Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1895, Page 9

| and vancing season. deep-rooted values. eration so modestly. The Domestics as You will tind them. We have an exceedingly cholee collec- tion. Carefully selected—exclusively of- fered. Be impressed by the prices. We have marked them snug to the cost line. 29tnch Plain and’ Fancy Striped Pique—I5e. a yard. 30-inch Figured and Striped Duck Suitings—light and dark grounds—12ic. a yard. BG-inch Percale Shirtings— + light and dark grounds—new patterns—12%c. a yard. 2-inch Zephyr Ginghams— that used to be 12%c.—now 10c. a yard. 27-inch Teazle Downs, for wrappers and outing sults— 10c. a yard. B1-tnch — Jaconet Lawns—1i2%e. a yard. 29-inch Camilla Organdies, wave-like effects, in Blue, Pink, Black, Gray, Brown and > Green grounds—12i4ec. a yard. lyomade Bedwear. We have some redactions to tell you of here. No skimping in size or quality— but an opportunity to make our old-time satistuction, ‘giving Sheets and Pillow Cases considerably lower than the regular price has offered—and we have im- proved it. * HEMSTITCHED SHEETS— 90290—reduced from $1.25 to Duchesse 99 CO-9O-0> ©- 00-00-0090 20-00-9090 60-909 0H 00-4) 00-00 06 00-0 OOO $1 each. 90x98—reduced from $1 to S5c. each. c * B1x93tj—redueed from We. to 80c. each. PLAIN SHEETS— 90x90—reduced from STixe. to We. each. —reduced from Te. to G214c. each. 81x90—reduced from T5e. to G5c. each. —reduced from 70c. to 60c. each. —reduced from 65c. to 55c. each. 72x90—reduced from 62%4c. to Oe. each. —reduced from Sie. to 45e. each. HEMSTITCHED FILLOW CASES— “px38%—reduced fiom 35e. to AE LE PEROT AE Ae AE ANAT AT IT IAT SY Oe, Established 1840. Telephone 995. SO 0 65-43-99 Oe 8-66 Marching Into Spring With ceaseless tread time is invading the future---putting the old fashioned to flight and scattering the newer--gayer colors all about. The Domestics keep the violets company---first to herald the ad- They are full of happy thoughts and because they are native born, don’t think lightly of them because they ask consid- ~ PERRY’S, © “Ninth and the Avenue.’” THE EVENING STAR, SP =-At== PERRY’S. Don’t slight them PLAIN PILLOW CASES— 54x35—rednced from 25c. to 20c. each. 45x36—reduced from 22c. to 17c. each. reduced from 20c. to 15e. each. —reduced from 17c. to 12%. each. 42x30—reduced from 5c. to each. It’s coming on warm weather and you will need to temper your slumbering robes accordingly. .We feel that we can sag you @ Uttle comething and at the same time give yo1 more generous satisfaction. If we cam, you will want ours, won't you? See about it! SUMMER BLANKETS. 10-4-$4, $5 and $0. 11-4-$5, $6 and $7. 12-4—$6, $7, $8 and §9. SPEADS AND QUILTS. 9-4 White Crocheted Spreads rs. 10-4 White Crocheted Spreads —SSe., $1 and $1.50. 11-4 White Crocheted Spreads —$1.25. 12-4 White Crocheted Spreads $1.65. 94 Marseilles Quilts—$1.50, $1.75, $2, $2.50 and $3. 10-10 Marseilles Quilts—$1.75, $2, $2.50, $3, $3.50, $4 and $5. — 10-10 Marseflles Quilts—hem- stitched fintshed—$3 to $4.50. 1{-11 Marseilles Quilts—$4, $4.50, $5, $6 and $8. Extra sizes. Allendale Counterpanes — 6-4, G5e.—T-4, Tie.—8-4, 9e.—10-4, $l—114, $1.15—12-4, $1.25. 10-10 Satine Quilts—$3.50, $4, $4.50, $5 and $6. Marseilles Crib Spreads—$1.25 to $2.50. Micheline Spreads for Single Beds—$1.25. Full size—$1.25, $1.50, $1.75 and $2. Micheline Spreads, in Ted, Blue.or Gold on White grounds —$2 and $2.50. DED POPOL GO O-9D-BL- OP GP-S OG O-F9-F FSO GHSLP GHD HOD. DD--GI--PP. DOPOD POSH GP-S P-LHO-F.POO-GH-GH--OO OO-OP-OO-GO-PO-PODO-GS > Dd-G Po CIVIL SERVICE PROGRESS. Theodore Roosevelt Speaks of the Past and the Future. ‘Theodore Roosevelt in Atlantic Monthly. In 188% the civil service law was 2stab- fished at Washington, and in the larger post offices and custom houses throughout the country, taking In a total of some fourteen thousand employes. The great extensions since have all taken place dur- ing the last six years, a period which hap- pens to include my own term of service with the commission, so I write of them at first hand. In 1889 the railway mail service Was added, in 1893 all the free delivery post offices, and in 1894 all the smaller custom houses and the internal revenue service. Other important but smaller extensions have been made, and the larger offices have grown, so that now about fifty thousand employes are under the protection of the law. ‘There are, of course, and there always must be in a body so large, individual cases where the law is evaded, cr even violated, and as yet we do not touch the question 6f promotions and reductions. But, speaking broadly, and with due al- lowance for such comparatively slight ex- ceptions, these fifty thousand places ere now taken out of the political arena. They can no longer be scrambled for in a strug- gle as ignoble and brutal as the strife of pirates over plunder; they no longer serve as a vast bribery chest with which to de- bauch the voters of the country. Those holding thém no longer keep their political life by the frail tenure of service to the party boss and the party machine; they stand as American citizens, and are al- lowed the privilege of carning their own bread without molestation, so long as they faithfully serve the public. The classified service, the service in which the merit system ts applied, has grown fast. It is true that the cutside service, where the spoils theories are still applied in all their original nakedness, has grown only less fast. The number of offices under the government has increased very rapidly during the last twenty years, but the growth of the classified service has been even more rapid, so ihat a con- stantly increasing percentage of the whole 1s withdrawn from the degrading grasp of the spoils system. Action of the President. Now, something like a quarter of all the offices under the federal government in point of numbers, representing nearly a half in point of salaries, has been put upon the basis of decency and merit. This has heen done by the action of successive Presidents under the law of 1883, without the necessity of action by Congress. There still remain some things that can be done without further legislation. For insfance, the labor force in the navy yards was put on a merit basis, and removed from the domain of politics, under Sec- retary Tracy. This was done merely by order of the Secretary of the Navy, which order co’ have been reversed by his suc- cessor, retary Herbert. Instead of reversing it, how ir, Secre- tary Herbert has zealously lived up to its requirements, and has withstood all pres- sure for the weakening of the system in the interests of the local party machines and bo hi It is unsafe to trust to y Secretaries of the Navy lke nd Herbert. The civil service com- n should be given supervision cver laborers who come under the direction inet officers. Indeed, all the labor- ‘orce and all the employes of the Dis- trict of Columbia employed uy the federal government should be put under the com- mission. When this has been done, and when a few other comparatively slight extensions have been made, all that can be accom- plished by the unaided action of the executive will have been accomplished. Congress must then itself act by passing some such bill as that of Senator Lodge in reference to fourth-class postmasters; by passing some bill in reference to the consular service on the outlines of that suggested by Senator Morgan (but giving power to the civil service commission it- self in the matter); and then by providing that all postmasters and similar officers shall hold office during good behavior, in- cluding, as well, those nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate as those appointed by the President alone. oe MISS WILLARD’S PLANS. She Will Make Her Home in England on Account ef Her Health. From the Boston Post. So far no formal statement has been made on the subject, either by her or in her behalf, but the fact has been known for some little time in her close circle of friends, and it has leaked ott suffictently at the White Ribbon and National Council of Women conventions, held in Washing- ton during the past two weeks, that Miss Willard intends to make her home in Eng- land. Miss Willard’s determination was due entirely to the fact that she is no longer able to stand the rigors of the American climate, while the results uf her sojourn in the country places of England last year, under the watchful care of Lady Henry Somerset, were most beneficial. Not only this, but since ‘the death of her mother at Evanston, Il., in August, 1592, that suburb and the Willard home, “Rest cottage,” seem in a measure to have lost its charm for her, and arrangements have been made by which those of Miss Wil- lard’s household still occupying the cot- tage and engaged in temperance work will be assigned to other fields, and the place closed. Miss Willard sails with Lady Somerset this week. Officials of the Woman’s Christian Tem- perance Unioa In Chicago are inclined to be extremely reticent concerning Miss Wil- lard’s intention of taking up her perma- nent residence in England. One of them, however, admitted Miss Willard’s views on the subject have been communicated to the officers of the union some tittle time since. It is understood that she will not resign the presidency of any of the is zations she has been fiatca, tal ft t mental bringing into existence, and the probabilt; ties are that each annual meeting will re- elect her, no matter whet! be in Chicago or St. P will needs be, however, her her residence Petersburg. There an American super- oo American emperance Union, 's of which are to enormous dimensions, SEES +o+-___ A Japanese Paper Uniform. From the Pall Mall Gazette. As we write we are clad in a suit of Paper as supplied to the Japanese soldier on sere, Ice. It is thoroughly light, easy under the arms and over the chest. The trousers, it is true, are knickerhockers and-lead to the impression that the Japanese soldier in- variably wears his left leg shorter than his right; but this, we belfeve, is the result of art rather than nature. It is said that this paper never tears, is very warm and seldom wears out. We should recommend the poor to wear the P. M. G. under their coats this cold weather. A man might make a hand. some living by having advertisements printed on himself, after the manner of the praying machine. “These clothes would also make useful pajamas, belng elegantly fitted with tapes and buttons, just like real. Lo Ben likes them. We got into them without tearing them, but we are not quite sure whether we shall ever get out again. Later —We got out of them, but they are very difficult to fold up. MONDAY, MARCH 11, z ‘ 1895—TWELVE PAGES. IN MUSICAL CIRCLES “Coronet and Ooin” to Be Given for the Ghildren’s Country Home. A New Comic Opera by Local Compos- ers—The Choral Society’s New Musical Director—Notes, “Coronet and Coin,” the new comic opera, by Messrs. Fort, Hub. Smith and MacLeod, will receive its first presentation on any stage at the Academy of Music on April 25. The piece -is being actively rehearsed under the personal supervision of the li- brettist and composers, and both cast and chorus are enthusiastic over the prospects for a successful outcome of their labors. The opera is to be given for the benefit of the Children’s Country Home, a most deserving charity, instituted and managed by a number of our society young women. Starting less than six years ago, these en- ergetic young people have succeeded in building and maintaining a comfortable house a few miles from the city, where they give from three to five hundred poor children of Washington an outing of from two to five weeks each year. It is now proposed to erect an addition to the present building, in order to give accommodation for a larger number of de- serving youngsters during the coming suin- mer, and it is hoped that the amount real- ized from the presentation of “Coronet and Coin” will be sufficient to enable the managers to carry out their praiseworthy plan. The principal characters in the opera will be essayed by Mrs. Kitty Thompson Berry, Mr. Herndon Morsell, Miss Florence. Grigg, Mrs. Burns, Mr. Dave Bangs, Mr. George O'Connor, Mr. Mills Thompson and Mr. Fox. The experiment of the Choral Society of giving oratorio with local soloists, as was illustrated in the two performances of Gounod’s “Redemption” at the Congrega- tional Church last week, was in the main a success. There were too many soloists selected, but the idea of the committee was to give as many members of the soci- ety as possible an opportunity to do solo work. The next time such selections are made the examination will undoubtedly be more rigid and fewer will come up to the standard. But those who did appear as soloists all made commendable efforts, and all are entitled to credit. Those who ap- peared on the first night were at a disad- vantage, for they to set the pace, and then, too, it was more difficult singing with an organ thar. with an orchestra. But the first night soloists disclosed better voices than those who followed them, although the set for the second night had the advan- tage of the experience and observation of the night before and the greater confidence that comes with a second performance. The society never did better chorus work than in the “Redemption.” The grandeur and devotional character of the music was browght out in its fullest extent, and the vo.ume of tone was suth as‘to inspire the audience to the most enthuslastic applause. All this excellent work was due to the earnest, constant and intelligent work of the musical director, Prof. Josef Kaspar. He submitted his resignation for the rea- son that he feels that he is not physically able to go through with the task of train- ing the soclety for a proper representation of “Samson and Delilah” this season. Pe- titions were numerously signed by both the ladies ard gentiemen of the society urg- ing that he reconsider his resignation, for a very large majority of the society feel that Prof. Kaspar has been the best mu- sical director that they have ever had, and deeply regret that the pleasant relations that have existed during the past two years should be severed. Prof. Kaspar, however, felt that he absolutely needed the rest, and that his health would not justify a longer service at this time, and would not change his action., At a meeting of the board of directors Friday night Prof. Kaspar’s resignation was accepted with regret, and Dr. Harry Sher- man was elected musical director for th remainder of the present season. = While it is not definitely determined that “Samson and Delilah” shall be presented this season, the indications are that Saint Saen’s oratorio will be given on April 29, at Convention Hall. If the undertaking is made it is contemplated to secure the ser- vices of the New York Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra’ and Miss Clary, Messrs. Guille, Hopkinson and Fischer as soloists, involving an expenditure of about $2,000. The board of directors do not feel autho: ized to assume such a responsibility with- out a guarantee fund of at least $1,0 The members of the society have come for- ward in good numbers to supply that sam, and an appeal has been made to the hon- orary membership, which it is believed will be very generally responded to. The ma- jority of the society favor the employment of extra exertion In order to give this ora- torio, although there are some who think it would be better to close the season with a sure balance on the right side of the ledger than to run the risk of loss and debt in an attempt to bring the season to a brilliant close. The soloists at “The Redemption” will receive their honorarium at the meeting of the society tonight. Mr. Anton, Kaspar, the young violinist, will shortly give a recital, prior to his de- parture for Europe. He intends spending several years in Vienna and Paris under the greatest masters. Mr. Kaspar is now one of the foremost violinists of Washing- ton, having received that strict and thorough method from his brother, Prof. Josef Kaspar, which made Miss Leonora Von Stosch attract much attention in Europe, and finally assisted her in winning the first prize, with the highest honors, over numerous competitors at the Con- servatory of Brussels. Next Saturday the first concert of the Washington String Orchestra, of which Mr. Ernest Lent is conductor, will take place at the Universalist Church. This or- ganization was only formed the early part of the season, but it has some excellent material, and has already proved at re- hearsa!s that it can do good work. Its composition is_as follows: Violins, Mrs. Brown, Misses Daisy Hickox, Pauline Ise- mann, Augusta M. Swan, Mary E. Clem- ents, Annie Craighton, Mary Cook, Louise Carson, Maud Small, Florence Morrill, Belle Cannon, Katharine Bradford, Anna Endicott, Jeannette Baum, Ethel Sigsbee. Anna Davidge, Daisy Dyer, Alma H. Wil- son, Clara L.’ Rowell, Ella A. Knight, Messrs. Lee Crandall, C. W. Curtis, J. Finckel, W. E. Green, T. B. Amiss, J . E. Holcomb, H. P. Boyle, John Alden, Walter Blount; violas, Misses Maud Sewall, Phoebe Hclmes, Messrs. Robt. C. Stearns, G. K. Finckel, W. H. Burr; violoncelio: ses Minnie Schott, Am Ulke, A. Knorr, Paul Finckel, double basses, Beh Isemenn and L. B:andt, s Kati e Hamner, Nellie Beedy, Otis ns aud Bethel, Rebecca Cha lee, Emily P. Kemp and Bessie ‘The club will be assiste Perkins, soprano, and Mr. juawrence, pianist. Mr. H. G. Meem, who is already aequir- ing quite a reputation as a bass singer of good ability, sang the offertory at the Church of St. Michael's and All Angels at the service last evening. ‘The sacred concert and testimonial bene- fit to the Tuxedo Mandolin and Guitar Quartet Sunday evening, March 17, prom- ises to be one of the best musical enter- tainments that the Academy of Music has ever presented. Part of the talent has bfen secured from New York, but the majority of the program will be made up of those who are well known in the musicai world ot Washington. One of the features of the affair will be ‘@ mandolin, banjo and guitar orchestra of over 100 pieces, in which will be represent- ed nearly all of the various clubs of this city. Among those who will participate in this number are the Olmo Mandolin-Banjo Orchestra, Columbia Quintet, Georgetown University Banjo Club, Ladies’ Ideal Man- clin Club, Imperial Mandolin-Banjo Clu Washington Mandolin-Guitar Club, Ladies’ Tamagno-Mandolin Club, Georgetown Ban- jo Club, Mt. Pleasant Ladies’ Club, Verdi Mandolin Orchestra, Montrose Mandolin Club and the Tuxedo Quartet, besides a number of prominent soloists who are not identified with any special club. The or- Julius Uke; - ZB. Jobn Porter chestra will be under the direction of Mr. A. V. Holmes and will open the program of the evening. Among the talent from New York the nomenal tenor, late of London, from the Academy of Music, and Mr. Ross Farring- ton, basso of St. James’ Hall, both of that city. These two soloists are well known to the music-loving public of the northern section of the country, and, although heard here for the first time, their worth is as- sured by the authors of the enterprise. Some of those who have volunteered their services from this city are Mrs. Kitty 9 a Thompson-Berry, ; Mrs. Hattie Meads Smith, s0; 10; Mr. J. J. Fisher, baritone; Mr. Hub. T. Smith in original Mr. George -O’Connor in topical joists; Mt. full or- ie. songs; songs; Cullen and Pleasant Brass Quartet, and the chestra from the American ‘Even standing room!was eagerly sought for at the Church of Our Father Friday even- ing when the pupils of Mr. Herman C. Rake- mann, assisted by Mrs. Kitty Thompson- Berry, soprano, and Messrs. Henry Xander and John Porter Lawrence, accompanists, gave a very pleasaat musicale. Parents and friends of the young musicians were interested spectators, pleased to note the splendid progress made in handling the bow. There was, in addition to the soloists, a string orchestra of nearly thirty pieces, composed mainly of :Mr. Rakemann’s pu- pils, which played the opening number of the program, a prelude of Rienhold’s. A violin quartet, consisting of Messrs. Lee Crandall, William Green, Brook Amiss and Lynch Luquer, rendered very acceptably Fitzenhagen’s “Ave Maria,” for which they were liberally applauded. Miss Mary Crook, the youngest of the performers, a’ tracted considerable attention by her ret dition of Raff's Cavatina and was rewarded with large bunches of roses. Miss Mira D. Ckittenden’s playing was also well exe- cuted and favorably received. Altogether, the pupils acquitted themselves handsome- ly, and only favorable comment fs to be made of their efforts. Mrs. Kitty Thomp- son-Berry was.in fine voice, and her sing- ing of Verdi's “Ah, Forse Lui’ was so satisfactory that she was recalled. The Prcgram was closed with an Air de Ballet and Menuet by the orchestra, under Mr: Rakemann’s leadership, On March 15, at Metzerott Music Hall, Mrs. Kittie Thompson-Berry, one of Wash- ington’s most popular vocalists, will give @ musicale, surrounded by a host of talent, whose abilities are in consonance with her own. They have come forward to help Mrs. Berry make this one of the most en- tertaining events of the season. Mrs. Berry has been heard in public on numer- ous occasions, always receiving commen- dation from her auditors, She is ever ready and willing to lend her assistance to charity, and never hesitates when called on by her host of friends. She possesses a fiexible voice of wide range and brilliancy. She will be assisted by Miss Lotta Mills, pianist; Mr. Herman Rakemann, vioiinist: the Philharmonic, Apollo and Tuxedo Quartets, all of whom are artists in their respective lines. ————— MAKING MARVELS. The Adroitness and the Patience of the Japnnese. From the New York Journal. At Jamrach’s in London the other day some one asked the great animal catcher and importer “df he had run out of mer- maids.” “We used to keep them,” he answered, rhen they fetched £4 apiece, but now we can’t get more than £1 for them. Frank Buckland burst up the trade when he ex- pesed the method of their manufacture by the Japanese from a fish and a monkey skin cleverly united; so we no longer make them a ‘leading article,’” he .smilingly added. “The Japanese are remarkably ingenious.” ‘Not only that, but they possess infinite patience. The telescope fish is a case in point. It is a fish of immense length, with a double, fanlike tail, and produced by breeding on the principle of artificial se- lection. However, they are quite common in Germany now.” “And do you know how they get white Jave sparrows?” “They select a pair of grayish birds and keep them in a white cage in a white room and they are attended ‘by a person dressed in white. The mental effect on a series of generations of birds results in completely white birds. They breed the domestic cock with enormously long tails after the same principle. They first select a bird with a good tail, giving him a very high perch to stand on; then, with weights they drag the tail downward, carrying on the same sys- tem with the finest specimens of his de- scendants till a tail almost as long as a peacock’s is produced at last. And how marvelous they are in the fertilization of plants! Did you ever see one of their dwarf trees, perhaps fifty years old, and yet not more than an inch or two high?” ns OLDEST MAN LIVING. Of Course He Saw Washington Lead- ing His Troops. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. In all probability the oldest living man in the world resiées in Pittsburg. His name is Richard Reddick, and he estab- lishes the record of his age by the date when he was made free, when he was duly registered as twelve years old. Next Fourth of July he will be one hundred and thirty years old, and he wants to celebrate it by unveiling the monument to Director E. M. Bigelow in Schenley Park. He knew Pitts- burg when Pittsburg was a wilderness. He saw Washington lead the continental army to battle. His grandfather was a soldier of the revolution and won freedom for himself and family in the war for in- dependence. For valor on the field his grandfather and all his family were de- clared free. They were registered as free negroes in the court house at Richmond, Va., July 4, 1777. He was twelve years old at that time. One condition of his freedom was that he had to be in a free state inside of twelve months. He said he and some others went through Pittsburg at that time and settled in Stark county, Ohio, having first been registered as free men in Hudson. He cleared 160 acres of ground in Stark coun- ty and reared a family. At different times he went east, and sailed before the mast for a number of years. He made a number of trips to Africa on trading vessels. He is a short, squarely built man, with a wonderful chest. He said that in his prime he weighed 180 pounds. He weighs at least 135 now. He said he only began to lose flesh six years ago, and long after he was one hundred years oid he could dig his 100 bushels of coal a day. He accounts for his long life by the fact that he “never abused himself.” He never was drunk, but he has taken a drink whenever he thought he ought to have one. Besides this, he has used tobacco as long as he can remember. He does not know where all his children are. In Allegheny county he has twenty- four grandchildren living. THE ———— +02. VIEWS OF MARRIAGE. It Comsummnates Life—No Single Life is the Perfect One. From the Chautanquan. We hear young men say, “I am too poor to get married,” and girls, “The man 1 marry must be rich.” These remarks ap- pear harmless, and they may have a cer- tain business shrewdness behind them; still the larger truth is that the speakers most often do not take an honest view of mar- riage, no matter how honorable may be their purposes. Money cannot insure hap- piness, and long experfmenting in the coun- tries of Europe has shown that mating for wealth is the sure road to a lax and im- moral domestic econonty. It would seem “that the sensible vitw to take of marriage is tha®it consummates.life for the poor and the rich, thé vulgar and the refined; that no single life is the perfect life. The fu- ture of mankind depends almost wholly up- on happy marriages and healthy offspring. And this suggests, that there should be no marrying of unsoind people. Greater selfishness cannot be imagined than that which brings children imto the world doom- ed to a life of im le misery, the here- ditament of those who, bear their parents’ burden of disease. “Shall we say that ques- tions arise in this’ connection too delicate for ‘discussion with young persons? Is it better to leave the-discussion to be raised after it is too late? The sensible view of marriage is the view that comprehends tvery consequence. To the young people looking forward to a long and happy wedded lifé it is of vital im- portance that no element of the subject shall be a’ mystery, that nothing connected with the matrimonial venture shall be left to the hazard of chance. Parents must under- stand that their children are to be parents, that there 1s no escape from the responsi- bility, apd that education is incomplete and training inadequate which does not qualify for paternity and maternity. ‘The young man and the young woman who are fitted for marriage are fitted for all that a healthy, courageous and happy life de- mands or imposes. —__+e+—___— Gambling Cases, ‘There were three gambling cases called in the Police Court today. In one case two men named George Barracks and Lee Thompson were defendants, and counsel demanded a jury trial for them. Patrick Johnson and Jacob Strothers were de- fendants in the other cases, and they were each sentenced to three days in jail and fined UNCLE SAM'S PARK The Dangers Which Threaten the Yellow- stone Reservation, The Inadequacy of the Laws—Some of the Early Explorers in That Picturesque Region. ‘Will the new Congress do something for the preservation of the Yellowstone Park? A critical point in the history of that na- ticnal reservation has been reached. Rail- roads represented in this city by agents with plenty of money to back them are in favor of procuring legislative authority for the invasion of its sacred precincts. Mean- while, poachers, against whom no ade- quate protection is provided by law, are Killing the buffalo, bear and elk, openly Selling the meat of those animals in the Settlements on the outskirts of the park. No jury can be got to convict them, be- cause it is a first principle with the fron- tiersman that wild game is public property and belongs to the hunter wherever it may be found. The whole question is to be brought up before Congress at its next session. Not the least important use of the Yel- lowstone Park is to preserve certain spe- cies of mammals, which are rapidly be- coming extinct elsewhere in the United States. Through its valleys roams a herd of about 400 buffaio. They represent the only hope of the survival of the American bison. If left undisturbed by man, they would sutlice in time to repopulate the great plains with these mighty beasts. They are as tame as cattle and are per- mitted to wander as they list, thdir choice of headquarters being in the Hayden val- ley. They have plenty of room, for the Teservation covers an area of about 2,500 Square miles. Of elk, which are nearly extinct elsewhere, the number in the park is estimated at from $,000 to 25,000. There are plenty of bears, grizzly, brown, cinna- mon and black, the last named being most common. In winter they hibernate in caves and hollow trunks of trees. Ante- iopes there are also, and porcupines, as well as beaver, which have been well-nigh exterminated in other parts of the country. The poachers who prey on the animals at the park are absolutely ruthless, hav- ing no end in view but indiscriminate slaughter: They massacre the elk for their horns, which are worth from $10 to $75 a pair. Amateur hunters buy them for the Purpose of exhibiting them as alleged trophies of their own prowess in the chase. The antlers being shed once a year, man’ of them are picked up and are stained ani polished to render them -marketable, but it is ditfcult to procure in this way a pair that will match. Buffalo hides, formerly so cheap, new fetch a good price, and a geod head of a buffalo stuffed and mount- ed ig worth $150 or $200. The demand has given rise to the industry of making ar- tificial buffalo heads out of papier mache, the dyed fur of other animals, etc. How the Park is Guarded. ‘Two companies of cavalry are stationed at the park, under command of Capt. Geo. 8. Anderson and Capt. George L. Scott. Capt. Anderson is superintendent. It would hardly be possible to find another man so capable as he to perform the difi- cult duties of his position, for he is obliged to enforce order without adequate author- ity of law. The government of the reser- vation is’ vested In the Secretary of the Interior, who makes such reguiations as he sees fit. But Congress has refused again and again to make the laws re- quired for protection against poaching and for the punishment of depredators. When- ever measures to this end are brought up at Washington they are opposed and de- feated by those interested. Under present conditions all that can be done is to lock the poachers up for a few days, when caught, and confiscate their weapons and outfit, A law does provide that nobody shall bring fire-arms into the reservation. The tourist, however, may obtain special permission to carry a gun through the park by submitting the wea- pon to the superintendent, and having a wax seal put upon the lock and trigger. This seal is only to be moved by theau- thorities subsequently, and for the owner to disturb it is an offense rendering him Nable to arrest and to the confiscation of his outfit Meanwhile the poaching goes on, and bear meat and buffalo meat are publicly sold in the neighboring settlement. Fish are permitted to be caught, but not for sale. A body of water in the reser- vation was named Lake Abundance hbe- cause it contained such quantities of trout. Along came some people who thought it would be fun to explode some dynamite in the lake, just to see what would happen to the fish. All of the trout were killed, and there have been none there since. Vandals are fond of writing their name in lead pencil on the geyser deposits. Sub- sequent layers of the deposit cover up the names and preserve them. — THE COURT IN DOUBT. A Police Court Trin] With Some In- teresting Features. Last night about 9 o'clock Mrs. Scheetz and Miss Smith, who reside in the vicinity of East Capitol and 9th streets, were fol- lowed by two of the “mashers” who hang about the East Capitol post office Sunday evenings and make it unpleasant for ladies who go there for their mail, and after they had been followed and had reached Miss Smith’s house the young lady’s father came out and accosted two young men who had been pointed out to him. They proved to be Frank Carnell of North Carolina avenue and Thos. Acker of 4th street northeast. There was a foot race following the lay- ing on of hands by the young lady’s father and Policeman Hebrew arrested one of the young men. His companion appeared this morning, and both young men were tried in Judge Miller's court on a charge of disor- derly conduct, while Mr. Smith was ac- cused of having struck one of them. This episode occurred near 9th and B streets, two squares north of East Capitol. Both Mrs. Scheetz and Miss Smith identi- fied the young men, and said that Acker said to them, “Good evening, ladies.” ‘They charged that they were followed, although they did not recognize the men when they said “good evening” in a flirty manner. Mrs. Scheetz hurried ahead of her friend and told Mr. Smith of the occurrence. The young men passed the house and were retracing their footsteps, so the witnesses said, when Mr. Smith overhauled them. Then it was that they started to leave that neighborhood. Mr. Smith denied that he dealt any blows, but admitted that he put his hands on them. : ‘The young men claimed that they were the wfong parties. According to their stories they were standing at the 4th street corner watch-* ing the eclipse when the ladies came along. The loud voices of the latter attracted their attention, and when the ladies had gone a short distance they turned and looked around. Defendants said that they then started along Kast Captitol street, going east, and they spoke of the appearance of two other young men just their size. A cloud cov- ered the moon, and they were unable to see what they looked like in the darkness. When there was trouble on 9th street they went to seé what was going on, and were unfortunate enough to get mixed in the affair. The testimony raised a doubt in the mind of the court, which resulted in the acquit- tal of the young men, and, so far as Mr. Smith was concerned, his conduct was only that of any other father. Had he not acted summarily, the judge said, he would Rem aoray of being the young lady’s father. ee He Used Her Up. James M. Page, an old pensioner, who is about seventy-five years old, and his wife, who is only about one-third as old, have not lived happily together since last pension day, and now the old man is be- hind the bars, while the wife is in Provi- dence Hospital. The old man had more money than he knew what to do with last week, and it is said that after he had vis- ited a number of drinking places he went home and his wife had to suffer. His al- leged brutality was commenced Friday, when he attempted to chop her in pieces with a hatchet. But she managed to get away from him, and there was enough ieft of her the next day for him to work upon with a club and hatchet, After this epi- sode it required one hour of Dr. Davison’s time at the hospital to make the victim presentable. Policeman Gordon made the arrest, and Judge Miller today committed him to jail to await the result of the wife's injuries, IN HOTEL CORRIDORS “The cat is usually regarded as a purely ornamentai domestic animal, without any particular traits to inspire admiration after it passes the playful kitten age,” said W. E. Carew of Memphis at the Cochran last night; “but a feline in my possession re- zently showed intelligence of so remark- able a nature that my opifion of the family has changed considerably. Our cat is a common maltese, very lazy and very fat, and lately she began to show such an ili- tempered disposition that we were thinking of getting rid of her. We won’t now. Early cne night in January the family retired, leaving the cat in the sitting room. Some time afterward I was awakened by a loud meowing and violent Scratching of the bed clothes. I saw the cat on the bed, appar- ently attacking my wife, and jumped up to seize it, when I smelled smoke. The room was filling with it, and as the animal had already leaped from the bed, I ran out to find where the smoke was coming from. It was rolling up the stairs, and down through it I went. Just as I reached the sitting room there was & slight flame sprung from the floor. Luckily, I put it out, and then I found that a slowly burning log had rolled off. the fire and ouc on the-carpet. The fire was just beginning to make headway with the pine floor when I fortunately got there, the dense smoke having been caused by the charring of the carpet. There is no doubt that our cat instinctively knew something was wrong, and determined to let her mistress know. She is the most highly esteemed member of the family now, after the children, and seems to understand the security of her position, because she bas been getting crosser and uglier ever since.” “All through the cotton-growing sections of the south the planters are asserting their intention of raising no more cotton unfil better prices return,” said Sargent Bennett of New Orleans at the Arlington yesterday. “From Texas to South Carolina the talk is the same. They say that no matter how rich the land may be cotton cannot be raised for less than 5 or 6 cents a pound, and, with the price less than that after the crop is shipped to market and all the expense attendant upon its preparation and conveyance has been borne, it would be ruinous to continue its production. Many farmers who formerly raised a bale to an acre almost declare that they will put their land this year in beans, potatoes, broom corn and diversified crops, from which more certainly. remunerative results. will be secured. I believe this change will be vastly beneficial to the south. We have raised cotton and nothing but cotton for so long that we have never cared to see how we could get along with other crops, and now that we are going to be forced into the experiment I think we will find it very advantageous to our agri- cultural future.”” “Washington must contain a very large number of gallant and woman-respecting men,” said Robert S. Judd of Cincinnati in front of the National last night. “I have traveled a great deal and been a ‘night owl,’ so to speak, in a good many cities, but I have never seen a large one where women go about by themselves after dark and are so entirely free from being accosted by men as here. I have been sev- eral times to the theaters recently and have been surprised at the number of wo- men who have entered and taken their seats unattended by male escorts. There is always a great crowd of men on the street in the neighborhood of this hotel at night, but women pass through just as safe, so far as I have been able to see, and I have watched closely, from being made the subject of remark, much less of in- sult, as if it was broad daylight. A great many cities, including my own, would be greatly benefited if their men folks would pattern after your masculine Washing- tonians.”” “The west is the abiding place of remark- able occurrences,” said Philip White of Peoria at Willard’s yesterday, “and natur- ally it was in’ Denver where I saw a run- away cable car. I was on the car ahead of it and was consequently a mighty inter- ested spectator. I had gotten aboard on 15th street, along which a cable line runs, aad out = Saas into which it turns, when we heard a violent ringing behind. Looking back we saw the gripman of the next car tugging at his lever with one hand and ringing his bell with the other. Our gripman saw him and pushed his grip hard down on the rope and went ahead. The car in front of us was warned to make tracks and did so at once, and when we turned Into Broadway there was a string of cable cars going at full speed and stop- ping for nothing. Several passengers in my car beside myself were whisked by our destinations, but we couldn't stop. I thought of the end of the route and what a smashup there would be when we got there, but the conductor sensibly told us the cars rounded a circle there and we'd keep right on. Well, we did and began a mad race back down Broadway, when word was gotten to the power house and the cable was stopped. It appeared that the grip of the runaway had got caught in oo ee of the cable, which wound around it and prevented its bei released. But I tell you the chase aS Seether it lasted, and several per- sons who jumped from the fleeing cars were pretty badly injured.” Zz “The woman in politics manages to keep herself at the front so far as public inter- est is concerned, and this is particularly true of Kansas,” said State Senator J. E. Morris of Emporia at the Cochran yester- day. “One of them kept the Kansas legis- jature in session last week an entire day after it should have adjourned sine die, and then cried and gave in and let the impa- tient members go home. It was like this: Mrs. L. C. Hughes was the chief enroll- ing clerk of the Kansas house. She got pretty mad several weeks ago when the legislature passed a bill providing that all bills hereafter shall be enrolled by the state printer instead of by hand. Indeed, when that particular bill was enrolled the entire enrolling force, composed of girls, presented it to the senate decorated with crape. Well, Mrs. Hughes tried to get the hcuse to incorporate in the miscellaneous appropriation bill an item giving her $300 for overtime, and the house refused to do it. Thereupon Mrs. Hughes wrote the speaker that the measure was hidden in a safe place and would not be enrolled until her claim was allowed. Every argument was used with her without avail, and then Attorney General Dawes came down to Topeka and told her she would be arrested for larceny ‘and made her give in. Then she cried and promised .to enroll the long bill, and the Kansas legislature sat and sucked its thumbs for an entire unneces- sary day waiting for her to get throug! Oh, the woman in politics is a great thing. “Sons of Confederate Veternns.” At a regular meeting of George H. Thomas Camp, No. 31, Sons of Veterans, Friday evening a committee was empower- ed to prepare a preamble and resolutions setting forth the views of the organization on the proposed organization of & body to be known as “Sons of Confederate Vet- erans” to be located in this city. The com- mittee has drawn up resolutions expressing “unqualified disapproval of any such pri ceeding, believing that such an organiza- tion could not.be formed:nor exist in ac- cord with true American patriotism and loyalty.” en Marriage Licenses. + Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: William Digges and Annie Lovi- rigo, both of Baltimore, Md.; John Wesley Shorter and Lucinda Ambush; John W. H. Robinson and Louisa Malloy, both of Al- exandria, Va.; Alfred Johnson and Eliza- beth Lincoln; Alonzo Whiifield and Jennie Adams; Eugene H. McDermott and Emma A. Cook; Leonard Sweetney and Eff é Eliza- beth Williams. Se The Juvenile Templars. Crystal Fountain, Juyenile Templars, No. 1, held their first meeting at Odd Fellows’ Hail, Georgetown, Saturday afternoon. There was a large gathering of little folks. Miss Bessie McElroy of Independent Lodge was superintendent. Among those present were Grand Master Russell, Mrs. Giles and Mrs. Harner. The election of officers re- sulted as follows: C. T., Clara Harner; P. Cc. T., Wilfred Roach; V. T., May Spar- shott; C., Susie Kilner; recording secretary, Geo. Curry; financial secretary, Elsie Hop- See: M., Annie Hurley; D. W., Frank Spar- shot ——— A great demonstration was recently held at Rio de Janeiro to celebrate President Cleveland’s recent decision in favor of Brazil. - THE POTOMAC FLEET Preparing for the Approaching Season on the River. Fresh Paint and Shining Brass—Some of the Improvements That Are Being Made. Along the river front there is a smell of fresh paint, and the steamboats are begin- ning to take new dresses of clean colors. Bright work is being polished, decks holy- stoned, cabins refurnished, boiler and en- gine rooms overhauled, and everything made ready for the summer season on the river, which every year becomes more Prominent as a feature of Washington life. The Potomac fleet, masters and operat- ing companies will be as follows: Newport News, Capt. S. A. Geoghegan, Washington, Fort Monroe and Norfolk, Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Com- pany; Washington, Capt. Tull, same ports and same company; Norfolk, same ports and same company; T. V. Arrowsmith, Capt. Entwisle, all lower Potomac resorts and landings, Washington Steamboat Com- pany (limited); Wakefield, Capt. Owens, up- Ber landings, Colonial Beach, Colton’s bay and points as far as Nomini creek, Wash- ington Steamboat Company (limited); Co- lumbia (ferry), Capt. Eskridge; Belle Haven (ferry), Capt. “Marmaduke; Harry Randall, Capt. Richards, Potomac resorts and land- ings, New River Company; Capt. Skinner, Potomac resorts ‘and lana to Greenlaw and Massey's; Potomac, Capt. y. = Geoghegan, yastinaton and Balti- elms line; Sue, Capt. J. Geog! gan, Baltimore and Washington, same cone pany; Charles Macalester, Capt. Ross, Washington, Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall, Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall Steamboat Company; River Queen, Capt. Carpenter, Washingion to Glymont, and way landings, same company; Samuel J. Pentz, Washington and River View, Seuf- ferle, Washington and Buena Vista; George Leary, Washington, Glymont and other landings, National Steamboat Company. Some of the Plans. In addition to this fleet there are one or two steamers which will only go in com- mission should the trade warrant it. There should also be counted in this register of craft a large number of yachts and launches, like the Bartholdi, Cecil, Lovie Randall and others. Then there are several failing craft fitted out for cruising parties. Steamboat men promise one possibility and one certainty for the coming season. The certainty is that the Washington Steam- boat Company will send the Arrowsmith up into the historic region of the bay and river of St. Mary’s, Maryland. In addition to the places and landings in this district, the Arrowsmith will make Colonial Beach, Leonardtown, Smith's creek, Colton’s bay, St. George's Isiand and points on Yeocomi. co river, Nomini creek and St. Ciement’s bay. The possibility is that the great propeller now building at Newport News, as the day boat between Washington and Norfolk, for the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company, will stop at Piney Point. Mr. John Callahan, the general superintendent of the company, told a reporter for The Star today that this stop would be made if the wharf which it is contemplated by the lessee of the point to build out to deep water shall become an actuality. Some improvements have been made dur- ing the winter to the nearby resorts—River View, Marshall Hall and Buena Vista— which, it is believed by their management, will render them more attractive than ever. At the Resorts. The improvements both at River View and Marshall Hall have not been very ex- tensive, but they have tended to beautify these popular resorts. It is not known to what use Notley Hall will be put this sea- son, if to any. Buena Vista will make a good bid for the excursion trade, and the trim little craft Seufferle has been fitted up neatly since last season. It is not known what route the Mary Washington will be put on, but it is prob- able that she will run, as usual, to Occo- quan Falis. a In place of the Lady of the Lake, de- stroyed recently by fire, the George Leary will be run to Glymont, and will also do = other duty which shall be required of er. The river people can make no estimate as to what the trade will be during the summer. There has been-a gradual increase each year, but expenses also increase, and last season was not one of special pros- perity with any of the resorts. No date has been set for the formal open- ing of River View or Marshall Hall,but the ferry excursions will open up as soon as the weather is favorable, and the regular near- by resorts will begin to do business prob- ably about the middle of April. ———— + Another Church Saloon Idea. From the Albany Express. A Chicago Reformed Episcopal bishop has turned saloon keeper. This does not mean that he has fallen from grace and chosen an occupation which the church, on gen- eral principles, denounces, but that he has thought out a kind of saloon which will do nothing but good to humanity, and which he is conducting after his own ideas. He calls his place “the People’s Institute Home Saloon.” It is designed to be a clever imi- tation of the genuine article, in which all the comforts of a saloon can be found, but from which the discomforts and the perni- clous features are carefully excluded. Ac- cording to a telegraphic dispatch, there were four pretty waiter girls in attendance at the opening, and a free lunch of abun- dant quantity and tempting quality was set out. A beverage is served which is called “bishop's drink,” which is, according to Bishop Fallows, the proprietor, “a pvre brewed extract of hops and malt,” a close counterfeit of beer, differeing from that beverage in that ft contains no alcohol. Bishop Fallows declares that he believes it_will become very popular. ‘ Bishop Fallows has evidently succeeded in constructing a very attractive bumble- bee, with a gentle and pleasing buzz, but without a sting. What more could any mean desire than a saloon in which a close counterfeit of beer is served by four pretty barmaids, and where there is always an elaborate free lunch on the bar? What of intoxicating quality the “bishop's drink” lacks may possibly be found in the glances from the bright eyes of the “bartender- esses.” Whether close counterfeits of cer- tain games called poker, euchre, pinochle, seven up, &c., are permitted in a rear room of the place is not stated, but it is reason- able to believe that they are, for, as stated, Bishop Fallows promises all the comforts of a saloon, minus only the alcohol. Who but a Chicagoan would have evolved such a scheme? The metropolis of the west is evidently bound to be in the lead, in some respects at least, and the bishop's saloon, with its counterfeit beer and quartet of pretty barmaids, is certainly leading every- thing else of the kind by many lengths. _————+oe-___ Government Architecture, From the Heview cf Reviews. ‘The arrount of money thus expended for governmental! structures In the thirty years since the close of the civil war reaches a stupendous figure. Inasmuch as the vast array of public buildings which stand in evidence as a result of all this outlay make conspicuous architectural preten- sions, it is not unfair to pass criticism up- on the results. Considered as a whole, these bulldings are sorry faflures from the artistic point of view. The world’s fair buildings at Chicago, hastily extemporized for the transient shelter of a six months” international exhibition, showed our own citizens, as well as the artists of Europe, how great and beautiful was the work that American architects could do if they fad the opportunity. Why should not the same quality of genius that the world's fair directorate was able to secure for temporary structures be employed by the United States government in its far great- er outlays upon monumental public bulld- ings that must stand for many decades, if not for centuries? It is evident that some- thing is wrong in the system at Washing- ton. Leading American architects are pro- testing against a system that deprives the government of the artistic talent which it might readily command. Instead of a series of ugly failures from the artlstio standpoint, our publtc buildings might have been wondrously beautiful without having cost a single additional penny. Indeed, under a strictly professional and business- like system, instead of a partisan an spoils system, incomparably better result from every point of view it have been attained with a saving millions of dollars. see