Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-23

| ,NhW YORK. Nov. &-The funeral or the late
| ffoI. Henry Draper took place this morning from
MS late residence In Madison avenue his brother.
iI, miIiaW, mey. NJ. Maury, OF Goshen, NY. ofici.
| atlng. Men OF science OF letters, doctors OF dl-
| vinity, professional gentlemen merchants and
others, numbering between 200 and SEQ persons,
Mae aoenaeG oi Iae nnal ceremonies. The internent
was at Greenwood cemetery.
Painting the Dome
THE WORK OF RENovATING THE caPIroI-IsPRoyx.
AENTs IN THE SENATE CHAMBER AND HALL OF
| OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES MEN WHO PAINT THu
DONE AND HOW THEY DO 1T.
| Tie short interval between the adjournment OF
the last session or Congress and the reassemblinQ
| OF the next has imposed the necessity or unusual
diligence upon those whose duty it is TO annually
repair, refurnish and refurbish the Capitol Hence
the work Is being pushed this season with degree
OF energy TO which the building has been stran-
ger for many years. Fresh paint throughout the
whole structure is being used literally skiIfully
and artfstically The Senate and Representatives'
chambers have had their carpets removed their
furniture taken out, and hence show very dilapi.
dated and dusty appearance. Their lights are
| fled, their garlands dead, and all but the busv
woIkmen and the stray reporter departed. When.
with the falling OF the autumn leaves ana the
breath OF the winters chl the voice OF the states.
man shall again be heard I'm the Ill ana the rus
Tie OF female drapery In the corridors OF the lobby.
DISPUTE WITH BCNCoNBE
the claim TO his undivided attention these halla
! Will present a more agreeable and satisfactory
aspect TO his nose aswell as hts eyes, than thew
did when, at the close OF the last session, he
folded his tent and silently stole away Improve
ments In the ventilating department are being
| rapidly made all through the building The closet
ventilatlhg pipe which passes through the boilers
mus causing the sewer gas 20 be consumed, has
peen carefully examined and perfected. The new
| fregnt elevator I'm the south part OF the senate
wing Is nearly finished. The work OF putting uu
new globes for the gas lights I'm the rotunda and OF
repairing the gas fixtures there is also done and
the liking up or the rotunda for the Garfield fair
i, Is wei on Us way 10 completion. What with the
thorough cleaning ana freshening which the walIA
the floors, the ceiling, doors, recesses and corners
are receiving, the next Senate will be more piouS
than any or It's predecessors. IL the old saying bo
true that cleanliness Is next TO godlncss The
Lord knows the Senate needed the Improvement
the Senate hall, that is TO say. The personnel OF
course, ire already heirs of glory and Joint par
Ct.,s Iahsrs OF Sayation, or words 10 that effect
same remark to the House.
THE WORK ON THE DOME
The most Interesting Improvement being made
at the Capitol, however, is the painting OF the
dome. This season is the first time In ten years
that this work has been thoroughly and fully
done. AS you stand at the foot OF the terrace be-
low and look up at the immense dome above the
Workmen there seem midgets, clinging by toes
and nnger tips TO the convex surface. To the ner.
vous spectator the sight is more exciting than In
tereSting. The narrow landings surrounding the
lower and upper ends OF the dome appear ag
threads OF white marble, on which hardly a ny
could obtain secure roothod, much less a man.
lou shudder as you see a human form uprear
itself from the interior OF the cupola, and, with
apparent careessness, climb backward over the
narrow ledge to the ladder beneath That ladder
seems fearfully small and unable to support the
weight OF or give foothold TO several men who are
upon IL They lean forward at times until only
their feet ana one hand are on the ladder as they
run tneir brushes over that part OF the dome
Wlthln reach. They seem suspended I'm md-air,
and you tremble lest the next blast of the autuu n
wind. which, you know, blows fearfully hard up
at That dizzy elevation, should loosen their fraiI
hold ana dash them. shapeless masses against the
cola crue. stones OF the pavement two hundred
feet below; suddenly, while you gaze, one OF
them rapidly deScends the ladder to the lower
landing. which is in reality about eighteen inches
wide, but seems TO you mere line, and lightly,
reckleSsly even, Jumps down upon the projecting
edge or the column Immediately below. You
notice, however. that he climbs back with iauch
more care. And you watch with sort OF fascin-
ated interest TIL the eye grows dim with its con.
slant gaze, and you seek inside for further In.
The men who are daring enough to venture ON
the dome and repaint It's surface are all regular
employees on the painters roll at the Capitol The
ladder employed Is made or wood. not of rope as
Is generally supposed, and remains constantly on
the outside IL is so constructed as TO be easily
llited from one place TO another, tt may be re.
Qulred Dy the painters SO that IL can make the
entire circuit or the dome. It is made so as to
follow the curve OF the latter, and is OF sufficiently
large dimensions TO give pretty good foothold 70
man whose nerves are steady aDd whose head
are clear. The dome Is not often painted. this
season being the first in ten wears that its entire
outer surface has been thoroughly re-tinted. The
work OF scrapng certain portions OF IL, which
have been frequently stained, was this year per-
been engaged as the valet OF Senator and who,
Ii may consequently be presumed has had no op-,
portunities 10 accustom himself TO such dizzy att.
tudeS as that on which he worked
AWAY AT THE TOP.
Dangerous as this work seems 10 be, very dan.
gerous as II is In fact, more gruesome job is that
OF painting the pedestal on which the Goddess OF
Liberty stands. The statue is OF bronze the ped
estal OF iron, and the latter must be frequently
painted so as TO correspond I'm hue with the god
dess. From the very top OF the dome the cupols
uprears its graceful proportions without any I'm.
terror means OF access 10 the statues pedestal
Ascent must be made vertically from the outside.
When the pedestal is TO be painted, rRRers from
the navy yard are detailed TO erect a Temporary
structure, by which the workman ascends to the
top OF the cupola To climb over the outside ledge
or the latter, either I'm coming down or going un.
is said 10 be the most dangerous part OF the whole
undertaking. So hazardous is the entire fob Of
painting the pedestal, that only one man on the
force viii do IT, He Is native OF Capitol HILL and
san 20 DE utterly indifferent to danger, apparently
unconscious that ha runs any risk whatever He
mas, however, met With several painful accidepts
fortunately none OF them serious.
The painters on the Capitol roll receive 50 50 per
day, ana DO not have steady employment the year
round The few who are daring enough to work on
the dome, get the same pay as those who work In.
side Some OF these painters have been on the rolls
for many years
A HUSBAND WHO Cor THE WORST OF IRA small.
the dock at Judge Snells court this morning,
charged with seriously assaultng his wife, Emme
DObson, a large woman. Mrs. D0bson stated thae
her husband came home last night In an fntox1-