Evening Star Newspaper, May 17, 1890, Page 12

—— 12 — THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D. C., SATURDAY é and United States Patent alio went to Baltimore at the of the great fire there in 1871, the train conveying two companies of the fire depart- ment, making the run in thirty-nine minutes. During the whole of his twenty years’ continu- ous service he has lost only seven days from sickness and that froma recent attack of the grip. The companies of the fire department under his command are engine companies No. 1, 2, 5, 7 and B truck company. ASSISTANT CHIEF BELT. William T. Belt, second assistant chief engi- heer, was born on 12th between E and F streets northwest October 31, 1846. He entered the present department January 2, 1879, as pri- vate in No. 2 Engine Company, served four years as assistant fore- man of No. 2, pro- moted to acting fore- man of No, 1 May 1, 186; made permanent May 15, 1886; promoted to acting assistant chief S June 1, 1856; made per- manent July 1, 1888, \ He has charge of the second battalion, con- sisting of Nos. 3, 4, 6 8 engine com- panies and’ Truck A company. He performs ASSISTANT cmiEF vELT. fire duty within the limits prescribed, and in case of the absence of the chief engineer assumes his‘duties and au- thority. He visits the engine houses in his MEN WIIO FIGHT FIRE. The Chief of the Fire Department and His Staff. ——————— PROMOTED FROM THE RANKS. A Sketch of the Department—How Its Affairs are Administered—The Hon- HE twenty-sixth anniver- sary of the paid fire depart- ment of the District of Columbia occurs next Mon- day. Previous to May 19, 1864. the fire department of Washington was wholly vol- unteer, divided into eight engine companies and two hook and !adder companies. known as theUnion, Franklin, Vigilance, Perseverance, Columbia, Northern Liberty, Western Hose, Anacostia and Metropolitan and American hook and ladder companies. These companies were all manned by a hardy set of men, ranging in number from twenty-five to fifty, although each com- ee had a reserve force of from one hundred two hundred men. But the old volunteer department was un- Satisfactory; there was no order about things, and on November 22, 1562. the board of alder- men and the common counci! reorganized it, with John Peabody ¢ nings ran smoother then until May 19 4. when by an act of the joined the old Franklin Fire Cor pruary, 1863, and served under Chief Engineer Peabody. has attended and worked at all the great fires in the city since 1861. He joined the Washington, D.C., fire department October, 1867, and has the distinction of having driven the first steam fire engine in this department | He F board of aldermen and —- — the pep department was made a paid institution. re. There were but three engine com- ¥ CHANGES IN THE SERVICE. ‘- panies and one truc under the new Time has worked many changes in the fire y three regular paid | department of Washington. A fire service has been built up second to none in the country as far as efficiency govs. Chief Parris, as well as | his two assistants, are strict disciplinarians, and this has had mere to do with bringing about the present state of efficiency of the de- | partment than anything else. Every mor: ing the foremen of the several compunics make written reports to the chief and these are earefally considered. If ything needs at- tending to itis done at There are at present ten companies and 119 men in the de- partment. Chief Parris has used every means to get each company strengthened Ly th pointment of two additional men, Congress has not made provision for them, COVERING THE CITY, The system of governing the attendance at fires is quite interesti For instance, ‘sup- pose an alarm came in from box 157, the Execu- tive Mansion, fire companies 1, 2, 6 and 7 and Truck B would respond. Now, the field which they have just left one would think is unpro- tected, but this is not so. Immediately after the alarm is sounded a general change in the companies comes about and several companies are detailed to attend to any further alarms coming from that district. VETERANS IN THE DEPARTMENT. Among those who belonged to the old vol- unteer fire department there are at present in; the service, Chief Parris, John order of things and on men to each company. The engine companies were distributed as follows: One at 2ist and Pennsylvania avenue; one at 12th and D streets, and one south of the Capitol. The hook and ladder company had quarters on Massachusetts avenue between 4th and 5th streets. John H. Sessford has the honor of i the first chief department. He served until © Wm. Ellwood, who was appointed by Mayor Bowen. Politics en- tered inte the fire de ‘tment with the appoint- ment of Ellwood, and at the expiration of a one- year’s term he was removed and Murtin Cronin Was appointed. He served about one year and was removed by Mayor Emery, who George lHiolmes. This was in 1569. » form of government changed in 187 Gov. Cook reappointed Martin Cron, who served until 1886, when he was retired by reason of in- furies received in the line of duty. CMmEr Parris. Joseph Parris was the next and present chief. He was born in Washington, D.C., December 7, 1835, learned the trade of plasterer, enlisted in the army as a volun- =~ teer in 1861 in the three : months’ service, was & member of the volun- teer fire department be- fority and served until the organization of the Washington fire depart- ment. wi he entered in March, 163, as_hos- tler and driver of No. 1 Engine Comp was engine man No. neer of Compan man of Ni Enzine Com romoted to fireman of toreman 8 Engine Company: Assistant wae company tuly Chief Wm. T. Belt aud James Lowe, watch- 1870, and on April 39, man. od asians porn pill pera HOPES OF FUTURE BLISS. chief engineer of the District of Columbia fire department. At the time of hisappointment — emrer PARRIS. as driver the department consisted of a chief engineer, three steam fire engine com- panies. each c: of one foreman, one engineer, fireman, one hostler and An Old Colored Man’s Expectations of Compensations in the Next World. An old darkey, with many incidental grunts and groans, was engaged in picking up stones and broken bricks in an excavation just of P oni oh ted opilder com- | street near Rock creck the other day. He was owler, one ticrmen aid sie, cxted man | very slow about it, taking them one at a time and as many supernumeraries to each | and throwing them very gingerly intoa broken- company as was deemed _ necessary. | down wheelbarrow, as if they were precious The supernumeraries received no coti-|and to be handled with extreme care. Ow- pensation. He has attended the large fires that have occurred in this city for the past forty years. The contlagrations of the Patent Office. National Theater four times, Post build- ing and Apoilo Hall were among those that he took an active part in subduing. It is not Recessury to say to the people of this city that Bince he has filied the positi he bas madea most exc records of the fires extinguished with compara- tive «mall loss are too fresh in the minds of the public to require detailed mention. He has a record to be proud of. The chief engineer has sole command at fires over all othe? officers and members of the fire department and ail other persons present, and takes all proper measures to extinguish ’ fires, protect property, preserve order and cause the several engines to be placed in the m: advantageous situations. He keeps mformed of the condition of the force, fire apparatus and other property, ard reports to the Co missioners annually and as often as necessary or directed upon the same, the transactions and needs of the department, the names of the force. the amount of property destroyed by fire and the insurance invoived. He has full police powers while going to, while at, or re- turning from fires or alarms of fires. He visits, or causes his assistants to visit, the several houses of the department daily and see that ing to the heat of the day, he had re- moved his coat and hung it on the corner of a clay bank close by. The garment in question looked as if it were made from a second-hand sack, altered and retitted. His costume otherwise was an astonishing assemblage of anrelated patches, and it was hard to tell why he should have cousidered it necessary to sport three dilapidated waistcoats on so warm an afternoon. “What is yo’ libbin’ for, anyway, uncle’ asked one of his fellow workmen, who was sturdily throwing big spadefuis of gravel up on the bank over his head. Dat’s de queshun, uncle,” “Wot is yo’ goud for in di used-up, bald-headed nigger? Yes, why is yo’ libbin’, uncle?” joined in a third. The old man dropped the half brick he had just picked up, and, straightening himself as quickly as his infirmities would permit, began to gesticulate, HOPES OF GLORY. “Tse libbin’—I’se libbin’,” he shouted, “be- case dere’s a’ time comin’ when I shall rise right up in de air. Before long I'm a-goin’ to bust right out into glory. Did yo’ ebber see de kind ob bug wot dey call de locus’, dat breaks on id another. world—an ole, the apparatus isin proper condition and the | outen his ole shell an’ goes a-flyin’ Men at their posts. All purchases and appoint- | Gall new an’ gorgeous? ‘De lubbly buy a ments are made on the recommendation of the | inside ob de vugiy shell all. de cum chief engineer. though yo" would FIRE MARSHAL DREW. “t s'pose it. Dis po’ ni ger dat yo' ere here pickin’ up brickbats. an’ dressed in home-made clo’es am only a shell, and mis’rabie ign'rant critters like you-uns hab got no notion ob what's inside. But some day T'm goin’ to bist wide open, an’ den you'll | © appointed til 1583, when he was made fire marshal, the position he now holds. Col. Drew was born in this city September 4, 1828, in a house that was torn down last sum- mer to be replaced by a new building, No. 309 7th street northwest. He attended the private schools of the city, * B tanght respectively by Mr. Fill, Rezin Beck WJ} and John E. Norris, » ’ finally winding up in Mr. Straun’s academy, FIRE MARSHAL Dkew. on H between 9th and see—dat is, yo’ mightsee if yo’ had de ‘rig! sort of eyes—'stead ob dis aged an’ tattered darkey, a brand-new white gemman walkin’ right up into de sky, wid a spring suit ob dude cloe’s ou in de latest style, a light obercoat on his left arm, a shiny sto'pipe hat, atent leather shoes an’ a flower in his batton all ready te hol ppear on de golden streets m an’ serenade de gals wid a plunk-plank ona silber banjo wid diamond keys—all de time dat you cusses are shubbiin’ dirt on a grabbic bank down here.” As he proceeded with this flight of oratory the old man cried out jouder louder and threw his arms about more and more violentl; At the end of it he grasped the handles of bi broken-down wheelbarrow and started down 20th streets northwest. He learned the | hill with it, talking to himself in a sing-song trade of carpenter, first going as way as he went, while a depressed silence fell Prentice to Mr. Frank Gravely in Rich-| upon the group of his fellow laborers, so un- mond, Va., and then going to Philadelphia, where he finished his time. He commence Funning with the old volunteer fire de ment when about seventeen years old, and con- tinued until 1859, when, with his family, he moved to Georgetown. In 1561 when the war broke out he went into the United State service for three months under the Presi dent’s call for troops as first lieutenant in Capt. Kobt. Boyd's company, Potomac Light Guards of the District of Columbia. He re entered the service February 3, 1862, as capt: acceptably provided for in the picture he had drawn, = ae He Also Had Rules, From the New York Sun. He had opened a restaurant in Buffalo and after two or three weeks he called at a bank to get the cash ona small check received from gome one in Philadelp! “Have to be identified, sir,” said the telleras | he shoved it bs of company C, second regiment, District oo. 1 am Siank of the new restaurant Peer. rn around the corner. Columbia volunteers jor three years or during a Tied.” ident his is payable to me or order and I’ve in- dorsed it,” protested the restauranter, “Can't help it, sir. Rules of the bank.” The man went out and brought some one back to identify him and the money was handed over. Three days later the teller the war: was promoted to major June 25, 156: Promoted to lieutenant colonel November 11, 1862, and served to the close of the war. He Was in the second battle of Bull Run, Antietam, Lee Town and Fort Stevens. In November, 1867, he was appointed chief enginesr of the Georgetown fire ment, | 4: oe . riment, | dropped in for a lunch at the new restaurant, Saree ed of one engine company; on Septem | 11. had taken a seat and given his order, when ber 23, 1871, he was appoinied assistant chief the proprictor approached him and said: “Have to be identified, sir.” “How! What?” “Have to be anything here, sir. dentitied? I don’t understand you,” pro- tested the teller. “Plain as di all bank oftic’ go out and knows you. “Hanged if I do!” growled the teller, and be reached for his hat and coat and banged the door hard as he went out. ee —____ What Becomes of Old Hats. From the Chicago Tribune. A State street hat merchant: “Most,people and Ladder Company, | Who buy hats here leave their old ones. What No. 1, Washington city | becomes of these old hats? If the body of the fire department, July | hat is very oid it is sold to the old hat man, 16, 1570, and promoted | who strips it of the band, the sweat band and to foreman of Engine | maybe the lining, if it is not too much worn, Company, No. 5, Dis-| He usually sells these strippings for 2 cents. trict of Columbia fire | But if the hat is only partiaily worn it is kept department, April 16,| here until the accumulation becomes too of the District of Columbia fire department under Martin Cronin. chief engineer, serving as such until November 22, 1853, when he was Made fire marshal. utified before you can get Col. Drew is a capable officer, and his duty is to attend all fires, report the loss and examine into the origin of the fire. also examines at it comes up hat the regulations Fegarding the storage of intlammable oils are complied with. ASSISTANT CHIEF LOWE. At present the chief engineer has two assist- ants. First Assistant Chief Louis P. Lowe was Dorn in Alexandria, Va., in 1549 and was ap- pointed @ private on the Metropolitan Hook Sir. Rule of the house that ls have to be identified. Better | find some responsible party who jnalist yields the most surprising results and Maddox, | ® THROUGH AIR AND WATER. Experiments in Transmitting Messages Made by the Signal Corps. Signal service officials are watching just now with a keen interest the result of the most ex- tensive experiments ever undertaken in optical telegraphy. This is the operation of a helio- graph line over 1,000 miles in length, extend- ing from Fort Stanton in New Mexico to Whip- ple barracks in Arizona, with ramifications leadiag to Forts McDowell, Lowell, Huachuca and Bayard, “The entire line,” said Mr. Bernard Bunne- meyer to @ Sra reporter, ‘places in communi- cation twenty-five signal stations and com- mands a section of country of the utmost im- portance in warfare against hostile Indians. ‘The terminal stations connect with the general telegraph system of the country, and thus bring the inmost recesses of Arizona’s and New Mexico's vastness into close relation with the seat of government, # fact, of which a message received a few days ago at the signal office from Gen. Greely, who 1s at present in Arizona witnessing the practical operation of the line, isan incontestable proof. The message was written by the general on Bowie peak and flashed from summit to summit over gaps from 40 to 45 miles in extent to the western terminal station, touching successively Mount Graham, Table butte, Saddle peak, Pinal mountains. Lookout peak, Baker's | butte, Squaw peak, Bald mountain and Whipple bar- racks, where it was transferred to the electric telegraph for transmission to this city. HOW THE PLAN WAS CARRIED ovT. “The plan of this gigantic undertaking was conceived and carried out by an able and ener- getic officer, Col. W. J. Volkmar, who is well remembered in this city and has charge of the signal service in the Department of Arizona. Gen, Greely, recognizing the possible advan- tages offered, in # military point, by the well- planned project, left nothing undone to make the experiment a success and furnished the en- tire line with the best equipment at his d postl, He provided each station with one or more heliographs of the latest pattern for flash- ing messages, reports and information of value onward. This mysterious little instrument is extremely simple to mampulate, when under- stood, aud in the hands of an experienced sig- becomes a potent factor in the field, THE HELIOGRAPH, “Imagine a mirror about four inches square 80 arranged on a tripod or other support that the rays of the sun reflected from its surface may be thrown on any point desired and kept there by means of revolving screws to compen- sate for the apparent motion of the sun. isa heliograph. To transmit a message it will only be necessary to intercept the reflected | ys by means of a screen and operate the lat- | ter so as to reveal to the distant station flashes | of various durations represcuting the dots and | dashes of the American Morse telegraph code, Any telegraph operator may therctore become expert in the manipulation of the instrument with but httle practice, and it was tls fact led Gen. Greely to recommend the adop- tion of the American Morse code for signaling purposes, In addition to heliographs the line itipped with tele. and, in fact, everything necessary | ble the signal officers to sean the sur- | rounding country {rom their lofty s correct reports of any unusual occur- | rences within the radius of vision to the near- | est military post or to the authorities in this city, if required. GREAT EXPECTATIONS, “The possibilities of the heliograph are not yet fully developed, and only within the past two years have messages been exchanged over arange of 75 miles, while quite recently Col Volkmar has demonstrated that the instrument is quite effective at distances of over 95 miles. The instruments in use were designed at the signal office, and although it is not generally | known, the oficials are aiways ou the ior improvements of value to the army, latest device is a ficld telephone equipment, but the name ‘walking telephone’ is much more suggest! it consists of a rec transmitter ey ingeniously arrange small sole leather pouch. A soldier prov with this equipment audarecl of very ght | double conductor wire carried in a knapsack on | his back may move all over the field and still be enabled to maintain constant communica- tion with the central station or starting point. A mile of wire is carried without dificulty. On the ficid of battle or for outpost duty this equipment will be indispensable; it fultils the requirements of instant and constant commu- nication, ‘The commander-in-chief of an army | watching the progress of battie from his station | need no longer send his adjutants to and tro | with orders jor the disposition of his forces; | this equipment will do it without loss of val- | uable time. SIGNALING THROUGH THE WATER. “Another device, still in the embryonic state, contemplates the utilization of water as the transmitting medium, and the result of pre- liminary trials speaks well for the inventor. ‘The construction of the contrivance is a secret, but some idea of its usetulness may be obtained | from the fact that it will effect communication | between vessels, from shore to vessel, or be- tween any two points separated by w body of water # ral miles, ‘Since Gen, Gre ssumed charge of the signal corps many nprovements have | been effected in the appliances for communi- | cation in the field, and from the efforts made | in keeping abreast of the progress in science it | is evident that this corps will do honor to its present chief in active service.” > A Curious Custom in Iceland. w York Ledger. is an old ceremony in Iceland of show- ing civilities to strangers prevalent in the re- mote rural districts. Itis that the ladies of the house shall pull off the trousers of the fatigued and disconsolate travelers. The theory is that, as the rain may be expected to be alway falling, the trousers must be wet at bed time, and as the regular day’s pony ride is about forty miles the enturer from other lands should be exceedingly weary and in need of gentle encouragement and assistance. It is thought, therefore, that it is nothing but an act of politeness and true concern for the w. fare of the traycler that the most agreeable | rson in the house shouid undress his legs. I ay add that there is not among the Iceland- | brs who perform this solemn rite the remotest suspicion that there is any indelicacy in the performance. It is related of the most pious and famous missionary who ever visited the island, Henderson, who distributed Bibles throughout the island fifty yea: that this business of pulling off his trousers was a sad embarrassment to him and somewhat pre- vented the development of his vital piety. He could not refuse to accept the hospitality of the good people among whom he distributed the good book, for which they were grateful in the extreme, and he finally managed a com- promise and systematized it, He insisted upon first rolling himself in a blanket and then upon unbarnessing himself as to suspenders and waistband, and then, and not until then, he allowed the ladies to seize the offending gar- ment by the straps (whici he uniformly wore to keep his trousers legs down when riding) and pull them off, So while they took the trousers in triumph he spared his modesty al the rudeness of the terrible shocks that would otherwise have been inflicted. 1 hilo~ sophical and ingenious minister published a very large volume about his troubles in Iec- land, aud the story he tells about his trouble with his trousers is very droll, and in fact is quite pathetic and profusely garnished with pious reflections. eee Feminine Thrust and Reply. From the Bostou Saturday Gazette. Seated in a strect car near two sweet young things, who were full of the beautiful ingenu- of girlhood, the following portion of ersation reached me: ‘Ob. Amy, I have a frightful rip in my_rid- and forg ot to have it mended. " Lend ‘ours tomorrow, will you? “Yes, indeed, dear.” “(With emphasis and the utmost sweetness.) “But I'm awfully afraid you'll find ittoo tight; 1 wear a twenty-one corset, you know.” “Yes.” (A slight, but very impressive pause.) “I think perhaps I can getit together, though; I wear a nineteen.” it was clean cutas the stroke of a razor; beautifully given and beautifully taken. Both faces preserved their calm and placid expres- sion, anew topic of conversation was started almost instantly and I leaned back in my cor- ner and marveled at my own sex. a It’s the Little Ones That Worry You. j highted people. As the color | to insure s: | was much di | taken vigorous steps air: i the last instant, “What is the matter, old fellow; you look worried?” 1874. and to acting as-| great, and in that case the old hat man sistant chief May 4,/has a harvest. But those that are not 1586, when Congress|too much worn, which we retain, are made the tion of | brushed up for the benefit of our customers. assistant chief perma-} A man comes in who wants his hat renovated. nent. The District Com- | The job may require time, The man may not Missioners appointed | want to wait. dors, ‘Lend mea hat,’ and we him first assistant chief es him one of these. A good many of these of the fire department ts are worn to base ball games. bee ae don't July 27, i888 Assist- | like to wear good hats to a all groum There is & superstition that there is apt to be rain ant Chief Lowe has some time during the day on which a game of — played or that on lst ass'T CHIEF Lowr. served at all the large fires in the District for the last twenty years, among them the National Theater (twice), the old “Mash Market,” United States arsenal, Wall's Opera House “Well, Tam—I’m being danned up hill and down dale by my infernal creditors.” “Oh, you owe a large sum of moncy?” Bons ee ibe eyed ae ee a debts are like childre: e smalier are bother they are. ° are ——— Imprudence or excess in eating or drinking, nervous excitement, sedentary habits and men worry produce indigestior appetite, poor- ess of the blood, exhaustion, zee. PPOUM Quina Laroche, an invigorati contain- ing peruvian bark, iron and pure Cat wi has the indorsoment of the ‘medical faculty of Paris and has been used in the hospitals there with entire success in the of these weaunent dis- A STRANGE COLONY. The Thirteen Hundred Squatters on the Pensacola Naval Reservation. Surgeon J, W. Ross, who is generally consid- ered as ons of the best yellow fever experts in the government service, called on Secretary Tracy Tuesday’ morning, accompanied by Surgeon General Browne, and made an appeal in behalf of a colony of people living on the naval reservation at the Pensacola navy yard, Fia., about eight miles from Pensacola. These People, he says, number about 1,300, and are extremely poor, being the descendants of the employes of the Pensacola navy yard, which was closed almost immediately after the war and has remained so since, They have built and bought little homes. which they hold with- out much expense, and their living. such as it is, is obtained from their work as fishermen, WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO TURN UP. A few of them scratch the soil and raise a few vegetables, but the existence is a sort of hand- to-mouth life that is made even more precari- ous by the occasional ravages of yellow fever, which has swept the little colony several times. ‘The navy yard offers employment only for a few men who are engaged in making occasional repairs, but the others have been waiting in the footsteps of their fathers before them, for the reopening of the yard in the hope of ob- taining positions, Micawber-like they remain, clinging to their hard homes rather than go to the city, where they would be obliged to pay rent. But their physical condition, bad as it is, is not so bad as their mental state, and that is the inspiration of Dr. Ross’ advocacy of the colony's needs. THEIR PECULIAR SITUATION. The trouble lies in the fact that, being squat- ters on a government reservation, they are not regarded as citizens of the state, and are con- sequently ineligible to the advantages of the state's public schools. For years they have goue along without any sort of education, even of the most primary character, until they have reverted, after a couple of generations, to a condition cf semi-savagery. IN A PITIFUL CONDITION. Their ignorance is pitiful, resembling that of peasants in some of the more unenlightened countries of the east. his condition of affairs grows worse rly, a8 all efforts to obtain aid from the si of Florida have failed. Dr, Ross has aroused the interest of the commis- sioner of edue: , Who las promised to ask for asmall appropriation for some school faci! ties in the colony if the Secretary of the Navy would recommend it, this deference to Seer: fracy being due to the fact that he has n over the reservation. The Secre- terday said that he would offer no ctions to the granting of aid to these be- is about equally divided between the white and colored races two schools will be required, one for each class, SURGLON Rp 8’ MISSION, Dr. Ross has been ordered to duty at Pensa- cola for the purpose of aiding in the preven- tive measures that are to be adopted in order fety from the Cuban fevers. He said yesterday that he did not think there iger at present, as there is a very nized state board of heaith that has ady to keep the dis- well org ease out of the countr: WHE: HE Was MOST FRIGHTENED Not Under the Enemy’s Fire, but Before the Rifles of His Own Soldiers. From the New York Trib: ‘e “Was I ever afraid in battle?” English army o! any times, But there are different kinds of fright. I have served in India, in Egypt and in western Africa, but the worst ‘funk’ I was ever in was when there was no chemy within thousands of miles of me. “Lwas a captain at the time and was stationed at Port Royal, Jamaica, We had just got a lot of recruits on our hands, the rawest, greenest recruits you ever saw, Iwas drilling them in rifle practice at long range, and had great trouble to make them obey orders with precision In fact, one could never be sure whether they would fire when you wanted them to present or present when you wanted them to fire. “Thad been sending them through a practice id an one afternoon and’ they were so terribly stupi Igot intoa vile humor. The day fearfully warm, and the sun beat down so fiercely that my horse, a wicked brute, got into almost an ungovernable temper. [ sat on my horse at the right of the squad, and wa giving them volley at long range. When m, gone the men seemed to gain a little sense, and began to fire with rapidity and accuracy. ‘Things were run- ning as emoothly as clockwork, and I was soon soothed into cheerfulness despite the heat, Not somy horse. He was never more vicious, “We were getting aloug so well by this time that it was “Rt Present! Fire! and the volley would rin out like a single report, “Once | eried out aud the work was as pl “Present.” y rifle went up to shoul- ders in perfect form, ‘At the very instant I was about to say ‘Pirc! my fretting horse bolted, cutting directly across the range. I was not 20 feet trom the squad, eye caught the glit- tering ritles leveled right at me and instinet- ively I closed my eyes and ducked my head, If you know’ what British soldiers are you can imagine my feelings, my_ terrible tear, for as 1 said before, I was never before in such a ‘funk.’ I knew that if I opened my mouth those recruits would riddle my body with rifle balls, for they were expecting the word ‘Fire! and prob: would have taken any sound for that. » to cry out ‘As you were!’ to get the rifles off my body, was so great that L had to clench my teeth to keep from crying out, Of course the whole thing took only a few seconds, but it was many minutes longer than that to me, “When my plunging horse had carried me from before the motionless rifles I managed to wheel him. As he came around I cried ‘fire! and every one of those stolid men obeyed the command with absolute precision. ‘That as- sured me all the more that had opened my mouth while crossing their range I should hav be dead mau, for they were not drilled ufficiently to distinguish a different order at , and yet followed one’s words with a blind fidelity, “IL have often thought.” added the officer, with a strange smile on his lips, “that those recruits fancied 1 had cut across them to test their drill, for they showed no surprise, not the faintest sign of emotion, when I suddenly wheeled and cried ‘Fire!’ But you may weil believe that this was not the case. AndI pledge you that never afterward in rifle oe tice did'I get caught in so dangerous and help- less a situation. n = soe. a The Sleepless Eye of Justice. From the Cincinnati Times-Star. Many stories are told at the expense of the well-known German ex-magistrate with the glass eye. One day while trying a case with a jury he fell asleep, but asthe glass eye was open the lawyers and those interested in the case knew it not, nor that their testimony was all for naught. They only discovered that the genial j. p. was sound asleep when one of the lawyers arose and asked for the decision of the court, and not receiving an answer demanded of the constable what was the matter. The constable then hastily awoke the sleepy squire and formally stated to the assemblage that the eye which’had been open was glass, ‘The case had to be tried again from the start, as the magistrate hadu’t heard a word of the testimony, ————-eee--—-____ Facial Oil Reservoir. Baltimore Free Press, Town Gossip. neat way of getting over a difficulty, A lady was in pricing some scissors, She examined several pairs, but each one was too hard in ac- tion to suit her; they did not move freely enough, There was one set that she had taken an especial fancy for, but. like the others, the two sides ground one against the other, making it difficult to move them as she wished. The dealer picked them up, rubbed his finger near where the two biades joined, and said: “Why, these seem free enough.” They were, yet only a moment before they had been as stiff as possible. How did this happen? When the purchaser left the store I inquired the where- tore and the dealer answered: “Did you notice me rub my nose?” “Not particularly.” “Well, I did, and that is the secret of the shears operating easily. Where the nose forms an indention near the cheek a small quantit; of oily matter collects on every person's face. T rubbed my little finger therein and oiled them so they now run smoothly.” Another trick in trade, ————_____ The Milwaukee road has announced a rate of 6 both ways between St. Paul and Kansas City. This is cut trom 69. The Wabash met the cut. Albert C. Dam, pro of the Union Square Hotel, New York, died of pneumonia yesterday, He was forty-two years old, Spellman of Peoria, IL, a witness Edwar in the Cronin murder case, has been indicted by the grand charged with abetting nites aatheniivaseone aeetis the council, Frank J. Quinn was also indicted gave bonds in the sum of $4,000, LIFE IN UNCLE SAM’S ARMY. It is a Hopeless Sort of Career With Precious Little Fun in It. “Why on earth any man should wish to go into the United States army is more than I can imagine.” said an officer in the service to a Star reporter the other day. “It seems to me that a young man could hardly choose a career in life more entirely without rewards. Let me give you an example of the sort of existence we must be content most of the time with lead- ing: My company is at present stationed at an isolated and dreary pest on the upper Missis- sippi; it has literally been forgotten by the War Department and is likely to remain so. There is nobody anywhere about that lonely region to associate with and only once a year is there a relicf of the monotony, when the government supply ship comes up the river to land stores and ammunition fora twelve- month. It 18 a ‘one company post,’ which means that there are only three officers—hardly enough, as you are probably aware, to make up agame of poker. The life, in short, is a sort of dry rot condition, under which ennui be- comes chronic and ,alcohol is almost the only available resort for the creation of an arti- ficial cheerfulness, You can imagine how for- tunate I think myself to be stationed in Wash- ington, through an accident, on detached duty.” ALCOHOL IN THE ARMY, “Is there not a good deal of drinking done by army officers’ “Undoubtedly; and it is very natural that such should be the case. What are men to do on lonely frontier posts but drink and play cards? ‘They feel the need of some excitement, and | there are scurce any other resources at hand. Lut the consumption of alcohol in the army is as nothing compared to old timea, The officers who drink hard nowadays are mostly of the older set who were in service before the war. In those times it was the fashion in the army to drink hard, play high and be generally rather reckless and wicked. The pace was set by the rich young southern officers, who took up the profession of arms not for a livelihood but because it was the proper occupation for gentlemen. Many of them would give their salaries to their servants, They-kept fast horees and led fast lives generally. Poorer men had to foliow suit, and ruin, trom cards or drink, or both, was not infrequent. Things have altered since those days, J venture to say that there are more total abstainers in my regiment than are to be found among an equal number of civilians picked at random,” WIS VOICE FoR WAR. Vhere docs the fun of being an army officer come in? Presumably there are certain com- pensations?” “There isn't any fun, Gen. Crook spent twenty years in the service without obtaining a single leave of absen An army officer may get leave, but he is not entitled to it. If he marries he will probably have to take his wife out into the wilds, to live in barracks and share his own isolation from nearly everything that kes life desirable, When he is old enough to have fairly survived the capae:ty for enjoy- ment, he is retired on two-thirds pay. Of course, in what Ihave said I have been referring to what may be called the army proper, that is, and infantry, ‘The artillery ofticers are scattered about on the coast, usually near large cities. As for the engineers their work is practically that of civilians, What I sigh for is war; if that would only come there would be a show for us,” “And yet, notwithstanding all there are plenty of youn to become army officers.” “Certainly, There is a glamor about the notion of being a soldier that is very at- tractive, Besides, the pay at the start is ‘sufti- ciently good to be an inducement, where edu- you say, ¢men who are anxious ented young gentlemen are so plentiful and employment is 80 scarce. A young man who gets AN APPOINTMENT FROM CIVIL LIFE jumps right into acommission as second lieu- tenant aud $114. month, In all respects his advantages are equal to those enjoyed by the fellow who has been graduated from West Point after years of study and creditable be- havior. The latter, upon graduation, is like- wise appointed a second lieutenant at an equal remuneration, That seems unjust to West Pointers. you say. Well, rather. They can’t be expected to like it, but they have nothing to do but to take their medicine, ere are always more vacancies made every year in the list of officers, by deaths, resignations and retirements, than can be filled by the cadets, and the extra number are recruited from civil life. For a civilian to obtain such an appointment is simply a matter of influence. He gets an order for examination; then it is merely a question of passing on some easy common school ques- tions. and he slides into the army. Promotions are paintully slow, but pay—though never more than enough to barely live upon—steadily in- ses from year to year and is always a sure thing for lite, so long as a man doesn't grossly have himself. That is something, of rse, and it must 0 be considered that an army officer’s commission gives social position to many a man who would not possess it other- Tomy notion, the navy 1s a far more de- we than the ary Men have a bet- y enjoy the niages ot travel, shore duty is apt to be easy, vacations are fre. quent, and, although the girl in the opera may sing, ‘Ah, que j'aime Jes militaires!” 1am con- Vinced that the naval officer is the masher par excellence.” aoe EE The Missing Link. From the New York Herald. Mr. Donald Burns of No. 115 Roosevelt street is a dealer in birds and animals, and has lately added a young chimpanzee to his collection. Mr. Burns received word from Boston a few days since that the captain of a sailing vessel which had just arrived there from the west coast of Africa had a chimpanzee for sale, Mr. Burns accordingly went to Boston to see the animal, and finding it a good specimen pur- chased it with a view to selling it to. the park commissioners of this city. The animal,itseems, is very tame and while on shipboard learned many tricks, such as using a fan and eatin, with a knife and fork. ‘The captain's wife ha made the chimpanzee a child’s dress and hat, ‘The appearance of the animal in these togs is ludicrous in the extren the creature looking for all the world like ‘an ordinary but very homely little colored girl, Mr. Burns was at a loss how best to transport it to this city, but finally conciuded to dress it up and bring it down by t 1 one of the passenger coaches. On Friday night Mr, Burns, accompanied by the chimpanzee, took seats in the “smoker” of one of the trains of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad bound for New York. To all appearances Mr, Burns had a little col- ored girl with him, and when the conductor came around for the tickets and asked for “the | child's fare” there was a general roar among those passengers sitting near by, who had dis- covered the nature of Mr. Burns’ companion, his isn’t any child,” said Mr. Barns; “it's a— ou don’t calla child as big as that a baby, do you?” asked the conductor. “Come now,” said he, becoming impatient and feeling rather nettled at the laughter on all sides of him, “you'll have to pay half fare, anyhow.” but, I tell you,” said Mz, Burns, “that this isn’t a child.” At this point the chipanzee, which had ap- parently been listening with interest to the conversation, turned its face up to the conduc- tor and grinned. “Holy Moses!” exclaimed the startled official, “Why, I'm blessed if that isn’t a monke; This was too much for the conductor, who didn’t recover from his astonishment the rest of the tri ter time, 5. anted to See Robert. From the Chicago Tribune, They tell this story over at the Columbia theater: A man who had bought a ticket and sat through one act walked out to the box office and asked: “What time does Robert do his act?” The information was returned that he had been doing it, and would do it some more in the next act. 5 “But what time does he down the other fel- low?” “What other fellow?” “The gladiator.” “Don’t understand what “Well, you pretend to bills say, don’t you?” “Vell this here bill ‘Robert, Downin; -“Well, this here says ‘ the Gladiator.’ Now, when does he down him’ I'm a sort of sport in — and I want to see the rassel. Is it to of Queens- berry or not? See?” ’ The young man in the box office tried to ex- to the Hoosier, but as he asserting that he had been money was refunded. are dri' at” what sea ie ever heard of before in W: journal- ism. Get the Washington Herald and —Adot, Economical, ‘From the New York Sun. MAY 17. 1890—SIXTEEN PAGES: WHEN WOMAN IS SUPERSTITIOU S A Few of the Ways in Which That \Weakuess Shows Itself. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. We were chatting away in the cosiest sort of ® fashion when to my intense surprise my com- Ppanion, acharming young woman of twenty, Rave a little start as if suddenly brought face to face with an unknown evil, and rising hastily from her seat deliberately made two complete revolutions, twenty pairs of eyes looking on in amazement at this erratic behavoir. “Good gracions,” I gasped, as she resumed her seat, ‘what is the matter? “Why just look across the way,” she whis- pered in a most mysterious manner, “and you will see @ cross-eyed woman. Now don’t you know,” continued the superstitious little soul, “that to meet a cross-eyed manor woman is Sure to bring you the worst of ill luck unless | you break the spell by turning around twice? Few people, I find. are superior to attacks of superstition in one form or another, no matter how sensible they may be upon all other points. These strange fancies come from nobody knows where,and are too often indulged in to the | discomfort of everybody concerned. i _ A luncheon, which promised to be a most de- | lightful affair, proved to be a miserable failure | simply because the evident distress of the hostess at the breakage of a mirror threw out of | tune the harmony of the entire party. Really, the poor woman was an object of sincere com- passion, as she declared with heartrendering | earnestness that she was im for seven years of | bad luck, You cannot get some women to undertake anything new on Friday. and so it has grown to be for them a finishing up day of all the odds ' and ends of the weck, whether in a social or do- | mestic sense, I have a friend who wouid feel, Tam sure, were she to have the temerity to boarda train upon this uniucky day, that she was going to her doom. Not long ago I offered to help a sister in dis- tress who had been suddenly and unexpectedly called from home, but the offer was made on | the unlucky day of the w&k and madame ce was a study to behold as she exclaime: | “Cut out anew gown on Friday? Why. my | dear friend, I should expect it to be surely) 7 added in emphatic tones, and in a jiffy the goods was whipped out of sight. Sa apts hang about love and matrimony that must, it seems, Feceive the serious attention of both sexes if | they would not blast their hopes of happiness | for good and all. Have you a delinquent sweet- | ruined, Have never known it to fail,” she | heart, one whose passion is on the wan: stick shining pins in a tallow candi “kindly witch,” put it carefully 3 will not have to wait long for your truant lover. But, my dear girls, take my advice and do not tempt fate by putting milk in your tea before | sugar. To do anything so rash is to lose your etheart for ever. Who «mong my fair readers has been guilty of the crime of flirting and is haunted with the miserable fear that at an inopportune moment a vevengeful spirit may appear upo! the seene and upset all her nicest extculatio Here comes a compassionate friend who pities her distress and suggests that she drop a silver dime in her left shoe and let it stay there until the nuptial knot is tied. | The girl that catches the bouquet that falls | from the hand of the bride as she ascends the | stairs todon her traveling gown is the next | 6 whom fate places on the matrim: In Baltimore at a recent wedding where T | had the pleasure of being a guest the bride’ bouquet was composed of as many tiny bou- quets as there were maids of honor. Each cunningly concealed a souvenir, and maiden whose floral tribute held a ring was immediately congratulated and declared to be blessed beyond compare. A gold piece found in the heart of a rose signified that its gentle mistress was to be rich beyond her fondest dreams, As she was | already heiress toa snug fortune I could not | see that she was very much affected by the | news, but she was evidently in the eyes of the | | | vial list, damsel who secured the silver thimble that consigns the owner to a life of single blessed- ness an object to excite the keenest envy. Up im the dainty dre the elaborate ceremon, of besvow! J upon the first maid in waiting the mystic garter that had sustained the silker: hose of the bride during | the important occasion is carried on amid rip-| pling laughter and a chatter of girlish voices | that sounded like a flock of magpies, The | bride makes the important transfer whispering, as she clasps the golden-hued circlet above tne knee of her nearest and dearest friend, all sorts of prophetic promises. It is from this custom that we find the yellow garter gracing the toilet of half the women in | the country, In Chicago a lot oi merry maidens have formed a club and cail it the “J.J's.” The young men are puzzling their brains in vain efforts to unravei the mysterious problem, Now if you are clever enough to ook in your French dictionary you will find that the shy creatures have adopted jaune for yellow and jarretiere for garter—hence the mystery. Emeralds denote separation, while opals and | pearls are stones that even the bravest hearted maiden shrinks from accepting as an emblem of a piighted troth, and an old English super- stition insists that a broken engagement is sure to punish the lover who bestows upon his fiancee the unlucky gift of a prayer book. Many a blithesome courtship has been rudely nipped in the bud, says an authority, by indil- ference to these garnered bits of lore, Take a peeo within the charmed precincts of | amodern tea drinking and you will find the | staidest matrons as weil as frivolous maids peering anxiously down into the fragile china cup, industriously studying their fate in the tiny grains of tea that have collected upon the daimty surface. I meet with so many women who refuse to | look at the cards until they are all dealt. We/ have adoptea the Scotchman’s belief in the , magical effect of the agate, and many Ameri- cans carry one of these stones constantly about | their person, while we are indebted to the Jap- anese for our settled faith in the chrysanthe- mum as a flower of good fortune, But of all the ancient bits of lore that have | been handed down to us by our grandmothers | 324 the one which not so long ago put the whole | country on the qui vive for a white horse has | died a natural death. Small wonder, for even | the most ardent devotee to this superstition | has been brought to admit that the supply is not equal to the demand, the red-headed whim | of the hour having so completely mundated the country as to entirely overshadow the fas- cinating theory of the white horse, eee eee tea, Bismarck and the Fair Sex: Eugene Field in the Chicago News. If in all Germany there are those who rejoice in the retirement of Bismarck they belong to that class who have come to regard Bismarck asa woman-hater. The truth seems to be that Bismarck has always had a very distinct con- viction that woman had a sphere and that she vaght to stick toit, Itis told that upon one occasion the Countess Waldersee remarked to the chancellor that the Empress Freder! alady of ripe political judgment. “Yes, swered Bismarck, *I am sure of it, for the pol- itics of tne iadies lies in the nursery and the kitchen, and I aware that the empress ag an admirable wife and mother,” “But,” argued the countess, with a good deal of vehemence, “a woman may have interests outside the nursery.” “Certainly,” said Bismarck, “when her hus- band is content to rock the cradle. The wife of Count Schouvaloff, the Russian ambassador, was always quarreling with Bis- marck and’ amusing tales are tot of the spirited disputes that passed between them. Upon one occasion Bismarck was particularly grumpy and he stubbed not only the countess but every other lady in the room in the most brutal manner. As he withdrew from the apartment one of the large Russian mastiffs in the hallway had the temerity to growl at the chancellor. Whereupon the Countess Schou- valoff ran to the door and called out, saucily: “Prince Bismarck, don’t you dare bite my dog.” How a Noted Traveler Got a Pass. From the Chattanooga Times. Tourist Operator Bogardus, known to tele- graph operators in every city of importance throughout the United States, was in the city yesterday. “Bogy,” as he is familiarly called, has traveled all over this country and Europe, and mostly on the contributions of his brother key pounders and the pusses of peraistontly importuned railroad officials. *‘ hasn’ ae a stroke of work for an interminable length of time, simply because nomadic life is ferable. He was yesterday on his way to Semaphie, with the avowed intention of soteally going te work at the go! The best of the | j __RAILROADs. aE 3 GREAT. T To THE SORT WEST CHWEST, © THE NOKTH, WES’ 7 i K. SPLENDID SCENERY MAGNIFICENT EQUIPMENT, 1sv0 KOM STATION, TS, AS FOLLOWS: burs aud the West, Chicago | muited ¢ upan Vestibule Care at 1050 daily to Coun: TA ROUT! AND so! v THE ‘ast Line, 10:50 am. Lous, with Sleeping Cars fro Jumbus, daily, except Saturday, t Sleeping Car Altoona to I > aud Cincinnati tor Car Washington te « ing Cars Harrisbure « ibe aud Dininc Car Harrisburg to At Western Express, at 7-40, > wae aap. ing Cars Washougton to « and St. Lous, connec ing dail ja ad y at Marrisburc Sleepers for Lowievi'le and Men: Dress, 10:00 pm. daily, tor Pittsburg and the West, Sith through Sleeper to Pittsburg, and Pittsburg “PALTEN ND POT D. E AND POTOMAC RAILROA’ aud Nagare Palle For Kane, Canandaicvua, Koc daily, except Sunday, S10 aan. rie, Canandaigua and Kochester daily. for Bafe faoand Ningaga dail opt Savunday, 10-00 pathy with Sleeping Car maton to Rochester, epaud Elude, at 10 50a “0 pm LW YoRk et ke Hg am. 2 10, 1 — Pullman Parlor pt Sunday, and 5.00 p.m. eve ¥..ail through trains Jersey City with boats of Brooklyn Aut ine dinect trauster to Fulton #trect, av York city -m. Week daye 11 20pm, 7.20.8 +0 ry day cot ubie 4 m bi 20, 6.01, bm. Om W0, 210, 703, fice, northeast cor bagicawe to CHAD. E. General Manace ALTIMOK Sehedu Leave Washingte: Imyl2}_ Ge AND O10. RAILROAD. imettect May 11, IS9U. uerot New Jersey a, For Chicago a Press daily 11 « daily, an 1-30 p.m. For Pittsburg and Cleveland, express daily 9.30 @ mm, and 840 you 1 Per }exsugiou and points in the Shenandoah Valley, 1 Limited ex- aisavolia, express ee Sundays, 8:30 pan. ve Baltimore for Wash H, 4 Lo, 720, 8 For Annapolis P.m. Sundays, 10, and 4 he ve Anuap- $50 pau, Sundays, Met politan Brauch, 16-30, 30 a.m Pan. For Principal Stations only, 40 ani, 14:30 and to 00 pane For Kockville and Way Stations, 4-35 p.m Por Gaithersburg aud iutermediate pointe, 9-00, $10200, T1101 tl 1300, *5.35, piosoo. ta 00, T3200, » ted, im, °7 00 pam wu Sunday wt 1:15 aon repli Brauch, derek, 99:50, TSO 2 1380, 1430 ee oP Hagerstown and t3.30 ‘Trains arrive fre cago" dally 11a from Cincimatt aud St Oo hem.. ttou Littsburk RK AND PHILADELPHIA DIVISION ny For New York, Trenton, aud ‘ Ned. 94:05, th 740700, 712-00 if 44°50 and “16 Buftet Parior Car X f ar on the 10-30 p. 1 8-00, *10.00, *12-00 noom, 4710-30 juan. + Del, Wilr 2:00" woul, day trams, rmediate points between B: i 19:00 and $720 a.m., eave Philadelphia for Washington, * 1s, 71139 am, ThdO, “4431, *. 723%". a. For Atlantic City, °4:05am, *12:00m, teacept suuday. “*Daily. §sunday only Kae called tor aud checked hotels and rest: dences by Union Tran a orders Jeft afl ticket offices, 619 aud un and at depot C CULL, Gen. Pass, Avent, r. ‘CHAS. 3. T. ODELL, Gen, Maus, mid BR ewNOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD Co. 90 5 _. Schedule imeftect MAY 11, 18 50m. Tea jail. 1424 am — % lottesville, Stations Chesupeake and Ohio. Kou Lyuchburg, Rocky Mount, Danville and Stations b tween Lynchburg and Danville, y', Aabewct, AUanu pute. $:40 p.m.—Daily, except Sundi Strasburg and interinediate stations, —Daily via Lyuchbur, Bristol aud Chat- Puliman Vestibule 5 to tanooxa, this, counec A Charioteesviile, Cincinate Pulimau : Cincuuuat, witha Pullinab Sleeper tur a 1100 Ss Southern Express Danville, Kaleiwh, Asheville, Auvusta, AUauta, “Mouteomer iariotte, Columbia, ew Or ans, Lexas forma. Pallman Vestibule Car Washington to rieaus Via Atlanta and Moutgowery. Fulluan Washington to Biruinghan, Als via Atiante ia Pacific ‘Kailway, and” Pulliuan. Sleeper Washington to Axhevilie and Hot Springs, N.C. wis Salisbury. Also Washington to Augusta via Daulville and Chariotte. drains on Washington and Ohio division leave Washe ington 9:00 4m. daily, 1:50pm. daily except Sund and 4:45 p.m. dauly arrive Konud till 11-30 41m 4°25 pan bum. ; returning i wail Yam. and 5:00 p.m. daily and 1 ) pan, dutly xcept Sunday, arriving Washlugton 8:30 ain apd yn. and 7:35 p.m. 30. ¥ au. Strasburg local at 1 Tickets, sleeping car reservation and information furnished aud vargaze checked at office, 1:00 Penne spivapia ave. and at passeuger station, Ponmey!vaui® railrond, 6th and B sts, JAS. L. TAYLOR, Pass. Agent. POTOMAC RIVER BOATS, HE MOUNT VEKNON AND MARSHALL HALL STEAMBOAT C ‘On and after the ISth of May the new iron si Charies Macalester wall leave Washington eve (except Supcay) at 10 a.m, and 2-0 y Veruon and Marshall Hail, reaching Wash: amen y day va. 10 MB ugton at 2 ant 3-350 p.m, ‘On Fridays aud Saturdays, speci: sious down the river to *duidiau Marstiall Hall going and returning, leaving Washing. 6:30 pan, Feaching city on return wt 10 pam, oe SUNDAYS. Will leave Washington at 11 a M. jen at Washingcton at 3 on the steamer on ald pau. Dinver trips aud at Marshall i Fare, round tnip to Mount Vernon, including adm sion to grounds aud manson, 1.00. S Hound trip to Marshall ‘and all other pointe, For charters of Steamers Macalester and Corcoran foreither Mount Vernon or Marshall Hall apply te cay’ 2, ob the steamer, my 16 LL. BLAKE, Coptain Nonrorx AND OLD POINT. FARE, #150. Steamers Leave Gth street wharf at 5 p.m., Tues day, Thursday, Saturday aud Suuday. Fur.ber into mation Ielephone Cail 04 my Y-Cin \HE STEAMER “MATTANO” LEAVES 71TH 8ST, Wharf every Sunday, Tuesday aud Thursday, at Zo'clock am, for Potomac Kiver Landings as fat ae Mattox Creek: ds iu Mattawonan Creek on Sun- days down and Wednesdays up, in Hort Louacco Creels ‘Abursdays down aud Moudays und Wedursdays up and Chapuco and in Wicomico Kiver Tue day aiteruoona, GT. JUNES, Agent, aay? Lan Tui =. wharf, 0 NORFOLE AND FORTRESS MONK( SteumerGkU. LEAKY, from 7thst. wharf Mem days, Wednesdays and Fridays, ato p.m. EXCLUSIVE CONNECTION WiTH BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE SiLAMEKS. Fare: @2 single; round ‘Tickets and gb aid G- tnbct oihows OLD ond 1Sa1 Te eves and Hawiey's, 14th and New York ave. For further information inquire at company's offtoa, ou the whart, “Selephoue call 49" 219 WM. P. WELCH, Supt. and Gen. Agt TRANSPOKTATION COMPANY. Baitimore ond kiver Landings Steiner SUR Capt. Veaves Dtepheunou's whurt uy * gather STEPBENSON & bKO., mb8-Gm ‘Seventh Street Wharf, {OR POTOMAC RI LANDINGS. SEW TRC 7 “WakbE Reese tees Seana ee ECpare Veet 7 am Tlespals, NDAYDS p.m. ver i reek Va. Bt Cheeni with 2s.aine 1s. ‘B rAbGki