Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1888, Page 4

4 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. cITY AND DISTRICT. THE WEATHER SERVICE. from Gen. Greely—His Pre- posed Keorgaaization of the Corps. During the past year the Chief Signal OMicer of the Army has been consulted, according to his last ‘snnual report, by thirty-seven boards of trade, chambers of commerce and other commercial or- ganizations throughout the country. ‘The cor- Tespondence of the central office with the outside ‘world has grown to large dimensions, and attracts ‘a considerable portion of the Chief Signal OMicer’s atiention. He says: Every effort has been made Tworeduce the methods of conducting the corre- spondence of the office to the simplest form, to the ead tuat while due regard ts paid to the proper record of public business, it may be transacted ‘with the greatest possible speed and with the least elerical labor. The enormous volume of corre- spondence, averaging over tifteen hundred com- munications each Working day, could not be con- Gucted under oldanethods without a Very great in- ‘crease in Uhe clerical force. During the year there ave been sent from this office, including all its divisions, 159,751 communications, and 314,871 communications received. Not included in ‘the ‘above, 1,021,000 code, Words aud weather reports Reve been sent aud received by telegraph. | Not- ‘withstanding this enormous amount of clerical Work the duties have been, performed more ex. stiously than usual and with a decreased force, number of clerkson duty at the beginning of Whe fiscal year being tfteen, and at the eleven, USELESS REPORTS. ‘The Chief Signal Ontcer respecttully invites at- ‘tention to the great and apparently profitiess con- sumption of time, at Government expense, en- tailed by the daily reports of work, made by each person performing clerical duty, to the ehiet clerk Of this office, a3 prescribed by existing orders. It Js within bounds Lo estimate that the cost of such Work to the Government consumes the time of four clerks, at an expense of about $4,000 annually. ‘The outcome of ‘such dally reports 'Is a summary, ‘which, indeed, tells uow inany letters have been Fead and distributed, how many briefed, recorded and numbered, how many noted, and other items Of like character, but It is Impossible that data of ‘Ubis character stall give any adequate idea of the amount Of work anuually periormed by the clerk. ‘Many letters areof such a character that mfty such letters dally would not. be am arduous task for a type-wriler or copyist, while others are of such length and are written under such disadvan- ‘Tages Wat len of them would entail a hard daj"s work, ‘The chiefs of divisions should be, and are be- Meved to be, men of such character’ and standing ‘that they can be relied upon to see that the clerks under their charge do @ iait day’s work for the Government, and ia case any division chief is in- clined to favor any person under his charge, he 1s enabled, under the present system, to so arrange matters that Ube poorest clerk in the division can have the largest record on paper. It 1s urgently Fecommended that the report be discontinued. An enormous number of obsolete forms aud val- ueless papers have accumulated in this service during the past eignteen years. Tuese worthless have been dignified by the uame ot records ch they realiy are not such, since they con- Yain duta, which ouce seen for the purpose of Checking dtuer papers, tmmediately becous use- Ivis respectfully recommended to the honorable Secretary of War that Congress be asked to ap- if a Commission OF an Iuspector of public docu- Fronts, wiwo suait be authorized to take caarge. uf ali worthless public papers, and report their Cuar- acter to Congress, with a View Wo Lier final de- struction. Not only are these papers worthiess, Dut they are a great tax yon the ofllce space of ‘Whe different bureaus, ESTABLISHING NEW STATIONS. ‘Urgent recommendations for new stations have Deen frequentiy made, but their establishment 43 imapossibie without Increased appropriations. ‘The present number of stations ts suflicieatly large Jor tue yenerai needs of this service, although It 1s certain that in a few cases tue statious might be better arranged tor the genera: Uy. Ivis possible that a fe could be established and maintained, strictly Jocal Interests, as is the case With ssaltimore, Md., New Haven, Coun., and otuer stations ia large and Imporiant cities, “The Culet siguai Oulicer uas en- Geavored to bring Lhe detailed meteorological tu Tormation collecied by this service as promptly as possible to the attention of public, and in no ‘omer way can this #e done so Luurougluy as by the distribution of the weatuer tap. eyclon Style Weather map, published at ubout forty of the larger stations, Las been received with great favor by the business community, as it presents te data io such a manuer as to "ve eastly understood and utilized by such business wen of the country as have interests affected by weather conditions. A More liveral and exteuded policy bas eeu ar Fanged for Ube ensuing year, turough which it is ‘Roped to furnish the daily weather maps for $ au. and $ p.m. toevery prominent town that can be Feached within a reasunabie ume from Kansas City, Mo., Su Louls, Mo., Boston, Mass., New York y ‘and Wasbingtou city, and at 8 ai. map ira ‘Cineiunad, Outo, and Philadelphia, Pa, ‘TESTING INSTRUMENTS. All the thermometers, rain-gauges, and other me- teorological instruments belonging to the service Were iuspected, compared, and examined during the year. The tests have been conducted with the Utmost ‘care and precision to insure accuracy. Every thermometer is carefully tested at the freez- Ang potut of water, and for every wen ween that point dnd a temperature of 112°; be- Jow the freezing point of water it 1s tested for every twenty degrees to —28°. ‘The rigid require- meus of the service, Which reject all. thermome- Yers with errors greater than 0°.3 F., arv still eu Yorced. Two twosaud elgut hundred and thircy- two thstruments of various Kinds lave been Tecelved, and 2,380 issued during the year. Assis- ‘ant Prof. Kusseil tested 2,180 thermometers 10 ‘he service and 20 for Voluntary observers. In ad- dition to the ordinary testing of instruments, the Yelegraph wire purchased ior military feld ines, Of for seacoast lines, nas also Leen tested. ‘The purchase and testing of instruments for private has been discontiaued, save in ‘special instances, when such comparisons and Tests are plainly ‘in the interests uf the public service, a in the case of the directors of state ‘weather services, or of persons engaged in special Investigations requiring standard fustruments, BIBLIOGRAPHY AND LIBRARY. ‘The general vibliography of meteorology con- ists of about 50,000 independent Utles, classified By subjects, arranged ia avout two hundred Givisioes, asd Of a card autuor Inder of nearly 13,000 autnors. This includes separate publica- ‘ous and articles in serial publications, and ter- ininates January 1, 1882. In addition 10 the above ‘Uhe present livrurian (Mr. Fassig) ts engaged with Mr. Hilton, his assistant, in a supplementary cata- for "current use "in the vilice of the Chies OMmcer. ‘This supplement contains about ‘cards, arranged accurding Lo authors, and, as Docurrent work hus been Seyiscted tn its pacraen: oa, is incomplete, contaiaig ouly such Separate Pudiications und ‘articles im periodicals us are scomssibic, This suppiementary author 1s now being classified by subjects after the scheme of the general, index, Wises latter ‘Work will also be renuered more couipiete later by J pubiication be recommended to Congress, at a cost ‘Bot exceeding $10,000. The library bus been tn- creased by purcuase, exchange, Or gitt 475 vol. wes, and now contains 10,320 volumes, exciusive Of pamphiets, wuich, alinough cai have ‘Bever been numbered as boos. Tue ilvrary has already been moved wo the new office buiiding. Nearly 190,000 publications have been distributed by the service during the past year. ‘The military reorganization of this service, the Yeport says, 1s one demanded in the interest of ‘whicn ‘the Fe 7 I a Site i : h Hi i ‘When cleaning the room thoroughly {t is a good plan to remove the lighter articles of upholstered furniture into the alr and the heavier ones into another foom in which the windows are opened. Hair-cloth ts best cleaned by beating with a small Switch oF rattan, afterward wiping with a soft cloth. If it 18 old and ts losing its color it can be fade to look almost as as new by wiping 16 over mee cloth wet in ink. Plush furniture Sized paint brush is just the thing. Never switch lush, ag it will leave a mark that any amount of Will not entirely obliterate. A small at brush for the crevices of the wood work Is @ necessity to keep it in good condition by re- moving the dust, Wipe over the woodwork with & soft, damp cloth, and polish with a dry coun. A. Small quantity Of warmed linseed oll rubbed Weil into the wood, and this afterward rubbed briskly With a soft, dry cloth, will give the wood a Rice, Soft polish. "See that’ the castors on the ‘heavy articies of furniture are in condition, So that they will not tear or mark the carpet when moved from their places. A little machine or ker- ‘osene ol will do service if applied to them occastonally, ‘ing only enough to make them Work freely, ‘as too inuch 13 apt. to work down and Jeave an ugly spot on the carpet. ‘Ene Age of Trees. ‘From the Londoa Standard, Where the zone test can be applied, we know that the age imputed to the tree will not err in the Way of excess. A clearly marked ring infallibly Genotes a season’s growth, Assuming an un- favorable season to have resulted in an unusually ‘thin, or perhaps an indistinguishabie layer, one year’s credit will remain unentered in the tree’s @utomatic ledger. On this basis of computation ‘the following ages have been ‘strictly Verified in Germany. io that country, as in Finland and Sweden, the pine and fir have attaineu to from 500 to 700 years, The greatest ascertained age of ‘the laren’ (in Bavaria) ts 274 years, wuile the Sliver fir bas reached 429. ‘rhe oldest known Specimen of the holm oak (near Aschaffenburg) bumbered 410 years; while in all the common Oaks above 320 years oid the heart was beginning Wo decay. ‘The maximum ages of other German trees as found by counting the rlugs—ts as follows: Red beech 245, ash 170,eim 130, birch 200, aspen 210 and aider 145 years. The lime, beloved of the Fatherland, generally evades this test. Provably one of the longest-standing of ail, it 1s seldom found in a sound condition at an advanced age. At the Edinburgh Forestry Exhibition, tour yeurs ago, much interest was shown in the sections of two Scotch firs, ove 25 feet in circumference, dis- Unctly vouching its own age to be 217 years, une other 18 iect in circumference, showing a clear record of year-circles to Lhe bumber of 270. As the site Of both Was known, as Well us Lhe dates of tne felling Of the one, and the Diowing down of the other, it might have been posstbic to ascertain Why the larger tree was so much younger Uhan its oy As an excellent example of What can be effected by such an investigation, the following incident 1s especially worthy of Lotice: A Tew years siuce 2u American engineer had occasion to clear a plantation of hemlock trees, in which Species tue marking of the annual zones 1s peculiarly distinct. “ie found that the layers Were Of Very unequal breadth, indicating a growth five OF Six times fuller in Some years than in others. The trees were of various ages, but every tree told exactly the same tale. “It you began at the outer layer of two one young aud the other old, aud counted buck twenty years, when the young tree indicated a growing season by a full layer, the older tree indicated the same.” A similar concurrence happened with the meager sSeasos, LudUgh Luere Wus nothing like periodicity in the return of either. By such @ comparison a3 Ulls we are enabied to identity particular years as LuOSe Of UnUSUL Locrex«se, Or the Contrary, aud, by turning to tue ineteoroidgical records lor these years, Lo asceriain the nature of the weather Whicli Bas been favorable to the growth of the wood A Big Wave Came Ashore. From the Portland Oregunian. ‘The passengers on the Oysterville stage were treated to a somewhat novel and unpleasant expe- Henee Thursday last. While passing along te beach abreast of Tinkers’ place, a wave came rolling In upon the:n which nearly swamped the whole oattit. ‘The rush of water was so great that there was no way of avoiding it, and 1t came up So high that one of the horses was swept from his eet. ‘The water receded as quickly as tt came, and the coach was rapidiy driven up the beach to a more secure place. Some cattle loitering alon, Ue beueu Were caught in tue huge wave ai had quite a strugyic with the undertow, which carried one of thei out tosea, Dritt logs were lifted trou the lmbedding sand and Washed away. Such Udal Waves are rare, and ure probably caused by some volcanic upheaval out in the ocean. ‘ee Why He Was Not Strangled. “Mahmud Djeiladciten Pasha, the lute minister of finance at Coustantinople, has narrowly escaped strangling,” says London ruth. “He came into office a few years ago, when a very poor man, but by means of systematic swindling of the most out- Tageous kind he has realized a iortune of 350,000 ‘Turkish pounds. The sultan, on being informed Of his fraudulent practices, ordered lus arrest and announced his intention of having hyn strangied and of confiscating his savings. lethen turned cut that Manmud nad been sufficiently far-sighted Yo invest lus fortune abroad, so thal, if he were Strangied, the suitan would’ not gain a piastre; and, alter much negotiation, It has been decided that he 1s to pay a fine of 120,000 Turkish pounds and to be bauisued frum the Vicinity of Coustanti- nople. Thus fine will not be employed tw compen- Sate the oiticials who have been rubved by Mal. mud, Dut it 18 to go into the sulian’s private purse,” coe Net Yet a Howling Success. Young Wife (with money tn er own right and a disposition to take care of it)—“What do you think, my dear, of the question being discussed, ‘ds Marriage a Fallure?’” Young Liusband—“Well, I wouldn’t care to say that marriage is exactly a failure, but b’ thunaer, $0 tar as my own experience goes, It hasn’s been howling success.” ————+ee—_ ‘The “Tosca” Umbrellas. From the Philadelphia Times. Last wees brought over some Tosca Umbrellaa, and one or two women who possessed them abso. lutely felt nervous as they Walked with them. The umbrella 1s the usual size, but the stick, which should be of natural wood, 1s in reality a long cane with a fancy handie, All Parts is carrying them— the grande moauaine leaving the use of the canes themselves to the demi-monde. Of those that came over oue has a round silver knob, with a Utuie Wateh set in it; another has a sliver knob, and When the spring is touched behold « pencil springs out, ready to write down any memoranda that my lady may wish. The smartest ones, however, are ULose with tue colored fruit—the huge guoseberry, Tater sugyestive, by-the-by, is the vop of a very pretty ash stick, a mandarin orange decorates ‘another, and alter all the truit has beea exhausted & parrot of many shades stands up in a dignified Way on top of an oak stick. These umbrellas are really pleasant to walk wich, Lut It must be re- membered they have lost the air that shouldchar- acterize them if mbbons or corus or tasseis are ied about the scick. They must be pertectiy siiaple, the handle betng the ouly decoration, Multum in Parvo, ‘From the New York Sun. “Experience does veach something after all,” moraiized old Dingly. =e “Indeed it does,” replied Brown. “One would never belfeve how many things a small article will hold until he happens to upset his wile’ — pset 's Work. ‘Where.the Colors Come From. “The cochineal insects furnish a great many of ‘the very fue colors,” said an artist recently to a reporter for the New York Mail and Express. “Among them are the gorgeous carmine, the crim- Sop, scarlet carmine, and purple lakes. The cuttle ish gives the sepia. It is the tnky fluid which the fish discharges in order torender the water opaque when attacked; Indian yellow comes from the camel ivory chips produce the ivory biack and Very ‘little real uitra-marine is found in we market. It is obtained from the lapis. lazuli, and commands a fabulous price. Chinese mite is scarlet 1s iodide of and nati from juicksilver ore called cimnabar.” - Saved by Superstition. ‘From the Pittsburg Dispatch. ‘The examination of the books of the Farmers and Merchants’ Bank, on the south side, is still going on. Anexpert accountant has been called into requisition, and unti! ne finishes nothing def- Dite as to abilities and assets can be stated, But tee present suspense exerts a very harassing nce Uy inthe bank and that clever individual ‘Who always asserts that he knew so-and-so would occur, is now having a time on the side by crying out to everybody: An old German woman inn’ Ji roman i 4s well-known for being extraordinarily supe H 3 ‘superstitious 1880 no because she drew ever, F only last week. She means in the future. This, how ‘two weeks ago the woman yar to marke, when shen we uy ting a fresh No sooner had “she. foticea around and ran straight “Gottfried!” she cried nearly out arrived, I tell you; get 1t tor me; hurry up. ‘The man looked at his wite in Dut, belng used to obedience, he fetched the for her. No sooner had she got it than she ran away again, and tn about a quarter of an hour, re- ‘urned with all the money they had saved during years, “Don’t you remember, .” she now vol- Uunteered to explain, ‘ven ve lived in Paldimore ve Jost von tousand dollars in der pank just after dey had bainted der building g’vite red? "Vell, dey vos bainting der pank on Garson streets now, und I dinks ve don’t lose our money again dot vay, so I fetched 1t out. Now dey can baint der pank green or Dlue, Dut I got my moneys, I pet you!” The statement in yesterday’s -h, tntimat. ing that Mr. J. H. Sorg had sald the Dank had made an assignment, was erroneous, inasmuch as his daughter understood the reporter to have asked whether the bank had made a settlemen! though “assignment” was the term employed. Course Mr. Sorg does not deny the assignment. Horse Chestnuts as Food, From the Paris American Register. German agriculturists have discovered a use for the much-despised horse chestnut. They dry, or rather bake them, and when thoroughly free from motsture, feed them to their cattle, sheep and pigs, also to deer and boars, In the dried state These chestnuts crushed are considered both wholesome and nutritious, even. more so than acorns. According tochemical analysis, they con- tain as much as 64 per cent of protcine and 4.4 Per cent of fatty matter. Sheep are, not given more than one kilogram per day; milch cattle up to tive Kilos, and animals for fatvening as much as ten kilos a day. — soe Looking at the Brighter Side. From Judge. Bobvley (soaking under his umbrella)—“Whew! Don’t you find it pretty rough, Tom, to be out in ‘the rain this way with your collar turned up and ‘no other shelter?” Wiggins—“No. I'm happy. A fellow’s lucky to have even a collar left to put up after a seaside Vacation. Had vo put up about everything else I had down tuere.” 20 A Chronic Sufferer. From Judge. Seedy tudividual—“Madam, can’t you give some- thing vo a yellow fever sufferer?” Woman—"Ain't you the same man that called here a few months ago and got 25 cents to ‘help a blizzard sufferer?” Seedy Individual—“Yes, ma'am. I don't do nuthin’ but suiler from’ one year’s end to the other.” ——_—_+e+_______ Circassian Slave Girls. From the Fashion Bazar. ‘We have wasted a good deal of sympathy upon the Circassian girls who are sold to the highest bidder in the Turkish slave market. ‘They have Deen brought up with an’ eye to this fate from babyhood. Tney are expected to make the family fortune; are given the daintiest food, and their health and beauty are matters of constant solici- tude. Warm, perfumed baths and silken clotht keep their skins soft and fresh, and they are lowed todo no work. ‘The rest of the family usually fare lard, €at course food and do rougn labor. ‘When the future slave girl has reached budding Womanhood she is disposed o7 to a dealer in slaves, Who lets his best customers know that he pos- sesses a treasure almost priceless, and ail her vir- tues and beauties are detaiied with the usual Ori- ental exaggeration, Finaliy some royal priacess or rich pasha’s' wife expresses a Wish to see her, and extra care having been takeu with her Dati and dress, she 1s preseuted for inspection, From Jong preparation and jealous guarding from the Suu she bas w skin while a3 mlik, and Ler natur- ally beauttul type of face ts adorned with the usual Unts of kon! to the eyebrows and eyelashes and rouge to the full red lips. Her exquisitely Shaped nails glow with henna, and her own luxu- Tlaut hair 1s intertwined witi meshes of silk (for Une prophet curses Women Who join thelr own hair to chat of another Ul t reaches Ler aukles ia au uneven number oF talls, an even number being forbidden. She gives samples of her accomplishments, musical, gymnastic, and otherwise. Accept she 1s al once clothed with « rich slik an receives a present of a necklace or bracelet as an earnest of favor before she Joins her fellow slaves, Beyond assisting her mistress in the tollet, accom- Panying her in Ler drives, and bauding her coffee and cigarettes, sue has little to do. sue 1s an or- ameutal appendage rather than a servant, When the time coumes for her to be married, her owver chooses a suitable husband and givesa rich dower, and many of the marriages of siave girls eclipse in magnificence even those of the weaitmer classes, ‘The erstwhile barefooted, ragged Uttle Circas- Sian from ‘Turcoman’s land 1s uow a princess or pasha’s wife with slaves of her own; but she Would laugh if you suggested to her that there Was anytuing degrading in their position or had Deen in her own, ‘The degredation and hardship are simply ideas formed 1h ignorance of the tacts and conditions of Oriental domestic life and have no place in reality. Ot course, there 1s another side to the picture, but even ‘that is not a very dark one. The girl may fall under the displeasure Of Ube muster or mistress aud will then get pun- ished, she may be locked up for a few hours, or, Af her mistress 1% hot-tem| have her hair pulled and receive @ sounding ‘box om the ear. raps in Very rare abd extreine cases a severe beating may be adioinistered, but the same might and Would often happen in’ the case of a paid servant. A reconelitation, however, shortly takes place ahd the peace is cemented with a present of & new dress or trinket, —— = oe. Another Name for Him. From the Chicago Tribune, Mrs. Billus wasin the brary sorting over the books. “John,” she called out, “I wish you would bring the ‘Autocrat of the Breakfast Table’ home with you When You come to dinner.” “Bring Old Hutch wo dinner!” responded Mr, Bilus, loudly and angrily, as he looked over a bili he had just received from’ the baker; “I'll see bin Co Mulitax first, Maria!” 77. ___ A Spy of 1870, From Lucy H. Hooper's Paris Letter. I well remember the experience of a French Indy married to an Englishman, wno, with her husband and her family, resided near Vincennes during the last years of the empire. Near them dwelt a quiet, middle-aged German with his son, this last ® youth of twenty-two, Both held, or pretended Yo hold, positions in Peris, But every Sunday and houday they used to go, strolling about the for.in- Cations, the lather ostensibly ng and the son ainusing himself with sketching. ‘They were on most friendly terms With thelr neighbors, and the ‘two faimilles passed many pleasant Lours together, Wuen war was declared against Prus- Sia the two Germans bade farewell to their friends and returned vo the fatnerland, Time on and the victorious armies of Germany advanced from one point to another ull Paris itself Was tov One day my lady in- formant was called to Ler door to speak with the captain of @ company of Prussian cav- airy, who desired to say somet . ‘There, erect and dignified on bis well-groomed horse, sat their former Iriend the bowabisi. “I know,” sald he, “that your busband is an Englishman. *: out the English flag from your window, and pre. Serve carefully this paper that I now give you. If ‘any attempt is made to quarter troops ‘you, oF to molest You in any ouner way, show this docu F.) Ment and the annoyance wili be put a svop wat before 3 ain seeeckeeeee enough to deafen the bystander while & ip progress, “Passing along the Paris streets, if you well-dressed boy of seven or eight swinging the iron bars in front of the windows, get into people’s way, Ing of humsett"gencratiy, You may be sure that the youth is an embryo’ citizen of the great United ‘Staves, “Ido not wonder that the landlords of flats or furnished houses in America refuse very often to take families with children, When one hears of a set of Turnicare covered 5a Bes — po having its covering cut into strips of an American tenant (this occurred in a London hotel, one ceases to marvel at the apparent ‘cruelty of those proprietors who seek to shut out such destroctive irapa from thetr promises. || | ““I have seen an American ng of the most aristocratic families of the United States, seated on the floor at a juvenile party with a plate piled high with deitcactes between hislegs, aud gobbling down the dainties with uncouth noises and unrestrained greediness, “Now these dreadful suail boys and girls almost invariably grow up into well-behaved men and women. But the great source of their ill-conduct in childhood arises from tue fact that American parents seldom or never think it wort wutle to ach their children manners. A French boy or girlie (rained from its earliest infancy to rise from its seat When @ stranger enters the Cx Perfectly still while making a call, and ‘not to Speak till gpoken to, to remain quiet ‘when taken Out driving, and not to ask for water or complain of being tired, to walk along the street like a or gentleman, never to touch the belongings of any grown person, &c. Ihave stayed at the house of a French lady whose youngest and idolized child Was then a ne oy of eight. In the ubsence of his father the young gentleman (which be was, most emphatically) would gravely enact the part Of ost offering me his slender arm to take me out to dinner and to lead me back to my seat, and always leaving me with the profound bow re- quired by French etiquetie.” 8 E; i ‘From the Nashville American. burg yesterday, from which an American reporter Was permitted to make the following extract: “Up 1m this country afew nights ago a man went to bed, and through the night felt something crawl- ing around and under him, At breakfast he com- Plained to the landlady, but sne and the boarders merely laughed and said he must have been dream- ing. So the next night he went to bed and the mysterious visitor commenced crawling again. ‘He became uneasy, and found that the only aiter- native was to enter into an investigation, Feeling around, he seized hold of what he believed to be @ spake, and a cold sweat and chill came over him. He hallved at the top of his voice for some one, for God’s sake, to come to his room with a light. ‘The necessary iilumination having been provided, a ‘oie Was cut into tue teatner bed, and out came a Snake, sure enough, 5 feet in length. ‘The landlady Said that she put the feathers in the ticking six months ago and sewed up the hole on the same Wo the natives.” EDUCATIONAL. ____ EDUCATIONAL. — LADIES _GOODS.___ ART’ Ses mad SS ae ae ‘Has removed from 1106 F st. to his pew building, POMETEN ere, | Rb AC a ee 107, tee doomstere ec or 0024-36" 53 Corcoran ‘Building. aia HOKTHAND—A GENTLEM. WILL GIVE IN- Db ie += a at eee REET GRR ES | Mhqare, morgatienon oscars | STREGS Le RRO TS i ; . = seforimation to CORNELIA F. BOXDER. brin- i aes ——— om eal8-tial, oy, Eee cee re aes, 5 ERMAN—A LIMi GierGentieaten wit rons Peerage Bees versational | to a ‘modern languages, 9033 10th st. n.w. 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(LOCUTION, Onn: ug Lessons in CLASS or FINVATE Aor SS more by ap a FN EOF ELUCOTION AND ‘ORATOR, ponhiy a ayy SaaS ree. fad attendance, Normal Department {or Teachers. ao *partmen 0c16-tn08 ([2® COLUMBIAN UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL ‘bool Colao iguanas eater Moet (eRe Praha Aan GEORGE TICKN ati, beet RS MANNS: 7 Broth costs, fee a atest CE | “haste ounueiand Foes Seater tee cee he Law, Lecture Hal, squat comer rot ‘isan and New year bovine OCTOBER 1, 1008.” sel-2m " ONDAY, October 22, at 8 o'clock bmn. = 877, The Lavtaer wiite 1 in'aanen Ge Savor | QEADOL, OF, AUG, ESTABLISHED 1677) Sranive eager On Monday end Friday of each sue- | Church Oneal, assuring wost raj ‘church: ve week. “The fee for admittance to this course | CBUFC THEO slone is 85. “A syllabus containmg the Topics of the | OMA for Practice, — = eet ee onal i hag r, Mr. ocl6.3m faMES U: WELLENG, President_ | COUNTR’ REAL ESTATE Mine ui Somuence aa the nto Nevaaee | comare aE EL _AND ore FOR oa, - 4 \¥"S CAMP HOT! N oom 20, Vernon Row. General reception, Saturday it. located AF ee nea” | Ce Sarre trek foe ‘ERMAN RAKEMANN, Oat. 3 ye 1 4 3 ilege of 5. "For further particulars apis TEACHER OF THE VIOLIN. eS eer eS. Pee OS Wiciaue mest oc3-1m* Residence, 1207 6th st. nw. a1 Gray's Camp, Va POE KENT—10-ROOM HOUSE IN HOCKVILEE, i reer cee Baer streets * octd-lw” JOR SALE—AT A BARGAIN TO AN IMMEDIATE purchaser a fine farm of 240 acres with good dwell- ‘ME. J-ESPUTA DALY, — ‘Lessons in Voice: Culture sod reading music at sizht ure | _se20-1m° ‘912 New York ave. nw. )P®0F. RUDOLF ROWE, é TEACHER OF VIOLIN, ing and alt ‘outbuildings, near Knowles St Has removed to 1313 Wallach Place. __oet1-am*_| tith'is Mouteomery Gounty, Ma peice 0 cre. CARSTHENTOS, AE oo Mise Will resume her Oalisthenic classes at ALE—Olt EXCHANGE FOR WASHINGTO! mu Sldnarstas Fae Oooo TOE bin he | 2 ees cee UC Gea a ee BOTH | miles below Alexandria on the Alex's and Predericke- 300 * burg K. K.; station on the place. There is an alinost persona Seeeieraicineete ene Coll Paratory courses. Special care to little | ten feet frou the +" 4 fen ect trou ile He te stone is superior and profitably worked, there being au increasing deman in this city ‘for good granite, price in whole @2> f proterred the quarry with Su actes of Iend St OESEX INSTITUTE, 3122 PST, WASHINGTON, raped, mate to onder, arti eee ~ ‘ARE THE BEST. MANU- goods ‘houses i C Buy the celebrated “CORTICELLI™ SPOOL SILK aND TWIST. IT 18 THE BEST. Mu M. J. 1309 F st. nw. Giirs. Hunttay FINE FRENCH Halk GOODS. RANDI, Also— Aspecial selection in SHELL, AMBER and DULL JET ORNAMENTS. ‘Hair Dressed aud Bangs Shingled. eu31-2m* Seat Sax Ganwests. ALL STYLES MADE TO ORDER. FINE FURS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, MUFFS, BOAS, TRIMMINGS, &o. (Old garments redyed and altered by the ‘Misses CUNNINGHAM, F j= second. floor eae 1310 8m st aw. CE. aye gaa ‘LACES! nee 7008 ue, GENESTE, _ne4-2m* 720 17th ot th. w., sooond Boor. NT, ‘iret-class Ladies’ and Genta’ work of every tan ANTON AND. CAMOLINE, PERCH, formerly SS ee. NDON FISCHER'S DEY CLEANING ESTAB iS! \D DYE WORK! ‘Get nw. MENT AND. WORKS 006 0 ot. ow. thout being ripped, Ladies’ ivvning Dresses hirty-fve years’ experience. Prices 2.” Goods called for sud delivered. on LLWOOL GAKMENTS MADE UP OK RIPPED. A yeu! ood mouruing black 4, FISCHER, ne 906 Gst.nw. .—A select school { lg A, fe side 0,000. THOMAS A. MITCHELL, 934 i [punils miny jou Madeinoleclio Sonia French. and ‘eis-toi| PIANOS AND ORGANS. — rman Conversational classes, and | 440k EXCHANGE—250 ACRES FARM; GOOD IM | >— > ION IN > Pao TUMING: Padame Gilberts classes in Drawing and Painting. | H'Provementa orchard, kes Ges from Sredericus | FREPUCTION INTHE PRICE OF FIAO TUNING: ccli-tuthkeine eee , burg, Spotty] vanie County, Va. $5.00: Stualier.1.23. epaire st same mod” acre same county, $15 ver acre; % ‘County: Vay for 6600; 160 ‘acres in Prince Wil acres, Adams County, Wisconsin, $20 per acre. "Will pre, ¢. FONTAINE, BUI. D., AND MADAME Fontaine will resume thelr Prench lessons, D ; for Baitimore or other eit = THOMAS Colne A yateN” the snake got in there is a puzzle | Tot°Bdand Sune G cad Sheds iebeed ee aan | Ac MITCHELL OSA F ots Boon fe seas sort ae ‘se22-e0-2mo" FE SALEMORE TH On ath RED FARMS: a Ss al THAN ¢ CIEE RAWING AND PAINTING LAWYERS, DOO- ALL. ranging trom Old Shoes for ‘The journal of the Constantinople chamber of commerce describes the industrial uses of old boots and shoes which are thrown out into the Streets or into ash pits. After being collected they are ripped open, and the leather 1s subjected to a treatment which renders 1t a pliable mass, from which a kind of artistic leather 1s derived. ‘This 4n appearance resembics the finest Cordova leather. In the United States patterns are stamped on this, While in France it is used to cover trunks and Boxes. ‘The Old boots and shoes are also treated in another Way, by which they are converted into new ones. ‘The prisoners in Central France are employed in this Way, the old shoes coming chietly from Spain. They ‘are taken to pleces as before, the being all removed, and the leather 15 Soaked in water to soften it. "The uppers for chil- dren's shoes are then cut from it. ‘The soles are also used, for from tne smaller plecesof the leather of the old soles the so-called Louis XV heels for ladies’ suoes are made, while the soies of children’s shoes are made from the larger and thicker ‘The old nails are also put to use, for by means of magnets the iron nails and the tacks and brads are separated and sold. The contractors of the iniiitary prison at Montpelier say that these nails alone pay for the old suoes. Nothing now remains but tue scraps, and these have also their value, for they are much sought after by certain special ists for agricultural purpose — to From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. ‘Travelers in Java have filled pages and columns With rhapsodies over the mangosteen, and all unite in extoliing ft as the supreme delight of the tropics, ‘The mangosteen appears to one asa hard, Tound fruit, the size of a peach, Its hard outer ‘Shell or-rind 1s of the same color and thickness as green walnut, but in this brown husk lie six or eight segincnts of creamy white pulp. ‘The lttle ‘Segunents are easily separated, and transferred to the mouth melt. away, the pulp being as soit and fine asa custard. ‘Thé mangusteen’s delicate pulp Lastes, as all its eulogists say, like strawberries, Peaches, bananas and oranges all at once; a siight Lartness 1s Velled in these delicious flavors, and 1t is never cloyingly sweet. Taken just as it comes from the ice-vox the mangosteen 1s an epicure’s dream realized, and the more’s the pity that it only grows in far-away places and climates, and joes not bear transportation. ‘Large sums have been offered, and Pacific and Oriental steamships have made huodreds of inef- fectuai efforts to get a basket of im: sleens tO Engiand tor the queen, The hard looks un- changed for weeks, but the delicate pulp melts away, and the dryest and coldest refrigerator cnaimbers cannot keep the heart of the mangos- ‘teen from spoliin; eee. At the Ticket Office. THE AGENT WAS AN INTERESTING CHAT WITH 4 WOMAN TRAVELER, ‘From the General Manager. Enter woman: this the X., ¥. and Z, ticket oMcer” bis.” “Can I take a train here for Pumpkin Holiow?” “You can in just ten minutes.” “What time does the train go ?” “At 6:30.” “La, me! They told me up to Catchem & Cheat- @m's that tt went at half-past six.” “And 80 It does.” “The train leaves at halt-past nyeauaeee past six, Will you “Well, Idunno, I kinder thought I'd drop down fand see what time the train went out vomigas cos I'd about made up wy mind to walt over and go ta the morain. S’pose I can go in the ‘mornii’, Pheglg “AL fo) madam.” ey? “You can leave here for Pumpkin Hollow at 9:45 -morrow, standard ume.” “Law sakes—what fibers some people ts! asked that big Frencb policeman outstde and he sald the mornin’ train didu’t go untila quarter (010! s'powe the tare be the samme It T Wait over and go in in the mornin’, won’t it?” ee, aime ai a “Well, you jane—that’s my darter my fust’ husband—she lives here, matted. tok feller by the oame of John Smith; mebbe you Know him? Never heard of him? Law, suz, you don’t say! Now that’s curua, hain’t it} Live In the same town with my darter’s husband and don’t know him; never s’much as hearn tell of him! Well, as 1 was sayin’, Mary Jane wants meto stop over and go to prayer meeting wita her to-night an’ kinder see the sights. Now, it won’t cost me a cent to stay, but 1 uever could abide that John Smith, Didn't want Mary Jane to marry the fust place, ana—” =e ‘Exeuse me, madam, but will you have a don’t be in a hurry! I was tellin’ sng Joa Bit da Mes ie “But you see mt cami: “Well, I guess my money's as good as anybody's, andI don’t stir trom this Ucket; now see tT do!” wrunul Pgse ay “ericket?” Dollar ten!" “Well, here’s $2, 1 s'pose you can make the “Welk don't be in hu “ ‘a hurry; we'll just ninety cents!” Tain’t got any tos muse connotes in since they run over that red ueifer Joshua bought of Jim Madden's widder and then Went to law cos we wanted what she was lawiully Wutn. ‘They didn’t want to pay us but §20 for hes, but, Made tint airold rairoad tak turks 224? Caxnor Camay Joun TuxovaH Cawapa.—The ‘Michigan Central bas notified its western eo I just there, ity he Hi lat ie i i H ‘i ! I : Ef Ha tors,business men, ladics and gentlemen of leisure, ‘Go youndt often wish that you could sketch easily? De You not wish that your parents had insisted that you should learn to draw, as they did that you should learn fo mite jpocause it 6 uretal in every profeesiont, Itt late now, even if you are seventy years old, shore 812.000," iu go to the National Academy of Fine Arts, 804 E | we Sesto ox pe soe 812.000 you Will ind Mrs. Morrell, who has many | 102 acres 8 miles from city, in Prince George's County, 3 in Europe, and, while she loves her art and | yg 'G5 acre fruit farm, near Forrestville, Prines paints magnificent pictures, she will lay ‘aside Georwe's County, Md. fruit trees, house 10 tah {0 talk to your children, telling them of the | rooms, miles of city; 7% acres 4 miles out, Prince great laws of art in language so simple and clear that | George's Counts, Al,” 8000 eS tle ones become as much interested as in anew ~ Sh rain wi do mn Tae nests ior | Roueg Mt Mattie, 22000. PHOMAS RM LCHEL, id children. ou want to know why one a ture is ¢ood and another bac, or to bs sure, whet ‘OB EXCHANGE FOR WASHINGTON Your children are being benefited or injured by their ity Property—10U Acres of Woodland, one mile art lessons? Doyou want to be able toeketch any- thing you see or think of, or to paint the portraits of guek ive naadred sire tune fteey cues ats Stay eres ace eee ee tees Woe {OR SALE OR EXCHANGE-—SE’ acre farm in Charies County, Md. termx, 1321 F st. improve- (O ncres at Ard mules from city; if ‘one rom Landover, on the Baltimore and Potomac Kail- Toad; beautiful building ste tor» country home; very those you love? Do you want to understand the most | cheap: only €40 per acrt. Also, 100 Acree two miles brofound and: subiimest principles of art? ‘Go sad | westof Ardwick. px the Baitinsore and Petomse iat Study with Mra. Morrell. Children's class, Saturday; | road: four-room house: 815 5 ume: S| acre; also cheap. Apply to JOHN STEPHEN, Miadensbane Md. wes8 Tis JOR SALE-FARM OF 145 ACRES, IN PRINCE “Georges Cowity,, Sd, three fourths of 8 tile from Seabrook st., B.'& P. ii K. ten miles from city: 145 acres, dwelliiig, and improvements; tree-{0 10 ear. Thorough instruction in ‘mechanical Sess oy Mi We Spoide, “ssvt toni IT BE PEEKSKILL MILITARY ACADEMY, PEEKS rt SS aS oc8-218 cleared and in cultivation. Also 12 acres at Wilson st., = B&F KR eight miles from city, Beautiful build: ‘R HENRY XANDER, ‘i fAKION DUCKETT, trustee and Bikdonsbure rs, Md SALE—AT MELROSE PARI HYATTS- rexidente of the Inte RE" hot coq. "Loe $0 Ke Eb, fect, ‘ae Price #300 ‘Teacher bf Piano and Theory, Studio: $26 12th st nw. _oc6-1m* HE COLUMBIAS UNIVERSITY THE CORCO- \October 1. The Scientific ued | classes, which moct In the evening. are open to botli sexes. FOr information about the courses in Alzebra, . ye Fh eS 5 Secemckct sph Ccloaien ts ‘one lot oF to any oue bul ‘at one.” For further GHEE HODURING Hhotemoraf intemauaoeba | Pung, we” TRLLEL Sorat ob” PARTING DRAGING i TN CRAYON AND Ce ‘coal taught by MISS ELD. nth. Class on: Saturday for Children, $1.90 Al Der mouth, ‘studio, 821 Lith st nw: ‘Send tor cir- PROPOSALS. a ae 5 wee HOARD UNIVERSITY, Oct. 23, 1888. ‘ASHINGTON CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, ST, Proposals wi received by. Ww ding. 9th and F sts. Twent: ul TUESDAY, OCTUBER THINITETH, 1000, Plano, Oncaty, Voids, Viokne Flute: Coruet, ser ngs | #tHALE-PASE ELEVEN a ML, fort is ¥ Kivantages, 0.8 BULLAMD. Director. sed-2ur* JK Ong ANTE NonMAL TRAINING CLASS FOR LADIES AND TEACHERS. 1918 Sunderiand Place, south of Dupont Circle, Fall term opens NOVEMBER 1, 1888. sei-2m Mins. LOUISA MANN. ARTENS hoolot Telextaphy ad ‘ypewsiting 313 och ee ‘writing, at, n.w., near City Postoitice, “Tesalneet ‘Standard America Splendiiy” equippen ‘rhe langest and moet commodious building inthe city devored to Suauican training. “Cetalorues free on abe ‘Covomsd stuaen FRAN EUSA YS. President: CE UMNER aM CE, rr to0) ‘and materials for the Industrial Dey artmeut of Howard University (consisting of printing office and shoe- makers’ supplies and tinners’ tools). ‘The right to Teject any or all bids is reserved. Particulars fur- ished ou ap) a. Oftice hours, 9.to 10% a.m. oc23-4t drer. Siero es INSTITUTION, & NATIONAL MUSEUM, WasHinoTOX, Octobe —Sealed ‘wll be received until TWELVE M. NOVEM- THIRTEEN 1H, 1888, to furnish supplies to the Smithsonian Institution and U. 8. National M NELLIE TAYLOR Terme 88 ber mouth: Aas 5 a T mouth; ‘week, Soeciai classes for children on aur. 1.60 por month. Studio 480 H st. aw. ocl-Lm* crs T. JOHN'S COLLEGE, ANNAPOLIS. MD. EIGHT Sispartinents sad Four Counes of Baker. stake Permitted to board in clube, if desired. ‘Terms very tention given wo sting bore vo cube colleet the wat ven ol ty, or the Military or Naval, Schools of the Go fo'waive defects, and toreject any or all bide or pare and. tore of Sida, Blank forme, with prrclications tr bropo- sale and further information desired by intending Wd Gers, will be furnished on application st this office, tention git P. LANGLEY, Secretary. 0c20,25,30,n03.610 rhment, Situation most beautiful and healthful. FFICE OF THE COMMISSIUNERS.—Wasuixo- For\catsiogues address Fresideut THOMAS FELL, | ()#FICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS — aM se28-Im ” | i be recetved'at thie office until TWELVE K ERSO) UTE, Mou SATUKDAY, NOVEMBEL THIRD.1888, for fur BeE Heo Tue bet Tana Kata, Bisuing Fitty Fire Aydrauts, heremaltey enumerated. Select Classical and Mathematical School for Young | For ions, blanks on which bids must be made, ‘Men and Boys. and all other information, apply at this office, The ved. to reject auy and all bide Begins ite thirty-seventh, year MONDAY, SEPTEM- Sega Tera gine ik nie ot Parte ot ep for, Harvard. Yale, Princeton, Johns 1 RAYMOND, Commissioners, D.C. oc22 Kins, ‘and other Collexes an: 3 for = 5 =e a ‘Schools, ‘itary and ‘Academies, ‘OWAED UNIVERSITY, OCTOBER 19, 1888, andfor For particulgiw adreas Hews SPaorocals FOR PLUMBING: CHAS. B. YOUNG. Princival. VERNON SEMINARY, 1100, 1104, 1106, 1116 Mot. and 1128 11thst BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES AND LITTLE GIRLS, Fourteenth year opens WEDNESDAY, BER 3A of boarding ; THURSDAY. for reception ding pupils ‘oCTo- ‘Sealed proposals for bath-tubs aud water-closets will be fod by the unde until FRIDAY, Octo- Fo Tauened S88, at HALF-PAST ELEVEN O'CLOCK A. ‘Particular furuished on ‘The right tojreject any of all bids ts reser ‘B. JOHNSON, Treasurer. urs, 9 to 10:30 a. FHOWARD UNIVERSITY, OCTOBER 19, 1888. 0c19-6t z POSALS FOI TIN ROOFING. Sealed proposals will be received until TWELVE O'CLO€K NOU! eb: Mrs, E J. SOMERS, Principal. | 26, 188%, for furnishing mat tting © tin 1223 15a Se feesiteicnrteune ti edie sere to t any or all bids is i. ‘Omics hours, 810 10:30 sm. 0019-6t J. B, JOHNSON. Treasurer. MEDICAL, &. ADIES WHO REQUIRE THE SERVICES OF AN The MISSES KERR'S School for Young Ladies and Little Girls willopen WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26. Ac- commodations for limited number of Boarding Pu- pi, 203-2m ‘€x) rienced female physician should consult Mra. is # WILSON, 1100 Park 5 HE, COLWERE, HOME AND, DAY ScHOOK | and iti aud ithste me Ladies aly. Wemedy. 6S City od Year). A Select Lnstitute for a Limit 024-30" umber of 8. ‘Classics, French, Matheimat- ies. No extra charge for 5 hool opens OCTO- BER a JUNE 1—1538 I st. n.w., near the Petuctpel asters, by ‘special’ pocmtaion' es Mieke e ee ae oP iipee > pears: Senior dno, i. tary ot es JI ‘Andrew W3 ‘Capt. Francis Ii Nameey, Ord. Ny and otuer patrons” Rag au {RIENDS' SELECT SCHOOL, 18111 ST. N. WA Ey iisth year bogs sot Ah boa fr ore x stat * exes, gore class work in eve iustapce. Also, VS"BECKIL 801 Oth at tw BEYOND CKITICISM —Tone, touch, w. and ‘Buia £f' DECKER BKOS BANOS are be ticism. est that can Be rmade. Decker Brow’ Fianus ere of unm ‘aur. ability. Pianos for reat, SANDERS & VERYBODY am NOWS THEM —WMany of the great. et ‘We mean the Wi lusicians prefer them. PIANOS. More WEBER PLAN ‘than ever before. Better than. & STAYMAN, Nee Weshnaton De SANDERS & STATMAX, 154 Fst... we. r NUNDRU M !—Wi the Organs univeceal preferred ty Onpeaioe ond Best i © cenmeegenee + It ws because they at TESPEST AND SWEETEST TONE, SREA’ ¥: ETY OF EFFECTS, BEST MECHANICAL FACILITIES Beautiful new styles, moderate prices and easy pare SANDERS & STAYMAN, O34 F at, AVIS) PIANO ROOMS AKE NOW ‘ wi'tiade. Choise ly iq ‘Special sales to snake changes by October HL SUMNEK, 811 Sthet mw. 076m SUPERK KAUEK” PLAN BUR "Tati Sreane ana the “Peene Plane SO 6. H. KUED, General 407 10th st o.w. ‘817 Market Space. HOUSEFURNISHINGS. ) Caneers: Canrers:: Canrurs::: We are daily receiving our Fall supply of BIGELOW, LOWELL & HARTFORD WILTON CARPETS, BODY BRUSSELS, MOQUETS, VELVETS, TAPESTRIES, THREE-PLYS, INGRAINS, and ART SQUARES, RUGS, MATS, CURTAINS, and DRAPINGSin gree variety. An inspection of our stock is solicited. HOOE, BRO. & CO. 1328 Fst. Just received cunsignment new - apa We are all 1c. waite Back Fake TSs (0150. biaboseed i om Se. to a 3o90. bi om Spe 1048 yt teed © Dret-clasa Fresco and TRUE os LEPREUX & BRO.50S otaw. ‘7th street care pass the dor. my FINANCIAL. Jie W CODON CORSON & MACARTNEY, GLOVEE BUILDING, 1419 F 8T. x.w., ‘Bankers and Dealers in Government Bonds of eight teachers, all experienced. a forcolleseor pusinese’ Tt vidual —%3 advant tees with rete i Eel und chemisal apparatine Tent eons ees in, Omes ugur-10 am, 45 1 6m. snd Spi. to4 p. m. | can beconsulted dally, 404 Cat. 4 anagta C ae oupt treatment. 224, consaits- = noe ase Correspondence ‘ADAME 4 PELE, WELL-KNOWN FOR HER EX- | gn vunciiy eomaasutial” Wehoonse noone ellent prenunciaiion, will yive coe pA Ou 5th st, n.w., near the ‘Hotel. sel-Sm* rp Peebat eda PORT AE? O 2e26-1mo 464 Ust. nw. sel-om EAEUE, 1916 35th ot ‘ANHOOD RE: BY sixa 4 ad ‘OUNT VERNON INSTITUTE, 1530 1 ae, ae fr gevontcenti your MUNDAY. ‘of female. 900 Bet. aw. eee sel-! tire BAS, wv a 3 ‘EVER OONTRADK THAT 7p seis wewoor oF Lanavaces Jb. /Beoninas ARF Es Sontidentiy codeult’ Des Ex ss attention paid vo all peculiar ‘married oF ‘Forty years’ experience. alt nasal, or skin " es 9-12; 2-5. Sunday from 10 to %. E if : temen 30 cents 408 ‘between M222 QRDENE® TE cHLEBRATED raat. Sow to paid the atlection of nd ed Lover, to win the one jove. All ZG ow, and be convinced. sel2-2m* ‘ A FEW WORDS 70 ADVERTISERS. AN UNPARALLELED SHOWING, ‘The Bon Lecai advertising Metiow tm tne Werte, ‘With entire confidence Tus W asmIwoTox EVEWrwe ‘Stan is presented to tne public as tne best iooal ‘Advertising medium to be found in tne whole range f journalism Tals claim fs based upon certain ‘Armiy-established facta, which are weil worthy the consideration of all persons interested in om ‘Municating With the public in regard to any Was Des proposition whatever. It rests primariiy oa ‘the broad and solid foundation that Tux Sramcit- culates in the city where printed a larger number (©f copies in proportion to population thas aay Paper in the world. And not only ts its circulstion the largest and fullest, but tt 18 also the amet, since the paper gors not alone into the hands of ths People of the District of Coluinbia asa body, vat Into their homea—into the families of all clases, ‘and into those of the money-spending as weit us ‘the money-earning portion of the comunity, —in “larger ratio than any daily journai of geueral Cireulation that can be named. By reason of (ue fullness, freshness, and reliability of its news local, domestic, and foreign, its independent and fair treatment of all public questions, tts intelli. ent and effective devotion to local interesis, and {te close attention to matters with which the bousehold, and especially tts lady membera are Concerned, THE Stan is everywhere recognized and admitted to be, in every quality, the leading and favorite newspaper of the National Capital, alike in the counling-ruom, the work-shop, and .ae family circle ‘In Support of these statements attention!; a ‘Vited to the tables below. ‘They not only show tne Circulation and advertising patronage of Ube paper for the several years named, but, by the remarks- ble increase shown in both departments in eaca ‘month over the corresponding month in the pro ‘vious year, they also illustrate, in the most for- cible manner Possible, the esteem i which (ns Paper is held in the city of its home, and by these ‘Who are best able to judge of its merits as a news- Paper and tts valueas an MdverUsing Wediou ‘These arethe figures referred va wits whice + ‘comparison is challenged: Eth f t HE if : bEEEEEED t - ‘Sworn to and subscyibed before me uu «igh. teenth day of January, A.D. 1888, * Rotary Fiaue, {seal} (Of the total circulation given above, the books >t ‘the establishment show that an average of 17,623 ‘copies were regularty delivered each day by car. Mere at the homes of permanent subscribers withia ‘the city. Of the remainder » daily average ot 6,421 copies were sold at the office, in the novels and ations, &c., and on the streeta, by ‘Rewsboya, making @ grand total average withia the city of 94,046 copies daily, and leaving a2 average of 1,438 copies to be sent toregular sub ‘ecribers beyond the District lunes by wail, expres, ‘and railway trains, ‘1 addition to the large an@ constantiy increas. Ang fixed subscription list above referred to, it may ‘be said that of the 6,421 copies sold within its Lim {tsa larger proporuoa are bought by permanent Fesidents of the city, living in lodgings, &c., not ‘ouseboiders, while the residue goes into the hands of transient visitors, from all parts of the country, ‘Whoeach year come to the National Capital ia greater numbers and for longer periods, and wha, furthermore, largely represent the well-to-do and purchasing portions of the communities to which ‘they respectively belong The last-named iss lass of readers alone well worth reaching; but; 4s to the phenomenally large permanent circuls- ‘Won of the paper, and especially to ite unparalleled bold upon the bousebold and tamily cirole, that the attention Of adverusers & pariculariy J rected. A compartson of tne foregoing figures with those Fepresenting the entire population of the District of Columbia will show that Tas Sran circulates ‘within its limits something more than one copy for about every eighth inhabitant, of whatever ‘Face, creed, age, or station in life; and, realizing ‘the extent to which ite columns are scanned oy ‘the several members of the tamilies into whichis goes, it ts not extravagance to claim thas che paper a read every day by fully two-therds of the population of the District who ere able to read! Can this record be matched by tnetal aay news paper ta the word? Anselligent advertisers will readily understand ‘tae tacts and Sgures given above, and the vales x a ctroulation Of such extent, and character, with ‘ut amplification or comasant Jp conctusion, only remains to be asid that tne ‘Subscription liste, the books of the offies, andite (prem and Gelivery rooms are ot all umesepen t> ‘the welcome inapection of aay parson having 4 colorabie interest im the correctness of Une stase nants bersin mada ‘The 1 eden Expert ‘From the Bae ‘We congratelaz Tas Gran ca ta great proagar %