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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-23

far In the future that there should be no
real objection to it on the plans.
Protest No. . was q request by the
Potomac Terra Gotta Company for the re-
location for certain streets in the vicinity
OF Fort Totten. The suggestions were made
by one familiar with the section, which Is
very rough one. A careful study was
therefore made of the tracts between Rock
Creek Church road and the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad and the resultant plan has
been pronounced satisfactory by the OBJ
jectors.
. Curvflinear Plan Suggested.
In addition to the above a curvilinear
plan is suggested for parts of the section
east Of the Bladensburg road. where the old
scheme would require cuts Of fifty or sixty
feet or excessive grades.
THE subdivision of Woodbridge also has
been modified as an economical measure
and one or two avenues nave been reduced
in width, 160 feet seeming excessive at
such great distance from the center of the
city.
Portions of North and South streets
have been omitted with advantage to the
plan, leaving longer blocks and less streets
to be cared for in the future.
These last changes have been made with
the knowledge and consent of the parties
interested, and it is believed that they do
Lot care to be heard further on the sub
ject.
Concerning all the above changes it
00.N .ioe ehey hitSe vi HldtterS ol
detail. and that the revised plan as re-
CARDS the trunk lines of travel and the ma
1orlty OF cross-streets varies little from the
original plan.
NO ideal plan can, of course be made
1or this section without ignoring existing
subdivisions. roads. ETC., which is not ad-
MISSILE.
The interests of the public and the in
clvidual have been harmonized as far as
possible, and within certain probable
limit of cost.
ne revised plan Is submitted as the best
that can be devised under present circum-
stances to develop the needs of this section
In the most economical manner"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-23
SUBURBAN RAILWAY.
niil Supplemental to Measure Amend.
Ing Its Charter

Ing Its Charter.
nhe Dlstr1ct Commissioners today SUBJ
mftted to the House District committee a
report supplemental to the one thew suh-
mitted the 18th instant on House bill 1895.
10 amend the charter of the District of Co
lumbia Suburban Railway Company. Thew
state that they are of the opinion that the
ioute designated In their first report, while
II appeared to them the best at the time
can now be improved upon, in view of the
settlement OF certain matters relating to
tne street extension plans in that section.
the route referred to in their former report
be amended and revised as follows: BE
ginning at Florida avenue and 18th street
Iortneast, thence by 18th street extended
10 loth street extended, thence by 18th
street extended to point 500 feet north
OF New York avenue, thence by a line par
allel to New York avenue to Lafayette
avenue tnence by Lafayette avenue Goth
street extended, Cincinnati street, oath
street and Frankfort street to the Bla-
densburg road, thence northerly along the
biadensburg road to the District line: pro-
t vioed' the railway shall be constructed en-
tHely OUTSIDE the Bladensburg road on
iand 10 De acquired by the company"
rms route the Commissioners explain.
does not place the railway at its southern
ref ,i IN connection with any other
Taliway, ana is to that extent imperfect,
put they are of the opinion that the ex-
tension or overhead trolley roads on or
across FLORIDA avenue to within the city
i.ni.s Is NOT. advisable In view of this
imperfection of the route the Commission
ers further recommend that an alternative
route be granted the company as follows:
bee1hning at Florida avenue and 18th
street northeast, thence by 18th street ex-
tended to point 500 feet north of New
toned above"
street extended is not now opened between
Florida avenue and Mount eOlivet road, Il
is quite probable that It will be opened In
ume TO permit Of the construction Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-23

Marriage licenses have been issued by the
clerk of the court to the following:
White-Frank e. Metcalf and Lula E.
Cotton; Gardiner H. Shaw Of Boston. Mass,
and Anna A. Blandy of this city; John L.
Dudley and Elmina Clute. both Of Balti-
more, Nd; Albert N. Jones and Ida v.
Trenis; Joseph A. Downs and Annie n.
Murphey: Clayton r. Bell OF this city and
Sarah A. Dumhart Of Prince Georges
county, Nd.
Colored-Frank W. Countee and Bianch
NJ Bowen; George Coates and Julia L
Johnson: Henry Hughes and Josephine
Shankey; BENJAMIN Beney and Mildred
Johnson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-23
Tomorrow OmaY.

VSC for SOC French Flow
ers. Note the six
crush roses, the various wild
flowers, the big punches Of
foliage; grasses for children's
hats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-23

Capt VIM. M. Black, the Engineer Com
missioner Of the District. has returned from,
attendance on the Carrier co,rr-t- vna,A,.,
trial at Savannah. Ca, as a witness. and
To-Day resumed his duties at the District
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-23

Dent delay; always be on time, for prevention
h better than cure. An coughs and colds and
such affections Of the throat and lungs 40 lead ia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-23
Kendall Green Con,idered

Protest No. ID Is from the president of
the Columbia Institute for the Deaf and
Dumb against any streets through Kendall
Green. By the revised plan continuation
of Mount Olivet road is made to New York
avenue and is judged to be of little injury
to the grounds and of great public need.
The opening OF such street, however, is a
matter of future congressional action.
Protest No. IA is a request that Mon
tello avenue be retained between 22d and
Albany streets. 1t appears desirable as a
place street ard has been left in the plan.
Protest No. 10 Is a request by Mr.. T. L.
Holbrook that the streets Of Trinidad be
extended eastwardly to the Bladensburg
road. The subdivision of Trinidad being too
extensive to allow the extension of city
streets without enormous cost, 1t was con-
sidered preferable to allow the Bladensburg
road to be the dividing line between the
city system and the Trinidad plan. BY the
former plan Trinidad avenue was made the
dividing line between the two systems, and
was more costly and improbable of COM
pletion while OF no public advantage
Protests Nos. 16 and II are removed by
tho revised plan for extending Trinidad
streets, the extension of K street being
therein dropped.
Protest No. Is, against widening Gales
street. IL considered a just one and has
been left in the new plan without any pro-
posed widening.
Protests Nos. 10 and 20 are against
changes in Rosedale and Isherwood.
Radical Change.
by previous plans radical change was
made in these subdivisions, many of the
old streets being abandoned and the new
extensions cutting the lots in such manner
that q complete purchase of the subdivision
would have been necessary In order to rec
tify the system. By the revised plan no
streets are to be abandoned In these sub
| AZ. ~ -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-08

this history in short az the best that could be
exnected. perhaps while literature waits for a
master 10 rewrite It, And this temperate view
Of what Mr.. Cloves has done need not pima us
TO his merits Within his limitations he Is pro-
ducing a work Of so much value that It's COM
petion will be awaited with keen interest AL
least it will be possible. with the indices that
promise to be excellent. to turn to the eiucida-
ton of any single phase In the history or the
ROYAL Navy. That In itself Is something worth
while.
The Undiscovered coracles in use among the
inhabitant Of Britain in the time CT Caesar
excited the contempt of the great Roman. and II
/. admitted In the work before us that In the
science of naval architecture the islanders were
vastly inferior to their conquerors The latter
found however another type OF boat when
they thought II worth while to copy FOR their
own purposes 1t was a species or long, last
sailing pInnacc. known to the Romans as 'picta
II was smear.d with wax. apparently to lessen
the friction while running through the water
and it carried twenty rowers. 1t was useful for
scouting and dispatch purposes: and to decrease
its visibility its sail was dyed light blue. and It's
crew were dressed in clothing Of the same color
The passage is significant for 1t points to the
genius OF the Britons for naval warfare ana
their ingenuity in devisng serviceable craft
even at the dawn Of their civilization. For long
years. according to Mr.. Cloves. the country's
naval growth went on noiselessly as to escape
the attention OF historians. but progress. he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-08
ENGLAND'S SEA POWER.
IT'S DEVELOPMENT FROM THE TIMES OF
THE ROMANS

THE ROYAL. NAVY. a History From the Earliest
Times to the Present. BY William Laird Cloves;
Fellow Of Kings College London. etc. Asslstcu
by Sir Clements Markham X. G. r.. p X g. y;
Captain A. T. Mahan. u. s. NJ; u. w. wilson.
Theodore Roosevelt. T.. Fraser. etc: twenty-five
Photoeravurcs and Hundreds of Full Page ana
Other Illustrations. Maps. Charts. etc In FlVe
Volumes, Imperial octave, Volumes ana H.
PIP xiv, Cos. xiv. 1913. Boston: Little, brown
& Co.
The motive underlying this work IS beyond
criticism. Mr.. Cloves has accepted the chal-
lenGe tacitly thrown down To British naval MIS-
torians in the now celebrated works or captain
Mahan. With the aid Of that gentleman HIM
self as well rs with that Of several other we'll
selected collaborators. he proposes to give his
ccuntrymen and the world In general that COM
prehcnsive account OF the growth OF England s
sea power whirh has been so conspicuously. we
might even say so discreditaby. lacking to Eng
lsh literature But the work in its present In
stalments at least il seriously Disappointing.
1t is a question Of method. largely. Mr. Cloves
feels naturally that his subject Is a big one:
that it is even cumbrous: and casting about for
some plan whereby the great mass Of material
might be classified and put in order. he has
concluded that division Of his work into three
broad sections would secure the desired lucdty.
1t has bred the worst possible confusion. TAX
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-08

ing his periods up chronologicay. our historian
discusses each IcrOd in three chapters. tn"
first dealing with the civil history Of naval ar
fairs. the sec Iai with the military history Of
those affairs. the third with voyages and dis
cDverics. one fact alone carefully noted bv
Sir Clements Markham. should have suggested
the nadvisability of this arrangement The dis
tngushed gc"Sraphcr and naval authority says
The work at sea- which is now done by hrc"
scrviccs-thc mercantile marine. the royal navy
and the much neglected expeditions Of discov-
cry-was in the whole earlier period of our
maritime history. combined; oar merchant ships
going forth To trade peace ably. if this way was
pcrmittcd if not. to fight and always - explore
and to discover" II is plain that the naval
history Of Great Britain is nothing if not homo
GcncOus But even aside from this fact the
scheme chosen by Mr.. Cloves is Incompatible
with the first principle of historical narrative.
consecutivcncss. The most skilled reader accus-
toned to holding many diverse threads Of argu-
mcnt in his mind. Will be baiilcd and wearicd by
the necessity forced upon him in this book Of Go-
ing three times over practically the same ground
before he can proceed 10 the stage in the history
which should have been reached in the second
chapter. Furthermore. Mr.. Cloves has but i'm
perfectly disclosed the connection between the
naval. social ana political developments of Grea,
Britain. This is indicated it il true. but
without sufficient vividncss. a fact which we set
down not only TO the historians limited grasp
of his material. but to his small powers as A
writer. IIe might rctort that his task was i'm
mense. and that ne Is no Macauay no Froudc
Both facts are obvious. but that unfortunately
cannot cancel criticism OF equally Obvious de-
fects in the work as produced We must accept
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holds. there must have been When Alfred
came To the throne he found the country I'M
prepared To- withstand the ravagcs Of the Danish
scamcn. but he lost no time in STRENGTHENING the
nation aiiOat. and the fleet which he LIT 10 his
successors was one of the bulwarks Of England.
Edgar made it still stronger. and. while Mr..
Cloves is indisposcd 10 accept the estimates Of
the old chronclcrs. who described Edgar's fleet
AS consisting Of from three thousand To five
thousand sail. be notes that during tie sixteen
years of the reign n" pirate was heard of in
tn" surrounding seas. an expressive 'act But
1t was To- Richard !. who succeeded his father,
Henry H. in 1850 that the first notable ex-
pansion Of the British naval power may be
ascribcd. ana ii Is from his reign that Mr.
Cloves begins To- draw his most interesting data
1t was Richard who raised the gallilsscs. gal
lions. dromons bargcs. snakes and other strange
craft of the twelfth century to new estate:
ii was Richard who coditcd for the first time
such laws as even that awlcss era demanded
on the seas h. it was who made tie flag Of
81. George the regular national ensign. and to
his powers of organization the fleet owed It's
consolidation into a mighty institution 1t Is
amusing to read some Of the kings rules for
the control Of his men
Any one uttering opprobrious or contumclious
words 10 the insulting cursing 60 another
should. on each occasion, pay one ounce of
silver TO the injured person
Any one lawfully convicted of theft should
have his head shaved and boiling pitch pour,d
upon IT, and feathers or down should then be
strcwn upon /; for the distinguishing OF the
offender and upon the first OCCASION he should
be put on shore.
There were other practices in England's an
cient navy besides that Of tarring and feather
Ing winch anticipated the practices OF some
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-08

and not only legitimate traders but priNa'ee''
and downright pirates were sailing the seas
from English ports when the navy ITSELF was
deficient. whatsoever commands the sea- sa'a
Raleigh. commands the trade whatsoever COM
mands the trade or the world. commands 'he
riches of the world. and consequently the WORM
itself" The history of the navy shows tha' '"e
nation early recognized the truth OF ;hIs ide"
and in The Libel of English Policc. written
probably by Walter. first Baron Ilunseriori' III
the fifteenth century you find. as in iai's"'
words. foreShadowing OF such books as Cap
tain Mahan's. Yet If there Is one thing mort
than another which Mr.. Cloves makes piain'
Is that the growth of England's sea power
sure. was slow. The regular seaflrInS poPu
lation Of England" he declares. 'as distinct i''"
the numerous other people who went 10
upon occasion. was small at the beginning '"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-08
IN TIE WOOD.

A DEVOTIONAL SONG OF SPR'SGTlME-
I spied q flower on Easter Day.
Tsnugh soii'd STOW under hedges lay
AID fields were brown and skies were gray
And. each day since. some herald thing'
A bursting bud, or Whirring wing,
Bears witness to the waxing spring
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-08

The objection raised here and there against
the publication in popular edition. Of some
new and importan, book. after the same work
has been printed in larger and costicr form.
seems 10 us short sighted and, in so far as it is
based on the feeling OF the early purchaser that
the reprint is an infringement of his rights he
Hitting the value of the book for which he has
paid a high price, ii is grossly selfish In liter
allure the greatest good of the greatest number
is the paramount object, fact which no doubt
is dstastcful to the dilettant, but which is
sound nevertheless. The possession Of fine cd
tons is a delight apart, and once reader has
lovingly put beautiful volume on his shelves
ne ought not to grudge any one partial repro
ductiOn Of his treasure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-08

Referring to the effect OF the war on 'he
business of the publisher in this country one
sauient Saturday Reviewer observes There
is no doubt that aetna! hosttics, with the
chance OF the city being shcllcd. Will result i'll
the extinction of several hStor e firms IhiS IS
a fcarsomc prospect. but we fancy that the pun
fishing firms of this city. historic and OTHERWISE
will face the shells of the enemy without fear
of extinction They face minor poets ana pud-
ding noyclists every day, we dare say, ana are
Injured to terrorS. What they are undouDtedi!
feeling already is the slackeninG of trade III
hooks which inevitably comes with Il Crisis Ike
that through which America is now passing. III
would he Interesting TO have some oiilcial hS-
urcs on this score, but one testimony to the de-
messed condition of business is offered plainly
enough by the publishers lists These make 4
fair showing but they contain few notaDle
things. Little is ever expected Of the summer
sc,son but the outlook now seems even less
promising than it was fortnight ago, ana
thcrc appcars to be a general understanding
among the publishers that all new books of i'm
poriancc will be held over until the fall.
The editorial in "I.terature" on the use OF
"I.ocal Colour" from which we make an OK
tended quotation on another page. Is one or
those cogcnt protests against literary folly OF
the dav for which the reader Of fiction cspe-
cially must be very grateful. What we de-
mand" says this writer, lis four trcstles, four
boards two actors and passion. ana IN
pointing out that too many OF our modern novel
lists are able to handle nothing but the accesSo-
rieS. he lays his finger on one of the worst vices
of contemporary literature. We call it a vice
because the abuse of local color, which is to say
the abuse of accessories. is in these days much
more than a confession of inability to handle
larser issues The fact is that writer's capable
of better things waste time and labor on their
local color because to them it seems something
in itself tasmanic. something for the correct
treatment Of which they deserve great credit.
What novelist of to-day has failed 10 see ii an
ununcrd in the literary journals that he has just
departed for Patagonia or some such place TO
study the scenes in which the action of his new
novel is 10 be- laid. and usually. we imagine, he
takes the announcement As a tribute To his con
science and general fitness as writer. Litter
AZURE is comforting in its ridiculc Of these PEG
Die and in its forciblc rciteratiOn of the belief
that genius and not Typographical ublInty. Is
what makes great novelist.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-08

IA Mr. George Wyndham. too. we are in
dchied for timely word against one of the
mcrrtriciouS notions of modern authors. In his
new edition Of Shakcspcarcs poems he says
that ii matters not 10 Art that Titan may have
painted his Venus from the Mcd.ci's wife. that
it matters nothing To Art thar Iuca Signorclli
painted the corpse Of his beloved son. "WOrks of
perfect Art" he declares are the tOmbS in
which artists lay To rest The PASSIONS they
would fain make immortal The more perfect
their execution the longer does the Sepulchrc
endure. the sooner does the passion perish.
Only where the hand has faliercd do ghosts Of
love and anguish still complain. In the most of
his sonncts ShakrSIcarc's hand does not flcr
The wonder of them lies in the art of his
poetry no, in the accidents of life" In the same
wcc, Mr. Herbert Paul rises up in the London
"Oulook' TO scod Mr. Sidney Lee, more or less
amiably for concerning himself with the pr
"Dcionary Of National Biography" recently
touched upon in this place. 1t is Il good sign.
Mr. Lee is justified, we think. in portraying
Stcrnc'S personality rs he does. in IA paper that
is first biographical and then critical, but the
point made by Mr. Wyndham and Mr. Paul
both is. nevertheless, fair and important 1t is
the work that counts, it is not The petty detail
of the ,uth RS life.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-08

Urom the portrait BY SIR Godfrcy kncIIerJ
The Dickinson press., 1898-03-26
SHORT NEWS STONES.


On one Of Paderewsk's provincial
tours In England . droll incident %.
CURED which has remained very wildly
In the memory Of the friend who 10
oompanied him. At the close @.arecital
given In q small county town Pade-
rewsh had invited the. friend to supper
ut his hotel.
The hotel keeper, . fussy and nm
humorous person, anxious TO entertain
his distinguished guest as adequately "a
possible, informed the friend who acted
as Interpreter that there was q wonder
full piano in the hotel, which he wished
Paderewski to inspect The pianist,
with his usual good nature, consented
and the party adjourned down stairs
The piano proved to be n Of those
alarming machines which you feed
with long strips Of paper, turning .
crank to aid digestion. The thing was
fearfully out Of tune, but the proud
proprietor fed it and turned the crank
with enthusiasm. e
The noises that issued beggared all
description, and Paderewski's face ex-
pressed at first the liveliest terror and
agony at the dreadful cacophony, but
presently his sense Of humor prevailed,
and he literally sat on the floor and
rocked with laughter till he became
~hysterical.
The hotel keeper, taking laughter for
approval, was hugely delighted, and to
this day he relates to admiring listeners
in the bar the famous story Of the time
when he played the piano 20 Paderew-
sh-New York Journal
The Dickinson press., 1898-03-26
THE WONDERS or SCIENCE
Lung Troubles and Consumption Can be
Cured.
An Eminent New York Chemist aud Sci.
enlist Makes . Free Ofbr
to Our Readers.

The distinguished New York chemist,
t A. Slocum, demonstrating his discov-
cry of a reliable and absolute cure for
Consumption pulmonary T%uberculosis)
and all bronchial, throat, lung and chest
diseases, stubborn coughs. catarrhal
affections, general decline and weakness,
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TO donate a trial of his infallible cure.
Science daily develops new wonders, and
this great chemist, patiently experiment
beneficial to humanity. as can be claimed
BY modern genius. His assertion
that lung troubles and consumption can
heartfelt letters of gratitude, filed in his
thousands from those cured In all parts
Of the world. Medical experts concede
that bronchial, chest and lung troubles
lead to consumption, which, uninterrupt.
ed, means speedy and certain death
Simply write to T. A. Slocum, M. Cos
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viii be promptly sent. Sufferers should
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