Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1896, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. FOR RENT—HOUSES. FOR SALE--HOUSES. 5 FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED. ‘SOR RENT_UNEURNISHED—BY “br 13. n&tiggs, 708 10th rig if ‘ol Hits, new, H. SAUNDERS & CO. 70% Newark nw,10r.25. . FURNISHED. We have our new bulletin just issued, containing « large list of furnished Louses, now ready for dis- <tibution. sonth. 50 20.50 Houses ranging from $10 to $300 per STORES AND OFFIC (023 7th st., store ant dwell'ng. «+ 875.005] F st. near 14th, 2 floor, Sr.. single or en suite; also 2r.'en suite.” Very cheap. 1407 P'st., 3 communicating rooms, heated... 25.00 319 Pa. ave., 2 rooms. - 30.00 Stone yard, & x Jatt-ecde" VW SOR RENT— i. 1908 G st ‘nw, 1or- 1827 14th st Aw,6r- ant ‘buihiic, * to ja4-12t° OFFICE OF TT Ingiou, DP. utice fs constr and Insurance Lroker, 10th OFFICES. large dwellin, TYLER & RUTU OFFICIAL NOTICES. i S33838888 32 OS 9th sc 697 A st 38338 2R 3.09 662 Calan HED HOUSES. I near 18ti 2100 Caroline we: % Lith 00 231 435 st 17 S13 Md av SPABLES. 0 S06 12th ow, rr toth and AVE. sult femunt. HE COMMISSIONERS, D- Jan. 3. 1896.—To hereby given ¢ oo 1009 D st ne, Sr 4 N near 12th, 10r. PP rear ith, 12r. WEW St, 46x with stable, for se to be modernized and all st sv 8r&s..22. st nw, 7r. ne, Zr. ue, Sr. hh, Lir,2 ba.130 ZS 100 ar 15th, 9.60 and aw. ow tN) SH- whom it may bat the Coni- of the District of Columbia intend to t stone ware sewer in G street northeast between Sth and 6th streets, abutting lots 2, 2, 2, 30. 3 square 833, and lots 11, 13 aud 14, square S34: estimated cost, $371 In’ 12th st between B rnd C streets northeast, abutting | 2, 3 and 4, square nw. of square 1003. und Int 13. of 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 1, of Square 1010; estimated cust, $786.50. In "Ist street between I and K streets southvest, abut- ting | cost. ak . SH. SS. SZ, cost, $100. putting: In iith Streets. abuttin whiek Lhe No. 471, mentioned ab; app! hearing will be given WEDNES- wary 29. 1896, at 11 a.m, in “he board the Commissioners of the District. of time and place oly 15 and 29, square 645: estimated wet northwest between lots 5, 4, 53, 52, 51, 50, square 382; estimated “Assessments w roperty a ide against a3 pro- roved August ctions: may te presented by property owners to ail or ment! THE PRINCESS ANNE, VIRGINIA BEACH, OPENS VA. FEB. 6, 1896. Address until Jan. 25, Fifth Avenue Hotel, NZ. FAUL B. BODEN, Manager, with Spri Formerly 1s House, Richfield Springy, wd Mountain Park Hotel, Hot Springs, Jag-t,th,s,26t TEIC N Steam Hi Winter Rates. AND MASSACHUSETTS jext, EI OAKS HOTEL, ASHEVILLE, N.C__ONE OF THE best. family eles. hotels Remodeled, In the sout! refurnished; Table first- steam heat; Rew Inaaigement; cars pass door; rates woderate, SAMUEL H. REED, RVING «per and Proprietor. ATLANTIC CITY, The celcbratet fall and wister resort by the sea. HOTEL TRAYMORE. Appointments and service first-class. D. S. WHITE, Jr., ee23-tf Proprietor. The National Hotel, AMERICAN PLAN. AND $3.00 PER DAY. 250 rooms; six stairways to grouml floor; fire sca: on” all sides; modern {i improvements, Special rates to families or members of Congress specd:ng the winter in Was @el9-2an BY, BURTON GALEN HALL—A_SANATORI Atlantic City, N. J. With all the conveni+nces of a first-class, quiet hotel. Elevator, steam heat, open grate fires; meseaze, elec:ricity, baths, ke. Table unexcelled. Open ali the year. Address Dr. WM. H.H. BULL. de23-tf HOTEL BERKEL traily located, Bireprvot: sheoting; rites, $ FRANK LOUGHRAD Qi7-an : “POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. round Tesort; HICKORY, N. 1250 to $17.50 Y, ASHEVILLE, N. C.—CEN- rnished, steam heat, every Morte ‘cemfort H. BRANCH, del7-3m vititude 1.400 feet; rotel lighted by’ gas and electricity; quail per week. Owner and Proprietor. _ THE WEEMS STEAMBOAT Co. ule.—Steamer Potomze will wharf, foot f Baltiibore Strictly first-cls landings om Saturday ard must be non Baititn 1 every Sanday s landings, A Freight receiv e freight. prepaid. STEPHENSON &. sents. Oitie, UO Pa: ave. Telephone 145.” VINTER SCHED- Stephenson's t 4 p.m., for commoriations ed for river FOR SALE—MOST DESIRABLE NEARLY NEW 8-story 12-rccm and cellar press-brick bay-window house; 25 ft. front; all m.i.; with 2-story stable in the rear; must sell at once; no reasonable offer refused. 2017 H st. n.w. fat-12t* Dit SALE-SMALL CASH PAYMENT, $21 PER mouth, inciuling interest: new: 6 rooms; bath; bay wird: Nn m.t.; 1ith near H ne. Ouly $3,000. “Apply 709 1ith st. ne. jalsste FOR SALE—CHEAP BRICK HOUSES—235TH_ S&T. NEAR K N.W., 8 ROOMS. $3,700; H ST. N.W. BET. 4TH AND 5TH. 7 KOOMS, $4,000; H ST. N.B. NEAR 13TH, 6 ROOMS (STORE), $4,000; A ST. N.E. NEAL 3D, 8-ROOM FRAME (LARGD LOT), $4,300; ROSEDALE NEAR 15TH ST, 6 ROOMS, $1,700—AND MANY OTHERS. Jalt-st | CHAS. A. SHIELDS, 1405 F ST. N.W. FOR SALE—NORTHEAST, REMEMBER, PLEASE, NORTHEAST. HANDSOME CORNER HO! 6 ROOMS AND BATH. ONLY $3,000. jalt AUGUST DONATH, G11 7TU ST. FOR SALE-SACRIFICE_BEAUTIFUL NEW 3 story aod basement | prese-brick. house, within block I t sirele; low price: $7,500; terms to suit. CHARLES EARLY, 608 Lith'st. " jali-3it FOR SALE—ONLY $7,500! ON Q BET. and n.w.; 8 rooms and bath; new press brick bay-window front; haulsome "paper, mantelg, &c.; lot 18x30 to 10-ft. alley. W. 8. MINNIX, Jaz 1427 F st. nw. FOR SALE—A BEAUTIFUL 7-ROOM BAY-WIN- dow house: all m.{.; convenlent to steam end street car lines; Alexandria, Va. Adress BAR- Star office. leB1-18t* ME PLEASANT; 8 t GOx1 10, Only cab, casy terms, Lot alone ‘almost worth price asked.” Open Sand Very cheap house tn Holmead Manor $4,800; montily payments, BRICE & LIPSCOMB, Jall-3t 612 14th st. FoR SALE— AT_A BARGAIN— NEW_ BRICK > STONE HOUSE IN THE ORTHWEST SECTIO: R THE BRITISH BASS 10 KOOMS AND 2 BATH ROOMS; HEATED BY FURNACE. Apply to JV. NH jall-2t 1505 FOR SX PECIAL INDUCEMENT TO SETTLE an ertate—Modern stone residence, on fashion able avenue n.w., near Dupont Circle, and one square east Conn. ave. Address ESTATE, Star jali-3t :ALE—THE CHEAPEST HOUSE IN COLUM- r 1ith st.; 3 stories;, cellar; 9 large rocms; bath; stationary wash stand; splen- did furnace: newly and, beaatifully papered; lot 18x100; 10-f: alley. Price, if sold at once, subject to one trust ‘of $5,000, due in 3 es.’ Address M. F., Star office." jatl3t OK AT 1223 YALE —OR EXCHANGE — brik Tesidences every conventenc front in stone throw of U.S. ion offic ree $6,000; no trust. PITTMAN & BLACKWOOD, WOT 13th st. m. * “CHARMING HOME,"* On 7th st, facing N. H. ave. y aml basement stone and brick dwelling: rooms and two bath rooms; hard wood fintsh; het water heat; offer wanted. "Price only $11,000. WESCOTT, WILCOX _& HIESTON, 1907 Pa. ave. 2. E.; NEARLY NEW 6-2. large lot; very desirable for a a from $4,500 to $4,100; no in- cumbrance; any terms to sult. FOR SALE—1011 D st. 3 mew; 6 rooms: all latest imps.; will cut price if sold small cash payment and balance 5 per W. E. WRIGHT, Owner, 619 E st. n.w. FOR SALE-TWO OF THE FINEST DWELLINGS in Coumbia College subdivision, cor. 15th and Binney sts.; 12 room: each; magnificently fintshed; p and on good terms. C. DUNCANSON, $th and D sts.D.w. FOI SALE—MANY OF THE FINEST RESIDENCES on the leading streets and avenues, from $7,500 to $100,000. I have for sale a number of Iuirgains that are never I.sted or advertised, on which the owners will sacrittce for cash or part cash. Call and see me h-fore purchasing. E. C. BAUMGRAS, ‘Phone 27. (a9-t 1410 G st., main floor. FOR SALE—OWNER WISHING TO DISPOSE OF his 3-story brick bay-window house, a.m.!., in est section of northwest, will sell’ for $4,850; easy terms; small cash payment and balance $30 Inoattiy. Address SACRIFICE, Star office.” jaz-tf FOR SALE—A BEAUTIFUL 7. dow house; all w.l.: convenient to steam and street ear lines; Alexandria, Va. Address BAR- ZAIN N., Star office de31-12t* FOR SALE—AN OFFER WANTED FOR ONE OF the finest sites in the heart of the city for an apartment buildinz: lot s2x1t ft. to a 80-ft. ae D. M. OGDEN, Exr., 1624 T° st. n.w. ine FOR SALE—DO YOU WANT A HANDSOME HOMB on Columbia Heights? I can sell you one at a bargnin, and on ensy terms. JOHN SHERMAN, GOS 14th st. de20-tf x NEW 12-ROOM HOUSE, 1357 ROA- Terrace, Columbla Helghts; overlooking city; a bargain; no reasonable offer refised. PATRICK O'FARRELL, 1425 N.Y. ave. di5-tf FOR SaLE— “BEAUTIFUL, HOUSES” VERY EASY TERMS. 25th st. near Pa. ave.; new 3-story and base- ment bri-k und stone dwelling; 9 roouts and tiled bath room: open fireplaces; hot water heat; terms, $500 cash, balance’ payable month. E-ice only m.i.; broad ave. n.w.; large windows; wide out- lock; cheerful, attractive, convenient; inclosed parking; fine trees. Lowest price. 38,500: easy terms. “Address TRIANGLE, Star office. oci9-8n* FOR SALE—LOTS. FOR SALE—BUY CH#AP LOTS AT LINCOLN PARK; BEAUTIFUL 18-FOOT FRO} 150 FEET OF PARK AND CARS ( i Ni 50 TO $1,100 EACH; 4 CASH, BAL. FoR SALE—COLUMBIA HEIGHTS feet of Lith st.; lot 25x10. 2,000; $500 cash. Cheapest lot on the H North side S st. bet. N. H. ave. and 18th, beaa- tiful building lot. Only $3,250. 18 fect’ front. Plans for house thrown in, Jall-3t BRICE & LIPSCOMB, 612 14tn st. FOR SALE_FINE CORNER PROPERTY IN MT. Pleasant; 280x117; very available for zubdivision aud improvement.’ Pric> reasonable. Jaf-12t* TYLER & RUTHERFORD, 1307 F st. NICE LOT, 17.6 FY. FRONT; 13TH half square’ of Lincoln Park and new er and sewer: only $350. SALE—Fine building lot, 21.8x68; (Nos. Houses rentin: iT, Owner, 619 E VITHIN 100 alle $1,600. 329 and 32y%4 Sth ‘st. for $8.50. ih st. Ferry Wharf. Wednesdays and Saturdays at 7 for river landings to int € Breton's Bay and Nomi arrives Tuceday afternoon. landings to Bi to Piney Poi St. Wednes-1: a's Bay and Nomini Creel George's, Smith’ and Yeocomico rivers, returning, St. Clement's ik; returning, lags for river thence reels, Coan Yeaves Nomini Creek ‘Thursday afternocn for river landings, arriv- Saturdass for river landings tng Friday mozping. to Nomini Creek and arrives Sunday afterncon. ae eee C. W. RIDLEY, Gen. Man. business worth about $5,000. Address SL ee = 8., Star office. St. Clement's In_ effec Bay; returning, Nov. 4, 1895. R SALE—6) FEET ON STAU! 5 on Florida ave. by 200 fect deep; 12,000 sq. feet; half block from 14th st. cable cars; fine oak trees and wide view over elty and river; price moderate and tera A. SAWYER, 1100 no2Z3-2in* FOR EXCHANGE FOR EXCHANGE-MY BEAUTIFUL CORNER residence, with brick stable; 16 rooms; two bath rooms; Want S-room house,’ worth about $5,000; balance on time; or will’ exchange for paying HL. ave. it* PROPOSAL! HOWARD UNIVE! January 11, AM. €ellaneous Bocks University. ‘The r of bids reserved. to the Jpemaiz for Books.” esident. = urer of the president, any © infor wi TY, WASHINGTON, D.C., Sealed proposals in duplicats until MONDAY, JANUARY and bids or parts J. E. RANKIN, D. OCEAN TRAVEL ANADIAN PACTFIC Interded steamship RAILWAY. sailings from JAPAN and CHINA. Emprevs of India, Jan. 6, March 30, June 1, press of Japan, Feb, 3, April 20, June 22. tupress of China, March 2, 1, July 13. HONOLULU, WARRLMO. Seccnd eabin x For tickets and way, For freight ai2-eol'n FUL AND 15, | MIO’ xiations very = a —_ ATTORNEYS GAMPERELL CARRIXGTON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Webster Law building, 56 D st. nw., Washing” D.C. Rexdence, No. 3 Mount Vernon Flats, yw York ave. and st. ow. sels WOULD EXCHANGE INTEREST IN SOLID ness o1 stocks for a good house worth from $8,000 to $12,000. Address “GUOD TRADE,” Star’ of- the. Jal1-3t* FOR SALE—OR EXCHANGE-SEVERAL FIRST- class n.w. bepses. Will exchange for unincum- bered lots oMlisted stocks. J. CHESTER, de2t-td Room 19, 615 14th st. T HAVE A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE ON COLUMBIA Heights which I can exchange for desirable va- cent ground. A bargain for the right party. €20-t JOHN SHER: 605 14th st. COUNTRY REAL ESTATE LE-SUBURBAN PROPERTY AND FARMS a sp ty ‘all for printed list. Lots at Ross- lyn and Addison Heights cheap. J. E. CLEM- ENTS, 1321 F st. mw. Jaldatt sd 23 ACRES; NEW 6-ROOM DWEL a outbuil:lings; 75 choice fruit trees; splendid water; 10 miles from city, 2 from station. $2,000, DUCKETT, DENT & CO., 685 FL ES FINE LAND; 6-ROOM ‘igh and commanding viey miles from eity on splendid road. At a sa DI EIT, DENT & CO 5 F. Jal4-3t FOR RENT—FARM OF 14 ACRES ON BLADEN’ Doc. 207) COLUMBIA, ng a Special Term for Orphans’ Court bus- in ; January 13, 1896. ‘ton Loan and Trust - a. of the estate of Stanard, deceased, the administrator afore- Wit the approval of the court, appointed the 7th day of February, A.D. i396, at 10 tor making paymeit and distribution urt's direction and control; when and reditors and persons entitled to dis- hares (or legacies) or a residue are here- to attend in person or by agent or at- torney daly authorized, with their claims against the estace properly vouched; otherwise the adminis- trator will take the benellt of the law against them. Provided, a copy of this order be published once a week for three weeks in the ‘Washington by notifies Law Reporter” and “The Evening Star” prey to the said day. Test: J. NOBA McGILL, Rezister of Wills for the District of Columbia. JOHN B. LARNER, Proctor. Jal4-lawst RAILROADS. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Station corner of 6th and B streets. In effect January 6, 1895. 10:30 AM. PENNSYLVANIA LIMITED.—Pallman , Smoking ana Observation Cars to Chicago, Cincinnati, Seshey soe ole Cleveland and Toledo. Buffet rlor Car to Harrisourg. 10:30 A.M. F, LINE.—Pullman Buffet Parlor to Harceborg. | Farlor and Dining Cars, Har- urg to Pitisburg. 3:40 P.M. CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS EXPRESS.— Pullman Buffet Parlor Car to Harrisburg. Sieep- ing and Dining Cars, Harrisburg to St. Louls, Cincinnati, Louisville and Chicago. 7:10 P WESTERN EXP! —Pullman Slee Be Ge to ae and Harrisburg to Clevel: ‘ar to vay 7:10 P.M SOUTH-W1 TERN EXPRESS.—Pullman Sleeping and Dining Cars to St. Louls, and Sleep- ing Car Harrisburg to Cincinnati. 10:40 P.M. PACIFIC EXPRESS.—Pullman Sleep- Ing Cur to Pittsburg. 7:30 A.M. for Kane, Canandaigua, Noches-er and Niagara Falle daily, exept Sunday. 10:30 A.M. for Elmira and Renovo, daily, except Sunday. “For Williamsport daily, 3:40 P.M. 7:10 VM. for Williamsport, Rochester, Buffalo and ‘Niagara Falls daily, except Saturday, with Slee ing Car Washington to Suspension’ Bridge vi 10:40 T’.M. for Erle, Canandaigua, Rochester, But- falo and Niagara Fulls daily, Sleeping Car Wash ington to Elnira. FOR VHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK AND THB EAsT. 4:00 P.M. “CONGRESSIONAL LIMITED." daily, all Parlor Cars, with Dining Car from Baltimor Regular at 7:05 (Dining Car), 7:20, 9:00, 10:00 Wining Car), 10:05 (Dining Car from Wilmington) A 6:40, 10:00 and 11:35. P. Wining Car), 7:20. 9:00, 10: (ining Car ‘trom Wilmingtcn) A.M., 12:15, 3:15, 4:20, 6:40, 10:00 and 11:35 P.M. “For Philadel pit only, Fast Express 7:50 4... press, 12:15 week days, and 5:40 P.M. daily. "For Boston without change, 7:50 A.M. week days, and 3:15 P.M. daily. For Baltimore, 6:25, 7:05, 7:20, 7:50, 9:00, 10:00, 10:05, 10:30, 11:00 and. 11:50 ‘A.M. 12:15, 12:45, 01, 3:15, 3:40 (4:00 Limited), 4 238, 5:40, :05, 6:40, 7:10, P.M. On ‘Sunday, 7: Car) and ‘11:00 (Dining H., 12:45, 4 On Sunday, Wining Car, 1 10:40 ard 11 M. For Vope’s Creek Line, 7:20 A.M. and 4:36 P.M. daily, except Sunday. For Annapolis, 7:20, 9:00 A.M., 12:15 and 4:20 PM except Sunday. Sundays, 9:00 A. and 4: “Florida Special” for Jack- Atlantic Coast Line. sonville 2nd St. Augustine, 10:48 P.M. week days. Express for Richmond, points on Atlantic Coast + Line, 4:30 A.M., 3:46 P.M. daily. Richmond and , 3:40 P.M. daily. Kichnond only, 10:57 Week days, nodation Tor Quantico, 7:45 A.M. daily, and é s. 6th and i sts., where ordérs can ve left checking of baggage to destination from hotels and residences. J. R. Woop, S. M. PREVOST, General Manager. General Passinger Agent. 49 station, for tl SOUTHERN RAILWAY. (Piedmont Alr Line.) Schedule in effect January 6, 1806. All trains arrive and Ieave at Pennsylvania Paseenger Station. $:00 A.M.—Daily—Local for Danville, Manassas for Strasburg, daily, at Lynchburg with the Connects at except Sunday, and orfolk and Western da!ly, and with C. & Q. daily for Natural Bridge and Clifton Forye. 11:15 A.M.—Dally—The UNITED. STATES FAST MAIL carries Pullman Buifet Sleepers New York and Washington to Jacksonville, uniting at Char- lotte with Pullman Sleeper gor Augusta; :lso Pull- man Sleeper New York to New Orleaus via Mont- gomery, | connect! at Atlanta with Pullman Sleeper’ for Birminghany, Memphi. nd St. Louls, suis¥l, P-M-—Local for ‘Strasburg, dally, excep cm 251 P.M.—Datly—Lccal tor Charlottesville. 05 P.M. ence, York and Florida Short man Compartment and Observa- 1 Line, Limited, Pull tion "Sleeping Cars, New York to St. Augustine; Pullman Drawing ‘Room Sleepers, New York t ‘Tampa and Augusta; Vestibuled Day Coach, Wash- ington to St. Augustine, and Dining Car, Salisbury to St. Augustine. 10:43 P-M.—Daily WASHINGTON AND SOUTH- WESTERN VESTIBULED LIMIT composed of Pullman B PT Cars anil Day Coaches. Tul Ww pville Pt lot Springs, York to Memphis via Birmingham, New Sew Orleans via, At- Tanta und ‘Montgomery. — Vestibulea Day Coach Washington to Atlanta. Southern Raliway Diving sboro” to Montgomery. ‘TRAINS BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND ROUND HILL leave Washington 9:01 A.M. daily aud P.M. daily, except Sunday, and 6:25 P.M. Sun- days only, for Round Hill daily, except Sunday, for Leesburg, and alls, for Herndon. Returning arrive at shinzton "8 A.M. and 3:09 P.M. daily from Ronw Hill, 7 A.M. dally, except Sunday, from Hernion, and 8:34 AM. cally, except Sunday, rrom Leesburg. h trains from the souih arrive at Washing- AM, 0:45 A. PAM. and’ 9:40 P.M. daily." Manassas Division, 10:00 A.M. daily, except Sunday, and 8:40 AM. daily from Char: lottesville. ‘Tickets, Sleeping Car reservation and information furnished’ at offices, 511 and 1200 Pennsy! aye: pads and at Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Sta- ion. W, H. GREEN, General Superintendent. i. M. CULP, ‘Trame Manager, W. A. TURK, Genera. Passenger Agent. JaT L. 8. BROWN, Gen. Azt. Pass. Dept. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. Echedule in effect December 1, 1895. Leave Washington from station corner of Jersey avenue and © st. -For Clicago and Northwest, Vestibuled Limited tiains 11:30 a.m., 8:20 p.m. For Ciucinnat!, ‘St. Louis aod Indianapolis, Vestl- buled Limited 3.45 p.m., Express 12:01 night. For Pittsburg acd Cleveland, Express daily 11:30 a.m. and 8:40 p.in. For Lexiugtou and Stauntcn, 11:30 a.m. Fer Winchester and way stations, *5.30 p.m. noxville, ew Orleans, 9:16 New a.m., x12:10, 112-70, 58:00, x9 25:05, 36 p.m., 10 and $:30 a.m., 12:15 and 4:23 38, 8:30 a. 32 p.m. 19:00, $9:39, *11:30 a.m., 11:15, 4:20, 5:30 p.m. For Hagerstown, *11:30 a.m. and 5:50 p.m. For Boyd and way points, *9:40, 110: For Gaither: nt: :39 p.m. ashington Junction and way points, 10:00, i, 11:15 p.m, Express trains, stopping at 1 stations culy, 4:30, *5:20 p.in. : BLUE LINE FOR’ NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA. All trains fluninated with For Philadelphia, New_York, East. week drys (7:00, Dining Car), m., Dining Car), 11:20 412:30, Di :08 Dining Car), 8:00 p. ir, open at 10:00 o'clock). ing’ Car), (9:00 a.m., Dining Caz) Gar), 3:60 6:05, Dining Car), 8:00 ( Sleeping Ca. open for passengérs 10:00 p.t.). Buffet Parlor Cars on all day trains. For Atlantic Clty, 10:00 and 11:30 a.m,, 12:86 p.m. Sundays, a.m., 12:30 p.m, ‘Except Sunday. **Daliy. 'Sundays only. Express traint = Baggage calied for end checked from hotels and residences by Union Transfer Co. on orders left at ticket offices, 619 Pennsylvania avenue northwest, New York avenue and 15th street and at depot. B. CAMPBELL, CHAS. 0. SCULL, eg Ot Matinger. Gen. Pass. Agt. CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY. Schedule in effect November 17 Trains Jeave daily from Union Station (B. and P.), 6th and B sts. ‘Through the grandest scenery in America, with the handsomest and most complete solid tralia serv- ice west from Washington. 2:25 P.M. DAILY.—“Cincinnat! and St, Lonts Special””—Solld Vestiivuled, Newly Eyulpped, Blec- tric-lighted, Steam-heated’ Train. Puliman’s finest sleeping cats Washington to Cincinuati, Indianapolis and St. Louis daily. Dining Car from’ Washington. Arrive’ Cincinnat!, 8:00. a.m.; Indinnapolls, {1:30 a.m.; Chicago, 5:30 p.m.; St. Louis, 6:45 p.m; Lexington, 11:10 a.m.; Louisville, 11:50 a.m. (vis Cincinnatt : 11:10 P-M. DAILY.—The famous “F. F. V. Lim- ited.” A solid. Vestibuled train, with Dining Car and Pullman Sleepers for Cincinnati, Lexington and Louisville without change, Pullman Sleeper Wash- ington to Virginia Hot Springs, without change, ‘Wednesdass and Saturdays. Arrive Cincinnati, 5:50 .m.; Lexington, 6:00 p.m.: Louisville, 9:40 Hanapolis, 11:05 p.m; Chicago, 30 a.m.; St. Lanta, 7:39 ‘a.m. anit Hoot Springs, 3:18 a.in.;' com neets’ in Union Depot for_alt_ point fo:57 A.M... EXCEPT SUNDAY. —For Old Point Comfort and Norfolic. Only rail line. 2:25. P.M. DAILY.—Express_ for Gordonsville, Charlottesville, Wasrestioro’, ‘Staunton and prin: cipal ‘Vigginta points, dallys’ for Richmond, daily, except y Pulinan ‘locations und, tickets at company’s. of fices, 51 1 vanin avenue. ipa Hf, W. FULLER, 1018 General Passenger Agent. MEDICAL DISEASES OF THE THROAT, LUNGS, STOM- ‘ach, kidneys ond nervous system scientitically and’ successfully ticated. Chronic cases a spe- clalty. Dr. C. STEWART HODGSON ice hours: 1003 °G st. n.w.—9 to 12 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sundays, 3 to G p.m. 1007 S st. n.w.— 7 tc 9 am.; 12 to1 ard 6 to § p.m.; Sundays, 10 to 12 a.m. Ja9-1m NO FED TILL CURED. DR. GRACY, EYE, EAR, Nose snd Throat Specialist. Hearing restored, OY. i h cured, ringing in ears stopped, Refer- Shees fusnished; testimouiais on We.” 1311 1" st. DW. no28-2m* MANLY VIGOR AND NERVE POWEK RESTORED by using a bottle or two of Dr. Brothers’ in- tora cordial. There is no remedy equal to this. Used 60 years in this city. 906 B s.w.n30-2m¢* NO FEB UNTIL CURED. Dr. Leatherman, IALIST In the ffeatment and EXPERT SPEC! in the treatment and cure of all forms of PRIVATE DISBASES. HYDROGHLE, VARICOCELE, STRICTURES, &. Hours, 9 to 12 a.m., 2 to 5 ‘permanently cured. Vitality restored. Consultation free. tc ‘Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights, 7 8. Bundays, 4 to 6. ocl-4m* EDUCATIONAL. IN WASHINGTON., ASSAYING CLASS NOW FORMING, CORCORAN Solentise School; 3 nights Week; 8 months’ course; sixty dollire. Prof. ‘Cabell Whitehead, instruc: for. | Address CHARLES E,“MONKOS, PuD., Dean. WANTED—VOCAL AND PIANO PUPILS; WEAK volees made strong; low terms; ccntralto, baritone, soprano to take leading characters in’ awateur opera. Prof. GBO. W. LAWRENCE, 934 F nw. Jaldéee F FRANCO - AMERICAN EPIscoraL HOME and Day School for. Girls, Opens Jan, 15, in connection with the Gaillard School of Languages. Girls can pursue their En- fllsh studies and earn French as practleally, and thoroughly as abroad. Principals: MME. J. D. GAILLALD and MISS EH PLAT GAILLARD SCHOOL OF LAXGUAGES held as usual. Classes and private lessons. 1023 15th st. nw. Ue Jal3-tt MR, B, FRANK GEBEST (ATE OF BERLIN), organist Culvary Baptist Church, is receiving puplis in plano, organ and musical theory. Studio, 934 IF st. n.w., room 11. Best testt- monials ‘and most thorough instruction. jal1-1m* LANGUAGES. THE BERLIYZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, 723 14th st. n.w. Branches in the principal American and European cities. Best instruction by superior native teach- ers. Conversaticn from start. $12 per term In small classes, day or event rivate les- rons at ol or residence. ‘Trial lesson free. Seri for circular Jad-d Okeéley School for Girls, 1750 Madisoo st.. Dupont Circle. Private pupils, both seaes; evenings. Miss E. V. HETH, A.M. §a2-12t* WIMODAUGHSIS, 1828 I ST. N.W.—CLASS IN cutting and fitting dresses begins Jan, 18. Sy: tem taught at Pratt, Drexel and Armour Ins tutes. ADA L. SMITH, Sup' de28-1m . ARNOLD W. MEYEI, GRADUATE OF Lelpzig.--Piano, Voice Culture, Theory. Lessons ut pupils’ residence. Modern ‘methods. At Dew. ja7-20 py 1335 12th st. Piano, Violin, Voice. Columbia Conservatory of Music, 900 K st. n.w. ae advancement. EDWIN HART, Principal. jaé-1m* A Business Eduction. School Ww. nol-3m,4 EDWARD C. = TOWNSEND. ice. ‘The Mount ave. Flat No. 20. Jal Learn to be a Draughtsman! Evening lessons in dranghting and mathematics. . 6. i 7th st. pe. BUSINESS COURSE, DAY Oi Any one subject. $1 a m he ty IGHT, $25 A YEAR. }, spoken, read ard wvderstood Beginners and advanced classes. Successtel and experienced teacher. MLLE. V. PRUD'HOMME, 207 D st. nw. de23-1in* The Stuart School, pone GIRLS, DAY AND BOARDING. —Cot- fe; academic; preparatory; lergarten. 12 AND 1225 1eT11 Sr NW., COR. M AVE. 423. MISS CLAUDIA STU. cipal SD TEACHERS in COMPETENT AND EXPERIEN will give lessor + langue, Spanish, is branches. rate. Call or address TEACHERS, 120 Li st. ne. d2u-tt DAVID C. BANGS, Elocution and Dramatic Art; deep breathing, ex- Pression, uaturalnesx. Studio, 1329 10th st. n.w., after 4 p.m. Send for elrculat. ocl9-3m Education, for Real Life. 1864, FOR SONS AND DAUGHTERS. 1895. " ‘The Spencerian Business College, National Bank of the Republic building, cor. 7th and D o.w. Day and night sessions. SPENCERIAN, In the national capital and throughout the country, is a household word, associated with thorough busi- ness training and a prosperous career. ‘The thirty-tirst scbolastic year of this popular In- stitution began Monday, September Isa Fire departments, iz: Practical Business, including complete bookkeeping course, English, rapid cal lations, rapid writing, moral and social culture. Delsarte system cf expression, civics, polit ecoaomy ail commercial law, Practical En; with Initiatory bookkeeping; Shorthand and Type- riting, including English; Spencerian Rapid Writ- ing, Mechanical and Architeetural Drawing. Fuil faa ps of thoreughly trained teachers. Location cen- male Spacior class rooms. mand. briiliantly lighted, ban Services of gradu Terms modecate, : 3 in de- but no. competition with cheap schools. ding business men of Wash- ington were a this collezes and send their sons and daughters and candidates for employment here for training. This college received from the World's Columbian commission a dirloma for “Excellence of Students’ Wars" In all of the above departments, and four of the students recelved silver medals for superior work in the “Living Kéucational Exhibit.” Office open every business day and night. Write or call for new annual announcement. MRS. SARA A. SPENCER, dels-tt Principal and Proprietor. PRIVATE ENTARY OR AD- vanecd studies; especktl attention to backward, unwilling and adult pupils, University graduate. Prof. J., 1406 Hopkins place, near 20Ui and P sts. »mé&tu,im* SHORTHAND AND ‘TYPEWRIT! WISS ANNA M. LAISE, 1333 12th et. n.w. Pitman shorthand by NEW and RAPID method. Beginners and dle- ation. Stenographie and typewriiten work done. GUNSTON_INSTITW 1212 ond 1214 14th st. nw. Papils for second term, received January @ ast Mr. and Mrs, 18. R. MASON. Wood’s Commercial College 311 EAST CAPITOL ST., an pales a thorough knowledge of the COMMER- CIAL STUDIES at the cost of Ie ne and money than other schools. We make BREAD-WINNERS of young people, and then secure positions for them. Eleventh year. Day and evening ecsstons. Send for cirevlars. nols-tt ACADEMY OF THE HOLY CROSS, 1312 Massachusetts avenue, Washington, D.d. ‘A day school for young ladies and little giris. Tn addition to a thorough course in Engilsh, French, German and Latin, special advantages are offered to students in the art and musical departments. A kindergarten has been opened ip connection with t! demy. au31-6) NR. PUTNAM'S SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MEN AND Boys will reopen Sept. 16, 18% Preparation for de2 colleges, universities and technical schools, and for business pursuits, Private tuition furnished: best of refererces. Apply to WM. H. PUT! A.M., 1633 19th st. naw. au22-tt CLNEY SCHOOL, FOR GIRLS—1827 I ST. Special advantazes for study of modern ta: guages, music and art; daily exercise tn cal! thenics, drawing, Latin and French or German included in the regular course. au24-tf MISS VIRGINIA MASON DORSEY, Prin. our WASHINGTON, MAPLEWOOD INSTITUTE, CONCORDVILLE, PA. $198 per year. A successful school; one of the Fest to infuse with energy and wake up boys to the duties of life. Boys under 13 years, $177. J. SHORTLIDGE (Yale), A.M., Priv.” d143meo or PIANOS AND ORGANS. “Matchless” McCammon Pianos. A High-grade Piano at a medium price. Established in 1832. THE WORLD KNOWS THEM; WE SELL THEM. Factory prices; easy terms; no interest. D. G. Pfeiffer & Co. wasot!7 uth St. .N.W. Upright Piano ‘Bargain For Only $210 Cash. ‘This magnificent full-size Upright Grand Piano is practically new; hay been used but four months; handsome style of mahogany case, richly embellished; has the latest tmprovements; fine moke; tone’ of uncurpassedi musical quality; has grand scale, grand action, 71-8 octaves; must be sold quickly for party leaving the city; stool and scart goes with {t, and the 5 years’ warranty. Call at cree if you can appreciate a great bargain. The Piano Exchange, Jal3-204 913 PA AVE KNABE PIANOS. The recognized standard of mod- ern piano manufacture in musical and mechanical development and artistic architecture in all styles and woods. : SLIGHTLY USED PIANOS OF OUR MAKE AT REDUCED PRIOES FOR SALE _AND RENT. SECOND-HAND GRAND, UPRIGHT AND SQUARE PIANOS OF DIFFERENT MABES AT ALL PRICES. PIANOS FOR RENT. Tuning and Repairing by Factory Experts. m. Knabe & 59 1422 PENNA. AVE. N.W. Telephone call No. 1737. n022-tf PIANOS AND ORGANS. Your old square piano . is depreciating in value every day! ° Steadily but surely the square piano is depreciating in value. In some of the western and northern cities plano deaiers absolutely refure to “allow anything for them In exchange for a uew upright. It will not be long before such will be the case in Washington, and if you con- template exchanging your o!d square for a New Bi ry Upright, you should ACT AT ONC As manufacturers, operating our own » We fre in a position to ch more for your old square jer in the city, for it will next to uething to fix it up for Better te hone us tomorrow ("Phone 747) or write us a postal. Our repre- sentative will call and give you on esti- mate on your old square. If you are not quite ready to exch it now we will appraise its value, it out of your way and give you a dae bill fer its full werth to apply the purchase of a New Bradbury Upright any time within= twelve months, ACT TOMORROW. Holding your square Is a losing venture. "Phone 747, or write us. Bradbury Factory Warerooms, 1225 Pa. Ave. FREEBORN G. It w. A Piano Offer That Has Never Been Duplicated. We're offering the HARDMAN PIANOS—the best instruments made—at prices way under list figures. e aiming for the Piano trad: ie of os as ch pr we quote—you won't nesd to. think twice abont where you'll buy. The Pianos are all new. The terms of sale ea prices that are usual medium grades, $1,200 Hardman Ba in San Dowingo Makogauy $709 Hardman Cabinet Grand, in Antique Oak. $650 Hardman Cabinet in hanisomely carved wood. $550 Hardman Cebinet Grand, in Kosewood. . is a $500 Hardman ¢: in. Rosewood MU our IC CO, Metzerott (ee foi. All the Latest Sheet 4 mo F St. N. W. binet Grand, Ss =) a 365 Reasons why you sboukd buy y¥é VS and Music at Droop's, 925 Penna. ave. Reason Xil at we moke an ov Ys, because We cum in’ prices as mi Recause we do not ask you to pay all cas and out ¢3 sale Low: erorn Gus cut son fs plain: We charge a MARKET VALU our geeds, and have 2 disconnt for eas. advantag nt plain are manify ought on easy monthly pay- may the next best, 0 of these beautifal and try the tone, see the fano tomorrow is a $475 Gabler Upright Parlor Grand, used seven months, a most lovely piano In every particular—for $360.00. May be had on most reasonable monthly pay- ments at DROOP’S INWAY PIANO PARLORS, 5 PENNA. AVE. Our special jal Nearly 100,000 Pianos. So far as known, no other manufacturer has made so many pianos as J. and C. Fischer. Their No. 99,661 was recently received at this store. A promi- nent government official rented it almost immediately. Not a few Fischer Pianos have been in use more than fifty years and are good instruments yet. These facts alone should con- vince you that the Fischer Pi- ano is a good one. Try one here. Sanders & Stayman, Leading Pianos, Organs and Music, 934 F Street Northwest. Percy S. Foster, Manager. Baltimore Store, 18 N. Charles st. jal4-450 $8 Per Month. An elegant N. EB. Upright Piano, $300, at $8 per month. HENRY WHITE, 935 F st. Still selling BEN BOLT at Se. ja10-tt PHASE UPRIGHT PIANO; EBONY FINISH A mary terms easy, $6 first iyment, rinonth. Come carly, as we have the above many other snap bargains to first comers. HUGO WORCH, 924 7th st Pianos for rent. G JANUARY WE OFFER SEVERAL FINE picnos in mahogany, oak, walnut or ebony, from Teputable manufacturers; warranted 6 years, in- cluding tuning for one year, stool and ¢ for cash at $175, $200 and $250; small advanee for time. Pianos tuned and repaired by experts at reasonable figt At 1209 G st., Temple of Music. Est. 1872. Ja8-1m HAVING MET WITH REVERSES AND PROPOS. ing to leave the city we will turn over our new upright plano to some family, thus giving them the benefit of what we have already paid on it We only ask $10 commission, and you can con: without a blemish; used very little. bargain at $210; » an tine paying where we left off. BEREAVE- MENT, Star office. Jall-3t LADIES GOODS. MISS LAURA CAPMAN, LADIES’ HAIR DRESSING. Treatment of the scalp a specialty. Work done at resi dressed. jences if desired. Braids reixed and bangs 1207 Gist.mw. dem UNDERTAKERS (CB, Nichols.) "PHONE 761-3. NICHOLS & GO., UNDERTAKERS & EMBALMEKS, 2d and Pa. ave. s.e., Washington, D.d. n19-8m Best of terms. Chupel for funeral services. W. R. Speare, Undertaker & Embalmer, 940 F Street Northwest. Everything strictly first-class and on the most reasonable terms. ‘Telephone call 840. fal-tr (Wim. A. Foy.) Seat of War. From Harper's Bazar. “Are you going to the war, Darley?” “No; I'd like to, but-I haven't time to go to headquarters and find out where it’s go- ing to be fought. It wouldn’t be any fun to buy a ticket to Venezuela, and discover famous | | had not read it nor seen it. A SPEAKERSHIP CONTEST ‘When Senator Sherman Was a Candidate in the Thirty-Sixth 0. The Balloting Centinucd for Eight Weeks Before a Result Was Reach- ed—Withdrawal of Mr. Sherm: Mr. Shermen’s “Recollections of Forty Years in the House,Senate and Cabinet” fur- nish a valuable coatribution to the history of those stirring times. In the early part of that period the country was in the throes of 2 great political revolution—the greatest that it has experienced since independence was declared in 1776. It involved the fate of slavery. One of the great parties had been broken in pieces by the fierce sectional struggle, and two new ones had sprung into being, each ambitions of taking the place of the vanishing organization. The new par- ties took the names “American” and “Re- publican.” The American party had no sub- stantial, enduring reason of being. It was founded in antagonisms and antipathies, rather than in devotion to a great principle er theory of government. It flourished like Jonah’'s gourd for a short reason, and was drooping and dying at the time here sp»ken of. The republican party was inspired by a great principle. It repre- sented the spontaneous, irrepressible repug- Trance and opposition of the people of all the rorthern states to the idea of extending and perpetuating slavery. A series of events running through several years had served to arouse and animate this sentiment. The repeal of the Missouri compromise, which had restricted slavery to the territories lying south of 36 degrees and 30 minutes of north lati-ude, was regarded as an open declara- tion on the part of the dominant democratic party in favor of that institution, and of its extension and perpetuation. One presiden- tial struggle had taken place upon that is- suc, in which the young party of freedom, though unsuccessful, had shown a vitality and high spirit which gave promise of a great career in the near future. ~ Following up the repeal of the compro- m'se, was the attempt of Missourians and cther southerners to introduce slavery into Kansas. This effort greatly inflamed the passions of men, north and south. The John Brown raid into Virginia was one of its exasperating fruits. This last event oc- curred in 18%, a few months before the meeting of the Thirty-sixth Congress; and Brown was hung early in November, only a month before the meeting of that body. Sherman had been elected to and © Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth c reases and had rapidly advanced to the front ranks as a debater and parliamen- tarlan. He had also developed a talent as a party leader, and now tn the Thirty-sixth Congress he received the nomination of his party for the highly responsible office of Speaker. Congress met on the 5th of De- cember, 1 There were in the body 100 republicans, 101 democrats and twenty-sev- en Americans. As neither party had a majority, a Jong struggle was anticipated. Mr. Sherman and Mr. Galusha A. Grow of Pennsylvania were the republican candidates for the nomina- fon, and it was agreed between them that le who should receive a majority of the re- publican vote on the first ballot should be the nominee, and that the other would with- draw. The rerult was that Mr. Sherman re- ceived 66 votes and Mr. Grow 43. Mr. Bocock, democrat, of Virginia, received #6 votes, and was the nominee of that party. There were 21 scattering votes, also. All the republicans voted for Messrs. Sherman and Grow, but Mr. Bocock failed to receive the full democratic vote. The 21 scattering votes may have been for Americans. Mr. John B. Clark of Missouri, democrat, at this point threw a bombshell into the re- publican ranks in the shape of the following reenlvtion: “Whereas, Certain members of this House now in nomination for Speaker did indorse and recommend the book hereinafter men- tiored, “Resolved, That the doctrine and senti- ments of a certain book called ‘The Im- pending Crisis of the ®outh—How to Meet It, purporting to have been written by one Tinton R. Helper, are insurrectionary and hostile to the peace and tranquillity of the country, and that no member of this House who has indorsed and recommended it, or the compend from it, is fit to be Speaker of this House.” Received the Nomination. Mr. Sherman said he had no recollection of having recommended the book, for he He afterward ascertained and stated that “I did not sign the paper; but it seems that the Hon. E. D. Morgan, a member of the last Congress and a friend of mine, came to me when I was in my place and asked me to sign a recommendation for the circulation of a political pamphlet to be compiled by a committee of which Mr. Blair, a slave- holder of Missouri, was one, from a large book by Helper, a North Carolinian. I said to him that I had not time to examine the book, but if there was nothing offensive in it he might use my name. Thereupon this gentleman attached my name to that paper. ‘This information I did not have at the time the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Millson) addressed me.” A Letter From F. P. Blair. Mr. Sherman sent to the clerk’s desk to be read the following letter, addressed to him, from Francis P. Blair, dated Wash- ington, December 6, 1853, in further expla- nation of the matter: “TI perceive that a debate has arisen in Congress in which Mr. Helper’s book, ‘The Impending Crisis,’ is brought up as an ex- ponent of republican principles. As the names of many leading republicans are presented as recommending a compendium of the volume, it is proper that I should explain how those names were obtained in advance of the publication. Mr. Helper brought his book to me at Silver Spring to examine and recommend, if I thought well of it, as a work to be encouraged by re- publicans. I had never seen it before. After its perusal I either wrote to Mr. Helper or told him that it was objection- able in many particulars, to which I ad- verted: and he promised me, in writing, that he would obviate the objections by omitting entirely or altering the matter ob- jected to. I understand that it was in con- sequence of this assurance to me that the obnoxious matter in the original publica- tion would be expurgated that members of Congress and other influential men among the republicans were induced to give their countenance to the circulation of the edition so to be expurgated.” Balloting for a Month. But this explanation, which would have satisfied fair-minded men whose passions were rot inflamed by intense political hatred, had no effect upon the minds of his enemies, who determined to defeat him if possible. The balloting proceeced for a rronth without result. Mr. Sherman con- tinued to gain votes, and at length he came within three votes of an election. On the thirty-ninth ballot, Mr. Sherman states that Robert Mallory, an American, of Kentucky, appealed to the democrats to vote for Wm. N. H. Smith of North Caro- lina, an American, which would have ele:t- ed him. Mr. Sherman says he then voteJ for the first time, casting his vote for Mr. Corwin, his colleague. Three other members who had voted for Mr. Smith chanced their votes, and he was defeated after coming within three votes of a majority. At one stage of the balloting. Mr. Sher- man states thet Henry Winter Davis, an American, of Maryland, told him and others “that whenever his vote would elect me it should be cast for me. J. Mor- rison Harris, also an American, from the same state, was understood to occupy the same position.” Mr. Smith was voted for by a large mr: jority of the democrats with the Ame: cans, and received as high as 115 votes re- peatedly, but three more votes were al- Ways necessary to an election. Mr. Shermun withdrew after the thirty- ninth- ballot. His friends arged him to continue to stand, but he thonght it best to withdraw. Francis E. Spinner of Ww frem Mr. Sherman. and Thaddeus Stevens said he never would change the erack of doom. But when afterward reminded of this he said “he thought he hear it cracking.” William Pennington, an ex-governor of New Jersey, was put in nomination in place of Mr. Sherman, and after three or four ballotings was elected, having re- ceived ‘117 votes, just enough to‘elect, on the forty-fourth ballot. This vote took place February 1, 1860, after a strugste of nearly eight weeks. Mr. Pennington was a worthy gentleman, but not eminently fitted for the arduo that the darn thing was to be fought at Southampton.” duties of Speaker of the House of Repri sentatives. He had neither the requisite READ DOWN THE LINES. D 06 wot negiect 2 cold: U, aiess checked, it may be @ingeroust or this reason, take no riske— ight your cold until it ts cured, 2 Reed to stir up the torpid Mood, s et ii moving. quicken its circulation. P ure whiskey is the thing to take. nder its stimulating influence Reaction begins, you feel better, nergy returns, the cold dieappenrs, Mi caical men give this advice, A 2d they teil us that indigestion, L. ong continued stomnch treubles, ‘Take tight if treated in this way 'W ten yon feet the need of a stimulant, TA asten to sour grocer or druggist, 1 nsist on having Duffy's pure malt whiskey S ce that you get no other. KK cep in mind. “Duffy's ts the only E atirety pure, medicinal stimulant.” Yon can teke nothing better! knowledge of parliamentary laws nor apti- tude for acquiring it; but luckly for him there was a youth among the pages whe was marvelously gifted in that way, whe was called to the relief of the inexperienced Speaker. “ Mr. Sherman was re-clected to the Thirty-seventh Congress, and would doubt- less heve been chosen Speaker, as the re- publicans were in the majority, but In the meantime he was chosen Senator. DANIEL R. GOODLOE. —_——_— DELAGOA BA it is Pronounced the Finest Harbor in South Africa. Delagoa Bay, to which British and Ger- man ships are being dispatched, is pro- nounced the finest harbor in South Africa, and the European powers, which have in- terests in Africa, have long kept jealous watch of each other's movements in re- lation to it. In the latter part of September, 1894, there was a repert in England that a syn- dicate purchased a concession for building a pier in Deligio, by which the practical control of the port would pass to the Transvaal. Socn afterward there was an uprising of Kaffirs against the Portuguese, to whom Delagoa Bay belongs, and British marines were pro:nptly landed at Lorenzo Marques from the «unboat Thrush, against the protest of the Portuguese governor. Delagoa Bay is the natural outlet of the trade of the Transvaal, and Portugal's in- teres: is to make all the traffic of the pla- teau of the interior converge toward this rt. To this end the Pretoria-Lorenzo laraves railway was commenced in 1886. For half a century prior to this attempts were made, but unsuccessfully to establish communications between the Transvaal and York said he never would change his vote | Delagoa Bay. With basins, quays and rail- Ways at Lorenzo Marques communicating with the gold fields and rich country of the interior Lorenzo Marques will have a great future before it. At presen: its chief Imports are afms and alcoholic Hquors; its exports, oil, nuts, caoutchouc, ete. ‘The town is surrounded by a wall, and batteries have been erected to defend it —— hostile attack cn the land side. town les on the northern side of the inner harbor, or English river, as it used to be called. Lorenzo Marques has a splendid harbor, capable of holding and sheltering hundreds of the finest ships. The entrance to the harbor is so wide and fine that a fleet of ironclads could enter it. The harbor cov- ers some 2,000 square miles of water, dotted here and there with wood-clad islands. Invack Island guards the entrance, and here the Portuguese have planted batteries to defend the anchorage. The entrance to the inner harbor or English river, where Lorenzo Marques has been planted, is about a mile wide. Fifteen feet of water cover the bar at low water. Vessels draw- ing twelve feet of water can navigate the English river for forty miles, while two miles from Lorenzo Marques they can lie in sufficient depth and free from every wind. About five miles from Lorenzo the Temby, the Dundas and the Mattol empty into the estuary. ‘The ownership of the bay of Lorenzo Marques became a question of great im- portance in 1875. it by tient of discovery. England by ef o! iy to} very, y ef- fective colonization. The British settled along the southern part of Delagoa bay, and built a town in the course of time. England, while acknowledging Portugal right to the northern part of the bay, claimed the southern as her own. The matter was brought to a crisis when, in 1868, the Transvaal republic, by procla- mation, claimed the Maputa river from its junction with the Pongola to its mouth into the southern part of Delagoa bay. Both England and Portugal strenuously re- sisted this claim, and set up counter pre- tensions. Eventually, the matter was re- ferred to the arbitration of Marshal Mc- Mahon, then president of the French re- public. In 1875 he declared that the south- ern part of Delagoa bay, including the M: puta river up to the Lombobo mountains, belonged to Portugal. England conse- quently hauled down the British ensign, but in 1891 an agreement was made be- tween that country and Portugal that, in the event of*the latter country wishing to part with the bay, England should have the first right of purchasing it. —__s—_—_ NEW SOUTH AND ITS LITERATURE. Distinctive Class of Novel Writers That Has Appeared. From the Examiner. That the south has, on the whole, been less productive of men of letters than the north need occasion no surprise to the student of things American. How should it have been otherwise in the peculiar so- _ cial and political conditions that prevailed down to the civil war? Public life absorbed the thoughts and energies of the class of southern men from whom the poets and novelists, the essayists and historians would naturally have been recruited. Add to this the dearth of publishing facilities, the limited public, the comparatively slight honor paid to a successful author, the smallness of his pecuniary reward, and one need not wonder that few southern men elected the profession of literature. The one considerable novelist that the south produced, William Gilmore Simms, was compelled to have his romances published at the north, and one suspects that they were chiefly read in the same section. Nothing is more distinctive of the new south than her recent literary development. Public life no longer has for the southern youth the supreme fascination of ante-bel- im days. The reading public is larger, broader minded, quicker to appreciate. True, the southern writer is stiil dependent on northern presses and northern capital for the means of reaching his public; but this is of little importance, for railways have nearly arnihilated space, and, what is of far mora consequence, the middle wall of partition between north and south has been broken down, and the mere fact that a book or magazine is published in New York or Boston no longer excludes it from every southern home. Within little more than a Gecade there has risen what may be fairly called a southern school of fiction, racy of the soil, unmistokable in its characteristics, such as no other section could possibly have pro- duced. It is symptematic that all the mem- bers of this first distinctive southern school of writers should have devoted themselves to fiction. Pocts, the south, indeed, has had in recent years; Paul Hamilton Hayne and Sidney Lanier are worthy of more than respectful mention in any catalogue of | American authors; but they are southern | only by accident of birth or choice of resi- |@ence, not by the essential! character of | their work. Sidmey Lanier'’s poetry, for the most part, might have been written as well in New Hampshire or Minnesota as any- where else, and much the seme is true of the greater part of Hayne’s. But of Rich- ar® Malcolm Johnston, of Thomas Nelson Page, cf Joel Chandler Harris, of Matt Crim, who will maintain that they could have done their work had they not been born and bred in the sunny south? — = The semi-annual examinations at the Military Academy were concluded last week. Fifteen cadets were found deficient in studies and dismissed.