Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-10-02

yearling calf in narrow lane, and went afr
him on the full run for quarter OF mile,
trying to bite MIN.
RAINY TIME AT CHAMoUNY.
The week or more Of rain at Chamouny
made business pretty dull for the hotel men,
guides, diligence men, and all the class who
cater for the tourist crowd, as there were few
arrivals, but it made things lively for the
people who had property to protect against
the floods: For one thing. most of the people
glacier river Arve in its bounds and men and
women were everywhere to be seen repairing
had risen above these and flooded the fields
they were hard at work dragging brush to
head off the new currents, or TO divert them
damage as possible It does not take many many
hours Of rain here to create hundreds of tor
rents in addition to the perpetual cascades,
were strung with white ribbons, and all these
streams are flung with tremendous momen-
tnm into the already swollen glacier rivers:
The contributions from the giant ranges of
mountains continue to pour down long after
the rain has subsided. so that the people have
to keep up their precautions, both in the storm
alarm was sounded, but it proved that the
fremen. We're required to fight water. The
foundations of house had been undermined
Sang the ne te Wh
timber braces &c, TO secure it from being
| swept away. The same morning there
torrents had swept away way PORTO portion ',ai Of
the road to Geneva; and up the valley where
the Arye had gobb.ed up half mile of the
| road to Martigny SO completely that it was ne
| cessary to imprOviSe a road through potato
and barley fields some distance above the
banks OF the river 1t was curious to see the
| amount of hardship and exposure the peasants
would go through to save their little crops. At
one one place, where etbs the flood d. had envroned
| been worth 81. at the outside, three or four
| men were at work waist deep In water for
| hours. driving stakes and weaving in limbs OF
trees to make breakWater to save the vege-
| tables. ! was interested to see if they sue
! ceeded. but on visiting the place next morn
| ing: sad J., to say, the wafer had risen yet higher
| all had been swept away. 1t was sorrowful
| also, TO see where the remorSeless glacier
| stream had swept over the little carpet-shaped
| strips of barley and oats, and buried their bits
| OF ar..ble land under ruinous barren deposit
OF coarse. gravel. at the hotels, the tourists,
in twenty minutes, were a good deal in the
| dumps during the rain. These hotels in the
high Alps are undoubtedly, pretty cherries in
| haven't the first idea of providing cosy, COM
Portable parlors. reading rooms and halls, with
| great rearing open wood-fires, such as make
White Mount ain hotels-the Profile House. for
instance. The Chamouny hotels have hardly
pafler room San to give seats to their
indoors: and it is only on the rarest occasions
| that fire is lighted Though the evenings are
always chilly herel and even thenitis a dimin-
| utlve little affair OF meagre stick or two in
| fire place OF the smallest proportions. The
| guests amuse themselves as they best can with
odd volumes Oh OF British novels, or pirated edi-
"1nnocents Abroad" (Which is always much
thumbed) or they promenade the few feet of
| ballroom and watch the clouds abOuG Mont
| Blanc and the Glacier 0n Blossoms and
| pare figures between the rustic wooden (pine-
tWlg) barometer, and the metallic one; or
| the prospect, who answers with unceasing
good temper that the wind is about to shift
from the south (the rainy qnarter) and that
the weather ''is going to arrange itself" But
| 1t does not arrange itself for a week or more,
or until the idle crowd of guides and the men
with the telescopes who show you the Mont
| Banc panorama for so centimeS, are nearly
| In despair. But, as have said, there Is really
| good deal to enjoy in tie Valley OF Cha
mouny in stormy season if you have liking
Tor mountain storm effects, and have, more
| over, & good Water-prOOf,and q saw mil! handy
when the rain gets too driving. C.S. n.
| Relief of Yellow Fever Sufferers.
| THE NATIONAL COMMISSION.
The executive committee Of the National
| Relief Commission met at noon, A. s. Solomon
in the chair.
The following telegram was received:
ST LOUIS Mo. Oct l, 1873. 80 a. MO
| "
| We chartered steamer j. M. Chambers, 500
tons 6urthen, today, releasing steamer Eagle,
which, Which prGved + teo small Chambers sails
m being satisfactory now, and the expedition
WILL VIII be a grand success, we think. Much in
| tereSt manifested; many volunteers.
| ALEX. r. SHEPHERD, Chairman.
| THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS CONTRIBUTIONS.
| Mr. Edward Baldwin, on behalf of the Board
OF Public School Trustees, called at head
| quarters this afternoon with an oak box,
heavily laden with currency, amounting to
$l041.36. the result of the donations aud collec.
tions received from the children Of the public
s2l69 SO: Sd, $l35 4th, $lO5.lO; 5th $685. 9th,
s7295; 7th. $3.50; advanced schools and mis-.
cellaneous, 1926. Total. sl.0i7.56
CASH CONTRIBUTIONS
| received by Lewis j. Davis, treasurer since
last report: John W. HOgg, Navy department.,
$SO;75; clerks and others in office Of Chief of
Pioneer Sunday School, 81 IL; Fred k Douglas.
for African Episcopal Church, $226; Judge
Samuel F. Miller, S.
THE scHUTzEN vEREIN sERENApE to their
shooting King, Mr.. Christian Rupert, came
ment made in yesterdays STAR The pro
cession, was from Meyers restaurant on
Pennsylvania avenue, headed by the Marine
and D streets. by the way of 9Th and streets,
when the serenade took place. From here the
members M escorted Mr.. Rupert to Evans
took place. The president. Mr.. Simon Wolf,
addressed the king and offered a toast to
which his majesty replied briefly but to the
point; Speeches were also made by Messrs
| Wm. Helmus, vice president of the SchutZens;
| Secretary Springsguth Treasurer j. L. Vogt
and Mai: A. c. Richards, an honorary mem
| Der. At the conclusion of the banquet gold
medal was presented by the Verein to Mr.
John Angermann and one to Louis Behrends
| through Mr.. Wolf. The band afterwards
| sernaded the Journal Office and then visited
the residences of Mr.. VOgt and Mr. Helmus
| and serenaded their families.
| RACES YEsTERDAY.-The winners at the
Louisville (ky) races were GlenmOre mills
heats, in :46A. 1:4514, beating Checkmate and
F99rtqna; i9a Spendthri1t, one mile, for two-year-
0lds; in l As; BergamOt. mile heats in 1:46lx
| l;444, beating Edinburgh and Solicitor; Milan,
three quarters of mile, in 1:17; WarfeId, IL
mile, IN :56, beating Bramble and PomerOyo
races Halle won the s40O race best time :333I.
In the third heat Mary Jane and Star coIIided.
and the driver OF Star was thrown ont and
severely injured. Membrino took the frat
money in the race for $1,000, divided; best
OUR RELATIONS WITH MEXICO-During the
ceiebration OF Mexican independence day in
the National Theatre in the city of Mexico.
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