Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1887, Page 6

TC i —s THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., Written for Twa Evexme Stan. A MODERN MIRACLE. By CHARLES STOKES WAYNE, Authorof “An April Hoax,” Three Links,” etc. [Copyright 1987.) Tam not likely ever to forget the first time I met Clement Wynkoop. Kvery detail of the meet- Ing, though it has been five years since tt occurred, {3 still vividly before me, and even now I seem to hear the brassy clangor of the tall, old-fashioned clock which stood in the bar-room of the Eagle Hotel at Berryville striking,{ts ten noisy notes, as together he and I entered the room that chill November night, winking and blinking at the sud- den change from gloom to glare. He was taller than I, and apparently younge-. He did not look {0 be over thirty years old, and he was so slightly Dulit as to warrant one in describing him as thin— Dut he was notawkward by any means, and his ‘tainaess seemed to add to, rather than detract from, 2 certaii grace which appeared to be natural to him. He was not a handsome man; iis cheeks weretoo hollow, his cheek bones too high, and his large black eyes too deeply-set for ‘Uhat—and there was over allan expression as if mental or physical suffering had pat its mark Ynere—but his face gave indication of more than ordinary intellectuality. When the hotel register ‘Was pashed towards him, he took up apen and tn ® small cramped hand wrote his name, following it with the words: The Times. Directly beneata his signature I placed my own, Fallip Hol, and added the name of the paper which I then represented, The Tribune. Until that moment we were votal ers. Both ound on the same errand, however,—the report- Ingof a triple execution. It was not’ odd that we Should thus meet; but 1% did seem somewnat Straaze to me that Wynkoop, though told that The house was packed to the roof, should object strenuously tosharing with me the only remaining Foo. | remezaber that it took a good deal of per- suasion on the part of the proprietor of that some- What ancient hosteiry before he would yield an neh, and that Tmyseli had to pat In a word dnally and assure him Uhat, as he had registered first, 1t was I who would insist on making a night of 1¢ In the streets of the village, 1f he persisied in his determination not to fraierntze. ‘Then he apolo- ized, and sald that ft was for my sake more than own that he had objected. He was a somnam- Dalist, he explained, and he had feared that he ight disturb my rest bY prowling about the room sleep. ‘When at length we were ensconced {n our top- Story apartment, with Its high-post bedstead at one with a window bare of any pretense of shade or’ curtain directly over it, a wasi-stand at he other, and a couple of green-painted chairs be- ‘Ywyeen—we naturally fell to chatting. Each had many odd incidents of journalistic experience to relate, and, a8 a matter of course, our conversa tcluded a resume of the executions we had wit From these the rather threadbare question ot stance within the shadow allows, whetber real or Imaginary, came Up. Av that time Iwas somewhat of an agnostic, and I ho, throughout fe. had’ been ‘defying the his life the moral laws, could. when brought to face death, ‘wipe out all his past, and spring at one leap into Abraham's bosom. “cod is all powerful said Wynkoop, and he spoke so reverently, and with such feeling, that determined to test further his belie. “If there be a God?” I suggested. He jooked at mesharpiy,and 1 Knew at once that Thad touched a juve cord. His dark eyes ‘Sainkled excitedly in thetr deep recesses. ‘doubt God's 2" he asked. 1 aid not say so,” he replied, “but there are cok ‘And there are many who make a terrible,—yes, fatal mistake,” he went on. isa God—a God whose power you cannot in the least compre- hend—ihe same God who wrought miracles in Gailice and Judea 1,800 years ago, and who is even now daing just as Wondrous thing. My dear Mr. Bolt, the day of miracles ts not past.” ~weive months ago,” he went on, “Iwas an atheist. To-day I am positive, absolutely cer- ‘aim, not only that there is a God, but that there 45 a Goo/more powerful than you can conceive of.” He was 90 terribly in earnest that to dispute the question with him would have been madness. I merely asked him the reason for this now fixed be- “Ab! you are asking me now what I cannot tell You,” he said, “but I Know 11.” ‘This conversation impressed me more than I can tell, aud more than 1 could then understand; nor ‘Was the impression less deep that another tncident of that evening made upon me. Miles O'Reilly, an impulsive Irish reporter for the Herald, who had Deen in the place for a couple of days, burst in pon us whii> we were chatting, and after shaking | me vigorously by the hand, he turned to Wynkoop, | evidently With the same purpose. For a couple of | seconds, however, there was no response on the part of the 7imes'mar. I saw him hesitate about | prollered hand, and in that period of conjured up ‘a dozen reasons for it. ‘Then I saw him take his lett hand from bls pocket | and reach it out to O'Kelly. He excused the ac- | Pion by saying that he had cut the little ger of his right hand, and that it was very painful. His 9 Was still in his pock: jow strani thought! Not ten minutes ago i had been look- ing at that right hand attentively. For some | veasoa, I knew not what, my eyes had been drawn | toi “All the time it wasexposed, and it had been | arequently since our meeting, my gaze had | yals been riveted upon it. I had noticed was very white—unnaturaily white, it to me—that It was very thin, and that the She long tapering bony fingers were livid. thought, that I did not notice the been thére I must surely have ob- hand of yours is in hard luck, joop,” O'Reilly repited. “I remember, at the Chi- | ‘convention, you had a boll on’ it, or some- How the deuce do you write?” ‘Wynkoop seemed rather nettled at this remark, “1 manage it,” he said, shortly. It was weil on to 2 o'clock in the morning before and after that we were not long in ‘How long I had slept I do not know. I awoke Suddenly,With a start. I was trembling from head to | foot with achill that seemed to threaten the rend- 3ng of soul and body, Upon my breast lay some | cold as ice, and my heart was growing numb | under its chilling weight. For an instant I lay | trying to gather my scattered senses. | for the moment had deserted me. | ‘Where was I? I stretched my eyes open in an ef- fort to prove to my own satisfaction that I was ‘Then it all came back to me with a at Berryville, anda strange man, had never seen before that night, was iny | was so dark that I could Dut with the returning mem- also the same acute sensibility that told was an icy hand that lay upon me. 1 | ‘the long bony flagers pressing into my | ‘Never in my life had 1 | For another an eternity—I | gathered all my rose upon my elbow, the muscies of my th-like in its firm- myself to take hold of it and throw head from the pillow the moon came out fora moment trom under a cloud, and Senta stream of cold blue light im through the anes ed See en LOW a0 iy sight ehiils my blood and thrills me. with hortur sf write—that I was ia bed with a dead man. There beside me, iying upon his left side with his arm stretched over me, his right hand gras me in its death-clutch, lay Clement Wynkoop, to all appearance as lifeless as any corpse J ever saw. ‘Tue Mood of moonllgs fell full upon his face. "His eyes were open, staring and giassy; ‘his Jaw had dropped, and the’ pailor of death was upon every feature. I ‘spell-bound for a moment, and then a heavy cloud floated over the Inova, aid that horrible sight was lost in the darkuess which ouce more enveloped everyt I am not naturally a nervous man, Dut so. den was the shock in Unis case that I trembled as me i f F gu fue j es bE Epepats Hae E i Fi BE ee E (ough struck with ague. "With a terrible effort I sad up, aud, as I did so, the hand which had still been clingihg to me lost its hold, and I heard the ‘ody roll over on its back with & ghastly sound ‘Thad set my heart beating even faster than be- fore. Kecovering myself a8 best I could I crawled ‘Over the dead man and stood upon the floor. For % Moment I stood there totaliy incapable of mo- Uou—ab-olutely paralyzed by fear. ‘Then I stag- gered to the wash-stand, and, with trembling fu- Sie ies toebie: micering ughe ong’ sited ots 3 joeble, Micke o to the Uncagniness of the seen, St OMY For a Ume I could not gain sufficient EG BUCK 4d look at the dead inan, due at length, Gint of active reasouing—that after all death Was only death in no makier what guise It came— 1 Wok up the light and returned to te bed. AS I Wought, the body was lying upon its back I Taised tlle candle and looked at the face. ‘Was I mad, or dreaming 7 Bewilderaent in a moment had taken the place Ofear. There lay my bed-feliow, his eyes and mouth closed, breathing regularly and apparently as peaceful as the most healthy of tue fapls. ‘There wus not the slightest indication of death anywhere about him. In one sense of the Word !t Was a relief and im another it was not. "That I had seea him dead fve minutes before w: in my mind, not open to dispute. I was satistied ‘that I could not bave dreamed it,and I wasequaliy to & E A i B i i F sleeping man moved. I that he would awaken. He ‘With his finger potnting to these words in the Book of Books, Clement Wynkoop, cold in death, Was discovered one morning, six months after out ‘rst meeting, sitting in an arm-chair in the parlor of a magnificent suite of aj in an up- ‘town hove! in New York city. A packet of papers found in the room and addressed to me contained the foliowing letter and extracts from the unfor- tunate man’s journal. ‘The letter Was dated midnight. “I do not know why I should have selected you,” tt began, “as the person to whom to commii, be- fore T go hence, the secret that for the last year ‘and & half I have carried as the ‘boy car ried the wolf. Iam impelled to write, however,— Ampelied by an indescribable that tells me I cannot die until I_have made a full and free confession to man as well as to God of my crime and my punishment. And with the to ite comes also the impulse to address that con- fession to you. This my Per. haps the fact that you already know someting Of my affiiction—for you will remember it. when I re- call certain Incidents of our first mé ‘at Ber- Fyville six months ago—has had somewhat to do with my selection of a legatee. fering under two years from to-night, BY time my faults will, per have been in a ten, and ‘men wil be ‘apt to think more kindly of me and give mea measure forgott their sympathy than If the story were given my shortcomings and idiosyncrasies were in their memories to mitigate the pathos tale, Some day I wish you vo tell it. 1 wiah ‘told becaus , i may save others from tite as horrible as mine. “In a few hours I shall have passed whieh hides the other world from this, You will find me sitting here in this chair, and the news- papers—yours and mine and the others—will re cord another suicide, People will want to know why I died. ‘Tell them because of which bad grown uni im print. ‘That is all that the coroner's jury need know for the purpose of a verdict. “I have resolved that my last hour shall bea bright one. Ido not want to 1m gloom ‘and darkness. and dark enough, God shall be as bright chosen and paid Foom tm the | hotel: rasjet apartment Beside me, of which 1. shall Thave, wi tny release, ttle Scheele’s hydrocianic acid. Itisan easy de: they say. My heartbeats will grow slower an slower, more feeble and more feeble, until they have ceased all together, and I shall have passed away from all the toll, the weariness, the regret, the mortification, and’ the agony of this life into the—What? * * * A few hours wilitell. Specu- lation s ‘vain. Before 1 go shall barn ever | pe possess—every trace my past fe Wi gone except what is contained in the pages from my nal that I shall seiect and leave ina ‘ket with this letter for you. Don’t judge me too arshly. Think of me kindly sometimes. I have thrown open the windows and raised the shades to the top. I feel the cool midnight air fanning my face for the last time, In an hour all will be over.” ‘The letter broke off thua, There was no formal ending, just as there had been no formal begin- ng. a eee enclosed extracts from the journal were as follows: Cuicaco, December 26, 1879.—Hard work yester- day atttending Christinas celebrations, When it was all over Potter, Stevenson, I and some others Spent the rest of the night ‘at Gibbon’s place. }etaphysics and religion the subjects of the con- Versation. As usual I laughed at the idea of cele- brating the birth of a humbug. Poor little Potter 1s a superstitious little fool, with reverence largely developed. He was horror-stricken at the way I talked, and I rather believe he thought I was boasting, but I was not. J offered to him a month’s pay he could not prove that there was any reality im the God he believed tn. “Prove to me there is not a God,” he said. your God 1s all powerful, is he not?” I asked, ‘o be ” he replied. “if he be all powerful,” I added, “let Him strike me dead; I defy him!” Little Potter turned pale at what he termed my “damnable peetiecanas Ilaughed at him,for there was no sign of that alleged Ail-pewerful Being’s existence. I still stood erect and smiling. Potter said his God would not deign to notice such a threat. My challe was beneath the considera- Uon of the Supreme Ruler. Did I thimk I could call down His visibie wrath at my own sweet will? It was presumption. * * * Poor little Potter! JANUARY 1, 1880.—A week has passed, during which Ume I have not had the courage to write. Even now I do not know how to tell the story. 1 am ashamed to confess it. Am I paraly: or am I dy! by inches? Can it be that tnere a God, and that He heard my threat? I despise my- self for being so weak as to believe it; and yet I am undergoing an experience that is as horrible as itis unusual On the morning following the night. of my boast before the boys at Gibbons’, I awoke with a strange pricking sensation in my right arm, as if the circulation had been stopped and had suddenly started again. The next morning my arm was numb. The circulation had appar- ently stopped, and had not gone on again, nor has it since been My arm and hand have grown colder and , ana both are a deathly gray white, like the armand hand of a dead man, while my finger nailsave livid. Curiously enough, though, there ts no sign of decomposition, and my hand still retains its power. Though all feeling is gone, ‘T can grasp my pencil tightly in my fingers and I can write as wellasever. Where will all thisend? That is the question. There is some- Uning hideously unnatural about it, and I am atrald for that reason to consult a physician. 1 have rubbed that arm and hand until the skin has peeled off, and yet there has not been the slight- est sensation nor the faintest sign of circulation, From shoulder to finger tips it is dead, dead, DEAD. Janvany 5.—Heaven help me, or I shall go mad! When { wrote before { had no faea of ‘he horror of this thing that bas selzed upon me! That it is the curse of a God or a devil I have no longer theslight- estdoubt. Ever since my hand grew somarvelously cold I have refrained from shaking hands with any one for fear the unnaturainess of it would be re- marked and I should be questioned. “To-day my old uncle from St. Louis called at the office to see me, I had not met him for a month of Sundays, and, as he was always a favorite uncle of mine, had his hand before I thought what I was doing. He sprang back with a cry that sent a thrill through me. ‘The utmost horror was pic- tured in every feature. I dropped the hand I was holding, but it was some minutes before he could. recover himself enough to speak. ‘Then he told me of the strange thing he had seen. As took his hand, he said, and he felt its icy pressure, my face ‘suddenly became the face of a dead man.’ My eyes stared glassily, and my skin looked bloodiess and cold, while my’ parted lips were purple. “‘I'could have sworn death had suddenly come to You, as you stood there,” he sald. “O my boy, you ‘cannot imagine the shock you gave me!” ‘Ab! yes. I know it now, that same vision will haunt every one whom I’ touch, I am a leper, ‘The ume must come When men wili fee trom ‘me as they would from a plague. After all there Sa Gola terrible, awful God— All powerful, all- hearing, all-seeing.’ Have I not proof of it? 1s not this God’s recompense? ‘Ocrouxs 5.—Iam going East. ‘There 1s a suspl- cton here that there is a mystery about me, and I cannot abide it, If any man should discover my secret and make it public I think J would kili him. ‘New York, November 11.—I met a man at Berry- H & i | ville yesterdy named Holt. “Hetson the Tribune. Had ‘to sleep with him because the hotel was crowded. During the night my hand fell upon him and awoke him, and the usual result followed. I turned it off in the morning by telling him he had teen dreaming. It he had insisted that It was not dream, and ha Whatl Would have (one, sce eee DEckMBmR 26.—Just a year has passed since I was stricken with this ving death. It scems like @ century. And now the worst is coming. Ub, God! fs this Just? I reported 4 Christmas sermon yes- terday, the burden of which was that there is for- giveness for all who ask it. Christ was born to ‘Save the worst of us. And yet I cannot ask it. This mitted te unpardonable dat "Tho thoweat ates lonable Dt drive te mad! Wil rellet never come? pclae JANUARY .—I have been making New ‘Years calls, with my arm Ina sling. "Twas com pelled to resort to that as a means of ‘avolding shaking hands with my right hand. Cartwright Of The Post, who is a literary and somewhat of a society man, wanted me to join him in’ his ‘New Years’ calling, and to oblige im, and for the sake of diversion, did so. Perhaps it is the most unfortunate step I have ever taken. At one house I met a most charming little woman, a8 pretty as & picture and as gentle as a tame dove. Margaret Willoughby sue & called. ‘We had the pleasantest of pleasant chats, and when I left her she invited me to call Shall I My reason bids me ‘not to; my tells me I cannot keep away. JaNUaxy 21—I have seen Miss Willoughby again. I met her at the theater, and she asked me why I to hain in adiatring her‘and spending © picnane no ng Dour in her com v. — ee laucu 15.—Margaret grows more and more charming. I have begun to write @ romance in which she will be the heroine, and aman afflicted as I aim, the hero. It will’ be a strange story, surely. When it ts finished I will read it to her. i think she 1s fond of me, Indeed 1am sure of it, My romance shall be my pro If she ts willing (eaceept me knowing what 1 am, 1 shall behapps. possibly a it be Possibly a great Joy awaits me? I'am Avut. =.—The romance 1s written. Not an hour ago I put the word “Finis” on the last page. | To- mnorrow I will read it to her. 0, Margaret, my beloved, you will not fail me! I ami sure of it} Aruit 2.—Hard work at the ofiice prevented me seeing Margaret until this afternoon, when I read the romance to ts close. When I looked at her there were tears in her eyes, “I do not wonder she loved had suffered so much, and he lov. Bn, fillet, ae F E i MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC, ‘SOME NOTES ABOUT WASHINGTON ACTORS AMD SING- ‘B&S—“RUDDYSORE” TO BE WITHDRAWN IN NEW ‘YORK g00K, ington actor, ornaments an inside page of the New York Mirror this week. —Osmond Tearie will become leading man of Rose Coghlan’s company the week after next. = Ms Marguerite Saxton has received an offer to rejoin Marie Prescote’s company, and will prob- Oi Steep ik —Robert L. Downing plays a return engage- ment in Philadelphia next week. Mr. Downing has purchased from Mrs, KL. Davenport a play called “St. Marc.” — The days (or nights) of “Ruddygore” are num- dered at the New York Fifth Avenue, Manager ‘Stetson announcing that it will be withdrawn one Week from to-night. On the foll ‘Tuesday Dioyty Carte’s English. , with the possible exception of Geraldine and one or two others, will return to England. What is to follow the opera ig evidently not decided on, Tt 18 sald that Steteon and D'oyly Carte have had a Dig quarrel, —The chance of hearing Mme. Sembrich, now regarded as Patti's legitimate successor, in this country for some years to come, 1s not good, a8 she'nas accepted a long engagement in Vienna. —Jobn Gilbert, Wallack’s fine old Caen who has been di ig mending, ebay oe cP Uan nena — Alfred Thompson, the author of many success- ful plays and extravaganzas at the Gaiety and Alhambra Theaters, London, has entered into partnership with the well-known ee Zoseph Brooks, to produce, spectacular burlesqué ‘with a company which will be known as the Im- perial Burlesque Company. ‘The first of the series ‘Will be produced at the Chicago Opera House on —Tom Keene begins his starring tour shortly under the management of his son-in-law, Edwin Arden. Mr. Hayden, his former manager, will probably bring suit against Keene, — Archibald Forbes, the famous war correspon- dent, will begin a course of 50 lectures in the ‘United States in October. —The Booth-Barrett combination will open in September next the $200,000 theater which is to be built on the site of Cosmopolitan Hall, at Broad- way and 42d street, New Yor! — Pauline Markham is now a full-fledged emo- tional star, and will be seen in New York next Week in “dhe New Magdalen,” “Lady of Lyons,” —The clague 1s an institution in France, and the manner in which its doings are recorded by the Parisian press reads very curiously to Amer- feans. For instance, we are told told that M. Dagneau, chief of the claque at the Theater Francais, has because, the ‘manager reduced lus pay from $120 to $60 a month. Dagneau’s Coe however, at once accepted vacant place. The chief of the claque attends the eho tartitnna Shanene ie Ua behind the author int the house, and ‘Keeps a caretal of the passages which they recommend to his profes- ‘sional notice. The claque at the Francais is not peanty. ‘so offensive as at some of the other Parisian oUseS, —Mr. J. P. Hale, of San Francisco, has brought ‘suit against Edwin Booth and nis manager to re- ‘cover $10,007.50. Mr. Hale bought three seats to see Booth at the Baldwin Theater. When he went to the house with two ladies he found that the seats were movable chairs in different parts of the house, He refused them, and asks the courts to heip |bim recover the price (67.50) and $10,000 tional damages, —Mrs. Langtry is sald to contemplate what 18 called a sumptuous revival of Shakespeare’s “An- thony and Cleopatra” during her extended engage- ment at the Fifth-Avenue ‘Theater, New York, next season, —It Herr Anton Schott remains in this country next season, as it is to be hoped he will, he hopes wal ir at the Met litan Opera-House in Ber- lors “Benvenuto Cellini,” which is soon to be Te- vived at the Munich Theater. — Boston has been treated to a new Hamlet, the work of Mr. Vanderfelt, leading man at the Mu- seum. It seems to have been a very respectable effort, midway between the intensely profound Hamlet ot Booth and the energetic Hamlet of Wilson Barrett. — An English dramatisthas written a play on the theme suggested by Tennyson’s “Lady Clara ‘Vere de Vere. 4 — The National Opera Company closes its season at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, this week. Two performances of “Nero” were given during the week. ‘This opera, which was gener ally regarded as a failure in Europe, has been @ ‘success as presented by the National Company. —It will be learned with pleasure that Mme. Hastreiter is coming back to this country, sailing from Liverpool to-day, having accepted the en- gagement offered by the Boston Symphony Or- chestra. —Little Annie McLinden, of this city, who left some months ago to join Marie Prescott’s com- jane! seems to be doing very well, and has been ighly spoken of by the newspapers wherever the company has appeared. ns English as She Is Taught. Mark Twain contributes to the April Century, ‘under the above title, some examples of the curious answers made by pupils in our public schools. ‘We quote a few, as follows: “Aborigines, a system of mountains, Alias, a good man in the Biole, Amenab ¢, anything that is mean, aridity, state of Being an acid. juriferous, an ori 4mmonia, the tood of the gods. Capillary, a \ittie caterpillar, Corniferous, rocks in which fossil ts found. Emolument, a headstone to a grave. Equestrian, one who asks questions. 4ucharist, one who plays euchre. Franchise, aes belonging to the French, 01 n. Idolator, a very id¢ Ipecac, 4 man who likes a good dinner, ‘4rrigate, to make fun of. Aendacious, what can be mended. Merce ary, one who feels for another. Parasite, 4 kind of umbrella. Boe the maurtee: of an infant. Publican, a man who does bis prayers in Tenacious, ten acres of land. Loe Here is one where the phrase “publicans and sinners” has got mixed up in the chiid’s mind with politics, and the result is a definition which takes One in @ sudden and unexpected way: “Republican, a sinner mentioned in the Bible.” Also in Democratic newspapers now and then. Here are two where the mistake bas resulted from sound assisted by remote fact: “Plagiarist, a writer of pl st diDemagoarie, a vessel con Deer and other ere is one which—well, now, how often we slam right into the truth without over suspecting it: “The men employed by the gas company go ‘around and spec ulate the meter. ‘Telephoning Extraerdimary. From the London Daily news, ‘The telephone is on its way to girdle the globe, following the telegraph—to use the term in its conventional sense—to which it js so Closely allied. ‘The final triumph will be when a gentleman can send a whisper round the planet into his own ear. Meanwhile, it 1s something to have two cities so far apart as Brusseis aad Paris tn pertect tele- phonic Corsini ar st Seca ah a name at a nearer to one another than l’aris and Loni yet King and President conversed freely 'yes- terday from their respective capitals. When they had done with the wire, the Queen of the Belgians listened to a rehearsal at the opera, ‘The music reached the royal ear, we are told. ke an attenuated strain from a inusical box.’ Her Majesty had much to ‘be thankful for. Prima donna by telephone 1s not, a8 a rule, so satisfac {Ory, to Judge by the experiences of those who have heara Opera troupe from the Palais de Vindustrie or our own “Mikado” company trom the Tooms of the Royal society'at the annual soirees. But, for the experiment of yesterday, the multiply- phoney we beleve is un invasion ie zi an inv: ‘lephone pure and simple for long. oes ons. 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Among their cus- tomers was the King of Prussia, Queen of Engiand and the “Workingmen of Berlin.” “When the sanfor mem- ber of the firm died there was present st the funeral obsequies over twenty thousand msmbers of the “Trades Unions” of Berlin as well as. representation of the Prussian government. His life was insured for the benefit of Mechanics* Unions for 825,000. ‘This country has produced a George Peabody, 8 Stephen Girard, s Johns Hopkins, a Peter Cooper and other merchants who have made themselves immortal ‘a philanthropists by their benevolent legacies to the people. Verily these men were not “Jacks of all Trades” nor ‘“Monopoliste.” Our liberal discount of “TEN PER CENT” ‘Will be continued during This Week. It is your privilege to avail yourself of the oppor- tunity of buying our well-known €4 line of Hand-Sewed Ladies’ and Gent's Button, ‘Lace and Congress Gaiters, equal to any $6 Shoe in the country, for $3.60. Our “Matchless” $3 Gent's Seamless Gaiters, Ladies’ Dongols and Curaso Button, st $2.70. Our $2.50 “Ne Plus Ultra” line at $2.25. Our $2 “Can't be Beat” line at $1.80. 2 Our $150 “Excelsior,” union made, Button, Lace Le You Waxr ‘THE BEST AND CHEAPEST CLOTHING FOR ‘YOURSELF OB BOYS COME TO SMITH, THE PIONEER 7TH STREET CLOTHIER, NOW AT 924 7TH STREET N.W. COME AND SEE ME FOR ALL KINDS OF CLOTHING. Have You Visrren THE GREAT SALE OF FINE AND MEDIUM ‘TAILOR-MADE CLOTHING NOW OPENING OUT SOME OF THE NICEST MADE GAR- ‘MENTS FOR MEN, BOYS, AND CHILDREN. THESE GOODS MUST BE SOLD, AND BAR- _GAINS ARR HERE FOR YOU. NO MATTER WHAT YOU WANT IN THE WAY OF BEST ‘TAILOR-MADE CLOTHING, EQUAL TO THE FINEST CUSTOM WORK, IN PRINCE AL- BERT, CUTAWAY, OR SACK SUITS, FOR ‘DRESS, FOR BUSINESS, FOR WORK, DON'T ‘THROW YOUR MONEY AWAY WHEN YOU CAN GET SUCH FINE MADE CLOTHING AT THIS SALE FOR LESS THAN COMMON STUFF ELSEWHERE. WE HAVESUITS OR PANTS TO FIT THE SMALLEST OR LARG- EST PEBSONS. YOU CAN DEPEND ON BAR- GAINS IN ALL KINDS OF CLOTHING. WE HAVE LOCATED AT 631 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., UNDER ST. MARC HOTEL, ONE DOOR BELOW 7TH ST. N.W. THIS SALE OF FINE TAILOR-MADE CLOTHING OFFERS UNUS- UAL CHANCES OF SECURING THE FINEST NEW YORK TAILOR-MADE CLOTHING ATA LOWER PRICE THAN YOU PAY FOR COM- MON-MADE CLOTHING. COME AND SER OURGOODS. CLOTHING FOR MEN, BOYs, AND CHILDREN AT A BARGAIN. REMEM- BER, WE ARE AT NO 631 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., ONE DOOR BELOW 7TH 8T., ADJOIN- ING ST. MARC HOTEL, mh30_ A Gentizman ‘May wear a seedy-looking Cost, knoed Trousers— By the by, we have stretchers to take the bulge out of the knees—but his Linen should be clean. In our large, well-arranged, and attractive Furnishing-Goods Department you will find everything that is staple, select, and novel; everything, in -short, needed to fix up with, and at prices always consistent with well- made and thoroughly good goods, ‘Wives, Mothers, Sisters: We know the wants of care- Jess man, and are showing a large stock of extra well- made and perfect-fitting Shirts, both in white and colors. These are not cheap, auction-made Shirta, but are the kind s man in any calling needs. When down this way, will you drop in and look at ‘em. Good, faithful sewing is on trialin these Shirts, and you are the judge. ‘Neat and rich Neckwear, Hosiery, Underwear, beau- tiful Handkerchiefs, Collars, Cuffs, and all other sorts of Gentlemen's Fixings, We name the lowest prices. Don't forget this. NOAH WALKER & Co. mh26 625 Pennsylvania avenua Sreme Sryzes. FINE SHOZS, ‘We now havea Large and Well-Selected Stock in the leading styles from the best manufacturers FOR LADIES, GENTLEMEN AND CHILDREN. ‘With ourlong experience in supplying this city with FINE SHOES, we feel confident with our present stock we can suit almost all who favor us with acall ‘with shoes that will fit, will wear, will look elegant and give satisfaction, at prices as low as they can be sold, quality considered. We aim to furnish the best SHOES that can be had for the money, and guarantee the same, Large line of WIGWAM SLIPPERS. DALTON & STRICKLAND, 939 Penna, ave., Washington, D.C. 35 Mivas Awazven To BENSON'S CAPCINE PLASTER. mb22-1m_ ‘THE BEST IN THE WORLD. Cures Pleurisy, Rheumatism, Lumbago, Backache, ‘Weakness, Colds in the Chest and all aches and strains. ‘and Congress Gaiters, $1.35. ALL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN, FIGURES. 1 HEILBEUN, ‘The Largest One Price Shoe House, ‘Loader of Low Prices Since 25 Years, 408 SEVENTH STREET N. W. Bee The Old Lady in Window. “$A Provo Onsueven Of human nature has declared that the most awkward, predicament a man can be placed in is tobe unexpect- ‘edly called upon to mix in society WITHOUT HIS TROUSERS.” ‘To be caught without cost or waistcoat is painfully embarrassing, but to be minus trousers is absolutely OVERWHELMING. ‘The importance of trousers, therefore, cannot be overestimated. Thus this apparently trivial matter being shown to be of such grave importance, the ques- tion as to where the most stylish, the best-fitting, the most durable trousersare to be had at a reasonable price becomes s serious one; but donot perplex your- self;here is the answer in s nut-shell: They can be had of all grades, all shades, all patterns, stylish, per- fect fitting, durable, cheap, at VICTOR E. ADLER'S, ‘TEN PER CENT CLOTHING HOUSE. BOMBASTES Recently gravely remarked that s “ft” was “his moe je agree with hun fully. and euticly. He faded been 1 iving the people “fita” in the matter than twenty years, and even now oi to act the atyle by 4 se appearing on ou fase ii FLOP-DOODLE, ‘Thereby occasjoning much remark, A wag in ‘peculiar the prodigy, wut iupasbungavenabe Ths PIGMY IN PETTICOATS, to. “ft” we beg to say to the people that we not SFubtascut ahd pet together by alia Pasta 927 AND 929 7TH STREET NORTHWEST, COR, MASS. AVE. STRICTLY ONE PRICE Open Saturday until 11 p.m. Facrs, Nor Faxcus, BUT PLAIN TRUTH, ‘That we will sell thebest $10 STRICTLY ALL-WOOL SPRING SUIT, T0 BE SEEN IN WASHINGTON. A handsome PRINCE ALBERT SUIT, 818;cannot bo matched eloewherefor gio. Axobby CHEVIOT SUIT for Boys from 13 to 18 years at $5. Avery nest CHILD'S SUIT from 6 to 14 years from ($2.50 upwards. we pruning knifeinto, We close outat HALF VALUE. pes ; i | CLOTHING ComPany, mals 5 (Gornee Tihs ond Gots, aw, BOORS, &, . a oe PLLE AL LOUISE. st ‘Will, on MONDAY, APRIT. Booxs: Books: Booxs:1 SP ORUAY, ARIE sea cont w tne WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED 4 FEW MORE. — 1007 F st. 48 97) and Acorasl Tutorent, = Mas K. A. Doxovax, : ets of CHAMBER'S ENCY.6 10.48. G18 ‘With 25 per cent of Stock Bonus, sais AS, 12 von. calls © Wao of 204 F streot northwest, ‘Also a special lot of shop-worn Books at less than ‘Opening of 4 Limited Amount of eee aed fee tice at great reduction. | TENCH PATTERN BONNETS and ENGLISH ‘See oa THE CHAS. BAU! ml BOOK AND STATIONE DEPT. JPRASTER, 158: pM ORANGE BELT RAILRO. » Easter Cards, Oxford Teachers’ Bibles, Easter = aed ES opklets, Devotional “Hooks, Raster Novel ter Cards, Raster Baws, of Florida, Extior Books, Easter Booklets, Hawter Papeccrien Bookseller and Stationer, First Mortgage 6 per cont, mh26 — 418 9b sto. w. 7 ASTER CARDS, BOOKLETS, AND NOVELTIES, 5-20-Year Gold Bonds, E sertowongs id 3 ‘Teachers’ and Family Bibles, Interest January and July. Prayers and Hymmals, Sabbath School Libraries. Payable at the FARMERS’ LOAN AND TRUST CO, | Devmiis and Theological Books. NEW YORK. ‘Due 1907. “These Bonds, issned’st only $5,000 per mile, ares first and only lien on the road and equipment, and in WAM. BALLANTYNE & SOX, 428 Seventh Street, Eusran Carrs = Ensen Boors. from the leading houses of Paris and London, n MONDAY end TUESDAY, April 4th and 50 No cards. apd Sra /PENING. IMPORTED BONNETS AXD HATS. * TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5 AND @ : MME. T. B. HARRISON, 1329 F STREET, Opp. the Rbbatt. SPRING OPI addition are guaranteed, principal and interest, by the ORANGE BELT INVESTMENT CO., WHICH OWNS: LARGE MILLS AT LONGWOOD THAT ARE EARNING OVER $40,000 A YEAR NET, BESIDES ‘WHICH THE COMPANY HAVE VALUABLE REAL ESTATE AND OTHER PROPERTY, ESTIMATED IN ALL, WITH THE MILLS, TO BE WORTH €300,000, AND WHEN THE ROAD 18 FINISHED TO POINT PINELLAS, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ‘THE INVESTMENT COMPANY'S PROPERTY WILL RASTER NOVELTIRG Democracy of Art, by Clarke, Ww. H. MORRISON PA AVE. BRANCH STORE, N.Y. AVE. AND 15THST. mh19 Bos AEE STER CARDS, NOVEL- LEAST $1,000,000, NOT INCLUD- | est prices ad Catholic SHY COLANGASTER, BE WORTH AT $1, .¢ , N - | est prices, b a ING THE RAILROAD AND ITS FRANCHISES. oe = street northwest, Trecompany reserves the right to redeem these | Cer Booxs Curar Pare bonds AT PAR atany time after five years, and it is ‘The Home, twelve mos. uniform in size and style, believed that they will be able to retire them all in five — in cloth, miit, 53 kinds, only 35c. each. Writing "and chvelopes, 24 sheets of paper and match, on] ‘a box, years, as itis for the interest of the guarantors todo | enyslopes to match. only 1c: 3 bo 80, they being the owners of 75 per centof the stock, which, with the 25 per cent we offer, will own the ‘Receiving goods daily at JOHN C PARKER'S, road after these bonds have been retired, and will be ocll 617 and 619 7th street nw. the only lien upon the railroad equipment and fran- = che HOUSEFURNISHINGS. ‘We look upon this security as. good investment, and> with 25 per centof stock bonus offered with the bonds, they should command§the attention of the in- ‘vesting public. A Cor Ix Wa. Paren English Paper, 7c. per piece; Brown and White Back ‘Paper, Yc. per piece; best White Back Paper, 12}4¢. per Piece; best White Back Paper, 25c. per piece on the wall; 8 fine Gold Paper, 250. per piece: a fine Gold Paper, 30c. per piece; best Gold Paper, 40c. per piece; best Gold Embossed Paper, 50c. per piece; a 20-inch Gold Embossed Frieze, $1.25: a 10-inch Gold Em- ‘bossed Frieze, 75c. All other Lorders at greatly re- duced rates. Big stock! New goods! No humbug! ‘Competent workmen. Prompt attention. JOHN R. MAHONEY, mh18-Im 313-315 Pa. ave.se., Capitol Hill, Ovr Bascam Sires for the past two weeks have been #0 encouraging, and have brought out such crowds of customers for dull season, that we are satisfied people will buy bargains at any time of the year, whether in season or out, and we have determined to eclipse all former ns we have ever offered in our GREAT DRIVE SALE which GRISWOLD & GILLETT, 3 Wall st, New York. HELENA and BED MOUNTAIN RB. B. 00’8 FIRST MORTGAGE SIX PEE CENT GOLD BONDS, MES. JULI 1887 Baltimore, New Ni ° will ber In iru material and guality Algo the latest Noveliten 0 ‘cannot be the Season, the ladies of Washington are cordially invited to o which od, on Friday, April 1, 188: NES EASTER CARDS, Beautiful in Lillies, Crosses, Satin Nowel- tes, Fancy ‘oye, Children's Banberettes 10 cua, ‘Decorative Scrap Pictures, de. Wonders for and Children. J. FAY GOULD, 421 9th st. CHISIOR DYES ARE THE BEST, A purest and cheapest Dye in the World. Foraale 0, i Brugrista, mnsi-im V. KANE, 507 1118 ST. N.W.—OORSETS MADE 2, toorder A periect At guarantec. Also. a full TineSf Shoulder Braces, Neform Walaa, French ‘ornate apd Bustlas, “Corerts sundried. WRENCH of every dl ANTON & CAROLINE LECH, Laos, Arrexriox LATEST PAKISIAN MODES IN FINE FRENCH HAT GooDs, NOVELTIES iN, BACK CONFFORE x, DI. i390 RUSSIAN BANGS MAIR DRESSED. BANGS SHINGLED, Hair drvssing ty the mouth Special attention te plecinw ct Bridal Cotta mess ADIEF ‘bo your own Dyaingt a home, with : PERRLESS DYES. will dye everything, They are sold Price Loca feckaee40 colors, “They bate no equal for Strenetis Brightores, Amount tnt Packages ov for Fastuess of Oolot of Non teding Qualities They do ‘Are the best in the world. THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY IMPERVIOUS. nerattbom NTON FISHERS 900 Gat new. 7 Suuriy'ave yonre sap Ladies‘ and Gentlemen's Garments. sina Vavet ae Due 1937. we will make on MONDAY and TUESDAY, 14th aud 2pth insta. when we will satonish the nativésin prices Principal and Interest Guaranteed by the Osrpets, Foratvare sna Draperies. a sale is for cash and onl; NORTHERN PACIFIC B. B. 00. aayehnondiy and Tuseiey ned dou you's it neceaty W. H. HORRR, mhz S01 Market Space. GRISWOLD & GILLETT, Tt = asain J. B, Lerner: M. Deeaevx orueriy with P, Hanson Hiss & Co. ap? J.B. LEP 08 7th at. aw, « ‘We wish to call your attention to our large and 3 Wallst., New York. ean lete stock of Paperhangings. toour prices. Em- = f Pouca c it Paper. 50c._ Ordinal ilt Ps 30c., orc Parmce & Warez, and'd0e. White Back “Papers, ‘Back STOCK BROKERS, ae } New York. sop ash atest Goraran Building) Washington. | Sysrguiced ESeag . “o-ineh Etuhowsed Gold Borters, Ole. aud Fier Wineh Embossed Gold Borders, 40c. and’ 50s. S:inch Embossed Gold Borders, ss0c-and 40c. All work ‘Orders by postal promptly attended to. =| PIANOS AND ORGANS. a = aoe Laces, Glove 25 Sioa ™ sore P hhven- ing Bresoen's specialty. NGentianes's Cloties cleaned | by this process will net lose ‘their orurinal shape” and tcfeame epote guaranteed to be Tonso¥ | Sanam sarees asec he | J 10TH 8ST. N.W, iD aS Tian ae fect fit and comfort, IER SPECIALTIES ARE— | French Hand-made Underclothing, Merino Underwear sod Guest imported Blostery | Patent Shoulder Braces, and all Dress, Reform Gooda, ench x Children’s Corsets and #1 Corset (Miss E.'s own make) that for the price is unsurpassed. N. French, German and Spauish spoken. mrl4 | QEVERAL SECONDHAND UPRIGHT PIANOS: | PSisooa ete tow a 200, easy authly Say niente iden SANDERS & STAVMAN, WASHINGTON, BALTIMORE PHILADELPHIA Decorate Toner Sers. ers: Weare opening to-day new shapes and decorations In TOILET SETS. ‘The Best we have Ever Offered for the price, Ge james WHITELY, % Gitiusp CG Erae WILMARTH & EDMONSTON, China and Giass Importers, 1205 Pennsylvania avenue northwest, Stocks galing the markets received through our SEELnS dhract trom tue New York Stock Faxchanse. ‘All ofders executed and reported promptly. sol x (ONT HOUSE, VERMONT AVE., REE eens 6s come M. E. CO! Year. spi-am “ ” KENTUCKY cM O Bex ‘OCEAN. ve. Atlantic City, N. J.P. 1165. "Miia'G. W. STODDARD, formeriy of the Engle 1 NEW COLUMBIA HOTEL, Care Max, N. J. For Rent, Furnished first-clasa, pointments. For full Stoves GREAT DISCOUNT. ‘We will offer our remaining stock of Heating Stoves ‘at from 10 to 20 per cent discount from regular prices. agents for DANFORTH FLUID. W. 8 JENES & 09, DENTISTS OF Beware of imitations under similar sounding names. s full 431 717 Tru Sraxer ¥. W. mb29-12t _ 206 and 208 8. Front p ‘CG pe ee ERMROMN'S ane tabs Dolce FSTRE, DENTS, ATLANTIC CITY, XJ OPEN FAMILY SUPPLIES. Serene id sea water bathe: lane s5-veam6m even BOSTON & MABSHALL, Proprie: Ae oval” ) Bonrcuext Roe ccatucky ave, near Pacific. tout 8 ‘Rtlantie Clty, N. J. iowapi? 1-2 wre OULt SPRING-LEAF TEA, NUTTALL OCEAN END OF SOUTH ane Caroling ave, Atlante CN. ‘The new crop, now being received, T 8 _-mb16-Gm__Puila.; sdrees 19:0 Poplar. Sareea a Pre reo eee feat —— FOUR NG mas eS oe, ar BALTIMORE Professor P. B. Wilson, of the Balti. more University, has analyzed ZON- ‘WEISS Cream for the Teeth, His re- port says it contains preciesely the qualities that above Dentists says = dentrifice should contain. ZON- ‘WEISS is of softcreamy consistency, and is applied to the brush by means of an imitation ivory spoon. It has peculiar, refreshing, preserving and Cleansing qualities and delightfal favoring of its own. Sold by all ‘Drugsiate. Tae Hicuesr Grave Caamrscre IN THE WORLD, Price—Quarts, $30.20; Pints, $32.20. For sale by the leading Wine Merchants and Grocers, ‘329 Orr Dore & Co, ‘BUILDING MATERIAL, DOORS, BASH, ‘KILN-DEIED ¥. C. AND GEORGIA FLOORING A SPECIATY. to manufacture superior of largest: sd factory im the oountsy” Bead the facilities ‘usa postal and we gpill give prices promptly to prove ‘what we claim, MANTELS Pararsco Frovnixe Mus, Established 1774. PATAPSCO SUPERLATIVE PATENT, THE PRE- ‘MIEE FLOUR OF AMERICA, AND THE BEST IN EVERY RESPECT FOK FAMILY USE. ((ATARAC? HOUSE, ATLANTIC CITY, 7 x day. 3. M. CHINNIAN. mbi5-fm ‘PACIFIC AVE, ATLAN-; front E HOU NJ. , NJ it. | Thoroughly’ ‘The value of flour depends upon the ESSENTIAL Nod iow open. Opposite Hat Hvase ELEMENTS OP RE MON CORTAINED TS TAL ad new iron Hier HB Cook BREAD It MAKES. Maryland and Vincnia wheat T! "aires, (oat Open all the year. (ml0-San) a from! which our PATENT HOLLER PLOURS ‘are "manufactured, has lo moet au fuality, became it tas a Bt TER COM. BINATION OF GLUTEN AND PHOSPHATES THAN ANY OTHER. ‘This fact is recowuized, not only in this qpantey, Dut in the ‘United Ru — os ingdom an |, where \CEAN HOUSE, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., TAPSCO SUPERKLATI\ E” commands deci- re spumarecare = tone ee ee 'PPETRRS & CO. Tmhi2-etakthm | formaking ths senucat swectest and must nutritious = ‘Moved to the beach, Te he does not keep nished write jet you ki rhere it. be am Tia? OMA“UAMBLILL MANUFACTUING Co, {8-tths»6m 214 Commerce Ma ‘VERE, ATLANTI: Tint atk Pisce, Oppoate, font Norrce smn 2a jut M.DaY. i ; ‘TO GROCERS AND HOUSEKEEPERS. S*4. SIDE HOUSE, ATLANTIC CITY. N, J. — Penn. ave., 700 feet, the aie BEWARE OF ANY IMITATION OF coo kt EKER 3 O°3 EE RNB, ERE phty Bo Ee, St EER BR ER KEE Sss% 7 THE CKLEBRATED MINNESOTA PATENT PROCESS FLOUR. Tt is without a doubt the most Bravrarorand the mostNorarriovs Flour in the World. ‘The Millers have not only the most perfect mill, ‘containing as it does all the most improved Machinery invented up to the present time, but they produce Flour Uxsvmpassep by any mill in the world. To prove that, we would simply state that a large quan- tity of this magnificent Flour is shipped annually to Europe and eaten at the principal Courtsof theold world. HOWEVER, ‘Like everything else that his gained renown, some Person or persons are trying to take advantage of the reputation it has gained by imitating the Name and ‘Brand, and attempting thereby to palm off an inferior ‘Hot and Cold Sea Water Baths. Open All the Year. A.B. ROBERTS. HOTELS. ot BaicHTON, ATLANTIC CITY, X.J. Entirely remodelled and improved, LARGE BEDROOMS, OPEX FIRES, HYDRAULIC ELEVATOR, &0. ‘Reopened MARCH 77x, and will remain open thfough- ‘out the year, as heretofore, | article tor the genuine, mh3-tu,th,s26t F. W. HEMSLEY & SOX. ——_ Hore Vexvouz, ‘Be sure and sce to it that etther sacks or barrels read BROADWAY AND 418T STREET, XEW YORE. “CERES” PLAN. and have the imprint of ee TWO GOLD MEDAIS I ETEINFELD, Manager, | Sttached. None genuine without thetwogold medals, SEWING MACHINES, &. W. M GALT & CO, TT'HOSE SEEKING THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF ‘Wholesale Flour and Grain Dealers, nt with the Bneat” wo ‘Dest of ma- < terial, ia manu Pox Traux Ouve On. Aseweot and palatablost FRESH CREAM ‘Large Invoices in Stock, tit s 94 F atone FE, SCOND-H SQUARE PIANOS; S200 0S ANDERS & STAYMAN, _ap2-6t 934 F wt nw CHcREEING, PIANOS FOR RE? Hardman, eon Bay Steinway, Ww. G. MET Haines." tmh18-m) eee ee ee a mbi7-1m _ V Mich tone: faultless touch 5 Jess touch; artists. SANDER: CER B D8. FIC HER AND ESTEY PIANod Soijoneaty SerBANDERS & STAM _mbie Bole REVELATION, | ‘The new Estey Philharmonic Organ. A marvel im ine beau ahd variety of ie tone oflects. surprising ut wer. For Chun, Vhapel and Schoo! = SANDERS & STAYMAN, JARVIS BUTLER. Manager, 934 Pat Le, 920-3m 13 N. Charles st, Baltimore. ROS... Eatablished 1864. ofthe Foo 7h st. Kranich and BRR BoB BRR. BOB BEB UNEQUALED IN TONE, TOUCH, WORKMANSHIP AND DURABILITY. Special attention of Purchasers invited to the new ARTISTIC STYLES finished in desiyrus of HIGHEST DECORATIVE AKT. SECOND-HAND PIANOS: A fine assortment of prominent makes at ail prices, PIANOS FOR RENT. WM. KNABE & 09, B17 Market Space, Nor Poncmase UNTIL YOU SEE THE EMERSON PIANO. A thoroughly first-class instrument at a medium pros, ‘Over 41,000 now in use. ‘Second-hand Pusnos and ‘at prices froméi@ to $150. Bold ou snail south Payments. ‘Largest assortment ‘of Scent Music in the city. ENKY EBERBACH, ap2e 15 F streot Evvaw F, Droor. 925 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUR, Sole Agent for rrrt F: XN NW wow ay sss Ut Ak N wwww os YY om EL HERE Gree cca FF Sss5 Tt ERE UN NN Wo WA RS Sons, ‘& Son, Marshall & Wendel S0°E Camuten sod other Pianos. Sterling Oi ‘Music aud Mugical Merchandise. Justrumente sold on moutily payfenta, Ech Rented, ‘Tuned, ite P Now and econ SBGOND-HAND PIANOS. % Chickering’s from $75 to 9400: Steinwar's from | 2100 to 33 from #75 t $300; | Srom $75 to ‘other makes from $29 up. Soldow | easy monthly: i ‘W. G. METZEROTT & CO. nll 903 Pa ave, near thet ‘Mein Office No710 D st.n.w. Offices ani Yarte— 8th and Basta. a.w., No. 216 A st. ne. Coal Depot— Cor. Virginia and Delaware avenues s. All Offices are connected with the Telephone Ex- ocean See ME