Evening Star Newspaper, August 6, 1892, Page 12

31G THE BIC 3 A QUIET RETREAT Where Astronomers May Pursue Their Abstruse Calculations. OBs NAVAL THE ERV ATO! Its Attractive Location and the Presents for the Carry of Work—How the Observatory A 2 ities It T THIS TIME, WHEN every one ix more or interested in thing: for a share eral who perhaps the h an institution, for it isnot as the suddenly find themselves curious t) about the observatory. Tt could eas of every-day life. for it is never scena dom heard of in the daily co-nings and g of the workaday world, in fact, it is most a¢ the p tention. existe d sel- tered hem of very jumpin; wn where the strects, forsaking pave and guttering, come to an abrupt end at th Fiver's edge. as a Stax reporter found on his oF THE 26-1NcH EQUATORIAL. t, drowsy old sp 1” shrubber the astronomers can sit dari: turbed by the t work out their abtruse math In such 2 place it would see eelf in one's work and become to all save the pre trees interlace their branches shield from the glare the town. and the observa: if in the midst of « forest. come out the big telescopes sition, and all throngh the n scanning the heavens. seckin jer oF verifying past di MICETY OF THE ASTRONOMER'S WORK. It is not all child's play, however, for wi every observation is couple ies of ma matical computations which would simply par- totally oblivious the make a a we alyze the brain of an ordinary man. It would be jolly fun, don't you know, to sit up there on the observer's chair, watching the glories of the heavens spread out like an ile ated scroll and to study first one phenomenon and then another, stopping when youare tired. But other thing to spend hours on that uncomfo: step-ladder kind of a seat, with your e yy and timing its speed and motion with the ehronom It Probably seems very romantic to the visitor who for a few moments in the early even- wait fag, ik she full moon flooding the landscape light and the myriads of heavenly bodies, dim and mysterious to the naked eve, magnified im the glass to glorious beacons in the sky, but until the moon goes down and wit perched up on the observation chair with th Musema rising from the river like the dampness getting int is work then, not romance Tt might be said that two classes of work are Etiformed atthe naval observatory. The first the purely astronomical work, ihe observa- tion of all the heavenly bodies und the conse- quent mathematical computa: Movements; the other class includes magnetic observations, comparison of chro Ts and the determination of errors of sta time. The great dome of the observatory is on the meridian of Washington from which longitude is reckoned. The standard a mist an your rheumatism. It and it is this time w ehronometers of ships. TWO PRINCIPAL TELESCOPES. ‘There are two principal telescopes in the ob- servatory. One of them is the great twenty-4.x- inch equatorial, a picture of which is herewith lat It is with this powerful glass that Hall has been conducting a series of in- teresting examinations of double stars. The ‘hich is carried by the It_ may sound strange. but it is midto be a fact that a smaller instrument gives better results in the ordinary observation of planets. for the reason that the high fo"er telescope magnities the dis- turbances in the atmosphere which surrounds ‘this earth at the same ratio that it magnifies the object. Astronomers say that now it is not so much « question of the power of the lens in ing observations as it is the state of the .. They would be willing to rest con- their ‘present instruments if they clearer and better atmosphere to ay This fact ix illustrated Rear eo &t Arequipa, South America, wl Ap ape are of rather rp grade, atmosy here is 40 good that splendid re- sults are neers neverthelens, afc nine- atorial which is in charge prot Edgar ‘Feuby is « good glass. It bas ‘wed in the observations of comets and pass out of the range of vision | mean time is ascertained by observations here, | I EQUATORI! as ocenitations of stars br the moon and miscellaneous observations of stars who. cation. ‘This is the instru- hich ix used by the visitors at the ob- y, and through it some splendid views ars have been obtained during the last tions needed identifi ment The New Assessment as Revised by the Board of Equalization. BENEFITS OF RAPID TRANSIT. Changes in Property Which Will Be Caused by the New Cable Koad—Young Men Kun the Business in Hot Weather—New Im- provements of Various Kinds. AVING COMPLETED the triennial assessment, ‘or more properly speak- ing the equalization of their assessment, the board of assessors can | now turn their atten- tion to the assessment of property outside of the limits of the city. It is generally agreed | and the assessors them- selves, or at least some of them, admit that | their valuations have been high. This term has | been qualified by adjectives of more or less in- tensity in order to properly express the feel- ings of some of the taxpayers, but for general purposes it is sufficient to say that it has been high. With this tendency on the part of the assessors to see, as it were, a gilt edge on Wash- | ington real estate it becomes a question of gen- uine interest to know what they will do when they begin their view of property in the suburbs. To assert that their ideas of values will come up to the standard as maintained by | the property owners and those interested in | the suburbs is to elevate the assessment value | atonce. Some idea of what the assessment in | general will be of suburban property can be | gained from the fact that some of the assessors in an unofiic way have already approximated the result. They have done #o in this way. Their estimate of the revenue which will be d rived from the entire assessment is $3,000,000, an increase of $1,000,000 as compared with the | assessment of 1889, In making this approxi- | mate estimate they probably calculated that the ‘esting instrument is the transit ‘observations of the such «tars as are and instrument correetions. alation of thix instrument, and confounding to the layman, + prod ffecting the correct time. made ced It ix with the transit that of the ections time and ite r in the standard mean e visible in the dropping THANSIT INSTRUMENT. of the time ball on the Navy Department every The observatory is open night and da} and the astronomers come and go, making their observations at different hours, as the best op portunity presents. In the daytime the com- puters are at work. HOW THE onsi ‘The es RVATORY ORIGINATED. blislftent of the naval observatory seems to have originally grown out of a feeling of local pride and antipathy to the British. In carly days longitude was reckoned from the m of Greenwich, and it became so after a je that the American naval officers objected en taking a British name into considera- They suggested the establishment of a first meridian for America. In 1810 the matter wes brought into Congress in a memorial from William Lambert from Virginia, who prayed the establishment of a first meridian for the United States, “by which a further dependence on Great Britain or any other foreign nation h meridian may be entirely removed.” The mem was referred to a select com- mittee, which on March 28, 1810, reported the ing resolution: That it is expedient to make law authorizing the President of rovision by the United States to cause the longitude of the city of | Washington from the observatory at Greenwich to b ascertained with the greatest degree of uracy and for that purpose to procure the Ty astronomical instruments.” solution was subsequently referred to Secretary of State, Mr. Monroe, who re- ported upon it favorably, saying that the “es- tablichment of a first meridian for themsel | has become, by the nsage of nations, an append- ge if not ute of sovereignty.” He is remarked that every nation which created | a tire hed’ an observatory. The matter dragged along until 1825, when | President Adams sent a message to Congress urging th lishment of an observatory. The me-sage was referred to a select committee, which in 1826 presented an elaborate report from Maj. Gen. Macomb. chief of engineers, favoring the Washington. No action was taken, however, and the matter rested there. THE FIRST INSTRUMENTS. In 1890 Lieut. L. M. Goldsborough, after- ward rear admiral, succeeded in establishing a Navy Department for the care of the instruments, charts, &e., of the navy. .A room was provided and Lieut, Goldsborough brought over from New York a chronometer, g to the navy and located transit instrument was _after- w forty guineas and added to the coll Th tion. then, was the nucleus around which grew ival observatory. 1842 « bill went through Congress provid- | ing for the building of a suitable house, not to exceed in cost 225,000, for the accommodation of the instruments. It was built on the present site of the observatory, which was a government reservation, and additions have been made from the result being the observatory Progress of the Moquis Indians. A new era in the civilization and history of | the Moquis Indians, the quaint people of Ari- | Zona, is reported to the Indian office by Dr. Dorchester, the superintendent of Indian schools. He states that the progress made in providing these Indians with better homes is very encouraging. Twenty-one houses have been erected on the plains in Kearn’s canyon 100 houses have been started and are in various stages of progress. They are built of | adobe and stone, with timber roof eovered with tin and painted.” ‘The walls inside are plastered smooth. ‘Ihe contrast between these quarters and the foul, fetid houses in the measas where these people have been living for centuries is a striking one, | anfl ° Change for the Wedding Fee. From the Lewiston (Me. ) Journal. asking him the amount of the bill. He had not been accustomed to receive anything of much ailding of an observatory at | rcentage of increase would be about the same in the subnrbs as it has been in the city. Be- | tore the board of equalization began its work | | the increase in values of the new assesament.as | | compared with the old was 50 per cent. The | | great bulk of this increase was on land values, | the values of the improvements as a rule re- maining the same. They therefore estimated that the increase in land values alone was about 100 per cent. | THE PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE. But the board of equalization as made re- auctions in this assessment which, it is stated, amonnt to 25 or 30 percent. On this basis it is therefore seen that the increase made by this revised assessment, as compared with the taxable values of three years ago, is on the whole property of the District only about 20 or 25 per cent, while from the standpoint of land values alone the increase is from 70 to 75 per cent. If this approximation of the effect of the new assessment is correct, for of course there has been no opportunity to ascertain the total taxable valuation, then the result of the assess ment as revised will be that the increase is less than the increase of the assessment of 1889 over that of 1886. ‘This increase was given as 27 per cent, while the new assessment as it now stands shows only an increase of 20 to 25 per cent over | that of 1839. ‘The civil sundry bill suspends the operation of this new assessment for a year in order to allow a board of equalization, especially ap- | pointed for that purpose, to go over the assess- | ment and make such changes as they see fit and | proper. No doubt when it is jone nearly everybody will be satisfied. Itisbardly to be expected that two revisions of an assessment will be sufticient to diffuse happiness uniformly over the minds of the taxpayers of the District. THE EFFECT OF RAPID TRANSIT. Ina certain sense the effect of the «ubstitu- tion of rapid transit on the Washington and Georgetown railroad” has been anticipated. ‘Those who had property in the outlying regions reached by the Foad have exploited al the bene. fits that are likely to arise, and as the reward of | their labors no doubt they have sold consider- | able property. But after all the public gener- ally will not be able to appreciate the great benefit of such a change until they realize from | practical every day experience that they can go farther ina given time on the street railway then they were ever able to go before. What a boon it will be to the people of Capitol Hill to | find that it docen’t take five minutes to climb | that steep. Then think of the residents of Georgetown and Mount Pleasant, who will be brought within a reasonable time of their laces of business in the center of the city. Five cable road will be found’ to be a great ad- vantage. ‘There is another feature about this change in the method of transit by this company which will be of interest to property owners. In a} short time the company will have no use for the | car houses and horse stablex that oceupy such | large blocks of ground in Georgetown, at the | head of 14th street and on the south side of the | Capitol, There is no doubt that these build- | ings will be removed and in their places will arise rows of dwelling houses =thich will tend to improve the localities. That was what hap- pened when the car stables were removed from the square near the Baltimore and Ohio depot. HE NOW RUNS THE BUSINESS, ‘The young man who is growing up in some real estate office with the view of becoming a really truly broker is very prominent during the heated term. He is left sometimes for several weeks to run the office while the ‘“boss”” isaway at the seaside or in the mountains spending the wealth he has accumulated during | the winter. Then the young man—‘my young | man,” as he is called “when the broker is at home—has a chance to spread himself. The office, even if it has several rooms, seems to be somewhat too small for him. He fills the chair of the man whose name is at the entrance w a dignity and largeness that is very impressive. When a chance visitor comes into the office he is ready to talk business, and he does it, too, with a fluency and a display of information that is quite on a par with his general style. ‘The only reason his transactions are not nu- merous is that there is no business to be done. | A visit to the various real estate offices will | demonstrate that the coming generation of real | estate brokers is quite pp in business snap with | | the present generation. The bright, smart ‘oung man who runs the summer real estate Business of the city isa bopeful sign that this branch of business is not going to retrograde. ‘MR. HURST'S RESIDENCE. Architect Richard Ough is drawing the plans for two handsome stone and brick dwellings to be erected by J. C. Hurst on the Conduit road | near the old Drovers’ Rest, a short distance | | | |from the distributing reservoir. The new | houses will be three stories high. 20260 feet, | | with double-decked porches, bay windows, | ulated roofs, furnaces, cabinet mantels, electric | i} bells, speaking tubes and incandescent light. Other buildings are going up in the same vicinity. MR. ATZEL'S IMPROVEMENT. C. A. Didden, architect, has prepared plans for a three-story and cellar brick and stone building that John F. Atzel will have erected on New York avenue between 12th and 13th | streets northwest on the site of the old Colenfan house. The Leary rs to be 27x60 feet. Fe front to be of rick, with idle- town brown-stone trim r cornices and terra cotta ornamentations. first and i REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. sereart.sct | estly requested to wit will be of hard wood. William J, E. Duffy, who hat the Lincoln, corner 10th’and H_ streets, is making improvements which will add to ite ap- pearance. A new irofi railing will extend all around the front. Wide entrances and brown- stone steps are contemplated, as well as many other decorative features. A number" of changes are being made in the interior which will make it more pleasant and attractive. 1AMs' Capt. Hunt Defends the Action of Lieut. Col. Streator. ‘The Nashua, N.H., Evening Telegraph printa a letter from Capt. Alfred E. Hunt, command- ing battery E at Homestead, Pa., in reply to a recent editorial in the paper charging that the punishment of Frivate Iams was unjustifiedly brutal, &c. Capt. Hunt says: “Private Iams was not tortured in punishment by Col. Streator, as the suspension by the thumbs did not throw the whole weight of his body on those members. After five minutes’ suspension he asked for a chew of tobacco in the same arrogant, insolent manner which was characteristic of his entire conduct in camp, and also all through his ser- vice in the guard. He purposely swallowed some of the tobacco to make himself wick, ac- cording to his own self-confessed statement afterward. “He was let down from the ridge pole of the tent after twenty minutes’ suspension, suffer ing from nausen, occasioned by his’ having swallowed the tobacco. During the entire evening and night, after this punishment, the man treated the matter jocosely, and made no complaints of having suffered. ' The following morning the one-half of his head was clean shaven, the only real corporal punishment. the man endured of which he complained while in camp. “By orders of the general in command of the division, he was discharged from the guard “for the good of the wer His uniform, be- longing to the state, was stripped off him'and cheap, coarse, but clean, new clgthing placed on him. He was then drummed ‘out of camp to the tune of the ‘Rogue's March’ in the pres- ence of hix entire brigade, drawn up in line. “As to the further statement that the offense was nothing more than a ‘thoughtless exclama- vious record has been extremely bad, had been axoldier long enough to. be conversunt with the duties and discipline of the guard. H. knew full well the dangerons position occupied by the guard and the lability of the camp to be shot into at any time by the lawless strikers, yet the day befor x ing detected asleep on his post as a sentinel, quoting the words of Gen. Snowden, ‘in the face of revellion, treason, murder aud an- archy.” ‘mong a mass of iron workers, numbering | many thousands, who were then striking, and amid the open rejoicing of these men of the then supposed asvussination of Mr. H this man proposed thre right in the presence of his colonel. expostulated with and rep and carn- mation, he doggedly and persistently refused to “He was entreated, not only by his colonel, other officers ‘of the brigade, to whom tter was referred, not on times, and the same dogged, persis ion. sidered that the pence and good order of this place was only restored and is now maintained by the armed guard of the tate, that the strikers only through fear of the troops are held in subjection even yet, and when a large proportion of the gnard has been rdered home, it will be apparent, L think, that e situation has been, and is yet, of great un- ty. ers al oilers ner nates his rights as a citizen. This is not tru o such results x military sentence in this case. ‘The position taken by the majority of the newspapers of the country has notaided in settling the present difficulty, nor will itaid iu the lesson which striking laborers should learn from the history of the Homestend riots—a lesson which if not learned thoroughly by the events here will have to be learned, probably at a greater loss of both life and property, in the very near future.” gs es MR. GLADSTONE AND THE IRISH. ne are responsible for Mutual Confidence Established by the Ke- cent Conferences. The series of conferences between the leaders of the Irish party and Mr. Gladstone has defi- nitely resulted in such a degree of mutual con- fidence as promises to expedite greatly the ad- vent of home rule in Ireland. The acceptance by Mr. John Morley of the post of chiet secre- tary for Ireland was a point upon which the | chiefs of the MeCarthyite faction laid consider- able stress. Mr. Morley himself was reluctant | to accept the secretary; desiring some other post in the cabinet which would impose upon him less arduous duties, and only agreed to ac- cept it when it was represented to him by Mr. Gladstone that no other minister would so fully command the support of the Irisn members of parliament. In an interview. yesterday with a representa- tive of the Associated Press Mr. John Dillon expressed the satisfaction of the Irish party at the prospect of Mr. Morley’s holding the post during the critical period in the progress of the home rule bill. Referring to the reports printed in some of the English papers that certain Irish members might take office under Mr. Morley, Mr. Dillon said that such a thing was next to impossible. No member of the party, he declared, would dare to accept a place under any English govern- ment. “We are pledged,” he added, “to ac cept no post except under a purely frish ad- ministration when we get it, and any man vio- lating that rule would be’ expelled from the party. You do not hear of any one aiming at a lace under the Gladstone government. ‘The nglish papers are entirely wrong in regard to the matter.” When usked whether he could communicate what modifications Mr. Gladstone had made in his home rule bill Mr. Dillon replied that he Was not at liberty to ray anything except that the bill was likely to be one that Mr. Parnell would have accepted, adding: “We will not take anything less. Mr. Gladstone knows that our position in the matter is definite and inflexible. fe has pledged himeelf to place home rule in front of ail other measures, and to keep it there until it is passed. I believe we can rely upon his intention to do so. Regarding the mo cations of the original bill, the most important is one that has already’ been publicly an- nounced—the retention of Irish members in the imperial parliament, We have stipulated that Irelan “We will not assent to any reduction in ow numbers. Mr. Gladstone knows that his other modifications in the bill as accepted by Mr. Parnell we’wiil not go back on. We have no reason to suppose that the liberal leaders con- should occur altering their icy wwe will at | once suspend our support of the liberal govern- ment. ‘The American press ought to know that our position 1s one of entire independence. Our alliance with the liberals ix to carry home rule. By that we shall abide, To show our inde- pendence we have decided to sit in opposition to tho likeral government, bat we will support ull, them as long as they keep to Mr. Parnell’s moment lon hen do you expect troduce the hoine rule bill? asked. “As soon as the house reassembles in January or carly in February. We do not expect an autumn session. ‘fhe honse js likely to ad- journ next Friday.” ‘MR. BLAKE'S EULOGY OF PARNELL. Alluding to Mr. Blake's copious eulogiums of Mr. Parnell and Mr. Parnell’s policy at the Eighty Club dinner, the Associated Press rep- resentative suggested that these things indi- cated a reconciliation with the Parnellites. Mr. Dillon replied that he knew of nothing inting to more friendly relations with the Firnelifice, and thet no communtontions point. ing that way had been exchanged recently. i l i i $ <i! [ and ‘They will | t ‘ e he had carried a rail for be- | follow the | 's representation shall be as full as now. | template giving us less, but if any change | Special Attention Being Devoted to HOW THE TEAM PROGRESSES. ‘Twenty-five Men to Compete for Eighteen Ponitlons—District Soldiers Will Present a ‘Trophy to New Jersey—Rattalion and Com- pany Encampments at Sundry Times and in Divers Places. EFORE THE MONTH of August passes away it is probable that the District National Guard will have a better brigade rifle team than has ever yet gone forth from this city to do battle for trophies and honors of various de- scriptions. The first team came into being in 189. It came up through great tribula- tion and consisted of precisely twelve men. Had one or two of the dozen been taken seri- ously ill while the team was at Creedmoor the initial venture must necessarily have failed. | Two-thirds of the membership in that year was | €reen and untrained in all that related to rifle practice, and yet when the crucial test was ap- plied they shot weil enough to beat the veterans of New York and New Jersey and to win the great Hilton trophy. Last year the team had more experience but less luck, and in the three important matches in which it participated the victory went to the empire state. These defeats i | were hardly to be charged to poor marksman- | | ship, for the Springfield gun well! did wonderfully ‘The vietors were armed with superior tion,’ let me say that Private Iams, whore pre- | Titles and used high-grade special cartridges—a | combination that could n overument arm and tory ammunition. | Perhaps the differences in the aggregates might have been lessened a trite had there been more real team work on the part of the local riflemen, | but as last year is clear out of sight references to what might have been are useful only for the lesson taught, This year there is an evident determination to make things more than ordivarily intergsting for all contpetitors— shown very clarly in the preliminary practice. On Thursday there was a satisfactory attend- | ance at the range, and the results were by no | means discouraging. Several highly elevated | scores were made und many of the men who | were not at their best did cnough to show that | neither hand nor eye had lost their cunning. who had not been ordered to prac- tice put in an appeara Poor shooting lowered the average considerably, put that will not happen again, for only those whose names appear below will be permitted to practice on ‘Thursdays hereatter. Other men | will be encouraged to do their utmost at volun- | tary practice on the days set apart for such work, but they cannot and will not be permitted | to inferfere with the effort now being put forth to secure a first-class team. THERE WERE FOUR SKIRMISIC RUNS. Following the shooting at 500 and 600 yards | ame a variation that was as pleasant ax it was to many novel. Four skirmish runs were placed on the program. Men new to the work enjoyed the expenence wonderfully, while the old ban settled down to business just as though nearly a year had not elapsed since they last trotted ugh the long grass, And there were xome scores, too, most prominent being the one | which goes to the oredit of Private Walter Cash; fourteen of his hits (the practice was on mid= | range targets) were bull’s-eyes, while the other | six only missed the black by narrow margins, | This skirmish work will follow mid-range prac- | tice throughout the month, not because it will be of any present value to the brigade team as an organization, but because the first and sec iment and the engineer teams will meet ght for the bronze interstate trophy rt last year by the first regiment ‘s-eye spoilers, THIRTY CANDIDATES. Unless otherwiseand specially ordered only the following named candidates for places’ on the brigade team will report at the range next Thursday afternoon: First “regiment—Capt. W. L. Cash, Lieut. Geo. H. Harries, Lieut. James M. Stewart, Private Himebaugh, Sergt. Russell, Corp. Ap- pleb; . Rollins and’ Private Walter. Cash Second regiment—Col. Clay, Capt. James E. P. Vale, Lieut. Bell. Lieut, % . Sergt. Laird, Sergt. Rotrammel, |Sergt. McClaim, Sergt. Page, Privates Kirk) | Blanton and Walker. | Engineer corps—Lieut. F. L. GrahameSergt. | Hutterly, Corp. Dickey, Corp. Smythe, Privates | Netherald, Gordon, ‘Steward, Young, Hecox Scott. ¢ foregoing, with Maj. Pollard, will make a total of thirty-one. When Thursday's practice is over there will be but twenty-five —the max mum number on which time and money will be spent during the present month. A larger | crowd cannot be easily handled on team work. t be beaten by the won nt Sea crowd of bull figures mentioned much of the energy expended | would go to waste so far as this year’s results | are concerned. * THE wasnryToN TRoPHy. Although expected every day for the past | week or two the Sea Girt program is still con- spicuous by its absence, but as Gen. Spencer has given every assurance that it will be satis- factory to the District militia no concern is felt. ‘One of the events, by the way, is going to | be a surprise for the Jemeymen. Ever | the Washington and New Jersey teams joined hands at Credmoer in 1890 there has been a growth of friendship of the warmest nature, accelerated last year by the more than kindly treatment accorded Maj. Pollard and his men while at Sea Girt. During last winter advan- tage was taken of several cordial expressions, made public at brigade headquarters, to advo- cate the presentation of something which would feebly represent the respect and esteem felt for the genial Sand Spaniards, "Within. fifteen minutes a fair proportion of the sum needed was in the hands of the collecting officer. On letter written to Gen. Spencer (who is one of the princes among the good fellows of Jersey) informing him that ‘the District National Guard hind purchased a bronze figure which would in due season be presented to the state of | New Jersey. ‘The figure is to be known as the | Washington Trophy, and is to be competed for mnually by regimental or battalion teams of the state organization only. When the Wash- ingtonians depart for Sea Girt they will take the trophy with them, and at an appropriate time Gen. Ordway will’ present the testimonial. which ehould appeal to every lover of equity. Last fal! the first regiment team took away from Jersey the only portable bronze horse tho state It is understood that Jersey will own the animal, so it is quite proper that from some source or other its supply of statuettes be kept up. GETTING DOWN TO DETAILS, September 1 seems to be the date on which the local,sharps will leave the city. An earlier day had been suggested, but Gen. Ordway said last night that the~1st would be about right. ‘That would permit of two days’ practice on the Sea Girt range with a Sunday of complete rest before competitive shooting commenced. Such an a nt would put the men in touch with atmospheric and other conditions avd ought to be materially advantageous, All quartermaster and commissary arrangements are to be in the hands of the ‘‘onliest” quarter- master, Capt. Harry Parmenter. The captain rendered excellent service last ‘—no one could have done better—so he will once more be detailed to look after the comfort, which of course includes that cook-scaring thing—the general appetite. ‘MAJ. HARRISON STARTS ON THURSDAY. | and unless there isa speedy reduction to the | Wednesday a conclusion was reached anda | There is an element of justice in the affair | VL following instructions and ila- tions relative to duties in camp are published for the information and guidance of all con- 1. Morning reports of companies will be sent to the adjutant's office before 12 noon. | the regular roll calls at reveilie and tattoo, and tant immediately thereafter. 3. At fatigue call the tents will be put in |order and the company streets and camp | grounds thoroughly policed. 4. Washing will not be allowed in the tents Pany streets. Wash benches will be provided adjoining the water barrels at the end of the company streets, 5. The object of the camp is instruction in | military duty, to which all other considerations must be subordinate; but when off duty the men will be encouraged to enjoy themselves in every reasonable manner. 6 The universally common faults of the National Guard are ignorance of guard duty and a lack of observance of the forms of military courtesy. The greatest attention will therefore be paid by all to instruction in these important duties. Courtesy among military men, and respect to superiors, is indiapensable to discipline. Officers salute each ather when they meet, the | interior making the first salute. Soldiers on | of ranks ealute all officers, with the hand if un- | armed, with the riffe salute if armed. Officers | must scrupulously acknowledge all salutes. | 7. No officer or enlisted man will, without special permission from the major commanding, | be permitted to sleep out of camp at night. | VIL. The following details for the camp are announced: Acting post adjutant—First Lient, George A. arren, adjutant third battalion. Acting post quartermaste; Charies A. Swigart, company C. Acting post commissary of subsistence —First Lient. Otto L. Suess, Union Veteran Corps. Acting post surgeen—Firet Lieut. Samuel A. H. McKim, surgeon third battalion. Acting post ordnance officer—First Lieut. | James M. Stewart, inspector of rifle practice, third battalion. Instructor in guard duties—First Lieut, Ed- ward Dunn, company A. It may be that company A, sixth battalion, ill also accompany the third into camp. ARTILLERYMEN AT RAY RIDGE. ioe lw econd Lieut. Then the light battery is going away. Will be at Bay Ridge from the 8th to the 16th. Men and guns will leave the city next Tuesday morn- ing at 7 o'clock, and when they reach the house of Mr. Nicholas Auth, on the Bladensburg road, will halt for breakfast. That meal will be a ession of Mr. Auth’s interest in National Guard, for the boys are to be his guests. When breakfast ix over, which means when there is nothing edible left in the Auth larder, the battery will proceed by way of Mitchellsville and“ Governor's bridge to An- napolis, arriving at the latter place on Wed! day morning in time to be officially and popu- larly received. Bay Ridge will be reached by about L p.m. of the same day. While in camp there will be a full-dress mounted exhibition drill every says he will take fifty men along. The trip will not be in the nature of « picnic, for a four day's battery march is a long way removed from any resemblance to a joke. WHERE OTHER COMMANDS WILL cAMP. Other commands going into pany A, fourth battalic from August 12 to 1 Irish-American p are com- ‘eranton, Pa., in connection with the on mili nic company D. fourth battal from August 8 to 15: cot talion, at Tolchester Be: and company B, second battalion, at Pine pany A, second bal h, August 14 to Point, August 13 to Then there will be the encampment of the Washington Light Infantry Corps at Cape May, from Angust 20 to 29. A big crowd is expected to accompany the popular command on its trip to the seashore, and it is generally believed that not less than 100 active members will march j away. INCREASING ITS MEMDERSHIP. The engineer corps held one of its regular meetings on Monday evening. John E. Arm- strong, John T. Hough, John J. Barry, Geo. K. | Kline, J. Arthnr Rose, L. D, Marcellus and Reginald Munson, M. D., were elected mem- bers. Con le routine business was transacted, and Lieut. Thompson paid a brief tribute to the late Prof. Fristoe of Columb | University, who, although uaknown to man of the corps, had been its incerested and good friend. pee, HARTFORD'S SENSATION, The City Council Investigation of Baby Farms Leads to Startling Kesults. First Selectman Fowler of Hartford, Conn., yesterday made a report to the board of select- men of his investigation into certain baby | farms alleged to exist in Hurtford and vicinity and thereby caused a sensation throughout ew England. He has found five baby farms in existence in Hartford, West Hartford and | Bloomfield, where children from other towns | and outside the state have been placed by Mrs. rginia 'T. Smith, the missionary of the City Mission, a charitable organization of Hartford. At one farm in Hartford twenty-three chil- dren Bave been placed by Mrs. Smith from February to June. Affidavits are presented from the women running the “farms” claim- ing that they are ignorant of the law, and | throwing the responsibility upon the city | missionary for not reporting the cases to the | selectmen, as required by law. No record of | the cases has been kept; they are mostly illegit- |imate children. Mrs. Smith paid €2 a week eezch child for their board, and her son, Dr, 0. . Smith, a city physician, attended them when ill, Facts are also given showing that some of the children have been adopted by persons paying from 13 to $40 each to Mrs. Smith. | The report goes to show that these farms | have been run in the interest of Mrs. Smith, who has received young girls from vario parts of the state and Maxsachusetts, placed them there during confinement, has received | pay from them or others, and placed the babies, all under the promise of the strictest secrecy. The practice has prevailed for about eight | years, and probably 300 or 400 children have | been boarded at these farms by Mrs. Smith, mostly within the past four years, Mr. Fowler's report covers thirty-three type- written pages, and narratesamong other things the attempt of a member of Mrs. Smith's family to bribe a reporter of a city paper to suppress certain facts te ad unearthed. ‘The selectmen unanimously accepted, the re- | Port and authorized the publication of 500 | copies. ‘The affair creates a great sensation in | Hartford, which city, it is claimed, has become notorious asa place where the results of vice could be covered up through the offices of the city missionary in the name of charity. The entire business has been contlucted in violation of state law, which requires the fall- est publicity in cases of young children boarded out. i ——${e-___ Big Loaves of Bread. The largest loaves of bread baked in the world are those of France and Italy. The “pipe” bread of Italy is baked in doaves two and three feet long, while in France the loaves are made in the shape of very long rolls four end five feet in length, and in many cases even six feet. ‘The bread of Paris is distributed almost ex- clusively by women, who go to the various bake houses at 5:30 a.m. and spend about an the loaves, sknow it; I saw her w All company formations will be attended | by at least one commissioned officer, as will also | | the result of each will be reported to the adju- | and it is prohibited to throw water in the com. | afternoon at 4. Capt. Forsberg | Ia BROILING CLIMATE. The Only Way to Enjoy Life in Bahia. THE QUEER OLD TOWN. The Old Jesuit College and Ite Library of | Rare Works—Victoria Hil a Del | Place—The Market Place and Three Things ‘That Attract Attention. From The Star's Traveling Commissioner. Bama, Brazr, June 2 HE 1892. ONLY WAY TO yy life in this broil- ing chmate is to imitate the lark and the natives > inthe matter of early rising. At the first peep of dawn an attend- ant, who never dream of rapping on the lock- less door, thrusts inside your mosq 3 the ~AYUNO (first breakfast), which is merely a er loaf of bread the size of your fist, innocent of but- ter, anda cup of strong black coffee without milk or sugar. The best way to get a general idea of this queer old town is to spend a day on the street cara, There are three main lines of | tramway, besides several branches, and all the | cars start from the plaza that fronts our hotel. | Having partaken of desayano we go forth re- | freshed at what to us seems an unearthly he | but find the whole city astir. So inviting 0 net | this plaza in the cool morning —seton the edge of that ablaff 400 feet above the breezy Atlantic we are fain to tarry awhile, thong! of its stone benches is already pre-empt | an oderiferoux African whose greasy hide perspiration like si Observe ing sun shoots his first arrows into th the palms and mango trees, then nge growths clustered at green lawn that slopes in down t j hillside. ‘The enormous five-story h its crowded restaurant and noisy billi and band of music, looks a good deal more at- tractive at this distance by daylight than when RIDOR. inly to sleep in the racket and confusion, | Early ax it isa long line of porters, with theit curtained palanquins, have collected neat the main entr=nce, and everybody who emerges is ries of “Have a chair, senhor?” best sedan, senhora.” THE OLD 3xSUIT COLLEGE. Next to the hotel are Bahia’s two newspaper | offices, in such friendly juxtaposition that it is | difficult to tell where one be and the uther jends, although the rival editors are said to be such bitter pmies that they occasionally in- ge in practice with oue another's bevond is one of the titutions—the old Jesuit ins the public library. In a charming cblong room overlooking the ocean, whose windows admit all the breezes that are | blowing and whose ceiling yet glows with softly brilliant colors. painted by monks more thaa two centuriesago, are ome 30,000 volumes. The books are mostly in French and Portuguese, there are a few larger and very costly m works in the Russian language (printed in St. Petersburg), and others in Germany devoted to the doings of “the Dutch in Brazil.” In the early morning the long reading table in the center of the department is generally crowded by the college students, but at other times is quite deserted, and its dim recesses have fur- uisked us a pleasant retiring place on many hot afternoons when the noixy hotel became un- durable. Close to the library edical school and it also has a fine collection of books. Adjoining the college ix an extensive military hospital, in charge of the Sisters of Merey, and the dead house is conveniently near for the dis- ition of the mistakes of fledgling doctors who re acquire “experience.” | ONLY ONE THEATER, On another side of the plaza 1s Babia’s only theater—a huge, rude building, which looks outside like a mammoth stable; but the interior ix quite respectable, as we learned last night by going to hear “Dona Juanita,” for perhaps the ninetieth time—that Spanish opera of which the natives never tire. There are ‘four tiers of boxes, with a larger and more handsomely decorated one in the center for the president (now governor) of the province. Its great masters,and from itone may step out into marble paved portico which commands « wid view of bay and ocean. Directly in front of the theatcr is a marble statue of Columbus, who | him are ranged half a dozen water baxins, from fi | i fe i it f | é i E 7 ¢ a i H Hi ¢ €. i fi 4 Hit foyer is adorned with paintings by Brazilian | is here called Christofao Colon; and around | Fee ay joors. | — nee e vely | dirt, poverty aloe ‘On there are but two ngs ect Rett the car for —an old Jesuit eburch at the bluff and the open | ts built entirely of Lisbon, and, like all of Rabi churches, ix very interesting by reason of ite peculiar architecture and adornments. of them are square, two or three are round and a number are built in the form of acros. All have marble pavements, in many places worn into hollows by the knees of generations of worshipers: their altars are cov- ered with curions wood carvings and their ceilings admirably frescoed by monks who returned to dast some centuries ago. It is not in name only that Babin enjoys ecclesi- astical supremacy. for it is the see of the only archbishop in Brazil, and ite churches far ex- ceed those of any other city, both in mumber and magnificence. More nuns and friars have lived ‘and died here than in all the convents clsew' the country, and the multitude of saints’ crucifixes, holy water urns, &c., that abonnd in the shops show that the traffic in those articles is still flourishing. Among other curiosities which the stranger may inepect is an image factory, where saints and angels are made to order or repaited, if any have been so unfortanate as to lose a nose or a leg or other member, TAREE TRINOS WRICH ATTRACT ATTENTION. In the market square there are three things— besides the people—which especially attract the attention of foreigners: Tobacco done up in bard round rolls, wrapped with shredded palm leaves, the «izeand shape of bologna sausage, varying in length from one to four yards. the beautiful linen lace which the women hat resembiing the finest feather flowers that are d about the streets im glass-covered These flowers are peculiar to Brazil for many years were liar to Bahia, ug made by nobody else but the nuns of Santa Catarina, who derived considerable reve- nue from their sale. But in course of time the art spread beyond the convent walls and is urried on to some extent both in ‘io. The flowers are om the feathers of birds, in their natural . but though Brazilian bi © more varied and brilliant plumage than those of any other part of the world Tam in- clined to think that some of these tints are due to the dve pot. Atany rate the flowers are perfect imitations of nature, so exact in every detail that 3 faster of them beside another from the gw nd find it impossible to tell “which is which,” except by the sense of smell or touch. There are hyacinthsand violets, purples, pansies in | endless variety, roses, lilies, carnations, passion | flowers, orange blossoms and all the gorgeous he tropics. Of course they are ex- pensi some of the bonquets are rendered | mor costly by tiny humming birds suspended | over them by invisible wires —the winged gems for which this country is famous preserved by taxidermy, THE NORTHERN EXTREMITY OF THE CITY. ‘The third tramway line leads along the semi- circular shore of the bay to the northern ex- tremity of the city called Montserrat. It passes the Carmelite Convent, the summer homes of | the wealthy Creole and Portuguese citizens, the | lepers’ hospital, the yellow fever hospital and | row of tumble-down ication mn the tongue of land called Montserrat stands a litte charch, which the Portuguese friars built more than two hun- | dred and fifty vears ago, ‘The inscription over | its doorway is still legible, despite sea gales and equatorial rains—+A Virgim foi concebida #em peccado original”—and ite mushroom-shaped | altar of carved mahogany is worth coming far | to see. ‘The view of Habla and its surroundan | from this point is traly magniticont—the tique town, with its queer buildings straggling up and down the hillsides, the numerous grass grown forts, the varied shipping. the palm= covered island of Itaparica at the whi billows beyond, and on the other hand « limit- less sea of verdure stretching to the horizon, | Returning to town we may leave the tram and | make several short excursions on foot. In the | upper city there is the old cathedral, which is said to be the largest and most costly church edifice in Brazil. and close by it is the arcl episcopal palaceand seminary. Then thereisthe | Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceicao on the Rua da Praya, which was almost built in Europe, its stones having been all cut, fitted and numbered on the other side of the Atlantic. | The governor's palace, too—a substantial strac- | ture of ancient date, fronting a «mall open | *quare—deserves a visit. A “govonor,” | now understood, is a bran-new institution in | Brazil, you know, for in the days of the empire | each province was directly governed by « presi- dent appointed by Dom Pedro. The emperor thoice was by no means restricted to the prov- | ince to be governed, and the stranger president ors, it ix claime ha | enjoyed all the powers and perquisites of « viceroy in colonial times. Faxxre B. Wamp. pace samc a A Word for Cleopatra. From the London Spectator. it was the inner character of Cleopatra? A voluptuous woman of the east, say the Romans, eager to enchain any master of « Roman army by | the representative of that “regal” sway that | rule by volition instead of by traditional order, | which, with their statesmanlike instinct, they | saw the triumphant aristocrat whom their ays- | tem tended to produce would ultimately desire. which negrocs are all day filling their little | They cursed heras the greatest of Asiatic har- casks, First let us take the tram that runs | Jot# whereas she was a Greek, and used her almost due south along the edge of the cliff. | charm «chiefly as instruments toattain her enda, over a well-paved road which is lined by some | which were, first of all, the of the east, of Bahin’s finest residences. The casas of quaint | which her ancestors had striven for generations architecture are all embowered in bloom; here | to acquire—and very nearly acquired—and to clove and cinnamon and bread-fruit trees | defeat the half-civilized and headless Roman -| power. which she hated with the hatred of = monarch and despised the contempt of a true Greek. Who were these barbarians that welected Roman her in the east, not her leagues jueen, evidently fathers actual remarka- a struck ‘THE CHAPEL OF SAN GONCALVA. you flourish to rection; r trees attraction the with their long. pendant ber of rose pink berries; the jaca and cocoanut attended palm flaunt their green plumes above an infi- | all she something bewitching. nite variety of tropical vegetation. In little | It was a pleasure to hear the sound of more than half an hour we reach that fashion- | her voice, with which, an instrument of able seaside resort known as Rio Virmelho, | many strings, she could pass from one language where most of the foreigners live, in toanother, so that there were few of the bar- clustered around the lighthouse and darian nations that she answered by an inter- I Hl [ i