Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1893, Page 13

MAIL FOR EVERYBODY Post Offices Provided by Uncie Sam in Inaccessible Localities. mumication between the shippers of the south and the lomber yards and warehouses in the nor bern cities. Such, for example, is Sane Souci, in North Carolina, which is reached by rail from Norfolk to Edenton, thence by | steamer across Albemarle sound to Plymouth, from which place rans » Kittle ancient pom | Up the Roanoke and t vers, | at various saw milis to exchange main. ‘The . | Casbie is very parrow, crooked and deep, run- - > | ning to every point of the compass through ‘he j »#, often completely doubling in ite FROM ATLANTIC TO PACIFIC. | Course, before entering the Roanoke. It is lined | with heavy pines, which are being cut and taken gain. eats {to mill. We meta raft of 5,000 immense logs " | ow to Edenton, breaking apart in passing Tee Mang Geeterte Mall Contes Mss |S, carp bends of the siver and delaping our With Carrying Letters 1 Alaske—Im crrival at Windsor—the first home of Sir Walter the Reckics and the Alleghenies—Snew Kaleigh in America —until long past midnight, Bhores and Sleds. | which is a common occurrence on that route, - _ Written for The Evening Star ESIDENTS OF cIT-| fes whose letters are at times alittle overdue would be less impatient with the public serv- ants if they understood fully by what difficul- ties and oftentimes dan- | gers the work of the mail carrier is mded. | Aceustomed to in this age of express trains ar P grams we THE WHITE HOUSE. What It Has Cost Since It Was First Begun. VARIOUS APPROPRIATIONS. Its First Cost Was Pald by the States of Mary land and Virginia—Congress Was Chary of Giving Money at First, but Has Since Been More Liberal. niin tan ‘Written for The Evening Star. HILE LITTLE MAR- thena Harrison has hor ills from scarlet fever, this and the consequent quarantine of the White Honse have started anew in certain quar- ters the spasmodic agi- tation of past years for anew and larger man- sion for the President's family, The subject is likely to receive serious THE CASHIE FAST MAIL. | Along the eastern coast of North Carolina is | a long, narrow strip of land completely ent off stronger than ite weakest | nd that although our ietters may travel part for many miles at the speed of the wind they | suffer rednetion in average celerity when | from the coast, upoa which are several offices | » (as millions do) to points bevond the | that are decidely remota. fgensharnt Comrie Failroads, by conveyances that are necessarily | 4 small sailboat running semi-weekly from, Manteo, on Roanoke Island, to Hatteras, Ora- coke, Davis and a few other small settlements. The balk of the mati is perhaps in the way of | otlicial correspondence between Washington | and the light house at Hatteras, with now and then a newspaper, giving market prices at Wil- ton and Norfolk. Still other inaccessible | es are found by crossing the ferry of the w Berne and riding some twenty miles across the sand beach to Pamlico or Bay- | boro’. Little activity is found there, save the | hoeing of peanuts. | IN EASTERN MOUNTAINS. | Probably the most arduous work of the car- rier is found in the Eastern mountains, where | in spring time the rouds are nearly impassable. | We crossed the route from Gauley bridge, o the Kanawaha river, in West Virginia, through | the Alleghauies to Nicholas and Addison court houses in April and had trouble to secure horves, their owners fearing to let them under take the journey. We started first with a pai in a strong mountain buggy, but getting set in mudamile away left the’ vehicle there asa dauger sign. Procuring saddles and a guide weagain set forth und by nightfall had cov- ered ten miles of the sixty upon the route. It was far more laborious than 600 miles upon the desert, Our way took us directly over Powell mountain, one of the highest peaks of the Alle- ot well known F post offices _., ind slow. The bat the vers great maj are served today 2 where it is fety, traveling he Exjuimaux or of the Sio now twenty-two tien, and not only t in states ghanies to cross, which required nine miles of a sharp, cirenitous ascent, over a road in many places four feet deep in mud, to avoid | which we had to make long detours in the woods. But when once the lofty crest of Powell mountain was reached our labor was amply repaid by the panorama of mountain scenery that opeued to the view. ‘The out- look passes deseription. We reached the sum- mit at noon. The day was warm and clear. Before us and all round rose innumerable cloud-capyed peaks, uniform as the waves of a | stormy sea. To acity toiler the scene is be- wildering, and has a strangely exhilarating effect upon the mind, Within the horizon was | not assign of life, save perhaps a solitary, at-| | tenunted, spiral line of smoke, rising from the massive chimuey of @ mountain cabin con- | cealed within the deep forest. It _wasa vision of what greeted the explorers of Virginia and the Carolinas, We could well conceive the diiliculttes that confronted Lewis and Clarke on their hardy two years’ expedition they d the wilderness of the northwest ter- . going steadily forward into a boundless, led unknown continent, whose extent and were alike untried. EVERYBODY, of the govern- to provide ever¥ possible means of inter- communication between al jects. Wher- ever bh the American fag our citizens sure to follow | fncilities.¢ No e revenue that will ac- consideration Wantage to the ? If so. sup- | ils invited for m the desired ciple of universal extension of | our postal «vstem f meth riy rival# the colporteur tian religion. The vital urd every possible literature, of home which men when vance and bratality, to un- some citize: us are here given of the man- orks is performed, regardiess cline to ig and bu: ed Lee's Ferry, in Coconino a post office on the Colorado 7 Uta, we proceeded southward by way of the mail roate from S » Kanab, THE PLEA*URES OF THE ROCKIES. ® distance of 208 miles by stage. | We met but one traveler upon these remote nab late on a March day, ehilled | bridle pathe. He was the purchasing scout, Thence to the ferry was 93 tely we had a day in which to foot, of aneastern carriage factory, buying hickory trees for stumpage. Approachin; | Nicholus the roads gave signs of more frequen: | travel, being lined at intervals with wagons | | loaded, fast in. mud and abandoned until bot weather should restore the roadway. Keeping a little mountain inn we found « who was formerly a prominent physician in Cincinnati, a large income and practice, but who, be- coming an inebriate, took the heroic treatment | of exile in the Alleghanies. He had horses and | servants and was literally mouarch of all he | surveyed. No home could be more delightful | thay his in summer, nor more rigorous in winter. j 4, Gradually the mountaineers are learning that | the timber on their mountains is valuable and | they are more retentive of it. A native told us | that be had cleared and fenced ten acres, which | he sold readily to a stranger for $5,000. The purchaser shipped the fence rails, which were | | of black walnut, to furniture factory, and | had not since set foot upon his possessions.’ The | mountaineer then learned for the frst time that of New York. | black walnut was valuable for other use than ons were given | fences. Asarule the we traversed a section desert. up which there is vegetation and few people. siseworthy for being an It is of the hat Stanton and his wrecked on the Colorado, Jewent, which them safely Fare special hi f a dozen patrons V engaged tters from | er, should ople in the Alleghanies live comfortably. They have remarkably stron; fleet horses. A group of their animals about « cabin where a merrymaking is in progress is a ture more spirited than Bonheur's “Horse air.” Beyond the difficulty attending the work of the carrier it is oftentime accompanied by serious danger, and superhuman efforts niust bs made to avoid fines for delinquency. When the rich Lamartine mines in Colorado were opened the writer was ordered to that point in midwinter. | Without » guide. and fol- lowing verbal directions, I rode from Freeland, and to save time turned my horse into the bed of ® mountain stream, thinking to ascend it the surest’ way to the mines. time, but proved to be | ® Poor economy, for returning we descended |by the same route. In winter the sun | Sets very early in the Rockies—about 3 o'clock in places. Approaching Freeland we found the stream turned into thin ice on the rocks, which made it hard for # horse to | get a footing. It had also grown quite dark. | I tried to keep my horse going, but he became | Rervous, and reaching « wide place in the| stream, where all feet were at once on ice, he | stumbled, fell headlong, and struggling to rise | rolled compietely out of the bed of the stream into @ ravine, the bottom of which could not | be seen in the darkness. Uninjured I picked | | my way cantiously to Freeland and remained | | | | would be | It saved some ONSEN LIMITED. In Wisconsin and Michigan, when the winter Bane closed in andthe roads have become drifted arse is had upon many routes to the Esquimanr, or where they sed with advantage Indian snow sboe runuers are pressed into service. It need | there all night, going on to Idaho Springs by | Bot be inferred that their p is specially | daylight. On my way we met the mail carrier | tedious, for one of these ha! ‘eed mercuries | coming slowly up the niountains. He was try- wil casily travel fifty miles aday througha ing hard to keep up the service afoot, having storm, aod whea the snow has become frozen lost two mules by their falling from the narrow Bard enough to bear their weight the dogs | paths, as the people at the mines were clamor- Qeemper merrily over the deepest drifts, as if | ing for letters from home. Geiighied to be in the service of Uncle Sam and Innumerable examples could be added to Impressed with the importance of keeping up to | show the uniform, persistent effort of the gov- guhedule time. | ernment to furnish mail facilities for all peo} | under all circumstances. Indeed, it al | seems that if the cliff dwellers (whose deserted domueiles are found high in the sides of the mountain ledges, a thousand feet in air) were to reinhabit their elevated villages their peti- tion for a post office would hardly be denied, and I'am cprtain that many of our hardy mail | contractors would cheerfuily undertake to per- | | form service “with celerity, certainty and se- | curity” between the lofty settlements and the | earth. Se hse Ursiomt Prasos for rent. 1225 Pa ave.4-Advt ——__ He Couldn’t Soften His Opinion. From the Boston Transcript. “I thought you was never seasick,” remarked Smith to Smythe, who during the little water trip jupt ended had been excessively liberal in his of ptune. | Smrte Ie = secret, Smith, but you won't | beuray me. You see how it is. When every- body else is sick I hate to eccentric, 0 | After consideration at the hands of our na- onal Inwmakers, and a pertinent point is given to the discussion just now by the fact that the free transaction of the public busi- ness, in the way of diplomatic audi- ences, presentations and cabinet meet- ings, is in a measure interfered with by ntine. Some very embarassing com- also are anticipated when the time arrives for President-elect Cleveland to trans- fer his little family to the White House. — Al- though a thorough disinfection before that time may insure perfect safety to Baby Ruth, yet it is felt that her parents may with propriety hes- itate to run the ri-k involved. ff the Prest- dent’s official apartments were altogether xepa- rated from his private household there would be no interruption of the public business now from the illness of Mr. Harrison's granddaugh- ter, but as it is @ rigid quarantine and isolation of the private rooms are found to be abso- lutely necessary, and even with that consider- erable inconvenience has already resulted. Washington people hardly fancy the proposi- tion of an entirely new White House, for ever: body here appreciates the dignity and beauty of the grand old mansion asit stands, and around it are clustered some of the tenderest memories of x In 1825, when John iney Adams entered, the sum of Brey was allowed for furniture, and in 1826 and 1827 €6,000 addi- Sonal was given tee Satahing aot Pinger pg) east room, used previously cor children of the Presidents aa a laundry and nursery. COST OF THE FRONT PORTICO. During Jackson's first term the front portico of Ionic pillars was added at cost of $19,000, and during his second term 26,000 was spent for furniture, During Van Buren’s term $20,000 was devoted to furniture and repairs, Up to that time nearly all of the furniture was of iy, ee abroad, chiefly in London and Pasig in 1841, when the whigs rolled into power with William Henry Harrison, a new feature ap- peared in the laws for the White House. ‘The sum of $6,000—much less than formerly—was appropriated for new “furniture for the Presi- dent's house, of American manufacture, so far as may be practicable and expedient.” Herein doubtless is reveuled the fine Italian hand of Henry Clay, as the great protectionist of that time. The same idea was adopted at the outset of Polk's administration, the law of 1845 provid- ing $14,000 “for furnishing the presidential mansion with furniture of American manufac- ture.” The “Polk protectionists” thus went the “Harrison protectionists” even on the language and $8,000 Petter on theamount. In thatlaw the term “‘presidential mansion” appeared for the firstand last time. Four years later, when Taylor came into power, this restrictive lan- guage was dropped, $14,000 being appropriated simply “for furnishing the President’s house.’ In 1858, when Pierce came in, Congress voted $25,000 for furniture and $11,250 more for needed repairs, including the “whitewashing” of the interior. This returnishing and repair- ing appear to have been done effectually, for only €20,000 seems to have been teeded in the next administration, Buchanan’ During Lincoln's first term $29,000 was spent for the same object. Although the White House in that period was overrun with all sorte of people as ithad never been before, it seems that the President was far too busy with weightier matters to give much thought to the appearance of the place. But when Andrew Jonson, the self-ms ts ‘Tailor President,” came in on the death of Lincoln, ample amends and seemingly more than ample were made for past neglect by decking out the mansion with un- precedented splendor. A thorough overhaul- ing and refurnishing were deemed necessary, and in the years 1865-6 the extraordinary sum ‘of $76,000 was provided to cover the expenses. In 1867 the further sum of $59,000 was added to complete the grand renovation, * IN GRANT'S FIRST YEAR. In 1869, the year of Grant’s inauguration, $25,000 was granted for furniture. In April, 1870, $25,000 more was given for furniture and repairs and in July following $15,000 more was set aside for the same purposes. ‘The next year, the nation. Instead the drift of opinion is rather toward making needful extensions to the | present building or adding a separate structure | close by for the use of the President'® houso- | hold. “The old place 1s inueed a treasure house | of national and historical relics and it would be a pity to.supersede it with another. Presidents | have wedded and died there, their children! have been born there, and great events and | projects affecting the destiny of the republic have originated there. SUE RECOGNIZED MANY CHANGES. During President Cleveland's administration five years ago Judge Holman of Indiana es- corted to the White House an aged but vivacious maiden lady of seventy, a niece of John Quincy Adams, who had spent her childhood ‘there. some cordial handshaking with Mr. Cleveland the lady was conducted at her re- quest to the east room. Looking around in bewilderment she exclaimed: “Laws-a-massy! is this really the same old room? Why, there used to stand a meal barrel and in yonder corner were the washtubs and from there over to there”—pointing with her parasol, clothes-line was stretched, and in this corner we kept our playthings?” In view of all the current talk about anew White House it is pertinent and timely to know just what the present White House has cost. “The first funds for the building, it should be remembered, were not furnished by Uncle Sam. As it was the first public building in Washington a great deal of care was exer- cised in getting the best possible plans. A munificent premium of @500 was offered for the finest design, and this was prepared by a eer a Irishman named James Hoban, then of Charleston, S. C., who shaped his model closely after that of the Duke of Leinster's palace in Dublin. His plan contemplated a three-story structure, but so great was the public outcry against this proposed extravagance that Con- gress refused to appropriate the people's money for it, and the first Commissioners of the Dis- trict were constrained to reduce the design to two stories and basement, with a frontage of 170 feet and a depth of 68 feet. The necessary funds were supplied by the states of Virginia and Maryland. Virginia contributed in all €120,000 and Maryland $72,000. Gen. Wash- ington, however, brought his influence to bear upon Congress and finally induced that body to make appropriations to finish it. WHAT THE BUILDING HAS Cost. Counting in the sums donated as above, the venerable establishment has cost from the be- ginning down to the present the surprising sum of 2.932.000. Of this big aggregate $930,000 has been spent in finishing, furnishing and car- ing for the building since 1797; $762,000 in re- pairing it since 1507, £373,000 in improving the grounds surrounding it since 1818, and $75,000 in constructing and maintaining the green- houses and conservatories attached to it since 1874. ‘The corner stone was laid with imposing Ma- sonic ceremonies on October 13, 1792, in the resence of Gen. Washington and ‘the District commissioners. By 1799 the building was far enough advanced for partial occupancy, and in | November, 1800, President John Adams brought his family to it from their rented house in Philadelphia, making things as comfortable as couid be in the unfinished rooma. The circum- stance that Mrs. Custis’ residenee in Virginia was called “the White House’ said to have been the origin of the termasnow applied to the Executive Mansion; but Mrs. Washington never lived in the mansion, and historically the nick- name “White House” was not given to it until after its sandstone walls, smoked and blackened by the British soldiers when they burned it, were painted a gleaming white in 1317. The President's home in Washington has been of- ficially styled “the President's House,” “the Presidential Mansion” and “the Executive Mansion,” but never “the White Honse,” albeit that is the uame used everywhere throughout po in speaking of the time-honored edifice. A study of the old laws under which the ex- nditures upon the White House were made rom year to year throws a-bright side light on the official life and habits of its successive oc- cupants, Almost invaribly these expenditures have been allowed without question upon esti- mates submitted indirectly to Congress by the Presidents themselves through the government officer acting as factotum and master of ceremonies at the White House, so that in this way their individ- ual ideas on household economy and adminis- tration are clearly reflected in the sumsgranted. . THE FIRST OCCUPANT. On April 24, 1800, before John Adams, the first occupant, bad established himself in the White House, Congress appropriated the then magnifi- cent sum of $15,000 for furniture for his accom- modatiou. The expenditure of this money was stroog along through the four years fol- jowing. In 1805, when Jefferson came into his own, the further liberal sum of $14,000 was appro- riated “for the accommodation of the house- old of the President, to be laid out at his dis- cretion and under his direction, together with the proceeds from the sale of such part of the furniture and equipage belonging to the Pres- ident’s hou as may be ‘ed and out of pair.” This sum, under the tive brand iling, was spent inside lost of it went to furnish the house throughout, except the great east room. H Four years later, in 1809, when Madison's first term began, a like sum of $14,000 was pro- vided for the same purpose, but under the accelerated tendenoy of the ‘time toward er- “blown in” im the short same amount was of Madison's second 1871, $25,000 was again devoted to refur- nishing and repairing the “Executive Mansion"—so styled in the law for the first time—including repairs to the green houses, which had been injured by fire in 1866. ‘In 1872 $45,000 was appropriated for further farniture and repairs, Waite John- sou’s administration has been signalized by an expenditare of $135,000 on the White | Houre, Gra: by the expenditure of a sum exactly as great. Throughout Grant’s second term $110,000 was spent on the White House. Of this, $15,000 was devoted in 1878 to repairs to the mansion proper, $10,000 to the green houses and $10,000 to fur- niture, while $25,000 was spent for repairs and furniture in 1874, $30,000 in 1875 and $20,000 in 1876. At that ‘time the fuel account, which is not included in these figures, averaged $5,000 ayear, The fuel now consumed at the White Honse costs only $3,000 a year. Since Grant's administration the expenses of the White House have all been materially re- duced. During Hayes’ term $90,000 was ex- pended for furniture and repairs; during the Garfield-Arthur regime, $110,000, ‘a considera- ble portion being for the complete refitting of the mansion with modern conveniences and substituting the present beautiful screen of Jeweled glass in the vestibule for the old wooden partition: during Cleveland's admin- ixtration, 74,000, and during Harrison's, $96,000, Of late vears the average outlay has been about $25,000 a year. The repainting of the White House is one of the fa iar features of these annual repairs. Enough white paint has been daubed on the portico pillars, for instance, to double their prment jiameter, if the old paint had not first een removed before the successive layers were applied, Likewise in the interior, sufticient paint has been spread on the walls of each of the public reception rooms to have diminished their capacity by several feet each way, if the old cracked pigments had not been scraped off before the new couts were laid on. All the car- pets in the reception rooms have to be renewed every year, owing to the terrible trampling they receive ander the feet of the public. Some of the work on the grounds immedi. ately surrounding the mansion, on the bound- ary walle, railings, curbing, gates and trees, together with additional fixtures, stables, extra drainage anda thousand odds and ends, has also been paid out of the annual fund allowed for repairs. Up to 1813 the extensive grounds about the mansion were an unsightly waste, without grass or shrubbery, but in that year the systematic improvements now carried out upon the lawns were begun, the total cost to date being $373,000, INADEQUATE FOR ITS PURPOSES. The reader will naturally deem it curious that a building on which nearly two millions and a half have been spent should now be go in- adequate for the purposes to which it is de- voted. But the fact is that the White House is capable of comfortably accommodating only the President for his offices and for social receptions. There are only five bed rooms at the disposal of the mistress of.” the White House, and only a dining room, a sittin, room and a parlor—the red room—for the pri- yacy of the household circle. Of course the President's family are free to use the east room, the green rocm, the blue room and the state dining room if they choose, but these by tradition reserved chiefly a8 public reception chambers, and, though most handsomely’ fur- ished, aro not particularly inviting to a quiot family. ‘The late Mrs. Harrison made vigorous efforts to remedy the situation by advocating the ad- dition of wings to the present building—not for her own occupancy and enjoyment, as she pointed out, but ‘for the comfort and con- Yenience of her succegors and for the pro- vision of ahome which ‘night be creditable to the executive of the greatest nation on the globe.” If her plan had been taken up, or if Mr. Cleveland when President ' before had looked _ with favor on the bill passed by the Senate in 1885 to construct a separate dwelling in the rear of the White House for the living apartments of the President's family, such provision could be made that little Baby Ruth would now be in no danger from infection. As it i» Mr. Cleveland will probably be com- pelled to house his little family in a hotel for a while before re-entering the White House. pratuin aaeadbin FIRE IN A DULUTH HOTEL. Several of the Occupants Thought to Have Perished in the Flames. Fire broke out in the basement of the St. Louis Hotel kt Duluth early yesterday morning and destroyed the house inan hour. Many of the occupants were compelled to use the fire escapes and ladders of the firemen. Men and women half dressed climbed down the ladders, while the thermometer was several degrees Five of the laundry girls are missing and itis feared are dead. All the guests are ac- counted for except one. D. CG, SATURDAY, | end of the scale.” Theso remarks were warmly nt’s first term was distinguished | R; R A saxvaRy’ 1 14, 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES. SOME SIGHTS IN CHINA. Dr. Thomas C. Carter Describes Them at the ¥. M. C. A. Rooms. ‘The lecture of Dr. Thomas C. Carter at the Young Men's Christian Association Hall last ‘night on “Bights in China” was largely attended and was a most graphic and interesting descrip- tion of Chinese home life and customs. Dr. Carter was for several years a missionary in central China and established at Kiu-Kiang the Anglo-Chinere College. He is familiar with the laws and institutions of the Celestials and de- scribes his travels among them with such vivid- ness that his audience follows him from point to point as if personally transported to the “quaint and curious” scenes of that wonderful empire. The early intercourse of foreign coun- tries with the Chinese, the wars and treaties, the characteristics of the country and the peo- Ps; the degradation ‘of womanhood and the suf- fering of childhood, the social habits, marri customs—in fact, everything that could be in the space of a lecture concerning that oldest nation of the far east was held before his hea: ers like the changing scenes of a panorama and the large audience went from the hall as if just from a visit to the orient. The doctor's de- scription of the condition of women in China, contrasted with the exaited Porition of Ameri. can women, was thrilling and eloquent. Great as are the ‘advantages of the women of this country, he would not stand in the way of their elevation to still higher recognition. Though not an advocate of popular woman's Tights, he said: “I long to see the day in this country of ours when a filthy Italian, who has only been in America for five years, who can’t speak a word of English, who owns not a foot of our sacred soil, who ‘despises our flag, who has not one drop ‘of patriotism in his veins— I io ee see the day when that despicable speci men from across the sea can't crawl out of dirty cellar in New York city on au election day and tip the political scale with a hundred thou- sand intelligent American women on the other State and Municipal bodies of 382 WASHINGTON BRANCH, Corner 8th and F Streets Northwest. 13 REMINGTON TYPEWRITER Universally conceded to be the Standard Writing Machine of the world. The various De partments of the U.S. Government employ over 2,000. Generally adopted by the various U. 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BEB OU U Bis | cuttnre_Relaxation and tension exercises, CHUKCI RRR Y, three wonths' course in Freuch a st a.m. KORY o private instruction. Musicales and sectabied RRE Y every three weoks. Mile. V. PNUD HOMME Jal L- ae | WASEiNetos E CLEANEST. PUREST AND BEST RYE WHISKEY IN THE UNITED STATES. The only Whiskey that ts controiled Bye exclusively by the Distiller, and is BY® CORNER M AND 11TH STREETS N. W., over three years old before offeredon jt the market, Tye . CHGRBURY RYE. ts, made trom the Bye bia nartt a Malad lees re : ° Spring W ater zd, being prolately ise Fighteenth year opened OCTOBER 4 tor ‘ 4 Brus grasa BO Fie | Asctect bigh-erade bourding and dar school for —— Rye ladies end littl ‘le—thoroughly modern in pROXRURY RYE ierold direct tothe Rye arabe poral ae Ine eae Caner get BS] New buildings, perfectly “equiped, for health and hlenders of witskes. Hie | comtort—stea:n " heat, passenger levator, perfect jowing prowinent Grocers Hye | sanitation. Circulars sent on aoplication. and Drueyiste in Wesbiugton sollit: Bye | "7 graduates, and to the sublic menorally, is of ‘i ee oe ye | fered a special stu¢y in Greek literainre by transla- Haut Co", Tothat. and Bye | tions, A class beginning Homer's Miad will meet on a. ave ve ry 13. 1863. sate Witmer & Co, 1918 Pa. ave. be reser Dpto des lppeatmnen egg W. R. Brown, th st. and Pa. ave. Rye jock om Monday oni — P. H. Ward, 224 and K sts. n. w. Rye | noons for twelve weeks following. H. H, Elliott, 1520 14th st. n. w. Rye rf ». Re Ersvod, de een aw. Kye ‘Mrs. ELIZABETH J. SOMERS, 5. 26 Tthenw. Rye) 436m Principal. CF Mouteomers, 106 Tine now. Rye} Somerset R. Waters, 1342 7th st. Rye W. DORAN, PH. aw. | Xi. take a fow mbre ‘private st Geo | for’ collewe, civil servic $ i struction to one or " experience. RT STUDENTS LEAGUE_EIGHTH SEASON Day Antique, portrait, painting, women’ CULE Eveultig clamesAntinc ife-modeling class. For circulars goad rie: Ue oT] ‘MISS MAY H. MEAD, certificated pupil of Herr Kaif of the Royal Con: servatory of Berlin. | Lessons at pupils’ homes if de- sired. Address 902 224 st. n. Jat M255 FRANCES MARTIN’: ENGLISH AND FRENCH sCHoor For Young Ladies and Little Girl Boarding pupils timited. (se1-oui*} 1205 Q ST. N. W. ‘Mil Dorn Gt edi foe ere y ASHINGTON FEMALE SEMINARY Sebiile, 2741 Lst. uw. Rye | WA! : waar. wen ee 136 1st STN MASS! AVE., iby & Co., Grocers, 3d'and Este, — BY* | opens Sept 2M. BOARDING and DAY school ath Re L. Lynch, Droggist, 1345 14th Manoeue & Jones. 324 and Msts., ‘W. Washineton. D Ashby & G a Ests.n.w. Gh JOHN'S COLLEGE, Vermont ave. send for An: $a2-3m id an JRUSINESS EDUCATION — TVPEWRITING, SESE ear eons St and On. w. Biornend, “critiaed’ lotion writes rama Aibert B. S‘hlotterbeck, 439 New bookkeeping, penmanship.’ 825 a year. Diplomas and Jersey ave. n, positfons Jor craduates Pr ration for exausina- us. IVY INSTITU SINE: ESS COLLEGE, Co Office and Sales Warehouse: 378.GAY ST., - - BALTIMORE, HYSICAL TRAINING. DEPORTMENT AND . ne G a, 1351 GEO. T. GAMBRILL. Prop. SR0H ste “Adult dauclug class Tuesday aad Frid bs etary renings. Chi dren's class, Wednesday and Satria Roxbury “Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Particulars at gymnasiuw. ALEC goxbury Roxbury Hoxbury oxpary Hos NOTT Pi “@26-1m* Reury Retire Restary_Howbury | Boeoury |W ooiys COMMERCIAL COLLEGF AND scHOOT of Shortland and Tyyewriting, 401 aud 407 East Capitol st. day and night seesion Tue Coxscwens Or Faxcy Frown | foreraminitioas' wraduates som Can buy our ‘Cream Blend” Flour of the following grocers. It is the only recognized Blended Y EEE Wie: lal te vamshee andl o eck wilivom| CBE BERLITE CHOSE OF LANGUAGES, vince the most skeptical that it is the very best in use: Wholesale by B. B, EARNSHAW & BEO. Washington, D. 0. 13 American and @ Euro) French, German, Spanish, Tt Englist, Latin, Greek and ‘Traus ations. Also. FRENCH & GERMAN L/CTURES & COMEDIES Every Saturday at 15. (Free to pupa. fd for Circulars and prograias. aie : + 1800 15th n. w. G. W. GOLDEN, 1034 29th n. w. R. P. WHITE, 1138 12th n. w. J. L, HAMMACK, 8006th n. w. Exocerrox Oratory. MARTYN COLLEGE OF ORATOR} Inccrporated unde: United States iv Hon EDWIX HAY, President of board of trustees, fastyn Collegeof Oratory is the largest and inom Influential college ofits kind in the world. Ni year opens January 9. J. aia ‘sinwinest nene Ghigers as weil kate thoes further ede moderate. 734 12th st. n. w. M5 4Mx C Leavirr OF BOSTON, 1121 VERMONT AVE. N. W. PIANO AND HARMONY. 890 NS IN CHINA, OIL AND TAPEST! rerun ctooe Saterape SF SEES F. M, DAVIS, cor. 7thand F ne. ROBERT WHITE, jr., 900 9th n.w. A. C. KAMMERER, 130 lst n. W. F. AUTH & BRO., cor. 3d and Ind. ave. n.w. E. HOGAN, G01 N. J. ave. n.w. JOHN H. ONTRICH, 801 6th n.w. WILLIAM KERR, cor. 26th and Fn.w. JOHN M. BUCKLEY, cor. 2ist and Ma. w. Mrs. A. J. MARSHALL, 1730 4a. w. CHAS. BUTT, 18207th nw. STEER BROS., 1000 On. w. R. A. CLAYTON, 100Ds.w. F. A. NEWMAN & BRO. , 632 43st. .w. J. ©, DE ATLEY, 708 7th s.w H. M. DE ATLEY, cor. 8th ana Hs.w. Mrs, ANNIE BURKE, 829 7th s. w. EMIL SPAHN, cor. 6th and Ls. w. in SCHEEL, TEACHER OF PIANO, ORGAN tention to be- 5230 PPRIEND® T 5 I S&T. we A. 3. SANFORD & BRO., 1212 Ualon sw, Fei iiorough and progressive tchenl for both sees 8. L. DENTY, 1200 34s. w. of any sade, inclndips college prepare work. THOS. HAWKINS, cor. 434 and Ms. w. ocsl-tr THOS. W. WELL, incipal. J.B. PROUT, 411 436 9. w. INSTITUTE The building was an old brick veneered structure, five stories high. on Michigan street and 115 by 150 feet in ¢ize. It was built in 1883 sured for €35,000, with rent insurance of $10,- 000. The loss will reach $100,000. Urniont Praxos for rent. 1225 Pa. ave.—Adet eee es Blown Into the River. At 5 o'clock last evening as the steamer J. C. Warner was towing the steamer R. T. Coles 1 take « dose of hive sirup; hen I go on the water.” Smii I didn't know you for a con- many | founded liar I should eay you Were telling an com | untruth.” fide South Allaniic states are scattered past offices, bard to be reached, affording BALCH’ VIL, VICE ©. V, WOODBRIDGE, 600 6th s. w. Misa Bisby Coliors 129F 10th st. Pups JAMES FERRY, “41 8." ave, £5 census cxusnadlons. Sianoxraphy turk eer B. B. BADEN, 82 Cac. DUCATION FOR REAL LIFE. LF. LUSBY, 722 East Capitol THE SPaNCERLAN BUSINESS COLLEGF, MES. SCHNEIDER, tz Ma eee, Seas = ke", pales es 1. J. WN ¥ ureday, ia wanuimunicn co Sent One, september fig08 Day. and nicht sesatonar Five a * departme! via: ‘Business, including B. E. MILES, 27 3d n.e. English. writing and training for the civil sery- JOHN M. OLARK, cor. 4th and Bn.o. foarte etgentary Book Mrs, WILLIAM BRAHLER, 401 Hine aan Pai RS —- ten 3 central some balls “iad ‘class Woower servisen of te demand : torma ‘bat ‘no’ ways ia de some ayy “fel one cal int for new ry Mrs. Pca 2 TION, ORA‘ LY, DRAMA’ ACTIO! is REDS TowNans E WAL Has “Teachers, 1817 13th st. new. solG-tr al NJO AND MANDOLIN TAUGHT BY Giiiewr abd cary method. ‘term at = 1110 13%h st. nw. COME LA Cre baron and Hania aw. ————————————— OUT OF WASHINGTON. Ses 4 LADTES' GOODs. RAILROADS = 2 “ _ -_ — — EST AbhpHen is AGRE: ME TONIC. (HE GREAT “er The Mecca Petroieaun—Prevents baldpess, keopa PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE, the hatrand 2 and healthy condition | TO THF NORTH. WEAT AND SO oTHwRer Scientific research to date bas not’ produced their DOL SPLENDID SCENT v AGNTFIOPNT "PQUIPM EST. id. by W. S. THOMPSON, 703 15th at, apdc January 1. much CHRISTIANL, 484 Pa. ave. wiotu* MING ION PROM ST MASS! OF BALTINORE, MODISTE. RECEP. ASD W STS. Ax Ps Mtion and evening at shortest’ notice at Feasonable prices, sauipios Gepartuent nw. ola | IGH-CLASS GOWNS: VERY LOW PRICES? To indies desiring perfection in dress, artistic | ons of f and finish are guaren tend. EDITH A. HICKS, 73) Lith st, Bow. lect from ; children’s dats i Lovie, with Parlor Car Hate A Sleeping Cars from Putte Harrisburg, Louie an On short notice DYEING | Goods called for | and'delivere’. E ADIES' SHAMPOOING AND CHIL | ey. La j nireot). Ladie rk done at residences For? Wiis and bangs dressed SES MADE UP IN THE L prices by Miss L ston. a De H. Stern's. 5 13:h st. m. w — yom. ‘week days a . 3. KOSE’s INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, > wet Pn ae Ss RIAL SCH FoR ult ori Pity, Sew VOuR. AND, Tae Dresemaking and ey ee, __26-6m ‘Children's Suits JRENCH ing Vstablishm “ claws fadven'and vent | Goat, Sheepskin Kugs and White Pure cleaned. a * ANTON AND CAKOLINE LERCH, formerly. with CONGRPSS“ONAT LIMITED » AS Fisher and Maison Yrieve, Paris.” Woy | Al! Paey Cara wt nina a tm altimore ADIE* WHO WISH FIRST-CLASS DRESS. days : sane sp t reasonable prices, should call at » Frouch Drevsinaker, 730 11th gt nly FOR PHILADELPHIA ONLY. Fastexpress, 7.008 mi work days, end BAS om ry. PIANO! S$ AND ORGANS. ‘one ones: £1) throweh tratns eonnect Coote of Dreokive Ameoe ath The country knows come from the FISHER, DECKE,. WEBER, LIVERS and POND and the ESTEY PIANOS. the | ~ ost perfected instrucenteon the musical | poy?! market *. iy carved canre are made so that they wil nt let it out freely. Sat very moderate prices and on ‘easy terms to suit. SANDERS & STAYMAN, Piano Parlors, 934 F st., el4 And 13 N. Charles st., Baltimore. oncept Sunday i. aang 00, H M For Annapolis, 7 20, 9.00 and 1! 50 a mand 490 gs o> EE wry ‘ mo igen need anh esse s M Rg i ALEXANDRIA AND THE sorry Ss8 “oo HoH MMM Eee it | tor aimauirin can sas Sth Rae Mae Ios Reon nett fos Seema OOS REE |B: iba Sal See CO.SS25 7th st Pianos for rent. am OS wn Looe ALLET & DAVIS 00'S CHRISTMAS OFFE! Accom jation for wr on, 7.45 @.m Anily. } Our agent at S11 th st. offersa limited mum- | For Richmond and the south. 440 sod 10.5?am, reg vier 1d 4.00 pm. ass ‘Trains leave Alexanlria for Washington, 6.05. 7 Rae eine ee * a ant at 0 re rat, be left for tue checkin Yo Aewtination from hotels and tesiens "woon. CHAR F PCGH. General Manage ber of our upright Plano at $75" less than ices. HALLET & DAVIS CO. Sas RAKAUEK PIANOS —“I FIND THEM EXCEL. other makes at 1200 Gsi., TEMP yf RUHN.ost: ANT Priced reasonable teras easy 10-3 Batten & our Schedale tn effect verntbwer 13, 18H, Leave Washington from i cener of New Jersey he beat inatrumenca of Amoricd. BULOW: Tdecare AIKOVSKY- Combines with great volume are syuipathetic aud noble tone color and Amagpiscont ssortment of now artistic styles 12 ‘ Gentile Urieite ‘aad Squares, ised tn ll Mads of A ‘soods. Co Mest nod Nas wad PIANOS FOR RENT. ' SECOND - HAND PIANOS. -A laces compehine almost every well-known "a 35.90, 9, Soudire, iu thorctgel repair. will be stowed » fow heures. SPECIAL TNDUCEMEN Ts of 4 in prices and in terms, w/ ich will be arranced on EASY MONTHLY INSTALL MEN 1S when denied w™. a ‘ pos AND _ REPATRIN Hi, ae viano maker, tuner and re wba mm, 105, 1M pairer, G. Metzerutt & Eo. si a am orion in the rene, Leos | able: first-class work; pianos varnished aud polls | Organs repaired. 3920-8 cy Ter as Teason- | GTEINWAY, CHASE, GABLER, BRIGGS PIANOS. S Organs and Wilcox & White yimphony for sale oF rent DROOP's Musie Store. B20-tr Wes Pa. |s88s TITT 1 FI FFF H ae eS F ee Siren eS § ff kee FF = ar), (11.30 pom, |. Prize medal Paris Pxposition. 200 first pramtums: ‘Wilmington and Chester, £03 | indorsed by over 100 ‘music schools and colleses for — Gurability.” Old Pianos taken ia exchance. The only | "hugs Partor Cars on’all Aay trae Upriatt chigt can take the pines Cs dread, re sn on as once weir PFEIFFER & CONLIFE.417 ith st... CE aT fee he | 7 . « vata PROFESSIONAL. adr Avian - 10.008. and 12.05 p.m. Same aoe ———————— | dare, 12-059. ‘CLATRV AND ASTROL. |“ TExcept Suuday. *Daliy. (Sunday only. ovist, bora with acaul, gives names and_ lucky |, EE xprem trains Apdaten: tells how to retaiu hisband or lover. Consult | Baweage cated for and chek her on love, business or hea th. She w.u't dupe you | res.dences by Cniou Transtar > With worthless charms. 910 Fst. n w., Room Right cmoee, PUM and 1351 Pa, ave. OF CHARGE. innie Brown, a New York clairvoyant, with Emma. the ex-xipay queen. will tell your disposition rw IDEKOPER AN} keUMEN POSTER Fite ‘sittings, boc and $i, Hours Tie. Oe mee, 0c, and $1. Hours, 11.et.. 99.13. Sondre, 1.7 pm. 7164 st. aw. F. O- building. apa ay x ats = ? train’ azr've and lente ot Penusy vente Paseeae ‘ANTLEROY TELLS ALL THE EVENTS OF | er ‘ton, Washington, D.C LIFE; he wives. success ahd compels love, ,&c- | 4880 8.t—Dally. coubects at Lrnchvure tor Btod Fee, 500. ak yy re ceeeet 5 2 Ser pwoen Mend Hew. | od Dario Gysten, Felimen Slane’ ee Wor Wantigetoa to tanta. hneting theme wi P®sr, CLAY IS THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED leeper to New Oris ‘via Mon: ‘and for advertising clairvoyant, astrologer and medium in vie ‘uniting at Tike this city. for Aurasta, connerts at Manassas for Bern with wonderful prophetic rift of second sight, 4 and Strasburg dally except Gunde: Wl of your life from cradle to grave. 43 p.m, —| aa efrenton and pointe cut soar enemies trom. your | except Sundar. URES mm. —| WASHINGTON A sorts ‘wits happy resale, tells whether westedw vest BoLhy Limi teh. see love is true or ite" dreams, on, tirely of man a om ore ‘Tro other cities Z all in trou |. Advertisers only what PBpea Sundae, Residence, a0 Ht ate 6th sts. west. ME. PERRIN, THE TRUEST M of the ae civen me Te EN Sb ae iz _ 33 ty Bere diohtheris ts negated and WasHT nD. 11 i, siven from wogreve, from 9%.” 280 Ist et. ne. ihe > id jARA WATCOTT. LOCATED 1377 Bea a wSp.m; ‘Open Sundays. Yates Siaar sae : 4 GX. Ww.