Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1897, Page 21

SIMON NEWCOMB A Chat With the Great Astronomer About His Work. LIFE and His HOW HE BEGAN ——— His Methods of Work Amusements. —_+-—_ THE FUTURE OF ASTRONOMY (Copyrighted, 1897, by Frank G. Carpenter.) Written for The Evening Star. I nt an evening this week with the most eminent of the world’s astronomers. Prof. Simon Newcomb is to the scientists of Europe a far more interesting man than -the President of the United States. The leading foreign universities have con- ferred honorary degrees upon him, the greatest of the world’s scientific societies have presented him with gold medals for his astronomical work, and his Jooks are used in the chief universities of England and Germany. There is today not an as- tronomer living who does not base his cal- culations ‘upon Newcomb’s tables of the movements of the planets and the moon, and there is not a ship that sails the seas that is not guided by his measurements of the solar system. It is indeed difficult to give in common words a conception of Professor Newcomb’s werk. It might almost be said that he has weighed the plane: has held his stop watch on the motions of the moon, and through his mathematical genius has given us a set of instantaneous photographs of the greater heavenly bodies as they speed Prof. Simon Newcomb. on their courses through the regions of space. Think of the most difficult algebraic cal ion you have ever attempted, im- agine it to be a thousand times harder than is. then take tens upon tens of thousands uch calculations worked over and over again until absolute. accuracy is assured, and you have a small part of the details of the work of Prof. Newcomb. Think again! Suppose you had to travel the world over to get the records of astronomers for hun- dreds of years back to form the basis for such culations, that you had to work them over yourseif to see if they were cor- st, and then to recompute and recalculate ording to a new set of conditions heavenly bodies, which you your- and you have another man has done. performed during com- perintendent of the Nautical which for years has formed the shipping of the world, and the calculations for which require enormous labor. He is, in fact, the Her- cules of mathematical astronomy. Prof. Newcomb’s astronomical successes have also extended beyond his generaliza- tions and deductions based upon the ob- servations of others. He has traveled from one end of the globe almost to the other to get the best views of the stars. Now he Is in the Saskatchewan region of British America watching an eclipse of the sun, now you find him at Gibraltar noting the motions of the moon, and now his teles is pointed toward the skies at the ‘Cape of Good Hope. Prof. Newcomb at Home. Professor Newcomb lives here at Wash- ington in a three-story redbrick house on P street, just off of 16th, in what ts ene of the most fashionable parts cf the city. He has a fine library on the first floor, the walls of his workshop, frem floor to ceiling, being filled with beoks. In his collection there are many rare mathematical works. Among others, he showed me a Euclid which was printed ars before America was discovered. ‘The diagrams and initials are beautifully » and the ink, notwithstanding its fcur hundred years, is as black as that of them. as to the self had discovered, part of the labor thi: Much of this work w: the Icisure he had while acting puter and Almayae, chief zuide to the the newspaper in which this letter will be printed Professor Newcomb does the most of his werk in his library. He works with his family about him, and many of his most difficult calculations have been made while bis wife aad daughters were chatting to- gether in the same room. He has, you know, now retired from his labors for the government, but at sixty-two he is intel- lectually as able as he has ever been, and he tells me that the work he has laid out before will keep him busy for ten years to come. Just at present he is completing nis tables of the planets, upon which he has been busy for a number of years. The Beginnings of an Astronomer. I first asked Professor Newcomb whether his mathematical ability was a matter of inheritance. He replied: “I don’t know. I have studied my an- cestors somewhat to see, but have failed to find any of them who, during the past two centuries, have been college graduates. One of my grandfathers was a stone cutter by trade, but he owned a eopy of Euclid, and tradition credits him with the possession of unusual learning. My father was a school teacher.” “You were born in Nova Scotia, were you “Yes,"" seplied Professor Newcomb, “but my family came first to New England along about 166), and it was just before the revolution that the family moved to Can- ada. It was there that I spent my boy- hood, and there I lived until I came to the United States to seek my fortune.” Pitts you remember, professor, when you r: realized that you had more than ordi- y ability as a mathematician? not know that I ca Was the re- began to study arithmetic when I as five years old, and at six, I am told, [ was very fond of doing sums. At twelve I studying algebra, and about that time 1 to teach. } remember that I was was . the one whicii belonged to my grandfather. I took it down one day and got interested in it. I there got my first idea of a mathematical demonstration. The book delighted me. It opened a new world of thought, and I remember I explained it to my brother by demonstrating some of the principal theorems, drawing the dia- grams with a pencil on the ends of the jogs of a pile of wood. There was not Tuch chance for a boy in Nova Scotia, however. The people were very poor. Near- ly every family made its own clothes. The fren and boys sawed lumber and cut wood, end the women and girls sheared the sheep ard wove the wool into homespun cloth. ‘There were but few books, and until I ‘was twenty-one I had never seen a college professor.” “You can Le jee sosaine how simple the People are the in Mrs. Newcomb, With a laugh. we ha hoa visited Nova Sco- oe and found that the reputation of Prof. ‘ewcomb has gone al f among the peo- le with whom he used to live. mey for it, too.’ * that he really gets paid thrcugh the kindness of Joseph Henry I was appointed one of the computers of the Nautical Almanac, and thus began the real work of my lif How a Poor School Tencher Got Fa- mous Friends. “How did you become acquainted with Prof. Henry?” I asked. “It was through a mathematical calcu- lation. It was, I think, some algebraic problem. It was new, and I thought it might be worth publication. I sent it to him, and asked him to tell me if he thought it worth publishing. He submitied it to one of his friends, who was a mathe matician, and this man said that while it was original, it was hardly of value for publication. Prof. Henry wrote me a king jJetter regarding it. When I next went to Washington I called upon him, and later on he secured me the appointment. The Nautical Almanac was then published at Cambridge, anc while at work there I was able to attend the Lawrence Scientific School, and for the first time had access to the best books upcen scientific subjects. Later on I was appointed professor in the navy, the office of the almanac was moved here, and I was assigned to duty in the naval «pservatory at Washington.” Methods of Work. During the talk I asked Prof. Newcomb to tell me something of his habits of work. He replied: “I don't know that I have any peculiar methods of workirg. I have sev- eral rules; one is go to bed early and stay | there as long as I can, another is to eat well and to take plenty of time to it, and a third rule is to get in as much time for amusement as I can. What I have left after this I use for my work.” This statement of Prof. Newcomb as to amusement, however, should be taken with a grain of salt, for what may be amuse- ment to him would be hard work to many other men. For irstance, not long ago he referred to astronomy as his profession and political economy as his relaxation. As a rule, however, Prof. Newcomb is very careful of his habits. He goes to bed regularly, and when his hour for retiring comes he excuses himself,-no matter who may be calling upon him. For years his nights were spent at the observatory, and he has had to adopt the most rigid rules to preserve his health. Something About Telescopes. Professor Newcomb probably knows as much about telescopes as any man on earth. It was he. who superintended the censtruction and mounting of the great telescope of our naval observatory in 1873. TLis telescope had a diameter of 26 inches, and it was for some years the largest tel- escope of the world. Later on the Russian government wanted a telescope. Arrange- ments were pending toward the making a centract for its construction in Burope, when the Russian commissioners sent to the United States to get the advice of Prof. Newconib. He replied that the best telescope maker living was in the United States, and the result was that the com- missioners came here, and Mr. Newcomb introduced them to Alvan Clark. He su- pervised the contract and the making of the great telescope which they then order- ed. For his services in this work the czar sent Professor Newcomb a magnificent jasper vase on a pedestal of black marble. This vase now stands in the parlor of Prof. Newcomb’s home, and he seems more proud of it than of his monument in the adjoin- ing library, consisting ‘of volumes upon volumes of books and tables. of which he is the author. It_was Professor Newcomb who superin- tended the mounting of the Lick telescope, ard he will, I am told, make an address at the coming celebration of the putting up of the Yerkes telescope during the present ment! Original Work in Astronomy. “Is there much original work now being done in astronomy?” “Yes, indeed. Good work is being done all over the world. There are more: good astronomers now than ever before. One of the great troubles I found in making my computations for the Nautical Almanac years ago was that I had to do all the work myself. Now there are many men who can make svch computations. In my recent work I have been helped by my as- sistants at the observatory. Indeed they should have a part of the credit for much that I have done.” “Do you think that we will ever know ™much more than we now do about the stars?” I asked. “Yes, we are learning more right along.” “Is there any good reason to think that the stars are inhabited?” “That is a question was the reply. “There is no proof that some of them may not be. There are some of the planets, such as Mars, which we are led to believe have all-the conditions which would make life upon them possible. Whether there are beings upon them we do not know, and if there are we do not know if such beings are like ourselves.”” FRANK G. CARPENTER. —_ It matters little what it is that you want er a situation or a servant—a ad. in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need. Marquis Lansdowne has presented Gen- eral Miles, who sails home Saturday, with enfield cavalry carbine and a British saddle and bridle See EDUCATIONAL. IN WASHINGTON. 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Present and Prospective sindents, find all, others |tn- terested are cordially invited to be secretary can be seen at his office in tl ta ly from 6 to 7 p.m., for information, en- payment of fees, ‘ete: ‘Those proposing to connect "themselves with’ the school for the cit suing term are requested to enroll their names be- fore the cpening night. announced st. the ennual commencemen tin tended to three years, beginnit of 1898-99. Students entering this year chn grad- uate in two years, as heretofore. Circulars giving’ course of study, can be obtained at the book store of W. son's Sons, 1326 F street northwest; Lowdermiik & Co., 1424 F street, and John Byrne & SOEs im F street rorthwest, and at W. Grog store, 903 18th Street northwest. or ae ae plication persorally or by letter to the unders! sel8-3w 8. M. YEATMAN, The Woman’ 's Law Class terms, | et H. 2 Attorney-at-Law, 470 La. ave. n iss EMMA M. GILLETT, Morey: -at-Law, 802 F st. a.w. Tir. B. Frank Gebestoncastin, Lessons at Studio, 1327 F St. N. W. sell- cM Bas Z. D. Bucher, eacher 0! > Piano and ———e Ps her mudio, 1413 Nat ne MISS BALCH’S CIVIL SERVICE = ae ae College, 1311 aa ant bi st tings ng and stenography tausht Ly best tea erst SH00" pupils inserugted. 1i-tt FRIENDS’ SELECT SCHOOL, 1811 1 STRFET N.W. ELIENTARY AND HIGH SCHCOL FOR BOTH SEX! FIF- TEENTH YEAR BEGINS SEPT. 27. > expert- enced cnd professional teachers. College pre- ratory wi #® apecialty. 8 cut of 9 of our stu- lents passed successful entrance examinations last June for Bryn Mawr, Harvard, Inst. of Tech- vology, Princeton, Vassar, Worcester Polytechni>, Yale. Colleges admitting on our cert: vere aes are Dartmouth, Univ. of Penns; ini Sw Vassar. Text books free. NEW GYMNASTUS. well eauipped vith apparatus and baths. Play . e laboratory. Office hours, 10 a.m. a2 a ‘HOMAS W. SIDWELL, Principal. sele-t Miss Sherman’s School For girls, cor. 19th st. and Jefferson place. Be- opens October EPARATE PREPARATORY DEPT. FOR BOYS. msie se9-I1m 1864 ‘1897 SpencerianBusinessCollege NEW AND BEAUTIFUL HALLS In Academy of Music building, Ninth Se cormer nw. Entrance 403 Ninth st. a ope] tic year. Day and evening api waiting English, ray ae calculations, book- keeping, laws ethics of business, science of wealth science of citizenship, vocal and physical the art of expression (Delsarte method), shorthand and ty writ! Terms ms reasonable, but no competition with cheap schools. ss Office open every business day and night through- out the year. Call 0: send for new announcement, "97-'98. Mrs. Sara ‘A. Spencer, 8e20-Im Principal and Propristor. MRS. FLINTS SCHOOL WILL BROPEN OOF: 22. For cireulars and information agpl ny at res. ‘dence, 1734 1 st. Until Oct. 1 may be acdress-d at Cotuit, Mass. jyl6-4m The Bliss School of Electricity, -35 B ST. N.W., WASHINGTON, D. 6. ‘The only institution teaching practical electri- cal engineering exclusively.’ Laboratory equip- ment <acellent. Instruction the best. Course opens October 1. Catalogues on spplication. 6w _ LOUIS DENTON BLISS, President. Tir. Henry Stopsack, Teacher of Piano and Violin. se7-1m* Wo, 617 Penna. ave. s.c. Sng, wa Bon MT choca, LESSONS. few Yark, ys and ‘Tocsdays; ington, ‘ednesdays, ays, Fridays and Saturdays, se18-1m 1i5 9th st., ‘The Montrose. Chevy Chase. FRENCH nbs ENGLISH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Suburb of Washington, French the tanguage of the house. Mie. L. -M. ROULIG: Principal, Miss ©. FETTIGREW, Asst. Principal, my13-Ly-: 10 PB. O. Station EB, ee Do ns. SUSANNE OLDBERG WILL RESUME LES- sh September 15, at 1706 Yth st, few, "publ concerts, November, January April. Chorus class formed October 1. se¥-1m* MR. FuSKAws SCHOOL, 1633 ee Preece’ eptember 27, 1807. ° Pupils e8, cutvoreition tech: Best of referenccs. sel-it = Tiss KERR'S SCHOOL, 1438 N’ST. N.W.. WILL REOPEN SEPTEMBER 30. Accommodations for three or four boarding pupils. auld-3m Te Lat Aopen Bray ier, HOTEL INFORMATION FREE. For booklets of American, HOTEL TARIFF B BUREAU, S Bien Ave, New Nort. ‘London. Rue de itivolt, Paria, HOTEL POCKET GUIDE GT.BARRINGTON, Mass. Berkshire Inn, 4.P., §3 up KANSAS CITY,Mo. TheMidiand, E.P.,$1up;A.P.,$3up ir Eng. -Hotel Cel, EP., $2 up he Langtam Hotel, E.P., $2 up LONDONWeetaniasten, St-Ermin’sHotel. High class. Unexcelied ‘or luxury, comfort, cuisine. E.P..81 tp LONDON,Eug.DeVere Hotel) DeVere Gardens, @o....Brosdwalk do, | Kensington Palace,W. do. .Prince of Wales do. ) Specially recommended oak ORLEANS,La. New St.ChariesHotel,A.P.,$4 up Hotel Grunewald, E.P., $1 up ‘Cosmopolitan Hotel, E.P., $1.50 up Fifth Avenue Hotel, A.P., $5 ‘The Majestic, E.P., $2 h av &Atb) The Windsor, A.P.,84up:BP.,$1.50 up do....(N. B. Barry) St. Cloud Hotel, EP., $1.50 do....Hotel Westminster, E.P., $2; A-P., $3.50 do....Hotel Endicott, E.P., $2; A.P., $2.50 up do. .(Chas.A.Davis) Hotel St. Andrew, E.P..$1.50 @0.(W.JobnsopQuinn)Htl. Empire,E.P.,$1;A-P..$3 o...(Wm. Noble) Hotel Grenoble, E.P.,§1.50 up do. (th av.£15th st.)Hotel Kensington, E.P..$1.50 @o.(Coambers&W.B' way). Cosmopolitan, E.P.,$1 up do. .(s.e. cor. 5th av.&15 st.)Hotel Hanover,A.P. @.......THE RUTLAND, 57th and Broadway. Superior apartments, $1,200 to $3,500 yeariy, ana Eee a.-New Walton Hotel, E.P., $2 ‘The Aldine Hotel, A.P., $3.50 panera a-la-carie)NcwLafayette,E.P_.Slup _P..$4 up ST.LOUIS.Lin7il Hotel.E.i" *1%* up, AP. $2.50up SYRACUSE, N.Y...Yates Hotel, E.P..$1.50; A.P.34 TROY, N. Y. ~The Troy House, A.P., $3 up -Arlington Hotel, A-P., $5 ‘The Raleigh, E.P., $1.50 up my16,20, 23.27thenstt SUMMER 1 RESORTS. ATLANTIC CITY, N. 3. HOTEL RICHMOND, KENTUCKY AVE., ATLAN- te City. elevator to Ee Seiten a iy sped The > Sheiburne. ee beach. Open throughout the fe poo ad D. SOUTHWICK, Manager. sede SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER AT ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, Are Most Delight tal. HADDON HALL Will remain open .brcughout the year. Segson- able pleasures and rinusements. Hiustrated booklet 0 alled. sel-8,52t LEEDS & LIPPINCOTT. HOTEL ST. CHARLES. Adlantic City, N. J. ‘The fiuest hotel on the coast, Will remain Ope2 throughout the year. Strictly first-class in every appointment. Write tor Mustrated booklet, JAMES B. REILLY, mb6.208t Owner and Proprietor. THE PENNHURST-OCEAN END OF MICHIGAN ave... Atlantic Cite, Ni Ji: electric elevator to street level. Send for iilusitated bookiet. JAMES HOOD. SEASIDE—MISCELLANEOUS. SANDERSON'S ON'S HOTEL, ANNAPOLIS, MD.—LARGE conveniences; abundant table; ERES bathing, ANDERSON, 5 r Week upward. formerly "Congressional ar THE MOUNTAINS. THE BOLIVAR HEIGHTS HOTEL AND VALB Cottage wauts 30 persons in the mountains. This Point commands unequaled views of th» historic Mountains of Pa., Md., Va. and W. Va. “All home comforts.’ ial terms are offered for the a Get, “Write for terme, dec. W. J. MURPHY. an TOP HOUSE, HARPER'S FERRY, W. VA.— pa eis resort is open. Satisfaction Dancing, ‘ening. boating: t legraph ia for Tooke. I'S. LOVE months of Sept. se10-1 Bouse,” Apply ca a ey a, OCEAN TRAVEL American Line. New York-Southampton (London-Paris) ‘Twin-screw U.S. Mall Steamships, Sailing every Wednesday. St. Paul...Oct. 6. 10 am, St. \ - 13, 20am Paris... Oct. 20, 10 am St. Paul Oct. 27. 10 St: St. Louis Red Star Line. NEW YORK TO ANTWERP. NOORDLAND. INTERNATIONA! Piers 14 and 15, North ee ss jowling Green, N. ¥. GEO. W. MOSS, “Agent, = se22-6m 921 P nn. NORTH GERM Fast EXPRESS 5 ci Spree.Sat.-Oet, 16, 10 aim [Haves WIN-SCRI ‘Oct. 18, 10 am. OL RICHS € 00., 2 BOWLING GREEN. pply to E. F. DROOP, 925 Pa. ja20-1y Agent’ for Washington, French Line. . CCMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQLE, ee LINE TO PARIS, FRANCE, VIA HAVRE, From Pier 42, North River, 1 Mortun st. La Touraine, Santelli. La Bretagne, Rupe. s ™, La Gascogne. Bandelon. Sat., Oct. 2, 10 a.m, RATES OF PASSAGE—First-cless, New York to Paris, $105 and upward by all steamers excopt La Touraine, including railway fare to Paris aud land- ing charges. Buffet Parlor car seats free. Sec- ond-class to Paris, $54.75. er ae ng gral Agent, General Office, No. 3 Bowling ‘Green, ae 4 . MOSS, 921 Penn. ave., — ton, ba POTOMAC RIVER ‘BOATS. Emerson Institute (YOUNG'S ACADEMY). Select classical and matnematical school tor es inen and boys, 914 14th st., opposite Frank- Snuare, will reopen September 27. Cireulars t the school buil SEdia, oe a Stessin ‘CHAS. B. YOUN auld- Principal. The McDonald-Ellis : SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, 1623 Not, 1305 17th st, 162i Massachusetts ave. Oct 1897. Fifteenth year. tober 6th, JESSIE C. TcBONALD, sell-Im eat _MARLAN for concerts, taaght i8, or cal sid eae star N's, 1827 F st. nw. Pe SCHOOL OF ee wee Prof. that EY VOINOT. ‘Twenty lessons, 8e20-1m MADAME J. Oe DALY, Ey oe yoice bu! beamed ve E & RANDALL'S POTOMAC RIVER LINE. | gaageeee genic RANDALL andar River View wi Sundaj a ursdays: = Tam. landing a Colonial Beach Compal Foi, and ali wharves as down ascLower jachodoc, Returping on Sina and Wednesdays at 9 p.m, and on Fridays about 3:30 p.m. UNITED STATES Alar ROUTE wasniNeTon J D.C. TO GLYMONT, MD., Steamer SAM'L J. at 9:30 a.m. eiteiratng ab ‘Passenger a first ceived aatll the bour of sailing. ES ee oe ant aaa Resnbox. 3 Agent. ery Sg, Wapiete, se13-20te THE WEEMS STEAMBOAT CO. schedule in effect June STBAMERS POTOMAC AND Ste en. SFR wv Pitt 10:50 A.M. a. LIMITED. — Pulima: Sleeping, “Dining, beer 4 ton Care Barreeberg to Chicago, Innatt, Indianavolis, > a Geveland and Toledo. Buttet Tarler 050 AM. F: LINE. Pullman Buffet Parlor arto tim Parlor Car Harris- AND ST. APRESS, —Sleeping Gar ‘ano 1 ae tone And Dining Cars Harrisburg Nesbrific ea Cioctnwath and “chicago. 20 P.M. WESTERN Cleveland. 7:10 1M. S0UTI EXPRESS. —Pun- man Sleeping Cars W, on to Pitusbu ne to St. uni Cicesnnat!” Tuine ‘ wading. 10:50°A Me for Ellen soe wro dally, except Su Lasers es. i" p. Car to Bt ion Lo Rochester, a Adelphia, New York and the Bast. UNG TONAL. LIMITED, “CONGKESS! ‘all Parlor Care with Dining Gar from ait For im, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 12:5 a, 31 AM. and 4 Paatls n'Sumdag.’ Sundays, 8-08 For ote 00, 9:00 AM. 121 iy. except Sunday. — Atinntte Const Line —Express 4 on Atlantic Coast Line, falls; Hichmond only. 1 45 A.M. daily SEASHORE For Atlantic City rail route), 3 i Ticket offices, corner 15th and G street the ‘station, ath and B streets, where onlers oat be left baggage to dratination R. Woop, WU SON, 3. “General Manager. General Pass. Agent. BALTIMORE AND ono RAILROAD. Schedule in effect June 5, 1897. Leave Washin;ton from station coruer of New reey ave. % Nesttbuled Limited is, Ex- wont ‘estibuled "mien B00" pw Vor Pistsang! aud Cleveland, Express daily, 10:00 p wiumbus, Toleds and Detrolt, 1 For Winc Jerse; For Chicago and trains, 10. For’ Cinetanatt: St. Louis Vestibul ter and Ww: c n a ay stations, $8200, fii s45 For New Sricans, Memphis, Bismingham, Chat, tanooga, Knoxville. Bristol ‘and Kuanvoke, D.m. daily; Por Luray, 3: 1, p.m. ay petann, week days, 8:00 a.m., 05 p.m. Sundays, »: gion Junction and way poles a.m., 4.30, 5:00 p.ul., week days: 9:00 a. im., Sunda Val BLUE LINE FOR NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA. an trios sWuminated with Kew For Phi days, "7:05, 8: 240 Dining Ca i 08 Dian night; Sleeping Car open s R= Sleeping Additional me tor Pl Week days, daily. 5:00 p.m. Buffet Parlor Cars on all ‘Cat ope Wadelphia, For Atlantic City, 7:08, ~ 12:00 noon, 32:40 ‘and 3:00 pati. week 12:40 p.m. Sun: a Gare, Maz. 12:00 noon tExcept Sunday. aa, $Sunday only. ns. ‘New SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Schedule in effect July 4, 1897, All trains arrive and leave at Pennsylvacl stetion. A-M.—Datly—Loval tor Danville, Charlotte 8 for : Gully for 11:15 A.M.—Daily Mall. Curies Pullna and Washington to bury mick al Daler Slee ksouville, wv man Sleeper for As Orleans without change. Sunset Perso ducted Tewist Exeuision Through Sleeper on this Sjain every Wednesday to San Francisco without S401 P-M.—Local for Front Royal, Strasburg and Harrisonivarg, daily, except Surday 1 PM P. Hottesvile. 3 Dally VASHINGTON AND SOUTH- N VESTIBULED LIMITED, named of Pullman Vestibuled Sleepers. Dining Cars and Tay Coaches. | Pullman Sleepers to Nashvilie, Jai via Birming han; via “Atlanta and Montgomery Corch Washington to Atlanta. to WASIUNGTOD SION ig ‘Washington 9:01 a and 4:43 p.m, daily exe Sundays only cept Sundey, for Leesburg, and 6: Herndon. Reta 5 Vestibaled Day Southern Railway ontgouer AND OHIO Be3 ail pm. doily for arrive at cate ‘8:28 - and §:40 p.m. daily and ‘Through trains from ‘the south arrive at Wash- ington, 6:42 a.m., 2:20 p. m. uily. Harris-wivung, "1240 “and o:35 pm. aaliye except Sunday, and 8:30 a.m. daily from Charlottesville. bikes furnished sleeping Car reservation informa- ished at oMices, S11 and 1300 Penneylvanla srense, at Pennsylvania railroad passenger station, W..H GREEN. Genecal Supt. % P. Trafic Manager. Mi TURi Gen Pass Agent. D's ‘snows: Gon Agt. Pass. Dept. WASHINGTON, ALEXANDRIA AND MT. VERN BAILWay, = FROM STATION, 13% STREET AND PA. AVE. "In effect May 9, 1697, For Alexandria, (weck days), 05, 7:35 8: $8 a ey 11:00, 128 Toe, ids, B83 hee 8:00, 9:0, 10:00, 12:88, 1:00,