Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1892, Page 13

PEARY'S SITUATION. Why Dr. Sharp Thinks a Relief Expedition Should Be Sent. eo WAS A SORT OF ANALOGY BE- tween the chill, sharp air of Wednesday night and the landscapes that were thrown on thescreen at the National Museum in the course of « lecture upon the coast of Green- land. They were icescapes rather than land- scapes, for they dwelt largely in bergs and floes and glaciers, and it was but here and there that a glimpse was given of the ragged rocks and cliffs that form the edges of the great field of inland ice that covers the entire surface of Greenland. The lecture waa on the subject of Peary and the west Greenland expedition, delivered by Prof. Benj. Sharp, M. D., Ph. D., of the Acad- emy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, who accompanied the west Greenland expedition of 1891 and was a member of the party that took the venturesome Lieut. Peary to his present camp on Gardiner’s bay. 2 he object of Prof. Sharp's talk, which was listened to with intense interest by an audience that completely filled the hall, was to point out the character of the western coast of Green- land and to give an idea of the conditions sur- rounding Lieut. Peary and his small band of explorers. He also spoke briefly of the neces- sity of an exped on im the coming summer for the “reliek of Lieut. Peary roject that has just been broached in Philadelphia and is now attracting « great deal of attention on the part of the scientists of that city. ‘The lectare consisteg mainly, however, of the exhibition of about fifty lantern slides of views of Greenland and its life. Prof. Sharp ai that he was provided with ful seventy-five slides, all interesting, but that his time would not permit his showing all of them. ‘The views shown described the character of the coast of Greenland on the route of the Kite, which transported the west Greenland expedi- tion on its way t summer. This expedition, Prof. Sharp explained, was quite distinct from that of Lieut. Peary, although the Kite took the latter and his party to their place of camp- ing for the winter, merely, however, as a matter of economy. THE KITe’s YoYAGE. The real expedition with which Prof. Sharp was donnec yup the coast, } tie bay to Whale sound. on the res of which Lieut Peary and his ouitit were landed. The voyage occupied from July Sto August 28, and w: made without a mis- bap, except the accident to Liewt. Peary at the ng. whereby he broke his leg. up the party encountered a great , and the entire passage of Melville bay was attended py great dificulties. 'T ¥essel was in the ice most of the time. The scenes shown by Prof. Sharp covering this part of the trip were very beautiful. They showed the wonderful play of colors in the ice and gave # very realistic representation of the land- scape of tis part of the world. ‘Theother views ranged along in the field of portraits, life scenes and groups of both natives and explorers. A very good view of the Peary party was shown, taken before the start north- ward on the Fourth of July. Prof. Sharp spoke without either manuscript or notes, and talked gracefully of the terrible condition of things encountered in Greenland and the difficultics of exploration. ‘THE PEARY EXPEDITION. Concerning the Peary expedition he said | that there was no reason why Lieut. Peary should not accomplish the objects on whieh he stariedout. He bad a good house at Gardi- ners bay and enough provisions to last him and his entire party for over a year. The | broken limb was mending nicely when the | Kite left the bay, and there was every prospect | that by Mey, when the start over the inlani is to be made, the plucky officer will be ciently stroug to brave the hardships of the tri Riis plan was to start just as soon as the long night of the arctic winter has lifted and to plunge into the interior and endeavor to strike | great plateau of injand ice that he hopes to | lize as a highway to the northern tip of | Greenland ‘There was nothing in view at| present to throw discouragement upon the plan. The only danger, and it was a great one, | was that Peary would be unable to get back to | Upernavik, the most northern settlement in Greenland. after be had returned from his ice tip to the north. When the kite sailed away last summer and left the brave band of seven men and one Woman on the coust at Gardiner's bay Lieut. Peary gave the commanding officer of the ex: pedition a packet for delivery to the academy upon his return. When Philadelphia was reached again this packet was opened ata meeting of the academy and it proved to bea report from the lieutenant of his operations and plans up to the time of being left on the shores, He stated therein that Le intended to rt north over the ice on the Ist of May, and | that he hoved to return in time to begin his | southward passage toward bome between the Ist and oth of the following August. Ho would travel in his two whale boats, and trasted to tind suficient open wat between Gardi- ner'sbay and Upernavik, a distance of 600 miles, without difficulty. "He would stop ate number of points on the coast, mentioned and identified with great care in’ the report, and there build cairns for the preservation of letters tha: might serve as an index to his Movements in case of trouble and a search. Once at Upernavik it mattered little wheth €F not be found a vessel to convey him sout ward to the United States or to Europe, as lie | Would then be ous of danger and in the midst | of acommunity where be could obtain food | and shelter during the long night. In all the| report there was not one word of desire that any sid Docent to him. Prot. Sharp said that when he left Peary noth- ing had beeu said about an expedition to help bum home. but there seemed to be atone in the adventurer’s manner that indicated a ho that something of the sort would be under- taken. Ihe lecturer went on to say that in his opinion, and that of other arctic explorers, | Particularly Commodore Melville, August 1| or 15 would be too late to start south in whale boats, especially with so small a party as that | of Peary’ The passage acrose Melville bay is| Very dangerous, as the most fierce gales swe] across it with great frequeucy during the fall sad winter, and an open boat, but partly manned, would be in extreme danger. ‘There was every reason to believe that while Peary might be able without extraordinary trouble to | Pass this winter and even to make histrip acrose the ice to the most northern ‘int of Green- land, be would not have strength enough left to fet his party across the space of 600 miles to pernavik, or, if be should not venture to make the passage southward next fall, food enough to sustain him throughout another winter. A RELIEF EXPED:TION. It was emphatically the opinion of the loe- turer that a relief expedition should be orgua- ized for the purpose of bringing Lieut. Peary after he had accomplished his man object of exploring the great sea of inland ice. He thought that steps should be taken at ones to organize such an expedition and that the start northward should be made soon after the Opening of travel in the spring. With the aid of the memoranda of the cairns that Peary Proposes to build on hie way southward it} would be comparatively easy to trace the party im case the sbip should reach Gardiner’s bay | after Peary had started back. The relief party Would stop at each point mentioned on the way Sp and thus much time and travel might be re: ihe lecturer wished that too much stress of misconception would not be thrown upon the word “relict,” which he inferred would be con- strued by tae publie at large to imply a de- ree of suffering or distress on the part of the explorers. There ‘was no distress now nor oald there be, unless accidents should osenr, for many months. The proposed expedition would be for the purpose oe averting — dis- tress, and thus its uame as a relief party was Rot quite accurate. It was more of an aiding tmp to help the Leutenant home than anything nd which was sent out by the | Acalemy, consisted of a journey | past Upernavik, | Pe | Julian Ralph in Harper's Marazin HOUSES MADE OF sNOW. Curious Dwellings That People Live in Where Frost Reigns Eternal. HERE ARE SOME PARTS OF THE world where, during the winter season, rain falls in the shapo of what is called snow, transformed by freezing into white and feathery flakes, with which the ground is cov- ered often to the depth of several feet. Al- though sacha phenomenon never occurs in Washington it may not be without interest to learn how in certain arctic countries the na- tives make use of this crystallized water asa material for building houses for themselves during the months of greatest cold. ‘The Eskimo construct such dwellings of snow with great expertness. In the region which they inhabit it might be supposed that build- ing material of this sort was plentiful enough, but, in fact, it has to be selected very care- fully. The snow bank chosen as a quarry, from which the blocks are to be cut, must have been formed by asingle storm, in order that they may be solid and homogeneous. Blocks cut from drifts composed of several layers break easily, and crumble. The material must be ve ly ut not so hard that it cat pot thgenl cut with the saw or snow knife. The building is constructed of blocks of about three or four feet in length, two fect in Leight and six or eight inches in thickness. ‘They are cut with curved ivory knives or dov: tail saws, which for this reason are eagerly pu chased by the Eskimo from traders. The easiest way to quarry the blocks is to attack the side of asteep drift, making parallel cuts and lifting out the blocks as fast as they are detached. THE BUILDING BLOCKS. Two men usually unite in building such a house, one cutting the blocks while the other does the construction. Instead of being ar- ranged in parailel courses like bricks, the | blocks are so adjusted that they form a spiral. inclined inward so as to make a dome-shaped structure, with the culmination of the spiral at the middle of the top, where two or three tri- angular blocks are finally put in to close up the hole. This method of building is extremely ingenious, rendering it possible to put to- gether a vault without the aid of a scaffold. If the blocks were placed in parallel rows the first block of a new row would have no support, whereas by this system each reclines on the previous one. ; ; When the dome of snow, which looks like the half of a spbere set on its flat side, is finished joints between the blocks are made air- tight with a filling of snow mortar pressed into them. Thus the building is rendered close in every part without any holes through which the warm air inside ean escape. Such a house, about five feet high and seven feet in diame is used a8 @ camp on winter journeys. Two skilled men can make and fiuish it m about two hours. For winter quarters, to be used as dwellings, the vaults are built from ten to twelve fect high and from twelve to fifteen feet in diameter. In order to reach this height the builder makes a snow bench inside, on which he steps while finishing the upper part of the structure. THE ENTRANCE. Such a snow dwelling for winter occupancy has ordinarily an entrance attached in the shape of two smaller vaults, through which a passageway runs. Alongside this entryway are a couple of little added rooms for the storage of clothing, harnese and spare meat and blub- The door between the main dome and the entrance leading to it is about three feet high, witha step up of about nine inches as one goes in. Awindow is cut in the wail of the main room, which is covered with the transiu- cent intestines of seals sewed together. There isa hole in the middle through which one can look out. In some cases a slab of fresh-water | ice is inserted in thévindow to serve the same purpose as a glass pane. Water freeze in a sealskin. THE INTERIOR, All around the inside of the main room is a bank of snow two and a half feet high, which, in fact, covers the whole tluor space of the apartment except for a passage from the en- tance through the middle and half way across. On these benches the occupants sleep, cook and deposit their refuse. ‘Ihe but is d with the skins which form the covering of the summer dwelling. This prevents the warm uir inside from melting the snow roof, bove the skins there ix always a layer of colder air. At the top of the building a small hole is cut through for ventilation ana to pro- videa draught for the lamps. Some tribes do not line the buts, but heap great quan- tities of loose snow over the whole building, covering it allup, save for the window, the ventilating hole und the doorway on the ‘out- side. It is made by letting THE sNow BED. The snow bench opposite the entrance to the main room is used for a bed, the edge of which is formed by a long pole, while the surface is covered with pieces of wood, paddles and tent poles. This foundation is spread over with a ‘thick layer of shrubs for a mattress, and finally with many heavy deerskina. Thus a very com- fortable couch is prepared. At night, when the Eskimo go to bed, they put their clothing under the deerskin so as to make pillows. One blanket of deerskins serves for a whole family. On the side benches are the shallow lainps of soapstone hollowed out, which are filled with blubber for burning. Over the lamps tin pots, purchased from traders, are suspended. The central tribes have forgotten the art of build- ing more permanent houses aud always live in snow huts. epresentations of such dwellings onasmali scale are now being prepared for exhibition at the National Museum. ae THE UNDEVELOPED NORTHWEST. The Vast Extent of British Columbia and Its Capacity of Development. British Columbia is of immensesize. It is as extensive as the combination of New England, the middle states and Maryland, the Virginias, the Carolinas and Georgia, leaving Delaware out. It is larger than Texas, Colorado, Massa- chusetts and New Hamebire joined together. et it has been all but overlooked by man and may be saidtobe anempire with only one wagon road, and that is but a blind artery halt- ing in the middle of thecountry. But whoever follows this necessarily incomplete survey of what man has found that region to be, and of what as yet his yet puny hands have drawn from it, will dismiss the popular and natural suspicion that it is a wilderness worthy of ite present fate. Until the whole globe is banded With steel rails and yields to the plow we will continue to regard whatever region lies beyond our doors as waste land and to fancy that every line of latitude has its own unvarying climatic characteristics. There is an opulent civilization in what we once were taught was “the Great American Desert,” and far up at Edmonton, on the F. river, farming flourishes despite ‘the fact that it is where our school books located a zone of perpetual snow. Further along we shall stud & country crossed by the same parallels of lati- tude thet dissect inhospitable Labrador, and We shall discover that a» great a difference ex- between the two shores of the continent on | that zone as that which distinguishes Califor- tia from Massachusetts. Upon the coast of this neglected corner of the World wo shall sce that a climate like that of England is produced, as Engiand’s is, by a warm current in the sea. In the southern half of the interior we shall discover valleys as in- Yiting as those in our New England, and far north, at Port Simpson, jast below the do reaching claw of our Alaska, we shall find such @ cimate ax Halifax enjoy: British Columbia bas «length of 800 miles and averages 400 miles in width. To whoever crosses the country it seems the scene of a vast earth disturbance, over which mpuntaiis are scattered without system. In fact, however, the Cordillera belt is there divided’ into four Tanges, the Rockies forming the eastern bound- lecture was given under the auspices of the National Geographical Society, which lent substantial aid to Lieut. Peary's project. —_—_ Mind Cure tor the Grip. From the Detroit Free Press. ‘One of the best prescriptions ever given by » physician was that one which a Detroit practi- tioner recommended the other day. It is said that a patient called, and in « very nervous condition expressed to the doctor a belief that he was “coming down with the grip.” The medical man indulged in the usual formula of question: ‘You've been ing the < ‘The patient poor that be indulged in such exercise as # habit, and the doctor con- tinue ing to frighten yourself into a belief that you've got the grip.” 4 ‘The patient laughed feebly, at which the @octor suid “Go about your business, work herder and continuously and think of something be- Yourself and, in brief, stop being a fool.” The prescription was taken as ordered and the sick man got well in less than twenty-four ary, then the Gold range, then the Coast range, and, last of all, that partially submerged ebain whose upraised parts form Vancouver and the other mountainous islands near the mainland in the Pacific. A vast valley flanks the south. western side of the Kocky mountains, accom- Panying them from where they leave our north. THE CHESS WORLD. Tourney Problems—An Interesting Game— Solutions and Solvers—-Notes. HE WASHINGTON CHESS CLUB MEETS every evening at 910 F street. Visitors always welcome. PROBLEM No. 74 (Tourney Problem No. 31). (Composed for The Evening Star.) By A. V. BOATRITE, Colunbus, Ga. Black Five (5) pieces. ‘White—Seven (7) pieces. ‘White to play and imate in “hree (3) moves, PROBLEM No. 75 (Tourney Problem No. 32). (Composed for The Evening Star.) ER, Washington, D. C. ‘be Livht Cavalry Charge.” Biack—Three (3) pieces. Waite— Nine (¥) pieces. ‘White to play and mate in two (2) moves, Evans Black—Mr. PQs @ Res ea @ | ugkpp 17 Mak x | R-QSmiate.18 ce P is geyerally preferred here. b About, al cont dose Heck oat BRU was far better a Wh coud vers well fon to let the roo xo. aud continge the attick by KtaP, Bc. ¢ Black's game is now. ho Tenn, Dut there seeraa To bo more resource 1m K-Q thiaa inthe move adopted. SOLUTIONS AND SOLVERS. -K7 and RxB No.56, Bons "Nook P-Bb Sxaommeto BS. ‘Miss Morrison, Miss Sadie E. L.,.1. Y. Knizh Heintz, AV. Boatrite, BA. S.C. ‘Dunham, A.V. Gisiger, FM. Hi Beurend, M. Cumming. eft. Ezdort, J. A. B. Additioual correct solutions by 1 rt Gon “AY, “Boatrite, No , G7. 68, “10 fr 0. 6, “brett mate & those bloc ked- Up problems, N “the pinbine of the NOTES. ‘The chess world is full of matches and rumors of matches. Shipley has beaten Morgan ina match of five games up for the championship of Philadelphia by the score of five to one and two draws. The Judd-Showalter match has come toa standstill throngh the St. Louis champion’s ill ness, which, however, ia not serious, and th contest will not be long delayed. Showaiter at present one game aliead and his friends are confidently predicting his victory. ‘The Havana Lattle is postponed till tomorrow and then at last the long-hoped-for contest to decide the world’s championship will ‘begin. Aswe observed Inst Satarday, although the betting is so largely in favor of Steinitz and al- though every one appears to expect an over- whelming defeat for the Russian master, we are inclined to think that the result will be hardiy as decisive as the prophets declare. ‘Tschigorin has youth on his side. He is in the full vigor of manhood, while the great Wilhelm already begins to feel the weakness of age, and Le 1s Wearied with thirty years of almost ‘con- tinuous contlict over the chess board. ———<oro—____ EMIN’S ALLFGED DISCOVERY, Has He Really Found the Source of the Nile? Those who are interested in the geography of Africa, says the New York Times, will re- joice in the eccentric wanderings of Emin Pasha, for, according to the latest news, he has solved the world-wide problem of the ultimate source of the Nile. However, we have heard the cry so often during the last thirty years that we must receive the news from Emin Pasha with some reserve. According to the information which has reached Berlin, Emin Pasha and Dr. Stubl- mann, traveling in the region between Lakes Victoria, Tanganyika and Albert Edward, have discovered a new river named Kifu. r . which it is concluaed has ite the Ubha country, lying to the east of the north part of Lake Langanyika, about four degrees of south latitude, would have a course of from 220 to 250 miles, and flows into the south end of Lake Albert Edward. It is not stated that Emin and Dr. Stublmann have actually followed the course of the river. They have no doubt encountered it on their journey from Victoria Nyanza to- ward the other lake and followed it down to its mouth. If the course which they lay down for it is correct, it will compel us to alter the hydrography of our maps of this region. There is uo mention of the Lake Kifu, between Tanganyika and Albert Ed- ward, to befound inesisting maps; and it is well-known that the African natives rarely distinguish between a river and o lake— Nyanza, in the language of Central Africa, standing for both. ‘The etill larger lake, Akanyaru, ur Alexandra Nyanza, as Mr. Stanley named it, may very probably have to be removed. No white trav- cler, vo iar as is known, has ever seen it. Mr. Stanley placed it down on his map from native report. It may simply be an expansion of the Kifu, and not the source of the Kagera, which flows into the west side of Victoria Nyanza, ‘The Kagera will thus lose much of its iinport- ance as a remote feeder of the Nile, and the Kifu may possibly become its most’ southerly source. jut it should be remembered that when Mr. Stanley was marching northward to the Victoria Nvanza in his great journey across Africa he came upon a river in about 6 degrees south latitude which he believed flowed into the south shore of the lake under the name of Shi- meeyu. Mr. Stanley struck this river at only one or two points, and these may really have belonged to different rivers. Atulleventson the most recent maps the Shimeera is ‘sharply deflected to the east from its mouth to the lake, and there is uo river Tising 5° south latitude which flows into the Victoria Nyanza. Probably we have not heard the last word about the ultimate sources of this strange river, about the position. of which Ptolemy, aftor all, was not eo far wrong. We havé first the Kifu rising in about 4° south latitude, running into Lake Albert Edward, issuing thence as the Semliki and feeding Lake Albert. There it mingles with the Victoria Nile from Lake Victoria, and together they issue from Lake Albert as the White Nile, which, be- fore it reaches Khartoum, is augmented by a multitude of tributaries frofm the west. Whe! the Shimeeyu or the Kifu ‘be its most remote southern feeder, the river flows through 36° of latitude. The full details of this journey of Emin will be awaited with interest, especially if he continues to fill in the blanks on our may and to complete our knowledge of one of the most rei ble rivers of the world. —-—____ No Enoch Arden for Him, From the Detroit Free Press. “Say, secretary,” said a wild-eyed individual, as he entered the mayor's office, “kin I get permit to carry a pistol?” “Is your life in Jeopardy?” asked the genial secretary. “In where?” re you in fear of danger?” said the secre- tary. “Well,” said the wild-eyed man. “I'm not ‘aactly feared, as you call it, but yo" vee T'mar- ried a woman who thought ber first husband was dead. See Well, now it "pears as how he’s turned up oat 'o ‘er hearin’ all about ber me he jists sits down an’ writes my ol’ ’owman jist to show me that he's no ly Enoch —. Vaghethn Ran means. , considerin’ all things, hadn’ better gi’ me a permit tocarry a tuskit, eh?" THE MAN WHO KICKS. He May Be Disliked, but He Becomes = Public Benefactor. M. Quad in the New York World. I admire the Kicker. I admire him even when he theoretically kicks me. I have long held that the man who undertakes to walk through this world with a meck and bumble spirit will get regularly flattened out and broken in two at least once a month. On the contrary, whoever sawa chronic Kicker who didn’t live on the fat of the land and have a front seat every- where. T've met lots of Kickers in my time, and I never yet saw one wuo was personally selfish. When he kicked it was for the good of the pub- lic. I don't “meet up” with one oftener than once a week, but I'd like to visit and compare notes with throe or four per day. I hereby in- vite every conscientious and well meaning Kicker in the United States who happens to come to New York to give me acall and be pre- red to stay at least three hours and smoke Baie a dozen cigars. Take my case, for instance. There were twenty of us in an Erie railroad sleeper. Just as the car conductor got through coughing a cough that strung out along the track for fif- teen miles, and just after the porter bad banged himeelf tired, a man in upper No 6 began to snore. Out of twenty passengers one snored to keep the other nineteen awake. It looked selfish. I waited for awhile, but the nineteen growled around and let itgo at that. Then I got up and went down to No. 6 and reached up for the man’s hair. When he awoke I sai e here, sir, you snore! ’ ‘ell, it’s my snore, isn’t it?” he replied. ‘It is, and we don't want any of it. ‘This is ® sleeping car. We pay extra because we hope tosleep. You have no right to deprive us of Caen eee “What are you going to do about it?” You either stop snoring or I'll begin sing- ing IfIcan't sleep you shan’t. T've got just as much legal right to sing as you have to snore.” He growled and blustered around, but he ceased to snore. I don't know whether he took his nose off or tied it up, but his wild bazoo no longer annoyed us. Last spring a baggage man threw my trunk off his wagon in front of a Philadelphia hotel and busted it. He drove off singing as I stood looking at the wreck. Haif an hour JaterI walked iu on him at the depot and said: T want $9 of you.” Vhat for?” r “For smashing my trunk in front of the Con- tinental.” i “You get out! Trunks are liable tobe dam- aged, and whoever heard of any one having to pay for them?” “T'lishow you a case right off. You had no more license to bust that trunk than you had to bust my head. You eithercome down or I'll begin proceedings.” Vhat will you do?” ‘ll sue you the first thing tomorrow. Til not only sue you, but I'll garnishee your wages. T'limake 1t cost you at least $20 to get out of it, even if you don't have to pay for the trunk.” He blustered and defied me, but before 10 o'clock he came to the hotel and offered me $7 tosettle. I took a written promice on his part to handle all trunké with reasonable considera- tion thereafter and closed tie case. He ad- mitted to me that he had probably damaged 5,000 trunks in his life, but that no one had ever kicked before. epi 4 pomp atrunk owner had the slightest lega: right on earth, and he didn’t get over looking pale for a week. The landlord of a New Jersey hotel welcomed me with a smile and put me in a room where I had no sooner gone to bed than I was violently assaulted by a flock of fierce aud ungovernable bugs. I suppose it was their way and they couldn't help it, but { sent for the landlord and sai “This bed is infested. I want to be changed to another room.” “Sorry, sir, but we are all full,” he replied. “When you assigned me a room it was tacitly understood that 1 was to have wholesome food and be able to enjoy @ night's rest. On my part, I was to pay at the rate of 62.50 per day, in good and lawful money.” ahotel guest has legal rights. He has a right to protect his life. Here's a re- volver aud hero's « box of cartridges. Either change me to another room, or I'll sit here and fire every oue of these bullets into that bed!” He changed me. He growled about Kickers and veted put out, but next day all the rooms ‘on that floor were properly inspected, and all travelers for the next three mouths owed me a debt of gratitude. ‘Thirty of us, men and women, were dumped out on a platform ata railroad junction in Illinois to wait twenty-five minutes for the other train. It was coldand rainy. Thera was no fire in the depot stove. There was only one smoky old lamp to see’ by. The twenty- five minutes slipped away, but there was no trafn, A quarter of an hour’ later I rapped at the ticket window. The depot agent, who was also telegraph operator, was in his stall inside, anu after a tong delay he opened the sash. “Ig the train late?” 1 asked. “If it isn’t on time then it’s late, isn’t it?” he replied in a surly manuer, jow late ia the train?” “I dunno.” “Weil, find out!” He slammed the sash down on me, but I knocked until he raised it again and demanded im an ugly voice what in Davy Jones I wanted. want to know about that train. It's business to ascertain and post us. It makes a difference whether we have to wait bere ofte hour gr three.” “I don't take orders from passengers!” he eurtly replied ay be lowered the sash again. ‘Three minutes later the six of us who had revolvers stood in line and fired a volley into his house just above his head. Up went the sash, and he called: “Wh—what is it?” ‘It’s about that train!” “It’s an hour and a balf late!" “Ob! itis? What about the fire in the sitting room?” < “I dunno.” “All ready, gentlemen! Take aim; fi. “Good heavens! but what do you mean?” he shouted. “We want you to builda fire. Either como out or we coutinue shooting!” He came out and started a fire. He also cleaned and lighted two amps. He also got us & pitcher and showed us a barrel of new cider, and his interest in our welfare was something touching. Ho kept us posted on the train every fifteen minutes until it arrived, and it was plainly evident to all that he had resolved to turn over a new leaf. One night at a hotel in an Indians town the mosquitoes came into the window in such clouds that I had to get up and dress. Next morning I said to the landlord: “I will pay you for two meals, but not for lodging. It was your duty to have provided against any nuisance that might make me un- comfortable, but you did not do it.” “But you'll have to pay,” he replied. “I shall hold your baggage.” “Then £'ll get out a writ of replevin.” He attached and I replevined. Then we had a lawsuit. It cost me four days’ time and $40, but I beat him on the point I had raised. “He called mo a Kicker and a mean man, and warned me never to come to his hotel again, but ho also went and got mosquito bars for every bedroom window, and ali future guests got the benefit of my kick. —_+e-—___ Overshot the Mark. From Puck. THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C. SATURDAY. JANUARY 2, 1892-SIXTEEN PAGES. CONQUERORS OF THE FRENCH CONGO, Am African Tribe That Numbers Millions ‘and Fought Its Way to the Sea. From the New York Sun. The French Congo country is five times the size of France. It is believed that it contains 8,000,000 people, and more than half of them are Pabouins, as De Brazza ca'ls them, or Fans, as Du Chaillu made them known. Those who know them best say their name is properly Fangs. They are by far the most remarkable People in west Africa. The Fangs lord it over every people they meet. Years ago they swooped down upon the coast natives from the interior just as the hordes of barbarians invaded western Europe. ‘They are among the greatest cannibals in ex- istence. One of the most careful studies made of the Fange is that of the Rev. P. Lejeune, a missionary. who has lived among them for some years. In most books and records they are referred to as the Pahouins. ‘This, how- ever, is the name applied to them by their en- smies. The word Pahouin is synonymous with Savage or thief and is, perhaps, a fitting desig- nation of the race of cannibals who invaded all the valleys of the Gaboon territory. _ The single of the Betsi Fangs, accord- ing to De Brazza, numbers over 2,000,000 soula, Their most important villages are from three to ten miles back from the rivers. Father Lejeune estimates that along the Ogowe river from Lambarene to Ndyole there are 200,000 Fangs. But all the rivers forming « network through the country are in the possession of this race. ‘They are divided into three priuci- pal tribes, whose dialects differ widely from ne another. It is easy to sec, however, that their languages came not long ago from acom- mon source, and that the emigration of large bodies of the great tribe produced marked dia lectic differences. ‘There are very few whites who know any- thing of their language. The dificulty of construction, the indistinctness with which i is pronounced, the nasal tone in which the words aro uttered, and the excessive swiftness of speech of the Fanga have discouraged most white men who have tried to master the lan- guage. A small dictionary of their tongue, however, has been mado by Father Lejeune, He says he found the task ‘very difficult. and frequently he was on the point of abandoning itin despair.’ He could find no interproter among them who could translate their speech orhisown, The Fangs wouli not take’ him seriously, and gave him much misinformation, Finally he found some Fang chil‘iren who had taken service in white factories along the Ogowe and had learned the Mpongue language. ‘Tho priest obtained a Inrgo vocabulary from these children. ‘The adult Fangs decline to learn any other Ianguage. If they engage in trade they speak Fang. If they have any controversy with an- other tribe they will discuss the merits of the case only in the Fang tongue. It is absolutely necessary for missionaries and merchants and even other negro tribes, if they are to make headway and get on with the Fangs. to learn their languago. The commerce ot Gaboon i in their bunds. They alone supply ivory to white traders. If ‘a merchant understands their language business is speedily transacted. If he talks through an interpreter it sometimes takes days to complete a sale. ‘The Fangs have saying that “the Fang is he who kills the elephant; the white man is an elephant,” which is their way of saying that the white man is rather stupid. This e presses their opinion of many of the traders und missionaries they meet. A German trader living at Lambarene, on the Ogowe river, some years ago began to study the Fang language. Now nearly all the Fang rubber and ivory deul- ers flock to him, and he controls the larger part of the trade, to the great disadvantage of mer- chants who bave not bis attuinmenta. Other tribes try to conceal the fact that the: are cannibals. ‘The Fangs are proud of it. if one asks them why they left the land of their fathers and invaded this region near the sea they simply reply, “We came here to eat.” Yet they believe ‘in a god who governs all things. ‘They believe that thieves and assas- sing are punished ir. eternal fire. They dhave made some progress in the forging of iron, but are not neuriy so advanced in their arts as many less active, acute and powerful tribes. They are coustantly engaged in war with neighboring villages of their own people or wih the tribes among whom they have in- scuded. They are satisfied with nothing else than complete mastery of the soil. They eat their prisoners, men who are killed in battle, unfortunates whom they catch straggling in the woods and boatmen of tribes with whom they are : But the most of the soldiers now employed by the French government in their Congo pos- sessions are Fangs. ‘They have proven them- selves brave and easily disciplined. ‘The gov- o-nment 1s enlisting « large number of them to man the various stations. They form the of the escort of every French exploring Quite a number of them were ‘killed in the u who killed the French officer Musy Mobangi. the They fought bravely in France's re- cent war against the Amazons of Dahomey. Father Lajeune believes the Fangs are capable of civilization and that they will be found most useful allies of the French in West Africa. Sev- eral hundred Fang children are now learning French in the missionary schools. ———_+oo_____ Herbert Spencer and Woman Suffrage. From the North American Review. It ix curious fact that Mr. Spencer was formerly an advocate of female emancipation, He now declares himself against it. The lib- crals were, until lately, the hope and trust of the female suffragists. They, indeed, were once on the verge of passing a resolution on the question through the house of commons. Recently, however, they appear to have grown tired of the women, and the conserva- tives have taken them’ up. ‘These have passed a resolution at Birmingham in favor Of female suffrage. When Mrs. Fawcett—the widow of the blind postmaster general and mother of Miss Fawcett who beat the senior wrangler in mathematics at Cam. bridge—addressed the convocation, she READING THE NEWS TO A WOMAN. She Finally Concludes That She ‘Missed Nothing.” ‘From the New York World. ‘The man on tho seat ahead of her was read- ing © newspaper, and after getting settled in the midst of her parcels and bundies and re- galing herself with a pinch of Scotch snuff she leaned forward and said: “don't git much time to read the papers nowadays, but Iallus like to hear what's goin’ on. is there any news in pertickler?” “Nothing very .exciting,” he replied, as he sized her up ont of the corner of his eye. “Here's an item about a wife killing her hus- band.” “Hain’t “Shoo! How'd she do it?” “With an ax” “Law me! Wall, she probably stood it and stood it until she couldn't stand it no more. It's awfal bow some husbands do carry on. Anything else?” “Her n item about a woman in this state = drove her husband to suicide by nagging “Shoo! Jest kept jawin’ and complainin’ from mornin’ till night, I suppose, and he finally got ao tired that he took pizen?* , he hung himself.” ‘ali, I don't blame her a mite. He was probably shiftless and lazy, and it spilt her temper to see things goin’ down hill. She'll have a chance now to git married toa better man.’ s “And Lere's @ case,” he continued, as he Pretended to read, “of a wife and mother who Tan away from home with a tin peddle ing a husband and several children behin : _Dows it give the pertichlers?™ it says she is supposed to be a little flighty inher head.” _“Wall, she ain't a bit flighty. She done jest right. I know purty nigh how it was. Sheond all her housework todo und them young ‘une to take keer of, and the husband was probably findin’ fault all the time on top o' that. She Jest slaved and slaved till she couldn't slave no More. Some folks think a woman can bear verything, but they can’ child was purty smail ‘Only seven months old.” ‘Wall, sue probably hated to leave it, but it would have been weaned in a couple of months anyhow, and the father kin bring it up ona bottle. “It'll serve him right if it squalis balf the time. Anything clse?” “Why, [notice that a woman has just mar- ried her fifth husband and isn’t fifty years old yet. Her neighbors are so indignaut that they talk of driving her away.” “La! Got her fifth, eh? Wall, if I was that woman the nayburs might talk and blow and be hanged to'em, I ain't fifty years old, nither, aud I'm aclivin’ with my fourth, and don't keer how soon he goes. i was power- fully deceived in him.” : “Do you say that you'd marry again if he should diey" 2 ne ‘Sartin, and I wouldn't wait over six months, either. Some folks think a woman has no Tights, but she has, and she’s # fool if she don’t assert cm.” “This may interest you,” said the man, as he turned the paper over. “A St. Louis doc- tor declares that the feet of Indiana women are gradually but surely growing larger, and that in the next fifty years to come every one of them will want a No. 7 shoe.” “Shoo! He says that, does he?” “Yeom."" ‘And he’s a doctor?” “Yeu'm.” “Wall, he hain’t told no startlin’ news. I've been wearin’ No. 7s ever since I was a gal six- teen years old, und I've got the smallest foot of ny Woman in our town as itis. I did fee! ‘inder sorry when I diskivered that I'd left my spectacles on the kitchen clock shelf at home, but if that’s all the news the papers kin rake up I guess I hain't missed nothing. ——_——e-__ A REMARKABLE I ‘spose the young- SIRE. idney Conveys Speed at Either the Pacing or Trotting Gaits. From the Breeder and Sportsman. Sidney, the trotting-bred pacer that has bere- tofore been known from one end of the coun- try to the other as a sire of speed at both the pace and trot, now has to his credit the fastest Yearling pacer and the fastest yearling trotter in the world. Both performances took place over the kite-shaped track at Stockton, Cal., the yearling filly Fausta, a sister to the trotter Faustina, three-year-old, record 2.14%, pacing 4 mile in 2.228, while another filly of the same age, Frou-Frou, stepped a mile in 2.25%, re- ducing by one second the record made by Ball Bird. Previous to November 28 Frou-Frou had gone a number of trials against the watch, gradually reducing her record until it stood at 2.26, and on that date she clipped off three- quarters of a second from this, and now stands bead of everything in the race for yearling honors. ‘The best previous record by a yearling pacer was the 2.28! of Kolio, a son of ‘the developed trotter Jerome Eddy, 2.1633, but 2.226 by a yearling is a long ways ahead of 2.28%, and Gaughter of Sidney has gone into winter quar- ters with the vearling pacing championship. Of th of these wonderful youngsters, Sidney, it is not necessary to write at length. as the readers of our paper are familiar with his biood lines and what he has done in the way of siring pacers and trotters. He is intensely trotting bred, being by the trotter Santa Claus, record 2.1734, and out of the trotter Sweetness, 2.2134. ‘Santa Claus is by Strathmore, a son of Rysdyk’s Hambletonian, and out of amare by eon of Mambrino Chief; while Sweetness, the dam of Sidney, is by Volunteer, another son of Hambletonian, and out ot a mare by Edward Everett, still another son of the old horse. The second dam of Sweetness was by Harry Clay, 80 that there is nothing but trotting blood in the pedigree of Sidney unless one goes back four or five generations. Sidney could trot a 2.30 gait asa three-year- old, but his natural gait is the pace, and as soon as he was allowed to assume it he made speed rapidly and after a season in the stud went a mile in 2.19%, which is his record. said ‘that the Gladstonians feared that the women would reinforce the party of order and the upholders of the indiseoluble union between Great Britain and Ireland. It is odd that Spencer should desert the female emancipators just as the “Primrose dames” have rendered such solid service to the tory leaders as to convince a large portion of them that the ballot ought to be granted to them. ‘That women cannot go to war seems a poor and idle plea for refusing them a voice in public affairs. Men who have passed the age of military duty are permitted to vote, aud since the days of Homer particular respect has been given to their decisions. It is only in countries where the conscription prevails that [weight would bo attached to women's. inabil= for militant services. In England and the United States armies are formed by voluntary recruitment. In the last century the recruit- ing system was almost universal. Allcountries would probably revert to it if women voted. Who shall say that the reversion would not be 8 good thing for civilization? aye et Whiskers of a Nation. From the Philadelphia Record. Whiskers havo never been dreamed of as a factor in the history of a nation. And yet the administration of President Lincoln marked an epoch inthe history of this country which, while in itself of no groat national moment, is none fhe lose interesting from an historical bey of view. The adiinistration of “Old be” not only witnessed the emancipation of a race, but apparently instituted an unwritten law compelling: ull Presidents of the United States to cultivates hirsute growth in marked contrast with the smoothly shaven faces of their predecessors. It is an interesting fact that jent Van Buren was the only Presi- dent previous to Lincoln who wore hair on bis face, and Andrew Johnson was the only Presi- dent after Lincoln who had ssmooth face. —— ~ only exceptions to en otherwise neral ral * the rebellion beards have predomi- nated. They adorned. the faces of Presidents Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Garfiold and Hartson. ‘The element of whiskers, pure and simple, was proriins sees Cleveland enjoys the tion of only jt who wore s shus' wit Seard a i the foll ratio Upon taking a Cece pot naan a cou and four wore beard and mustache, two wore Wuiakers, one wore beard and growth & I Gold Leat was his iret sensational performer at the pace, taking a record of about 2.15 as a three-yeur-old, and this she reduced to 2.1135 season later. His fast trotters are numerous, Faustina having gone a mile in 2.35 as a year ling, 2.243¢ as a two-year-old,and made a record of 2.14% asa three-year-old. Cupid, a trotter by ‘Sidney and a full brother to the pacer TRUSTEES: SALE OF VALUABLE PROPERTY, “SITUATED ON x waxp TSTREL VENUE BETWEEN S AND TS yaad iN THE CITY oF WASHING. | By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the | District of Coldiubua, famed On the 4th aay of Der | No. 1330, "ve will wel ISTH DAY OF Di » at HALE ase .» im front of the vreaises, jot ike ered be handed abd stn the equal installivents, pas | abig mone and to Sears fron day of sale. oF a'cagh. at the option of the purchaser. Tbe deserted pay F interest at 6 per cent and to be secured aun the property sols. A’ deposit “Oi two | £200) dollars wii! be required at tiie of sale WeFaheins at the cost or tue purchaser. it | fermis of sale are not complied with im ten days the | trustees reserve the rygiit to resell the prvi Tisk und cost of detauiting purchaser, durtber aavertisement as they shall think ASDAEW AU LIPSCOMB. Koow 77, Feadali buiiding, 3. HOLDSWOKIH GORDON. a16.a@. $9-0N ACCOUNT OF HAIN THE ABOVE. SALE is postponed until TUESDAY, JANUAKY Firth, penta oS yar) ee Daiwa t 490 S-HOLDS WORTH GURDONS RAtctiars, DAKK & CO., Auctionsers. 2 Pa ave aw. vED PROPERTY PEREMPTORY SALE UxiMPnc ON FLORIDA AUENU? (LOUNDAKY ST KEEL EN NORTH CAPITOL AND Filet & BAST. AT AUCTION DAY, 3 PTH, 1802, AT FOUR ’-M.. we will sell at public auction in front EAST HALF Oj SHOR MALY OF Lor 34, IN 63 FEEL ON FLORIDA AVENUE (or sirect), WITH AN AVERAGE DEPLH O80 FEE! ‘This property is near the electric railroad and New re and Olio depot n of tho rapidly timproving section of thecity apd tunity 10F Iuvestivent made known at sale. A Geposit of #200 at aSdaas ‘Boundar, York avenue stat and isin Uz Est aw, TRUSTEE! LE. BLE IMPROVED | PROPERTY, NO, FISLAND AVE- 2 kM DUE NORTHWEST, AT ALOTION ives of trust, dated respective! recorded in Liver 1283. fo.to 12 4, Ine, ‘rocorded in Liber 126i, et Sey., Of the land records of the District umbia, and at the request of the party secured also by ae de the Court ot se No. 1 NUAMY SIX GM, CLOCK P.M feet on the 60 depth of 102 feet having a 10-ft. wide ide thereof, improved by a Landact ¥ and bascuent brick residence, 1i Ve. mW. the preunses on WiLD? In, at HALY-PAt iiglera, Tide 1 nce in one and two years, auecd of truston the pre erty, OF all cash, at the option of the purchaser. Ade- posit of $500 required at tine ol male. If the terms of sale are not complied With in ten (10) days the trustees we att joave at Penapy: vans siatige, Wancinetens DC Daily. joa for Lynchburg, compecte T- Western talirosd. ofall principal porte south om al! Divisions ond and Dauville System Pale Man Sleeper 3 and Was ‘ coune ting t0 Monteonsery. le With Sleeper tor Aucusta abd U Niet tile and Morrist 4.45 p.an.— Dally, except Sunday, tor WarrentD and Orange, aB.i throug! train tor Frost Royal aud Stree oa TT 00 p.m Det Whatua VE to New Orleans va Montzu: acipel pointe south am Ti nan Mieerer, Wastineran to Kuoavilie via Aube: ‘uate, 5 crite 0., 3-90 pm. daily and 0:33 p.m. etx 8. BROWN, General gAS TAYLOR Sem, nt, Washington, D.C. Ast, Auanta, Ga AS TNORE AND Oitio RATTROAD, Schedule in effet December 14, 1 Leave Weatnyten train Satin corporal Sew Jersey ie haha ud, expres dally 11.908 tm. daily ba tian < is Seid wand ipo ve) am oh 325, 41 2800, xis. 0, x11 For ‘Ann. Pm. Sun For Frede p.m. For Hagerstown, #10.40a.m. and ?5. 1. ROYAL BLUE LINE POR NEW YORK AND PHT. ADELPHIA. For Ph . New Vork, aatiy 4. 4.400 10.00 and 12.00 neon. San i. amid iz oon ofsUburbat trains see thane tables, to be bad reserve the richt to Testi at rink abd cost of defauting Purchaser. Conveyancing and tecording at cost of = RICHARD W. TER, } ROBERT G. KUTHERI ORD, { Trustees. _aeS-ats 07 & wt. THOMAS DOWLING & SON, Auct TRUSTERS: SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTY ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 47H AND L STREETS NOKIHWEST, AT AUCLION By virtue of a deed of trust dated September 1, 1888, and duly’ recorded 1b Liber 153%, folio 14. @t seq One of the land records of the District of Columola, Abd at the request of the party secured thereby, we will Sell ‘at pubise auction in front of. the preullees On FRIDAY, JANUAIY. LIGHIM, Ine at FOUR CLOCK P, M., the following deserived’ real estate, Situated in’ the ‘ety of Washington, District of Contmbia, and known and distinguisbed ou the plat or lan Of the said city” us the west tuirty tour C4) feet front ‘om 1, street uorthwest Ly. sixty-four (OA) feet deep, of iot 2 in squure five hundred aud twenty-five ‘with use of alley on the east two (2) feet wide, ve (00) fect deep, wits the improvements One-third cash, balance in ove and two Years, with «nter-st, secured by adeod of trust on the Property, or all casli, at the option of the purchaser. A. eposit of $200 required at the tue of saie. Au cou- Yeyayeing aud recording at the cost of Ternis to be conrpiied with inten days steers re serve the right to resell at risk and cost of defaulting Purchaser. JOHN E. BEAL a2gdts__SEVELLON A. ‘Brows. JRATCLIPFE, DAKE & CO. Auctioneers, $20 Feuusvivaniaave. now. RECEIVER'S SAL BY AUCTION OF THE STOCK, WARE. TOOLS. C Ke, OF HA ERY, VAINIS AND OILS, HAKNESS, IRON SAP &e., &e.. OF THOMAS GKAL & SON, RE- NOW 76 Ole SALES Soe : ANIA AVENUE NORTH Wr he decree of court passed om the + Isl, in equity cause No. ven C. Gray ét al. vs. halph L. Gait upreme Court of t said irom Ellen C, Kate M. Gray and no. P. Siepperd, recety juade and recorded on ‘tue sad. 1th “JANUARY LIGHTH, YCLOCK AL M., within the wis Of Katclifte, Dart & Co., ¥2) Penn. ave. ll the stock, &c,. Paruly wentioned below, cou Sistink in part— HAKDW a ERY DESCRIPTION. AGRICUL Akal 1MLEMESTS, ILS, CUTLERY, GLASS.CAUT, WAGON, BUGGY AND FARM HARNESS, TOOLS AND COUN INO. P. SHEPPERD, Receiver, Rooms 22-25 Le Droit Building, a28-akbas S02 Fst. nw. ([HO™AS DOWLING & SON, Auctionrers, OZ E st mw, VERY VALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTY, 1003, 309, FS 1 AND NOS. 1500, Ini AND 15 WESi, AT AUCTION On TCESDAY, JANUARY FIFTH, 1802, at FOUR O'CLOCK, we will sell in front of the prestines lots 21 and Ae, each {renting 20 feet on the ‘north side of P street oy adepth of o; teetto an alley, each suipeoved by a lourstory ew Unck dwel‘ing, contain B Focus, with all modern tmproverents, Now SAGs and BOG street morthwest. Also lots 26, 2n7, 28 and 320), tronting 1o feet on the west side of Soth street by @ depth of 37 feet to an ‘alley, cach Luproved by & three-story “ew brick dwelling, coutaminw + Toons and celaar, with ali modern suprovementa, ‘This prop: SEY ie ct, a ehcelleut tocaton, and all under reat, and offers.a fine yemuuent ‘Lerms: One-fit 5 to euit purchasers, A deposit of 6100 un each Louse at the tue of mnie. eds. RATCHEFE, DARE & co: +a ‘nsyivania ave. B.w. ASSIGNEE’S STALLE By virtue of a deed Adonis, 2.1113, wenta mile in 2.18 over the Stockton kite the same day that his halt sisters won the yearling records for trotters and re, and Sidney is represented in the 2.20 ist by others, so that he can fairly be con- sidered a great young sire of speed, being now but eleven years old. e+ —____ CHINESE MARKSMEN, ‘The Mongolian’s Propensity for Hitting ‘What He Aims At. From the New York Commercial Advertiser. Bing! bing! bing! and three bullets went into the center of tne target as accurately as though the eye of the deerslayer was looking over the rifle’s sights instead of the yellowed optic of a meek and undersized Chinaman. Satisfied with his prowess with the heavier weapon he exchanged it for a revolver, and the way in which he punked pellets into the vitals of the swinging royal Bengal and peppered the heart of the iron-platéd soubretto at the end of the twenty-five yard range was asight for Creed- moor. A of sportive jack tars who had beon repelling imaginary car anerteaesnnan tee thusjasm before the Celestial’s arrival put aside their guns and gazed upon with ad- miring rise. : r up doliar’s worth of and ball the Mott street marksman iid down | 400¢ that amount, stuck his hands into his pockets | Suit Sail by puitlc was Me ic. auction 0 Fouts ape ises, ar TEN OcLock A. within the preuiises stove mentioned, all the stoc Grade /artures, &c., contained therein, comsisting it “te FEES, SPICES, CANNED GOODS OF PEVISA DESCRIPTION: MEAS LAND BAKING OLIVES OLIVE OIL. SAUCES: MIXED ANB mate 5 CUCUMBER PICKLES IN BULK, SALI FISH, v ROOMS, BE BOTTLES A: CIDER, BL! WINE,” CIGARS, BOX, “COUNTE! AN a EuaL RSsOKTMENT ‘OF BTAPLE GKOCERIES, a. AT TWELVE orcuodit nd FRONT OF SAID 1 HORSE, WAGON AND HARNESS, ae ee aad ail dosireble wovde, and enceld sean Band the attention of the trade and private buyers. ‘Terms JOHN T. iz a205t Assignee of Geo. B Manu ‘Go. Vbxoopt Dubday. xP xpress traits. Baarare calied for sti ies inl fev of ail th ket awente “Dally. {Sunday only. TON Fi CORNER OTH AND B stm a8 1 For Pittsburg aud the West, Expres of Pullman Vestiu'e ¢ daily: Fast Line, 10-90 a.m. Columbus and St Louis, with P Car Pure to Pitisuurs and, Sieeping Care trum Pitts daily, with Butt ‘tin and 8) rishi Ving and Dine Cars Herrisbure ago. Western Express al ta. daily, Witu Se-ping Cars Washington to Chicave abd St ‘Louis, conpectine daily at Harrisburg with throug Bleepers tor Louisville and Mew Pulimes Pinine Car Putte ure to ‘Kichmond aud Chieage, cic Express, 10 yun, aly tor Pitebane ang Pattsbarg, foe, Wen. with Throukh Sleeper to ftabury two Chicawo For Kane, Canaudaisus, Rochester and Niagara Palle daily, exept Sunday. & 10a m For Ene, Canandaius aid Ko-hester daily: for Baf- falo and Ningars daily, except Sacurday. 10.00 with sleeping car Wants FOR PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK AND THE! Su Baoan , a2 EAST. 21S, 2.90, BL, Sunday,” &. ange, 3.15 p.m. every day. oY. all through traine soune ‘Jersey City with boata ot Brovkly ‘usenet, nar diet fransferto Fulton street avoiding ow ; For Reiaccy, TGoe'ts. Wook Gays, 21.35 pam Buinday, 00 a. a i ae r $.45,4.00, 4 30, 5.40, ‘day, except Sunday For Auusyolis, 7.20, 060 and 11.50 a.m, and420 P. 1s., dally, except Sunday. Sundays, 0.00 eum 40d 4°30. in FOR ALEXANDRIA For Aiexaniiria, 4.30, " en, ey Led an. 2.08, 5.00, 7.00, 6 40, wis a Thiktis and information at the office, nortLeast cor ner uf Lith street sid Peuuey vase avenue, aia st ap iw. Station, Where ofders cau be seit to: egret fo'deeuaticn tou ute uo Mike ie fcuk. by | General Pasmenger at ((HEBAPEARE AND G10 TAWA SCHEDULE IN EFFDCI NOVEMBER 15, 1891. Traut eave daily trou Canon wiataot Ub ana Ey i ad B treet OrThroash tbe grandest ecenery in. America, with the Raunciiens Aull aval coucpueve Bois tai DV soba NSO pe ‘camati Fast Line.” Solid Tra stuiuts Wituout chauuce, alvin at solid Vestibule Craik wits dinimy car for Cucubati, arrivane at a Obie. Lersmeion abd Loulevisie. cinnat at 0.30 p.in., Lemaston v.20) Pree mt ih, Lapress for Gurdoums tive, Cuario te> gy RicLisond, Waynesboro’, Staunton isd pruscipal Vat mond te MAIL LINE. jocations aud Tickets at Company's Uiices, 2421 Penna. ave H.W. FULLER, Gen'l Passenger Avent. Se POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. ee MoUs vewnox. AN, [LAPSE © SLOAN, Auctionsers, OG iT OF WHOM MAY CONCERN. gs anpaep PICKLES ( ¥ PERFECT CO} FINE EACH BAKKEL CONTAIN. M1200 TO 1,800 FICKLES), ALL IN NDITION -M.. within our sales rooms, Rorthwest, We Will sell, to, the highest . for account of wh G street bier, | it may concern, in lots to OF PICKLES,