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VISITS TO THE STUDIOS.

Mr.. Macdonald is very busy with teaching and
some studies of nature, both Of landscapes and
figures, especially the latter.
Mr. Uhl is at present in New York finishing
portrait of ex-President Cleveland He has
much work to do, and does it rapidly and well.
Max Weyl is utilizing the fine weather to add
to his store of knowledge of NATURES beauties
and to his stock of pictures by going out sketch
ing every day or so.
r. LIE Grand Johnston has taken up his resi-
dence for the summer way down in ole Ver-
ginny,' having fitted out nice little cottage
and garden. He will his eyes for awhile yet,
having been unable to do any work for some
months. After they are sufficiently recuperated
he will commence course of study in nature,
domestic and sylvan.
| U. S. j. Dunbar is making bust in terra Gotta
of Miss Aldrich, who lately appeared so eff
GENTLY as Galatea. 1t will be about half life
size and already gives good promise of a faith
of about this size is becoming quite rage in
Washington, as this young artist has had several
to do already He is busy on other work also,
having nearly finished a bust in terra Gotta Qife
! size) of Professor Haupt, the German teacher,
and Others in smaller sizes, which are very pretty
and decorative. Mr.. Dunbar does not leave that
fiat, dead effect about the eye, but makes it as
expressive as it can be without color and life.
visit to Parker Ma0n's studio is indeed an
artistic treat after it is found Mr. Mann is one
OF Ille uGNOlGeS Ol ART, OONlDR LOT
himself picturesque and interesting house and
studio after the Swiss style of architecture. The
| house is gem of home comfort and tasty deco
ration. The walls are covered here and there
with the work of prominent artists here and in
| New York, also few fine bronZes and an eX-
! quisite piece of bas-relief in marble by a clever
! young sculptor of Rome. From a side door a
! covered passage leads to the studio, which, i'm
| mediately upon entering, strikes one with the
| ''enthusing' air of artistic freedom and enjoy
/ ment, The plain interior of neat finish and
| warm tint, sketches from the artists own hand
| tackled here and there, and stacks of canyases
show the busy worker Draperies Of harmonious
| colors are thrown promiscuously over chair or
table, easel or picture frame, and lend their in
| teresting lines and shades to form very pleas
ant and lasting impression. An old-fashioned
| fireplace and chimney occupies one side of the
| room, on which can be found various imple
| ments of war, such as poisoned sword from
| the South Sea Islands, halbreds from Nuremberg
and Lucerne, Prussian cavalry sabre and
| horn, American cutlasses, dwelling rapier from
| Luceme. Breton hintlocks from the war of the
! Vendee, and ON the floor near by a large pair of
wooden sabot shoes from Auvergne. Mr.. Mann
makes it very pleasant for those interested in
art, being very easy, affable conyersationalst,
| and pleasant man to meet. Hehas named his
| house "Tanglebank,' - and it is to be found by
! going out Connecticut avenue extended to
Kalorama avenue, on which it is prettily To-
| Gated.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-05-25
Anacostia Notes.


Miss Effie Darling has returned from her sue
cessful operate tour.
w. Page Bryan, of Maryland, famous as a
tournament rider, is in town.
j. Adam Bede opens land Office here next
week. Anacostia can raise as large a crop of
real estate to the acre as any other town.
The Young Women's Christian Association
of Anacostia were banqueted on Tuesday even
ing by Mr.. j. G. Lee at his residence Music
was furnished by the Anacostia Amateur Or
chestra. H. B. Moulton was the orator of the
evening. Among those present were the Misses
Richardson, Poates Etzler, Roberts, and Mrs
Moulton and Mrs. Bede.
Anacostia Lodge No. 90, Knights of Pythias,
gave reception on last Thursday evening to
the wives of members and friends of the order
LODGE introduced Mr.. FoXwel, Supreme Rep
resentative of the order, who delivered an ad-
dress. Mr.. Doney acted as master of cere-
monies. The Messer Quartette-Tom Miles,
George Walston, ID. G. Smithson, and Charles
r. Burr-made hit with Professor Messer's
zone Hundred Years Ago" The Alternate
Quartette-Mrs. Murray, Miss Anna Marsh
George Pitcher, and Tom distinguished
itself. Mr.. Sidney Roche presided at the organ,
Professor BARLEY cornetted "The Song That
Reached My Heart" in way that reached it,
and was made respond to an encore Professor
Atlee whistled charmingly, the Misses Mundell
sang, and enlarged the boundary of their fame,
while Misses Josie Lee and Flora EtZler in reci-
tatiOns increased the area of their regulations
Among the many present were DR.. and Mrs
Green, DR., and Mrs. Pyles, DR.. and Mrs. Wat
son, Messrs. j. B. Pitcher, johnson Hardy
Charles Dodge, j. B. Goddard, Dr. Harrison
Redd, George Pyles, Mesdames Caywood, Emo,
Dodge, Williamson, Pitcher, Roche, BeVlns
Nicholson, Misses May and Martha Rose Rosa
Grimes, Cora Etzler, and Cora Mclean.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-05-25
SWINDLED ON ALL SIDES.

Sad Experiences of a Former Washington
Newspaper Man in New York.
Charlie Murray in Pittsburg Dispatch
The New York business man would scarcely
survive as the tittest compared with his more
provincial brother -in-trade. He rarely does
anything when he agrees to do it, and will not
do what he agrees to do if he can make pres
ent gain or is not compelled to do it, He will
promise you anything and betray the greatest
interest and anxiety to please. You go away
and await the result. 1t is invariably disap-
pointment, At first you swear and fret-next
time go to another shop to be subjected to the
same vexation. In my two years. residence here
have known but single tradesman who came
when ne agreed to come, did what he agreed
to do, charged what he agreed to charge. He
Was wa plumber. | told him of it.. 81 am
This careless disregard of obligations extends
to every class with whom have had business
dealings Cheat? Well should say so. The
very man who wants to retain your custom, and
whose interest it is to treat you fairly and de-
Gently, will never lose an opportunity to rob
you. Your grocer, your butcher, your iceman,
your milkman-eyery one of them will cheat
you at every turn. If you catch them, as you
Will every now and then, they will ignore the
exposure as calmly and philosophically as
would a hardened convict. They know the
chances are the other fellows have treated YOU
the same way. You can't get away from it
you can only watch aud dstrust. I've had nv
butchers daughter, blooming lass of fifteen,
acting cashier in her fathers shop, deliberately
try time and again to beat me out of 10 cents
or quarter making change. The old man him
under the guise of business. My grocer does
the same thing The same may be truthfully
said of all the small tradesmen l have yet
patronized. The only limit l have found is in
the amount and their ability to elude your
watchfulness Men cheat the world over, but
heretofore have found that class a small one
In New York the honest tradesman is an ex-
ceptioD, and petty thevery the rule. Where the
average New York business man goes, event
wear.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-05-25

Hotzman's Cove is a snug retreat on the
upper Potomac about half mile from the
Aqueduct Bridge on the Virginia side of the
river. Several years ago this resort was started
by Bob Hoffman and it soon became the rem
devious of many pleasant parties, boating
parties considering it one of the pleasantest
portions of their outings to stop there for
lunch and to salle their thirst. In late years
the place commenced to deterorate, many
roughs frequenting it, and respectable people
ceasing to stop there while out boating with
ladies. A gambling den was opened, and prize
fights and chicken and dog fights became nee
essary adjunct. Bob Hoffman retired from
the place and Col Heath became the proprietor
about seven months ago.
Then the resort blossomed out as gambling
hell and became the resort of men of every
grade from national lawmakers down to the low
estthugs. The allurements of faro roulette, crap,
and sweat, together with the ever-howing bowl,
captvated many youths, and nightly the den
was thronged with those whose parents imag
ined were in better company. Dissipated work
ingmen there passed their Saturday nights and
Sundays, taking from their families the dollars
that belong to them in order to WOO tickle fort
une on the turn of the card.
The place had become SO notorious that the
authorities Of Virginia determined to take ac-
tion, though the boast had long been made that
the officers of Alexandria County were so fixed
as to prohibit interference A protest, it is
said, was sent to Governor Mckinney of Vir-
ginia, and that executive sent demand to the
Alexandria sheriff to stop the wanton violation
of law. Armed with the document from the
Governor, the sheriff and posse of constables
descended on the place last Sunday afternoon
and cleared the whole establishment out.
They found about two hundred people con-
gregated around the various tables engaged in
playing cards and other games, and with drawn
pistols ordered Immediate vacation of
prietors and players The invitation was ac-
cepted and hasty exit made to the wharf.
Here the steamer Cecile had just landed, and
the frightened crowd unceremoniously hustled
into her, while few distinguished gentlemen,
fearing detection, took the overland route home
by way of the Aqueduct Bridge. When the
cOnstables had obtained full possession they re-
moved all the gaming tables and outfits to the
front of the building and demolished them with
axes, then throwing the debris into the river.
No arrests were made, as the authorities say
that their only desire is to stop the gaming, but
If is repeated the whole crowd will be gathered
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-05-25
Removal.

On or about June 10 we will move our entire
stock of bicycles, tricycles, and sundres to our
elegant new store, No. 1924 PENNSYLVANIA
avenue. We are agents for the celebrated Co
lumba safeties; also the Hartford, Rush, Cres-
cent, Juno, Junior, etc. Machines of all kinds
Tor hire: Repairing, nickeling, and enameling
Large riding school in the rear We guarantee
to teach perfect riding on the safety for 81.
GEORGE s. ATwATER & Co.,
1890 Pennsylvania avenue.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-05-25
ACTS ITS SONG.
The Curious Habit of the White Banded
Mockingbird.


From Longman's Magazine
The white-banded mockingbird of Southern
South America-the finest feathered melodist
in the worlds one of the species that accom-
pany music with appropriate motions. And
just as its song is, so to speak, inspired and an
improvisation, unlike any song the bird has
ever uttered, so its motions all have the same
character of spontaneity and follow no order
and yet have grace and passion and perfect
harmony with the music unparalleled among
birds possessing similar habit While singing
he passes from bush to bush, sometimes delay
ing few moments on and at others just touch
ing the SUBMITS and at times sinking out of
sight in the foliage then in an excess of rapture
soaring vertically to height of hundred feet,
with measured wing beats like those of heron,
or mounting suddenly in a wild, hurried zigzag,
then slowly circling downward to sit at last
with tail outspread fanwise and vans, glisten-
ing white in the sunshine, expanded and Ybrat-
ing or waved languidly up and down, with a
motion like that of some broad-winged butter
fly at rest on atlower.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-05-25
Tide Tables for 1901.

"The Tide Tables for the Atlantic Coast Of
the United States" together with 206 stations
on the Atlantic Coast of British America, for
the year 1891 published by the United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey, are now ready for
issue, and copies can he obtained at the agencies
of the Survey in this city, or by addressing the
Office at Washington. Price twenty-five cents.
Why do l drink Tannhauser beer? Because
it is the best in the market
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-05-25
PAGES 8 TO 16
SURPRISED THE GAMBLERS.
VIRGINIA OFFICIALS swooP DOWN
ON HOLTZMAN's COVE.

Two Hundred Devotees of Poker, Faro, and
Roulette Dispersed at the Pistols Point
and the Gambling Paraphornalia
Wrecked and Thrown Into the River.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-05-25
ESTABLISHED 1900.
THE BALLOTING BEGUN! !
NEARLY TWO HUNDRED CONTESTANTS
ALREADY ENTERED.

The "Sunday HeraIds" Free European
Excursion for the Most Popular School
Teacher the Talk of the Town-A Gold
Watch for the Winner.
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The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-05-25
Three of a Kind.

To New York in hours. To Philadelphia in z
hours and 80 minutes. To Baltimore in 40 min,
utes. These are the fastest trains in America
and they run via b. & o. r.. II.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-05-25

For a tonic and stimulant, drink r. Portne
Brewing Co.'s Cabinet Beer.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-05-25

-Heurlch's Extra Pale Lager. ASK for it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-11-21
How to Walk Fast.

Persons who have never been trained
to walk fast generally quicken their gait
by bending forward and lengthening
their stride, at the same time bending
;heir knees very much at each step. 1t
is pretty safe to say that no one can pos
sibly adopt this style and keep fair
walk at faster gait than six miles an
hour, says the London Society Times.
The fast walker must keep himself erect,
his shoulders back and chest thrown out.
He must put his forward foot and heel
first, and with the leg straight. He must
take strides so quick that they look short.
He must, if he expects to get a good
stride, work hips considerably, over
coming the sidewise tendency of the hip
movement by compensatory swinging
of the arms.
The length of a stride in fast walking
is astonishing to those who look at it.
A little figuring will make it clear why
this is so. There are 1850 yards in a
mile, or 1850 strides three feet long.
To do a mile in eight minutes a walker
must cover 220 yards a minute, or eleven
feet a second. Now 22O steps a minute
nearly four a seconds pretty quick
work, as anyone may discover for him
self. Even three steps a second, or 1SO
to the minute, seems quick. The chances
are that your eight minute man, although
his legs move so quickly that his steps
seem short, is not doing as many as 200
steps to the minute, and consequently
that the stride is at least three feet six
inches. With a little practice man six
feet high can easily maintain four-foot
stride for half mile.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-11-21
The LARGEST Rose Bush.

The largest rose bush in the world is
probably that which adorns the residence
of DR.. E. B. Matthews, of Mobile, Ala.
1t was planted in 1903 by the doctors
father when young man, and is green
and flourishing after its eighty-seven
wears of summers heat and winters
snow. It's branches have entirely covered
the house aud extend to the surrounding
trees, so that when it is in bloom it forms
a perfect bower of roses. Its trunk for
upward of five feet from the ground is
nearly foot in circumference, and it has
been estimated that if growing as one
continuous vine its branches would ex-
ceed a mile in length.
During last spring three and half
bushels of roses were gathered from it in
one week, while when shedding petals in
the autumn the ground about it is white
with its fragrant snow. 1t is OF the va
riety known as the cluster musk rose. 1t
is said that this vine several times saved
the residence from being burned during
the late war, the doctor having been a
surgeon in the Union army.--Phf'adetPhie
Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-11-21
Co.iectlnu Fads of the Wealthy.

Several wealthy women in New York
collect fans. The late Mrs. John Jacob
Astor had very costly and interesting
collection of these breezy articles. Mrs.
Levi P. Morton has also progressed sat
isfactoriIy in this direction, beside get
ting together fifty or sixty trunks of all
sizes and kinds Of finish and decoration.
Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, owns
single fan which is valued at $4,000.
Among Mrs. Astors specimens were sew
eral of the works of Vernis Martin. Mrs.
Newbold Morris is another enthusiastic
collector of fans, and Mrs. Frederick
Vanderbilt and Mrs. Hicks-Lord are also
able to make very good displays. Mrs.
Whitney has very valuable fans, but does
not buy with view of gathering them
into a collection. The particular hobby
OF her husband, ex-Secretary Whitney,
is Turkish rugs His delight in unique
specimens of the art work of the far
East of this kind is almost unbounded.
II he finally secures a rare rug with an
unusually rich and satisfying combina-
ton of color he will sit and look at 1t
for an hour at a time, noting the shad-
ings and getting the different effects by
changing his point of view. The elder
Rockefeller is also very fond OF these
beautiful bits of Eastern carpet. The
particular fad Of W. X. Vanderbilt Is
the collecting of oak carvings, and he
has some very fine specimens, for which
he has paid very large sums of money.
He is also fond Of growing rare fruit,
and grows a great deal Of it on his Long
Island farm. This also has called foi
what other people would regard as very
startling expenditures of money, but the
result is that in winter his table is sup
piled after fashion that is not equnled
by anybody else in New York or New
port. Chicago Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-11-21
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Snow weighs from 81 to 1Ob pounds
per cubic foot.
The red cells in the blood outnImber
he white ones in the proportion of 300
10 /.
The man who plants an apple tree may
lot know that more than 250 species of
iungi are lying in wait to destroy the
.ruit.
The average length Of human life is
low placed at thirty-three years. About
twenty-five years ago it was held that
thirty was the average.
The scientific study Of criminal an
ihropology is thing of recent date. It
nay be said to have begun with Lau-
7ergne's book, "Les Forcats," published
1S41.
In the last ten years 1898 baby-boys
we're born in England and Wales for
every 1000 baby-girls. In 1888 the male
preponderance dropped by five, and is
low standing at 1893 to 1000.
Professor W. H. Preece has found a
great difference in the magetism that can
De impaired to different makes of steel,
eleven specimens varying in their mean
induction from power of 1876 to 2540.
DR.. c. G.. Currier, of New York,
states that, unless extraordinarily re.
iistant, water becomes sterilized if it
DO at or near the boiling temperature for
fifteen minutes. If the same degree OF
aeat be maintained for five minutes, all
harmful micro-organism will have been
destroyed. Still less time serves to
destroy the disease producing varieties
which are recognized as liable to occur in
water.
A quick and eas, urorlod for determin.
inr whether or not fabric is "all wool"
is given in the Lancet. This is to sepa.
rate the warp from the wool, and to hold
each to a flame. Wool burns into a
,hapelcss mass, and no threads can be
traced in its ash. II removed from the
fire before it is all burned, It ceases to
blaze; cotton, on the contrary, continues
to burn steadily, aud its ash retains the
shape of the thread.
The Chinese, who reject scornfully
nearly every application Of western medi-
cal science, are, according to the Governor
of Hong Kong, firm believers in the ad-
vantage gained from vaccination, and
submit to the ordeal with a cheerfulness
and philosophy which are characteristic
of this willy oriental. Protection by
vaccination is especially required In Hong
Kong, owing, as Sir William des Yeux
points out, to the frequency with which
smallpox is introduced by steamers
coming from all parts Of the world, and
to its fatal prevalence when it has once
obtained a footing.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-11-21
Snakes Swallow Their Younn.

Colonel Frederick w. Prince, Of the
Gatling Gun Company, of Hartford,
Conn, is ready to swear that snakes
sometimes swallow their young to pro-
tect them from danger. He was once
fishing, he says, and went to a hollow
stump nearby to deposit his box of bait.
In doing this he disturbed a good-sized
snake in the stump-apparently an adder
above whose head aud body her young
brood were disporting themselves. In
stantly the mother snake opened wide
her mouth and down her throat ran the
baby brood, one on the heels (or perhaps
we shonld say the tall Of the other. Be-
ing confronted by a fat denial Of this
statement by Mr.. n. starkweather, OF
this city, Colonel Prince Indignantly and
firmly held his ground. sit may do to
deny what other people have reported"
he hotly replied, "but what | have seen
myself am sure Of. "-NeU York Tribwse.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-11-21
Washington.

Tu7 funeral Of SenOr Don FREDERICK VoliO,
Charge d'Affairs OF the Costa Rica Govern
ment in this country, took place. His body
was taken to st. Matthew's Church by ten
sailors. preceded by the Marine Band, and
escorted by the entire diplomatic corps IN
full dress and two detachments OF cavalry.
Never in the history Of the diplomatic SER
vice Of the United States has so much pomp
been shown at the funeral OF the represen-
tative Of a foreign Government dying In
Washington.
ATTORNEY GENERAL MILLER has decided
that a guessing contest conducted by a
newsDaper is not a violation OF the Anti
Lottery law.
THE report of the United States Signal
Service Bureau was made public. The work
of reorganizng the Signal Corps vas begun.
THE annual report of General Greely, Chief
Signal Officer of the United States SHOWS
that of the weather forecasts made during
the wear ended June 3Oth last, eighty-two per
cent. were successful
THE marriage Of Captain William P. Hall
and Mrs. Therese Blackburn Stewart, daugh-
ter OF Senator Blackburn, was celebrated az
st. Johns Protestant Episcopal Church IN
Washington City.
POSTMASTER GENERAL WANANAKER has
sant a letter TO City Postmaster sherwood
directing the reinstatement of Mrs Margaret
s Watkins the delivery clerk at the post
office who was temporarily suspended for
telling Senator Quay's son that his fathers
mail went TO the Dead Letter Office now.
GENERAL $. V. BENET, Chief OF the
Bureau of Ordnance, has submitted his an
nual report TO the Secretary OF War, From
the report it appears that the bureau has ex-
nended during the last fiscal year - 2c9, So
leaving a credit in the Treasury on June 50,
1890. Of 80, ,99i, 4S+
WILLIAM POPE. clerk in the Third Audi
tors Office at Washington, was stricken with
apoplexy, while at work and died almost I'M
mediately. He was eighty three years old.
THE Treasury Department has decided
that wearing apparel, the property Of Amer
lean citizens, taken abroad and advanced IN
value by repairs, etc, cannot be admitted
of duty.
In his annual report 20 the Secretary OF
War Paymaster- Smith says that
during the last fiscal year $l4,425, 326 was ex-
pended on account OF the Army a net de-
crease Of 1861 ,29i as compared with the ex-
penditures for the preceding fiscal year
REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES STEEDNAN ire
tired. United States Navy, died at his resi-
dence in Washington. He was seventy-nine
wears of age and had been in i'll health for a
number Of years He entered the service IN
1925 from South Carolina and was retired in
1873.