Evening Star Newspaper, November 12, 1898, Page 13

THE EV PUBLISHED DA SNCEPY SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDING 1161 Peaas;ivzais Avsin, o-, by The Evening Star Newsp1p-r Company, s. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’ 1 3 Tew York Offce. 49 Fotter Bui eo Zz The Evening Star ts served to sndecr! etty by carries. on thelr own a-count. Ber week. o- 44 certs per monta. Cop counte b. By mail-answhere tn the United nada—pestage prepald—S0 cen:s per month, Saturday Qrirtunte Sheet Star, $1 per year, witd foreign vostage added. $3.08. tBatered at the Post Oftice at Washington, D.C. | Os seccnd-cle + mail matter.) | £7 All oral! subscriptions must be pat! tn advance. | Rates of advertising made known on application. — | AES wv “NOTE | wv t * Tf you'd enjoy instant Nervousness, | Dizziness, Indigestion, | Dyspepsia, | Exhaustion, | Br Fag. less, be ae] gredient - It is indorsed by physicians and used ; by the masses in preference to all other i similar preparations. Eo ote the word PEPSIN when pur- NY chasing, and accept no other. iy At All Druggists. 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The most abundant species is known as Coprinus comatus, or meadow cape. Probably a million of them have sprung up within the last month. This species is a tall, narrow fungus, hanging lke a cape around its st It turns black and semi-liquid with age. The young plant 1s 4 good morsel raw, with pepper and salt, old plants make an excellent cat- next in number fs Chtocybe mul- -brown mushroom, growing t can probably not be seen a = and the Th sup. ticep in cl n cut from most beautiful one, however, and comparatively nev on the list, is tus. a variety of Tricholoma persana- It is of a pale purplish color all over otherwise neat and clean in appear- e, and is as good as it is handseme. It quite fleshy and makes a good frier. ucina is quite abundant also, but arly passed its s hile is Lepiota n has now r se mushrooms are not quite as palatable the meadow mushrooms with 4 nk lamellae, the as g00d a food as our or- dinary vege and require not much more skil. in cooking. But aside from the use that should be made of this enormous f human food that is now going curiosity to which public jould be called. Though these io! fungi grow between bushes 41d weeds, it is THE WORD PEPSIN TAKE | Pepsin nent cure from the following ils: BROMO-PEPSIN is absclutely harm- ing a compound of the purest in- services of an eminent, scientific refraction- ist without charze. s of the eves and their remedving lenses. |g! Ww Ns v O relief and perma- 5 a a aaa ste Sete . against great odds, Consult our ‘Il speak to you. We offer ou It costs nothing to know asses or not. need expert refractionist here a study of the physical et your eyes without charge. of them can be paid for this w ay. The Bargain Giver and Reliable Jeweler, Established 1846. h the tre which the capital wonder of now boast. RED J. BRAENDLE. the above was written it has be ed that the light c n bluish purple | mushro! that grow on these flats are | rly identical with the celebrated ‘ sh Blewits,” a species that is i demand in the London markets of or with Blewits is considered that not everybody can afford, and here uch cutlets grow by the thousands on this island, and we have not been aware of it until now. FY. B. —___ as the Cause. Yo the Lditor of The Evening Star: We-hear on all sides people talking about the explosion at the Capitol, and different theories as to its cause. I live in an apart- ment house where gas ranges are used in the kitchens, and, from the experiences of the families using them, can confidently assert that poor gas is the cause of all the trouble. We have been obtiged to complain every few days to the gas company, as it was impossible to cook at all, and the men sent to remedy the trouble have given various reasons as to the cause. The first. man who came said: “Madam, it was a great r you did not have an explosion.” said the pipes were stopped up with or dirt. At the gas office they tried to make me believe that the rane was at fault, but after every biow-out the range works perfectly until the pipes fill up again, which is-about every three 5. {f the peopie of Washington are satisfied with poor gas and big bills (and I hardly think they are, for I was told that 250 complaints were made at the gas office in one day), I am not, and ask through your columns if there cannot be some redress whereby the gas company can be obliged | to furnish pure gas so that we may Le } relieved from the constant danger of ex. plosiors. oe November 12, 1898. ee It pays to read the want columns of The Star. Hundreds of situations are filled through them. "WASHINGTON, D. C,, j There is iS) ATURDAY, MBER 12. NOVE 1898—TWE REAL ESTATE GOSSIP] THE NATIONAL GUARD ——— ny Prevailing Rates of Interest for} Nothing of Importance Being Done Loans Secured on Realty. oe LARGE INVESTMENTS OF CAPITAL Use of Street Railroad Tracks by Various Companies. General SOME IMPROVEMENTS It is believed that the questions involved in the case now pending in the courts to determine the meaning of the law requ irg fically the Metropolitan and the Brightwood street railroads to make track- sD age arrangements have a wider application than merely to those two roads. The peo- ple who 1 long the 7th street road and out Brightwood and Takoma, and also Woo. and at other points in that general vicinity in Maryland and the Dis- are naturally in the out- the legal proceedings, for the rea son y beleve upon it depends whether they are to have the benefits of a contin- s ride on a street car line from the center of the city to the bounds of the Dis- ‘t, as residents in other parts of the s either now have or will have in > near future. Right to the Tracks. there is no doubt that this is of vital importance to all that re- gion, yet it is thought the law which is to be tested also involves the right of one street railroad to use the tracks of o If it is decided that street 1- roads have a legal right to use the tracks of other reads then the way is opened up for mutual angements which will re- sult in i ving the railroad facilities of the city. As an be readily undersiood, will work important chang a tion in this city and several companies to make arrangements which otherwise wold be impossible without the of Congress. For example, the Columbia Railroad Com- pany would be authorized to use the tracks of the Metropolitan road either at 9th street or at 14th street, and could run the either north or south. Ali sorts of nations could be made between the in the city with th fi into the subirbs, it wo i - to bring 4 nd in thos the univer s . In this we faciliti t railroads in all their variety of con ns would be enjoyed by the public and yet without waiting for the t'mc which some think the near future, whea all th ads of the District will be under agement and one ticke will be go: a trip from one part of the city burbs to another. The Rate of Interest. The prevailing rate at which loans taine: on real esta has char lly within the past few wee now more common to hear of mon 4 per cent and 4%, while even in the lar advertise nents papers In regard to it is rare to sce moncy per cent. It is a taken the pl st rate to loatr characte! the other day that at 4 per cent lu- n cn resident property and upon a v. tion of two-thirds of a conservative ¢ mate of the market value of the property st tii 2 pre ut G per cent was aling rate, although h t that time ever, 4 per cent money was extreme! to find and was only obtainable on gi edged ry ow, however, money i being rath freely loaned on good ré estate si ity at 4 per cent, although as yet, perhaps, the bulk of the money now ring placed yields either 4% or 5 per cent. Opportunities for Investment. The cheapn of money, or rather its abundance, as the prevailing rate of inter- est indicates, is looked unon as the fore- runner of a greater activity in business, brought larger re through loan out by the efforts to secure n upon money than is afforded the channels of investments by d that peope who have y to look about for what y be termed tulative chances, and when that becomes at all g then it ts said there will be an active market in all dire he low rate of money at pre Vailing in this cured on le en indication of of real es v 1bt about the pr ‘al prospects of this city it would be le to induce shrewd capitalis cities to place large sums of money either as Ic as invesiments. Capital From Other Cities. Yet in both respects this is being done a the present time to a very large extent. proportion of the money used in re: state loans in this District comes from corpora- tions outside of the District, and while this is not a new custom, yet it may be said that at no time has hington real estaie emed to be sc S an investment is the case at y will beg nt pre. . especially for loans also be said that one of the notable s of the recent de: been the mounts of money by ous enterprise ng expended in street con: ion and betterment in this irfet the large sum of two millions of dollars, with the prospect that in the near future a very large additional amount will be laid out in similar work. Other enter- prises might be mentioned, but enough has been stated to show that capitalists believe there are opportunities here for remunera- tive investments. Improving a Residence. The residence of Mr. Rufus N. Tilton, 220 2d street northeast, is being thoroughly re- modeled under the direction of Mr. Arthur Cowsill, builder. A new, front has deen bullt of Pompeiian brick and Geneva stone. There is a classical cornice of molded brick and copper, and plate g!ass has been put in the windows. A cellar has been dug under the entire house, and a hot-water heating plant put in. The house is located in what is known as Summit terrace. Some Improvements. A row of five houses will be built on F street between 6th and 7th streets north- t from plans prepared by A. B. Mullett & Co., architects. They will each be, two stories in height, 16x33 feet, ad the fronts will be built of red brick and white stone. The same architects have prepared plans for remodeling the residence of Rt. Buch- anan, 2015 Q street. A back building will be erected, which will contain the dining room and kitchen. Two houses are to be built at 2936 and 2838 Ith street northwest. They will be three stories high, 19x13 feet. Four houses will be. built by Oella Chap- pel at 917-925 19th street southeast will be two stories in height, 16x35 with press brick fronts. A row of eight houses will be built at 1111-1125 Half street southeast by B. H. White. They will be two stories in height, 12x32 feet. es at Headquarters. RECENT ORDER FROM GEN. HARRIES Company Officers to Make Requi- sitions for Ordnance Stores. FERN BE ‘INSPECTED ———_— TO The quiet in National Guard affairs con- tinues. Practically nothing of importance will be in order until after the muster out of the Ist District of Columbia Volunteer Infantry, now in progress. Among the orders issued during the wi S one over Gen. Harries’ signature set- ting forth that Capt. W. H. Allaire, 234 United States Infaniry, having been com- issioned by the President, under the pro- of the act of Congrese approved 1, 1889, as adjutant general of the of Columbia militia, with the of lieutenant colonel, to date from June 1 iss, is announced is adjutant general will be obeved and respected accordin Capt. John A. Dap d Unites Infantry, now on duty with the District of Columbia militia as special inspector and instructor of drills, ceremonies and disci- pline, will enter a such next week. C lished his office in the taff, District of Colu aut hi militia third floor of the Ames building, 1410 G street. Orders to Capt. Dapray. general di- ar- Capt. Dapray has been gi rections to visit, at his discretion. the ies and ether places of assembly different organ of the N Guard, and in connection with thic will be governed by the verbal instructions From Kimberly to R. HATRED OF FRANCE Has Survived Among the English Since Napoleon’s Time. _— EVENTS OF INTEREST IN LONDON Movement on Foot to Establish a New Atlantic Line. FAMOU: OYSTER FEAST A Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. LONDON, November 2, 1898. e spectacie of a British general being ‘d by his admirers on his return from a victorious campaign was the sight to which London was treated on the arrival of Sir Herbert Kitchener last Thursday evening. The strests around Victoria sta- tion, the West End terminus of the London, Chatham and Dover railway, were blocked, and the police, usually so well organized on occasions like this, were utterly demor- ized and powerless to cope with t crcwds. The sirdar was regularly mobbed. At one time he was so hemmed in that he was unable to move. Lord Roberts was knocked off his feet by a reporter who hurled at him by an oy2r-zealous constable; Prince Christian Victor was sent stagge ing across the platform, and the sirdar’s j hat was knocked over his eyes and his coat torn. “I'd rather be in Omdurman,” he was heard to gasp as he suffered th2 martyrdom of such a weleome. At on> time they lost him in the crowd, and 1 might have got safely away unnoticed if he had yelled with them. Finally he es eaped by crossing through the Brighton line station, and was well on his grav> square, where he is staying, when the crowd was still clamoring for him out- side the station. The ever useful hansom was the means of escape. The best and y to Bel- those exquisite shapes th rooms and store, and fina given him by Gen. Harries, and euch subse- | the worst 2lements of London were in that juent orders as may be issued from time | c . All the excitement over Fashoda diat fit: to time from District militia headquarcers. 1 all the ingrained British hatred of | mediate profits, as In the performance of this duty Capt. renchmen were in the greeting to the protits, we pu Dapray has been authorize@ by Gen. Har-| hero of Khartoum. It is curious, thi ries to supervise the instruetion of officers in discipline, and #ll that pertains to th performance of miliary daty, wich me n proper for the best fterests of the National Gard. Capt. Herbert Slocum, 7th United ates Cavalry, pi g to the war,’ occupied the position to which Capf Dapray ha n assigned. Tt is a detaiFef inaportance. icularly this time, when the reor- nization of the en Ibe ni his hands », DRactically y will ha 3 point, and the general impre that the guard is to be congratulated on ihe detail of such an efficient and popular offfeer, The plans of cL. y. so fal as they mapp rovide fer a visit stion next week to, thé United State mer Fern, now th@prastice ship nd of the The ations of the : ted in turn, wer Ordnance Stores, Official notification having been received at District m headquarters from the nited Stated army, that orders have been duly given for the ‘ssue of ordnance st to the District Na Guard, - the company or anding officer of zation has heen dl- report through military essary reanigition for the of the various articles of required to equip fully the of men actually present on It is explained that, to the énd that regi- mental and battalion commanders may have that ki dge which will enable oF - in the action necessary guard at aj standard of for any duty waich s made the duty of permanent or temporary” gommanding f regiments and battalions e, ly and personally. that. the directions mptly and literally corhplied with. delay which may appear at he ers unnece i ed, expl se found re for will, especially in view of the admonition that has been kiven, be held to rigid official accountabil- ty. to maintain the thorough preparednes may be prescrited, it Requisitions for Clothing. The e: tion at headquarters i at an early day the special requisitions s\ pitted to the War Departmeht for uniform clothing will be honored. Regimental and battalion conmanders have ‘therefore been irstructed to at once cause to be forwarded to headquarters complete requisitions for clothing for the non-commisstoned staff, as Well as those necessary to equip the various panies of their respective organizations. Commanding officers cf separate and inde- pendent organ ve been insiracted to submit their requisitions fer both ord- nance and clothing direct to heaqquariers. Naval Battalion Appointments. The nominees for appointment in the 1! Battalion as surgeon arid éhief engineer ar to appear hefore boards of examination next week. The board of examining sur- eons in the National Guard, under Major Henderson, will convene ‘Monday to ex- amine Randolph B. Brummeit, who has been nominated as surgeon, with tne rank of lieutenant on the commander's staf Chief Engineer Baird of the United Stat y will convene a board of volunteer en- ginzers of the regular service during zh> week to examine Thomas W. Power, who has been named as chicf e ot with the rank of licutenant in the Naval Reserves. Lieut. Henry J. Keough, Company A, Ist Battalion, has been authorized to receipt on invoices in order to enable €apt. Charles necessitry: property re- action on. hig resigna- ns, tion. Private Frank 5th Battalion, pending final Forrester, Company B, has been transferré@ to Com- pany A, 2d Battalion, and! Private Henry W. Kaufman, Company A;: 1st Battalio: has been given an hon discharge. Privates Richard H. B ‘ef an@ Wiiliam H. Tolls, Compeny-A, and! 4 mas E. Fra- zier, Company D, Ist Sepa¥ate Battalion, have been discharged. ‘ In the Criminal '‘@our@. Edward Tolson, colored, was ‘yesterday convicted in Criminal Couf® No*1 of as- sault and battery on Jantés Carter, and was sentenced by Chief Justice Hfhgham to eleven months and twent¥+ning® days in jail. The night of October 29. Totson, Car- ter and several other coloréd@-man became involved in a bar room rowtover half a pint of gin. Upon leaving the place, it is charged, Tolson pulled a pistol and fired at Carter, striking him iniithe right leg. pa Was indicted for assgult with intent to “ . fs Charles Young, convicted f assault with intent to kill, was sentenced-te thfee years in the Ohio state penitentiary. A like sen- tence was tmnosed on Loumitta Pinnick, convicted of lerceny from the person. —— At Twenty Dollars a Foot. Mr. William Birney, as attorney for Mr. J. V. Olcott of New York, the owner of the lot at the southwest corner of New York avenue ard 14th street, has submit- ted to Mr. Matthew Trimble of the com- mittee appointed te select a site for the proposed Masonic temple, a proposal to sell the site for $20 a square foot. The lot contains 9,688 square feet, which would make the price for the land $193,760. | PSgeaticre is the real origin of the feeling a red, esp2cially among the middle ¢! ingland, for the French. The Germans disliked because they have come to is country ard taken work from English- men, but this is not true of the French. For sons for the Britisa-:r’s hatred of his Gallic neighbor one would have to go back to Napoleonic times, and there he would find them, when every British house- hold was for years in a constant state of throw fluence over the land, and were built and main- tained all around the coast; when hundreds anywhere, of companies, compesed tile of the soil, re drilled into militia, ard, like our own “minute m2n,” were fre- roused from their beds by the cry, “The French are coming!” Why This Feeling. of farmers and inst the French. The various revoly- Diamond Merchants. tions in France and the rise and fall of 3 suecessive monarchies and republics’ have | 10 amoupt of working the raproaciement done nothing ‘to allay this sentiment, but | !dea will be of any use in this case. have;-ratHer added to it. The Germans are ‘Transatiantic Trade. disliked, though not de: but the}! [| had a talk yesterday with Mr. John W. French are hated and held in thorough con- | Candler, who represented the city of Bos- | tempt. Not so much in cosmopolitan Lon- | ton at the unveiling of the Cabot memorial | don fg this seen, but In the provinces, where | monument at Briscol in September. Mr. | this Galiiphobia has been handed down | Candicr has met the most influential men | from fa) to-son without break, Is st to (of the country and been the recipient of | ' be found in all its streng Although the feeling which I mentione last week's letter has somewhat quieted down, efforts much courcesy while here and now is s mg home on the s.eamship Canada of the toward preparedness for a war have not | Vominion line on November 10. before he | been relaxed in any degree, and the quiet | 80s ne ts «0 have a conterence in London j Is the determined calm of those who Know | Wh some of the Srisvol merch whet they. want ard: Have given thelr ulti; | members) of ithe ristoll chamber | matum cn the subject. Even the Specta- | merce a aoe ace peat | not be aecused of jingoism,|:10n and the heads of 1 peril of war by no means ee wider apr ~ | past. It sees in the French demands some- | Vander eotandl eee =| thing mo n trade interests. In speak- Seen OeE oe eo ering me part of France to Ingres che mroject on: the He has had in view the com- gore 2 ee esis of America and the pros- en enec Soemute te oes ice aOey peet of esiaplishing a line of steamers be- pare ate Ghazel' and an outlet on'|tveen’ Bristol and’ Boston. “Bristol. people Pees Ne means Deacticelly. hat Rio must || avers Wins tewa Wen aipith Aheeact tna ENS Wa 8 of Impeding, when conve- | enormous shipping trade exists between En ieee, sovereignty of Anglo-Eeypt | giand and America, and desire to get thelr over the river. She cannot have it without | Suing aud America, an Sora ake battle.” It then goes on to count the cost | Win men who are responsibie Inc. lan of & possible war with France. “The war | measure for the future prosperity of the | may, become unavoidable, and if so Wwe | western counties of England, and pointed {rust and belfeve that no one will shrink | out what Boston had already done to in- sro weet but it, will | crease her facilities as a seaport and what | put the clock of elvilization thirty | the government was now doing, with the | yea: e war, even if it is only mari- | result that has been decided to commence | time, must be waged on the modern scale will work at once in Bristol. They build rge docks, dredge their river Avon and generaily prapare for increased American trade. Elder Dempster & Co. are ready to put ships on the line suitable for passen: prs and freight, and in all ways things look England must be thoroughly armed, and when it is over we shall be minus a third of our fleet iost in destroying French ar- maments, our debt will be again eight hun- dred millions, and we shall have lost the opportunity ‘of securing advantages in | Bers and freight. and ir Se Mr. Candler is well pleased with the re- ae sult of his mission, and his impressions in A Siberian Scheme. regard to the shipping interesis of the United States, 2 Fifty-first. Congress, member, hav d by him in the vhich he was a n confirmed and to this countr! Mr. John Hammend, the we'l- known American m’ning cxp rt, has j returned from a most extensive explo.iag In parting hi trip in Siberia. So far did he penetrate {am convinced with his companions into the comparatiy - | hat the Ame Sisbrnqeeen real eaee ly unknown country and such wi the en freedom from th facilities given him by the Russian gov- ent navigation law » time has come when the prov on of jabor-saving machinery and the ingenuity of the American people have clearly dem- | ersirated that it would be advant the m: of our people to have and trade with the world. time that the United States re wisdon: of the policy Great Britain hos fol- lowed, and that w rmany is new energetically develoning in securing marke abroad for their surplus of manufaciured articles. It would be a great advantaee to have the American flag on America ships menncd by American me ports of the world where they ¢ find customers. And never has this course been more advisable than at the present, when we have reached cut to grasp more power.” ernment, that he got Gown weil on Mongcl'an border, where he made the fwl- est investigations. I hear ihat Mr. mond found a very rich field, an returned to London to advise the cf which he is a member, wit referer Sibertan mmeral products. te is composed w. it and Enel shen, who hav need to ask the public for any mo; will be a_big thing if the syn¢ into the S.berian scheme, for there is un immense amount capi al waiting to Le z of Hammond, whose record is s> good that he is said never to have made a professional mistake yet: To Russian government is par iew’ar'y gener- ous now regarding minng laws. It is to the interest of the country to have its min- eral fieids opened up, end I hear that R: hoe is preparcd to grant large conce:s!on3 foreigners cn easy terms, Ru: n capi- tal being scarce. It will be remembered that Mr. Hammond was one of the “Uit- landers’ who were arres’ed and condemned to death at Jchannesburz for he!ng con- cerned in the Jameson raid. It took the united efforts of the American and British ‘governments to secure the release of the:e men, and then only on the unders‘an ‘ing that if they returned to Krugerdom it would be at the forfeit of their live: Band Will Not Come. The Boston entrepreneur who thought he had succesfully arranged for a season for the band of the Coldstream Guards, the crack military band of England, and had already booked them to appear in various American cities is destined to suffer a great disappointment. It seems that the contracts made by the Boston man’s agent in London had to be made contingent upon the permission of the British war office being obtained for the band to go abroad. They may, and do, accept engagements to play at home, but going out of the country is another thing. The leader of the band, refuses to ask per- mission and insists upon the entrepreneur doing so. The matter is at a deadlock at present, but Dan Godfrey tells me that it is hopeless; the war office will never grant the permission. I intimated that perhaps the present condition of friendliness be- tween the two countries might make a dif- ference. Godfrey, however, that © A Historic Oyster Feast. An interesting and ancient festival was celebrated at Colchester, Essex, Monday night last, when 500 guests, headed by the Duke of Cambridge, the lord mayor of London, Lord Kelvin and the lord provost of Edinburgh, sat down to a feast of oys- ters. The Colchester oyster feast runs the inauguration banquet of the lord mayor of London very hard and Colne bivalves are more than an able second to Mansion House turtle soup. It is the enly other an- nual municipal banquet in England, and is a nicturescue survival of “merrie Eng- land,” when municipal reform was yet un- thought of, and eating and drinking—which were then at the public expense—appeared to be the most useful employment for mayor and corporaticn. The cld records of Colchester speak of a bewildering number of municipal junketings in the course of the year, at all of which oysters—owing to the proximity and fertility of the River Colne—were the chief feature. There was a feast when the mayor and cerporation went in their barge to open the fisheries, and another when they closed them. There was likewise a feast when they went ence a year to the Mersea Stone, or “Block- house,” to hold there their ancient court of jurisdiction, whilst there is evidence of Nberal consumption of oysters at the Jowance dinners,” though no one in Col- chester can tell what these “"lowance din- ners” were. At times the Colchester Gog and Magog would be seized with remorse— or indignation—and solemnly resolve to feast no more at other people's expense. These self-denying“ ordinances appear to have lasted a few weeks; but the end really From him to us direct saves you the inter We will ace. pt small ya:monts on goods Isid as R. HARRIS & CO., —= The regular permanent family circuftion of The Evening Star in Washington is more than double that of any other paper, whether published in the morn- ing or in the afternoon. As a medium for unobjec- tionable advertisements it there- fore stands unequaled and un- approachabie. Harris & Co. No. 3. The Diamond Cutter. The Diamond in the rough now comes to the fa- mous cutters in ancient Amsterdam, one of whom is represented in this drawing. This interesting and most difficult process converts the Diamond into at you admire so much. | The stone makes one further step toward our work- lly to you. rchase from the diamond cutters at first hand. That is why we can sell This Gorgeous Dia- ‘Oo de now for Xmas. = for _ Seventh and D. came with the passing of the munic’pal cor- porations act of IS35. of the many oyster feasts sury enact- ingly it now ew years as the Colche oyster feast. This one h had been held trom time immemer‘a! on St De , in connection w vichester’s most pop the cor in p to ur fair. It was the custom of tion to parade the Hig jon, to proclaim the fair adjourn to their moot hall tor of oysters and wine. This relic of the old civic feasting, a new im- portance was given to the sion by the when over 209 guests were and ever since the corporation with lavish hc endeavored to maintain the prestig r feast Lessons of the Oyster. Very menus are designed for each oc One of the verses on one of these menus is worth giving: ers rude may drag him fr am his sbell, probe, and pred, wud pepper Lin as well, nd sour bis mud existence. iut, what To live for seme brict space In movths of men Is fame—and such ccntents the cyster's soul; ‘To setisty is lis aunbitivn’s g al Acd, thoush not prod, his gent Ve re . in und ke a civie boduay; ster, destitute of spe al thing or two of interest I b art will Putter and butter aining way item that twenty ye the English mar now the same quantity The cro this year is the best that has been known for a very long time. L. H. MOORE. > Nuisance of Guide Book Sellers. Tot lity f The Can you sfate the seller ening Star what legal permission of guide books to the new Li brary of Congress solicit ujon the main sidewalk in front of the foun:ain there and along the stairway approaches to the build- ing? I live near the library, but for months have been so obstructed by these pamphiet venders that I have not yet enjoyed or sit to the architecture and the fountain. oon # rson a ese rpies him and dog to absorb the spir marring ought erruptions, much 2 thrust their maiforn ents of the rday | was y fc by a book tience was worn out, ard I t him I should find his master somew! As the same guide books ld in the foyer of the tibrary, why need they be sold on the street? Seeing their venders so bold, the cabmen frequently chase visitors with their carriages along a square or two by the library, mistaking residents of the neighborhood for tourists. I hope the police of the Cap’ wi break up a pernicious e: like begging, will become chronic unless now taken in hand. I have for nore than a year suffered from these guide book Arabs and desire to know if they have any oical protection in intruding themselves into the gateway of our study. BEDOGGED. November 10, 1898. a Thousands of situations have been ob- tained through the want columns of The ol grounds mple, which, Star. eae (Copyright, 1898, Life Publishing Company.)