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wea The excitement was renewed in San Francisco the city was in a ferment, as some of the news- papers posted bulletins declaring they had con- firmation of the news. This confirmation con- sisted of reports from Mare Island navy-yard, saying that the Secretary of the Navy had tele- i tates: ste: ‘ip Charleston at the Mare Island navy- Eecretary of tho Navy, but has received = tole- ¢ Navy, but has received a ¢h ¥ gram from the chief of of the naval burea, asking when the Charleston would be ready for trial. Mr. Fernald said the Charles- ton would be ready for trial in five weeks, but im case of necessity would be ready in two weeks, and her armament could be mounted in ten days additional. Regardless of expense she goula fomnte ready for service in twenty-five ys. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON DEFENDS KLEIN. The novelist, Robert L. Stevenson, writes to London from Hawaii commenting strongly on the high-handed action of the Germans in Sa- moa, He asks: “Who is Knappe? Ry what pro- cess has he become the Bismarck of the Poly- nesian Islands? What spell has been cast over the cabinets at Wi and London that Blacklock has been so a and to bow his head under a public buffet?” aaye thet Kicks only hailed the ‘approsch- He say it only hail ing Gutsaon beats in the dovknens andl oecped them of the Samoan ambush. He also sa that an English artist who was sketching Ma- lietoa’s camp was forcibly carried on board the German boat Adler, and that he was re- leased only when the British man-of-war in the harbor cleared for action. REASSURING TALK FROM BERLIN. ‘The London Standard’s Berlin correspondent says: “Mr. Kasson, the American representa- tive, will not arrive here before the 20th inst., therefore the Samoan conference cannot meet this week. For the rest, the difficulties are al- ready removed by di tic negotiations and the recall of officials. It is now expected that the African squadron will not go to Samoa, but will return to Germany in May after the depar- ture of Capt. Wissmann.” HOW THE GERMAN NAVY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED. The report that an American man-of-war had been sent to the bottom by a German vessel opened up a very serious prospect for this government. Attention at once turned to the strength of the German navy,andevenacur- sory examination of the records revealed facts of eevee Lerwyeg same blue. The eat advantage which the German navy pos- conee is entire modernness. The whole estab- lishment is of recent creation, and hence almost every ship and every appliance is of the most recent design andconstruction. The first Prussian gunboat built for the German navy was launched at Stralsund in 1848, and when hostilities were renewed with Denmark in the following year Prussia had 1 sailing corvette, 2 steamers, 21 cutters and 6 launches, armed with 67 guns and manned by 37 officers and 1,521 men. Fifteen cutters were added in the fall of 1849, and these 36 cutters and 6 launches were enumerated as part of the navy until 1870. Prince Adaibert of the imperial family is con- sidered to be the real founder of the German navy, and in 1866, at the outbreak of the war ‘Sik kuskin ke bad Soeeeedl Oe navy to 2 armored vessels, 33 steamers and 8 sailing ves- sels, carrying 422 guns. This fleet, with the addition of three armored vessels, constituted the naval force of the German empire on April 16, 1871. A definite shipbuilding policy was inaugu- rated in 1873 to build up the German imperial navy in the course of the next ten years. This policy was established 1n order to provide for a gradual increase in the number of ships and personnel, together with a dual increase of shipbuilding t and facilities at the two dockyards of Kiel and Wilhelmshaven. ‘The expenditure of money to afford this was regulated to be gradual in order that the bur- den might be as light as possible, but nothing was permitted to impair the efti- ciency of the new navy, and a law of substi- tute hemyaag- eg was Leary phew! apo navy up to the prescri mgth contem- pisted in the shipbuilding policy. This sub- stitute construction is based upon the a tion that the life of wooden ships is sixteen years and that of an iron vessel ty years, and when a vessel reaches the limit a sub- stitute shall have been built ready to suj py her place, even if the vessel should —— to be efficient after reaching the age limit. In — — of this Leroy a tor gee strength ¢ navy is somewhat great contemplated, because some of the vessels for which substitutes have been built are still in active service on different stations. All the features of German military disci- pline have been introduded into the navy in every department, and the naval organization is thoroughly adapted to the duties required— (1) for the protection and development of com- merce, (2) for the defense of German coasts and . (3) for offensive operations in places beyond the reach of the army. ‘The policy of 1873 provided for e building of 8 armored frigates, 6 armored corvettes, monitors, 2 floating batteries, 20 corvettes, 6 despatch vessels, 18 gunboats, 28 torpedo ves- sels, and 5 school ships, The rapid progress in iron and steel shipbuilding, in steam engineer- ing and ordnance necessitated a change in the program by which the seven monitors and two ting batteries were substituted by eleven armored gunboats, and the development of tor- pedo warfare caused the building of 150 tor- pedo boats in addition to the fleet originally contemplated. wit be available as cruisers and transports in case of war. The petsoanel of the ne at present consists of 1, officers and 18,920 ment which will be gradually increased as the vessels are built to carry out this policy. Warre Car Ovraace sear Ricemoxp.—While ivi from Richmond to their homes in Henrico county Saturday night, C. G. Christian and J. Hall ily beaten by wns the bashes a : EEE ef iH e Bert F. 5 e i fet in! Hl folie Fesge litt Hh oie to ii (hie Se HI "al i ie i iF # F id i i colored fi [ i : be reached, but extreme debility, derangment of the digestive organs, feebleness of the heart’s action, neuralgia in various parts of the body and nervous prostration, are common consequences of deprivation of food during lent. 7 gE a38 3 & Mi H fe r i : 7 | i Hi aL Hote TEE 5 g5,8 F Bree | pin et ee HT F 7 i a ES in i & Ett A MISTAKE ABOUT FISH. T have known several persons who have eaten during the forty days of Lent no other animal food than fish, their idea being that it was par- ticularly nutritious to the brain, while in ab- staining from flesh food they obeyed the rules of their church. Now it is altogether a mistake to suppose that fish any more conduces to building up the brain than does any other ani- mal food. To be sure, fish contains Proportion of phosphorus than does beef, for instance, but it is by no means proven that the brain or other parts of the nervous system re- quire any more phosphorus than they can get out of any other animal material, or even out —— —— even if ran thew account of its jorus, were particularly nutritious to the brain, it would only be necessary for a rson to eat a little more beef when he thought is brain was te paced weak in order to ob- tain the required pabulum, I believe thatthe prohibition ainst meat during Lent does not extend to the flesh of any animal that heggees out of the ae thus oysters, crabs, lobsters, shrimps, terrapin, frogs, may be indulged in according to the bent of the abstainer or faster, and yet the ob- ligations of religion be complied with. I knew one orthodox member of the church who, being something of a gourmand, insisted upon it that canvass-back ducks were sea food, and who therefore did not hesitate to make two or three dinners off them every week during Lent. Perhaps this was really carrying the matter a little too far. but the other edibles mentioned are fully capable of nourishing the body as perfectly as would beef, mutton or any other beast of the field or the air. If the young ladies who think it proper to abstain from the flesh food that is usually found on their tables would eat freely of the food that comes out of the sea, Iam quite sure that at the end of forty days of Lent they would weigh _— as much as when the season began, I believe that cage and milk, though animal foods, are all@able during Lent. It would scarcely be possible to devise a more nurtitious breakfast than one composed of a glass of milk, two eggs and a slice of bread and butter, and etI have known people who took such a reakfast every morning during Lent, suppos- ing they were mortifying the fiesh. oo —____—__ CHINESE RIOTING IN A TREATY PORT. The British and American Consulates at Chin-Kiang Sacked by Natives. The steamship Belgic, which arrived at San Francisco Saturday from Hong-Kong and Yokohama, brought advices of the recent anti-European riots at Chin-Kiang. Chin- Kiang is a ruin. The trouble began, it is claimed, in a street row in which a Chinaman was knocked down bya policeman. This ex- cited the mob and their first act was to destroy the police station. Then they went to the British consulate, where a Chinese inspector, who has not since been seen, is believed to have taken refuge. On the way they fired three for- eign houses. The Chinese general in command sent 300 men to protect the consulate. As soon as the mob bes prog the soldiers capitulated. Some fied and the rest joined the mob. The consul’s wife fled with her children from the back door of the consulate, while the mob, aided by the soldiers, sacked and burned every- thing. The missionaries’ houses and a chapel sons, shared the same fate, while the British consul himself was twice in imminent danger of death. The American consulate was looted, and other houses were burned. The residents took refuge on hulks, and the mob tried to follow them, but the connecting bridges were raised. The viceroy telegraphed to the British consul bosons he was sending 2,000 soldiers to restore order. The foreign residents who fled to the hulks subsequently were taken to Shanghai. One for- eigner is reported missing. Gen. Jones, the American consul, and Mr. Mansfield, . the British consul, remained at Chin-Kiang, under the protection of a British gunboat, but sent their families toShanghai. Among the foreign dui ings burned were a British consulate, the itish marshal’s house, the Baptist a and the houses of two missionaries, the Rev. Messrs. Hunnex and Bryant, The United States consulate and the Methodist chapel were not burned. The wife of the American consul had torun for her life, accompanied by her children, being pursued to the river by the rioters. The riot broke out again on Wednesday af- ternoon. When Gen. Kennedy reached Chin- Kiang he had the American flag raised at the United States consulate. The British ship Mu- tine arrived on Thursday and fired a salute to the British flag. Within five minutes after the firing of the first gun the Chinese in the settle- ment had fled in all directions. The U. 8. 5. Omaha has been recalled from Corea and gone to Chin-Kiang direct. The North China u News says: “The chief lesson learned from this outbreak is that it will not do to believe that foreigners are in absolute security at any of the treaty Such incidents as hap- pened at Chin-Ki may occur at any moment atany of the ports, and every port should be within casy reach of a man-of-war.” It is feared that” the accession of the young emperor will be accompanied by a recru- descence of anti-foreign feeling, as he is under first reported. Probably $30,000 have already been taken out, and fifty Mexicana are at work in the camp. Two men with a crade —— have’ taken out 888 - Capt. John Ericsson, who died in New York Dee ee | humble circumstances. His mother Sophie, however, was a woman of excellent family and education, whose father had lost a for- tune in unlucky investments.. John Ericsson was born in the midst of mines and iron works, and showed signs of his gegius at an early age. fore he was eleven years old he had designed gS Fy pam ine, which, wl shown - Tired Count Plater, chief of the Gotha ship to paced comp eae Olaf Ericsson was working, gained his admiration. Thenceforth Count Plater became interested the studious and busy boy. He procured for him a cadetship in the Swedish corps of me- chanical engineers, which he entered at the age of twelve, and in the following year he was made feds Legge Ragone canal, a = a Aes seventeen, despite the protests of Count . the lad entered the army and ‘was rapidly pro- moted to the rank of lieutenant in consequence of his beautiful military maps, which had at- the attention of Charles John (Bernadotte), YOUNG ERICSSON GOES TO ENGLAND. The young genius showed an inventive fac- ulty which had but little chance of reward in Sweden, and in the year 1826 he visited Eng- and, where he introduced a flame engine- With mineral fuel it proved a failure; but he was not discouraged, and soon after, upon be- ing promoted to a captaincy, he resigned his commission in the Swedish army and devoted himself to mechanical pursuits, Numerous in- ventions followed. Among them was the first steam boiler constructed on the P epaeres of an artificial draught, which effected a great saving of fuel and dispensed with huge and expensive smoke stacks, In 1829 the Liverpool and Man- chester railroad offered a prize of £500 for the best locomotive capable of fulfilling certain stipulations. The prize was awarded to Geo. Stephenson with the Rocket, ‘grin by his father George; but his sharpest competitor in the contest was John Ericsson. INVENTS THE SCREW PROPELLER. But by far the most important invention to which Ericsson laid claim, and which must be assigned to him according to the present ac- cessible testimony, is that of the screw pro- peller. England, France, Germany, and Sweden all contend for their own inventions, and even China asserts priority. Nevertheless it may be safely said that Ericsson's claim to the invention stands on a firmer foundation than any other. In 1836 his boat, the F. B. Ogden, was propelled on the Thames at the rate of ten miles an hour. In 1837 he took the Admiralty barge in tow and steamed nine miles an hour up and down the same river. ERICSSON COMES TO AMERICA. Captain R. T. Stockton, then in London, a friend and relative of John T. Stevens, of Ho- boken, was so satisfied with Ericsson's success that, in 1838, he engaged him to construct a vessel for the Delaware and Raritan canal. This boat, called the Stockton, was sent from Liverpool to New York under sail in the spring of 1839, her machinery being stowed in her hold. By an act of Congress her name was changed to the New Jersey, and she did service for many years. Soon after his arrival in the United States Captain Ericsson's abilities were recognized by the government. He was embloyed to design and construct the first steam man-of-war built in the western world, the Princeton, launched in 1842. This was the vessel in which the Peacemaker gun burst, in 1844, killing, among others, the Secretary ‘of the Navy. She re- mained in commission seven years. Mean- while, the first French screw line-of-battle ship, the Napoleon, was launched; also the first screw vessels of the British navy, the Dwarf and the Rattler. SOME REMARKABLE INVENTIONS, In 1851 Ericsson exhibited in the United States division of the London Industrial Exhi- bition an instrument for measuring distances at sea; the hydrostatic gauge for measuring the volume of fluids under pressure; the recipro- cating fluid meter for measuring the quantity of water which passes through pipes during a given period; the alarm barometer; the pirome- ter, intended as the standard measure of tem- perature from the freezing point of water to the melting point of iron; a rotary fluid meas- ure to measure the velocity of fluids passing through pipes of different dimensions, and a deep-sea |, contrived for taking soundings at sea without stopping the vessel’s way and in- dependent of the lead line. For these novel- ties he was awarded the prize medal. In 1852 Capt. Ericsson introduced a new form of caloric toa a on the ship Ericsson. It elled this ship of 2,000 tons from New York to exandria in rough weather, in February, 1853, the engines being wo in operation con- tinuously during seventy-three hours and only five tons of fuel being used every twenty-four. ‘THE CIVIL WAR. At the commengement of the civil war Capt. Ericsson was intristed by the Federal govern- ment with a commission which fortunately and greatly enhanced his fame. He built the first iron-clad war vessel which had ever been made with revolving turrets for guns, The Monitor, the first, was completed in one hundred days, She reached Hampton Roads on the evening of March 8, 1862, and next day defeated and blockaded the rebel iron-clad Merrimac. Up to that period this was one of the most remarka- ble episodes of the war. Other iron-clad vexsels of the Monitor type were built with extraordinary rapidity after the first victory of Hampton Ronds, Six of them im Charleston harbor, within fifty-two days, were struck by hostile shots an ag; of 629 times without one penetration of side armor, turret or pilot house. The Weekawken defeated and captured the confederate ram Atlanta, andthe Montauk destroyed the Nash- ville. In 1864 the Monitor captured the ram Tennessee, . Russia, Sweden, Norway and Turkey then adopted the American turret system, pee the Miantonomoh crossed the ocean even the British construction yielded and carried it out on a far larger plan. Still another instrument invented by the de- ceased is the pryheliometer, designed to show the intensity of the sun’s rays, and also his in- vestigations of the surface and temperature of the moon. Pursuing this subject Capt, Erics- son has shown exactly how the annular glaciers are formed by vortex columns of vapor and how the conical hills within the circular walls are formed, One of his conclusions is that the | water on the — bears the same proportion to its mass as the water of our oceans to the ter- restrial mass, and that the water of the moon is 2,028,600 cubic miles, Ericsson in later years turned his attention to the problem of making direct use of the enormous dynamic force stored up in the sun's rays. To make the enormous and as yet un- used dynamic force of this radiant heat availa- ble for man’s use was the problem to which Ericsson principally devoted the closing of his le. Various Swedish orders and decorations were conferred = i age Ericsson during his lifetime, and besi the monument to the thers Ericsson referred to above a special one was erected in 1867 in honor of John Erics- son alone. This monument isa simple granite shaft, 18 feet high, standing directly in front of the miner's cottage once oceupied by Olof It bears the inscription: John Erics- son was born here in 1803. @ quarter of a century Captain Ericsson lived in the house in which he died, No. 36 Beach street, a plain old-fashi i He wasa widower and childle: Kuiep py Hen Huspaxp.—A sad and dis- tressing affair occurred near Fredericksburg, Va., Saturday e which resuited in the death of Mra, » who was shot and instantly killed by her husband. At the time of the when | tured is Mr. Samuel H. Middlebrook, who, by Charlies Sumner as he was in the Early Part of His Public Life. Jeasie Benton Fremont in Philadelphia Times. . Far back I remember a dinner full of eccen- tricities at the house of Gerrit Smith, where, as all the guests were men of note, no oddity weighed for a moment against their respect for the splendid truth and courageous convictions of this remarkable and good man. The family had large wealth, inherited as well as acquired; but an overbalance of conscience in small things as well as great, “‘the defects of their merits,” made them, to say the least, unusual. Their convictions about health forbid their even inviting others to dine later than 3 in the afternoon. Fancy this in June in Washington! You could call it luncheon and eat, but you could not lessen the heat in that hour. And conscience applied to questions of health and utility had put these modest, re women into full bloomer dress—withont regar to or size. For all the sincere respect we had for them there was a quiver of recoil from this queer dressing. Charles Sumner and Mr. Chase were there; the company was all right and harmonized. It was the summer of the disputed admission of California, and all present were of one mind as to its free-soil constitution, yet it tried all of us to have the dessert served on a service of china representing the ‘Horrors of slavery,” a pres- ent to Gerrit ee admirers, On my plate, through a layer of water ice, loomed a very black man standing on a barrel, with very big chains all about him, the auctioneer on one side and the most piteous groups of other slaves to be sold covering the ground, It was too painful—because too trae— to obtrude on a gathering for pleasure. It is well to be “instant in season and out of sea- son,” but this we felt to be decidedly out of season. Mr. Chase after dinner expatiated to me on the charm of a woman's long, floating white muslin dress as contrasted by the silk short skirt and trousers—‘Such a loss of all the | eogstd of ideas”—and when we got home, the ot sun still blazing, my father said: “Get me some cool water anda little claret. Our friend Gerrit Smith pushes his theories too far for this weather.” Conscience again had forbid- den wine, and the delicate, excellent dinner had been served without even the light claret almost indispensable in hot climates. The next day (when the sun was well down, however), we dined with the Aikens, of South Carolina, where we met again Mr. Sumner. He was, in those, his younger days, a serene and checibg oumapenion and a great favorite. Looking bac! 1 cruel evil done him by a near relative of the Aikens seems out of ibility. It changed his nature entirely. e Aikens themselves were people of calm, good sense, as well as the utmost refinement. We were a small party, and the admission of California came up naturally as the ng a of the day, brought forward by Mr. Aiken himself, who, the clearest, most dispassionate manner, spoke of the necessary results from this precedent for the territories. Himself the owner of over a thousand slaves, and inheriting with them a great extent of land in South Carolina, he spoke from evident deep thought on the subject, see- ing the inevitable lessening of the values of such property. He said it would be well to invest “for the coming generation” in western “wild lands,” asking of Mr. Fremont ‘which, of such lands he had seen, “would he advise purchase of?” “In California” was the instant answer; but who, in 1851, could be made to see California as it is? Rejecting this as too remote and of too problematical a future, Kansas was settled upon as an investment which might be of profit in twenty or thirty years, Mr. Aiken proceeded at once to acquire some 40,000 acres, I think, not far from Kansas City. By 1880, the limit he had fixed for possible value to this “wild land,” what a contrast was there between the value of this Kansas estate and his lands in the south—no longer having their thousand slave laborers, — ter LATE FOR IGN NEWS. The American Catholic pilgrims have ar- rived at Genoa on their way to Rome. A new ministry has been formed in Peru. The Salvation Army has been prohibited by the authorites from carrying on its work in Berlin. The nihilist committee, of St. Petersburg, has issued a secret circular announcing that the apparent inactivity of the nibilist leaders is merely a blind, intended to lull the authorities into a false sense of security. Mr. Meier, the founder and manager of the North German Lloyd steamship line, is dead. The public prosecutor of Paris has compiled and sent to M. Thevenet, minister of justice, an indictment, under the secret societies law, against MM. Deroulede, Richard and Gallian, officers of the patriotic league; Deputies La- quet. The poet Antoine Clesse, who has been styled the Beranger of Belgium, is dead. A passenger trainon the Trans-Caspian rail- way was on Sunday thrown from the track in a tunnel, owing to the removal of rails by trai wreckers. The result was frightful, the killed and injured numbering fifty. The band of robbers were captured, Henry George has arrived in London. Leading German authors have signed a vig- orous protest against the action of the league formed for the purpose of inducing the gov- ernment to'assent to a measure for expunging from the German all words of foreign origin. Emigration statistics published in Berlin show that 2.500,000 emigrants have left Ger- many since 1871, of which’ 2,000,000 have come to America. A man named Michael Doneghy and his wife were arrested on arriving at Queenstown yes- terday for having revolvers and ammunition among their baggage. Asensation has been caused in Calcutta by the discovery of a plot in Cashmere to poison the British residents. The maharajah is impli- cated, He has offered to abdicate. \ Ba Sia ES Captain Kidd’s Gold. A CONNECTICUT MAN CONFIDENT HE CAN FIND IT WITH A DIVINING ROD, Herald says that the latest convert to the theory that the treasures of Captain Kidd can be cap- the aid of what he calls a divining rod, implie- ly believes he shall be guided to the right spot. An experience of more than forty years has en- abled him to study the peculiarities of the shores of the Sound, and to satisfy himseif as to what harbors the famous pirate, when looking for the proper spot to bury gold, would be likely to enter. Since February 1, to make perfectly sure that there is foundation for his many theories, be has consulted a fortune- teller of high degree, and by him has been told that there is efficacy in the divining rod, that there is $85,000 of gold in the formy af doub- loons, that it can never be found by day, but will be by night, and that the finder will be a sickly man. The fact that Mr. Middlebrook has been for years far from well in connection with the circumstances as stated have lifted him to a plane of expectation so elevated that he can almost see success approaching. As an inducement for him to embark in a scheme to secure this vast amount of money Mr. Peter Semon has been offered %1,000 by Mr. Middle- brook for the use of tools, and James Hoey and others have agreed to dig at the rate of 81.75 per night and $100 should the gold be found. the night of Friday, the 1st inst., was spent at a point near Fairticld Beach, the divining rod pointing in that direction. Next evening the rod indicated Washington Bridge, near the mouth of Housutonic river. Great labor was expended there and much hope. Monday the ty was impeiled to’ the shore near Flat pea at Southport, Mr. Middlebrook carries his rod, which is of iron, with him, and by day- i Be enna nod ae eee is insi ant, but the power its possessor's stendpoint is very great, Mr. Middlebr hopes to induce capitalists to view this in the same light AUCTION SALES. PARLOR Coane Be Ate), UNT OF WHOM IT MA’ FOR sony ey may, ee Bw, we will sell & general iHOMAS DOWLING. Auctioneer. NE PAIR WELL-MATCHED )N-G PERCHERON, DRAUGHT House a arri ‘work in THOMAS DOWLING, Auct. 1HOMAS DOWLING, Aucuoneer. C ING SALE OF BALANCE OF ELEGA! bas SS PONCELATAS AND. “QUAD! SILVER-PLATE, PORC! EVEKAL FINE ite TER- On TUESDAY MORNING, nay srt, rooms Lith serest Fi Balance of this e without reserve, Sale must be cou tioned. WAsnixaton DANENHOW Kea) Estate and RY SALE OF SIX VALUA! IN SQUARE No. 20 E WEEN FOUR’ TEENTH STREETS AND T AND DAY, CH HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P. M,, I’ wil bss he highest bidder, all of sub 48, 49 and 50, in square Conveyancing at cost of jure to comply with above terms within ten days from day-of sale, the property will be resold and cost of. Sefeaiting Rare WASHINGTUN DA THOMAS DOWLING, ware ‘'B. WILLIAMS & CO., Aue SPECIAL FINE ART SALE OF ITALIAN, FLORENTINE MARBLE AND ALABASTER STATUARY. We will sell without reserve, at 01 80, at THREE Arce! E e PCLOG! ‘K, D. ALL | this extraordinary’ and the’ finest collection of Italian Vt ever exhibited in this ERDE ANLIQUE ROM. TALS, STAT EMS OF ART TO A KS, LIBKARIES, DEAW- ALLS AND GAKDENS. ALSO, A VEKY FINE ASSOKTMEN TINE Sikd SKE. ND ¥ANS, NEVER A t Collection of Hand- Public Sale in the ae Chiseled Art Objects ever oftered at F ty of Washington—the unusual op, > adorn your house with wrt Vers of art, couuvisseurs, and ladies es- invited to exainine this splen- Respectfully yours, ecially are respectful id array Of genius. OK: WALTER B, WILLIAMS & ~ A. ROOT & CO., Auctioneers, 0 avenue northwest, consisting of Kitchen dishes, steam tables, No. 34 portable range, with trimmings, refrigerator, cutfee aud tea beaters, one heating stove, tables, chairs, counters, shelv- ©. A. ROOT & CO, Aucti ‘S03 3 say UNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers. BRICK BUILDING, GHTH STKEET SOUTHEAST, Reine pert: of square numbered 930, contained within the following metes and bounds street east fort; guerre, Laisant and Turquet, and Senator Na- | DOnpNyst comer of THREE-STORY El following, vig: y (40) feet south of ce street twenty- it feet thes, thence east seven 5 thence. north twenty-eight (25) d thence west seventy-five . ‘and Hi No. 1104 Sth street south- ‘suction, ‘Ou THURSDAY. OON, MARCH FOUR. | G4BATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. TEENTH, at FIVE will knocked down.” Terms inade known at sale. i A iy HOMAS E. WAGGAMAN, Heal Estate Auctioneer. | chrowic diseascs ‘D PROPERTY, FRONT- T, BETWkEN 24TH AND NOKTH WEST. MARCH FOURTEENT: Of the preuuses, lot 3 in square 5: Terms, day ¥ THOMAS E, WAGGAMAN, HHOMAS DOWLL SPECIAL SALE OF ANT ARTICLES, ‘G GOLD PENS AND PENCILS (BY CELEBRATED MAKERS), ELEGANT LEATHER PORTFOLIOS,4 FRENCH FIRE-GILT INKSTANDS, FINE (ED POCKETBOOKS, LADIES’ POCKETBOOKS OF LLING bOTTLES, MATCH- AND FANCY ERY DESCRIPTION, DRNING, MARCH K. Thali seli the abo ea to my store ior ic of euods comes irom ‘Who is wiving Up are of tie iunest character, gud will be suid tthe fiuest hous rach of luis traci A Bridgeport, Conn., special to the New York | \HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. VALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTY ON ; AVEAUE, ONEAK AHIR ‘yyuee cHayonte, AY, MAKCH FOURTEEN, well in trout of the pre: sr he feel Stee improved tyre ome-etory tet apEow joue-rtory .: find cash, ‘balance in, ex est secured by a deed of tru: the property, cr all cash xt the option of the purchaser. A deposit of $o0 required ai tine of sale. chaser, uv LING, Auctioneer. 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Correct (deep) breathing Voice C) ture, Orstorical and Dramatic Action, at 1317 13th st baw? aaa T, JOHN'S COLLEGE, AN: EIQHY'S COLLEGE. ANNAPOLIS, MD. 8, BLE STABLE | § partments and four courses of study. ING A 30-FOOT ‘Preperate ‘hool attached. SPECIA, RETENTION GIVEN TO THE PREPARATION OF CANDIDATES FOR PHE NAVAL ACADEMY President THOMAS FELT, AM. hand BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, ‘Terms begin now. 723 14th at. nw. au29 it. HARVARD GRADUATE DESIRES PUPILS. ead | A aye ora ena pease DESTRES PU Apply to Wat HPOTNAM, A.M, se19-6mo At Sanders & Stayiman's, 0d Fat iuw, FINANCIAL. 7 CENT MORTGAGES AND DE- BENTURES-PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST GUAKANTEED by Solicitors’ Trust Co., Phila. and Commonwealth Trust Co., Boston. Also, choice Muni cipal and Corporate Bonds for ments. Forsule by H. A. ORTH & CO. ello Building. _Money to Loan without commission. mhi),s&w, 11° ST0CK PRIVILEGES, 10 TO 100 SHARES. $5 to $100 will Secure a Stock Privilege often yielding Mumense profit. Sead for list Cos _mbsit ESTBLiszep, 281 SURPLUS NATIONAL METROPOLITAN BANK OF WASH- INGTON, 613 15th st., opposite U. 8. Treasury. J. W. THOMPSON, GEORGE H. B, WHITE, President. Cashier. Receives Deposits, Discounts Paper, Sells Fills of Exchange, Makes Collections, and does a General Bank- ing Business, 19-3m. JRO.¥- CORSON. NO. W. MACARTNEY, Member N. ¥. Stock Hx, CORSON & MACARTNEY, GLOVER BUILDING, 1419 F 8T. N. W, Bankers and Dealers in Goverument Bonds. Deposits. Exchange. Loans. Collections. Rafiroed Stocks and Bonds. and all securities, listed on the Exchanges of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore bought and sold. A specialty wade of investment securities. Dist Bonds aud all road, Local Rail Gus, Lusurance ephone Stock dealt in, Sere — Bell Telephone Stock bought and soldjy18 WINTER RESORTS. HE RENOVO, ATLANTIC CITY— Now open: thorougily heated mhil-3m* y besteW. E. CHEESEMAN, ETHERILL, ATLANTIC CITY, N.J— iS. Ge near the beach. Open March 16: Nov. 1st, 11-eo4m M. J. ECKERT. DR. STRONG'S SANITARIUM. the is salem Tra otEX ALL THE YEAR For the treatment of oth tein fckenatece Hiaeeot an pare Homan, Electro thertual, Frenel douche aud all bathe, ‘Table appointments first-class. A cheertul resort for treatment, rest or recreation. Outdoor and indoor sports. Mia dry and toute climate, with special ad vant e x ‘TERS. Winter and 6} fates low. Nend for circular. ‘naesore aEuESE ENN: EEE AVERUE, Near the ocean , oven all year; telephone 105. £26-1m1 ee NMS. C. Le MOUSTON, OTEL MT. V ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. G4 ocean rooms, Near the beach.’ ‘T heated. _f1s-ian JAMES 5. MOON. < HIRLEY— OCEAN, KENTUCKY AVE, Ss AN cr Nd. = Popular locaijon, Opens March 1 £26-dim_ MKS. M. T. SOU4 HALL, of Washington, D.C. o* THE BEACH, METS HADDON HALL. EDWIN LIPPINCOTT. Py LANTIC CTY, N. J. Always and well heated. “Elevator und every other cuuventence. Coach all twins, CHAS. EVANS. f4-im NT —HOTELS, BOARDING- uses, Cottaves, Lots and Bath Houses to let of ior sale by 1. G. ADAMS & CO., real estate agents, Beal Astute and Law Buildings, Atlautic City, N. J. 114-3ut Moved to the ENLARGED AND IMPROVED. Salt Water Baths A -. ~~ amet E] ¥4., * ra ase. 2 _te9-3m E. ROBERTS & SONS. OTEL LURAY, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. * Kentucky ave., Will open February 16, 1589. J. WHITE. fi2-2m ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. ue Beach. NHOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer, F IMPROVED AND UNIM- INTHE CIlY OF WASHINGTON, D. C. By virtue of the suthority conferred last will and testament of a T will sell at public auction at my" Dateihe EIGHTEEN Tit DA couumencing ct TWO O'CLOCK P. M., the fo! ‘Part lot 2.1m square 10; part lot 2, in a 10; iuproved by whari ES ere, ENNHURST, ATLANTIC CITY, N.J_ fel-3m J HOOD, Sera WAVERLY,” T an the ALLANTIO CITY, ¥.3. Me house; sun parlors. hrs. JL. DKYANT tel ee pay ee mie Py Spears Y ave., Atlantic City, N. J. ie. W. L. ADAMS. 'g\HE ISLESWORTH, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., ea kit Orns Pa aie Wy STER AND ING RESORT. oN COR Wet Se eet Oe a Ot ee DENTISTRY. Fee DENTAL INFIRMARY —TEETH FILLED sho saan dae ees ree to June 30. SPECIAL’ ee — as of the Bye dar, Thee @-12;2-5. Sunday, from 10to2, ‘Votion to local interests. and its close attention to matters with which the household, amd particu- Jarly its lauy members, are concerned, THE STAR 4s everywhere recognized and admitted to be. im every quality, the leading and favorite newspaper of the National Capital, alike in the counting- oom, the work-shop, and the family circle. More conclusive evidence on these ne Person can ask then that afforded by the table below. The growth of circulation therein indi- cated, with the analysis following, clearly shows the esteem in which the paper is held by the com munity to whose interests it is so steadfastly de voted. It will be seen that, in the number of copies issued, every month in the year 1588 shows @ handsome increase over the corresponding month in each year given; and, asa further illus. tration on that point, it may be stated here that there has been a corresponding advance iu the number of new advertisements printed during the year, ‘The comparative figures for the four years last past are as follows: DAILY CIRCULATION IN 1885-"86-S7—'RR. INS6. INS7. ISSR, 25,470 26,356 26,289 27,161 26,009 27,190 23,575 27,166 25,742 26,722 22,049 23,651 23,000 24,687 26,466 26,752 Daily av'ge..22,123 23,682 25,484 27,082 Increase. 1,399 Of this aggregate daily circulation of 27,082 copies, the books of the office show that an average of 20,029 copies were regularly delivered each | day, by carriers, at the homes af permanent sub- scrivers in the city and suburbs. Of the remainder, | @ daily average of 5,421 were sold at the office, in the hotels and railway stations, etc., and on the streets, by newsboys, making a grand total average Within the District of 24400 copies daily, leaving | 8 daily average of 1,032 wo be sent to regular sub- scribers residing beyond its limits, by mail,express, | and railway trains. In addition to the 20,029 copies daily delivered at the homes of subscribers, a large proportion of the S421 otherwise disposed of in the city is reg- ularly purchased by permanent residents, living in Jodgings, &c. (not bouselwiders) ) While Lue resi- due goes anio the hands of transient Visitors, from all parts of the country, wie each year come to the NaUonal Capital in greater numbers and for longer periods, and who, 1urtbermor ©, largely rep- Tesent ine well-to-do and purchusiw portions of the communities te which Wey respectively Lelong. the last-named isa class of readers alone wed worth reaching; but it is to the phenomenally large permancut local circulation of We payer, 4nd expecially to its uuparaiieied bold upon the houseold aud family circle, wat the attenuon of advertisers is particularly directed. A comparison of the bome circulation of 25,450 | with the figures representing the entire popula- tion of the city will conciusively establish tne faet that THE STAx reaches about every fully in the | Districtof Columbia, and is read every duy vy more than Wree-Jourtus af us population whe are able +| @read! it follows, therefore, that an advertise- ment inserted in its columus will meet the eyeof ery person in the District worth reaching, of Whatever race, creed, sex, age, or condivon in iife. At only remains to be said, for the intormatiun of ‘those interested in the subject, Wat, in proportion to its circulation, the rates of advertising in ime EVENING Stak, whether transient or for long periods, rank with the very lowest in the United States. Indeed, taking both the extent and char acter of its circulation into consideration, it may safely be claimed that so wide and such an excei- Jeut quality of publicity can nownere else be boughs for We sume money. “Trial by Peers,” For the information of those not familiar with TUE STAx, a few extracts fiom notices by its con- temporaries, called out by ite receut change im form, are appended : From the Wasungton Post, | , We congratulate Dus Stam on its great rosperity. There 0s w veer evening Hewayaper nie Unik From the Philadeiphia Ledges. ‘Te WastixeTox kvENING STAR has marked the Close of twenty-one years under its present manage wei by periuauent cluargement to a duubie sheet, or ght Jage paper, aud wecumuical Improvements Uat BAY uch ioe aucules wor juuucetOl. LM KAM ws LUW Coumiuerauly MuUPe Luk twice ae date ae Ni Wasi 400s, suruioues Gang Maree Lines on moe PeAULLE Mellel, BiG Gan Miawel hve diues Me Circule ou Wat i uel eLjUped. At am Auueed, & BEet-cines Payes, “worluy of any GAY Uk Lue aaa” From the Brovkiyn Bayle. Washington's best, if not really ite ouly news Paper, is .ux Tak, Which Las ecurcwstion uF 30, ake YoPaisou Vi" ZVU,VUU, srveu uy wage caren. “Ake STAM Las ho ponuCS, DULIt puulinueS ul Lue LEW, gives GULL aides eyUelLy Juparina Lrewt AueUt, aiid Luis wivalived as eaceiieat Poyusmuvu LOF Le Jauruése Ui its Wie aud Mauageaueut trom the Laltunore Sun. 4k WasHIxG20% Stax, one of the most prosperous ews) apers iu the CouMLTy, Imvely ekuaryed, is uUWw por AMAUCLLLY Ob Clgut-pace paper. Lue govd busisess It elyuys Was crested wy Lu) duauagers, wud Ube lead 1 O0- CUjce bus beck Beld sucvENR Wy LUE Wuky Your. 16 Me? Pompects emacs aiterbouk yaper, wud ii eateLuius to 4 our New ears grecuuge We trust lub Prvsperity may Lever wane. From the Philade\phia Times. JHE STAR Dils (Le journalistic field of the national Caples, abu Lie it eduuraviy and Wiku great success. aud ceseurates “Ue Uy Au Cg tit-page Lord, 1b Walch MDG DaLdeuinesl alverboun papers Ay he Uliteu Biuter, ae lt uae Jl Geol ULE Ul Le week feud WuUBt succesat UL Brom the Baltimore Evers ‘appeared last night ING STAR the ‘auuvuucuent tust berealter it as ub Clgut-paye paper, Here aud there we belold paper which rewards the ays Wwe Ceuius, of lis cOULTULLUS Mpirius Wika, OL SuLcens Lut eXCIVes Lue WoUuer OF mil Buch & Juma, 1. gives Us uLbvELded sa), is LHe RVENING DEAR, a eT 2 es ST, com. Dee neha | me city the Seems Poe