Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1896, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, we Pounsylvaria ee Cor. 11th 8t, by e Eve Star Ne: Com: SH. RAUFFMA’ Ppres't colt New York Oiice, 49 Potter Bailing. ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the city by carriers. on thelr own account, at 10 ce per week, or 44 cents per month. Copies at t ceunter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepaid—50 cents per month. Saturday Quintuple foreign postage added, $3.00. (Ente at the Post Office at Washington, D. C. as second-class matl matter.) C7 All mail subscriptions must be Rates of advertising made known eot Star, $1 per year, with id in advance. a application. ret. Che Lpening Sfae.ro2. | WASHINGTON, D. ©, SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. (hrinters’ "nf, fle fittle ecBoo! m: efer of advertising), saps: Jt w claimed for fhe Wastinsfor Stor, and profaffp frut}fulle cfaimed, Bat no offer newspaper tn f6e counfrp goes info se fars> a percenfage of aff fhe Bouses tiffin a radius of fwentp mifes from Be office of pufficafion. IN OUR CITY PARKS = > € The Many Breathing Places Are Popular in Summer. WHERE CHILDREN DELIGHT 1 PLAY Lafayette and Franklin Offer Rest and Shade. > WITIT FAVORITE A LOVERS re Wh there al who live near ore of the reathing spa and never think of entering its grassy precinets, there are hundreds of others who willingly go a tong distance to enjoy a rest on a park bench er to wander and dewn the flower-lined walks, or to amuse thems2lves watching | the others who seek the park for th: or kindred vurposes. The liitie folk. y come from the of the city, are the In the West End, at and i ing when the fair Luna Is not working and the corporation is supplying the iilumina- tion, it has no appreciable effect on “‘love- * “Moonlight, while pleasant and excepting ‘its sometimes fatal in- on the brain, is like ice cream and soda water—not absolutely necessary to everybody's existence, and spells and charms have been worked without it. A Favorite With Lovers. Anybody with a grain of romance in his composition who cannot sit in Lafayette Square and reve! in the old-time stories of flirtations and love scenes that the big trees have been whispering about for years and years, has not a very imaginative mind. In the average Washington novel there is always just as much trouble in keeping Lafayette Square from playing a too im- portant part as that character in Dickens had in keeping King Charles out of the memorials he wanted to write. The trouble the ordinary writer has today to make space without mentioning the bicycle in some Way or another is another phase of tne same difficulty. The old houses around the square have all had their eras of glory. and some have had their grand days, s9 frequently revived that it amounts to a continuous performance. St. John’s Church, just across the way, and deserted old St. Matthew's, with its all interesting associations, have witnessed the culminations in grand wedding ceremo- nies of many a romance, started within or in view of the patriarchal elms of Lafay- etie Square. Busy men and women, who make a short cut every day through tht square, remember the days they played around Gen, Jackson's statue, wondering if his horse's legs would never get tired, and wishing they could get inside the fence and play on top the cute little cannon Their childrer and perhaps their grand- children make the same sage remarks now. There is another desideratum in loafing arvund these old-time parks outside of the romantic and the historical. The foliage is so dense that if it rains, as it is very apt ‘to do lately, just when you are arrayed in your best summer bib and tucker and out for an evening stroll, yon can be entirely yeurs, healt fluenc sheltered, unless it is a regular cyclone, provided, of course, you do not mind the lightnin and the danger incidental thereto. From rk togpark, and a little rest in Larger Growth f children of a sturdier limbs an& not near so much latest styles in jav nhampered the sounds of and with no bothersome re- sens to study and other stern r their ¢ are srewth, with by Of le the out r their noise and enthu: The an nature, who i: of con ing chi traits and tri fldish will later on develop inte oung man and portunities need- roups of young- There Is the lea-ler ed for a ha always one among in the fun. and who can make or mar the meeting, and just so far as the rest can hope pete with this favorite will depend y the amount of pleasure the group will enjoy. The little folks break up inte large or small cliques, just as grown-up folks do, and oftentimes with just as much reason and purpose. but to keep them away from the park is the greatest hardship they could imagine. Regular Habitaes. As there are people who rarely enter a park, so there are others who pass a great deal of their time there, and in this class are not included specimens of the genus “bum,"" who very frequently monopolize the best many women enjoy the reading of a book or a paper tenfold if they find a shady bench in their favorite park. These are the good folks, who are both morning and afternoon patrons. and every neighborhood has its own number, every ‘of whom Is a fa- one Rest and Quict. millar object to the passersby. Just as some people can tell the time of day If they live near the Metropolitan Club, by watch- ing for the passing of its members, there are others, who, being regular frequeniers themselves of the parks, know to a dot how ar dinner time it is growing by watching the changing of faces on the nearby seats. Lafayette and Franklin. The old-time parks, bke Lafayette and Franklin, where the trees are old and their ® » generous, the semblance of wood- land peace and beauty would be almost per- fect if {t_were net for the clanging of the car bells"and the other jarring noises of a busy city. It is not often at any time of the day. unless where the sun shines not- '. that a vacant bench can be found in f these parks. The children are in uring the early mornings and _ while the philosohers, and many not tn th tees at all, but who ers aiwayn tired, and never con resist tak- fing & shady neat alone their Sife path, in a park or out of i!, and whe wish the world the benohes f the time Id lovers, vie period of bites, ther red white | and iater on, when the moon silvers the scene, and sii thet style of thing. If it happens ta be an even | with comparatively but few fountains. ent. the park is | ats in every park. Many men and | each, makes a nice wheel ride, and the iders themseiv park and que addition to s occupants. In the Boston on the outskirts of the ly rests for riders and the prettiest nooks. If existed here in the Home and Rock Creek parks would be added to all the rest ex- d by riders on the capital asphalt. Sut ail that will come in time. Foentains Are Searce The taste for statues has left Was: ‘ington A = fountain is one of the most attract- ive objects in warm weather. cure, walking with bare feet through shal- low water, ever attains much vogue here, the pools will have to be built for ft. Now, over in Baltimore, where fountains and flower beds alternate for own Eutaw Place, one glistening pool had ‘ascination for some fashionable. st a grand dame, rather than lose epped over the edge and paddied play ¥ a bet, st about in it. If this example was contagious it would be death to the beautiful and aquatic plants which now convert : fountain bowls into great bouquets of bloom. Pere charm lacking in the parks of this city, it is the want of playing foun- | tains, artitic ades or running water in some guise. Springs or drinking foun- tains are practically unknown. 1 Whaling With Electricity. | From the New York Tritune. | The ingenuity of the whale was not equal | to that of his captor, even in the days of the old iron harpcon thrown by hand, and | allowing Leviathan a lorg run for his bone | and blubber, with the chance of eapsizing | the boat ef his pursuers and getting away | from them altogether. While it was only | hunted with this primitive instrument it | was diminished almost to the point of ex- tirpation, and would have disappeared al- together, like the Stherian elephant and the mastoden, if the discovery of coal oil had rot come in to abate at the same time its commercial value and the energy of its pur- suit. An improvement on the old method of capture was found years ago in impelling the harpoon with gunpowder, and loading it with an explosive cartridge containing itrychnine, which destroyed the life of the | fish at once, taicing most of the snap and excitement out of the pursuit, but being otherwise of great advantage to it. It is row proposed to substitute for this medi- catel barb an electrical one to diffuse a current of 10,000 volts. in the animal's body, which is expected to wind up {ts ca- Teer at once. There is no reason why it | should not do #0. Such a shock would be- numb the old primeval dragon underground, and would make short work of any whale to which it was administered. With such ingenious appliances constantly brought against it. it is difficult to see how this ma- jestice fish is to survive, unless some inter- nation] convention for his protection is entered int». That has not answered very well in the case of the seals, and may not in the case of the whales; but it is all that can be done. If they are hunted with elec- | tricity they will disappear like the Ameri- can buffalo, closing up a tradition as old as the Book of Job, perhaps going back to the time when the waters and the dry land were parted asunder. ses Salvation Army Lass Put in Jail. From the Chieago Times-Herald. iss Clara Meyer of the Salvation Army was sent ‘o jail in Belleville, IN, for forty- elght days. On July 2 as the army was pa- Tading the streets of that town it was stormed by the hoodlum element with fire- crackers. Miss Meyer carried the bass drum, and some one threw a giant cracker at her. The cracker frightened a horse, and it ran away, and Miss Meyer was ar- rested oa the theory that the drum had caused the runaway. The incarceration of the young woman, whe is only eighteen years old, is a sample incident of the vindictive warfare which has been waged upon the Salvationists ever since they pitched their tents in Belleville, where they have made a hard fight against the saloons. The Pablic Wen From Peek. Brown—“They tay McKinley did not ex- pect so much adverse criticism of his si- lence on the money question.” Jones—“Didn't he?” Brown—"No. He thought the people would be too much interested in their wheels to care about his views on any- thing.” ee Too Satisfactory From the Cleveland Leuder. = “And so you have discharge#rour cook? Why, I supposed that you thought she was a jewel.” | "So I did; but my husband got to thinking the same thing.” =e At the Hub, From the Indianapolis Journal. “Wanter flip pennies, yer four-eyed kid?” | asked the rude little boy. “With pleas- ure,” anawered the Bostonian infant. /iMl you choose the obverse or reverse?” If the water ! squares up and | 1 i REAL ESTATE GOSSIP What is Said of the Expected Busi: ness Improvement. FAVORABLE OUTLOOK EOR THE FOTURE Some of the New Buildings Which Are Being Erected. APARTMENT HOUSES + In the opinion of Mr. C. C. Duncanson, which was expressed in the course of a ccnversation with a Star reporter recently, the prospect of a continued improvement in business is favorable. Speaking with special reference to the real estate market, Mr. Duncanson satd that while there was mcre property advertised for sale at this time of the year than was the case at the corresponding period last year, yet there were fewer sales. This indicated that the mcney was procured and the sale of the property was made unnecessary. It was aiso known that greater strictness was manifested in regard to the payment of leans, and while formerly sixty and ninety days were sometimes allowed to those de- Enquent in interest, now summary action was likely in the course of a weck or ten days. In his opinion the condition which is generally known as liquidation, as far as it related to the real te market, was practically at an end. looked forward to a steady improvement in business, and he thought something of the sort will take place however the election for President goes, Cont rary to all expectations the summer building season is booming and all over the city new houses are being erected. Heretofore in presidential years there has been little doing in building matters in Washington, A contemplated change in administrations had the effect of making the speculators wary, but this year is an exception, and the office of the building inspec is being taxed issuing permits and examining plans During the past week the record for the entire year wes broken and when the books were added found the total of fifty new hou had been is: an estin aggre Of this sum the great proportion to the northwest, which « 1ew hou with ea of 316%, xt came the ten. pern for houses, fo: proposed to expend $58,700. northeast one new house at $5,000 and the south- and southeast two cach, at $3,500 and each, respectively. The exce Inspector Brady — says thing, that business all along the line, and good thin sd for the fall season. About Apart There is quite a good deal of talk heard in regard to the need In this city for apa ment houses, and the profit which a build- up it wa its f showing, ing of this sort would bring to those who m’ght invest their money. Projects of ds have been discussed and are various sed, an1 it is within the range y that something practical will of it all, but so far there has tively iittle done in this di- come out been compar rection. Speaking in a general it may be t there are no apartment hous th sin in the meaning of that term, which applies to a place where housekeep- ing in all its phases can be carried on. €, Jordan's Residence. ound has been broken for a handsome residence to be erected on 10th street be- tween M and N for Mr. H. ©. Jordan, from plans prepared by C. A. Harkness, archi- tect. The house will have a front of buff brick, with stone trimmings, copper c ners, ete., and will contain all modern im- provements. It will be seventeen fect front by eighty feet deep. The parlor will be finished in white and gold, and the rest of the house in hard-oil finish. There will be a reception hall, finished in oak. Irwin B. Linton's Residence. At the corner of 2d and Seaton streets, Eckington, an attractive semi-colonial cot- tage has been built for Mr. Irwin B. Lin- ton. It was designed by H. A. Campbell, architect. The dimensions of the house are 35x46 feet, and it is two stories in height with attic and a cellar under the entire house. It contains on the first floor the main entrance hall, a large reception hall with cozy corners and a beautifully design- ed stairway. To the left is the parlor, com- municating with the library through an arch of colonial design, with turned col- urns on pedestals supporting the arch above. Then comes the dining room, but- ler’s pantry and kitchen, fitted up im the most modern and approved way. On the second floor are five chambers and bath and a servants’ room in the attic. One of the leading features {s a broad porch run- ning across the front and down the side in conjunction with a porte-cochere, with or- namental brick plers capped with stone, surmounted by turned columns with carved capitals supporting an entablature of rich design with a pediment over the entrance. On the corner is an octagon tower with shingle sides. The main roof is a high- pitched shingle roof, broken with ornamen- tal gables. The interior is finished in the most modern style. A Massachusetts Avenue Residence. H. A. Campbell, architect, has designed a residence to be located on Massachusetts avenue northwest. It will be three stories and basement. The front will be press brick with brown-stone trimmings and a square bay window, terminating at the third story in a balcony. The dimensions of the house will be 18x71 feet, and will contain twelve rooms and two bath rooms. Some of the other features will be the main staltway, tiled vestibule and baths, hard- wood interior finish and specially designed cabinet mantels. Mr. Geo. GC. Hough, builder, has been awarded the contract. An F Street Purchase. The Continental Savings and Loan Com- pany has purchased from John O. Johnson for the sum of $30,000 the building No. 617 F street northwest. It is the purpose of the company to remodel the bullding so as to suit the needs of its own business and to make it more desirable as an office building. Some Improvements. An improvement is being made in the Odd Fellows’ building on 7th street be- tween D and E streets from plans pre- pared by A. W. Brinck, architect. A new store front is being put in on the first floor and the columns are being removed and iron beams substituted. A new floor will be put in the hall above and the entrances to the stores will be on a level with the street. The same architect has prepared plans for a frame cottage which Mrs. Bryan is erecting on Good Hope read. Plans for altering the old “Key man- sion” in Georgetown, at the terminus of the Capital Traction Company's line, into a hotel have been prepared by C. A. Hark- ness, architect. The property is owned by Dr. L. W. Ritchie, and with the additions to be built will contain about fifty rooms. The old mansion will be retained in its present style as near as possible, and the new hotel will probably be given the name of Key Mansion Hotel. At the Catholic University. The feature of the week in the building inspector’s office was the issuance of a permit to the Catholic University to erect on the university grounds a large dor- mitory. The building is to be of brick, four stories high, with basement, 140 feet front by 140 feet deep. It will be heated by steam and contain all*modern improve- ments. L. Norris is the architect, and John 8. Larcombe the builder. A fine proposed improvement noted dur- ing the week is the erection of a row of thirteen two-story and basement brick and stone dwellings from 86 to 60 Florida ave- nue. They ure to have frontages of from 16 to 20 feet, with varying depths. Jas. H. Merriweather is the owner, N. T. Haller the architeet, and J. W. Ruffian the build- er. Columbia Heights gets a handsome im- provement in the row, of nine three-story and basement brick dwellings which will be known as from 1317 to 1337 Kenesaw avenue. These houses will be models of convenience. The fronts will be of Pom- pelian brick, with half mansard roofs. The rears of the lots are cut by Columbia road extended (proposed) and the Commis- sioners directed that it be noted on the permit. The applicant stated he could not conform and accepted the permit with the tions. Luther F. Hall is the owner, B. S. Simmons the arch- itect, and B. M, Boyle the builder. J. A. Blundon is building at 1821 to 1823 Phelps place two handsome brick and stone dwellings of three stories and base- ment each. They each have a frontage of 19 feet by a depth of 9 feet. The front will be of Indiana lime stone. Wm. A. Blundon is the architect, and F. A. Blundon the builder. a ate BANDS OF EUROPE. MILITARY Rivalry at the French Exhibition— Sousa’s American Orchestra. From the Chautanquan. The two leading bands of Europe today, which met in honorable rivalry at the French exhibition in London during the summer and fall of 18), are those of the Grenadier Guards of England, conducted by the world-famed bandmaster, the Hon. Lieut. ban Godfrey, and the Guarde Re- publica of France, conducted by Wettge. Both are composed of picked m —artists who have served a long appren- ticeship in other bands previous to being honored ard gratified by being called to join these. And when upon state occa- sions, such as trooping the colors on the queen's birthday, the Guards’ bands of the Grenadiers, Coldstreams and Scots Fusiliers are ma: d together for combined effo or the full complement of the Guarde Repub- licaine pour.ng forth gloricus melody un- der the trees of Paris’ great parks and gar- dens, one can fully understand how it comes to pass that their fame has extend- ed so widel. Our M. oret conducted owedly an imitation of the nd. Lieut. Godfrey brought band to the grand international musical festival held in Boston ‘during the year Ist2. This was the first time an English soldier had ‘appeared in uniform in A ica the days of 18 Quest were asked tn p: ment as to the adv bility of the step, and a special act of that er- ons august body was necessary to enable the band to leave the country. Belonging, as it does, to the personal establishment of the sovereign, Victoria could have done u no greater honor than to send to us, clad in bearskin and resplendent scarlet and gold, her fayorite musicians, Se Facial Expressio From the London Chronicle. The emotions, it fs almost unnecessary to state, are expressed mainly by the face. It is true that the heaving and femin' bosom, times of domestie storm and stress, sometimes lends effectual aid to their better expression. But with this ex- ception emotions in their visible condition are chiefly of the face. That is the case at «f Emotion, in any rate with the comparatively immobile Anglo-Saxon. Why is this an undoub fact? The muscles of the human face are less massive than those of n ny animals ot th 1 strength of musele to bring them werful the carnivora ne tually {nto play. The diminutive size’ of the facial muscles in man bring them more readily into action, they respon tnore asily to a nervous excitation. This view due to Herbert Spencer, who is quoted, but not with entire appreciation, by Dr. Mosso. The jatter physiologist thinks that other factors enter into the matter. Among the most important causes are, he thinks, the nearness of the parts stimulated to the brain. Nervous impulses naturally travel along the lines of least re: hence the facial muscles are move the hands are clenched or the arm shot out straight from the shoulder. = Seca Could Not Escape It. From the San Francisco Chronicle. Giblets—“I hear Growler threw up his old job because he got the rheumatism.” Joblots—"Yes. Afraid of getting a stiff joint.” Giblets-—Well, he got one, anyway.” Joblots—‘One what?” Giblets—“Stiff_ joint. Joblots—‘How’s that?” Giblets—“‘He’s superintendent morgue.’ of the An Effete From Puck, Mr. Sunklands (a prominent citizen of Arkansas)—‘‘Huh! Them Spaniards don’t amount to nuthin’!” Mrs. Sunklands—“Do you think United States could lick Spain?” Mr. Sunklands—“Shucks! Why, the state of Arkansas alone can lick any nation un- der the sun that wears bangles on its pants.” Adversary. the ——~-+e+- Brenking It to Him Gently. From Harper's Bazar. “Is Miss Cahoots in?” inquired the caller. “That depinds on you. Are yez Misther * said Bridget. “She's gon’ out.” ———_+e+ Proficiency. From the Boston Transcript. Mrs. Creegan—‘‘And how is Tommy get- ting along at the school?” Mrs. Shaughnessy—‘Splendid. The tacher is that fond of him that she kapes him wid her half an hour after the other boys go home nearly every day of the wake. a A Couple of Extras. 3 From the Detroit Tr’bune. Buildar—“‘You fix the cost at $100,000, which is a very satisfactory figure, but you do not seem to include labor and material in your estimate.” Architect—“Oh, there will be extras, of course.”” The Wondrous Laws of Nature. Frem the Cincinnati Enquirer. “The great curse of modern social life is the overcrowding of the cities,” said the parrot philosopher. { “Too true,” admitted! the other man, “but I think the trolley cars und ambulances will eradicate. the evil in time.” —> ob A Pousible Reason. From the Detralt Free Press. “When Twiikens gets anything cn his mind,” said the busy man, “he is always speaking of it @® ‘the question of the hour.’ I wonder what makes him 4o that.”” “I don’t know, unless it’s because he ex- pects to take up an hour a day of your time explaining it.”” oo ee A Singular Character. From the Cleveland Leader. Hobson—"See that man living contradiction.” Dobson—“How’s that?’ Hobson—‘Funny man on the newspaper, and makes joking a serious business. there? He's a THE WILY WOODCOCK Sportsmen Seek Them Despite the Heat of Summer. THEIR HABITS AND THEIR HABITATS Where They May Be Found in the Vicinity of Washington. -_—— HARD _ WORTH WORK No matter how hot the weather may be or how much physical discomfort accom- panies any violent physical exertion, there are sportsmen who virtually welcome what the majority of people would charactertze as bodily torture in order to experience that subtle and delicious exhilaration that the votary of the rod or the gun enjoys when his favorite is in his hand. Anglers will float down the Potomac exposed to the brofling sun on the snost torrid dog days and be perfectly satisfied If at the end of the day they have had a “strike” every half hour and succeeded in catching a bass every hour. Those who prefer the gun to the rod are just as careless of the unpleas- ant accompaniments of a hard day’s hunt when there 1s a possibility of a woodcock being flushed, followed by a quick snap- shot. It Means Hard Work. Just now the lovers of woodcock shoot- Ing are working a good deal harder than any hired men and yet at the same time are enjoying themselves to a greater de- gree than they would at a first-class melo- drama full of startling situations given ia a roof garden theater completely equipped with all the apparatu the cuticle. To be uecE woode hunter, indeed, requires that a man sh: have something of the salamander in his composition. of the game birds of America. in @ sporadic sort of a way, h damp spots in the open woods ne The weodcock is the wariest Sometimes, is found in sometimes, as at the present time, away from swam| along in September he comes out cornfields that skirt the — bott« stream and sw and) marshe: seeks his susierance in the rich that lay between the rows. His place ef domi however, and wh is to be foun most habitually. is hick, dense, swampy lowland woods) grown with undergrowth are so plentiful along the Potomac and the streams that flow woolcock lives on Ss, an pro ol him with a Jong bill whieh he inserts in the soft black earth and draws forth his wriggiing food. It a rfect nos steady dog with a p ing powers to hunt woodcock suc- dant sta: ally. A Slow, Stendy Dog Necded. A dog that ranges at a distance and go at a lope or a gallop is of no earthiy use in woodcock shooting. A half hour through the r favored by woodcock will break down a dog of this sort, give the man who follows him an opportunity to see not more than one in ten of the birds that might be ong the Vi of the dog’s rush and make what might be a good day a miserable fatl- ure. The w ated may think th: following ough the thick und growth in sun cannot send its shafts would be a cool undertaking, but the faet is t there is no hotter place in the world for a pe he sport that one may € uch unp! rreundings amy one for all the discomforts he may undergo, providing. always, that he finds birds and can bag them when thcy are found. ike other same bird of erratic flight, vast differences of opinion among sportsmen upon the subject of shoot- ing them. You will find men who will sol- emnly aver that a woodcock is the easiest thing to hit that flies, and you ¥ nd others, and skilled shots at that, who de- clare that they are as elusive and as ¢iffi- cult to bag as a snipe. y the Hunter. Perhaps it all depends upon the quickness of the eye that looks over the gun barrels and the readiness of the trigger finger to answer to the impression conveyed by the glence. A man who squints along his gun and takes the end sight on the barrels into consideration will never make a successful wcodeock hunter, or rather shooter. The spert needs wide open eyes, in this vicinity, at least, and snap-shooting of the most ap- preved character. The thick cover which the bird uses demands art of this sort. The dog stands, the gunner steps by him and flushes the bird, there is a startled rush of feathers, probably a plaintive, shrill but seft note, a brown ball suspended a mo- ment in the air, to disappear in ancther moment through foliage that seems im- peretrable. That is not an exaggerated description of the experience of the average sportsman in this vicinity who goes out after woodcock. Peculiarities of the Bird. ‘The bird is as peculiar in his habits as an ortolan almost. He is as nomadic as a gipsyr A swamp or a marshy place in the wooded thicket may show from a dozen to twenty woodcock one day, when the next would not discover a single bird if the cover was cut down and raked over. Some sports- men believe that woodcock travel in a circle, visiting the same places over and over again at intervals during the season, but there are numerous localities in the vicinity of Washington where they may be found ith reasonable certainty all during the mer and autumn. Cne of the best grounds for woodcock shooting is Whistle Wing Cove, on the Potomac river, below Marshall Hall. The property is owned by Mr. J. E. Jones, and is posted, but many good shots are given the shooting privilege over it, and always with excellent results. Major L. L. Blake is one of the most de- voted sportsmen when woodcock are in question, and has made some excellent bags at Whistle Wing Cove. Other Excellent Coverts, On the Virginia side of the river, nearly opposite Whistle Wing Cove, and below Gunston Hall, is Pohick creck, and a short ways up this stream woodcock can be found in plentiful nun®ers. Down on the Patuxent river in Maryland and in the mag- nolia swamps of Prince George's county the birds can usually be found in numbers to assure good shots, plentiful remuncra- tion for the trouble they may take in get- ting there, Last week Mr. John Sydney Webb and a friend bagged twelve fine birds in one afternoon down on the Patux- ent. Those who desire to-hunt nearer at home can fe+l nearly certain of finding woodcock along Paint branch, on the main line of the B. and O. road. It is a good idea to leave the train at Branchville and hunt the stream up to Beltsville, a distance of abi five miles. Out on the Eastern branch, below Bladensburg, there are a number of places where — springheads abound under thick undergrowth, and the sport has been successfully prosecuted there. Up the Potomac one can always be cer- tain of finding plerty of woodcock in the vicinity of old George Pennefield’s place. It is a somewhat difficult place to get to, and the shootirg there is difficult also, but woodcock hunters are not supposed to al- low obstacles to deter them, and in the vi- cinity of Pennefield’s, in the slashes that skirt the canal, and on the islands out in the river, woodcock are continually found in plentiful numbers. The Gun and Its Charges. The man who knows what he is about when he starts out after woodcock will take a hammerless open-bore twelve-gauge gun, and load his cartridges with an ounce | of No. 9 shot and two and three-quarter drachms of black powder. The modern nitro powders, the smokeless powders and other innovations of a similar sort are hold- ing their own for trap-shooting purpos:s and for quick and frequent field shooting and marsh shooting, where there is rapid firing; but for slow and steady shooting, such as woodcock affords, the best results can be obtained with the old, reliable black powder of the best quality obtainable. It drives the shot. SS A CIRCULAR FISH. It Had Become So Through Growing in the interior of a Human From the San Francisco Call. “The strangest fish story I ever heard was an experience I had myself,” said Judge Scudder of Ataluma, as he settled himself back in his big arm chair, while a reflective look passed over his open countenance. “It was in the eummer of that an easterner and myself started out on the warpath for fis, Salmon creck afforded fine fishing for salmon, trout and salmon trout as well, and many were the stories cf mammoth fishes caught there "s2, I think, which were wafted to our ears when our | to friends learned of our destination, of which my friend from the east 1 incredulously. “This stream, as you know, flows through a narrow defile, with precipitous sides, | and winding around considerably after leaving Freestone finally empties into the fic, and right near there we had our dquarters—at the Ocean View House— tramping up the narrow canyon each morning with bait in ourselves as well as the fishes. “We had good sport—fine luck, in fact, for two days, and on the third day I chose a very wild spot and seated myself on a large rock overhanging the creek. I fish- ed with a line and rod, using the same old-fashioned sort of worm I did as a boy no need to use the more x fly when fish were so ez he easterner vas down stream a little and everything was intensely solemn end quiet. When I felt a fierce pull on ail | ned ily caught. the line I roused up at once, and pulling up what should I sce come bot) |surface but a human skull, whici, to j | { he | & to the | | | rapces, had swallo i zh its eyes. Natural steady Lerves wer iaken, and with a sort of howl I st which 1 rather reat it crack pieces—to my 4 i of tream leaving dangiing on my liar looking fish, almost Imost perfect ring. nly, hing rock, wh several the “I quickly jerked the hook out of its | gills and let it drop into the clear water | wh it went through the strangest H | still keeping Its cir i | Sas cnalle to swim, 1 | [in the w 1 a wheel-like | who had heen jotion. at j Ject | tracted } io see some of the eccent I really believe if he bh it ould always have prrived just in v aft the ame hen pro! had mall, that into the skull, an fish, rrotion j over, of its own dso closed | though it could easi and |on the foed which came floating by there It continued to grow, till the worm, falling thr eye-sockets, provided a of er quit a though curio.” see Imports Most Japan Tea. From the C! Chicago is the lar Japan tea in the Un Year the record was held by New York. nual report of Appraiser Hoyne shows that Chicazo has run ahead of New York There were last year, ending with June 233 packages of teas inroiced at th chicago, weighing 31,145,505 pounds, or tons. In addition to the direc portation there passed through the Cl office over 2,000,000 pounds of t at other places and sent to Chic amination and classification. The foar ndise examiners report 26,324 ca eized and detained for explanations. There were S44 cases of cizacs imported and 12,685 bales of tobacco. ‘There was a heavy increase of Havana tobacco, owing to the depletion of Cuban warehouses on account of the insurrection. There were ‘$1 bales of Sumatra wrappers imported 1 icago dealers. During the year G15 -ro- ts against classifications were made by and 600 of them answered. SSS The Tramp’s Request. From London Tid-Bits. “What are you doing here?’ said the woman to the tramp, who had got over the wall just in time to escape the bull- dog. “Madam,” he said, with dignity, “I aid intend to request something to eat, but all 1 ask now is that, in the interest of hu- manity, you'll feed that dog.” cago ‘Tribune, ed States. port i 0 for ex- | i Hoist by His Own Petard. From Puck. Casey (confidentially to the foreman)— “Oi've bin afther watchin’ Kerrigan fer th’ lasht two hours, an’ divil a sthroke uv wur-ruk hoz he done in all thot toime.” Foreman—‘Be hivins! Kerrigan wuz just afther comin’ "tme wi’ th’ same inferma- tion about yersilf. Yez are bote discharged fer watchin’ imstid uy wur-rkin’.” An Awfal Mistake. the Detroit Tribune. First girl—“She doesn’t understand base ball at all.” Second girl— First girl—“No. Why, the other day she went to a game and fell in love with the umpire.” From The Woman in the Case. From the Milwaukee Sentinel. “What a sad expression Mr. has. Ever notice it? “Yes. There is a woman at the bottom of it all, as usual. “You don’t say so. Who is she?” “His wife. Her cooking has given him the dyspepsia.” SS He Heard Them Too. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. Mrs. Casey—“Harrigat’s daughter turnin’ out fora medium. She do be hea’ in’ voices in the upper air, they tell me.” Welham Casey—“I hear thim every day meself. Sometimes they yells ‘mortar’ and some- times ‘brick.’ Se — Up-to-Date Ability. ~* From the Cincinnati Enquirer, “We might hire a new clerk,” suid the “if he were a good one. | druggist, Are you a graduate in pharmac: “No,” said the man who wanted a jub. “I ain't a graduate pharmacy and I don't intend to be. 1 ain’t looking for a cheap job. But I can draw soda water with both hands at once and know how to make 144 different strups.” oe Mental Arithmetic. From Puck ‘How old is your little dollie?” I don't know—” you're not a very smart little girl, then, are yo Well, all I know is, I got the body on Christmas, and we bought a new head for her yesterday.” 1 Ww: WASTING THE WATER Washingtonians Very Prodigal With Their Supply. == CAPT. GAILLARD'S RECOMMENDATIONS He Urges the Completion of the Aqueduct Tunnel. > xow MONEY ON Probably the most interesting the annual report of Capt. D. D. the engineer officer in charge of = ington aqueduc “consumption ar District of Columb’ chapter has been Star, but the great is believed to treatment than i According to ¢ waste c ments of the daily onsump- ticn and waste of w June 25 1d June sions unusual- ly cool for the time of year, ound moist from recen + almost entirely the ne. atering lawns and shrubbery; the consump- tion measured = doubt- ng , hot w The consu 1. n fe red ame unul nt ve: it was 44,162 it was 47.182, unt Now About of Decer fe The present » n is about 250,00, Of this number Capt. © ward Burr, U.S. Corps of Engine t ant in char the mates abe in per « gallons is mp > pury ed to Waste, wh and os ep eouve and willftl < Ceh:mbia sox ey the tables of hourly w a Jun si, n a in question, two-ih wad betwee eh as is used between 7 of affairs wh St skeptic A othe water is “If fw r found in the cit of the exceeded by but ¢ ita consumption a tion the m cing Wasi proof were ne i dd Waste of w Dangers of Extravaganc: “This extravagant use of wa. checked will add greatiy to the ¢ ties and expense of ever procuring suitable methods of filtration, as tne cost of operas tion alone of tiiter plants varies from about $4 to $S per 1,000,000 gallons of water nl- tered, ‘The trunk mains | tributing reservoir ar the removal of des and the raising of the capacity of the suny ading from the di overtaxed, and w its from the > dam wil to that reservoir, bat litte py rT fit will be expericnced therefrom by con- sumers in the city vinless some metnoc is provided for lditionsal y of water from the ating PeServoir to the service mains “A commission of exper:s appointed by authority of the Secretary of War in No- vember, 1895, rej 1 that the completion of the unfinishe? tunnel betwee dis- tributing an ward t ily Pr Serveirs st econ al method “for bringing inc i water supply trom the reservoir in Georgetown to \! mn by pipes or oth * Uniul this 1 am the Howard University reservoir cor som substitute plan) are compieved and put ante service no appreciable relief from present conditions can be anticipated by cousam- er: Recommendations. “In view of t t of she comission of experts aircady alluded to it is recom- mended that the sum of $550,009 available for resuming the work pleting ‘the tunnel between the distributing reservoir near Howard Universi mt tor the other work connected therewith, in- cluding the latter reservoir.’ “In connection with this subj +t it is proper to invite attention to the fact that the sum of $203,546.58 of tne appeopriavicus made by t of IS82 and by subsequent acts for ‘in sing the water s ot Washington, I remains uy an the treasury of the United This sum should be male availabic pur- P just indicaied, therepy reducing the amount to be appecop: jed anew ‘o the difference between Uhis Enexp re in the treasury and the sum ot “) pended as ne2essary for ri sunny recom: work.” Whe Summer Boarder. From the Chicago Record, Them folks from town didn’t of a gpell, Uncle Reub?” Naw; went back mad hev no cycle paths an’ ther blackberry patch.” soe : Discharge From the Harlem Life. e here, Lyc this account of t Bunkerton, the fami wore nothing that You've put it: ‘Mrs. B. w r able You can so to ier and get your mom ooo ——_——— Down to Date. "cause “lectric we Frem Po “Dises ness. “Yes; he has bired a lot of and is renning a painless barber shop. seems to be doing a rv