Evening Star Newspaper, August 27, 1892, Page 13

AN IDIOT te he w Drains to co something monthiy, if bleseed]road. melaria pre- other objectio eating slong this road exist. prehend the to lo- sighted ana stupid T Pass before they compreb Does this fact of the rapid growth of Washington for any en- of|healthy betng worth $3,000 to $10,000 atjacross t the end of that period, as many of|dan of Virginia » ride Potomac river with & megnificent open- thetr savin friends will be, they]of some miles along the malarious dependent on|river banks is required. Noone|tion, the|from Washington past Falls Ohurch after 4 o'clock p. 4 women to- ning their lack of may find themselves the coldcharityof relativ this couple what delight- finger how im 1892 or A resident Washington, F street property 95s foot te $60, lete advence from ful socials they gave or how other- day or walk he can secure other means of transportation. 10 cents to today # small during the? rarely buy & lot Rent t+ waste. outlet is the Metropolitan Branch eal estate opportunity . of the Baltimore aud Ohio system. OcAtION. BESTS SERECT A EOCs At Silver Springs, only seven miles anywhere left for s man or woman Some would-be saburban purchas- tically there is. The saving of aly 86 s m ers have heard so Washington. West End Park at Rockville Washington, }{s unknown at Rockville mosquitoes, Portation feoilities, Jectfons, that This question of Quitoes are so rare as to be prac- every other) tically absent, | important matter. Careful investi- SECOND, CONSIDER THE every morning gation to secure the truth is n ning. Thos e five tot TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES. around is too lazy to get rich. miles or more from their places of . Mark wy words the suburb tory of the above The following are some points to aid the judgment. worth buy- im medium stances cannot risk of promised Saeed bagpeateaea FIRST, CONSIDER THE ALTI- named cities. today one ts eurpr railroad facil- + For ten years and more this. railroad has been promised into Virginia and on ny people who arrive here The topographical map of ail between 7 and 9 a. ig Washington, and published by Survey, shows that Baltimore and Ohio ratiroad, between Baltimore and Washington, town between @ and t in Wash- the Geological ington bas scarcely commenced. in healthy, @esirable Jocslities, can be bought for $200 to $400 each, paymentsof lots ought to be purchased by People on s salary of €75 or 8100 and women who have Today suburban on monthly hills near by rarely reach beyond Two or throeot Poor people cannot afford is malaria and mosquitoes. before fair transportation facilities are offered slong the Po- driven from this regton unhealthy character Georgetown avd OSS MOREE Seat te Ea seiee, knows, but all interested naturally hope very soon. An old age of penury stares The Baltimore and Potomac rati- im the face. road runs through @ tract of coun- On mere promises SELFISHNESS AND STUPIDITY. at 15 cents a foot, whereas ae married couple who arénuct/asghe: than the before mentioned in Rockville,a county Orrice Hovns: TREC AN £ S AYE SB, $8 ok 2.000 inhabitents. lots are off at 3 to 6 cents a foot. The best-tranaportation facilitie at present into Maryland e of- fered by the Baltimore and Obio system. From twenty to thirty trains daily stop at the ststions on the two lines of this road. Horse or electric cars into the clo by Washington subarbs have their advanta, bat within their reach the price of land is so bigh and the terms so bard as to put such lots beyond the means of people in medium circumstances. In winter horse or electric cars are cold and frequently crowded, while sickness often results from drafts coming from doors and windows. THIRD, CONSIDER so0craL ADVANTAGES. The promoters of nearly every Subdivision claim that their place will become s populous town at an early day. The prices of their lots sre very little, if any, lower than at towns already in existence. Yet, simply on promises and expec- tations, people buy lote at places where there te not a ratlroad sta- tion, a store, a church, ® school, and sometimes not even « house, except, possibly, an old farm house and a stable. Other people pay big prices at little villages where there sre only one or two stores, one or two churches, per- beps a school, perhaps a little town hall. They say Mr. Smith or Mr. Jones is pushing the develop- ment of the village and it must be- come @ large town. Perbaps it is true that every healthy locality has some one Single, peculiar advantage. But» lot purchaser shonld choose a Place that COMBINES DHE GREATEST NUMBER OF aD. VANTAGES, that is to sar, actual, pre t ties. at existing asdven- + a8 well as future possibill- COMBINATION OF ADVAN- oR ER WORE EG B ¥ i NN ¥ Eee RR 5 er AREF aoe raze exzaz Uh TAGES AT ROCKVILLE. = ae cents a quart in Rockville. en compelled to r. rt to false- Mike big protit future investments with me, butt am confident will be more th meets sell in Rockwil + A caroful etudent of all the va-|™eet® Set} tm Rockville at 10 to 16 cents &® pound. t quality, 25 cents in su when 20 to Fresh butter, foing there. Prejudices that every conclusions weak - minded y village on Metropolitan ma Obio Ratirosa. Besides being cheap the food ts fresh and Churches of the principal Rominations, Private schools, one national bi three hotels, three livery stab while four physician in case of accident or sudden sick- Brick side the principal streets, which streets county seat are much At Gatthersda miles from Wesht Deyond Rockville, as at the embryo ville lthy regio fers the greatest pre Rockville of- t and future Here is the list: actual facts B ounce of now ts worth a pound of will be» strated by the recent inducements. tionel bank at that pot are at #row with the county. % wie nearly 2.000 people its population ready, and doubled in the past have 5,000 people Lestate aronnd Washi ally to the northwest | President Cleveland ¢ abundance. acres and fronts om the ratirosd at Dry cellars West End station Fich soil for being from 30 cent more tham at any other point line within 16 miles. Prese trains from Washington reach Rockville in thirty minutes, which ver of Rigas’ to have profitea Guarter of « million, ana METROPOLITAN Telegraph and extensive mail of accidents called poor a few years Some five years sco my Are Row considered ric Washington can be promptly noti- mn come out on the next trein, which may be an expr Washington Metropolitan investigated In time, the modern stand- ard by which distance Rockville is n ket of Washington tha Fort Myer and high-priced reach Rockville you are at» place worth living in. Ohio railros the advantages the conveniences of ecererere er a city united with the attractions of the country. |end tothe north ana t of George. the several are Bright- that the bane of southern Mfe, ma- some other “Tl eages it t9 attracting an intelligent THE GOLDEN tent in every other direction. ana Metropolita and marine corps is 500 feet above Washing- This fact insures cool nights Sicrsustenun between Washington people from W in summer and freedom from ma- laria and mosquitoes. is health and comfort. From malaria and mosquitoes Tinvested on this railroad first! Those who come first eet Kensington, and) hospitable worthy strangers. fround have ensington, ee *jthtrey days.of © market! obviating the nuisance of carrying » market bas- the privilege, 13. Among its future promises is «ing to another and Rockville electric railroad, which built to Bethesda P Tennallytown kot to Washington nearly every day. Warner of the Washington! Loan and Trust Company, have sold) Thus waste of time and money in hopping in Washington is saved. 6. Cheap living. Washington kK, about five portunitios The county lena} ai. ons, Every place be and Rockville hington prices, or nearly 80, for food. records show the sale of ny lots) seat, Rockville, z dale minal point under its charter. The following o there at $500 and €600 each. © Can I Get Richt Rockville prices are fully 25 per cent lower than Wash- ington prices. CONCLUBION. Percent year? Take your pencil and figure out the per cent profit| ly and $400 inj Ask any resident how much he pays Can you find place which offers anything like the COMBINATION OF ADVANTAGES Rockville? between 890 cents s quart at least, will be the reply. profit in four Its competitors b Sueezed at. wazz: aE Exo Pang. Prornieror Wy sr Orrice: No. 706 Sra preservation of that soldierly conduet which | hour, the excuse for garish uniforms is a very } communication in reply to the comments made the finest vol- | poor one. On this line the London Telegraph “Well-nigh all the decorative Then Gen. Ordway dropped in. The general | attributes of the French army were done away st with as ‘symbols of tyranny’ by the guiding spirits of the great revolution, and the officers t started. | who, under Pichegru, Augereau, Hoche, Kleber other and | and other successful generals of that heroic | epoch, led the republican troops to victory were ‘scarcely distinguishable from the rank and file in respect to the fashion and quality of their apparel. Napoleon Bonaparte, well aware that the Spartan simplicity and inexpensiveness of republican uniforms would be absurdly out of keeping with the demand for display inci- dent to brand-new mi no costume tooornamental or costly for the offi- cers of an army that raised him to suprepe d enabled him to conquer Continen| People looked for in members of unteer brigade in the country. | speaks a follows: is very much interested in the team, so when he was requested to say something he did not require much time in which to Loyalty to the brigade and to ene! unquestioning obedience to the team captain were the main lines of a deeply interesting ad- 0 which every person present listened ure and profit. THE COLUMBIA TROPHY. Hundreds of people lave expressed them- selves as pleased with the artistic appearance of the bronze work of art which will Le presented to the state of New Jer- ional Guard. For the t iwoor three days the bronze figure has non exhibition in Mr. Hutterly’s window on G street, opposite the city post office, and there it will remain until the team departs for Sea Girt. The trophy will go with the baggage and some time during the meeting will be form- ally presented to the state authorities by Gen. The height of the trophy 1 three Just now a slight change is being made in the design. Instead of putting ription ona metal plate after the regular fashion it will be engraved on the silver bead of a copper-handled hatchet. The tchet—which is the emblem of the District will rest : gainst the tree trunk that eartially supports the figure. HERE ARE THE NAMES. The complete roster of those who will go as members of the brigade team—six of them alternates—is xs follows: Capt. James E. LR. P., second regimen R. P., first regiment; Private Wall company C, third battalio secoud regimen corps; Lieut. F. lary empire, deemed the Columbia trophy sey by the District UKAT WAS A SOLDIERLY DUDE. “The ‘beau sabreur,’ Joachim Murat, some- time Grand Duke of Berg and King of Naples, was atype of Napoleonic military gaudiness, In his “famous portrait by Iabey he is repre- sented as he rod a grand review held the last vear of the fore- ed on « powerful gray charger, all the trappings of which were mas- ed with pure gold. fired ina blue velvet tail coat, with scarlet @ gold facings, searlet tights enriched with heavy gold embroidery, balf-bigh boots of leather worked’ through and edged wit gold braid, and «a huge ith broad gold lace and surmounted son ostrich feathers, Mie neceseury in: The marshal was THE COLUMBIA TROPH: Rational Gard THE NATIONAL GUARD Interest New Centers on the Brigade and Other Teams, by atriple plume of eri Kound his waist were knotted two silken sasives, bi pale lilac hue, profusely and fringed with gold bright scarlet in color aud similarly or- namented He was seated on ul stretched over a erimson and gold a His spurs, stirrups and the seabbard of his fewel-hilted suber were all of fine burnished It may be doubted whether Solomon in ail his glory was ever as showily arrayed as a marvhal of France under the consulate or first the other nar- Cash, Col. Cecil Clay, am, engineer corps; Lieut. Geo. H. Harries, I. RK. P., second battal- * L, Himebaugh, company C, ; Sergt. A. O. Hutterly, engineer Sergeant C. H. Laird, sec- gt. I. T. Page, company A, sixth battalion; Private S. B. Rollins, company Quartermaster Sergeant D. Kotramel. fourth battalion; Sergt. Itus- D, third battalion; C ; Lieut. James M. Stew- ion; Private ( 2A GIRT ON THURSDAY. corps; Commis-ar, ond regiment; se Gen. Ordway Gives the Team Members Good Advice—A Complete Roster of the Detach- ment That Will Go to Sea Girt—The Third Battalion Defended—Notes. ‘n all the principal armies of Enrope, includ- g our own, until a comparatively recent date, tie habit—contracted early in the present cen tury—of subordinating utility to decorativeness in relation to officers’ uniforms lent itself, ‘re- ise,’ to military dandybood, which flourished éxceedingly as lately as twenty- five years ago. Blow after blow, however, was dealt to this variety of foppism by successive improvements in ‘arms of precision,’ exempli- during the sanguinary stroggles of 1866, at battle of Mentana, and throughout the the Servian rebellion and the Russian invasion of Turkey. ‘The formidable extension of point-blank ranges, both for rifles d field guns, and the corresponding increment of skill in marksmanship. which were the inevita- ble outcome of those improvements, impera- tively indicated the necessity of eliminati D, third battalion; gardless of ex Wetherald, engineer corps; Private G. B.Young, EADY FOR ANY AND all competitors; not over- confident nor yet im- clined to imagine itself inferior body of sharpshovters; that earnest application jove Who will accompany the team for the purpose of completing the regimental and engi- neer teams of six are Corp. is Franco-German wat company B, sixth battalion; Private 8. I. Scott, engineer corps. Lieut. Tomlinson's team and alternates will following: Private . Buell, Private P. J. port, Corp. G. D. . B. F. Odell and Private J. E. of company B, sixth battalion. Lieut. W. P. Vale, IR. P., sixth battalion— an old team man who has been unable to prac- tice this year—and Private Joseph Van Fleet of company A, sixth battalion, will also be of the detachment. fruit; intent on doing the best it knows how — such is the condition in which the brigade rifle team of the District National Guard finds itself on the eve of what is expected to be the most interesting competitive oceasion in its history. Next Thursday morning at 9:40 o'clock the mem- bers of the brigade team and of the teams from the first and second regiments, the e1 ind the etxth battalion wil from the Beltimore and Potomac station; m. of the same day they hope to be at rt, where, « few days later, they are to ith numerous orth, Private G. W. Ki ‘THE DANORKS OF A BRILLIANT UNIFORM. “It was these new conditions of war,bringing with them an enormous increase in the number of casualties,that fed to the abolition of the gay white uniforms that formerly imparted so brii- yppearance to the Austrian line, but were so distinctly visible at I Er Bobemia and Lomi ‘tances as to the slaughter bardy alike of thousands fellows \ SOME WHo WILL VISIT CAMP. Gen. Ordway, Aajt. Gen. Mosher ayd, it may be, one or two of the other members of the brigade staff, expect to be at Sea Girt during the greater portion of the week team detachment will be vie ited hile in camp by relatives and friends commodations for now- camp ground, but there are wit easy Teech. Hotels are more than nu- merous on the Jersey coast. FULL DRESS FOR THE BRIGADE. It is almost certain that within » month or 80 there will be something like an organized effort to have the entire brigade called attention to the neccesity jon entire command there are no ac- irst-class hotels & to twenty-three. On Thursday Lieut. i B, sixth Uattalion, made prelimi ments for movement Jerseyward of a sixth Dattalion crowd. and yesterday it was figured oat that the entire detachment will consist of Lg equipped with il fll Li 4 last Saturday by ‘An Old Soldier.” “Asa member of the third battalion,” any the licutenant, “and one who was with the com mand during the entire encampment, I consider it my duty, both in justice to the commanding officer of the third battalion, Maj. T. B, Harri- son (whose name itself should be a refutation of such charges) and the officers and enlisted men who composed his command during that encampment, to eradicate. if possible, the erron- impressions conveyed to the minds by “Old 5. Orders No, 23, dated headquarters third battalion, |.G., Washington, Au- Gust 5, 1892, 19 as follows * * * © “The object of thecamp is in- struction in military duty, to which all other considerations must be subordinated, but when off — the men will be encouraged to enjoy themselves in every reasonable manner.”” Now I venture to say,and without fear of contradiction, that that paragraph was. strictly enforced in the spirit and to the letter. I have participated in a number of encamp- ments, both brigade and battalion, since I have had the honor of being a member’ of the Dis- | trict National Guard, and I have no hesitancy in saying thut I believe the encampment of the third battalion, recently held at Colonial Beach, from a strictly military standpoint, was without precedent in the history of the National Guard of the District of Columbia. After showing how attentive the battalion was to guard duty, drills and ceremonies, Lieut. ys: “After the close of the military day and ‘taps’ had sounded the silence that prevailed was more marked than any I ever ex- perienced in any other National Guard encamp- ment. That members of the command when off Guty enjoyed themselves (‘like a lot of school boys’) I will not attempt to deny, but that is not a'violation of any article of war, nor is it &n ‘unmilitary proceeding.’ Now, in reference to the special’ chat that the command in- d in practical jokes at the expense of the major commanding.’ This, I presume, had ite = in the publication of the letter’ of the 18th of August,in which the writer (who is well known to us all) humorously describes a certain non-com. appearing before the major's tent in a bathing dress, &c. be facts of the case are these: This non-cot med “officer, who had arrayed himself in the costume de- ribed, did not parade himself before the com- Manding officer's tent, but the major saw him. nevertheleas, and quickly ordered him to don his uniform and never again so offend, under a ome = se The fo panes s tion only saw the humor in the ‘and Iam tatintied novor witte it ox ‘any such criti- cism as ‘Old Soldier’ subjected it to. Taking the encampment as a whole, I think the officers and men who composed Maj. Harrison's com- | mand upon that occasion have, by their gentle manly conduct, their strict obedience to orders and their uniform courtesy and to their } F 2 i E i é i is reeruited up to the Ticlonem ft willcosee' to east frost comes, Joe Bradley, aliss John Butler, was See ee W asurxcrox, 4:30 P.M. A BRILLIANT GEM. Superstitions That Have for Ages Attached to the Opal. Se ea A LIGHTNING’S FLASH. Frou 8:30 A.M. To of ink all his frig de played package of firecrackers to a dog's tall, the maid «ma-hed the new cha 1 horses developed glanders and the upset a ladle of melted lead down Daring the next week a shatter fell of the house and hit « policeman | the gas meter man brought in @ feet for the month, m Agent wet the fire with a pan of melted grease and mothe got | in the parlor carpet. The owner was distracted | its owner by rendering him lovab! ing upon him the gift of invisibility, which made it the patron stone of robbers.” To be on the right side of this gem’s influence some authorities say that none o: it as a present. It has been asserted that the opal was not considered unlucky in England until Sir Walter Scott published his “Anne of Geierstein.” alludes to the belief that the Mexican opal loses its beanty when exposed to the action of water, and puts this down to super®tural agency. The unpopularity of the oj ble of being explained in a more ner. It is a well-known fact that the opal when worn asaring ix very apt to escape from its setting in a most unaccountable manne:. arises from the fact that the opal possessex the characteristic of being slightly the influence of heat. When the owner's hand gets hot it is linble to swell and force the setting open toa certain extent. When it grows cok again the gem returns to ite original size. This Process is repeated until the setting becomes sufticiently enlarged to allow the stone to drop out unnoticed. EUGENIE HATED THE OPAL. The Empress Efigenie had a superstitious dread amounting to positive aversion for the beautiful opal, and the stone was a stranger at the brilliant court. It is possible that Eugenie may have been iniuenced in her hatred of the gem from Josephine’s fondness for it, and attributed to the mysterious workings of the fiery mineral some subtle, malign influence that conspired to bring about her downfail. But the fact remains inscribed upon history that, altho pends upon its size and the intensity of its fire and combination of colors. im opal embrace all the tints in the | from school and . en of green, biwe, eles | wife upset » bottle new summer siit, The colors dis- i i t aght ever to accept i aby with diamonds. | i i i gem, which had reache its banishment, has i: Hy is, however, capa- | and demand in th Pace and ten ti ported now as dar m bas increased at a rapid es as many opals are im- ig the preceding decade. ng ladies in Washington are firm be- One Theory as to the Origin of the Britliancy —To Some It Has Brought Bad Luck, While to Others It Hus Been the Cause of Great Good Fortune, ing themselves with the long-negiected stone and the following cireum- | sho: stance accounts for it all: The Spanish minister sometime ago sented a Mexican opal to each of the following | young ladies: Miss Bancroft, Miss Melbourne | ‘The fivat named is now Mrs. Charles Carroll. Misx Melbourne has be- come Mrs. Berry Wall and Miss West is Mrs. and saved himself, + and fourteaved clovers, they count for omparison to the luck in an two sides to a stor; ry Talk about horse enlarged under There are alway eee Written for The Evening Star. HE SUPERSTITIOUS dreads and fancies sur- rounding the beautiful opal date back to wn- and Miss Flora West, + to prevent or creat t must be decided by those who believe in. ficacy of charms that have from the ea age been attributed to a greater ot lew de- gree to precios stones of all SUPRRSTITIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. There are sensible women who are stitious, but who frankly admit they have a rejudice against opals, jew York who has a full set of opnls and din mond earrings, pins, bracelets, rings pins. She was once proxperons and lived in wealth, but in the last tive years has had more misfortune than usually Divoree, lows of for cause for placing this brilliant stone under There ix a lady in the ban, a weil asthe sentiment working against it, is unknown, ‘The word opal is de- rived from a Greek Vigorous Measures Adopted by the Health befalls one woman. The officials of the London local government board charged to watch the progres# of cholera were yesterday lews confident of the metropolis excaping a visitation of the disense. The Grave- rend cance are undvubtedly cases of Asiatic cholera, The medical officers, although they inspected the steamer Gamma, from which the cholers-stricken passengers were landed, per- | mitted a number of other pamengers to pro- ceed to London under the excuse that they had | not been in contact with that part of the vessel | where the infection showed iteclf. To nasuage | alarm the authorities allege that precautions were taken to disinfect the passengers, but this statement, which bas only been made since the character of the disease declared iteelf, is dis- credited. With cholera at Gravesend and in- fected pertons probably rouming about in their midst some outbreak of the disease in London is coumdered inevitable. WATCHING LONDON. h the opal was vigorously banished from Versailles and the Tuillerios, Eugenie fled from Paris under cover of dark- ness, cowering in terror in the dusty depths of a ehabby vehicle, with the savage roar of an in- furiated populace ringing in her ears, and under the protection of au American dentist riably wore an opaland diamond pin, In deep contrast is the sterling good sense of | England's great queen, who admires and values the gem to wich a degroe that sbe nuinbers them among her choicest family gifts. The records regarding old opal lost, but it is supposed that the ancients de- rived their supply from Arabia and Syria. The famous Hungarian mines were not discovered until late in the fifteenth century, and of course were unknown to the Romans." ‘The mines from where disposed of them, too late. Another lady ascribes al opal ring which che k im, but will riot wear it nor allow It was given to ber by ys: “It is reported that this stone sharpeneth the sight of the possessor of itand cloudeth the eyes of those that stand about him, so that they can either not see or not mind what is done before them; for this it is asserted to be a safe of thieves and thefts.” jober, according to a which gives to eac gem, and is also of persons born in her children to wear it. her brother when on his deathbed. and after his death she wore it. water pipes burst and caused a damage of sev- eral thousand dollars. She bad had a presenti- It is the stone of ment when she pat ¢ pular Polish super- the ring that something | was going to happen, and after that night «be Several vears later her daughter put it on and a gentleman friend was so taken with its appearance that he asked to wear it. What followed is considered remark- able. He had been very prosperous and had lately mounted the ladder of prosperity Shortly afterward he fell as suddenly. tarned having become a convert tothe ition. strange story is told of an opal belonging to It was « maguificent ueatbed to the eldest by an old uncle in ceased to wear it, to form the destiny +t month.and it is cnstom- ary among lovers and frienda to present each pris are obtained today are situated in Hungary and Honduras, when flawed in the interior sometimes exhibits engagement token it ts sure to bring illluck to ail not born in the October. being endowed with powers had its an old Virginian family, fine opal and had been son in the American brancl England. He was a handsome, sturdy boy, fond of athletic sports, und the opal he was thrown received injuries that affe@ed his spine and de- him. He fell in love, away with an attendant to and only remedy for returned to find the day early in their ‘The belief in in India, the cradle and first home throughout the of all gems, spreading Se in @itl he loved married.” One acquaintance he had shown her the opal and because she had given a little cry of pleasure he hed it set in « ring and pre- 4 Fs FH i u i i gi F i 5 [ i = i cr > | i i i ir FE fe He { FE i RH aii ¢ 3 i cel é it if ir it - f i ‘? 1 é f i E t \ fi il i il i} F etey Hi i i i i th i a