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THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1898—24 PAGKS. 21 AN INDIAN FAMILY. INDIANS OF CHILE The Araucanians Are a Sturdy and Prosperous People. VISIT 10 ONE OF THEIR HOMES Their Queer Life and Some of Their Curious Customs. PROUD OF THEIR His8TORY (Copyrighted, 1898, by Frank G. Carpenter.) Bpectal Correspordence of The Evening Star. TEMUCO, Chile, September 6, 1898. WANT TO INTRO- duce you to the rich- est, proudest and bravest of the In- di of the South American continent, the Indians who once owned the greater part of Chile, end who, for three gen- erations, with lances ot wood and Lows arrows, waged a sful war with the Spanish invaders. Pedro Valdevia, the man who ntiago, and then came south to them. They destroyed Spanish sh cities and only re- y inch rd the south, fight- were forced to the recr. When e finally conquered they refused to me the slaves and hirelings of their gonquerors, a8 did the Indians further north, and today they im thelr own iden- tity, owning their own lands and looking with scorn upon the descendants of the white-skinned invaders wio have robbed them of their country. I refer to the nCa: s, the fan’ Indian fighters of I am now writing in the fron- Tem on the edge of one of reservations, 2 ve Just returned nd-car trip over a railroad which ‘an government is building through untry to open the lauds adjoining ettlement. ‘11 have iong since their fight against the whites, and an government is doing what it to civilize them. It which they are noc allowed to sell, s vols modeled en of United a alcoho! is nat is ieft of t timated, only 5 nd the m9 the hills race. 000 of of these are scat valleys of southern Among the Araucanians many of th are Tem on foot, Araucanians to be come here to trade, on horseback, men and women riding astride, and many in rude oxcarts, riding on the loads of wheat, barley and other thi which they bring some some in I saw one today on the outskirts of the city seated in his cart on two fat hogs ich he v ringing to market, I took a . who re flat earr: otvgraph of his pretty a pony behind. She t silver, ea palm of my hand, afd upon her nging from a silver chain was a a diamond shape,which al jingle as she trotted by. I »pped a group of Indian girls tes of their dress. They were but on their ankles bands of Wed to red cloth stood out 9 k flesh. Some hese came the dres right-colored blanket raving the arms silver buckles at girls had a sec- + much like ned by a lo! The men we: women, save vund the waist, aS a poncho; art of the body, a slit in the ar hats, but all d about the leaving the of the same race merican Indian. They a trifle lighter our tribes, high ight black hair. The beards. They wear n with the neck and ears. The women A Cradle. r their hair long. It is divided into two ach wrapped with a strip of red fs sometimes decoraicd with beads. They wind the hair up on the top of the skull and let the ends of the braids stick out like horns above thetr faces. Sometimes the ends are joined by a string of little balls of silver and sometimes the braids hang down the back. he men and women are fond of -olors. The women wear quantities elry. Their earrings are always very They are of many shapes, silver plates as big as a playing card, with ear hooks attached, being common. They wear ecklaces of silver beads and as much other ver in the shape of breast ornaments as can afford. The men are, as a rule, better looking than our Indians, and the women when young are plump and pretty. rae I see many girls who have rosy cheeks and well-rounded forms. A Visit to an Araucanian Hut. These Araucanians have curious customs. Many of the richer Indians have two or mere wives. Each Indian brave keeps his several women with him in the same hut, the children of the various wives being mixed up indiscriminately as long as peace prevails in the family. This, however, 1s not always the ca: At le; I judge so, for in one of the Indian huts which I visited yesterday I found two fires going and over each fire one of the husband two wives was cooking, while about each was gathered her own brood of children The hut was of boards with a low thatched reof. It had no door, but the whole front was opened to the east, and so arranged that it could be closed with skins. The roof was of the shape of a ridge, and this gave room for an attic, which was sepa- rated from the ground room by a ceiling of poles jet black with smoke. From these poles ears of corn, strings of onions, pie of dried meat and bags of other eatabl hung. The floor, which was Mother Eart littered with farming utensils, cloth- ing, saddles and harness, and a lot of other stuff which made the room look like a junk shop. At opposite sides of the hut two closet- like rooms had been partitioned off by poles and ski In each of them was a low platform covered with straw and sheep skins. They were the private quarters of the diffcrent wives, each of whom sleeps apart from the other with her children. The Oldest Woman of the World. In the same hut lived the great-gr: mother-in-law of the two women. This woman 1s, I am 130 years. old. She is the per- son in Chile, and, if the records of her family are correct, she Is perh: the old- est woman of the world. She is a slender little body, not over four feet high, and so withered up with age that she does not The Wife of a Chief. weigh more than fift at the time of my v Otto Kehren, a Don Augustine eral of ¢ pounds. it to her erman connected Balza, the inspecior g lonization of Chile, who was of our party. Herr Kehren Is one of finest looking and best formed men I have ever met. He is over six feet tall and he weighs 250 pounds. I stood him up beside the little great-grandmother-in-law an made a photograph of the two. The con- trast was that of giant and pigmy, of old age and youth, of life and death. of dry bones and rosy fiesh. The fact that size onditions have little to do with lon- seemed to me apparent as I looked a dried-up cen an. She was small at her birth and she had lived m than a century and a quarter in a squalid but, half fed and poorly clad. She wa: when J saw her, dressed only in navy blue blan! , Which was fastened by a pin of silver over her skinny breast bone. Her lean, shriveled arms were bare to the shoulder, and her wrinkled legs were nake to the middle of the calf. She was deaf and blind. Her eyes were grown over by what seemed to me like two little red but- tons of flesh and her face was corrugated with lines like a withere: . She wa led out the hut by or her great- grandchfidren, a little Indian maiden of eighte and the contrast between eigh- teen and 140 was striking in the extreme. 1 was told that the old woman still had the use of her mental faculties and that she was able to do much of the spinning for the family. Her great granddaughters-in- law seemed proud of her, and they smiled and were grateful for the money we gave j her. me Dainty Indian Dishes. hut, as I have said, there were raucanlan women cooking. Their sils were several iron pots and they had neither ovens nor stoves. The fires built in holes in the ground inside hut and the smoke was so thick that I almost felt it closing behind me as I pushed my way through it. The women were roasting potatoes and green corn in the coals, and T am told they make stews of varteus kinds. Much of their food is eaten raw a this {8 so at times with both meal and meat. Raw mutton and beef cut up in small pieces is one of the chief dis aucanian feast. Re an appetizer and r ween the courses. Araucanians have queer customs nd marriage. A father always ex- pects to get a certain price for his daugh- ter. in the shape of cattle hor or other presents, and th made be- ferchand, the groom paying as little as he can. The young man with hi friends to the hou: e father-in- law and kidnaps hi: A dark night ‘These of love bride. selected, but the time is often he girl has her fe nds for the occasion. I: is a matter ling etiquette that she should fight being marrted, and a!l the females omen of the family join with her in & the groom. The friends of the groom help him, and there Is a_ lively skirmish in the bride’s home, which ends in her being dragged out by her future husband. He swings her onto his horse and goes off on the gallop, making for the nearest wood. ‘The women pursue. but the groom of course soon distances them. Having reached the forest, he takes his lady love with him into its recesses and there spends the honey- moon. This lasts but a few days, whea the two return to the hous: of the groom and are considered married. Then the hus- band takes the presents, ag he had agreed, to the father of his wifé and the ceremony is over. If later on the husband wishes 2 divorce, he may, under certain conditions, send back his wife to her father, and if she proves unfaithful to him he ‘has the right to kill her. If she deserts him and goes back home of her own accord nothing is said, but if she shoud marry again the second husband must reimburse the first one for the price he originally paid to her father for her. Queer Customé of Birth and Death. The Araucanians tie their papooses on boards and carry them upon their backs, much as our squaws do. The babies are tied to the carrying board as soon as they are born and are kept fastened there until they are old enough to be taught to walk. They are bright-eyed, healthy-looking chil- dren and they stand treatment that would kill an American baby. Take the birth, for instance. When an Araucanian baby is expected its mother goes alone into the woods and camps there cn the bank of a stream until her child is born. After the birth has taken place she bathes the baby in the brook, then dries it, wraps it up in a skin or cloth and tles it to the board. She slings it on her back by a strap or repe tied about her forehead and thus car- ries it home. For a year or so thereafter she carries the little one about with her wherever she goes, taking {t to the fields with her when she goes there to work. They have queer ideas of death. They do not believe in the Christian religion, as do to a certain extent the descendants of the Incas and the other Indians further south. The Catholic missionarjes have worked among them with but little success. They are Ike our Indians in their belief in a sreat father or a great good spirit and an evil spirit. These two they think are al- ways fighting one another, and the evil spirit is supposed to follow a man even into the grave. For this reason they stand about the grave at the time of deaths with their lances and make noises to frighten the evil spirits away. When a person dies he is sel- dom buried at once. His family, so I am told, fear he will be lonesome on his way to the happy hunting ground, and they try to ac- custom him to solitude. They hang the corpse from the rafters or poles inside the hut and for the first day or so speak to him frequently. They talk to him at their meals and treat him as though .he were alive. From day to day, however, they pay less and less attention to him, until they think he has grown accustomed to being alone, when they bury him. Some- Umes, instead of being hung up, the corpse is laid in the little attic on the poles which form the ceiling of the living rom. How decomposition is prevented, if it is prevent- An Arancanian Chief. ed, I do not know. ena but I shouid think the joke which is kept up in these huts t gs ter part of the day would serve to cure anything, d ive. In nea all of these Araucanian commu- nities there is a .prophetess or woman “medicine man,” who is supposed to | able to ward off the evil it will not down. The e ops and is the cause of all disez r time of sickness the prophetess is called in. She goes through a lot of incan- y due to her skill, it must be the evil spirit who has to afflict the sick by some one of his enemies, The prophetess at once pro- claims that the vatient has been bewitched ts out the man or wo who be- him. In such cases death ensues the relatives of the lable to kill the person so charged ing a witch. On the Indian Farms. [spent some time on the Indian farms. The Indians are good farmers, not a few using . such as plows, They ock men than grain I found very tew of the men ring in the fields, and, I am told, that women do the most of the farm work, re € as a rule rather except on the farms of the larger land owners where the rotos or Chilean peas- ants as hired hands. The roto is the product of crossing the Spanish and the Indian blood. Like most hybrids he is in any respects Worse than either of the people from whom he is descended, often having the vices of both and the Virtues of neither. The Indian, I am told, ts clean- er than the peon. He is more honest and more self-respecting. Until very recently no Indian could be got to work for a white man, and ay the Araucanian feels t | of any person on earth. a man of some civi when nent. his wives. bright colors and the Spaniards came to this The clothes he wears are woven by and his ponchos have all the much of the beauty of the bi 3 made by our Navajo Indians. The Araucanian 1s a shrewd trader, but as a rule he seems not to care for moni I have tried a number of tir blankets of Indians whom I met t to buy the offering y have cc 5 da 7 but variably failed. It was the same with the Jewelry, waich I tr purchase of the girls. The only p get such things is in the pawn shops frontier towns. The Indians are liquor. ‘They drink the vilest of and when out of money will sell or pawn almost anything they have for the means of getting it. This brings them to the pawnbrokers, and the result is that you cen often pick up thelr curicus jewelry or beautiful blankets quite cheap. I waa of- fered today a pair of solid silver ch of 4 h weighed a pound, for ean Collars, or almost $12 of our mone: I bought an almost new hand-woven pon- cho, as big as a bed quilt, for 10 dollars in fiver, or for $3.50 in A n_ gold. It is on account of his a for alcohol that the government has forbidden the In- dian to sell his lands. Unscrupulous specu- ve until now been robbing him of of the country, so that a comparatively small amount of what had rer This part of Chile E g up so fast that the demand for land grows greater day by day, and it is only a question of time whensthe property ns now reserved to the Araucanians will be thrown on the market. The railroad 1s bringing the white man further and fur- the days of the Araucan od, “RANK G. CARPENTER. - ther south, and ians are numbe! TRACING SUICIDE. Believed That Unsuitable Diet Has an Injurious Effect. Trom the Hospital. Dr. Haig is of the opinion that suicide may be traced to error in diet, the error be- ing the eating of meat, the drinking of beer and of tea and the smoking of tobacco. His facts all fdll comfortably into their places in support of his hypothesis. Are there not more suicides among men than among wom- en, and do not men consume more meat, more beer and more tobacco than the women? Again, suicide is more common in England than in Scotiand, not apparently because the Scotch are a more canny race, but because the English eat more meat and drink more beer, while the Scotch eat less meat and drink whisky instead of beer. After maintaining that suicide was less common among the Scotch, it was perhaps hardly polite, when addressing a Scoten audience, to go on to say that sulcide in- creased with civilization. But the fact was explained on the ground of more injurious diet, that of civilized man being more pro- luctive of uric acid and thus of suicide than that which prevails where civilization is less advanced. Uric acid is, in fact, at the bottom of all this, and, according to Dr. Haig, the incidence of ‘suicide tallies with the daily, annual and life fluctuations of uric atid in the blood, being commonest when uric acid is most abundant, namely, in the mornings, in spring and summer and in childhood and the full prime of life. We have no doubt that errors of diet are responsible» for much, and, among other things, for a certain number of suicides: nay, we would go further and admit that unsuitable diet, derangement of the proper relation between nutrition and waste and the consequent loading of the tissues and the blood with abnormal products of meta- bolism have much to do with that ill-tem- per and discontent which lead men to lay their hands violently upon their neighbors and sometimes on themselves. All this may be taken for granted, but it is at present far from proved that the peccant material is in all cases the same, and still further are we from being agreed that uric acid is the origin of the evil. = z It is estimated that there are 3,120,000 cyclists in Germany, each one of whom had to pay a tax of 50 cents to have his name entered and to receive a number for his machine, together with a book, which he must carry about him, as it contains a de- scription of his person. EDUCATIONAL. IN WASHINGTON. 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BUSID SHORTHAND, = TYPEWRITI Established 1876. Day or night sess: Gives ‘a thorough. practical education to young mien and Wouien ambitious of success in life. Not one w ssary study. System makes impossible ridicule and reflection upon backward puplis or there wh missed erly education. W BUILDING, thore than doubling facilities of last year, I best evidence of success. au20-3m Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lent Will resume lessons on piano, violin and harmony Sept. 25, at 1420 N st. _sel7-1m. The Misses Kerr’s School _ for young ladies and children will open October 3. Accommodations for a limited number of board- se14-3mo ITUTE—A BOARDING AND DAY irls. Apply for catalogue. Mr. and LEY R. MASON, 1212 and 1214 14th se7-3m College GUNSTON 1) Schou! for Mra. BE’ Wood’s Commercial 311 EAST CAPITOL STREET. Fourteenth year opens AUGUST 29, 1898. Day und night sess-ons ell the year. Large. bright. cheerful rocins. Experienced and skillful teachers. Courses thorough, practical, complete. Terms moderate’ and situations obtained for graduates, No extra charge tor bookkeeping to these taking shorthand and typewriting conrse,. Call and investigate, or write for Mustra catalcgue, conteining ‘names of 529 pupils 1n- structed last year. Address COURT F. WOOD. LL. M.. Principal. 3 MIN NRICHS, — ioLINI Has resumed instruction at her studio, oel-lint-4 1 Verme GERMAN WITH PROF. TRUE ify you to speak the language bh bout bis method at RENC$L GUARANTEED SPOKEN IN § Quick conversation, Prepare for the exhibition. Class or privace. MME, TANNER (nee De Lux: embourg), Parisien ludy, 1117 17th st. n.w. 4 STEL cuoro Shorthan AND TYPEWRITING, oll G ST. DAY AND NIGHT SESSIONS. Terms moderate. SEN WILL QUAL- fluently. Consult NW. 8e30-tf Banjo, Mandolin & Guitar Instruction by Miss G. E. Buckingbam, at studio, 1522 6th st. n.w., or at bome of pupil. Terms reasonable. se24-1m* MR. B. FRANK GEDEST, Teacher of Piano, Organ and Musical Theory. Engagements as soloist or accompanlst. Studio 1327 F st. nw. se2d-tt COLUMBIA ILLEGE OF COMMERCE, 407 7TH ST. N.W. c. K, URNER, A.M., C.E., Prin. Thorough preparation in the business, ” English and civil serv.ce courses. Twenty-six years’ ex- rience as a business educ: . Class or private lessons. Moderate tuitloy. Send for catalogue. CT, CLASSICAL )AND MATHEMATICAL SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MEN AND BOYs. 914 14th st. n.tw, oH Franklin Squarg) Will reopey September 26. Prepares forSei1 the universities ani colleges, for |. Military and Nayal Academies ald for business. sA corps of six eilicient iuasfuctors. Wor circulars, &e., apply to ae CHAS. "B. YOUNG, 4.M., Pb.D., se5-12tt oH ¥ ‘Principal. ELQCUTION. DRAMATIO ART. Special Normaf?toutse begins OCT. 18. MRS. ESDELDE HH. DAVIS, Sao, se22m7 ing Steer a 1206 18th si The Olney School, 248°," Boarding and Dey School for Girls. Primary, Academic and,foileglate Departments, Miss Virginia Masht “Dorsey, Miss Laura Lee Doracy, Principals. se23-tf-6 Schoolof French Language, 1425 NEW YORK AVE. Prof. PAUL BE. VOINOT. Washington College (Young Ladies), 8D AND 'T STS. N.B OPENS THURSDAY, SEFTEMBER 29, 1898. Visit us or apply for _eatulogue. se16-1m-10 "RF. MENEFEE, President. Mr. Putnam’s School For youag nen and wil] open Sept. 26, 1898, at 1400 CORCORAN SE, “pits of ah grades ret ceived at any time. Preparation for al! untver- sities and technical schools. Private instruction, if desired. Rest of references. Apply at school or to H. C. York, 1622 14th st. nw. sel7-tt WM. H. PUTNAM, AM, Pein. Washington Seminary ‘FOR GIRLS. For flustrated catalogue, address Mr. and Mrs. G@. T. SMALLWOOD, 1523 'N. H. ave. se19-1m sel6-1m. av23-tf McDonald-=Ellis Home and Day School for Girls, Massachusetis avenue, 17th st. and N s Edwin R. Lewis, A. M., M. D., | Rese Baldwin Lewis, a. B. | Mrs. Julia R. Tutwiler, Associate Principal. Mlle, Rose Lominet, Resident French ‘Teacher. Twenty Regular and Special Teachers. Sixteenth Year opeus October 5, 1898. Primary, Preparatory, Academic and Post Gradu- ate Departments. ‘This School gives a complete and continuous stx- years’ course of study in English Language, Com- position, Rhetorle and Literature. It gives a continuous six years of French. It gives a five yeors’ Classical Course and pre- pares for any College for Women. It gives an attractive course in Literature, Tray- el, Art, French end Music. Every study and recitation room is large, well lighted and ventilated. Address 1305 17th st. N.W. ae8-35tE FRIENDS’ SELECT SCHOOL, For Both Sexes and All Grades, Will begin its 16th year Sept. 26, 1898. Old pupils will return Sept. 27th, ‘This school prepares for any College or Technical School, aud its certificate adimits to Vassar, Smith, Lehigii, Dartmouth, Swarthmore and the University of Pepnsylvania. NEW GYMNASIUM, with dressing rooms and shower baths, and a jarge playground. CHFMICAL AND PHYSICAL LABORATORY, Catalogues may be bad at Ballantyne’s and Bren- tano’s. The principals may be seen at the school after Sept. 15. Until then, letters addressed to them will be forwarded. W. SIDWELL, N.W. Principals. s Mr. and Mrs. THOMAS se2-if 1811 I street nw. ted | MISS EMILIE M. HALSTEAL School for Children will reopen October 3 ut 1817 Corcoran st. sel4-Imo Miss Sherman’s School, 215 19th street, corner Jefferson p Reopens October CHENOWETH I ITUTE, 1342 AND 1344 VER- MON AY UB—Boarding and Day School for Girls. Miss M. D. CHENOWETH ond Mrs. E. C. SLOAN, Principals. seb-Im* Chevy Chase FRENCH AND 3LISH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Suburb of Washington. house. French the language of the . Mile. L. M. BOULIGNY, Principal. Rilss ©. PETTIGREW, ‘Asst. Prin. Chevy Chase P. O., Md. my10-156t WashingtonHeightsSchool 1850 Wyoming ave. n.w., cor. 1th st. Boarding and day school for girls; primar: paratory end academic departments: pres college; (French and English) kindergarten October 4, Principal, Miss FRANCES MAR sel6-tf Signor Maina. SCHOOL ART FOR SINGING ITALIAN METHOD, Grand opera, cratorios, ballads, &e. Siudlo st SANDERS & ST. 1327 F st. now. sei7-tm OUT OF WASHINGTON. A GRADUATE OF JOHNS versity desires a few more stud instruction In Latin, Greek, Fre: lish and the Sciences. : Star office. HOPKINS UN1- tx for private German, En- woderate. | Ad- MRDVILLE, Pa. b dest to in- hb energy, to wake up boys to duties of life. Prepared for business or college. New Gymnasium. Under 13 years §201. Location heautityy elevated, healthy. Tobacco prohibited. J. Shortildge (Yale), A.M., Prin, Call cn Hon. Geo. W. Evans, Chief of Division of Finance, Department of Interior. -w&s,2* OCEAN TRAVEL. American Line. FAST EXPRESS SERVICE. NEW YOR! y S Sailing Saturdays at 12 noc! *Rbynland. -Oct. 15) *Penniand. *Beigenland......Oct, 22 /*Rhynland. Red Star Line. NEW YORK—SOUIHAMPTON—»NTWERP. Every Wednesday at 12 nov “Southwark -Uct. 12 Noordiand Westernland....-Oct. 19 |Frie *These steamers carry only class pussengers, at low rat INTERNATIONAL } AVIGATION Piers 14 and 15, N. R COMPANY, Office, 6 Bowling Green’ WASHINGTO: OFFIC 1306 F st. p.w., or Geo. W. Moss, Agent, 1 Penna. ave. seaT North German Lloyd, FAST EXPRESS SERVICE. SOUTHAMPTON. LONDO: BREMEN. G.Oct.11,10am Saaie.Sat..Novy. 5, 10 am Vet. 18,10 am) Labn..Tu.. 8.10 am ov. 1 | Kais. W. vv. 15,10am SCREW PASSENGER SEKVICE. LONDON, BREMEN. -Thursday, October 15, noon Thursday, October 27, noon NAPLES” , UENOe 28, 1 am OELRICHS & CO:, 2 BOWLING GREEN, N. ¥. BF. DROOP, 625 Pa. ave., ‘Agent for Washington. FRENCH LINE. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique DIRECT [LINE TO HAVRE — PARIS (FRANCE). Sailing every Saturday at 10 A.M. From Pier 42, North river, foot of Mortom street. La Champagne. ..Us 35 la Touraine. Nov. 5 | ka Navarre er. Z2/ La Gascogne. La Normandie...-Uct. 2) La Champagne. Geo'l Ag’cy for U. 8. ana Can., 3 Bowling Green, N. ¥. GW. MOSS, 92) Pennsylvania ave, BELL & CO.. 146 G WASH:NGLON, D. CO. MOUNT VERNON SEMINARY, CORNER M AND ELEVENTH STREETS N.W. Boarding and Day School FOR YOUNG LADIES AND LITTLE GIRLS. Primary, preparatory and collegiate department Therough traiping tn all branches in accordance with best modern’ methods. Spacious buildings recently erected especially for school purposes. Ample playgrounds and tennis court. Twenty- fourth year opens October 4 For further infur- mation apply to MRS. ELIZABETH J. SOMERS, Prineipal. MRS. ADELIA GATES HENSLEY, e8-3m-28 “Associate Principal. May Frances Stetson, ‘Shay arean Monologist—Voice Building and Ex- eico-Dramatic “Are. La Fetra Hotel, at = nw. selT-t What's the Best Sewing Machine? The Best Known, Known us the Best. Kindly call on C. Auerbach, 7th & H. HE WILL SHOW YOU How TO Make Your Work Light. Why, the comfort of sewing is never appreciated until you uy a 98 Light Running Domestic. Why? Because it 1s so easy and elastic to the operator, so perfect and permanent in construction, speedy enough to make 5 stitches per minute. It is even tempered and uniform. Its simplicity and durability insure supreme satisfaction and free- dom from costs of repair and less of time. Its 25 years’ faithful service recommends it to all who are looking for the best Jn ite line. But the Do- mestic’s ehief point of excellence is the beauty of the work It does, with such graceful ease. Rent and Repair Dept., Phone 1358. Renting, 10c. a day, by the month. Repairing— all kinds, by electricity. Best work, quickest service, lowest prices EVER KNOWN. ath 6 NOW IS THE TIME TO RESUME YOUR LONG neglected studies under the guidance of a com- petent private tutor, who will make everything easy and pleasant for you; P. 0. Box 533. sel7-1m* THE NATIONAL CAPITAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL, Conn. ave. n. SCHOOL FOR BOYS. OPENS SEPT. 21. PREPARATION FOR WEST ll grades of work, | FURS OF ALL KINDS MADE AND REMODELED to the latest styles; ladies’ tailor-made suits fiuisbed in the most excelient manver. E. HOR- GAN, Tailor and Furrier, 806 K st. n.w. selé-tf FINE BLACK AND WHITE LACES DONE UP | in first-class Parisian style; lace curtains « | specialty. Irish point, 0 and 7Sc. Call at Mme. | PENN LVANIA RAILROAD. STATION « KOF SIXTH AND Bb STREETS 7.50 AM. WEEK DAYS. PITTSBI PRESS. —Parior and Dining Cars Harrisburg to Pitts re 10: A.M. PENNSYLV?NIA LIMITED —Pallman Sleeping, Dintyg, Smoking and Observation Cars Harrisharg to Chicago, Cincinnatt, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cleveland amd Toledo. Buffet Va t to Harrisburg. 10:50 A.M. FAST LINK. Pullman Buffet Parlor Car to Harrisburg. Buffet Parlor Car Harris. barg to Pittsburg 3:30 PM. CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS EXPRESS. = Sleeping Car Washington to St. Louis, a Sleeping and Dining Cass Harristwng St Louts, Nashville (via tH) and Chicas: 7:20 P.M.” WESTERN on ing Car to Pivtsin Cleveland. Dining 7:20. P.M. SOUTHWE XPRESS, Sleeping Cars Washington to Pittsburg Harrisburg to St. Louls aud Cineinnat!. Dining FOR Pr 4:00 PM. mi re, ing « P.M. PACIFIC EXPRESS.—Pullman Sleep- Pirtsvurg msport,. Falls datly + Washington to Cannmdalgua ly ter Saturdays ooly. YORK AND THE re ngton to Roc HILADELPHIA, NEW “CON NAL LIMITED,” daily, with Dining Car from Bultl (Dining Car) Ii (Dining 3:15, 4:20 (TMp- io 7200 (Dining © i ) A.M. ‘ar from Raltimores ‘Op Sunday 11:00 (Diing Car’ trom Wilm 12:15, 3:15, 4:20 (Dining Car from. 6:50, 10:00, and 11:50 PM. For 1" only, Fast Express, 7:50 A.M. week Bret 123 Va.” week-days, 2:01 PM. “daily. For Boston, without change, 7:50 A.M. week-daya and 4:20 P.M. daily. For Baitimo.e, 6:20, 7:00, 7:50, 8:00, 92 10:50, 11:60 AM. 13:15, 12 8:15," 3:30 (4:00, "1 4 6:15, 6:70, do, 11:15, P.M. Ons 9200 11:00 A. and 5:40 9:05 Express for G Line, 4 ily; Richmond only, 0 Uintita Spec via Richmo Line, 4:40 PM, daily. Accommodation for Qu , daily ana 4:25 P.M. week-days. SEASHORE CONNECTIONS. #or Atlantic City (via Delaware River Bridge, all- rail PM nd i. Ticket and at tt ders can be left tanooga, pw. dai For Lu For p.m., days. For Frederick, week days, 9:00 a.m. 5:30 pan. Sunda; neral Manager. Chicago 11:05, 11 Poutey, 3215 (4:00 daily. 11:00". daily. ‘Congressional Limited") Via Market Street Wharf, 10:00 12:45 P.M. week-days, 11:60 pe May, 11:00 A.M. weekdays, 11:50 P.M. * ofc he station . corne Sixt Fifteenth and and BS where 1 baccage t Woen, General Passenger Agent, AND OHIO BALLAD, » in effect June 18, 15vs. from stati pr of New Jersey aye ue and C rt 4 orthwest, Vesiibuled Limited m. FE: p.. 825 t Louis and indianapolis, Vestibuled Limited, 3:40 p.m 5 Dp. arg and Cleveland, express dally 11:05 ledo and Det p.m. Bicmingbam, and Roanoke, througi. Chat- 10:45 4:35, 15208, iS. x1]:50 p.m., x12-01 10, 8: For Hagerstow p.m. For Boyd and way points, week days (9:00 a.m pping only at Gaithersburg and vermantown », 8:30, 7:05 p.m. Sundays, 9: p.m For G and way points, week days. 8:30 a.m., 3:00, 4: 5 11:30 p.ta. Sundays, 9 a.m., 1:15, 4:82, 7:68, 10-15 p.m. For W 4.m., principal stations west of Gaithersburg only Fashingt m Junction’ and ‘way pointe (9:00 4:30, 5:30 p.m. weer Jays: 9-00 a.m., 1:15 p.m, Sundays. KOYAL BLUE LINE FOR NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA All trains iiuminated with Pintsch lght. For Philadelphir, New York, Boston and East, week Tou, 8: 1200 am. ; Pam., 1:15 p.m.’ (foregoing trains have 1 Cars}, 3:00 3:00 Dining Car), 8 ight’ (Sleeping Car open at 10 o'elock 9:00 ant. 1:15 Dining Car), 3:00 G2 1 at ge calied for ces by Union ‘Transfer Company on 10:00 days. . 12:05 noon. ot Sunday. xExpress trains, nd checked from hotels and ticket offices, 619 Pennssivania aveu northwest, New York ‘aveuue and 1th street and at depot. WM. M. GREE: DB. MARTIN, General Manager. = Mgr. Pass. Tratfe. AKE AND OHIO RAILWAY. T 4 oe or ALL MEAL STATIO 2:20 P. ciai—Solld train for Clocinnatt, to Ciner and St ington, Va., for Virginia Hot Springs daily Cars Cioeinnati to € i210 PM. DAIL for Cinc Lesington ana Louisvili Compartment Sleepi Virginia rings, without cbange, pt Sunday tion cer Hinton to Cincinnati muection daily. Sleepers Cincinnati to Chicago and § Washington to Richmond NS OY STEAM IN| DINING CA s Ri IXTH AND B STREE Schowule in effect Sept. 1, Iss. M DAILY—Cineinmatl and St. Louis Spe- Pullman. Lexington, Louisville, without change. nna i, Lout Indian Connects at Parlor cago. F. F. V. Linited—Solid tratn an Sleepers to Cincinnati, without chan Pullman cinnatl. Pull M. DaILY—Vor Gordousvi Charlot} aunton, apd for Richmond daily, except A.M.—Daily except Sunday.—Parlor car and Richmond to Old Arrive Richmond, 2:45 p.m.—Old Polut, :30 p.m. Transfer at Richmond. Res-rvation Chesapeake and Ohty offices, 513 and 1421 Pennsylvania avenue the station. H.W. FUL aul8-30d General Passer WASHINGTON, ALEXANDRIA AND MT. VER- FROM | STATION N Ei L NON RAILWAY. For Mt. Vernon, week days, 11:00 A.M.; 12:05, 1:15, 2205, 9:00 BM. For Mt. Vernon, Sundays, 7:45. 9:45 A.M.; 12:00 noon, 2:15, 3:45. 6:45, 9:00 P.M. For A: week days, "S$ OLD STAND, Ti3 11th st. nw. £e15-2m* MISS C. CUNNINGHAM, FURRIER, 1308 8TH POINT, ANNAPOLIS AND ALL COLLEGRS. In- st. n.w., bet. N and O. (No sign.) FINE FUR termediate avd academic rtments. Gysnna- sium und lanoratory. For catalogue to se20-Im* W. W. PHELAN, A.M, Head GARMENTS ALTERED INTO LATEST STYLES, FIT AND WORKMANSHIP UNSURPASSED. aul7-3m,4 8:00, 08. For A 745, 8: 12:45, 1 7:30, '8 Runs ail trains. | rlington and Aqueduct Bridge, 11:00 A.M.: 12:05, 12:20, 1°15, 3:25, 4:15, 5:20, 6:05. 7:06, 8:00 P.M rfington and Aqueduct Beidge, Sundays, %. 9:45. 10:30, 11:15 AM; 12:00 noon, 30, 2:15. 8:00, 3:45, 4:30, 5:15, 6:00, 6:45, 15 PM. to Payne station only. Parcels carried ot ezage checked. ty15 SOOTHERN RAILWAY. Schedele tn effect May 1, 1898. All trains arrive and leave at Pennsylvania pas- senger station. 8:1Z A New York Daily.—Locel for Danville, Charlotte Corpects at Manassas for Stras- dally, and xt Lynchourg vestert daily —Daily.-THE UNITED STATES Carries Pullman Buffet Sleepers, nd Washington to Jacksonville, uniting at Salisbury with Pellman Sleeper for Asheville ond Hot Springs, N. C.; and Memphis, Tenn. an Sleeper for Au Yo with Puliman Sleeper for Birmingham. a Lynchburg with C. and 0. Knoxville, Chatte and at Charlotte wit! Pallman Buffet Pull: eeper uniting at Charlotte Connects Railway for Lexing- rk to New Orleans, ton dally except Sunday, and Natural Bridge daily, Sclid train Washington to New Orleans without chunge. Sunset Persovully Conducted Tourist Ex- cursion Through Sleeper on this train every Wed- nesdus to San Francisec without change. 4:01 P M.—Local for Front Royal, Strasburg and Harrisor 4:51 P.M™ Dal M. posed of and Dav Nashville. Chittanooga; New York to Tampa, via Charlotte, Columbia, Yerk to except Sunday. for Chardotteevime. — WASHINGTON AND TIBULED LIMITED, com- Vestibuled Sleepers. Dining Cars Pallman Sleepers New York to via Asheville, snd burg, datly. ly. Pull Coaches. Tenn. Savannah erd Jacksonville, ai Mempbis, via Rirmingham, New York to New Orleans, via’ Atl and Montgomery. Vee ay Coach Washington to Atlanta. South- 10N and 4:45 ‘Sundays cept Sani y Dining Car Greensboro’ to Montgom- “TRaINs OX WASHINGTON AND orto Divi. hington 9x1 a.m. daily, 1:00 p.m. p.m. daily, except Sunday, and 6:25 p.m. only for Round Hill; 4:82 ‘p.m. daily. ex- day. for Leesburg. abd 6:25 p.m. dafly or arming. arrive at Washington 8°: sm. dally and 2:45 pm. Antly, exe from Bendy Tilo a.m. daily, except Sunday, from Herndon, 8:34 a.m. daily, ex- mt Surday, from Leesbur. ie “Throws ‘ash p trains from the uth arrive at W; 6:42 nm. ond end =. 2:20 p.m. p.m. Harrisonburg. 12:00 noon dally, and 9:35 p.m. daily and 8:30 a.m. da! from Charlottesville. Ticket tion farnished Sleeping Car reservation and Informa- offices, 705 15th st. n. Pennsylvania avenue, 20d at Pennsylvania” yail- passenger station, read FRANK. i : M. CULP. SS. GANNON, 34 Vice Prost. & Gen. Mgr. ‘TraMe Manager. —— = —_——_—_== COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS. Gell -tt CHARLES BUNDY, COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS, Of all the States and Territories, Fendall bidg., cor. 4% and D aw,