Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1892, Page 9

THE EVENING ST. _—_— . THE STAR NEWS BOYS A Small Army of Urchias and Where They Assemble. AN INTERESTIN CENE. A Rendezvous Near the Smithsonian Fonce--- Forming Line and Marching to the Office--- Athletic Games, Curbstone Feasts and Af- faire of Houor---Getting Thetr Papers. LITTLE FELLOW IS > aes \ stan ding on the corner ® with a bundle of Stars under his arm and eail- ing out his papers for sale.- It is a rainy after- noon and the office peo- ple are hurrying home out of the wet. No one pays any attention to the bedraggled iittle chap further than to bay a paper. make the change anc continue on their was. The newsboy pays no more atten- tion to the passersby than he receives from them, it being pu: 7 » business matter with him, and b+ -onn tes his cheery call in a voice remarkably big *-r one so small. Who stops to think that this little fellows BEFOIE FORMING THE PROCESSION. task of getting his papers and putting them on the raariet to realize his profit is ax much a f business to him and requires as much an outlay of capital, sitll and adaptability relatively, as some of the greater schemes of p to buy a paper from him? how and where he hves on newabos is a sturdy, Jependent chap, who earns bis money more than uccessity. presence of a man with stout switch to preserve order at this pora ‘The switch is time stam ver! more an insignia of office than a weapon of offense. for tho punishment meted out to offenders against the peace of the little com- munity is banishment to the foot of the line oF in severe cases expulsion from the room. ‘After the cheeks are obtained the boys take seats on the benches in the order of their ar- rival. Then follows a wait for the papers. Beyond the counter at the end of the room the men are getting ready go count and hand out the bundies as they drop down a chute from the press room. F Pretty soon there is a rumble upstairs, a clatter and then a continuous whirr, which an- noauces that the press has started. A pro- longed “‘ah-h-h:” is uttered by the boys at this weleome sound. Down the chute comes a bundle of papers. ‘The package 1s passed along to the counter, whero four boys are waiting with their checks. Tne requisite number is quigkly counted out. the little fellows seize the papers and dart up to the street, while four more come forward for theirs, and soon until all are sup- lied. 3 Pithe newsbors havo their favorite stands and corners, which they guard aga comers with the jealousy of 2 lot owner in an Oklahoma boom town, The chap who jumps aciaim must first whip the original squatter or get out. ’ by Two Germans Over Their Beer. A sensational suicide and an attempt at sui- cide occurred in Chicago recently. Carl Case! and Henry Spania have long been friends. their fortunes, whether good or bad, they have shared together. On Sunday Case! imparted the information to Spania, while both were in the rear room of a ealoon drinking beer, that he was tired of life and intended to kill him- self, Spania agreed with his friend that life was not worth living and he would gladly end his existence with his friend. More beer was had and then Spania went and purchased a re- volver. When he returned the men made preparations tocarry out their suicide. It was arranged that Spania should shoot Casel and then turn the weapon upou himself. Casel pointed the revolver at his friend. but weak- ened. Hic was willing, he said. to kill himself, but he did not wish to die a murderer. per was had and the men discussed the to put an end to their lives, , Finally Casel arose. picked tp the weapon and” sent a bullet through his head. He fel! to the floor and expired almost instantly. Spavia regarded the form of lis desd friend fer a momen! Suddenly ho thrust his hand m Tttering some words in over the form of Casel. and A DAILY scEse os LTH srReET. It is au interesting sight to see the boys get- ting ready for their daily trattic and getting oat with their papers. Come down to I street between 9th and 10th northwest. on the north side of the Smithsonian grounds, any week day about 2o'elock and witness the gathering of the clans. It is hero that the boys congre- gate and while away their time until the mo- ment arrives for filing over to Tur Stax office to get their papers. They come from all Parte of the city, by twosand threes and Lexen. cURRSTO" singles. You will see hundreds of ur- chins of all shades of color. from Tichest ebcny to Saxon fairn-ss.gathered around and engaging ia various pastimes. Some are eating lunch at the stand, kept by the old col- ered ‘man on the curbstone. devouring with relish the sandwiches, doughnuts and meat pic and washing them down with lemonade at one cent a glass or with coffee. Substantials in tie eating line are the rule is hour, for the bors will have a busy time and plenty of exercise before night. Others are playing bail in the street or. perhaps, gathered around two sturdy chaps’ who are settling a feud in the good old fasbion, with BYCING CHECKS, their fists. This is ulmo.: a constant oceur- rence, but never fails to excite interest. In the language of the gamin it is called a “scrap.” Strict rules govern these affairs of honor. The Participants muss be matched as to «ize or acknowledged scrapping prowess. While the scrap is proceeding no ove must take sides with either nor interfere unless one of them attempts to use knife or stone,when all are privileged to thump him. It's a word and a blow with these fellows, and a pugmacious urchin finds no Wouble in being accommodated with a scrap if About 3 o'clock the boys form a sidewalk, taking accord- ig Ht 'y of arrival on the scene or by force of arms. One of the larger boys is con- stituted a marshal and sees to it that the little fellows in the fine get fair play from those stronger than themselves. ‘Then the orderto march is given and the Pessmmonmores ovep acto dhe see ta ‘Stax building. When the lith streetside iw reached the line closes up and ore by one Sney Slo down tho stops ints the basssnent of the Here isa great, large * eprom kare mene estee eas conta ot the room is a counter, and the line ot boys ex- tends up to it to plink down their pennies. Each boy receives » brass check upon which is the number of for whieh be bas Place im this line is eagerly sough' @ickest with their papers, It requires the he was dead, sent the blade of the knife into the fleab right above the heart. He is still alive and gained consciousness long enough to tell the story of the arrangement between him- self and friend, ‘The doctors say the man can- not live, —> STATISTICS OF TH WORLD. Valuable Information a« to Area and Pop- ulation. From the Chicago Tribune. The introduetor; tables of the latest edition of the Statesman’s Year Book (1892) contain some valuable information as to the population and area of the world, and also the results of the recent partitions of Africa. ‘The datagiven in “Die Bevolkerung der Erde” show that the area of the world is 52,299,431 square miles and the population 1,479,729.151, an average of twenty-cight to the square mile. Ravenstein’s revised estimate for 1890 gives the arca at 51,250,300. the population at 1,467,920,000, and twenty-nine to the square mile, and estimates the increase of the world’s population in adec- ade (1880-9) at 8 per cent, In computations of this kind several totals, particularly in Asia and Africa, have to be obtained by estimate. It is quite possible that the total population reaches more nearly 1,500,000,000 than the figures giveu. In any event, the latter in round numbers are more practical and easier to remember. The area and population in each of the divisions are given thus: Total. . 1 LAT. From these figures it will be seen that con- siderably more than half the population of the earth isin Asia. and yet thero are bat forty eight people to the square mile. as compare with ninety-four in Europe. The total money of the world in gold and silver coin is given at 37.862,072,000. an average of $5.31 for each in- dividual. "A mepaccompanving the Year Book shows that the densest population of the earth. over 400 to the square mile. ig confined to Java. China. Japan, northeastePn and south- ‘western portions of India, England. parts of France and Belgium. the Nile Valley, Italy. Portugal. » small strip of Germany and a small section in the vicinity of New York and Bos- ton. The area of Eu in acres 1s 2,354.~ 854.949, of which 725,635,617, or 30 per cent, are fores*. é The compilations bearing upon the partition of Africa show how rapidly the Dark Conti- nent is being absorbed by the great powers, its total area is 11,514,500 square miles and population 130.185.000. according to the esti- mates of E. G. Ravenstein, member of the Royal Geographical Society. Of these totals Great Britain hes appropriated 2,570,926 square miles with 40,764.100 population; France. 2,902.- 4, with 23,788,000 population; Portugal. 841.- 025. with 5.416.000 population; Spain, 203,767, with 437.000 population; Germany. | 822.000. th 5.950.000 population; Italy, 602,000, with 000 population: Congo State (Belgian), 865.400, with 15,600,000 population: Boor Re- publics, 162.640. with $83,000 population: Swazi Land. 6,370, with 61,000 population; Liberia, .000. with 1.000.000 population: Turkey, 836,- 000, with 7,980,000 population. Of the remain- ing area the great lakes occupy 80.350 square miles. This leaves 1.584.398 square miles with .000.900 population. Unappropriated Africa includes Morocco, Borun. Kanem. Wadai. Ba. girmi and Sahara.” The statistics of the drit- ish empire show that it has an area of 11.475. 057 square miles, or nearly one-fourth of the globe. with 378.725.867. or abont one-fourth of the population. a revenue of $1,015,538.930; expenditure of $989.306,325: debt of '€5,508, sotc00: imports, €9,486,254,350; exports,” €2. 647.933,660: tonnage entered and cleured, ex- clusive of home and coasting trade, 169,411,387. railway open. 64,836 miles. These returns cover the entire empire, including colonies, protectorates and spheres of influence. — Justification. From the Chicago Daily Inter-Ocean. ‘A little girl's pious father was wont to com- ment bitterly upon the evil things he saw and heard, always ending his denunciation with the ‘consolatory reflection: “Well, it's none of my business.” One cold winter day the little lady was out riding in the city, wrapped in furs and closely mnfiled in warm robes, when she saw a child of about her own age scrambling along on the iey pavement crying bitterly, the tears al- most freezing on her cheeks. She was very poorly clad, bout her RIVER AND SEWERS. A Sewerage System Discussed by the Columbian Engineering Society. UNDER THE ANACOSTIA. A Proposal to Carry AN the City Sewage toa Point Below Alexandria—An Inverted Sy- phon Beneath the Anacostin—Some Detatls of the Plans. —_—_—_—_. IWERS AND THE disposal of sewerage is not a romantic subject and usnally not an es- pecially interesting one to the average citizen, Just at present, how- ever, the question of methods and means for the disposal of the city’s sewerage is one of the most important now presenting itself to the attention of the District. That the demands of safety and health require an entirely new system of sewers or a radical alteration and improve- ment of the present system is gonerally aliowed on all hands. Congress two years ago pro- vided for a commission to examine into and report on the needs of the €ity in the matter of sewers, and last year this commission, com- posed of men skilled in the question, made an elaborate report, touching on and describing a number of possible systems which would meet the present and future needs of the city and picking out and especially elab- orating one particular system which in the opinion of the commission best met all re- quirements. This report lies safely stored away at the Capitol, where it will in ali proba- bility remain untii some future Congress. pro- vides for a now commission tostudy the ques- tion anew and make another report. ‘The question, however, is one of continaal interest to the city, and « paver which was read recently by Mr. Calvin C. J. Norris before the Columbian Engineering Society throws considerable light on the dispute as to. which ig the best system for the city to finally adopt. EFECTS OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM, Mr. Norris as a preliminazy to the proposal of anew system of sewerage disposal opens the subject by stating that “the sewerage of the city of Washington is defective and inadequate, both for want of a uniform and compreheusive system and also because the dischurge into the river is rendered ditticult by the low ievel of the city.” The paper describes the present wer systent with the Boundary sewer d g into the Anacostia river to the nor hington. ‘The Tiber creek sewer empty into the old James Creek canal with an outlet into the Anacostia to tho west of the arsenai and the B street sewer emptying into the Poto- mac. Describing still farther the present ays- tem the paper says: “All the sewerage is at presenv discharged into the river on the borders of.the city. Ihe river is very largely composed of ‘flats’ or very shallow water, where at low tide the water is but a foot or two in depth, and often after strong north erly winds is still further lowered, so that « large portion of the ground isexpose, In the summer these flats are overgrown with a grass severa! feet in length, which readily retains floating matter. ‘The channel of the river is but a small portion of its width. Much of the lighter matter and floating particies of the sewerage is carried onto the flats with the rise of tide aud some grounds ou the shore, in both cusex to decompose rapidly under the hot sun ofsummer. ‘The foul air from these extensive areas is carried by southerly winds over the city.” INSUFFICIENT CAPACITY. Mr. Norris brought out the fact that in the Preseut sewers, on account’ of the insufiicient capacity and slope and faulty shapes, the sew- erage was prevented from flowing rapidiy away. ‘The presence and retention in the city of this sewerage, generating offensive and unhealthy | Rases, was the prime cause of muuch disease, Another evil to which he calls attention is the danger of overflow of the low areas in time of excessive rains. This applies especially, he claims, to the Tiber creek and B street sewers, which were built wide and low with flat bo toms. Both sewers being tide locked are pre- vented from discharging freely and are clogged for several thousand feet up by deposits of re- fuse matter. “The Tiber creek and B street sewers,” says Mr. Norris, “are but elongated cesspools, causing nuisance, sickness and death.” ‘The evils of freshets in flooding the sewers is touched upon also slightly. Asn remedy for the present evils Mr. Norris discards the proposition of filling in tho low areas as entailing too great an expense, e- fore entering into a description of the system propoved in the paper Mr, Norris gives an in- teresting account of the general methods of disposal. VARIOUS SYSTEMS OF SEWERAGE, “Sewer systems are divided into two general classes, the separate and the combined, The separate system provides two sets of sewers, one for surface water and one for sewage. ‘The combined system has one sewer for both. Washington se} tern. ers are of the combined sys- ‘The separate system has the objection iB more expensive and the sewers are flushed naturally as by the com- bined system, As Washington is established ou the combined xystem, aud as that system could not be replaced except at enormous cost and inconvenience, a separate set of drains being required for each house, it is proposed that the present system remain with modifica- tions.” In speaking of the methods of sewerag> dis- posal, Mr. Norriv refers to the ernde, pnen- matic, filtration, irrigation and precipitation; the crude method being where the sewerage is discharged directly into a body of water, ay in case of this city; the pneumatic systera con- sisting in forcing tewerage by the action of the air to receivers; the filtration method consist- ing in allowing the sewerage to flow intermit- tently over a porous soil, whether used for agricultural purposes or not, and the precipi- tation method being a separation of the solid matter from the liquid by chemicals, mechan- ical methods or by electricity ‘MR. NORRIS’ SYSTEM. Describing then his own proposal for ‘a sys: tem, Mr. Norris say: “It is, in short, a provision for a concentra- tion by means of intercepting sewers of all the sewage and w past of the surface water at a pumping station to be located at the intersec- tion of Ist and N streets, in South Wastington, thence to be pumped’ through an inverted siphon of cast iron pumps laid in a dredged channel across the Anacostia river; thence up the steep hillside to the out full sewer, whence the sewage passes by gravity to a reservoir 1o- cated at Rosier’s bluff of the Potomue ou the Maryland side of the river below Alexandria. ‘This reservoir retains the sewage that fows on the flood ticte and part of the ebb ti charges only on the first part of the ebb tide, so that the cities of Washington and Alexandria would be wholly rid of this refase matter. “One prominent feature of this system is the application of an artificial drainage in lieu of the natural one, which was in fault in the ‘low area’ in rot allowing a sufficient fall for prop- erly shaped sewers. ‘This defect is overcome by diking out high water by two dikes at nar- row necks where it is only necessary and by providing a greater slope for the sewers by re- constructing Tiber creck and B street sewers so that at the receiving well at the pumping station the invert of the sewer is sixteen foot below Ievel. “The pumping of sewage and an oqual amount of surface water to the ‘outfall sewer’ is amy fates i due to srcominy due to a lift of 60.5 feet and the by friction of pipes and entrance, ‘The low area comprises something less than eight hundred acres, from which the surface water and sewage will be pumped. When the rain is excessive the storm water with sewage from this area will be pumped by means of centrifugal pumpe directly into the river, “The storm water ‘rom high area is collected by meaus of high-level interceptors, and before and dis-| ‘AR: WASHINGTON, D, C.. SATURDA ouaceount of the greater amount of water flowing in the river at such times.” THE OUTFALL AT ROsteR’s BLUFF. Speaking of Rosicr’s bluff asa locetion for the out fall, Mr. Morris says: “It is located papers Pranrceran sa is narrow at this point. the channel deep and wide and cloge to the Maryland shore, with no flats on Mary! side until Broad creek is reached about two miles down. By discharging on the first part ofeach ebb tide the water is flowing off the flats, and consequeutly the sewage does not flow on to the flats, at least for some distance down, Beginning with Little Hunting creek opposite the river is rapidly augmented by many creeks, “An outfall between Washington and Alex- andria would subject both cites to the bad effects of the sewage that is without a reser- voir. With a reservoir Alexandria would be the sufferer. With the point of discharge mid ‘way between the two cities, without a reser- Voir, the sowage would be carried by the flood tide back to the eity in about two hours and a half.” ‘Tho Anacostia sewerage, Mr. Norris thinks, should be collected at a’ central station and pimped to the outfall sewer through pipes laid on the south bank of the Anacostia river. MODELED ON THE LOXDON SYSTEM, Mr. Norris, in closing his paper, says: would state that this proposed sewerage im- provement is in general modeled after the London sewerage system. Upon its establish ment in that city it was followed by a great re- duction in the death rate, and the same effect may be looked for here. Its main advantages may be summed up as follows: It would thor- oughly and effectively dispose of the sewerage of the city withont detriment to Washington or the neighboring city of Alexandria, It would improve the sanitary condition of Wash- ington by carrying away the foul matter that ut present staguates in the foul sewers that penetrate to the heart of the city, It would prevent the deposition of refuse on the bottom of the siver and its decomposition there along the flats, It would provide for the utilization of the sewerage for irrigation and tertilizin purposes on the farm lands lying on the left bank of the river between Washington and Fort Foote. 1t would prevent damage to prop- erty by tho overflow of the river in time of heavy rains and freshets, It would purify the water of the Potomac.’ eects Washington and the Public Buildings. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Few questions of government legislation bear so seriously on the future interests of Washington as the style and location of the public buildings to be erected here by the gov- ernment, A most important bill is that one recently introduced by Congressman ‘Tarsney of Missouri, looking to a provision by which the plans for the desiga and construction of United States public buildings shall be open to competition among the architects of the coun- try, instead of all being under the control of a singie supervising architect of the treasury. But so far as Washington is concerned, side by side with the question of the design of the pu)- lic buildings must be considered that of their location, eise the national capital will lose in the result half of the effect tobe produced even by the most worthy and imposing design in the buildings themselves. Immediately before Congress are the projects tor erecting the new District buildings and the new gov- ernment printing house, What attention has been given or is likely to be given by the gor-rnment or any one to the thought of placing these buildings where they will te!l more effectively for the diguity and our capital city? Is there any good r keeping always in mind that of public conve: ience, why the projected government printing office should not be erected on the avenue and so designed as, with the District buildings, to form a harmonious and imposing line of fronts, which might, together with the new post office building. go a good way toward redeeming our great national thoroughfare from its present architectural meanness. There are sites on the south side of the avenue conveniently near to the railroad which certainly would be as & propriateiy occupied by a government print- ing office as by the present occupants, and the avenue would gan greatly in dignity and beauty if the right sort of building could be erected, ‘This does not mean necessarily a showy and pretentious structure. but one of simple but pure design and conceived in har- mony with other buildivgs to be on_ the line. It might do much worse than follow the simple lines of that which is now by far the most satisfactory und worthy architectural front oy the avenue—that of the Metropolitan Hotel, What the avenue needs is wot asuc- cession of patches or narrow sections taken from as many different architectural schemes, but long spaces quietly and harmoniousiy treated and designed to impress by their ex- tent alone. Why should not whole squares be occupied by government office buildings, the lower stories being devoted to shops for puo! convenience, and protected from the sun by graceful arcades, like thore of the Rue Rivoli in Paris? ‘This would be much better provision for shade than the few irregular and scraggy trees which at present only serve to keep up a kind of village croas-roads aspect on our much- boasted nations! avenue, Or why should Con- gress locate exteusive government buildings in remote and scattered positions and leave our most conspicuous aud, so fur ax space is concerned, our grandest thoroughfare to be oc- here and there, r es? sit not evident that the tme has come for the goverument to seriously cousder some wise and broad pian for the architectural growth of the city, and espeetally of | the chief avenue?” What the city of Washington might now have become without the magnifi- cent street plan adopted by the first President of the re und strictly adhered to by the government ever since such it is now in dan- ger of becoming in its general architectural aspect unless Congress with timely forethought shall adopt some measures for the control of public building in the District according to some broad and comprehensive plan worthy of the dignity and grandeur of the national ci tal, Without any hasty expenditure, but by the exereise of a wise precaution and direction, it remains for Congress to effect such a trans- formation of the great avenue of the capital chitecturally as was made of it asa roadway by Gov. Alexander Shepherd. ‘Yhe bill introduced by Mr. Tarsney is in the right direction. ‘The movement for the uew District building and a new government print- ing office are hopetul in their way, but what is really needed to enable all these movements to reach the best result 18 some provision which the government should now make for a bureau of pubhe building or a commission of archi tecture, which shall take a comprehensive sur vey of ‘the whole field, both of the design and the location of our public buildings and monu- ments, and sec that the vast expenditures of the people's money, which sooner oF later will have to be made for these purposes, are turned to the best results in enhancing the beauty and the dignity of the national capital. This can only be effected by following « well-conceived plan, like that of I'Enfan: in laying out the city. If left to haphazard selection the oppor- tunity that comes but once toa capital and government like ours will be lost for an indeti- mite time, if not forever. Faas SEwaLL. pea RPL = Salmon Going the Way of the Buffalo. From the Denver Republican, It iooks as though the salmon fisheries of tho Columbis river, which have added enormously to the wealth of the northwest, would in the course of a few years become exhausted. The fate of the Columbia will probably be that of the Sacramento river, from which stream the salmon have almost entirely disappeared, Fish laws may be passed and an attompt may be made to enforce them, but it is not thought that anything that can be done in this way would suffice to save the fisheries. It seems that the salmon will not remain it rivers the waters of which are frequently distured by amboats and that flow through thickly in- habited countries. Tho salmon fishing of the not very distant future will likely be almost entirely confined to British Columbia and Alaska, os ‘Design for Trolley Pole, ATTRACTIVE HOMES. Novelties Now Shown in the Shops for the Warm Season. JAPANESE BRIC-A-BRAC. Some New Things That Will Prove Effective for Interior Decoration—A New Kind of Material—Photograph Frames Again—Rib- bon and Flower Combinations. Written for The Fvening Star. goat, VERY SPRING IT seems as if prettier and more enticing things are shown than ever before, both for the adornment of the home and the person. ‘The fertile brains of caterers to the publichave been busy for months back designing and execut- ‘ ing the bewildering ar- at ~ ray which is now spread aM out before tho eyes of shoppers in every line of goods, Washiagton has improved wonderfully in the past few years in the way of attractions offered to buy- ers; still a visit to one of the neighboring larger cities enables one to sce many novelties and pretty things which have not yet appeared here, and which prove well nigh if not quite irresistible to the feminix sightseer and shop- per. It is difficult to tell where to begia in describing the mauy things of interest which continualiy claim attention and admiration as one goes about, for their number is so large. No new article is exhibited, but only new varie- ties, many changes being rung on the same theme, SMALL. COFFEE TADLES, Among the numerous tables which come to one’s notice are the small coffee tables shaped like the Turkish ones and enameled in white, pale pink and blue. ‘There are wo sizes, one quite tiny, but prettier when undecorated, ex- cept by paint, than the larger ones. ‘The big- ger size seems to require the inlaying of wood Bnd mother-of-pearl to act off the shape. tor the enameled ones are distinctly not pret! according to my fancy. The painted tables cost €7, while the Turkish range from about #12 to In one of tho art establishments a white table is set forth with round embroidered mat, coffee pot and little cups, and it all looks very pretty. Smatl Riding-shaped tables in white are also $7.whiie there are still other shapes which are higher priced, as the equare, With a small leaf on cach side, which extended makes very pretty shape. “The ubiquitous sofa pillow is sceu with some small novelty of adornment. The taste for these pretty com- forts is not satistied by acquisition apparently, and I lately heard a young woman wishing she had about ten moro pillows to distribute amon, the severa! divans aud couches of her house. inquired how many she already had, as they had seemed rather plentiful, according to my observation, and thereupon she counted up nineteen already in her possession, bat they failed to satisfy, and, like Oliver, she wanted more, TWO NOTICEABLE PILLOWS. Two noticeable pillows may be mentioned as examples of good effects, one representing a good deal of work, the other very little. ‘The first of these has aground of white silk maii cloth, a handsome fabric for this and many other purposes. ‘The design is u fleur de lis, which in several sizes is scattered irregularly over the surface and is worked solidly in shades of orange yellow silk; a# a finish on the edge is a five-inch pinked ruiile of yellow gron grain silk, making a decidedly ‘novel and handsome ‘pillow, The other curtain is of bolton sheeting of a dull gray blue, and both sides of the pillow are covered alike with it, but on the right wide are two bands of galloon, orange shot with silver threads, which sewed across rather nearcr cach end than the middle make three divisions of the blue. A rufile of the same is on the edge, with a narrow hem turned onto the right side and then chain- stitebed with orange filoselle the color of the galloon, This is very good in coloring and us uo embroidery is used must be quickly ac- complished, ELEGANT WORK BAGS, Work bags are shown which are really ele- gant—such heavy brocaded silk being used for them; they are quite large, with a circle of silk-covered pasteboard at the bottom, the bag being sewed to that without fullness and with draw strings in ashirr at the top. Pocketsare ‘on the inside of the bag for ut , & contrast- ing silk or satin being “used for lining; thus, a handsome Indian red brocade, with ecru flow- ers aud ilver threads, was lined with olive green satin, the shirr strings beimg olive rib- bon, These bags cost from $1 upward, and are beautiful things as to material and workman- ship. JAPANESE BRIC-A-DRAC, Inthe large Japanese shops are many at tractive things, more or less unhackneyed also; the small sugar bowls and cream pitchers of silver, and silver aad bronze, are very pretty and suicabie for a tea or luncheon table, Little clive dishes with spoon, having a leaf fora bowi, are also there, as well as other designs, Long-handled spoons of silver and bronze are in several pretty styles and may be used for sugar spoons, with berries or fruit of any kind; these are in two or three styles as well'as the others and are very reasonable in price, Shoe horns of copper bronze. in design a lotus leaf, with the edges more tightly rotied when it 1s clasped by the band are pretty novelties. In only one place, I believe. are the parasols to be found covered with Japanese silks put on with a full rosette on handie and top, very stylish in effect. There are also parasols cov- ered with the blue aud white cotton erepe and some exquisite silk crepe ones m_ black, white ud colors, One 1s made of asmall white crepe shaw! heavily embroidered and with the deep fringe hanging from the edze, ANEW MATERIAL, Anew material, cotton with heavy irregular weaves, something like the crepon in dress goods, but much thicker, is shown at the Japa- nese stores. The ground is of cream, old rose and blae. but shot with other threads to form a changeable effect, This is much used for summer sofa pillows, and looks sufficiently strong for couch covers or anything of that kind. It is @1ayardand a yard wide, and is pretty and new. Shiko, or something similar, is the name given it. Everywhere are ploto- graph frames of every imaginable style; the s@ull ones, covered with white paper, painted with uny flowers in Dresden style. being a» pretty a8 possible'and very inexpensive, Ihe opening for the picture is not exactly in the middie, but iaclines toward the lower left-hand corner, thus giving a little more space for the flowers on one side than the other. There are uo special novelties, however. among the multitude of frames, but a good selection ix always to be found and the quantities of them in silver, leather, silk, cotton and paper pro- claim their popularity. Amoug the newest tritles for personal wear are the belts in black, white and colors, with a full rosette of ribbon effect iv silvered metal for a buckle, These, like the hair a ation @fusuion of the mo- ment, aad with light summer gowns will be very pretty, the white bits looking more dainty With the siiver of the clasp than anything else. ‘There seems to be positively nothing new in embroidery; much beautiful work is ween, but it 1s just the same as to mgveriai and design as has been mentioned inthe past. Orchids worked on linen in natural coloring is ag_novel sa anything, but not the most pleasing to my mey, RIBBON AND FLOWER COMBINATIONS, Really the ribbons and flowers combined still seem the most attractive designs. A pretty ex- ample is a square of linen witha ribbon about in curves to form a border, but bow knots, ced with s ilk, just one stitch radiating In all directions from a midale point, but without a French knot or avy center, Mhaghagrd esenes ak one haps, in pate green, and it is noticeable how this simple device sets off the white ssgeme book mark, and attached to ita smell paper cutter with the head of Marcus Aurelius on a coin stamped for the handle. This idea of the marker and paper cutter going with any uncut book is a good one, though subject and marker may not, so fitiy correspond as in the story, book being always a suitable gift for a goi friend, of whom tho summer season ak AS BIG AS FIVE STATIS, The Land Opened to Settlement in the In- dian Territory, The Cheyenne and Arrapahoe reservation, where 30,000 citizens of the United Stat found new homes on Tuesday, is situated in the Indian territory between the Cherokee outlet on the north and the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache reservation on the south. {is eastern border adjoins Oklahame and its west- ern the “Pan Handle” of Texas. Its area is much greater than is generally understood to be the case. It would make two Oklahomas or five Rhode Islands, while the whole states of Connecticut and Rhode Island could Le set in it and there would still remain room for four Distriets of Columbia, It contains 6,500 square miles or 4,000,000 of acres. Qut of this the resident Indians have been allotted by the government 536,960 acres, giving to ench of the Indians 160 acres, There was thus left for gencral acttlement about 3,500,000 acres, which, allowing a quarter section or 160 acres to each home sceker, would accommodate about 22,000 settlers outside of the town sites, DIM IDEAS OF THE LAND, Very few of the thousands whe have teen waiting for weeks op the border and iu the frontier towns for the final rush had anything but the vaguest iden as to the real character of the land they were so anxious to possess. Ex- ggerated reports of the wondrous fertility of Innd were readily believed and were not casily contradicted, tor only very few people had ‘that intimate ‘knowledge of the country upon which to base successful contradiction. So when the rush was made the boomers bo- lieved they were entering into a veritable gar- den of Eden, When they had reached their claims and had staked them off and had taken the opportunity to survey their broad acres, they Tound that instead of a garden of Eden, a promieed land flowing with milk and honey, as they had fondly believed, they had reaily pos- sessed themselves of n section of very ordi- nary western prairte land, flowing with nothing bat high grass and very brackish streams, bitter with alkali, That, at least, is what a great majority of them found. Some of the land, as a matter of course—that along the river bottoms and that in the valleys -is excellent farming land, but the Indian were seusible enough to choose most of it. Of the land remaining to the white settlers, some of it was good, but most of it was poor. "Many of those who rushed in full of hope will slip out quictly to take advantage of the uext gift of land by the government, RIVERS AND BOTTOM LANDS, ‘The Cimaron river rns across the northeast corner of the new countrs. South of it is th: north fork of the Canadian river. Further south is the south fork of the Canadian river and still further south is the Washita. The bottom lands along these rivers have been al! or mostly all taken up by the Indians, These bottoms are not very wide and the land on both sides of them ‘rises very rapidly into Graeay plateaus. Over the divides the land be- come level prairies. poorly watered, similar to much of western Kansas lands. As between the two branches of the Cauadian the land is rather rough, but much of it is good for farm- ing. The Canadian forks are neither of them very reliable. The north branch runs dry in five years, while there are times every year when the South Canadian is nothing but a long chain of brackish mud holer, The greatest trouble the settlers will encounter iu raising crops in this Cavadian coantry will be from drouth. Those familiar with the country say the settlers wili be fortunate if they raise oue crop in three. The best and richest part of the new country is along the valley of Washita river in county H. ‘The Washita is a wmalicr stream than the Canadian river, but it never goes dry and ite valley is always green. There is also some very fine country along Deer creek, which flows through county Hand empties into the South Canadian in the Wichita reservation. Tho land in county E, the northwestern is a part of the great western desert, It is a waste of sand and 1s hardiy fit to pasture goats on. WHAT THE INDIANS SELECTED, A vers good estimate can be formed of the desirability of the land in the different coun- ties trom the number of Indian aljotments in each. for the Incians have undoubtedly sought for the best lands. In Kingfisher county 195 ts have been made; in Canadian county 2; in county C 1,283; 1m county F 86; in county G 435; county H 329. THE CLASS OF SETTLERS, The cettlers appear to be, ns a rule, ener- getic and determined to wrest from the stub- born soil a better living than they had been able to gain in their old homes, Of course there were numbers of shiftlees people careless of the future who joined the Tush out of the excitement of the thing: others were drawn to the lands in the hope of profit- ing by speculation, and still others who “got lett” at the opening of the Iowa Sac and Fox Kickapoo and Pottawatomie lands last year and made another attempt to secure homes, SCARCITY OF THE NEGuO. ‘The scarcity of the negro is one of the sur- prisin; things of the occupancy of the new ands. An estimate by a newspaper man who has ridden nearly around the whole border daring the past week places the proportion of negroes to the whole number of settlers at only sixtecn per cent. - It was confidently expected that they would comprise fuily half of the home seekers, but the greater part of the negro scttlers gathered at Langston and Cameron the negro towns that were organized at the time of the opeuing of the eastern reservation a year ago, From these towns they proceeded, most of them ou foot, to the eastern and southern boundaries of tho Cheyenne country, whe they all settled as near to one another as possi ble in bunches, Nearly all the remaining negroes entered the lands from the south and west, having come from Texas, There was no organization among the latter and they took up claims indepenent of each other, much after the manner of the white brethren. ‘THE INDIAN NOT DISTURDED. The blanketed Indian, amid all the rash bastle, hurry and excitement, preserved his imperturbable indifference. The only thing that caused anything near surprise was the number of white people who entered uj bis Jand. It was the first time he ever ne to know that there are more white people in the world than Indianr. Otherwise he observed all the exciting scenes without the least show of surprise or curiosity. It was apparently all avery great bore to him, He was not enough interested in the white man’s scramble for land to stay on his own claim to prevent its being jumped, There was, howeve i for that, The Indians gre as a rule clined. ‘The Arapahoos docile. They never have and probably nover will make much trouble, ‘The Cheyennes, too, enough, solong as they are ets dlowe in pence. Wiieu ‘they Sere fee tne ‘on the reservation in 1879, after the famous and fatal raid through Kansas, they chaffed ‘gnder the restraint and caused much trouble. Since then they have been selves very well, nick ywever. and ile i i HI i one | 5 F | i | 4 if f I F i 5 é 1892-SIXTEEN PAGEs. GOOD ADVICE. “My boy, I am going to buy you something which the doctor advised me to give you. He said a thin child is always delicate; nobody worries about a plump one. I will give you Johann Hoff’s Malt Ex- tract to build you up. I know it will do it, and then only will I buy you the stone blocks to build houses with. You need strength first to become a man before you build houses.” Dr. Fricke, a well-known | practitioner of Phila., writes: “I} have tried Johann Hoff's Malt Ex tract not only on myself but also ona great number of my patients with marked success in cases of con valescence, impaired digestion, for mothers while nursing, for children. and in general debility, and have found it to be an excellent remedy for building up the system. In my } own case of impaired digestion it has benefited me more than all! other remedial agents which T have | used. Be sure to obtain the “Genuine,” which must have the signature of “Johann Hoff” on the ne bottle. Eisner & Mendelson Co., Sole Agents and | Importers of Mine Waters, 6 TAILOR ren’ «tes: peniets juare—for cutting ladiow and child 4 Oth stnw, dresses made to ender. dodidinne 7 ‘on You. conse of scient fie Dresm € 819 to introduce the Ladies of French ana Ob F wyatenn in th SEAMLESS BODice, the ISIAN DARTLESS BANQUE, ke. Positively no refitting to do. Fach AC bas'the privilege of cutting and bastiug = waist the school te test the accuracy and simplicity of the ayateu All are cordially invited to cal av@ investigate this fore learning any other. 2 PAKLOKS, 503 OTH ST. N.W. siren this nyaten tine ive az LIZziE LUCAS. Hi and i t ete dis iy Sr epee a Galland inspect our complete display of apritn Nats and bounets pressed in the latest styles. 7 vole axents for Mi BRE, SHITE AND BLACK LACES Doxr: UP In first-class French style. White and Sati Lace Curtains a specialt st MADAME VALMUNI'S nw. ue McCabe's corsets. ml : ME GREAT. PENNSYLY. Se DOUBLE TRAC ARLEN DID CEN ER STEEL BAILA, BAQNIPICENT ROULEMENE. ja TRAINS LP For Pittatune apd the We effect 11:59 pm Jan AVE WASHT ary BTON PRO! CORNER OTH AND BST. AS Pc ‘ATION pros of Pulimad ¥ ane, 10. and St. Louis with Patio Car Heres: feburs Gad Nie ttn ious and Cinciunat! Ea- Yar ot Car Washington to ney ine Care Harrisburg to St, ati, and Deming Car ‘Coli tnan Expres at dai. with ‘Thatet Parlor Cor Was and Niecy to Chirag. Touts Neer rs for Dinmnz Car Pit "tire expan, 0 Wat, wit iteabore © ‘da cae ugh Sleeper to Pittabare, “eden and Niaware Fails P With ma. iy Pam Viniadeipids will change cara at South, Street station rH 0 an Fast Pxpress, 7 day iy, 700 aim, week days and 5 N.Y. all thromch trains counect #8 My with oats of Brooklyn Auten, afford < transfer to Fulton otreet, avorasg aoubes orice scrome New York City ” lantCOty, 11.00 am. week days, 22.35 pm 2 tat For intl For Ba 7.20, 5.50, 1100and 1190 am, 1 B45. 4.00 1 i 7. 20am, and 4.36 pan daily Antapolin 00 aud USO am. and 4.2% bud cep Sunday. Sundaya, 00am. pu ‘OR ALEXANDRIA AND cout For ak. WOOP, General Manaxer, [Jal] General Paxsencer Agent. ICUMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD CO. de in effect January 1 ve ana leave at Pea. ington, D.C for Lynchburg, connecta 0 railroad ‘ue Seep ay ad for 1 vie Kirminwhew, unit at Dauvitie oper for Awrasta and Grectaboro' with Sleeper tor Asheville aad’ Morrie: town, 4:45 p.m — Daily, except Sunday, for Warrenton an@ Orange, aud throwsh train for Prout Royal aud Stres- bare 11-90 pan —Daily, WASHINGTON AND SOUTH- WESTERN VESiIBULED LIMITED, composed en- rely of Pullman Sleeper. Dining, Parlor and Sinok— ing Cars, and ruus to Atisnta (Gime 18 houre) with Pillunee) Siccyer fargash New York, ad Washington New Oriestis via Sos ‘an oh to Menphig vie. Birwineharn, aud Atlanta to Sackeous 20 bin Dells torall peincipal Poin Deily forall principal points south om Richmond and Danville syeten: Pullmas, ‘Sleapore New York aud Washington to Knoaville via Asbe? nd Washingt to Avcunta vin ¢ TNS ON WASHINGTON AND ONTO DIVISION on at 2108. dally itu, basting draping. desune Dlakds and stripes. ali styies of sleeves, collursand waists Also Low to tneastce tex. Thus enabling puyiiste wake hi gowns witbon. woing abroad. hed "before te5 ie ‘any, Yeu dollar dis unt cat to ineawure. All are invited, Vth st mw. tub l2-Gw* Ppesses or ALL MATERIALS CLEANED AND DYED, NEW SPRING SHADES, A NEW PROCESS FOR DYEING GENTS’ SUITS. ‘The lining remains bright and clean. Goods called for ANTON FISCHER, and delivered 906 G ST. XW. mb31 B14 PENN. AVE SE Gests Serrs DYEING IN ALI. SHADES ACCORDING TO SAMPLE, A F Bonsor, SCOURER AND DYER, Southeast cor. 17th and Fairmount ave. BRANCH STORES 15 Chestnut st., Philalelphia, 8. LOth st., Philadelp 1623 Columbia ave., Philadelphia, Wilinington, Del shape: plain or Duttows a apcinity =e amg sent 1203 New York a Indies’ aud ceute’ work of every description. PARTY DRESSES PLUSH AND VELVETS, ANTON AND CAROLINE LERCH, formerly with A. Finber and Maison Yriese, Paris, my) _ PIANOS AND ORGANS “6 KRAKAUER PIANOS ARE EXCELLENT IN ‘every particular and of thorouch solid work- x. Mil ental FT RE PEEMLES® SOMMER PIANO TS ON EXHI ST: tion at our ware rooms; a fail line of Oreans for rent SEES) wero EEE ‘THE STUKTEVANT HOUSE ‘Ta the most central fr the city: near all elevated roads, 9.1f Pata ao dm tens cheese Riewpab furuished at ties, 1900" 9 Passenger ptation,” Pennay! ton, D.C. 1.8. BROWN, General Avent. ass TAS. L. TAYLOR, Goon, Puan. Ast, ALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. Schedule in effect December 13, 1801. Leave Washington froin station corner of Ne ‘avenue ahd. atreet For Chicago ani Northwest, Verubuled Limited Ba- For (inciunsii, St Louie and indistagolia, Veuti- For Cincimnsin nite buled Limited 530, exprese 11-40 p-t dally. ‘For Fittature and Cleveland, exprem daily” 11.30% mm ndeas pan For Baltimore, week day «8.00, 49 muluuten), AB.0>, 8-30, x0 2.00, 1210. x= 20, 8240, XA. 3.05, AD-msinuies), ‘wid, xd, 2s 00.0. 403 «00. x80, x0.00, x11. For Amnayolin, 7 p.m. Sundays s.20 0 For Frederick, 11.3 PPr Hazerstown, 110,40 aim. and ¥ LOYAL BLCY Lin Car, pen at 10. Bitlet Parle For Boston, *2 fms Car racine ¢ trains, h, Pullraan Dnfet Sleeps pate without chatge landine pesencere in Batd 2.00 noon, 4 arban trains see thne tables, tobe ticket agents, os CHAS. 0. SOULL, Vans Ax't 1N EFFECT NOVEMBER rains leave daily from union station (ik, ae ‘“Yierouzi the grandest scenery int America, with the nom: conpuete Dultd Trait Bervice dnucton’ Sncinnett Fast Li othe Union 1 ae. "F-P.V. Voniitvule Limited” — je tram with dining car for Cincnmati, and Loussville. Ky Lexington 6. 0.50 pan., connecting im Union a 00 iit. E for Gordonm mond. Waynesboro, Bteunton anid principal ur! juts. POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. Moe8? Venn, The TOMB OF WASHINGTON, Until further notice the Palatial Tron and Steamer CHARLES MACALESTER will wharf, foct of 7th st., as follows: t di 8 Lt il if it