Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1897, Page 20

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1897-94 PAGES. A VISIT TO MOLOKAI Where Helpless Lepers Spend Their; Few Remaining Years. HOW THEY LIVE AND WHAT THEY DO Even With Them Life is Not Alto- gether Cheerless. Hao LONG DRAWN OUT TRAGEDIES oT LONG AGO I made a visit to a in the mid- Pacifice paradise of who, like the afflicted habitations t from the!r own people, vere taken a little before the meeting of the decided that cause of the Which makes the blood creep with slower ve and muscle till life The conclusion of the y is contagious, but y be simply an expres- accepted or not declaration that isolation is questioned by whose experieace has taken lepers in any country. The syst2m of isolation in its methods en to advantage in law hes been ob- served by the government for a full gen- decree uf segregation is enforced with impartial inflexibility. The u softened in outward form. and per=uas! dealing with individua fare of the whoie mount consideration per settlement on tke Island of Molokai is not maintaired as a resort for It is not ineant to be an attrac- travelers, und access to it is not made easy in order that the curious-minded pace and deadens ne itself sloug* n umong the and results may be The Levitical on are the rule in 4 cases, but the wel community is the para- obstacles other tha: exist are pla in the way of legitimate The settlement is un the board of health, of which the attorney general S can set foot on the pen Kalaupapa v ier the con- out an official pern comes to inspect the place Physicians and world who may Ubose parts rarely fa‘l to by journeying to the Morbidness is di ture-tak’ng of the lepers as it is forbidden to take » patients in hospitals. gard fer the feelings of the afflicted and for their friends and relatives fcrbids the use of names. Eappen to be i the authorities. P Seldom Scen. After 1 two month { could readily Persons in Honolulu Favg ever seen the leper colony. It is for the same reason that the wards of the ho: gre unknewn Stay in the islands, why so few tals in the great take them cr whose Kin are inmates. exists everywhere, but people do not seek * mere of it than comes to them in- to credit the tement that the creat ma ple in Honolulu had never seen s lk abroad or stretch craving alms, to the com- thoughtlessly approach them. The bared hed, sarment and the covered lip are of the lerers in Hawa‘l. The 3 its ¢wn charge, . ministers to their net ‘one in ‘cian, the firs ferth fingerl Was pointed out to him in Saa ttlement on ourage frequent trips. 2 h a number of physicians for whose benefit the gov- t had chartered a vessel enabled me experience of a chapter in {ts Jze does not render a car- at proof against ng current from A long night eeded to cover the fifty miles from which is ordinarily a six hours’ In the morning a spiritless set al and scientific gentlemen crawled dan uneven night . with their foot- d their common misery choice been m them at that moment between ment on land among the lepers ne return to Honolulu, have choser to make the thirst for k: ‘da churn: hs of the se e floor of the eabi they would pa, the chief leper viliage, is not It ts the only landing place of land which leaps out from the foot of the lofty cliffs into the ocean. settlement is not an unpleasant sight. It differs from most Hawaiian coast vil- i a fringe of algabora Once the place must not so now. en the tensue trees or cocos them set back in we th i rdens and tre The place wil: be more pleasing to the eye n the water which d down from the mountains We were fortunate sea so that a Often the waters small boat cannot put Sometimes when ched only at peril of life. lis a rare event at rival, unlocked for most of the population down clustered along the tched us with lads always coming of stran| ors break the monotony Clambering up the rocks s to hand the indispensable a man with green goggles ory is that the board h issues a permit to itself when and are al- F seans it as closely as he does the which permits the landing of An Outline Picture. Imagit.aticn ts sometimes more suggest- ive than the thing itself. ture of the people that watched us that morning, a passing glimpse of faces seamed ried, had in it nothing extraordin- Some vissges, perhaps, we would just as lief not have looked upon, but they were pot many. I afterward learned that this is so of the entire settlement. Some are that tell in a single glance what may happen to the image of God's creat- , and pity shames wonder in the ob- server's feelings. If the imagination were to frame its picture of the leper settle- nt on Molokal from these, a fearful one Happily this . ne greater nuinber are not so afllicted is a blight in the sight After coming ashore it is a zigzag walk to the inclosure wherein fs the residence of the and also the strangers" The walk affords views of the cot- tages, their interiors and their cecupants. Most of the occupants, however, are with- cut. In this settlement the scriptural rule An outline pic- it would be. that their existence superintendent, is reversed. The dweller in the “several house” is the non-leper. The isolation is for him. The lepers are-not permitted to enter the grounds of the strangers’ and the superintendent’s houses, which are sur-. rounded by an ordinary fence. For .the superintendent: this isolation means noth- ing, for he ts daily and hourly among them. For the visiting stranger it is—well, per- baps, immunity from imagined and imagin- ary dangers. At all events, the isolation enabled us that Sunday morning to watch the lepers’ church-going. They came on herseback, both sexes, and hitched their horses just 2s is done at the Sunday morn- ing service in thousands of villages in the United States. They poured out of the cot- tages. exchanged greetings and tarried at the church doors for a moment's neighbor- ly talk. Frem the Bishoo Home a ‘troop ef young girls. marshaled by the mother stperior and the sisters. took their way in Couble file to the Catholic Church. Lepers at Chureb. We wandered down among the churches where the lepers were worshiping. The Y. M. C. A. Hall, in which afternoon ser- vices are held, was opened for our inspec- ticn by a leper who hobbled over from one of the cottages with the key. It is a com- fcrtable and well-appointed building. The doors and windows of the Protestant Church were open. We could see the benches crowded with pupils and hear the Sunday schovl classes clattering with ques- tions and answers. The responses which floated out on the soft air were full of heartin: Later the singing swelled forth with Methodistic volume. We mingled also with the groups of communicants from the Catholic Church as they were scattering. They were glad to see and talk with visit- ors. for the talk was not of themselves. Ore could not fail to remark their kindness to cne another. A little Chinese woman whose face was just beginning to tell of the misforture fate has put upon her was tenderly helped down the steps by two na- tive women. Young girls came out, their arms twined arovnd each other. The Mor- mons also have their tiny box cf a church with some members. That morning two of the Mormon missionaries were at the strangers’ house. and later they gathered together a handful of worshipers. At the Bishop Home. The natural sequence to seeing the church-goers was to visit the Bishop Home, the institution maintained for leper girls and young women. It is in charge of the Franciscan Sisters. In the school room and the dormitories cleanliress and order were almost painfully visible. It was good to know that most of the inmates were not among the sorely afflicted. They enjoyed the presence of visitors, seampered over the premises and behaved as school girls every- where might behave under the same cir- cumstances. Not all of them. A girl of twelve or thirteen years. whose comely features were as vet barely marred by a scarred seam, catching sight of the visit- ors convulstveiy hid her face in her hands and ran sobhing to a corner of the room. Tt was a flash of hyman nature instantly Muminatire the pathos of the leners’ ex- istence. The years mav he menv till the dsease claims the final accounting from this voung victim. Rut the inevitable end fs there. and the intervenine years of pirl- heod and vornge womanhon4. The instine- tive realization of it all by this child of thirteen—conkd she bnt shot ft ont ae she shut ont the sieht of the straneers. That may not he. A Mirlam of tender age. as one dead wet living. the futrre ean bring no cleam of hore into her nathette life. After thet sight the gentle invitation of the mother sierior. “Came and see onr sick ones" was unheeded by me. and I wan- fered hack to the strangers’ house and awetted the return of the nhesiclans from thefr visit to the hospital patients. The Indotence of Discane. Kalaupapa is rot the original leper set- tlement. That is at Kalawao, across the base of the peninsula. It is a short half hour on horseback. The road is a good one rurning close to the foot of the cliffs. It is in reality a village street. for cot- tages line it. Many Of the cottages are in the midst of gardens, others are barren in their surroundings. All might be made attractive except for the indolence of their occupants. The government does not Press work upon them. In a disease which benumbs the muscles and each day spreads the languor of a deepening sleep over the faculties, it is difficult to draw the line and say who are capable of labor. But these homes are not homes of despair. Horses and cows are owned by every family. Many of the lepers are met on horseback. They like riding, and they do some furious riding, too. Coffee houses are plentiful. They are a kind of wayside inn for ght refreshments. A not overclean white rag hanging from a stick in front of several houses leads to the inauiry whether there is other illness in the settlement, and whether this is the mark of contagion. There are other ailments, for leprosy gives no immunity from common maladies. But these signs are no warnings of disease. They simply mean that “poi” is to be had within. “Poi is the food of food among the Hawalians. Cheery greetings are given us as we ride along. Every cottage has its group of occupants stretched lazily on the floor or sitting out in front enjoying the sunshine and the mild sea breeze. One family cries vs a merry “aloha,” which is Hawaiian for “howdydo,” and a ood many other things besides. The Original Settlement. Kalawao, though the original settlement, is less of a village than Kalaupapa. The Protestant Chapel and Father Damien’s Church are clese together. The simple monument in the churchyard with the plain inscription, “Father Damien,” can be seen from the roadside. The martyred priest's memory lives and he needs no pre- tentious monument. The Baldwin Home for boys and men is located here. It is under the charge ef the Christian Brothers. Everything about it is well appointed. Here, too, I left the physicians to visit the sick ones and contented myself with seeing the well ones among the lepers. Most of the inmates were youths of good physical appearance, not yet scarred by the scourge. Riding on to Waihanau val- ley it was not possible to repress our ad- miration for the beauty of the scene. The cliffs of New England are surpassed and the island rocks are as grim as anything that may be seen off the Atlantic coast. Coming upon a group of leper children far up in one of the gorges, it was for all the world a picture of happy youth, care-free and unconscious of any shadow hanging over the future. There are several trails over the steep precipices. I do not think more than a nominal guard is kept to prevent the es- cape of lepers. Probably if they wanted to do so, many of them could wander away and scale the cliffs. Escapes, £0 called, are occasionally reported. But when they are once on the settlement lit- tle desire is shown to get away. The sur- roundings are pleasant and the comforts are ater than most of the lepers have previously known. If they should follow the tralis, several of which have been clo: these only lead along “‘palis’ or precipices and through forest wildernesses down to the ocean on the other side of Molokai. There is no gettirg off from the island itself, and passing boats do not pick up fugitives. A Distressing Feature. Riding back to Kalaupapa I was struck with the number of persons whose eyesight seemed to be affected. That is one of the most distressing features of the disease, which in itself commonly is not painful. The graveyards, too, are numerous. We had ail seen and heard enough to ask intel- ligentiy about the conditions of leper life as it is lived in this camp set apart from the world for those wMo are as dead to the world. Imagination and fiction have caus- ed much to be written that never happened. Stories have been toid that were literally ews to those whose functions give them the means of knowing what goes on. The realities are enough without invention or imagination. The management of the set- uement is wholly by the government. While autocratic authority is possessed it is seldom exercised in an autocratic man- rer. The regulations are like those of a great hospital camp. They relate mainly to hygiene, sanitation and kindred matters. The land belongs to the government, but the lepers are permitted to build and own their own cottages, of which there are more than 300 at Kalaupapa and Kalawao. They have their Fe si horses, cattle, dogs and some have shéep. Where they will, they cultivate gardens of their own. The government issues to them from fhe store, or provision house, rations twice a week. ‘These rations consist of beef, “pol,” fish, rice, flour and other food staples. It also gives them an annual “clothes rations” al- lowance of $10. They Toil Not. Their friends are permitted to send them supplies. Their life Is the ordinary life of a Hawatian village, with daily labor left out. They ride, fish, visit, gossip, have up. communication with their friends and Telatives on the other islands. Correspond- ence from Molokal is aa pean a of postage stamps. The let! are disin- fected and fumigated before the mail bag leaves the island. The Kalaupapa post- mark carries them everywhere in Hawaii. As may be supposed, the medical regula- tions are strict, but the resident physicians exercise a professional and not a civil au- thority. Under all these conditions, neither Kalaupapa nor Kalawao is a community of misery. What have the years taught about this disease? As to its cure, nothing. As to the betterment of the lepers’ existence and the lessening of their suffering, mvch. The treatment is an improvement on form- er years. Experimental treatment, too, has been encouraged, and is still encouraged within reasonable limits. Scientists have come to the settlement, studied patiently for years, practiced, benefited some, left others in doubt, and have gone away baf- fied as to a cure for leprosy. I might offend an honored profession by saying that the @isease, so far as human curative agency goes, is where it was 5,000 years ago, when Moses gave the law of segregation to the Israelites, yet that would merely be re- Peating what was told me by those who spoke from personal knowledge and experi- ence. At present, what is known as the Japanese treatment is giving good results. Medicated baths are had from waters pos- sessing the same chemical properties as the natural springs in Japan, to which resort is had beneficially by ieprous persons. They are caustic in their nature. We visited the bath houses and had the system explained. It is not dissimilar to the ordinary medi- cated bath. Faith in Medicine Men. I was told that the lepers now show greater willingness to follow a medical regimen. A passive race believing the ill- ness is a supernatural one, for a long time they had a fatalistic indifference to treat- ment. Moreover, their faith was in the “kahuna lapaayps” or medicine men. The kahuna is a sorcerer who cures by incan- tations. The native Hawaians cling to him, or her—for the kahuna is often a woman. and even when white physicians are em- Ployed the kahuna is likely to be called in secretly. In the early days of the lever settlement kahunaism was rampant. Now it is said to be less resorted to among the lepers than among the native Hawaiians generally. I am not going to write a scientific treatise, and shall not enter fully into vital statistics. Whether the disease is increas- ing or decreasing must he judged in a gen- eral way. The authorities say it fs less vrevalent than formerly. That it is not increasing seems conclusively established. Whether there fs an actual decrease is not easv to determine. There are eleven hun- dred lepers on Molokai. The annual death rate is a trifle over 10 per cent. not a large one, relatively. It is apparently decreas- ing, but this may be due to the fact that tke leners are now brought to the settle- ment in the earlier stages of the disease. Seven years is said to be the extrem period during which the bacillus may Se in the blocd before its manifestations are known. Four vears fs stated to he the period before a fully developed case reaches the fatel end. but this gives a wrong idea of the mortality. It mzyv be a question what constitutes a fully developed case I was told that in mcst instances, even with aduits, twelve years of sluggish exist- ence cculd be counted ahead. The condi- tions of the settlement. the open air, the medical attendance, the nursing given each ease, are all favcrable to prolonging life. The last stage Is paralytic, and the casual visitor sees few decrenit cases. He also sees more instances of nerve patsy, or atrophy, than of the nodular, or repulsive forms. Yet for them uil there is the same termination. Disease is Contagious. I wes informed that it is rare for more than one case of I-prosy to be developed in cne household or family. That might sup- port the conclusion of the Berlin medical conference that the Gisease is contagious, but not hereditary. Whether a South Sea Islander or a native of China brought it to this paradise may be in doubt, but those who have studied it seem to agree that its spread is due mcre to Inoculation than to hereditary tzint. I noticed most of the members of our party showed their belief in the theery of inoculation by wearing thick gloves, lest a chance touch might prcve contagious, but this precaution did not impress the non-lcprous people at the settlement. The presence of the “kokuas,” or helpers, seems to be another proof of comparative immunity. There are one hun- dred and fifty of these now at the settle- ment. Often they are relatives of the lepers, who have been permitted to come with the patients, but frequently they are simply hired nurses. They must leave the settlement within a fortnight after the death of their patient. The cages of leprosy which develop among these “‘kokuas,” or helpers, does not exceed 10 per cent. Support for the theory of inccuiation is given by the white lepers. Among the eleven hundred lepers on the island there are just a dozen Americans and Europeans. Several of these are men who had been in the habit of working among the natives, and whose trade called for the handling of edged tools. A chance cut, possibly a bad conditicn of the blood, careless con- tact, and in a few years the disease which bafles medical science. Others of the white men there could not trace back the origin of the disease. Inherited, they were sure it was not. One man who regularly draws a handsome income trom property in Honoluiu had traveled the worid over sceking relief. Driven from pillar to post in the United States, he finally came back to Molokai to end his days. A white man with whom I talked among the group at the Catholic Church in the merning after- ward told me he had had ‘“‘a touch” of the troutic a few years ago, and had come to the settlement for that reason. He had not since then been bothered. But he will never leave Kalaupapa. The touch that is in his blood will keep him on the peninsula for the remainder of his days, though they bid fair to be lon; Others, too, are at the settlement who have had what they think is “just a touch,” but they will remain. I heard of no cases where the diagnosis of the physicians nad proven wrong or had resulted in sending non-leprous persons to Kalaupapa. A Wholesome Existence. ‘The lepers who are on Molokai seem to be fully satisfied with their surroundings. If their biood is unwholesome, they are at least able to lead a wholesome existence. I talked with a number of them, not about the disease itself, but about the daily rou- tine. They are cheerful and contented. The consciousness that they are doomed, that the cliffs and the sea are for them a prison, from which death is the only re- lease, does not seem to welgh on their spirits. The leper settlement is terrible orly before it is known. With better knowledge of what the settlement is, the antipathy of the natives to it is disappear- ing. Sometimes, when the signs of “the bad sickness,” as they call it, appear, their families try to hide it, but sometimes, ‘oo, they go to the government physician and ask for an examination. They are ready to leave their homes for the settlement if the doctor pronounces it “the bad sick- ness.” They are taken to the Kahili receiv- ing station or detention hospital at Hono- lulu, and remain long enough to have the presence of the disease fully established before they are removed to Molokai. Heroic Tragedies. In this colony of living death there are heroic tragedies dragging out day by day. Among the lepers we talked with was the son of a former cabinet minister. He has a trace of white blood in his veins. He hes been on the peninsula for many years. His executive abilities are conspicuous. He has been intrusted with much responsibility by the government, and has shown himself worthy of it. His services have been al- most priceless in the administration of the affairs of the settlement. He is still fertile in suggestion and active in practical im- provement. But his faculties are not quite as strong and clear as they were a while ago. He knows what this means, but he goes bravely on with his work. Another, a young man, was a few days ago the pridc and the hope of his teachers in the Kame- bameha schools, which are exclusively for the education of Hawalians. He gave great promise of a successful career as an archi- tect. A visit to the world’s fair in Chiccgo wus part of his training. Before ne re- turned to Hawali cértain symptoms de- veloped which must have meant poignant agony for this young man, with his-talent and his ambition. On his return’ he tub- mitted unflinchingly to the test. When the time came for departure he bade his friends a cheerful good-bye and calmly told* them there was a career for him on Molp- kal if not in the world outside. Both pre- | sta: ‘watched him as he poaaetient en thought of the 1; emblazoned: in EDUCATIONAL. IN| WASHINGTON. Shorthand ¥& DR. JOHN P. CAULFIELD’S SCHOOL OF MUSIC, 1327 -M ST. and withvat here wh he not oy Bird & Marriages Among Lepers. The question of morals and of science !s not for discussion in this narrative of an ‘Théte are marriages, jaupapa and Kala- incidental visit. births and deaths at wao, as in other parts of the world. Father Damien was an earnest advocate of inter- marriage ainong the lepers as a means of ity of the settlement. tains in Honolulu a fon-leprous children of leprous parents. They are segregated at an early age. That is about as much as any government ageng; physicians in our part: visit to China and Japan, where no attempt is made at isolatipg the suffers from the healthy members of the community. Oth- ers had studied leprosy in the settlement at St. Christophs in the West Indies, at Co- lombia in South America, where segrega- tion is not attempted, and in Norway. Their common verdict was that the disease d in Hawaii than ary- come within their exper- ‘ay the ultimate disappearance of it will come in Itawaii from the ciream- stence st:at the uative Hawalian race is a In the ethnological serse it ruay be said to be a dying race. With the dectease of thi » leprosy in thi Pacific dies. see Beene Farewell to Kalaupapna. Reflections on this subject came to vs all taat evening as our vessel took its cepar- ture, The leper band came down to sere- nade us. It is one of the institutions of the settlement, and its services are in fre- Its memb:rs wore neat white uniforms. They played with spirit and vigor. As to the sight which their up- turned faces presented I had rather not write. The people who had been at the landing in the morning to welcome us were evening to speed our going. 'y own last view of Kalaupapa was of the ere playing among the round is forever shut in by the cliffs and the waters df the sea. CHARLES M. PEPPER. ——._—_. Against Sunday Schools. Chicago Dispatch to the New York Times. The Rev. Wm. Swensen created a sensa- tion at the Methodist ministers’ meeting criticising Sunday he said, “instead of teaching the lesson, the Sunday school teacher amuscs her pupils by telling what a nice time she had at the theater the night WIMODAUGHSIS 1423 NEW YORK ne, aad eee = lc, grammar, stenography, typew Hon, dramatic art. plystcal culture, French, Ger. man, Spanish, whist, telegraphy, @ tno. to members. Mt ANNA 8. HAMILTON, Pres.no2-6,tf The Misses Kerr’s School, ‘Elocution VOICE, PIANO. 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Mosher—“What are you doing with all those bits of card‘In your pocket?” Wiswell—“They are seat checks at dif- It says on each, “Retain this check.’ It’s an awful bore, don’t you know, to be obliged to carry so much pastcboard around. But, then, what’s a fel- '—Boston Transcript. EDUCATIONAL. IN WASHINGTON. Languages. Principal: Prof. J. D. es. L. (Paris), Officer d’ Academic, author of the cclebrated Gaillard new and scientific method. The the French Minister of reed by the Surbonne and renowned educators of Europe and America. See circulars.) Classes and private les- sons. The Cercle des Historiettes will reopen Meeting once a week. nod lvy Institute oe College, longer a spring chicken,” —— ferent theaters. School of French Language, 1425 New York ave. AUL E. VOINOT. se20-2m THE STUART SCHOOL GIRLS AND YOUNG LADIES, G. OPENS OCT. 4. Miss CLAUDIA ST Gunston Institu BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR GIR Academic and Collegiate courses. ‘Mr. and Mrs. B. It, MASO: lr. B. 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LEEDS & LIPPINCOTT. no2-5z1 ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Fall ond Winter Resort by the Sea. HOTEL BRIGHTON, Open Throughout the Year. F. W. Hemsiey & Son. no2-tu,th&s-39t The Shelburne. Dyrectly on the be: Open throughout the entire year 3. D. SOUTHWICK, Manager. se2-d.t: HOTEL ST. CHARLES. Atlantic City, J. The fluest hotel on the const. Wil remain opea throughout the year. Strictly Srst-class 1m every appolutwvent. Write tor illustrated booklet. JAMES B. REILLY, mb6-229t Owner and Pro S.W. COR. 8TH AND K STS. N.' 25 a year; day or night session. struction saves two-thirds time over ¢ Olney School, Boarding and day school for girls. Virginia Mason Dorsey, Miss Laura Lee Dorsey. On Conn. ave. By writer of tong practical THB FENNRUKST-OCEAN END OF MICHIGAN ave., Atlantic Cits, N. J.; electric clevator to street Jevel. Send for illustrated booklet. sett JAMES HOOD. SEASIDE—MISCELLANEOCS. struction. Course in typewriting insures accuracy Kindergarten and Normal. Kindergarten Normat tem and School, will Legin fall session ren taught Freuch and German. Miss Sherman’s School For girls, cor. 19th st opens October 6. SEPARATE PREPARATORY DEPT. FOR BOYS. Elizabeth Peat School, and Mrs. Manr’s 1918 Sunderland ‘monized and arranged. EDW. _BERGENHOLIZ, 527 9th st. s.e. MRS. GEORGE C. LEWIS, TEACHER and china painting; firing’ china a 6; dors executed. 1327 Whitney ave. n.w. Piano, Organ, Harmony,&c J. THEOPHIL, 1327 F _Appiy in persen or by letter, PIANO, ORGAN, aud Jefferson place. Re- be uh eee MISS BALCH’S CIVIL SERVICE INSTITUTE AND 1311 11th n.w.—Typewriti Stenography taught Ly best tea J00_puplls instructed, EDWARD CG. TOWNSEND MISS ADA LOUISE TOWN Elocuticn, Voice Culture, Grace, Expression. 1517 13th st, n./ Washington College. and day school for girls und young ming grounds (ten acrcs); thorough courses, including high- locution and art. ly for catalogue. ss | Business College, VOICE TAUGHT BY COMPE- ladies and children. Address MARIE, Star offic TRUE FRENCH ACCENT TAUGHT TO LADIES terms moderate. CAISE, Star office. RS AND TYPEWRITERS, experience desires young men as pupils in shorthand and typewrit- ing; full course; preparation for business; coach- ing’ for exams.’ a specialty. Terms on upplica- tion. Address T. W. J. Address FRAN- WESTEI furnished room: . MENEFEE, Ir SANDERSON'S HOTEL, AN MD.—LARGE rooms; modem conveniences; abundant table; boating, Latiing, W. SAND! Ss “ week upward. ; forusly Congreseiensi ‘ashington. Je2y-tf OCEAN TRAVEL. American Line. New York-Southampton (Londcn-Parisa Twin-screw U. S. Mail Steam:hips, Sailing every Wednesday. or. 10, 10 am. St. Ps LA. ae INTERNATIONAL N11 Pliers 14 and 15, North River. Office, 6 Bowling Green, N. ¥. GEO. W. MOSS, Agent, se22-Cm 221 Penn. Young men--attention! A special course of Commercial Spanish AT AN ESPECIALLY LOW RATE! The grow- ing importance of the Spanish-speaking coun- America, for instance— RVATORY OF MUSIC, 1225 . Piano, organ, voice, violin, guitar and mandolin, flute, vornet,’ ete. tion reduced OTIS B. BULLARD, Director. See cards. Tul- ve de Luxembourg, 1502 ium, 1018 Conn.Av. ns its fourth year HORTON, Director. For women and children, oj tries—such as Sout! of this language a val equipment. Quick aud thorough training guar Berlitz School, VON MUMM, Proprietor & Principal, OURTEENTH ST. N. W. J. Theophil,, Apply in per.on or by! letter. 20 French Lessons, $8. Experienccd teacher; only 4 terms to pronounce ratand; beginners and not-Im* MULE. V. PRUD'HOMME, 307 D st. n.w. THE NATIONAT/ CAPITAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL, : Conneetlent ave. _n. "ARATION FOR ALL academic depart- School of French Language. Prof. Emile Jamin. Formerly principal of the Berlitz School in Wash- and Brooklyn, N.Y... 1603 19TH ST. ‘EAR DI Class and private ‘lessons at school or residence. Special class for literature. Trial lesson free. MRS. ALICE K. BENSO: Pitno, organ, harmony, ete. Sey eee ete. | “method of voice buildi PIANO AND ITALIAN 1827 F st. nw. Sa Examination free. ‘Tues. 1327 F; other days, 1115 DK. ik S. KIMBALL, E. F. DROOP & SONS’, “925 Penui WEDNESDAYS: auSi-t,th.e,tf COLUMBIA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, G14 12th st. ow. 0c28-th,s&tu-1m* rend a Rdvitncetl classes, nw. SATURDAYS. 822 SCEOOL FOR BOY; COLLEGES. Interm ments. Gymnasiuin mitted at any tim oc22-4w* W. Vi MRS. GRACE A. 407 7th st. nw.) C. K. UILNER, A. M.. C. EB courses in Business and Shorthand; instruction by ex well-lighted rooms and hal terms. A Imited number of free typewriting. Catalogue. Miss Halstead’s reopen OCT. 5 at 1817 Cor- coran st. Advanced department in charge of Miss Anna C. Robinson, formerly of the Western High Banjo, Mandolin and G Instruction by Miss G. E. Buckingham, 1882 Gin et. a.wee or at realdcoce of pupil: ‘MRS. FLINT’S SCHOOL K."BTEELE, VOCAL CULTURE. Scientific method; ats tone; no tremolo; no jsused voices; adapta- Q st.oci6-w&s,im* MINER, Wi4 15TH ST. N.W, Sevres method; reparatory School, 1893 12TH:ST. N.W., Miss LAIBE, Prin, A private and correspondence school. Shorthand, Pitman system, method; typewriting; brenches and special studies. Attention to backward puplis. Wood’s Commercial Co -811 BaST CAPITOL STREET, TAE LARGEST AND CHEAPEST BUS- INESS: Connnge IN WASHINGTON. __ 08-6tt ate Tuition DR 8. W. MURPHY, A. M., best untversities Private Behool will THE MISSES HAI desi Washington new and rapid elvil’ service; English | Sit. PUTNAAIS *. Dr. Leatherman. OUT OF WASHINGTON. LESSONS IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH, BY teacher of Parisian French ite circles. Mies EB. Montgomery NORTH ST Barbarossa... H. H. Meier. OELRICHS '& CO.” Apply to EF Ja20-1y, CCMPAGNIE DIRECT LINE T From Pier 42. La Champagne RATES OF PASSAGE—First-clees, New’ York 0 aid by all steamers except La ed fare to = avd land- ing charges. Buffet Parlor car seats fres. Sec- oni-clase to Paris, $54.75. A. FORGET, Gen. eral Agent, General Office, No. 3 Bowling Green, X.Y." G. W. MOSS, 921 Penn. ave., ashing: DENTISTRY. TEETH FILLED, EXTRACTED AND CROWNED without in; also geutle treatment assured; ex- pe operator Dr. STARR PARSONS, 0c26-1f Cor. 9th aud E. OPERATIVE AND PROSTHETIC DENTISTRY ON weekly and monthly installments; crown and bridge work 9 specialty. Dr. T. W. STUBBLE ficld, Mertz building, 11th and F ste, se2s-tf Painless Extracting, 50c. Post sooth $8 Fillings, Crowns, Urlazes, at prices.” Each ‘depart charge of specialist of long experience. Se"Eedite RY" woe tusrattced” SS": jn US. Dental Ass’n, 72 "> selT MEDICAL. IGOR AND NERVE POWER RESTORED pa Lottle oF two of Dr. Brotuers’ io- | cordial. There remedy equal to ; ord GO yess ta this city. WOO B sk aw. oc28-1m0 + Z Expert specialist in the care of all Gis. op to 122 to b; Tune Thue, end Set, T'to S. Go F nw. ‘Closed oo Sanday. i <= and Toledo, Buffet Marior SP LINE.—Pullman Buffet Parlor rz. Muffet Warlor Car Harris- ut 0 Marrisburg to St. Louis, ide (via Cincinna: cago. ES Wisk na ar to Tittst fog Mittsbu: EXPKESS.—Vullman Sleep- rg. Chicago and Harrisburg to EXPRESS. —Puil- ‘Ciuciouatl, Dining PAGPIC EXPRESS.—I’sRman Sleop- ing Cars Washi a and enove daily, except . Rochester, Ba: Pulunan Sleeping Hadelphia, New York and t ONGKESSIONAL LIMITED, with Dining Car trom Malthus, 0) (Dining Car), 8:09, 9:00, 10.00 200 eDiniug ‘Car tro “ul Parlor Ca Regular at 7 ACM. week days. A2u5 A.M. week days, 2:01 aud 5:40 hout et F days, jut change, 7:50 A.M. week Bg cecent ‘Sunday. Sundays, 9:00 A.M. Atlantic Coast Line—Ex; vn Atlantic Coast @aiiy; Mlctunond only 10:54 r Florida and pointe M. eck days; At- ichmond “und Seaboard’ Alt Accommodation for Quan- A. 16:57 ALM. Ww. ware Kiver Bridge, all- yj via, Market Street For Cape May, 11:00'4.M. Ticket offices, the station, 6th and B be left for’ the checking from hotels and resid Week @ays, 11:35 P.M. 15th and G streets, and at Streets, where orders can of baggage to destination 3. R. woop, __ General Vass, Agent. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD, Schedule in effect sume 5, 1897. ‘asbington from For Chicago ‘and trains, 10:00, 11 For "Cincinnati, General Manager. nd C at. orthwest, Vestibuled Limited 43 aun. 5:65’ p.m, . St. Louis and Tndianay a.m. Vestibuled Limited, 7s and Cleveland, Express daily, 10:00 and Detroit, 11:30 p.m. Way stations, 75:00, 11:43 irmingham, Chat- r ‘and Roanoke, 11:20 Sleeping Cars through, 3:40 p.m. dally. a.m. and 8:50 For Columbus, For Winchester avd ew Urleans, Memphis, B: bet Frederick, w 230 pam. Su For agemioes 110:00 aan. d and way pou eek days, 8:00 and 15:39 p.m. jonal,A.P.,§3up | 8:00, 9:00 a.m., 13:50, 3:1 5s 7:05, 11:40 ‘p.m. “Sundays, inston Junction and way points, 8:00 am» £30. 5:80 pin, week days; vos am, bests hoya Glte ue FOR NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA. Muminated with Pintsch light. ladelphia, New York, Boston ‘and the 8, 7:05, 8:00 10:00 a.m., 12:00, 6:05 Dining Car), (2:01 Rt 10:00 o'clock). Sun- Car), 8:00 iF 5 40 Dining Car), 3 Sleeping Car open 7:05, 9 Additional trains for Bunet Pastor Cars oneait rT fet Parl ee trains, For Atlantic City, ‘1:05, 10:0 Cape Mas, 12:00 noon. Except Sunday. ‘Dally. (Sunday only. xExpress trains, Barraze called for and checked from hotels and offices, G19 Pennsy] York ave. and 15th st., and at Depot. Gen. Manager. Mer. Pass. T SOUTHERN RAILWay. in effect October 10, 1897. we and leave at Peuusylvania pas- Senger stetion. -M.—Daily.—Loral sor Danvill Mbects at Manassas for Str dafly except arrisouburg and Sunday, and at Lynchburg with the Western daily, ond with the Chesapeake and Olle Cully for the Natural Br 11:15 A.M.—Daily.. MAIL. Carries Pullo-an Buftet Slecpers, and Washington to Jacksonville, uniting man Sleeper for ‘Asheville und Hot and Lextugtou, with Pollan Tullman Buffet Sleeper New York Xew Orleans, connecting at A\ ham ana Memphis. Solid tain W Ouleans without change. Sunset ducted Tourist, Excursion Through Sleeper on this train every Wednesday to Sap Fraucisco without M.—Local for Front Roy: Harrisonburg, dally, exc Daily.—Local for Dat ‘ ta for Birmiag- ington to New ersonally Con- ‘al, Strasburg and r pers. Dining ‘Cars aud 1 w York to Nashvili le and Chattanooga . Colanitita, Sa. Pullman Sleepe York to Tamp Xe pa, via Charlotte, vannah and Jacksonville, and New’ ¥ pis, via Birmingham, New York to New Orleam Atlanta and Montgomery ¥ Manta. Southern Ratlway "to Montgomery. ‘SON WASHINGTON AND. O10 DIVvI- sm. daily, 4:45 p.m, Stindays only leave Washin; turning, arrive at Washington y from Round Hi, yt Sunday, from Herndon, 8:34 a.m. da! Sunday, fan Leesburg. 26 a.m. and 3:00 sleeping Car reservation and ed at offices, 511 n sIvania railrosd passenger rafic Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent. WASHINGTON, ALEXANDRIA AND MT. VERN FROM STATION. 13% STREET AND Pa, AVE. in effect May 4, 189; For Alezandria (werk dys), 6:30, 7:05, 7:35 ex. 8:00, 8.30 ex., 9:00, 9:50, 10:05 ¢: 1 ex., 5:40, 6-05 ex.. 635, 7:00, 8:00, Jexani-ia (Sanday omts), 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, . 11:36 2.m., 12:09 moon, 1: 30 3:00 3:30, 4:00, 4 1:30, "2:00, 2: For Mount Vernon 6:30, 10:05, 11 Dyke and Riverside: 7:00 pm. or AMount Vernon. ard ‘onis): 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 530, 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, ¢ Pm checked free for passengers clyde t station. Bicycles, 25 cents each. CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO BAtLWay, ALL TRAINS: ELECTRIC LIGHTED, S1EAM BEATED. 1s DINING CARS.” STa- SCENERY oF ESTIB MEALS SERVED TION SIXTH Schedule in effect 2:2 P.M. DAILY—Ciacinnat ciai—Solld ‘train fo- Ci to Cincinnati, and finent in | Bath te Lexingten, Loulsy! a Se 2 Sleenors Cineinn 20 P.M. DAI 220 BRAT Partor car Woah. ichmond to Potnt. line, via Penna., R.. F. and P. and 237 A.M.. EXCEPT St on fe Richmond and ae sate st Chreeprete. 5 ‘Rescrrations efices, S12 and 1421 the station W. R. Speare, Undertaker & Embaimer, 900 F Street Nertwert. Beeryiving strictly first~<less the venvceable ierus, Tolepoue ‘call 260, jatar”