Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1889, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY. AUGUST 19, 1889. A QUAINT SEASIDE RESORT. A Fishing Village of Miniature Houses and Irregular Streets. HOW AND WHY SISSCONSET WAS BUILT—A PRoS- PEROUS FISHING VILLAGE YEARS AGO—HOW THE HOUSES WERE ENLANGED—TBE SUMMER CHARMS OF "SCONSET. @orreapondence of Tez Evexixo Stax. Siasconset, Naxtucker Istanp, August 12, 1889, Aminiature city by the sea. Play houses seemingly putdewn by big children on the green sward of a level field, and, like children’s work, not always arranged in right lines. So close together are the houses on the irregular little streets and lanes, sometimes not more than three feet apart, one thinks still more they might well be the work of children. No side walks. The streets are traveled, for there ‘re ruts in the center caused by the wheels of Passing wagons. Elsewhere between the rows of houses the grass grows luxuriantiy and is only kept from reaching proportions for mow- ing by the foot steps of the summer residents. Such odd little houses. Like exaggerated dry boxes as the beginning. over which a roof was placed and in which a doll family might have gone to live. But with other dolls born, an @ddition on one end of the house was a neces- sity. This had a roof of the same slant, and as it was deeper than the main building, the eves sometimes extend to the height of the seeming lilliputian owner. Then, as the family further increased and other rooms were needed, addi- tions were made on the other end or rear. If Space were available on the ground, perhaps another and another room would be put on, but five or six miniature rooms is the average Of the little ‘Sconset houses, AS A FISHING VILLAGE. Cease to regard the structures as toy houses, but as the habitations of grown men and women, and one begius to realize how incon- gruous they are when considered in connection with any known style of architecture. Some were begun nearly two hundred years ago and have been added to from time to time until they assumed the proportions that they had reached nearly a half century since. They were the dwellings of hardy, brave and strong men —toilers of the sea—who came each aud spring fall to fish in the waters off the beach. The houses in their beginnings were merely for shelter during stormy weather, when they ould not launch their boats upon the surf and when the season was over in which to house their little crafts, The buildings were of the rudest carpentry. Odds and ends of timber and lumber were used in their construction. Sills and joiuts and studs and rafters were of all shapes and sizes. Some were pieces of wreckage that had floated upon the beach; ethers were taken from dismantled barns, dwellings and out houses. Scarce any new material was used. The parts were put together securely. and in time sides as aed, ~ as roots were shingled. Doors of any pattern and nearly always second-hand were used. Old Windows brought hither were availed of to admit light. If they were of uniform size, all right. if not, all right. Little garrets over the parlors and bed rooms afforded a shelter for two or three men during the height of the fishing season. The occupants slept well, for the fur- nishings were equal to those in the bunks they cccupied im whale ships or coasters in which they kad been employed. The air was always | cool, and, with the little windows raised a couple of inches, ventilation was perfect for the Occupants in the smallest room. 43 4 SUMMER RESORT. This was Sinsconset ten years ago—a quaint little fishing village of about forty or fitty | houses from ten to twelve feet tothe peek of | the roofs, situated on the east side of Nantucket | Island on a biuff of some thirty to forty feet in height, with a broad beach of sand before it, and then the vast ocean with no land inter- vening between the village and southern | Europe. Not counting Cape Cod asa part of | the contiuent the island is 40 miles out at sea, Every breath of air that passes over it is redol- ent with the odors of the ocean. With eyes | closed, the visitor to the village could well imagine himself on deck of a vessel in mid- Ocean, were it not that there is no motion. With his eyes open he realizes that he has all the beuetits of a sea voyage with the comforts of a dwelling on land. When steam communication was regularly | established with the islaud. some twenty odd | [ere a0. families from the mainland, who | id learned of the healthful qualities of the air, hired the fishermen’s cottages during the | summer and stopped for the season, enjoying climate where there are always cool nights and never hot days, even in- midsummer; where Mosquitoe: searce ever seen; where the rain quickly perculates the sandy soil and stagnant | Water cannot exist and where malaria is im- possible; where the water for drinking pur- poses is raised from a depth of near forty feet, and is cool, soft, pure. refreshing and healthful, SUMMER SOJOCANERS, The builders of these little houses didn’t eup- Pose that they had laid the foundation fora seaside resort, but such is the fact. Now nearly two hundred houses built and furnished are oc- | cupied between June aud October, considerably more than a hundred having been erected | within the ape seven or eight years. One hotel which existed forty years’ ago in the | flush times of the whale fishery has recent! been enlarged. Another begun over tweive | Fears since has been added to from time to time, in this direction and in that. until now it | has accommodation for nearly two hundred oo Two or three bouses are used for ‘ders, and this year a restaurant has been | erected for the accommodation of excur- | sioulsts, | { THE TRANSIT OF THE ISLAND was, until 1885, by wagons over sandy roads, the like of which could not be found elsewhere in any old settled country. It was a tedious pull of seven and a half miles, taking at least au hour and « half, unless with a light vehicle. | But the increasing importance of the place as & summer resort awakened the sleepy authori- | ties of the sleepiest town in America into per- | functory effort. and now the roads have becn | greatly improved from their condition ten ce, though further improvement is y needed. But the little railroad which | was projected in connection with an unsuccess- | fut land speculation on the south shore of the island, now conveys passengers between the “town.” as ucket is called. and ’Sconset, which is the abbreviated name of the little fishermwen’s village. AND SUCH A RAILROAD. Its guage is as narrow as the purposes and hopes of its projectors were broad. The cars| sway from port to starboard like unto a fishing | smack on the billows of Nantucket shoals, and the seafaring man who rides on them feels at home. ‘The resident visitor at 'Sconset will not by derogstory of the road. He | for it. it would require courage | toleave his home on the main land to pass summer of rest on "Sconset bank. It was con- on; was born in ; Was sustained in its maturity by subscriptions to its stock and | bonds. “But the stockholders have not learned that “sweet are the uses of adversity,” and the bondholders have fared no better, for like St. Paul, they would that all men were alike unto them save these bonds, For several miles the road was built within a few rods of the south shore of the island, and | the beavy gales had made such inroads into | the bluff, that last season. in many p!aces, the | track was within a few fect of the beach. In | November, following, a terrific gale washed the | earth from under the track for a long distance, and so great was the damage done that it seemed doubtful if the managers would at- tempt to restore it; but they were equal to the | emergency, and om the Istof July traffic was | Fesumed NOT A FASHIONABLE RESORT. It is not probable that it will ever become a fashionable resort. The visitors are mainly college professors, teachers, invalids, tired out business men who seek rest, fashionable people of the cities for nine months in the year, who Beek a severance from fashion; families with Young children whom they desire to let loose with the assurance that they are in perfect safety; artists and literary men who wish to pursue their vocations under circumstances which at the same time will build up their heslth. Among those who have permanent residences for the summer season are President Taylor of Vassar college, Profs. Wilder and Crane of Cornell university, U. 8. Senator Spooner and Mr. Phipps of Wisconsin, K. Gardner Chase of Boston, Mrs. Marcellus Hart- ley. "Mrs. ‘her, Mrs. Clute, Miss Chipman, Rev. br. F se of ‘w York, Prof, Harrison Allen of Philadelphia, President Robinson of Brown university, Rev. Dr. Eastman of South Framingham, Mass. ; Major Burbank of the fifth artillery, and Mre. Kichards of Charlestown, A. B. Lamberton of Rochester, H. K. White, Wilham Chittenden, Mrs. Farquhar, George Detroit; Wie Jerome and Emory Wendell, o: Ham Ballantyne and J. Ormond Wilson of Washiugtoa, and Mrs, Furniss of Bergen Point, N. J. But besides these,scores of families are almost yearly visitors to the cottages, some in the original rmen’s dwellings, many of which have been enlarged, and others that have been put up by parties owning property, made im imitation of the lillipotian structures. In them the characteristics of the old houses have been preserved. They are quaint but pictur- jue in their exteriors and within are very | Forty-one persons pretty. "They hav a marvelous amount of ac- | lives. | of the Grand Trun commodation for a small amount of room. It is these little houses that are most Sor sought for; first, because they are in such eha contrast with any style of architecture wii which people elsewhere are familiar, and, sec- ond, because they rent at low prices, for each house contains from six to ten rooms perfeetly furnished and they rent for the season at prices varying from $120 to $200. ANOTHER PECULIARITY of Siasconset is that there isne bar or liquor saloon of any kind. The cost of @ Massachu- setts liquor license is so very high that none has been granted on Nantucket Island this year, and were the price very low it would not pay to sell liquor at Siasconset. The young people run the place, organize its amusements out-of-door and indoor. For two hundred years the village was without acbapel. Some few years since a subscription was taken up and the structure was begun, It was paid for mainly by entertainments given by the young people and successive enlargements were made in the same way. It is now out of debt. The season has begun earlier during late years and it lasts longer. It was seldom that a family came before the ist of July, but this Year nearly a dozen arrived the first week in May, and by the middle of June half the houses were occupied. Now the“place, which has dur- ing the winter time less than twenty resident families, has nearly two thousand persons liv- ing within its limita, ———»—___ WILL TRY FOR A FULL PARDON. Mes. Muaybrick’s American Counsel Claim to Have New Evidence. Under the antique and somewhat peculiar laws of England, says the New York World, there are no methods by which a new trial can be had in a capital criminal case. If there were the recommendation of the home secre- tary that Mrs, Maybrick’s death sentence be commuted to imprisonment for life, which was published ir the World Saturday, would be fol- lowed by a motion for a reopening of the whole matter on the ground of newly discovered evidence, Could such a thing be done her at- torneys in New York, Roe & Macklin, feel sure she would be acquitted. As it cannot the next best thing is to move fora full pardon. Only the queen can grant this and if she does not do so it will not be for want of effort on the part of Mrs. Maybrick’s counsel and friends on both sides of the ocean. New evidence in regard to the principal wit- ness, Mrs. Yapp, and letters of sympaahy and encouragement for the unfortunate woman, convicted on her testimony principally, con- tinue to reach Roe & Mackin’s office. One was received from Lawyer Frank S. Arnold of Providence, R.1., yesterday. Mr. Arnold writes: Noticing in the morning papers that a Mra. Yapp was one of the principal witnesses against Mrs. Maybrick I deem it my daty to suggest that if she is the same person who testified in the case of Melvin Smitn vs. Dame Kate Wheeler, June 15, 1885, she is unworthy of belief. She was then thirty-eight yeurs ofage,the wife of Thomas Yapp, at that time in the employ railway in Montreal, Her maiden name was Margaret Eleanor Wain- wright. She undertook the part of a female letective, and made a most miserable failure. If Mrs, Maybrick was convicted on the evidence of such witnesses as Mrs. Yapp it is a monstrous outrage upon all principles of justice and she ought to be entitled toa new trial. Iwas one of the counsel of Mrs, Smith and prepared her defense. Lawyer Roe entertains no doubt that the woman Mr. Arnold has in his mind is the same Mrs. Yapp who figured iu the Maybrick case. The descriptions given of ber, both from Mon- treal and Providence, make her out to bea woman at that time nearly forty years of age. The Liverpool papers, Mr. Roe says, spoke of her as a young woman, It is possible, however, that the Liverpool papers may have taken Mrs. Yapp’s own word about her age. Another letter was received from a Brooklyn lady who had lived in the same honse with Miss Chandler before the latter became Mrs, May- brick. She requested Roe & Macklin not to publish her name, Her letter has the genuine ring of sympathy for an unfortunate sister. The writer testitied to Miss Chandler's culture and gentleness of manners and expressed the writer's utter disbelief in her capability of com- mitting such an awful crime. Mr. Roe says that the less agitation of the matter on this side of the ocean the better. There was some idea of calling a public meet- ing in Miss Maybrick’s behalf, but this had been discountenanced by her friends, as liable to in- flame the minds of the English authorities and do more harm than good. soe He was the First One Shot. A dispatch from Atlanta, Ga., says: Rev. Henry Montgomery, a colored preacher, was shot Friday in a corn field near Angerie’s spring by Amos Johnson, an old colored man employed to watch the field. A few days ago Johnson called on the preacher and told him that somebody was stealing Mr. Angerie’s corn, “Get a gun and shoot him” was the preacher's advice. Johnson got a gun and the preacher was the first person shot. Montgomery hada sack filled with ear: id was leaving the field when a load of slugs was sent after him. One slug struck him in the left breast and another in the hip. Both wounds are serious, but may not prove fatal. Johnson was arrested. soe a Organizing an Independent Party. There was a large gathering of colored men at Charlotte, N. C., Saturday to organize an independent republican party. The speakers denounced President Harrison's appointments in the south generally and especially in this state. After much debating an independent colored republican party was organized and a chairman and execative committee selected, Corner Stone Laying at Elkton. The corner stone of a large addition to the Elkton, Md., Catholic church was laid yester- terday in the presence of about a thousand persons. Bihip A. A. Curtis of Wilmington performed the ceremony. ‘fhe addition, which is in course of erection, will be 27 by 42 feet, and will nearly double the seating capacity. Twelve new windows of stained glass will b placed in the building. There will be three altars, with communion rail of marble. There will be two sacristies, each 9 by 19 feet, with tile floors, The improvements will cost $4,000. Sand Fleas at Harvard. Adispatch from Boston says: Classic Cam- bridge has been invaded by an army of sand fleas, which has established its headquarters near fair Harvard. The lives of residents of Main street near Harvard square are made miserable by the little pests. The stories of the way the people have to fight the enemy are very amusing. One man says he has to stand on the bed mornings to dress himself, because if he steps upon the floor a score of fleas begin at once to bite his feet. The West End street railway company is believed to be responsible tor this invasion, for its teams have brought a great heap of sand from the beach to put upon its new tracks, and it is believed that the fleas took passage in the sand. While most of the toatl bes bebn sear Hiteeak square, only one or two cases of flea disturbances are re- ported from Sacramento street, where a small detachment of the urmy has lodged on picket duty. ‘The dogs and cats of Cambridge are having a hard time and will have to take to the woods soon if some means of relief are not adopted. re The Johustown Dam Litigation. Knox & Reed. solicitors for the South Fork fishing and hunting club, the owners of the dam whose breaking caused the Johnstown divaster, yesterday tiled a plea of not guilty in the case of Nancy W. Little and children against the club. The plea has the effect of placing the case upon the issue docket for trial, It will, therefore, be tried by jury as soon as its turn comes upon the calen- dar. This plea of the ciub was @ voluntary one and defendants do not generally plead until so ruled by the court, see) The Earthquake in Japan. The steamer City of Sydney, from Hong Kong and Yokohama, which arrived in San Francisco yesterday, was expected to bring details of the earthquake at Kumamoto, the first news of which was cabled from Yokohama July 30. One cablegram gave the loss of life at 3,000, while another stated that almost the entire town of Kumamoto, with « population of 33,000, was destroyed. Full detaiis not been received when the City of Sydney left Yokohama, but the newspapers of that city of August 2 indicate no such loss as given by the cablegrams, Sev- eral late telegrams to Yokohama gave the loss at 20 to 30 killed) The Japan newspaper Jijt dShunpo says, however, by a great earthquake at Kumamoto, on July 28, ftom hills Mave’ been rent, houses demolisued and people killed and ee the wounded in the city, inde it sur- felt and the inhabitants are fearing further di . The people have been seized with superstition on account of the bills being broken . The foods have subsided in the various districts of Japan and a fairly accurate estimate of damage done is obtamed. Nine hundredaud thirty houses were destroyed by being washed way or broken by colliding ther, known to have lost their =P are TRAVEL BY AIR SHIPS. Its Possibilities Considered as to Safety, Speed, Comfort and Cost. From the Epoch, A prominent American railway has adopted for its motto, “‘Safety—Speed—Comfort." Let usanalyze tho possibilities of travel by ait- ship from these three points of view. To in- sure absolute safety the practical air ship must be constructed ina most substantial manner. It must be provided with life-boats in case an accident occurs near deep water. It must have ® full complement of parachutes, so that offi- cers or passengers can be ‘dropped off” when itis necessary. It must have light but power- ful engines to drive the vertical and horizontal Propellers, with a reserve set to putin service in case of accident, and must be provided with ample generators to manufacture gas en route. ‘The envelope which shall contain the buoyant gas must be rigid in shape and designed so as to give the least resistance possible to head winds, It must be air-tight—impervious to moisture and not reasonably affected by heat orcold, It must be divided into compart- ments, so that in case the envelope is damaged only @ portion of the gas will escape, LIGHT BOILERS AND ENGINES, Recent progress in constructing boilers and engines of the “Copeland” type gives great encouragement to the aeronaut who requires the lightest possible engine for his air ship. A four-horse power Copeland marine engine weighs 27 pounds, occupying a floor space 10 inches square, and’ is only 21 inches high over all, and with boiler for petroleum tuel, 20 inches in diameter and 34 inches high, weighs very much less than the average man. The moto-cycle Copeland engine is so light and powerful that attached to a tricycle, with fuel and water for a four-hours’ trip, tlte whole ma- chine weighs little more than 200 pounds, built to carry two passengers at a speed of 8 or 10 miles an hour upon ordinary carriage roads, The Untony recently reached in construct- ing thin steel tubes (less than 1-16 of an inch thick) several inches in diameter, which will stand a pressure from 700 to 1,000 pounds per square inch. make it possible for the aeronaut to carry with him large quantities of gas in highly condensed form to be used in operating steering machinery and for other pur- oses, To this add the service which ight electrical machines can do toward moving valves and performing other duties of a like nature and we can form some idea of the ad- vantages that the aeronaut of the present time has over his predecessors. With the present condition of mechanical science there is no reason why a successful machine could not be designed, and if a series of experiments were inaugurated by practical men who should de- vote only as much thought and money to the subject as has been given to one matter of in- terest to the railway service—the perfection of the car coupler—there is every reason to be- lieve that an air-ship could be constructed, and, after some experience, could be manned by a crew in whose hands a’ passenger would be as safe as ona transatlantic steamship on the boisterous ocean—an air-ship which could with reasonable certainty be made to rise and fall to any desired altitude and remain in the atmosphere for any reasonable length of time. AS TO THE MATTER OF SPEED —i.e., the ability to proceed a given number of miles in a desired direction in a certain number of hours, the problem is much more difficult, After half a century of experience no combination of railway appliances has been de- vised by which acar can be propelled hour after honr at a speed of over 40 or 50 miles an hour—aud this speed is visibly decreased in the face of a contrary wind blowing at an soley velocity—and the best twin screw steamshi with triple expansion engines and the most proved machinery is unable to stem a tide flowing more than 20 or 25 miles an hour. How then shall we hope to drive our air ship against head winds blowing 50 or 100 miles an hour? To a similar question propounded by the Scientifie American over forty years ago, John Wise made the following rep. “THE GREATEST OBSTACLE to the perfectivn of wrial navigation is in the lost of buoyant power required in rising and falling into currents that will waft the vessel toward its port of destination. Iam not theo- rizing when I say that nature is profuse in its variety of currents; I know it from the exper- rience of over @ hundred wrial excursions, By the aid of these contrary and various currents, I have avoided the necessity of descending into rivers, forests, lakes, seas and bays, The up- permost current I have always found to blow from west to cast. While aloft, I have within the visible length of a twine string suspended from a car, seen the effects of two currents besides the oue that moved the balloon. These striugs were 500 feet long. You may often see, as you no doubt have seen, two. three and four different currents of air within the range of the cloud region, when clouds exist. 1 have found these various currents just as numerous ina perfectly clear atmosph The greatest desideratum, in aerial uavigation. is a power adaptable to raising and lowering the balloon without expending any of its buoyant gas.” Wise’s experience, gained during 100. voy- ages, is valuable in explaining how an air-ship might go in adesired direction, but not in showing how it might stop and landat a desired poit with asurface current blowing a gule. But this condition of the wind is exceptional; the ocean steam-ship is frequently driven out of its course aud detained by storm the dan- gers of which have been circumvented by the ingenuity of man, Why should not the aerial sailor succoed in overcoming similar obstacles ? ‘THE MATTEB OF COMFORT for the passenger en route has from the begin- ning of the history of transportation attracted the attention of the common carrier. Our luxurious steam vessels and palatial cars are the climax of the development of artistic effort to make the environment of the traveler pleas- ing. But ev pound of furniture. every ounce of heating apparatus must be considered in designing our air ship. The appliances for obviating the difficulties of breathing tha at-~ mosphere at great altitudes, as well as those for providing against the unpleasant electrical con- ditions which will be found among the clouds, must be as light as possible. Of course there will be no grade crossings, no dust or cinders, no tunnels, no “laying up” at sidings waiting for opposing trains, no collisions, no sea sick- ness, ho steerage passengers, no quarantine, no waiting for high tide to get over the bar, no fog (except below), no stopping fora pilot. no slow tug bout. The absence of all these anu comfort of th al voyage. And its pleasures none can kuow save those who have undergone the experiences of passing through the clouds, above the mountain tops, over seas—taking & bird's-eye view of cities and states, and viewing for hours at a time the ever-changing panorama of nature, to obtain a single glance of which others climb high mountains with weary foot- steps, only resting when “the sum: gained and other glories burst in view.” THE Cost. Assuming, then, that the difficulties of con- struction have been overcome, and that safety, speed and comfort equal in amount to that enjoyed on the ocean steamship can be guar- teed to the passenger who desires to tuake au aerial voyage of several thousand miles— what amount of freight or what number of passengers can be carried by an air-ship? Aud what will it cost? Let us make some calculs- tion us to size, buoyancy, &c. Assuming thut the gas envelope were made of aluminum, the lightest strong metal, a cylinder 500 feet long aud 100 feet in diameter (uot unlike a trans- atlantic steamship in dimensions) would con- tain about 4,000,000 cubic feet of hydrogen gas, with a buoyancy of about 120 tons, The en. yelope, if made 1-10th of an inch thick, would weigh about 100 tons. Allowing two tons for bracing and strengthening envelope and eight tons for car, sails, engines and machinery, there would remain 10 tons (the capacity of one ordinary freight cur) for crew, cargo and passengers. A crew 20 men, 10 to a watch, would weigh 134 tons; ‘50 passengers (the capacity of one railway passenger car) tons more; 50 pounds bag- gage to each passenger, say 13¢ tons addi- Uonal, there would still remain 4 tons for fuel and stores—for a transatlantic voyage of eighty hours, at a speed of 40 miles an hour, or for an overland journey of 3,200 miles across the con- tinent, rocesses lately introduced it is By hoped that clminom will goon be sranufae | tured for $1,000 a ton, At that price an aii ship might be built for $150,000 or $200,000. Allowing $100 a day for oil fuel, $50 for crew, $50 for food and #100 a day interest on cost of the ship (15 per cent per annum), including re- pairs, and $50 per day incidental charges, the expenses would be $330 per diem—about $1,000 for a voyage of 4,000 miles. Allowing 500 for three or four days “in port” the cost for cargo Passenger 3,000 miles at o speed of 40 miles an hour, including food, would be about $30. So that, if the average eee sto boger = me! the full pacit our voyage, 20, would be oor same as 8 first-class transatlantic passage, al OE ee ‘Women Voted at Cornwall. The ladies of Cornwall, N.Y., won a decided victory at the election for school trustees on Tuesday last, The election was one of the most exciting ever held at Cornwall and the of both sexes as long as the ited. There were three tickets im the field and the one sup- ported by the women voters was elected, aces will add to the | BOULANGER’S PLANS. The Coup by Which He Expects tu Be- come Master of Paris. London Special to the New York Sun, Gen. Boulanger, who is the guest of Lord Delaware at Buckhurst Park in Sussex, does not fear being taken back to France, since the only extraditable crime of which he has been convicted is misappropristion of fands and, under the English law, if he is extradited for that offense he cannot be punished for a political one. But the general verdict of Europe is that Boulanger is politically dead. He cannot return to Paris under any circumstances short of a revolution without the sentence of the high court of justice being visited upon him. However, one of his followers in Paris tells a correspondent of the Times that the general's condemnation only assists his cause and outlines his future policy thus: He will come secretly to Paris, spread a mysterious watchword among the population, appear on horseback some fine morning at a point unknown to the police or the govern- ment, but known to his ces | potest and, fol- lowed by a mob like that of Gare de Lyon, overwhelm in an bour the headquarters of the government in Paris. He will take possession of the Elysée. the chamber of deputies, the senate, the Hotel de Ville and the ministries, and will become master of Paris, But the brave general is also a prudent general, and there is little chance that he will take the risk. Nevertheless Parisian detectives have been sent to Dover, Folkestone and other towns along the coast to report his departure in case he shonld attempt to enter France. Boulanger received the news of his sentence while at dinner with Lord Delaware, just as he was engaged with the grouse he had shot him- self. He smiled over the news and said that it would only give the French people another proof of the animus of his enemics, but it was hoticed that his dinner was spoiled’ and that with all his self-command he was unable to conceal his anxiety and despondency. It is worthy of note that the imperialists and Or- leanists are outspoken in their admiration for Boulanger, while the Bonapartists are care- fully effacing themselves to make way for their new ally. ‘he count of Paris is reported to have said: “Send me twenty-five Boulangists to the next chamber,” and the name of the general was greeted with louder cheers than that of Prince Albert Victor at the great im- etre, banquet at the Hotel Wagram in Paris on Thursday evening. Five hundred French residents of London visited Gen. Boulanger in a body yesterday and presented him with an address of sympathy and confidence. The general, in a speech, said that he had never used money belonging to France except when trying ‘to secure her against enemies. It he had been cited by a regularly constituted court of assizes, he and his colleagues would have taken the first boat for France to face a trial, ‘The French govern- ment did not dare to avail themselves of the ordinary courts, but formed a special tribunal composed of his political enemies, which had virtually condemned him before it met. In conclusion, he said he only asked good faith from the French people, and the triumph of the present rulers would soon be a thing of the past. Says He Will Kill Him on Sight. At Lima, Ohio, Mrs, Brenton Crist suicided Saturday by taking a large dose of carbolic acid, The Crists live on a farm about seven miles east of thia city and are wealthy. Some time ago they adopted Ella Hardin, whom the neighbors claimed they treated cruelly, and Friday John Leatherman succeeded in getting her away and secreting her, and when Crist went for her Leatherman opened fire on him with ashotgun and drove him away, Crist went home and secured his gun and laid in am- bush for Leatherman, and during his absence Mrs. Crist swallowed tne acid, She died after suffering terrible agony. ‘There is great feel- ing in that viciuity over the affair, and Crist, who is a determined man, vows that he will kill Leatherman on sight. This community is about equally divided on the matter. ee wie st ee Accepting Senator Call’s Challenge. Senator Call several weeks ago in a pub- lished letter challenged those persons opposing his re-election to meet him in every county of the state and discuss the charges which have been made against him by the public press. The Jacksonville Times-Union published yes- terday an acceptance éf this challenge by W. D. Chipley of Pensacola, chairman of the demo- cratic state committee and a well-known busi- bess Man, ———+0+—____ Died from a Mad Wolf’s Bite. A Mexican boy who was bitten by a mad wolf in the San Dias mountains, New Mexico, died in great agony. He and his elder brother were playing near the house when the wolf attacked them, lacerating their faces and hands, A Mex- ican herder lassoed the wolf and strangled itto death. It is feared the other boy will die, ee Adulterating Food. An extraordinary crime, for which there appears to be no adequate punishment pro- vided by law, has been confessed by John Gil- bert, foreman in James Benge’s large bakery in Philadelph He is charged with adulte: ating food supplies by putting carbolie acid and other much more offensive materials in the batches of dough for the purpose of ruin- ing his emplover's reputation. of bad bread he is alleged to have reduced the sales from over 5,000 loaves a day to less than 1,500, Inthe meantime Mr. Benge had been trying in vain to find out what was the matter with his bread. The occasional baking of a good batch when Gilbert was not about di- rected suspicion to him. Detectives were put upon his track. Other employes established confidential relations with him, and to them he revealed his methods and his purpose, He was arrested Saturday, admitted his offense to Chief of Detectives Wood and was held for a hearing today. Inthe meantime Baker Benge has had his business almost completely ruined. a nae Socialists Talk of Reorganization. At a meeting of the socialistic organization of the tenth assembly district at 89 Ist avenue, New York city. yesterday Mr. Engeibert Burechman said in a lengthy speech that the present mode of agitation among the socialists was of very little use. as it was not adapted to American life, habits and historical development, He advised his hearers to dissolye the present po- litical organization, destroy its machinery, and establish a federation of groups of agitation to disseminate socialistic ideas among American workmen, The speaker held that the two weekly organs, the Socialist and Workman's Advocate, be no longer published, as during the last two years subscribers had not increased, Other speakers were of similar views, ania ecmencatdth nally A Queer Will. ‘The will of Edmund C. Billinger, a chaplain in the United States navy, who died recently at the naval hospital in Philadelphia, was ad- mitted to probate Saturday, and is a queer document, He enjoins that no eulogy shall be pronounced over his remains, as he ‘has seen | $o much at funerals that has been objection- | able and undesirable” that he desires to do all in his power to correct the practice. He adds: “I desire that none of my relatives shall go in mournivg for me, and there is to be no head or foot stone at my grave, but rather a rough- hewn stone, with no inscription except *1839," the year of my death, and ‘E. C. B.” Let all my poor sermons be committed to the flames, for 1 feel confident that they will give more light out of the pulpit than they ever gave in it.” Chaplain Billinger leaves an estate of $25,000 to his brothers nase G.A.R. Excunsion To MILWAUKEE.—The Old Guard and the Department of the Potomac bave arranged with the Baltimore and Ohio railroad for a special train to Milwaukee on the occasion of the twenty-third national encam ment, for which a low rate of fare tor the round trip has been made, The special train will leave Baltimore and Ohio depot 9:30 p.m. August 24, running through to Milwaukee with- out change, arriving on the morning of the Mth. Tickets will also be good going on all regular trains from the 28d to 27th inclusive, The G.A.R. respectfully invite their friends to join them on this grand excursion. For tick. ots, sleeping-car space and general information apply to John C. 8, Burger, A. H. Van Deusen and George C. Harris, committee, at G.A.R, hall, 1412 Pennsylvania avenue, 7 to 9 p.m., or for information to Baltimore snd Ohio ticket offices, 1851 and 619 Pennsylvania avenue, and at Baltimore and Ohio depot. . Germany anp Avstaia Stanp TocETaEn.—It is reported that the recent interview between Bis and Emperor Francis Joseph and Count Kalnoky resulted in a moditication of the Austro-German treaty, whereby a casus fwderis is established whenever vital interests of either nation “s pene thereto only one open attack constitu & cause fc joint action, oi Tae Tarte tung, commenting on Em; trip tok says: “the entente obtained bye rs to reer assures oa identity of policy on the part o the ‘ple alliance and mukes pata ee all results of that common It is confidently as settled that successor of the cabinet will adhere to the ew arrangement:' Atiiaxce.—The National Zei- William’s recent By the making | AUCTION SALES. RAILROADS, THIS AFTERNOON. (HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF PREMISES KNOWN As Ro, $08, SHERMAN AVENUE, WASHINGTON trust, dated the Zist day of Apni, 1588, and auiy im liber No. 13511, folio 30Y et seq, one of tae land records for the: Phe? of Columbia, and direction of the part secured thereby, ‘the trustees will offer SE peblic eusticr in frout of Y on MON DAY, the NINETEENTH DAY OF AUGUST. 1889, at FIVE O'CLOCK P. following-desctibed Teal eatate, viz.: Allof sub lot 41, of the su division of the Washington Provideut cou: original lots 15 and 17, in block 7 of subdivi- sion of a part of Mount Pleasant and Pleasant Plains, as recorded in one of the land records of the surveyors office of the District of Columbia in liber Gov. Shep herd No 1, folio 91. Terms of sale: One-third cash, balance in six, twelve and eighteen mopths, with notes bearing interest at © per cent peraunun antl paid, and secured od of trust on the property sold, oF all cash, at the of purchaser. $100 deposit required at time of Allcouveyancing and recording at purchase at risk aud cost of the defaulting purchaser, after five days’ advertisement 1m some newspaper published in RILEY DEEBLE, NKY D. WILLIAMS. DDENCANSON BEOS, Auctioneers, ATTRACTIVE SALE. AT avcT NE FURNITC RE PLaxost cae E HOUSEHOL SOLD AT OUR SALES ROOM: SIREEIS NORTHWEST. > on eis iy FoS ee is} Dag ee s LE AND OAK CHAMBER RMOIRE, HAIR AND. 0 TURE REERIGERAT OR te Ed GEA. ts, 5" GES, Une USSELS 3M 7 = > cee STOVES KITCHEN FUaNITURE, &e. and “ixarars CARPETS, YRNA AND OTHEK KUGS. DUNCANSON BKOB., Aucts, iy HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. TRADE SALE OF PANTS, SUITS, SHIRTS, GLOVES, HOUSE, FLANNEL SHIRTS, CAPS, HATS, tid 3 Baits BOTS ALS BUsi LES, REAM ERTS YOUTHS’ PANTS, 60 YAKDS CA. PET, WEL AX, AUGUST TWENTY-FIRST, 1889, at TEN O'CLUCK A.M... within my sales rooms, v' a I will'sell without reserve aud in lots it the trad the above woods," “7s mots to sul i ‘Terms cash, aul9-2t P[#OMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF CHOICE SUBURBAN REAL LAUR PWENDYOIVE FEEL FKONT, ON THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. CRESCENT S71 KEET, DIAN _ By Virtue of a de trust recorded March 7, 1 in Liber 1236, folio 202 et seq., one of tbe land pec of the District of Columba: ‘wall sell at publi tion, at the premises, on ¥, 8! FOURTH, 1s89, at PIV DNES: E O'CLOCK P.M, the folow: | ing-deseribed real esta : Lhe west 26 feet of | Lot uuubered eight ( in block numbered six (6), of | Hull aud Eivan's subdivision of Meridian Hill, as the | same is ot record in the surveyor's office of the District of Coluubia, ‘Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money in cash, balance in two equal payments in six aud twelve months from date of suie, to bear injerest at 6 percent per annuin, to be secured by deed of trust on suid Lot, | jon of the purchaser. A deposit of ot sale. It the purchaser fails to com $ of sale within ten days from the | date the property will be resold st his msk and cost, | atter ten days’ notice of such resale in a pewspaper | publisued in said District. E. B TOW: and duly recorded in Liber 1573, folio 2: the Land Records of the District of Columbia, aud by direction of the party thereby secured, we will sell at pavlic in front of ihe premises on 1HURS- DAY, AUGUST TWEN C'Y-SECOND, 1559, AT HALF- Pp. LOCK P.M., the followmg-deseribed y in the City of Washington—i.e, Lot mum- d one hundred and twenty-four (1: icGuire & Dufly’s subdivision of original lots 19 aud 16 in square numbered six hundred avd t (620), | suid subdivision being recorded in the office of the surveyor of said District in liber 16, folio 48, in 7 proved by a Two-story Brick Residence, being N Hierce street northwest, terms: One-third cash, balance in one and two years, With interest, and secured by a deed of trust on the property sold, or all cash. All conveyancing and re- cording at cost of purchaser, be required at time of DA aul0-d&ds 4iM01 FPHOMAS DOWLING, Auctione: Adeposit of $100 will LA DUFFY. } rrusteos, ABOUT SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED CUBIC FEET OF CBLE GRANITE, CUT FOR THE SUy- | STURE OF THE CONGKESSIONAL LI- | AT AUCTION. EDNESDAY, AUGUST TWENTY-FIRST, FOUK O'CLOCK P.M, at Barbour's wharf, ek st ,foot of 1 . 8.W.r 1 will sell for cash aud Without reserve, 1-6 cubic fect of Cut Granite, which was to have been used in Cousressioual Library and is pow bemg sold on account of rescinding the contract, 189, at BE the govermuent To be removed within 19 days after sale. By order of TUT. HALL & BANGS, Contractors. THOMAS DOWLIAG, Auct. auz-dts WOGD AND COAL a ee Oks? DUDGE, COAL, COKE AND WOOD OF ALL KINDS. FAMILY COAL A SPECIALTY. Best quality se Creek Cumberland Coal for eat . B. LENEYCK HAS KEMOVED HL 1 Office and residence to es 3. st. ENTIS First-class Gold 4 E DLW. ini Di Fillings a'specialty, Aching teeth sav cution 10 gWUS prevents pain iM extracting. He jou OPT, DENTIST, st. n.w., will resume the practice of his Profession ou the 10th of September, rvation of the natural teeth a specialty. jy-3u i OS AND ORGANS. PIAN PIANOS) REPRESENT ALL making. DPCEEX, BEOS that is best Im “the art of Fianoforte Sold ou easy t WEBEK, EL R and ESTEY PIANOS. A few und Pianos at very low prices. ‘wo hundred and ten thousand Organs have been made and sold. rior, Church and School use. Sold on easy terms, a PIANOS AND ORGANS FOR RENT. Old instruments takeu in part payment for new oues, ‘Tuning and Repairing. SANDERS & STAYMAN, 934 F st. Charles st., Baltimore, Md, first-ciass Second- ESTEY OKGAN. 0,000) Este: New styles for Main st., Kichmond, Va, A BBB bbe AA BOB AA BBB a4 tee tee NOs. ‘ic, TOUCH, WORKMANSHTP D DURABILIEY OE MANS! Frecial attentiox of “Purchasers” is invi “New Artsuc Styles,” Nuished in deagnus EST DECORATIVE AKI. Pianos tor reut. SECOND-HAND PIANOS, — ge assortment, comprising uluost every well-known make i the gous» thorugh rey, Will Be Closed att at very Jew ticittes. SEECIAL INDUCEMEN IS offered but 1b prices and in » Whack wil arranged ob EAS. MONITULY ANSTALLMLNIS wien desized. WM. KNABE & CO, ag. S17 Market Spaca, MEDICAL, &e. M ADAME PEKEGOY, SPLCIALIS! IN DISEASES OF THE HAIR, Indiana avenue, At Home from 9a. ui. to. 4 p.m. auid-lm* Paticuts treated at their residences. ADIES WHO REQUIRi HE SEK VICES OF AN eit rreneed Fetwale Physician sh uld consult Sirs, Da and 1S) ited to their of HIGH. »LioUN, 1100 Purk Place me. bet, Band, Lith i sts..¢. Ladies only. Remedy $5. auls-1w* 5, BE Poe! LONG-ESTABLISHED AND i rollable Ladies! 1iysiciai, cau be coumulied daily ler Fesiuenee, YUL Lat. LW, Olee bourK trou t Ladies only. ‘dy22-Ime lob p.m, with T HAS N « BEEN CONTRADICTED THAT Dr. BLOLEELS is the oldest-established advertis- ing Judes’ Physician im the city. Ladies you can confidently consult Dr. BROLHERS, 100 B st. 8.w. Furticular uttention paid to all diseases peculiar to ‘orty Yeure’ experience. ladies, usutried or single. FF jyz0-Lan* aud will wunrautee 4 cure 11 4 Cases of private diseases Otmen Ud Turnish mediciue, or bo chu ‘Bon and udvice iree at any hour ot the day. re me by Dr BOTH. scribed and sworn to beto: Eis, SAMUEL C. MILLS, 9 Notary Fub.ie in and tor the District of Govumubia, this 3d day ot July, 188. 20- Lin ANHOOD RESTORED | ‘oF two of Dr. BhOLHE! Wui eure nerve-power. NG BY pst A BOTTLE Mule or temule. G06 6 y20'tm R. MOTT’S FRENCH POWD! ARE ick tasaly ot abla totes; tease ty 2 torty-eixbt hours. Price, #3 er bux. a= pad ae 2 cures Le ol Vitality, Rervous: ty, ¥rice, B1. bent seuled by mail. bor sale ol STANDIE Onb's. cor. ‘Sth. irae —_—_—_ _—_—_=_——E—EeEE:« EOQUSEFURNISHINGS. Buzroorr Axp Oxo Raxzoan. jule in effect JUNE AAW Leave Washington from station corner of New Jersey 3 avenve and C street. For Chicago and Northwest, Vestituled Limtted ex. press daily 11:20 a.m., express 9 p.m For Ciucinnatl, St Loria, and Todianapolia, express » 3:00 and 11:15} «0. Por Pistsbuns and Cleveland, Vestibuled Limitedex- Press daily 11:20 am. and express 8 40 p.in. For Wheeling, Parkersoucg abd priucipal stations on main line, express daily except Monday, at 3.09 Yor Lexington and Local Stations +10:330 a.m. For a 4). Sedo Km, Thucou au. T500 Pm, For baltimore, , (as 3:1 4200, Sed 4 330 pam. ‘or Way Stations between Washinet: 00, 6240, 8:30 » 12:10, 32% p.m. Sundays, » (45 minutes, 45, 8200, 10:05, 10:10 an m1 aud 8:30 p.m. Sundaye 3-40, SOG aud 9:00 pm. 4 For Aunapolis, 6:40 aud 8:50 aim., 12:10, 4:25, gud 6:0 p.m. Ou Sundays, 8.30 am, 4:35 pau, Leave Aunajolis, 6-40, 05, 3:00, aud ay 6:15 pam. tundays, 8.37 am. 4:00pm. m For Statious on the Metropontan Brauch, 16:43, $10:30 a.m, §1: ». yal slalom vudy, 110:30 am t4 0 da Rockville ai as te for ons 14:35 p.m, For & « iteruediate puinta, *9:000 Ms 112230, 95-30, TLL 0 pe. For Boyds aud intermediate stations, 17:00 p.m, £1600 p.m, Church train leaves Washington on Sunday at 1:15 P.m., stopping at ali stauo.s ou Metropulitaa Brau For Frederick, 16:49. 11050 ai, 13:00, 14.50» m. Sundays.1:15 aid 23 sop For Hagerstown, 110-30 Trains arnve from Chi 0S + from Cimciun: ma, ‘D PHILADELPHIA DI ton, Newark cot te 8 -5U, * 12 00 bufet Parlor Cw Sleeping Car on the 10:30 pi ‘The 4-0 p.m. train does wot sto for Philadelphia, Newark, Wil: *4:00, 18:00, 9:30, *12:00 a.u., and *10-30 pie For intermediate y Philadelphia, 15 330 “Trains ew til:ve am, *1-30, *12,00 night. open a at liza ber and Chester, 20, °7 00 between Baltimore and WO 9 points, am.,* leave 5 eave Philadelph > 11:10 @.m., T1:so, 0'p.t or Atlantic City 4:00 and 9:30 a. 00 noou and 250 p.m. “sundays 4: 00 BOOM, For Long Branch au tS00 aw m, 112-00 ucon: $9230 am. “Daily. tSunday only. Except tA mF and checked trom hotels and 2 Pranster Co. on onlery left at so usylVania avenue. aud Gen. ct June 30, 1889. walle, Agucubane, and ud Ly BebLung, Keane! and Memphis, Pull ian Sleeper Wastington to Memphis, Ai :4a.m.—Fast mail daily for Warrenton, Char. lottesviile, Stations € aud Ouio “Route, Lynchburg, Kocky ville and Stations between Lyuchbube , Greeusboro', ival el. Asi 5 Auanta, Birnuigham, M. Texas abd Caliiornia, "Pulls Atlanta, parior cars Atlauta to Sleepers Montgomery to New Sleeper Greensboro’ to Columbia and Ai man Sleepers Washington to Cincinnati via C. aud Q. Koute. except Sunday, for Manassag, Chesupe: M 4:15 p. m—Daily, Strasburg and intermediate station 2B. In — Daily Vis 1yncivurg, Bristol and Chat- tanooga.’ Pullman Vestiouie Sicepers Washinton to Meiphis, counecting thence for uli Arkausas pointe, also Wasidugton to New Urieaus, uu.—Western Express, daily for Manassas, » Staunton, Louis Urauwe, ville, inuati. Pullman Vestiiule train Washington yer for Lauisvile. rh bay ress daily for Lynchburg, heville, Charlotte, Columbia, . New iexas, Vv r Washington to d Montgomery. Pullman Sieeper Washington to Birmingham, Ala. Irieain -» Vie Atlante and Georgia Pacitic Railway’ ‘Trans on Washington and Obio division leave Wash- ington 9:00 a.m. «daily e: id 4°45 pam. daily; arrive Round returiing p-in. daily am. and 2 Th ar in “ 0 PAu; leave kound F Datu. daily and 12:20 xcept Sunday, arriving Washington 5:30 10, trains from the South via Charlotte, Dan. yuchbury arrive iu Washiuwion §:03 ain, iu. ; Via East Tennessee, Bristol and Lyuch- m. aud 10:40 pan, “besa peak Charlottesville 5 pau. sim, Strusburg local ed at_office, 1300 Peun- Passenger Statiol, Peunsylva- ‘Gu and B streets. JAS. L. TAYLOR, Gen. Pass, Agent, Jez ‘HE GREAT PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE pac THE NOKIH, WEST AND SUCTHWEST, . 2 JUD SCENE R oyeg MAGNIFICENT EQUIPMENT, ng PS EFFECT JUNE 9TH, 1559. TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON, FROM STATION, CORNEA OF SIXTH AND B STREETS, AS POL? Los: For Pittsburg and the West, Chicago Limited Express of Fulbnan Vestibuled Cars at §-50 a1. daily, Past 9:50 a.m, daily w Cinciibatt sud st. Lois, jeeping Care from Pittsburg to Clucihuath, ure to St. Louis: daily, except Saturday, fo Chicago, with Sleeping Car Alioous to Ciicago, Western Express, at 7:40 p.un. daily, with Sleeping Cers Wasuington to Chicago aud St. Louis, cv Decting daily at Harrisburg with through Sleepers F Louisvilieand Mempiis. Pacific t-xprese, 10-00 fo: Fi Bi daily, for Patisbury aud the Weet, with qhroush Sleeper to Pittsburg, and Pitsburg w BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD For Kaue, Cavanuaicua Rochester and Niagara daily, except nunday. 8:10 ain. For Erie, Cauaudaicua aud iochester datly; for Bat. taloand Niagara daily, excevt Satureds in. with Sleepanw Car Waskinwton to Kuchester. For Willimnspert, Lock Haven and Eluira #t9:908 IY, except sunday, aL AD ELT HLA, NEW YORK AND THE EAST, a 5 210, ‘On bunday, m.. 2:50, 10200 am 2) Express of Pullman, Parlo: except Sunday, and * FOR PHILADELPHIA ONLY. Fast Express 5:10 & u, week days, aud'8:10 p. m, y> Bxpress 2:10 piu. daily, Accom. 6 p.m dauy. For buston, without change, 2:50 p. m. every day, For Brooklyn, N. 3... ui through’ traine ceonert at Jersey City with boats of Brooslyn Auned, aford- lug direct: trauster to Fuiton strech, at double terriage acrons Ne For Uccau Ci) ahi w York city, uts ou Dewware Division, 20 and 9-00 am., 12:05, 4:20 6:00 p.m. daily, except Sunday. Gatos vos am., 4:10 p.m. ALEXANDMIA AND FREDEKICKSBULG WAL, AND ALEXANDKIA AND WasUNGLON 45, B40, 9:45. 1057 $350, 4:90, U0, G21, inayat 4 801, Baud 10S m.and 4:55 p.m v wr $245, 10:07 am, pw. Aceu1..1u0dation for Quantico, week days, 8, jon. SU For idcumioud aid tue south, 4 B20 5:10, 7:09, 8:00, 9220, ‘10. Qu Sauday'at 9-10 sud’ LI 7:09, 8:00, 920, and LU 262 p.m. Tickets and information at the Ofiice, northeast eor- | ner of 1.:th street aud Penusylvania aveune, at the station, where orders can be i we checking of Lineage to destuatiow trou! hotels aid Fesideuces CAS. E. PUGH, 3.8. WOOD, ‘Geiveral Manager General Fisscuscor ayont, ” yearn MOUNTAINS, 5. TOG, LaKE Gronce “ATOGA, Ou aud lier SUNDAY, June 2. wil run West shore Aadrosd tw drow tue Jersey City Station ut the Vauia Kwiiroud, mainy cluse connect trains to and trou washington. CAIDLILL MOUNTAIN EXPRESS.—Leave Jersey Sy Siauou at 8:00 au. Arrive 2:50 p. 245 pau; Hotel Kasi 1:20 p.i mu. Drawius-roou Jersey Cit Hotel dtation aud to Pi and Mountain House), BAKALUGA A Leave Philadel bau; weil und Jersey City 10 Daratoxa. SAKAVUGA AND CALsKIGL MT. Leave Washington, 9:0y am. Arrive Phasuici, 7. Pm,; Grav 240 pm.; Hotel Kawterssl, uVille, wand hotel, 5:40 ban; Mt. House ‘Station, 8 U0 piu; Males ‘S08 =. Arrive barstuxa, #25. Drow! a Care aud to dew York to tat. ee tete! Raster aud) Mouutais at Penusslvauia Railroad offices Station tur. cia (for House), and Washi Purchase tickets Coomme Br Gus eras GAS COOKING STOVES On hand and for sale. WASHINGTON GASLIGHT COMPANY. Mail, daily for Warren- | ree ww a wwww BL ees kee OW OW rrr, a xx Pf AA qt Na P a4 od iw a occ TITT oss FS 83 UT ame < a4 cco f Sud = THE EVENING STAR fs a PAPER OF TO-DAY, not of YESTERDAY nor of LAST WEEK. It prints ALL THE NEWS, Local, Domestic and Foreign, LONG IN ADVANCE OF THE MOKN- ING PAPERS. This is conspicuously true of all classes of news, but especially so in regard to Local News and District Affairs, THE STAR has a very much LARG and BETTER force of LOCAL RE- PORTERS and SPECIAL WRITERS than any other paper in Washington ever thought of employing, and 1S MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES ARK MORE TIMES AS POWER. FUL AND RAPID AS THOSE OF ANY OTHER WASs#E PON PAPER, It ts therefore able to print each day a full report of every transaction of public ine terest occurring in the District up to the very hour of going to press. 0: By the free use of the OCE, for REGULAR | PATCHES time ia its favor, it fs also able to give its readers every afternoon the news of the WHOLE EASTERN HEME RE | for the entire day, and up to 12 o'clock midnight, thus leaving literally nothing in the way of news from burope, Asia, and Africa for the morning papers. 202 Equally does THE STAR lead all Its contemporarics in the pubtication of the NEWS OF OUR OWN COUNTRY. Receiving the regular dispatches of both News Associations; with alert and enterprising special telegraphic cor- | cespondents at all important poiuts; and | with wires leading directly from its own office to the general network of telegraph system touching every city, town and hamiect in the United States and Terri- Lories, it is enabled to reccive and print atonce a full report of every event of consequence occurring during the day anywhere between the Adantic and Pa- citic Oceans. 0: @ NOTE THE RESULT: 29 —e——— THE STAR HAS MORE THAN THREE TIMES AS MANY REGULAR SUBSCRIGERS and MORE THAN FIVE TIMES AS MANY REGULAR READERS AS ANY OTHER DAILY PAPER IN WASHINGTON, It is de- Mvered regularly by careful carriers at the HOMES OF THE PEOPLE, AFTER THE BUSTLE AND WORRY OF THE DAY ARE OVER, and it is thus read leisurely and thoroughly by EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY. They know that it prints all the news, and has only the interests of the people of the District in view, with no partisan measures to advocate, and no private schemes to forward. They know it,in short, tobe THE PEOPLE’S PAPER, and nothing else. Asan ADVERTISING MEDIUM it is, therefore, ABSO- LUTELY WITHOUT A RIVAL. It ts in fact worth more as a means of reach- ing the public THAN ALL THE OTHER DAILY PAPERS IN THE CITY TOGEIHER. Furthermore, in proportion to the re- turns it gives its patrons, ITS ADVER- TISING RATES ARE THE CHEAPEST (N THE CITY. In conclusion, the public should bear in mind this one siguificant fact: THE | S1AK does not rely upon empty boasts | toimpress the public. ITS CURCULA- TION IS SWORN TO; its PRsS- ROOM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC; and its BOOKS MAY BE INSPECTED by any one having an interest in their examination. These are CRUCIAL | TESTS, which tew papers invite, and and | which those that boast most are least able to stand. €> The esteem in which THE STAR is held by the reading and advertising public is conclusively shown by the fige ures given below. in the first six months of each of the five years named the average daily cir culation of the paper was: In 1885. 22,507 copies “ 1886. 24,382 “ “ 1887. -25,702 “ “ “- “ “ Equally significant is the showing ts regard to the advertising patronage of the paper, which is the surest indication of its acknowledged value as « medium of publicity. Thenumber of NEW AD- VEKTISEMENTS printed in the col- umns of The Star during the first six months of the years named was as fol- Tn 1885.......20...0000+0++-19, 828 ‘They tell the story of public confidence and demonstrate in the plainest manmer Possible that THE STAR IS THE RE- (COGNIZED CHANNEL OF THIs COM- MUNITY FOR ALL BUSDIKSS COM- MUNICATIONS.