Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1892, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D. IN COLUMBUS’ HOME. How the Riemapdt ‘the Discoverer is Venerated by the Genoese. ITALY AND THE FAIR. Street Seenes in Genoa—How the Palaces Are Wullt-Symmetery in Architecture— A Columbus Museam—Everybody Coming to Chicage. Sta® Corre jor lence of The Evening Star. HIS 18 SOMETHING about “ze great, ze grand Cristofo Co- lombe.” Incidentally it may touch on Genoa, but then to touch on Genoa is to fall on “ze great Cristofo.” So we get back to our first tentence. Tt may be a mistake, but it occurs to me there was some little talk of Columbus in America. In Genoa, however, the awe and veneration in which the discoverer is held is touching in the extreme. Columbus, it may be said right here. is Gead and buried. His mem- ory, however, is kept green in the hearts of the Genoese by statues, busts, pictures and houses Pittgd all over with inscriptions. | Genoa is « ing, lively commercial city and a seaport of no mean magnitude. Built pieturesquely on the side of a hill, with an excellent harbor, well paved and well-kept streets and solid houses, it Im probably the richest of Italy's cities. The ,000 inhabitants are proud to accept Colum- bus as belonging to them and are glad at any time to show the unwary visitor the place where the discoverer was born, the honse in which he lived, the charch in which he was baptized, the stone on which he stubbed his toe and the trousers which he wore when he landed at the enstom bouse in New York. It isa mighty lucky thing Columbus discovered us when he did, becauce lax us our laws are he would never be allowed to land now with those trousers. WHEN GENOA DENIED HIM. Some years ago when Genoa had not only her hill and her harbor, but also Columbus in the flesh, she did not think so much of the last ss she does now. When Columbus neked the board ——— - ai PORTAS ANDRAS. of aldermen to fit bim out a steam yacht, so thet he might goand discover America, what did the board of aldermen do? Offer bim even © rowboat? No, sir. They sent him a bathing waitands chart of the Atlantic. to which the mayor added a Cook's tour: to the United States and Canada. tors, to whom he pointed out the value of the American tourist. treated him with scorn andcontumely. This was too much for Chris- topber » proud spirit and be turned his back on @rNoa oF Tovar. If your flowing tears wil! allow, take your Mind for « moment off the serrows of Colum- bus and look around you. This is Genoa. This you must know is called the “supurb cit guide book mys so and So gute See that street running almost p bill? Look at those narrow side vireets. many of them consisting of long flights of etmire to the lower level. Those long rows of tall buildings with cheerful light colors and green blinds are palaces, nothing less. The xrocer's third assistant may occupy the main fooms of that one, but do uot make the mistake = bouse. Call ta ee, if you Call it s “palazzo” if you wih to | be renpected. Once ery long time, where there is evideatly only two rooms, with doubts en the hotel | book | their mouths. After dark their parents come around with derricks and mules and cart them home. But the of beggars was not what I referred to. I wanted to call | your attention to that building over there, and that one and hundreds of others in Genoa. Look at the windows. Symmetrical arrange- ment, isn’t it? Five windows on the fourth story, five on the third, five on the second. The same regular arrangement on the «ides. The windows have green shutters. All windows in Genoa have green shutters. A closer inspec- tion will show you that fully one-quarter of those windows ‘and green shutters, and even the little balconies beneath, are mere shams and delusions and are no more real windows, green shutters and balconies than the frowning castle in a stage setting is a real, actual frown- | ing castle. When a gentleman of Genoa builds a honse he insiste first, last and all the time on | external symmetry. ’ The architect may put the ) kitchen range in the drawing room and the butler’s pantry in the vestibule, but if the win- dows are not all right he is lost. tore, if the householder does not desire n real window where the laws of regularity tell him a window should be be bus one painted on the apot and goes sround with a happy smile. It is a good deal like painting a picture of n mutton chop on the dining room table and looking at it instead of eating breakfast, but then it makes the Genoese | happy and gives visitors so much to talk about. | RISTOFO'S SUPPOSED BIRTHPLACE. | But what has all this about donkeys and art | fulvess todo with that great and good man “Christofo Colombo”? Fifteen miles from | Genoa at a little town called Cogoleto sou get your first trace of Columbus. This ix bis sup- | posed birthplace. I say “supposed” because | this is not to be rend in Genoa. T asked a man here in regard to Columbus’ sup) d birth- Pisce and his took of reproach will haunt me. je said: “Suppose! No doubt zere can be. Ze great Colombo was borned zere.” At Cogoleto desides the house in which Columbus first saw the light, and which is covered with a big in- scription, there is a large monument to the ex- plorer, erected only a few years ago. WHERE UE LIVED. In Gonos on one of the old narrow streets | and close by the main ancient gate to the city stands a house in which Columbus ia said to have lived for a considerable time. We went to see this house. The house was interesting as houses go, but the street and the crowd were the main part. The cut gives you an idea of the street and the old gate, known as ‘‘Porta S. Andrea.” Columbus’ house is only a few doors from the gate. It is a narrow building, four stories high, and has a tablet in the wall telling i The old street is altogether too carriages or wagons. Donkeys can navigate it and there is a steady stream of people talking, laughing, buying, selling, the women bareb the’ men smoking con- stantly. We looked at Columbus’ house with awe and then somebody threw a brick at us, In moment there was a ‘of people. It was nota brick after all. but two cats, who had been having a warlike discussion on Columbus’ roof and had toppled over. A picturesque Italian leaned out of Columbus’ second-story window and smiled cheerfully at the gesticulat- fug. active crowd below. Ob, what a noisy crowd they were and how they did discuss those cate, and what arguments they had as to which would have whipped bad they not fallen and prematurely ended all eighteen of their com- bined lives. No wonder Columbus went to America for rest and quiet HONOk TO coLtuLts. Genoa has done a good deal of honor both to herself and to Columbus by the handsome and imposing marbie statue of Columbus, which was erected in 1962 in the open square facing the fine raiiroad station. The white statue and Pedestal are set off by the surrounding palm ‘trees. Columbus is sbown leaning on an an- chor, while at his feet sits “America” holding a cross. Jadging from the amount of d: ry with which “America” is encumbered, Colnm- bus must have met some curious people on his travels. It is needless to say this statue of Co- lumbus represents the explorer after hia voy- age. The size of bis head precludes all doubt on that subject. The pedestal of the statue is ornamented with the prows of ships. Below are allegorical figures and around the base re- lief from the life of Columbus. There are a good many statuettes and busts of Columbus seattered over the city, while opposite the main | statue and on the Farragiana is a large | marble relief, representing scencs from the ex- | plorer's life. A PATHETIC LETTER. The municipal palace or city hall is rather a center for Columbus. Here a well-drawn freseo shows him presenting the trophies of his voy- eto the Queen of Spain. } ber is @ remarkably 5 trait of the explorer. In the same building is shown a facsimile of a letter written by Co- lumbus. It is an exceedingly interesting letter, but Ican't quite make out whether it isin re- gard to the price of wheat iu America or is a Drotest against the proposed restriction of em- igration. I rather incline to the latter theory, as Columbus’ views on the matter were well known. The last part of this letter 1s touching ta the extreme. man with common sensi- bilities can read those burning words without Weeping bitter, bitter tears. I have wept them and so will you. No man can see the way in which Columbus signed his name in two different languages, a as to leave no possible doubt as to his identity, without going to the world’s fair and speuding $18.50 in honor of the signer. This is the way Columbusended and | signed his letter. ick les are common to le You may get in a hotel blazing with gorgeous- nessand electric lights. You may eat » four- teon-course dinner and drink ninoteon different wines with eleven waiters to serve it. You be THE COLUNDUS MONUMENT, GENOA. may set it down as certain that you Lave got to do your reading, writing and going to bed by candlo light, and what is more you have got to wy a franc apiece extra for those candles. I reso oe petty sort of businesses which no human being on earth can explainund which American travelers, who keep half of these hotels running, should express their opinion almost at every opportuni: . Ne TO LOOK LIKE MRS. CLEVELAND. Tho Fate of a Woman of Fashion Who Had Mer Back Hair Treated Professionally. Correspondence of The Evening Star. New York, December 30, 1992. HERE IS NO OTHER WOMAN IN THIS country, a3 everybody knows, who has eo many admirers as Mra. Cleveland. The lady who is to oceupy the White House again after the 4th of March has made herself as much worshiped in New York as she ever was in Washington. Naturally not a few of her women friends imitate her in various ways. Some of them copy her gowns, her taste being always Perfection, andin all sorts of other matters they take pattern after hor, even to the caps she chooses for httle Baby Ruth. Quite recently s woman of some fashion in this metropolis became dissatistied with her own method of doing her hair. She was told bya friend that euch a little fringe of hair as Mrs. Cleveland has around the back of her neck, forming cunning waves and curls, would bo ex- ceedingly becoming to herscif. Accordingly, she made up her mind to adopt the suggestion, and, with this end in view, she set out to hunt up Mrs. Cleveland's hairdresser. She was so fortunate as to discover in the first expert to whom she applied the very person whom she sought. In response to her inquiry he said: SHE FOUND H:M. “Yes, madame; I haf ze honnaire to be ze hairdresser of Mrs. Cleveland. Ever since sho has been in New York I haf had ze entire charge of her head. Whenover she goes out for ze evening I am called to attend to ber coiffure. It will gif me ze grand pleasure to decorate madame’s head in ze manner which sho describes.” The new customer, with the utmost confi- dence in the expectation of a beautifying re- sult, submitted herself to the hands of the ‘operator, who soon accoruplished what was re- quired of him. : “Ab, madamo. beantiful!” ho exclaimed, after administering the final touches, assuming as he spoke an attitude expressive of cestatic admiration. ‘Permit me to congratulate you upon ze success of my work. Mon dieu! cet makes ze resemblance to Mrs. Cleveland so pro- nounced zat from ze back view one would mis- take you for herself.” THE RESULT. The lady, by viewing herself between two mirrors, tried to get a notion of the effect, but she found it impossible to satisfy herseif of the success of the experiment. On reaching bome she found ber husband there, and his criticism was very promptly given. It is hardly necessary to say that she bad not consulted bim as to the experiment which she was going to make, though she bad anticipated that the effect would please him. Taking her by the shoul- ders with the utmost gravity he turned her dowly around. Then be sai “Where did you lose your hair?” “I have been to the hairdresser’s,” she fal- tered, fecling a misgiving that something must be wrong. “Lthonght I would have my hair done like | Mra. Cleveland's,” sho added by way of expia- nation. “So that is the way in which Mrs. Cleveland wears her hair?” “Oh, yeu." “Weil, all I've got to say is that if Iwas Mr. Cleveland I would get a divorce.” “Iu itso very unbecoming?” she demanded anxiously. Not so very,” ho responded. “It only makes you look as if you wore « wig.” ‘On investigation, in which the entire family ism) \ ©, LEITER'S NEW RESIDENCE. REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. The Extensive Industry of Brick Making as Carried On Here. RUMORS OF LARGE DEALS. Bome Examples of Peculiar Piaces for the Le- cation of Frout Doors—Current Gossip About Reported Deals in F Street Property Improvements of Varioas Kinds, _—_———_ URING THE PAST week arrangementshave been perfected for the organization into ex- changes of two of the important branches of the building indastry. ‘Tho brick makers have adopted o constitution and by-laws and the lumber dealers have made progress in the same direction. The aim of these organiza- tions, ns is the case in other cities where they exist, is to protect the members in their busl- ness in every respect. The fact that nothing of the sort cxisted here may be taken as an indica- tion that conditions of business have changed Very matorially during tho past few years, ‘The city has grown so large that it is necessary to adopt metropolitan customs. It is no longer Powwible to have a personal knowledge of all ‘customers, as business has eo expanded that the number engaged in building. for example, has quito passed beyond the bounds of any one man’s or even firm’s acquaintance. This 18 the prime Feason why these organizations have been effected, for unless there was a strong necessity men would not give up any portion of their personal liberty, as 1s requized when they hand themselves together. For example, the mem- bers of the brick makers’ exchange agree to muintain a certain sehedule of prices and they further agree not to interfere ono with the other in acontract. On the other hand thes are given the power to ask a bond from one who proposes to become a purchasor and who has nota recognized credit. In other words the objects among other things is ‘to protect its members from loss through unscrapulons buyers; to secure @ uniform remmueration for the products of its members and to secure unity of action in all mattera that may benefit the trade.” THE SAME PRICE FOR DRICKS, The schedule of prices agreed upon for bricks is the samo as has prevailed here, namely, $7 per thousand for what is known as merchantable brick. This rate, however, was cut under to some extent during the past season owing to the competition arising from the in- crease in the number enguged in the manufact- ure of brick. ‘The establishment of new brick making plants has been quite common eral yeurs past, growing out of the activ building. There are “eighteen corporations, firms and individuals enguged in the manufac- ture of the brick which is used in this city. As fa well known this is essentially a brick city and it muy be eaid that there is nowhore made a superior brick than is produced in this city. From the time the foundations of the Capitol building was laid down to the prosent, a trifle over a century, there has been no period when the manufacture of brick was not going on hero, It may be said that perhaps the most of the clay removed in bringing the site of the city down to grade bas been tndo into bricks. Brick yards have existed in ucarly every portion of the city, and no doubt it will be surprising to Jearn that of the eighteen planta now in opera- tion which furnish the present supply one-third are located within the old municipal Mmits of the city. Perhaps st is not generally known that there are now six brick yards in operation within the city limits, but is tho case, the antiquities of the town, as they have been in the eame locality beyond the moniory of the oldest inhabitant, Of the total number of planta eight are located in Virginis, as a rule just beyond the Long bridge. ‘the remaining ten are either within the city limits or just outside. ‘The large plants are of course all outside the bounds of the city. ‘Tux Stam that tho congregation of the Calvary Baptist Chareh have under consideration a project for en- larging tho soating capacity? of their church, One of the plans proposed is to erect adjoming the church editice x building to be used by ths Sunday school, which bas a very large member- ship. This, however, would give no additional space ia the anditorinm,which occupies the sec- ond story of the church’ buiid: To provide for the needed seating space for the large con- Gregations it is designed to build gallerios. Per ps it may not seem so to the members of this congregation or even to the members of a large Proportion of the churches in this city, but a two-story church is an anachronism. it in plainer Innguage, snch a building is a relic of iod when very lit fention was paid tothe subject of safety to life and limb in buildings used for public assemblages. ‘The | wisest course for a congregation to pursue is to have the floor of the main auditorium brought down on a level with the street and pro- vide ample exita. Then elderly people will not be oblized to undergo the fatigue of climbing stairways in order to rench tho house of God, and everybody can attend the services with a reasonable expectation of escaping with their lives in the event of any alarm of fire or other casualty occnrring during services, Poverty is the only argument that can be urged in behalf of a two-story church, and this argument, it ie gratifying to be able to say, is no longer av able for the large pproportion of the religions organizations iu this city. SOME VALUZA OF ¥ STREET PROPERTY. There is a good deal of gossip in real estate circles relative to the purchase of property on | Gagement at St. Petersburg, the girl became ac- | quainted with Prince Stoiewski. Their acquaint {ance ripened into friendship, and the prince ended their di he intended to abandon her. whe took another engagement, and thereat the performance t Ff A ©, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 31, that expect 4 sidewalk, way novelty in : | tbe prinet the late N. L. on the other ‘tects the who by the provided house at one the riltor » choice. On the op the street the fine residence Hale, recently completed, bas in addition tothe main entrance on street, where the visitor can riage beneath enter the house from that side. For ent, while to entrance of the large residence of Me. John R. MeLean on MePherson callera go in by the driveway, which into the court yard at the side of the house. It is evident that this city can furnish any type of private residence, it ia found in Europe er in this count known, the effect of this tion is to pro- hibit the erection of frame houses, There has juite an active demand for houses, as stated in on thie subject the Building Register following: ‘The inspector's office has recently been upon to issue a great aumber of ts for frame buildings within the subur- mpart of the fire limite aa recently ex- tended, ihese permits are all good for six months, As the holder of these permits has six months in which to begin the improvement they are valuable in more than one way, tis not necessary that tho holder of the permit shall have any intention to build at the time of taking out the permit. ‘The question whether t in good in the hands of other persons than the one taking it out seems never to have bétn raised. Hence, @ building permit has for six montha something of the nature of a negotiable paper and is sus- ceptible of abuse. For instance, an enterpris- ing real estate agent might offer suburban lots for sale within the interdicted area, and as an additional inducement include a building per- mit (like the donating of the traditional chromo) giving the purchaser the option of six | months to build a frame structure on the lot. Fortunately, the thirty days will expire with the present month, and the opportunity to do- feat the purpose of the regulation will end with it, except as to permits already issued. AN AVENUE IMPROVEMENT. A businoss building is to be erected at the southeast corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 10th street, It will be four stories in height, with a frontage of twenty-one feet tix inches and a depth of sixty feet. The building will have a circular corner tower extending over the line of 10th street four fest and carried above the roof of the house and topped off witha slated conical roof, the apex terminating with a flug polo. A square bay window is inserted near the vouth line of the building on 10th street, and immediately adjoining is the strect entrance tothe elevator. The two fronts will be faced up with selected red brickand openings trimmed with stone. A COUNTRY HOTEL. Mr. Albert Dowling bas had plans prepared by Albert B, Morgan, architect, for a hotel building to be erected onthe Conduit road near Glen Echo. The building will be 100x40 feet, three stories high and i be built of wood. There willbe verandas on three vides and <p porches at the second story. The front will be shingled in cypress and ornamented on either end with towers. A spacious loggia will extend along the entire length of the third stozy. SOME NEW IMPROVEMENTS. A residence is to be evected by W. J. Wallace on 12th near M street from plans prepared by J.C, Johason, architect. It will be thrce stories high, 24x67 feet and a copper oriel will be tho feature of the front of press brick and Hum- melstown brown stone. Copper will also be used on the main cornice. The first story will be trimmed in oak and the rest of the house in white pine. Tiling will bo used in the baths and vestibule. Steam heat, electric equip- ments and all the latost devicos will be intro- | duced. ‘Three two-story and basement houses will be built on Fiorida avenue between Ist and North Capitol streets by William Lawson, Square bays, ranning to the mansurd roofs of slate, di- versify the fronts of press brick aud Hummels- town brown stone. : James P. Patten will erect on Ivy street southeast between New Jersey avenue and South Capitol strect four two-story houses, ‘The fronts will be of press brick and Obio sand- stone, broken by sqnare bays that reach to the slate mansard roof. THE RECORD FOR THE WEEK. But eleven building permite were issued during the week ending December 30, and of the number nine were issued for the erection of eighteen buildings in the county at a total cost of $87,100. There was one permit insned for tho erection of one building in the northwest section ata coat of 83,50,and one permit for the erection of eight buildings in the southeast at a total cost of $3,200. ‘Tho eleven permita iasued during the week called for an estimated ex- penditure of $43,800. DEATH RATHER THAN DESERTION. Suicide ofa Russian Opera Singer When Her Lover Abandoned Her. Excitement was cansed in operatic and the- atrical circles in St. Petersburg yesterday by the tragic death of Elsa Roge, a young woman well known in the operatic and the gay world. Several months ago, while falfilling an en- was a nightly attendant at the theater at wizich his inamorate was singing. He finally induced the girl to leave the stage. They lived together happily for several months, but finally the princo's ardor began to cool and he took up his residence elyewhere, paying occasional visits to the house occupied by the gir, They frequently quarreled, but generally mates by going’ to come ca: where they would meet friends and enjoy them: selves. rince was lavish in his expenditnres on |. but she was haunted by the fear that Some time ago The the girl ta nights, che went to and from the th ‘Thursday night Prince Stciewski sent a note to her requesting her to.dine with him at a well-known resort, '> Mle. Roge accepted the invitation and after ‘and her lover proceeded to cafe, where they took their scate at a table 1892—SIXTEEN PAGES. GOING TO THE FAIR, SEVENTEENTH CENTURY A Washingtonian’s Impression of This Interesting Old City. - FAIRS AND UNIVERSITY. Ite Streets and Balldings—The European Portier and His Manifold Daties— European Fatrs and Their Importance—Book Selling bg Publication. Correspondence of The Evenins Star. Leste, December 10, 1892. HERE ARE Six large railroad stations in Leipsic. The Ther- ringian Bahnhof, which is entered by all trains coming from the south- west, lies some distance from the center of the town. Quite a perform- ance must be gone through with before a traveler can get a car- riage. A dignified numbered brass check. This is passed on to a policeman, and after a little waiting the ear- ringe corresponding to the check is found. The strects of Leipsic are well lighted, broad and in excellent condition. During the long drive to the hotel one catches glimpses of deeply shaded parke and promenades, of open squares surrounded by handsome baildings and of ourtcus old nlleywayr, At last the hotel is | Teached and we accommodating 7 TRE EUROPEAN HOTEE, PoaTIER. What an invalanble person a hotel “‘portier” is! Apparently he sleeps in bis uniform, as he isalways on duty when wanted. Me frequently six or eight languages, and instinctively the natlonality of guests, whi they arrive in broad sanlight or in ‘the ness of night, Tho portier kaows every pc of interest in the piace, can tell exactly what time trains depart or arrive, makes out bills promptness and, notwiths cepts gratefully auy “gi y supe da the arrangements for the departure of gues's and politely wishes them a good journey as ho assisié them inio the | carriage. Portiera often accumulate a good deal of money in their years of service and sometimes j are the:nseives owners of hotels. Occasionally iotor finds jt more profitable to be his 4 party of friends stopping at € quaint inn in Dresden last winter were quite astonished to find that the proprietor, portier, head waiter, serving man and omnibus driver were one and the same perron. Usualiy, how- ever, the proprietor of n European hotel isn quiot, weli-dressed man, who is very attentive | to the wants of hix guests. Every morning he | makes the round of the dining room while the breakfast is ich lie the aninges, or promenades, occupying the piace where the walls formeriy stood, isa «mall portion of the ent city. Ontside of the anlages are man! road avenues and large buildings. Five #u- burbs are also closely connected with the mai town and really form a part of it, Three small | rivers flow through and around the town. Recent? discoverios show that Leipsic war | babited away back in the stone age. ‘There was also in very early times a little fishing vil- age at the junction of the rivers Pleisse and Parthe, which was called ‘“Lipzk,” occupied by the Slavs, in whose language the word meant “town of lime trees.” A castle was built bere in 920. Even down to the fourteenth contury the Slavonic language was spoken in the tow. The Leipsic of today is a very prosporous city, carrying on a large trade with many towns and’ countries rorult has been largely accomplished by its threc yearly faire, FAIRS IN EGROPE. The earliest mention of a fair is one estab- lished by Carausius, a rebel emperor of ancient Britain, as long ago as the year 227. This means of commerce was much used by the Romans and the Catholic Church greatly in- creased her revenues by bolting fairs in charch- Fards when a snint’s feast was being celebrated and crowds of pilgrims were in attendance. These “holy fairs” were afterward probibited as sacrilegious. The name “messen™ is derived LEIPSIC TOWN.| oficial givesench pereon | made of furs brought from Americaand Russia, Next to these come leather, wool, cloth, ginas and linen, ‘The yearly esles amount to €50,- A few days before the opening of « fair large wagons arrive loaded with goods of every kind. Frequently an entire family accompanies the load. Booths are constracted in the large Augustus platz. This open square is near the center of the city and around it stand several public buildings, as well as the university, new theater and museum. During fair times the booths cover the square, while only space is left detween them for passageways, The wares are erhibted to good advantage, One passes booths offering stationery of every deseri comprising every article from the finest carving seta down to the knife marked 2° cents, pewter ware, cloth- ing of all kinds, children’s playthings, fine inces [and woolon and cotton goods, china and glass fully decorated vases and beer How ware. covered with ap- Many housekec tonsila'at these faire. It ie not cus- to deliver the goods, and to seo a lady and her ser- vant entering a street car with their arms filled | With pote, kettles and tors. One day a gentle- | man purchased a table and requested that it be taken to his home. In the evening about # o'clock the Woman of whom he bought it ap- peared. carrying the heavy piece of furnitu on ber bead. She had walked about two miles in that way. Fairs usually last three weeks. ‘The first ck is devoted to wholesale, tho other two to hoses. On the last day the booths up, the goods packed and the families mount the wagons and mig town. One interesting portion of the fair is the sec- | tion devoted to merry-z0- | ters and amuse | small edition of Coney process of blowing glass is shown. 8 troop of performing dogs or daucing fleas. Pepper and honey cake ze how very important @ fair is | to «German city even in the nineteeath cen- tury. PSIC'S GREAT UNIVERSITY. On one side of tho Augustus platz stands the Augusteum, which is occupied by the univer- sity. It isa modern building, erected in 1856. In 1409, during the times of John Huss and his ines. £009 German ate left the of Prague in Kohemia and came to From that time on the university was few years ago was an any other G Itis now second to Berlin is number of its st: man he term times. The professors and teachers number about 170, 1 ny noted men. The dea of Dr. Delitsch, the great Hebrew scholar, a o couple of years ago, was a greut loss to the uni- s. Among the mauy learne nave lectur thi i here w: grocsen whieh stu LLING AND PUBLISHING, In book eeliing and pablishing Leipsic holds on the great publishing center, beceme +o strict that a few book xellers decided to remove to Leipsic. The third fair or messe at Leipsie is held at Easter time, avd for many yeats has been entirely devoted to books and printed matter of all kinds. In the spring mose of 1508 sixts-cight new publications were offered 127 by Frankf bad reduced rs later Frank whilo Leipme gave 221 new From that tine th wg toned y eased rapidly, At present there are said io be 500 book-ellers and publishers in the piace, besides 5,000 ropre- sentatives of publishing houses in other parts of the conatry. Al ixth of the books are printed at Leipeie, na well us 270 vewspapers aud magazine’ Almost the whole of ine castern part of the | city is occupied by the publishing houses, and a very interesting walk may be takeu through some of the larger of the streets, or Querstrasse, which will gi the extent of this ‘The antiqa light the lover of books, the Easter sellers and publishers was formed which nam- BOOKSELLERS” EXCHANGE. bers mony bundreds. A very handsome build ing has recently been erected for a bookeellers exchange. Here every year after cantat foarth Sunday acter Laster) the society gather and settle their accounts. book busi- | nigatrasee | a good idea of | book stores are filled with treasures whieh de- | fair, a society of book- | | the members of | Te the Bator of The Evening Star The question of the naming, oF mther the re naming, of the lettered stroste in the oity of Washington has of late reowved considerable [attention and elicited some good caggestions. It ts presumed that all the lend records of the [1 assommments, mapa, Bc. ao wall ab the water, gas, electric wires and sowuge conduits | Are donigna ict im conform it: with the present | eevee aamnen, For these and other reasons, but more parteularly because the present eretem | is famitiar to our citizens, wo change should be | made except for good and sufficient objects, If, however, the inconvenience of the ingle letter be deemed sufficient to wacrant the re- | Ramming of the lettered #treets, the name to be | gin with the letters now used, I desire te eng- Best that tho nates be selected. as far as prac ficable, from the more notable personages om | the list of members of the federal comvention | that drafted the Constitetion af the United States which made our cquater 0 sation jand at the same time provided for » | dent went of goverument with a, masonad errr | tory with @ capital city, which with good taste | the commissioners named “tae city of Wambing= on.” Who were the men whohad the geutus to | utilize the patriotian and perpetuate the fruits of the war for independence in founding & per inion of the states; — Most school chil fell the names of the signers of the of independanes,” bat how few fairly good historians or ever, our tational islators and government officials can give hand the names of the framecs of the Constitu- thon of the United States, which secures us peace end civil rights at home and honor among the nations of the world. Would tt net be a merited recognition of tbe services of these Worthies to name our lettered etrevts north of | the Latter them and at the mame | ® good aud perpetual object seanon history? The whole number of delegates appointed by the several states to the federal comvention t form “a more perfect unios,” acd which tm their wisdom drafted the Putin of the United states, was seventy-three. The number that actually ‘attended and took pert in the deliberations was fifty-five, as three did not accept or serve. The whole number Who signed the completed «raft of the Constie totion was thirty-nine. Three expressly refused to sign, two withdrew from the convention and cleven were absent the last day and could not « ign. ‘The following is an alphabetical list of all the Aclegates appointed by the twelve states, 16 also indicates whetber they attended oF not, signed or refased to sign the Consdtation, Ae. | Rhode Island alone of the thirteen states |failed to send delegutes. Names wil bofore them were also signers of the “Declara+ | tion of Independence.” The names printed in | italics, selected from the following list, iss j scheme which distributes the bonore equally auwosg the several original stateranc alight nome, Baldwin, Abraham, Goorgia, & Bpsnett, Richard, Delaware, & Bedford, Gunuing. jr., Delaware, & Biair, John, Virginia, & William, North Carolina, & Brearly, David, New Jersey, & Brown, Jacob, Delaware, 8. Butler, Pierce, South Carolina, & *Carroll, Charles, of Carrollton, did not serve. Maryland, Carroll, Daniel, Marylend, & ‘aswell, Hiehard, North Carolina, @id se® ver Clark, Abraham, New Jerwy, did not serve, *Clymer, George, Pennsylvania, & Dana, Francis, Massachurects, did not serve, Davie, Williom Richardson, North Carolina, Rot present to sign. Dayton, 5 neyivanin, 8 *Franktin, Benjamin, Peausyivanda, & try, Elbridge, Massachusetts, refused te very. Henry, Patrick, Virginia, did not serve, Houston, Willinm Churchill, New Jersey, net Prevent to rign, | Moustoun, William, Georgia, not present te vreoll, Jared, Pennsyivania, 3. homes, . nm, did Rot serve, us, Massachunetin, 8. Langdon, Jobn, New Hampshire, & sing, John, New York, withdrew from jon. Laurens. Henry. South Carolina, did not serve, *Lee, Richard Heury, Virgisia, did not seve, Lee, Thomas Sims, Maine, did not serve, Livingsion, William, New Jersey, 8. MecClarg, Jamon, Virginia, not ‘presemt te | “MoHonry, James, Maryland, & Madison, James, jr., Vi Martin, Alexander, ent to sign. Martin, Luther, Maryland, not present te | sign. | Mason, George, Virginia, refused to «ign. Mercer, Johu Francis, Maryland, not present | to eign. Mifflin, Thomas, Pennsylvania, 8, Morris, Gouverneur, Penne i iisom, John, New Jersey, d Nelson, Thomas, ‘atersou, William, New Jemey, 8. Veudieton, Nail serve. Pierce, William, Georgia, 4id not serve, ‘South Carola, 8 Cotaworth, 8.C., & i refused Kendalph, Fete * Read, George, rman, — omnectieut, &. 2 Spaight, Richard ‘Dobbs, Nerth Carolina, ‘Stone, Thotaas, Marylend, did not serve. Strong. Caleb, in a rather secluded part of the plage. Some persons present observed that the couple were conversing in a low, but excited manner. The girl's face was flushed and she appeared to be suffering great mental distress, Suddenly ehe sprang from her chair, exclaim- | i cannot live without you, a revolver from the pocket lease of the b shot herself before a ha Recently an offer wus made to buy the building | Prevent her. owned by the Equitable Co-operative Building | The whole It is said thas the price mentioned af first thong! was $175,009, and it may be of interest to add | det that thie would he by the Germans from the old custom of the riests, and is the general name for the yearly fairs, "The people of Brittainy obtain’ their word “‘kirmes,” “church mass,” from the About $1,090,000 pass searly through thie ex- In ‘the new building there is also = very fine collection of specimens of early printing, including the famons forty-two line the square bounded by F, G, 10th ond Lith streete. The north half of tho equare is occu- pied by # Catholic orphan asylum and tho bal ance with the exce) Pp peduck phys @ Vane Flory Cogn Cr = a am y Cab ye Hyon 6 denbot fede (Grur Ag we 6 e vee Prensuev bins kiSn a veo Re mover vi tn fou 4h Gm hnw de Pr A My } AP o FERENS F A PATHETIC LETTER of acelinrto the stracture, you might ask in After reading the above im regard to that “mansion.” This is rather | ten by Columbus himself lnngerous. however. as you might strike the | noe —, cab jong eS ; shock his feelings to have tl 2 of cestors diminiabe:! to a mere manuion. have seen thousands of little statuettes which | wear a fringe of hair around the back atone. omen. are being scattered over the country in the | 2€ck isthat it does not grow long No, that is not # dog coming down the street! | "ame of # lottery. I won't tell you the title of | the lottery or the Post Office ‘That is a dowkey,and with these hills and the pl wha we gue old streets he 1 = most useful animal and | {2 ® “ took part, it was found that the hair dresser hed doue'a decd which woald require monthe if not years to repair. He had cut away all of the hair at the back of the neck as far up aa the middle of the ears, between which an unsightly fringe was left, carefully formed into corkscrews with the e irons. The effect, indeed. et che bul a wig on the Since that time this lady of fashion bas not been able to appear in even~ ing dress at ali, being obliged on all other oc- casions toconceal her misfortune by means of high collars, which happily aze just now the England, Spain and France during many years bad large fairs, for which special per- mission was given by the government. Towns which had suffcred from wars or disaster were frequently aliowed to re-catablish their lines of business in this way. In fact, so great becemo the importance of the fairs that the shops of the rivers in the United States are drawa upon for names which will not disturb the present ordet as to the first letter. Rivers which a Soven hundred delegates were present at the esterday of the Indian national con- greae at Alabsbud, India, the capital of the northwest provinces. The congress includes many of the abiest of the native Indians, and | Th the resolutions submitted showed the growing spirit in favor of Indian self-government. A resolution was presented and referred ex- Pressing regret that the people of India were not allowed to clect representatives to the council of the viceroy. Tho manner of the re- coption of the resolution showed the increasing popalarity of the movement for a national In- legislature. piace wae in an uproar, as it was st the girl had attempted to mur- Prince Stoiewski, who is a well- known cavalry officer. When quiet was restored 8 physician was summoned to attend tho girl, but a slight examination showed that she was lortu- nate that an additional pain should bave been ently added. ‘The victim went to see Mrs. Cleveland « few days later and told her of her misadventure. Sho added a remark to the fect that she was not much impressed with ea skill of Mrs. Clevelan rr. Neill surprise ard | "Why," said’ Mew. Cleveland, lang dintress you to learn how his noble name had a bairdresser. The at be bad her its with her for her future ‘When be told her that they taaat part abe Srew Spnereires ond Mid toca. Dr. W.E. Crane, Mitchell, Dax. 5 mye: “Tt has almost a speciic for this disorder: It checks vomiting. restores the appetite an, ai the same time, ailays the feat of imoendiag dissolutica tat isoe'cominen to heavy driuxera ettes are given away just the same, and think ‘The Galy Instance When Two can manages to plod along under loads three times how it must make Columbus’ ghostly blood Pass on the Same Track. os big as be is. You meet him everywhere: on boil in bis ghostly veing to be given away in the feshionable drives, threading the meee | Ot we ee ae Fepresentations are eld streets which know not the touch of car- | atrociousl} ly Tinge whevls, or gazing contemplatively at you edly more pleasare in exhibition from the froat steps of his owner's house. Genoa ix now giving in his name. It is an we oF # pair of ebmbing irons the | dustrial exhibition and of considerable most useful thing to have in Genoa is a doukey. | nitude at that. Sraky all means. Get also a sbawt strap. | 5 whew you sre not using the donkey you ean carry him in the shawl strap. | SYMMETRY EY ancurTRcTURE. Now look over there and tell me if this in nos | BONS Latent oo pedi eten qmarthal race. My. what deceit. No I, don't! Si isterpectter, "We fecle thera ond ene