Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1881, Page 3

” MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. | —Marey7 Mr. Jefferson wil quit acting and sellre to bis Louisiana plantation until autumn, i —A new drama by George Faweett Rowe, at the boston Museum next It ts of almost a tragte char- Sald to be very strong in toterest — Where's tie Co’ the new three-act comedy beleg played at Wallack’s, bas not met with | suecess, and ts not likely tohavearun. The ece is descrived as beiug “an elaborate plece t silliness. — Miss Clara Louise Kelloggs has been obliged tw cancel ber St. Pete arg e€ogagement on sceount of her mot Hoth Miss and . Kellogg are no’ », Where they will ematu during the cold weatuer. —Samuel Coivilie arrive ‘Tuesday with the MS., properties and scenery OF Mic heart S'ros hich ne intends to bring Out in New York stiortiy. — Bernhardt is to write a book on America | returns to Paris, The chapter on | a | i | from Europe on | | | au fons are becoming »has come todo away | indow a : and paper on the , Spending their mobey in the news- | satisfied that. the with w wal tin — The dene voera Troupe prodaced Micett- ib Indianape @ good one, end give ition of unls | Ut muste | | trhow Despite snow, win: 4 —m atters very ap his professional | James’ Hotel at 6 o'clock traveled to Southampton, sotuer aud was vack at the Prin- | . Pearce, ala onis . Spauidi brought sutt g. Proprietor of the | orymp! and 2. B. Mapleson, the opera | manager, for refusing to sel! Dim certain seats fo the theate t m next week. Peare rows of and be now ts time to fn- the school of | . Whose para- this fashion: ually, as Un 3 wore on, to | de Chine and point lace, and carried all hearts with ber te a ciimax of white sation and brocac Her sorrow, which bad an of enentie and pearl embroidered was of that sympathe' kind which | and none Dut the highest ayed her aud high cor sungstown, Oto, barber has written a | drama, iu which seven of the cast commit sui- cide, two are 1aurdered and two hung, the atter suffering early In the play, for if they did not none of the Company would be } part In the execution. As yet, the announced for a production in our cit, arah Bernhardt and company will return Ineinnat next week, and give one perfor @ of Camille at the Grand Opera Hot Wednesday afternoon. — Sothern dying was more considerate of his ‘rfends than when well and hearty, for he re- qacsted that none of them attend his grave- | Ge. saying: “People catch such colds standing | about Im graveyards with their hats off.” —Salvini says he isthe first actor who nas tried a long season of bi-lingual performances, apd he thinks he wili be the last; it certainly is the last for him, as the siraln is too great upon the player. Fi & de Coralie, isto be known | at the New York Union Square as Woman's | Love. Its to be greatly changed from the | original, as indeed it should be for American | sensibilities, and the last act will be wholly | bew. The play Is expected to be very interest- | img, and tm the cast will be Rose Eytiuge and Sara Jewett. It will be brought out In a week. Marie Roze has created an tmpresston ta | rleans, and one editor says she belongs | lal ephere,” and fs “much more New to “so! lovely” than even “the divinely beautiful 22, | Beloved of Zeus himself. — The Hanlon-Leee are coming back to this country in al Jour Bwitzerian bring out the pect of a lawsul! — English m upon a favor soothing ef music are be pital direct hear Londos. —A new « Jone’, IS soon to de Prince of Wales T 4s doing tod muck, app. at abytoing. ist are pre; experimenting a3 to the bands of gat oat al Burnana | 1 wet called posthumous comte opera. was prod 8 few days ago at the Parts Upera Comic with what resuii fs not known. — Zonina, the rather wo gorgeous adapta- ton of Genee’s Nisida, has not paid at Daly New York,and Needles and Pins was revived this | Week a3 a stop-gap unt!l Woolson Morse’s School can be made reads. Mr. Daly has changed Soo! a great deal from what 1 was, and will put ft upon the stage in handsome style. It badly needed alteration, for the U- bretto was utterly silly. — Olive Logan contributed about two col- umns a day to the Enj«érer of the most sugary of language about Bernhardt whtle that actress Was in Cincinnatl. ‘hard! is now modeling | ‘& bust Of Olive. — Mr. Bret Harte’s drama. T'v Tro Men of m Germany Bur, bas been produc under the title of Tir Lost So — The Poe memorial, last Friday at Booth’s, New York, was a es3 in every sense. Sev- eral thousand dollars wili thus be added to the fund tor the proposed monument. Hundreds of people were standing through the perform. ance of many hours, and many others unable logeta view of the stage went away disap- potated. —Salvini appeared for the first time last Friday fn New York as Mache’, and, as was to be expected, gave to the character a new and impressive rendering. which held the audience spell bound by its Intensity and sustained He was repeatedly Called before the curtail — Mary Anderson tg playing to large houses | is Boston this week tn Luce. ts the { eard at the Park there. | — Haz! Kirke, wits second year: The Widtoir Bedott, ) Wives, Where's the Cut, Cinderella at School (something new), Presh, Ce Comedian, and Cu * are the attractions just now in New York. — At the Standard Theater in New York to night the Orst performance of Bulle Teylor | will be given. — It fs likely that Mr. Eagar Paweotts latest play, Sires and Sevens, whieh failed, in Boston, will be reproduced be- | obg In New York at the Bifou Opera | ‘Tt has been in a large measure re- | and reconstructed by its author. ¢ Union Square Theater, New York, | * Is on the boards This strong | end beautiful plsy will only be performed a | Ww more times at the Union Sqaare Theater, | Woman's Love ts pearly ready for prod.ac- | De company has been organized to give per- | formances of that very popular farce 7’ nh A circuit of cities and towns and elsewhere. A Mode! Toad. i Growing World. | | My paper weight ts considered a great curi osity. A skiltal mechante, amoulder, in work- ing over bis sand on a bitterly ¢7ld ‘moraing. found what he thougnt to be a dead toad. As td he was to east that he thought It wou be an excellent inodel and more perfect care any pattern maker could furnish. He care- fully packed the toad tn his moula, working the sand around carefully. so as not to hurtir, apd then taking bis untjue model out, be put i tm a warm piace, and it was scon’ hopping about, and became agreat pet with the work- men. My paper weight ts a perfect toad; the eyes, mouth, foldsot skin, legs, and even a aiminutive tail, are all as €xact as the original which came from the Maker's hand. It ts greatly coveted. Taz Senvanr Grmu’s VicriIM.—A telegram from New York, February 17, says: Annie Crawford, the ten-year-old girl, whose father, thinking ber gutity of stealing, is charged with Paving I!l-treaied her. and with having chatned Der to the wall, was before Judge Donohue in the supreme court chambers this afternoon, tn | breaking a looking glass is be | nai | some sli, | gether on St their | de | in wi | ing-glass, | lons, palmistry, physiognom: THE LOOKING-GLASS, Some Queer Superstitions Concern- ing It—Magtc Mirrors. Exc. AS a@ piece of furniture, the looking-glass is most necessary, and its very importance is perhaps among the chief reasons why super- stitious fancy has invested {t with those mys- Yerlous qualities which certainly do not beioag to chairs and tables. A chair, however beauti- ful and costly in !ts manufacture, may cruelly broken with perfect impunity; woereas, If some wretched, dilapilated mirror {3 acct dentally cracked, such an event ts sure to be followed by misfortune of some kind or other. | Most readers are, no doubt, acquainted with Bonaparte’s superstition on this point, Daring one of his campaigns fn Italy, he broke the glass over Josephine’s portrait. So dis. turbed was he at this, as he thought, ominous occurrence, that he never rest- ed until the return of the courier whom he had fortawith dispatched to convince him- Self of her satety, so strong was the impression of ber death upon bis mind. In Cornwall, eved to Insure seven years of sorrow: and a Yorkshire pro- verb informs us i such ab unfortunate oc- carrence entafis “seven years’ trouble, Dut no want.” In Scotland, to smasn a looking glass ing against a wail Is regarded as an fal. lible sign that a member of the family will shortly die. Grose, alluding to this supersti- tion, Say¢ It foretelis the speedy decease of the masier of the house, It has been suggested that Unis popular faney dates very many years back, and probably originated in the destruc- Uon Of the reflected human Image—ar. interest- ing Illustration of DOW the association of Ideas | in the formation of superstition ts often deter- ralned by mere analogy. & similar style | of thinking underites the medieval necroman- | cer's practice of making a waxen image of is | enemy, and shooting at 1t with arrows tn order to bring about the enemy's death. in the south ef England it isregarded highly unluckly for a bride on her weddlag day to iook | in the glass, when she is completely dressed, before starting for the church. Hence very great care is usually taken to put on a giove or ight article of adornment, after the last lingering and reluctant look has been taken In the mirror. ‘The idea, we are Informed, fs that aby young lady who fs too fond of the looklag- lass will be unforcunate when married. Thi: | Is not, however, the only way in which supe stitfon interferes with the grown-up malden’s peeps in the looking glass. Thus Swedish G@ameels are afraid of looking tn the glass after dark, or by candle light, lest. by so doing they forfeit the good will of the other sex. On the Other hand, in our own country, the lookiag- £lass occasionally holds a prominent posttion in love divinations. In the uorthern counties a number ot young men and women meet to- St. Agnes’s Eve at midnight, and go, To a ceriain field." where they | scatter some grain, after whieh they repeat the following rhy ine: “Aghes sweet and Acces falr, uither, hither, now repair; Bonny’ Agues, let me see The lad wLo ts to marry me.” | On their return home it is believed that the shadow of the destined bride or bridegroom will be seen ina looking-giass on this very night. Hence, for many an hour together the young inquirers sit up anxiously watching the look- . before which they noi unfrequently Inistaking the Vistons that have ap- Peared in dre:itas for actual realities, Bel- Stan girls who desire to see their husbands ina dream lay their garters crosswise at. the foot of the bed and a looking-glass under pillow; In this glass, they Delleve, the image will appear. ‘Tne practice ering or removing the looking-glass from the chamber of death still prevails in some parts of England—the noiion,according to some, Delng that “all vanity, all care for earthly beauty, are over with the deceased.” It has also been Suggested that, as the fuvisivle world trenches Closely upon the visible one {7 tne chamber of death, a siip§i=titious dread Is felt of some spiritual being imaging himself forth in the blank surface of the mirror. Mr. Baring- Gould considers that the true reason for Shrouding the looking-glass before a funeral was that given him tu Werwickshire, where there Is a popular novion that if a person looks luto a mirror tn the chamber of death he will see the corpse looking over his shouide A similar superstition prevaiis in some parts of Devonshire. Ii the looking glass is associated with mar- and death. so it 18 with infancy; for, according to a plece of Durham folklore, a boy. or girl should never be allowed to look in one unula year old. In days gone by, too, it ap- be | x pears to have been customary for both sexes to | wear stnall looking-giasses—a fantastic fashion | Tidi " culed by Ben Johnson and others of his Men even wore them in their hats, here ts your page? Call for your casting bottle, and place your rlrror in your hat, as{ | ‘This, We May suppose, was the very | the manuer In which | told you. helght of affectation, D: Ben Jobuson introduces it: bat there can be no doubt. to use the words of Mr. Gifford, that both men and women wore thea pubilcly- former as brooches or ornaments !0 their hats, and the latler at their girdies or In their breasts, nay. sometimes in the faps. Asan illustration of the last cus‘om he quotes Lovelace, wuo makes a lady say— “My lively shade thou ever shalt retain> In Uby inclosed feather-framed glass.” Stubs speaks with coarse anger of this ridicu- lous practice, and In his “Anatomie of Abuses” says, “They mvst have their looking-glasses carried with thein wheresoever they go, and g00d reason, for else how could they see the evil In them.” In Massinger’s “City Madam” (act 1, scene 1), Lady Rich, her daughter, and Mellicent com? 1 looking glasses in'their girdles. Reter- however, to the superstitious uses to it seems that they were supposed to be | most effective agencies in divining se:rets and bringing to light hidden mysteries. ‘Thus, there 1s a tradition that the Gunpowder | Plot was discovered by Dr. John Dee with his magic mirror. We find tn a prayer book printed by Baskett in 1757, an engraving which | which mirrors’ were applied by our forerathers, | depicts the following quaint scene: In the cen- | ter isa circular looking-glass on a stand, in which ig the reflection of the houses of parila- ment by night, and a person entering carrying adark lantern. On the left side there are two me in the costume of James’ time looking into the mirror, one evidently the king, the other probably Sir Kenelm Digby. On the right side, at the top, ts the eye of Providense darting a ray on to the mirror, and below are some legs and boofs, as it evil spirits were tly- ing out of the picture. This plate, says a core | respondent of Notes ant Queries, “would seem to represent the methcd by whieb, under Providence (a8 is evidenced by the eye), the discovery of the gunpowder plot was at that time seriously believed have been effected. The tradition, moreover, must have been generally believed, or It wever could have found its way 1nto a prayer book printed by the king’s printer.” It may be noted. however, that, as the fame of Liee’s magic mirror was ‘at Its zenith about the Ume ot the Gunpowder Plot, this may have led to the mirror being adopted as a popular em- blem of discovery, or “throwing light" upon a subject. Hence, it has been reasonably sug- gested, the mirror in the print may be simply a plece of artistic design, rather than evidence of its actual employment tn the discovery. Brand Informs us, tn his “Popular Antiqui- tes” (1549, IL. 16), that tooking-glasses were formerly used by magicians tn “thelr superst!- | Uons and diabolical operations.” He quotes an old authority, who says, “Some magicians, be- ing curious to find out by the help of a looking- glass; or a glass full of water. a thiet that idden, make chotce of young maids to discern therein those images or sights which a person defiled cannot see.” Potter tells us that, when | dolars—a vast sum for such a man in those | divination by water Was performed with a look- | tt was Called ‘‘caloptromancy.” Sometimes our ancestors dipped a looking-giass into the water when they were anxious to as- certain what would become of a sick person. Accorcingly a8 he looked well or ili In the glass, so Ubey foretold whether he would re- cover or not. In the list of superstitous practices preserved In the ‘Life and Charac- ter of Harvey,” the famous coujuror of Dub- 1725), “with fortune-tellt dreams, vis- ete, ‘there Occur also ** looking-glasses.” “I! Is cartons to find this species of superstition extsttag among the Africans of the Guinea coust. They believe in a particulary ly hideous devil, but Say that the only means of defence they require against his assallments ts 4 looking-giass. {f any one Will Only Keep this preservative at all times ix side bim, the devil cannot heip seeg Lt n- felf in it, which causes him at oace to rush aWay terrified st the sigat of hts own ugliness, Another source of Ui inck consists in seeing the new mcon reflected In a looking-glass, oF through a window pane: end Mr. Henderson, ip hs “Folklore of the Nortuern Counties” (isso, 114), relates the case of a mald-servant Who Was in the habit of shutting her eyes | when closing the shutters, for fear she might unexpectedly catch a gitmpse of it through the glass. Once more, it was once customary tn Scotland on Allhallows Even to pra* varlous kinds of divinnaticns, among waics Burns mentions the followtag: “Wee Jenny to her grannie say “Will ye go wi’ me, grannie? T'll eat the appie at tne giass, 1 gat frae Uncle Johnnie.’ * yous custom here alluded to was this: The the looking-glass, where she either ate an Parther was sald to peer in the ¢las Peeping over her shoulder. ‘Tt may not be in, appropriate, whilesspea on looking-glass superstitions, briefly to allude to the well- KDOWR tradition connected with the “Luck a From me tmmemorial been a current bellef that any one who bad the courage to rush upon & fairy festival and snatch trom them their drinking glass would find it prove to him @ constant source of good fortune, sup- Posing he could bear tt across a runnin stream. A glass has been carefully pi at Edenball, Cumberland, which 1s Supposed to bave been @ sacred chalice; but the | ndary Castody of an officer of the Soctety for the Pre- Yention of Crueity to Children, on proceedings to decide ag to her custody. Pending a hearing {R, Monday next, the child was turaed over to tale is that the butler one day. going to draw Water, surprised a company of fairies who were amusing themselves on the grass near the well. He seized the glass which was standing upon ite margin, which the fairies tried to recover; | present rece would disappear, and man of the aad — but, after an ineffectual struggle, they van- ished, cry in; “Tf that glass do break or fall, Farewell the luck of Edenhall.” Another version of these lines is as thus: ‘ Whene’er this cup shal! break or fall, Farewell the luck of Edenhall.” The good fortune, however, of thie ancient house was ne ver 80 much endangered as by the Duke of Wharton, who cn one occasion, hav- ing drunk the contents of this maytc glass, in— advertenty dropped it, and here most certainly would forever have terminated the luck of Edenhall, if the butler, who stood at his elbaw tWwreceive the empty glass, had not happily caught it in bia napk: It was @ popular superstition {n former years that fine glass, LIST OF SENATORS. W. A. Wheeler, President, Riggs House. Allison, W. b., lowa, 1194 Mate AVE. Ine, sion aa that ot Sonics the Ree Maton [orl n, Fla. originally made, would bre. polson were | & Pucinto lt. ‘To chis pecullar notion Macsinger fees ; gracefully alludes: Ci ter, Matt “Here crystal glassee— Cockrell, FM. Mo., pure metal So Innocent is, and faithful to the mistress Or master that es It, that rather Coke, Richard, Conkling, ae Roscoe, Be ‘Than hold one drop that’s venomous, of ftself | Davis, b It files in pieces, and deludes the traitor. Dawes, H. 1, Mass., This is among the errors noticed by Sir | Eaton, W. W., Conn. ‘Thomas Browne, who says: “And though it bé | Edmunds, G. F., V said that poison will break a Venice glass, yet | Farley, James have we hot met with any of that nature. Were there a truth herein, it were the best preservative for princes and’ persons exalted to such fears; and surely far better than divers now fn u —London Qureh. in, Hi eee eee g Z — aed oe 5. Indign: he. farris, 1. G., Tenn., aden han ees ., | Hereford, Frank, W. ake? N 41 S21 15th st. naw, W., N.H., 205 Rast Capitel st, , 601 13th st. new. ittan Hoven st, Dw, Wis., 822 Connecticut ave. 920 15th st. nw. Texas, 915 G st. L.w. Y., 704 14th st. n.w. tional Hotel. Ariington Hotel, 90-4 14th Bt, Dw. , 20 Grant Place, 141] Massachusetts ave. 15 14th st. mew. Jonal Hotel ‘2d st. Diw. B., Ma., Willard’s Hotel. , 1414 K Bt. ow. nidal, Meé., Willard’s Hotel, le e tovers, but Tain’ eck afraid.” Bill, N. P.. Col., 1407 Massachusetts ave. der a {pag Tag Hoar, G. Fy Miss, 919 1 st na, ‘'¥ee, 1 wouldn't wonder if it was a little mice.” Ingal -, Kam., Hamilton House, Tdon’t like mices!. Fweddie, doe me out; | Johnston, J. W., Va,, 1234 M usetts ave. If you ain't afwaid of hin do seg iehat he's abont. | Jonas, B.F., La., Willard’s Hotel, pa he's dot my dollie, m Si ; atchin out, her dear biue ¢yes or tearia'’on her | GOMES O Wey Fla, con See nip evae: 0, L dex he’s o'ny statebin’ on the floor, Kellogg, W. P., La., Wiliard’s Hotel. #a little bit off the tosset doo paid det tel and vewy st’on Mamma wouldn't lite it if 1 Pape he's a weat bie ws Ain't a bit afwaid of him even if he But sometimes lite to he all tovered 4 Poor faint-hearted Nellie, shivering wi Stufled a trembling finger into each ear, But her ng mother-heart cowldo't rest for drea And in another inoment she was sitting up in bed. There in that dark corner the scratching still weus | Mebonan Morgan, J. Morrill, J. 8., V1 Paddock, A. 8., Neb. ote ccs | Kernan, Francis, N. Y., 1206 K st. n.w. | Kirkwood, 8. J., Iowa, 1314 10th st. n.w. C., Miss., 51213th st. Dw. an John A., Il, 5i2 12th st. n.w. J. J, i cious little dollie, perhaps her nose was Eure. ays 1 And her lovely waxen finger tips Randolph, T,'F., N. Pasting at this moment through the mouse’s eager | Ransom, Matt. W. do det np with me,” plead e httle | Sauisbury, let up with me,” pleads the httle | SAUSoUry, Fall is vewy have, but dirls is always | Sharon, W en Nursey went down etairs she took Inivht wun wight across my toes. “"No, tarn't det up des now,” and the muffled tone Made the little frizhtened goul fee! more and more lone. ‘Dot a dedful sto or somesing vewy bad." | “Hemp? gid Nelic, “ota bit; on'y wish you | And her courage fret by scorn, up she quickly | TOR, Flung her pillow to the floor and. torsed aside the clothes ; Richt across’ the moonlivht floor ran her roay fe ‘To the corner where ber dollie, wrapped in sluni Whyte, Willtains, J. A » Obl K Ga , Arlington Hotel. oa Hotel. Arlington Hotel. . ind., Wiilard’s Hotel. BEL) Minn., 211 North Capitol st. Mass, ave, e3 Ala., 401 G st. DW. t.. Cor, Vermont ave, and M st, 311 H st. Bw. 0. st. D.W. 407 F st. nw. Delaware ay. and C st. ne, 250% Penna. ave, 13th st. 2.W, TK., 720 Pa., Willald’s Hotel. Ma.,'Welcker's, BY., 1405 F st. 1.W. Windom, W., Minn., 1116 Vermont ave. Withers, R. E., Va,, Alexandria, Va. OFFICERS OF THE SENATE. | J, C. Burch, secretary, 1025 Vermont ave. R. J. Bright, sergeant-at- arms, 201 East Cap. st. Henry E. Peyton, executive clerk, 613 13th D.W. , 18 2d st. ne, letropolitan, bers sweet, Had been hushed to rest at night on its mother's | F, BE. Shober, chlet Clerk, 621 12th Bt DW. arni, Sad Bees : Then eétied im it8 downy bed, safe from every | 1etae Bassett, assistant doorkee hart, ey nel a "9 E As that tender mother thought, for no anxious | R. B, Nixon, financial cierk, 1204 E st. Bw. dread Of a Wicked rat's sharp (ecth had entered her wee eal, tind: with a happy ery There lay dollie safe and Nellie to her heart, ang then, she knew death, rang into Ler soft wl te bed, drew the covers close, Hiding e’en her cherry lips and saucy upturned noke Armfield, Atherton, Gibson, Ob: Atking, J: D.C. LIST OF REPRESENTATIVES. B.C, Samuel J. Randall, Speaker, Pa., i120 C at. 8.6. Acklen, J. H., La., 20 Aiken, D. W.. East Capitol st. Metropolitan Hotel, ene ne Aldrich, N. W., R. L., Arlington Hotel. ‘ame in her throat she seareely could | Aldrich, Willlam, Iii, Arling:on Hotel. breach, ‘Anderson, J. A., Kan’, 1407 Fat. n.w, And she flew right back again as cold and pale as i ?, F,, N. C.. National Hotel. io, 223 East Capitol st. ‘enn., 419 6th st. LW. Bachman, k. K., Pa., Metropolitan Hotel. ee Bailey, J.’M., N. Y., Arlington Hotel. Silently she enuggled down, not a word she said, Baker, J. H., 1nd., 921 G st. n.w. In her hot indignant wrath with cruel brother | Ballou, L. W., R. L, Sl 9th st. o.w. Breil: FHL, 612 Bast Capitol st. Soon a half-reluctant voice whispered very 1 Not arrived. ell, dat was a plucky sing for a dirl to do, *Gouree I waen't ‘Vaid Of hin Gives often bite), I sinked if I dot up it w udn't be twite right, | Belford, J. B., Col uve when Nureey went away she sud we must | Reltzhoover, F. E., Pa, $19 13th st. WF. be still, 2 S | Berry, C. P., Cal., corner Sth Este. nw, Come now Natte, don't Ue cross, and Waps next | Bietgeay GA. inde, Zit North Capltoret ohne aay | Bingham, Hi. H.. Pa‘. 1 . BYE. put it was foo late, and Nel: would not be anyeasea, | Bisbee, H., jr, Pla., $12 Sth Sn. w. Closer to Ler injured breast her rescued doll sh’ | Blackburn, J.C. 917 New York aye, 1.w. Ky. J., Wormley’s Hotel. sues , ‘ »| Biake, J. L.. Ne ‘Desu you're detting pious now, des you'ze vewy") Bland, K. P. Yio, Metropolitan Hotel. recovers vnldn’t thing | Buse, A.M. ”, Willard’s Hotel. Nursey woulln't know yourself, I shouldn’s think Bowne ‘J. Hi, Ga, Metropolitan Hotel . uu ain't half a boy,” eaid the lttleeif, | Bouck, Gabriel, Wis., Ebbitt House. an do # sine you wouldn't do your- | Bowman, 8, Z., Mass., cor. Pa. ave. & 1st. st.s.e, | eet aA We unt ous Bragg, E. 8., Wis., Ebbitt House. Mesmeric Revival. | Brees ‘M.S., Mich, National Hotel. Fresh interest seems to be felt here, just at | Briges,’J. F., N. H., National Hotel present, in mesmerisia, and many experiments | Briguam, L. J., 614 13th st Dw. made in tt lately by medical and sctentisie men | Bright.J, My Teon., Metropolitan Hotel, Tate atirnoted Ue aia arena Bucknet, A. H., Mo., Meiropoiitan Hotel. or apimal magnetism as it was Io: ral persons iu dit- Barrows, J. C., Mich., 806 Butterworth, Ben ja th gt. DW. Ohio, 1115 G st. Dw. ferent parts of Eur neelved that men are | Cabell, G. C.. Va 617 ttn at DW. sensible to Its tniuen Mast nilian Heil, pro- Calkins, wl H. Ina. 630 14th atawe professor of astronomy at \euua, advised (ties) | SANE 9. We Ny Arungton Hotel @ Baden physician of his acqual Mesmer—whence the name w-siui2cis if he could not cure disease with the magnet. The doctor, pleased with the tdea, ex mented actively, aud flud.ng that he could affect very singularly a number of ats patients laid claim to the discovery of a new remedta Many sufferers Were hea: Mesmer gained wide fame. A contro’ arose betwen bim and Hell, the former claring that he did not cnre his patteats by mineral but by animal magnetism, do- veloped by his own body, aud conducted Chaliers, J. R., vlements, «lark, J. Coffroth, A. H., . C. B., Wis, B. N. | Its, MO., ter, Pa., , MISS., ‘aLucn, J. G., Ilihols, National Hotel, Ky., Riggs House, Towa, 510 12th st. Dw. 612 14th st. Riggs House. cor. Vt. av. & Hst. 1.7 latin, Win, Mass., 1413 K st. nw, ed: '20 13th St. 2.W. ‘N.J., Willard’s Hi ., Ala., Metropolitan Hotel ote. 1326 Fst. Dw. 1500 I st. Dw, Clymer, Hel 0 Cobb, T. R., Ind., 1342 N. ¥. ave. Pa., Metropolitan Hotel. to his patients with or without magnet tional fem, ‘The dispute waxed so fierce that Mesmer | CONC M: G5, its No Bow quitted Vienna for Paris, whence, as from the | Converse, G. L., Ohio, Willard’s Hotel great center of literature and science, he pro- posed to proclaim his new doctrines to the in- | COOK, Philip, Ge, 210 Notch Capttol st. tellectual World. He caused great excitement | Cowgil C 7 Grant Place. there, became celebrated aad yained many con- | Cox, gg8 House, Verts, particularly among the higher classes. | (ea\o" wr w. vi " He published several works oa hia, (22835, | Crapo, W. W. a ORS Soe topic, and they were very favorably received. Although the French government refused to grant hima certain chateau, with adjoining Tabds, a8 a reward for his discovery, to be em— ployed as a great healing institute, it offered Dim an anbual pension of 2,00) livres. He Cravens, J. E., Ari Crowley, Richard, Culberson, D, B., Texas, Metropolitan Hotel. tt, Davison, RH. Davis, G. R., IL, 1304 F st. nw. Davis, Horace, Gal., 1816 Ist. nw. Id, N. nN. Re M. ., NeV.. Y., 1421 Towa Cirle, 717 14th sl. D.w. M.. Fla., National Hotel. decilued the offer, and complained of the na- .a.s ro Hotel. tion’s ingratitude. “His followers and friends, | Bavis J. dX. C., candorson's Hotel. | desiring to compensate him for what he had | Deering’ N.C.. lowa, Riggs House, done, proposed to form classes which he should | pe hy eon iIbert, 113°C st ne. instruct 1p animal magnetism. By these classes | he got 340,000 livres—ueariy seventy thousand | Deuster, P. Wis., 15 Grant Place. Divrell, G. G., Tenn., 317 434 st, nw, Dick, 8. B.. Pa, 1406 G st. Dew. Gays, and had among his puplis Lafayette, | pjkey, H. L-, Ohio, Natlonal Hotel. DEspreneull, Puysegur, and Dr. d Dune. Poindéxter, “Ark. National Hote physician to the King’s brother. The gov- | punnell, M. H., Minn., National Hotel. gymment subsequently orderea the medical | pwignt, J. W., N.Y. Arlington Hotel. faculty vesugate Mesmer' eory, and a .N. ¥., Wort Commission was appointed for the purpose, | Rimsteln, Edwin, N. Y.. Wormley’s Hotel, Benjamin Franklin, Lavoisier, Bailiy and Ju3- Steu being among the members. Mesmer de- clined to appear before them; dut they reported, B om after caretel research and inquiry, axes cs Bene, eee his claims, deciding that the influence exer- | Felton, W. H., cised was due minly to the imagination. While Lis pupils adhered to him, the general voice prociaimed him a quack, and he was extin- | Errett, Russell, P: J. Be La, st J. E., La., 1233 guished by It, He soon retired to Morsburg, | fians Ae (Baden.) and dled at an advanced age in total Fol Pr onolae, obscurity. Mesmer’s apimal magnetism was | fo) W. 5. . Yery urlike that of the present day. He usually | Forsyte, A. tveated his patients by placing magnets on | Fort. G.L., I different parts of their body, or ranging them around a covered tub, from which an iron rod D.W. jew York ave, a., 222 1st Bt. Re, ‘Metropolitan Hotel. Obio, 920 14th st. nw, a. National Hotel. Ferdon. J. W.N.¥.. Ebbitt House, 1116 G st. nw. 2 it, National ‘Hotel. louse. 3 G., Mo., 21 North Capitol sb. 8 'W. P., e., 922 14th st. went out to each person, the entire party | Galdes, @. W., Ohio, 17 Grant Place, touching hands. He aiso made passes with nis | Gibson, K. L., La., 1325 K st. new. bands on or near their bodies, causing nervous | Gillette, £. H.. lowa., 209 East Capitol st. twitchings,drowst1ess,sleep, sometimes cramps, | Godshaik, Wm., Pa., 1822 G st. Dw. convulsions and alleviation of pain in those | Goode, John, Va., S24 14th st. n.w. suffering from nervous disord . ¥. Times Gurter, T. What Would Follow a Pacific Cable, | Hall.J. Gi, NL * {Illustrated Cosmos } | Hammong, N. J. While many people are looklug forward to | Barmer, A. C. great disasters and a possible destruction of | Harris, B. W., Mass. the buman race during the perlod from issi | Harris, J. T., Vi to 1885, It may not be out of place to mention | Haskell, D. che source of danger not thus far recognized. | Hatch, W. H., We would not offer it as embodying all of | Hawk, R. modern wisdom, not as crystallizing the modus of prophecy. Yet as a curiosity in theories it wil take rapk. We all suppose that polarity | depends upon a current of electricity passing AL right angies to the dtrectton of the poles. The polarity of the earth ts supposed to de- pend upon ihe electric or heat currents of the sun; abu it Is highly probable that the earth's inciln ation to the ecliptic Is governed by its polarity. If, therefore, there were instantly esiabisbea sufiicient electrical connection by a Wires sround the earth, with the earth ftsell to tcs!antly equalize the curreat and produce complete recuction of allelectrical excitem2nt, what would be the effect on the polarity, and secondly, on the inclination to the ecliptic? Muy there not Le a sudden change of polari- Ues—the Arctic region becoming equatorial, and te tropics suddenly changed to lar temperature? The sudden melting of the vast felds would produce another glacial flood; the quarienary would begin life over again at the antipodes. All this is to be accomplished by the continuation of complete circuits for tele- pocne around the globe. Of course tremen- earthquakes would follow, as the polar diameter is 26 miles too short and the equa- torial 26 miles too long. =< ae Ccrrovs Surgical Exriorr.—Dr. J. F. Ban- ton, of Cfeveland, , has undertaken a curi- | ons surgical experiment. He induced two brothers to consent to the amputation of one of their fingers, and then he transplanted the F Of the one tothe stump of the other, so 7 as to ascertain whether the engrafting could be made successfully. far the experiment Ig shown by a partial eiculation to the aager ends, ‘The brothers made $29. $20 each by submit- Ung to the experiment. ‘s Bayes, P. C., Set eT d., Ebbitt House, imal ind., Henderson. T.J., li, 211 North Capitol at. Henkle, E.'J., M Mz, ATK., 1335 L at. 1.W. HL, 913 East Capitol et. john, N. Y., 1415 (288. AVE. DW, ‘a. Metropolitan Hotel. Pa., 1310 F st. Dew. , 18 Grant Place, ‘a., Métropoltan Hotel. Kan., 1311 H st. n.w. ‘Mo., Sanderson’s Hotel. M. A., Ill, $25 12th st. Dw. Hawley, He R., Conn,, 312 C st. nw. bo, i, Riggs House. 18., . Dunbarton House. CONGRESSMEN AND THEIR RESIDEROES | eed Me 83 Bet. se, Marsh. B. F., [L, National Hotel. Martin, B. F., W. Va. National Hotel. Martin, Ele Eee Willand’s Hotel fason, j. Ye, louse, Mecold, M. A., Towa, 19886 st now, McOook, A. G., N. ¥., Arlington Hotet. McGowan, J. H., Mich, St. James Hotel, McKenzie, J. A, ional Hotel, McKinley, Wm., jr, Oife, Ebbitt House. McLane, R. M.. Md.. 1697 Ist. nw. McMahon, J. A., Ohio, 1325 F st. nw. McMillan, Benton, Tenn., Riggs House, Miles, Frederick, Conn., Arlington Hotel, Miller, Warner, N. Y., Arlington Hotel. Mills, .., Texas, 610 13th st. 2.W. Mitchell, J. 1, Pa, 13h 8 DW. Money, B. D., Miss, 1710 1 st nw. : Monroe, James, Ohio, 9v4 14th st. Dw, Morrison, W. R., Ill., Willard’s Hotel. Morse, Leopold, Mass, Wormiey’s Hotel. Morton, L. P.. N.Y.. corner H and 15th sta, LW. Muldrow, H. L., Miss, Arlington Hotel. Muller, Nicholas, N. Y., Welcker's Hotel Murch, T. H., Maine, 310 Indtanr ave. D.W. Myers, W isth st. bw. Neal, H Onto, 506 12th New, J. D.. Ind., 734 12th st. Newberry. S., Mic! obItt House. ONeill. Charles: Pa. OReilly, Dantel, N. ¥ Orth, G."S., Ind., 921 G'st. n.w. Osmer, J. H., Pa., 713 14th st. nw. Overton, Edward, jt., Pa., Willard’s Hotel. Pacheco, Romualdo, Cal., National Hote Page, H. F.. Cal, National Hotel. Persons, Henry, Ga., 514 13th st. Ww. Phelps, James, Conn., 457 C st n.w. Philitps, J. F., Mo., Willard's Hote. Phister, E. C., Ky., Williard’s Hotel Poehler, *, cb. NCY. Price, B Towa, 924 14th st. n.w. Ray Ossian, N. H., 168 Pennsylvania ave. &e, Reagan, J, H., Texas, Metropolitan Hote. Reed, T. B., Maine, 523 6th st. nw. Rice, W. W., Mass., 1341 L st. nw. Richardson, D. P. 933 K st. DW. Richardson, J. S., . Metropolitan Hotel, Richmond, J. B., Va., Metropolitan Hotel. nn, E. W.. La., 1115 Ist. nw. Robeson, G. M., N. J., 1337 K St. ny. Robinson, G. D:, Mass., Riggs House. N. a Willard’s Hotel. F., Mo. Russell, W. A., Mass., 201 N. J. ave. 8, Ryan, Thomas, Kan., 11 Grant Place. Ryon, J, W., Pa, 118 Maryland ave. ne, Samford, W. J., Ala., Metropolitan Hotel. Sapp, W. F., Jowa, Hamilton douse, Sawyer, S. L., Mo., National Hotel, Soales A. M., N. Sanderson's Hotel Shallenberger, W. 8., Pa., 610 13th st. n.w. Shelley, C. M., Ala., Metropolitan Hotel. Sherwin, J. IlL, $28 12th st. n.w. Simonton, ‘Tenn., 417 6th st. n,w. B, Singleton, J. W., IIL, Sanderson's Hotel Singleton, O. R., Miss, 1307 F st. nw. Slemons, W. F., ATK:, 601 13th st. D.We Smith, A. Herr, Pa., Willard’s Hotel. Smith, H. B., N. J., ‘National Hotel. Smith, W. E., Ga., Sanderson's Hotel. Scovilie, Johnathan, N. ¥., Riggs House, Sparks, 'W. A. J., Iil., Ebbitt House, Emory, Ga.. National Hotel. Springer, W. M., Til, 112 East Capitol st. Starin, J. HL, N. Y., 8 Lafayette Square. Steele, W. LN. S Sth st. n.W. Stephens, A.'H., Ga., National Hotei. St IiL, National Hotel h., 622 E st. DW, Baltimore. man, G. D., S. C., 412 6th st. mw. ‘Townsend, Amos. Ohio, Arlington Hotel. Townshend, R. W., IML, 213 437 st. mw, Tucker, J. K., Va, Hamilton House, Turner, Oscar, Ky.. 1309 F st. LW. Turner, Thomas. Ky.. 1005 E st. n.w. Tyler, J. M., Vl, McPherson House, I and 16th, Updegratt, J. 'T., Ohio, 1213 F st. n.wWe Upde , Thos,, lowa, 1326 I st. LW. Upson, C., Texas, 1121 | st. n.w. Urner, M. G., Md., National Hotel. Valentine, E. K., Neb., Dunbarton House. Van Aernam, Henry, N. Y., 29 Grant Place, Vance, R. B., N. C., 223 E st. nw, Van Vorhis, John, N. Y., Arlington Hotel, Voorhis, C. H., N. J., Ebbitt House. Waadill, J. R.,.Mo., New York Avenue Hotel, Walt, J. T., Conn., 613 13th st. n.w. Ward, William, Pa., 1320 F st. n.w. Warner, A. J., Ohio, 11 Grant Place. Washburn, W. D., Minn., 1731 I st. n.w. Weaver, J. B., lowa, 209 st Capitol st. Welboru, Olin, Texas, 412 6th st. n.w. Wells. Erastus, Mo., Arlington Hotel White, Harry, Pa., 1213 F st. n.w. Whiteaker, John, Oregon, 611 Loulstana ave. Whitthorne, W. C., Tenn., Ebbitt House. 3 ., National Hotel. Willlams, C. G., Wis., 15 Grant Place. Wiliams, Thos., Ala., Metropolitan Hotel. Willis, A. S., Ky., 3 Grant Place, Willis, Edwin, Mich., 50 B st. we. vil jamin, W. Va., National Hotel. re. Y., S25 15th st nw, 7, 1634 I st. Dew. ‘Arlington Hotel, , Je 1224 F st. hw. Yocum, 8. 11., Pa., 509 12th st. b.wW. Young, Casey, Tenn., 605 14h St. now. Young, T. L., Oblo, 1/12 G st. TRRAITORIAL DELEGATES. Muslte, George, Idaho, 101 24 st. n.w. Bennett, G. G., Dakota, 1340 Massachusetts ave, Brents, T. H., Washington, 726 11th st. nw. Cannon, G. Q.. Utah, 503 13th st. nw. Campbell. J, G., Arizona, 1108 6th st, now, Downey, S. W., Wyoming, 6h and Ests. nw, Maginnis, Martin, Montana, Arilugton Hotel Otero, M.'S., New Mexico, National Hotel OFVICERS OF THE HOUSE. George M. Adams, Clerk, 1013 Et. n.W, " Jobu G. Thompson, Sergeant-at-Arms, Willard’s. Charles W. Field, Doorkeeper, 525 13th st. 1. w. OFFICIAL REPOKTERS OF DEBATES. SENATE. D. F. Murpby, 314 C st. nw. ASSISTANTS. ‘Theo. F. Shuey, 473 Missouri avenue, Edward V. Murphy, 419 2d st. n.w. Henry J. Gensler, 1318 13th st. n.w. HOUSE. John J. McElhone, 1318 Vermont ave. William Blair Lord, Ri Honse. David Wolfe Brown, 50 B st. ne J Anacostia, D. C. |. K. Edwards, John H. White, 616 13th st. n.w. ‘The Lime-Kiln Club. Waiting in a Senatorial attivude for the notes of the triangle to die away Brother Gardner opened the meet Dis letter ‘Will dar ting by saying, leah in my han’ contains the query: ullus be @ color line between de white an’ black race? I hev noticed of late an effort on ce part of sartin writers an’ speakers to prove dat dis color line am melting away. ‘Spose dar am acolor line? De black race am free. We have all the chances to get ajoni: that any race bas got. De laws purtect us, our votes count an’ our power am felt in de land. We kin larn. We kin buy an’ sell an’ have homes. De cull’d man Who am honest and upright need not be ashamed. People who employ help look to results instead of de color of de hands using a spade. I tell you. we have got ail dat we want an’ all dat we kin handle, an’ dat class of peo- ple who am sighing fur mo’am de werry ones who doan’ make good use of what am now at deir doahs. We need no sympathy from white folks, We want no black Moses to lead us out of de wilderness. If de worid will jist keep hands off fura generashun or two de cull'd race will want Do favors dat it cannot pay fur. Let us bow purceed.” Under the head of the reports of committees, the chairman of the committee on the sick re- ported that Brother Washington Brown had ae eon for rellef from the general sick ‘The committee had called at his house and found him complaining of tying pains all through bis system, while he had four big bumps on his head, two skinned elbows and a Jame back. “Did de committee comé to «le conclusion dat Brudder Brown lad bin run ober by six or elght ice teams?” queried the president. “No, sah. Arter findin’ dat he couldn’t make us believe it war a case of paralysis he owned up dat he bad been tryin’ to l’arn to skate.” ‘The question of relief eed put to vote, only one voice was heard in the affirmative, and Brother Brown will have to scrape along as best he can wntil his constitution recovers. Gulliver Bascomb slid off his stool with the remark that he didn’t want to occupy the valu- able time of the mecting over five minutes, and he was allowed to proceed. He thereupon pre- sented the following resolutions: Resolved, Dat de committee on statistics of Gis club am hereby directed Co furnish de legis- lachur of dis state any an’ all statistics called fur by dat body an’ widin’ our keepin’. Re. Dat de said committee am hereby de Legislachur far statistics as 1. Has de disposishun to lend tobacco in- creaged in de las’ five y’ars? 2. Does de erection of a saw mill or a tannery have any influence on de weatner? 3. What per cent of de populashun of dis State play poker? 4. How many members of de Senate and pee invest in lottery tickets, and to what ex- ‘There was a hot debate on the question of adopting the resolution. Smith, Carpenter, Samuel spoke in favor of exchange system with the eect hy ets ut 16 majority. “We am now abdut to cloze,” sald the old man as he glanced at the clock. ‘Let no mem- ber of dis club go roamin’ about seekin’ to do good. People who hunt fur far off chances to ald der feller-men allus oberlook de bes’ occa- } NAVIGATING THE AIR, Not Se Improbable as It Might Seem. It is hardly necessary to say that the intro- \ duction of a locomotive machine which would transport a large number of people through the | air in any direction required, at the rate of | Unirty miles an hour, would be a startling nov- elty in our travelling arrangements. Let us giamece at the advantages {t would offer. Com- paring it frst with aquatic locomotion, tt would be far quicker than any boat hitherto mace, vastly less expensive in first outlay and | cost, of working, would require no uarbors, | Would produce no sea sickness and would es of land transport. it would be qvicker than common road travelling, and would compare fairly with the ordinary speed on railways, while it would enurely dispense with the enor- mous and costly provisions requisite for both these modes Of getting over the ground, and be free from the multitude of Mabtitties ta accl- dent attending them. Butit may naturally be objected that such a mode of locomotion Would have pecullar dangers of ts own. No doubt balloons have hitherto been very subdjev ing Wrong at a height of thousands of feet above the earth has tn it something very ap- palilpg. But much of this tmpression will van- ish before common-sense reasoning. always be borne in miud that, for the put of locomouon, there would be no reason for ascending high into the air; it would only be necessary to Keep a suiliclent altivude to clear terrestrial Impediments, and tnis would not only do away with much of the terror of the idea, but would greatly increase the prohaoilit Of asate escape from accidents of whatever kin Letus see in what direction danger might, in extreme cases, lie. The loss of gas by rupture Of the envelope or otherwise 1s a remote poasi- bility; but the experlence of many actual cases has Proved that the resistance of the air to the large surface ex, has sufficed to prevent | apy rapid fail; ‘special measures might be easily provided, and at low elevations over land ne serious catastrophe need be feared om this ground. Incrossing over water, precautions would still be possible, and the case would not be so hopeless as in many marine casualties, The danger of fire, if properly guarded against, need ndt be greater than in & ship at sea. In” deed, if we believe M. Giffard, who has tried the experiment, the idea of such danger Is quite an illusion. The accidents that arise to ordinary balloons almost always occur in the descent, which, if the wind is high requires great care and skillful management. In this case the propelling power would be most espectally useful; the aeronaut could choose hts place of landing with prectsion, and, by turning his head to the wind, he could avold the dragging which is so dangerous, and which has so often brought a fatal termivation to balloon voy- ages. The worst conjuncture conceivable would be a break down of the propelling machinery at a time when it was wanted ald the descent in a gale. But the risk of such a break down could be made very slight by ordinary mechanical precautions. On the whole there can be no good reason to believe that te dangers would be more formidable with this than with other kinds of locomotion, aod when we remember tte frightful casual- ties that so frequently now occur in land. river and sea trafic, and consider how many of these causes would be absent in the free paths of the air, we may probabiy even venture to assert that balloons would be the safest as well as the pleasantest mode of traveling. As a set-olf against all this, however, there 1s one great objection to aerial locomotion, namely, the un- certainty it must always be liable to fn conse- quence of the effect of the wind. We must not ignore this; on the contrary, we will endeavor To estimate its exact value. We will assume | that we can steam through the alr in any airec- | Uon at the rate of thirty miles an hour; but this | Will only count for useful locomotion in a dead | calm; if there is any wind, by carrying the bal- | loon along with it it will clearly influence both the effective airection ana the effective speed. Wm, Pole, in Fortnightly Revu ‘THE YOUNG Lares of the Wesleyan Female college, Cincinnatt, gave a burlesque art ex hi- | Uon one night last week. The hall was deco- rated with cedar garlands and lanterns, and opposite the entrance was placed a table bear- ing seventy-five specimens of burlesque art. Thus there was a saucer filled with golden syrup, and naively labeled “Fair Wesleyan Lasees.” There ‘were two earthern bowls labeled “The Lyceum President,” referring to Miss Boles, the president of the society. 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SPECIAL NOTICE, YOR NORFOLK, PORTSMOUTH, FORTRES MONROE AND THE SOUTH. oq) wEHE STEAMER GRORGE LEARY Wil reeume her tripe on SATUGDAY next, the iy inet., leaving from 7th st. wharf at 6 rz, sopping st Piney Point and Point Lookout roiuit First-class fare to (ld Po 4 Not First-class fare Potnt and Norfolk... Firet-clans { econ clan Tieiears vendia ring bee ve 'y i8 DOW in spleadid order/h: thoroughly refitted, painted, carpeted ent Bee vant table, and sir mattresses and beds. to Piney PoIate PA dest hai Freixht received until 4 30 p.m w.P. Waron, Arg GEORGE MATTINGLY, Supt = SPECIAL NOTICE. NORFOLK AND NEW YORK STRAMERS. The Stamer JANE MOSELEY will resume her trips to NORFOLK on MONDAY, the 21st instant, Jraving her whart, foot of 6th street. every MON- DAY, WEDNESDAY a DAY and FRIVAY at 3 o'clook p m., touching at Piney Point, Point Lookout and Fertrese Monroe, First-class fare to Fortress Monroe and Hore x folk = Tbe Piney Point and Pt "Lookout 1-50 (coon Cakes, First-class fare to, Becond-class., ‘Lickets and ttaterooms cau be secured at weneral office, 1416 F etrect. 4 1d. Ge oniratown FBIDAY at 7a m. For particulars apyly wo Avent, €3 Water st., Georgetown. febl8. ALFRED WOOD, Becretary. HE STEAMER ARBOWSMIT ‘Will leave Potomac Ferry Oo. Wharf, foot of 7th street, at 7o"clock a. m., every SUNDAY, TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, For all the POTOMAC*RIVER LANDINGS as far as Leonardtown and Nomini ; returning NDAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY. Fare and Freight at lowest rates. janis F. J. BTONE, Poreer. RTH isn beter KN ‘he steamers of this company will eal! every Sst- arday from Bremen Pier. foot of Sd street, Hoboken. Pates of a certificat 5 tor passae apply to GELBIOHS & 00.) 2 Bowling Gi New Work, W.G. METZELOTT & OV., 936 Ps. Ave, Axenta for Washington. Janld Conagp LINE. LANE. ROUTE. THE CUNARD BIKAMSHIP OOMPANY LIM- Between New York and Liverpool, Call- ing at Cork Harbor, FEOM FIEK 40, N. B.. NEW YOR! Hecia......Wed., 23 Feb. |Bothnis. Wet Gall -Wed., 2 Mar. | Marantlion Wea, 30 Mar. in!!-/!Wed.! 9 Mar. |Alweria.. Wed. Parthia... Wed,. 16 Mar. | Scythia, Wed. And every Wednesday from New Yor! Bteerage at very low rates. Steeraze tickets from Liverpool and Queenstown, and all other parte of | Europe, at lowest rates. Through bills of lnden given for Belfast, Gias- Gibeht and 'toreaiterrancan pore: ©> we OPB- For freight and yassace apply at the Company's office, No 4 Bowling G: or both steerave and sabin to OTIS BIGELOW O., 605 it street, janl9 VERNON H. BROWN & CO, N EW YORK-BOTTERDAM. ‘The first-class Steamers of this Line, “AMSTERDAM,” ““ROTD “SOHIEDAM," “"W. A. SOHOLTEN,” “Pp. GALAND, AB, Qarrying the U_ B. Mails to the Netherlands, are aon Stores, Brooklyn, regularly on | : 850. . | agerea0. Ei GAPAUX: ‘General Aunt 27 Sorta William st. New York.” For passase wW. G@. METZEROTT 925 Pennsyh We. ee Se ie ee se Foy Secaea ‘USth st. northwest. deni? RAILROADS. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. THE MODEL YAST LINE, AND THE ONLY LIKE THE EAST AND THE WEST, VIA WASHINGTON. DOUBLE TRACE! JARNEY COUPLER! STEEL SCHEDULE TO TAKE KFFECT WEDNESDAY, } DECEMBEE 1, 1880. A. M. LEAVE WASHINGTON. "1.60—Chieago, Cinclunat! and Bt. Lowe Fast Rx- 00—Baltimore, Elijoott City and way stations. .40- Baltimore Express. ‘60—Baltimore, Annapolis, and way. (Piedmont, ‘Btrasiar, Winchester, Hagerstowu ane ways 5. 3.10—Point of and way matt $.45—Stanuton aud Valley Express. (Oonpects for Hagerstown and at Point of Kooks for Frederi #.00—New York. Philsdely his and Boston Sxprees. #-00-Op Sundéy only for Baltimore, Aunapolls and way. 1W.00—Baltimore Fx . (Bt at Hyat pa TS Jenruy's and Hanover.) 110.40—Pittsbureh, Chicago, Qincinnet and o, Lous Express. ia 10 Baltimore, Bulcott City, Annapolis and Way a 11.25—On Bundsy only, for Baltimore and way. +2.06—Baltimore Erp '2.85—New York, rene. Puiledelpnis and Boston Express $.90—Baltimore and Way Stations. (Winchester, ageretown «and = W: Frederick, Hi Way, via =) 20 Balen Hgatteville and Laurel &: “OO prose, wcerederick, vin belay. bioye at Anna | ré.48—Point of Ro Frederick, Hagerstown, | *(cinobester sud Way rations, (On Sunday 40 Batinore mand Way Bicone, ie and Baltimore Express. (Mar Snebarg and Wat. ‘via Belay. at Byatt. 2.08" Pont of hocks and Way Btations. 16.45—Baltimore and Way Btations. i. ‘and Laurel E3 . 18.60—Pitteburz, ‘Cincinnati and st, Lonis Rxpreae. .45—Balimore,. H and Laure! titted New Nore, Phindliphia: ana Doniee ES Oar to New York, snd epeo- eat Bleeping Oar to Philadelphia. x erent Sunday, * trains t Relay Station. For Farther. Isfort lon apply at the Beltimors Sig Sd. 1851 Pennsylvania aven my Soreer léth where orders will be taken for tobe checked and received at any point in the city. for New York and the East, §.008.m., 10.908.m. 2:30 and 16-00 p.m. On Sunday 3°30 and 10:0) limited express of re ror Pope's Greek Line, m. oa daily, except Sunday. S.m. and 440 p.m: for Annapolis, 6:40 a.m. and 4:40 p.m. daily, ex- ALEYANDIGR AND. ACpecryT pe BAIL- sor a eaiEBOAD: yan¢25, et fs 20, x F tm, a A Tm 1:00 and 21:00 a.m. 9-20, 11-00 and LL JAMES Ess, ‘#0 629 Asch st., cor, F Rorthwest,