Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1898, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1898-14 PAGES. 13 ; “EDUCATIONAL. IN WASHINGTON. foreigners and and Expressive 6 p.m. The Herndon, | aris * ench, JLLENDOREF. any language ends upon the t Jas —_ Learn The 0 23 14th st. nw. iz School. Shorth Typewriting. , Teperters Hovse Reps. and Senate. - Sot Lith st. BFST SERVICE IN THE CITY. PHYSICIANS, cists or lawsers. Leck BOX 196, OKELEY SCHOOL. “Stee BOW Heth, AM "jal National Capital 1709 Madison st., iate and Aca- LAWRENCE SCHOOL of MUSIC Removed TRIAL LESSON (20 Class Lessons.$5.) yen DAY & EVENING. ng Style in four gressional anid ns for Speed SHOOL, 943 1. ing 7 - PRUD'HOMM ,) VED TO 1120 N ST. N.W. 3 ERNEST LENT, Piano, Viclin and Theory of Muste. gton HeightsSchool Washin Miss FRANC The McD ND DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. and 17th street. Ineteen tench Olney School, Fae ae st u collegiate THE STUART SCHOOL” S AND YOUNG LADIFs OPENS OCT. 4. Is of all grades versities and te: est of references, SERVICE INSTITUTE n.w.—Typewrit ping and stenc ‘correspondence pd: Pitman «ys: a rapid method Gunston Institute, sr aim 1212 and 1214 14th st. Mr. and Mrs. - n. French the langu PETTIGREW NEW) YORK WIMODAUGIISIS CLASSES. 1 bookkeeping, stip. $1 a year, gp sea USINE UCATION SESS COLLE( ANT) BANJO TAUGHT MISS ADA LOUISE T. Elocution, Vuice WASHINGTON. INSTITUTE, CONCORDVIL use with energy epared for college. -o prohibited, . AM, Prinetpal. WINTER RESORTS. CLIMATE AT DELIGHTFUL lustrated baok. & LIPPINCOTT. Open Al the ¥ B. electric Hgh 1 fresh and salt wat el conveniences. LLY, Owner and Propr. The Shelburne. CEAN END OF MIC fe elevator to THE PENN! ce z JAMES 100D. SEASIDE—MISCELLAYEOUS. SANDERSON S La ANNAPOLIS, pvenieuces; abundant ta- per week ap- gtessional Hotel, Washington. HOTELS. BR RENT FU AT THE ite MARSHALL, Manager. ATTORNEYS. CAMPBELL ATTORNEY-AT.- : Webster Law building, 505 D st. ».w., Washing: % Mount Vernon Flats, New York ave PATENTS —0. DUFFY, FIFTEEN YKARS A office, registered solicitor of American and for- cign, patente. G si, opposite patent office. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. STATION CORNEK OF SIXTH AND B STREETS. 7:50 A.M. week days. PITTSBURG EXPRESS— Parlor and Dining Cars Harrisburg to Pittsburg. 180 A.M. PENNSYLVAN LIMITED— Pullman Meeping. Dining. Stacking and Observation Cars Harrisbarg Chicago, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louts. Cleveland and Toledo. | Buffet Parlor Car to Harrisburg. 10:50 A.M. FAST LINE—Pullmaa Buffet Parlor Car to Harrisburg. — Buffet Parlor Car Harrisburg to Pittsburg. 0 AND ST. LOUIS EXPRESS 40. PM. CHICA Sleeping Car Washington to St. Louis, and Sleeping “and Dining Harrisburg | to St. _ Louis, and Chicago. 7:20 STERN Pullman Sleep- tug Car to Pittsburg, Chicago and Harrisburg to Cleveland. Dining Car to Chicago. 2 P SOUTHWESTERN EXPRESS—Pull- av Sleeping Cars Wasnington to Pittsburg and Harrisburg to St. Louis and Cincinuatl. Dining Car. 1¢:10 P.M. PACIFIC EXPRESS--Pullman Sleep- ing Car to Pittsburg. 3” A.M. for Kane, Canandaigna, Niagura Falls daily, except Sunday. 10:50 A.M. for Eluiza and Renovo daily, except zp undsy: For Williamsport daily, 3:40 P-M- 7:20 PM. for Williamsport. Rochester, Erle, But. falo and Niegara Bulls dally, except Saturday, with Sleeping Car Washington’ to Buffalo. 10:40 P.M. for Erie, Canandaigua, Rochester, Buf: falo and Niagara Falls daily. _ Pullman Sleeping Car Washington to Rochester Saturdays only. FOR PHILAL HIA. NEW YORK AND THE Rochester and AL LIMITED,”’ dally. all Parlor Cars, with Dining Car from Baltimore. Regular at 7:60 (Dining Car), 8: (ining Car), und 11-00 (Dini mington) A 11:50 PLM. 4:00 PM. “CONGRESSIOD Car from Wil- % 6:50, 10:00 and , 7:00 (Dining Car), 8:00, 9:00, 11.00 (Dining Car from Wilmington)’ A. 42:15, 5:15. 4:20, 6:50, 10:00 and 11:50 P For Philadelphia ovly, Week days. Express, AEG 5:40 P. daily. ‘or ston, witho cl a -M. and 4:20 PM, dati A For Baltimore, 6. Go, 1 it 15, . Limited), 4:20, 4:36, 5:40, 6:11 . 10:00, 10:40, 11:15 and 1. 1. 3:1: 5, 6:50, P.M. On Sun- 00, 8:00, . 9:05, 10:50, 11:00 A. = ee 2:01, 8-15. 3:40 (4:00 Limited), 4 — < 50, For Pope's Creek Line. daily, except Sunday, For Annapolis, 7:50 A.M. and 4:36 P.M. = 9:00 A.M., 4:20 and 5:40 PLM. dati; ‘Sundays, 9:00 A.M. Atlantic Coast Line—Express for Flo 1d. poli en Atlantic Coast Line 430 ate 26 PM daily; Riehm iunday.. 4:30 M 6 P.M. pnd only 10:57 A.M. ‘week day: al, via Richmend and Seaboard Air I. daily. Accommo daily and 4:25 P. SHORE Ct lation for Quan- M_ week days. NECTIONS. For Atlantic City (via Delaware River Brid; r rt idge, all- Fail route P.M. via Market Street harf, ) and 1100 AM, 1245 P.M. week , and 11:50 P.M. daily. ay, 11:00 A.M. Week days, 11:50 P.M. nth and @ strect B streets, can be left destination from ILWAY. ember 21, 1897, ye at Pennsylvania pas- Schedule in effect All trains arrive and le: senger stution. AM—Da —Local for Danville, Charlotte static Connects at Manassas for Sirat Harrises ‘S and Staunton, daily except aan at Lynchburg with the Norfolk and “Dally — THE UNITED STATES FAST _ Carries Pullman Buffet Sleepers, New York and Washington to Jacksonville, uniting at Sali: ry with Pullman Sleeper for Asheville and Hot gs. N. C.; Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tenn., te with Pullman Sleeper for Au- Pullman Buffet Sleeper New Sork to Hs, connecting at Atlanta for Birmingham and Memphis. Connects at Lynchburg with C. and 0. Railway for Lexington and Natural Bridge daily. Solid) train Waskington to jew Orleans witliout change. Sunset: Personally Conducted Tou st Excursion Medneniay 3 out changes 4:01 FM.—Local for Front_Royal, Strasburg and Harrisouburg, daily, except Sunday, = 4:51 P.M. —Daily.—Local for Charlottesville. 13 P-M.— Dally WASHINGTON AND SOUTH- ‘TERN VESTIBULED LIMITED, composed of and w burs, man Vestibuled Sh ing Cara and Da; aches. Pullman nk to Nashville, via As! Knoxville and Chattanoo; ork to Tempa, via Charlotte b and Jacksonville, uniting Potiman per from Iti Columbia, Danville ‘with mphis, via Birmingham, Orleans, via Atlanta y Coach Wi way Dining ¢ New York to New Vestibuled nd Montgomery. shington to Atlanta. S ‘ar Greet ¥ Mo ‘ye AND OHTO_DIVI- m. dally, 4:45 p.m. 25 p.m. Sundays only lr, except Sunday, for ally for Herndon. Re ton §. . and 3:00 igh trains from the south arrive at Wash- G42 am., 2 pam. dail pm. dally. exe -m, daily from Charlottesville. Tickets, Sleeping servation and informa tion furnished at offices, 705 15th st. nw... S11 and at Pennsylvania railroad General Supt. I. CULP, Traffic Manager. A. TURK, Gen. Pass. Agent. S. BROWN, Gen. Agt. Pass. Dept. ALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. Schedule {n effect November 14. 1807. Leave Washington from’ station corner of New Jersey ave. and C st. » and North 11:25 a.m... 8:65. p.m. . St_ Lonis and Indianapolia, Ex- Vestibuled Limited, 3:40" p.in Vextibuled Limitad ext, Cleveland, Express daily, nit 0 11:55 p.m. OO a.m., oledo and and way sta mphis, Tirmi x12:10, ight S200. 21:15 and TLS ptt. 10:15 p.m. Juneticn and way poluts, p.m. week days. am., 1 LINE FOR NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHL All trains iMurinated with Pintsch light. For Philadelphia, New Boston and the 8 12:05, 1:15 (ail Ol night Diving Car pen ten o'clock. Addi: lelphia, week days, dail; lor Cara on all day trains. For Atlantic City. 10 2.m., 12:05 noon, 3:00 p.m.. week dass. 9 a.m, Sundays. For Cape Ma: noon, Except Sunday xExpress trains. Baggage called for and checked from hotels and residences by Union Transfer Co. on orders left at ticket offices. 619 Pennsylvania ave. nw, New and_at Depot. WM. M D. B. MARTIN, Mgr. Pass. Traffic. CHESAPEAKE AND OWIO RAILWAY. THROVGH THE GRAND RY 01 AMENION ALL TRA RULED, EL TRIC LIGHTED, HEATED. ALL MEALS SERVED NING STATION fH AND B STREETS. Schedule ine isns DAILY Louis Sp traln fe n sleeper Lexington, Indianapolis without change. © ears Cincin- SPAILY—¥, FP. V, Limite Putlman old tra sleepers to Cinein Ipuisville without change. reception of passengers at 9 p.t partment ear to Virginia) Hot Sprin Tuesdays, 1 Sleep sonnection fe uyege aud St. Louis IMLY— For Gordonsville, Charlottes- Staunton and for Kichwoud daily, except °EPT SUNDAY. Springs. AM, Parlor Washington t0 Richmond and Richmond to Old Voint—oniy rail Une, via Penna. R., F. and 0 and C, and ©. railways. a Reservations and tickets at Chesapeake and Obio offices, 513 and 1421 Pennsylvania avenue, and ut the station. “ H, W. FULLER, apli-38d General Passenger peed WASHINGTON, ALEXANDRIA AND MT. VER. NON RAILWAY oe FROM STATIO: ‘TREET AND P. BER 14. 1897 neg 2: = 3:45, 6 P. = me Pot Arlingtou aud Aqueduct Bridge, B:50. 10-05, 11:00 A.M a0 Mi, 2:40. 3:20, "4:15, 5:20, 0.521% PM. Bagzage checked free for passengers holdin, - clane tickets at station. Bicycles, 25 conte’ cath Parcels. carried. nol3 UNDERTAKERS. W. R. Speare, Undertaker & Embalmer, 940 F Street Northwest. Everything strietly first-class and on the most feasouable terms. Telephone call QW. —‘jaT-tr DULUTH, SOUTH SHOR! of sailing dai ERLAND, ITALY, Si EGYPT and BRITISH INDIA, per 8.8. La Gas: ! EAST. 1 y M ily. a 2 50 00, . 7:20, 10:00, 10:40 and’ 11:59 RAILROADS. PIANOS AND IRGANS. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY CHINA, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, VANCOUVER, SEATTLE, PORTLAND, TACOMA AND SAN FRANCISCO, AND ALL POINTS ON LINE OF MINNEAPOLIS, ST. PAUL AND SAULT STE. MARIE RY. E AND ATLANTIC RY. ig and Colonist Sleepers to St. Paul, Minneapolis and Pacific coast. AROUND-THE-WORLD First-class Slee TOURS AT REDUCED RATES. WRITE FOR RATES, DESCRIPTIVE PAMPH- LETS, ETC., ro E. V. SKINNER, G. E. A.. -tf 353 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE. WASHINGTON, D. C., POST OFFICE NOTICE, Should be read daily,'as changes may occur at eny time. FOREIGN MAILS are forwarded to the ports , and the schedule of closings is arranged on the presumption of their nninter- rupted overland transit. For the weck ending Jan- tury 15, the last connecting closes will be made at this office as follows: TRANSATLANTIC MAILS. WEDNESDAY—(d)At 9:20 A.M. for LA PLATA COUNTRIES direct, per s.s. Merida, from New York. PRIDAY—(b)At 7:20 p.m. for FRANCE, AIN, PORTUGAL, TURKEY, cogne, from New York, via Havre. Letters for other’ parts of Durope must be directed “Per La Gascogne.”” (b)At 9:20 p.m. for EUROPE, per s.s. Umbria, from New *k, via Queenstown. tiers for’ France, Switzerland, Italy, Spaic, Portugal, Turkey d British India, (c) At 11:10 p. m. for NETHERLANDS Clrect, per s.s. Werken- dam, from New York, via Rott i must be directed “Per Werkendam.”” (c)At 1 .m. for GENOA, per 8.8. Werra, from Now Yerk. Letters must be directed “‘Per Werra. (At 11:10 p.m. for SCOTLAND direct, per 8. Furnessia, from New York, via Glasgow. Letters must be directed “Per Furnessi: PRINTED MATTER, ETO. German steamers sailing from New York on Tuesdsys take printed matter, etc., for GERMANY and specially address- ed printed matter, etc., for other parts of rope. ‘The American and White Star steamers sailing from New York on Wednesdays, German steamers on Thursdays and the Cunard, French and Ger- man steamers on Saturdays take printed matter, etc., for all countries for which they are adver- tised to carry malls. MAILS POR SOUTIL AND CENTRAL AMERICA, WEST INDIES, FE’ WEDNESDAY—(@)At_ 11:10 "P.M. for VENE- 2UE and CURACAO, per 8.8. Venezuela, from New York. for COLUMBIA, via Curacao, — must be 1a” (At 1:10 PLS CUBA and NASSAU, N. per 8.8. from New York. (e)At 0 PM. PLATA COUNTRIES. per 8.8. ew York, via Pernambuco, Rio NORTH BRAZIL must be di- 11:10 P.M. for SAVANILLA Fo and DAY—(c)at AND, JAMAICA. ndack, from New York. ‘A RICA must be direct ar (G)At) iT: for HAITI ANTA MARTHA, per s.s. Holst from York. | (cpAt 11:10 P.M. for CAM IF, PAS, TABASCO and YUCATAN, per s.s. Yueatan, fram New York. Letters for other parts of MEX WO must be r Yueutan.”? (ev At 11:10 PM. TRINIDAD and To- BAGO, per York. (chAt 11:10 P.M. for N. from New ork, per 8.8. Portia. i ATURDAY—(f)At_ 5:50 A.M. for NASSAU per ss. Miami, from Miami, Fla. (bat J SWFOUNDLAND. per steamer, from ss. rom Ne ralense. Mails for NEWFOUNDLAND, by rail to Halifax thence via stenmer, close here daily, except 12:05 P.M. - (dy Mulls for MIQUELON, by rail to Boston sel iS" tontner, close bere dally at 9:20 P-M. (tulle for CUBA (except thone for SANTIA CURA, which will be forwarded via New up te and including the 11:10 P.M. neaday), close here dafly at 3:00 P. ing vin steamer sailing Mon from Port Tampa. Fla Havana. Mails for ME land CAMPECHE, CHIAPAS, TABASCO and TAN, which, after the Wednesday overland clos- ing, will be forwarded via New Yerk, up to and including the 11:10 P.M. close Friday), here daily at 7:10 A.M.) TRANSPACIFIC MAILS. ails for HAWAII, per sos. Australia, San Francisco, close here dally up to 6:40 P.M. Jan. 19th. (a) Mails for CHINA, JAPAN and HAWAT. Peru, from San Fran close here dally up M.. January 19. (dy Matis for CHINA and JAPAN, per s.8. Olympla, from Tacoma, close here dally’ up to 6:40 P.M! Jan. 23d. (dy 4 Mails for CHINA and JAPAN, only, per $s. Empress of Japan, ver, close bere daily up to 6:40 P.M. Jan. 24th. (dy Muilx for the SOCT City of Papeiti, from eeily up te 40 P.M. Jan. 25th. Mails for AT RALIA, York, via DE York for forward- te) to DS, per sh ne «dy STRALIA ( which are forwarded vin Europe), NDS, Alameda, f un San Franclaco, . Both. «dy t Australia), WI ISLANDS, » from Vancow Warrinn a Wth up to 6.40 jan i. Jan. Sit. day. (by Registered mails close at 1:00 P.M. same duy. ) Registered mails close at 6:00 P.M. same day. (d) Registered mails close at 6:00 P.M. previons day. () Registered malls close at 1:00 P.M. We and Sat. if) Registe day. d mails close at JAME: P. WILLETT, Postmaster. OCEAN TRAVEL. French Line. IE GENER ALI oh eee ANTIQUE. LINE TO HAVRE IS (FRANCE). Saturday ty COMPAG at AM. 1 River, foot Morton 5 La Bretagne, ogite d upward. .8 Bowling ( earborn st. GERM PR SEI LONDOD sot Trave. Lahn. ..T aes Havel. 'Tu., Kaiser Win. Der 89am OELRICHS & ‘CO. Apply to. F. New. uthampten — (London-Pari ‘Twin-xerew U.S. Mail om g every Wednesday. Paris... 10 am St. Paul... Pe. 16, 10 am St. La Jan. 26, 10 am New York.Feb. 23° 10 am New York.Feb. 2,10 um Paris... Mar. 2.10 am Paris.....Feb. 9, 10 am St. Paul..Mar. 9,10 am Red Star Line. NEW YORK TO ANTWERP. -January 19, 12 noon Junnary 26, 12 noon February 2, 12 noon 9, 12 noon 6 BOWLIN e FIGE, 1306 FST. . Moss, Agent, 921 a aye. LADIES GOODS. RERLIN NOORT SHINGTON W 8e22-6m GIVEN UP THE FUR BUSINESS, 1 take pleasure in recommending to my patrons Mrs. B. HOR N, my sister, and ber husband, Mr. E. HORGAN, of 806 K_ st. on who are wetical furriers.” Mi Wee ©. CUNNINGHA _PIANOS AND ORGANS, CHICKERING AND OTHER FINE PIANOS. Moderate prices—accommodating terms. discount for cash. Oid Pi for new. Pianos tuned, repaired, moved and packed. John F. Ellis & Co., 937 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. Special nos taken in part pay Jas Estavlished 1842. ST Her. Without a rival for tone, touch and durability. Remember, you are dealing directly with the manufacturer. TUNING, MOVING AND SHIPPING WILL RE- CEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. Stieff Piano Warerooms 521 Eleventh St. N.W. near F. J. C. CONLIFF, Manager. JaB-28d PIANO TUNING, By ¥. 1 BABEXDR) TER, late 15 years with 3. is fae for thoroug! tring of Pianos and Ocgans. 518 4th n.e. — no: ° for BARBADOS. and on Sundays only and close Wed- sand ‘Thursdays (except those for YUCA- per specially ad- from close here those for WEST ZEALAND, HAWAII FIT and SAMOAN close here Registered imails close at 10:00 A.M. same 10 P.M. previous THE OYSTER'S BED An Invention for Increasing the Sup- ply of Bivalves. Music Louse, ave. 35 Be NEWS. If you have the slightest inclination to own a fine Piano come in and let us tell you about our special three-year plan for buying one. You ought to know about this. = DROOP ore “Steinway’? and Other Leading Pianos, 925 Penna. Ave. RESULT OF TWELVE YEARS OF STUDY Utilizing the Coast Lines for Pro- ductive Purposes. SKETCH OF THE PLAN It is stated as a fact that the inability of human beings to rest comfortably and be healthy if their beds are not suitable for them, is shared by other creatures, and this applies particularly to oysters. The oyster has a reputation for being dumb, but if its bed is disturbed, or if it is not allowed to sleep peacefully therein the length of time for which oysters are sup- posed to rest, it disappears from that lo- cality. Prof. Otis T. Mason of the National Mu- it HAINES BROS, the Instrum of artists. Special inducements for ex: change of square pianos. $450 | $550 PIANOS $325 . : seum has received from the Inventor, Mr. Upright | Upright) Square | 0"t. ‘itintert or Dewars county, Pa., a Reduced to|Reduced to!Reduced to | description of his patent oyster bed and Faget] $235, | $315,’ $165, $8 & $10 pyts, | $8 & $10 pyts. | $6 payments. The Piano Exchange, 913 Pa. ave. Uprights perfectly tuned, $2.00. Jal2-200 Slightly ; Used Upright Pianos method of propagating the bivalves therein. Accompanying the description of his in- vention is a letter. Mr. Hibbert states in this that it is generally known that with- in at least five years all the marketable oysters will become extinct. This condi- lion, he claims, is practically the case on the public lands, though there are at this lime in Delaware bay 240,000 acres. This condition has been caused, Mr. H!b- bert says, principally by improper dredg- on easy ing. The oystermen in dredging have taken payments, | &P the beds also. ‘The oyster having no shell to which to attach itself gets into the AGuniinatcin inci mud and is consequently smothered. more desirable th Hibbert states that. he has This is an it pian oystermen, at, different times, relative to cS lendid tone—perfect con- Only $200—$10 cash and $5 per month. Stool and scarf free. Hage Worch, 923 F. Pianos Moved, Tuned, Packed and Shipped. jai2-20d s invention.” Whjle they agree with him as to its me tney are too poor to con- tribute the required amount to put the in- vention in operation. dition, The Oyster Spawns. The inventor states that the information contained in his pamphlet took twelve years to collect from practical The prime oyster, Mr. Hibbert , gives out in fifteen days about 750,009 spawns in this Jobn F, E Oldest: Music Hi 937 KNABE ANOS lis & Co. use in the City, Pennsylvania avenue. sources. ay latitude. Of this number twelve are esti- mated to live to become prime oysters, Which figures, he claims, are generally ad- mitted by oys Hibbert claims, h termen. By his method, Mr. can Save at least 600,- 000, He also caleulates that by his plan a profit of $120,000) an acre every other year can be realized, and claims that this ¢ culation can eas'ly be provec Mr. Hibbert sa ; 'S when an oyster spawns 3 = eke the spawn or spat rises to the surface of IN ALL STYLES AND Woops. the water, where it floats for a period of Second-hand Pianos of Various Makes at All Prices. PIANOS TO RENT. TUNING, P\IRING AND MOVING. Wm. .aabe & Co. 1422 PA, AVE. N.W. TELEPHONE CALL, 1737. ia 24 about five days. At the end of this time the future individual oyster commences to make shell, and at the same time forms a number of tentacles, by which it moves in n the fifth and ninth so much shell that it i unable to overcome the attraction of gravi- tation by the aid of e tentacles, which form Gutside of the valve or hinge of days it has made FIRST-CLASS GOLD AND OTHER FILLINGS A] the oyster. If on the ninth day it ha KINGS A © oyste on the ninth day it has no’ specialty; ulso tooth crowns; ‘all branches of | suc led in finding and attaching itself a dentistry. DR. STARR PARSONS, nae TSS eA eT that S.E. comer #th and E wiv, | 80Me object free from sediment, it has sab eke “—| made so much shell that it sinks to tre dis in dang of being smother- ly installinent work a specialty. Dr. Tl. W. STURBLE- Mertz bullding, 11th and F sts. 6-28-tf exists th The Spat's Vicissitudes. ay 1 10 TN Ma + ACCOUNTANTS. Under prevalent conditions of oyster ees planting, Mr. Hibbert says, ihe spat unat- Public accountant and ‘auditor, tached which has not been eaten by fish or Room 37, other marine animals, ma: away de7-4ty easton Tyan and Trust building. fifty miles in the course sand lost to the grower. i is floating on the surface of the water or during periods between the first and fifth ys and before the fifth day a cold rain should fall, the spat would be killed. T: this cause alone Mr, Hibbert attributes the annual loss of about #0 per cent of the spat of the oyster. He declares it is a well- known fact that during the seasons which have been especially dry the oyster yield has been enormously large, and vic The object of Mr. Hibbert’s inve to largely ir se the produ: of any particular area of coast land, to provide safeguards for the protection of the oyster from the rapacity of destructive at the time the spat MEDICAL. _ Dr. Leatherman. Expert specialist in the cure of all special dis- eases of men and women. Consultation free. Hours: 9 to 12, 2 to 5; Tues.. Thurs. and Sat. grentugs, 7 to 8. 602 F’u.w. Closed on Sunday. je18-1m COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS. ion. i apacity CHARLES $, BUNDY, COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS, yp Of all the States and Territories, del7-tf Fen tall bldj r. 444 and D nw. —=——S marine life and t le for prop- MCARAGUA © h EY. agating purpose of miles of siping HAPS cca line which now, ing to pecu- and conditions, unfit for that on Parties E m the Newport Expedition Actively a€ Work. purpos Best Location. M.ja6-tf The correspondent of the Associated | a. oct aus location for the town, Niearagua, writes un- : , ey: oyster bed is along the coast of bays or agua canal surveying parties | the bank oe oe Le esti to have gone into the jungle, 2nd work has |! fall Hs ee yea a begun all along the line of the proposed route. Lieut. G. ©, nks will make soundings in the river and lake to or below Tambor irande, He will note the stages of water and gauge it. The shore line of the nks of the river San Juan will be done by George Lr wo has already rted into the bush w his party. He tablish signals benches for stage and level w. an also put in topography of ban for soundings, borings, &c. His pa’ have many natives among them. The boring parties who are running the diamond drills have started to work, and are probing the bottom wherever depths are less than bottom clevations. They take samples of rock from the hollow drills and preserve them for reference. Commander ‘Tilley of the Newport has started his off-shore hydrography. He is making t‘dal observations, determining lit- teral drift, and doing everything necessary for 2 full solution of the harbor question. The Newport will proceed as far south as Port Limon for information, and her otli- cers will also visit the Panama canal. Commatder Richards of the Alert is doing similar work on the Pacific side, at Brito. The sites for locks and embankments have been put in the hands of one level and one transit party. The caral between Ochoa and the Atlan- tic has one level and one transit party, and the canal between the lake and Pacific has been turned over to Admiral Walker's son. Two level parties far exact levels or cheeks are to work in conjunction, and the cther parties will make a resurvey of the center line and a revision of the alignment, with cross sections as a basis for the final «estimates, —_—__+e+- GOMEZ WRITES 1 and 1 will TO BLANCO. Insurgent General Propounds Some Pertinent Questions. Tomes Estrada Palma of the Cuban jun- ta in New York has received a copy of a letter written by Gen. Maximo Gomez, the rebel chief in Cuba, to Captain General Blanco. The letter says in part: “You have come to substitute Weyler. © a man of your conditions I would ask, I did in the case of Gen. Campos, What are your aims and purposes? To extermi- nate us? It is impossible to do that, and to pretend such a thing mignt be little honor to you. Is your purpose to subdue us? That is absurd, and might prove a ridic- ulcus attempt for you. Our determination is well known and patent. Neither exter- mination nor submission would mean peace. a “In view of this fact, I now repeat to you what I said to Gen. Campos: Let this blood- shed be stopped. Let the use of the torch cease, general. Spain should not allow Cuba to owe her independence, directly or indi- rectly, to outside help.” ——————0e,——__ New Designs for Stamps. With one exception the designs for the trans-Mississippi ex: n postage stamps have been adopted, as heretofore describ- ed in The Star. They dre ad follows: One- cent, the discovery of the Mississippi river by Marquette; 4-cent, a buffalo hunting scene; _5-cent, the Pathfinder, being a‘ picture of Fremon: raising the flag on the summit of the Rockies; 8-cent, a trainjof emigrants cross- ing the plains; 10-cent,‘a mining scent 50-cent, a cowboy and a scene; $1, a harvesting scene or a flouring mill; $2, the Rock Island ‘bi showing part of the city of Omaha, 2-cent/‘an “Indian chief; n the form of interior walls into servoir, a r tank,” in which the spawn or placed, and a ks on either side Within each cd a number of ‘om the ripe oyste is It is divided by suding of the “ripe propagating water flows inio the nio the propagating tanks, carry- ing with it th wn exuded by the ripe ers, whic on the screens placed with and grow ther The “ripe oyster tank” is fitted up with 2 slatted platform, elevated eighteen inches. above the bed, upon which ripe oysters are placed. From and after the second year, the inventor states, it will not be necessary to plant fri as the product of the oysters originally planted will by this time have grown to the size of ripe oys- ters upon the under surface of the plat- form. The walls inclosing the reservoir and tanks are strongly built, especially the sea wall extending parallel with the coast. This preferably extends beyond the ends of the bed, and is higher than the remaining inclosing walls. Object of the Reservoir. ‘The object of the reservoir is to store up a quantity of water sufficient to maintain during low tides a continuing circulation, and thus avoid the possibility of the oyster contracting the “green lip” and other dis* eases, which it will if the water is per- mitted to stagnate. Within the inlet, at the junction of the sea wall and the wing, is placed a paddy gate, hinged at the top to a movable framework spanning the top ot the iglet and weighted at its bottom As the water pours through the inlet the paddy gate is lifted, and as the tide recedes the gate, by its own gravity and the pre sure of water within the storage tank, falls and prevents the water in the reser- voir from flowing out through the inle This gate acts as a huge check valve and prevents any water within the reservoir from flowing out through the inlet when the tide is ebbing. A similar gate is piaced vithin the inlet from the reservoir to the ripe oyster tank.” To prevent the en- trance to the tank of starfish, crabs, etc., which are most destructive to oysters, screens are placed over both the main inlet and the inlet to the “ripe oyster tank.” The invention provides for the flooding of the servoir and for protecting ths wings from possible destruction by ice, floating logs, &c. Mr. Hibbert claims that oyster growing surface per ace when rais- ing and propagating in the ordinary maré rer is about 5,000 square feet. He says that by his method an acre of ground devoted to propagating purposes will af- ford then acres of growing surface. Annual Product of an Acre. The inventor says that an acre by his method will produce annually from $15,000 to $36,000 worth of seed oysters. The ac- tual cost of construction of the propagat- ing bed, it is claimed, will not be over $6,000 per acre. The cost of repairs and supervision will not exceed $1,000, and if many acres are under cultivation, will not begin to reach that figure, but, esti- mating this item at $2,000, there is left a handsome ret profit of from $7,000 to $24,000 an acre. The second year's gross receipts, the inventor sa; will be sprac- tically all profit, as the cost of supervision and repairs is comparatively slight. The cost of constructing a bed of ten acres, Mr. Hibbert declares, will be about $20,000. At the end of the second year the seed oysters will grow to the size ot marketable oysters, and the original sup- ply cf 50,000 bushels will have increasec to 100,000 bushels, or 40,000 barrels. At $8 per barrel, the estimate is made that the value of the crop at the end of the year will be just $120,000. Shape May Be Changed. ‘No acount is taken here of the fact,’ Mr. Hibbert says, “that by means of roun¢ knobs or buttons upon the screens in thé Rropagzating tanks, and the subsequem transplanting of the oysters to beds having a pebble foundation, the oyster, whicls will assume the shape of a body upon which it grows, can be made to take a round shape instead of the conventiona. long shape. It is well known in the trade that round oysters are more readily mare ketable than the long one, and bring a higher price. If, therefore, this capacit of directing the growth of ‘the oy: controlling the shape which it will when it reaches a Ketable size is tak into consideration, there is no reason. tc doubt that the annual value of the product | will be many thousands of dollars in ex- cess of the foregoing estimate.” According to Mr. Hibbert, Prof. Mason will not have to go to the Klondike in| order to become wealthy, as a surer anu more certain manner of gaining fortune | awaits him by interesting himself in the oyster bed fnvention. Accompanying the description of the bed are maps and pla showing how such beds may be laid out. THE HUMANE SOCIETY Annual Meeting Held on President Pratt's ny THE SUFFERING IN CUBA An Appeal to the People by the Central Re- lief Committee, Fally 200,000 No Combnin = Have Died of Hunger—Estimates Given in Havana—Need for Supplies. The central Cuban relief committee pointed by the President and a the direction of the Department has issued the owln to the people of the L “The President of ¢ recent proclamation, sympa I ap- ing under of Sta stirring appeal nite United States, has laid the sad con in Cuba. Multit ry, Who have taken no p by before our jon of fairs now prevailiz the peasa’ the war, are suffering for the barest neces- saries of life, and thousands have already died of starvation. In consequence of stringent’ martial laws, tillage was pi hibited, and there has n neither sow- ing nor reaping for several The result is widespread famine, which Is gre ually becoming worse, and, unless stantial help is soon extended, the fice of human life from hunger be appalling. seasons, sacri- wil lone Fightieth Birthday. “According to the figures published in ig) irthday. the press of Havana, by the Diario, an x ential newspaper, there are now 20312 persons in a single province—Matanzas Healthy Progress in the Work Re-| who are absolutely without resources Up to Novemb O44 had perished ported —Influential Additions to | of hung: had disapp: many of whom had doubtless als Membership—Officers Elected. cumbed to want. At th me there ate in the same province over 60,000 persons, of whom 20.0%) are women a x) are children, actually. sta : The eightieth birthday of Mr. A. ELA Dy sks Geesacne atek mw eto Pratt, the president of the Humane So-| will surely die of the induced Ly ciety nd the annual meeting of that | fam The sa authority adds that in progressive and valuable ergunization came | the | provinces fully 2% feos simultaneously yesterday. The meeting | Hunger amd ne equate weedy ilied of teok place at the Shorcham Hotel late in | ; risa She Rasen ao ue see the afternoon, and was interesting | iess re edily afforded : occasion. The reports of the v: us ofli- Bloc e fons must awaken a deep cers upon the work of the past year and | S/Mbathy for this unfort ne. the probabilities of the future were grat- | BS0 i) vie ifying. jon in President Pratt in annual report spoke of the excellent prospects the so- ciety had for having a home of its own. The sec! d the sum of $10,500 invest- | CY’cit. may be hos ed amd possessed other assets, and there | the solely to hiv strong hopes that tie provisions in | Public r hun z pending District. appropriation bill for | We are con: that “Abe Big eters the appropriation of $5000 for a building | fee and p a ite and $10,000 for the ion of a build- | tate to respond promptly and gener thereoa for the us of th socie! Phe committee, in the me & pted. Mr. Prat lored the | ident of 1 1 Sta earnestly ap- IeEsongn alert An eine eee the so- | Peals to the governors of states, the may- ciety on the part of the cle of the Dis- | Ors of cities and officials of every village: trict, He said there was a sood prospect | 250, to the public press and religious bod- of the passage of the Dill now pending in | ieS to oreanize relief committees and en ress providing that fathers of ille- | 8#8e In a systematic gathering of money gitimate children shall be mpelled to | feed, clothing and medicin This con Saey ee ittee will cheerfully furnish informa- tion relative to the formation of relief com- Anti-Vivixection Bill. H. B. F. Macfarland, chairman of committee on legislation, reported the efforts made in behalf of the passage ot the anti-vivisection bill by Congress. Mrs. Totten, frem the committee on yivisec- tion, made an interesting report, deplor pecially the use of birds sex f tion of reports Were submitte Humane Officers whose energy so much for animals in of by the fai their hats. Other | . including those ot | Rabbitt and nd watchfulnes prevention of cruelty . The an followed, t by the th Washirgte officers selected being unanimously choser to te tion those na nominating ut erving age, but yielded t the members and other term. Election of Officers. ‘The full ticket elected was as follows: President, A. S. Pratt. Vice pre Mr. Second v Chanter, Mrs. ence Murray, Mr. ( H. F. Blount, Mr: Niday, sked pr be nt relieved on account the united ple consented io tak gain his Ss ot an- irom of B. T. Tupper. nts, Mrs. Wm. E. . Barber, Mrs. Flor- mnvond Kennedy, Mr. Hugh MeCulloch, Mr: Mrs. J. B. Henderson a: ic. ind recording secretary, ident, Mrs. F. owell. Fin retary, Mrs. H. B. F. Mac- Zarland, Treasurer, Mr. Edwin M. Truell Executive committee, the president, the tre and the secretaries, ex-offic Mrs. BE. C. Hallida Mis. A. Ch man, Miss M. A. Peet, Mr. J. B. T. Tupper, Mrs. nee Murr Miss Harriet B. Loring H Mrs A. L. Barber, Mr. punt, 3. Blount, Miss M 5. Mrs. H. B. F. Macfa DeB. Rar Gen. Rufus Sa R. Mrs Cairns, Rev 1 W. C. Mayo, Mrs A. D. Addison, Mr: Mr. Crammond Kenner nedy, Boy H. V. mc M. R. Kr Gwathmey, Mrs. Mary Ir James L. Pugh, jr. Mr. Wallace Hite. Mrs. Mrs. Clara Bishop. New Members. ew members were elected as follows: Mr. Charles E. Wood, Miss Emma J. Ran- Kins, Mrs. za C. Hutchinson, Mrs. J. A And Wallace Raicliffe, Nir. Ale ure, ander Le Miss Catherine W. Myer. Viscountess de Sibour, Miss Mary Emily Coues, Mrs. Lucy §. Doolittle, Mrs. T. S Childs, Mrs. Marie Michelson, Mr. Grans Gerke, Dr. Nesmith, Mrs. C. L. Bish« Miss B. Ches' Miss Litchfiek and I. Renic! crary member. Previous to was decided on att, to invite the National Humane Association to hold its next annual convention in this city. Sane eae Dinner to Mr. Roosevelt. Mr. Lucius N. Littauer of New York gave mittees, the remittance of funcs and th tree shipment of supplies “It is a work that should be conducted with great promptitude and vigor, as tb reed is extremely urgent. We ask the public to contribute liberally for this laud- able purpose, making the gift in all cases aS Kenerous as nearts touched with sym- pathy tor human suffering may dictate Remember that even a single dollar, smill though it may seem, will save lite and avert hunger for a time in at least one poor Cuban heme, while ten, a Ired, or a thousaud dollars will rescue the starving and produce beneficent results in due pre portion. Every contribution will be dul acknowledged by official recetp “Al morey and material contributed will be immediately forwarded to United States Consul General Lee, in Havana, under Under whose supervision the distribution will be made, and reach ail parts of tt isiand “Ch and drafts for Cuban should be made payable and addre *Treasur entral Cuban relief comm York city.’ on, chairman of 1 Cross; irer, of the chamber of rk: Louis Klopsch, of Ser- ities, Electa Chapter. No. Order of the Eas ern Star, met | ng in Masonic Hi Two ne mbers were admitted. Rep! sentatives from other chapters of the Dis- trict wer The usual collation was served at the close of business Sr 1 services were held at stated times © Anacostia Baptist Church, Steven! . B. Tr last week vi gs h ik wife in word to her friends that her proving rapidl, Miss Ida rvisor at St. Elizabeth, is visitin sister, Mrs. Alice Richardson, at Lis won ‘ Mr. Wilbur 8. Dodge and family ha re- moved from Anacostia to, St. Elizabeth Heights, where they occupy the same cot- tage in which Mr. Dodge's 4 nts lived formerly, -Isracl Association, The Anglo-Israel Association met on Mon- day evening iast. Letters were received from Mr. Dimmack of Baltimore and from Ang Prof. Totten. The question, “What ig meant by “The Burden of Dumah?" was given to Mr. Shafer to be answe at his convenience. ‘ The puper of the evening was the closing chapters of Rev. Mr, Davenport's review of “Regathered Israel,” and was received with a dinner at the Shoreham 1 ng in honor of Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, at which the other guests were Speaker Reed and Representatives Payne, O'Dell, Wads- yorth, Mitchell, Alexander, Ray, Chicker- ing, Belford, Hooker, Ward, Foote, South- wick, Bennett, Mahany, Shannon, Coch- ane, Hewe, Gillette, Low, Fisher and herman. In the course of an address, Mr. Roose- velt urged the importance of unity In the republican ranks in all things, and said ft was vital to the future of the ty that its leaders should be made to understand that personal ambition and personal en- ty must be sacrificed in the interest of rty. ee Might Use Glasses. Secretary Long has decided that the can- didetes for appointment to the pay corps of the navy, three in number, who have been held deficient physically because of feults in vision, may take the second, or mental, examination, providing they can remedy their shortcoming by the use of eyeglasses. es Commodore Howell's New Command. | Commodore Howell, who has been order- ed to command the European squadron, called at the Navy Department yesterday with Lieut. Knapp, one of his staff, to re- ceive final instructions and take his leave. eed Major Esterhazy Acquitted. Major Count Ferdinand Walsin Ester- hazy, who was tried by court-martial in Paris on the charge of having had dealings with a foreign power or its agents to incite them to commit hostilities or undertake war against France, was last night unani- mously acquitted by the court. —— A Dam at Minneapolis. The house committee on commerce has favorably reported a bill for a dam in the Mississippi rapids at Mineapolis, and ex- tending the time for building a bridge over | the St. Lawrence river from St. Lawrence county, N. ¥. Se - “Want” ads. in The Star pay because they bring answers. a roun applause. After discussion of the paper, the association adjourned to meet January 24, at the home of Mrs, Pond, 3114 N Street northwest. The subject will be “Nebuchadnezzar’s Image,” and the essayist, C. B. Shafer. as Transfers of Real Estate. Third street northeast between I and K streets—Judson T. Cull et al., trustees, to to 82, 44 Lo SA, square 7 - ird street northeast b ts—Susan V. ween I and K » to Judson T. Cull, jot 28, 50 to 54 and part lots 29 to 32, square 750; $10 American University Heigh' Croissant et al., trustees, to Jas. i 44, block 17; $5. iol 18th street northeast—Wm. H. ‘man et ux. to Emilie M. Darneilie, WW), ginal lot 7. square 1108; . 2904 P street northwest— one et al., trustees, to Thos. O, Taylor, 10, square 1258; $6,000, st between 26th and lot P street northw streets—John D, Sullivan to Charles Leas- th purt lot 61, square 1262; $10, E’ street northwest between 3d and 4th streets—Julia C. Lindsiy to Wm. R. Ward, lots C and D, square 522; S10. H street northwest between 4th ana Sth streets—Sara Behrend to Jno. G. Schu- trumpf, part original lot 6, square 518; $5. Alley between C and @, 12th and 13th streets southeast—Frank Jaeger et ux. to Geo. W. Evans, lot 47, square 1041; $10. > — Persistent Violation of Law. The keyless fire alarm box at 7th street and Louisiana avenue, an alarm from which was turned in Monday night by some lawbreaker who wanted to have fun at the expense of the fire department, as pub- Ushed in yesterday's Star, was manipulated again last night in the same manner. Sev- eral companies of the fire department re- sponded, and Chief Parris and Assistant Chief Belt were also there. The police were also on hand and they made an investiga- tion, but the perpetrator of the deed was not apprehended. a - Business Meeting. The annual business meeting of the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church will take place this evening in the church.