Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1891, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D.C. SATURDAY, S RARE AND BEAUTIFUL. But They Can Be Found in Some Parts of the District. THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. ‘The Golden- Winged and Blac-Winged Yellow Warblers—Where and When They Can Ke Found—How Collectors Secure Specimens— | Habits of the Birds. Written for The Evenine HERE Is A WIDELY SP firmly founded opinion that the study of natural science fimed to a certain few who are expecially adapted to this sort of work, and that to one wholly without the mystic realm of scientific research, no matter how much be may wish to learn something of the beauties that surround him, the way is beset with innamerabie long names, technical details and a thousand and one things wearisome and distasteful. : This is a great mistake. ‘The study of natar other pursuits, be made a pleas- the | in of | y and untold de- | asabject in which one may delve ut without experiencing able things referred to, and | in which be will find far more delight and actual en}. nt than is offered by any other | department of science known to the writer. | OUR NATIVE niKDS. | It may not be generally known, but the Dis- | ce before jers natural history the Tue Stan one p: lights for all to his 1 any of the d arts © trict of Columbia is one of the best le the eastern part of the United States Not only is it the bre ing our native birds. ul whose ge ex- | us, but lying as it does in th sual migrations | each sprix shes Hs as se | qaenee with a fair idea of the birds inhabiting | the states bordering the Atlantic ocean, r has now fairly co a FALL aTtox nenced. Nearly every night one may hear countless numbers of birds call- | ing to each otheras they pass overhead on their | southward journey, wh le during the day when | the birds are resting and feeding, a trip into i H | ry will give an iden of | pass over ts each night. Tom now n into October the birds will be going in almost a constant streai me of the handsomer and rarer of these that I wish to bring first to your | notice, two ef which have already paid ‘us a} call of a few daysand are now far on the way to their winter home. THE GOLDEN-WINGED YELLOW WARPLERS. The u-winged and the Blue-winged Yel- low Warblers have been and gone, birds whose Very names suggest the daintiness and richness | of their attire and which to be seen must be energetically sought after, as thes means ce © themselves as inten the admiring gnze of the public. The former inhabits almost ¢xelusively the oaks and is me abundant in the spring migration, about May 12. | Imagine a bird but little larger than a hum- mer. of a beautiful blue color above, shading to white under parts, with crow i @ bar on each wing of a rich yellow, rond black stripe on the side of the head | through the eve and also a black patch the throat, both bordered with white.and we have # pen pictare of one of the most beauti- fui of all birds ink: ; Our continent. | In the spring of 1845 they were more numer- | ous than I have ever seen thei since, one pi ticular piece of woods on the righ of the road leading down Park being completely tilled” tree top contai 3 and the woods were filled wi from bendreds of little thr had arrived during the night, us on the previous day not | on t dozens ye mau: ROODED WARPLER. fone was to be ad they were so hungry it | seemed as though they thing bu r | downwar zh th and at sach t | teh the An insta in ven now, gh this years ego. the music is us fresh as if it were only yesterday. | THE BLUE WINGED YELLOW WannLen. The other bird mention Yellow Warbler, is ver Dut when owing to seeure the sp work searching socured it is ample ithas cost. It is en bier in every sense . the Bine-winged rare. Ihave met i I failed to It is rather unpleasant this bird, althongh when tor the teil and trouble atic defective she cimen. ng 8 ground imagiuable, only two often to be lost in the end. niles from Washington, tderable and hb ere in ina swamp of they are more common than € Fegion, and “a trip to Laurel” is regulars planned each year by the collectors of Wash- ington, many of whom back out when pointed time arrives, owing tu the te news of the trip. Yet there is something fascinating about a trip in even h territory One thinks bat little of the personal discom- fort in comparison with the prize sought for, id when at length he holds the coveted bird im the hand everything else is what is it he holds what is it that compensates KENTUCKY WARBLER. for so much toil and trouble? A «mall, slightiy built bird, the size of the Golden Wing, but with the under parts as well as the crown of a rich yellow. the back of adarker bue, shading to slaty blue on the tail and wings, which last have eack two white or yellowish bars. while to set off, as it were, the whole a narrow black line runs from the base of the bill through the eye to # point immediately behina it Thad been wandering for hours through the swamps bordering the Eastern branch, straggl- ing throagh mud and slime reaching tomy knees was hot, thirsty, scratched aud bleeding ina dozen places ‘goin thorns and briars innumera- bie, following a little song entirely new to me, but which from its character I ted be- longed to this species, and finally when about to give up from sheer exhaustion a streak of gel duis tn trent af me end poured o mre- mentons twig to plume. Instantly my gun was at my shoulder, when, as luck would have it, the cartridge missed fire and my bird was = It is in such places one must search for Blue-winged ‘Yellow Warbler—aot inviting, | miles around than the region now occuy | bridge furnishes an excellent harbor for the ; Connecticut and Morning warbiers, while the | rank growth of tangled weeds Tadmit, yet it is a relief from the dull mo- REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. notony of office life to splash one’s way through the mire for a day. ‘The Annual Hunt for Houses for Kent Fairly A GOOD HUNTING GROUND. Begun. There is, or was, no better place for birds for l by the Zoological Park, and the cream of all w: the very hill upon which the stone animal house now stands. It was here that the writer secured his first Cape May Warbler, that prett; Iittle songster so eagerly sought for by all ornithologists. Here it was that the Bay- breaeted Warbler came in flocks of hundreds, while on the continuation of this ridge was taken the first Cerulean Warbler ever captured 2 the District, and on the hillside bordering the creck a few of the rare Morning Warblers have been taken. SOME OBSERVATIONS ON LANDLORDS AND TEX- ANTS--IMPROVEMENTS IN BUSINESS SECTIONS— TALL PUILDINGS AND HOW THEY ARE TO BE VIEWED—EXTENSIVE BUILDING OPERATIONS. 66 4 RE YOU SURE THAT HOUSE IS. rented?” asked Indy as sho gazed anxiously into the soft blue eyes of the young man behind the counter in a real estate office. “Lam quite certain, madam,” was the re- sponse, delivered with a grace that only can be obtained after year or so of practice in an office. “But I saw the cards in tho window as I came down,” returned the fair visitor with a look that seemed to say “I have'pou there.” ‘The young man pulled his bang down and then said sweetly: “But, madam, the rent is paid. Itmay be that the tenant is notin the house. Lut he las a right to be there if he so desires, and we cannot rent it to any one else.’” This ended the discussion and the lady said with a sigh as she turned to leave, “I am 60 sorry that house was taken.” “Yes," remarked the young man as he watched her retreating form, “that house has stood idle all summer and because it is rented everybody wants it.” A discontented look came into his face as he CAPE MAY WARBLER. a There is not a collector in the city who does not bewail the loss of this locality for coliecting purposes. In the fall Connecticut Warblers | retieeted upon this peculiarity of that portion ere found there in sparse numbers, and | of the public who rent houses. Then he climbed in fact ne: ll of the migrants made it@ | up on his stool, put a pen behind each ear and resting and feeding place for few days. nce the advent of the zoo a new piace li becn found, whieh, although by no means so productive ‘as the former, still yields fairly well. Perhaps in crossing Aqueduct bridge r noticed to the nghta little patch of stled in among the trees on the edge of the bluff which follows up the Virginia side of the river; if so, you have seen the locality which every spring and fail ix ransacked almost proceeded to ‘check off a long row of figures with a iead pencil. While engaged in this absorbing work he re- | marked to a Stax man who happened to be standing near that the house the lady wanted was a new house. “Tho new houses,” he sn if the prices asked are no People leave an old Louse to go into oucan't blame them in many cases, because ‘always rent well daiiy. and where, i ion to the birds] for the same money they get a house that has already mentioned, better fac: is more convenient. Old man, Mag: u | of repa Some land- to say, with the exception of this little clump, | lords are very wuwilling to make rep 1 there is not a more unproductive region ai in, tenants are not ouly unreasonable, where around than the elif from the Aqu bridge to the Chain bridge. Tue writer has tramped it time and again, and, with but one excoption, has never taken ‘anything of v In the foot hills of Fort Myer the young second growth has furnished an example of the rare Kirtland’s Warbler, the gentleman who se- ured it enjoying the exclusive monopoly of the species for this region. ON TUR FLATS. Nor are thereclaimed flats on the river to be | ignored. ‘That dense growth of young willows | seen from a httle distance just south of Long little eare of the property: But you will gencrally find this to be the case, thathouses thatare kept in good repair aro seldom vacan! A custome coming in checked the furtier expression of opinion. Just now in real estate ofices the rent department is the busiest branch of the business. People are beginuing to return to the city aud are making arrange- ments for the winter. In the intervals of house hunting they stop in the real estate oflices to et the lists of “houses for reut.” ‘The demand it present is mainly for unfurnished houses, | About the first of next month the tarnished houses have their innings. There is about the usual number of houses for rent this yeur, so it is reported, and itis likely that te demand will be quite up to the average. SOME G STREET IMPROVEMENTS Mr. John. Hawley, who recently completed the four-story business building on the south side of G street between 13th and Mth streets, has leased the adjoming prop 2 G street, for a term of years. He intends to remodel the building for business purposes. A large show as produced more than one of the Tennessee. ‘This lo-| cality is at present but little known and’ furnishes an inviting field for work, promising several species rare in other localities. THE HOODED WARBLER. ‘To many the handsomest of all warblers will be the Hooded, whose mantle of black border- | ing a hood of golden yellow, forms one’ of the prettiest and most striking contrasts I have| window will be built in the front of ever seen in uature. This mantle extends to| the first floor and the upper floors about the distance shown in the cut, the re-| will be adapted to office purposes. Mr. mainder of the body being golden yellow be low, with the back, wings and tail olive green. It is very rare, but found on the partly open hill sides, overgrown with luurel and other un- Hawley wil! oceupy the tiret floor. An ad- dition will be built in the rear for the use of the tenant on the first floor of the adjoining building. ‘This improvement marks derbrash. Piney branch offers one of the best | another step in the progress that is being made localities for them, and the only ones I have | toward transforming G street into a business seen have been between 14th street extended | street. The changes that have been made and Pieree’s Mill road, although a few have been taken elsewhere in similar localiues. YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS. A little south of Washington, but within easy walking distance, a certain pateh of pines have yielded annually a few of the Yellow-throated warblers, and these specimens are the only oues taken within the prescribed “Ornithologi- eal Limit.” this direction during the past year and @ half are noticeable, and are regurded as bearing cut the predictions which have been made in re- gard to the future development of that thor- | oughfare. ‘There is another strect which is ra ing in importance as a busin ater, and that is 14th street. It was formerly mainly residence street, but the houses are being changed into stores and offices all along the line from F street outto Boundary. Some of the recent improvements are handsome and costly. ‘This is notably the cae with the large hotel building which Mr. Cochran 1s erecting pidly grow- PLENTIFUL AND RARE. Two more species worthy of mention re- semble each other closely, one extremely com- mon, the other rare. These are the Maryland | at the northwest corner of 14th and K streets. Yellow throat and the Kentucky Warbler. The |, Afchitecturally it is a wubstanticl, hyndsome former is found in every briar patch, and is, 1| D¥Uding. At the corner of Lith and U streets think, too weil known to nearly every one ‘to | Mr. I. A. Harding hes begun. the erection of a treat of further than a passing mention, while | block of five buildings. Two will be stores the latter is rare and extremely shy and’ retir- | fronting on 14th street and three will be dwell- ing in its habits. In fact 1 do not know of a | ings facing on U street. specimen having been taken within the Dis | THE PROPER WAY To LOOK AT A TALL BUILDING. trict proper. ‘The islands above Chain bridge | From the standpoint of the average architect and particularly Great Falls have been the | who erects a tall building it is not expected most productive. They are a ground warbler, | Sgasn aaueat frou Gs inbabiting the thickets and underbrush, aud | gone The side walla are. built of rough briek wien: ta Shek ahesan tacate. e | lad in white mortar and there 1s no cornice or molding to matk the roof ne. Although yeeros dethink 1 hear some one eay: “Yee, | this broad expanse of rough wall looms up fitty How are we to get near enough to enjoy them, | fet 4nd more above the adj a g buildings tooz” 1 will tell you. It is « little thing, simple | 4nd Is the most conspicuous object in poking in itself, yet upon it hinges the success or fail- | YR. 1" it fsa side orrear wall people ave tat ure of a outing. Itis explained in short | {act thatit isa side orrear wall people are not by one little word—squeak. Apply tho back of | €XPected to see it, The architecture of the tiie hand or the foretiager to the lips aud make | bUSiuess portion of the city, for the most part, A squeaking or kissingsound, Withelittle prac- | #8 uly to be viewed from the front, and when tiene taicle good mitetion of & bird in diereca | S0me inconsiderate individual insists on seeing Sunde. ech a mule never fale te dea: | What is thrust upon his vision and he is unfa- about you dozens of birds, and it one keeps | Yorably impressed with the buck yard outlook quict it iv surprising how close they will come | H€ bus no one to blame but himself, as it is © Hf ne place appears barren of birds go to | denily the intention of the designers of theee another, dr another, until you get where the | PUildings that they should only be seen from prepspecty epee hee, EM H® | certain points. Itis true that some time or other 53 . the adjoining property may be occupicd by . ESSE buildings equally as tail,but that time is rather WHY BE WALKED indefinite. “The Masonic Temple is an exainple ane ae in point. The bare brick wall of the east side of that building hes been towering in view ever since the building was erected about twenty years ‘The adjoining buildings are still several stories lower than Masonic Temple, and are likely to be ¥o for some years to com In that case, as well as in many others which might be cited, a grateful contribution to the A Philosophical Reason for Preferring Pe- destrianism. From the Detroit Free Press. He was trudging along the railroad track with a bundle in his hand, which he swung in acheery, contented fashion that prompted a cost him. beauty of the city might have been de ata he asked, comparatively slight outlay by using red mortar Syne tiies - ‘ instead of white mortar and by continuing the SNot very,” was the anewer; “fifty oF sixty | cornice around from the frout Ur at leat line miles. ishing the wall in some sort of a fashion. EXTENSIVE BUILDING OPERATIONS. During the past summer Mr. T. F. Schneider has been engaged in building up the south side “Jee gosh! Goin’ to walk it the hull way?” “Ob, yes; I prefer it. I am quite a distance infront of the other members of the com- pany. of Qstreet between 17th and 1Sth streets. He “Yer an actor, are you?” | has now about twenty houses in a forward state “Yes.” of completion and has recently broken ground for the erection of cight more. With the com- pletion of these Inter houses Mr. Seluveider's = reat enterprise. whiclinvelved the improve- he traveler exclaimed, as he | freut of both the north aud south sh “ let me give you @ bit of | the street in this square.will be fimished. ‘there science. ‘Take a railway track or the iron in # | will, however, remain a frontage of some 150 bs and subject it to a constant vibration. | feex between ‘the houses on the south side and What is the result? It crystailizes and breaks. | jis own residence, which he is building on the Now, sir, when I think of the delicate human | corner of 18th and q strects. He intenas in the frame being subjected for years and years to | near future to also improve this ground. Sine the jar of a sleeping car I tremble every time I) the purchase of the north front a little over see at train; Ido, indeed. fcliaaider lua ersctad Meena ccuea ener avee tee two years Mr. Schneider has ereeted “I thought actors always hed money enough to ride.” “My dear sir, drew himself up, as thor- ' : asthor- | on tiis square, including the houses re- oughly self-possessed and cheerfulasit is possi-) cenily begun, sixty-two resideuces. ‘The bie for mortal to be. general style of the houses erected may, per- ae haps, be sitfiiciently indicated by the fact that “At Sixes and Sevens.” om Texas Sittings. “How are you coming on, Uncle Mose?" they have been sold for from $13,000 to 15,000 leach. In addition to this enterprise, Mr. Schneider, during the ear, er ated Atty op. dank Goa two houses on the square between 9th and 10th, bene) pes Slonprn Sonar and F steels nad Gacing the pest season he “What's the matter?’ has been engaged in buiiding fifty-three house “I has seben gals to support, bose. Hit costs | occupying the entire square bounded by L, M a power of money to fill up seben moufs free | Sth anid oth streets, He has sold all of “the 103 times a da A Meseptien et easean tid eesen Setsibed hat “Yes, but I heard one of your daughters wae} sear about $8,000 for a house. Mr. going to ge i tuarried, so that will only leave six | Schneider states that during the to support. | past four and a half years he has invested over ‘Dat's whar y um foolin’ yerself, boss. Datar galam gwine ter marry oue of dese culled politicians, so instead of habvin’ on!y six to support, whea she marries, I'l have eight mons to feed, for mighty few ob dese polit.cianers, white or black, is wuff de powder hit would take to shoot ‘em. No, boss, it will be eight instead ob six ter fecd when dat gal marries, not countin’ de natural consequences.” see Bank Failure at Milferd, Mich. ‘The Milford State Bank of Milford, Mich., has failed. The statement is authorized that the bank will go into the hands of a re- ceiver, who will be appointed in a few days. ‘The capital stock of the bank is €50.000. ion of dollars in buildings alone while the mount expended in land has been about $560,- 000. Itis ‘his opinion that the demand for | houses is better today than when he began his building operations, and he thinks that there is no ditlieulty in finding purchasers for houses that are builtin an attractive manner and are well located. ees Desperadoes Captured by U. 8. Marshals. Wm. Cooley and Ross Riley were shot and. badly wounded oa Thursday by United States marshals, who were pursuing them in In- dian Territory. After being ehot they sur- rendered. ‘They are desperadoes who have committed a number of crimes. ACCOMMODATING HIS FEELINGS. in a regular— ex of | | | 1891-SIXTEEN PAGES. A NEW PARISH HALL To Be Erected by the Dupont Circle. NUE NEW EPISCOPAL PARISH, RE- cently organized in the neighborhood of Dupont Circle, with Rev. J. A. Aspinwall a Episcopal Parish Near | | ered with Spanish til rector, ows a large lot at the corner of 18th | and Madison street. At present what will be called a “parish hall” will be built on a portion | of the lot, the corner being reserved for a very costly structure, which will be built in the future. The plans for the present building have been prepared by Mr. T. F. Schneider, and the accompanying ent gives a good idea of the handsome exterior of the new structure. It is expected that the build THE PENINSULAR CANAAN. Grasses, Animal and Fruits in the Cherry- stone Region. A COUNTRY NoT ADAPTED TO THE DAIRY BUSI NESS—SUEEP MIGHT BE PROFITABLY RAISED—| have been proposed for his destruction, FRUIT—PESTs THAT BoTHER! 8S hot water and various ALAND xICH FRUIT GROWERS —FIGS AND THEIL POSSIBILITIES. Correspondence of The Evening Star. Curxnystog, Va., Sept. , 1891. This is no dairy country and probably never | home of the peach. will be. to ma grasces (your compositor in my last made me say grapes) that thrive here are not stich as to It is not near enough to a large city enable one to make butter in competition with | promptly brought in on ihe approach of rain. more northern climes. In other words it will] Artificial drying has been tried, but without not pay, and the large majority of farmers and truckors buy their butter at the stores. There are but few fresh-water streams and the profitable dairy grasses will not survive the hot suns in this thin and light soil, and what 3 W. F. Massey of Raleigh, N. C., says of the south is pretty nearly true of this locality “Permanent pasture in the south means either Bermuda grass or broom straw (sedge ),or ust ally both, no matter what sort of inixture of seed be sown.” Hitherto this Bermuda grass,or,as it is called in this section, wire grass, has becn considered by the farmers asa pest, something to be got but how? absolutely no way to eradicate it destroying the fertility of the soil, an some are beginning to find out that the best thing todo with it 18 to follow the course of Aunt Fountaiu’s prisoner and cultivate it, It ing habit, and has numerous joints, from which wiry roots strike down aud Jades shoot up. All animuls prefer it to any grass grown in the south. cept ‘The thin soil, with an impermeable subsoil, | or cull forbids the best growth of white clover. clover is. grown mainly for one cuttin; tially dried for summer feeding of horres and then subsoiled, to be followed by corn the next year. Japan clover has not yet been tried here that I um aware of, though for permanent pasture it is admirably edapted to the south. ANIMALS. Cows are usually small and the small breeds, such as the Jerseys, do best here because of the scant herbage. Cows are seldom fed except on the refuse or surplus not to be otherwise more profitably employed. In consequence milk is scarce in winter and more plentirul insummer. These animals must prog for themselves both in summer and winter, and experience shows this to be the most profiiuble plan. Horses are usually small and tough and are only shod for driving purposes, You rarely sce'a cracked hoof ora sprang knee. durance 1s astonishing toa stranger, but the best blood flows in their veins. Chincoteague ponies are trom the same orig- inal stock, more diminutive, however, from inbreeding, but toughened by a process of nat- ural selection and exposure. As the country is flat and level every one govs on wheels, and the roads require aid re- ceive but little attention. The clay thrown from the ditches form the bed of the roads. ‘There ure no stones here, not even a pebble. SHEEP. Our average farmer does not believe in the adage, “The foot of the sheep turns the land to gold.” Instead he has one of his own, “Sheep pizen the land,” and he yet shares the senti- ments of John Randolph, who is reported to have said he would goa mile to kick a sheep. Nevertheless Iain convinced that this locality has a future for mutton shi This is a laud of peninsulas, many of which can be fenced across the buses and so exclude the dog. Where sheep have avcess to the salt marshes, which prevail along all the water courses, they free from the liver rot, aud the salt mud prevents the foot rot, which tresi- water mud induces. Water remains buta little while on the pas- tures, so there is no danger of foot rot from that ‘source. The author of "Stewart's Shep- herd’s Manual” says: “The herbage of sult marshes gives a peculiar flavor to the flesh of sheep fed upon it, which renders the mutton very desirable in the markets.” Again he say “A specially well-adapted locality is that com- prising the esstern peninsula of Virginia.” The absence of fresh-water streams is not felt, as sheep drink but little water and the hex¥y dews supply the deficiency Tie climate, moditied by tle presence of large bodies of water on either side, is so mild as to permit the pasturage of sheep nearly all the year round, so that they require but little feeding. All that we need to make sheep rais- ing profitable is to get our people to think that ashcep is more valuable than a dog. Sheep here, however, will not prove a profit- able venture if raised in large flocks. Fiity or sixty will do well in a fiock, but no more. ‘The best results are obtained by crossing thorough- bred bueks with native ewes, Pure bred Southdowns do not do well here, | nor have any been successful in the attempt to breed them. Southdowns and Shropshizedowns bred to native ewes produce the best results, eombinin, fine quality with hardihood, though it is maid hires being themselves the re- thet the sh «sure apt to breed the qualities of sult of a the ewce rather than those of the sires. ‘These native sheep are probably the remains, crossed indefinitely by other blood, of the merino sheep introduced here at an early period. Wool then was the principal cousider- ation, and when the consideration failed the flocks were allowed to decline. No authentic history remains, but their existence is marked by a locality yet kuown to the older inhabitants as “Merino,” with the I long. HoGs. ‘The hog, the great American hog, never struck me as a specially interesting study. I know very little about him, except that he is bOss of the road here. middle of the road, just as he does with you in the street car seats. I recognize the seli-same hog here and there. It is not considered good form to drive over him; you must go around him or await his pleasure to move, which he does when he is ready, with a grunt, still further characteristic of your city hog. Still, it is customary for every good farmer to raise his own hog meat, and bogs roam at will, and outer fences must be horse-high, bull- strong and pig-tighnt. FRUITS. Some thirty years ago Washington got its principal supply of melons from the neighbor- hood of Onancock. ‘Their cultivation declined uuder competition from the south and other localities and now but few are raised. for -ex- portation. The favorite watermelon here isthe Mosque Isle, but the rind is too thin for trans- tation. P*Soon after the war strawberries in the same localit profitably and largely cultivated, ar at 7 tito declined Unt the com- Por ‘the black caps weet to do the best here, though some red ones are grown. ‘Their en- | Ho’ takes bis station in the | § will be ready Mimmack and Thos. P. Borden. oo e milk raising remuncrative, and the | many peeled and dried and on the larger farms | Red | vived and bore to an inde | moke sound. | bear | especially the mocking birds, who sancily de: for the use of the congregation abont Decem- ber 1. The new building will be built of rick. It willhave afrontage of sixty feet and a depth of ninety-five feet. At one end will be a tower with belfry, the high roof bemg cov- The building will ac- nmodate about 450 people, will be one story in height, forty feet from floor to ceiling of the trussed roof, which will be open construction of oiled hard wood. When the future church edifice is built this building will be used for | Sunday school purposes. The plan has been made with this end in view. The cost will be between $18,000 and $20,000. Mr. F. H. Duehay is the builder. Among those interested in this enterprise are Joseph K. McCammon, Henry E. Pellew, Archibald | Hopkins. George C2 Henning, S$. Herbert Ghesey, Melville ‘Church, A. D. Addison, B. P. The great enemy of the small fruits here is the rose bug or bee: ‘The strawberry lies too low and comes too early for it, but ituttacks the tender blossom of the grape, the raspberry and. cuitivated blackberry and other fruits, Many schemes uch ders. and emul- sions, but none seem practical, and no known bird will eat him. THE Pracn. Before the war this was pre-eminently the As many as possible were marketed fresh, turned into brandy by distulatio’ he slave children were emplo: and atiending to the dryers, wi ed in peeling ch had to be success, Patent peach parers have also been tried without success, as the prussic acid in the peach dulis the kuifeedge. ‘Ihe final blow ta ihe profitable cultivation of the peach was given by the internal revenue laws, which made dis- ulling on a sma!l seale an impossibility, and the orchards fell by neglect and were suffered to decay. ‘The remains of these stills may yet be seen on a few plantations. Many an eastern shoreman has succumbed to the seductive in- Huence of peach andhoney. Under the stimulus | of convenicut transportation peaches may again become a profitable green crop. TUE FIG. Secking fruit on some of my trees for sev- eral successive yearaand finding none 1 pro- fited by the parable related in St. Luke xiii, 6, and dug about them, joosened the earth, destroyed the grass and cut out the trumpet Hower creeper, or bobbing vine, as it is called ere, Teuppost because of its habit of bobbing up serenely under adyerso circumstances, ‘This year the trees were full. ‘The tig here heretofore just growed. No care tivation was given it, and yet it sur- nite life. If the tree gets winter killed, as it may once in a great while, it throws up new shoots from the old roots and issoon in fuil bearing. An old tree is not, however, liable to be winter killed. it seems to thrive best on bleak water loca- tions. where it is most exposed, so keeping its sap and fruitage back from danger from ea: frosts. Its most northern growth, with perm nent fruitage, in the open is to be found, per- haps, at Watt's Island at the mouth of Poco- | ‘dy growth in this ‘vicinity on ex- posed situations, aud ix readily propagated from the cuttings the seme as the grape, to which it is closely allied. _ One plan is to cut off the young shoots either in the fall or spring and “stick them im the ground. Nature does the rest. The other plan is to cut off the desirable shoots about the Ist of December and bury them in the ground where it is dry and warm and cover them with shutters, brush, &c., then set them out ix the carly spring. ‘This last plan ix pursued to be sure that thoy do noi get winter killed. Some .think the best plan is to plant them directiy aficr the cutting an the (all, as they estimate the danger from winter killing to. be Jess than from spring droutis. They will often fruit the first or second year afer planting. Fig trees do best where the soil is not too rich, otherwise they are apt to run to wood. Ho prevent ihe trees {rom growing too tall the buds should be pinched back to’ the first two ears of growth, and stirring the soil is essen- tial to obtain the best results. ‘The little labor required, the long life. the geand the nearness to market, all in- we the future cultivation of ihe tig here for profit, as the best results in vegetable growth, and perhaps anual, are obtalned near the most northern limit of production. The fig ripens its er sively, so that little lab; ‘The liking for fresh fi Dut the demand is increasing mand high prices, The enemies of the fig are the bi , and mand their share asa matter of right. seems hard to deny them, yet to get our due share we gather them a day or two before they re fully Tipe. Nevertheless they tind some we have overlooked. rt PESTS. Flies are numerous and aggre: Dark- ened rooms or sereened doors and windows fur- nish comparative freedom from their atiacks. Fleas are plentiful where there are dogs. No dogs, no fleas. Mosquitoes are nearly” every- where. ‘They are moze numerous ou the sca- side than bayside; less uumerous away from the water. In some places th have them periodically, and at a few places like this they are never troublesome. ‘The natives do not seem to mind them much. In the ianguage old fisherman on Deep creek, “They oniy bite over in the old holes.” Smudges are common, less offensive to the mosquitves than to the hamans wad ineffec- tive. These mosquitoes are only country bump- kins aiter ail. If you are only prudent they will not come through the blinds of your bed room windows, like city mosquitoes. “Observe these precautions. Open your blinds in the morning to air and sun your room. Close your blinds shortly atter noon, and if there be any mosquitoes in the room they will go out before sunset. When you retire make no noise, as the mosquitoes “are attracted by the sound waves, and you will not be troubled by them. Out of abundant caution, though not abso- lutely necessary, close your windows until you extinguish your light. ‘There are no venomous snakes here. ‘To any one desirous of setting in this or any other place where the system of tillage is es sentialiv different from lis own I would say, do not purchase until he lias abundantly viewed the situation. if ne does, nine chances to one he buys poor aud worn-out land, which will cost him more in the end thau if be purchased land am goo’ cultivation fora much higher price. Location is also a matter of prime importance and this must be well estimated. It is a great saving of time and money to be able to haul one mile to a railroad station rather than tea} miles. It he be a working farmer it will pay, him to hire out for two years or more rather than to own his own land at first. In that way he will learn the situation. Of course if one has plenty of money, a surplus he can afford to spend, he need only exercise his fancy as to lo- cation. ‘Some may wonder I have found nothing here worthy of criticism. 1 have, and criticism is my forte; but the criticised don’t like it. G. C. H. ea ‘The Judge Had Been There. ‘From the Lima Times. Oficer—"I found this man, your honor, dane- ing around like a Sioux Indiau and acting like ‘an escaped lunatic.” Judge-—-Wat have a tomy for 12" wyecta lie ry Staten dren lara Btaloy—“Yee, your honor.” Sudge—“Prischer discharged.” AUCTION SALES. —————— FUTURE DaYs. AUCTION SALES. FUPCKe DAYS. AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DAYs. 920 PENNSY: TUESDAY, SEPTE! Carpets of every size, The whole makings om decoration and will mark m, whic! every character and cut PARLOR AN Bronzes, 0: rench Pia RATCuUPFE, an gs ‘0., Auctioneers, Penny. vania ave. aw. OPENING SALE FALL STASON. Superb Collection of ART FURNITURE AND ELEGANT BOUSENOLD EFFECTS, TO BE SOLD IN OUR GALLERIES, LVANIA AVE, ¥.W., MBER FIFTEENTH, 1801, BEGINNING AT TEN O'CLOCK a.M. ALSO Beautizal Collection of Decorative Palms, &e. - ALSO . make and texture. eof the most besutifml amd im teresting dispiays of household necessities and ever exposed to public sal fhe opening of our Fall and Winter Season of INO1-02. hh couprine mdiion, en furniture, &e., of braces in part: D DRAWING ROOM. Upright and Grand Square Pianofortes (best makes), suites and bs tapestry, Pedestain, e Steel Enxravines. Easels, Laguisite Turkish Em: te Pier and Mantle Mirrors. LIBRARY. Wainut Book Cases, Easy Keclining Chatre, DIN! Massive and Ele Wainut and Cuina and Gi: ts, at ass Ware, Beautifully and Ex Hall Fiece with Bev Chairs and Tables, Hi cn Walnut, Oak and Chigoniers in Wan ¥ Blankets, ihettai ‘ware im sets. SERVANTS’ Cottaze, ained and ©. Moquet, Axminster n and other Carp © c00ds, the prop the city and removed to sale, aro espcctaliy fine he attention of P noid Konds. On galleries MUNDAY AY. Oak Pillar and ot! bie assurtmentof Dining C Tabies, Cou Desks, Students’ and ING ROOM. y Carved Wi at and Oak Buf- fr Lxtenwon hairs, Fine HALL nisitely Designed and Carved ed Kaze Mirror Back, Hali 1 Pieces in Walnut and Oak. HAMBERS, cherry Furniture, Wardrobes, Calc and Cherry. with and with- que patterns, with mu aud other Koc Rooms. Purniture. Poplar Chamb AKPETS. Kody and Tapestry Brussels, pets, Rugs and Squares, perty of a x D CUP ous f ay and and w and sould com yervons in sear eesirable exhivit ur delightiul TER NIN iguan leaving EA. RATCLIFFE, DAKE & CO., sel it 1 ATIMER & SLOX EXTENSIVE ¢ DEY ATAL Re TGNG | pains Da es of Corn, Bath. ENTIRE CONTE: SIXTEENTH Sy SISTING OF TW¢ stin HANI SEP) Vic BOOK CAs TOP CENT TEN HAND OME Rood SULTRS, KOK FRONT POLDIN DESKA OPrick NOMEN OF MAL BOLSTERS aNd. WE OA BNE -WouD TaRul COLL AND DE H Toes Shas Sh PLAN NEW BAUSSLT AN. ASSO: AND OTHE i W VESDAX, s P’ KATE PILCES, TON Citads Auctioneers. STANDARD GnocE PNenae Be at FELD BUSI- Wii of Sandan wracerics ¢ many Onigiual packawes, xine, sia Boschi Bruwhe eany 0 VER DSUMELY KA CE AND Llu MATURES vi WEEED AND. CHAINS a YALL Pre: iwo SUMMER OF NeARLY TEMBER FIFTEENTH, 1 comumeneme at TEN OLOCK A.M. at residetice Nu O17 Sixtoenth: st., between Lund Ks. aw, opposite Hotel Arno, we Will sell the above effects, Torus ca: All gouds & ve removed on ay of sale. substitute tr Terms ot be padi cash and x and te athe day La res: be resol arbe reve ‘t £ DESTRABLE AND V MANSAED “HOOT MINUTE STRELT SOUL Pu PLOVEM . On FRIDAY AFS TEENTH, a FIV In cath. A deposit of #2 At the i lay of ‘chaser iter Soine news}a) conveyancing sel0kis re 6 INTH AN AUCTION. Tisk xud cost of the de: je days! advertisement of suc Molished th Washingtou-D. C. recordin af the cost of par KATC MAS DUWLING & SON, Auctionce IMPROVED REAL VENT STREETS: » Supreme Court cf the ISL. an eauaty ‘Neal tal, wuts, DAL OF OCK PX . 5. G, 7, ty of Wash uz the undivided ect and embraced 1 . Miller and wife to om two equal ‘of sale, tO be ye ret by ap ved lett on the property suc. Spe; tue of sale. Al ‘Terms of sale to {at risk and UDSON T. CULL, ‘Trastee, Fenda banding. PFE, DARK & CO., Auctioneers. Ar No. WEST, ALL MODE! VTEN AL, BACK BUILDIN ANTS’ QUART. aks, LAUN: TEMBER EIGH- we will offer for sale f he April 33, IMA, al Jd by thosaine party’); ree trusts to be paid "00 requ.real at tie thie of sale. Jus of ‘sale are not complied With im fiteen Sale rigiit reserved to resell tue ine haser. ‘LIFFE, DALn & CO., Auctionsers. ANCE IN COUN’ TUR: BLAD! ¥ROM BOUNDAR fe, the 1868. recorded in, of the Land Records of No. Gra, Tobe =, of netwe of two deeds gther dated ain February, 15% SALE OF IMPROVED KEAL ESTATE: ‘Y OF WASHINGTON NEAK THE KE LOAD HOM WASHINGTON TO NSBURG AND ABU TX OF A MILE YY STREET. Of trust from William 3. dated th }0U y Ustor fer f amd Ry No, ftolto 430, the District of tke 1m Liber ‘and of ade- cree of the Supretue Court of ‘said District, dated tue 308 Mag ANG, Passed in Equity, cause No. Ts105, will oiler for” fale at Public auction on the Prewites on TUESDAY, JHE. FIFTEEN IH DAY OF SEPTEMBER. 1801, at FOU ali that parcel of Tand UK O'CLOCK P.M, ashineton i said county of W Known sud described as iot No. one (1) of the division. Of the “*Grechvaie" tract, containing ae This D)ERCASSON BROS.. Auctioneers, Si nap ano. JRATCUIPFE, DARE & 00., Auctioneers — SPECIAL AND PEREMPTORY 84 TRUSTERS SALE OF TWO TWO-STORY AND or , SOR bts, SAENENT Buick DMELINGS OS RoR] OF A SUSSIES mrs AND AHALY SiRDEL BeTWETN ANDO | A GRNOTAL ASSO Sr HORS MIKES TN SOPTHWEST, CONTAINING Pach | 9 SEY ASCR EEE WINDOW RD PEO R Dus, BATH AND MODERN TWPROVE BRUSURS, Tobe sl Win oar asies rome, 920 Féameylvamia w Feseres 18 joan 0 ott, Os THURSDAY MORNING. SLPTEMKY R SEVENTEENTH Peoorded: the District or Oa etseq.. and at the Dismieen oa Teorey To which te attention ofthe trade ieeatied, promises, on TCPSDAy. S ‘attention « “ BEGOND, Thor AT: : Petre can ven Deed seventy, five and seventy-seven (T a the soli ALoneere, subdivision han ue ORE i. RATCHEFE, DARE & 00. AucHoneers, « e VALUABLE PROPERTY OX THE BASTERN BKANCI cont be MAC aIvER nagnaalty : | _ Dy virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the Nan the ators ign er | 4 Cubean fad tm saws cman, Mer rm Par the above mentions Syial mel at bute sortie cn the deen of trust of 81. abl tO pay thie alanis Psp ay Sei eke WEEN of the purct ey in eas. A ft EXO IVE OOLOCK PM, lot 24 of section O Feau.red on ea < Riane of ale Farm, in the county uf Washingtem, DeGe Devon tied with tm teu dayef Sine abel re, te. stunted Wise the @roperty will be = fauitang Purchaser after By MAHLON _seSldeds Lorn b, rapeh a Aube: Deantaful and de- a telance in one and it o : WINE, 1 DARK & ©O. ‘of 81a) requcted a Reon ucts se rounplindt wit ok ten day, OF gente TLUAPLE BUILDING TOT ON 1 STRMET Weescs onan lean BUILDING LOT OX 1 bee will be patd to the dg 938 States Sontuiwiey As SAEs CORREO, Bran STREET ASD New aawrsiny etnanan MICHAEL 3. COLBERE. Sreses. arViAh oul RCE, DARE ROT, Reiner : LOT 52, SQUARE 7: LKUSTERS SALE OF THREE NEW TWO-STORY ‘ronting 18 feet ¢ inches on i. street by adepth of & mA OM BRECK HOC ES, WITH MODERN leet IMPROAEMENIS, ON TNELPIM STREET fi BETWEEN WAND PSTREOES NORTHEAST per By virtue of a dhed oi trust duly recorded im eof thie iat t tocar A'at the tration of the: years, 6 yer cent peat Sporty sold, =: SD, ini, ae eyancitiy ant KAICLEFEE, D ucuoneers, Wh dnd D ste, uw. » Laber IR, foie * Db NCANSON BROS, # TRUSTFES' SALE OF A FINE RESIDENCE No Soy TSTREET NORTHEAST, LOT No. ath, MPROVED BY ATA WO SLORY as time of wale, Hs ot mie ate Hot sap hed with ta teen dag loon ede Wostom Tewrve the Tagit to x | ; st of tn de Pasty secured tietely, we walle uci ayy tof the preuisrs, ou MONDAL, SEPER MED ed ts Mashitinto SAMS. Teil at MALE-PAST ee JOHN TT. ARMS, eee A Noun j Tresen. RATCLIFFE, DARK AOU. Anets. eT dks = = Sarckba’ tricity and ee wim to Busta, am dud New bork, 1 AD ilo Sas Sk tM. BAKES! ory ee MAS Tt CALLAN) THUS DUNCANSON BuOS., Ay tien PRATCLEEE, Dass & 6o., auctioneers «0. ulv'ands ni AUCTION ERMOON, SEPTEMBER FIFE DOK, we will uiler dor mace, WEST Wass AT On TUESDAY Abt TEENTH, at FIVE 0 im trout of the presnis: PART Lor BU AR, Fronting 50 feet on tw Cne-thunt cash, the t rS, ti Per cent, secre Ta tthe J ruauin wuprowe and none o joe, OUD wad Lod pel eTEAaL wot ye erty suid, Goouacan, tre and tive sok A. fisied th Wot ieAMER “WARDPIDLD BY AUCTION OF IMPROVED | SUA tutti ae stat oe MONDAYS THURSDAYS creer oy Lee wis DIAS | tea SAHRA Gta Ararat TURD A MARSHALT STi tars, a IXG 0) ut Aust on ans, 4, F SEVENTH STREL & f a diecree of PTHOSD Ay NESTE | EAN STEAMERS. LONDON DEUTSCHER L cl all the parties to Peal. catate describes F apres ste Berein, to wit. Lot ap. Te Southainjtot, (eondean itevee) jock" rumberel |, Trave, Tu Bo bite, Wed. tent. 16 Brown's evorded sittalivison oF Ss AS aan mpiel. hee, Pleasant Piains, tozether with ail t . Wed, Bet. oh, 5D aa oon the simisve Shpurce percatn Teri of sa y mn the day of aie, chaser, beanie ALLA DEW YOLK AM to rewell the faulting purch ser. tue ot wie. All cust Of the purciiase: wil. “A. McKENNEY, ARTHUR A. BIKA)” 55 Louisiana ave. TICE. Abovc mentioned decree al! Surwett Wo Tt ces SP RHOOL SERVICE, and St. Johns, NF, By authority of ti a thet sh INDUSURIAL retest a sheyrauae a som wits “deem. _seb-eost a JRATCHPFE, DARK & CO., Auction-ors. CHANCE AN LD ils G 1 KNOWN THAT 1 HAVE MovED > bow apertinent RY SALE OF IMP hy VED REAL ESTAT Lo SAREET BETWEEN ShOOND AND <n, irwet Come PHIRD SNul oe Nery atest a3 00 THIRD STLLETS NOK SHY CST A gt strict of Col i us SOUE dren, 1 ver ard. GW. 1 ee, gh AUESDAD TWENTY-SECOND, A.D. L nat Iuece + THEN PINE WHITE AND os sty DEY CLEANING, SCOURING ANTON FiscteR, GG ST. NW Dresses dyeta Mourpine Black wy fall spectatty. ug about 1.000 feet of eTeuud y @ frame building .nown us No. 205 ate | fariute | fie day the preuiives so Font ves ti cost of the d Fecording, & Tadies® abd cents! Work af eve ry dower eas COTENG St BUILDING LOT ON SEVENTH STREET D CAROLE H, formeriy wit Wres i ANDQ STi : Maison ce LE FUR BUSINESS ON Ee ON, SEPTEME MEDICAL, &c. BE U'CLUCK, we wail sel TINO, SQUATE 445, _ {IS fect Winches om 7th strest and ‘about 70 fect. = i Topesty is near Northern Market au TUNIS Seto Of sir street West al oppertuntty for ivestors POR HIVE beets ed will eotitanue spenai teres Lo tor phage a pec. anew laa Msdse Cher Fi) siete solicited. ; i eh peer or nen ping ay Po A Luroe ental 4 all ori maspeet hie pres Pesed at risk and costoi detwu paneer may Sur see Srestanet <B five days: advercsetest 5 SS 0 st. £0, COR, 2EAD AND BE WI sane 7 BROTHERS 106 8 OF VALUAMLE Lors, Im. 5 VALERIE BOTS, te K st. 8. ares ees ne and tune oath iat ILBING BRICK DWELLINGS, wanooite sed ea ec praciaint AB Uatecaty TH Fi By virtue of a deed of trust, d Sul een Ure ial discame ot web apd Turment, Loedicine, of ho Chane . consultation and advice jfee a6 | Muy hour of tive way, butecioed and sworn to! ees Dr. LRO Lia Gili ah ad 3 nao. E NORTH S.DE OF O STKELT RST AND THIKD STAELIS NC No. 1448. folio 44% et trike weenie on SATURDAY Breit MBE SINE: | or the premts- r mic Ni TEENTH. Ini, at HALF-PAST FIVE O'CLOCK P| M., lots 7%. sutdivision of & f feu pati ot Sricinal numbered 1, tm square sah with theiuprove- tents. “Terns: One-third cash, of which a deposit of €200 | ¥ will be required at thue of sale, and. the balance in | Gree equal instalments, I wx, tweive apd eas litewn | months, for witch notes of purchaser, and vearii .u- | terest trom day of wale aud Secured by deed ov «rus Gu property sold, will be taken, oF ail casi at option Purchaser, Tera to be coupled with i Brteun jaye irom sale or property will be resold at tink and cost or delauitaue purchaser. Al Comveyatciag ahd recording at pUrcbaser's cost “4MOS. &. WAGGAMAN,) Trastoee Onin PILASoe eS n. 3T.'%, | 404 C ST., BET. 4 AND 6TH STS. X.W.. ‘The well-known ladies’ physician, can beconsulte@ daily from 200 Land Sto® Prompt trestment. euaw* THOMAS E. WAGGAMAS, Atictioncer. LADIES BOARDED DURING CONFIN ~ eatrakdes fe bene conserts, © cuyues of Soman eae ATCLIFFE, BARE & €0,, Acoouno ESCM HE See hoes Bogue Pees JR PEREMETORT gate ox argragg | Bt ee rE c hata’ Sinane MULLER, 1027 UTH ST. X.W. 18. LIGHT CHANDELIERS, ‘hETS, WEDNES! a3 ae perenee STX- Hees rout oy Feary vane er ws Ite cone etocer gent OF New Chaniel-ers, Hai Liiia, Brackets, to RATCLIFFE, DARR & CO., Auctionsers.