Evening star from Washington, District of Columbia • Page 2

CITY AND DISTRICT. BEAIi IATAXE JJAK KET? 1 lie snauner Holiday scmk new beorct. The r.sna! snmnicr holiday in the real estate world week. and ill probably continue for several weeks. The season has been lonsrerthan usual, and lM bin OM of conshlerh "vity.

although not marked by the rather feveri-n Impnim of what is known as a The buildings now course of erecti nwill prevent a stagnation in the building depnrtment. and mechanic? find plenty of work. '1 market is in a od condition, and as soon un problems of the political year an- d-nded the attention of investors will once ii! to the advantages afforded In ti ty. a- well as by this city, both as a place of residence and as a place ot investment. The r.

dullness in real estate is only relative, however. the daily record shows a larire i of transact ions, which, though small, uf a heaithy condition of affairs. impbotkments. Mr Cleorge T. is building a two-story house on street, between and loth streets, a c--t of A ry house Is being built on 13th ptrectf.

between ti and II streets southeast, by Mr. II. Bryan, at a cost of Lieut. R. F.

Tilley is buildinir a fine house on U-tween 19th and 30th streets, at a ost A hon-e is being huiit by Mrs. A. Powell on l.rfh street. I 'tween and (J streets, at a cost of Two two-story are being built on Tth strei-r northeast by Catherine E. Kmmons, ot a cost Mr.

K. W. Woodruff is building a factory for the manufacture of tile holders, at and Massachusetts avenue; at a cost ot Mr. K. Anderson is buildinir a two-story house on Lanier avenue.

Meridian Hill; at a cost of two-story dwelling Is being erected by Mr. August Hiirhstrict, between Stoddard and vh street; at a cost of $1,750. Mr. J. Harry forth is about to commence the ereet of a handsome villa residence at Mount 1'ieasant.

It will be feet front and 70 feet deep exclusive of projections. It will have foundation water tal le. hich fiie frame will be covered with t'ne patent brick weatherboard. The cost wiil be about 1 leorire is the architect. Trie new residence oi tieu.

Knlflln, in the county, by the same architect, is now being built somewhat similar to the one above. It will also be covered with the patent brick weatherlwiarding. It will cost about Mr It. F. Ollbert'snew house, planned by Mr.

Emmerf. will be of stone first story and baseit ent and the third story of the imitation brick wi iitlierboanl with a on the corner about 4o feet high exclusive ot the finial. Mr. Emiiiert has finished plans for a school 1 in Alexandria. hich will make a very handsome structure.

DKKTAHUK'S l'foplp V. Ito Kill i'lirinvlvt'fii Why I iwiertnUers omiiiif Suicide? li) Tiiey Are 'Not "Folks have no idea how many people kill themselves." said Tiik Star man's undertaker a- he irked tiie lace around the face of a new "No, folks have no idea;" and he in place the pillow of the narrow tenement. "Are there asked The Star. taking a the edge of an ice-box, hich he imiiieUiately vacated agnin. people take any account of.

Of course, wien one butchers himself everybody hear- of it. and there's a sen ation. But l'-t- oi kill themselves "juietlv. and it's "'t 1 it-? ed up. I never could see how a man foph-ces.

and all that sort it! rei ce to taking some easier li d. i ii just cut this little vein here," 1 mutiny his fagw under Ins it onld tix "em quick There an- lots of ways of into my hands without your-eif. But tare to di.scn.s- then." and stow themselves -n rge-; I'-ik Shu man. na steps fton that unsympathetic object opoa which his hand had tinconsoiousiy resting. "Ves." rej the undertaker with a frigid snii.e.

-t' I as to the North vv clas- oi (M'opie commit -u'cide most?" I'llk interested in tiie topic, "There are two principal classes at the ends of v. to sneak. Folks of liiirh who have suffered some taint .1 i hoiior.or who llnd themselves on dow nward path, and those.who are the ontcasta who have tasted the bitfcr and swe? of life, in violent excess, and are sunken in d- a spirit." 1 he undertaker be. a- more and he remained silent for a moment, eyes absently foiiow tiie outl.ne i the cottin upon which he sat. '1 umi'iiliikeia ever commit suicide?" asked Thl tV.e fjnick reply.

"As a P. xve -n't like in any line, particularly v. hen we are the subjects. Now. you are thtokiusr thai we undertakers don't think anyt'ut'ir oi that we sort of hardened to it.

That'- just where you are wrong, and v. her- i foiks are wrong. 11" evervbody iw as ii i death as we do. there wouldn't 1 any want it to i even? of hurrying it any. Handling the i i ard-n a it softens him.

When ii-. hands witli 'ath every day and to know him. lie don't want to hob-nob ni too freely. He mind a sjs'ak i it' don't crave intimacy. A man e- ctHiins tlon't like to lie in 'em.

sir. iii- continued; "we don't kill iLiid don't ueto other folks don't mind 'em when they are dead. It a an sort oi chicken-hearted, as they cu; an I've been handling i ari. a my irrown life, and don't know. I've never hen an ox killed.

1 never siui.k tid I went to Cincinnati, and I tion want to see it any more. The nearest I an ox killed was one day 1 as driving out near Tenleytown. I y.x" iceii the animal up v. itn a 'I' on? of them picked np nn ax; I 1U' v. as i.oing to it in ttie head, but I tu? 1 away, and went oil w.lhout ever iookirtir undertakers ever snperstitlous?" asked the I he replied, an odd smile playing ttie corners of his mouth, as lie to h.s liitil- i.

tiie po ht of a coff.n -i-rew. hen a man is that ith 'U eycr sit lip with tiie dead alone at night?" gei.eralh do that, when anyone but it's ttin1r out of fashion. It ii.t?-i unable -oine yats ago to Mt U'" ch'-i et.mes young folks wi at light ould have a ilofioaway with that now. among tiie Irish. Some of k.vp ii up .1.

They have akes ho. i I any of it. as they always o.r tne undertaker to get out of the w.iy be; re. i -1 ji.it comfortable enough." he as ii- a tack ill the Collin tj ho! 'ery. 's a new th-re, all you like to try Iherc's r.o ice in it i'l It' 1 1's i- tlon takes one of the t1- it li j-t-nii greater E- war, but the man who on bvi.tU i-s truly great.

Tliere Is no 3 ua ti ere. 'ihe law prwuih Iroui I'-iruili. astue pyraiidos tix-iu sioue to stone, 'urpeniur un. to play fast and 0i nt before Judge bruminond. 11c a nt-r, you Iieljted to should a law ci ois -wn maklne.

As Carpenter w- i.l of i ari-r-vii) under the a s. he n-markai a bn T. i lorn uruiaiiiond is the ablest U.Lb c-inirj iiasproUucetL I li w.th??Jt in a i -111' nvf-r the Adams In Milwaukee rn- or the lawy. r- lu a Ol'! aa.t still anotiier Uii! i ian-J stlli anoUicr t.lh for an s'iiu. beef! ate aniounted to but f.Fiu ia't orphan J'i 1 nt i liie oluuviH as Judge lie went In-iu lu-iu lo Item his Aneer lucre; aed.

It ls sidcl by those ho were tha ri" set ot men ever received such a i e- Ke i "-n. he said, "you co: -oodlawyers. Howmachmore art yoiyr xii to clients than mine to i h- V'u nave lor it: -v. u.ii you i oecn'ent of y. i t.

niv nt'. lor the -ame time? These ire is. The, aiv as men who a iieves at heart would make. 1' down those of (6 li to a' sucl. a piece rapine in 1 v.

one ot Vr Id In BB8IOH f. albmuMnrU) caivaCufeaali 1 "-li'ii uinounpi, ho, to re aw yilm, took mae oi ifeemmlcti preI 't'u 1 O. IJ- iiAJ.HC.wii iC UwU "'iui OI T-DOOH from Regatta? What the Raptc Hall are Doint-Bicjrcling, Canoeing, Ac. HfUaiia The prizes won at the regatta on Thursday were of unusual elegance, and consisted of cups and banners for nearly every crew, race and inj dividual gold medals for every winner. By winning the senior four-oared race the Potomacs became the possessors for a year of The Star cup and the post cup.

The latter becomes the property of the club winning it three successive I times. The Potomacs have won it twice. Last 1 year they defeated the Eurekas and Crescents, and this yeartheCoIumbias and Elizabeths. The. star cup is a perpetual trophy, similar to the Sharpless cup.

which was won the Columbia eight recently at Philadelphia. "The Star cup has been rowed for three years. The first year it was held by the Columbias, last year the Hillsdales won it, and this year the Potomacs have it. The Mason cup. for junior fours, has been 1 rowed for two years.

Crews from Baltimore or the District only are allowed to compete for it. When won three times it becomes the property of the club. Last year it was won by the l'oto- macs and this year by the Columbias. The Pal- 1 mer cup, for gig crews, has twice been won by 1 the Pennsylvania crew, and the Merchants' cup for light weight crews, has twice been won by the Potomacs. A good deal of unfavorable comment was passed upon the actions of a young member ot the Potomac ciub.

who rowed his single ahead of the contestants in the senior single race. In view of the many complaints in former years about similar actions, and the manifest injustice to ttie spectators at the finish, who suppose, of course, that the man ahead is the winner, it was 1 thought such practices were broken up on the 1 Potomac river. It is generally hoped, among 1 fair-minded boating men that there will not be such an occurience again. l'he features of Thursday's races were the magnificent and long-continued spurt of the 1 Columbias at the finish of the gig race, the i plucky rowing of the Analostans after louling the Ariels. and tiie wonderful steady rowing of the Potomac light weights in the gale of wind, Four men in the Norfolk gig crew looked very much disgusted, when the referee's tug passed tliem.

alter the fifth man had compelled them to stop, after rowing Dow and bow with the Penn- a sylvanias for nearly a mile. The Columbia backers were betting two to one on the Columbias against the field in the senior fours, and many a man 's pocket book was lightened. Everybody would have liked to see that race rowed on its merits. Of course, each 1 crew's friends claim a sure victory if the foul hadn't occurred. The Potomacs had a good i length's lead before the foul.

It might have been diminished, and it might have been increased the line was crossed. The Elizabeths ere confident of success, and still believe that but for the foul they would have been winners. Upon arriving home they will send an invitation to the Potomacs and Co- 1 lumbius to visit Norfolk at an early day to estab- lish the superiority of any one of the three crews in a friendly race. It is generally under- i stood that the Potomacs do not intend rowing anv more races this year, and it is difficult to say how such an invitation will be received here. The Potomacs were anxious to row their senior crew at the national regatta, but the entry was not made in time.

1 The Potomac club gave a hop at their boat house last evening. The Columbias are the only club represented 1 from this section of the country in the national regatta. The race for four oars include nearly ail of the best crews of the country. They are Minnesota ciub. St.

Paul, Watkins. Wat- knis. N. Huron club, Port Huron. 1 Fairraount Bowing Association.

Phila- 1 deiphia. Middlesex Amateur Rowing club, Cambridge, Nautilus club. Hamilton, Toronto Bowing club. Toronto, Wah- wahtahsee club. Ecorse.

Alcyone club, Elizabeth. N. Eureka club, Newark, N. Columbia club, Washington, Atalanta 1 club, New York, N. Argenaut club.

Toronto, Ont. i l'he other entries are: Single sculls (junior)? 1 Frank Lowrey, Watkins club, Watkins, N. E. Martin, Palisade club. Yonkers.

N. 1 1 John F. Cumming. Crescent club. Boston.Mass.; M.

Nautilus club. Beading. J. II. Kemp.

Somerset rowing club. Boston, James B. McKay." Bath club, Bath, J. I). 1 Byati.

Bradford club, i am bridge. Ed. J. i Mulcahy, Mutual club. Albany.

N. Richard Norton. Cumberland club, Portland. J. J.

1 Ijeriie. Ariel club. Newark, N. Daniel P. Now Ian.

Albanv rowing club, Albanv. Fred. Walter, Atahuita club.New York) N.Y.;(.i. A. Peterboro' club, Toronto, I J.

Hartley, Toronto club. Toronto, Ont. I Single sculls McLafl'erty, Wat- i kins club. Watkins, N. Frank J.

Mumford, Perseverance club. New Orleans, W. E. O'Connell. Cumberland club.

Portland, 1 Daniel J. Murphy. Crescent club. Boston. -1 i J.

J. Donahue. Port Huron club. Port Huron. J.

1). By an, Bradford cnio, Cambridge, John P. Buckley, Cumberland club. Port- land. J.

Humphreys, Toronto Bowing club. Toronto, P. A. Dempsey, Pennsylvania club. Philadelphia.

Martin F. Monahan, 1 Mutual Bowing ciub. Albany, N. Joseph La.ng. Grand Trunk Montreal.

Canada. Double club, llarrisburg. Crescent club, Boston, Laureate club, Troy, N. Toronto Rowing club, To- ronto, Ont. Pair Club, Albany, N.

Ariel Newark. N. J. Four oars club, Watkins, N. Mutual ciub, Albany, N.

Institute club. Newark. N. J. Eight club, Washington, D.C.

I Canoeing. The new burgee of the Canoe club was seen i for the first time on the river Thursday. Messrs. Wynkoop. Dodge and Moore flying it from their canoes.

It's color is red. ith a white circle, in 1 i which the letter is inscribed. The club's house has been undergoing repairs this week, and the wiiarf front has been fenced off. A float ami runway will be constructed next week. 1 1 be meot of the American Canoe association on Irind-Tone St.

Lawrence river, began -uid il! continue until the 15th. The i 1 Washington club is represented by Mr. Arthur F-rentano, who will be joined by Mr. H. H.

Suule i about August Sth. Passe no has an order booked for another ca- noe. to be constructed as soon as the one now buildlngls completed. The latter will be fin- is bed next week, and will be christened "No- I mad." Sfie is modeled especially tor sailing In i the wide waters of the lower Potomac andChes- apeake bay. and buiit to withstand the severest storms.

Her owner asserts his willingness to i a i sail her from Washington to Baltimore or Phil- adelphia, and says she will weather any storm the can kick up. Her dimensions I 1 are 15 feet by inches, with a depth amidships of 12 inches, increased to 15 inches at bow and 1 stern, ai.d her sail area will be 75 square feet, divided into two lateens of 50 and 25 feet re- I spectively. Mr. A. S.

Flint is in New England, where his Canoe Wind flower" has been kept thus far this S'-ason in anticipation of a cruise among the hikes and rivers of Maine. Canoe and crew are expected back to Washington soon, where the V' indtlower will be kept "in commission" for tlie remainder ot the season. Uiryrlintr. i The great bicycling event of the year will be the bicycle tournament of the Springfield Bicycle 1 club at Springfield. September 16th, 17th, isth and li'th.

The list of races, thirty-six in ail, no two alike, is the largest in the world. Fpwards of will be spent upon this meet alone. The grand stand holds 4,000 people, and an additional seating cajiacity will be built tor 1 6.000 more. The following will be the officers! of the tournament: Officers of the Atibott Bassi-tt. racing board.

A. Boston, manager of the Bicycling World. Judges, Dr. N. M.

Beckwith, president L. A. New York; i lial Donly, secretary and treasurer Canadian i 1 heelmen Association; F. W. Weston, chief consul C.

T. Boston; Lelaud Howard, Capi- tal club. Washington; B. B. Avers, chairman R.

B. committee, Chicago. Starter, Charles E. Whipple. Clerks of course.

F. W. Westcrvelt, i D. K. Miller.

F. E. Ripley. Scorers, C.eorge i Miller, E. M.

Wilkins, J. II. Fennessy, jr. Timer, I O. X.

Whipple. The bicjchng phenomenon of Washington Is young Seely. uged sixteen, who can be seen nearly every evening flitting about the city on one wheel. He pays no attention to car tracks or grades, and takes curbstones without difficulty. He rode over three miles the other evening without dismounting.

About thirty-five members of the Capita! Bi. cycle club will go to Norfolk to-night with their wheels, and to-morrow ill run to Ocean View, returning Monday morning. Bate Ball. i The Washingtons had the strongest nine of the season in the field yesterday, and they played a magnificent game, winning It from the strong Metropolitans in ten innings by a score of 5 to 4. The home boys made a few errors in the first part of the game, out afterwards they played faultlessly.

In the tenth inning after the visitors had been biaaked, Barr was struck in the arm by the ball and given his base. Fenneiy came to the bat and cracked a hard one whi'h bounded safe, and by an overthrow from right to third, Barr csSne home. The audience was intensely excited, and yelled and cheered continually towards the finish. Murphy, Oiin and Goldsby la the field make a wonderful Improvement. They are big fellows and good runners.

Mnrphy in particular runs well. He was caught between third and home yesterday, hut never lost his head. He kept i doiU.ing back and forth until tU? wiiQle tfctrv 1 polltan nine were on hand to see that he did not get through. Mr. John 8.

Hollineahead Is no longer the manager of the Washlngtons. At present the club is without a manager, and their president, Mr. Moxley. la lying dangerously ill. Fennely particularly distinguished himself in 9eldlng yesterday.

Yewell nearly lost the game by a couple of overthrows to first base. The Nationals won a game from the KeyBtones yesterday in fine style, by rallying in the inning. The score was 8 to 5. Reeder, the latest acquisition to the nine, plaved right 3eld, and made a very good impression. The following is the record of clubs in the rarious associations: LEAGUE.

Won. Won. Boston 4-3 20 Chicago 35 32 19 44 S'ew 28 49 Buffalo 39 27 Detroit 17 51 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION'. W(m- ljOSl- TTon. Lost.

Metropolitan.47 19 27 Columbus 44 19 Brooklyn 24 39 20 Toledo 21 42 Louis 42 22 Allegheny. ...21 44 Cincinnati 41 23 16 45 ithletic 37 29 12 50 ttnion association. Won. lost. Won.

Lost. Louis 45 9 Chicago 29 34 17 National 22 34 Boston 30 24 ..16 42 26 Kansas 4 28 EASTERN" LEAGUE. Won. Lost. TTon.

Ijost. iMlmincrton. .46 11 Domestic. 24 31 Trenton 32 28 Allentown .23 33 Virginia 28 25 Ironsides 18 21 Active 26 25 York 1 PLEASl'lKES AT REHOBOTH. Dancing to the Ittuwic of Old OceanA Leap Year Place Which the mosquito has not Jorresronaence of The Evening Star.

Rehobotit July 25th, 18S4. Alter breakfast we take our morning stroll 'long the beach, which extends north toward he lighthouse about five miles, and south oward Shell beach about seven miles. and the Douglass hou1- are at the extreme outheastern point of Delaware, on the mainfind side of Rehoboth bay and opposite Cape lay, and is now at the height of the season. The is excellent and will compare first with my on the coast. There are now two hundred or more guests principally from Washington and Phllatelpliia.

All sorts of pleasures are resorted to, jesides those provided by nature, as lawn tenlis. base ball, swimming contests, yachtlng.and. iltove all. which is due to our benevolent and ver good-natured proprietor, Mr. Walter Huron, are the dancing parties.

The "first grand lop of tiie season was last Tuesday week manured by Mr. Win. Goodwin, of Georgetown, and Mr. W. 8.

Thompson, of Washingon. and on last Friday was one of the most enoyable occasions that has occurred on the being attended by all the neighbors, cotagers and guests of the other hotels. The was a "leap year the floor comnittee being Misses Bessie McKeiden, Carrie bjhnston, Florence Ball and Mrs. Dr. Schooley, )f Washington, and Miss Jennie Chapin, ol 'hiladelphia.

These young ladies deserve great jredlt for the manner in which they tilled their positions end the gentlemen were lighly gratified and fluttered by the courtesy shown them by the ladies. The next occasion was a "Leap Year german" ast Tuesday, which was danced by twenty sou pie and led by Miss Ward, of and Mr. W. S. Thompson, ofWashingon.

They were both highly complimented for he new and pretty "figures" introduced and ilso for organizing the german. The favors vere quite novel, and gotten up especially for he seaside, consisting ot hand-painted shells, ied with ribbons, pin cushions, made of two 'hells filled with cotton and fastened with and banners made in crazy-quilt style; and uter hours' of enjoyment all retired to be uiied to by the roar of the restless ocean. There have been a many improvements ilwut the bath houses and the hotel, and everyhing concerning the comfort of the guest has caretully considered. There are no mosjuitoes or other insects to mar the pleasure of guests, and every one seems merry and in 'or anything for fun. Wushingtonians here are Miss C.

Ranney, Mrs. Schooley, Miss Bessie McKeiden, Miss Florence Ball. Misses Carrie and Bell Johnson, tf.W. Beveridge and family, Mrs. Jos.Tyssowski ind family, Mrs.

M. V. Milburn and lamilv. Mrs. M.

McGowan and family, Mrs. E. V. Thompson and family. Mrs.

Jno. Milburn and family, S. Thompson, Mr. M. C.

Shuster atid amiiy, and Mrs. J. V. N. Hujck and family.

I.etter from Jfew Windsor, Jorrespondence of The Evening Stab: New Windsor, July 29th. 1884. "Windsor Sulphur Springs," which is the winner name of the spacious and beautiful mildings of New Windsor college, is as usual at his time of the year filled with summer guests. very select company is here this year, and a 'ongenial and jolly company withal. The guest gave an entertainment last Saturlay night, consisting of tableaux, music, readngs, etc.

The program was arranged by Miss Eugenia Mordecai, a sprightly little visitor from assisted by Miss Ilessy Miller, of iirard college, Philadelphia: Mrs. A. T. King, Washington: Mrs. R.

M. Nellson and Mrs. D. 1. Miller, of Baltimore.

The event or the evenng was the "Jarley Wax Works," Mr. R. M. STeilson. of Baltimore, taking tiie part of Mrs.

farley, which be did to perfection. The gentlenan. by his witty phrases and comic manner tucceeded in putting the audience in the best of minor. Mr. Nellson also gave two vadings in graphic style, to the delight of the ist eners.

The readings by Miss Carrie Baker, of Baltlnore; Miss Anna Miller, of Washington; W. J. ind Miss Nora Ecker, of Carroll county, were xcellent and warmly applauded. The tableaux were all very beautiful and true nature, and were most creditable totheparicipants, and especially so to tiiose who arranged them. Instrumental music was given by Misses 'Ryder and Jelly and Mr.

W. W. Roop. and a rocal duett by Misses Hlingluff. of Avalon! At the conclusion of the program, Terpsichore lie fair goddess, ruled until a late hour.

Colege hall was the scene of a select audience, and he exercises were greatly enjoyed. The hope iaa been expressed, that, though this has been he first entertainment of the season, it will not jc the last. Esquimaux Dogs. Prom the Toronto Globe. When at Fort Albany we saw several Esquimaux logs, a species of canine unknown to civilized comn unities.

These dogs are very than Newfoundland and much stronger when lnconUtlon. Their strength, however, varies. In the when tliey are well led for driving, they are stouter and stronger than In summer, when hey an? poorly fed, without exercise and languid rom the heat, which Is very telling upon them, as Lhelr native climate far to the north Is very severe. I'helr colors are white and impure reeds are white and hair thick and jushy, and the tall long, bushy and curling up at he end. At times they are very quiet, at otners very savage.

They are driven, ordinarily, flvo In number, but iften many more, before sleds, one. Invariably a temale, leading, ror the others will follow her more readily. Each dog has a separate rein, which is tield by the driver, who has also a great whin made of sealskin, plaited as ordinary whips, but with the heavy part of the lash about the thickness a man's wrist. The lash Is from six to nine rat horns long, and the handle, made of wood from a foot to a foot and a half In length. When a log is not drawing properly or misbehaving in any ay lie or she ts drawn by his or her separate rein out from the rest of the pack to receive chastisement with the whip, and so well do they know what Is coming that Just as soon as the retn Is pulled the victim begins yelping and struggling to correct his or her ways before the whip comes along.

Great skill is required In the use of these whips, tor If not properly handled the great heavy lash cracks around the manipulator's body and legs, inflicting very nalnrui, and, sometimes, severe wounds, but in the hands of a person skilled In the use of them these whips can he used with threat predion and effect, sometimes completely cuttintr a dog's ear off. 8 Very remarkable stories are told about the manner In which the Esquimaux handle their whins but they are, 1 believe, slightly exaggerated. It is' said that they have frequently attacked and killed white bears, the most ferocious animals In the vicinity of James' bay. with a knife attached to the end of a whip. One of our party "tried his hand" with one of these and succeeded in punishing his legs rather severely, while a Hudson liav company's offlcer used it with as much ease and precision as a horseman would have used an ordinary whip.

Some Esquimaux dogs at Fort Albany had to be tied a long distance apart with 'oni chains while whole flsh were thrown to them! which they devoured wah astonishing suddenness! lest in their greed theF should turn uiS other. They are quite unmanageable when thev get on the track of dAer, and no person in check them In thetnrlld career as thev galIod "un hill and down toe and snow and through bush, with the sled in pursuit of the prey, ordinarily about slvty mlies a day, and very pleasantly ufad comfortably does a man travel in these northern regions, wrapped up in and furs upon a dog aied. Arrangements are being made for a reunion at an day ot ail the cx-conledciuU; soldiers ol iJowtoun couuty, Ya, lovebs sweethearts, Kabitw of Ttaax en Who Go Oal hth strctt courting. some valuable observations made bt a cardriver of the patrons of the m1dxigh1 love 8tohies in practicax reoclar callers and how the! to no mux miss the last car? linoehino farewells and prolonged goodxi0ht8. "That R-street man Is late to-night, remarked a 14th-street car-driver to a Stab reporter as he bore down hard upon the brake in response to a vigorous halloo that came uj from the shadows of the side street, rresentlj a young man rounded tlse corner at a rapid pact and, boarding the car, pieced his tare in the box, and then sank in the seat in a breathless condition.

The driver glarfced aronnd at his passenger, who vas fanning his heated face with his hat, and then, with a humorous twinkle In his eye, remarked in a lower tone to the reporter: "Something unusual has happened. His nights are Tuesdays and Saturdays, and here it is only Friday. He has always been the most regular one on the line. But that is the way it always ends." "Always ends?" ochoed the puzzled listener. "What always ends?" "Perhaps you don't know," responded the driver, with a knowing look at the reporter, and then he laughed at the thought of suet ignorance.

"I suppose you never went courting," hewenl on with good-humored sarcasm, "and I suppose that when you did you never waited for the last car. Oh, no! of course not," and the drivei chuckled to himself, at the keenness of his wit. "How do you know this young man has been courting," rejoined the reporter quietly, ignoring the appeal to his personal experience. "How do I know it," repeated the driver, af he stopped at the Intersection of street, and two young men from opposite directions got in the car. A quizzical expression was on the man's face as he glanced at the questioner and said "How do you know that two and two make four?" Without waiting to hear what reasons his listener had for such a belief, or whether he believed it at all, the driver continued.

certain young men and certain corners. "When ever I am on the last car down the road at night, I notice that I always take uf certain young men on certain nights at certain places. It is as regular as clock work, and 1 have got so used to it that I always stop my cai at these places. As I said before, this It street young man was out of the regular order, and that Is the reason I ran past, and he nearly losl the car. If it had been Tuesday night I would have stopped, even if I had seen no one on the corner, because I would have been certain that he was coming along some where.

I used tc have a Friday night young man on street, but he don't come up any more," and the drivei heaved a sigh. "What do you suppose Is the reason?" asked the reporter in a sympathetic tonoof voice. "I am alrHid that it was a case of unrequited love," he replied, shaking his head slowly. "He was such a bright young man, and when 1 first began to notice him I ran an earlier car down, and then when I was on the late run he would come hounding into the car with such a happy look in his eyes that it really did one good to look at him. But alter a while I noticed that his face wore a more serious expression and his step was not so brisk.

Finally I saw him no more, and then Iiknew. that the iron of a great disappointment had entered his soul." "You mean thtJiron bar of the front gate, I suppose," said the reporter, cheerfully; "but you speak feelingly," and the listener glanced with some curiosity at the roughly clad man at his side. "Yes." he said not noticing the allusion to the front gate. do, but too, have had an experience." "Do all the giifs live on It the reporter. rather hurriedly, as he saw signs of an impending flood of sentimental "All the irlrls live on street?" exclaimed the driver with a start, "(ireat Scott, 1 should say not.

Look at my passengers and you can set for yourself." The reporter looked. He saw two lines ol young men of the various types and species, and a couple hanging on the platform sucking cigarettes. all the- regulars are here," remarked the driver, as the group with evident satisfaction. "I have got so accustomed to seeing them that know just when they get on. There are two from street, but on Sunday night I always get five, two on the east corner and three on the west.

There are three from Rhode Island avenue, and four from street." continted love stories. "Do you see that young man there," he continued, indicating with his finger a very stylishly dressed young fellow. "Ain't he a daisy! His girl lives on street, and she is a daisy, too He has three regular nights now, and I guess things are shaping for a wedding. I remembei when he ouly came up once a week and went down on an early car. He was only a callei then.

But my soul!" exclaimed the driver abruptly, "it Is like reading a love storj to drive the last car at night on this line. No, It Isn't either. It is like reading a lot of continued love stories. Sometimes 1 get to the enc of one, and then, again, I don't. But, then, new ones are all the time beginning." Perhaps these are only gentlemen making calls on their lady friends," suggested the re; porter.

"Xo, they are not," said the driver, very pos Itivelv. "The mere callers have gone down or the early cars. These are the regular bona lid( courting young men. You can't fool ine on this sort of a thing. I have been on the road toe long.

These are the kind that come early and stay until the last minute, and then are generally late for the last car. You ought to come down with me some Sunday night or Saturday night. These are the great nights for the courters on this line. 1 begin to pick them up as fai out as Boundary, and at every corner the numbers increase, and when I get down to street the car is filled up. There are some regular old stagers who have been traveling with me for the past four or five years.

They hang on well. 1 often wonder how the girls are getting along, and whether the bloom is not fading from theii cheeks and the crow's feet becoming numerous. Love is a rum sort of a thing, ain't it?" suddenly asked the driver, pausing in the midst of his philosophical reflections. The listener assented In silence and the drivei turning around surveyed the passengers, most of whom were indulging in hearty yawns and showing other signs of weariness. "Them two young dudes hanging on to the rear platform," he remarked as he turned around, ills disgust rendering him for the time ungrammatical, "have got what they call a mash' on two girls living on Corcoran street.

They are too young and giddy to be taking the last car with such regularity. Of course, so far. they have only got one regular night, but no telling when they will have two and then three. Then there is that fellow over there in the corner that gets on at street. He has it the worst sort of a way.

He is all the time complaining to the company ahout the manner the last car is run. He says that it is run down earlier than the schedule time, and then goes on to add that the driver is so anxious to get through for the night that he runs past the corners before people can get on. prolonged good nights. The trouble is that fellow hangs around his girl bidding her About two hours before he goes he says, with a sigh, that he really must go. Then after another half hour's conversation about thing and another he says he really, really mijst go, and lovingly lingers another half Then he says that he didn't know that it was so late, picks up his hat and moves towards the door, where he puts hie arm around her to prevent her falling in a swoon aud kisses her for five minutes in one inning and still lingers.

Then he gives her Just one more kiss and reluctafttly leaves, and when he reaches the corner and llftds the last car gone he is mad at the driver and writes a letter of comf laint. That is the does his courting, is nice for the girl, I suppose, and nice foi him, but I get left every time." The driver didn't say anything more for several minutes, and then as he was turning the corner into New York avenue he observed? "Every once in a while I see In the paperc that there Is a great demand for small houses In this city. I am not surprised. It is simply the logic of events on the 14th street line of cars." And with this reflection the driver put down the brakes and the car came to a stand still at the end of the line. threw tip a sponge, Dear me," gasped Mrs.

Knowal, "here Is a terrible item In the paper. My, how the pool man must have suffered!" What is it asked her husband, coming tc her side. Why, one of those poor walking-match fellows swallowed a sponge." What! Let me see." After carefully readiug the article, Mr. K. threw the paper down, growling: You women ain't a grain of sense; it don't say he swallowed a sponge." "I know it don't in those exact words," answered his wife; then brightly continued: But how could he throw up the sponge if he didu't swallow Constitution.

LETTER FRO.TI SARATOGA SPKIXGS. Is Not Ralnjr SranoiiGaieties and asbioftonians Abroad, Etc. Correspondence of Thx Ktesixg Star. Saratoga SrRisus. August There is no conceding the tact that Saratoga is net so full this year as It uwd to be prior to last summer, as late in July as this.

I should think there were about as many here now as at this date last year, but it is well known that the season was considered late in beginning in 1S83 at this, as at other resorts. Added to the coolness of this summer as a cause for many accustomed to go early to watering places staying at home, or going to quieter spots than heretofore is the great May panic in New York, which has evidently forced a number who were living extravagantly to economize. Although Richfield was so full, I heard it said while there that less money than usual was being spent in luxuries. Those who had horses and carriages to hire had a comparatively poor business as they are now having here. i There are fewer shops at Saratoga this season than usual in which tempting dresses, bonnets.

ribbons, laces and other articles of luxury for woman's adornment are displayed. Some of the stores which heretofore have aiwaya been filled with such things before the end of July are uow wholly untenanted. The Bame Jeweler, however, who last year sold here the famous diamond necklace. Is i here again with a window full of such wares, including one necklace of solitaire diamonds at C30.000. and others at $8,000 and I do not believe he will sell one this season, but he is hopeful of doing so.

It Is noticeable also that there are fewer stock brokers' offices at Saratoga this year than has been the case for several summers, and that there is less stir and animation about those few. Nor does one see so many men nervously flngeri ing the tape with stock quotations thereon in 1 the United States and Grand Uuion hotels, i The hey day of the stock gambling at Saratoga was in the summer of 1861. when President Garfield was lying lor so many weeks in a critical condition. "Look." said a bright New York man to me that summer, as he pointed to a i group of the brokers on a day when the Presi-1 i dent's condition was most critical, "there they are discounting death." A HAIN'T SEASON." Last year Saratoga had too much rain for the good of its summer season, and this year seems i to be much the same thus far. Rain, which wilts one's forehead frizzes, as It does one's lawn dresses, and gives colds to so many, and effectually prevents all out-door pleasures, 1b the last visitor wanted at a summer resort.

Wherever I have been as yet. people who ere traveling tor health or pleasure have almost been ready to pray tor hot, dry weather. Yet most of these same people left their comlorta' ble city homes for fear of finding them too 1 warm, and selected the watering places they thought most likely to be cool enough for blankets to be needed every night, and they have found plenty of that kind. The rain, of course, interferes much with the races now going on here. One day they are postponed until the next because of heavy rain on the first day, and when they come otr on the second they are spoiled by a heavy track.

GAITIES AND POLITICS. There have been very few hops given yet at the hotels. The United States has one per week, and the Union two, and Congress Hall two, all taking place in the ball-rooms of those hotels. The Clarendon hotel had an enjoyable hop last evening. There are many citizens of Washington always at that hotel.

While quieter than usual as regards the usual routine of a fashionable resort, Saratoga is, as it has beon for many season, a political headquarters now. Governor Hendricks has shown his fidelity to it by again coming, as he did eight years ago while a candidate for Vice President, to Saratoga to spend some time. I saw many notables In the parlor at the i Grand Union hotel Tuesday evening at the same time. There were ex-Senator David Davis and wife. ex-Senator Hendricks and wife.

John Kelly (Tammany boss) and wife, and ex-Senator Stockton. Both the prominent political parties are repf resented by big colored banners on Saratoga's and it is difficult to say which pair of candidates, the republican or democratic, are made to wear the more villainous look in their alleged portraits on these banners. If the voters were to judge the character of the candidates by these and similar representations of them, they would surely vote for some one whose pic. tures they had never seen. The two banners are not far apart and are so hung that the nominees on each can make faces at their opponents on i the other ticket all summer.

The American eagle between the two candidates on each banner seems to be in a towering rage, and its beak on each looks as if ready to tear out the eves of the nearest nominee. Mrs. Hendricks says the banner with her husband's picture thereon was the first thing to greet their eyes on their arrival, and her husband asked pitiouslv if he really looked as much like a cut throat as that picture made him appear. He asked me, when I said how untrustworthy all four of the men on those banners looked, if his was worse than the others, but I consoled him by telling him that was utterly impossible, us all four were so atrocious. I never saw Gov.

Hendricks look in better health and seem in better spirits than now. He I and hi3 wife had a most fatiguing journey in coming here, in consequence of delays to their train. By a singular coincidence, the very day that ex-Gov. Hendricks and his wife arrived at the Grand Union hotel, there appeared among the arrivals at one of the very quiet hotels the name of Cleveland, Albany," and one was i tempted to wonder if both the democratic nom; lnees were In Saratoga, and if the head of the i ticket had chosen to come unheralded, and se? elude himself in a place where he would be I least likely to be looked for. But of course it as not thegoveruor of New York.

I hear hiin I much discussed, and all who know him seem to agree that he is not "a lady's man," as the phrase goes, and will never marry. From what I hear. too. I can assure those who have so long, for purposes of their own. decried the Execu-, I tive Mansion at Washington as too small as I i well as otherwise unsuitable for the residence of the President of so big a country as that if Gov.

Cleveland is elected to pass four years therein, they will not tret him to agree with their views, for one of his friends has told me that having, while in Buffalo, always occu pied bachelor quarters, he complained when elected governor of the mansion at Albany, assigned for his use. as far too large, and won dered what he should ever do w.th so vast a residence. i PERSONAL Mrs. nendricks is looking well, but I believe I scared her a little when I called her the "chaperon" of the democratic ticket, and sug. gested how onerous her duties would be as the chaperon of a President should Gov.

Cleveland and her husband be elected. She knows Washington well enough to be fully aware of howmuch Is expected of the wife of a prominent official there. Ex-President pro tern, of the Senate David Davis now wears his clothes to fit him so trimly I that he looks as if he weighed 100 pounds less. His wife looks vounger and handsomer than be- fore her marriage, and both seem to be still en1 joying their honeymoon. In addition to the notable personages already named as being at Saratoga, there are many others here; including Gen.

and Mrs. Phil. Slieri Idan, and Gen. ami Mrs. Hancock.

Bishop Riley, of Mexico, was here the first of this week, to secure which was left him for the use of his diocese in Mexico, by a lady i who died here. He Is an Episcopal bishop, a native of Chili, but a graduate of Columbia Col. lege, New York, where he was a classmate of Rev. Dr. Dix.

Bishop Riley, who has now started to return to Mexico, having come here solely to secure the above named bequest, has i forty-nine Protestant Episcopal churches in old i Mexico. The government of that country has been very generous, indeed, In giving him lands i for churches there. Judge and Mrs. MacArthur, who are at the Grand Union hotel as usual, expect to remain through August if Mrs. MacArthur escapes her attack of hay fever as long as that.

As usual, no one at Saratoga has richer toilets than Mrs. MacArthur. J. H. B.

Latrobe, of Baltimore, is here, Miss and C. H. Lorlng, Washington; J. J. Itae and wife, Washington, and E.

O. i Young, Washington, are also at Saratoga, as i are W. C. Floyd Jones and wife, of Long Island, i Viscount and Viscountess Exmouth, of England, arrived Saturday at the United States hotel, i Gen. Thomas Crittenden, of the army, and his i wife, as usual, are passing part of their summer at the Grand Union hotel.

On Friday, the 25th, Mrs. and Misses McCeney left Richfield for Swampscott, Mass. After a i little stay there they will go to Mount Desert. Captain and Mrs. Harinonv arrived at Richfield last week to join Admiral Almy's party there.

1 Mr. Britton, of Washington, and his family, who spent most of July at the Fort William Henry hotel, at Lake George, expected also to be there during August. A friend living In Utica told me this week that ex-Justice Ward Hunt, of ihe U. S. Supreme Court, was in much better health than hen he came from Washington.

He and his wife were then at their handsome residence In Utica, where they will probably pass the summer. as they remain in Washington always In winter and uutil late in the spring. ftlJSg Grcndt, stws, At Borkvllle and WaakinfMa Camp MUM-lVnonal Mtntloa, of Th? Evkxtno Stul Bockvii.i August 2. The following Washlngtonians were registered at our hotels during the past week: Frank A. H.

G. Bowers, G. L. Harrington. U.

White, A. R. Smith, and II. R. Langley.

On Saturday last H. W. Talbott, as trustor, sold the Iglehart property, near Burtonsville, containing 125 acres, to Robert Ltchisou, fur ell per acre. A meeting of democrats favorable to the formation of a Cleveland and Hendricks club was held at the court house on Wednesday night. with H.

W. Talbott as chairman and J. W. Williams secretary. A committee on permanent organization, consisting of Messrs.

Geo. l'atterson. I. R. Mans.

A. IV Green. C. W. Fields and C.

W. Prettyman. was appointed and the meeting adjourned until to-night. Farmers and sportsmen report that there are an unusually large number of partridges this season, promising fine sport this fail. Hog cholera Is prevailing to an alarming extent in Medley's and Darnestown districts.

Mr. Horace Davis and family have returned from California, after an absence of six years, and he has purchased a larm near PoolesviHe. The Pleasants" farm, near Poolesville, has sold by B. Talbott to a gentleman from Washington county. It contained 135 acres, and as sold for per acre.

In the same neighborhood the Arthur Hughes" farm, of 'JO acres, has been sold to F. Leapley, for On Tuesdav last orders were received at the Rockville post office to dispatch an additional mail from this place on the 6:43 p. m. train east. There are now nine daily mails received and sent away from here.

Farmers from the vicinity of Germantown report a very line yield of wheat. The storm on Friday last did much damage to fruit trees, crops, in that neighborhood. Mr. John Layton. probably the oldest man in the county, aged 94.

died at his residence, in Cracklin district, on Monday. But a short time ago he took a horseback ride of tweuty-five iniles. Preparations for the annual camp meeting at Washington Grove, commencing on the 14th are in progress, and the meeting promises to be the largest and most interesting ever held on the grounds. The B. and O.

company are building a reception room at the station. A large number of the cottages are already filled. The following named persons aud their families, from Washington, now occupy cottages: Alfred Wood, Dr. Deitrlch, Prof. Cohen.

Rev. Mr. Burroughs, Capt. Boyd, Mrs. Knoll.

Mrs. Achew, Kdw. Simpson, Dr. Butler, I). T.

Woodward. H. C. Craig. Jas.

Deeble. Thos. Reed, Samuel I'olkinliorn, Mr. Prather. During the past year there have been shipped from depot 100,000 bushels of wheat, a very large number of cattle and thousands of gallons of milk.

Over 2,000 tons of fertilizers and 65.000 bushels of lime have been received at this point during the same time. At a meeting of the Potomac Gun club, held at Great Falls on July 25th, Henry Bradley was elected president, H. C. Fawcett vice president, 'Ihos. E.

Perry treasurer, and O. S. Maus secretary. Work on the aqueduct dam at Great Falls is progressing rapidly, the masonry across the island being nearly completed. Constable W.

B. Miller, of Brookville. on Sunclay last, arrested twenty-three colored people at "a meeting near Ragtown, on charge ot desecrating the Sabbath. A fine of was imposed upon each one hy Justice H. N.

Harriss. A protracted meeting of the Christian church Is now in progress at Redland, under charge of Rev. Mr. Mayfield. Miss Mary C.

Connell died at the residence of Mr. Henry Pumphrey, on the 25th and as Juried at the Rockville cemetery on Saturday last. She was a prominent member of the county grange, and a large delegation of the order followed her remains to the grave. The base ball craze has struck us bad. and In addition to numerous small clubs a new one.

called the was organized this week, with Mr. R. J. Murray, of Washington, manager; C. J.

Maddox, secretary; A. D. Green, treasurer. A Cleveland and nendrlcks campaign club will be organized at ColesvllleAo-day. Rev.

H. M. Wharton win deliver a humorous lecture, entitled. "Rambles In at the Town hall, on Monday evening, for the benefitot the new Baptist parsonage. and of TOE STI.VER DOM.AKS IN TOE PROCESSIONOK CARTS FOCBTKKN MILES LONG KtyllKKD TO CAHRY IT.

The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger says: "Few persons, perhaps, have any conception ol the vastness ot the silver now held hy the United States In the form or standard sliver dollars. The flsoal affairs of the government have been conducted on so magnificent a scale during and since the war of the rebellion that the public have come to regard the sum of fifty million or one hundred million dollars as an ordinary matter of governmental administration, and we are so familiar with the more convenient tonus of currency in our personal affairs that we do not stop to contemplate the bulk and weight of this steadily Increasing silver deposit which finds lodgment In the Treasurv. As previously stated, there Is now held hy the Treasurer l3ti.000,0H0 silver dollar pieces. This Is a large sum ot money In any form, but It Is only when reduced to pounds and tons that an Intelligent Idea Is obtained as to Its weight. When It is known that the weight ot the sliver dollars now held by the government Is 9,738.900 pounds and that this enormous weight Is being Increased at the rate of pounds per annum, the public will better appreciate the folly of continuing In force the silver act of February, The vast quantity or silver which Is troubling Treasury officials to properly take care of represents over 4.K>9 tons ot pounds each, and If placed In the ordinary carts used for transporting coal In large cities, would make a procession fourteen miles long, assigning one ton to each cart and allowing 15 feet of tor the movement of each vehicle.

When. In addition to this. It is stated that the Treasury is receiving each n.oath seventy-one cart loads of silver discs, and that 860 tons are ing annually added to the stock ot silver on hand, the oulk and weight, as well as the force and effect of the sliver act of will lw better understood aud appreciate The above figures do not Include the silver bullion and fractional silver coins held by the Treasury. Of the latter there Is now on hand and ot the former $4,000,000, the aggregate weight of which is 1,217 tons, thus making the total we.ght of sliver now In the Treasury 6.0w?i tons." The Work of the AMwociated Prt-M. ITS WIDE W0RI.D RAMIFICATIONS.

W. IT. French has an Interesting article In the Chicago Current on the news-gathering of the As- soclated Press, In which he says: "The Associated Press, although It has no rivals worthy of the name, is not a monopoly. It Is simply an association composed of the reputable, established dally papers throughout the land, who agree to furnish each other itli the news of their respective localities. he newspapers themselves are therefore the Associated Press; they have a I personal, Individual Interest and proprietorship In i It.

As to the news Itself, It must be fresh, it must be ot general Interest, it must be non-partisan, it must be Impartial; without these qualities it Is unfitted for the Associated Press market. The two parent organizations (the N. T. and Western) are responsible for collecting the news of the country, and they assume by far the greaterj portion ot the expense; the organizations which work with them and hich in all cases, save those of the European associations, pay tribute to tnern, ar The Keuter agency, of (ireat Britain and parts i of Europe; the Havas agency of France and southern Europe; the Wollf agency of i.onnany and Russia; the Australian Press association; the state press of New York state; the New England Associated press; the Southern Associated press; the Philadelphia, Baltimore, aud Washington associations; the Kansas and Missouri Associated press; the Texas Associated press; the Colorado Associated press; the oiilo Associated press; the California Associated press; the Chronicle Press association of California; the Canadian Associated press; the Associated press ot Havana, Cuba; the Mexican Associated press; the Panama Associated press, and a few others of minor account. The chief collecting and distributing agencies are at New York, Boston, Philadelphia.

Wellington, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, Galveston, New Orleans, Milwaukee, Detroit, St. Paul. Kansas city, Memphis, Denver, ban Francisco and Toronto, with several in Europe. The agents at these distributing points furnish each paper or set ot pajiers In their divisions with the news which it requires and can afford to pay for.

They are caretul to select news suited to the section to which It Is telegraphed. They would not send to San Francisco the news of tiie appointment ot a postmaster for Galesburg, 111., but they would send that news to Galesburg, as a matter of prime Interest. In this sifting process the paying capacity as well its the need of each city Is considered; so that hile Chicago may receive forty thousand words ot a report on a given day, Des Moines might receive but 8,000 and Roektord two thousand. The amount and quality ot the news Is determined directly by the agent In charge; he receives general instructions from the general manager, who, In turn, seeks to learn irorn the papers themselves Just what they want. The difficulty of suiting all may be illustrated by an Incident connected with the republican national convention of 1S80: the speech of an eminent man, lately candidate for President, was by the Associated Press at some length; the next day there arrived at the general office two tetters; one from a radical republican, complained that the sptech had not been reported verbatim, the other from a thorough-paced democrat, complained at Its having been sent so fully that It curtailed the hog market.

The general manager enclosed to each complainant the letter of the other, and the next Ume the trio met they had a hearty laugh. The benenclence of the system of news distribution is apparent; besides giving each paper the kind and volume of news It wants and can pay for. it greatly cheapens the expense; each paper gets European news, that cost originally fifty cents per word; Chinese news that cost 13 per ord; Pernambuco news that cost fT.co per word; African news that cost $3.75 per word, and domestle news of every kind, political, commercial, financial, religious; for ail this it Is charged but an Insignificant traction of a cent per word. Should the entire expense of a cablegram, such as Is not infrequently printed in the smaller country dully, be 0 against iliat paper ulcne, the sueet would lu.e liquidation without parley. Aietn-m n.uiRv skirh, for ihr thf JcnrnaL enus in morning star throughout the montlL anil wins the honor of being At the hesdf of the planetary for she Is the most beautiful object that adorns the eastern sky before ths all-conquering win hip daily course.

There to a reason why the fairest of the stare special mention during tlie passage of the last month of summer. Ou the 17th she reaches her period of neatest brilliancy as morning star, when she is so tnuncendently lovely that the trouble of rising early Is more than rewarded by the beauty of the exhibition i of Distinct wjth makes her appearance nt that time soon after two o'clock In the morning nearlv three hours before sunrise, when such' is the brilliancy of her shining that objects Illumined by her rays cast shadow and even the great sun himself has no power to hide her entlrelv from mortal view. She may easily be soon after sunrise, and even at noonday, it her position tri the sky is known. Venus has two of I periods of greatest brilliancy, as they are called I One of them occurs thirty-six days before in, ferior conjunction, when she Is evening star, as illustrated on the 3d of June. The other will take place on the 17th, flirtv-alx after Interior conjunction, when she Is morning star.

1 hese brilliant epochs in her course occur when she is 44) degs. east and west of the sun. and when about one-fourth of her disk is illumined. between the two periods she is nearer to the i earth and larger in dimensions, but the ilium, tied portion of her disk is less, and the loss of light more than counterbalances the Increasing i magnitude, it is ditneult to And words to press the matchless loveliness of this bewitching star, as she hangs low in the heavens In the soft summer She Is rapidly reo-ding tiom our neighborhood, aud many months ax and wane before she will agaiu put ou her glorious apparel. Jupiter may almost be with the morning stars, for he is only evening star until the 7th.

On that day. at 1 o'clock in the noon, he reaches one of his great epochs being then iu conjunction with the sun. rising and setting with him. and entirely hidden from view in his eclipsing rays. The planet that trained so brightly In the evening skv has departed but he is not lost.

He has fulfilled his mission I on the sun eastern side, only to reappear on the suns western Bide, where he will noon emerge from his transient eclipse to Income the second brightest gem of the planetary trio made np of Saturn, Venus, and the latest corner among the morning stars It Is pleasant to think that Jupiter is coming toward us, that lie will a few minutes earlier every morning, and that he Is hastening towards that part of his course when the conditions for observation are most favorable At conjunction, a straight line drawn from the i earth through the sun would reach Jupiter if prolonged, showing that he is then beyond the sun and at his greatest distance from tiie earth. If we ere blessed with adequate visual powers, i and transported to the near vicinity of this huge sphere and his revolving moons, we should behold material atoms congregated on a vast scale. Our staid planet, the earth, rotates on her axis once in 24 hours. As her circumference is about 35.0(10 miles, her axial velocttv at the equator Is about 1.000 railed an hour, or 16 miles a minute. Jupiter rotates on hie axis in a few minutes less than 10 hours.

As his circumference is about 207.000 miles, his axial velocity at the equator is 30.000 miles an hour, or about 440 miles a times greater than that at the terrestrial equator. A sphere when In a plastic state, rotating with such velocity, would show the effect of the rapid axial motion bybulging out at the equator and being flattened at the poles. Such is the case with Jupiter, whose polar diameter is one-seventeenth or 5.000 miles less than his equatorial diameter, the difference being more than half of the earth's entire diameter. And yet the Jovians of the future, when iu the progress ot aires the planet becomes the abode of animate life, will no more feel the rapid movement of the monster planet than those who live on the earth's equator feel the more moderate speed that carries them round ith the earth and gives the sun a cotn1 paiatlvely slow circuit over the heavens. instead of the rapid march that rules in the Jovian sky.

I Matters must be rather mixed in the domain of our big brother, according to terrestrial ideas, where the sun rises, makes the circuit of the heavens, and sits in five hours, and the are nearly twelve times as long the time that marks the earth's revolution round the sun. We like better the more dignified length of the earthly day, the more stately axial rotation of our little planet, the qu.cker return of the rej volving seasons. The earth, as well as the other planets, are how products of the great nebulous mass that once extended far beyond distant Neptune. I 1 his chaotic mass, as ages rolled on. quickened into life, and threw off concentric rings.

These, in turn, condensed into the sun. planets and satellites, and. according to laws, not yet plain I in their bearings, took varied form in the great central orb, in the four giant spheres, still holding portions of their primeval fires, on the outposts of the system, inthe four inner planets, more advanced in development Because smaller i in size, and in a somewhat promiscuous sprinkling of asteroids. moons and rings among the larger orbs. We are prone to fancy that the earth is a special favorite in the sun's family It is well to think so.

lor It is not likelv that the position will be disputed In the present uttain, ments of astronomical science. Jupiter has deigned to give us little information concerning himself iu his last synodic circuit. Even the red spot, the peep-hole into his glow ing nucleus, is but a ghost of Its former self. The cloud-atmosphere has nearly closed over It. and there will be no more tidings until another rilt shali arise and show farther glimpi-es of the chaotic mass, cooling and condensing into form and shape.

We must wait till Jupiter's next perihelion, hen being miles nearer the sun that at aphelion, we may hope that the improved telescopes of the period will pick up something worth The process of world-making will be a slow one on this giant planet, and the earth may have cooled down to desolation before the first suspicion of inanimate life shadows forth the surely comin perfection of his development. Saturn is morning star and Isgrowing brighter and more conspicuous as he approaches the eart h. It is, however, the day of small i in ms history. On the 17th. when Venus Is brightest, he may be found about 30 degrees northwest of Venus.

Neptune is morning star and leads the planetary choir in being the first to make his api-earance above the horizon. On the 14th. at 11 o'clock in the evening, he reaches the half-way house between conjunction and opposition being then in quadrature or 'JO degrees west of the sun. Mercury is evening star during the month. the at 5 oclock In the evening, he reaches his greatest eastern elongation when he is 37 degrees 21 minutes east of lie sun.

It is a moderately favorable opportunity for seeing him, on an clear eveuing after sunset inthe west. His southern declination will make him a diflicult object to pick up. although Ids elongation is nearly the greatest possible. He must be looked forln the constellation Virgo, 20 degrees northwest of Spica, and 12 degrees south of the sunrise point. Uranus is evening star.

His course is uneventful. except for the conjunction ith Mer- cury on the Mars is evening star, and Is of little account as he slowly travels on Ills distaut path, his rapidly increasing southern declination the only noteworthy event in his course. THK MOOX. The August moon fulis on the 6th at minutes after o'clock iu the evening, standard time. She is in conjunction with Neptune on the loth, the day of her last quarter, and ith Saturn on the 10th.

She makes a close con- junction with Venus on the 17th at 37 a ter4oclock in the afternoon, then 23 miu. north. The waning crescent and the radiant morning star ill make a lovely celestial picture on the morning of the 17th, though they are invisible at the time of nearest approach. of lier the moon 11 be at her nearest approach to Jupiter. The two-days-old inoon will oenear Mercury on the Pv.ml'Vi 22tl; Passing 32 mln.

north, an event that sharp-sighted observers may behold. he ill pass ranuson the same evening, and close the circuit by a very close conjunction with Mars, being 10 mln. north on the 34th at 29 minutes after 10 clock In the morulug, but as the conjunction takes place In daylight, it can only be seen in the mind's eye. 'Victim or a Strange i tow a small place in Kensselaer county, N. Is greatly excited over a peculiar that has just ihere.

Miss Augusta Khl ridge, a middleaged lady, well know In this vicinity, has hcea noticed to act strangely for the oast few I- rom Inquiry by relatives it lias been learned tliat a peculiar notion has come over the ladv. She preaches to them that it la icked to eat, and for the past five weeks she has touched nothing but a few lemons and quantities or ml tic. Nothing induce her to change hei strange notion. has become very weak, and it is feared that sno cannot Uve much longer unless she takes nourish- ment. 1'ktvkk Ckazv bv His evening.

at Newark, X. an old man named Patrick Qulnn, living at No. SSo Norfolk st reet, was takea to police headquarters hopelessly Insane. His deposited with the nulhorttlestS in cash and a bank book had been found in vjrdnn's 'i siK unls represent years or savings, and It be. lleved that the tiuc ol so UiUO driven Urn Inline..