere, WASEINGTON, D. c. A Select and Limite! Boarding and Day School for | ‘Young Ladies and Little Girls, Tenth session begins WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. Address the prucipais, Mr. and Mra WM. D. CABELL, Jy20tm_ 1407 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE. A Tue senirz scxvor OF LANGUAGES, 73 14th at. aw. Open all summer. Lower summer rates Preparing Values Advertising. Primarily what an advertiser seeks is PUBLICITY for such announcements as he wishes to make. And the wider the Publicity the better, other things being equal. He might just as well put the money he pays for advertising into an old stock- ing and bury it in the back yard as to print his inducements where they will not = an actor of long stage experience and fair | diately evinced the greatest interest in her. He | olleres and practical jhorthand writers come here | for collere « specialty. be seen by the particular people whose ROCK CREEK SOUTH OF MILITARY ROAD. professional reputation and then said: “Bis | was walking in thet same dircetion and he ac: | footittare, Rags, Shera, ees: Sew York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chtonro, identity isa matter of inviolable secrecy, be- cause he is morally guilty of a swindle which the law won't punish, and so he is not to be de- nounced individually. Nevertheless, he has ob- celerated his steps in order to keep abreast of her, gazing intently in the mennwhile upon her face. She chanced to turn her head once and her gaze met his. In that accider.tal look the self-satisfied man of the world thought he hours’ dictation each woek and practice on Caligrayh or ton. oF both, three iuonihs, $10. Business: course, incinding bookkeeping, illusttated Ly P book charts: penmanship. com Fin, London. "Aigo sttinmer school at Asbnry a wh attention he aims to attract. What he should use, therefore, is THE NEWSPA- PER THAT IS READ BY THE LARGEST house is of curious construction, being fash- ioned after the notions of the different per- fons who have occupied it. The east wing was the original building, and, as will be seen, was ROADSIDE SKETCIIES. SERVICE INSTITUTE news collere, 407 10th st. uw. Pup) metic, writing commercial paper, Enlist $10. Prof. Starint hus con. i filine avi servic Gepartuvedtal ad a very unpretentious structure, but it has been tained well nigh $10,000 from a dupe under pas ze Eira § nd, vhs an — st a pao Dawe. $f the Co ver NUMBER OF PERSONS LIKELY TO 7 Z ji of movement ontinued by wo years. He a ad chance ot as i . added to from time to time &o that now, al- Pretences that are essentially false, although he | Som neuer movem eyes akea upon her face. | Bens schoo! atthe Ys MC. A during the rant Year OUT OF WASHINGTO: WANT WHAT HE HAS TO OFFER. Mere What One May See Along the Wind-} though somewhat dilapidated, the house pre~ hasbeen careful to keep safe from criminal % satide of youns wnen at GROWN BOLDER. ‘wouben tor tiv use a “honor, b | sents an imposing, castle-like appearance. The prosecution. original part was built by Dr. Boyle of Wai ‘The case should be a warning to Fed to say to parents: Send re and 1 Will, In the s EXTENT of circulation does not always ing Course of Rock Creek. Presently he drew a memorandum book from est peumible thioe PICTURESQUE OLD MILLS. A Tramp Through the Zoological and Rock Creek Parks—The Old Holt Mansion and the Kedwood House—Knoils, Glens and ‘Weods—A Virginal Forest. HE TRAMP THIS WEEK WILL BE along the bottom of Rock creek, through Zoological and Kock Creek parks, extending from Woodley bridge to the Maryland line. Asaunter by the devious tree-clad banks of this picturesque stream cannot but prove highly entertainiug. THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK. ‘This park, which embraces a decidedly pic- turesque section of the creek, was established under an act of Congress approved March 2, 1889. It contains 167 acres, extending from Woodley bridge on the south to Klingle bridge on the north, its lines inclosing both sides of the stream. The tract cost in round numbers cenery is charming. ‘The main entrance to the park is at the old quarry, which is reached by way of 16th street bie progress has been made by the officers in charge in the way d drives, laying out the grounds and in the erection of the buildings for the animals. Nearly all of the collection that was but re- cently in the Smithsonian annex have been wided with quarters in their new home, and collection is being rapidly augmented by the addition of new specimens. They are lo- cated in the large bend in the creek opposite the old quarry aad the Holt place. vora house, the most pretent yet undertaken, is nearing completion, and it i attractive when finished. BY THE ADAMS MILL ROAD. ‘The park can also be reached by a lane that enters the Columbia road between 17th and 13th streets, and by the old Adams Mill road, which enters the Columbia road at the head of ‘As it is desirable in this tramp to take in a much of the creek as possil you by the last-named route. ing the Columbia road at the h I will conduet 6 ra ced Ie c n fit tein THE A 1 ington some seventy years ago, but the prop- aon ce Be ere hed nie his pocket, wrote a few lines upon it, tore out ore on tne WACEICULT insure the kind of publicity required by erty changed hands several times since then. . and 9 6) P + the ekeet and Selded 4kdato a nobelek, sin. | Open a jashington “brw ChonOvertion. ibtsthe QUALATYer ar During the administration of James Buchanan The actor was an excellent one twenty ser. it was quite a fashionable resort, one of the members of the President's official family being the occupant, and the waxed floors of the drawing rooms, that once saw so much gayety, are well preserved to this day. A splendid far-reaching view 1s presented from the cupola, The place is now occupied as a dairy farm by Mr. Charles Francis Hamlton. | the house. Cascade run is a very pretty stream and there are numerous miniature waterfalls along ite rocky course. For an eighth of a mile east of Cascade run the creek’s course is straight, but at that point it takes a sharp turn toward the north, Klingle bridge, the northern end of the park,’ being a quarter of a mile distant. In this bend the, nucleus of ‘the 200 is now being arranged and afew moments will be enjoye | in visiting the various attractions. Resuming the tramp along the stream you are soon at Klingle bridge, the northern limit of the park, where the scenery is grand in the extreme. On the west side of the creek the ground rises abruptly to a height of 100 feet or more, the side and summit of the promontory being covered with a tine growth of trees of numerous species. ‘The north side of the knoll, West of the creek, tapers gently toward Klingle road, the rippling waters of Birch brook cours- ing ulong its base. Klingle road is the dividing line between the Zoological and Rock Creek parks. You may now ramble through the park at will be- | fore returning to the city or you can extend Yeur tramp along Rock creek through ROCK CREEK PARK. ‘This park, whose establishment is provided for by the act of Congress approved September 27, 1800, will embrace the attractive valley of Rock creek between Klingle bridge and the nd line, a distance of some three miles. area of the park is not to exceed 2,000 cres and the land is not to cost more than The boundaries of the park have iy been decided upon and the ground sur- veyed. An appraising commission is now evidence preparatory to fixing values on the different parcels of land selected, and it is expected that the title will be vested in the government at an early day. Entering the park at the north side of Klingle bridge proceed along the east side of the stream until Fierce’s Mill road at Piney branch is reacied, passing en route over a ragged, wild hillside, well shaded by forest trees and decked y nnecti- nt avenue extended passes by the east end of AN ENERGETIC YOUNG MAN. Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt and His Intrepid Activity. From Harper's Weekly. Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, who is not yet thirt; three years old. comes of a wealthy and di guished New York family. He was graduated from Harvard in the class of 1880, and two years later entered into politics with all the vim and ardor of youth. In 1882 he was clected to the New York assembly, and again in 1883 and 1884. From the first he made himself felt in that bod: and he was always a zealous and uncompromis- ing opponent of the unclean jobs which are continually appearing in that legislative assem- bly. After his second election he was the leader of the republican minority, and was his party's candidate for speaker. ‘This was cer- tainly rapid advancement for a young man of | twenty-five, only three years away from the | lassic precincts of Cambridge. In the legisla- | ture of 1984 he was chairman of the committes | | on cities and chairman of the special ivesti- | gating committee. In the latter capacity Mr. Roosevelt says very candiclly himself that ho thinks he did the best service he ever rendcred to the state. Hix effort to get Judge Westbrook impeached, though not successful, probably had a very beneficial restraining influence upon some other members of the judiciary. But even above this he counts of value the passage of the measure by which the confirming power of New York city’s mayor's appointments was taken away from the board of aldermen. If | New York city ever has a good government it will probably be by concentration of power in the hands of one man, who can be held respon- sible by the people. Sometimes there isa good mayor in New York and sometimes a bad one; this is as the people exert themselves: but the board of aldermen is always bad. Such was the roblem which confronted this youthful legis | [itor, and\ he attacked it with taanly’ fearl ness.” Mr. Roosevelt's political career did not stop here. Asa delegate to the national re- publican convention where the “third-term men,” under the late Roscoe Conkling, at- tempted to force the nomiuation of Gen. Grant upon the party, young Mr. Roosevelt stood up | and contested every point with that imperious | Senator, who in the end was defeated in his | an enormous hi Years ago and is still able to command a salary of $50 to $60a week He made the acquaint- ance of a scion of a very wealthy New York family, a fine, bright, handsome, manly fellow of thirty-five to forty. There secmed to be the making of a successful actor in this chap, so far as brains and looke went, and the actor flatteringly suggested that. if he hadn't moncy enough to save him trom the necessity of earni- ing @ living. ‘Ihe dupe instantly developed an ambition to go on the stage and within a month he was the old uctor’s pupil. It became clear to the tutor almost at once that the fel- low had a hopelessly inadequate voice for serious speaking on the stage and that he was utterly devoid of any aptness for acting. If he had begun in childhood he might have grown into the business, but at bis mature age an actor couldn't be made of him any more than of me. A CONFIDENCE OPERATOR. “Atthis point the teacher became a confidence operator. Instead of telling the truth about it, ‘he assured the gull that he was bound to make 8 & romantic or tragic actor. During two years the aspirant paid a regular salary of 3100 a week to his instructor, besides virtually paying about ull his expenses of liv- ing well. It was clover for the actor. Instead of going ‘on the road’ with all the discom- forts of travel and the uncertainties of pay, he stayed easily and luxuriously here in town winters, while one summer he accompanied his dupe to Europe and for another was main- tained by him at Saratoga. I have ascertained that he has put abont $7,000 in savings banks, having been able to hoard up that amount from his wages and pick- ings. But he is nochump, and at length he made up his mind that his ‘private tuition had been quite sufficient. He had kept his project a dead seeret, intending to emerge into public view surprisingly, and this summer he declared | positively that the venture must be made this tall. ‘The actor realized that the end of the ame had come. So, as the easiest way of dis- entanglement, he advised his victim to go out under an assumed name for a season, with a minor company in a small part, in order to get accustomed to audiences. | * hat’s all you luck,’ said the rogue. ** “By the holidays you will be easy and confi- dent behind the footlights, and your next step will be to the top of the ladder as a star.’ ILLUSIONS DISPELLED. ‘Then, making one quick step forward, he brought himself in front of the actress and en- deavored by a deft movement to press the bit of paper into her hand. Sho halted. looked at the old masher, and then, turning to her maid, Chis is a friend of yours, I presume, Sarah, Weil, you may stop and speak with hima mo- ment and I will go along to the glove store.” ‘But I don't know him, miss,” exclaimed the maid, stepping backward. ‘Oh, you don't,” rejoined the actress. “Then I think we had better call a policeman. The masher saw that he was a victim and fairly boiled over with excitement and anger. hy, what are you putting on airs about?” he growled. ‘Sarah, do you see a policeman?” the actress remarked quietly. But a policeman was not needed to rid her of the man's attentions. He boarded a passing car, purple with rage, while the actress, smil- ing and perfectly unrufed, went on her way rejoicing. ACTRESSES FULL OF FUN. The actresses are more fullof fun than of viciousness, a fact which few folks seem to un- derstand. A merry soubrette told the writer how she had found quite innocent amusement by going into a Coney Island dime theater on the previous afternoon. “We had to pay for our teats,” she said, “just the same as if we weren't in the profession. Performances were Dilled for every hour. ‘The man said they were Tunning a little irregular on account of the rain, but that he would give one anyhow ina few moments if we really meant to come. We said we did, and we waited till the few minutes were gone. Some couples dancing in a big ball pavilion stopped and bought seats, too, when the man announced londiy and recklessly: ‘Performances in the theater will now be- gin.’ I think there must have been 80 cents in the house. We had to wait some time for the orchestra, but when she came she played like anything. Some of the time she crocheted, but you can texpect an orchestra to play all the time. The pictured bills outside had rep- resented scenes variously melodramatic and farcical, and a cast of characters clearly prom- ixed a full and versatile company. But when the curtain rose we found that the actors were wooden marionettes and the performance a new one of the ‘Punch and Judy’ kind, with a single, unseen speaker for all the parts. We thought of demanding our money back, but a recollection of some of the shows in which we SCHOOL FOR LITTLE n becins October L.A m2 Pst. nw. 614 12th st. nw. F. G. Martyn, President. oldest ‘and most advanc Shaftes And collevesin America. Covere ones x with Tully or evening eessionn, at bictetre catalon CoLmais corn oF He et a U23 La. ave. chpoaite city Beato CU RN Ee AMe Ce edueator ind eon yearmameinberot tue fects of Eas Soing authorot the Eastian Syst Eeveived the only ond imedal swerted fer education at the ‘siair held in Part ix courses: th Recount Sixth year asa busin mz, which Service, Short enthustastic Thorowzk "and courses. 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Address the Presklent, THOMAS FELL, LL.D. 5 O A tEAR, BOARD AND OU seminary Carls (boys); thorouxh. instruct Young Ladies and x dattle Girls, conducted by the Scuuol re Dame 0., ear Baltinnore, Md. 3y4-s&w2u* # Vernon Place ast, NC AK i SUTULE WiLiK and Mrs. ANNE RUST. Principals. Boarding and Day Shoul Ladies and Littie Giris. Boardins Pupils culation that tells,as well as its extent That, indeed, is the vital fuctor in the problem the advertiser has to solve. Sen- ational and scandalous cess-pool jJour- nals, that are chiefly circulated tn the slums of @ city, and read by the riff-raff of the town, may and often do have avery considerable circulation, as the number of copies printed and handled indicate, but they are merely glanced at to see whether the new scandal is worse than the old one, and then tossed into the gutters, where they belong. They are consequently worth nothing to the men or women whose aim 1s to reach reputable and responsible peo ple with such business announcements as they may desire to make. ‘What is needed in such @ case is anen- terprising, bright, alert, clean-cut, care- fully edited FAMILY newspaper,—one that can safely be put in any hands, whose contents tell the whole world’s news story of today, (not of last week or yesterday) ard which is eagerly and profitably read from beginning to end every day by every member of the household, from ite dua! bead down to the help in the basement, and especially by the ladies and children ofthe family. Such journal is THE EVENING STAR. It has both EXTENT and QUALITY of circulation within the field it occupies in @ greater degree than any other paper in with a rich growth of flora. Here you move | fight. Mr. Roosevelt's next appearai Pull co wstructors.” Moderate Fat twenty. “Students (Or COLE. cein poli- Full corps of instructors.” Moderate rates ments Prepared tor voiiege. street. take the Adams Mill road, whith leads ' oli | «<Wellwhen dia ; {had figured in one-night towns deterred us | of tuition: central focation apactons hallsand clase wv se to the and across the bridge, continuing | tics was as the republican candidate for mayor ‘Well,when the man returned from one week | fad figured cal nai or ee Trether peatane Sot grad wage tn demand, Onice ) AND 124 W. FRANKLIN ST BALIT: | “B® World. In these respects it ts abso- nortaward. along the east side of the stream to Pierce's | of New York against Mr. Abram S. Howitt and | of practical test it wasn’t to his teacher that he eicncad Pie gees ttn Rome plane wr ard hg ee ore, Md.—Edgeworth Boarding "and lutely without @ rival, anywhere, and You will not have proceeded far before Mt. | Musil Mr. Henry George. He was badly beaten in | resorted for further advice, but to me. He had HeNi c. SHENCEIt, LL. B., Prt bee ek year, “be LER Pleasant cemetere (colored) js ymed on the | "A stroll along Piney branch to Fourteenth | this race. When Mr. Harrison became Presl-| nado a dead failures Altionght Konto ot HER LITTLE BOY SAW HER IN TIORTS. g EK. Vice Principal: : ‘ ; there is no paper in Washington worth left. This cemetery was established in 1564. | street road would prove a pleasant diversion. | dent Mr. Roosevelt was appointed u member of | Pua’ @ dead f one-night town and in an easy | Another interesting taiker was » burlesque ND, CHARLOTTE and it is said to be the most thickly populated | i tree-ciad sides ‘are wild! rocky and precip. | the United States civil sertice commission, and GJO8ZAGA COLLEGE, 47 1 STREET N.W. SCHOOLS REOPEN MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. talking about in comparison with 1} In Verification of this claim, r LOOK AT THE FIGURES: For the six months ending with the 30th MAS 2M lotte Hail School, St. Mi role he had been‘so ‘dire bad’ that the audience guyed him, and his employer declined his fur- | woman, no matter what the public may think the ices, ulthough he had engaged at_no | of her. nd paid his own expenses. ‘The disillu-| The first time I ever put on tights,” sh sion was complete. He wasn’t a vain man and | said, “I was not greatly embarrassed, but this he realized, fully that he was the victim of a | week I hud an experience of utter nnd absolute actress, personally a quite irreproachable grounds in the District. A slice of it has been taken for the new park, and the remainder now has asort of forsaken ap- people are fond of | re- of the departed on tomb- he is now serving in that capacity. His intrepid | activity in this field has brought him more or less in conflict with the political spoilsmen of both parties; but he pursues his work bravely and gayly, caring for neither hosulity nor favor. itous, exhibiting rare natural views. Pierce's MLL The old mill, a stone structure, at the west eud of the bridge, is picturesquely situated, with high hills on every side. It stands in the : Pd aid tutiou, includ, fa, Abd turnisted roo, #100, for teria of ten eone Ti ssi hey eae Jar on application. ave ony swindle. During the vacation the interior of the college has ture will be found bere, tie ‘Silas Wegg,” often dropping into THE HOLT MANSION. At the northeastern corner of the cemetery fs the entrance to the old Holt mansion being a few hundred ¥ westward on an eminence overlooking Rock The Holt cottage is a famous old house. southeast exposure is well represented in the accompanying illustration. Old Dr. Holt, now ars of age, is the center figure of the group in front. It is considerably more than half a century old, and has been occupied at different times by three Presidents of the United States— John Quincy Adams, Van Buren and Juckson. ‘There isa tradition ‘that it was built by the first-named, but this is a mistake. ealled the Adams house, however. erty has been owned and occ since December, 1443. The majestic old trees surrounding the house are the growth of forty Dr. Holt informs me that the lace was destitute of trees when it first eame It was then kuown as pied by Dr. Holt The house is now used for offices by the offi- It is undergoing considera- ble repairs and the surroundings are greatly since Dr. Holts va rubbery has been removed. the United States Tre: nt. iemnnerintendent of the hiis office is on the first floor of the old building, Will now take the old Adams Mill road to the right and journey down creek, andas the stream ix approached the Fuins of the old Adams stone mill is observed cers of the park. gle formed by the Pierce’s Mill and Broad Branch roads. This is a charming spot. As you move along theeastern hillside, ‘midst a profusion of ferns and laurel, shaded by majes- tic trees, the music of the water as it glides over the dam'at the mull race makes pleasant music for our ears. Nearly opposite the dam, gurg- ling from the roots of a great old maple, is Aloe spring. Here you enter a pretty piece of bot- tom meadow. "Not far from here Broad branch, flowing down from the vicinity of Tenleytown, enters the creek. i At the junction of the streams is Mr. Willis’ green house, his residence being on the sum- mit of the hill to the northward. Fish Rock, a good fishing and bathing point, is at the base of this hill. Moving around the hillside, which becomes somewhat rugged and preci itous at this point, you presently come in sight of Blagden's mill,'sn old-fashioned stone and frame building—one of the landmarks of Rock cree The great freshet of June, 1839, did great damage hereabouts, carrying away the old mil dam and bridge that spanned the stream at Blagden’s Mill road. But a more substantia! structure now occupies the site of the old bridge. The old mill building isa ruin and unvecup ‘The east side of the stream in this vicinity is rocky and precipitous. ‘The 1ith street road is about a mile to the eastward by way of Biagden’s Mill road, by which the city may be reached. ‘THE VIRGIN FOREST. Rock creek north of Blagden’s mill is at present in a state of almost virgin nature, and the explorer of its native fastnesses will be well repaid for his enterprise. It is wild, rugged and picturesque. A mile above the mill the path becomes almost lost in the forest, but o1 will experience little difficulty in working way through. The slight impediments en- countered will be overlooked in the delight ex- perienced in the beautiful surroundings. The stream is tortuous in its course, and there are a ‘great number of forest trees and shrubs. In this solitude the wood and hermit thrushes pour forth their melodious notes with unnsual power. They seem to vie with each other in their vocal efforts. As the Military road in the vicinity of Bright- wood is neared ihe influences of man again be- pronounced in the surroundings. The come Maryland line near which, to tion on the Metrovolitan branch of the Balti- more and Ohio railroad. out a mile distant from here, You may now return to the city either by tak- ing the opposite side of the creek or by way of Brightwood avenue. ‘The latter lies ashort dis- tance to the eastward. : . right, is Silver Spring sta- This political career, it would seem, should have been enough tv’ occupy the ti yeurs of a wealthy young man.fond of ‘and sport. But he has done other things, too, and also achieved a reputation as a mighty | hunter. He has killed every kind of game to be found in the United States and has led the active life of a ranchinan in the northwest. But this was for pleasure, as was also probably his many interesting writings descriptive of ranch life and the pursuit of big game. These articles. many of which first uppeared in the magazines, have been embodied in two charming books, Hunting ‘Trips of a Ranch- man and Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail. Gut he has done more serious literary work. He has written several of the volumes’ in Mr. Freeman's “Historic Town Series,” aud has publisied two historical volumes on the Winning of the West. This work Mr. Roosevelt intends to continue several volumes further and to bring the story down to 1850 or thereabouts, when we had gaiued ali of our present territory. properly tell how our people conquered this ‘ontinent is a vast undertaking, and to present ihe whole story in a concrete form will be a most valuable contribution to history. Mr. Koosevelt is the president of the Boone and Crockett Club of New York, a company of big game hunters, and an honorary member of the London Alpine Ciub. He father s vaiuable work in the State Charitie Aid Association, an in the New York | newsboys’ lodging houses. He lives, when not in Washington, near Oyster Bay, on Long [s- land, at a beautiful place, surrounded on three sides by water, called “Sagamore Hill.” There he has bis hunting trophies and his library. It ix a most charming place for retirement after the bustle and worry of public life. ———+oe—____. NOTHING GKEEN ABOUT HIM. A Rural Traveler Who Was Up to the Tricks of the City Bunco Man. rom the Chicago Times. He wasan elderly inan, probably fifty. His whiskers grew in alittle tuft like Uncle Sam’ straight out from the point of his chin; his linen duster was evidently the same he had purchased to attend the state fair several years ago. He came out to the front end of the de- pot, gazed around in a bewildered fashion, up and down and across the street, and half dozen cabmen rushed for him headlong. “Cab, sir? Cab, sir? This way !’ “Any part of the city, sir: nice cab!” “Take you tos good hotel, sir, for a quar- ter One had his g: ip. the other the umbrella and a third had him pinioned by the ample folds of his duster. Just then a well-dressed man who | had been watching the occurrence approuched, | and, waving the cabmen aside, said: “Wheredo you want to go, si “He recovered his grip, umbrella and breath | first, glanced upat the man, grined a sardonic, rural, spasmodic grin, and as he gripped his be- longings and bucked off remarked surcastically: Puat's none of your darned business. You like ter know whar I come from, too, wouldn't ye? Au’ ef my folksis all well, an’ how the crops are? Mebbe you know somebody down in our town an’ use to play on my farm when yer was boy? Speak out,ant Lright? Ant my name | Smith an’ don't I remember Hiram Johnson an’ | his boy Dick that run off to Culiforny? Au’ don’t I recognize you? Yes, I guess Ido, an’ ef you don’t git right out'n hyar "tarnal quick Pll call the perlice, I will. I know your didos. I an’t been in Indianapolis five times fer nothin’ He came to me to find out whether the actor could be prosecuted. I sent him to the district attorney,who told him, after learn ing all the circumstances, that technically no crime had been committed. He might recover by acivil suit as much of the money as the actor had saved, but it would subject him to ridicule. So he had decided to keep the secret and Itell the story to you, without his name of any clue to his identity, in the hope that it will save some stage-struck person from being plucked.” EDWIN BOOTH’S PERMANENT RETIREMENT. The gencral and affectionate regard of Edwin Booth is such that the truth concerning his physical condition, even if the news be bad, will be read eagerly. He has spent a summer of absolute inactivity, and his ailment seems to have made no progress, but he has this week given formal notice to’ his business agent to suspend all preparation for his return’ to the stage season after next. The theatrical business hus become so thoroughly methodical that plans are perfected two seasons ahead, and in this instance the ugent was to wait until August 25 for xn order from Booth whether to “nuke dates” with theaters fora tour during the winter of 1892-93. ‘The message came from the great tragedian promptly, and itsaid that the enguge- mentswere not to be made. From a trustwortl | Incdical source it is learned that Booth’s illness does not arise from morphine, as reckless scan dal mongers have said; nor from alcoholism, as some acquaintances of his induigent earlict years have been ready to believe; nor from general paresis, as his friends have ‘had reason to fear, but from a malady called locomotor ataxis, which causes a loss of nervousand muscu- jar control of the body. It was from locomotor ataxis that the late Samuel J. Tilden suffered for years, but in his case there was paly, too, yet the combination did not kill him, as he died trom a separate disease. So it is believed that Booth is in no peril of his life, but he is inea- pacitated for the stage, with hardly one chance in a thousand that he will ever act again. How- ever, he will not admit to others, and probably does not to himself, that his dramatic career is over. WHAT A MEMBER OF BOOTHS COMPANY saYs. Amember of the company which supported Booth last season, a man who all but adores the tragedian personally and professionally, said to Your correspondent: “This diagnosis of Mr. Booth’s diseuse explains all that puzzled us so much. It accounts for his inability to control hix motions. He often had the unstexdy and irresolute manner of au intoxicated man, when I, and others close to him, knew to a certainty that he was abstemious. Why, he would come to the theater in a curriage und have to be us- sisted to the stage door—usually by Mr. Barrett, who was his intimate socially as well as in busi ness, and Booth's dressing man. Ouce inside the theater,Booth would remit the effor he had made in crossing the sidewalk to mai tain a stalwart mien and slump along to his dressing room. ‘The next we would see of him would be about ten seconds before the cue for his entrance on the stage. The call boy only sommoned him at the last moment. Then he would come out of his room,aided by bis dresser and with the assistance of whatever actor who was at hand. GUIDED LiKE A CHILD. ‘They would guide him to the edge of the scene, at the point where he was to make his appearance, and actually start him, at the cue words, in the direction that he ought to walk on the stage. It was like winding up an auto- matic figure and setting it going. He would halt in the delivery of his lines, omit whole sentences, and slur his elocution—just like a among th shame. Youseel have been wearing tights now for twelve years. Iwas sixteen when I first donned them. Ihad always supposed it was a proper thiug to do, for Ihud been brought u trical people and Tdoubt if l had ever heard a word said about the immodesty of it. I felt awfully awkward and had some fear about the things holding together on that first occasion, but there wasno shame whatever. In- deed, I ‘was conscious of looking lovely and was ‘glad of the chance of showing how well I was planned. Well, I married, you know, a little while after this, and had a child— a fine boy. That boy, sir, was the pride ot my dis still. I bronght him up as well as @ roaming gipsy like myself can bring up children. A great part of the time he hes lived quietly with his aunt in Now Jersey, and for the last two years he went to a boarding school in New Hampshire. Now, in all his life he never saw me on the He knew that Iwas an actress, but had an idea that I played in tragedy or something serious. Recently he came to visit me and pestered me to let him go to the theater and see me act. I refused and he cried a little. He's nine years old, you know, and I give him 50 conts a week for pocket money. I thought no more about his going to the theater, but when I made my en- trance on the stage one afternoon the first face my eyes fell upon was my boy's. BE LITTLE FELLOW WAS MEART-DROKEN. “There he sat, pale, upright, with his eyes fixed on me in my burlesque costume. I had a stage fright, and only recovered myself by a supremeeffort. For the first time in my life Ifelt the shame of weuring tights. Could I have foreseen that moment, could I have antic- ipated that sensation in my girlhood, I would never have put them on. During all that per- formance I was miserabie, the more so because my boy got up and ran out of the theater as soon as he saw the spectacle I was making of myself. When I went home I found him almost broken-hearted. Now, I've got to give up my old Ine of business. I'm looking for a chance where I can wear skirts. Idon t blame the boy a bit. How would you feel if you saw yout mother skipping round in pale ‘biue fleshings before a theater full of people?” ——_—ee_ HIS PALACE IN THE LAND OF NOD Strange Expedient Resorted to By a Sufferer From Sleeplessness. 66] OWN AN EMPIY PALACE IN A strange country,” said a Congressman who suffers from insomnia the other day. “When I am trying to get to sleep I visit it. It is a dismal gditice, built in the form of a square and ever so many stories high, with but one entrance, at the front. A corridor runs all around it within, and inside the building there je a great open court upon which every room looks out. There are forty rooms on exch side of each story opening on the corridor. I make it my business at such times to inspect them. None of them are locked, because there is nothing to steal. “Lam obliged to examine ali the rooms, and for this purpose I begin at No. 1 on the north- west corner and follow the numbers along. Each door Icome toI must open, and after looking in shut it again. In this way I inspect each of the forty rooms on the west side. A briet look is sufficient, becanse they are all pre- cisely alike and have ‘no furniture in them. ‘Then Ikcep on along the south side, opening each door, looking inand shutting itin its turn, undervone a thorough renovation. The terching staf has beep ausmented, and the scholar the professors insure a thorough ed connuitted to our care. We ure not experiinenting on the duction of new and untried systen “Ratio Studiorum Societatis Jes! tod of teaching whi in the schools of Europe undved years. It needs but to be followed to have the site res ts here, It is therefore our purpose to carry into effect each and every detail of this well-tried syste: hor sieail we cease in our efforts until our pupils have reached the high standard of excellence attainable by tuis metiod of education. Experts in stenography, typewriting and Lookkeop- ins have been enyaxed. aud these bronches, as Well a8 German and French, will be taught without extra charms, Robert Fulton, 8. J., that experienced edn- eator, founder of our colleceat Boston, will supermtend the schools, assisted by Rev. Arthur d. McAvoy, S.J. A well urs 18 Open to ticse hot ut tollow the ‘CHOLARSHIPS. Competition heida: the collece September 1,2 and3. ©. GILLESPIL, 8.'J., au2i-tr President. 2028 (PHE COLUMBIA’ ‘The Preparat« ‘The Co lege ovens. ‘Ahe Law School 0) pens: opens talogwes address Acue Puosocrsrsy axon Busmxess SCHOOL. ESTABLISHED SIX YEARS. Penmanship, Book-keeping, Telegraphy, Typewriting, and Stenowrapn In our Actie method of Shorthand the principles of the system are imparted in sixtecn easy lessons and Proficiency is acquired in three me ve been turned out proficient Stenugrapuers ustitut a number have been placed in Pal Of the school. by the 1 ‘day und even'ne. Gallorsand for pamphlet. oat and Bs Pate LL SUMMER HALF PRICE opportunity ever offered to cers, Desi-ners, Decorators or Artis! draw and punt periectiy. Crayon, p colors, chins and oll pa‘ntine. Saturday classes. "Call and see the wouderiul progress of stulents. fyomder frou $10 to $9,000 ‘The teacher, IMOG: ROBINSON MORRELL, has ha 12 medals andst zeags with the, Most celebrated artists in, Eur ne, ).00U Worth of Paintin» cy exhibition. Painunse ter sale. National Acadeuy of Fine Aris, 804 st. ‘au20 1 EMERSON INSTITUTE, Select Cigsnical und Mathematical webtel for Y. ect Clusnical Shuol for Yo Mien and Boys. FORTIETH YEAM becins Wedues: day, September 23, = Prepares tor Har Yale, Princeton. Johns Hop- kins, Lebigh and other Colleges and Universities ; for the ‘Scientific Schools, United States Military and Naval Acadetnics an‘lfor business. Special departuieLt for boys between Sand 12 years of axe. Aull course 12 modern lan cuazes. Durins the Vacation th+ build: has been thor- onghily remodeled and renovated, important additions have been made, a play room has'been provided for the little Loss of tc Primary Department, and uo expouse ‘has been spared in preparation tor the Work Of te Be: year. For particulars, address CHAS. B. YOUN cipal. auld y Osa 8. Capitol se opp canter il P, 0. 7 F. Cayitol st. opp. Cai 0. “Thiacollece was established ity 186 and has been constantly ndvancing unti. st preseutit is one of te best commercial institutions in Wasaington, More than 150 pupils were ourolved last sear. Baus lance and commodious hall, on the corner of 4tu and bast Capitol sts., will be cecupied trom ‘and alter Septeni- Arithmetic, Spellunz his." Huntres Ks, duties ot life. del seonkt 1 By A. ve L APLEWOOD_INSTIICTE, CONCORD Ic. a eRe ASTTICTE, CONGO schogie n> incase with enetyy aol te teach, het Loys under 1s years, J. SHOKILIDGE Ma. Prin. KEVILLE —ACADEM PREPARE peo ee house, 1 Tig Somucn opeae sa ase A.M., Brookeviile, Monteomery count; jaipped with specralives all departiuents, Catalogue sent. A; MAGIEL Sarthe M.A Priucapals Facet IER IN Jars address 298th, ta, 20t \ EN lowe sotiran a Nia G@. BULLER, orrall Hall, Peeksk nggOl J was ACADEMY, “ROCKVILLE 4 EMBEK 14 tuisty munntoesscin Wash . For cutalowue uddreas W, A.. Krincipai. aay lan MORRISTOWN, N. J. BEI 51. HILDA’S SCHOOL, ‘A boarding seboo! tor giris. Iweillth year osgina Terms, $360; tausie me ws, $2005, tutinc extn Por Misrry pens HSITY SCH - BLE 1G. For information address’ P2* SEP- auls-no” CHAPMAN MAUFIN. MOR, Principal. [YE E32,2 BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL Fi clikiren, ‘at Forest Gien, Md. will reopen Setone ber 2. EAIMA PLES Tiss OK.“ aull-3uu ST. GEORGE'S, Ma. incipal. ‘Coles FIRST-CLASS “BOARDING SCHOOL FOB saris will recelve a few pupils at reduced gidette 2:1 exisune vacancies. Adgrem PL 118, Futladeipnia, Pa. yossibve, of a hoine woveriinent. ited. For’ HERA C. HALLO under 1s. Goa address Sandy Sprim ‘The 534 year opens Sept. 3 et Duldinge tid ete inrie 3 ZMtoocl NNE ARUNDEL Md... prepares for’ Near W FP ‘Conservatory. A. Bend for catalocue. Mev. C- ‘President, Hagersiown, Md. OCEAN + 17. ARO. Stan we K. 4. of tien trom Washington: Bet icceestul school, with superior butidihae and ity, ama digital touston, For particu n of June last THE STAR'S average daily circulation was 34,064. For a popula- tion of 250,000 this aggregate is some- and populous villages and thickly settled agricultural districts, as most places of that size are. In this respect, however, ‘Washington difters from other cities. She is practically isolated, having few outly- ing towns subordinate to her or identified with her interests. The circulation of THE STAR 1s, consequently, almost ep- tirely a HOME CIRCULATION, with a larger percentage of the whole output regularly delivered by carriers at the res- idence of permanent subscribers within the city where printed than any other Paper that can be named, no matter in what city or country the same may be printed. This is demonstrated by the fol- lowing daily average UNPARALLELED SHOWING: Served by carriers in the city, - - 23,377 Miscellaneous sales, over coun- ter, by news stands, news-boya, mm, - = + ee oo Oe By mail to outlying pointa, - + + 1,416 about these figures. They are substan- tated under the solemn obligations of an cath, and they may be further verified by @n examination of the books of the office and inspection of its press and delivery rooms on the part of any person having interest in the correctness of the exhibit. Few newspapers are willing to submit to so trying an ordeal. But THE STAR does it cheerfully. 1t has nothing to con- ceal, and no motive for exaggeration. The truth is good enough for it. FAIR DEALING is its business motto. As THE STAR t=- sists on its right to know how many pounds of ink it gets when itbuys e barrel of that article,and bow many poundsof ‘waper it pays for in one of the immense _ HOR’ ‘Th TO S rolis delivered (press rooms, 6o it is an’ don't take the papers jest fer the crop re- | drunken man—and I don’t wonder that someof | 2BU# 1 pursue my ey kround until Thave tn- | _auisar “COURT #. Woop, LLM, Principal. | S°°"RuIUECISCALE LOYD 8. 8. oo. tess Ports. You git now, quick.” the auditors thought so when they also saw his | het with all the eighty rooms on the frst | jue MEDICAL DENTAL AND PHABMACEU. To Zouthauis Willing thet its advertising patrons shall “Bat I assure You, str, you aro mistaken. I! unsteady movements. But his mind was clear repiurpeelad [rhage sornet again. {Heal departwmette gr ‘Howand Univeraity will open | | Tahu. Paes., ept- Ly 7 ‘i : - ‘conducted their w ctober 1. For exe ; Eins, “Sat. ar ee & Lo asa bell, and I think aa ee it ouly living being in the edidce. , Ho’ ts oe s PURVIS, M. b., Secretary, 1110 Latha i “Thought I'd like to cash a“ check, or play a sak omcdeol: * stioael Ne tien and dumb, toe det Stitt b physical contr ougl ore | nate transy me to the af = = they put an announcement = lottery, or buy green goods, eh? Whar's yer may have been affected. Anv-| 7 42 fee pre ht second floor, Sst JOHN'S COLLEGE, VERMONT 4’ saloon adie cise SEs oe seit me : ane } rooms in the janaical and commercial courses, French | ward gu,the bank. The mill was built by President |The valley of Rock creek possesses remark- ——. Ain't pretty near time for him ter |fow, on coming off ee ane would | fashion. It is monotonous a ‘They are sad pisnorty ea course borg under an ae | Core loerase ot tow epee ein re ortanlgrereger oS Jobn Quiney Adams nearly half a century ago | able botavical wealth. An wnumally large va- “tal you, sir, you're mistaken. I am in | tlk perfectly at Bin ie ton igen | all precisely like those below—none of the Feceived in primary debartment; ave. aux | per that is taken by the family, for the fills on the creek Tee eases Rybular grist | riots of trees and plante are found here, wome | aoe toe ot hie ihe hist He | Barrett and the dresser meet e-wing, | Seeupied or has any furniture, One —_——_§__ son the creek. The old diam that used to ¥ : of them being rare and valuable. There are tome fine apecimens of the attractive ce take him by the arms, and walk him to a chair, where he would rest until called again. He family, and read by the family, and es divert the water into the mill race 1s still visi- ble a few hundred vards up the stream. I might save you some trouble with those cab- "w go on, and if you do get buncoed, ACADEMY OF THE HOLY CROSS, ald t objects unless guided past aah eet ais acta, Senay anne Ss eeey : do no! i 7 ’ = objects w Fe ‘Ladies and Little Seat shag ithe rary akon a | oti wi lcwhere ip te Datei ae | tay dat an He pat, Your own fault ad | Smad tanta for how fosatne dar | aoe ure, At wemBAee ns gen Swalltonen Sept 41 aumnse Want things and are able to pay for them, eee eanenation that rises to some | city parks contain a few of these trees, which, | the irate young man retired upstairs to the | or stop where he ought to when before the au- | geah oct dear ts ame bythe ele See and tt is willing to have its claims sub- its summit. This isthe highest | with their autumn-like tints of folia; ¢ | Company's offices. dience. He was the most amiable man alive | to the third story, Tao te — ator | (IVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS._ SUCCESS. he park and iscalied Foweil's kvoll, | conspicuous Inthe northeaslers@cornee et | _ ie sgziculturist winked the other eye in ad- | S4n8%;, Sse van the, mont amiable man alive laftor it the fourth, the fth, andsoons igs | deat means teas ay tw xencrsl Sested to the mestenhenstvoensounate- JW. Powell of the United States | Pranlin Park We w beautifel spacineey: hike | Miration of his awn shrewdnes, and. calling « | With bis company; i spite of hie good-natured | task is w tiresome onde toes ene ee da, bpecial attention to those whose sive tests that can be devised. in other arvey. A id view is obtained | Lafayetio Park bosste of sromba? een, rates mat, Yon take me to the | to entorce anything like the discipline which | ‘7"s,* ®, Hresome one ve to keep the run | extion has been Preparation for parneeed bare face of this knoll, which can be | At almost every point along the creck, espe- | —— Duilding; that's whar the Universal Invest- | Sarrett was uo cast rou about the northwest corner on whaoves Roce hin, | Pinca nae pd oll examinations. Tyee words, and in short, TAB COVERS reached by the pleasant shaded’ path that fol-| cially in the viciuity of short bonds ther cheete foes pag ala pm Cen ing bad mf ‘4 CLOUD REMOVED. happen to be. and begin grey agein, There's SSipliiied ert aw. cor. ui aad sik nee THE WHOLE FIELD. ITS FAMILY CIR- der’ the carey of conende, Fun, Standing | of the great disustrous food of ‘June, 1069, are | £100 in six monthe, on, @1.e week put in, an» wih london Booths roosnt career is die | an indefizite number of sarin co tht sovaer | Meta amy G-LEaVEET OF BOSTON CULATION IN WASHINGTON 18 TARER noble old oak that stands om the highes " ‘and deeply washed bears’ *°°t" | better'n county bonds.” Pelled by this Aingnosis of his diseaso and the | OF later Iam sare to fall asleep. In fact T can ter Wer, post AS LARGE AS THAT OF ANT x the highest point | mulated debris ply washed banks. ‘evidence which I can give. Ever: re- | Set to sleep easier at that than in any PIANO TIMES sented. ‘Looking cuaterced tie shiage oe sere; | 7, O% CONSECHICUT AVENUE EXTENDED, The Pastor—“Of course you believe thas | membere that while playicg Tage ve tee syhone every one who OTHER PAPER, AND THE NUMBER OP Pleasant and the Soidiers’ Home are visible, | | The following wasinadvertently omitted from you will go to Heaven when you die?" of Balviat at the New York Achasiay ct stneae = ITS READERS IN THE CITY 18 FIVE while to the southward the vision rests on the | the tramp of August 15: The Wife (with resignation }—“‘No, I suppose | Booth became oo. Cepitol, the monument and the northwestern | The return part of this tramp might be ya-| Iwill have to go where my husband doss”— TIMES GREATER THAN THAT OF ANY Part of the city. ‘The silvery Potomac can be | ried by taking Connecticut avenue extended | New York Herald. sania anata: seen for miles down toward Alexandria. where it crosses the Brookville road. This new} The Guest—“How’s this? Four dollars a day? ‘tum BEDWoen PARE mover. thoroughfare, through whose sylvan scenes the ‘These are the qualities that constitute “Values in Advertising,” and make THE EVENING STAR en unequalled business belp. —— and it the fm Sains ont S00, pracmnte mony 90- ‘The Proprietor—‘“Just so. Then it was know exactly HOW MUCH end WHAT . | KIND of publicity they are getting when Tavern.’ Now it’s the Hotel McGin- low