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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-08
I'm Favor Of Underground Wires.

I'm Favor Of Underground WtreSs
THE REASONS WHY LIEUT.. GREENE OPPOSES AN
APPLICATION TO ERECT ELECTRIC LIGHT POLES
Following is the full report Of Lieut.. Greene
to Major Twining. in reference to the applica-
ton Of Warren Choate and others for permis-
sion to erect iron poles for carrying electric
, 1s wires on various streets between TN and
10Th and pennsylvania avenue and street:
II submit herewith the application for per-
mission to erect iron poles for electric light
wires. The Introduction of the electric light
Is an entirely new enterprise, and the manner in
which the wires shall be carried should be care
fully considered. for the decision made in the
beginning will constitute precedent which can
not easily be changed In the future when the
system OF electric lighting Is futher developed.
The method here proposed Is to carry the wires
on iron poles similar to awning posts, about Is
to 70 feet high, substantially fmbedded In
masonry In the ground, and carrying cross
arms about two feet long near the top. The
system is permanent, and once introduced 1t
will not be readily abandoned on account OF
the capital invested in 1t. OF the streets here
asked for, D, F and 18th, are devoted exclu-
are filed with awning posts. On these streets
see no objection to the poles proposed On
E, 10th, 18th and Pennsylvania avenue, there
are hne rows OF trees, several OF them still
young. which would be injured by striking
against the wires during wind storms. On
permitted. As the three business streets above
mentioned will not be sufficient to enable the
company to reach the points desired, il is
questionable whether permission should be
given for poles even on these streets.
1.-The electric light wires as we'll as telegraph
wires can be carried underground, provided the
companies will pay for it. The system is un-
doubtedly more costly than the pole system
but it is perfectly feasible. Telegraph and cleo
trio light companies are experimenting with I'M
foreground systems and claim that as yet they
have not perfected them; but the progress made
in their experiments depends directly upon the
amount of opposition which they meet in ex-
tending the cheaper pole system. 1t does not
appear that the Commissioners are vested with
authority to compel the removal of poles already
erected. but they have an undoubted right to
withhold permission to introduce q new system.
The electric light is now in its infancy, but will
probably be most extensively used within few
years. 1t seems to me injudiciouS to allow the
pole system to gain a foothold for electric light
wires; and l therefore recommend that this ap-
plication be rejected, except on condition that
the wires be laid underground This also seems
to be favorable opportunity for renewing the
recommendation contained in my annual report
for 1880, that Congress be asked to pass law
compelling the removal of all telegraph poles
within the city limits after certain date-say
two years hence"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-08


The new choir Cquartette) at st. Paul's
English Luthern church, (Rev. DIR. Domer's). or.
ganized as it is for the purpose of leading the
congregational singing, has become one OF the
most appreciated adjuncts of the church. and the
membership and attendants there speak
In high terms Of their services. Miss Della Do
mer is the organist and soprano. Miss Lila Do
mer alto. Mr. w. Lapham basso, and Mr.. w.
Mcfarland tenor.
You will not be surprised to learn that tho
House committee were radically in error when
they thought they had a ''soft" subject In Mr.
J. r.. Shipberd. Whatever may be said of Mr..
s., It will not be charged on him that he docs
not know how to handle himself even under the
guns Of q Congressional committee When one
observes the ability and skill Of such man q
Mr.. Shipherd, the regret is intensified that he
had not been consistently true al his life to the
cody teachings of his parent. Some IL years
ago ~: When rn IN good clerical standing he preached
and always to our satisfaction. Only he would
wear suit Of gray clothes In the pulpit ash.
Cor. Chicago Aduanoe.
Many attendants on Episcopal church SER
vice take the reading of the Scripture lessons q
matter of course, and listen without payinx
that acute attention which would discover any
lack Of Appropriateness in the selections But
the Rev. George Emlen Hare, ID. D.. has been
writing for the Chsrcbm0n q long serIes Of
essays setting forth the need Of certain changes
In the passages selected, and giving I'm close
aetsl the reason for emitting some yersss o.
the suggestion:-"As the church omits
the geuea10gies - lessOns 90 On Sundays
Yet her omit those parts Of the 6cripture the
tendency of which te minister to cdillcafioA y
narrAtive., most valuabae = nonuments q
nacred antiquity; may even b specimens o. ~.
Unity ard nevertheless NJ - t. things ~
ehnron w.nes 81 - - - ecossscns-4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-08

"Your petitioner has been advised that, In mat
ter OF this kind, where public feeling is SO pro-
nounced and vindictfve against the assassin, 1t
would be politc in furtherance OF the purposes OF
this petition, to work quietly with committees,
and to outton-hole influential members OF the two
houses That may be so, but your petitioner, as
one Of the counsel for defendant asks the vote OF
no member OF Congress that shall not be given
understandingly. and that viii not be approved
by his constituents, as Just and right, when ami
mostly shall have subsidized" Mr.. Scoville has had
the above circulated In Chicago for signatures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-08
The Removal Of StenOxraphcr Hayes.
To the Editor Of THE EVENING STAR:


Sir:-In your issue OF Thursday last paragraph
appeared TO the effect that the Speaker had
authorized the statement that he had removed me
from my office as Official stenographer for the
reason that was also the reporter OF the New
employed for the last three years, when in COM
pliance with the suggestion OF MI. Speaker Ram
oaii, Withdrew from that position, hoped that
Mr. keffer would, ere this, have aScertaiued tina
fact and therefore did not contradict the state.
ment. Lest my LONGER silence might prejudice me-
somewhat, beg now the favor OF making the con-
tradiction through your columns, and OF Submitting
the accompanying correspondence In proof thereof
Very respectfully, ii. q. HAYES.
5th April, 1SS2
WASHINGTON, d. c., 4th April 1882
water n Phillips, esq, Washington Agent Neto
York Associated Press.
Dear Sir:-As Mr.. Speaker Keifer authorizes the
statement that his recent attempt to remove me
from my Of1cial position as offlcfal sten0grapher
IN The House. OF Representatives was based on the
supposed fact that am also the House reporter
for the Associated Press win thank you to state
whether am SO employed, or have been since
that position.
vero respectfully, HENRY G. HAYEa
THs NEW YoRK ASSOCIATED PRESS.
WAsHINdToN BUREAU. SO 18th street, April T. i8S2
Dear sir:-Replying % your note Of THIS date,
nave 70 say that your resignation as House reporter
lSs9. since which ume have emRloyed yuuf e0n,
49, INfv Eulx =
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-06-23
Some Hard Citizens.

4 Toronto correspondent describing
the cotton industry III Canada, refers
to the unhappy condition of the opera
tives employed in the mills at Hoch-
elsga, near Montreal. He saws: Their
lives are such that they become wholly
apathetic-a 'brutis, in my own Ian
guage, is the best term l know to de-
scribe their mental condition. Their
morals are bad, very bad. The conduct
of the girls is immodest in the extreme,
and deep depreciation reveals in both
sexes when anything awskens them for
time from mode of mental life
which can scarcely be said to be more
than mere existence. During strike
at the mills, in which saw much OF
their conduct when aroused, the super
intendent had to face crowds of men
and girls who spat in his face and look
ed ike demons. Even the quietest
looking girls hurled the most obscene
language at him and the mayor.
Threats of violence were made by
many, but no attempt was made to
carry them; the people are so sunken
that they are too destitute of courage
to attempt anything. do not think
there are ten virtuous girls in hun
bred. A good looking girl is almost
certain to fall before she has long lived
in the surroundings of cotton mill life.
A mill president tells me that the inn
morality that prevails is frightful, and
he don't know what to do to check it.
Mill operatives tell me a somewhat
similar story"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-06-23
TELLING Tales Ont of School.

Among the arrivals of immigrants at
Castle Garden recently were number
of manufacturers of English jams and
preserves. Speaking of the extent to
which adulteration of food is carried on
in the old country, one of them said:
People are ignorant how so-called
family preserves are made 1t is no I'M
usual thing for unserupulous manufac-
turers to make them from all kinds of
faded fruits and decomposed vegetables.
More than one-half of the raspberry"
jam made in England is from decayed
figs, which are boiled down with sugar
and little essence and other chemicals
added. The pip of the figs represent
those of the raspberry, so the fraud is
scarcely apparent" 1t is to be hoped
that in this country, where fruit is usually
SO abundant and cheap, the ways ex-
posed by these English immigrants viii
have no imitators.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-06-23
A $4,000 Check ON a Shingle.

Joseph c. Palmer, 4 California pioneer,
and ut one time a banker and politician,
died in Oakland ut the age of IS. Mr..
Palmer, in the early days of California,
was member of the firm of Palmer,
Cook & Co, bank which did an i'm
mense business, and whose influence
was felt throughout the State. To show
his readiness to adopt original methods
in an emergency, it is related that once
a depositor called to draw large sum
of money (S2S, 000) from the bank. Mr..
Palmer's consent was necessary, but he
had been called away to attend to some
duty at a lumber yard some mile or more
from the bank Thither the depositor
fastened and made known his wants,
and the necessity of having them at
tended to at once. Mr.. Palmer could
find neither pen, pencil, ink nor paper.
But without moments hesitation, he
picked up shingle. borrowed piece
of red chalk, and with it wrote a check
on the shingle in large and distinct let
tiers for $4,000 This was good for all
the money the depositor had in bank,
and it proved an exceedingly good adj
vertiSement for Palmer. II gained con-
tidence for the original genius of our
first great banker. whom everybody adj
mired and trusted. San Francisco
Bulletin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-06-23
A Bloody Bear Fight.

Saratoga Special: William Milliken,
of Boston, was killed by 400 pound
bear near the shore Of Lake Piseco, in
the Adirondacks, last Saturday after
noon. He was one of party, the
others being John Dixon, Fountain and
Watson. Of Philadelphia, and William
Wilkinson, OF birmingham, Conn.
They had with them James Shires. a
skilled guide, and four dogs. 4 bear
trail was followed up. when Shires told
the men to be careful about shooting
TOO suddenly should they happen to
come across any bears, who, at that
time, are very savage and apt to be on
the aggressive. Milliken, with the dogs
some distance ahead of the Others,
came across male bear, female and
two cubs. Not needing the caution
given him by the guide, he opened
fire. The balance OF the party hurried
forward, but when Shires, who first
reached the scene. came up, the bear
had killed the four dogs and was at
lacking Milliken, the latter making a
z liant fight for life. The guide hur-
ried TO the rescue, but as he came up
the bear closed upon Milliken and kill
ed him. The bear then attacked Shires,
who was terribly hurt. and would have
been killed had not Watson gained the
spot aud shot the male bear dead The
others Of the party poured a volley
into the female bear, who was also at
lacking. and killed her. Shires was
conveyed 10 his home on q ladder.
The mangled remains of Milliken were
shipped % his late home. He wss
about thirty-6ve years of age and
left family. He was interested
heavily in mining in Nova Scotia, and
was a stockholder in the Mechanics
vile Water Power company of this
county.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-06-23
A. I. SteMart,s Charity Failure.

Mr.. Stewart was a very gifted shop
keeper, whose rare talent in a single
line gave him both fame and wealth.
But he knew as little of charity as he
cared for it; and when he came, at the
close of his life, to attempt something
in that direction, he blundered with a
facility and self confidence which ought
to be enduringly instructive. 1t mad
been urged upon him that he owed
something to the working girls who had
done so much to build up his fortune;
and SO, tardily and ignorantly, he set
about scheme in their behalf. He
built large structure capable of hous-
ing thousand people. Every feature
OF this structure, In view ofthe purpose
for which it was designed, was glaring
lncengrulty,-and then, when he had
completed it he condescended to ask
the counsel of experts as to carrying
the scheme into practical execution.
lie was informed by those whose coun-
sci he ought long before to have
sought that the very character of his
building prohibited it from being use
tul. He was shown that to assemble
one thousand young women under one
'OOA Al ~ WI WAS
to necessitate one of two things; either
a police SO vlgilant and so intrusive as
10 be to any decent girl intolerable; or
else, laxlty so provocative of evil as
almost to guarantee it. He was shown
that he ought to have built series of
small houses, each with matron or
house-keeper OF its own, and each to
contain a dozen girls, at most, where
the surveillance could have been con-
slant without being obtrusive, and
where something like domesticity
would have made home in name
nome in fact. But Mr.. Stewart be-
lieved supremely in Mr.. Stewart. Sue
cessful men generally believe in them
selves. He showed this in his archi-
lecture, which was hideous, where it
might as easily have been graceful and
pleasing. He showed it in his charita-
bic plans to which he gave but little
thought, and in which he chose to be
sufficient to himself. And so his
great wealth has resulted in no service
10 his fellow towns people and in scanty
honor 10 himself.
1t Is q story which may proftably
be read by other rich men.-"The Top
fcs of the Times in the ,JuIu Cent,try.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-06-23
He Kent It.

DIR. Prime in the New York Observer
writes some observations on the grace
that is not common in England, Ger
many and America. The churlish selfish
ness so often seen in railroad-cars, he
characterizes as an Anglo-Saxon quail
ity.
Coming home in the Fifth Avenue
omnibus one afternoon, says DIR. Prime,
met with specimen of mother and
manners that will amuse YOU
The stage was full -six on each side.
A woman-observe, | do not say lady
entered with two children, q ten-year-
old boy and younger girl. As she
could not find a seat. gave her mine,
and the two children stood at her knee
Presently two persons left. and the
boy and sat down opposite the mother.
Now two ladies entered, and the mother
instantly bent forward. and said to her
son.
Keep your seat; paid for you
This was q lesson in selfishness that
will be remembered by the boy all his
life. The mother had just before ac-
cepted my seat. compelling me. man
twice as old as herself, to stand up in
an omnibus; but the moment when her
little son had an opportunity to be kind
to ladies, she interposed, and babe him
keep his seat
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-06-23
Six UnhalIOWed Grayes.

Andersonville letter: Separated from
the other graves stand SIX stones, mark
ing the burial place of six men who,
like human fiends, preyed upon the
weakness ahd helplessness of their suf-
fering companions in the wretched
prison pen, robbing them OF food, of
clothing, ard often of life. These six
we're, unfortunately, not the only ones
of that class. but being ringleaders, they
were tried by a court OF their own
comrades, convicted, and sentenced to
be hanged, which sentence was execut-
ed by their comrades July IL, 1864.
They were hanged from scatfold
erected for the purpose just inside the
stocksde. The names of these men
were John Sarsfield, 144th New York !;
William Collins, 8Sth Pennsylvania;
Charles Curtis, battery A, 9th Rhode
Island artillery; Pat Delaney, SD Penn
syivania; A. Mum, United States navy;
w. r. Rickson, United S ates navy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-06-23
Expense of an Amateur Paner

Doubtless some of our young friends
have, at one time or another, asked
themselves: Gould | start paper p
"How should begin ?' what would
it cost?' "Would it pay?'
To these questions We answer brify
by quoting from letter recently re-
ceived from the official editor of the
National Amateur Press Association:
''ln reference to running an amateur
paper, | Will first of all state that it sell
dom, if ever, pays The only way to
save it from being continual expense,
is to have printing outfit of your own
and print your paper yourself By do
ing this YOU will DE able to make both
ends meet. However, an amateur pa
per could be made to pay, and has been
before now, by proper course of ad-
yertising, and by devoting time to
working it up. But not one paper in
fifty pays anything over running ex-
penses. Those now publishing papers
do 1t solely as means to benefit
themselves, to give them bright men,
tai and moral training, or as an amuse-
ment. The cost ct issuing an amateur
paper ranges from two to ten dollars
per issue. The Young Nora Scotia
costs US ten dollars. A paper half the
size can be issued in the U. S. for four
or five dollars. A paper two columns
to page. four pages, can be issued at
cost of two or three dollars"
THE directions for starting an anna
teur paper are very simple. All that
Is necessary is to decide upon starting
one. then upon what size. The editor
can then use mis- judgment as to what
to publish; but whatever he publishes
should be original, as that is the prime
motive for starting paper; to exercise
the literary ability OF the editor. 1t
would be well for a beginner to make
the acquaintance of some one who has
had experience as an amateur IN order
TO get the names and addresses of ex-
changes, for the exchanges are the life
the cause. II the would-be editor
wishes TO print his paper himself, let
him consult the advertising columns
of some boy payer, and he viii find out
where to purchase presses and mate
rial. There are many who keep all the
requisites of an amateur printing Office
for sale, and who do nothing else but
manufacture and sell them. How
many boys spend more than ten dol
lars month upon those things which
do them not half the good which
would come from publishing an anna
teur psperr'-From stABsatslfr Neacspa-
pess," 6y Harlan FL. Ballard, IN 81. Mich
olds for July.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-06-23
Warriors and their Ages

American army officers whose superb
ors, or the superiors of whose superiors,
have attained to the age of 90 are now
trembling with excitement lest the Sem
ate should fail TO act on the bill retiring
all officers ST that age. There seems to
be no opposition 10 the scheme. and
there is little fear that the bill will fail
If it ever gets before the Senate, but
Senator Logan Stiffness has caused some
delay. of course there is no specific
age at which an officer becomes ineapa-
bic OF performing his duties, and where
there is masked disability officers are
retired now without regard to age. But
it is claimed that the young officers
ought to have better chance for pro-
motion than they now have, and there
is good deal of force in the argu-
ment that if retirement were COM
pulsory in the army, as it is in the
navy, there would be less room than
there now is for favoritism. At the age
OF 81 few officers have any long period
OF possible activity before them. If one
age is to be determined on for all, that
IS perhaps as fair and reasonable an age
as any. But an officer of low grade
IS really superannuated earlier than an
officer of high grade; that is the du-
ties of general and captain differ SO
that there is quite as much reason for
retiring a captain at So as there is for
retiring a general at 81. This plan of
retirement on a sliding scale seems 10
have received little or no attention in
Congress. The retired list of the Amer
lean army was headed with no less IL
lustrious name than that of General
Winfield Scott, who was 80 when the
civil war began. There was no doubt
about his approximation then, but he
reached the fatal age of 81 during the
Mexican war, when he showed no seri-
Gus impairment of bodily or mental Wig
or. Admiral Farragut was 60 when the
late war broke out, and if there had been
compulsory retirement law in 1868 it
would not have been applied 10 him,
even if repeal had been necessary. Lord
Cardigan was 81 when he led the histor-
ic charge of the six hundred into the
valley of death. Marlborough was So
at Blenheim. Lord Raglan died dur
ing the Crimean war at the age of 81, a
fact that may be used as an argument
in favor of retirement at 81. But Bene-
dek was 81 ut Sadowa, which by similar
reasoning would indicate the propriety
of retiring officers at 60. Prince Wind
ischgratz was vigorous enough when at
the age of g. he led the Austrian Army
against the Hungarian patriots. We'll
lington aud Napoleon were only 46 when
they terminated their military careers
at Waterloo. Manuel de la Coucha,
Marquis of Douro, was called to the
command of the royalist army in Spain
in his S0th year, and was killed in ac-
ton at Martemnro in 1874. He was,
however, only of middle age compared
with Dandolo, who was elected Doge of
Venice when he was 81. and led his
troops in person to the capture of Con-
stantinople when he was %. Chicago
Times.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-06-23
Fox Stalls in the Stable.

Box stalls are necessary apprndage
to large stables. Two or three stalls.
for the use of sick and lame horses. are
indispensable to Al large establish
ments. The more box stalls. the better
for training race-horses. They are far
better than open stalls for conditioning
the racer, and are better for wintering
that class when out of training. They
should be built from twelve to sixteen
feet square, which would give abundant
room for the largest class of inmates to
lie down and get up without being
cramped for room, These stalls can be
converted into single stalls by nova
bic partition, when necessity requires
it. Each stall ought to have an escape
pipe running up to the roof, to carry off
the foul air, and aperturcs at the bottom
to let in fresh air. The constant ingress
of fresh air, and the egress of foul air
will cleanse and purify the stable. Con-
dition for winning races is nothing more
than good health, put in execution by
constant exercise, and good grooming.
Preserve the health of horses by pure
air and clean stables, and the skill of
the trainer will more easily put them in
condition to contest for the palm of vic
tory. Great consequence is attached to
health and condition in the breeding
stable. 1t is acknowledged to be the
turning point of success i'll breeding es-
Establishments. = National Lire Stock
Journal, Chicago.