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CITY AND DISTRICT. fy Tax Emixa Star circulates in the city where printed a larger number of copies hi proportion to population than any paper in the world, and It* circulation in Washington is greater than that of all the other daily paper* in the city added together, it verifier its claim* by affidavits and by opening ita books to the inspection of those interested. Home other paper* beast largely, bat they give ao figure*. REAL. KSTATK GOSSIP. Th« K«w A*M*»nient of Property In the District. *on Tuniicnonor ebportasce i* scburbab rnorxnn.kit Burim asd agnormmrnxn >ow mkivo tiviLT tx DirrtaixT tvbts or the cm UTUII MATTE** or UTRKKST. A place of considerable interest jnst now to reiki estate men i* the new *chool building in Arthur place, near the District building. Here nujr be found the books showing the newly- assessed value of property. The work of the assessor*. who have been inspecting the real property of the city since the second Monday of March, is found here, neatly tabulated, in book* convenient for consultation. 1 he re.il- eatate men. for themselves and their clients, hare been bneily engnged in getting out list* of the new assessments and comparing them with the last assessments. The assessors' books have only been accessible during the past week, and only a few of the large owner* of property or agents of large interests have so far succeeded in ascertaining what the new assessments are. It ie therefore not possible, as yet. to reach any conclusion ae to the general character of the work of the assessors. One of the leading real-estate sgents in the city told a Star reporter that he had procured a list of tne property standing in his own name with the new assessed value. He found that in com¬ paring these values with the assessed value of three vears ago that there had been an in¬ crease'of from *) to 26 cents on the square foot. Nearly all of his property is located in the northwest section, and he said that if the same ratio of increase was maint tined in the assess¬ ment of the entire District that the revenues v ould be greater than the need* of the city demanded. . .. . I hope," he added, '"that the footing up of the totals will not show any such increase. For several rears past all the revenue rai sed by taxation in the District has not been expended, i here is now uearlr a million of dollars of the luonev of the District in the U.8. treasury. The revenue* of the citv have now reached a sum which, with the tlfty per cent contributed by the government, is considered by Congress iQore than ample to meet all the proper ex¬ penditures. If our revenues continue to in¬ crease largely Congress may conclude that it l- no longer necessary for the government to pay iU share of the expenses of the District, and the entire burden may ag.iin be thrown npon the shoulders of the people. For this reason, as well a* because it is wrong to laise by taxation more than is needed/or public use, 1'believe that the tendency ought to be to keep taxes down rather than the reverse." WHAT THR ASSESSOR SAYS. Assessor Williams told a Stab reporter that he had been nnable to estimate the result of the receut assessment. Changes, he said, were liable to be made, as the board would remain in session until the 5th of August. From w hat he knew of the work of the assessors he thought that there would be an inc-ease. He was of the opinion that the increase would not be as Urge as many imagined. -It should be borne in mind." he continued, "that during the past year the value of the w buildings erected and improvements made \o < Id buildings, as reported by the building m- ipector. is about *7.000.000. All these im¬ provements have b* en assessed, in addition to the property already taxed. The value of property assessed three years ago was over « HKS.OOW.OOO. In the year 1>«S this amount was increased bv the addition of new building* to neariv tllJ.fOO.OOQ, aud tor die year las'J it was over fll5.000.000. Naturally the new assess¬ ment will show an increase, bat from what I kuow of the methods of the assessors, and from what citizens have told me who have compared the new assessment with the one made three years ago. I am of the opinion that the in- i-ren-e is not excessive aud will not be so con- sidered. For instance, such nieii as Mr. Ed- j ward Temple and Mr. John E. Herre 11 ex- pressed their entire satisfaction with the new assessment as far as their own property is concerned. The books of the assessors have ouly been open duriugthe past week for public iuriiection. and so far comparatively few com¬ plaint* have been received alleging unreason¬ able charges." Mr. Williams said that the assessors were compelled to assess upon what ther considered to be "The true value of property. ' This term '..as generally construed to mean what property would bring at a forced sale. The assessors, he said, were under oath and bond to faith¬ fully perform their dutv, and they could not. a. pleasure, increase or decrease property values except upon the basis above mentioned. Mr. Wdliams said he thought that while the assess¬ ments would show in many instances an in¬ crease m the valuation of land, he thought thai tht practice bad been generally followed of rating improvements at a decreased valua¬ tion. which was generally acknowledged to be right and Jnst srsrsBAX movements. Enoch Maris and others have purchased a tract of land lying to the east of the subdivision of Eckiiigton. It is known as the Wales-Hub¬ bard tract, and contain* 22}^ acres. The owner v. »> Mr. Geo. A. Prevost. and the price paid was about £28.000. The property was purchased with the intention of making a subdivision. Mr. Maris has subdivided a tract of some 60 acres which he owns in Montgomery county. JId.. to the north and east of Takoma Park. It lies between the siigo and Long Branch. and adjoin* Takoma Park. Mr. Maris has given the n-tnie of Jdigo Heights to this property, and he intends to do some work in grading and laying out street*. Messrs. H. W. Copp and R. B. Detrick have purchased 180 acres of land at Rockville. Md. The place 1a known a* the Seminary property. It is well situated for building purpose*, and it ii« understood to be the purpose of the new owners to make a subdivision of the land into builduiK lots. Mr. Francis 3hanabrook, who owns quite a large tract of land bevond College Station, on the Washington branch of the B. and O. road, is having a subdivision made of some 108 acres. T ue land Ilea across the railroad from CLarlton Heights, where a number of improve¬ ment* are now lu progress. Mr. Shanaorook has built a number of hoii.es in this vicinity, and has suld several building site*. He. how¬ ever. now proposes to lay oat and grade addi¬ tional street*, and will call the place Central Heights. B. H. WARNER'S HOCSKS. Ground has been broken at the corner of lsth and R streets prrp.in.tory to the erection of six house* lor Mr. 11. II. Warner from designs pre¬ pared by T. F. .Schneider. The corner house will front on l*th street 55 feet and will be three stories hi^h, and will have a high slate roof. The entrance will be quite handsome; wide Kotnau arches resting on clusters of column* with carved capitals form a porch, and on one of the archer* a tower rise* to the roof. The front will be of stone and brick. On the corner of the house there will be a circular tower, and ou the left of the entrance a square bay will extend to the third story, terminating in a balcony The interior is to bt handsomely arranged and' finished. In the center of the house wdl be a large square ball, with staircase screened from the front. On the right is to be the parlor and on the left the din.ng room and pantry. In the upper floors there are to be seven chambers. bath. Ac. Tli* five houses fronting on K street will hav« a baeeuieut and three stories, with fronts of press brick and stone of very attract¬ ive designs and square bar* and circular towers, slate roors. stone porches, and interiors artistically fiuished In natural wood*. ESLAROIXO TIE CHII_L>RXN'« HOSPITAL. The coutract for building the additions to the Children's hospital has been awarded to ( baa. A. Langley and ths work has been begun. The additions consist of a west wing three stories high. *7x112 fact, and a south wing, three stories r.nd cellar. 4Ax38 feet, each con¬ taining the wards, operating rooms, and other convsnienoea. which have been much needed In this growing Institution. The heating of the whole budding will he renewed ana this most improved system of heating and ventilat¬ ing will be introduced. The building will be eo«pleted by next winter. T. F. Schneider is the architect MR. Himtn'l ROUSE. Mr. V. G. Pohndorff to-day took oat a permit h build a 910.000 house on Hillyer avenue. It will be a handsome house.not large, bat very complete in its appointments and flush. The front will be half stone and half brick, with circular stone-and-copper bay window aud a high red slate roof. Emmert A Helaley are the Dodder*. J. F. Schneider is the architect. FIFTY YEARS A MINISTER. Rev. Dr. Buck Will Celebrate His Golden Jubilee oa Thursday. a i.ono amd rsim, rtmun.a mm or the bistobt or tbk vekerabi.* rr. pact.'¦ BOCK CHEEK CBCBCH ASH VABUB. On Thursday next a notable erent hi the his¬ tory of the venerable 8i Paul a Bock Creek pariah will be commemorated. Fifty year* ago Rev. Dr. Thick, the rector, was consecrated a priest in the Episcopal church. He had Just graduated from the Episcopal theological sem¬ inary in Alexandrlr., nnd among the member* of his class the following survive: Bishop Wil- >u< r of Alabama, Rev. Dr. Nelson. the dean of the Washington convocation, Bev. T. W. Leaveil of West Virginia, and Bev. Dr. Scott. With the exception of the first named, all will be present to take p»rt in the exercises which commemorate tho golden Jubilee of Bev. Dr. Buck. The clergy of the District and a large number of the older church people have been invited to be prevent. There will be religions services iittlie morning with the celebration of communion. Rev. Dr. Kelson will deliver a historical sermon and at the close of the scrviccs a reception will be held in the rectory. du. buck's cabeeb. Rev. Dr. Buck has spent all but thirteen years of his pastoral life as rector of St. Paul, and in point of service he is the oldest minister in the District. His pastorate extends over a period ot thirty-seven years, and during that time he has witnessed many changes in the churches as well as in the families in this city. His life work is identified with the parish, whose his¬ tory goes back for nearly a ceutnrv and three- quarters, antedating for a long period the or¬ gs nixation of any church in this part of the country now in existence. In fact 8t. Paul is one of the pioneer church organizations in this part of the country. as iNTEBEB-rnvo HnrroBY. From the rare historical researches made by Rev. Dr. Bock some interesting facts have been obtained in regard to the old church. What is now known as St. Paul's Rock Creek parish was once the parish church of Prince George's parish, which included all the terri¬ tory between the Potomac "and the Patuxent rivers and the northeast fork of the Eastern Branch and extending indefinitely west. This was many years before Montgomery county was formed or the District of Columbia thought of. On September 18. 1719. Rev. JohnFrazier. rector of St. John's parish. Prince George's countv, Md., called a meeting ol the inhabit¬ ants for the purpose of raising funds to build a chapel in the Eastern Branch and Rock Creek Hundred. A number of donations were received, but the largest was the gift of Johu Bradford Gent of Prince George's county. Md., who gave 1,000 pounds of tobacco and 100 acres of land. The gift was, of course, accepted, and the land is that which to¬ day constitutes what is known as the glebe of the Bock Creek parish. About one-half has been laid off for the Rock Creek cemetery, and there the old church stands. There have been two church buildings. The first one was built of wood, and services were held there by Rev. John Frazicr, the rector of St. John's parish. Maryland, who officiated in this region as early as 1710. It remuined a c) La pel but a few years, when, in 1726, it was designated as the parish church of Prii.ce George parish, Prince George's county, Md. 81 John's parish was one of the original thirty p:irishes into which the province of Maryland was divided. Prince George parish covered a large extent of territory and in a few years a chapel was built near Rockville, some 12 miles from the parish church. In the course of time some twenty parishes have been carved out of its territory, leaving the old parish church with about 6 square miles. As it had been known popularly for some time as the Rock Creek parish instead of by the proper name, l'rince George parish, {hat name was taken when its metes and bounds were defined in 1866. THE SECOND CH0BCH BtJItDIMO. The original church building remained stand¬ ing for some fifty years and then bccame use¬ less through decay. The order for building the second church building whs passed in 1768 and it was still unfinished at the breaking out of the revolutionary war in 1776. The walls then built are still standing. They are built of brick brought from England and are twenty- two inches thick. The building was 40x60 feet i.nd the ceiliug was 26 feet high. It remained tor many years without a roof and for many more without either floor or ceiling. In 1820 the vestry tfiought thechnrch building was too large for the accommodation of the surround¬ ing population and it was concluded beat to build AN INSIDE CHCRCH. Availing themselves of a ledge in the walls twelve feet from the floor, left for a gallery, girders some forty feet long were procured and stretched across and then lathed and plas- ti red. From the west end twenty feet was oat off for a lecture and school room. Thus they had within the old walls two rooms, one 40x40 and one 40x20. In 1840 another change was made by removing this temporary ceiling and building a gallery in the west end, where au organ was located. Originally there were three doors to the building, one on the south front and two on the west. There were only two aisles in the church and no robing-rooin for the clergy. The vestry, however, decided to enlarge the church by adding a chancel, or- gaa and vestry room 011 the north side. The west doors were also closed. The two ranges of windows were made into one and filled with stauied glass, new pews were put in, and the in¬ terior as well as exterior beautified and adorned, as those who visit the old church to¬ day may see. THE LIST OE HECTORS. The first rector was Rev. George Murdock, who was commissioned by George Calvart, the governor of Maryland, to take charge of the parish upon the recommendation of the lord Ljshop of London. The ve«try Jnnuarr 10, l«27, invested Mr. Murdock as rector and he se rved in that capacity for thirtv-four years. The next rector was Rcr. Alexander William¬ son. who was sent to the parish by the governor of Maryland, remained as rector tor fourteen years. He was followed by He v. Thomas Reed, in 1776. whose pastorate continued for thirty- eight years. The time covered by the three first rectorships was eighty-six years. During the seventy-three years since there have been some ten rectors, and. as the present incum¬ bent lias served for gome thirtv-seven years, the average of the terms of the others "is not more than four years. Daring the rectorship of Rev. Mr. Reed he lived in or near Rockville, and. in consequence of the nlmost abandoned condition of the pan.-h church, hu and the lay delegates from the ch.pel located there were rectived into union with the convention of Msrvland in 17b4 as representing Prince George parish, of which St. Paul's Rock Creek churc h was the legiti- mi te parish church. The plate and records as well as th« uauie »eru taken possession of bv tb< chapel and efforts were made to sell and divide the glebe. Mr. Francis 8. Key. aided by Mr. (/has. II. Wiit^ierger and others, came to the rescue and prevented the execution of this purpose. Aft< r Mr. Reed's time the first record of ministerial s rvices in St. Paul's is in 1820 by Rev. < . C. Austin, whose term was short. He was followed by liev. W. D. Addison. Rev A. T. McCormick came in 1828 and Bev. R. Ash in 18.30. and he was followed by the Rev. Chris¬ tian Wiltberger in 1831. In"l83« Mr. D. M. Miller was lay reader and as rector in 1887. Rev. K. J. Stewart wa.i rector in 188!>, and Rev. W. A. Harris in 1841. He was followed by Mr. Wood and he by Mr. Kerr, the first in 184;* and the second in 1851. Tho present incumbent, Rev. Mr. Buck, next came to the parish. Hot Weather Maxims. From the Boston Transcript. The Listener has three tried and trustworthy maxims for hot weather conduct, aud outside of them he knows no trick or device by means of which the dog star can be circumvented. These maxims are: ^L Wear as light and loose clothing as you 2. Take plenty of exercise, but in a calm way. 3. Drink no alcoholic or effervescent bever¬ ages. The clothing question is easily solved. A sign in a Washington-street clothing store window says: ,-Vou can dress like a gentleman if you have #14." Perhaps vou caa dress like a gentleman for that amount, whether you can dress as oue or not. But with *15 a man can at least get certain articles or clothing that will make him very comfortable on a hot dav, as far as clothing can go. In exercising, the great Cint is not to be atraid of the heat, but not at e same time to choose violent diversions. The youth or maiden who is in the habit of playing base ball or lawn tennis and quite ac¬ customed to the exercise, mar play it on a hot day as safe I v as ever; and people who are in the habit of walking a/air amount have noth¬ ing to fear, but every&ing to gain from keep¬ ing up their customary exercise in summer But exceptional physical tests should eertalaly be avoided under a burning sun. .,. "Vou wish to marry one of mv daughters' The youngest will get 15,000 marks, the seoond 30,000, and the eldest 45.000." -Vou don't hap¬ pen to have one still older?". Flityndt HLitUr. if you want a man to think yoa are smart, you have ealy to make him think he is smart.. Bu-ytuiinpuj* JtteputMcan. GOSSIP PROM LONDON. An Kntfi Ulnlng Letter Prom m Wuh- tngton Boy Abroad. T*B BOTAL AORirULTCBAX «IO*.THB QTTIBH'S Hobs,;* AMD CATTLB.CAM AND 'BtTSSBS T* M itDox.wtal mum-m honmii ik- tebnatiobal uvx Tinu xitcl Comspendeiios of In Kvbmiso Stab. Losdox, Job* 26. The royal agricultural (how at Windsor this week ia the objective point for *11 Londoner*. Thi» ia tha great midsummer event in England, and aa it ia attended by the queen and royalty in general, of course it is a fad, and you are considered next to nobofy if you do not go. Windsor and the neighborhood of the show now wear* its prettiest dress. The wild roses bloom in luxurious profusion in the hedgea, the poppies nod their pretty heads to each passing breeze, the foliage of the trees ia de¬ lightful. and the fields are rich in verdure; the lazy Thames glides on ita peaceful way to smoky, grimy and busy London and the sea. There are miles and miles of shedding con¬ taining the best specim ens of horseflesh tha kingdom affords (and they are all flue animals), ana there is a daily parade of cattle and homos which stir passes anything I have evor seen. Thi n you can inspect the two royal farms which contain the stock owned by the queen and hor large family. The farming im¬ plements and machinery is also a very ffue dis- plav. * Then you can go to the queen's pavilion, a delightful rustic house, well planned and well fitted up for the visit of her majesty, lu the rear of this pavilion are the picturesque houses devoted to the council, stewards aud members. The rost of the immense inclosure is occupied with sheep, a large horse ring, stands, farrier's shop, fodder yard and exer¬ cising grounds. There is a superb display of butter and clicese-making devices. There in one machine of Swedish manufacture which makes butter instantly; also a cream separator worked by a hot, which turns out milk on one side and cream on the other. The 1 loyal Agricultural society was organized in 1839. It was formed by "loyal (and royal) subject* for the general advance¬ ment of English agriculture." The queeu has always been a patroness of the society aud is now its president. The queen's Shorthorns, Here fords, and Bcotch cattle, and her famous breed of pigs from the farm at Windsor are generally among tho winners of prizes. On July 2 there will be a sale of the stock on the farm of the Prince of Wales, which will be at- tended by a largo number of Americans. Alto- gether the show this year is the finest display ever made by the society, which is now fifty years old. ksorhoub tbattic on wheels. To the casual wanderer through the streets of London there is no sight more astonishing than its enormous traffic on wheels. You can thus gain a faiut idea of the dense mass of peo¬ ple within its comparatively narrow limits. In all the world I doubt if there is such a sight to be seen as the Koval Exchange at noon, or Kegent street and Picadilly later in the day. unless it be the Strand or Fleet street at all hourti. One wonders where this vast mass of humanity lives considering the area of Loudon and its suburbs. And then the cabs! Turn where you wilt, you meet cabby, and you brush against his horse a hundred times a dr.y. As for the 'busses, they run everywhere and are even endangering the cabman's career. Everv- one travels by 'bus. It is cheaper than walking. Four cents will take yon iroin one end of Lon¬ don to the other, vnd you can travel over three miles for two cents. a Losdon carbt. A short notice of the London cabman may be interesting. The average cabby has to pay about *5 a day for tho hire of his cab and horses. This means long and weary hours of exposure in all sorts of weather (and it is principally a bad sort in London) and tho exer¬ cise of great shrewdness. He is therefore obliged to be lyux-eyed, and as the rates of fare are very reasonable (63 cents an hour or 25 cents tor the first 2 miles and 10 cents each additional mile) he must pick up u great rnaoy passengers before he can even p*v the ex¬ penses of his outfit, to say nothing "of food, rent i.nd clothing for himself and family. It is a vital part of the unwritten law regulating cab hire that a driver has a right to expect some¬ thing beyond his strictly legal fare, and woe betide the unfortunate passenger who refuses to recognize this fact. I have made it brief study of tho cab system during niy visit, and from what 1 have seen or the streets of London I should say that a word- cor.test between a cabman and the passenger is quite sure to end in tho discomfiture of the lat¬ ter. Jarvey lives by his wits, and he has a ile- .cided advantage in the matter of free and easy conversation. One evening I was standing at the entrance of Terry's theater when a cab drove up with a gorgeous swell and his lady companion. On alighting the passenger ten¬ dered his driver what was probably the right sum. Cabby looked at it, turned it over, and then iu a loud, but benevolent tone, exclaimed: " 'Adn't you and the lady better get in agen, sir, and 'ave your money's'worth? I could 'ave druv ye anuther twenty or thirty yards for this," looking contemptuously at tlie money in his hand. ' On another occasion two middle-aged ladies of vinegar temperament and miserly aspect engaged a hansom. When discharging cabby they pBid their fare in pennies. He counted it carefully, and in replv to a tartly-uttered ques- tion by on#' of tbe Indie*, answered: "Well. no. mum; it ain't right, but as you must 'ave been a long time saving hup for this yere haiinual treat, I won't bo 'ard upon yer." And he drove off. Yesterday I v. as driving along Oxford street in a hansom at a rapid rate to catch a train. As wt were turning a corner another hansom run into our near side with just euough force to laud its horse's head across our horse's back. I expected a stroug and impolite shower of in¬ vectives from my jarvey, but it came uot. \\ ith withering politeness he observed to the other driver: '.When your 'oss 'ave seen all 'e wants to see across my 'oss's back, p'raps Vll git down. But bless your 'art, there ain't no 'urryP There is no love lost between the cabman and the 'bus driver. Each seems to regard the other as his natural enemy, and often the cab¬ man has reason on his side. On a wet, cold day I have seen a cubby just about to pick up a small fare, after following the passenger for a block or two. and just when his patience was about to be rewarded a 'bus driver, with "room for one inside."came along and suapped up the pedestrian. A smart aud sulphurous exchange of compliments followed between these vehicle rivals of the street. Last week I was on top of a Bays water 'bus seated by the driver* A rival 'bus had. ior some time, succeeded in "keeping the roud" and pre¬ vented our pasting bv. Finally we drew up aud were love! witu it. The driver of the rival 'bus was rather poorlv clad, aud this »aet did not escape tho lynx eye of the conductor. He shouted to his driver: "I say, Bill, what price ihat suit o' clothes? 'E ain't too tlashy in his git-up, is 'e?" "O, 'e's all right, poor chap," retorted Bill, with a pitying look ut his opponent, "it lun't his fault. His missus keeps a second-hand cluthrs shop, and 'e's got to take the stock-in- 1 trade out for an airiu." One cannot w.ilk a square in this great city without witnessing mauv interesting iucidciits and curious sights, especially among tin poorer classes. Passing over Hirekfriars bridge, late j one night. I sadly counted fifty persons oi both sexes endeavoring to sleep upon the cold stone seats erected on the buttresses of the bridge. Phis is a common sight aud it is a sad reflec¬ tion that several hundred people are nightly glad to accept the little comfort afforded by an adamantine bed, outside the very doors of the philanthropist. AN 1XTEBNATI0NAL TENNIS MATCH. The contingent of tenuis and newspaper m-jn who came over in May for the purpose of in¬ ducing some of tho leading foreign players to visit the United States this summer have been partially successful in their mission. Negotia¬ tions nave been concluded far a series of three matches between Mr. Oeo. Kerr, Irish profes¬ sional. and Mr. Thos. Pettitt, American profes¬ sional, aud the former will return with Mr. H. A. L)i.sou about tlie uiiddio of July. Mr. Dit- son has perfected tho arrangements with Mr Jackson, editor of Fnttinir, the leading tennis organ of England, for these contests. The former lias offered a prize of *250 for the win¬ ner. Whether or not other players will ac¬ company Mr. Ditson cannot yet be determined. The all-England tournament at Wimbledon will occur early in July and the subject will then be canvassed. It is expected, however, that several of the leading players will cross this summer and thua inaugurate international tenuis contests. This will place the game in America upon a firmer tooting and increase the strength of onr players. Should their wider- taking fail this year there is no doubt that the professional match bstween Pettitt and Kerr will awaken such an interest in international contests that another year will witness ita ac¬ complishment H. W. a *°ttosr."Wsli, did you get that situation as office boy?" . Little son."Nope." "What was the matter?" »W» know. The gent is a lawyer, and he asked me if I was a good whistler, and I told him I was the best whistler on our street, and he said I wouldn't do. Ouees he must want a wg'to* prole.I o«>1. '.Aw York H ttkiy. CHRONIC APPLICANTS. Army and Navy Officer* Trying to Se- Wrt Chan** of Outlet. nwunsrrto omen, nr both iuhcri or T*« M1VTC* - ntrLLITO OCT rSOtrlCTIVK TACAHOnM AlfD timmtK# CLAIM* . THE K|. plotwmt lOMctu ni Tarn d»a*t**xts. ,8°n,,how1or » vague idea hu grown tip in the popular mind that to an army or naval officer all things are to ordered by the machin¬ ery of the serrloe that he U exempted and ex- ?ilJ tw fro® th* worrr ««<i trouble of applying for other thing*, for change., for new duties or m .!* 10 °thcr word4- tk»* these ln- diridnata are governed by an inexorable fate preordains and arrange* bevond their ZZETl efforte- Th,,re . a more STS?" no"on- M » Mrrlce mBn explained r ~ TSj! ssaC-Ss?f«- officlw £T£h!!?fi g'tUng noting. But few ^at t^ie wLo don®/ WaD,t' ,nd the «.¦!* « to thair^, ^# ? ' ¦."> 'orever after writing the pit U "o^fu»" c£an#ed- For on! one . 5 ' another it ia too livelr- flaL u .n0Uffl1 bere; another nuas it too expensive to live there-aid soit r«k«- l>«th afloat »nd don't wants. circulation of want* and MfLOTKlKT Utltcin. n navy the bureau of navigation ia a reservoir for the letters of officers who want stEr y-f* ot cha..- «' anf when the tin>« cornea for a the deparfmer^ * ip** dusting of oJd . { Kcue^ LThl b, In 'he *rmT «"> a ljutant- geuerai is the man who gets the brnnt of th. pressed dissatisfaction of officers, though in .?ue7muoht|be of r®8'mentaJ dmsions n«W Jhl L shifting of officers than in the w k«P* at one dn* or ®°re than three or four years, IN THE ARMY. meutfor 1^" V". °' e8tabliBhed content- Th« . ~ appearance of it, at least Mi)er i i. . M there 18 ,uch a filing of r . seldom seen except immediately tains wPh ® u inauguration. Old cap flte n id tit . WOr" thcir -elves "SJoni "'WJ. Xbem' inundate tbeTcreta^f War^'wlS pap£d nn«] IT , 0 .applicanu Krows from dav to dav' until sometimes, as was the recent case when * ^me'vaci'n? th* ndjlltant-^n, rftl'H corps be¬ came vacant, there are sixty, seventy or sev- 2ES? candidates, each with an honor^Ie There arc .L V ?f ,ri«nd- witl> influence, i "f° "'most alwavs twenty men bitterlv disappointed, twenty more Who only half hoped and any number of fellows who "Inst went lnto the thing because therTW a & chance, yon know." e 4 PKHPETUA.L APPLICANT. There i. one officer in the army, stationed at Washington, who has spent a good part of hia line for the past ten years applying for vacan¬ cies in the staff departments of the armv first 'none and then in another. He is stiifin the line, with a captain's strap on his shoulder the c^t f°f the, hf"5d of « bureau is seldom cause of much of » disturbance in the army, although there were two instances within a year of fierce fights for chiefshin namely, for the position of chief of engineers aro mrt 1 a<1iut«nt-gencral. But these cases re raie, inasmuch as the rank-rule generally holds good in the army, and bureau chiefs are almost invariably made from the next ranking HOW IT IS I* TH* ItAVT. This u not so in the navy, where any cap¬ tain, commander, or lieutenant commander may wpire to be the head of a bureau. It is often the case that a chief is selected from far down in the list and put over in«n who will re- iw °" u<;connt of a^eloug before him. This tact causes a perfect swurm of candidates to bZZ.WAtVer i»n^ent^a bureau. At the present time there urn (t n bnCr ' °nVn \he pUco "* ^O,unio<lore fciicard buieau of orduance, and the other to succeed recSn£re b'!reim ol ®q»»pment and recruiting. Ihis rather unusual wealth of chances Las stirred the navy to the depths of its available wauters, and candidates for the places ara as thick as flies, although one is not an amcsino spectaclk was presented ate# days ago by one of these applicints who had been frequently mentioneS as a possible future chief of the bureau of Ord- doieR,.|Jlj.er,itr,a" Dot known that Comnio- dore St hley would retire from the other bu- thi- aH KOOi" T t,i"t fa,!t Wa>» made public thi. officer rushed to the front as an applicant for that place as well; and now he stniUs hke the Colossus of l:hodes with ? 5 foundation and threatening all who presumed laud on either. The case of the do-Vra^iM at the shadow of the bono he has aTreadv has been aptly quoted in his case, especially as he is ut present the holder ol one of most desira- b e and posts in the navy and is in some W get- of losing that if he does not succeed in getting either of the other plums Lut tne spirit of application is strong within him. A CHRONIC APPLICANT. Apropos of this situation a naval officer tells a good story on a certain retired admiral He was a chronic applicant, and as he wax not thought to possess sufficient wit, talent or w.A J'!' for H"y rCKIJ°n«ible place.' his wants were seldom honored with the givine He applied for everything In sight, sometimes for two or three tilings at once, and as he was Often on waiting orders around Washington he had good opportunities for pushing his claim* He smelt vacancies lar ahead, and would often arply for places months ahead of time Once the post of surgeon-general w as vacant, but not being a doctor the admiral was barred out 1L| was sitting i. one of the Navy de¬ partment rooms one day reading, hidden by a .etwi* ? a, officer stopped to chat with the clork who abode there. askeShjio£|ybe made '^n-general?" he h Vril 4dn,iral . of course," was the half-laughing reply of the clerk, ignorant of the jpreseuce beiiind him. Ini, f«°K®dr/Cr.itd HVlt Person i»»nself, spring- s»aob,*»..««««: vs, .l.°M HO!D'! ,tiale convince him that he had not been mad-, a surgeon-general despite his failure to make application. On another occason he was chat»in<? with a bro.her officer at the navy-vard, dieestinir tin. news of the day. which the other read out piece¬ meal trom a newspaper. Suddenly the reader started and lowered nia paper. "Heavens and earth." he exclaimed to his last' Vl r* "Her« " » vacancy for you at "QuS'teifm^haTftiS- "Ciled reW" '.1 he empress of Russia is dead," the offlepr ErtS?. '>""*.* ta"«" liu oliriuks of A """ '"".d « The Victims of the Thaxton Wreck. i u M0®rtained that fifteen people perished in the wreck near Thaxton, Va.. on Tuesday. Several more are unaccounted for, but their names, place of abode or destination have not been learned. The remnants of seven bodies w-ere interred at Roanoke yesterday at least the seven sp ina! columns and the heart Lees ofh um'n H' udlcat<'d ^ the charred RtfnA'Jrepresented seven. W. body was not touched by the flames and was sent to Cleveland, Tenn., his home N j trace of the bodies of Road Engineer James Amnt i U^' Firema" ^"Uce MJli LlVv^?"' ,'tmVil\Meltou' Nathan Cohen, C. , oyton and wife has been discovered The 5KE?"1 .ve"terd'»y wa» undoubtedly aU V' uuc0,,t"imed of the babe of tha Pey, tons, irauis are running through on *Mnr. » Rights of Bucket-shop* In Chicago. The Chicago board of trade received a pretty hard rap yesterday by the decision of Judges Horton, Tuley and Collins, sitting en banc, on the motion of the board's attorney to dissolve the preliminary injunction to prevent the board from withholding its quotations from the bucket-shops. Ins judges in their decision deny the motion to dissolve ths injunction on the ground that the market quotations are of such importance to the public that they should be considered publio property, and that if the in junction ware dissolved ths tendency would be to create a monopoly of the big board. Angry subscriber to editor."rm mad all the way through, an' I want my paper .topped." "Yes, sir; do you wast to pay what you owe?" "No; I ain't mad enough for thn*".PKmtix OKI HMfc GOSSIP ABOUT THE FIGHT. There Will Probably be no Interfere nee by State OfflcUU. all tki propl* wa*t to 111 th *nx cow* orr.wtlijvax *rnx i* T*ai*t*a.m ¦SArri-i-omorxD axp t*« unut ma ot- SXTTLXn.CUiCI UXVCHXS CHATTAKOOOA. If Kilrain reaches Sew Orleans in safety to¬ day it doe« not teem likely that there will be any Interference on the part of the Louisiana state official* with the great fight fixed for next Monday. Assistant Adjutant General Ferris yesterday asked Captain Beauham. of the Lou¬ isiana first artillery, to hare hi* men out to ¦top the fight. "Oh. no," wa* the captain'* re¬ ply, a* he Hashed a >15 camp-stool ticket, "I am going to that fight and if my men go out they will protect the fighter*. I am out to pro¬ tect the law at all time* and at all haxard*. but Attorney General Rogers has assured me that prize-flghting is not illegal and so I refuse tb go out. Anyhow it'* all d n nonsense. Here'* a game that brings money to the city, **d I don't see why we should (top it.'' a TALK WITH OOV. KICHOU. The correspondent of the Philadelphia .ay*: I called on Gov. Nichol* at hi* residence this evening to hear what he had to say. His talk was short, but sweet. The governor has a deficiency of pedal extremitie* and is, 1 should Judge, very cranky at times. "I don't want to be interviewed on prize¬ fights or prise-fighters," said he. "but I will say thst the outside public apparently knows more than I do about my probable action. I was at the St. Charles hotel to-day and the men I saw there were apparently all gentle¬ men, and, so far as the nght is concerned, 1 know nothing and will do nothing until 1 know more than I do now." Although the governor was brusque, it was apparent to me that be Bas experienced a change of heart, and that if Kilram gets through Mississippi all right there will be no obstacles to the fight. THE OOVEBXOB'S PECft101*. Late last night it was learned that Gov. Nichols had started on a new tack. He has ac¬ cepted the opinion of Attorney General Rogers that prize-fighting is not illegal, and hence will not attempt to interfere with the men on that ground. He has, however, issued a circular to all sheriffs in which he says that they must make themselves familiar with the laws, and that as it is against the laws to have riotous as¬ semblages or conspiracies abetting misdemean¬ ors, they must break up the Sullivan-Kilrain mill. He also shows that the offense mentioned is punishable by a fine of not less than *50 or more than t500, and from three months' to three years' imprisonment. COST OF THE EINO. Mr. Lynch, who is to put up the ring. wante to charge $150, and the Sullivan people deem the price excessive and say they won't pay it. Lynch says the ropes for the three rings.for tliere wili be three, one within the other.will alone cost t63. Then there will be eighty-four stakes and other material, to Bay nothing of the labor involved in construction and there is no doubt that he will get his price, but before they can build a ring there must be a battle¬ ground selected, and on that point there may be some interesting developments before next Monday. The articles of agreement specify that the arty winning the toss for the selection of the attie-gTound must notify their opponent* of their choice ten days betore the fiifht. This was formally done in black and white at the appointed time, but at this time bteveuson is at sea and has abandoned his first choice, and is now prospecting for another site. The Sullivan people, if they care to be ugly, can take their man to the place mentioned in Stevenson's dispatch as the official grounds and if Kilrain does uot appear there they can claim the stakes. The Sullivan party are to anxious for a fight, though, that such action is improbable. THE QUESTIOJt OF BEFEREE. At present it looks as though there were but two points open to dispute. The first is the choic? of a referee. It is certain that each party has a dozen available men in view for the position, but at present neither will suggest a name. When it is remembered that Frank Stevenson objected at the outset of the match to such nieu an Phil Dwyer and Capt. Connor as stakeholders, it is certain he will not be easy to please in the deciding judge of the contest. The Sullivan party aver that they will accept any honorable man. Charley Johnson, before coming south, said that soondr than have any trouble he would be willing to take .Frank Stevenson himself, but of course that assertion was no; meant to be taken literally. It looks as though a southern man would be the referee, first, because nearly every northern man who is here or will be at the fight will be a partisan of one or the other of the fighters, and, secondly, because the admirers of each party are southern sporting men, who would naturally suggest tor the position men of their locality with whom they are personally acquaint**!. It may be that the Gordian knot of the refereeship may be cut. as it was in 1882 in the Sftllivau-llyan light, by agreeing on two gentlemen to act as referees. As important a point to be decided as the refereestip, possibly even more so, is an agree¬ ment as to when the thirty secoud» rest be¬ tween each round shall begin. In all American ring fistics and in all fights in England under Loudon rules, prior to the contest between Kilrain and Smith, the thirty seconds rest was computed from the time the round was ended by a knock down or a throw. In that fight, atid also in the contest between Sullivan and Mitchell, the thirty seconds were computed from the time the men reached tkeir chairs in their corners. The decision of this disputed point may or may not be very important. A QUESTION THAT MAT BE IMPOBTANT. If Sullivan is able to master his man from the word '-go," it will make very littl<j differ¬ ence to him how the thirty seconds' rest is com¬ puted, but if. on the contrary, the battle is a long one and Kilrain is able to bring his wrest¬ ling abilities into play, it may be vitally im¬ portant to Sullivan to have the rest come as soon as possible after he reaches the ground, tor should Jake fall upon him his seconds might be tardy in raising off bis prostrate an¬ tagonist, and this might give him an opportu¬ nity to shut off the "big fellow's" wind by lay¬ ing heavily across his chest or pressing against his throat with his arm, or even by putting his hand over his mouth. These tricks are uot the most manly to practice, but in a close contest Kilrain might be inclined to take advantage of everything that a lenient referee, or one not fully posted in the rules, might permit him to employ. The Sullivan party may yield a little on the" referee question, but they will hardly permit Stevenson to force Jack Hal dock s theory of the rules on them. SULLIVAN STILL IK TBAISIMI. Sullivan continued his training yesterday at the Young Men's gymnasium.punching the ball, using the dumb-bells, wrestling, and skip¬ ping the rope. Tben he was walked 5 miles, wealing sweaters, and rubbed down on his re¬ turn. He skipped the- rope a thousand times without stopping during his exercise and was not puffing when he got through. Sullivan is reported to bo the only man who ever accom¬ plished the feat. The'nearest approach to it is 660 3kips by a man weighing 140 pounds. Sulli¬ van perspired so profusely during this exercise that the water fell from him in huge drops. Then, after a minute's interval, came the dumb¬ bell exercise, consisting of three movements. upward as far as the arm would reach, then downward until the dumb-bells touched the floor, then backward through the legs as far as the arm would reach. This was repeated fifty times. A little ball punching followed. The force and celerity of the blows amazed all who witnessed them. They demonstrated two things conclusively.(first") that Sullivan can hit as hard as ever, and (second) that he has lost none of hi* old-time lightning rapidity. Once he hit the ball *o hard as to break the thin rope bv which it was suspended; a second time he split the tether. Hi* back la covered with prickly heat, which cause* him no incon¬ venience. however. Altogether his friends are jubilant over hi* condition and predict an easy victory. The betting to-night is 10 to 7 on Sullivan. When Kilrain and hi* crowd arrive, however, there may be a change. To-day will be the last day of active training. Sunday will be devoted to absolute rest. Sulli¬ van and his immediate retinae are comfortably established at the private boarding house, which is directly opposite the rooms of the Gymnastic club. He receives no viators. Mul- doon never leaves him for an instant, and allows ao ons but Mike Cleary and Dan Mur¬ phy, a bosom friend, to converse with him ex¬ cept ha is present. Sullivan now weichs 1W3 pounds, and the severe training he underwent before he arrived here has been abandoned, al¬ though he will take more exercise than an ordi¬ nary man oould endure without complete ex¬ haustion. KXLUAIH O* TIB WAX. Kilrain and his party arrived at Chattanooga, Tenn., all right Detective Horrts, of the Pink- erton force, was on the train and the impree- sio* prevail* that he to going to aoeompany them to Mississippi and arrest Kilrain in order to get the reward offered by the governor of Misstaslppi. As expected each stopping place between Cincinnati and Chattanooga was packed with men, women ud childnn inxious to gst . glimpse of hilraia ud MtW-hell. Tbe farther south tbe pwty goe* the loudt r Wove tbe cheen for Kilrtlu. In CbtnuMsti tt In Mid that Kilraia'* reception exceeded in enthusi¬ asm tbe welcome riTrs tbe "big fellow." There were bat few incidents worthy of note this afternoon. as everybody except Jake wn tired out slid slept all tbe afternoon, kilraiu looked bright and cheerful and spent the day reading and sleeping. Sinoe he left Baltimore on Wednesday he haa gained t pound*. weigh¬ ing now ltr2-%* poaada. Tbe day and a half ha will have leit to train In New Orleans before the fight, however, will enable him to get down to iW pounds. the weight at which he wants to fight. Everr one is confident. as usual. time making no chantra in tbe Judgment of the party as to who the winner shall be. GIT EH A TORFKDO SALUTK. Reception to Pmidnl Harrtaoti at New¬ port.He Kluft a Johnstown Baby. President Harrison and party arrived at Newport. B. L, yesterday afternoon on the U. 8.8. Dispatch. A salute of twenty-one gum was fired from Fort Adams and tbe Juniata, the boll on the ligbt-houeo at the entrance of the harbor waa rung, and whistle* on tbe au-amers in the harbor sounded a welcome. ( while the yacbta dressed ship. The Despatch i was boarded by Commander Goodrich of tha torpedo station and Commodore Hi card. Tha presidential party landed at the torpedo station in oue of tha Dispatch's barge*. The party consisted of President Harrison, Secretary Tracy, Senator* Aldrich, Dixon aud Hawley. Representative Beed of Maine. Oov. Ladd of Ithode Island. Commodore Gerry and Lieut. Maiion of the nary uud others. I'pon their ar¬ rival at the station they were greeted with a salute of twenty-one torpedoes, which sent huge columns of water high in the air and cov¬ ert d the presidential party with spray. At the station were gathered Commander Goodrich an J his officers. Commodore Hieard. ( apt Selfridge, Lient. Logan. Hoar Admiral Luce, Admiral Porter. Col. J. W. Mendenhall. Col. C. Best, Col. G. H. Elliott and other officers of the army and navy. ex-Gov. Wetmore. Mayor Cog- ginhall. and a large number of prominent ladies and gentlemen. An informal reception wis held in the machine-shop; the dynamo room waa inspected, and experiments with gun cotton and torpedoes were successfully per¬ formed. Tbe party were greatly interested. The President connected the wires for one ex¬ plosion. AT thi Tuinna ITATIO*. The party steamed on the Stilleto to tbe United States training statiou. The New Hampshire's band played "Hail to the Chief." The training ship wss inspected, the battalion of naval apprentices was reviewed, tbe statiou inspected and a brief reception was given by Commander and Mrs. Higginson. The appren¬ tice boys climbed the rigging and gave three chf-era as the party left on the Stilleto for the city. The party was then driven to the state bouse, where President Harrison, Secretary Tracy and Gov. Ladd held an hour's pnblic re¬ ception, Mayor Coggeshall making the intio- ductions. They shook hands with 1.500 people. An incident of the reception was the presenta¬ tion of a baby resc ued from the Johnstowu flood, who was kissed by all of the receiving party. A committee from the Rhode Island Society of Cincinnati presented an address to President Harrison, who is a member of the Pennsylvania society. The party wns escorted by the Newport artillery to Gov. Ladd's cottage for dinner. The guests included the President. Secretary Tracy, Senators Hawley and Aldnch. Congress¬ man Heed. Uov. Bulkley Judge Blatchford. Bear Admiral Luce, Commanders Goodrich and Higginson. Col. Mundenhall. Mayor Coggeshall. ex-Gov. Wetmore and over a dozen prominent city people. The presidential party left on the D.'spatcii about midnight. As it left the harbor a torpedo was exploded aud the harbor was illuminated by an electric search light. WORLD'S 81NOAY SCHOOLS. Close of the Convention in London .The Next Meeting lit America. At the morning session of the World's Sun¬ day school convention in Loudon yesterday Dr. MacFadyen and the Rev. Mr. Woodruff read papers on "The Field that Invites Us." Mr. Kelly, secretary of the Wesleyan Sunday school nnion, Mr. Jacobs and Mr. McNeil spoke on a resolution declaring that every school should inculcate temperance principles in order to fit the rising generation for active and aggressive efforts in every department of Christian work. At the afternoon session Mr. Jacobs moved that the next convention be held in America in 1K93. the decision as to the exact date and location to be left to the general committee. After au amendment in favor of Montreal as tbe place for the convention had been lost Mr. Jacobs' motion was adopted. The closing meeting was held last evening in Exeter hall. Lord Kinnaird presided. There Was a large attendance Count Bornstorff of Berlin, Messrs. Hitchcock and McKilligan. Dr. John Hall of New York, aud Mr. Jacobs made ad¬ dress .-a. Sixty-five pounds was collected lor the fund to send a secretary to India. »w Foraker and HU Nomination. A special to the New York Wortd from Co¬ lumbus. Ohio, says ex-Congressman Besttv (re¬ publican) made a fierce assault upon Gov. Fo¬ raker on Thursd ijr in an address before a body of G. A. 1L men. He charged that Foraker packed the recent convention with his hench¬ men while at the same tune professiug not to want the nomination. He tilaiuly stated that the governor uttered an untruth when he said he did not solicit a nomination for a third term. The Herds League. Mr. Davitt opened his own esse before the Parnfll commission yesterday The first wit¬ ness he called wa* Mr. London, nn ex-member of the house of commons. He testified^hat periodic famines occurred in County Msyo, owing to rack rents. Witness assisted in founding the Mayo branch of the league. It never voted a farthing to foment crime. The murderer* of Lvtien, Hudd and Kavanaugh were the work of the Herds league, a part of whose policy was to shoot land leagusra. The Hi i ds le. gne was in the pay of the police. It was organised by Wheelan, who lost his life in consequence. Presiding Justice Hannen questioned the I witness, who insisted that the iioliee incited the outrages perpetrated by the lltrds league. Witness said he did not inform the authori¬ ties. because he would not pnt himself on a level with au informt r. He had frequently de¬ nounced the Herds league publicly. Played a Fly for an Oboe Note. From the l'tiiladelphia Becord. The orchestra that is giving daily concerts in the Lemon Hill pavilion was playing a soft, sad symphony yester.lav when the oboe seut forth a wild, startling blast that made half the crow d jump from their seats in terror. The whistle of a passing engine ou the Reading railroad souuued like a lullaby in comparison. The leader stood petrified with indignation for a moment, then waved his stick, and the music went on. ..Himmel!" exclaimed the oboe-player after the concert, when an explanation was de¬ manded; "a fly vas on der book. 1 thought he vas a node, nnd I play him." "See that there are no' flies on yoor music hereafter," replied the leader, dropping un¬ consciously into slang.and the player promised. Mrs. Ward of New York eity. her son-in-law, Jo*. 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Or «3(Kt.t»O0 ta. 1 i «'l ll'V.uOO la. 1 »UE nr 1 I tiUL Hi' .J fHl/k. 'H 6 t uii! s uF .Mi PRIZI S OF Ititl PHi/l S OF 1U4J J tkltlJ* >>K LkAJ 1U1.-.L3 Ok' AJ i R' ATioN 1'UIZEH 10'i Pniw ot *.">o«p ape 100 lr aaa .-< 3^*1 are loo Prutea of "Oo arc .r»i,<K)0 u... utH) ta..., IO.ouO are.. M 4300,000 .. lOO.'KMf Uu.ttOO ¦H tw. >oo -OO are. 10U.0V0 OOO are. 1.OO0 are ftOO are .lUO are Tl.U»UNAl. 1 LIZES. ton WiH ITize» cf 4i"0 are W!I»I 1-riaea f lOO arc ai:i4 Prizes auiountiair to Sl.ti Sort. iK-keta dravtuc Capital Pruaa art avtw- tltloa W toriuiuai l*na- <- AGENTb WASTED. tv~ Fos ri.rn RaTLa, or auy further infonnattea d* .ire-i. write lerlU) to Uie iu,tlenu|ru*d. ilaartj au-utiK yuiii' m»uei»-», wttb M*u, Cvuuty, Steeetaml Suu.U-r. Mure npia return luau Jcimrj wUJ beaa- aureo by >wur cuthiatuif an Eneuuiw htrtnt jrwur full UUVRTAXT. AdJraaa E A ljAl'PHIK. I n ordinary lettar. oootaimnf II by ail Ezpreaii tuuipaiuea, Saw lurk or l ualal Note. 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TSj! POWDER rssaC-Ss?f«- · 2017. 12. 26. · It lies betweenthe siigo andLongBranch. and adjoin*TakomaPark. Mr. Marishas giventhe n-tnie of Jdigo Heightsto this property, andhe

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  • CITY AND DISTRICT.fy Tax Emixa Star circulates in the city

    where printed a larger number of copies hiproportion to population than any paper in theworld, and It* circulation in Washington isgreater than that of all the other daily paper*in the city added together, it verifier itsclaim* by affidavits and by opening ita booksto the inspection of those interested. Homeother paper* beast largely, bat they give aofigure*.

    REAL. KSTATK GOSSIP.

    Th« K«w A*M*»nient of Property In theDistrict.

    *on Tuniicnonor ebportasce i* scburbabrnorxnn.kit Burim asd agnormmrnxn>ow mkivo tiviLT tx DirrtaixT tvbts or thecm UTUII MATTE** or UTRKKST.

    A place of considerable interest jnst now toreiki estate men i* the new *chool building inArthur place, near the District building. Herenujr be found the books showing the newly-assessed value of property. The work of theassessor*. who have been inspecting the realproperty of the city since the second Mondayof March, is found here, neatly tabulated, inbook* convenient for consultation. 1 he re.il-eatate men. for themselves and their clients,hare been bneily engnged in getting out list* ofthe new assessments and comparing them withthe last assessments. The assessors' books haveonly been accessible during the past week, andonly a few of the large owner* of property oragents of large interests have so far succeededin ascertaining what the new assessments are.It ie therefore not possible, as yet. to reachany conclusion ae to the general character ofthe work of the assessors. One of the leadingreal-estate sgents in the city told a Starreporter that he had procured a list oftne property standing in his own name withthe new assessed value. He found that in com¬paring these values with the assessed value ofthree vears ago that there had been an in¬crease'of from *) to 26 cents on the square foot.Nearly all of his property is located in thenorthwest section, and he said that if the sameratio of increase was maint tined in the assess¬ment of the entire District that the revenuesv ould be greater than the need* of the citydemanded.

    . ... I hope," he added, '"that the footing up of

    the totals will not show any such increase. Forseveral rears past all the revenue rai sed bytaxation in the District has not been expended,i here is now uearlr a million of dollars of theluonev of the District in the U.8. treasury. Therevenue* of the citv have now reached a sumwhich, with the tlfty per cent contributed bythe government, is considered by CongressiQore than ample to meet all the proper ex¬penditures. If our revenues continue to in¬crease largely Congress may conclude that itl- no longer necessary for the government topay iU share of the expenses of the District,and the entire burden may ag.iin be thrownnpon the shoulders of the people. For thisreason, as well a* because it is wrong to laiseby taxation more than is needed/or public use,1'believe that the tendency ought to be to keeptaxes down rather than the reverse."

    WHAT THR ASSESSOR SAYS.Assessor Williams told a Stab reporter that

    he had been nnable to estimate the result ofthe receut assessment. Changes, he said, wereliable to be made, as the board would remainin session until the 5th of August. From w hathe knew of the work of the assessors he thoughtthat there would be an inc-ease. He was ofthe opinion that the increase would not be asUrge as many imagined.

    -It should be borne in mind." he continued,"that during the past year the value of thea« w buildings erected and improvements made\o < Id buildings, as reported by the building m-ipector. is about *7.000.000. All these im¬provements have b* en assessed, in addition tothe property already taxed. The value ofproperty assessed three years ago was over« HKS.OOW.OOO. In the year 1>«S this amount wasincreased bv the addition of new building* toneariv tllJ.fOO.OOQ, aud tor die year las'J it wasover fll5.000.000. Naturally the new assess¬ment will show an increase, bat from what Ikuow of the methods of the assessors, and fromwhat citizens have told me who have comparedthe new assessment with the one made threeyears ago. I am of the opinion that the in-i-ren-e is not excessive aud will not be so con-sidered. For instance, such nieii as Mr. Ed- jward Temple and Mr. John E. Herre11 ex-pressed their entire satisfaction with the newassessment as far as their own property isconcerned. The books of the assessors haveouly been open duriugthe past week for publiciuriiection. and so far comparatively few com¬plaint* have been received alleging unreason¬able charges."

    Mr. Williams said that the assessors werecompelled to assess upon what ther consideredto be "The true value of property. ' This term'..as generally construed to mean what propertywould bring at a forced sale. The assessors,he said, were under oath and bond to faith¬fully perform their dutv, and they could not.a. pleasure, increase or decrease property valuesexcept upon the basis above mentioned. Mr.Wdliams said he thought that while the assess¬ments would show in many instances an in¬crease m the valuation of land, he thoughtthai tht practice bad been generally followedof rating improvements at a decreased valua¬tion. which was generally acknowledged to beright and Jnst

    srsrsBAX movements.Enoch Maris and others have purchased a

    tract of land lying to the east of the subdivisionof Eckiiigton. It is known as the Wales-Hub¬bard tract, and contain* 22}^ acres. The ownerv. »> Mr. Geo. A. Prevost. and the price paidwas about £28.000. The property was purchasedwith the intention of making a subdivision.Mr. Maris has subdivided a tract of some 60acres which he owns in Montgomery county.JId.. to the north and east of Takoma Park.It lies between the siigo and Long Branch. andadjoin* Takoma Park. Mr. Maris has given then-tnie of Jdigo Heights to this property, and heintends to do some work in grading and layingout street*.

    Messrs. H. W. Copp and R. B. Detrick havepurchased 180 acres of land at Rockville. Md.The place 1a known a* the Seminary property.It is well situated for building purpose*, and itii« understood to be the purpose of the newowners to make a subdivision of the land intobuilduiK lots.Mr. Francis 3hanabrook, who owns quite alarge tract of land bevond College Station, onthe Washington branch of the B. and O. road,is having a subdivision made of some 108

    acres. T ue land Ilea across the railroad fromCLarlton Heights, where a number of improve¬ment* are now lu progress. Mr. Shanaorookhas built a number of hoii.es in this vicinity,and has suld several building site*. He. how¬ever. now proposes to lay oat and grade addi¬tional street*, and will call the place CentralHeights.

    B. H. WARNER'S HOCSKS.Ground has been broken at the corner of lsth

    and R streets prrp.in.tory to the erection of sixhouse* lor Mr. 11. II. Warner from designs pre¬pared by T. F. .Schneider. The corner housewill front on l*th street 55 feet and will bethree stories hi^h, and will have a high slateroof. The entrance will be quite handsome;wide Kotnau arches resting on clusters ofcolumn* with carved capitals form a porch, andon one of the archer* a tower rise* to the roof.The front will be of stone and brick. On thecorner of the house there will be a circulartower, and ou the left of the entrancea square bay will extend to thethird story, terminating in a balconyThe interior is to bt handsomely arranged and'finished. In the center of the house wdl be alarge square ball, with staircase screened fromthe front. On the right is to be the parlor andon the left the din.ng room and pantry. In theupper floors there are to be seven chambers.bath. Ac. Tli* five houses fronting on K streetwill hav« a baeeuieut and three stories, withfronts of press brick and stone of very attract¬ive designs and square bar* and circulartowers, slate roors. stone porches, and interiorsartistically fiuished In natural wood*.

    ESLAROIXO TIE CHII_L>RXN'« HOSPITAL.The coutract for building the additions to

    the Children's hospital has been awarded to( baa. A. Langley and ths work has been begun.The additions consist of a west wing threestories high. *7x112 fact, and a south wing,three stories r.nd cellar. 4Ax38 feet, each con¬taining the wards, operating rooms, and otherconvsnienoea. which have been much neededIn this growing Institution. The heating ofthe whole budding will he renewed ana thismost improved system of heating and ventilat¬ing will be introduced. The building will beeo«pleted by next winter. T. F. Schneider isthe architect

    MR. Himtn'l ROUSE.Mr. V. G. Pohndorff to-day took oat a permith build a 910.000 house on Hillyer avenue. It

    will be a handsome house.not large, bat verycomplete in its appointments and flush. Thefront will be half stone and half brick, withcircular stone-and-copper bay window auda high red slate roof. Emmert A Helaley arethe Dodder*. J. F. Schneider is the architect.

    FIFTY YEARS A MINISTER.

    Rev. Dr. Buck Will Celebrate HisGolden Jubilee oa Thursday.

    a i.ono amd rsim, rtmun.a mm orthe bistobt or tbk vekerabi.* rr. pact.'¦BOCK CHEEK CBCBCH ASH VABUB.

    On Thursday next a notable erent hi the his¬tory of the venerable 8i Paul a Bock Creekpariah will be commemorated. Fifty year* agoRev. Dr. Thick, the rector, was consecrated apriest in the Episcopal church. He had Justgraduated from the Episcopal theological sem¬inary in Alexandrlr., nnd among the member*of his class the following survive: Bishop Wil->u< r of Alabama, Rev. Dr. Nelson. the dean ofthe Washington convocation, Bev. T. W.Leaveil of West Virginia, and Bev. Dr. Scott.With the exception of the first named, all willbe present to take p»rt in the exercises whichcommemorate tho golden Jubilee of Bev. Dr.Buck. The clergy of the District and a largenumber of the older church people have beeninvited to be prevent. There will be religionsservices iittlie morning with the celebration ofcommunion. Rev. Dr. Kelson will deliver ahistorical sermon and at the close of the scrviccsa reception will be held in the rectory.

    du. buck's cabeeb.Rev. Dr. Buck has spent all but thirteen years

    of his pastoral life as rector of St. Paul, and inpoint of service he is the oldest minister in theDistrict. His pastorate extends over a periodot thirty-seven years, and during that time hehas witnessed many changes in the churches aswell as in the families in this city. His lifework is identified with the parish, whose his¬tory goes back for nearly a ceutnrv and three-quarters, antedating for a long period the or¬gs nixation of any church in this part of thecountry now in existence. In fact 8t. Paul isone of the pioneer church organizations in thispart of the country.

    as iNTEBEB-rnvo HnrroBY.From the rare historical researches made by

    Rev. Dr. Bock some interesting facts havebeen obtained in regard to the old church.What is now known as St. Paul's Rock Creekparish was once the parish church of PrinceGeorge's parish, which included all the terri¬tory between the Potomac "and the Patuxentrivers and the northeast fork of the EasternBranch and extending indefinitely west. Thiswas many years before Montgomery countywas formed or the District of Columbia thoughtof. On September 18. 1719. Rev. JohnFrazier.rector of St. John's parish. Prince George'scountv, Md., called a meeting ol the inhabit¬ants for the purpose of raising funds to builda chapel in the Eastern Branch and Rock CreekHundred. A number of donations werereceived, but the largest was the giftof Johu Bradford Gent of Prince George'scounty. Md., who gave 1,000 pounds oftobacco and 100 acres of land. The gift was, ofcourse, accepted, and the land is that which to¬day constitutes what is known as the glebe ofthe Bock Creek parish. About one-half hasbeen laid off for the Rock Creek cemetery, andthere the old church stands. There have beentwo church buildings. The first one was builtof wood, and services were held there by Rev.John Frazicr, the rector of St. John's parish.Maryland, who officiated in this region as earlyas 1710. It remuined a c) La pel but a few years,when, in 1726, it was designated asthe parish church of Prii.ce Georgeparish, Prince George's county, Md. 81John's parish was one of the original thirtyp:irishes into which the province of Marylandwas divided. Prince George parish covered alarge extent of territory and in a few years achapel was built near Rockville, some 12 milesfrom the parish church. In the course of timesome twenty parishes have been carved out ofits territory, leaving the old parish churchwith about 6 square miles. As it had beenknown popularly for some time as the RockCreek parish instead of by the proper name,l'rince George parish, {hat name was takenwhen its metes and bounds were defined in1866.

    THE SECOND CH0BCH BtJItDIMO.The original church building remained stand¬

    ing for some fifty years and then bccame use¬less through decay. The order for buildingthe second church building whs passed in 1768and it was still unfinished at the breaking outof the revolutionary war in 1776. The wallsthen built are still standing. They are builtof brick brought from England and are twenty-two inches thick. The building was 40x60 feeti.nd the ceiliug was 26 feet high. It remainedtor many years without a roof and for manymore without either floor or ceiling. In 1820the vestry tfiought thechnrch building was toolarge for the accommodation of the surround¬ing population and it was concluded beat tobuild

    AN INSIDE CHCRCH.Availing themselves of a ledge in the walls

    twelve feet from the floor, left for a gallery,girders some forty feet long were procuredand stretched across and then lathed and plas-ti red. From the west end twenty feet was oatoff for a lecture and school room. Thusthey had within the old walls two rooms, one40x40 and one 40x20. In 1840 another changewas made by removing this temporary ceilingand building a gallery in the west end, whereau organ was located. Originally there werethree doors to the building, one on the southfront and two on the west. There were onlytwo aisles in the church and no robing-rooinfor the clergy. The vestry, however, decidedto enlarge the church by adding a chancel, or-gaa and vestry room 011 the north side. Thewest doors were also closed. The two rangesof windows were made into one and filled withstauied glass, new pews were put in, and the in¬terior as well as exterior beautified andadorned, as those who visit the old church to¬day may see.

    THE LIST OE HECTORS.The first rector was Rev. George Murdock,

    who was commissioned by George Calvart, thegovernor of Maryland, to take charge of theparish upon the recommendation of the lordLjshop of London. The ve«try Jnnuarr 10,l«27, invested Mr. Murdock as rector and hese rved in that capacity for thirtv-four years.The next rector was Rcr. Alexander William¬son. who was sent to the parish by the governorof Maryland, remained as rector tor fourteenyears. He was followed by He v. Thomas Reed,in 1776. whose pastorate continued for thirty-eight years. The time covered by the threefirst rectorships was eighty-six years. Duringthe seventy-three years since there have beensome ten rectors, and. as the present incum¬bent lias served for gome thirtv-seven years,the average of the terms of the others "is notmore than four years.Daring the rectorship of Rev. Mr. Reed he

    lived in or near Rockville, and. in consequenceof the nlmost abandoned condition of the pan.-hchurch, hu and the lay delegates from thech.pel located there were rectived into unionwith the convention of Msrvland in 17b4 asrepresenting Prince George parish, of whichSt. Paul's Rock Creek churc h was the legiti-mi te parish church. The plate and records aswell as th« uauie »eru taken possession of bvtb< chapel and efforts were made to sell anddivide the glebe. Mr. Francis 8. Key. aidedby Mr. (/has. II. Wiit^ierger and others, cameto the rescue and prevented the execution ofthis purpose. Aft< r Mr. Reed's time the firstrecord of ministerial s rvices in St. Paul's is in1820 by Rev. < . C. Austin, whose term was short.He was followed by liev. W. D. Addison. RevA. T. McCormick came in 1828 and Bev. R. Ashin 18.30. and he was followed by the Rev. Chris¬tian Wiltberger in 1831. In"l83« Mr. D. M.Miller was lay reader and as rector in 1887.Rev. K. J. Stewart wa.i rector in 188!>, and Rev.W. A. Harris in 1841. He was followed by Mr.Wood and he by Mr. Kerr, the first in 184;* andthe second in 1851. Tho present incumbent,Rev. Mr. Buck, next came to the parish.

    Hot Weather Maxims.From the Boston Transcript.The Listener has three tried and trustworthy

    maxims for hot weather conduct, aud outsideof them he knows no trick or device by meansof which the dog star can be circumvented.These maxims are:

    ^L Wear as light and loose clothing as you2. Take plenty of exercise, but in a calm way.3. Drink no alcoholic or effervescent bever¬

    ages.The clothing question is easily solved. A

    sign in a Washington-street clothing storewindow says: ,-Vou can dress like a gentlemanif you have #14." Perhaps vou caa dress likea gentleman for that amount, whether you candress as oue or not. But with *15 a man canat least get certain articles or clothing that willmake him very comfortable on a hot dav, asfar as clothing can go. In exercising, the greatCint is not to be atraid of the heat, but not ate same time to choose violent diversions.The youth or maiden who is in the habit ofplaying base ball or lawn tennis and quite ac¬customed to the exercise, mar play it on a hotday as safe Iv as ever; and people who are inthe habit of walking a/air amount have noth¬ing to fear, but every&ing to gain from keep¬ing up their customary exercise in summerBut exceptional physical tests should eertalalybe avoided under a burning sun.

    .,."Vou wish to marry one of mv daughters'The youngest will get 15,000 marks, the seoond

    30,000, and the eldest 45.000." -Vou don't hap¬pen to have one still older?". Flityndt HLitUr.

    if you want a man to think yoa are smart,you have ealy to make him think he is smart..Bu-ytuiinpuj* JtteputMcan.

    GOSSIP PROM LONDON.An KntfiUlnlng Letter Prom m Wuh-

    tngton Boy Abroad.T*B BOTAL AORirULTCBAX «IO*.THB QTTIBH'S

    Hobs,;* AMD CATTLB.CAM AND 'BtTSSBS T*M itDox.wtal mum-m honmii ik-tebnatiobal uvx Tinu xitcl

    Comspendeiios of InKvbmiso Stab.Losdox, Job* 26.

    The royal agricultural (how at Windsor thisweek ia the objective point for *11 Londoner*.Thi» ia tha great midsummer event in England,and aa it ia attended by the queen and royaltyin general, of course it is a fad, and you areconsidered next to nobofy if you do not go.Windsor and the neighborhood of the shownow wear* its prettiest dress. The wild rosesbloom in luxurious profusion in the hedgea,the poppies nod their pretty heads to eachpassing breeze, the foliage of the trees ia de¬lightful. and the fields are rich in verdure; thelazy Thames glides on ita peaceful way tosmoky, grimy and busy London and the sea.There are miles and miles of shedding con¬taining the best specim ens of horseflesh thakingdom affords (and they are all flue animals),ana there is a daily parade of cattle andhomos which stirpasses anything I have evorseen. Thi n you can inspect the two royalfarms which contain the stock owned by thequeen and hor large family. The farming im¬plements and machinery is also a very ffue dis-plav. * Then you can go to the queen's pavilion,a delightful rustic house, well planned andwell fitted up for the visit of her majesty, luthe rear of this pavilion are the picturesquehouses devoted to the council, stewards audmembers. The rost of the immense inclosureis occupied with sheep, a large horse ring,stands, farrier's shop, fodder yard and exer¬cising grounds. There is a superb displayof butter and clicese-making devices.There in one machine of Swedishmanufacture which makes butter instantly; alsoa cream separator worked by a hot, whichturns out milk on one side and cream on theother. The 1loyal Agricultural society wasorganized in 1839. It was formed by "loyal(and royal) subject* for the general advance¬ment of English agriculture." The queeu hasalways been a patroness of the society aud isnow its president. The queen's Shorthorns,Here fords, and Bcotch cattle, and her famousbreed of pigs from the farm at Windsor aregenerally among tho winners of prizes. OnJuly 2 there will be a sale of the stock on thefarm of the Prince of Wales, which will be at-tended by a largo number of Americans. Alto-gether the show this year is the finest displayever made by the society, which is now fiftyyears old.

    ksorhoub tbattic on wheels.To the casual wanderer through the streets

    of London there is no sight more astonishingthan its enormous traffic on wheels. You canthus gain a faiut idea of the dense mass of peo¬ple within its comparatively narrow limits. Inall the world I doubt if there is such a sight tobe seen as the Koval Exchange at noon, orKegent street and Picadilly later in the day.unless it be the Strand or Fleet street at allhourti. One wonders where this vast mass ofhumanity lives considering the area of Loudonand its suburbs. And then the cabs! Turnwhere you wilt, you meet cabby, and you brushagainst his horse a hundred times a dr.y. Asfor the 'busses, they run everywhere and areeven endangering the cabman's career. Everv-one travels by 'bus. It is cheaper than walking.Four cents will take yon iroin one end of Lon¬don to the other, vnd you can travel over threemiles for two cents.

    a Losdon carbt.A short notice of the London cabman may be

    interesting. The average cabby has to payabout *5 a day for tho hire of his cab andhorses. This means long and weary hours ofexposure in all sorts of weather (and it isprincipally a bad sort in London) and tho exer¬cise of great shrewdness. He is thereforeobliged to be lyux-eyed, and as the rates offare are very reasonable (63 cents an hour or25 cents tor the first 2 miles and 10 cents eachadditional mile) he must pick up u great rnaoypassengers before he can even p*v the ex¬penses of his outfit, to say nothing "of food,rent i.nd clothing for himself and family. It isa vital part of the unwritten law regulating cabhire that a driver has a right to expect some¬thing beyond his strictly legal fare, andwoe betide the unfortunate passengerwho refuses to recognize this fact.I have made it brief study of tho cab systemduring niy visit, and from what 1 have seen orthe streets of London I should say that a word-cor.test between a cabman and the passenger isquite sure to end in tho discomfiture of the lat¬ter. Jarvey lives by his wits, and he has a ile-.cided advantage in the matter of free and easyconversation. One evening I was standing atthe entrance of Terry's theater when a cabdrove up with a gorgeous swell and his ladycompanion. On alighting the passenger ten¬dered his driver what was probably the rightsum. Cabby looked at it, turned it over, andthen iu a loud, but benevolent tone, exclaimed:" 'Adn't you and the lady better get in agen,

    sir, and 'ave your money's'worth? I could 'avedruv ye anuther twenty or thirty yards forthis," looking contemptuously at tlie money inhis hand. 'On another occasion two middle-aged ladiesof vinegar temperament and miserly aspectengaged a hansom. When discharging cabbythey pBid their fare in pennies. He counted itcarefully, and in replv to a tartly-uttered ques-tion by on#' of tbe Indie*, answered:"Well. no. mum; it ain't right, but as you must'ave been a long time saving hup for this yerehaiinual treat, I won't bo 'ard upon yer."And he drove off.Yesterday I v. as driving along Oxford street

    in a hansom at a rapid rate to catch a train.As wt were turning a corner another hansomrun into our near side with just euough forceto laud its horse's head across our horse's back.I expected a stroug and impolite shower of in¬vectives from my jarvey, but it came uot.\\ ith withering politeness he observed to theother driver:'.When your 'oss 'ave seen all 'e wants to see

    across my 'oss's back, p'raps Vll git down.But bless your 'art, there ain't no 'urryPThere is no love lost between the cabmanand the 'bus driver. Each seems to regard theother as his natural enemy, and often the cab¬man has reason on his side. On a wet, coldday I have seen a cubby just about to pick up asmall fare, after following the passenger for ablock or two. and just when his patience wasabout to be rewarded a 'bus driver, with"room for one inside."came along and suappedup the pedestrian. A smart aud sulphurousexchange of compliments followed betweenthese vehicle rivals of the street.Last week I was on top of a Bayswater 'bus

    seated by the driver* A rival 'bus had. ior sometime, succeeded in "keeping the roud" and pre¬vented our pasting bv. Finally we drew upaud were love! witu it. The driver of the rival'bus was rather poorlv clad, aud this »aet didnot escape tho lynx eye of the conductor. Heshouted to his driver: "I say, Bill, what priceihat suit o' clothes? 'E ain't too tlashy in hisgit-up, is 'e?""O, 'e's all right, poor chap," retortedBill, with a pitying look ut his opponent, "itlun't his fault. His missus keeps a second-handcluthrs shop, and 'e's got to take the stock-in- 1trade out for an airiu."One cannot w.ilk a square in this great citywithout witnessing mauv interesting iucidciitsand curious sights, especially among tin poorerclasses. Passing over Hirekfriars bridge, late jone night. I sadly counted fifty persons oi both

    sexes endeavoring to sleep upon the cold stoneseats erected on the buttresses of the bridge.Phis is a common sight aud it is a sad reflec¬tion that several hundred people are nightlyglad to accept the little comfort afforded by anadamantine bed, outside the very doors of thephilanthropist.

    AN 1XTEBNATI0NAL TENNIS MATCH.The contingent of tenuis and newspaper m-jnwho came over in May for the purpose of in¬ducing some of tho leading foreign players tovisit the United States this summer have been

    partially successful in their mission. Negotia¬tions nave been concluded far a series of threematches between Mr. Oeo. Kerr, Irish profes¬sional. and Mr. Thos. Pettitt, American profes¬sional, aud the former will return with Mr. H.A. L)i.sou about tlie uiiddio of July. Mr. Dit-son has perfected tho arrangements with MrJackson, editor of Fnttinir, the leading tennisorgan of England, for these contests. Theformer lias offered a prize of *250 for the win¬ner. Whether or not other players will ac¬company Mr. Ditson cannot yet be determined.The all-England tournament at Wimbledonwill occur early in July and the subject willthen be canvassed. It is expected, however,that several of the leading players will crossthis summer and thua inaugurate internationaltenuis contests. This will place the game inAmerica upon a firmer tooting and increase thestrength of onr players. Should their wider-taking fail this year there is no doubt that theprofessional match bstween Pettitt and Kerrwill awaken such an interest in internationalcontests that another year will witness ita ac¬complishment H.W. a*°ttosr."Wsli, did you get that situation asoffice boy?" .Little son."Nope.""What was the matter?"»W» know. The gent is a lawyer, and heasked me if I was a good whistler, and I toldhim I was the best whistler on our street, andhe said I wouldn't do. Ouees he must want awg'to* prole.Io«>1. '.Aw York H ttkiy.

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    ,8°n,,how1or » vague idea hu grown tipin the popular mind that to an army or navalofficer all things are to ordered by the machin¬ery of the serrloe that he U exempted and ex-?ilJ tw fro® th* worrr ««