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The International Rowing Re~ast.

The International Rowing Regatta.
DRAWINGS FOR MONDAYS RAcEs-rHE PRIZES
Drawings took place In London yesterday for
Mondays race In the international regatta as
follows: First heat, Battersea TO Hammer.
smith, Matterson and Ross. Second heat. Ham.
mersmith to Kew, Perkins and Teemer. Third
heat, Kew to Hammersmith, Beach and Lee.
The courses average three and one-sixth miIes
Tuesday's heats will be drawn on Monday. The
courses will be the same as Monday.s' The
hnal race on Wednesday will be over the
champion course from Putney TO Mortlake. All
the moneys have been deposited, inclndine
those for the match between Beach and Rnss'
The prizes viii be: First, 81, 200; second. 300:
third and fourth. 1ll2, los. each. and ESQ 70
those beaten IA Inc nrst round. George Bubear,
trial heats. rowing over one of the courxes
against time. The final race will occnr IN
pionship course. from Putney TO Mortlake.
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CITY AND DISTRICT.
THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
work tn he Done or Pavememts and
sewers During the Current Year.

Street improvements are to be made during
the present fiscal year, under the recent appro-
priatons OF Congress, as follows: The Barber
Asphalt Pavement company will lay their sheet
asphalt pavement on Indiana avenue from LIST
TO Sd streets northwest, and on / street, from
18th street TO Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
Henry L. Crawford. concrete works, will lay
coal tar, dstillate and asphalt payements on
4la street, from Pennsylvania avenue to Mis-
souri, avenue northwest; 9th street, from q
street TO New York avenue northwest; 14th
street. from Pennsylvania avenue to Il street
northwest; n street, from 4th to 9TH street
northwest street. from Al, to 9Th street
southwest; F. street, from Sd to IL, street south
west; and 35th street, from TO street north
west. He also has contracts to grade, set curb
and lay sidewalk on street. from 9th to 7th
streets southwest Patrick Maloney IL to law
compressed asphalt block pavement on Mary-
land avenue. from 1st 10 4th street northeast:
9TH street, from Maryland avenue to Massachu.
sets avenue northeast; 9th street from
Maryland ave.to Massachusetts ave- northeast:
e street, from 4tb To 9th street northeast: ana
25th street. from Pennsylvania avenue To M
street northwest. Mr.. James REYNOLDS IL to re-
move old material from the various streets and
avenues to be improved, and grade and reRu-
late Virginia avenue, from 4th To 18th streets
southeast. Mr.. VIM. Buckley Is to grade and
regulate 18th street, from 10 boundary street
northwest; to grade and regulate 3D. from + to
v street southwest; TO grade and regulate 9Th
street. from East Capitol street TO Pennsylvania
avenue southeast; and Mr.. Andrew Gleason is
10 grade and regulate Virginia avenue from list
10 I'd streets southwest: Il street. from south
Carolina avenue IN list street southeast; and E
street. from South Capitol to Sd streets south
east Nh. John CuGInOre has contracts for about
2l,OOO feet of pipe sewer, varying in size from
Twelve To eighteen and twenty inches all over
The city. John Lyons has the contract for put
ting in all the basins of ali the sewer traps,
about ninety in number, and The building of
Two brick sewers in West Washington three
feet IN diameter, and one three feet brick sewer
on l4sh street near the Long bridge.
The list above comprises all the street i'm
provements for which provision has been made
by congress during the current year. The con-
tracts have all been made Tor are now being
made) and Lieut.. Griffin stated to a STAR re-
ported this morning that most of this work will
be executed this summer and fall Should IL
not all be finished IL will be completed early
next spring
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Letter TO the New York Journal of Commerce
The guides OF Grindelwald, and OF all this n.
gion, are an aristocracy. I am referring 70
those who pilot you safely among the real dam
gers OF the Jungfrau, the WetterhoTn, the
Schyeckhorn, the Finsteraarhorn and the
other first-class peaks. The most disting ulshed
OF them are named In all the hand-books They
pose objects OF admiration in the streets.
And they are well worth looking at.
They are 1.-the and sinewy, with frank,
resolute faces. They mostly dress In corduroy
veiveLeen, with SLOUGH hats OF the same. Their
yellow boards sweep their breasts. A pro
yokingly slow gait also identifies them
They walk-unless under the spur OF necessity
about hall last the Ordinary American
or Epgiishman. A friend OF mine, In tow Of .
guide, consumed six hours in the ascent Of the
Wangern Alp from Grfndelwald. The usual
time 10 only three. But he arrived at the toy
perfectly unblown, and linen appreciated the
wisdom OF going slow. These men are very
with great reluctance II Al al, and wiil not con-
verse about any thing while going up the hill
Thus they save their wind, the want OF which
is SO trying to inc xperienced Alpine tourists.
But what they lack An demonstrations they
make up In essential service. Ihey win stand
by their employer In every tight place, aud
will rescue his remains and bear them back 70
the valley, IL he persits in despsing the guides
advice ana Is killed In consequence.
These trusty Fellows make great friends q
members Oh the Alpine club, and are sometimes
well paid Tor leaving their beloved Switzeria nd
and aiding in the conquest of high noun tains
in the antIpodes. One Of the corps has visited
both India ana New Zealand for this purpose.
he showed a. much sagacily In attaching the
redoubtable giants OF those distant countries a.
IL ne had known ali about their weakest points
from bis infancy. In every case he took his
patron successfully 70 The top, BY q route which
ne instinctively chose the easiest and the
best The guide returned home through LON
don, and, while there, his employer made him
the subject OF an Interesting experiment 10 test
his "bump" OF locality. One evening the man
was asked TO take u ride across London Ina q cab.
He was driven Q distance of many miles, and
the route WAS designediy made ~ tangled and
intricate as possible. Arriving ~ their desti-
nation-the house OF IN Alpine ceieority-the
cab was dismissed. After a short detention.
the guide was told TO return with his employer
through the same streets which they had trar
versed In their roundabout journey. And he
did IL without making . single mistake, e.
though IN entire stranger In that great city.
The man had not the fHintest suspicion that Sc
would be asked 70 do this dtf1icult Thing. he
bad almost unconsciously marked down" the
whole labyr1nthine route. He did in London
exactly what he would have done without the
least effort among the mountains OF hi. naxive
land. his observation and memory 'of trinss
supplied the unerring clews by which he ~.
traced his way through the msse Of the me-
tropotis.
Mafn R<DaRu md sha <>r.u~>~r n lavh Ma
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Lessons.
To the Editor Of THE EvENrNo Star:

Having noticed your remarks In your issue OF
the 10th instant, on musical Conservatives,
ask brief space In your columns In which to
speak on the same topic. There seems TO be q
mistake In the assertion "that the conser.
vRtOry system OF teaching music is rapidly
becoming obsolete" For at the rate conserve
tories OF music have increased within the pre-
sent century, and especially within the last
twenty-five years, 1t will require an arithmetic
not At present known to mathematicians by
obsolete. With regard 10 their being adapted
only to students OF mediocre ability" your re-
marks have the same bearing upon all our uni
versities, colleges and scientific schools, Tor
they all adopt the class system OF teachings
Within the last fifty years hundreds OF our
best composers aud performers have studied
and qualified themselves tor their work in the
conservatories OF Europe. And at the present
time many thousands OF musical students are
being educated In the musical conservatories OF
the United States. With regard TO private
teaching" many OF the best teachers of Europe
do not say it is the best. can name them BY
the score, but will only refer TO one,-the late
lumented Liszt,-whose talent rs artist and
teacher has perhaps never been excelled. 1t il
well known that he never received any
mediocre pupils" and that his 'sslected
pupils" were always taught by the conserve
tory system. b
August 26, 1885,
tsOur correspondent would not, we presume
seriously class students In music, where SO
much depends on personal qualities and pecu-
liaritfes with scholars pursuing general edu-
cational course, in which strong duality
and special talents cannot De taken into &c.
cOunt-ED. STAR
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COOL WEATHER ACCORDING TO THE PREVAIL
ING NoTroN-THE WEATHER BuRxAu NAN
SAYS, HOWEVER, THAT IT - NOTHING IN
UsUAL-rHE RECORD or MANY SUMMERS.
Everybody has remarked this summer upon
the unusual weather, which, has made the Gus.
tomary swarm spelr' as pleasant and delightful
as II the capital city had been moved bodily to
the rocky shores Of the Maine coast After this
experience, which TO the same extent almost
has been enjoyed for the past two or three
years, the advantages of Washington Is q sum.
mer resort are no longer in question The repu-
tation OF the city as delightful winter resort il
firmly established; but now, with the assistance
Of favorable meteorological conditions, IL can
be successfully maintained that this city is y
more comfortable place during the heated term
than the majority Of the popular summer re.
sorts. All that is needed is q good band con-
cert every evening and gambling house In
full blast and Washington will stand before the
country as . fully equipped summer resort,
These necessary features can easily be secured.
public mind that the weather is cool in m this
city curing the summer, and in order to ac-
compljsh this end in the most effectuaI way
through the courtesy Of Lieut.. Powell and the
kind Offices OF Sergeant Harrison and Mr. Geo
THE OFFICIAL RECORD
OF the mean temperatures at Washington dur.
ing the summer months. The figures as given
in the following table show conclusively that
while the present season has been cool, vet the
temperature has varied but slightly during the
preceding years, which demonstrates that, in
spite OF what people say and think. every sum
mer has been, with some fluctuations, as de-
Iightful and agreeable as the present season.
The figures, however, are given below, and
speak for themselves the words of truth and
soberness which, according to the proverb, it is
the stern and undertaking custom of figures to
speak:
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Rule of Life.

Wouldst thou Be u happy liver,
Let the past be past for ever.
Fret no., " hen prIgs aGG pedauts bore YOU
66n!oy Tie good that's set Deiore you:
6ot CHIEFLY nate EO man. tire rest
Leave thoa 70 God. who Knows what's best.
-GOETHF
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The English Sparrow.

correspondent requests us TO reprint the
following rom the London Academy:
1t is hard for a lover OF birds TO approach the
sparrow question:" Sparrows are found 10 do
more harm than snakes tigers. Natures
thieves and vagabonds they are. This is the
verdict Of every one who INVESTIGATES the
matter. They drive away birds who % more
good and little or no harm. For every noxious
Insect they destroy, they consume more corn
tnan one likes ~ calculate. A Cheshire farmer,
indeed, estimates the loss TO England due 70
depredations OF sparrows al f71O,os4 q year;
and this loss is on the increase. The careful
and long-continued experiments OF Col. Rus
sell, In Essex, show that sparrows do unmiti-
gated mischief, and the experience OF our
beyond caviL. There ID really nothing 10 be said
for the sparrow. He carries destruction with him
wherever he goes, and leaves devastation -
mark his increase. From every point OF view
he must be looked upon as the enemy OF man.
Either he must give way 10 us we TO him;
and just now his power IL such that he seems In
fair way to become here, as he already has
become In AUSTRALIA, q factor In politics. The
Colorado beetle can never commit such ravages
as the sparrow IL certain 10 do wherever he 10
allowed TO 60 on unchecked. Love him as We
may for his personality, ne ought every where
to he exterminated with the utmost vigor; for
there is no limit In the course OF nature, either
TO his reproductiveness nor 10 the mischief
which he causes. IL Is none Too soon 10 have The
question put before US clearly, for every day il
must become greater.
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Giovanni Succi, of Milan, processes to have
0scoNered liquid, small quantity Oh
NniSn, taken inwardly, will enable tine person
SwaIiowing II 70 fast TO- u period Of from 80
Aay0 TO two months
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W. p. Page, Of Philadelphia. arrived In ~.
ronto Thursday on . bicycle, having accnrn.
pltshed the journey OF 1895 miles, 6y Nv of
Bar HArbos, Ma, Montreal and Quebec.
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dispatch from Chicago says the knights oi
from their ranka
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The b. and o. Railroad Crltieioel.
TO the Editor Of THE EVENING STAR:

! was surprised TO lind In THE STAR of the
25th the conclusion stated in q quasi editorial,
that after investigation it had been ascertained
that no one IL TO be blamed for the collision on
the b o. r H. on Saturday morning last How
can IL be claimed that there IL no blame AT
taohing, when it is admitted that the western
express was in such condition that the train
board within q reasonable distance of danger?
The writer was on the Hagerstown train, con-
sisttng OF two passenger and y baggage car
the at an unusual rate of speed-estimated
by an eye witness At S5 miles per hour. The
engineer OF the Hagerstown train began TO buck
his train, and considerable speed back ward
had been attained, when II was struck by the
express. He deserves commentator for his
Re not reversed his s1Sn az sran xo mao
have been destroyed ana many OF his pas
sengers killed.
Between Washington and GaithersburR. az
miles. there are % scheduled trains passing
daily, besides numerous excursion and picnic
trains. and two or three freight trains, making
road. Delays are Of daily OCCURRENCE, and are
necessary Tor safety-so that sometimes the 90
commodation trains are OF time by 80 70 80
minutes on this % miles. Nearly every person
who travels the road knows that this single
track, with sparse stdings, IL entirely In
daily. The wonder is that collisions are not
more frequent They may be expected. Another
very reprehenstble feature Of the arrangement
track and delayed tor the excursions to pass-
thus postponing the business patrons OF the
c 0a1 20 Inc 81 pleasure seekers: WY s1oIld the
ness. when IL has not facilities for properly
carrying the passengers IL now has? Why
near Washington be postponed to promote
ultimate enterprises for prodt7 The patronage
OF the road near this city 10 great and growing,
and speed are both demanded by local patrons
ano with these, greater safety. The directors
way-aud no other-by Q double track-along
all the 43 miles now covered by single track
and this shoald be constructed Immediately.
WAshINeToN, August "a, 1885,. H b
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TIE MAnBApHUBET1s PoIooUE1k-Ihe cases
Ct Ma. Sarah J. Robinson, changed with poison
held - her aoeomplice, came up In Boston yes
terday, and counsel SUr the oetense endesyored
20 have their bail reduced, bat the court refused
the motion and the prisoners Woro held In
$4,000 oaoh tor the grand Jury.
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tion Of perjury In the Ford case, New Orieana
was senfsnced 70 seven years Ia the peniten-
tary.
The mad stone was twice tried on . lad ~
Fort Worth, Texas, who had been bitten By Q
mad dog, without success. He died In spAsnna
number Of prominent mAnutActurorS nom
ell over the country met IN Chicago Thunday
TO consider tho subject Of convict labor, and
device means Of employing the pElDQooes con-
0ned In the penitentiary.
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Msts Rogers and the cooper OF the bark, Me-
pole0n, lost In the ice In June, 16o6, Wore -
Siberia Ia February lasl They bad beeh U1voo
up - lost
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NEW PUBLICATION.

MANUAL OF THE RAILROADS OF THE
Route and Mileage: Stocks. Bosds. Esbss. Cost s,
Iraffc, EARNINGS, Expenses and Dividendg their
Foon New s T. s. r ss ws.S
ington: Robert Beall.
THE UNITED STATES HOTEL LIST: fBlue
of2UOOo of the Leading Hotels the United Stales
aud Canada ETC. etc. For the use vi Tourists. Com.
Washington: J. II. S0nle d Co.
HANNIBAL OF NEW YORK. Some Account OF
the Financial Loves of Hannibal s.. Joseph and
New Henry Holt Co. washington 1sSS si s1sa
TUREs IN THE NINETEENTH cENTURf.
~ ERNST DEPuY. Translated BY NATHAN
With Appendix- New York Thomas I. crowsii.
APHRODITE Romance of Ancient Hellas By
ETC From the German By Mar satSrd Msv
YORK: William = Gottsberger. Washington: w.
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. By WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE With the Adventures Of Gtannete
70, snq other Illustrative Pieces lCsssell's Ma.
ngton: Brentano Brothers.
HowELIa. Illustrated by William L. sheppard
The Riverside Paper Series. Boston: HOurhtou
Mif1in q Co. Washington: John J. Marin
WHO TOOK TT and Other Complete Stories, BY
EEsssps Wsf f,s,o5 c"s' sas se,sc
Washington: John J. Decker.
sNGWEp UP and oshs. compls.e Stories ~ Lsad-
ington John j. Decker.
THE NEW NAN AT ROsSMERE. BY Mrs. ]. n.
CO. sa,
Brothers.
ADVENTURES OF AN OLD MAID. BY AUNT
land conscience. New Tor.: J. 8. oxiivis E co
THE GIPsEY'S PROPHECY; Or THE BRIDE OF
A. EysNISS s;, BY Mrs =, E = IA! p Y \; SOUTH
VOYAGES AND TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO
lCasselIs National Mbrary.l New York: CSsen
d Co. Washington: brentano Brothers
REPORT ON kURoPEAMDocK.YARgs BY MAYA,
ington: Government Printing Office.
BY wILLIAM Ii. LYON. Sioux FANS. Dakota VIII.
FOREST AND STREAM FABLES New York
Forest and Stream Publishing Co.
SCIENCE ECONOMIC DISCUSSION New York:
The Science Company.
Naval Constructor Hichborn's report on
European Dockyards, recently issued from the
Government Printing office, IL q publication Of
much greater interest than the average public
document, and 10 especially useful At the pres
awakened 70 the Importance OF having proper
national defenses and navy worthy the coun-
try.
Poors Manual Of Railroads for 1885, which has
just been issued, is marked by all the qualities
which render that publication 50 essential to
persons seeking safe and profitable investments
In railway securities and contains besides 9
large amount OF Information of great value and
interest TO the general reader.
The United States Hotel List issued by ]. n.
Soule 4 Co, Of this city, though intended speci-
ally to serve commercial travellers and tourists,
will prove TO be . useful handbook for any e.
lishment, and especially 70 those who travel
but rarely, and therefore need the Information
IL gives.
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EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTH CADoLINA--A de-
ei0e0 sensation was caused In Summervtll0, 8.
q, ~ shock OF earthquake about $50 O'Clock
yesterday morning. The shook lasted several
seconds and was preceded by . duil rumbling
followed BY . sound - q cannon ahot aree q
O distance,
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Aspeeial from Usage Miesion, Kan, Gays WI
priDonod for ltfe.
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SENATORIAL SHnEBoAHno.
Rooms ne the Capftoa Where Boffesh.
mentS are Dtspemse0.

SECRETARY HAZARDS "wHIsKY AID wArER"--
WHAT cuoToM hEeUfkEs or T1K CHAIRMAN
OF TIE cAUCus-How SENATOR txNDLnro1
MET HIS OBLIGATIONS.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-05-01
VOL.V.-NO. 800.

placing their wares in this market mas not
vet come to the surface but we do know of a
bribe of two hundred dollars which was re-
Gently offered to one of the Commissioners
for his influence in thrusting upon this city
an inferior line of goods, but the brbe furn.
isher struck the wrong nam.
Mr.. Carmichael has served notice that the
Augean stables must be not only cleansed
but disinfected
A Water Commission emaseulated OF all
political associations and managed upon
strict business principles may be of marked
| advantage to this city and the present indi-
cations are that the Water Commission will
now hew closely TO this line.
The appointment of Mr.. J. A. Bond as
| Chief of the Water Department is especially
| aattering to that gentleman because Of its
spoptanistly. Mr.. Bond was not even an
applicant and the appointment was made
solely upon the confidence that the Water
| Commissioners had in his fidelity, Integrity,
and good business Judgment
The appointment of Register Grohe was
also of a spontaneous character and was
made with sole reference to personal fitness
The rehabilitated Water Commission car
now make confident appeal for populal
support and the indications are that the
scandals of that department will be wholly
of the past.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-05-01

tious woman, with eyes suffused with tears,
pointed to her barefooted, half.clothed and
half fed children and with broken voice said
that is what the strike has done for me, and
mine-nay more, she said that every chair,
every bed, stove, and in fact her entire
household effects were distrained by land
lords warrant. She was frenzied at the
thought Of being turned out upon the world
houseess and homeless, all because of the
strikers. She said in times past her hus-
band could go to his employer for favors
and he was always welcomed, but how
could he now dare face his employer when
he went out of his shop and left thousands
of dollars worth of skins in the lime to be
destroyed.
The anguish of this wife and mother was
most pitiable and there seems to be no hope
from the constable's hammer Is this pie
ture overdrawn No, No, the tale is not mott
than half told.
If the morocco strike continues eight
weeks longer loans by the score will be fore
closed and the constabes hammer will
bring distress to many, previously cheerful
and happy homes. Facts are stut 5orn things
and as harsh and as cruel as they are, they
must be met face to face.
The loss already sustained by the strikers
cannot be regained, even at an increased
wage, during tie coming twelve months, bui
the loss can be halted and fair start madt
toward renewed confidence and prosperity
The Philadelphia Record says 'lf The
strikers have not always succeeded In raising
the rate of wages, they have now raised th'
price of sugar, beef and coal. They are lik,
the sportsman who set his trap for a. rabbi
and caught skunk what lie missed in thu
way OF pot-pie was made mp to him in per
fume."