Evening Star Newspaper, April 18, 1889, Page 7

CITY AND DISTRICT. PORTERS. you want a Lot, Dicast mee, If you want a Store, If you want Rooms, If you want a House, Tf you want Lodgings, df you want a Tenant, Uf you want @ Boarder, If you want to Lend Money, Jf you want to Borrors Money, you want to Sel Anything, you want to Buy Anything, Advertise the fact in The Evening Star, @ EVERYBODY READS THE STAR. 29 IN FORMER YEARS. Some Early Opinions as to the Future of the City of Washington. ‘To the Baitor of Tre Evaxtxo Stan - In a work entitled “James Smithson and His Bequest,” by William J. Bhees, chief clerk of the Smithsonian Institution. reference is made to the following “‘notices of the city of Wash- fagton,” from works in the library of the foun- der of the Smithsonian Institution: ‘One of the books in Smithson’s library,” says Mr. Rhees, is “Struggles through life. exemplified in the various travels and adventures in Europe, Asia Africa and America, by Lieut. John Harriott, Eondon, 1908. Lieut. Harriott writes: ‘“Re- specting this intended city (Washington), I question mach whether there ever will bea sufficient number of houses built to entitle it to the name of a great city. Reckoning up all the houses I could see or hear of as belonging to the new city of Washington. they did not amount to cighty. Having been and examined everything, and gained all the information I could concerning this so much talked of city, I sat down between the President's house and the capitol and entered the following in my minute- k as my opinion. viz.: “Should the public buildings be completed and enterprising indi- viduals risk considerably in building houses; should the union of the states continue undis- tarbed; should Congress assemble for a num- ber of years until the national bank and other public offices necessarily draw the moneyed in- terests to it, the city of Washington, in the course of a century, may form a focus of attrac- tion to mercantile and frading people sufficient to make a beautiful commercial city deserving the name of 16 founder: but I apprehend so many hazards as to be most unwilling to ven- ture any part of my property in the undertak- ing.” ANOTHER DESCRIPTION. Isaac Weld published his «Travels through North America” in 1307, and his remarks as to the early condition of affairs are not without intere Here isa description of the city as he saw it: -Were the houses that have been built situated in one place, all together, they would make a very respectable appearance; but scattered about as they are a spectator can searcely perceive anything like a town. Ex- cepting the streets and avenues and a small part of the ground adjoining the public build- ings. the whole place 1s covered with trees, To be under the necessity of going through a deep wood, for one or two miles perhaps, in order to see a next-door peighbor. and in the same city, isa curious and. I believe, a novei cireum- stance. The number of inhabitants is 5,000. The people who are opposed to the building of the city of Washington maintain that it can never become a town of any importance, and that all such as think to the contrary have been led astray by the representations of a few enthusiastic persons. They insist that if the removal of the seat of government from Phila- delphia should lace, a separation of the states will inevitably follow.” Mr. Weld is hopeful, however, as to the future. He re- marks: --Cousidering the vastness of the terri- tory, which is opened to tne federal city by means of water communication, considering that it is capable from the fertility of its soil of intaining three times the number of inhabi- tants that are to be found at present in all the United States. and that it is advancing at the present time more rapidly in population than any other part of the whole continent, there is good foundation for thinking that the federal city, a8 soon as navigation ix perfected, will in- crease most rapidly, and that ata future day, if the affairs of the United States go on as prosperously as they have done, it will become the grand emperium of the west, and rival in Magnitude and splendor the cities of the whole world.” RF. M. pps ares THE OKLAHOMA COLONISTs. The Party A, nging to go from Wash- ington to “the Promised Land.” a baker's dozen of Oklahoma en- thusiasts at the public meeting held last night in Hayden hall, when Mr. Wm. H. Prince called the meeting to order. The hall and approaches thereto presented a novel appearance, Maps of “the promised land” in various hues with numerous descriptions of “how to get there,” “what to do.” &c.. hung half pasted, or ruth- iled to walls, doors and wainscoting. ¢ was held under the auspices of Washington Ce ative company of the Oklahoma settlers. in which he stated the objects of the company, and what it proposed to do. He invited anyore present to join. stating that the initiation fee Was 210 with monthly du Plans of homes, al maps of the country and general specifi- ions were exhibited. Several questions were d during the evening and answered. One ntleman wanted to know how much it cost to get there. was a local representative of the B: 4 Ohio rail- road present and he 3 with a sleeper.” The books for membership closed to-day at n ‘The party expect to leave here Z Among the party will be Wm. rchitect; Heury Hoover, L. ‘furner, Charles $, Sle Bakersmith. Wn ‘The Kenny-MeDonald Family Fight. Mrs. Maggie McDonald, the old woman who Was so badly injured last Sunday while engaged in a fight with the Kenny family near 2d and K streets northeast, as published in Monday's Stak, is still very ill, but it is thought she will Fecover. Edward Kenny, one of the brothers ‘Who was engaged in the tight, was arrested last Bight by Policeman Coghill. who found him se- ereted under a house near Sth and I streets northeast. He was taken to the sixth precinct Station, where he was charged with disorderly conduct. He was subsequently released on #10 collateral for his appearance in the Police Court this moruing. When the case was called he failed to answer and his collateral was for- feited. Mrs. McDonald's son Mike, who was fined 310 Monday, has been released an@given until Saturday Ld aaa bis fine. Tom Kenny has also been release Se The Assessment Lien Cases. Me Birney & Birney have, as counsel in the cases of Charles Ford, F. A. Wood, Windsor @ Ford and A. C. Newell against the District Commission served notice that they | (counsel) will, on Saturday morning, move | Chief Justice Bingham that the defendants be attached for contempt of court. These cases were filed to bring up the records in certain assessments with the view of having the liens | set aside, and the writs were issued September 14th last, with a rule to show cause, and were made retarnable October 1, and it is alleged that no attention has been paid to them, & Tue Evestse Stax is everywhere Tecog- nized and admitted to be. in every quality, the leading and favorite newspaper of the National Capital, alike in the counting-room, the work- shop, and the family circle. Pretty much everybody in the District reads it regularly, It is therefore much the best advertising medium im the city; and, in proportion to circulation, is advertising rates are also much the cheapest, —se0—______ Comfort of Chinese Clothing. From the Chicago Herald, “A Chinaman is not pretty to look at and his clothes do not fit him like the traditional ‘paper on the wall,” but I think his attire the most Comfortable in the world,” said a man yester- day morning. “To begin with,” he resumed, “the Chinaman weats a soft, low-crowned, ‘broad brim felt bat, which is easier on the a or silk hat anda greater tection to the eyes. Then his neck is dressed @ore comfortably than ours, too. He wears but « single band around the neck, or two at ‘the most. aes wear? No! Wi THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., THURSDAY, APRIL 1 ears Fair white hands. Decline of the Bill-Board in Favor of the Newspaper. From the Philadelphia Times. The theatrical managers have lately been dis- cussing the question of the most profitable manner of advertising theirshows, A few years ago the bill-board was the only recognized method of communication between the mana- ger @nd his patrons. Spaces upon every fence and corner were eagerly brought up by the en- terprising advance agent; saloon windows were utilized to hoid the lithographs, ania free pass accompanied each picture displayed. What was the result? After the agent had gone his rounds and papered the town the ticket scalper also began his pilgrimage, He bought up the free passes at a small cost and sold them after- ward at a good profit to himself and filled the house at a direct loss to the original manage- ment. The scheme was a complete failtre. Later, another plan was adopted and with similar results. Season tickets, admitting the holder to four performances a month and not transferable, were issued, and at each perform- ance the doorkeeper was obliged to punch out one of the dates, as in a raflroad ticket. The Tesult was that the possessors of these passes held off until they had accumulated a dozen or so admissions to their credit and taen swooped down upon the theater in their might and owned the house. In Buffalo Jast season one manager was forced to give away 1,700 free ad- missions inone week and only saved himself from ruin by getting the difference in the prices of those of his patrons who wished to obtain better seats than their passes admitted them to. It is generally conceded among advanced theatrical managers that the newspaper is at once the cheapest and the best method of reaching the great theater-going public. Such is the condition of Philadelphia at present that upon the principul streets there are no laces for the bill-board and the lithograph. hey must be exiled to the suburbs, where the theatrical patron never ventures and the small boy, who cannot read. unites with the equally illiterate goat for their speedy destruc- tion. “An afternoon shower will erase the work of days, batter down the signs, blur the colors, and generally destroy the most ambitious bill- oster. The newspaper is in truth the only re- iable means of theatrical, as it is of other ad- vertisements. It is cheaper, farther reaching, and appeals to a better clientele, and the constant increase in the space occ theater advertisements in the le shows that this fact is understoo A PERILOUS “BALLOON TRIP. Mr. Spencer Has a Marvelous Escape in India. From the London Times. A Caleutta correspondent gives an account of the balloon adventure of Mr. Spencer, which caused so much excitement in India recently. Mr. Spencer's successful parachute drop at Bombay created a deep impression, Unfortu- nately his first attempt at Calcutta proved a failure, in consequence of his inability to fill the balloon with gas. He entered into a fresh engagement to make a parachute descent on the race course. The natives were present in hundreds of thousands, and the large Calcutta Maidan, or plain, of which the race course forms a small portion, was densely crowded. The viceroy, the lieutenant-governor and the leading members of the community, native and European, were present on the grand stand. Mr. Spencer took his seat on the narrow leathern sling which replaces the car used with an ordinary balloon, tnd gave orders to let go the ropes. The balloon, however, refused to rise, being overweighted apparently by a para- chute. To the consternation of everybody, he ordered the parachute to be unhitched and the | balloon to be released, and the next moment he sailed forth into space. Some ten minutes later the balloon was out of sight. The crowd then began to realize the terrible danger which Mr. Spencer had faced in order to fulfil what he imagined to be an obligation to the public. The bagloon carried no ballast _or_grappling- irons and possessed no valve. Mr. Spencer was without any apparatus for regulating the de- scent of the balloon; he was dressed in thin clothes, and had neither food nor stimulant. As the hours passed by and no news was re- ceived the public excitement increased, and this was further stimulated next day by false rumors and by the publication of the opinion of leading scientists that death was inevitable. This condition of anxious mental tension was protracted until telegraphic news was received of Mr. Spencer's safety. it appears that the balloon ascended 13,000 feet and then began gradually to descend. Ultimately Mr. Spencer leaped from the balloon when near the earth and found himself safely planted in a small island, some 40 miles from ut. He eventually succeeded with diffi- culty in obtaining shelter ana food, and was sub- sequently sent on to Hossainabad, situated in the cultivated part of the Sunderbunds. He had a marvelous escape. Had the wind carried him to a wilder and re- moter part, or had he been driven out to sea. as was quite possible, he would almost certainly have paid for his chivalrous temerity with his life, However, this act of daring, prompted as it undoubtediy was by a determination to full public engagement, even though in- volving the possible sacrifice of life, has created a feeling of intense admiration throughout the native community. The gold medal of the Balloon society has been awarded to Mr. Spen- cer, who is the first aeronaut who descended in India froma balloon by the aid of a para- chute, D = ie THAT SUTHERLAY MARRIAGE, A Queer Character Who is the Brother of the Florida Duchess. From the Weekly Irish Times. Every snob of our number who would rather be genteelly dashed beside a duke than saved in vulgar company has his mouthful just now of the Sutherland matrimony. Here is a bit of gossip concerning that event Which I think as interesting as any that has appeared. The brother of Mrs. Blair, the new duchess, was for years a colleague on the staff of a London evening paper. E. B. Michell, son of the master of Magdalen college, honor-man of Ox- ford, member of the university eight, champion inter-university sculler, winner of the most events in the athletic program of his alma mater for three successive years, and here in London amateur champion heavy-weight, was in all respects a remarkable man. This Admirable Crichton was as modest as a girl and as simple asagirl. His shy, retiring manner spoilt his chances at the bar, and in ove case that I can testify caused others most awkwardly to mistake him. It happened in a club overlooking Waterloo place that one of the company of noble lords spoke offensively to Mr. Michell, who, in his quiet way, said if that was repeated he shonld knock the offender down. The noble lord did repeat the expres- sion and was forthwith knocked into the fen- der. No journalist probably ever came to his work in the manner of Michell, He used to arrive daily at the Globe office with long hawk- ing gloves up to his elbows and a crooked awk or falcon chained on each wrist. His spell of work finished—Sanskrit or Arabic was as familiar to him as English or French—off he hied to Eltham for choice. and many an after- noon has this historian plied lagging legs after the enthusiast when the bird of prey having been thrown off at the quarry, we followed up hill and down dale the chase in mid-air, it is quite in keeping with the character of such a man that he should be at present as he has been for some four yeurs past, legal adviser and virtual grand vizier to the king of Siam. The salary is good, but, what is far more to the purpose, the hunting of big t gon and other attractions of outdoor life and exercise make up an ideal life for the ex-Oxford prizeman, 0° The Soft Coal Trade. From the Coal Trade Journal. Soft coal matters are likely to get down to a basis on which some business can be done be- fore another month passes away, In several of the large producing districts there are read- justments of the wages basis, and in certain of the states there must be a change in the rail- road charges. The coal-mine operators of the Hocking district have made a proposition to their workmen on a basis of 6234 cents and 675g cents per ton; the operators of the In- diana bituminous districts have offered 60 and 65 cents, and those of the Pittsburg railroad districts have offered 7134 cente and 7634 cents ~—the minimum rate for summer work, There is some discussion on these figures, but it will nay result that the rate given is the basis on which wages will ——_ for the coal mined in the districts named, for the year in advance from the Ist of May next ensuing. The New York market is re very dull on soft coal, and one ag bg _— beard of tog * range bei 60 cents ton. are but tow steamers > for traffic in this coal, theref. | made a A STORY OF EDISON. His First Big Check. “F. B. M.” in Cincinatti Gazette. - The other day a smooth-faced man, wearing handsome clothes and displaying a soiled collar and s necktie all awry, and shoes that never ex- perienced the skillful manipulations of a boot- black, and finger nails that never met a mani- cure, leaped his elbow on a Washington counter and conversed in the jolliest way with a circle of newspaper friends, He looked like a tramp, but he really is one of the most famous men in the world, and his name is known in every part of thé globe. Of course he is an Ohio man. His name is Thomas Alva Edison, and he was once a peanuttoy and news butcher on a jerk- water railroad in the Buckeye state, During a little luncheon Edison, between hearty drinks of beer, his favorite *beverage, told in his quaint way the story of his first acquaintance with any large sum of money. It was in the days shen he. was straggling along with hie earlier inventious, and didn't have big capi- talists to back him. In fact, he didn’t have any bank account himself, and hardly knew w! one was, Bank checks were things he had never had occasion to use, and had about as much idea of their value as the man in the moon, Edison had finally sold ig tere on the gold and stock indicator to the Western Union tele- graph for 240.000, and was coming over to New York to get his money. He heard of Wall street and its bulls and bears, and had been told that it was full of “sharks” who would fleece a man very quick. So he made up his mind that Wall street was ® very dangerous place, and that if he ever had occasion to go there he would be lucky if he got away without losing his overcoat and umbrella, . At that time Gen. Lefferts was president of the W. U. One morning Edison came into the company’s general offices to close up the sale of his patent. After a few preliminaries he was given a check for $40,000. He looked at it curiously fora moment or two and appeared to be puzzled what to do with it. He knew that he had sold a patent to the W. U. Co. for 40,000, but he did not see apy money, Observing his perplexity Gen. Lefferts told him that if he would go to the Bank of America in Wall street he could get the check cashed, “So I started,” said Edison, “after carefully folding up the check, and went toward Wall street. So uncertain was 1 in re- gard to that way of doing business that I thought while on the way that if any man should come up to me and offer me two cris; thousand dollar bills for that piece of eee should give him up the check very quick.’ On arriving at the Bank of America he hesi- tated about entering, fearing still that some- thing might be wrong. At last, however, he mustered up courage and determined to try it, He knew that Gen. Lefferts had told him he would e his money here, so he braced ahead and half tremblingly shoved his check out to the cashier, The latter scrutinized it closely, gave Edison a piercing, glance and said something which Edison could not understand, as he was hard of hearing. ‘That was enough. He was now more than ever convinced that his “check” wasn't worth $40,000, and again thought as he rushed out of the bank with it that any man who would give him $2,000 could walk away witk the check. He hurried back to the W. U. and said he couldn't get any money, Gen. Lefferts then sent a man with him to identify him, He said: “This man is Mr. Thomas A, Edison, to whose der the ch “aw! Mr. Edison,” said the cash- : obsequiously, “how ‘would you like your #40,000—in what shape?” “Oh, any way to suit the bank. It doesn’t ny difference to me go long as I get my n Was given $40,000 in large bills, Af- ter dividing the roll into wads of $20,000 each he stuffed one into each trousers pocket, but- toned up his coat as tightly as possible, and break to getont of Walletroct as quick as he could, ‘The next day Edison began work on his first laboratory at New York, = ~6Oe-. aa WHY COLD WEATHER IS HEALTHY. A Discussion of the Hygienic Virtues of a Cold Climate. The hygienic virtues of cold climate have been but partly appreciated and very little investigated scientifically. The bracing or stimulating effect of cold, in the weather or bath, has been abundantly recognized and even to undiscriminating and injurious ex- cess, But a more essential aspect of the subject comes into view with the unfolding secrets of microbial and malarial agencies, While the germicidal, or perhaps germ- paralyzing, power of frost has always been palpable and notorious, in yellow fever, for instance, and other paludial diseases, its beneficent interference with slower agencies of the samo kind that undermine health by merely depressing vitality—agencies quite distinct, as we are about to show, from the re- laxing effect of thermal changes as commonly recognized—demands re-examination in the light of modern biology. What is the meaning of an actual case like this? A sedentary, indoor occupation: apart- ment at an extraordinary elevation, moderately warmed and well ventilated at all hours; bodily heat kept uniform in all weathers by attention to clothing; in short, nothing owed to changes of temperature in the personal environment; but whenever the outside temperature has been below the freezing point, digestion has been about twice as efficient as in the clearest of the prevailing mild weather of the present winter, without going into the open air in either case. It seems evident from this that freezing sup- presses something that is inimical to health, and which revives or is resupplied a8 soon as the temperature rises, Is not this something identical or homogeneous with the miasma or intermittent fevers, which is now classed among specific germs? If so, is there not a wide range of virulence in these germs, from the mild and transient vitiating influence above desuribed to the most dangerous in fevers; de- pendent generally, as we know, on the climate, with heat as a peculiarly essential facta? And does not this indicate the chief hygienic ad- vantage of solid northern winters! eee @#° The local circulation of Tuk Evenrxo Srar is not only the /argest and fullest, but it is also the Est, since the paper goes not alone into the hands of the people of the District of Columbia as a body, but regularly ino their homes,—into the families of all classes, and into those of the money-spending as well as the money-earning portion of the community, An advertisement in its columns therefore reaches the eye of everybody worth reaching. — 100 “‘Smoker’s Heart.” From the Cincinnati Enguirer, If, a8 alleged, it was too much smoking which upset Mr. Edwin Booth at Rochester, it is far from being the first case of the kind in our his- tory. Within the past twenty years the medical faculty has come to clearly comprehend and to accurately diagnose a ease which they now denominate as ‘smoker's heart.” Excessive smoking, whether by pipe, cigar, or cigarette, affects the action of the heart and disturbs the circulation. The pulse will intermit—not with any regularity—sometimes one beat in four, sometimes one in ten, sometimes two or three at a time, and then comes trouble. The brain, missing its regular pulsations of blood, wavers, the heart flutters, and then follows a tempo- rary collapse, Strong cordials are “indicated.” Strong cof- fee is good—strong spirits better. But the rem- kdy, too often relied upon, is as bad as the dis- ease; and the subject grows slowly worse. An- gina pectoris is said to sometimes result, One of the leading physicians of this city re- lates a case in point. A patient suffering from “smoker's heart” believed that he had a chronic heart disease, and came for a careful examina- tion early in the day—before he had eaten any breakfast. The stethoscope showed the heart to be sound asa dot—he had not smoked for twelve hours. Greatly relieved at the verdict he lighted a big black cigar, and sat smoking, upon an empty stomach, while he talked, Ina few minutes, as he rose to go, his feet failed him and he fell in a momentary faint. The heart was fluttering wildly, but yielded at once and resumed its normal action ‘after a strong stimulant, The moral of the story is that, if you smoke at all, you should smoke in moderation and on 4 well-filled stomach, It is r that How to Select a Wife. 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Government and Investment Bonds, Telegraphic Communications with New York, Philadelphia, Balti- more and Boston. LOANS MADE AND NEGOTIATED; GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED. mh22-2m. 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 Pills of Exchange, Makes Collections, aud does a General Bank ing Busin 19-3, rPHE COLUMDIA NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON, D.C. 911 F st. n. wy Receives deposits, Loans Money, Issues Drafts, Trans- acts a General Banking Business. Location ‘central and convenient. F-street cars and herdice run in front of our door: #th-street cars run a few 1 7th: ~street cars only two treet and Pennsyivania ave. cars ouly President. Vice-President, ‘ashier, irectors: Chas. B. Bailey, Wm. F. Barker, Britton, Chas. C, Duncanson, Johu Joy Exlso Fox, John E. Herrill, Ben). F. Leigiton, loch, Crosby 8. Noyes, M, M. 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Perfection ‘tea, acknowledged by all whovuse tt to be worth double our price, which is 50c. per ID. Best Suger Cured Hats, 12%<c. per Ib.; Shoulders, Wee. Ibs. Buckwheat’ for 4 Houduy fi 5b, package B: Harry Soup tor 8 Aro- Gcakes Plymouth Rock Soap for J. T. D. PYLES, 412 4th st. 0. WOOD AND COAL. PoRREST Dove a COAL MERCHANT, Wholesale and Retail. Anthracite Coal of all kinds constantly on hand, GEORGE'S CREFK CUMBERLAND COAL. FINEST GRADES of SPLINT AND CANNEL COAL Sawed and Split Wood to Order. Yard and Office, 3008 Water street; 1214 31st street (opposite Post-otlice), ton, D. C. _ Telephone—Yard, 954-2; Branch office, 956 Coat 1 Coxe ! Woon ! JOHNSON BROTHERS, ‘Wharves and Rail yards, 12th & Water sts. Southwest. Branch Office, st Washing" 1515 7thet. n. w. 1740 Pa, ave. n. w. T112 thst. n.w. 413 LOth st. nw. Exclusive agents in the District for the sale of some of the best coal mined. Supply more families than any retail yard in the United States. HONEST MEASURE, FAIR DEALING, PROMPT RIES AND REASONABLE PRICES have made our business a success, nek MEDICAL, &c. ADIES WHO REQUIRE THE SERV OF AN experienced female physician should consult Mra. WILSON, 1105 Park Place u.c., bet. Band C, 11th and 12th sts.'n.e, Ladies only. Remedy, $5. m25-Sw* EAD AND BE WISE—DR. BROTHE! ST. sw. appeared before me and made oath that be is the Gidest Established Expert Specialist in. this city, and will guarantee » cure in all cases of private diseases of men and furnish medicine, or uo charge: cousults- ion aud advice free at any hour of the day, Sub- seribed and sworn before ine by “Dr. BROTHERS, SAMUEL C. MILLS, a Notary Public, in and forthe District of Columbia, this third day of July, 1885. _aplo-liut 88: TEDMONT, AIR LINE. effect 3:30am.—) « Cheanyea Route, Lyheh = Mount, Danville and ee Detw: Lynchburg and Danvill boro’, iaheeh Natemiie ashe Sontla Miee hs Atlanta, Bu am, Paty en yy ~ : York to Atihnts, parlor cars Atlan! Puilman 5! , iit am.—Fast mail daily f Jottesville, Gordonsville, Stat * burg. Rocky Si Er to New Orleans, and jontromes Maun ‘Boudoir Sleepers for, Bi Virksbure ftonbi spa Sugars ena to Morristown, jum! e Tenu.. via Salted Pullman Bleepers lottes- ville #3 Gincinnat. Sundays train ape, only to CLE o Cincinns ane “s tral 4 fon Fonee on ©. and 0. route. Sclid trains Washington an except Sunday, for Manassas, . m—Memphis prams Getty, via engpbars. Bristol and Chattano Pullman Vestibule Washington to. Memphis, connecting thence for all x} pointe, 8:30 p.m.—W estern Express, for Culpeper, Cenees Cheatioreeovile, br ace ville, Cincinnal man Ts to and Bolid ‘Trains Wa to Cincinnati, viac. & 0. route. 11:00 p.m.—Southern Ex for Lynchburg, Danviller Maleiehe Asbenther Charlotte, Coltsnbie: ta, ‘New Orleans, Aiken, Auvusta. Atlanta, Montwomery, S e ‘Texas and California, Pullman Vesti! ale Gar Wash figion to New Orleans, via Atlanta and. Mobtgomery. Wlman Sleeper Washington to Aiken, 8. C. ng ou Weahingvon and Ohio og = re ington 9:00 a.m. except Sunday, and 445 p.m. ashy an Ts 7 ¥: arrive Round 0) a.m. and 720 pay: returning leave Round Hill 6.0: a.m. dail 30 p-in. daily except Sunday, arriving Was 8:30 &.m.and 3:58 pam. Through tralne Milleand Lynebb from the South via Charlotte, Dan- Fri Ww 13.p-m 1 dh: cence, and 9:35 p.m. pea nd Charlottesville'at 5:40 p.m. and Aim. Strasburg Local at 10:15 ets, sleeping-car reservation and information and bagyage checked at office, 1300 Penn- im a Passenger Station, Pennsyl- Vania Kallroad, 6th nd B streets, JAS. L. TAYLOR, Gen, Pass, Agent. Bacrrvorr, Axv Ono Ranzoan. Schedule ineffect March 10, 1889. ave Washington from station cornerof New Jersey C street, i Northwest, Vestibuled Limited ex- 2. Express 9:05 p. my. Pi douls and Indianapolis, express, p.m. “ urg and Cleveland, Vestibuled Limited ex- Press daily 8:5 a.m, and express 9-05 p.an. For Lexington snd Local Sta! For Baltimore, week di 8330, 9:30, a m., 12:10, ute: ‘am.; 12:15, 1:45, 00, 6.00, 6:30, 7-50, pam. Sun 6:30, am, 8.05, §:30 12:10 and 4:35 8:30 a.m, 4:33 p.m. Leave An- 12:03, 4:10 pan. Sundays, n the Metropolitan Branch, +6-35, # 15p. =e for principal stations only; nm, $10:10 an TLO:10em., For Gi ate For Boyd's aud intermedia $10.00 f mm, Church train leaves Washington on Sunday at 1 P. m., stopping at all statious on Metropolitan Bi For Frederick, 110:10 8. m., 14:35 and 15:30: +10:10a m. and t5 from Chicago ‘dail; 1, a Cincinnati and st Louis, daily © p.m,; from Pittsburg “8:39 8. m., 1:20 p,m. te stations, +7:00 p. m., 15 anch. Newark and Elizabeth, N. . M., "2:30, * (ies: m. Buffet Parlor Cars Sleeping Car ou the 10:30 p: m., wark, Wilmington and Chester, 5 am, 4:15, *8:00 am For Atlantic City *11:2 mn. between Baltimore and So aud +430 or Washington, 4:45 p.m. and *12.00 ited) and *10:30 trains, net at 9-00 p. tu For Philadelphia, 8:00, "9:30, 7L1 0, ing leave Philadelphia for Washington, *4:10, 13,"1E:19 a, My TL ADs HLS *Oe1S awd “ESO {Sunday only for and checked from hotels and resi- 1 iranster Co. ou orders left at ticket 1 Pucave, v y CHAS. 0. SCULL, Gen. Pass. ag’t, ——— T i PEXNSYLVANTA ROUTE, THE NORTH, WEST, AND SOU’ z SPLE Y MENT. RAILS. zr Js EPERCT FES i TRAINS LEAVE. WASHING COKNER SIXTH AND Lows NAS 0! M STATION, 1 PRO! B STREET S43 Foe ‘and the West, Chicago Limited Express of estibuled Cars, at §:5U a.m. daily, Fast s 3 daily, exc exo, with Sleeping Car Altoona to Chi- tern’ Express, at 7:40 psu. daily, with ¢ Cars Washington to Chicago and St, Louis, ting daily at Harrisburg with through rs for Louisvill: uphis, tie day Pittsburg and the h Sleeper to Pittsburg, and Pitts NI POTOMAC RAILROAD, daily; f nd Rochester, for But- except Saturday, 10:00, Sleeping Cur Wasnington to Rochester. sport, Lock Haven, and Eliuira, at 9:504, Sunday. nd the Fast, 7-20, 9. 2:10, 4:10, 10-00, an 00, 11:40 a.m. 2:10, 4 Limited Express of Pullman Pi rior 40am, daily, except Sunday, aud 3:40 pe with Dinu Car, For Hoston without change 2:10 p.m. every day. for Brooklyn, N. ¥., all through trans connect at Jor. eey City with boats of Brookiyu Abnex, affording fer to Fulton street, avoiding double ferriaxe across New York City For Philadelphia, 7:20, 8:10, 9:00, 11:00, and.11:40 am 10, 4:10, 6:00.8:10, 10:00, aud'11:20 p.m, On Sunday oi 9:00, 12:40 a. m., 2:10, 4:10, §:10, 10:00 and 11:20 pan. Limited Express, Varlor Cars, 9-40 ain. week days, aud 3:45 p.m duly, with Dining For Atlas 00 11:40 a.m. week days. id 0, 8:10, 8:00, 9:4 antic ( For Baltimore, 6:35, 11:00, and ‘11°46 4:20, 4:40, 6:00, 7 On Sunday, 9:00, 9: 4:10, 6:00, ln. 740, breck Line, 7:20am. and 4:40 pm daily, m. 2:10, ii For Pope __ except Sunday For Annapolis, 7:20 and 9:00 a.m., 12:05 and yupodaily, except Bunday. Buildays, 91 p.m. 4:40 UU a ua, EXANDRIA AND FREDERICKSBURG RATI- WAY, AND ALEXANDKIA AND WASHINGION RAWKOAD, For Alexandria, 4 ST m.;12:04 noon y 5:08, and 11 On Sunday ai 9:43, 10:57 a. m., 2:30, 6:01, 8 10:05 p. in, ° 09, and Accommodation for ‘Quantico, 7.25 V1, week days, hinoud aud the South, 4:30, 10:57 and 3:40 p. un. daily, except Sunday ‘Trais leave Alexandria tor Wash: 5:00, 9:10, 10:15. 1107 a, 0, 6:30; 7 & m. and 5:00 & m. daily, , U3, and information at the office, northeast cor- i street and Pennsylvaniaavenue, und at tue station, where orders can be left for the checking ot U, 6:30, 7:05, 9 2 and 11-05 p. tu, Sunday at 10nd 11:07 a m.; 2:00, 840,7 and 2 p.m. Lageace to destination trom hotels and residences. CHAS. E. PUGH. WOOD, Generai Manager, Gen. Pas. Avent, POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. (OTOMAC TRANSPORTATION LINE, ~~ For Baltimore and River Landings. . Stesmer S Capt. Geoghegan, leaves Stephenson's Wharf every Sunday at 4o'clock p, m. For further information apply STEPHENSON & BR _mh6-6m SOR whact 1. VERNON! 'T. VERNON! M paid STEAMER W. W. CORCORAN Leaves 7th-street wharf daily pny — for Mt Nernon and River Landings as far down as Glymont, 10 o'clock a.m.” Returning, reaches Washington L. L. BLAKE, Captain, THAS NEVER BEE NTRADICTH Dr. BROTHERS is the oldest-established ing Ladies’ Physician iu this city. - La confidently consult Dr. BKOTHER Particular attention paid to all diseases peculiar to ludies, iwarried or single. Forty years’ experience. aplo-Lin* MANHOOD RESTORED BY USING A BOTTLE or twoof Dr. BROTHERS’ Invigorating Cordial Will cure any case of nervous debility and loss of Rervecpower._ It imparts vigor to the whole systera, le. 900 B st. s.w. Male or femal apll-lm* D*: LEON, ‘The oldest Established and only Reliable Ladies’ Physician in the City, can be consulted dally, 464. Cet, between 436 and 6th oF ts, LW. 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