Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1897, Page 23

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6,- 1897-24 PAGES. Pianishphere of the Heavens, showing the Position of the Principal Stara that are above the florizon Febery 6. at 9 pain. SKIES IN FEBRUARY es How the Planets May Be Observed This Month. Interesting Facts About the Celes- tial Equator. PLANETS OF THE MONTH Written for The Evening Star. Seven stars of the first magnitude will be above the horizon at 90’cfock tomorrow tS the brilliant Dog Star, nearly | th; F n, midway between the hort- | zon and the in the southeast; Betel- geuse, in t ght shoulder, and Rigel, in the left feot of Orion, now in mid heavens, @ little west of the meridian; Aldebaran, to the right of Orion, at two-thirds of the dis- tance from the horizon to the zenith; Capel- la, nearly overhead; Pollux, the lower of the two twins, now well up toward the zenith, | a little south of east; and, low in the east, Regulus, easily identitied from its position in the handie of the Sickie, which forms the bushy head of Leo. Facing north, we may see the Great Dip-| | per in the Ursa Major standing on its/| handle to the righi of the Pole Star, and | about the same altitude to the left of this star the W-shaped figure of Cas- siopeia. The coils of the Great Dragon are directly beneath the Poie Siar, the head of this monster being on the horizon. Par * the horizon, between west and is the great square of Pegas From the northern corner of this | runs a curved line of four second- siars, in the direction of Cap-| he first three belong to Andromeda, | the lowermost—that at the corner ef the square—Aipharatz, being in her head, the uppermost, Gamma, in her left foot.” The star is Beta, in her belt. To the right of B. near the northernmost of the three siars which form the belt, is the reat nebula, now in an excellent position to be scanned with an opera glass. The uppermost of the four stars above ed out is Alpha Persei, the brightest erseus, at the center of the con- To the left of a line drawn from o Gamma Andromeda, forming | these two a_nearty right-angled Al ¢ Demon (al Guhl), a particularly interesting variable star. is usually a star of the second Algol, the Dinmond Star. magnitude, as will be found to be the case tomorrow night. At intervals of about two days and twenty-one hours it undergoes a remarkable change of brilliancy, falling in the space of about four hours to the fourth Magnitude, and as quickly recovering its usual splendor. The change is caused by | the circulation round it ef a dark com- panion, or satellite, which passes between us and it and cuts off a portion of its light. A minimum of Algol will occur on the 8th at 5 p.m. From that hour until 9 o'clock the star will be gradually brightening. Oth- er minima at hours convenient for observ- ing will occ onth on the 24th, at 10 P.m., and o h, a m. The zodiacal constellations now above the horizon at ¥ p.m., named in order from west to east, are Pisces, the Fishes, not marked y ght stars; Aries, the Ram, mark- oliceable pair of stars of the third magnitude, now at about one-third of the distance from the horizon to the zenith; Taurus, the Bull, marked by the bright star Aldebaran in the heed of the constel- ion and the Pleiades, in the shoulder; mini, the Twins, a pair of stars very clesely resembling the “Pointers” in the Great Dipper, and which form with Capella and the head of Orion a large nearly equal- sided triangle; Cancer, the Crab, unmarked by any star of above the third magnitude; and Leo, the Lion, of which the brightest star is Regulus, already pointed out. anisphere may be seen two cury- arked respectively “Sun's Path” stial Equator.” The beginner in should early familiarize himself nes—ares ef great circles—as pear upon tually v_stble instead of be- y imaginary. The su: is also, roughly speaking, and the plan and un- with its location he ts at finding these celes- e lawlessly, Y right to w well posed. + positions of ‘quater. ming at the ex- on the horizon, sweep ager a line in the heavens, pass- » the uppermost of the three It of ¢ about five de- nding at the ex- 4 cant zon. You have equator, or “equinoc- h separates the northern 1» hemisphere of the heav- north of this line are in the 1 Stars south of it, , the star Procyon pper half of Oriow are in the while Sirius and the lower half SWIFT'S - SPEG is far ahead of any blood medy market. for it does so much more: Dewitt + Femoving Impurities and toning up the soe down ‘system. St cures any bloud ‘Bieeat 1 matters not how deep-seated or obstinate, which Foe by orese blood remedies fail to reach. t is a i bl ‘medy real diced dixcases. — pence = My. Asa Smith of Greencastle, Tnd., writes: be ti d such a bad case of Sciatic ‘Pheu. matism that I became absolutely helplen. unable to take my food or handle myself fa any was. I took many ‘patent medrion, bat 4 ae — my trouble. One dosen bottles 5. S. cured me sound and well, and I now weigh 170." " ™* Books on blood and ski diseases 4g Switt Specie Company, Allsata, mailed free ce | zenith. the face of the | "s path—the | the | of Orion are in the southern hemisphere. ‘The celestial equator is the line in’ which the plane of the earth's equator, indefinitely extended, cuts the starry firmament. It sirds the heavens midway between the two celestial poles, the northern one of which is marked very nearly by the Pole Star, just as the earth’s equator runs’ midway between the earth’s two poles. It may be Ml_to note here, too, that the distance the celestial poles from the horizon—one above and one below—reckoned in’ degrees, is always the same as the latitude of the observer's station, and that this distance is also that of the celestial equator from his zenith—the point exactly overhead. Thus, for an observer in north latitude 40 degrees the north pole of the heavens stands 40 degrees above the horizon, and the celestial equator is 40 degrees south of the zenith. An observer so located.can see the whole of the northern hemisphere—a circular portion of it 80 degrees in diam- ter being always above his horizon—and he see the southern hemisphere to within 40 degrees of the south pole. Around this pole !s a circular area of the heavens, hav- ing a redius of 40 degrees, or a diameter of 80, the stars within which rever appear above his horizon. If he travels south- ward, the north pole sinks toward the hori- zon, while toward the south may be seen ‘ars not before visible. In the latitude of ew Orleens Canopus, the Lrightest of the stars after Sirius, rises seven and a half degrees above the horizon; the Southern Cross may be seen at Key West, its upper- most star rising to an altitude of ten de- grees. For an observer at the equator both peles of the heavens are on the horizon, and the celestial equator runs through the He may see, at one time or an- | Cther, every constellation in the heavens. Orion passes directly overhead. The Ecliptic, The ecliptic, or sun's path, is the great circle in which the celestial sphere is cut by the plane of the earth's orbit. Conceive the sun and the earth to be floating on the surface of a boundless ocean, each body being half immersed in its waters. The stars above this imaginary ocean appear to stud the surface of a great hemispherical dome. Below, visible, we will suppose, through the limpid waters of the ocean, is another hemisphere of stars. The line which separates these two starry hemi- spheres—the horizon of the ocean—is the ecliptic. The sun, seen from the earth, is on this horizon; and as the earth travels in her annual course the sun appears to travel in the opposite direction and to pass, In the course of the year, entirely around the heavens, always on this horizon—al- Ways in the ecliptic. The belt of constella- tions along the center of which the ecliptic runs is the zodiac—the animal girdle, as the name signifies. At two opposite points on the celestial sphere the great circle of the -ecliptic cross- es that of the celestial equator. Tomorrow night, at 9 o'clock, the two crossing points, known as the equinoxes, will be on the horizon, the vernal equinox in the west, the autumnal in the east. To see upon the face of the sky the half of the ecliptic then above the horizon sweep a line with the finger from west to east, beginning at the exact western point in the horizon, passing midway between the Pleiades and Alde- baran, very close to and south of the planet Mars, 5 degrees’ south of the Twins, through the star Reguius and the planet Jupiter, and striking the horizon in the exact east. ‘This half of the ecliptic is that traversed by the sun—in a direction from west to east— between the latter part of March and the latter part of September. About the 20th | of June the sun reaches a point nearly mid- way between the star Aldebaran and the Twins, and is then at its greatest distance from the equator, 23% degrees, and crosses the meridian at its greatest altitude. At this point it enters the “sign” Cancer—now in the place of the constellation Gemini— and begins to turn back toward the equa- tor. Hence the parallel of terrestrial lati- tude above which the sun is then vertical is known as the “tropic” of Cancer. The other half of the egliptic is, of course, south of the equator. The sun reaches its extreme southern limit about Christmas time, entering the sign Capricorn and be- ing vertical above the tropic of Capricorn. The Planets. Mercury will be a morning star through- out the month. It will be at its greatest apparent distance from the sun—26 1-3 de- grees—on the 15th, and will be visible for a week or more before that date and for a few days after, a little south of east. Venus is still a splendid evening star, shining now with nearly her greatest bril- Nancy, and visible for about three hours after sunset. She is now very near the vernal equinox and sets almost exactly in the west. Mars is an evening star, and is still an interesting object for the telescope, though | farther from us by more than 20,000,000 miles than when we passed him on the 10th of December last. His position is nearly | central between Capella and the star Bel- jatrix, in the left shoulder of Orion. Jupiter is also an evening star, and is now well above the eastern horizon at 9 p.m. Jupiter will be in “opposition” to the sun, cressing the meridian at midnight and shin- ing with his greatest brilliancy on the 23d of this month. Since the 25th of December his apparent movement has been “retro- grade"—toward the west. Saturn and Uranus are both morning ars, rising very nearly together at about 2 am. Neptune is in Taurus, 5 degrees south of Mars, but invisible, of course, to the naked eye. > A Queer Vermont Township. From the Boston Evening Transcript. In Windsor county, Vt.. is about as queer | @ town as there is in the United States. Its name is Baltimore, and it possesses lit- tle of interest save a history in which none of its inhabitants express the slightest j Pride. Baltimore is fairly old, as Ameri- can towns go, having been set off from Cavendish and organized in 1793. It then had presumably ambitious and hopeful inhabitants, but every census taken since then has revealed a steady growth—down- ward. In i800 the place had lost one citi- zen, and the subsequent record stands as follows: In 18i0, 207 inhabitants; 1820, 204; 1880, 179; 1840, 155; 1850, 124; 1860, 116; 1870, ‘S$; 1881, 71, and 180, 64. Today the number is 59, and one of the 50 spends his winters in the Soldiers’ Home at Brattleboro’. Nothing ever happened in the town, not even a crime, and it has no distinguished sons or daughters. The houses are scat- tered over the territory included within Baltimore's limits, nowhere forming any- thing Ike a village, and there is no store, no church, no post office, nor even a cider mill. The people are prosperous enough, as Vermont farmers define prosperity, but they keep moving away whenever oppor- tunity offers, and nobody ever moves in. It is twenty years since a wedding took place there. ee. Hercditary Crime. From the New York Tribune, Judge—“How did you come to steal this chicken? FROM WOOD _FIBE A ‘New Method of Making Arti- ficial Silk. m1 SAD 10 BE A SUCCESS The Product by No’ Means an Inferior Article. WHAT HAS BEEN DONE Se as Written for The Evening Star. The year just launched from the slips of Time will be able to boast of an innova- tion notably interesting to the feminine section of the community—to wit, the in- troduction of artificial silk manufacture into the United States. Wood—common or garden timber—will be the material from which the new silk is to come, and our sisters, aunts and cousins, our mothers, wives and daughters, will no longer have to depend for their best gowns upon the health of the mulberry-eating silkworm. In point of fact, the fashion prophets are already hinting that the cheapness and widespread use of the artificial fabric may have the effect of attiring the masculine element, the dandies and gallants, in the silken garments of their far-away forbears. The Discovery of the Secret. Artificial silk making fn this country’ dur- ‘ing the year 1897 is, apparently, an assured fact. Already in France and England. the process is being tried with success. For years, however, what is now an accom- plished fact was looked upon as t] ern inventors’ philosopher's stone, tists by the hundred spent fruitle: in efforts to manufacture wood, sill At 1 where so many other and greaterjmen, De failed, Count Hilliare de Chardonpet,, disy covered the secret. The story of Mu..de Chardonnet’s invention is almost a. ro- mance. The worthy count, born in the silk-growing districts of the Rhone, became @ graduate of the Parisian Ecole Polytech- nique, and eventually a knight of the Legion of Honor. This accomplished, he retired on his laurels to his native Lyon- nais, where he spent many days in philo- sophical meditations. On a certain sultry afternoon, while sitting in his park and carelessly munching a strip of bark from one of the trees, he noticed the fibrous character of the scrap of white rind. From this, a rapid train of thought brought him to the crude idea of the subsequent great invention. Thereafter the count shook off his habits of sloth, abandoned his wood- land siestas, and devoted his life to the procuring of silk from wood. Obstacles in shoals barred his way, but the count was @ man of courage and perseverance. After years pf labor he succeeded in perfecting an invention which is really a mechanical and chemical marvel. A Certain Method. The product of M. de Chardonnet’s ma- chinery is pronounced by the experts to be “a beautiful silk, equaling in brilliancy, fineness and softness of texture that of the silkworm,” In 1891 the count founded a company to work his scheme, and already the enterprise has proved a commercial success. Great opposition naturally came from the millions of silkworm cultivators in central France, who viewed the new in- novation much as the hand-loom spinners of England looked upon the spinning jenn: But the silk buyers were in Chardonnet' favor. For centuries they had been depen- cent upon the grub and its state of health, generally precarious, for their silk croj Now, when one remembers that the silk- worm suffers from five principal and at least twenty minor diseases, any one or all of which may ravage it every season, the notorious Irish potato harvest would seem surety itself in comparison with the natur- al industry. Under M. de Chardonnet’s pro- cess there is no fear of attacks of muscar- dine, pebrine, flacherie, guttine or gras- serie (the five leading ailments of the grub.) The amount of the product depends Solely: upon the capacity of the machinery. Accordingly the dealers enthusiastically aided Chardonnet, the big works at Besan- con were erected, the silk growers of Lyon nais and the Rhone valley will probably have to shut up shop and the overworked grub gets a well-earned holiday. It would seem as though, if there was one thing beyond another which {t would be impossible to produce from wood, that thing would be the lustrous and shimmer- ing fabric known as silk. And yet it is claimed that in this field man’s art can sur- pass nature, and that he can produce silk which is brighter, cheaper and more en- during than that spun from the coccon. ‘The process by which wood is converted into silk fiber is a very interesting ore. A number of different kinds of wood may be used, white pine or spruce being best adapted to the purpose, but it is also satd that the cottonwood, so common in the middle west, will make excellent silk. The wood is first ground to a pulp in the usual manner, and the pulp is macerated in a so- lution of nitric and sulphuric acid. The acids are then squeezed out, and the pulp is immersed in vats of water, where it is left until thoroughly cleansed. After the water is drawn off and the mass has par- tlally dried, it is put Into a huge revolving cylinder containing alcohol and ether, and is left to the influence of these substances for some hours. From here it is passed through a filter, and comes out as a sort of Rae gum which closely resembles col- lodion. The Process. It is from this gum-like substance that the silk is directly produced, and the spin- ning process, which comes next, is perhaps the most interesting of all, because in it the silk worm has been closely copied. The gum or collodion is forced into pipes which run along beside the spinning machines. From these pipes are suspended a number of small glass tubes, the apertures in which sre not more than a half or a quarter as large as that in the tube of an ordinary hcuse thermometer. The pneumatic pres- sure forces the semi-liquid substance into these glass tubes, which are the artificial substitute for the silk worm. The spinner touches her finger to the opening in the lower end of the glass tubes, the substance, adheres to it, and she draws out a filament as fine as that which is spun by the sik’ worm. Contact with the air hardens the: filaments at once, and they are guided dir rectly into the bobbin and spun off in. the same manner as the natural product. It takes from six to ten of the small fila- ments, according to their fineness, to make a single strand of silk fiber. This is done by simply guiding the necessary number of filaments to the same bobbin, and then pressing them together at a point between the tubes and the bobbin. Not only do the strands adhere at that point, but they con- tinue to join there as the ree] moves on. The thread is kept of uniform thickness by the openings in the glass tubes, which are all of one size. As the thread is reeled off from the glass tubes it is of a light straw color and-looks exactly as silk fiber does at this stage of its manufacture. But there are certain pe- cullarities about this wood-pulp silk which require still further processes before it is finished. In the first place, the fiber is ren- Gered very inflammable by the chemical changes it has undergone and must be de- nitrified before it can be safely handled. Then comes the final and important proces: of imparting the luster, which is done b; froning. The thread is passed over revoly- ing rollers, which stretch and iron it in much the same way that the big machines in a steam laundry iron your collars and cuffs. The artificial silk takes on the colors of the dye as easily and brilliantly as the patural kind, end if a bundle of the artiti- celal fiber is placed beside the product of the silk worm it is impossible to distinguish one from the other. When woven into fabrics it 1s, of course, equally impossible to tell the difference. Artificial silk imported from England has already been sold in this coun- try, but whether it is equal tp the natural product is a question on which silk dealers seem to be divided. The advocates of the new industry insist, however, that if there any advantage in the matter of appear- arce and durability it rests with the arti- fictal silk. Silk manufacturers and dealers have been for some time watching with interest the development of the Chardonnet process of silk manufacture. Mr. F. W. Cheney, presi- dent of the American Silk Association, sald in 1eference to ee meatier “Some two or three go I investigated this process of artificial silk and found that it had not bean sufficiently to make it a commercial - 1 felt then, however, as. I still feel, that the idea Was one that was bound to worked out vitimately, and that when it was worked out it would be necessary to ri it, as there was no doubt that if it came to com- peting on even terms the artificial process would displace the older one supplied by mature and developed by. man,” > THE DUCK’S MESSAGE. A Story to Which No Amdavits Are Attached. Ringgold, La., Letter to the Philadelphia ‘Times. Berry Hinson, living below this ‘place, down in the “pine woods” région, is a hard-working, fairly prosperous farmer. Five years ago the Hinsons were a very happy family, consisting of Berry, his wife and one son, Jog About this time Joe, a steady, easy-going lad of eighteen or twen- ty, suddenly disappeared. All efforts to trace him were unavailing. Some said he was drowned, others that he was murdered, but the most diligent and faithful search failed to reveal his whereabouts. It is worthy of nofe 'tHat, while both parents grievously m his loss and used every means in thtir Bower to ascer- tain news of him, frodt’ the“first Mrs. Hin- son expressed a firm “belief that the boy was alive and well, ahd ®ould one day come back home. Durftig al! the years that have passed she has pérsigently clung to her belicf, though net ne Word came from Joe in tne meantime.c! 4 Last November, durffk thé latter part of the month, Berry and*a party of friends Went out to Lake Bisténean‘ duck hunting. Though ducks were ‘plentiful and every- body else in the crowd'#illed great numbers of them, Hinson, usualiy a fine shot, played to hard luck, and“whefi‘the last day of the hunt came hadn't bagted “bird. “If T were you, I'd save diy ammunition, Berry,” said one of the party, seeing Hin- sen road up for a shqf’ just’as they were preparing to break camp anti return home. ; “Just this one “for Tick," was Berry's answer, as he pulled the trigger, and one Jone duck dropped’ from his mates into the water. { “Let it alone, old fellow; it's only one, and we've got enough’ to divide,” said his friends, seeing Hinson in the boat ready to paddle cut for the duck. | “No,” was the answer. “I'll get it and car- Ty it home to the old woman just for luck.” ; Tie rest of the story sounds like fiction, but It is a fact, nevertheless, and pretty in- teresting. | Hinson captured his game, carried it home and that night when Mrs. Hinson was picking’ the duck She found a small glass bottle, hermetically sealed and tied to the bird’s wing, comfortably stored: away underneath among the down. Breaking the seal Mrs. Hinson found a small bit of paper within, on which, with joy and wonder that may be better im- agined than described, she read the words: “Tell mother to kill a turkey and bake some potatoes for me Christmas. I'm com- ing home. Joe.” Of course, this marvelous little episode created a great deal of cogitation and com- ment in the neighborhood, and everybody was one the qui vive for the coming of Christmas, wondering if the recreant Joe would be as good as his word'’so miracu- lously given. It is needless to say that if there were any doubting Thomases, Mrs. Hinson was not one of them.» With true mother in- stinct shé prépared the fatted calf, so to speak, and though Christmas eve came without Joe, she Killed the biggest gobbler on the place and robbed the potato bank of its sweetest yams for the morrow’s bake. The end sounds ‘tame, so true to story- book tale is it, for when Christmas day came, just as dinner was ready to go on the table, in walked Joe, a big, bearded man now, but rejoiced to get home, none the less. . He says he captured the duck on one of the Wisconsin lakes last summer, and while he wrote that note and tied it on the bird “Jistfor fun,” he has ever since had a vague feeling that his mother would re- ceive the message and be expecting him. Sage The Red-Headed Boy. From the New York Times. “There is generally one boy in every school,” said an ‘old teacher, “who learns all the lessons of all the other boys. He ts usually red haired end unprepossessing in appearance, but the-writers on pedagogy have rot yet followed his career far enough to decide whether this krack of absorbing knowledge is of any real use to him in after life, nor have,the psychologists deter- mined whether. the propensity goes with the red hair, or. is merely .a frequent coin- ¢ldence. Some time ago I attended the.ex- ercises in a public industrial sehool, and observed this Intellectyal phenomenon ina very interesting case,;;A .gozen children were called up to recite little poems. The school room was crowded, and the re(- haired little boy was sitting close to the reciters. He knew every piece that was sald or sung. He reneated,each one half audtbly, and just a jitgle in advance of the pupil that was saying.jt. Some of them faltered cver poems Rot thoroughly con- ned, but the red-haired boy would only as- sume a look of mild surprige that anybody should miss such a sijinple, thing, and of hurt pride that one ,of bjs schbolmates should not do better, and then repeat the word of line lke a’ prompter at a play. When the teachers asked; questions he knew word by word hpth, query and an- swer, whether the question was put to him or to any other pupll., I should lke to watch that boy and see what he may blos- som Into.”” to 3B +t Just Occasionally. From Fun. . Magistrate (to prisoner, charged with drunken incapzbility)—“You say you only touch strong drink after two events. What are they?” “ Prisoner—“‘One’s when I’ve had fish for breakfast, and the other’s—when I ain't!” soe Preparing for the Lawyer. From the Adams Freeman, Wite—“Why, Silas, what are you leaving your watch and valuables on the table for?” Silas—“I'm going to see the lawyer about that case, and the last time I was down he took most all I had, and said if he was to win I must keep nothing from him.” Was ‘What more can be asked? Only this; ask your grocer for if, and insist on trying it. Largest package—greatest economy. HE N. Ke BANK COMPANY, Chicagp, ‘Louis, New York, Bogton, & Philadelphia. The modern “cup. that cheers but not inebriates,” cocoa ; but it must be ie) MOVED TO A SAFER PLACE. Pennsylvania in the O11 Rush Times Was Rather Too Lively for Him. From the Detroit Free Press While replenishing his linen at the men’s furnishing department the finc-looking old sentleman first chuckled and then indulged in hearty laughter. This called for an ex- planation and he gave it. “Pardon mo, young man,” he said in his old-school man- rer, “but I never enter a place of tnis kind without recalling a bitter experience of my cwn of which I can now afford to see the ludicrous side. “I once clerked for a big wholesale house in Philadelphia When [ told the proprie- tor, who had shown a kindly interest in me, that I had decided to go west and try to work up @ business of my own, he advised me to make a trial in the Pennsylvania oil field, toward which the first great rush had set in. Me would furnisa the stock and I was to pay when I cow.d. “My business block was a long, low, nar- row building of wood, but I packed it with the usual equipment of a clothing store and | took in money with both hands, for th mushroom village thronged with specu- lators, well borers, well blowers, engineers, surveyors, day laborers, gamblers and camp followers. I had visions of fabulous wealth when there broke loose the worst gang of thugs and robbers that ever defied the law. They burglarized my store three times in as many nights before I would believe that lightning struck twice in the same place. Then T hired a watchman, weighted him down with revolvers and started for the county seat to stir up the authorities. While I was away my watchman helped the gang loot the whole establishment and haul the plunder away in wagons. I could find Just three linen dusters and six cheap neck- ties. I packed them in a shirt box, sent them to the sheriff, came to Detroit and prospered, +o+ He Was in a Bad From the Chicago Tribune. The man from the city, whose buggy had mired in a particularly bad piece of road, was lashing his horse and swearing in a loud and reckless He stopped a mo- ment to address a Quaker farmer, who was driving carefully around the mudhcle. “Why don’t you keep the crus: of the earth in better condition in this neighbor- hood, old man?" he asked. “Friend,” answered the unrufMied agri- culturist in drab, climbing leisurely out of his wagon and coming to the assistance of his fellow traveler, “thee ought to be grate- ful that the crust has not given way and let thee down into the brimstone lake in the center —_—_____+-«-_______ Im South America, From Puck. Tourist—“You say the masses of your people are discontented?” Native—“‘Alas! Senor, most of us have never been president.” Way. THE NAIL AS A PRIEND IN NEED. From Fllegende Blatter. HOTELS, ‘Tho List appears Every Saturday. HOTEL POCKET GUIDE For Information, Circulars, etc.,ot amy Hotel below, Call at or address (send stamp) HOTEL TARIFF BUREAU, { 63 Fifth Ave. New York. 96 Regent st.. London. 248 Rue de Rivoli, Paris. (A. P. moans American Plan; B. P., Buropean.) ALBANY, N. ¥ -..Hotel Kenmure, A.P.. $4 ASHEVILLE, N.C..Battery Park Hotel, A.P..$4 up ATLANTIC CITY, N. J...The Dennis, A.P., $3 up; $1Sup per'week. LargestHouse.Directly on the beach BALTIMORE, UD. -The Stafford, B. P., $1.50 do. ‘The Carroiiton, A. P.. $3 up --Hetel Verdome, A.P., $5 Y.Hotel St.George, E.P..$1; A-P..33 dc. .J, W. Blake) Clarendon Hotel, E. $1.50 CHARLESTON, $.C.Charleston Hotel, A-P.,§3.50 up CINCINNATI, 0. DENVER, Col 8 & = MIAMI =) PALATKA ‘The Royal Paim, A. Putnam House, A. = : The Windsor Hotel £| ROCKLEDGE...‘The Plaza Hotel, A.P., $3 up P| SUWANEE SPRINGS HOTEL & famous water. INDIANAPOLIS, Int. ‘The Denison, A.P.. $3 up JERSEY CITY,N.J..Hotel Washington, E.P..$1.50 up KANSAS CITY, Mo. The Midland, E.P.,$iup; A. LAKEWOOD, N. J... Hotel Lakewood, ALP LONDON, Eng.DeVere Hotel) a do Broadiwalk do [Kensington Palace, W. do Prince of Wales do )Specially recommended. ILE. Al P..33 up Fifth Avenue Hotel, A. ~The Majestic, E -Hotel Netherland, -F.Leland)TheW indsor.E.P.. ++-The Gerard, E.P., $1.50; . B. Barry) St. Cloud Hotel, E. do.(B'way & 13th st.) The St. Denis,E.P.,$1.50 do... Hetel Westminster, E.P., $2; A.P., $3.50 do. (Wm. G. Leland) Grand Hote 0: (Davis & Foster) Hotei do. (Gt ave, & 10th st.) do. Hotel Endicott, ao E do.(Win. Neble) Hotel Grenoble, Ei’. y) Hotel Pomeroy, E.P.,$1 up do.Gth av.&15 st.)Hotel Kensingtou,E.P.,§1.50 do...(Famtly Hotel) Stuart House, E.P., $1.50 do. PHILADELPULA, F do. +s++-The Aldine Hot do(Restaureut a-la-carte) New. Lafayet! do. (Chas. B. Leland), Hotel Hanover, A. PHILAP@EYHIA. Colonnade, E.P.,$1.50; A. (The finest cuisine in PLiladelphia.) PITTSBUKG, Pa. PORTSMOUTH, N. H,...The Rockiugham, QUEBEC, Canada. Chateau Frontenac, A.P., $2.59 LCHMOND, VaThe Jefferson, E.P.,$1.50 up.A.P-$5up ROCHESTER, N.Y. ...Whitcomb House, AP. SAVANNAH, A.P.,$2.50 up -Yates Hotel,E.P., $1.50; A.P., $4 J-Trenton Hs+,E.P.,$1 up.A.P The Troy House, A. Arlington Hote do. .Lindell Hotel, E.P.,$1.50 up SYRACUSE, TRENT E AL Normandie, E.P., $2; A.P., $5 The Ebbitt House, A.P., $4 up ‘The Raleigh, E.P., $1.50 up my16,20,28,27thenstt Hotel Bellevue Is right in the heart of Boston—all the railroad stations, steamboat landings, theaters, clubs and principal points of snterest within half a mile of it—yet perfectly retired and quiet. Rooms and suites for both transient aud permanent guests. Cafe and service unsurpassed. Ewopean plan. Send for booklet. 17 to 23 Beacon st. (3-8,52t ~ POTOMAC J. W. SMITH, Prop'r. tcamer HARRY RANDALL will leave River wharf Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at a.m, Innding at ‘all wharves as far down us sowini’ Creek. I Mondays and Wed. nesdays at 9 p.m, ridays about 3:30 p.m, Passenger accommodations first-class. Freight recelved until the hour of sailing. E. 8 RANDALL, Proprietor and Manaer. eral Agent, Washington. DON, Agent, Alexandria IER WAKEFIELD, FOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS, Leaves Washington, 1. C., foot ih st, Mon- 7 a.m., for ititermediate landings to Colonial Beach, Bushwood, Rock Point) Nomini Creek, St GEO. O. CARPINTER, fo5-14,tf WM. M. Clement and Breton Bay landings, Wi e landings to Col Bushwood, Rock Point, Colton's, bell’s, Nomini Creek, Piney Point) , Smith's Creek, Coan and Yeo- e landings to ‘ood, Rock Point, Nomini fe2-tf . ‘neral Manager, The Weems Steamboat Co. WINTER SCHEDULE. In effect December 31, 1896. Steamer Potomac leaves 7th st.wharf every Thurs. day at 4 p.m. for river landings and Baltiny Passenger accommodation strictly first-class. Elec- trie Hghted throughout. All river freight must be repaid. Special rates given on Baltimore freig’t. STEPHENSON & BRO., Agents. de24-12tf Office 910 Pa. av Telephone 745. OCEAN TRAVEL. French Line. COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIGUE, DIRECT LINE ‘TO PARIS, FRANCE, VIA HAVRE. La Normandie, Deloucle. La Bourgogne, Lebocut. Ta Champagne, Polrot_ > a.m, RATES OF PASSAGE Firsicliss, New York to ris, $80 and upward, including railway fare to parlor car seat, and landing charges. Sec- *o Paris, $54.75. A. FORGET. Genera! Agent, General Office, No. 3 Bowling Green, N. Y. G. W. MOSS, 921 Penna. ave., Washington, D. C. Jjald-ly FROM NEW YORK, SOUTHAMPTON, LONDON, BREMEN, FAST EX- PRESS STHAMERS. Tuesday, Feb. 9, 10 a.m. ‘Tuesday, Feb. 16, 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, 10 a.m. Tuesday, Mch. 2, 10 a.m. state rooms, excellent table, lux: urious xtloon apartment: OELRICHS & CO., 2 ling Green, N. ¥. Apply at EF. DROOP, 925 Penna, Ja20-1yr Agent for Washington. GANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. Intended steamships sailing from Vancouver vo Japan ax» China. EMPRESS OF CH Mar. 1, May 10, July 12 EMPRESS OF INDL Mar. 20, May 31, Aug. 2 EMPRESS OF JAPAN...-Apr. 19, June 21, Aug. 23 TO HONOLULU, ‘FIJI AND’ AUSTRALL MIOWERA—Mareb 8. WARRIMOO—April 8. Second cabin accommodations very Jow tutes. For tickets and freight rates apply 353 Broadway, N.Y. For freight rates only, 63 Wall st., N. ¥. felb-eolyr WEST INDIA TOURS. The Elegunt Passenger Steamers MADIANA, 3.060 tons, sails Jan. 19 and Feb. 27. ORINOCO, 2,000 tons,’ sails Feb. 17. CARIBBEE, ‘2,000 tons, sails Feb. 6. = Specially iitted with electric lights, baths and all latest improvements. For St. as, St. Croix, St. Kitts, Antiqua. Guadaloupe, Dominica, ‘Martinique, St ‘Lucia, Barbados, Trinidad and Jamaica. For beauty of scenery and perfection of climate so trip ts une For iustrated pamphlets wing rates of passage and all Information aj fo ARTHUR AHERN. ‘Secretary, Quebec, Canada” A. E OUTERBRIDGE & Agents, 89 Broadway, New York. < G. W. MOSS, 921’ Pennsylvania ave., nol7-séctu26t Wai ‘on, D. American Line. Kew York-Sonibampton (Londen-Paris) Twin-sciew U. S. Mail Steamships, 5 Sailing every Wednesday. New York.Feb. 10,10 xia, St. Louls..Alar. 10, 10 am St. Louis. Feb. 17, 19 am| Paris. ....™ 7. 10 am St Paul.: ‘Feb. 10 am! St. Pau. 24. 10am ‘New York.Mar. 8, 10 ami New York. Mar. 31°10 am Red Star Line. NEW YORK TO ANTWERP. Feb a. KEXSINGTON. ruary liam. WESTERNLAN! , 12 noon iad hs March 10, 12 noon NATIONAL NAVIGATION COMPANY, INTERN Piers 14 and th River. | 1S. “Saice, 9 Bowling Green, X.Y. ATTORNEYS. WAL be FORD, prORNEY-AT-LAW, Counpentes iacerporsteds os “aet-te Ta A is, Birmingham, Chat- iad Roanoke, #200 p.m. ; mig! » 7:10 and’ 8:80 a.m, 12:10 aod 4:30 p.m. Sundays, 8:39 a.m, 4:35 For Frederick, week days, 5:30 pm. Sandays, 1:13 p.m. For Hagerstown, 10:00 &.m. and 15:30 p. For Boyd aud Way points, Week days, 7:35 5:30, 7205 p.m. Supdays, 1:15, 7:05 p.m. reburg (and way” points, week da: 43 0, 8. 4:33, 5:30, mays, 9200 ‘a.m., 1:15, 4:35, ington Junction and way points, 7:35 | 30, 5:30 p.m. week days. 1:15 pa. Sum *5 | sorar BLUE LINE FOR PHILADELPHIA. | All trains iominaicd with Pintsch light. For Vhiladelphia, New York, Boston and the Fast, week days, “8:00 (0:00 “a.m. Dining Car), 2°00 40 Dnt Car), 3:00 ©205 Dining Car), D1 ‘aight; ‘Sleeming er sive ai 20:00 0" ctockh, Dining Car), (12:40 Dining Car), ng Cary, 12:01 night; sleeping car open 10:00 o'clock. Xdditional trains for Phila~ deiphia, week days, 7:05 a.m., daily, 8:00 p.m. fet Parlor Cors on ail train For Atiautic Clty, 10-00 2m. 12:00 ton and 12:40 p.m. week days, 12:40 poi, Sundays. For Cape May, 12 {Except’ Sunday. xEx trains. Baggage called for amd checked from hotels and residences by Union Transfer Co. on order left at the New York aveaue ani WM. M. GREENE, Jaz G offices, 619 Pennsylvania ayenue no. at de 15th street and CHAS. 0. en. RAILWAY, PIEDMONT AIR LINE Schedule in effect January 18, 1897. All trains arrive and leave at Penusylvania pas- Stpger station. 8:00 AM. Local for Danville, Charlotte Connects at Manassas for Stras. Frisonbarg and way stations, dally except ortal Daily and way stations. bare. Ha and at Lymbburg with the . daily, and a Chsorapente and Ohio Natural Bridge an xington. Daily.THE UNITED STATES FAST es Pullman Buffet Sleepers, New York on to Jacksonville, uniting at Salis- bury with Pall sper for ‘Asheville and Hot Springs, N.C.; Kuoxville and Chattanoza, Tena., and at Char'oite with Pullman Sleeper ugusta. Pullmen Buffet Sleeper New York to New Orleans, counecting at Atlanta for Birmingham and Mem- phis. Solid train Washington to New Orleans with- out “ohange. Sunset Peranally Conducted Tourist Excursion Through Sleeper on this train every Sat- urday to San Francisco without change. 4:01 P.M.—Local for F Harrisonburg, man Vestibuled ation and Com- FLORIDA” Sleeping Cars, Di partment Cars Augurtine, Also Pullman Sleeper New York to ‘tion for Al WASHINGTON AND SOUTH. ESTIBULED LIMITED, composed of Pullman Vestituled Sivepers, Dining’ Cars and Day Coaches. Pullman Sleepers New York to Nashville, Tenn., via Asheville, Knoxville a York “to Tampa, via G nah and Jacksonville, and New York te phis, via Biminghan York to New Orleans, Mia Atlanta and Montgomery. _Vestibuled Day Coach Washingtou, to Atlanta.’ Southern Ratlway , Car Greensboro’ to Montgomery : DIRAINS ON WACILINGTON AND, OHTO DIvis TON leave Washington 9:01 a.m. daily x p.m. daily except Sunday, and 6:25 p.m. Sundars Sais for Round Yui: p.m. daily, except Sun- day, for Leesburg, and 6:25 p.m. daily’ for Herndon. Returning, arrive at Washington $:26 a.m. and 3:00 fly from Round Hill, 7:06 a.m. daily, ex- amday, from Herndon, m. daily, except from Leesburg. of ns from the south arrive at Wash- ton G42 nm, 220 pm and 9:40 pam. dally, Monday. Harrisonburg, 12:40 and eet arattomei Sunday, 8:30 2, ping Car reservation and informa- ‘at aifices, B11 and 1900 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania railroad passenger General Supt. “cu © Manager. JOM CULE. Trae Manager. W. A. TURK, Gen. Pass. L. 8. BROWN. A’ ALEXANDRIA A) MT. RAILWAY. - 13% st. and Penma. ave, July 20. 7:05, jis LS. WASHINGTOD 205 ex., 6: . 11:58. *Daily. _5:55, 6:25, 6:55, 7:20 ex., FROM ALEXANDRIA. 5:55, 6:25, 6:55, 7:20, ox. 1:06 ex. 1:15, *2:00, BH, 4:45 ex., 4:48 ex, 7:00, 7:15 ex. °8:00, ror MOUNT VERNON, RIVERSIDE AND WAY STATIONS.—*6: , 10:05, °11:00, 12205, 2:05, NGTON, Daily.—S:00, 9:00, 10:05, 11:00, ngers holding tirst- Raggage icket . Bieycles, 25 cents each. = ‘ innorn ‘GEO. R. PHILLIS, Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. Agt. ae8 CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY. TEROUGH THE GRANDEST SCENERY IN ALL TRAINS. VESTIBUKED, > LIGHTED, STEAM HEATED. ALL MEALS SERVED IN DINING CARS. STA- TION SIXTH AND B STREETS. Sctedule in effect December. 12, 1896. I. DAILY—Cincinnati and St. Louis Spe- cial—Solid ‘trein for Cincinnati, Pullman sleepers to Cincinaatl, Lexington, Louisville, Indianapolis and St. Louis’ without change. Parlor cars Cinein- : Thleago. “La? PAL DAILY. F. Vv. Limited Solid train ‘innati. Pullman’ sleepers to Cinciunati, Lexington and Louisville without change. reception of passengers at apartment car to Virginia Hot auge, Toesdays and Saturdays. 1 for the Springs. Sleepers Cincinnati to Chicago anor AM EXCEPT ,SUNDAY—Vie Richmond (0 Point_and Norfolk. Only rail lime: £3) PEM. DAILY For Gordonsville, Charlottes- ville, Staunton and for Richmond, daily, except Sunday. Reservations and tickets at Chesny and Ohio offices, 513 and 1421 Pennsylvania avenue, 1110 F Street northwest, and at the station. HH. W. FULLER, Geueral Passenger Agent. 2:20 nol3-38d PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. STATION CORNER OF SIXTH AND B STREETS. In effect January 18, 1897. 7:50 A.M. week days.—PITTSKURG EXPRESS— Parlor and Dining Cars Harrisburg to Pittsburg. 10:5) AM. PENNSYLVANIA LIM —Pullman Sleeping, Dining, Smoking and Observation Cars Horrisburg to Chicago, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Loulx, Cleveland and Toledo. ° Buffet Parlor Car to Harrisburg. 10.50 AM. FAST LINE.—Pallman Buffet Parlor ‘Cur to Harrisburg. Buffet Parlor Car Harrisburg Pittsburg. CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS EXPRESS. fet Parlor Car to Harrisburg. | Sleep- ng Cars Harrisburg to St. Louis, Cin- EXPRESS. Pullman shington to Pittsbui Louis and Louisville FIG EXPRESS.—Pullman Sleep- Canandaigua, Rochester and xcept Sunday. a 5 Renovo daily, except Sunday.” For Lock, Haven week days and Wil- mnsport Sundays, 3:40 P.M. 70 Pat ‘ilthunsport, Rochester, Buffalo and . except Saturday, with Slee ashington -to Suspension’ Bridge v eping Cars risburg t0 St. Dining M. PACH ing Car to Pittsburg. AM. for Ki nati). 40 P. an Niagara Falls daily, Sleeping Car Wash- gton to Elmira. pot PuILADELPAIA, | NEW YORK AND THE 4:00 P.M. ‘CONGRESSIONAL LIMITED,” dail: all Parlor Cars with Dining Car from Baltimore Regular at Car), 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 Wining Car) Dining Car trom Wil; mington) A.M., 12:4 4:20, 6:50, 10:00 and 11:35 PM. 7300 (Dining Car}, 3:00, 9:00, 11:00 (Dining Car’ from Wilmington) A.M; 2:15, 3:15, 4:20, , 10:00 and 11:35 PM. For Philadelphia only, week ia Delaware river bridge, all- “00, 50, 8:00, 9: 10:00, 1B-15; Beas, Son, 4:20, 6 1S and 1a Peat me ee days. ta cut prints on Attastio mond Atlanta Spe- cial Air Line, 8:40 = ‘Quanties, 7:45 ie bad Fen, oat at the B strects, where orders |. PREVOST, |. R. WOOD, STORAGE. NAVY seit eG, SLOAN & 00, Prope