Evening Star Newspaper, August 5, 1893, Page 14

3 FOR THE COUNTR The Proper Costumes for Young Folks on Their Outings, -_ A PARADISE FOR CHILDREN. Washable Goods That Are Becom- ing and Serviceable. BOR A GARDEN eae PARTY. HE COUNTRY IS A perfect paradise for children, and even the grown folks en- joy the quiet and rest which is afford- €d by a large, roomy farm house and adjoining meadows over which one can roam at will, and do about as.one likes. For the children the country opens Bm GEA 2 host of pleasures which the crampéd city quarters prevented them enjoying at home. In the proper season there are berries to be gathered, and what child ts not supreme- ly happy when arrayed in sun bonnet and a washable dress, she can roam across the Belds in search of the small black fruit. ‘The small lady in the first cut {s about to set out om such an expedition. She is ap- propriately dressed in a gingham dress and large sun bonnet. The dress, though per- haps a triffe fine for such a purpose, can be easily done up and will then. look as good as new. It is made of blue and white check, and has a yoke and a fitted bias ruffle of solid blue. The yoke is large and pointed and has a rufile of blue with a narrow over ruffle of white and biue embroidery. Tne sleeves are puffed ones and have a tight- fitting lower sleeve, which, with the skirt rufmie, is made of solid blue. The rest of the gown ts full and Mother Hubbard.and quite easily made. Either light or dark blue may be chosen, though dark blue will be quite @s stylish and much more serviceable. One of the amusements of children which in the city would never be given a second thought, but In the country gives an added charm to the long summer days, is waiting for the trains to pass. The girl seated so picturesquely on a Tustic fence Is engaged in this simple pleas- ure. She wears a dress of solid pink ging- ham, which is trimmed in white edging, and pink and white striped goods. The waist 1s made full at waist and neck, where it ts encircled by @ striped ruffle, which 1s edged with the embrofdery. Triangular pieces are inserted at the under arm seam, and are edged on the upper side with edg- ing, and meet in a point in the front. These pieces are made of striped goods, as are al- So the cuffs. The edge of the skirt 1s trim- Med with @ straight band of narrow em- broldery to correspond with the other trim- The third picture represents a boy ar- Fayed in a pique sult made for afternoon wear. He is perfectly conscious of his smart attire. as he awaits. on the front Porch, the ring of the supper bell. He Tears & white sailor blouse, which ts madg th ® Straight yoke. to which it is gath full both back and front. The neck ts cut down low, and has a wide sailor col- lar, which is’ edged with ruffles of em- The wide tura-over cuffs are = larly trimmed, and a jaunty little neck! @ompletes this costume. The child seated at the foot of the tree fm the fourth illustration wears a dress of the material known as “Turkey red.” It 1s nade with @ full waist, empire sleeves, Wide sash, and ample skirt. A little zouave jacket with a turn-over collar attached ts Bit 08 afterwards. This jacket and the col- if and cuffs are trimmed gith red an€ ratte embroidery. An easter way of mak- ing this sown is to insert Jacket fronts in the under arm seams, thus remedying the th in the back. worn by the larger of the fig- Gres in cut five is of white heavy goods With trimmings of pink cotton cheviot. The Walet is cat on the shoulders and it fs cut down into a at on with @ as are also "ve ruffles and skirt full as ts the skirt edged with y e leghorn hat pink mull goes with this ‘The second of the two wears it made from outing flannel. It is tan and biue stripe and is trimmed in solid tan. |The skirt is very short and full and the! body is made with an Eton jacket and full vest, which is made of solid tan. The cuffs | and'sash, which is tled at the side. are also made of this. A dark blue Tam O'Shanter cap goes with this little suit. ‘The boy on his way downstairs also wears | an Eton suit. It is composed of a white | shirt waist. over which the jacket {s put on. The jacket may be sleeveless or not as de- | sired. The suit represented in the picture | is of striped red and white percale and Is | trimmed with rows of red and white feath- | er-edge braid. A large silk tie and a sili | sash tled at the side are added and should be made of red silk. A swing in the woods is a never failing source of amusement to young country rs, and the young girl in figure 7 is | ho exception to the rule. She is gowned in that most appropriate color for young peo- ple—whits. It is a simple afternoon toilet and she makes a very lovely picture with the sunshine, which has escaped from the oak trees overhead, resting on her bright hair. Her gown ts cut square in the neck, where it 1s shirred several times quite fat | apart. The neck is finished off by a simple heading, no lace being used in this dress. ‘The sleeves are full and wide and so ts the skirt. Undotted swiss or fine white tarla- tan would look weil made in this manner. Colored sashes vary this dress and lighten it up. nN? aD ‘The children in the eighth cut are dressed im expectation of a garden party. The elder of the two wears a blue gingham of a light shade. It ts trimmed with ruffles of the ma- terial which are edged with narrow lace. The bretelles are wide at the shoulder and Ww narrow at the waist, where they meet in a point. The sleeves are full, too, just above the elbow, where eight or ten rows of gathering confine it to the arm. Afull double heading ends it off at the wrist. The skirt is full and ts trimmed by several tucks and @ ruffle of the material. The brunette of the group wears a perhaps more fancy dress. It is a pink gingham trimmed with ruffles of lace. It is round in the neck, where it is finished by a heading and sev- | eral rows of shirring. The fullness thus given ts confined to the waist by several tucks back and front. Short Josephine puff sleeves with wide frills of lace go with this costume. A flounce of white lace trims the skirt and another encircies the shoulders. ‘The fat baby bonreng ot a tennis game clothed in a pretty little gown that quite ie her. The pointed yoke is full and wide and is gathered both at top and bot- tom. A pleated ruffle borders the lower part of the yoke and hangs down, giving an empire effect. Empire sleeves’ are in this Iittle gown also. It is represented here as being made of white, though al- most any baby color will look pretty and keep clean longer. The skirt of this cos- tume should be made extra full to corres- pond with the rest of the dress. } road standard height. ‘THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON D. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES. white ribbon decorate the walst. They are connected by a ribbon strip. The back of the waist is trimmed In the same manner. HE WAS A KING, If a guimpe be made for this costume, It should be of white muslin and lace inser- —_-— tion. A Mormon Monarch Whose Reign Ended in a Tragedy. SHOT BY HIS SUBJECTS. An Out-of-the-Way Settlement on Lake Michigan. NOT PROSPEROUS Now. Written for The Fvening Star. Grand Rapids, Mich., July 27, 1898, EAVER ISLAND, the largest island in Lake Michigan and situated far up to- ward the northern end of that body of water, comes as near being an arcadia, a The last little dress is of yellow and white organdie lawn. It is made with a full vest which fs shirred several times in @ point at the top and is bordered on both sides by bretelles of lace. A yellow sash pinned up in a point in the front Is tied about the waist In a big bow in the back. The strings of the shirrings may be cover- Uttle paradise “on ed with lace beading ff desirable, through i ; which yellow ribbon is run. This’ makes a toot pal ee pretty dress for church or Sunday, though place in the world. it ts one in which the Ittle improvised The Island has a country girl must be quite as careful as though she were dressed up in the latest fashion and away in her winter home in the city. May Sigsbee. population of .800 or 1,000. The people are nearly all Irish. There is neither doc- tor nor lawyer among them, the jai! erected ten years ago has had but one inmate since it was built and So unanimous are the peopie politically that in the last election oniy two republican votes were cast In a total of 200. The people coe FIRST BIG ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE. From the Iron Age. The first electric locomotive of any con- siderable size in the United States and the first practically operative high speed elec- trie locomotive in the world, adapted to the steam railroad, has recently been com pleted at the Lynn works of the General Electric Company, and will shortly be ex hibited at the world’s fair. Its completion marks a distinct advance in electrical de- velopment. It is a thirty-ton locomotive, designed for a normal speed of thirty miles an hour, primarily intended for operation on elevated railways and for passenger and light freight traffic on less important steam roads. It is of compact construction, solidly and substantially built, and runs on four forty-four-inch wheels. Its dlmen- sions are: Sixteen feet @ inches long, 11 | death at Seen eae tee Leap * 3 | ex Joseph Smith, the founder of the Fevte te wean bac rte Crees Doom | atormon ta(th, waa) killed tn Ise many: of | his adherents followed Brigham Young top of rail, the Manhattan Elevated rail-| westward to Utah, while others rallied une The draw-bar pull |der the standard ‘which Strang raised as is calculated at 12,000 pounds. | Successor to the true prophet. Strang was for the entire island. Six months in the year the island is completely cut off from the outer worid except by sledges drawn by dogs across thirty miles of ice to the main land, yet in point of Intelligence and gen- eral information regarding the world's progress the islanders compare favorably with those who have greater advantages. Beaver Island was once the seat of an empire and numerous relics of monarchia) days are still to be seen scattered around the harbor at the northern end of the island. It was the home of James J. Strang, the king of the Mormons. It was here that he was crowned and here he met a violent + two | born in New York state, became a lawyer ‘The propelling power is furnished by two ue —_. ; electric motors of especial design and con- | An) Went fo Wissonsin t practice and soon struction, each axle being provided with | 2{eF locating fell in with the eal Strction, . cag, axle being provided with | became so zealously a true bellover that he rotor. The motors are gearless, and | coriy took high rank In the church and the Bde frame oP the Pas Testing oP | upon Smigh'’s death was tm a position to Fite eae ee a nee ies | dispute Young for lea@ershiy and 80 | influential that he j Substantial band of the chosen ones to- | gether.He led his adherents to various points in Wisconsin and finally took them fo Meaver Island to locate permanently. |The colony was formed in 1819 and com- | prised thirty or forty familles and a year j later the number had doubled. On July 8, | 1850, Strang summoned all the people to | the lawn in front of the castle he had bullt and was formally crowned king of the Mor- | mons. Prior to that time he had been os- tensibly opposed to polygamy, but upon his wheels free to adjust themselves to the Ir- able to keep a very regularities of the road bed, and conse- quently the wear to both tracks and mo- tors is diminished. ‘The motors are controlled by means of a series parallel controller, set up in the in- terior of the cab. This device embodies all the latest improvements made by the Gen- eral Electric Company. Under test it is found that the series parallel controller al- lows of a more gradual and easier starting of the electric motor, and the speed can be more delicately and tnstantancously con- | t* A y trolled than in case of the steam locomo- | Corenation he came o in favor of a plu- . eJournal | congregation 10 follow the example he Ine bore, ‘ib caunttcted “af” heavy beam | tended to set them in the sostrimonia’ line and forms the foundation for the locomo-| Immediately following his coronation he tive cab of sheet iron, of symmetrical de- | took two Wives and their appearance in the sign, and so curved off as to diminish the | household was the signal for the departure atmo:pherle resistance as far as possible. Of the woman he had married as a young The interior {s finished in hard wood. The| Man. During the four years following, sliding doors are ed at each side of Strang added three more wives to his col- the cab, and the windows are so arranged lection and had planned to take two more as to permit of an unobstructed view in| When death cut short his career in June, all directions. ‘There 1s ample space in the |1%5, Some of the doctrines of the church cab for the mortorman's movements, and | as formulated by Strang were peculiar. es- fe affords him considerably better protec- | peclaily in matrimony. ‘The first’ marriaze tion than that usually vouchsafed the | Was publicly celebrated, while subsequent steam locomotive engineer. marriages were secret, the ceremonies be- This locomotive has been designed for a|ing known only to the {nitiated. If a man normal speed exceeding thirty miles per | died without children, his widow entered hour. The use of these locomotives over | the household of her husband's brother. If very long distances is at present limtted | they had children, then the widow could se- only by the cost of long lines of electric | lect with whom she would live and if more feeders; until the problem. offered by this | children were born they were looked upon condition is solved restriction of its employ-|as the children of the dear deceased, and ment must necessarily exist. But for! were raised up to his glory. Although places comparatively near each other and | Strang had seven wives, besides his where traific {s dense (the denser the better) | one, yet polygamy nevet’ made much pro the electric locomotive 1s peculiarly adapt-| gress among the people because marriages ed, for all the advantages of electric pro-| able young women were scarce in those pulsion are available, unhampered by the | days. extreme expense involved in long feeder Ines. i ‘The evolution of the use of the electric locomotive will probably follow along the lines dictated by expediency and favoring conditions. At first they will probably be used in clevated raflroad service, and in New York, Brooklyn and Chicago ‘thelr ad- vent will be hailed with a feeling of deep gratitude, ‘They will then probably, be adopted as feeders to the trunk lines, both for freight and passenger traffic, and to operate short suburban lines where a rapid, efficient service is requisite. Their peculiar fitness for switching purposes will advance thelr use another step, and then slowly, as the different problems presented are overcome, they will Invade the province of the trunk line steam locomotive, and the millennium of railroad travel wili be with- in the realities of life. +o — HE WAS FRANKLIN PIERCE. Remains of the Castle. Strang built a house for himself which was called the castle. It was two stories high, with a balcony In front, constructed of hand-hewed oak logs, with beams of solid cedar. It was a veritable fortress and although vacated neariy forty years and exposed to the wildest gales it was in excellent repair up to last fall, when a couple of saflors dropoed ashes from their pipes one night and accidentally set it on fire. All the nails and tron work in the structure were wrought by hand and everything was of the strongest and most substantial. A few black ocs fs all that is now left of the castle. A little back of where the castle stood’ still remains the wreck of what was once the kitchen and store house. A level piece of sandy soll on the bluff in the rear of the casth is pointed out as the site of the tabernac! and north of the tabernacle in a grove was the house in which Strang kept his wives. Under the rules of the household the wives took turn In being queen, each occupying the throne one day and then stepping down for the next. The queen of one day would be the household servant the next and would gradually work up in rank until it again came her day to be queen. Strang was an excellent manager and from all accounts had no family troubles to keep him awake nights. Recorder Smyth Relates an Anecdote ‘With an Important Lesson in From the New York Sun. “Postmaster Dayton’s experience with the clerk in the bureau of information in the | " remarked Re- corder Smyth yesterday, the time when I was an assistant United States district attorney. John McKeon was then district attorney. When Mr. McKeon was on his vacation I was left in charge. We had in the office then a young man, whose business it was to attend to the wants of visitors. This young man on the day in question was reclining in a chair with his feet cocked on a desk. He was industriously puffing a cigar. There was a knock ut the door. ‘Come in,’ yelled the clerk. The door opened and two gentlemen entered. “Well, what's wanted” the clerk sald in an insolent tone without changing his — or removing the cigar from his uth, malts’ Mr. McKeon in? the elder of the two visitors inquired politely. “"No, he's out of town,’ replied the clerk sruffly. “‘L am very sorry,’ the visitor went on, apparently not noticing the cierk’s inso- lence, ‘for I have not ‘seen him since we were in Congress together.” ‘So? muttered the clerk in a tone that plainly expressed ‘I don't care a continen- ‘Can I leave him a line?’ the visitor Old Mormon Home. An unwarranted inierference with the rights of the female population was the immediate cause of the king’s downfall and death. He issued an edict compelling all the women to wear “bloomers.” 4 smell contingent rebelled against’ this order, among them Mrs. Wentworth, Mrs. Bedford and Mrs. McCullough. Strang swore a mighty oath that his edict must be obeyed, even though he waded an! deep in blood. Mrs. Bedford stili continued rebellious and rejected the bloomers with scorn and contempt. Strang and Bed- ford had before this had trouble and the contumacious conduct of Mrs, Bedford furnished a pretext to punish her husband on the old score. He was strung up to a pine tree, which fs still standing, and given ‘Yes; you'll find pens and paper over there,” answered the clerk, pointing with his thumb at a dirt begrinied table in the corner. ‘The visitor sat down and wrote a line on a small piece of paper, which he handed to the clerk, who glanced at it. Down came his feet’ with a thump on the floor, On the paper was written “Franklin Pleree* “The visitors were the President of the United States and his private secretary, When the clerk recovered from hig aston. ighment he “was, alone.’ From that day there was a mar) change in the recep- tion of visitors in that office. si eb ae Fawnbroking in China, From the London Globe. A financial contemporary gives, under some reserve, the following description of | ford lure the island. as coun af thes the appearance of trade unionism among | he could vet away and comg to Machines the pawnbrokers of China. One of that| was joined by Wentworth, who had a body began to charge his customers six- teen per cent instead of the usual twenty- four. Naturally he did a roaring trade, to the dismay of his colleagues, who carried grievance of his own against the king. They waited a few days and then secretly returned to the island and concealed them- selves until an opportunity came for action. In June, 1855, the United States steamer S For cool afternuons a light chall! which can be worn with a guimpe is appro- priate, and with the guimpe left out will look well as a party dress for a warm day. The dress here is of apple green chalil. It is made with a tight-fitting body waist which is long and ts cut in squares around the lower edge. Around the low neck a fitted blas breteile, is laid. over which falis a narrow ruffle of chiffon. which should be of white embroidered in sleeves reach just below the elbow and the skirt just ° knee. Two rosettes of him before the Mandarin of the province, with bitter complaints of unfair competi- tion. The Mandarin, however, commended the ‘pawnbroker for’ his charity and good feeling in only charging sixteen per cent, Michigan entered the harbor and anchor- ing near the pier sent for Strang to come down for an interview. About 7 in the evening Strang responded to th mmons, In reaching the dock his pathway extend- but pointed out that the charge was quite | ed between two long piles of wood. Hed- Megal. He therefore directed that in fu-] ford and Wentworth were concealed. in ture he should charge the customary | the wood pile and as Strang passed the; twenty-four per cent, of which he was only to keep sixteen for himself, while the other eight was to be distributed in charity, in fired, one with a_horse pi tol_and the oth with navy. Strange ‘wounded a w in three places and falling grasped Bedford consonance with the pawnbroker’s benevo-| bY ihe is. bedford struck hia over the Cam head with his weapon and then the as —- gassing fled to the" boat for ‘protection, A.P-k Rrowa Teste in His Mouth. ngieicnn cr he ke eae ee From Tr where he died, and his first wife, who had left him when’ he adopt y5ay a of the articles of his faith, was by his bedside and tenderly ministered to him in his dying days when all others had de- serted him. Bedford and Wentworth were taken on the steamer to Machinac to be tried for murder. The trial was a farce, and result- ed in an acquittal, Bedford ‘returned to the island, and lved there until he shot another man in a drunken quarrel, and then he fled for good and died about two years ago in Eaton Rapids. His wife and three children still. live im Charlevoix. The prompt acquittal of the assessins {3 explain- ed by the hatred felt on the neighboring 1s. are all Catholics and one church is enough | lands and among the people living on the mainland toward the Mormons. While a majority of the Mormons were industrious, honest and thrifty people, and made fruitful gardens out of sandy ‘fields, yet the most influential members in the community had a strong tincture of old-fashioned pira- cy in their blood. Numerous raids were made on the nets and boats of the fisher- men who lived and operated near Beaver Dock Where Strang Was Killed. Island, and marauding of this nature to them was like horse stealing in Texes—one of the most serious of crimes, According to the tenets of the Mormon Church, it was lawful to despell the Gentiles, and the church recelved one-tenth of the plunder. Numerous robberies on the islands and mainland, even as far south as Grand Haven, were traced directly to the Mor- mons, bet not so conciusively as to amount to positive evidence in court. Strang him- self was arrested for treason, piracy, steal- ing government timber, and other offenses, and was taken to Detroit with twenty-six of his followers for trial. He was acquitted, and soon after published a book claiming that this was a Vindication, and calling at- tention to the fact that many of his people had at various times been arrested, but had invarlably been acquitted. The fishermen all along the shore were’ sure of the pi- ratical proclivities of the Mormons, and the news of Strang’s death was the signal for a general uprising. Crews started out from Charlevoix Harbor, Springs, Traverse City, Machinac and St. Ignace, and uniting their forces, made 2 general raid on the island and the little village of St. James, which Was the Mormon capital, “The tabernacle | was wiped off the face of the earth. The king's woman's house was razed. The vil- lage was plundered of everything valuable, and the people were given notice to get out on short notice or stand the conse- quences. A boat was placed at the disposal of the inhabitants, and they rapidly scat- tered, families going to Charlevoix, where they ‘sul! live; some going to East Jordan, at the head of Pine lake, and many going to Milwaulee and Wisconsin. Not a Mor- mon remained, and none live ‘there no} pat the present inhabitants are y who came in immediately after the n people were ejected, and have vivid recollections of the exciting scenes of forty years ago. The Mormons were in- dustrious and on the road to prosperit: but their successors have not been so su cessful in raising crops, and the village to- day wears a discouraged, worn-out aspect, and it has been twenty Years since a new house was built. In the interior the farm houses are the same in general appearance as the village, and many of the houses were built by the Mormons. In the village the site and adjoining kitehen of the castle are pointed out as the chief point of interes! The dock near which Strang was killed is still standing, badly dilapidated. ‘The house in which Dr. McCullough, who, it is said, instigated the assassination with the hope that he would succeed to the throne lived, is still standing,and Is one of the few frame houses on the island. The principal saloon fs in an old Mormon house, and the nails used in the construction, and the hinges and bolts on the door are’ all hand-wrought. There are several other Mormon houses along the shore, and all are sadly out of re- pair, although still oceupied. among Rev. Father Gallagher. The solid democracy of the islanders is explained by the activity and zeal of Rev. Father Gallagher. He has administered to the spiritual wants of the people for twen- ty-seven years, and in his way is as much of @ monarch as Strang ever was. For many years all disputes about property and rights, disputes which in other communities are settled in the courts, were taken to him for adjustment, and his judgment was ac- law, and no expense was connect- | his tribunal. He has unbounded e over his people, and in politics he ts an earnest democrat. On the wall of his | study, in a little frame of gold, is a steel engraved portrait of President’ Cleveland. Below the portrait is Cleveland’s autograph and presentation to Rey. Dr. Gallagher. ‘The domini is very proud of this gift from the President, and feels that this little sou- venir is ample recompense for all that he has done for his party. Father Gallagher 4s widely known in the state by reputation, but very few have met him personaily. At home he is the embodiment of genialty and | hospitality, and {s exceedingly fond of | telling stories, and his stories are none the less Interesting from the fact that they re- late chiefly to his own experiences on the island, and are tinctured with a fine Irish brogue. ———— BLUE GRASS GIRLS, When They Are on Horseback Every Kentackian ts Proud of Them. I was in Frankfort the other day and saw @ sight that was enough to cure any ord!- nary case of sore eyes and to make the blood of a Kentuckian dance through his veins Hke champagne and his eyes sparkle like the “moonstone.” It takes a combina- tion to produce this effect on a “native born,” and the blending in this case was most harmonious—a lissome young miss, as graceful as a sapling maple, mounted on a blooded bay thoroughbred, with limbs as keen and swift as the “black tail” of the boundless prairies of the west. She came down one of the shady avenues of elms and water maples that are called streets at Kentuck's capita) at a clipping pace, and, halting suddenly before an old-time man- sion, dismounted and ran laughing fn, le: ing her horse modestly to wait for his little mistress to return. I watched the pink face, golden hair and handsome riding habit until they disappeared within the wide open door, and then turned my attention to whe hofse. His bridle was as deiicate as a silken cord and on his back was a flat, English- man's saddie with one small stirrup. As 1 stood looking the young girl came bounding out the gate and mounted, evidently pleased at the harmless admiration of a stranger. “How do you manage to stick on that saddle? ked. “Oh, IUs the eastest thing tn the world,” she sali, “Father 1s uneasy sometimes, but I always Ike a man’s saddle. best,” and bounding Hghtly to the horse's back, in an- other moment she was out of sight. “That's one of the Kentucky girls we like to read about,” thought I, and as I turned away had a feeling akin to sorrow when 1 remembered how the graceful, healthful habit of horseback riding was falling into disuse among the Kentucky girls of the present day.—Loulsville Courier-Journal, see AShort Nap. Miss Sittiborder—“Joey, I will give you 5 cents to fan me to sleep.” (Pour minutes later.) Mise Sittiborder—“Why, what's the matter? What did vou wake me up for?” Joey—"For the tive cents, of course, | structure from which loose bundles of ha- ————-+0+ An Extraordinary Character. From the New York Press. “So Pliable is drinking again?” “He is, I am sorry to say.” “Hm! He will soon be in the mud.”* No; I will say this much for him, that although he gets always keeps himself up when hi c ooo eee OYSTER CULTURE IN ITALY Where the Bivalvcs Were First Grown for Market by Artifice. A Successful System in Operation—Fascines and Oyster Kopes — Opposite of the French Method. | Some curious information about oyster culture in the country where the luscious bivalves were first reared for market by | artitice—namely, in Italy—will soon be pub- lished by the United States fish commis- sion. It is very interesting to consider the fact, proved by pictured funeral vases, that the processes in use today for pro- pagating and raising oysters in lakes near Naples are precisely the same as were era- ployed by ancient Romans as early .as the time of Marius. It is even said that the oyster stakes of the Lucrine lake represent in appearance and actual position the very ones which Pliny may have inquisitively examined, little thinking that their use would be handed down to posterity more carefully than the volumes of his life work on natural history. The oysters of the Gulf of Tarentum were known and appreciated in prehis- toric times, and there 1s record of the plant- ing of them in the lakes near Naples for purposes of culture. The modern: industry is carried on extensively oniy at Terente. Here a wide and shallow gulf opens to the Mediterranean on the south. At the head of this body of water is an aimost land-locked bay—the Mare Piccolo—which has for ages been famous for its oysters. This is literally a small oyster-bearing sea, wonderfully adapted for the purpose, the narrow outlet into the gulf serving ‘as a flood gate. It is about seven miles across the greatest depth being hardly more than forty feet and averaging from eighteen to twenty-four feet. The bottom is of firm sand. In this bay are produced most of the seed oysters, which are afterward reared to marketable size in bays and tidal ponds of the southern coast. As one approaches the city of Tarente the whole surface of this little sea is seen to be bristling with oyster stakes. These are observed to pass into distant perspective in regular lines and to A “Fascine.” mark off the water surface into squares as of a checker board. The enclosures thus | formed measure about fifteen feet square. | They are leased at 50 cents a year, and | each lessee secures as many as he can cul- tivate. They are rented from a joint stock company, which has obtained the leasehold of the entire bottom of the bay for an an- nual payment of $101k. The subdivision of the water area into such smull sections is the result of compe- Ution. Oyster culture here is conducted on @ system, exactly opposite to the French method. The French rear the mollusks in shallows along shore, between the levels of high and low water—of course, on a hori- zontal plane. On the other hand, the Jtal- jans grow the bivalves vertically. They produce them in ail depths of water, and make the number of oysters reared’ in a given space correspond in proportion to the volume of water and not to the super- ficial area. To make this clear, suppose that a man has leased a space of fifteen feet square. At each corner he drives into the bottom three posts in the form of a tripod, tied to- ether at the top. Between the’ tripods, rom corner to corner, across and back, are stretched ropes horizontally, at or near the surface. This simple contrivance forms a zel or gorze boughs are suspended. On these “fascines,” as they are called, the young oysters during Uie early days of thelr existence, when they are free-swim- ming animals, find a suitable lodgment. ‘The water of the bay is warmer than that of the gulf outside, and the adult oysters keep on spawning from April to October, so that the supply of young fry or “spat is unlimited. Any firm object suspended from the surface immediately becomes cov- them. When the bundles of ered with An Oyster Rope. boughs have collected a crop of youthful | adherent bivalves the “fascines” are pulled up and broken into twigs without distur ing the oysters. The twigs are then woven into ropes, which are again suspended In the water as before. Thus from the light scaffolding already deseribed will depend many long strings of twigs covered with oysters and extending from near the surf- ace almost to the bottom. It is easily seen | that this method utilizes the available space and floating food with the utmost possible econom ‘The “fascines” are prepared during the winter. In spring they are put out to col- lect “spat.” One year later, when they have become thickly covered with young oysters, they are taken ashore. The work- men now proceed to cut them to. pieces, chopping each bough with its attached mollusks into twigs about eight long. These oyste1 ring twigs are next placed in baskets and are carried to other Operators, who splice them together in- geniousiy between strands of rope, so that kept firmly in place. ‘Thus ar- the rope bristles symmetrically oysters. Final the ropes made in way are conveyed in boats to the inches this scaffoldings and put in place. ‘The growing conditions of the o: ters are now as favorable as possible. ‘The heavily burdened ropes swing and vibrate in the currents, allowing each bivalve to escape accumulating sediment and to se- cure an equai share of the volume of the ing food. Their growth is wonder- fully rapid. An oyster three-fourths of an inch in diameter in March, when sus- pended in the water until October, has at- talned by that time four times its’ o1 nal size and has thus become marketable. ‘Two years and a haif, however, are gener. ally allowed to prodiice an oyster of the first grade in the market of Tarente, Another advantage which the culturists claim for this system is the ease with which the entire product of an inclosure can be overhauled, cleared ‘of attached | being al AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALES FUTURE DAY». TURE DAYs BB . CONTENTS + WE WILL SW. DAY, AUGUST 1, AT TEN AM. com. sisthig of @ large and fine’ collection of housebuld EKS & 00, SE AT aveTiox. | | 12 Pine Oak Fi ay Room 2) 2 Fine repel Plate Sate Fine Oak Extension ‘Tables, 1 ine uk, Bust, Fine Oak Dining Room Chairs, 1 Fine Silk Plis Parlor Suite, 103 yards of Parlor Carpet. Also Cur- pets in all’ other” ro Pine “Oak ‘Hall’ Rack, | 1 Pine Writing Cabinet, Mattresses, Spring Bed. ering, 12 pairs Pillows, Flue Draperies, 1." Conk’ Stove, 1 Folding ed, Rockers, Odd Cusirs, ke... &e Terms” cash. H. BERNHEIMER & CO., Aucts. aut2t R.C. Jenkins, Salesma RATCLIFFE, DARE & ©O., Auctioneers. . ke. CONSIST- * FLOUR, | T JEFER, STARCH, ‘BROOMS, CANNED GooDs, YTIONS, M ES, OM CANS. “SHOW CASES, “SCALES, . Sancta x TAINED IN STORE| N AVENUE SOUTHWEST, Fac RY ALCTI shove named A therein, to if the + nd private’ burers TCLIFFE, DARR & OC store the « the attention Ory, Wo-STORY, 16 AND s PEREMPT! K NORTH. INESDAY, AUGUS" PANT FIVE © CLO the premts L3and 1 ‘T NINTH, A.D. 189%, CK YM. Gwe will sell i 39 and 140 and sion’: f square G28, weil by two-story ‘brick | me. ws the property is located well, yhoutes, aud permite cannot be gotten to nore al ee hone ots 137 10 140 inclusive on ots 192. 11:8 and I Addeponit. of SUM op each lot at recordist murchaser’s gow: Ye Coupited with in teu days from here ise the rigit reserved to resell the ai the risk anc cost of defawting ymrchaser five days advertiegnent of such verale in some | paper published 12 on. D.C. dks DUNCANSO} day of sale, op C. G. STOAN & CO., Successors to Latimer & Sloan, Auctioneers, 1407 G st. LARGE AND IMPORTANT SALE OF STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, COMPHISING TPAS IN CHESTS, CANS OF (SPICES, WE BEANDI!S AND WHISKIFS IN BOTTLE A BULK, FRENCH VEAs, “CAPERS OLIVES, MACARONI. MUSHKOUMS. RELISHES CANNED Goods OF ALT. KINDS, (FANG SHELF GOODS, CANDLES, BLUES STARCH PS OF ALL: KINDS” WOOD AND WILLG BUCKETS. TUBS BRUSHES. . EXTRACTR. CIGARS AND. TO- SAUCIS,” MUSTAKDS,. PICKLES ASE, CLOTHES PINS “LOT 8 COUNTEUS, SHE? 3 RACK. ® ke. is, at TEN North’ Capitol 1 ktrest. cormer Hue northwest, we will sila inne stock of groceries, as partly enumerated above. AND AT TWELVE M. One Horse, two Wagons, lot Harness, &, and house for rent. ‘cash UNITED STATES MARSHALS SAL tue of a writ of fieri factas issued out of thecler s | Oflice of the Supreme Court of Tus District of Colt: bin and to ime directed Twill offer at cash, at the door of the court house. on WEDNESDAY, THE SINTEL GUST, 18%, "at TWELVE O'CLOCK M., ‘ait ‘the | Tieht, title, claim. interest and enta‘e of the defendant fo and to the followine described proverty, ‘0 wit: A tract of land located at or ue-r Benniners, District of Colaba, containing cue hundred aud tires (103) | Scres, more or less, being the same land of which Benjamin Owens died veizedand postenned, said tract Jed ou the north by the Baltimore and Po= on the east by land south. by ented be land of Mire. Manning, with all end simular the ‘mprovements thereon seized and Jevied upon as the property of 3 bs. will be sold to sat RANSDELL, CLIFFE, DARK & CO., A: auctioneers, | ane parel knows ©. G. SLOAN & 00.. Anctionesrs, 1407 Gat mw. (successors to TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VALUAPLE IMPROVED PROPERTS, “No. 310 NORTH CaPITOR STKELT NORTHWEST. 1891, au reptame r vor 10a ford 2s ok Se the lava pce the Disten f tama, and ‘at ‘the written requew'of the Bas tuted therets. we sill sell at yale suction, ge feat the jweinivee on THURBDAY. AUGUST TEN Tekh at SEX O'CLOCK PM. the following deme or of the Dis rict of Coan ‘: | in hock 1A! page Ur, troutioe Iv feetem west sidead North Capitol stree! hyn den siley. improved bya tro-story front residence. Enown ar No. Pin0 North Gap Terme of eile: #909 andr cash andthe purchecer to Sha interest dar August 2x, IMM. and ‘the balgnte ti Six suonthe, with inierest,/and secured by a doed of trust on "hs property. A demalt of 200 wil bores quired at time ofsait. Ailecnveyancins and gecorde ihe at purcmser’s cost : inten day weil tae Property jaser. after stich public notice ae they ee HOMAS W. HUNGERFORD, CHARLES G. SLOSS, iaiceeal THOMAS DOWLT or CHANCFRY SALF OF IMPROVE! Lf of 35 feet to a private ae A AND L STAEETS By, Vite of «decree paeet by the Supreme Cowe fhe ‘District of Columbia in egatty caus Wot 3. wherein ohm Walker spi‘sthone ant compe cra ttre we dee pegtion, ty trout ot ct TiVe GCL OcK EM on WEDRER ; BUST: SINTH, Wan, sil thet Teal sucte silane bei $e ty of aati the Ba ence south a.oug the west , Inches to the Wace of bee Ii the torus o: sale are not in ten days from day of sale the trustems re the ricbt torecell at rin, and seat of eh ve “dape’ ‘edvertinennt“Cagwent purchaser aft Sn ES ea ms 2 st. mw, WM. A. McKENNEY, aie cand B1-an3, 5.5 416 5 WALTER B WILLIAMS & O0.. Auctloneam VALUABLE BUILDING LOT FRONTIN VIRMONTEAVERCE BETWITS YAS oD on MOXDAT. AUGUST SEVENTH JON q G VENTH. PART UPIVE OCLOCK P.M we hall" ol Eentur he: preniten tot 2 4 m of xo BS heving about & = Fronts rungidhe Uack the etertes bos eres inode hgows 190 of eale, WILTER BRUINS & 00, sara SE “Aocticned | DUNCANSON BROS , Auchonecre TRUSTEES SALF OF VALUABLE DORTH G STREET BETW: ABLE PROI D “ON r peat RIXTH STREP TSF. Stkert BETwies Fas RTHEAST of trust, follo 15 et seq. a tim bn in’ front of the ¥ Franti ‘pay 01 a bee at GcLOck P'S" the Mowe phtste in the cis‘ of Wasbimeton ove cortait piveew cr patves of Inna nd distinguished as snd wl iSand it, in aquare 634 ropetier leges aod erpertens to the same belonging, and arpurtenamees lena any wise appertaining. - “Terms: third of the purchase in cash; balauce im one and two years, at Giver cent per annun. yayable semiaanuall. bee rest by a ded of ernst on the weoperr coh ae i cash, et the optton of the purchaser. Metin od iow and recordiw at purchasers cost. Terme to te complied with tn fifteen days, otnereise the tr Teserve the rizht to rose. tive property st the Hak font of defaulting purchaser after Sve Angee ROSWELL a Fri dy Zi-dkas Eptekon” DUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers. YALMABLE PROPERTY TRUSTFES' SALE OF ON 61H STREFT BETWEEN STREETS NORTAEAST. B Liber 1707, fe F AND the District of, Columlda, we will sell tu front of the Premises on TUES! THE FIGHTH DaY OF AUGUST. A.D. isu, AT HALF-PAST FIVE ‘M.. the following described real estato, CLOCK P. im the city of Wa-hineton, in the District of situa Columbia, to wit: Ail that certain’ piece or, land and: prenitses Known and distineish being oriwinal lot numbered 171m square R3 with all the ways, iunprovements, easemen: Privileges and appurtenances 10 the saine Orin any wine apperta nui, ‘Terms rd cash, balance in ome and two coat per anu, payable semi-annually. tyv'a deed of trust on the property cash, at the option of the purch A A) required at time of sale, Conveyance. ing at vurchaser's cost. Terms of sale with in fifteen days from day of sale, ojherwise trusters reserve tue Tight to resell tha prope sity at the risk and cost of defaniting purchaser after | five days" advertisement of such resaie sn sole news paper pubuished in Washington, D.C ROSWELL'A. FISH, Trustees sy27-d&as JOHN L. FRENCH. DUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers, TRUSTFFS’ SALF_OF REAL ESTATE, BEIN( PREMISES 3. O45, G4, C49 an $1 ACKER ORTHEAST, WASH- INGTON, D. By virtue of five deeds of trust to the undersigned, ring date Suiy 22, 1801, end re-orded in dber No, ON, Folios 3000 19 et seq., of the land records of the District of Co:umbia, we will sell at publie-s Dremiscs, to the highes. bidder, om | THE” BIXTLENTH. DAY’ OF | SAS, at FIVE O'CLOCK P.M., eub- ered one hundred and seventy-nine 2 SO), oe hundred and auty-twoUS?)and square nymbered fescrived in eald shih aprons nen 8 os. 043 7, 689 of Washington, D.C. tl be oflered separately and the terms | are one-third of the 220 on wach Jot. 80% aud balsnce in two equal installments atone two (2) years from date of sale, with interest at cent, payable semi-annually end. secured by deed of trost Ou the property soi 1 cash, at the option aie are not complied ie. the trastese vencrve cost of defaaitine pur- 4m front of the Wr ESDAY < Sdvertinement. | All Son- nd tax certificates at Cost of purchaser, MAHLON ASHFORD. as e CONSTANTINE H. WILLIAMSON, } S2-codkds GEO. W. STICKNEY, Auct., 141i Get. mw. TRUSTEFS' SALE OF VERY VALUABLE IM. PROVED PROPERTY. BING HOUSE No. 1934 O STREET NORTHWEST. By virtue of a certain deed of trnst reconded in Libe- 1353. folio #81. et seq. one of thie land records | of the District of Columbia, and at the req vest of the Party secured thereby, we wil offer for sale in frout Of the vr-mises on WEDNESDAY. THE NINTH DAY OF AUGUST. 1843, at HALE-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M." the following, deveribed property Tan situate in the city of Was! ington, District Bia, to wit: ‘The easternmost twenty foet front by the depth of original iottweive (1?) in square two une dred and euchty (280), sold sw ject to a certain deed of trust to secure tne Sum of $3,000 and interest from December 21, 102. ‘Termas of sale: Cme-thi-d cash Cn excess of said deed of trust) and the balance in one and two years, with interest, at the rate of © por cent per aun? Payable weri-avnally, and secured vy deed of tus Su'the property sold, of iiessh, at the option of the ner 8300 deve nie of sade erin to | the defatr tine purchaser five days'readve twement in ‘The Evening Star paper. seamen ANDREW B. DUVALL, ave new. Louis b WISE. | a Jy20-eokde ‘916 Fst.'nw. DUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers, TRUSTEES SALE OF A NICE, COMPARATIVELY NEW TH TORY AND CELLAR BRIC’ IN LE DROIT PARK, BEING UE, NEXT OF LINDEN STREET. of Februs corded amoug the land recor: Tumbia in Liber No. 18936, folto request of the holder of the not will gett at yublic auetion tn front of the premiers a TUESDAY, THE EI DAY oF GUST, A.D. isas, at HALE-PAST FIVE "CLOCK P. M.. the following described real estate, situate in the colts of Washington, District of Coz Taubia, to wit: Ail that certain piece or parcel of land and premises known and distitruisbed ‘as aod belug of Barr and ranner's lot numbered forty-nine sobdivision of lots in block numbered thirteen (13) of x Y. mbatviston of Le Droit Park, as subdivision ts duly rec Vage 73, of the records cf the: ‘sid District of Columbia, mussels, bryozoans and ascidians, and, in generalthe oysters being in plain ‘sight. guarded from dangerous mies, The | economy of space is great. A single rope | fourteen feet long will serve to rear 2.000 marketable bivalves. Some of the oysters: become detached from the Tropes and fall tothe bottom. These are "collected: sad Placed in wire baskets suspended from the scaffolding for further grow th, as are also such grown oysters as it is found conveni- ent to remove from the ropes during ‘the brocegs ‘of overhauling. s has been said, a important. bra of the industry consists in the exportation Of seed oysters as well as of opsters ey nearly marketable size whieh are Intended for fatte: = in other localities. young bivalves, from haif an inch to one inch in diameter, ‘sell for 30 cents per 1,000, Oysters two years old fetch a cents. per 10. ‘The average number of fal oysters produced from each “fa: | about The annual yield of the | ba; 000,009 oyste ‘The most’ interesting of the oyste ducing ‘akes is the Lucrine Lake. Its sea wall forms the highway to Napte The present establishment rivals in the ity | of its product if not in size that whic isted there ) Years ago and "as mous in imperial Rome. The »lace ts rich in historical associations. It is evsa today in the possession of the family of Poilio, which has held the property for many cen= turics, perhaps representing the Roman | Pollio, whose villa, with its wonderful col- fections of ceramics and slave-fed lam-/| preys, was undoubtedly in the ‘inmediate | neighborhood. xtra Session. Now statesmen meet in eummer heat, With wisdom wide awake; But for Butts, the Bromo man, How nard their heads would ache. | tain lote fu square rinmbere( six bu Fit of way over the rear five feet of lots forty (47) and forty-cicht (48) of said subdivision, rwith the tinproven ents thereon, Terie of sale: Que-third of the purchase momey to be paid ineash and the balance to be hard in three cepective’y thone (1).two (2) aud conned bya deed of trust nyvon th terest thereon, payab roent per arnt, wof thes Urehaser, A deposi red at the time of sale, Sale to be closed in fifteca Otherwise the property will be f defauiting purchaser | : in some one or more | pers put ished in the Said city of Washington, . by . WINE / CLARENCE BRHPEM, — [ Trustees. wakes NGF stows RATCLIFFE, DARR & CO., Anctionsers, 20 PENNA AVE.'N.W. SALE OF TWO-STORY FRAME ) 416 NORTH CAPITOL STREET, Sta teed of trust given to wand duly | the lana recods ot the Dioeriet of | Sod at folios et wea vat c TRUSTE i AVGUsT, AD. 1863, AT HALF. K PM, at piece or parcel LOC ar (G15), tovether with ail the improvement mm dott ¢ defersed ty onthe prenteee She rate of 8 paid semiaum on 9 A deyoatt of #200 wlll be requul rd 3t Tempe tober copied witt, in Biftes e, otherwise th tis proper the dcfaulting purchaser. ai fing, ees at the murehaces"e com BURNS SCTADPER | grantees, g26-dkds HENLY JORDAN ermal at | POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. MAKYLAND AND VIRGINIA STEAMBOAT © ‘For Baltimore and river landings. Steamer Sur loaves every Monday at 4 p. Steamer Lady of the Lake every Suoay god Wenineeday at'S pan, for Baltimore and Sve anaace ALL ACCOMMODATIONS FIRST-CLASS. ALL RGR FREIGHT MUST BE PREPALA « * NSUN & BRO, Agts.,. _ 272m Tih street walt, WASHINGON STEAMBOAT 00, “LONTED’ From 7th st. “ferry wharf.” Steamer Wakefield on MONDAYS, » vs and SATURDAYS at 7 a.m. ae nterciodiate SDAYS and SUNDAYS. (See schedule nen Arrowsmith on MONDAYS WEDNESDAYS at 3:60 p.m. for Alexandria, nial Beach and all lower river landings: leaves Kinsale TUESDAYS and THU re lands it Wasuington, Spay ed PRAY rotamscn. “Sn 8a for Colonial Beach, Coltares ; ve Inland, Smith crete sin and Yeooonico: returning leaves Kinsale, ar riving at, Washington SUNDAYS aboot 10 pms See schedule.) pes? SeSatt Senetal Memeo, NEW POTOMAC RIVER LINE. NEW PALACE STEAMER HARRY RAND: WU deate ver, Blew whet, 3th ata ove dus, Tuesday and Thursday a . ia on Rochon ‘Webesies enh teihaie ine “on Mondava, W" vs a pa. accommodations firs'-ciass. Feed eae Naar oe ailing Te © 8 RANDALL, anotte Proprivtor and Manager, NORFOLK AND WASHINGTON STEAMBOAT 60, DAILY LINE BETWEEN WASHINGTON, D. Gy FURTRESS MONROE end NORPOLK, TA. ‘The new and powerful Iron Palace Steamers WASHINGTON AND NORFOLK—SOUTH Leave Washington Gaily st 7 p.m. from ‘Trh et. wharf, arrive at Fortress Monroe. Som. oeat ay. “Arrive at Xorialy af 70) oma where rallroad connections are made for south and suuthwest. cortetk Guy we 20 pan, Kae Norfotk dally at 6:10 p.1a. Leave Monroe at 7:10 p-. Arrive at Washington 30 a.m. mest day. Je at SiR, G19, 1851 and 1681 Pewee ayivania ave and G18 15th st. nw, ‘Ask for tickets va the Dew Hine. INO. CALLABAN, apldtt ‘Gen. Supt, =—_—_—_——X—, OCEAN TRAVEL. First Cabin, Second Cabin apd Steerage tickets by all steamship. lines fe, Burepe, Auth, Afriaty ‘ustraita ‘aud the Wert Indios. Also to Boston, Providence, Norfolk, ud “polit south” Berth ‘or state, rem On any stecmer oatWard of retro, ‘Satting lists, rate sheets and plans of steames® taruistied wn application. AGENT POR THOR, COOK & SON, Eximates given on tours to any part of pep Drags tesa tn’ ume to suit 6a Teland and Scot Foreign express and custom house broker. Agest® in ail the principal cities of Europe. Sead for ine etrections “How to Ship. CHICAGO HOTELS. WORLD'S FAIR HOME, 48 BRYANT AVE. cago, lil.; south wide: same as a ventent thereto; terms moderite. W. &, A. TAYLOR, formerly of Philadelphia, “aul-lm® | CROFT, CHICAGO, | PIREPROOP? BaNcROF r family hotel; World's Fair; to $3 per day. to reserve rome, a T-S1OR WORLD'S Falk, ‘Cottage Grove eve. and @4th et. HOTEL Hichiy |. Superior cafe. LAWARE, Bervice og 3 tutnutes ‘cud wkaSt? . Be KALORAMA HOTEL. Finet-el large and light; tion, Terms, $1 Gierount to" parle TAS HE 6 SRARNES & McPITERSON Js11-4m Formerly of Washington, Proprietor, FAUST CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS, WITEL BO. fu privnte residence: convenient to three fate dirert to fair; fifteen minutes’ ride, IA. MYERS, 1925 Michigan ave., Chicage, ‘jezs-3m_ ~ DYEING AND CLEANING. 7 STATES <= 05 BERENS ae, optanite: Boston Hoaee. practical Garment Cleaners and Dyers. Washington. Baltimore. Richmond Dry Cleansing. 3 jens Facil Prom Fr Skilled Workmen, Ma Work. ‘Telephone, 208. Goods called for and Gelivered, 3vi2-3m, —S—S—n— STEAM CAR AyqNarsy sre : Carpet roo Maw tees to orker ‘oie 180s. or tresses made Works, 1708 and 1710 E st. M. NEWMYER, Manager, —————— ~ NOTARIES PUBLIC. 7” DEEDS AND AR eritories a SPBCIAL! (basement) 1221 F sty peTee Gontssie ate and territory. Notary and U. S. Commissioner. oczs JouN E BEALL. 1521 F st, aw,