Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1898, Page 20

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1898-24 PAGES. THE SINEWS OF WAR! The Army ard Navy Have Not Won All the Glory. A REMARKABI RCiAL VICTORY Placing the Two Hundred ° Million r War Loan. is properly that $1,400,« ed when th Yetments made as soon as the r SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY accompanying 930,000 persons subs open accoun sits in addition ds to them in treir allotments. regular work accordance wi Classes of Subscriptions. are approximately these the accounts are x to be paid in fulk wh amounts over y within ten de efter August ter class of subscrip made in five installments a’ great deal of clerical work prope accounts representi . to adjust the interest as be ernment and i persons who i Smounts of $500 and jess will tle over $10,000,000 of the bon of ths class which fons are mostly includes subs: SEALING ROOU. froma $520 to $4,409 will receive a little over E Preparations. ncy division of the there are clerks who have 1 curr with every government loan the civil war. There are engaged on the refunding © IST to 1879, and within 1 undertaking by i h any fs- s hat which is in of 1898. It is very mat en engaged on loans where the amounts of bonds exceeded that of the pre issue, they should hav2 ex- pected to be able to do the work now in services gratuitously; and, in fact, every channel by which the people could be reach- 2d was used by the Treasury Department. If among the 75,000,000 people of the United States there is any one who has not heard ef the war loan of 1808 it is because he does not Tea@d the newspapers, or go to the post office for his mail, or have dealings with a bank or express company. Receiving the Bond Mail. Preparations were made with the post- master of Washington to deliver the bond mail in sealed sacks at the new city post oMice. Here it was received by the open- ing division of Assistant Secretary Vander- lip’s temporary force. Such exceeding care wes teken in opening the bond mail that the thirty openers engaged on it were 2e- quired to open the envelopes not only at the side, but at both ends, and then press the mutilated cover ouc flat in crder that nothing of value might remain with tne @iscarded sheet. The waste paper was jalso gcne over by a force specially charg- ed with that duty, and again when it was delivered to the department it had to pass the scrutiny of the paper room of the treas- ury, where the erployes have had long experience in looking through waste paper for things of value. The clerks of th |cpening division took more than $720,000 jin currency from the envelopes, and not a cent of it remains unaccounted for. The work of classification began in the op>n- ing division, where the clerks were required to separate the subscriptions into piles ac- cording to the kind of bond desired or the character of remittance sent with the sub- scripticn. Thus, subscriptions fer coupon bonds were kept te themselves, and sub- scriptions accompenied by post office ironey orders were not kept with those | accompanied by checks and drafts. The sorting of the subscriptions also involved their arrangement according to the place ‘on which the checks and drafts were |Grawn. This was done to facilitate the | making of coliectiors. From the openers | the subscriptions were taken to examiners | to look out for errors and irregularities. They were required to see that the checks and drafts were signed. Not a few cash- iers failed to sign ank drafts and many | checks were sent in without amounts being et forth. After the war revenue act be- ame operative the examiners were re- quired to see that checks and drafts were ly stamped in accordance with that act. e could be ed on to the listers pa: it had been marked perfect by the ners. The perfect cases of the class of $500 and less were arranged in lots of 100 and then passed on to clerks who re- corded the names, addresses and amounts on lists, Each subscription was given a ARING WAY BILLS ant Secr sis r idea of the and the re- e new city ch portions Here a floor tent has When 3'to pro- war expend- ent had not yet ne author- within three bill in une 11, was furnish- circulars and the k been used during » work, of tr Star com- mended ork of the ment print- ing office on that occasion, wh2n from Sat- urday night until Monday morning it print- VANDERLIP. | ed over 4.060,00) impressions and delivered them to the Treasury in time for the force |to commence work on Monday morning, dune 1%, the day the President signed the war revenue act. the Pablic Was Informed. The Treasury Department, from the mo- ment the act became a certainty, exert2d its powerful energies to make the loan a popular one in every sense of the word. Tha 22,000 newspapers of the country were ask- ed to co-operate with the Secretary in con- mation as to the characteristics nt bonds. A campaign of edu- cation was begun by this means, the inten- tion to make it possible for evary How being man who had $20 or more to invest to un- lerstand just what he was going to get in ease he should subseribe for a bond. The express companies tend2red‘the use heir offices and facilities. There are 00 of these offices. The Postmaster neral dirscted that the 26,000 post offices the country co-operate with the Treas- y Department and in every manner possi- to assist in receiving subscriptions to the loan. Secretary Gag> asked the banks, national, state and private, tO render their FOR SHIPHE: \P OF BONDS. | number by whi it afterward could | ide ed through ail the ramifications Jef the work. | | Making the Altotm The subscriptions and the lis: they had been entered were comparing division, where the work was [reviewed with great care and all errors jcorrected. The original subscriptions were ) then gone over by a set of clerks, whose | cuty it was to enter them on schedules to | be ‘used subsequently by the register of the trecsury when issuing the bonds. The | subscriptions and hedules were compared | in the comparing division in the same man- rer as the lists. Both tne lists and sched- jules were then sent to the bookkeeper’s civision, where, if the list of subscriptions ‘reed with the scl edules, they were pass- ion for allotment. ‘Tie subscriptions for mounts larger than $44) were taken care of in another division of listers. The work as not prosecuted to an end in this di- vision because it could not be told until the books were closed how much of the loan would be absorbed by those who had ap- plied for bonds of $400 and less. Subserip- tions for amounts over that sum were re- uired to be ompanied by 2 per cent of the amount of the subscription as an earn- est that the application was made in good ts. s on which sent to the | faith. Great bundles of yellow blanks with checks, drafts, post office money orders and express money orders attached the to were stored in the vaults at the new city post office awaiting consideration when the books of the loan should have cicsed. Rejected Subscription Almost a week before that event Assist- ant Secretary Vanderlip knew that the in- dividual subscriptions of the loan would far more than be sufficient to take all the bonds, and therefore prepa made to return promptly all s of corporations ations were bseriptions associations, or ndicate: aggregated forms of wealth. This was a move appreciated by those whose money would have been tied up in the form of cer- titied checks until ft was the department's pleasure to return their bids. To release this money soon as possible was the duty of the department, and in a few hours after 3 o'clock July 14, when the loan closed, thousands of these checks were be- ing returned to unsuccessful subseribers. In the Treasury Department proper the work has been greatly increased, especial- ly in the treasurer's office, where an addi- tional force has been employed to take care of checks, drafts and other forms of r mittance Sent by the Secretary for colle tion. These were carefully gone over by the treasurer's force 1 sent to depc tary banks, by which the checks and drafts were collected. These banks were required to make collections without expense to the government, and when the certificate of deposit representing a collection was re- turned to the treasury the bank which had sent it was charged with the amount, and the money was regarded as in the treasury as soon as a “covering warrant” had been issued. Collections up to the present time have amounted to $115,000,000. In order to encourage the people to sub- scribe to the loan, Secretary Gage an- nounced in his circular that payments would be received in almost every form In which credits could be transmitted. The department received old bonds of other loans in payment. It received gold, which, being frequently of light weight and below the limit of tolerance, caused much delay in the settlement of cases. Wherever gold Was sent in payment it was weighed, and if found too light the subscriber was re- quired to make up the difference. A branch of the office of the register of the treasury was established in the new city post office, where clerks were engaged in computing interest on deposits and in preparing for the transmission of bonds to successful subscribers. The actuary of the treasury prepared interest tables. for amounts ranging from $20 to $1,000,000 at 8 per cent, the periods ranging from one to ninety-two days. These tables enabled the clerks to compute readily the interest ac- crued on each deposit. Schedules of ac- crued interest were prepared and typewrit- ten and furnished to the treasurer of the United States, whose duty it was to draw the 230,000 checks which were to be sent to the successful subscribers. The ordinary custom in the treasurer's office is to cut the amounts in checks, but this had to be dispensed with in so large a job, and, as the smallest check for interest was 8 cents, and the largest $1.6, it was found to be prac- ticable to print in red ink across the face of each interest check the words “Less than $2" and “Less than $1,” as circum- stances required. A Mammoth Task. All the undertaking from the time the matl was received in the opening division until 200,000 envelopes had been prepared by the register’s office and addressed can- not be set forth within the limits of this article. Perhaps some*idea of the magni- tude of the work may be obtained from an understanding of the mere work of de- livering the bonds, Sixty people are en- geged daily now in folding, placing in en- Yelopes, sealing and delivering the ‘hen2= to the express ccmpanies. Each envelope is required to be* sealed with five wax seals. When the work ts done the sealers will have put the treasury impress In wax on hot less than 1,500,000 of these seals. Delivering the Bond The interest checks, too, are required to be inclosed with the bonds. Every day now there are delivered’ to the express com- panies 6,000 of the bonds. Later on ft may be possible to inctease the number deliv- ered daily, but jrst now the delivery amounts to the full responsibility which the express companies care to undertake, as well as the capacity of the department for handling the bonds. It really makes no difference to persons who have been successful whether they receive the bonds now or not. If they have subscribed for mounts ranging from $520 to $4,400 the veasury Department recognizes an assign- ment of the allotment which enables the successful subscriber to enter the market and dispc ot his bonds at a premium, now about 5 per cent. As the bonds carry their own interest from August 1 there is no loss to subscribers in that respect, and as the security of the government 1s of the best there can be little cause for com- plaint if the department shall not be able to complete these deliveries for a month or more. It the government should ever egain undertake a popular loan the experience gained durirg the present one will be valu- able. The temporary force was recruited outside the classified civil service, and mainly of the citizens of Washington. For the most part the clerks are bright young people, many being graduates of the schools of Washington last spring. From the District Public Shcools. In shifting the work from division to division Assistant Secretary Vanderlip has endeavored to advance those who had de- monstrated their ability, and in comment- ing upon this feature of the work he says that “as an evidence of the advantages of the public schools you will find that at the very head of the work there are two young ladies who have advanced from the open- ing division to responsible positions in the division where the allotments are made. These young ladies are graduates of the Washingtor Nermai School.” The force has been enthusiastic ifi ite work, The assistant secretary has been an example for the clerks under him, @id it is not saying too much that he kus im- parted to them something of the untiring energy and enthusiasm which he himself has put into the task. During a part of the time the force has rot only worked from 9 to 5 during the day, but again in the evening from 7 to 10:30, making an additional half-da At times. too, an extra force has be on at night. “When will the work end?” fs an ab- sorbing topic with the clerks of the tempo- rary force. That cannot be answered Aefi- nitely, The department has completed the force and no more appointments are being made, but there are new problems arising every day—new work to be done—ane it may be that most of the present force will be continued for two months, probably on into October. Colonel Joseph Noble has had direct charge of the large force of clerks at the post office building. His work has been ar- duous and important, and has per- formed to the s sury Department. Two other men holding positicns of gr importance are W. L. Rohrer and C. Merwin, who has been in the treasury for thirty years, These two men are engaged in the work of assorting and sending out the bonds to the subscribers. Mr. Rohrer is a you #n of the best business at- tainments. Was prominent in Califor- nla politic well as in business. He had not be the employ of the govern ment b Vanderlip first sclecte him as chief of a div n the bond werk. Mr. Rohrer was next selected to become the head of the small but impertant force engaged in sealing and shipping the bonds to every part of the country. In this posi- tion Mr. Rohrer is the last man to handle each bond before it is turned over to the express company to be sent to its destina- tien. He takes receipt from the company for every bond. Millions of dollars in bonds have already pased through his hands. His work has been so efficiently done as to freauently receive the commendation of both Mr. Vanderlip and Secretary Gage. eine revelry ove of Home Among the Sick Poor. From the St. Louis Globe-Demoerat. -Mrs. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, speaking of her work among the cancerous poor, mentioned particularly the love of home and the desire to keep their families to- gether that she found among the poor w men of the tenements. So greatly do they dread the breaking up of their pitifully pcor homes that they prefer to stay there, in many cases even when they would be in- finitely more comfortable in a hospital. One poor old woman, she instanced, had a miserable Httle room, but she had worked for years to keep it and have all her poor belongings about her. Urged to go to the hospital, where she could be well cared for, she refused, and at last the reason came out. A brother, whom Mrs. Lathrop had often noticed about the tenement, had spin- al disease, and was dependent for both care and support on his te If she left the little home her husband wouid not accept the burde1 o the woman, forgetting her own misery, clung to the home in order to keep the care of her brother. Other women | with little children, or useless, drunken husbands, sacrifice themselves for the sake of those they love. Mrs. Lathrop declares cer to be much more prevalent than even consumption, though it is more fre- quently concealed! Its ravages among the poor Wwasherwoman and charwomen are horrifying. It is estimated, says Mrs. Lathrop, that while among 1,000 women in fortunate circumstances you will find eight cases of cancer, among the same number of poor women forced to live in uniygtenic surroundings, and doing hard work, there will be found at least 300 afflicted ones. In this connection, Mrs. Lathrop made an elo- quent appeal for consecrated women to take up the work of caring for these in- curable cases. ——_—___+e+—____ The Worm Has Turned. From the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, A new craze that is spreading in elite cir- cles both in London and New York is the cooking school for men. Last summer quite a number were established at the resorts and proved very popular. It is claimed that “the new departure will seriously interfere with club life and restore a widespread in- terest-in the home on the part of the heads of families.” Naturally comparisons are made by the cooking teachers concerning the interest shown by women and men au- diences. One careful observer says “the men want to know about the food values, whether peeling a potato is wasting it and whether oysters or beefsteak excel codfish and beans in amount of nourishment for the money expended, while the women are bent on learning how to make what’ comes into the house into. the most appetizing dishes and the methods of measuring and mixing claim their sole attention.” Mistress (about to engage a new house- maid)—“Have you had any experience?” Applicant—"Oh, yes; mum. I've been in ‘undreds of citiwations.”—Phil May in Punch. IWAR AND GHOSTS Takes the Idle Hour to Bring Out the Best Spook Yara, NIGHTMARE RIDES +10 ORDER Telegraphic Connection With Land of Dreams. PROBLEMS IN PHYSICS aoe Written for ‘The Evening Star. I was chatting yesterday with a well- known spook trapper, identified with the Society for Psychical Research and a popu- lar authority on things occult. I had ven- tured a question as to the effect of war upon ghosts, whether we might not antici pate an unusual stock of select military ghost stories in the near future. “The ghost market will receive no addi- tions from battlefield or camp,” said he, “or from the seat of our recent naval opera- tions. Army or navy life in time of actual war has the same effect, sir, upon spook- seeing as it has upon crime. It reduces it to a minimum. Soldiers and sailors at the front ever have their minds concentrated upon their responsible duties, which involve purely material things. When bedtime comes they are too tired and sleepy to see anything. Military life in time of peace, however, is stimulating to the ghost mar- ket. Idle life in between the moments of routine on shipboard or in barracks is an ideal condition for the propagation of phan- tasms. Some of our choicest ghost stories come from such sources. The jack tar’s capacity for ghostseeing is, of course proverbial. I should say that peaceful mili- tary life is more productive of ghosts than the average civil occupation. It 1s all due to the same cause which makes the country folks see more ‘haunts’ in winter than in summer. In summer they are all active— out of doors, working in the fields and get- ting good and tired before going to bed. In winter, on the other hand, the spooks swarm in the country because these honest hewers of wood and drawers of water are comparatively idle. Idleness is the root of superstition as well as of evil. No, I should not say, either, sir, that this war business ts going to cause a great scarcity of ghosts. The people at home are seeing more of them than usual, even if it is summer. They are worrying about the thousands of men down in the West Indies whose lives they imagine are hanging by a thread liable to be cut any time. Every change of the wind is some omen, and every time there is a battle there is almost sure to be a score or so of wiseacres who surely knew it all just while it was happening. “But ghosts, sir, are growing out of style nowadays. There are new things occult coming in ev ay. Look at this evidence about ‘Faces and Figures in the Dark.’ Yes, something entirely new. Just wha: you are after. Here is a St. Louis woman s she attains, while wide awake, e Same Kind of uncentrollable concentra ton she experiezces while dreaming. Her most frequent experiences occur just afte awakening from a short sleep and before she opens her eyes. In a bright yellow lght, as though against the inside of her eyelids, will appear the most beautiful dec ovative patterns—‘finials,’ she says, ‘carve: spira blossoms,’ ete., all in blac lines. The drawing of these comes as natural to her, she says here, writing. Then look here. We find that for al generations back her ancestcrs were decorative engray ers. She apyears to heve inherited impres sicns upon her optic centers resulting from their life work. Testing Cerebral Force. ten, again. Here, sir, we have a com- mittee investigating some new-fangled ma- chines now out for testing man’s ‘cerebral ferce’ or ‘psychic action of the will.’ ‘These, you see, consist essentially of a light body suspended in a glass bell-jar by means of silk in some, or other fiber in others. The weight hangs so that a very slight force exerted upon it from one side or the other causes it to rotate about the point of sus- pension. Now one of these is placed on some stable fourdation, and as a person ap- proaches it tha pendulum will begin to move. This sometimes occurs when the hand alone is brought near. Now the theory is that the more the suspended body is moved, the greater is the ‘psychic fore: of the subject. Captivating idea, Isn't it? Think of having a machine of this kind to aid one in analyzing character when em- ploying a clerk, for instance, or for sizing up the chap who's calling on your daugh- ter. All very well and good. It seems rea- sonable enough. Here you have the mova- ble part sealed in a glass jar and no out- side air can move it. But since our com- mittee pried into the phenomenon there n’t been a rush for such machines. They filled a jar full of smoke, sealed it up and watched operations. A glass of warm wa- ter snowed itself to have as much psych ferce as a man’s brain, provided it was heated to the same temperature, and more when it was made hotter. The explanation is all very simple now—always is when scme other smart fellow does the explain- ling for you, tsn’t it? The heat in the ap- proaching person’s body or hand simply causes the temperature of the air inside the glass jar to rise slightly. Now when- ever air gets warmer or cooler it becomes disturbed. The smoke showed this very plainly. The warmer air, that nearest the subject, made for the top of the jar, and that furthest away for the bottom. The suspended indicator of psychic force was so sensitive and light that it moved per- ceptibly witn the air currents. A shame to knock such a novel inspiration in the head, isn’t it? “Crystal-gazing 1s just now b2coming a fad in this country, as it has been in Eng- land for the past few years. Glass balls from 1% to 3 inches in diameter, solid or hollow—to contain water—are now sold mounted on ebonized stands. The images summored into these crystal balls have astounded som? of the most skeptical. Another simple arrangement is an ordinar: glass of water with two high candles such as will give the necessary lighted spot to be gezed.at in the water. Under proper cir- cumstances of concentration, a very small picture will form in the brilliant circle thrown by the lights. The figure will grad- ually become more and more distinct, and you may study its actions as distinctly as if it were a photographic image focused upon the ground-glass of a camera. Spooks? Well, that depends. See here what one authority says about it. He says there is nothing superstitious about it. Its revela- ticns are not messages from the spiri! world, but, in reality, indications of what 1s going on in ourselves behind our ordi- nary consciousness. Strange faculties ar2 surely operating, but further experiments are what ere wanted. Wire to Ghost Land. “Why, certainly. All of this is more fas- cirating than skulking about in haunted hcuses looking for ghosts of actual size to present themszlves. Here we have instru- ments for carrying on a sort of telegraphic correspondence with ghostland, which the mere it is explored is brought deeper and deeper within our own skulls. Then thsre is dreamland. I see that its psychology is now a popular fad. But how about this idea? Something novel and accessible to every one. Send a man to bed with his foot or ankles go bound as to keep tha foot in the position of one standing on tiptoe, or with several fingers tied together with a string or perhaps put a tight glove on one hand. Don't tell your subject what your purpose is in doing all this, or you will ruin your chances. Take his testimony after he awakens and note whether he dreams he {s standing on tiptoe, dancing, sees some one else with a foot 80 place or what2ver the induced phenomenon may be. If three of his fingers are tied he may dream of the number three, or perhaps six or nine. Show your amatetr subject some particular colors just befor putting out the light at bed time. Note whether they reproduce themselves or their complemen- tary colors in his dream. Experiments of this kind are being made in Europe. After gazing at an object intently before closing his eyes for the last time at night, one sleep2r saw a positive after-image of the same object on the ceiling the moment he opened his eyes in the morning. Practical? Why, certainly. In this way nightmares can be analyzed. If w2 can learn to guide our dreams into. more pleasant channels mvch pain can be spared not only to our- selves but often to the neighborhood. The man who suffers from chronic nightmare in this summer weather when we sleep ‘with our windows open must be reformed." ADVERTISED LETTERS. The following is s list of advertised letters re- maining in the Washington (D. C.) Post-office Sat- undey, August 18, 1698. - To ‘obtain any of. these letters the applicant shonltl cali for “‘Advertised Letters.” If not called for within two (2) weeks they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. LADIES’ LIST. Abbott, LE Miss (3) Jones, Ella Miss Adams, Sarah Jones, Fannie Mrs Allen, Bell Mrs Jones; J W Mrs Virginia Miss Jones, Leidn Minx , Alice Miss Jones, Se Miss Marie E Mrs J M Anderson, Mamie Miss(z) Joraer, N: Mis Anderson, M Mrs Juston, Kate Miss Andres, Nettie Miss Kalin, L Moss Ansley, Lizzie Miss Kelton, Annie Mrs Arkush, Samuel Mrs. John Arkush; ST Mrs (2) Avery, ‘Alda Anston, Mary Miss ie Ballinger, Magzie Mrs Lawler ° Banks, Mary Miss Lacey, Mollie Mrs Banks, Relie Lee, EDM Banla, Frauk Mrs (2) Lee, Lovisa Mrs Burnes, G L Mrs Lemoud. Alice V Miss > Miss Leonard, Laura Mrs et. Temple Levy Mins Lewis, Luvenin Mre Beckie, A Mrs Littleficld, M LM. Bell. Geneva Miss Longstrect, Eva X Bell) Jennie Miss Louson, Eliza B Mrs Bell) Martha Mrs Lovelett, Nellie Bentett, A Miss Lyde, FA Mrs Boehine, Kat M Mamie Mrs Bour. BC Mrs McCavley, Jessie A Miss Bowling, Mary Mrs Mecielan, Mt Sine Brandt, ‘Sophie Miss McDowell, Lillie Mrs Beason, Linealy Mrs. MeVeany.’ Victoclae bat Brashears, Mary J Mrs chen at iggia Mrs tar oo” t, Chas A ars x jette 50. Mra Brice) Racbel Miss Marchmunt. Minerva Mes Brick, ‘T Mrs Marks, Katie Mrs Brightwood, Marr. Mamie Mics pasate Mar amie Miss peas oF Marsiall, Brown, Brown, Brown, Frances Miss Brown, Henry Brown, Lases Brown, Lena Mrs Brown, Loubelle Miss Brown, M E Mis Brown, Mamie Miss Mine aM Miss Brown, Mary A Miss Mon mia Miss Brown, Mattie Miss Monroe, M_ Mrs Brown, Priscilla Mrs Moore, “Mary Mrs Brown, Trisa Mrs , Mary L Mise Buckingham, Donna Miss » Nancy A Miss Bundy, Alice Mrs (2) OD Mrs Bundy, Mary E Miss Anca -M Mrs Bunn, M E Mrs 1, Bertha Mrs reess, Carrie Miss Bettie Mrs Burk lester Mrs losbey, Fannie Miss Burlen, Henrietta Miss Muller, ¢ Bush, Carrie Mre Mulvebiil, beth Mos Butler, Anna Miss Mum Miss Butler, Cora Miss Annie Miss Butler, Eliza Mrs tle Miss Butler, Lucy E Mrs 4 ae Campbell, Martha Miss Nichols, beth Boyd Carpenter, J Mrs Sarroll, 5 Norman, Martha Miss Carter, h Mrs (2) O'Hanlon, Carter, Martha Miss Ou Carter, Vinute Mrs ee ary, © Mrs sborn a Z Katte Miss Pannill, Mattie Miss Bessie Miss Parker, © Mrs_ le,"S Bradley Mre Parker, Sam Mrs Clark, A J Mrs Payne, Bel Clements, Jessie Miss Coale, Edna Miss Cogeli, Dollie Mrs Cozzens, Phoebe Miss Cogbill, Lillie Miss Colinan, Ella Miss Correse, Bessie Miss ovinglin, C E Miss ‘ox, Beulah A Miss Crayon. Ceeilin Mrs Crain, J Mrs Crakesen, Maggie Mrs 8s, Hattie Miss DW Mr a tia Dangerfield, Davenporte. Davis, Emma Miss Davis, John Dyer Mrs Davis, Malinda Miss Davis. Mary Mrs ty, Ethel Miss De Alnie Mrs Donnelly, H J noho, “Mary Dean, Dunst » Miss Rita Miss SA Miss W Mrs Luella Miss Irene Miss Miss nL Mrs arah M Mrs Ford, ‘Lucy Miss Forsh, Myra Mrs , Ruth Miss Gertrude Mrs Lizzie Mi Freener, Annie C Mrs Fry, Sb Mrs Gaither, Bessie Miss Gaither, Mary Mrs Galey, Jessie Miss Lillian t, JH Mrs aham, © H Mis Gratson,’ Bessie Mrs Farmé Fenton, Marla Mrs artha Miss Annie S Mrs Ella Mes Wan ens. ward, Stewart, Kate Mr Thomas H and lor, Jane 1 ay, Annie Miss Miss TS Le M Miss » Mivnie E yD Miss . Isabel Mis: Miss pson, Jennie A Mrs a Mics mpson, Josey bine Mrs Haight, Emma G Mrs janpsen, Mary Mes Hall. Sarah Miss Laskan M Hall B Mrs Hampton, Mary. Miss Hanes, Miss Hann, Miriam Miss , Jennie Miss , “Charlotte | George Mrs Harris, Laura Miss Harris, Mary M Harris, Maud Hareton, Emily H Miss Hawkins, Annie Miss Hedrick, Anna Miss > Sarah Miss Hetsel, Susan Riyiers allie Miss Miss Anne Miss Hickey, Annie Mise on, Martha Miss Hill, Fannie Mrs Hill, Katie Mrs n. BOE Mrs Hill, Mamie ve Mrs Hill, Mary Miss Wetster, Ada Miss Hitchens, May Miss Wells, Fred L Mrs . OE Mrs West, Lizzie 3 a, Adetla Sirs Westin.” Vonni atolland. Maggie Mi Htood, Bessie Mis Wilia Hopson, Nannie Mrs Will Hunter, Lue rs, With . 5 eK Dona Williams, ‘Juine Mrs Williams, FE Jackson) Sarah A Mrs Williams, HW. Mre Jackson, Surleana Mrs Will Jeet. Risie Miss Willi Johrison, Ann Mrs Willis, Carrie Miss Johnson; Cassie Miss Wilson. Gertie Miss Johnson, EA Mrs Wood, Ida Miss Johnson, John F Mrs Wood) K Mi Johnson, Eva Miss Weed, Mary E Mrs Johnson, L Mrs Williamson, RT Miss Johnson, Hattie Mies Jounston, Isabel Miss 3ENTLEMEN'S LIST. Abbott, Saunders » Mabel Mis: mon, H B Adam: ATUS Gane, W B Adkius, Alvin. iner, G Ly Albrecht, F J kM Alderson, CO jv Allen, Walter R. Wiley Altaffer, Prof L B Geedrich, Ernest Andrews, Murray C Granger, Dr KH Ardrews, Wm Green, M D Atchison, Ernest Asa G . Geo ziley, Win P tallard, J R Hailer, Harry Barrett, Richard aS Js secon annor eee Har: . Eddie Bentley Harris, M Berkley, Ha Ben Biggs, Wille fr Harrison, Frank B Billings. TB Harrison, Geo Black, Win L Harry, Joe. Blanchard, 8 patter, HD joard, MV asson, Thos Bradley, Hon TF <Reees Lewis Bradley, Walter piayes, Thos Branner, Es ees aS Brent, Wilile Heemamec este ay. Brett, eer es Eagle Hess, Grant Brisco, ‘James A Hewiinn, ito Brightwell, G R Hexter. "JM Broadhead, Hicks. "sn Brown, G © ys Brown, Geo ~ Imes, Walter B Holtzer, Jas Howard, WoW Hunting! Brooks, Frank Brush, "Geo W Bryant, Chas W Bryant, Jno F Jackson, \, Stephen Jackso: Bunch, Jas Johnso: Burke, M E Johnson, Chas H Burns, C P Johnson, James E Burrell, W Johnson, Robert H Byerly, F M Jones, A A Cogswell, George (2) Jones, Henry Cain, ID Jones, John Compbell, DA Jones, i Campbell, Silas M Jones, Thos Carr, Walker Jones; Wm Carter, Wm Keating. Chas Genk, Chas Kelley, it 1 fey, Jas Kennedy, Jno pman, © M Kiernan,’ Wm Childrers, Geo King, Bert Colvin, G Raymond Kinney, Ernest L Conklin, Chas Kloxen, HB Connelly, A E Krupeon, Ht Connelly, ‘Ira Lally, Michael Corcoran, Patrick ys 4 uw = pene ae easier, Perey Soon Ww Latrobe, Rev BH Cowling, SB Laurense, R Townsend Davis, Henry x20, 0 Davis, Robert Leo. MS Davis, WH Leffel, 8 Danforth, A G Lewis, Jno Danforth, HH verpool, Will DeLing, Baltus ng, Hon S J Deweese. 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Beckwith, Isabela Mrs Tamplin, Eliza Mise Crawford, Lottie Miss Phillips, Elizabeth Mre Doexy, Lizzie Mrs (2) Yale, Lottle Mrs Helord, Cora Mrs Yates, Eliza Miss (2) Mathews, Rosa Mrs y Lottie Wo Mrs 5S Luetta Mrs Yalemons, Mary Miss GENTLEMEN $LIST Blackwell, BH Thomas, James Rowsell, Franklin Watson, W Jat 0 White, © W Sau r : FOREIGN 1 . vm 0 r, Pierre 0G k, Wo Van Cormo, ‘Argorelia MF Lunia Elliott, Wim Johan Glover, Howe,’ Goo M Kent, Geo H MISCEL NM ‘ ‘ THE ISLE OF PINES. tiful and Healthfal Hesort Of Southe a Coust of Ca Haven | at< es due south of Havana | and equidistant from the western tip, jand is the only islet cf size and conse- quence among the th is that encom- pass the Queen of I visited it early last spring westward from Cienfueges, but the future tide of travel will come down from New York or Tampa to Havana; thence two or three hours by rai! across the narrowest portion of Cuba to the dirty little southern port of Bata- bano, thence by steamer across fif four s of tranquil sea to Pine Island The clin is as near absolute perfes- the dry, pure air cooled by breezes fro the nearby ocean and odorous of the pin forests. At present only one of the springs, ed “Templado” (temperate), is used as bath. A house has been er 1 over it, divided into compartmer women and mcn, each bathing twelve feet by six, with four inc ‘ a floor of solid stone. The waier is 8 degrees very strongly impregr carbonic acid gases, sulphate of lime, nitr nesia, silex, knows what other about the nastiest |side it the savcr of a mon to most mineral brosia, and even acts as a lively emetic on new regulation cure here, as pres Cuban doctors for almost every known to materia is four glasses a day of the two baths; but it is prcbable odors, th warm, pure air and simple diet, and, abov all, faith, have much to do with ft. At any rate m surprising cures have be: rly of bronchial, rheumatic ints. In- valids h steam- ers on litters to give the ghost, who in a ¥ me have been riding over t rse- back, and “good as new” M away. can 2 ord to put up with son. Fleas, re s wrigsling, crawling, sti set you continually You find pests between sheets and i the food. They pre-empt your shoes at night and the garm you ar wearing by day, and if they do not take bodiiy pos session of you, whole colonies of them set tuing down comfo: m your hair and ears and nostrils you are *catc “forty winks’ intervals of w fortunate. Ev its serpen' know, and doubtless a more advanced state of civilization here i some means of diminishing the p Expense this spa are The best hotel charges American money, for its very $2. moderate, per diem, choicest accom- Saddle horses d carriag are many the neigh- y exeur- estates and modations, including bath de y be Hired at $1.50 at proportionate rates. There charming walks and d in boring hills, and interesting all- sions may be made to sugar pineapple plantations. The natives of Isle de los Pinos are a simple, kind-hearted people, whose greatest pleasure seems to be chatting with strangers and listening to their accounts of the outer world. To them all beyond the horizon’s rim, or at most beyond the Mmits of Cuba, is a terra incognita of more than Munchausen won- der. The young children go about entirely naked, and the universal innocence, com- bined with’ the utmost dignity and’ pune- tilious courtesy, is charming to behold. “At 38 M ex Past 18.” From the Birmingham Gazette. For the first time an English railway company has printed a twenty-four houre’ time table. This is the Great Eastern Com- Ppany’s table of the new direct service to Spa. Thus we read that the service from Spa leaves at 44 past 14 and arrives at Ante werp at 38 past 18. The Great Eastern is obliged to print its time tables, as far as they concern the Belgian lines, in this way because the twenty-four hours’ system has been made compulsory on the Belgian state railways. The system only came into op- eration this year and the Belgians have set- tled down to it. The faces of the railway clocks have been altered to bring them in- to harmony with the time tables, and while the old enumeration to 12 o'clock is retain- cd, there is a second circle of figures carry- ing on the time to 24 o'clock. .