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THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. 21 chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul, ““We believe all things, we hope all things;’ have endured many things able to endure all things. If thing virtuous, lovely or of good report or praiseworthy, things.—Joseph Smith. ‘The Only True Christians. As I looked the above article over I sald: “I sec, Mr. Woodruff, you Mormons believe in the Bible; why, you are almost Chris- MORMONS OF TODAY Chat With the Church’s President, Now in His Ninetieth Year. we seek after QUESTION CF POLITICS AND POLYGAMY Tithing System and What Has Be- come of the Extra Wives. replied the old Why, man, ‘We Christians! are the only true Christians. We believe in the precepts of the Old and New Testa- ments, and we try to practice what we preach. We believe also that the day of revelation has not passed, and that God still reveals himself to man.” Mormons Not Hypocrites. “But, President Woodruff, do all of your people believe these things? Many of the Gentiles think that only the poor und ig- norant of the church actually have faith in what you preach. do the elders of your church believe? Are you honest in your belief?” The old gentleman looked at me a mo- ment and then replied: “Of course, I be- lieve. Do you suppose we would carry on a life of this kird if we did not have im- plicit fzith in its being the right life, an@ that from God? Do you know what a Mor- mon engages to do when he enters the church? He agrees to leave all at the com- mand of the church, to drop his business, WHAT THEY BELIEVE et (Copyrighted, 1896, by Frank G. Carpenter.) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, October 5, 1896. HAVE JUST HAD A chat with the Brig- ham Young of 1896. His name is Wilford Do you believe, and spiritual head of the 300,000 Mormons who are now to be found in Utah and other parts of the world, and as such he is one of the most remark- ecclesiastical rulers of the world. My appointment for meeting him was at the president's house, there by Joseph one of the twelve apostles, and ith them a mo- ment when a short, broad-shouldered, well- built man, who did not look to be more than sixty years of age, came in. He had kind blue eyes, and his square face was al- most free from wrinkles. He was about five feet seven inches tall, and his weight, I judge, was about one hundred and fifty His dress was black broadcloth, and his linen was as white as the thick thatch of silver which covered his head. valked In with a firm step and shook nd with a cordial grip, as Mr. Smith It was President who was born in Connecticut in of Thomas Jefferson, and who is still young, notwith- at he is in his ninetieth year. knewn several men in their nineties, > who show so much mental and as does this interviewed the Corcoran when he was ninety. He walked with a cane and tottered abeut, being sup- by his body servant. latter years he kept to his bed the greater part of each day, and though intellectually bright, had nothing of the physical vigor I had chatted Brigham Young. his property and his tamily, wherever the church directs him. Why. we send out every year from 900 to 1.000 missionaries to all parts of the world. They leave all and go where sent to preach the ‘They take neither purse nor scrip with them, and have only enough to sus- tain them. Take my life. sixty-four years a Mormon. eled many tens of thousands of miles. life has been in danger. almost drowned. I have been persecuted. had I to gain by all this? What have the young men who are now going abroad to Englard, to Germany, to the islands of the sea, to gain by it?” Mormon Missions and Missionaries. “How do your missions succeed?” “Very well, I think,” replied the presi- dent. “Our preachers are doing much good. We have, all told, about 150,000 converts and emigrants who have come here as the direct result of our labors, and there are Mormon colonies in many parts of the world. However, you must rot think that the most of the Mormons are foreigners. The truth is that the great majority of our people are Americans. leading men ere and have been Americans. Many of us are from New England and de- scendants of Pilgrim fathers.” “How many Mormons are there now in “About 300,000." “Where are they? “There are nearly 200,000 in this state. Then we have colonies in Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona and New and Old Mex- There ere colonies in Great Britain, Germsny and other parts of Europe. There are large colonies in Australia, Samoa and the Hawaii Islands.” “How about your colony in Old Mexico’ “It is doing very well. acts as a protective tariff as to bringing in goods from the outside to compete with them, and they can send their cattle and other products here and get a sale for them. They are well liked by the Mexicans and the government. bear a stronger resemblance to American cities than any other places in Mexico.” The Future of Religions. “Do you believe that eventually all become Mormon?” “No, I do not. I believe there will always I think-all religions and to go ed me to him. during the I have been I have trav- I have been twice During his Nearly all of our The silver basis Wilford Woodraft. of President Woodruft. George Bancroft, the historian, only pretended to work after he was ninety. He was not strong, and he sometimes dropped off to sleep in the midst ef the public dimners which he attended. Mrs. President Harrison's father, Dr. Scott, to walk about at ninety-three, servant always accompanied him, and in chatting with me he repeat eelf and showed that his memory was wan- ford Woodruff is still full of vigor. He laughed like a boy several times during our chat. and at times he rose and walked about the room. He took a trip to Alaska Jast summer, and he stood the journey as well as any man in the party. ‘The Secret of “Long Life.” During our conversation I asked him to what he attributed his wonderful working He replied: “I come from a long-lived family, and inherit a strong constitution. I believe that ance and hard work lead to \d I have all my life been tem- a hard worker. things have helped me, but outside of and upart from them there is another element which, it seems to me. has had much to do In looking back over it seems to me that there have al- been two powers at work about me, one trying to destroy me, the other to keep me alive. So far the latter has prevailed. I have gone through all kinds of and had all kinds of accidents. Near- every bone of my body has been broken time or other. twice. I was twice almost dead My ribs were broken at another time, and I have had about a score of attacks of billous colic. from the asthma, which keeps me from sleeping, but, praise God, I am still able Their towns there the world will be different religions. must have some good in them or they would not be believed. The Mormon is the best and the true religion. We tolerate and respect all religions, tabernacie every man can have entrance, whether he he Protestant, Catholic, Mor- mon or Gentile. Not long ago a Presbyteri- an divine was offered the chance of preach- ing in the tabernacle. party who were passing through Salt Lake. He refused, saying the party preferred to Ministers of all the lead- ing denominations have preached in our tabernacle. Our people come o1 This often happen: Politics and the Mormons. “How about the manifesto lately pro- It is charged that the Mormons are trying to run Utah politically?” “That is not true,” said President Wood- “We do not pretcnd to tell you peo- We try to separate Brigham Young taught this and all of our teachings have been in this direction. We have Mormon democrats and Mormon republicans. The so-calied manifesto to which you refer was merely a declaration of principles which have been @ part of the church since its foundation. It is nothing new, no revelation, nor new promulgation of any kind. provide that when a man 1s an officer of the church he should ask the advice and accept the decisions of his fellow officers of the church as to whether he shall engage in outside business or politics. things are to affect his work we should One of our twelve apostles, for instance, has lately been engaging in real estate speculations in Canada. His busi- ress has kept him-away for six months at He could not go where he was sent among the church branches or states and subordinate organizations into which the church ts divided. our elders to do, and it is necessary that such action should not be interfered with Another apostle was paying attention to politics. He wanted to be candidate for the Senate. he perform his duties here and be away at Washington six months of the year? Our Principles are that such matters should be referred to the apostles in council and that the action taken should be for the good of Another thing is as to the wards or districts in which the members live. We provide that no Mormon can leave one ward or church and be received into another one without he has letters or can show he was in good standing in the ward These things are spiritual, how- ever, and not political.” How Mormon Courts Cheat the Law- you know. He was one of a kear e Mormon. longevity, a1 perate and These two church and state. My legs were from drowning. I now suffer Our ‘principles Prayer and Health. “He has another element which keeps ." sald Mr. Smith. Pose, you would not count much, but we count it a great deal. of about 200,000 people going up every d for his health.” 2 alae “Then you Mormons believe in prayer?” “We have faith in prayer, and we believe in cures being accomplished by the laying on of hands,” was the reply. there is a slip which will show you just What we do believe. Joseph Sinith, and it embraces the articles of our faith.”” Here Mr. Woodruff handed me a card, which I copy verbatim: Articles of Mormon Faith. “This, I sup- He has the prayers “By the way, It was written by ‘There is much for by outside matters. Father, and In His Son, Jesus Christ, and fm the Holy Ghost. 2. We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam's transgresSicn. 3. We believe that, through the atone- ment of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel. 4. We believe that these ordinances are: First, faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; sec- ond, repentance; third, baptism by immer- jon fer the remission of our sins; fourth, ying on of hands for the gift of the Holy the church. “But the church does attend to temporal things, does it not? You have your own 5. We believe that a man must be called ‘prophecy, and by the laying by those who are in au- thority, to preach the gospel and admin- n the ordinances thereof. 4 6. We believe in the same organization that existed in the primitive church, name- “Yes,” was the reply, it is better for our brethren to come to- gether before the elders, their friends, and settle their difliculties rather than go and pay the lawyers to settle them for them. ‘We have local church courts and there is In these most of the difficylties which arise between members are amicably settled. people go to law, but not many. few cases where the people go from the higher church courts to the civil courts the civii courts have usually sustained the action of the higher church court.” How the Church is Supported. “How is the Mormon Churca supported, Mr. Woodruff?” I asked. “It is sustained almost entirely by tithes,” “According to our religion every man is expected to give one-tenth of what he makes every year to the church. As to the amount, this is | on of hand: “we believe that evangelists, &c. T. We believe in the gift of y, revelation, visions, healing, in- terpretation of tongues, &c. &. We believe the Bible to be the word of God, as far as it is translated correctly: we aiso believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God. believe fn all that God has re- all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many important things pertaining to om of God. We believe In the Hteral gathering of in the restoration of the Ten That Zion will be built upon this ‘That Christ will relgn person- ally upon the earth, and that the earth will its paradisical @ court of appeal. In some cases the was the reply. to the man’s Some men give more and some less than they should. The farmer brings one-tenth of the eggs which his chickens lay, one- tenth of the butter which he produces, one-tenth of his cattle and one-tenth of all his products to the church. During the days of Brigham Young we had a here at Salt Lake, which many thousands of the sheep and cattle so collected for the church were fed. Of course, the increase of such a be renewed and receive - We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God sccording to the dictates of and allow all them worship how, where or what they may. 12. We believe in being subject to kings, . rulers and magistrates, in obey- ing, honoring and sustaining the law. 18. We believe in being honest, true, great pasture stock belonged to the church, and the land which was set sside for the church also increased in value?” “You had a great deal of such stuff at the: time the government confiscated your property, did you not?” “Yes,” replied the president.. “We had at this time about $200,000 worth of such | ed in hand. It represented the of- ferings of the rich and poor alike. The government agents claimed a right to it and they took all of our cattle and sheep. Under the Mormons the stock was doing well, but the government agents could not manage it. They had to sell it, and it brought very little. This was a direct loss to the church, for the value of the stock was never refunded. At this same time the government took about $50,000 worth of the personal property of the church. This was returned, however. They also took our church buildings and charget-us $50,000 a year rent for them, We were oppressed in other ways, but I trust that such actions are now done away with forever. Polygamy. “How about polygamy? Is it not still secretly practiced?” “No, not in any shape. The church does not recognize it, and the man who would so live would be acting in violation of church discipline. The manifesto issued by the church some years ago absolutely for- bids the practice of polygamy.” “Will it ever be practiced again?” “I do not know. I think not.” “But you had more than one wife, Presi- dent Woodruff, had you not?” “Yes, I had three. One is dead. The other two are alive. I live, of course, only with on “How about the other?’ «TI suppert her, of course,” was the em- phatic reply. “I would be less than human if I did not. My wives were all good wives to me. They are now old women, as I am an old man, and I would be a brute if I did not take care of them.” “Is this the case with other Mormons who were polygamists?” “Yes, it is so with nearly every one. Shortly after the passage of the Edmunds law forbidding the practice of polygamy there was a great deal of talk as to what was to become of the so-called abandoned wives, and Congress was induced to ap- propriate $500,000 to build a home for them. I believe the institution never had but one family, and that this was gotten at the special request of the officers.” “I suppose they were afraid they would their job if they had none,” said I. do not know as to that,” was the re- ply. “I only know that they did not have any applications, and that there was no reason for establishing such an institu- tion. The Mormon Church is amply able to take care of its own people. It does not ask charity. It takes care of its own poor one ,Bives a great deal to outsiders as Stories of Brigham Young. I here asked Mr. Woodruff to tell me something about Brigham Young. He was, you know, associated with the prophet dur- ing the whole of his career. Mr. Woodruff replied: “I was with Brigham Young when he first entered this vailey of Salt Lake. He rode into the valley in my wagon. He was not well at the time. and my vehicle, which was a sort of a box on springs, was easier for him than the ordinary wagon. When he first came here he was met by a Mor- mon from California, who wanted him to go further west. Brigham Young refused, and as he looked up the valley he satd: ‘Here I will found a great city and will build up a home for our people.’ Brigham Young was a broad-gayge man. He was far-sighted, and he laid out his schemes along the broadest lines. Take the taber- nacle. It will hold 10,000 people. Still it was built when the church was very small, and Brigham Young was criticised at the time foreits size. He said that the church would soon overfiow it, and today this is the case. Take the temple which we have been forty years in building. Brigham Young designed the plan for it. He laid out the Salt Lake City of today, and he evidently saw fifty years ago that this town was to be one of the greatest cities of the United States. He orgayized our farming regions in the same way. He was the first to investigate the possibilities of irrigation for this country and he may be called the father of the irrigation system of the United States. He urged us to own our own farms and the following out of his suggestions has made our people the most independent on earth. “Was Brigham Young a man of any edu- cation?” I asked. “Not in the sense of being college bred, replied Mr. Woodruff. “He was, however, educated in the school of experience. He had a wonderfully receptive mind and he seemed to grasp things by intuition, tak- ing them in as # whole and in detall. He appreciated the advantages of education, and esiablished schools and universitles. He was great as a planner, great as an organizer and great as an executive. He was not narrow in any resp He be- leved in amusements, and while Salt Lake was still a village he built here one of the biggest theaters of the United States. He organized the tabernacle choir, which now has 600 members and which is one of the finest choirs of the country. He was, in fact, an all-around great man, and he would have been great in any place or in any time. FRANK G. CARPENTER. Ss TO FIND COLLEGE SLANG. American Dialect Society Asks for Correct Words and Phrases. From the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. ‘The American Dialect Society, through its secretary, Prof. Eugene H. Babbitt of Columbia University, has sent to all the leading American colleges a circular ask- ing for assistance in collecting information regarding college slang. ‘The college officials are expected to bring this circular to the notice of the siudents in order that they may collect any forms of slarg in use in thelr alma mater and forward the collection to the dialect so- clety for comparison with the list of slang expressions used elsewhere. In order to tabulate and record all words received the society keeps a set of cards. on each of which is an outline map of the country. When a word is reported it is entered with its definition and locality and the initials of the contributor, whose letter is put on file. At the same time a mark is made on the map to indicate the local- ity. If it is reported from any locality that a word mentioned as used elsewhere is not used there, another kind of mark is made. When anything on the cards is printed in dialect notes, the page number is entered cn_the card. Thus the society has a complete index of everything {t has printed as well as a storehouse of material for future printing in such accessible form that if the plan is fully carried out it is really the manuscrint of the future great American dictionary, so 'ar as it contains usages which are not the standard dictionaries. ii Such a dictionary is the dearest hope of the society to have ready for publication by 1900. It would certainly supersede all othar works in that line, and remain the stand- ard reference book until usage changes so far as to require a revision. A nice ques- ticn 1s just where the line shall be drawn in the matter of slang. In publishing the society secks to be somewhat conservative on this point, but on the other hand, it does not want anything to escape it which may turn out to be worthy of record, and, therefore, it 1s glad to receive notice of any expression that seems to be current among any considerable number of persons, and to stand for a pretty definite idea for which it is, under the circumstances, an adequate expression. It is with this end in view that the so- clety has started in its quest for current collegiate slang. The circular which it is senalne/ out contains @ list of words about which the members of each colle; asked to tell. ees 1. Whether the word is in use among them. 2. In what sense the word is used, with examples. 3. What part of speech it Is. The list contains the following words: Ball-up, bone, cinch, co-ed, cram, crib, fiend, flunk, frat, freak, fresh, fruit, grind, grub, horse, jolly, lunch, hooks, play horse with, pluck, play pony, prep, prune, quiz, ride, roast, sheepskin, snap, stunt, trot. In addition, the recipients of the circular are requested to send any other slang terms which they find current. Offers to Demonstrate. From the Detroit Free Press. “Wilkins says that you haven't the slight- est idea of music in your whole composi- tion. “He does? Well, bring him here and I’ll show him I know how to twang a lyre.” —-- Information for the Youngster. Fron Puck. “Papa, what is a family jar?” ‘A vessel of wrath, my son.” lo: WHEN DOES CENTURY BEGIN? Am Ancient Problem Which Comes to Life Every Hundred Years. London Letter to the New York Sun. A problem worse, than the fifteen puzzle, woree than the Milteen-to-one silver ratio, is about to distrast Christendom. It is a problem which ¥ost ninety-six years ago set all society by the ears. In the year 1700 the same problem’ destroyed friend- ships, and was é¢ven the cause of blood- shed. Probably ‘the controversy is still more ancient, and revival now, three or four years in advance of its proper date of recurrence, portends a contest more griev- ous than ever in its intensity. It is a very simple little question which threatens to divide the Christian universe, namely, Does the twentieth century begin on January 1, 1900, or on January 1, 1901? Everybody will have the aaswer ready the moment this question is put. But wait a moment. Read carefully the following Paragraph and then say candidly if it may hot be necessary to revise your snap judg- ent: “Let us suppose a person to be priting a letter some elghteen months atter the beth of Christ. How will he date his letter? Will he write, say July 10, year 1, or July 10, year 2? If he writes the former, he wiil consistently. hold that the next century be- gins January 1, 1900; if he writes the lat- ter, he will hold that it begins January 1, 1901. The first view is based on the theory that the time specified is one year, six months and nine days (and some hours, to be exact) after the birth of our Lord. The second view is based on the thedry that the time specified is the second year, sixth month and tenth day after the same event. According to the first view, February 10, 1896, means 1,896 years, one month, nine days (and some hours) after the birth of Christ, and we are consequently in the 1,897th year. According to the second view, February 10, 1898, means the 1,896th year, second month and tenth day, and we are consequently in the 1,8%6th year. Aceord- ing to the first view, the number of the year is a cardinal number; according to the second view, it is an ordinal number. Both of these methods can conceivably be maintained, and, as stated above, both are in use. If we write a letter in the after- noon and wish to specify the exact time, we date—e. g., 4:30 p.m., which means four hours and thirty minutes after 12 o'clock. There we use a cardinal number. W. might equally weli write ‘In the fifth hour, but, as a fact, we do not so write. Again, in walking, as soon as you reach the tenth mile-stone from a given starting place you have completed ten miles. So when a boy is twelve years old we say he is in his thirteenth year, and he does not have to Wait another year before getting into his teens. All these calculations are based on the reasonable ground that, in concrete reckonings of time and space, we do not begin with 1, but with 0, and that there is the same space between 0 and 1 as there is between 1 and The question then 1s, When we write 1806, are we using a car. dinal or an ordinal number? It 1s clear that, If we are using a cardinal number, the jast day of the century is December 31, 1899, while if we are using an ordinal number the last day of the century is De- cember 31, 1900. I have quoted from the London Times’ dignified contribution to the “silly season” debates. The common impression, I pre- sume, among persons who have not given the subject a thought, is that the new cen- tury will dawn on January 1, 1900, but the weight of argument, in the opinion of the correspondent who broaches the topic in the Times, is in favor of 1901. These aro his reason: 1. In English we use the ordinal number for the day of the month, we say Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th, and not 1, 2, 3, ete. The name of the month als. at to an ordinal uary—e. &., we ean the second month. It would thus | iliogical to suppose that the year is a c dinal number when the month and day are ordinals. 2. If we turn the year into Latin, it is an ordinal number—viz.: anno mille: imo nonagesimo gexto. If it is objected that the Latin number may be ordinal and yet the English cardinal, the obvious re- ply is that by this number the Latin means the same year as we mean by 1896 and not what we mean by 1805. 3. The parallel ta- bles of years made by chronologists in comparing one system of dating with an- other make 1 B. C, followed immediately by 1 A. D. Thus in ‘Zumpt’s Annales’ (to take a well-known book) the year of Rome (A. U. ©), corresponds with B. C. 1, and the next year, 74, with A. D. 1. And this is, of course, pot an arbftrary calcula- tion of Zumpt, but he 1s merely carrying on the accepted mode of reckoning. Strict- ly speaking, A. D. (Anno Domini) is appli- cable only to this mode of dating, for if a cardinal number is used it should be P. C. (Post Christum). On the whole, we may consider we are tolerably safe in holding that the next century begins on January 1, 1wi, though great names may be quoted on the other side. It is a distinct disappointment to be told that we must wait a year longer than we anticipated before witnessing the rising sun of the twentieth century. Many persons will refuse to accept the unwelcome dictum. There are weapons at their command. Let them make vigorous and skillful use of them, and perhaps they will be able to bring in the new era a full year in advance of the time fixed by this conservative En- glishman. Now let the fight go on! Beans and Vagrancy. From the Boston Globe. A School street lawyer tells the follow- ing story as characteristic of the late Judge McCafferty: ‘Among the cases before him one morn- ing was bne in which a rather seedy-look- ing fellow was billed for vagzancy. The officer who made the arrest and who was the principal witness was one of those officials who never speak a good word of a prisoner. He testified, in substance, that he had seen the man loafing around for several days and, as far as he knew, he had no visible means of support. Was the man searched when arrested?” asked the court, nodding his head in the direction of the man in the dock. “I searched him, your honor,” replied the officer, promptly. “Did you find any money about his per- son?” The officer looked at the judge somewhat corfusedly, and then, after a few moments of thought, replied, rather lightly: “Yes, your honor; 10 cents.” “Can you buy a plate of beans for 10 cents?” The officer, thinking his honor was about to crack a joke, laughingly responded: “Why, yes; of course.” ‘Then, sir,” and the judge spoke severe- ly, “understand from me that a man who has money enough to buy a plate of beans is not a vagrant. Understand further, sir, that as long as I am a justice of this court I never again want to see you bring a man before me on a charge of vagrancy who bas 10 cents in his pocket. Mr. Clerk, discharge the prisoner.” +o+—____ A Plensant Prospect. From the New York Weekly. 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WITH MODEL KINI For particulars M either on . LOL POL 1K NATIONAL, 8S Fre DT GERMAN and in the children’ Mrs. KIND INGING’ rece! departmen GARTEN MANUAL, cousistiag of Pra Model Lessons, Rules and Lectures for Kinder tens and the Nursery Stories, & usable to Mothers and Kt For sce at Ballantyne’s, 428 7th st. oes-tf ea EDUCATIONAL. IN WASHINGTON. CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA. ACADEMIC YEAB 1896-7. SCHOOL OF DIVINITY. . SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPH' Departmente of Phil emistrs and Biology. THE SOCIAL SCI Departments of _ Sociology, Science and Law. INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. Departments of Ay Economics, Political fed Mathematics, Civil io- trical Engineering and fechanical Eugineering. For farther information aj ROBINSON, Registrar, at the MT. VERNON SEMINARY, CORNER M AND ELEVENTH STREETS N.W. BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRIS. Preparatory, Collegiate and Post Graduate courses y. Special students admitted. Thorough in- Straction deal rtments in accordance with ty to PHILIP N. aiversity. | 6¢20-20 struction in all best modern methods. jous, connecting buildings, erected and specially designed for schoo with passenger elevator, team hea’ sanitary conditions, together with play ground and tennis court, furnish every requisite for a refined bome and a complete school equipment. ‘Twenty-second year opens Wednesday, September thirtieth, for classification of Boarding ‘Pupils, and duuisday, October tirst, for classification of ‘anced instruction, leading to M. A., Mrs, ELIZABETH Mrs, ADELIA GAJES H SOMERS, Principal. SLEY, Associate Prin. Chevy Chase FEENCH AND ENGLISH BUAKDING AND DAY School for Young Ladies. Half an nour from Wasbington, D.C. tric en 4 pave * Mille. LEA M. ROULIGNY, ation E.. Washington, D.O._ Chenoweth Institute, 1742 Vermont ave. and Iowa Circle, select board- ng and day school for young ladies. Miss MARY NPORT CHENOWETH, Principal. jurt of the Dis- Kindergarten Normal. Kindergarten Normal iudergarten aud School, will begin fall session Oct. 1, 1896. Children taught French and German. St. John’s College, Verrront ave. and Thomas Circle. conduct d by the Christian Brothers. ARNOLD W. MEYER, LEIPZIG uate—plano, theory, voi no’ strains’ or tre-aul Lessons at pup: The Elizabeth P School, and Mrs. Mann’ of the Distriet of A day college 31 Court of the Dis- Lecturer on Criminal Law and on Criminal Pleading THE PIANO, VIOLI also of the ¢ by an experienced School of Electricity Bliss buildivg, 35 B st. v.w. Begins its FOURTH YEAR Octcber 1, 1896. uy electrical engineer! Has its own electric ight plant, a 4s the ONLY fustitution of its kind in the ‘coun- Books now open. Catalogues ot application, L. D. BLISS. President. SHORTHAND AND LUSINESS COLLEGE, LOAN AND TRUST BLDG., COR. F & offers_unpe ral ANNER’ NT LAW AND prince (ICAL ACCOUNTANT— ines man—@ practical court ractical ing Bookccepiog. worth und legistative si | Pan-American methods in Shorthaud, Typewrit: English, Rapid Calculitions, Rapid mercial Law. Special ai , Will be present in . for the purpose ission to the Senior rention to Spelling, Pune- tuation, and all Modern Business Methods.” Finest Call and see us, or send for aunual aurouncement containing unparalleled record, duates in positions. Day and might sessions. location in she city. EDUCATIONAL IN WASHINGTON. Georgetown University @ounded 1789) SCHOOL OF LAW. FACULTY. Rev. J. HAVENS RICHARDS, 8.3. President of the University. Hon. HENRY B. BROWN, LL.D., Gustice Supreme Court of the United States), Lecturer on Admiralty Jarisprudcuce. Hou. WILLIAM A. RICHARDSON, LL.D., (Chief Justice United States Court of Claims), Eweritus Professor of Statutory and Administrative Hon, Sag nit Lean Maxime lon. TIN F. MORKIS, LL. D., (Associate Justice Court of Appeals of the ‘District of Columbia), Lecturer on, Constitutional and. Satereational Law aud Comparative Jurisprudence. Hon, SETH SHEPARD. LL. D., (Associate Justice Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia), Lecturer on the Law of Corporations and Equity Jurisprudence. Hon. JEREMIAH M. WILSON, LL. D. of the Faculty and ‘Lecturer on the Law of Hon, LOUIS Te McOOMAS, fon. 1.00 5 (Assoctate Justice Rupreine Court of the District of Lecturer on the Law of Sty Pleading and 1 hos PH, 830 LD Lecturer on Common Law’ Pleading, Criminal Law and Domestic Relaticns. Rey, RENE HOLAIND, S.J. Lecturer on Natural Law. TALLMADGE A. L. T. LL. Do CHARLES “A. “DOLGLASS Baa TAAL A. DOUG * Lecturer on the Law of Torts an| Negotiable Paper. MICHAEL J. COL M., Feron the Law as . W. BAKER, A.) Judge of the Circuit Court and ‘Lecturer on Ele- mentary Practice. CCURT OF APPEALS: Messrs. Tallmadge A. Lambert, Job Barnard ond Henry Wise Garnett. BexAME Messrs. J. Altheus Johnson and lenry W. CLERK OF COURTS: Harry W. Hodges, LL.M. SAMUEL M. YEATMAN. ‘A.M, ‘Secretary and Treasurer. G. M, HUNT, UL. 3 Assistant Secretary. The twenty-seventh annual session of the School of Law opens on WEDNESDAY, October 7, 1890, at 6:30 pm., in the Law Schzol building, Nos. 506 and COS" strect northwest, when the tntro- ductory lectere will be delivered and announ merts made for the ensuing term. Present alumni and all others int Invited to be present. The ®¢ retery can be sean at his office In the Inw butld. ing dally from 6 to 7 9.m.. for informetion. «1 rollment, fe. ‘Those proposing to conuect t selvex m- th the school for the ensuing term are re- to enroll thelr names before the opening and thus avoid the delay incident to that ion. Cireniars giving conrse of stuf. terms, &e.. can be obtained at book stores of W. H. Morrison’ Sons, 1326 F street northwest; Lowdermilk & 1424 F street rorthwest, and John Byrne & Co. 1222 F street northwest, and at W. 8. Thompso Dmg Store, 708 15th street northwest, or on appll- cation persoua'ly or by letter to the nndersicned. 8. M. YEATM. 8e19-3w Secretary. Education for Real Life 1864 FOR SONS AND DAUGHTERS. 186. ‘The Sve ian Business College, National Rank of the Republic buildh and D nw. Day and night s The thirty-second scholastic institution began Tuesday, Sept departments, viz. Practical Business, complete bookkeeping course. Englis lations, rapid writing, mor system of express shorthand and ie riting, including En- pencerlan Rapid Writing, Mechanical and ural Drawing. Full ro as of thoroughly trained teachers. Location central ‘Ofice open every business day and night. Write or call for new and beautiful annual an- nouncement. MRS. SARA A. SPENCER, Principal and Proprictor. ANG TAUGHT B. KING, of fashionable plano instruc MISS_AMY CL 2 TEACHER OF Pi Lessons on the Janko keyboard. 1121 Vermont ave. S$. SHERRATT'S CHINA ART SCHOOL Opers on the 22d of 1215 14th st. ow. The Berkeley Schgol, NO. 820 18TH ST. N.W., Will reopen September 16. Pupils “prepared for West Point, Annapolis, for all universities and Sclentific schools, for direct commissions In the arms and navy, and for the civil service. Duriag the past year sixteen students have been success- fully fitted for various ¢xaminations. None have failed. Arrangements may b2 made for private lessons in all brarches, se21-tf CHAS. W. FISHER, B.S., Head Master. French Language. Prof. C. G. Rivot. Private lessons and classes re- sumed Oct. 1. Residence 1008 K st. School ef French Language, Prof. Paul E. Voinot, 1426 NEW YORK AVE INSTITUTE ly for Circular. Pe Boke apt the NATIONAL | Absolutely indis- cgarten Teachers. Begins tts forty-tifth tic year September 23. OKELEY 3 SCHOOL Young ladies and girls, 1759 Madison st... Dupont rele, Iteopens Sept. 38, Miss E. V. HETH, A.M. Cire French Conversation In six months. Mrs. TANNER, native Parisian ‘502 19th st. n.w., Dupont circle. cpares for Harvard, Yale, Pri Cornell, Lehigh, Boston alear Polytechnic Institu ool of Technolozy, the U. S. Military and for business. Special departnent for boys from elght to twelve. ‘No preparatory school in America cam boast of & provder record than this institute. years its graduates have won distinction Its standard 1s the bigh- For more than wherever they have gone. est, its certificate of graduation a guarantee of Uicroughness. For clrcula: address Mrs. McCartee-Lamont, VOCAL INSTRUCTION. oc7-1m. Studio, 1211 Fs! MUSIC, PAINTING AND DRAWING LES by experienced teacher. Best methods. moderate. oc3-3w* 115 B ST. N-E. RVATORY OF MUSIC, 1221 —Piano, organ, voice, violin, guitar and mandolin, flute, cornet, ‘etc. B. BULLARD, Direct SOLOIST AND ‘TEACHER, SOL. MINSTER, ume instruction Oct. 1. Free advantages B. FRANK GEBEST (Royal High School of Music, Berlin.) Teacher of PIANO, ORGAN and THEORY. se5-2m* Studio—1327 F st. n.w., Room 6. Stodio, 447 G st. nw. Wood’s Commercial College, (one square east of Library). avake, Intelligent young ME. W. EDW3 VOCAL INSTRUCT! TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS at oc7-Im* Saunders & Stayman's, 1327 F st. Twelve experienced specialists. CH—By individual instruction. Erected for school purposes. jodern ard well equipped. Geo. W. Lawrence, culture & Piano Les- sons; MODERATE TERMS; rapid method; moath- ly musicales; voice trial gratis. Studio, 934 F st. oc7-6t* fir. Henry Stopsack, Teacher of plano ard violin. Studio, 617 Penna. ave. s.c., Washington, D.C. pest location In Washington. fS—A gold medal for every study. payable in installments, CATALOGUE, with 25 ustrations, sent free. ‘MRS. FLINT’S SCHOO! reopen October 14. history, Mterature, ete. e already finished school life. 1734 1 ST. N.W., WILL ses Will be formed in ipted to young ladies LLEGE OF COMMERCE, THE McDONALD-ELLIS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, 1624 Mass. ave., 1305 17th st., 1623 N st. Thorough primary and college preparatory de rtments. apes classes in McDONALD, M.S., Principal. A. H. P ONS, Preceptress. Fourteenth year opens Oct. 1, 1896. oc6tol5 Miss Harriet R. Parsons, Teacher of Piano, resumed lessons October 6. Music Room, 1123 11th st. n.w. oc6-6t* Gaiilard School 122 25%, 5% 2 e Branch Office, 906 F. Of Languages fate rcisone, Mob COLUMBIA CO! 407 Seveath street northwest. K. URSER, A.M., C.E., Princ ras a business educator. year in this city and fifteen years a wember of the faculty of Eastmen College. Shorthand’ and” Ty; seritings Siz Accountancy, Short! and” Typewrlting. “corse in shorthand free. Moderate tuition in all the courses. well-lighted rooms ‘and typewriting hall, Situations BALCH'S CIVIL SERVICE INSTITUTE AND jacss College, 1311 11 n.w. Open all the year. pupils prepared for examinations. Stenogra- typewriting, bookkeepl:g, ancient and nguages. Instruction also given by correspondence. NORWOOD INSTITUTE, 1761 N street, near Connecticut avenue. ‘A select and limited school for girls. 005 -8t* MRS. WM. D. LW. se19-3in Ivy Institute Busine’s College, 'S.W. COR. 8TH AND K STS, N.W. au28-3m' $5—A YEAR—$25. EDWARD €. TOWNSEND, MISS ADA LOUISE TOV N. cor 9th and N THE MISSES 1436 Corcora: sion, Monday, September 21 tion’ fs given.’ Apply for circulars. sel1-1m* DE. JOHN P. CAULFIELD Will resume teaching Oct. 1, at se16-Im* 1227 MST. N.W. EY'S SCHOOL, TH@ MODERN NORMAL COLLEGE, TYPOGRAPH- ical Temple, 425 G st. n.w., with these courses: Preparatory, Busitess, Shorthand and Typewrit- ing, Civil Service Teachers’, Health, Journalistic, Scientific and Classic, 1s the most thor rofiteble school in the elty, information furnished by J. ICHARD, Principal. FRIENDS’ SELECT SCHOOL, 181 For ROTH SEXES =: {ts fourteenth year ABELL, Principal. CHUELCH ORGAN FOR PRACTICE, WITH OR without lessons; also tuition in piano, compo- sition, etc. THEO. INGALLS KING, 920 L st. nd ALL GRADES, will begin 1) ‘The new gymnasium, equipped with Sargent yatus; the enlarged laboratory, and the addi- nat school rooms will be finished by that time. The teachers are men and women of five char- acter, and especially fitted by education and ex- Perieice to teach their special 1 Is full of industry, inspiration and go0d lents prepared by us were Trinceton. Cornell, ‘The school, from been under the same princi iving detailed information at at Brentano's. END, fon, Voice Culture, Grice. THE MOUNT ve., Flat 20. ocl-tt st., will reopen for its regular scs- ‘Thorough tnstrne- of Technology, C te and Trey Poly e ice hours begin Sept. 16, from 9 a.m. to 12 m. Mr. and Mrs. THOS. W. SIDWELL TUE WOMAN'S LAW CLASS. — Course the equivalent of regular law unlversi- ties. Second year opens Sept. 30, 1896. Informa- tion as to course, rates of tuition, etc., can be MUSSEY, obtained of Mrs. ELLEN SPEN' 470 La. ave. n.w., Washington, D.C. sel4-1m For Young Ladics Learn to be a Draughtsman! Evening lessons in all kinds of draughting and mathematics begin Sept. 21. 531 7th st. ne. au29-2m* Miss Katie V. Wilson, {petks re of London. Studio au MISS LAISE, 1338 12TH WN. ort] for examinations; special classes cughness and practical work enal) secure and retain good positions; of SHORTHAND; NEW and RAPID method. pecially recommended by ir. A res: Mit. PUTNaM'S SCHOOL, 1633 19th st. n.w., win n universities necs_ptrsuits. Private instruction if desired. SULLUIAM H. PUTNAM, A.M, Principal. Shorthan MM. HERMAN C. RAKEMANN, Violin Instructor & Soloist. STUDIO, 1221 12TH ST. N.W. - 21, 1896. Puplis prepared for technical schools and for busi- Iss JULIA KR. GOODALL, WELLESLEY 00) lege School of Music, will receive pupils for in- on on the piano after Oct. 1, at ber studio, ww. ecl5-1 Miss Sherman’s School for Girls, 1215 9th st... cor. Jefferson place, reopens October La 1896, sel6-1m MISS HALSTEAD, FORM RINCIPAL OF Miss Halsterd’s Private § will bave charge of the preparatory department of Miss Sherman's School. Apply at 3024 Q and 1215 19th sts, se21-1m THEMATICS AND ENGL —Candidates red for college, West Point, Annapolis and civil service ex:minations. Prof. F. A. SPRINGER, 516 Spruce Send for ctr- cular containing ‘referen sel1G-Im* MRS._Z. D. BUCHER, 1413 N ST. N.W. Voice culture, Piano, 8e16-Im* Farmers Olney School, * . *:.! Boarding and day school for girls. Removed from 1827 I st. Miss Virginia Mason Dorsey and Miss Laura Lee Dorsey, Principals. sell-to ocl2 Washington College FOR Young Ladies, 8D AND T STS. N.E. Now open to boarding and day pupils, Grounds @ park of ten acres. Elect courses. Music and elocution of high grade und reasoneble. sc20-2m F. MENEFEE. Pros't. Gunston Institute, 1212 ond 1214 14th st. n.w., near Thomas Circle. A school for giris and young ladies. Opens Sep- tember 28. sco-tf Mr. and Mrs. BEVERLY R. MASON. LANGUAGES. THE BERLITZ SCHOCL CF LANGUAGES, 723 Fourteenth st. nw. Braoches in leading American and European cities. Classes and private lessons, Trial lesson free, se7-tf Apply for circular to Prof. N. A. JOLY. DAVID C. BANGS, ELOCUTION & DRAMATIC ART, DEEP BREATH- ING, EXPRESSION, NATURALNESS. Studio, 1019 Sth et. n.w., after'4 p.m. Send for circular. se5-tf Art School, i-ii%r.West End. Miss SW. Kelly, London medalist, resume Sept. 15—Drawing from objects, antique and lite oll, water color, china painting, pen and ink ai wash drawing, ‘pupils under personal instruction of principal entire time of classes; sk-tching from nature until November, sel2-Im* MME. J. ESPUTA DALY_VOICE CULTURE—STU- dents red for opera, oratorio, concert and choir ioe! . Rel john P. Sous: Fred- erick E. Bristol, N.Y: Lacien Odend Bal*o. Special terms made for learning to rend wusie Mme. Daly's note chain xystem. Studio, 944 a oaidence, 1128 F st. ne. sel01m* ‘The twenty-fifth annual session begins MON- DAY, September 28, 1896. Lectures in TP’! macy, Materia Medica, Botany, Toxicology, Ana- lytical and General Chemistry. Laboratory courses in qualitative and quantitative analysis and py tical pharmacy. ‘Toro large and well-equipped laboratories. Special students received In Chemistry or other pranches. Cail for circular at college bdg., $08 Ist. n.w.. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. WYMOND H. BRADBURY, Secretary. sel4-1m, THORALD JERICHAU Ph. B., will receive pupils on ‘Piano, Organ, Theory and Compusition. Stutio, Droop's Mui Store. Apply Drocp's or Ellis’” Music House ‘Trial lessons free. se30-20* THE FRENCH LANGUAGE SCHOOL OF 23 PHO- netle eunds, for ‘adies and gentlemen; new term; good pronunciation; Weginners and ad- vanced courses. MLLE. V. PRUD'HOMME, 307 D st. nw. Banjo Instruction by Miss Buckingham, at Studie 1522 6th st. n.w., or at home of pupil, 8e28-2w* The Stuart School. 4 *et.a boarding school for Girls and Young Ladies. Opens Oct. 1. Academic, collegiate and preparatory courses. Kin- dergarten zs 1224 AND 1226 ISTH ST. N.W., COR. MASS. AVE. se23m_ MISS CLAUDIA STUART, Principal. Columbia Conservato' OF MUSIC, 900 K st. 1. violin, voice, IN im” GLASSES IN FRENCH CONVERSATION AND LIT- erature at 906 14th st. nw. by Mrs. de Bausset, graduate of the Serbonne; teacher in the Emer- son Institute and Washington Heights School. 8626-1 MR. ERNEST LENT— Plano, Violin, Theory of Muste. MRS. ERNEST LENT— Piavo. 1528 Corcoran street northwest. sel1-im* HOLY CROSS ACADEMY, 1212 MASS. AVE., RE- ‘opens September 14. The course of study is ccmplete and practical. Special attention is given to voca? and instrumental music, drawing aud alnting, the languages aud kindergarten. sell OUT OF WASHINGTON. YEARLY BOARD AND 4 iris); a ary ae inches ITION, SEMINARY APLEWOOD INSTITUTE. 7. A successful school a years, $186. J. SHORTLIDGE (Yale), 4.M., Prin. 3y13-tn, w,9,8n