Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1896, Page 18

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, -AUGUST 1, 1896—-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. GRACE ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. GRACE CORNERSTONE Starting the New Lutheran Church at 13th and Corcoran. HISTORY OF THE CONGREGATION en A Beautiful Building to Be Erected | at Great Cost. a DESCRIPTION OF THE EDIFICE ae ‘Tomorrow at“ o'clock p.m. the corner stone of the new Grace Lutheran Church, at the co1 ith and Corcoran streets 2 be laid. The pastor of the A. Doermann, will be as- the Rev. Geo. H. or of theology in £ Columbus, Oh‘o, pastor of St. Mat- this city, a mis- r The sermon and ress will be delivered by Pro- The corner stone will be by Professor , using from vutiful and ap- ions, pro- m the church noir, reading of the stone, history of ‘oncluding with the . My Chureh, My Dear ted The Congregation. was organized August er stone of the old chapel, past, was laid June 13, iedication took place August » year. On the same day the essel was installed as pastor | urtil January, 1593, | the same month the | the Rev. J. E. Doermann, | During the few years of his ongregation the work ad in every direction, | mn extent as to demand more | 2 past the congregation | necessity for a larger arrangements y school, which formerly held sions in the church proper. It | decided to tear down the chapel churen in keeping with the lings of th's location and Rev. J. E. A. Doermann. with suitable arrangements for the Sunday and other organizations of the The architects, Me Stutz & have made use of every foot of by the congresation, and not only given them a_ beautiful but also one thoroughly well adapt- | 1 to ti “In taking down the old church, among | other things found In the box deposited In the corner stone twenty years ago, was a copy of the constitution In the handwriting of Mr. Eberbach, still a member of the church, and a statement of the organiza- xs follows: ace English Lutheran congregation agton, D. C., organized August Corner stone of chapel laid Sun- June 17, 1877. The first services of Lutheran congregation were held on August 20, 1876, at the German Church, corner of 6th and P st, Rev. E. L. Tressel of ting. The following are the congregation for the Grac Sundey, Lutheran streets north: Baltimore off President, J. C. Preinkert; G. C. Stutz: secretary, Z. T. Eberbach; trustees, L. F. Stutz and J. P. Stinzire.” Up to this time no permanent pastor had been secured,the congregation being served py Revs. Tressel and Pfluger of Baltimore. However, a call had been extended to and accepted by Rev G. Tressel of Columa- bus, Ohio, who, as previously stated, was installed as fifst pastor, August 19, 19’ Church and Pastor. Rev. Mr. Doermann, the second and pres- ent pastor of the congregation, comes from a family of ministers. Mr. Doermann Is greatly loved by his people. He is an able minister and has done rauch !n building up this congregation, which {s practically dem- pnstrated at this time in the erection of this new edifice. ‘ Thia congregation belongs to the joint | be synod of Ohio, organized in 1818. Its chief strength is in the state of Ohio. It em- braces twenty-three states and the District of Columbia; has 421 organizations, 443 chureh edifices, church property valued at $1,639,087, and has about 70,000 commun!- cants. Prof. G. H. Schodde, Ph. D., who is to de- iver the principal address Sunday, is well known to the entire Lutheran Church, and is one of the leading contributors to the literature of the church, besides publishing a number of books. He is now professor of theology at Capital University, Columbus, Ohio. Description of the Building. The new building will combine all the ential features of a church edifice. it will have a frontage of forty-two feet on 13th street, fucing west, with a total depth of 120 feet. The main feature of the de- gn is the c ‘al tower, which rises to a height of eighty-five feet from the side- walk, with a beautiful belvedere at the top, Geo. H. Schodde, Ph.D. #urmourted by a pyramidal roof of sea green slate, crowned with a golden sun cross. ‘The main entrance to the auditorium is through an arched opening in the tower, diment over same. The jambs of the entrance are to he flanked by clustered , with carved capitals. The tym- of the pediment is to be richly Over the entrance is a fine large panel window, with a semi-circular head, to be filled with stained glass of a rich de- sn. Flanking the tower on the upper age are to be octagonal turrets, with | carved columns and pyramidal stone roof. On the right of the tower entrance will a door to the basement, and on both sides of the tower arched window openings are provided. The entire 13th street facade, including the return and the entire tower, are to he faced with blue limestone, said to be the first of its kind used in the city, with rchly worked carving and tooling. The steps to the main entrance will be of finely worked gray granite. In the basement provision has been made for an assembly room, the Sunday school an infant class rooms, so arranged and divided by rolling partitions that the three rooms may be readily converted into one. The school room will be two stories in height and will have a gallery. This portion of the building is to be devoted ntirely to the interests of the Sunday school and will be amply provided with cloak rooms, tcilet rooms, etc., adequate space being reserved for lbrary purposes and office rooms for the Sunday school officials. The heating apparatus for the entire building will be the best modern steam ap- pliances, direct and indirect. Provision has Jso been made for an effective system of ver tilation. The Church Auditorium. ‘The church proper will be on the main floor, and will have a choir gallery on the west sile. The seating capacity will be about flye hundred. The sittings are to be arranged in circular form, with wide aisles and so arranged that the altar and pulpit will be in full view from every seat. The chancel will be divided from the auditorium on the east side by a series of three arches, the large or central cne being enriched with ornaments and appropriate inscrip- ticns. The ceiling of the chancel will be vaulted with molding ribs and ornaments at intersections. The side arches will form the entrances to the sacristy and the coun- cil rooms. Adjoining these entrances are to be placed memorial windows of stained glass in rich and artistic design. The back wall of the chancel will be hexagonal in plan and set with a series of stained glass windows, with appropriate biblical designs. The chancel floor will be elevated three steps from the auditorium floor, and around them the communion rail of appropriate fesign will be placed. The altar, with its furnishings, will be placed at back of chan- cel at the proper elevation. The pulpit will be placed to the left and the lectern to the right of the chancel arch. Chotr Arrangements. In the gallery of the auditorium will be placed a new grand organ, and space has been provided for a choir room and for a musical library. Lighting will be both by electricity and gas. The interior will be finished in quartered oak, the roof will be cpen timbered. The trusses exposed are to be cased up and enriched with moldings and ornaments. The floors of vestibule will be covered with marble mosaic tiling, and panels are arranged in wall on each side of the auditorium for the placing of glass mo- saic memorial tablets. ‘The entire cost of the building will be about $18,000. The vestry of the church is as follows: President, F. A. Heitmuller; secretary, Z. T. Eberbach; L. F. Stutz, C. F. Umhau, John R. Haislip and Samuel German. The ways and means committee, the first four named of the vestry, Samuel German, Frederick Stutz and C. D. Volland. The building committee, Z. T. Eberbach, L. F. Stutz and C. D. Voiland, CABINET CHANGES Resignations From the President’s Advisory Body Not Unusual. FEW PUBLIC DECLINATIONS OF OFFICE Causes That Have Disrupted For- mer Administrations. POLITICAL GRAVEY am a 3 HE RESIGNATION of Postmaster G eral Bissell and the appointment of Mr. Wilson of West Vir- ginia to succeed him last year was the first break in the cabinet of President Cleveland during his second term. The death of Mr.Gresham made the second. Un- til Secretary Smith took his Atlanta paper into the free coinage camp it was thought these would be the only changes this term. It has been known that the President was anxious to keep his cabinet intact, and that he opposed the desire of at least one member of it to resign. Mr. Cleve- land has held his adyisers together unusual- ly long. It has been the rule, and not the exception, for the Presidents to change their cabinets frequently. All but one of the Presidents have had their cabinets more or less disintegrated, anc few have held them intact for the two years which marked Mr. Bissell’s term in office. Even Wash- ington’s two Secretaries of State, his Sec- retary of the Treasury and his Secretary of War resigned their offices. Not only have members of the cabinet resigned and died in office, but several have been removed. It is customary when a ne President takes office for the members of the old President's cabinet to retire. The rule has not been invariable, and Gideon Grant served as Postmaster General for thirteen years—that is, in four different presidential terms. But as a rule the outgoing Presi- dent takes his cabinet with him, and this is the most frequent cause of cabinet changes. Next to this comes dissatisfaction with office-holding or with the particular conditions of office-holding in a particular ease. More than one-third of the cabinet officers appointed by the Presidents of the United States have resigned their places. Cabinet Statistics. Up to 1876 there had been appointed twenty-seven Secretaries of State, of whom eight had resigned; thirty-one Secretaries of the Treasury, of whom twelve had re- signed; forty Secretaries of War, of whom twelve had resigned—and so on up to a total of 207 cabinet people, of whom seventy- seven had given their resignations to the Presidents. And this list does not inctude those who, like Secretary Olney, in this administration, were transferred from one cabinet place to another. It bas been the custom when a Vice Pres- ident succeeded to the office of President for the cabinet to be changed throughout This is an evidence of the slight sympathy there is between the President and Vice BS ident. Often they repr nt totally different policies. The last Vice President to succeed to the presidency was Arthur. He called a special meeting of the Senate to fill the oifice of President of the Senate, which was vacated when he took the oath as President of the United States; and when the Senate met he did not appoint a new cabinet, but asked the members of the Garfield cabinec to remain in their places until the regular meeting of Congress, three rronths later. When Congress met he accepted the resignations of ail of them except Mr. Lincoln, who remained as Sec- retary of War. Blaine was sticceeded by Frelinghuysen, and there was a general turning over ‘in sll the bureaus but the War Department. Meantime Mr. Windom resigned the treasury porifolio and Mr. Arthur appointed E. D. Morgan to the place. Mr. Morgan declined on account of advanced age. it was the second time he had refused to be Secretary of the Treas- ury. Lincoln had tendered the place to him in 1865. Charles J. Folger was named in Mr. Morgan's plac: Few Public Declinations. It 1s not usual for the President to give a man the opportunity to decline publicly a place in the cabmet. Usually the Presi- dent makes Inquiries before he announces an appointment. President Cleveland be- fore making up his present cabinet asked each man if he would accept an appoint- ment to it, and when Mr. Bisselb withd Mr. Wilson was invited privately to take his place before the appointment was given to the public. In the same way the Presi- dent Iearned that Mr. Harmon would be willing to accept the place of Attorney General before he sent the nomination to the Senate. Several of the Presidents, though, have made nominations which were declined. Isaac Shelby declined the oflice of Secretary of War in 1817 after the Sen- ate had ccnfirmed him. John McLean de- clined the same place in 1841 under the same conditions as did Edward Bates in 18. Theophilus Parsons was confirmed as Attorney General in 1801, but declined, and James A. Pearce refused to be Secretary of the Interior in 1850, Appointing Justices, Justices of the Supreme Court are seldom appointed in the recess of Congress, because it 1s thought to be inconsistent with the dignity of a justice to sit on the -bench be- fore the Senate has confirmed his nomina- tion. But members of the cabinet are ap- pointed in the recess of Congress, and it has happened that the President, after making an appointment in the recess sent another man's name to the Senate when it met. Thus Wm. J. Duane was made Secre- tary of the Treasury by President Jackson in the spring of 1833; but before Congress met the President removed him, because he refused to order the removal of the deposits in the United States Bank. Roger 13. Tane: who was afterward chief justice of the S Preme Court of the United States, was ap- pointed to the vacancy. Duanc’s predeces- sor had been transferred to the State De- partment because he, too, had refused to do Jackson's bidding in the matter of the bank. He remained Secretary of State less than a month. Taney did as Jackson want- ed, and the Senate, which was hostile to Jackson, rejected Taney’s name, after per- mitting him to serve tiil June, 1834. ‘Taney’s was the first nomination for a cabinet place ever rejected by the Senate. There have not been many since. It is ac- cepted as right that the President shall have the opportunity to choose his own ad- visers. Jackson's Unruly Cabinet. Jackson had a lively time with his cabi- net. The members of his first cabinet re- signed because of trouble over the social recognition of the wife of Secretary Eaton, the famous “Peggy” O'Neill. John Adams had anything but a peaceful time with his advis2rs. In his quarrel with Hamilton over the relations of the United States with France in 1798-1800 he found the cabinet so much under the influence of Hamilton that he called for their resignations. He re- moved Timothy Pickering, his Secretary of State, who had been Secretary of War and Postmaster General under Washington. In Pickering’s day there was no tenure of office act. That act was an outgrowth of the quarrel of the Senate with Andy John- son. It was passed March 2, 1867 (ust two days before Congress expired), over the President’s veto. By its provisions, civil officers were to remain in place until the confirmation of their successors, and the President was to have the power to remove the members of his cabinet only with the approval of the Serate. Out of this grew the impeachment proceedings against Pres- ident Johnson, which made and unmade so many political careers. The Presidential Understudy. Until the defeat of Clay the position of Secretary of State was considered a step- ping stone to the presidency. Madison went from the State Department to the Executive Mansion in 1800, Monroe in 1817 anc J. Q. Adams in 1825. Nowadays the cabinet {s not considered a stepping stone to anything, and, in®fect, it has been called @ political graveyard. Where are the members of the urrison cabinet now? Secretary Blaine is deud. Secretary Fos- ter, after going'through bankruptcy, is an insignificant figgre in the business and political world _mf;Ohio, where he was once a power imdboth spheres. Secre- tary Tracy is achieving some additional reputation as a lawyer in New York, ani he has been made:recently a member of the greater New,Mork commission. Even these mild honors-are unuswal to a retired cabinet officer, - Secretary Proctor took time by the forelgck and resigned from the cabinet to take a seat in the Senate, which ts a more :stable as weil as a more independent position. Secretary John W. Foster haz gained some fame as the ad- viser of China in, her negotiations with Japan for peace. But he is out of public life now. Secretary Noble is practicing law in St. Louis jn. partnership with Gen- eral George Shields, who was his legal adviser in the Injerior Department, and neither of them is conspicuous in politics teday. ‘Secretary Rusk is dead. Mr. Wanamaker has practically disappeared from public view. Altegether the Har- izet_members have retired into @ greater obscurity than they knew before the President cailed them to Washington. The Harrison Cabinet. The Harrison cabinet kept pretty well together. The resignation of Mr. Proc- tor and the death of Mr. Windom made the only changes in it until the sensa- tional resignation of Mr. Blaine just be- fere the meeting of the republican na- tinal convention. Yet every member of that cabiret except one told Mr. Harrison in advance of the election that he would decline to serve another term. Each of them fotind the strain on his nerves and his pocket too great, Tyler's cabinet planned to resign in a body, and so embar the President, but Daniel Webster, his Secretary of State, refused to enter into the agreement nd so the plot failed. The other members of the cabinet resigned September 11. Co gress was to adjourn September 13. 1 President sent in new names on the morn- ing of September 13, and the Senate con- firmed them. Hugh Legare, who succeeded Webster in the State Department, died at anquet in Boston. Abel Upshur, his ssor, was killed by the bursting of a carnon on the U. S$. S. Princeton on the Potomac—an acciaent which nearly ended the life of President Tyler, too. Secre- tary Gilmer of the navy was killed with Mr. Upshur, and many were injured in the accident: Official Harmony The late George Bancroft said of Polk's cebinet that it was harmonious because the President fnsisted on being the cent of the administration and “in overruling and guiding all his secretaries to ct so as to produce unity and harmony.” ‘This is what Mr. Cleveland has done, so far as he could, with both his cabinets. He made three members. of the present cabinet go back on their records on the currency ques- tion. Taylor's cabinet was chosen with a view to guiding the President, instead of being controlled by him, for Taylor was a soldicr by profession and not a statesman. Fillmore, wnen he succeeded Taylor, ap- pointed a new cabinet throughout. Daniel Webster was his Secretary of State and he held the office until he Pierce's cabinet broke a record. It re- mained intact through four years. Several members of Buchanan’s cabinet resized because they disapproved the President's ideas on secession. There were few changes in the Lincoin-Johnson cabinet, though Mr. Lincoin’s advisers were often’ out of har- mony with is t had four Sei taries of the Treasu and five Secretaries of War. It was Grant who appointed A. T. Stewart Secretary of the Treasury. The Senate refused to confirm the nomination because an old law said the Secretary of the Treasury should not be interested in importations, ang though Stewart offered to put his business in the hands of a trus- tee and give all it’ profits to charity for tour years, he was shut out. Late Administrat The scandals connected with Grant's od- tration were responsible for many changes in his cabinet. The Hayes cabinet stuck together pretty well. Two of its members went on ‘the federal bench and one into business: Folger, Arthur's Secre- tary of the Treasury, died in office. He Killed by digappointment over his de- feat by Mr. Clevéland for governor of New s ry oe s from the Post. Office - ceed him and he went. thence io the fed- eral bench. In Mr. Cleveland's first cab- inet Mr. Manning was forced by ill-health to resign. Mr. Lamar went to the Supr neh, Otherwis n GEOR( tor GRANTHAM BAL @LISH™ There Have Reen 4 m Friends of This Country Across the Ocean. From the Century. ‘The fact is that the English public men who have understood America, or who have med to care to understand her, have, at least until recently, always represented a small minority. During the first century of our national life scarcely an Englishman nee was clear sighted enough to America’s real devotion to great ideals. Our British kinsmen thought us a horde of gradgrinds and nothing else; whereas, in spite of a seeming absorption in material things, the national life was grappling with mighty ethical and political ideas, which the selfishness and irresponsi- bility of politicians might sometimes dis- tort, but could never stifle. Leigh Hunt, as Lowell used to remind us, could never think of America without seeing in imagin- : tched all along and we bore Hunt’s ridicule a complacency that was the more! cheerful because his caliber and weight of metal were scarcely great enough to do Tauch exe sea. Carlyle snetred; we remembered his dyspepsia and forgave. Ruskin emptied the via contempt upon our sacrifi freedom and integrit. tittle of our venera for his prophet’s message, while we strove to make just al- lowance for the vegaries of the hyperes- thetic temperament. These things it was easy to condone. The Englishmen who have understood American life have judged it by something beside the froth of the ir- responsible press ard the antics of pro- vincial statesmen. Cohden’s fatal exposure of his life to do us service and John of his eloquent e to America’s we abated no jot or Bright's brave words in the hour of our dis- tress can never be forgotten. The memory of Tiomas Hughes—ales, that we must write memory now—will always remain a rich and fragrant legacy, to which, in a pe- culiar sense, we aro cohcirs with English- men; while the work of Mr. Bryce has not only won our respect and gratitude, but is Lound to leave deep impress on our life. None of these was blind to the evident fol- bles, defects and crudities of the strenuous life of an earnest and Virile people. On the other hand, none invited distrust by silly attempts to flatter cr cajole. But all were quick to recogniza in America aspiration, achievement and representative character something other and better than mere big- ness. They even ventured now and then to speak of these ‘things as great, but the word sets better on their lps than on ours. —___4e.____ EATEN BY A BIG PICKEREL. ance of Swallows Explain- by nn Observing Yankee, From the Lewiston Journal. Many people havé wondered what be- comes of all the #wallows. They increase rapidly during thefr sojourn ‘in their north- ern summer home, and they appear to have few natural enemies; yet their numbers re- main about the same from one year to another. A Waterville gentleman thinks he has discovered thé secret of the disap- pearance of many of'them. It is a fact ob- served by everybody who has fished on the Maine ponds that swallows are almost con- stantly flying about, often close to the sur- face, and dipping into the water. The gen- tleman referred to was watching one of the birds doing this recently, when, just as the swallow touched the water, a pickerel came to the surface with a big swirl and seized him. The swallow went under, but the hold of the pickerel must have been slight, for in an instant the bird came to the sur- face and tried to fly away. He seemed weak, and going but a few feet struck the water again. The pickerel must have been watching for the bird, for at that instant there was another flurry in the water, and the bird went under 2 Second time, not to come up again, and one pickerel had a nice meal that day. These Maine pickerel are voracious fellows, and will tackle almost any moving thing that they can swallow. One was caught a few years ago in a pond near here that had in its stomach a young duck, ‘1d agother a small muskrat, SAILING THE POTOMAC A Delightful Way to Take a Summer Outing. CHEAP, BUT PICTURESQUE TRIP Some Valuable Suggestions for Such a Cruise. SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS A week down the Potomac in a small sailboat is one of the most enjoyable forms of summer outing for a Washingtonian. If he has tried it, he will not need to be urged to try it again. If not, he will have a de- lightful experience befcre him. To a person who enjoys outdoor life, and is on good terms with, the water, an out- ing on a small sailing craft opens up a vista of experiences and pleasures not to be obtained in any other way, and there is a charm in sailing itself, to which any one who has tried it can bear witness. Wash- ingtonians are especially favored by na- ture in having such a large extent of com- paratively smooth water as that offered by the lower Potomac and Chesapeake bay, not to speak of Delaware bay, which can be reached from the Chesapeake by the canal. Over all this water one can safely e in an open beat, and for picturesque- variety, historical interest and abun- dance of fish and game it could hardly be rivaled anywhere in the country. And all this is at the very gates of Washington. ‘0 those who have done some sailing, but have never attempted a cruise of any length on the Potomac, a sail to Point Lookout and back, or a shorter distance, Is quite far enough, and gives one a chance for a large amount of enjoyment. A week is long enough for such a trip, the party nsisting, say, of four. Among the voy- rs at least one shculd be a good sailor, and all should be willing and able to rough it a little, or else the cruise will have slight attractions for them. Moreover, everybody ought to know how to swim, not because there Is any danger of getting drowned, but because the exigencies of life on the water make swimming little short of a necessity. First of All, the Bont. The first thing to consider, of course, is the boat. Although this Is by far the most important question to be decided by the prospective voyagers, it is the hardest upon which to give any practical suggestions. So much depends on circumstances. Per- haps one of the party may own or have pariicular facilities for getting hold of a boat, which would simplify the matter. If not, a suitable craft may be rented here at Washington for between $5 and $10 a week. By going to some of the landings down the river a little way, a boat can be hired for somewhat less The most im- portant points to make of are that » boat be a good sailer, thoroughly sea- Worthy and large enough for the party. Such a trip would be little short of torture in a poor boat. Doubtless a canoe best fulfills the necessary conditions, but it is frequently hard to get hold of one, and a well-built “flatty” or “gilling skiff” is all right. A twenty-four-foot boat is a good size, but a smaller craft does very well. Of course, the boat should be provided with an anchor and a sculiing oar, and it is advisable to have a pair of oars along tor rowing if the boat be a small one. A suitable boat_may be purchased for any- where from 875 to $200. One that has seen better days can frequently be picked up for less. Next, the Route. Now for the cruise itself—where to go and hew to do it, In the first place, it may be said that there are two distinct ways of taking such a trip down to the bay and back. One way is for the party to spend the nights at different summer resorts along the way. If this plan is adopted It- tle necd be carried along in the boat, as you can buy such provisions as you want for lunches at the various stopping points from: day to-day. But there is another way of taking the cruise, which is less ex- pensive and gives one a real taste of out- dcor life. It is to spend the nights in camp ashore. This latte: methcd, besides, has the additional advantage of doing away ith the bother and inconvenience of going ressed up,” which of all things is tae one most to be dreaded in a sailing trip. A medium-sized tent, or merely a fly, ought to be taken aloig to put up at night for protection against the heavy dews and pos- sible showers. Poles for the tent may, of course, be cut anew for each camp, but frequently they can be carried without in- convenience in the boat. One ma and spend vaves, with th. sand the Milky Way for a coverlet. However, this is not an advisable proceeding, unless one knows by experience that he can put up with it. r if the weather happens to be rainy th chances are that you will find the week's trip about seven days too long for you. Sometimes the sail of one’s boat may be utilized as a shelter during the night, but this is at best a doubtful makeshift. As to Sleeping. Nothing has been said in regard to sleep- ing aboard the boat. Of course, if the boat has cabin room this would be the thing, but probably few would make the trip in a bcat of this sort or size. A canvas adjust- able cabin, which can be folded up and stowed away by day, is another way of solving the problem, and in case there is room for the entire party to sleep in the boat, ti is a first-class arrangement. Probably most will either have to, or pre- fer to, spend the nights ashore, however. If such be the case, in addition to the tent, each one of the party should carry a blank- et, and, if possible, a rubber coat or “‘slick- er.” No extra clothing need be taken en so short a cruise. So far as provisions and cooking utensils go, the fewer taken the better. The entire outfit must be of the very slenderest sort. Provisions in general can and should be purchased on the way. A few things, nevertheless, would better be carrled if there 1s room, such as bacon, hard tack, coffee, cornmeal, cottolene, con~ densed milk, salt and pepper, and a few canned meats and fruits. The kit should also include a tin plate, knife, fork, spoon and cup apiece, an extra plate or so, a large sharp knife, a frying pan, coffee pot, stew pan, wooden pail, covered tin pail, ax, nails, wire, can ¢pener, padlock, crab net, matches, cord and rope, reading matter, scissors, soap, pins, need!es and thread, rubber blanket, towels, sta- tionery, court plaster, v: Jine, bathing suits, fishing tackle, lantern, and perhaps an alcohol lamp. Good Things to Carry. Besides these things, the party will want to provide themselves with a compass and some good maps of the river. Light house charts and other useful information may be frocured through the custom, house. A gun may also be carried, although there is nothing much to shoot during the summer months, and it stands a good chance of getting wet. If there is rot room enough in the places provided in the boat for all the cargo, a tight chest should be taken. Nothing should be left knocking about in the bottom of the boat, as It Is sure to get wet and is a first-class thing to stub one’s toes against. A stone jar is the coolest thing in which to carry water, if there 1s room for it. Other things will suggest themselves, but it is a safe general rule to make up your mind to carry nothing that you can possibly do without. In sclecting a camping site for the night it will be found convenient to pick out a spot near some steamboat landing or sum- mering place, so that provisions may be purchased and water obtained easily. The boat ought always to be left in a sheltered place, to prevent its being injured or filled with water during the night, in case a blow should come on. If no such place 1s conventent, it ought to be anchored well out from the shore by some one wading in- to the water. The camp, however, may be somewhat removed from where the boat is left, and if it is located on the river front the breeze from the water will in- variably be found to make sleeping more comfortable, and will prove the most ef- fectual mosquito preventive ever invented. Up the creeks the mosquitoes are likely to get in thelr deadly work, but on the river front nothing need ordinarily be feared from them. No Scorching. In taking a cruise of this sort the party ought not to make it their object to see how many miles they can cover in a day, but how much they can see and how much fun they can have, even if they never get more than half way down the river. “Scorching” in a sailboat on a pleasure trip is as reprehensible as when riding a bicycle. If possible, the early morning and evening should be taken advantage of for sailing, as the wind is apt to be good then. During the heat of the day you can lay to a while if you want to. Sailing by night is not advisable, unless some one in the party knows the river very well. ‘The first part of the journey will probably preve the least interesting, as all Washing- tcnians are tolerably familiar with the Po- tomac down as far as Colonial Beach. From there cn, however, to get the most out of the trip, it should be made in easy stages. The Wicomico river is an interesting one, nor should you fail to touch at Blackiston’s and St. George’s Islands, while Leonard- town will be found worth the visit if time can be spared for it. Wakefield, the birthplace of Washington, can also easily be visited. By landing at the iron screw pile wharf, recontly completed by the gov- ernment, the ruins of the old house can be reached by a walk of a couple of miles. The wharf Is some five or six miles below Colonial Beach. One can also reach the place directly by going up Pope's creck, but this route is a circuitous one, and the only practical way of making it in a sail- boat is by going up and coming back with the tide. This will be found to be the case With all the narrower creeks, where the tide sets in and out very strongly, and it 18 @ waste of time and patience to try to run them any other way. The Coan and Yeocomico rivers on the Virginia side, and St. Mary's river on the Maryland side :.re also interesting, while an inspection of the light houses at Cobb's Island, Blackiston's Island or Point Lookout is well worth any one’s time. Take a Chart Along. A trip of this nature will be found doubly enjoyable if it is undertaken in the spirit of a real cruise. A chart of the course pursued, which, by the way, should be in genera! decided upon before starting, is an advisable thing, and a log book kept from day to day makes interesting reading after- ward. Strict discipline should be kept up on board, and a captain should either be chosen for the entire trip, or else, if all <he party understand saiiing, they might taxe turns commanding from day to day, like the generals in the Greek army. The worst thing to be feared on the cruise is a two or three days’ calm, or a continu- ous rain. In either case there isn't much to be done but go into camp and make the best of it. And sometimes it isn't so bad after all. ———__—_ HOT CORN AND COOL FINGERS. A Simple Device for Lovers of the Succulent Ear. What lover of hot, sweet corn, who likes to eat from the cob, has not wished for some means to partake of the succulent ear without soiling his fingers or burning them? He may rejoice now, for a corn fork has been invented to supply the want 80 long felt. Though it is called a fork, it does not cok a bit Hke the conventional article of that name. It is a Httle device of wire made some- what Ierger than the average ear of corn. ~~ CORN ee It consists of two pieces that slide back and forth, so as to make the fork longer or shorter to fit an ear of any size. The ear, steaming hot, is placed in the fork and automatically fastened by a slight pressure of the rand. The fingers grasp the wire, and do not come at all in con- tact with the corn. A screw at one end of the fork holds the cob fast. A turn of this screw naturally gives the cob a turn, and so it is revolved until the corn has been all eaten. It is all so simple that the smallest child can understand it, and it can be fitted to a portion of an ear just as well as a whole one. The fork is made of galvanized steel wire, so that it is easily washed, and will nelther collect dust nor rust. ge Besieged by Nuns. From the London Globe. A curious tale of a besieged and conquered monastery belongs to the early history of the Canary Islands,and fs retold by Chas. Fa- wardes in his description of the isles. In the early part of the eighteenth century there lived in Orotava, on the island of Teneriffe, a convent of Dominican nuas, who, after some years of ease, had the misfortune to be burned out of house and home. They went into temporary quarters for a year, but became dissatisfied with such incon- ventional walls, and bezan looking about for a permanent abidiug place. At that time there was in Orotaya a’ house of Jesuits, which had lost its former import- ance, and, though commodious and health- ful, gave lodging to but two men, the rector of the house and his assistant. On this mansion the nuns cast covetous eyes, and soon resolved to appropriate it. One morning about forty of them advanced against it, by strategy induced the Jesuit brother to open the outer gate, and then, trooping into the courtyard, fell on their knees, thanking God for this preliminary success. In vain did the two monks reason with them on their scandalous conduct. They merely held their ground, exclaiming: “Father Andrew, this is a large cage for so few birds!" Some of the more reasonable members of the sisterhood explained t they were really in need of a dwelling as spacious as this, and that they did not pro- pose leaving ft. ‘The rector, in despair, fled into the sacristy, from which retreat he ex- horted his colleague to be of good cheer. “Patience, brother,” cried he, “and do your best to extricate yourself from those ladies!” That, however, was more easily said than done, especially as the nuns were becom- ing so excited that they might momentarily have been expected to resort to the argu- ment of nails. The siege lasted for three or four hours. News of it flew about the town, and bands of young men, scrupulously neutral, watched proceedings from the bars of the outer gate. Eventually the Jesuits yielded, and the nuns occupied the house until @ new convent, entirely to their taste, was erected for them. ———_+ o+—_____ - Tall Chimneys, From Chambers’ Journal. The highest chimrey in England ts sup- posed to be that at Barlow & Dobson's mill at Holton; it is 368 feet high, and is built of 800,000 bricks and 122 tons of stone. It is excelled by at least two in Scotiand—the St. Rollox chimney in Glasgow is 445 feet and the Townsend chimney in the same city is said to be 468 fect high. But the steeplejacks make no more of climbing such chimneys than one a third of their height, though the vibration is more serious at times. All chimneys vibrate, especially in a gale—it is a condition of their safety— but the oscillation at the top is a serious matter for any one at work there during a high wind, and in such conditions the job 1s postponed to a calmer season. Lanca- shire also boasts one of the crookedest chimneys in the country—a shaft at Brook Miil, Heywood—which is nearly 200 feet high, but is more than six feet out of plumb. It has been belted with iron bands, and is considered secure. ——_+ e+ ____ As to Her Fiance. From Puck. He—“Dat fellah what she’s engaged to am de wuss crank I ebbah did see.” She—“Yo’ doan’ say so?” He—Deed he am! He dcan’ keer fo’ chickings, an’ he doan’ keer fo’ watah- melon, an’ he nebbah played policy in his lifer’ KNIGHTS OF THEROAD A Party of Genuine Tramps on the Outskirts of the City. BROTHERS AND PARTNERS IN LEISURE They Have Been Wanderers Ever Since the Close of the War. HOWTHEYMANAGETOTHRIVE enact STAR REPORTER happened across a party of four genu- ine tramps a few nights ago in one of their familiar haunts on the outskirts of the city. It was well into the night, but the members of the “hobo” fraternity were planning their campaigns tor the following day. The reporter joined them for un hour, and encouraged them to spin yarns of themselves and their adventures, The night was an excessively hot one, and as they were used to the open air and cared not for early hours, they seemed per- fectly content to sit and enjoy the report- tobacco and tell incredible yarns. It frequently happens that a party of tramps consists enurely of persons of the same class. Soldier Tramps. ‘These men were “soldier tramps.” When the call for troops was sounded in the early sixties, they had enlisted in the army; they had served until the war closed, and then they became wanderers This class of men, though, is rapidly growing smaller. Its decrease is accounted for principally, if not entirely, by the age of the men. The death rate among them is large, and as the welght of years becomes increasingly her jer, they cease their meanderings and pt into the Soldiers’ Home: > four men had been on the road almosi continuously since they left the army. They all received Small pensions, and with that aid were able to move the more conveniently from place to place. Brothers and Partners. Two were brothers, and they told with a tcuch of pride that they had not been Separated for twenty years. It seemed that they served throughout the war in a Wisconsin regiment. They spent a year after the war closed at their old home, and then took to the road. The reporter asked them if they had trades. They replied, with surprise, that they had not. In fact a knowledge of any special branch of in- dustry or art would have been of no value to them, for they certainly would not have followed it. They had become tramps, they said, and they enjoyed the life. They had just reached this city, having come through Pennsylvania. Last summer w; spent ir the region of the great lakes. In the fall they went into Indiana and grad- ually journeyed east unul they reached western Pennsylvania, where three months were spent (whether forcibly or not they did not say, and the reporter did not ask). The elder brother scemed to be the mouth- piece of the firm, and at the conclusion of his little tale of their travels he said: “We allus pools our funds. It don’t make dif- fence which one o' us strikes it rich, me and Sam divides ever’ time.” Kinder Sad Like. One of the little party was a son of old Ireland. The others poked fun at him fre- quently, but he cared little for their jeers. He seemed to prefer not to do much of the talking himself, but was an attentive listener to the stories of the others. The reporter subsequently learned from one of the men that Matt ‘had been wounded in the head and that made him “kinder sad like.” His career bad been chat of a typi- cal tramp, as was shown by his story, which, piece by piece, he slowly unwound. He was in one of the regimenis recruited from New York city. He had only been in active ser months when, to use his own term, he was “hurted.” After he left the hospital he spent several years among the mining camps in the west. During the centetnial he came east and took up his quarters in the vicinity of this city while he waited for the allowance of a pension which was a long time coming. Finally, however, he received it; then he took to the road in earnest. With pride he remarked that he had never had his pension sent to the pest office twice—meaning that he was always on the move. His pension was only a trifle and with it he invartably beught a new suit and treated as many of the boys as happened to be handy. The reporter asked him what became of the new suit usually. With a sly twinkle he replied, “I pawn it within a fortnit.” Mate confines his travels to the eastern section of the country. Occasionally, he said, he went over the line into Canada, but rarely was far from the coast. Possibly he Wanted to be as near the emerald isle as he could without crossing over. “Red Tip. The fourth member of the group was a big fellow whom the others called “Red Tip,” presumably because his nose resem- bled a red ripe strawberry of unusual pro- portions. He carefully explained the con- dition of this member, as well as his nick- name, by drawling out, think I bin drinkin’, of th’ sun on m’ face.” That the cause Was something besides the sun not one of the party doubted. No one, however, said so, for he was the biggest and strong est hobo in the crowd. His army service had been with the regulars. For some years thereafter he ran an engine, so he said, on one of the large railroads, and was only forced to retire from that’ posi- tion because of failing eyesight. Either he was led to engage in railroading because of his roving disposition or else that voca- tion greatly ¢eveloped his love for travel. His Country His Home. Possibly both, for it was his boast that his home was the “whole U. He was just in from Philadelphia. Last winter he spent “doing” the west. Then he took out across the northern boundary of the ccuntry, staying awhile, he sal4, in Chi- cexo and Buffalo, and finally left Boston in a sailing vessel, on which he stayed, from force of necessity, until Philadelphia was reached. His pension would be due again in September, and he was going to remain in and around the city until that time. In fact, that is probably what they are all here for. They will not stay here steadily, but will camp in the vicinity until another installment of their govern- ment stipend shall become due. Then they will return to their chosen Ife on the road with renewed energy, and this lit visit at the capital will become one of the events of the past. A Desperate Cry From Kansas, From the Atchison Daily Globe. ‘There is a fortune awaiting the inventor of an effective chigger remedy; a remedy which will take hold of a chigger instantly and kill it. People are franilcally search- ing here and there for something that will kill the terrible pesis, but so far in vain. The chigger does not seem to be in the least disturbed by the attempts on its life, and finally dies at a ripe old age. The chigger lives three or four days, but it Seems an age to the persoa on whom It ts living. Damp salt rubbed vigorously on the bump where a chigger is locat- ed will afford temporary relief, Lut when the chigger dies he is merely salted down, Ammonia makes the chigger a little sick, put it recovers in a few hours and eats heartier than ever. Let somo cne invent a cure chigger remedy, and he will not only become a millionaire, but an appreciative public will erect a monument for him @ mile high. oe Just Like Women, From the Buffalo Times. Manshun Howze—“Money talks, you know, my boy.” Westsidc—“Yes; that's true. But it doesn’t always think before it speaks.