Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1889, Page 7

wd THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY APRIL 19, 1889 Pr sco ae NEWPORT NEWS. .HARD ON CONSUL KNAPPE. Changes Wrought There Since the Mon- | Bismarck Puts the Blame of the Samoan itor and Merrimae Fought. Corresponfence of Tar EvEstxo Stan. Newrort News, Va., April 18. Newport News has been to the people of the north an “unknown quantity” from the early part of our civil war until about 1881, when the greater part of it, or an area of twenty-five thousand acres, was bought by the “Old Do- minion land company.” It is now a thriving business center and a most attractive resort for the seekers of health and pleasure. During the war it was chiefly distinguished for being the place where the power of the two iron-clads, the “Monitor” and the “Merrimac,” was so severely tested. A buoy now marks the spot where the ““Merrimae” ran down the “Cumber- land,” anda few yards southward the place where the “Minnesota” and “Congress” were burned by the same “monster,” as it was then called. The part of Newport News fronting on James river was a vast camping-ground where the tents for forty thousand soldiers were Pitched. Not many war tracks remain and Rothing suggestive of war is now to be seen. The earthworks thrown up at that time are still to be found, but instead of being capped b are overgrown with pines which loo! jourishing enough to survive for a century. The building used as Butler's headquarters fs more than intact, so renovated by paint that neither the general nor his men would recognize it. The dent made in the chimney by a cannon-ball is all there is about it to tell any war experiences. After na clans of the war this city rested— in the full sense of that word—for sixteen years. It was inhabited by only blacks. Up to ’8i only one white family lived here, and the reason for that seems a mystery. ‘The enterprise, energy, and money of the Old Dominion land company have greatly transformed the place. and it has risen, pheenix- like, from the lifeless ashes of the past into a commercial seaport of vast importance and Promise and a favorite resort for valetudina- Tians and votaries of fashion. The harbor of Newport News is said to be the finest in the world. Ships of largest tonnage and steamers from foreign and domestic ports enter the har- bor and reach the piers in all seasons of the year without tow-boat or pilot. The city is only 15 miles from ocean navigation. Newport News is also the business terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, which makes it the important center for business in- terests and trafic of the north and west. All the coal of the country traversed by this road is sent here, and from this port to various destinations. One mine alone, in Virginia, promises to be exhaustible, or to put it as ven to me. “promises to yield a supply to furnish the entire Mississippi Valley for « thou- sand years.” A new enterprise is the ship- Yard new building, and near it the largest dry- dock in the country has just tion. Next we Pairs and on the 2ith instant. the iron-clad “Puritan” is to enter for the finishing touches. On this date the dock is to be formally opened, with the asual ceremonies, to be followed By a banquet to which Secretary Tracy, with about fifty other distinguished men with their wives, are to be invited. One part of the entertainment will consist in the Siling and emptying of the dock. The Jattet process is accomplished in just an hour and twenty minutes by means of immense pimps. Some piles which are being used in the construction of the — shipyard are pine trees, which were cut a few weeks since, froma lot of land where a arished during the early part of Phis city is well laid out, with fine shell roads in different directions.’ Stores, a bank, custom-house, hotels, four churches, tasteful cottages and blocks of houses attest the growth and prosperity of the city. ‘The marine view is one of wonderfal beanty. Ships of all sizes float upon the surface, from largest steamers to the smailest craft, including 8 goodly number of yachts, sail and row boats, and the little steamers which make daily trips up and down the James river, The drives in ail directions are very delightful—over the fields and through the spicy pine woods; along the banks of the river: over to Hampton. the Soldier's Home and the famous Fortress Mon- roe. The air of Newport News is in itself a tonic, and holds in its qualities a specific for Bervous exhaustion, rheumatism, malaria, and kindred ailments. The temperature is never extreme. P. W. — A MODERN VANITY FAIR. The Absurd Extravagance and Foolish Display of New York. Alfred Trumble in the Pittsburg Bulle ‘The enormous growth of luxury in New York in very recent years must. indeed, strike every observer who has traveled through the town with his eyes open. Extravagance has become a popular goxpel. We ere along way behind London yet, but London is the only city in the world where spendthrift lavishness goes abroad as splendidly lavish as it does with us. The in- fection here reaches all who have any money tospend. The difference between the man of tmillions and the man of thousands is only one of degree. The same instinct for the indul- gence of a mania for spending money animates and controls both. Frowsy women serve beer im tenement-house groggeries, with diamonds in their unwashed ears and on their befouled fingers, Tenement rooms are furnished on the installment plan with exhor- bitantly costly imitations of the splenders of Fifth avenue parlors and boudoirs, The shop- girl, living as one of half a dozen in a bed- Foom in a cheap boarding-house, apes in her everyday attire the splendor of Miss McFlimsey, who has a new outfit for every week of tle year. The counter-jumper has his clothes made in imitation of those of the supporters of the Knickerbocker club. Jone of $25,000 a year, and with a family, houses himself in a $600 flat. and Brown, who makes $10,000 a year, spends $2,500 for house-rent and keeps a carriage and a retinue of servants. This x ie not mean that the mass of people in New York are making wore money than ever. but that they are spending m Where th once hoarded they now waste. Where the Browns and Joneses and Smiths were once con- tent with a family-circle seat at the opera on | holiday nights, and four visits to the theater a | Year, they now require orchestra chairs for every novelty. Where the Mrs. Browns and Mrs. Joneses and Mrs. Robinsons were once sat- istied to make their own dresses, with a sewing- woman who went out by the day to do the ough sewing, they now patronize a modiste, who Makes—or, at any rate, is supposed to make— annual visits to Paris, and professes to dress r clients on models furnished by Worth and Felix and Pingat. At the fashionable jewelers they will tell you that their most profitable cus- comers to-day are those who ten years ago did ot venture even to look in at Tiffany's window | there are diamond brokers in the very slums, and makers of French boots and mili tary im the districts blackened by factory smoke and grimed with the squalor of the rookeries of the town. Only yesterday, loung- ing among the mazes of the murky east side, I found myself reading on the shadow of a jail wall, the sign of an “English tailor and habit | maker,” at whose door dirty children pelt each | Gther with a dead cat, while there is no street 80 low or poor that it does not boast its “Boot- maker from London.” Even in the poorest shopping streets the same condition of affairs | prevails. Tawdry imitations of costly dresses, which are dear even at the prices asked for them, usurp the place of durable and useful fabrice. chbeck jewelry, imitation pearls, diamonds of glass. and silk umbrellas of var. ished cotton, invite the patronage of a crowd that must shorten its allowance of bread to in- dulge in these vulgar and worthless superfiui- tic The only difference between Broadway and the Bowery, b etween 23d. 14th and Grand streets, is in the quality of the goods they offer for sale. While Croesus invests a fortune in Meissoniers, Millets, and Daubignys at the &reat picture sales, Clod wastes his hard-earned cash on the frightful daubs soid by the mock- @uction de s. Maecenas fills his portfolio With the rarities of the printseller’s shop, while his bootbluck adorns his walls with pirated Copies of the masterpieces bis betters buy at More than their weight in gold. There was at One time in London a rage for living for ap- ‘ances, at no matter what ultimate cost, tall the novelists and moralists of the day satirized in their keenest terms. The same Vice of email vanity and false pride has found its root in New York and put out its bait for all | straps, and a hundred things that every one Quarrels and Misfortunes on Him. Another Samoan ‘White Book” has just been issued in Berlin, obviously in view of the ap- proach of the Samoan conference. In a dis- patch to Herr Stuebel, the new German consul to Samoa, dated April 16, Prince Bismarek een- snres Consul Knappe’s conduct throughout the troubles in Samoa. He dwells upon the deplor- able fact that with an inadequate force and without authority, urgency, or a likelihood of success, Consul Knappe took measures on De- cember 17 which resulted in the death of a large number of persons and an undesirable change in the position of planters, besides jeopardizing peace with America, while quies- cence would have preserved a tolerable state of affairs. The sanction of the other treaty powers being lacking, he says, Consul Knappe’s emand for the control of the foreign relations of Samoa was of no force, and compelled him Gismarck) to notify Great Britain and America of its withdrawal. The chancellor concludes by declaring that Germany has nothing to do with the internal affairs of Samoa; that her mission is restricted to protecting Germans and enabling them to develop commercial in- terests. BISMARCK’S ORDER TO NAVAL COMMANDERS. Prince Bismarck has issued an order in which he defines the responsibilities of commanders of war-ships with respect to requests of consuls abroad. The chancellor directs commanders to examine for themselves the legal and politi- cal grounds for such request, unless the consul produces special authority from the German foreign office. As the reason for this action Prince Bismarck refers to the recent events in Samoa, where, he says, an unauthorized re- quest resulted in great loss of life and in injury to German interests, and danger was thereby incurred of Germany becoming embroiled wit! a friendly ngtion, with no conclusive reasons existing for the intervention of armed forces. — see A Five-Year Old Hero. A Carbondale special to the Philadelphia Press says: Ralph Ball, a little fellow five years of age, is the hero of the day in this city. Yes- terday afternoon several children were playing around an unprotected well, when Eddie Wid- ner decided to take a drink from it, As the water rises to within a foot of the surface, the little fellow thought he could reach it by lying on his stomach and putting his head down to the water, but in trying this feat he lost his balance and plunged head first into the spring, which is over 6 feet deep. In hisfali he turned acomplete somersault, coming up head first, but as he went down he uttered a cry that at- tracted the attention of a playmate, Ralph Ball who is only five years old. The latter hastened to the place, aud with a precocious presence of mind that would have deserted many an adult, he took in the situation at a glance, and seizing the already half-drowned boy, he held his head above the surface of the water until the united voices of the children drew aman who | was working near by to the rescue. Eddie w: restored to his parents rather the worse for his dangerous bath, but was soon completely re- suseitated. The prompt action of the youthful rescurer beyond all question saved the life of Eddie Widner. see A Slave Inherits Her Master’s Property. In Louisvil ¥., by a jury's verdict yeste day, Frances Ebbs, the colored mistress of Jas. M. Roman, an old farmer recently deceased, was given all his property, in amount $20,000. Roman had lived with the woman from slavery days, when he owned her. At his death he left her and their children his property. His niece, Mrs. Mary Hydron, of Indiana, who had been reared by Roman, contested the will. She claimed that the will was made under undue influence, 1 She is Sick of Men. A type-writer girl thus expressed herself in the Indianapolis Journal: “I get sick of men and their ways. They are messy; they sling paper all over the office, and loll about on the desks and chairs in such undignified attitudes, They smoke and chew. We have fourteen drummers who come into our office, and only one of the fourt to ask me if e is offensive to m ‘Then, they are they talk such nonsense as sixteen-year-old girls wouldn't be guilty of. It is all about neckties, new hats, ballets, good dinners, and so on. If you think man is the superior animal, you juat spend some time in a business office with assorted sizes of him and you will see. Iam beginning to believe that a trashy dime novel is better society than the average man, and equally improving. oor A Book-Buyer who was Watched. From the Chicago News, ‘The other afternoon a very modest-looking gentleman sauntered into McClurg’s book store and began looking at the treasures in the English corner. Mr. Millard eyed the stranger with suspicion, for the reason that not long ago a modest-locking gentleman pocketed several treasures and made off with them. But Mr. Millard was not long in discovering that the quiet stranger knew somewhat of book: for he talked very intelligently of the best edi. tions. Mr. Millard began, in fact, to feel sorry for the man. “Here,” thought he, is a geuth man who isa bibliomaniac. See how fondi his fireless eyes gloat on those extra-illustrated Dibdins! What envious, what hopeless pangs are now surging in his bosom! Poor devil, it is my duty to steer him away from those incom- prehensible prizes and up against some books within the compass of his means.” But’the stranger would not be steered worth acent. He would inspect nothing but the costliest treasures, “I am sorry that you have sold the Washington ‘Burns,’ ” said he, ruefully. “I would have taken it and been only too gla to get it.” “Our price was $150,” Leg age Mr. Millard, “Cheap enough.” seid the stranger quiet! “And now may [ask you to send these fi volumes to me at the Richelieu hot clerk will pay the bill, By the way, what the whole amount? “Two hundred and thirty-five dollars,” said Mr. Millard, impressively, ell, send them to the Richelieu at once,” said the stranger, “and the clerk will pay the charges for me.” A far-away, a distrustful, a bilious look stole into Mr. Millard’s keen eyes, “What name, ked Mr. Millard, firmly, but cour- “George W. Vanderbilt, of New York,” said the modest stranger, demurely. soe — Wash Your Hands. From the Sanitary Era, Cases of infection that could be accounted for in no other way, have been explained by the fingers as a vehicle. In handling money, expe- ally of paper, door knobs, banisters, car must frequently touch, there are chances in- numerable of picking i scarlatina, diphtheria, persons actually put such things in their mouths, if not too large! Before eating, or touching that which is to be eaten, the hands should be immediately and scrupulously washed. We hear much about general cleanlinness as “next to godliness, it may be added that here, in particular, it is also ‘ahead of health | and safety. The Jews made no mistake in that “except they washed they ate not.” It was a sanitary ordinance as well as an ordinance of decency. ———+e+-_____. Base Ball and Heart Disease. From the Philadelphia Inqui A prominent physician is impressed with the idea that the great national game of base ball produces heart disease and gives an interesting comparison of sports from the hygienic point of view. “The trouble with base ball is in the running. Now, take the batsman who has been resting on the bench awaiting his turn. His heart is beating leisurely until he makes hit. ‘Then suddenly he startsand runs with all his might to first base. The muscular force of the heart is at once overwhelmed with the enor- mous demand upon it. By the time it gets up @ vigorous action the demand ceases, when the runner reaches his base. Then another terrific rush to second, and soon. The result is that the heart is taught to act in fits and jerks and thumps and spasms. Contrast the effect of this sport on the heart with the work of the scienti runner. He starts around the track quietly, with messured steps and breathes and Manner of men and women to snap at, and the take the hook as greedily as a black bass wi Shap a tempting ff, —eeo——___ Reap Saturday's Star and you'll know it. ———__— The case of the National meter company — the city of Yonkers, N. Y., as users, and y mac! compsny, ag mani facturel has been decided in favor of the Hose eee Hi eaten inc ie ci aay nee c ision to water departments. ——— = Joshos s . Hoss, with the murder of his uncie, George St Gloucester court- Seuss, Va, and Hagen granted @ new Doven palimrenss Cocoa is the morning drink of moves every part as regularly asa clock. The heart responds ‘gradually, increasing ite vigor and developing its power of action to the highest int. But these ing runs cannot but be armful. The batsman who makes a home- run is nearly always ready to fall down ex- hausted when he reaches the home-plate. The greatest fault with g: ium exercises in ral is that they do not reach the heart as ey should. Rowing is another splendid ex- ercise on that account. The control of the breath and the heart's action should be + most — scientific consideration sport, and in a game like base ball, Iam to say, the conditions do not favor that con! Henpecked Husband (reading the and wrest cradle)—“, ! the bustle fe going out, I see. Vixenish Wife (who had Gio You bet it is, re Tm it. ¥ou e. care of that baby get beck.”—Bosion A NOVELTY IN JOURNALISM. The Smallest Circulation in the World. From Current Literature. Instead of “the largest circulation,” the newspaper of the greatest earthly dignity has “the smallest circulation in the world.” It is the Austrian Kaiser's chronicle—the most curi- ous publication in Enrope. Its proprietor is the Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, who publishes it for his sole benefit, and not for that of the public. State duties ocenpy most of his time, and he has little leisure to read the Vienna dailies. He wants to know riot only what goes on every day in the civilized world, but also what is said in Europe and America about the Austrian government. To satisfy this de- sire it would be necessary for him to skim through hundreds of papers daily, but even then many a pungent notice of himself or his government would certainly escape him. And even if he were to employ a of clerks to examine the papers, and ve out the proper articles, he would be little better off, for he would have no time to read the mass of material which they would hand to him every morning, News, however, the kaiser must have, and through this paper, the Imperial Review, he gets it in richer and fuller measure any other man in the world. ‘The construction of the paper is as unique as its object. The Imperial News Bureau, which is almost a department of state, publishes it at a cost of 200,000 gulden yearly. The chief of the bureau, who is a high government official, is assisted by several sub-editors, each of whom is in turn assisted by a corps of trained clerks, The work begins before dawn, when the chief's mail-wagon proceeds to the depot for the for- eign papers, Once in the bureau they are sorted according to the different countries or states,and taken to the various sub-editors, There is acopy of every leading paper in Eu- rope, no matter in what language it may be printed; and there are also copies of several minor Austrian papers in the aifferent dialects of the empire. The huge pile of papers being arranged, the clerks go to work. On any ref- erence to the Austrian government or the im- erial family being found, a blue pencil is aan through the article. In this manner the readers get through their work, after which the marked papers are sent to the sub-editors, who read the articles carefully, and condense them, A lengthy criticism may thus be reduced toa few lines, though, if very important, little prun- ing may take place. In all cases the original language and style are closely preserved. It is, of course, necessary to translate all foreign articles into German, as the Review is in that language. This work of translation takes a long time, but cannot be shirked, as the for- eign criticisms form an essential part of the Review. In due time, however, every paper has been read, and every article condensed, and now comes the last process in the construction of this strange paper. It is late at night. for the work is very heavy, and the paper must be ready for the emperor in the morning. Men famous for their penmanship do the finishing work, The selected articles are given to them and they make three copies—one for the ewperor, one for the foreign minister, and one for the secretary of state. A fourth copy is never made, and’a glimpse at one of the three is never vouchsafed to any one unconnected with the bureau. Thecopy of the emperor is written on beautiful linen’ paper, and at the head of the first page stands the finely deco- rated title, Journal-Revue fur Sie Majestat den Kaiser. The copies for the minister and secre- tary are also written on exceptionally hand- some paper, but of an inferior quality ‘to that used for the emperor's, The writing itself is like copper-plate, and no matter wh hurry may be, exeellence in this respect is im- perative. There are usnally from sixtee twenty pages in the paper, but in dull times, when criticism is scanty, it falls as low as four or five. It is the emperor's regular custom to read the Review as soon as he rises in the morning, and if there is any specially im- portant article in it he summons his minister and has a talk with him about it. At any rate he reads the journal from beginning to end, and thus knows each day how he and bis gov- ernment are regarded by the civilized nations of the earth, The articles may be old—as a matter of fact, each journal is a day late—but they are new to him: see Take Care of the Eyes. In families where there is much sewing to be done, says a writer in the Boston Traveler, it is a good plan to have the bulk of work on dark and colored goods done by daylight, reserving the white sewing forthe evening in order to save the eyes. Like the other bodily organs they will retain their powers much longer if Meh? treated. John Quiney Adams never used glasses, even in extreme old age, and he attributed his remarkable eyesight to the habit of gently manipulating the eyelids with the fingers, rubbing toward the nose. This may be only a partial explanation of the strength of the visual organs, but that sort of friction is un- doubtedly excellent. Reading at twilight, or lying down, or by a poor artificial light, or on an empty stomach, ought al 8 to be avoided. The use of veils, al, ly the spotted lace variety now so commonly worn by women, a cannot be too strongly condemned. Permanent injury to the eyesight has often resulted from wearing them, as well as he: Occasionally ona very windy d son in delicate health, a thin ve y serve a good purpose, but asa rule they are pernicious, A little salt added to the tepid water makes a very strengthening wash fox the eyes, toe” A Man Might Have Done This, Too. From the Chicago Times, “I see by yesterday's papers,” remarked a young man about town, “that a Chicago wo- men’s medical college has weaned a couple of dozen young lady M. D.'s. I wouldn't allow one of those lance-jugglers to carve any part of my anatomy,” he continued with a shudder. “Not that they are unskilled in the profession, but they are apt to overlook smail bits, as it were. The worst blunder in this line that ever came under my notice occurred during an operation performed in a Chicago hospital by a woman, and which, to my knowledge, has never been equalled in the history of surgery, ‘The patient was a girl under treatment for a tumor in the stomach. After several months of fruitless medical treatment the female phy- sicians in charge decided to resort to the knife. Accordingly, the victim was placed under the intluence of anwsthetics, laid out on a slab in the presence of numerous doctors and nurses of the female persuasion, and the carving began, The maiden was opened in scientific vie and the tumor successfully removed, as also several large antiseptic sponges which had been placed in the abdominal cavity to absorb the blood during the operation. Then the incision was neatly stitched with sil- ver wire, the boss surgeon had rolled down her sleeves and was receiving congratulations, when a young doctress, who had taken the pre- caution to count the sponges before and after using, suddenly exclaimed: ‘Oh, doctor, you have left a sponge inside of the’ patient!” At first the doctor scouted the idea that she could possibly make such a blunder, but as one of the sponges was missing, and which a careful search of the room failed to discover, she thought per- haps it might have got lost in the shufile, The stitches were removed, and sure enough there lay a sponge as big as a half-grown mud turtle snugly reposing among the Latin arrangements of the young woman. ‘The sponge was rescued, and as the surgeon was sewing the girl together again she calmly remarked: “I'm glad my ate tention was called to the matter, as that sponge is worth 65 cents,’” + or for a pel ee ALUM IN BREAD PROHIBITED. Regulations for Enforcing the Food Adulteration Law—Names of Alum Baking Powders. The Secretary of the Treasury has prescribed regulations for carrying out the recent act of Congress for the prevention of the manufac- ture and sale of adulterated food in the Dis- trict of Columbia, the enforcement of which is placed in the department of internal revenue. In reference to the use of alum, the regula- tious state that it is a ‘substance known to produce more or less toxic effect, and whose presence in food is therefore harmful, and whose use is forbidden, under severe penalties, in most foreign countries having laws on the subject,” and fix the following standard which prohibits its use in bread: “Bread—The addition of alum, s ulphate of ears * will be considered adultera- ‘The manufacture or sale of food in violation of the law or regulations constitutes a misde- meanor, punishable by fine or imprisonment. be ”” in legal phrase, includes biscuit, rolls and similar preparations of food made from flour, The following are the names of the baking ing alum: powders containing DAVIS’, KENTON, DAVIS’ O. K., CROWN, DAVIS' DRY YEAST, PATAPSCO, FOREST CITY, ATLANTIC & PACIFIO, WASHINGTON, SILVER PRIZE, “ATE, ONE SPOOK, SILVER STAB, —-COOK’s FAVORITE, GRANT'S, CROWN SPECIAL, House C lea ning Why? 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BROTHEKS, 906 B 5 8.w., appeared before me and made oath that he the Oldest Petablished Expert Specialist in, this erty, and wil) guarantee a cure in all cases of private diseases: of men and furnish medicine, or Wo charge; consulta: tion and advice free at any hour of the day. Sub. scribed aud sworn before ie by Dr. Bi SAMUEL C, MILLS, a Notery Public, in and for the iumbia, this third day of July, 1889. apt JT wAs N RADICTED THAT establistied advertia- ies, you can ies, “008 Bt. sw. attention paid to all diseases peculiar t ‘ried or single, Forty years’ experience. confidently consult Dr. Bi Particular (BE WISE! BOOTS AND SHOES DRESSED WITH WolfsAGMEBlacking . NEVER GET HARD AND STIFF, Always look neat, Equally good for Men's, Women's or Child’s Shoes. No blacking brush required, and tho polishing is donein three minutes without Inbor. WATER PROUF and warranted to preserve her, and keeps it soft and durable. Sold by Shoo Stores, Grocers, Druggists, &c, Try it on your Harness. 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R, President. ‘ON, Vice-President, 5) PARKER, Cashier, B. Bailey, Wm. E. Barker, Alex. *, Duncauson, Jobu Joy Edson, Albert ¥. Fox, John £. Herrill, Ben}. F. Leighton, Hugh Mc- Ciloeh, Crosby 5. Noyes, si. M. Parker, O. G. Staples Geo, ‘Truesdell, Henry K. Willard, BH.’ Warner, 31-3m. NO. W, CORSON, JNO. W. MACARTNEY, * Jott ‘Member N. ¥. Stock Ex, CORSON & MACARTNEY, GLOVER BUILDING, 1419 F ST. N. W, Bankers and Dealers in Government Bonda, Deposits. Exchange. Loans. Collections, Railroad Stocks and Bonds, and all securities listed on the Exchanges of New York, Philadelphia, Boston andWaltimore bought and sold a : ‘A specialty made of investment securities. Distri Bonds and all Local Rath Gas, lusurance and T eph Stock dealt in, ‘American Bell Telephoue Stock bought and sold. Jy18 Peotone tasiacieinnsintiy mediomesiod POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. OTOMAC TRANSPORTATION LINE. For Paltimore and River Landings, | Stearger Sue, Geoghegan, leaves Stephenson's Whart every: y at do'clock p.m. For further information apply to >: [ STEPHENSON & BRO, mh6-6in 7th st, wharf, ‘T. VERNON! = MT. VERNON? M safe STEAMER W. W. CORCORAN Leaves 7th-street wharf daily (except Sunday) for Mt, Vernon and Kiver Landings as far down as Glymont, at 10 o'clock a.m. Keturning, reaches Washingtou stot 3 bout 3:30 p. ( epaethion L. L. BLAKE, Captain. JMANHOop RESTORED BY USING A BOTTLE aMbor two of Dr. BROTHERS’ Invigorating Cordial, Will cure any case of nervous debility aud loss of herve-power. It imparts Vizor to the whole system, Male or female, G06 B st. .w. @pll-ln* K, LEON, 2 ‘The oldest Established and only Relfable Ladies’ Physician in the City, can be consulted daily mit C st., between 434 and 6th Prompt treatment. Correspondence and consulta- tion strictly confidential, Separate rooms for ladies, Office al open, ap2-ln* For Leaves 7thestr and SATURDA' FRIDAYS and 8U ‘a aud Leonardtown, Md, Connects with B and Bhepherds. See schedule. JOHN B. PADGETT, Agt ©. W. RIDLEY, Manager. ME. DE FOREST, LONG-ESTABLISHED AND reliable Lacie! Yiiysiciaty eam be consulted daily x residence, ¥01 T’ st. n.w. Office hours trom m. with Ladies only, ay medy for 10 ca throat, nasul, or skin troubles; urinary ‘diseases ib forty-eight hours. | Price, $3 per box, Dr. D'S NERVINE No. 2 permanently cures natural weakness, Joss of vitality, nei rous debility, Me. &c. Price, $1, Sent sealed by mail. Fi 2 TANDIFORD'S, c6: & ‘PRIGHT PIANOS; CHOICE ; tempting offers; bargains; to close out 10; agency to be closed for the suiamer. bi H. L. SUMNER, 811 th st. nw. > 5 OCEAN STEAMERS. SHORT KOUTE TO LONDON, S NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD 8. 8. CO. Fast Express Steamers, To Southampton (Londo ‘Werra, Sat., April 20, 9 a.m. p.m. ; Eins,’ Sat., April 27, 3:30 p. a iach eds. Sat, May 48:30 a.m. Comfortable ms, excellent table, luxurious saloon appoiutments. Prices: Ist cabin, $100 and up- Bagi Urrthy according to location : 2d cabin, $0 91.4 60 an W rates. Apply BRoues avi 3 NCHOR Lise. Atlantic Express Service. LIVERPOOL via QUEENSTOWN. Steamship “CITY OF ROME” from New York WEDNESDAY, May 1, May 20, June 26, July 24 Saloon passage, $00 t6 $100, Second Class, 830- ILASGOW SERVICE. Sanvers & Sranux wea LASGOW and LONEONDERMY ‘LEADING PIANOS AND ORGANS, Cabin to Glasgow, Londonderry or Li DECKER LOS. WEBER, FISCHER nod gtou.and B00." Becond Class. ESTEY ORGANS. fare tee Credit and Drafts Pianos for rent and sold on secommodating terms for any amount ingued at lowest current raves SANVIa BOLLE Ma For of tours, Hokets oF further information ond pauls BUTLER, Mansger,, Apply te HENDERSON BROS, New York, or 3N. Charies st, Balumore, Ma, gidioesers: eat ea m1. TET Matec Riaatimory : Tae Srerr Uretcat Puxa PROFESSIONAL. It is the most durable Piano made. ‘construc! Itis thoroughly ted. It is artistic in and finish, be found in any Upright Phase. oe Ey Sr mouhiy iaetitimenta £22-3m 1391 & ot rm Bb BER PIANOS, UNEQUALED 18 Srecial attention of is invited ERT DECOMATIVE Ant Pian panleg of : SEOORD END PO ee ____ large 1; gen’ 1; message netic treatment extra. letter Contains @1, lock of hair, snd pre, 4 WONDERFU LLY a 1R- Rana Ronee te Gives lucky Buaibern Causes troubles ae ted can calling amet save time RAILROADS. APRIT 14, 1889. oat, Unidy for Warren Lynchburg. and lexandria and Lynchburg, Roanoke, alera, Montgomery, and Sleeper Washington to’New Bristol, Knoxville, Rome, € New Orleans. Orleans. 11:24 a.m.—Fast mail daily for Warrenton, Chai lottesville, Gordonsville, Stations Chesapeake and Ob Route, Lynchburg, Roc nt, Danville and St Hons between Lynchburg and Danville, Greensboro’, Raliegh, Asheville. Charlotte, Columbia, Aiken, AU: ras Montgomery. New Or- Pullman Sleeper New mta to Montgomery, Pullman Sle ‘y to New Orleans, and Mann Boudoir — for Bi ingham, Vicksburg and Shreveport. Pullman Sleeper Greensboro” to ¢ lumbia and Augusta and Washington to Morristown, Tenn., via Salisbury, Pullinan Sleepers Charlottes” > Cincinnati, “Sunday's train runs only to Clif- orge on C. aud QO. route. Solid trains Washington ant 30 p. m.—Daily, except Sunday, for Manassas, Strasburg and intermediate stations, 5 lemphis Express daily via Lynchburg, ancora. Pullman Vestibule Sleepers Memphis, connecting thence for all estern Express, daily for Manassas, Orange, Charlottesville, Staunton, Le Cincinnati, “Pullman Sleepers to Louis Trains Washington to Cincinnati, via a, Atlanta, Bit Tex mery a . & 0. for Lynchburg, lotte, ‘Columbia, Orleans, route, iL i.—Sonthern Express gaily Charl . Raleigh, Asheville, ington to New Orle. Pullman Sleeper Was ‘Trains on Washingt ii pn 9:00 ue daily xeept arrive Hu The returning leave nd Hill 6 p.m. daily anday, 3 a.m. and 3 8 pn ‘Through trains from th ile and Ly ny art and 7:13 p.m burg at 11:13 and Obtio route f 5:40 p. . Strasburg Local at 10:15 ‘Tickets, sleeping-car reservation snd information furnished, and bazzage checked 1300 Peun- sy LTIMORE Schedule in effe I W Axp Ono Ranxoap. t March 10, 189, n from station cornerof New Jersey Northwest, Vestibuled Limited ex- ). M. M.. express § m. 1s, and Indianapolis, express, eland, Vew innati, 00 and 11:10 p, m. ittsburg an 3, 7:30, 8 Way’ Stations Ob, 6:40, 8 11:30 p.m. Sunday B:$5, 11-330 p. a. 9:01 10:10 and 14200 pan, 45 minutes), 9.00, 9 WO, 4:18 m, , 10:16, ab ‘ m., 4:35 p.m, 2:08, 4:10 p.m. “Sundays, on the Metropolitan Branch, t 219 pan. for principal statiotis oul m. late points, +9-00 a. op. ma, 0:10am, $1 10:10am", $4 For Gaithersburg m,, 11230, t4:40, For Boyd's aud intermediate stations, 17 $1000 Chure 00 p. m., m. {train leaves Washington on Sunday at 1:15 loppiux at all stations on Metropolitan Branch. Frederick, 110;10 a, m., 14:35 and 19:30 p. a. ma, stown, +10:10a, m, and arrive from Chicawo ‘dail 235 p.m, ; from Cincinnati and St. m. and "1:0. and "9 3:33 a, ih, Louis: daily 6-20 p.iu.; from Pittsbting "8:30 a ie, Dm NEW YORK & PHILADELPHIA DIVISION, For New York, Trenton, Newa: 18:00, *9:30, *LL-2. . 30 pan. ‘ars, ing Car ou the 10:30 p:m., and in. t altimore and 09 and t4:30 p. i, rains leave New Nork for Washington, * 39, 1:00 am, *2:30, *2:30, “#45 p.m. and *12; night, ‘Trains leave Philadelp Washington, *4:10, *8:15, 1 for ingtor LilSa. m., t1:45, *4:15, *5:15, and © p.m. +Except Sunday. ‘Daily. §Sunday only. Baxgage culled for and checked from hotels and resi- dences rauster Co. on orders left at ticket wes PPM AVS CHAS. 0. SCULL, asin . Mauiager, Gen. Pass. Az’t, BE ORE AS ew NSYLYANIA ROUTE TO THE NOKTH, W: ANI i bor DI BLE TRACK. PLENDID SCENERY. STEEL BAILS.” MAGNIFICENT EOULE SEER EC Bit A IsKu TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON FROM STATION FOUNER SIXIN AND B STREETS, 25 Fok y ‘and the West, Chicago Limited Express of m. y -MENT, ForPittsbui Pullman Vestibuled Cats, at 9: Lane, 9-00 am, daily, to’ Gi With Sleeping Cars from Pittsburg to avd Harrisburg to St. Louis; daily, except ar to Chicago, with Sleeping Car Altoona to Chi- Western’ Express, at 7:40 p.m. daily, with hington to Chicaxo and St, Louis, iaily Harrisburg with through pers for Louisville and Memphis, Pacitie Ex- 10:00 pau. daily, for Pittsburg and the ‘st, with through Sleeper to Pittsburg, and Pitts: Lurg'to Chicago, BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RATLROAI Ene, G and Roch or Erie, Cans d Rochester, daily ; for But falo ahd Niagura, daily, except Satiirday, 10-009, ma wi ing Car Wash ‘Rochester. For Willianaport, Lock Haven, aud Ei luira, at 9-308 ept Sunday. york aud. the Fit, 7.20, 9-00, 11-00, and » 4:10. 10:00, and 13°20 pam. “On O pm. every day. N.Y. all throwzh trains connect at Jor. sey City with boats of Brooklyn Annex, affording gitect tranaier to Puiton street, avoiding double : vk City. 8:10, 0:00, 11:00, and 11-40 Buuduy 8:00; 11-40 eh 0.410.000, m Sum E 4:10, 6 £210, 10:00 aud. 11:20 pan. “Llncited Bxprese all 20 pan. Parlor Cars, 0:40 an, week daily. ‘Car. For Atlantic City 1100 and 11: For Bal £95, 7:20, 8: days, and Popa 220 pan. ‘Pope's Creek 7:20, 4:40 yeegeer Su Line, am. and p.m. daily, 7:20 ana 9:00 am. 12:05 and 4:40 an, daly, except Sunday, “Buildaya, 9:00 @ iy ALEXANDRIA AND FREDERICKSRI Way, AND ALEXANDRIA AND W. eis ‘or 35, | OctosER BUSINESS. ‘The attention of the Dusiness public ts tnvited ‘with confidence to Ponda 9- dQvantages pre sented by Tux W: EVENING STAR as an Advertising medium. The sworn statements of its daily circulation, published from week to week, taken in connection with the data given below, ik Yustrate in the most striking manner the steady And rapid growth of the paper in circulation and influence. They also establish, beyond contre Versy, the fact that Tae Stak és the best local a@- vertising medium, not only in the United States, dut in the whole world! This claim is based and ‘conceded on the fact that no city In any country is 80 thoroughly covered by the regular circulation of a single paper as is the city of Waskington by that of THE EVENING Stak; apd it does not rest on the extent alone, but also on the character of circul® tion. Not only is its local circulation the largest and fullest of any daily paper printed, in propor- tion fo population, but it is miso the BRET, since the Paper does not merely go into the hands of the people of the District of Columbia as a body, but into their homes.—inw the families of all condi- tions, and into those of the moncy-spending as Well as the money-earning portion of the com. munity,—in @ much larger ratio than any daily journal that can be named. By reason of the fullness, freshness and reliability of its news, local, domestic and foreign, its independent and fair treatment of all public questions, and espe- cially because of its intelligent and effective de ‘Votion to local interests, and its close attention to matters with which the household, and particu- larly its laay members, are coucerned, THE STAR is everywhere recognized and sdmitied to ve, in every quality, the leading and favorite newspaper of the National Capital, alike in the counting Toom, the work-shop, and the family circle. More conclusive evidence on these points no Person can ask than 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 ig the year 1583 shows: @ handsome inctease over the corresponding month in each year given; and, as a farther illus tration on that point, it may be stated here that there has been a corresponding advance in the humber of new advertisements printed during the year. The comparative figures for the four years last past are as foliows: DAILY CIRCULATION IN 1885-'S6-"87~"88, ISS. 1886. 23,388 24,321 25,594 24,727 24,339 23,902 RIS 22,364 22,302 21,701 23,651 24,657 Dally av'ge..22,123 23,682 25,484 Increase..... 1,559 1.503 Of this aggregate daily circulation of 27,082 copies, tue books of the office show that an average of 20,029 copies were regularly delivered each day, by carriers, at the homes of permanent subm scrivers in thecity and suburbs, Of the remainder, a 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 25,450 copies daily, leaving a daily average of 1,032 to be sent to regular subs scribers residing beyond its limits, by mail, express, aud railway trains. In addition to the 20,029 copies daily delivered at the homes of subscribers, a large proportion of the 5,421 otherwise disposed of in thecity is reg- ularly purchased by permanent residents, living in lodgings, &c, (not househvlders), while the resi due goes into the hands of transient visitors, from all paris of the country, who each year come to the National Capital in greater numbers and for longer periods, and who, furthermore, jangely rep. Tesent the well-to-do aud purchasing portions of the communities to which they respectively belong. ‘The last-named is a class of readers alone well Worth reaching; Wut it is to the phenomenally jarge permanent Jocal circul: and especially to its unparalle household and family circle, that the attention of advertisers is particularly directed. A comparison of the home circulation of 25,450 with the figures representing the entire popula tion of the city Will conclusively establish the fact that THE STAK reaches about every family in we Districtof Columbia, and is read every day by more than Uireesourins uf us population who are able to read! t follows, therefore, that an advertise. ment inserted in its columns will meet twhe eyet every person in the District worth reaching, of Whatever race, creed, sex, age, or condition in life. it only remains w be said, for the information of those interested in the subject, that, in proportion Wo its circulation, We rates of advertising in THB EVENING STAR, 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 sately be claimed that so wide and such an excel Jeut quality vi publicity can nowhere else be boughs tor the same money. iss?., 1886, 25,4170 26,386 Hy SEPTEMBER... .21,033 25.697 DECEMBER 26,466, “Trial by Peers.” For the information of those not familiar with THE STAR, a few extracts from notices by its com temporaries, called out by its recent change ia form, are appended: From the Washington Post, We congratulate Tux Sram on its great rosperi There us ww vetier eveniuny newspaper athe United States From the Phiiadeiphia Ledger. THe WasuixGron LveNinG Stam has marked the close of tweuty-ove years under ite present manage ment by permanent enlargement to a double sheet, of e@gbt-page paper, aud mechanical ituprovements that greatly dbcrease its iaciMes ior puvucauon. Las Siak is Low considerably more Liab twice 4s lange ae it Was UD 156s, 1uruishes duly tree Uiues as uilch Teadiuy Welter, aud Las aluest BVE Lies the carculee tion that it the enjoyed, it is, indeed, & first-class paper, “worthy oi auy city au tue sand,” From the Brookiyn Bayle, Washington's best, if not really. ite, uly, news. sreulation ot 30,000) bo au equally luupartial trea JueUt, wld hike wtluiued au exceLeit FepMlaulul UE We HulrMess Of its tous aud ah Brom ihe baltimore Sun, Lux WasHINGTON STaw, one of the most ReWspapers iu the Country, lately eularved, is now per MuDeLUy ab eigut-puxepaper. Che govd business 16 eljuys Was created Uy its uuauagers, aud the Meld wt vor cupies hus been held Successtuly for many years, 16 Je il Waly respects a model atteruoou paper, aud La extending to it our New Lear'sgrectings we trust ike prosperity Muay Lever wane. Prom the Philadelphia Temes. ‘Tue STAR tills the Journalistic field of the national capital, aud Gis it adiiirably and with great success, From the New York Oommerciat Bulletin, ‘Thatenter Journal, Tuk WasdinGTON EVENING STAR, Las just colipicted twenty-oue years under ite preseLt msuagement, aud ceevrates the event by SduyUug pormauenUy au agut-page torus, iu which Ie de Ube oF tue largest abd bandeviuest alteruoon papers du te Luited States, at it hae 10Mg bee Oue Of Uke Dest sud lost successtuL Prom the Baitimore American, ‘THe WASHINGTON EVENING STAR appeared last night in uew pe, wits the anuouuceiment Uat bereufter it Would appear permaueuty as au eignt-pae ‘DHE STAK bas 40: “objects of unvere eur uouLt, go on From the Chester Pa.) Times, Here and there we beold a paper which rewards the 1Ol, perhaps tue geuuUs, of 1ts coLtrUlung spirits paper. Weel Une of tke Latiousl capital's @wcHsure OL sUccens that excites the wouder OF Picubure to beable ‘te iat ivinme stam pleasure say, is Lak Lvane o Wasluuxton City. From the Indianapotis News, it gives us great pleasure to note this evidence of Prosperity. 48 bTak is one of tue best aud cleauess papers in the country, aud is 4 wost creditable repre the batioial caputal From the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph, Tux EVENING 574k is bandsomer than audis ‘the best newspaper Wastuig ton ever bad. _ From the PRiladeiphic: Record, ‘Tux Wasuinotox EVENING STAR Keeps an aay trom the Cumberiand (Md.) Daily News, ‘THE Stax is alresdy so excelient that we scarcely see Tuoi for Lnprovement. uusUlited eLterprive and any city im the iapd. From the Buffalo Newt, paper at the national success to enterprise and accuracy —the Tur bias ‘hos always bed plenty Gc news, Sigg Toeb diways presented it concisely ba ocrrectly. Benes