".-"rfS-Vx'"11! V- .J i&W ',"; ji , n' ,-i.L.i;fl'k r w "." - v. - ;. '-J r v v-,Jliii.i Tj -vi'i--. ,"?"?. , ' .. .-.'... .-;. A..' ( 'S," H .Off "" I' '?' vtT-t-.A ' -ri.iSflX' "' -'t"X' ' ' r -e ' " ' -t- - --,- " . -i TM LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCE!, SATUttDAiY, DECEMBER 7, 1889. ', " . n ITS WORK IS BEFORE IT. CONGREM 18 NOW IN SHAPE FOR THE SESSION. The "Members" Hm Learned te bmift la Their Seat, bat They Desaand a blg alaad Man for Speaker The President's Mimr and tla DellTerjr. Special Correspondence. Wabhincites, Dec, 5. Three days age 1 came up here te the press gallery of the house of representatives, where lam ' bow sitUng, and found net one vacant cat. Correspondents were standing all about, peering eagerly at the busy scene en the fleer below. Many had notebooks In hand and wcre jetting down their im pressions of the moment, fixing upon NEW MEMBERS OK TUB FIRST OAT. memory's sensitive plate the picture pre sented by the opening day of congress. New I am the only man in the gallery, and I am yawning. Somehow or ether, the peeple en the fleer seem te be sleepy, tee. Thrce daj s age they wcre as lively as crickets. Congress opened w itli evei y man sitting belt upright in his seat, dig nified, alert, statesmanlike New leek at them. The house en Monday was like the boys in the country picture it In their mind's eye. Congress is respected in the country. . Its manners nre there, thought te be geed enough te take te church. The new member comes down here with the same notion. IIu walks te bis sent en the opening day with as much dig nity as he knows hew te employ. He buttons up his coat a long Prince Al bert, which he has had made for this very occasion in order te gain Impres idleness of person, Once seated, lib de portment is such as would de credit te the deacon who never nods. Can it be pessible that we are new looking at the same man? Has the lnpe of thrce days effected such a tinnsforma tinnsferma tinnsforma tien in hi j manners? His feet aru test ing calmly en top of his desk; or he has his arms upsti etched in the awkward gesture which is the trademaik of n yawn; or he is smuggled down in his chair, ascaielcssna he can be, and sur reptitiously smoking a cigar, though that indulgence is forbidden by the rules of the house. Yes, it is the sauie man. Still these same careless congressmen demand that their speaker shall be a person of dignity. At least oue of the lata candidates for speaker w euld have madomero headway in his canvass had MEWMEHDEKSrOKTV-EiailTIIOUIlSLATEa he been u man of better manners, lie did net lack popularity, and men liked te call him by lib first name, but they did net w ant hiiu for bpenkei. There is, after all, a strong sense of the proper in our American legislators, little as you would think se te leek at them, ns I de at this minute, spraw ling and btraddling and ckewiugjind laughmg en the fleer below. On "big" days, en the opening days of bcssiens, or occasions which bring out large audiences, the members' of the Iiouge behave well enough, and probably their general deportment would improve if we had mero pomp and form in our legislate e f enuula. Old members tell me they like the practice of voting by tellers, in which two men, named by the speaker, stand in front of the chair and count the members as they pass through first these, in the affirmative, and then thone in the negative. Theio is move ment, action, form in this method of vot ing, and it is popular. 1'iebably bome of the ceremonials of the Englibh liouse of commons could be employed here with geed effect. As the new speaker w as escorted te the chair en Monday by his defeated liiala I could net help contrasting the siinple manner in which he ascended the throne for a throne of wonderful power it is with the entree of the presiding eillccr of the house of commons as it has been de scribed te me. The liritibh speaker fllei into the hall at the head of a long, sol emu, dignified, impiessive pioceesien composed of all the members of the body, each with his hat in his hand. Ne ether than the tall bilk hat, commonly knew u as "stovepipe," is permitted, and nssoen as the speaker has reached his chair and all the ethers haie found places along tht benches, at a signal all place their hats upon their heads and sit down. Possibly the hat feature of the English custom would net suit here there are western members who never were a stovepipe hat, and vilie weidd resign their seats before donning one but I am euro some such a featuie as the grand entry of the bpeakcr at the head of the house would ,idd tothebclf respect and dignity of both presiding elllcer and member. There are many ways of distinguish ing the new member of congress. He takes keen interest in the proceedings for a day or two, carefully reads The Congressional Recerd every morning, studies 'he rules a geed deal and h near ly always present at prayers. But his zeal is short Hi ed. In two or three daj s heleams te leaf about the cloak rooms and swap stories and hae a geed time. Yet, with all its democratic tendencies, the house gives better attention te pray ers than does the old and highly i expect able senate, One morning during the last session only ene senator appealed in his beat as the presiding elllcer took his I chair at high-neon. The chaplain, how ever, was at his pest, and President pie tempore Ingalis rapped his desk with the gavel and with ndmirable gravity slid: "The senator from will ceme te order." Then the chaplain offered a pi aver. Hen. Ocorce Gerhain, who was for vVV i i I i s tome years secretary of tne senat. tela rae the following story te illustrate the backwardnessef senators at prayer time: During the presidency pre tempore of Ben Wade, a new and bashful senator told the bluff old statesman from Ohie that he had a bill which he wanted te pass, and as there was nothing In It any one could object te, he Intended asking unanimous consent. "When' wettld you advise me te bring my bill forward?" asked the new senator. "Oh, bring It up right after prayers," said the old men, "splendid chance te pass your bill when no senators nre about." There was ene decided Innovation this year. Usually, the opening of congress brings the president's message te the fleer of heuse and senate in a perfect shower of printed pamphlets. But this year the president declined te fellow the usual custom, which, is te have the message printed at the government printing of PRESS OALLERT, OrgKUtO DAT. flee. Mr. Pauden m usual carried the message te the capitol in the White Heuso buggy, as usual he w as met at the deer of the senate by the ancient and pat rial dial Bassett, who en yester day, , by the way, completed fifty-eight years of continuous service en the fleer of the American house of lords, and as usual there was the announcement, de livered in u voice shrill with age: "A message from the president of the United States." But the beaten track was no farther fellow cd. Ordinarily at this point n very pretty sceno is te be witnessed. As the tall, gray old man walks down the central nisle and places the wilttcn scroll upon the desk of the presiding officer, seals are broken, bun dles of printed copies of the message ceme flying forth, and in the arms of nimble pages me scattered almost as by magic throughout the hall. In a twink ling every senator and here, in the house, every member has a copy be be bo fero his eyes. The leathern lunged read ing clerks read the great stnte paper before an audieuce which docs net hear. Each individual prefers the use of his own ejes in perusing the executive's communication. On such occasions the fleer of the heuse leeks like nothing ee much as a big school, in which every pupil is industriously scanning his spell ing lessen. Thanks te the president's caution, we had no such tcene this year with the message. There were but three copies of it in existence, and these net printed. The mes-sagel What memories that u erd must bring te seme of the veteran corre spondents whom I saw in this gallery a day or two age! Recollections of the days in which the precious document was the subject of mero scheming, inge nuity and cnterprise than any ether event of the year w hen special trains PRESS (JAIAEIIY, SECOND DAY. were chartered, and even w hen relays of iHst-herbes weie engaged te carry the news te New Yerk. Later comers in the uewspajwr field tell of the epoch in which managing editors instructed their correspondents teTjuy or "steal the mes sage, If possible, in order te print it in advance of its presentation te congress. As one leeks Uewu trem tins gallery upon the UUO members of the house he sees u body of men whose average age is under 40. Fully eue-thii d of these chaps, w he appear te think their fame and fort unes wen, and who uiu already swelling up a geed deal in their swaddling clothes, will disappear two years hence. Joe Cannen said the ether day that in his fourteen ears of sci vice in congress he had seen mero than a thousand men ceme and go. Thieo or four of these hau goneover te the senate, a few have died; the large majeiity would answer te the roll of ex-congressmen, every ene of tiiehi representing a disappointed am bition. Such is life. Walter Wellman, AMERICANIZED BLACKS. HutT the Old African Smih Were Nutu rullzril ami SlMllllrd. SK.-Ual CorruBienJeiice J New Yerk, Dec. 5. The least known and most l.irely witnessed pastime of the plantation darkey is pcihaps the "bian dance." The season for it is w hen the corn has been gathered, and new meal is in the bin; hut it is often danced during the holidays when the weather permits. I ence walked up en fcuch a dance, which was suspended ns seen as I was obhcrted. A group pittul and chanted the steps of the dance, which was being described by about half u dozen young bucks. There would be u. lull and then a hurst of wild harmony. Brau, which gave its name te the dance, was conspic uous by its absence from the ceremony. Although I Lncwsuvetnl of these present very intimately, the dancing was net re sumed. When interrupted the dancers were swaying themseUes backward and forward with tegular movements of the hands, then this would cease and they would jump up as if suddenly the earth had lecome heated te an unbcarable de gree. The only reason I could gather for the dance was that they always danced it. Inquiry failed te elicit further in formation, and I fancy that it was orig inally nn African dance, the motie of which has been lest, und the inusie and movements remaining te them hae been dedicated te the harvesting of the corn crop. A fa orite entertainment en every plantation is the het supiicr. It has a! warm a place In the affections of the tenants in the "quarters" ashastheraflle en the cast 6lde of New Yerk or the "pink tea" hi the Murray Hill district. Christmas had only tw e days before gladdened every Christian fireside, when, en ndvice of "Cupid," nnd Under his guidance, w e started out ene evening tc witneej such un occasion. Thouirwet slriii) aud hniriuc. with n smrirctftien el jS-.,ws frost WiUua Uh cabin revelry was at tta height, and the crevices between the cabin legs were free from "chinking." The night winds that came through tlics were disregarded by the assembled guests, who, inside and out, numbered probably 100. By assiduous crowding, which in terfered with the dancers, about half thit number could get in. The picture was striking one. Sev eral children frolicked about with thcli Santa Claus toys that liad steed the wear and tear of two days. Tey bal loons, stick candy, canned fruits and tin horns were, conspicuous. The nature of holiday investments by the old felki was evidenced in the display of brass Ingcr rings, car bobs, breeches and ftratchchains, which wcre already tar nishing. The younger members of tht gathering could be found within, when a violin was-delcfully squeaking "sugai in de gourd," and all hauds seemed en ergetically vying with each ether as U agility and staying qualities. The hen en of the dance Went te the most vigor eus. When a contest was spirited the ethers would gather around, applaud, join in the patting en the knees, chest or two liandB and urge the dancers U further efforts. In oue corner, en a rude pine table, which was the buffet, steed the viandi which gave the nume te the occasion the het supper. The geed things wen as savory as though Dclmoulce's chci had presided at the spit. Liquids and substantiate were retailed by the hestesi te the gucsUprcscnt, and the manner 01 distinction in her prices might give a cm te seme of our enterprising benifacca, On the payment of twenty-five cents the whilem diner was allowed te holt himself. Fer fifteen cents he was 6cr ed. and net allowed further replenishment. Refreshments were taken standing. 01 the black bottles that contained th( liquid refreshments, a wag remarked or there being only two kinds: "Plait drunk" and "drunk and disorderly," The cooking was dene outdoors ever e huge fire, which had been lighted in the front yard. About this, sitting en legs, wcre the elder f ejiks, smoking and study ing the blaze, or talking in subdued voices, as if afraid of disturbing the fun within. Tueuas P. Uknry. A NEW GUN. II Will Donbtleu Set the Experts br the Cam. A new gun, called the Brown wire gun, invented by Mr. Jehn Hamilton Brown, is proposed, which will undoubt edly set the experts at loggerheads. The gun consists of an inner tube of longi tudinal steel segments, wound about with ire under such a strong pressure that the expansive power of gunpowder will net ferce them apart. Outside of the wire is a steel jacket, te contain and protect the w h e 1 e , w h i 1 e within is n steel lining tube. The wire wound about the seg ments is with a tension capable of resisting a press CROSS SECTION. ure of 125,000 pounds te the square inch. The circumferential strain is all threw n en te tjie wire, which has an elastic limit of 125,000 and a tensile strength el 267,000 pounds te the square inch. The wire is wound by the aid of an electric tension regulator, which governs the tension at which it is wound te one eno ene tenth of an ounceof uniformity through out the entire mass. The steel segments nre madesix inches wide and n quarter of an inch thick at the inner edge, and less than half an inch thick at the outer edge. The lining tube will be inserted In two pieces, the joint being slightly in advance of where the base of the projectile rests at the moment of greatest pressure. It will readily appear te any ene that, if ihe gun can be constructed practically, at the plan is con ceded theoieti theeieti cally, it ought te be a very tough arm. The rigidity of a gun cast all together renders it liable te a num ber of defects. But can the gun be practically constructed? The great difficulty seems te be uni formity. Can the w ire be wound by means of nn electric regulator unifermH? And even if a uniform tension is ob tained it is claim ed that it will net answer, as in that case the out or layers would have a tendency te loosen the in ner layers. It is also asserted that there will be a difficulty in tern pciing se long a piece of steel as that icquired for the segments. As te the wire, ex perts fear that it will be found im possible te get wire men te fur nibh large quanti ties up te stand cj D ard. Mr. LVenu, the imenter, is LONGITUIJINAL SECTION. confident as te the practicability of censtiucting tiie gun and its naila bility, and thinks that it will be pi oef against longitudinal wearing of fur rows because of the gie te the gun. Lieut. O. N. Whistler, of the Fifth United States artillery, has bpent much time with Mr. Brown in making the mathematical calculations incident te the Ilullt te Belt. A railroad is a railroad, isn't it? The public thinks se. But under the surface, railroads are sometimes built te bell. Fer instance, there is a piece of read I re cently saw that is laid with rails of thir ty pounds te the j ard 105,000 pounds of iron te the mile, of trade. New, u lo cal street car company v, ill put seventy eight pound steel rails down 274,580 pounds te the mile, or 137 tens nnd COO pounds. A great many trunk lines are laying ninety-six pound steel rails 337,020 pounds, or 1C3 tens and 1,020 pounds te the mile. At $30 a ten te iron the first would cost 1,000 a mile, the last $3,070. Se It w ill be seen hew rail roads are built te sell. But this is net all the saving. Sometimes it is cheaper te build two miles of track around a hill than half a mile straight through; and the miles ceuut in selling, especially western reads. Then, I have seen rails eplkcd at quarters and centers, or, at ineil, half the ties skipped. There id also a difference between eight inch clear whiloehk tics without sap, sixteen inches betwicn centers, and "culled" or teft weed tits two ftet epart, lnshert.it takes a man a long time te learn the dif dif feicnce that can be made in the expense of constructing a railroad, Interview in St. Leuis U lobe-Democrat. OF PUTTING OUT FML& QUESTIONS TO DE DISCUSSED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. The Making at rirriimet Untitling and the Matter of Atlrinle Vti Ktrapee Are Alse Interesting The Hreent Flree la Lynn, noeten anil Mlnnrnitell. The occurrence of three such (Ires as that at Lynn, Bosten and Mlnneajielis; the fact that at ene tlme the firemen lest control nnd the flames threatened te sweep Bosten and repeat the conflagra tion of 1873, and that there was appalling toss of llfe at Minneapolis, will doubtless lead te redoubled vigilance in the matter of fire extinguishing systems, fire escapes and fireproof buildings. At such times these most interested are led te inquire, mNHBAPOUS TRIBUNE EUlLDtNO HEFORB j TUB FIRE. JDe new conditions need new adapt ,tiens? The character of material used, 1 the height of buildings, the exposure of frame districts, which, when aflame, act 1 as klndlers te mero substantial struc tures these and many similar matters 'entering Inte the problem of fighting II re in great cities, ceme up te excite a new interest. . The growth of fire departments in the elder cities where modern systems ha u been perfected has been ery slew, Londen during the Eighteenth ceutuiy was far ahead of New Yerk in flre appa ratus, but during the halcyon da) u of the American volunteer system, und during the early days of steam flre engines, New Yerk shot far nbead of her old mother across the ocean. While Londen had the primltlve fire engines, which, it is true, were worked by peeple w he were con sidered loe old for any ether pmpese, their principal operators being old wo men, lines of New Yorkers were passing buckets filled with water from the North land East rivers. After relying en these for mero than half u century, they sent te Londen and (secured seme engines such as were then In use there. These engines weie the beginning of the New Yeik fire depnit ment. Out of theso who were accus tomed te take them te fires grew the volunteer system, which attained its greatest perfection nud preminence in the "fifties." Then hand engines were superseded by bleam, and since there has been a steady improvement in dis cipline and apparatus. HEADY FOR THE FRAY. ,' The lata Capt. Ericssen bears bucIi ro tation te the modern method of fighting fires ns Harvey, the disceerer of the bleed, bears te the modern practice of medicine. Eiicsseu was u pioneer, but he was net u practical de eloper of the picscnt system. Jehn Bralthwnite and Jehn Ericssen built a .team cngiuu in Londen sixty years age, but they had te fight n prejudice against Innovation which then existed in England; besides, none of the earlier steam fire engines were available en account of the time required for getting up steam. The dif ficulty was overcome when A. B. Latta, of Cincinnati, introduced tubular boilers. Since then the steam flre engine has been the only method of throwing water oil Ures in large cities. The fire department of Londen ij called the Metiopehtan Fire brigade, and exists by virtue of a parliamentary net. The chief is un autocrat during a fire; he may pull down houses, shut the water off the mains of any district, and, if uccessary, would doubtless net hesi tate te blew up one-quartcr of the city If he could find dynamite enough.. In Londen everything has grown out of ome exigency. The fire department A TUBE FIRE ESCAPE, there is no exception te the general rule. During the first half of the Eighteenth ceutuiy the Insurance com panies began by keeping fire engines for the pur)080 of ptetectiug property en which they held insurances, und hi 1733 seven offices combined under the title of the Louden Tire Eugine establishment. Others were gmdually added till all the principal offices weie memlcrs, piid the establishment liecamn the city fhe de partment. Evcu te this day the insur ance companies constitute ene of the principal ceuices of income te the bri gade. In Londen they have 5'J steam fire en gines and 03 hand engines. There nre 32 mild of hese carried en 75 I1030 carts. Besides these there nre 7 stenm vessels andlliafts. Of flre escapes there nre 140, besides 9 long wire ladders. The firemen number 591, including nil ranks, 10 plleU and 07 coachmen. They have seme Ingenious centrivanceWjr sring llfe in Ivondeu, ene of the most useful of which isa ciuas bhute, in which 11 person may ceme down nnd Iki received by the firemen without injury. Capt. Eyre M. Shaw is chief of the brigade. The New Yerk depaituicut, when steam engines wire adopted, was built entliely anew. The management was placed in the hands of commission ers, the command being given teachitf. In New Yerk there aie nearly double the number of fiiemcu employed in Londen, being about 1,000 in nil. The steamers numlier 85, and the fact that there are no hand engines', ns In Londen, imllcnte that the people of the Un' d Statea ure far mero icady te threw 1 old than 'ATBiMigRLnyTirDP!aH4.tul Jtl3,Tniil'j, 4 H"' 5S2253 iiilill f I -111 mMWk the people et r.ngiana. nut in new Yerk there are 3 water towers, 83 hook and ladder trucks, 10 chemical fire en gines, 130 chemical extinguishers, with OS miles of hese and 64 hose tenders. Charles O. Shay is chief. Tills force and apparatus protect the abodes and the goods et less than 2,000,000 of people, while the Londen flre brigade Is supposed te protect a city of some 4,500,000. It will appear that the Nuw Yerk apparatus Is mero modern from the excess of steamers and the "chemicals." Indeed, n comparison of the number of men nnd apparatus seems te indicate a far mero efTectlve scrvice In New Yerk than In Londen, though, perhaps, the buildings are mero substantial in the Old World. In efficiency, doubtless, the Chicago department comes next te New Yerk. After her great fire her citizens saw the necessity of perfecting her flre depart ment, and the result is today a very fine service. Phila delphia, Bosten, Cincinnati and ether large Amer Amer iean cities also new have a very perfect system. The department In Bosten, in checking the ca reer of the late great flre there, showed flne con- caw. suaw, ixjnden. eralshlp en the part of Its chief nnd great efficiency en the part of the men. A gicat feature nowadays In flre fight ing is the telegraph system. Te knew of a fire the instant it occurs, and te get te it w 1th apparatus for its extinguishment without delay, are of the utmost Im Im Iertance, especially in windy and dry weather. The large cities new alt have a fire department telegraph, with nu merous signal stations. The horses are se placed that they can be harnessed in the quickest possible time, nnd learn, when they hear the gong which is struck by electricity, that they are going te race te a fire, and nre eager te be oft. The appurtenances for use nt fires have been increasing in ingenuity till there nre new water towers, telescepe bidders, llfe saving hooks with cress pieces for climbing and tools for extinguishing in profusion. But of lata years a new problem has been staring the firemen in the face: that is, the height of the town buildings such ns are being put up in New Yerk, Chicago and ether large cities. Ne flre ap paratus has yet been devised for reaching these buildings from the outside. They chief SHAY, new YORK are usually considered fire proof, but many of them nre net, and there is enough combustlble material in any of them te cause no inconsidera ble flre, especially when they nre ex posed te oue hcsidennd beneath. This, taken in connection with general con flagrations, 6uch as hae swept Port land, Bosten and Chicago, becomes mi important subject for speculation. Al ready in Chicago theie is n district com posed almost exclusively of these tower buildings. They aie exposed te the west by ether bricks, and then a forest of frames. Let n great flre occur among them. Hew cau the firemen work at se gieat an elevation? And what is true of Chicago will beceme se of all ether large Amcih an cities. NEW YORK'S NEW MUSIC HALL. A Splendid Structure Which Will Cost More Than I, OOO.OOO. New Yerk Is te have a grout concert hall. The plims for this gigantic building wcre flled recently hi the building bureau, nnd the pro pre lliiilnnry work lias been commenced under direction of tlia architects. Tim cenliuct calls for tlie completion of tlie building by Dee. 1, 18'JO. it is tlie Intention of lliose in terested te umku tliU concert hall 0110 of tlie finest In tlie world. If the present pluns nre cairiud out It will certainly fulfill tlie oxpeo- 1I)KUJi& THE MUSIO IIALU tutleiu of the builders. This building Is net te be a concert hall with stnge appliance of a thoatre. It will net hive a drop curtain. The stage will le a permanent architectural feature, just as much ns tlie walls or celling. The whele iuterler will be M arrunged as te be a sort of Imuie'use sounding beanl. The acoustic properties of the building will be ai nearly urfcct 11 can be niade. The decora tions will be timple, jet clalornte. The elec tric lighting will be fce arranged as te give equal distribution In all parti of the liouse. The boxes hi the Intel ler are te be ar ranged iu 11 novel nay. Tlie first tier will tie entirely 0cu, tacli having a teparate ante anto anto roem with a privnte entrance. This tier will extend all mound the heuse. The bocend tier will be parti illy closed, with tinall partitions ten aid the front. It will go only partially around, 1 ocedlng slightly from the tint tier. The two balconies boyeud iccede in tlie uune way. Tlie tllVct It te gi e tlie whele an eieu, roomy uppeunuice, hi centiiut with tliektull'y effect of lieicg piled directly 011 top of one another. The corridor, which will run entliely nreund tlie heuse, will Ime cloven exits. Tlie ttalrcases w il 1 1 niade te bleu, te as te maLe ascent un eauy matter. Clenk 1001111 und toilet rooms will he hi nil juiU of tlie heuvi. A large banquet hall, capibloef seat ing oue theusund jieeplc, will be situated under the auditorium. In the upper part of the building will lie bu eral large rooms for choruses, soloists und conductors, and ever the hall a chaptr room. Directly ever the stage w 111 be u gym uatlum, nnd artists' ttuilteswill occupy the spnee under the reef. Tim building will cost something ever $1, 000,000, The material uxl en the ulterior will be Aberdeen granite, term cetUi brick and Iren. It will be absolutely fireproof. The building w ill be situated ut Kifty-se eutb street and Bevcntli menue, and will luive a frontage of ISO feet nnd will extend 173 fit t iu tlie renr. Tl.tni will be entrances ou Sleuth avenue, Fifty -sixth street nud Fifty Fifty se vi nth street I'llll) llemttnn. 1'utKy I)ene an Imx Iwoe signed te play fa tlie Bosten uutfleld dm m' tlie j.iwm of lb'.O IIu was born hi Kivwunee, Aliu-s., In bU5, and who 11 old enough took te ball plajlng as u duck does te water. Iu 168(1 he plu)td with meral local teams mid uttli the Cemets of Beeth Lanretice, maMiig fej' (iff "J an excelliiit show OW JX L In;; Ujth ut the b nnd iu the llel Ills HerL cm mi tl... nilAAnf I..... I 0 P. Ilnrt, then u db J A rector hi tun 1,-nv-renceilub, and Mr Ilnrt decided nt ence te gle young Donevan a trial. On Memerial dny, IbNl, Donevan plajed with the Lawrence in Hnieililll,and the Shoe city ball criiiils tmiiiedluuly went wild ever Lawreueu' new ncquUitteu. Patsy Is n great favoritein Houth Uil ire, ead has many friends who lira rent' N..1' his ability te shine Iu Husten's gur - t'vdeV hi a quiet, genial eung mau, ami ,, ieyjnehw intov.1 intev.1 isuts hi any form. .' i2 $ T5gssF- rii 4f CAPITAL SIGHTSEERS. THEY ARE NUMEROUS NOW THAT CONGRESS IS IN SESSION. II I Kasler te Visit Washington New Than It Once Was The 1'ntunda of the Capitel and Its ralntlngs Jehn Tmm bull The United States Senate. Time was when Washington was the most disagreeable city in the country. New It Is, perhaps, the most agreeable thanks te the mtirli abused lleas Shep herd and ether "blessings iu dUguisc." Perhaps it is a misnomer te call tlie Washington of 1800 and previously a city? it wns rather a great, sprawling congress et villages. Around each pub lic building and en each favored hill a village; between them streets very BIUIITRCKKS IN TUB nOTUHDA. muddy in wet weather, very dusty in dry weather, and net at all uttrnctlve in any weather. New Washington Is the Mecca of bridal couples, the delight of the tourist, and a place sought by men of means nnd leisure, In the geed old times Davis, of Indi ana, and, Marshall, of Kentucky, and Drowning, of Illinois, nnd their cob leagues from nil the central west made up little parties for the journey te Wash ington, for It was rather a tedious affair by stnge or canal te the river, up the Ohie by steamer as far as they could go, nnd then by stnge ever the meuntnin nud down te Washington, nnd it was important te hue geed company. Ner did they fear the less of much time in a session entertaining thvlr callers from home New the constituents of their successors ceme by thousands during the year; the excursion te Washington is as common as the little trip by steam er was in 1BSS0-M0, and in any reads sell tickets from New Yerk te the west with a 'Ma Washington" if desired. And the middle, western or southern man in Washington still "calls en his member" often feels It a social duty te de se. The visitor is usually an early riser, and when he has paid his respects te his member, he hastens away first te the ro tunda of the Cnpltel nnd gazes long and earnestly up through 180 feet of mel lowed light te that wonderful cencave where Freedom, Victory and ether god desses nre playing ring around the rosy about the head of the Immortal Geerge. If he is stalwart and enterprising, he wants te go up there, and, after a wcari wcari wcari Aome climb, reaches the little gallery, which Is invisible from below. Once there, his first feeling is apt te be dis gustat the figures which looked be lovely from below. CIose nt hand they leek like conrse smears of tallow and echcr. Urumidl painted "The Apotheosis of Washington" te leek well overhead and 180 feet or se awny. In a few minutes, however, the visitor finds that he is repaid for the climb by the view of the fleer lielew. A comical effect of the verticnl sight it the distor tion of figures; a man walking directly under the observer leeks as astronomers tell us a man would leek en the face of the moon if we had telescopes sufficient te materialize him and there was a man there. The observer sees but the top of the man's head and bis shoulders. Ills body seems but a few inches in length, while his legs, swinging te front nnd rear, and therefore pieuentlng jvJatcrul iew, appear as long iu proportion ns theso of a spider. Tlie great painting of Urumidl iu 011 a canopy 05 feet' In diame ter and 205 fett in circumference, cover ing, therefore, an aiea of -1,001 feet. Its execution ut such a height involved sev eral j ears of urduoua.laber. The paintings below, ranging around the walls of the rotunda, are net ycl complete, but they nre interesting, in structive, nud te seme peeple amusing. Critics have had much te tay about the coloring in seme of theso pictures, and it Is humorously buggested that the art- aJllI RirillTSEEIlS IN THE SENATE OAUJCUT. 1st designed iu the "Sunendcr at York Yerk town, Oct. 10, 1781," te bhew hew the autumnal sun of Virginia had nlfocted the contestants French, English and Americans from commanding general te drummer boy, being of a "rich, dark red complexion." liut no sarcasm can lessen the pati let's interest iu the pro ductions of Jehn Trumbull; and the mero he knows about the artist the mero will he study the pictures, for the paint er's llfe w as itself a truly American epic, and he has wrought bis character into the paintings. Jehn Trumbull was n son of the fa mous Jonathan Trumbull, Kovelutlonary governor et Connecticut und staff officer et Washington; the bon, bem In 1750, lived till 18-13, and thus saw, and, ns ene may say, felt the colulien of the United States. IIe was present nt the "surren der of Gen. llurgojne, Oct. 17, 1777," and made n sketch of it In pencil a sketch he amplified into this painting. And te ndd te the Interest the figures are nearly nil actual likenesses, for w hlch the subjects sat te the artist. Trout Themas Jeffersen, Jehn Adams nnd sev eral ethers tin) artist receUed the most minute details of the jioaltien of the nicmbcis while the "signing of the Declaration of Indepcndcnce" was in pregicss all these details brought out in the pletttre. Se the se called "Trum bull Series" in the rotunda have a necr falling interest; he was America's pa triot painter, and the ialter should study the bcries with his history iu hand. Frem tlie gallery of the beuate the vis itor may leek down upon the greatest law making body iu the world nnd the most pew ei ful for lli.it is what the United States benate new is. Ne ether benate w itlds the pew er of be many peo ple, nene ether has t-ucli extensile fuuo fuue fuuo tlens. The llrltUh heuse of lords id a mere group of figureheads. Only U10 Iteinan senate In its U'et days, before the coming of the CWirs, ran be com pared with the American. In Ite hands nre the Inauguration of war and making of peace: the luearn.Ue fercu of fei ty twibtates, nnd the acceptance or rejeo rejee tMf nil fcdeinl eftl.J.ils. U-t the Us- ll iter gaze long nt tnesd men, ter tneynf 1 vnvm many a nam struggle ana succew '' In every walk of llfe. The verienbte , Edmunds, et Vermont, who help te ttjf 4 resent a third of a million AmericftM. nnd the sturdy Ulsceck, of New Yerk, ' who has nearer six millions behind him, are here but the equals of Jenes) and Stewart, whose entire stnte has fewar peeple than ene ward of New Yerk dtjr, while the genial Cultem, who wonheMC in the war for the Union, b but the cel league et Louisiana's Gibsen, who is, M parngrnphers say, "pockmarked wHJi bullet wounds" received for the south ern Confederacy their co-epcratlon her n sublime monument te a reunited ceuav try. These leek like the workmanship et heaves; Tills Is tbe porcelain clay et human kind, And therefore cast Inte such noble meWMk Many days might profitably be BfBBl In the galleries of the two beuses, bat for the short tlme visitor there la tee mock, te ree In Washington. Aeide from tb) publle buildings, which nre perfection of their kind, these places demand special attentien: the Smithsonian Institute, tb Corcoran Art Gallery and the Patent Ofllce. The first two nre largely the fruit of privnte benefaction; the last em bodies the genius of a nation and the liberal statesmanship of congress. But, aside from all these, Washington Itself, ns n city, Is ell worth seeing. Every American should cmbrace the earliest opportunity te sce the beautiful capita of bi country. . ,J TWO FOREIGN SINGERS. ( Tamagne, tha Italian Tenar, anil FrauMa Itillin, the German Seprano. Prem the number of actresses, actor and lingers whom names ene sees en the sailing lists of outgoing vessels and amene tbe "dis tinguished arrivals," ene might nlmontdsekte that a geed share of tbe "professionals" spent the best part of their tlme en tbe sea. Among the latest visitor te America are Fraocaseo Tamagne, first of Italian toers, and Kri Charlette Huhn, n Uermnn sengstress, will slog durlns the present season at Metropolitan opera beuaa. Frnucesce Tainaciie will sins the tenor parts with Mine, Pnttt, under Mr Ab bey's management, during her A merles tour. lie was born In Turin tn )S0t, and mad) his debut in Paler- me, In Verdi's "BMle In Mas chem," creating a sensation at ones by the beauty of his voice raid tn elegance of Ml style. After stag ing In Venice and ether Italian eHtes, he was eurssred for theBcala.lnMUaa,- where be met reL Tamnsrne TAkUOlte. triumphs, accord ing te Tbe New Yerk Herald, were In "Den Carles," "Alda" and "The Prophet" Hs created the tenor parts In "The Prodigal Ben" nnd (n "Marlen Delemie." Fer four years hi succession Tamagne stag In beuth America, recoil lug no eud et ovations In Monte video nnd Itle. IIe has also filled bril liant engagements Iu Lisben and Mud rid. The great event In Tunisgne's artls artls tle career was the "crentlon"efOtello In Verdi's latest ' opera. He achieved a triumph, which the Kurepenn press cciieevi 1 or months. rat. nun. BSBBtBBSBlSSBm -i. 1 t m hmi t. 3BsssKI "'S-V 3l53MPP"yv?l' i3 r MVllrJai Lisst summer inningne sang in "Uteue-f. with an Italian company In Londen. iWjyt;'" w . ... m ;-AKI venture was net a success nnenciany, dot ?& -, there was nothing but praise ter the tenors' JWti KrL Charlette Huhn Isa soprano, who was. .s- beard en the first night of the season In KtwV,"? Yerk as Scuta. In "The Flying DutchraasW rri. uuiiii wns ueru near iimiever in leeeyi't,,' 'v and studied at the Conservatory of Colenja,V i inlmrii fins lil rfV iifliui ! ulaiin itiaaarasLaa..tr&i -.Uv.u..UvU.a).u.l ,,. l-n ... l"lJ"iJS. as eu us 111 flinging, tuncu ieai rn. has been singing with success at KielJ's trclu Uerlln. A Theatre for tha Kllte Only. The elite of New Yerk nre at lest te have a plaj houke of their en n. Tne plans, If carried out accordingly, will artistically make tha ether theatrus of the world apjwar like unto Caire bazars. As I am te understand, says a writer hi Theatre, the theatre Is te been Fifth avenue. There will be u semi-circular drive in front, by which the vehicles will enter en ene side and leave en the ether. The nrchl U'Cture is te be fn the btyle of the Ryzan Ryzan thie houses of worship. The cramped convict chairs of our modern 01 chesti a are te bedOM away with entirely. An auditor wishing te wlliiess n nerferinnnca niav tie a llttla ssu .nl. ... ... f1...l A .a I.. .l.n l... tallt -,eleek In the morning, hiift lie is remifiatad bvv.-';' the treasurer te cheese bis "clrcle" en tbt' xtf Boer ana te mention the kind of chair that ? ' At night the audlence are seated comfertsv bly In their favorite chairs, with a plenty et akimbo room. Ne tickets will Ue sold attar half-iast 0 In the eventug. The patrons art requested with much force te appear fall droned; consequently the gallery deities will be denied their regular privileges, ter net only will the small boy have te put en bis hired sparrow tail coat, but may have te And consolation In a stare outside, as there is te be no gallery In the sacred temple. There will, however, be a bulceuy of boxes one bal cony, an orchestra and parquet. The tickets, te be handsomely gotten up, will cost our cousins from the Hub ts each. The plays will represent the universal status of the dra ma, chiefly, ns 1 am told, te be translations from the Oriental. Beveral of the works et Calderon are te be pi educed, the "Maglce I'rodigieso" and ethers. Ibtcn, tee, will be represented by his "Ghosts," which, it Is bejied, will visit the actors regularly. The KiuprcM uf Gerniuujr. AunusrA vicremiA. Uee is a picture, from a recent photo graph, of Augusta Victeria, empress of Germnuy. She is, it will be seen, a wo man of truly regal presence. r..uililcreil the Fltuess of TtUSMs. 1 'IIe iv could you tell the medium ekMt ed you?" "Because the spirit speke In EngHaki He should have used a dead languif he's been dead tea year8,,, Bostea le licmlan. ! uPi !? t J.S -"v . rf J iCC,, ? Si IT" 4 ?i? 1. Jm1 . i tf'-a 1h & ie mIwtMI wte- m 1I' tf. 1 '!' J&i tF' 't-ii'i"' -5tfl WV- - '.3s '"S'A.' ' A V a"r.f l wi ,w.t'- . V jsn.. ti- t,ag'A...'!,..-. t)iCN- l .' -ri (Ub
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