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‘ - a a r € | Per vear in A?vangs, ———— 5 cents per copy. (AAEM TOVREA TE LATE LENE q 8) Le) < > | ae asa Large High Hes Salt setting Needle. Has a Self-threading Shuttle. Has No Equal in Construction. Has a Mechanical Ap) ce. Has an Elegant Finish. Has a Perfect Adjustment. Has a Positive Take-up. Has Stylish Furnitare. Has More Good Sewing Qualities and = does a Larger Range of General Work than any Sewing Machine in the World. | Examine THE ROYAL for points of | cn excellence, and you will buy no other. ROVAL 8, L. ERED Ea ctudio, 1159 17th St., n. w., Cor. 17tha M FINE PORTRAITS in Crayon, Ol! and Pastel, enlarged to ans size from Card anc Tintype. True Likeness Guaranteed, Month | ud Weekly aymeuts taken. GREA‘’ KEDUCTION FOR CASH, Lessons given: Flower, wandscape Paintin: etc. Children’s class every Satura y, from Wto o'clock. 25cents per lesson. Banucrand Sign Painting of ever description. Orde.s Prowply atiended to, For Rent. ASH’S HALL NASH'S ae Ws Vou N. W : Apply at the boli trom javit: v the ball. ol3m A. VO, I lutterly. (Oppo. new City postofiice.) Practical Watcawaker and Jewels: Mavat.courer of Society Badges, Medals and Jewei vl Gould aud Silver. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. Fine and Complicated Watch au Muric Box Repalipg & Specialty. "Ail Work Warran.cd. No. 632 G St., n. w. WASHINGTON, D. © Wab Wm. F. LUIZ. Pensions The Disabillty Bill is a Law. SOLDIERS DISABLED SINCE THE WAR §aRE ENTITLED. 1 widows and parents now depen ns died from ettects of army ser whose ices are included. Ifyou wish your <laims Speedily and successfully prosecuted, address "JAMES TANNER Late Commissionea of Pensions. Washington, D.C. J.H. Dabney UNDERTAKER & CABINET MAKER. Office 441 L Street N. W SARRIAGKS FOR HiRs. Telepnoae §45-8, _ Sept 1l m ! PHILADELPHIA! BESTA DRANG & waktion “4s Peunsyivauta ave., Northwest trom the free (Acqueduct) bridge, WASHINGTON D ©. SATURDAY, FEY RUARY A GOOD HOME IN VIRGINIA. HIGH WIEW PARK. Why don‘c you bay a lot? Tuere is Money in it. High ground, bean- iful views, pure water. Smali monthiy payments will pay for your lut and then you can sdon own your own bome. BIGH VIEW PARK is located on one of the higtest points in Alexandria county, Vir- ginta, less taav two-and balt miles vu the main ruad to Falls Church aud 0a the live of tbe projected -leeuic railroad, which will be vuilt to Falls Chare 1. Hign View Paik offers induce- ments to all, mch aud pour, white «nd colored. The ground ties siop- ug to the south, well drained, aud every lot exposed Lo the sun. All ots are 50 feet frout and fiom 150 | v 200 fret de-p. Tue streets wu. ye all, graded and trees planted, ‘ud uO pains will be spared to make this ope of the most attrac~ ive and beauttul places around Washington. Tue tule of the lots is perfect aud abstract cau be seen at Office. The health of this secuion is per- fect, nO malaria, but pure iresb ait, from the Blue Kidge, aud the Dest and purest of water. The terms uf sale are such as tu put 1 in the power of everyoue tu /wu a lover @ bome ; aud the prices, ue lowest around tbe cily, wit» “mali cash, aud monthly pay mevte *luhoul interest, of a distulu: wueu all cash is paid. Tue erection of several buuse. will svou be Commenced. _ CHUWCHES, SCHOOLS, STURES> ETu- High View Park bas two colorcu c.urches, Oue schoul huuse, vue Odd Fellows’ ball, two stores, ape «uew bandsome churca will svui ve commenced. fHiigh View Park bas the most reaulitul aud desirable luis aroun Washington. Higu View Park offers a b ume sting Ube leach of everjyuue. Higu View Pash 1- just ite tung 8 au leVeo wenl vi a uu. High View cark uVeiluvis Fou ‘tile Vialiey, aie is above wale: sud Gisetace. Wives and Children — Pe fee vume life. Plenty of reow to awus, Gowers, aud vtl-aout lite. Quiet ana Clean—Nvo dmvke, 0 usi, BY suUL; alldusplete Cica: tystal. Secure a bome. Sccure a vor. Purchase vow Drluie pilees aa- Vauce. Pale, Walter, tiesb all, pet Ci beallh, sChOvuls, CuuiGues, Our folicws’ ball, olpies, etc. Lu suri, vice homes tur all aud a sate lo- Vestiment for Lhe rest. We willurive y uv out te see tb property tree iily w Hilow EW PAK CU., Room » Corcural vung, Gules 15.u and F Sueets, Wasbiugton. VD. &., oF W. CALVIN CLASE, W109 LS. ow. 861 Pennsylvania Avenue. Gold and silver watches, dia~ monds, jewelr)-, pistols, guns, me~ ebanical tools, ladies’ and geutle- men’s wearing apparel. Old gold and silver bought. Unredeemed pledges for sale. A PATRIOTIC WORK, Svery person whe is opposed to Free Trade Slavery nd favors Amecican Industrial Inde. pendence secured through the policy of Pro- tection, should read the documents published by the American Protective Tariff League. As a patriotic citizen it is your duty to place these documents in the hands of your friends, They sre interesting and instructive, and embrace Giscussions of all phases of the Tariff question. ‘The League publishes over 50 different docu- ments, comprising nearly 600 pages of plainly printed, carefully edited and reliable informa- tion, Among the authors of these documents james G. Blaine; Wm. McKinley, Jt. item ‘Ohio; Senator 8. M. Culiom, of Illi. Rel ft ‘bona ‘New Jersey: W. 4) 0! ‘Thomas H. Dudiey,of Sen Commodore W. Hei: Hughes; Hon. 5. Washington, D. 5. PETER B. Lig money ¢f._ Failure unknown amoug them NEW and wonderful. Particn.s. free Box $80 Portiand, * vine ‘Com Hartshorn, of New York; Consrese Dolliver, ‘ x id Hall Rice. of of lowa; Hon. B. F. Jones} avid Hall ice. ot i mgressi il York; Hon. Geo. Draper, Dr EEL Milles gt Nog Yor Hom Cast odes Wa. Lawrence, of Oblo; Hon. D. G: Tarciman, gf Nev, a jmmidown, of New York; noch Bon. BE. H. sley, of Tennessee. ‘This complete set of documents will de sent to any address, post paid, for Fifty (60) Centa, Address. Wilbur F. Wakeman, Sec'y, 3a @ West Twenty-Thirt Wirect, New York ESTABLISHED 1866. : G7 BUNS i's Ln OLFICE : leputar Sub-eripiiea EUND, To Carry On the work of the ¥. M.¢ a. of D.C. The directors of the above named association have secured the baild ing forme:ly keown as the “Forest City House” 1607-9 11th st., o. w. They haye fitted it up tor the use ofthe members, who are inti~ led to the fullowing priveleges: A readivg room where filer he leading religious and secala apers, magazines and review way be found; a wiscellaneou brary of four huadred volumo and a pleasant and home hike p for social gacbering, anJ-religiou alks and tectures. The work on: \be gymuasium and baton rooms is belug pushed = Tapic- 4, forward, and wili bs completca in the near future. Lu order tbat we may be enabled to weet the heavy obligations under which we are placed aud to exteud the work to a great degree of u-e.ulloess Ww: baveuevised tue fuilowiog. plav by which we appeal to all persone havi.g the welfare of youpg men at beart for belp. The city bas been divided into thirty districts, and each distric will ve placed 16 the bauds of a su- pervisor Who will appoint a8 Wany suiiciturs a3 he may uced to do tbe work ip bis district. Ic is veliever that iu Ubis way every persou is he district wiil be given the exalt- <d Opportuuity of uelping a worthy vause. We asd for the small sum of our dollar in cash from eau persou to woulch we will give @ Certifisale re- veipt. Sulistivre will suuw due au ‘porty fiom tbe president au: general sect’y, with tue seal of the ansuCiailou affixed thereto, be sule oO p-y woe, ouiy Lo such auido Zs agents woe wili take pleasut vm iD producing ihe required evs leuce. COMMiLTEE: M. M. S.uub, Ciatrn. 4 Go M. Cook, SeciBiary ; 1. L. B oWn, J. 4. Davie, Fo. bee A. bb. Nuoee st, sy ek miWe cei, Piewa Job abedeaa, Gud 6 cs ur is wWiee Prsyvun waVe ¢ iy Appou vd va lo, dis: z Pouce a, Gomes, 2508 Mesum. vent. We. b&b dutava, LUE Bi sbeta. a. do OW. Crowe icon Prete Piave. o Mi Baey, 2008) by super Visets ba 4 eeelu. W. auisun doves, 21 K tecbuw BL. ts. 1 4 ueetos as i Lb Diow, 11.2 lo treet. We. dy be deuser i, 41405 ela. we. ULvVe A uuid, div | treet a. we dV. typi or, Wo Li woiiuwes, Heuii vu Rucser, 125t Newdeisey ave us; W. id. Lived woul, Auacustia Gevw, Marlin sv Nw Yuik avenue W. A Lito, 6 bLasuec uw W- ti. Suv 1 sKostrecia wd Po Davis, Zac psatliustils aVe WL Wed sth iu sueet oe Ww OL. A Coin: lz B slieet se JW Baste capttat Hi, J P ey wora, 2216 1 aeetuow JLB asun, 2001 Dur cabiuu aVeuUc A +» davasuu, 20u P gifect u We A “ELYER, INDEED” THe FASTEST SCHEDULED TRAIN AMERICA RUNS ROM PHILADEL PHIA‘10 .HE SeA VIA EAD- iNG WUYAL ROUTE, That there 1s a streak of “spo ti vocd” in the veins of the must s d.t tmOug US Is evidenced by the un ver= ist vest manifi sted in radway speeds an: ore delight with which the average ms aails each successive triump » of the toc wotive over the combined elements ¢ tin and distance, The much-varntel “Flying Score! mv? express t ain between London an suinuburgh, ia Gieat Bri ain, is sul] r - garded ty many per-ous as the ia-te> r gulaly sct.esuled train in the world Phis, hows ver, is a mistake, the speed the “sevtehm in”? having teu exeell« b. 8 veral ail oads in this country, me tably by tbe New York Central, whos “Kupire Sia e Kxpre-s’? Detween Nos York and Bulfaio Las, uot] within a fev days, Clan d the title uf the fastest re. ular train in the world, This celebrat train cuss fiom New York tw B ffalo, distance of 440 mues, iu eight bouis as¢ forty mivutss. which is at the rate « seventy —One seconds to cach Gils, o1 tif and twe-tsid miks per bear, Deduc lng all S.ops she average ruuul g ime Oo this train is fiity-two and twelv. one-hit: aredihs wiles pooh our. Now, however, comes a new claimant { gi -pe d bouers. be has becu diste te 00 Revd Rilio 7s trantrom Puwiladeipuia o A: Vity, known as the “Seyenty Minute.) Flyer”, is actually the fastest regularly sel eidived pas-enzer train in the world, The vista ¢- from Cl e-tout street whart to th: Cimen termi: as of the ratloud is about a mile and a alf, and the fer. ry beat tup and transfer of the passeng ers from ih boat to the cars occupies ten wennte-, Ths leaves sixty mi utes fi: ther ilrid), and that ix precisely th time allowed by the sche: ul to cover ti fiity-five and a h 7 miles which ince vene between the Camden depot and th stetion at Atlantic (ity. ing Will show that this isu speed of six ty-five se@onds to the mile, or the rate 0 fift -five sud a balf mues per hour, beat ig the former record six seconds pit mil and »tmost five wiles per nour, I should be understood that this refers to the speed of regularly scheduled trains over the enti e length of their sehedaleu | runs, «Od bot to mere p! enomen | burst olspred or stretches of tast running t | Make up 'o ve lot time or de ay ies is cx? rite of tity-tive end a half mi e@ «ded every doy on tne Reading Rel ; road, and po-sitly on so ve other In ~ buron no railo d in ihe world,so tr Sthi@a train run trom na to end of its route at so greatan a.era d = that of tue “Seventy Minu- When the 1.tter was established if wa not ith the purpose of br + king a recoid, but the Officials wis contid: nt of thei Olly toruaa trato satery x + spccitied me or ic vet rnived, however, to lima th train to six a sto n-ure quickness, Thi was found .o be inpracieable, acd for more th aoa week toe train has bee: carryi geizht Cars, Inciuding one or mor teavy Palmins, and making scheuu timeon ‘very 5 Ps. sident McLeod can now eongratu- late bimscif ut his road holds the *world’s record ” tor the t 4.5 »coud-, «s aimed Au 7, 189i, b Presiden’ McLeod, Mt, Willism S.ogerd ttae Piiadeipina Record, end otuets). nd a'se h.s upon its time table tbe fasi- es: regular tram in the world, Troin New Hampshire was named Hampshire county, in England, by John Mason of the Plymouth Company, to whom the territory was originally granted by the English Government. In England alone more than ten mil- lion oil lamps are used nightly. They cause three hundred deaths annually, and in London alone one hundred and fifty-six fires in a single year have been traced to them. EDUCATIONAL. In-Japan they teach children to write with either hand. There are 465,000 school children in England’s metropolis. Egypt has an elaborate school system, the annual reports of which are full of interest. France has 26,000 school buildings and one of the best systems of normal schools in the world. The oldest college in Chile is the “Instituto Nacional,” which received its charter from the King of Spain more than 100 years ago. Tufts College, Massachusetts, admits women on an equal footing with men in the divinity school as well as in the academic department. The United States spends over $170,- 000,000 a x on its schools not in- cluding over $10,000,000 annually spent in its colleges and universities. One of the features of instruction in the Laselle Seminary, Massachusetts, is a three years’ course in cooking. It is free of extra cost to the pupils. Without including the recently estab- lis! training colleges there are now in England and Wales forty-one institu- tions at which candidates for the ele- meutary school grofession are trained and bearded. A London superintendent lately pro- nounced the schools of New Zealand rong the best in the world, and the repovis from the schools of that, till lately barbarous, country show phe- nomenal changes. Athens has a magnificent academy building of Pentelican marble, costing $1,900,000, given by a wealthy Greek nierchant, Sina by name, and has a well-equipped university with a2 com- plete school system beside. There are 800 primary schools in Chile with an average attendance of 170,000 children. About ten years ago Congress approp-iated $150,000 to in- troduce the best method of teaching and to that end seni a learned professor to he Uuited States and various parts of t.rope to study thesystems of those conntiies and decided upon the most successful, Mrs. F, M. Atkinson, of the Wornau's Journal sas The year 1892 marked un epoch in the history of the higher education of women. Six noble institn ticns that year opened their doors to women, Four of these, hoary St. Andrews, Brown, Tufts and young Chicago, now admit women to all their courses and honors; two—Yate and the University of Pennsylvania — opened prhieSiakbine, Bie Aer egies, A lisde fiw. | ‘THIS WERKS NEWS, A Summary of Currant ‘ Doings for the Past Six Days Gath rei Condensed for Our Readers. General. Bubear, the Eaglish champion o1irs- Inan, how wants to rov Hanlon, Mrs. Blaine, assisted by Gail Hamilton, will write the life of James G. Blaine. The Ammen ram Katithdin was launched at Bath, Me., on Saturday ; ‘The first division in the British partia- nent r sulted in a Gladstonian majority of Si, Jack Clstord, the Homestead str on tpial for murder, will try to prove an alibi, United States troops have captured Manuel Gonzales, a Mexican border bandit. nters in Reading, Pa., have “> ed an advance of 25 cents per da, in wages, min} ucis Murphy, the temperance & tle, proposes a big church for all workingmen in Pittsburg. Mrs. Frank Leslie refused to affirm or deny the report that she had taken st -ps to secure a divorce from Willie Wilde. ‘The First National Bank of Little Rock, Ark., has failed for $800,000, the money having been taken by the officers. Jack Dempsey, the former champion middleweight, will enter the ring azain and fight Billy Keogh at Portland, Ore, John W. Lanterbach ended his life by jumping out of a fifth story ~-indow in New York, owiug to busi= . troubles, A $950,000 buildiag * .ories high, is to be erected on Lio, way, New York, by the Manhattan Life Insurance Com- pany. Resentence to electrocution has been pronounced on James J. Hamilton, the colored ex minister and wife killer of Winfi-ld. N.Y. A counterfeit silver dollar has been discovered in Salt Lake City that defies detection. It is. of standard silver throughout, and the makers are 35 cents ahead on every one they float. The prospect of a reconciliation be- tween Prince Bismarck and Emperor William is better than before in the last two years. The’ ex-Chancellor is growing old, and wishes to die at peace with all the world, A family consisting of Morris Cohen, his wife, Sophia, and their baby, Esther, were suffocated by a fire at their home in New York. Three other persons were badly injured, Aunie Goldberg, Jacob Cohen, and Pauline Goldberg, President Harrison had a number of consultations with members of his -Cab inet on Hawaiian matters, and sub quently sent to the Senate the treaty and correspondence relating’ thereto, which was attempted to be negotiated in 1854, The band of old Sioux Chief Two Strike, in South Dakota, have rebelled ist the Indian police, and killed five white men, and an Indian uprising is feared. The Indians raided stock at Humplirey’s ranch, and ambushed the pursuing cowboys, The Indians were pursued by the Indian police, and several of them killed. Baron Hershell, in a speech in the British House of Lords, said that Brit- ain’s greatest danger was the prospect of dispute with America in which the hos- tility of Irishmen aggravated the situa- tion, and he urged England “to sutisfy the just aspirations of the Irish people. ” President Harrison has sent to tre Senate a message on the subject of the favored transportation by Canadian r roads of merchandise into this country. His conclusions are that the regulations should be made stricter, and that it is the power and duty of Congress to pass the needed laws, ‘The Lucania, the new steamer of the Cunard line, has been launched at Govan, near Glasgow. She is twenty feet longer and seven feet broader than the Teutonic or Majestic, her water length being 625 feet. She is nearly as large as the once famous Great Eastern, and much more powerful and capacious. It is announced that the Pennsylvania Railroad are preparing to ship the entire coul output from Nanticoke and vicinity, to New York, via the Central Railroad of New Jersey, via Philipsburg, thence to Belvidere division to Trenton and on to New York. The new route is 120 miles shorter than by the main line, John Dillon, the Irish leader, in a tempt to force the amnesty question on the Government in the present crisis. The prospect that amnesty would be granted to all Irish political prisoners, he d, had calmed agitation, and the Irish people were now in a mood to wait ; with this question until the more im- portant matter of Hom> Rule was dis- posed of, One of the most remarkable cases of early marriage has just been made pub- lic. Miss Mattie Edmond, or rather Mrs, Glardon, as she is now, has just been legally made a wife, in Belleville, Ill., although but 13 years and 7 months old. Last week Mattie came to the conclusion she was old enough to marry, in reach- ing which she was greatly aided by the solicitations of her devoted lover, Mr. Glardon, who is in his 16th year. As both mothers consented to the union, it was legally and duly made during a short trip to Illinois, speech at Burnley, deprecated the at- ' Senatorial deadlocks continge in \. +t Dakota and Montana. ; Mrs. James G. Blaine will rate her health in the South, = The New York legislature will und | take to fix the cost of coal. Hundreds of head of live stock died from the recent blizzard in Kansas. Ex-Gov, Robinson, of Massachusetts, has been retained as counsel for Lizzie Borden. The trial of the pneumatic guns of the Vesuvius has been very successful at Port Royal, S. C. Cotton planters have been calied to Memphis, Tenn. , on February 22-to dis- cuss 2 reduction in acreage. “Recky Mountain Jack” Ward and Jack Van Scoy have been killed in « snow slide at Emerald Mine, Colorado. For $500 Casper Crump, of St. Louis, bought $7,250 in green goods and found it transformed to papers and brickbats. With a dirk a Cherokee boomer near Topeka, Kan., fatally cut John Powers and his son, who caught him stealing hay. Governor Werts, it is said, will appoint ex Governor Abbett to the Supreme Court vacaucy created by Justice Scud- ders death. Jim Corbett and John L. Sullivan met in a coach on the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad and had a long and friendly chat. Stricken with paralysis and unable te cali for help, hotelkeeper W. A. Eby, of Shamokin, Pa., was frozen to death within sight of his home Sunday night Martin Foy, jr., was sentenced at Balls ton, N. Y., to be electrocuted at Danne- mora on March 13 for the murder of Henrietta Wilson, his Philadelphia wife. The City of Pekin, twenty-seven days out from Yokohama, has arrived at San Francisco, being twelve days overdue, having broken her shaft when 1,106 miles from her port of destination. Mr. Edward Parker Deacon has been granted a divorce Ly a French court, his wife havieg acknowledged that het charges of cruelty against him were false and allowing the court in Paris to give him the decree, Requisition’ papers from Governor Werts were received by Sheriff West, of Philadelphia, for George Morris, colored, who is in the Moyamensing Prison, on a charge of committing a murder in Cam- dem. They were forwarded to Governor Pattison. President Harrison has nominate: Judge Howell Edmunds Jackson, of Ten- lessee, to succeed the late Justice Lamar on the United States Supreme Court lench. Judge Jackson is a Democrat, and was appointed Circuit Judge of ‘Ten- n-ssee by President Cleveland. Sir Edward Grey, Parliamentary Sec- retary of the Foreign Office replying to a question in the House of Commons said that the British Government had niide no protest at Washington regard! ing Hawaii and considered the lives t preperty of Br subjects perfectis sufe under American protection. In the speech from the throne op ing the Norwegian Parliament, Ki Oscar promised that the bills would be introduced providing for the granting o: pensions to those persons employ iv the military and civil services ; I the hours of labor, and establisiinz 4 sick and accident insurance for work- men, The argument for a new trial for Car lyle W. Harris, set down before Recor- der Smyth in the Court of Geners Sessions in New York, was, by the mutual consent of counsel, postpone: until Monday next. The father friends of Helen Potts are prepared make a bitter fight against Harris secur ing a new trial. The Treasury has issued a stateme giving the amounts of gold and silver coins, certificates, United States notes and national bank notes in circulation showing that on February 1 the tota circulation was $1,607,958,439, being » net decrease during January of $2,725,435 The circulation per capita is stated at $2123, based on an aggregate populaticr of 66,349,000. A new telephone company has been chartered at Chicago with $80,000,000 capital to work unJer the Harrison pat- ent, The Harrison patent was some time ago involved in a lawsuit witli the Bell ‘Telephone Company. The case was hotly contested before the | supreme court of the United States, and | was the first in which the Bell company ever suffered defeat. The new system will transmit facsimile of the handwrit- ing instead of the voice. | Henry Smith, a negro, who outraged and murdered the 4-year-old daughter of Heury Vanco, a white man, against whom he had a grudge, was captured from the sheriff's posse by a mob of 20,- 000 excited men, A rope was thrown around his neck and he was dragged from the train and hurried to the scene of his crime. All along the route he was pelted with missiles, struck by fists and otherwise maltreated. He was tied to a stake, and after being subjected to every couceivable torture he was cremate: amid the howling of the mob. Gov. Uogg announces his purpose to secure th» punishment of the mob leaders. A live electrie wire became wrapped around Leonard Figg, a colored man, and he was electrocuted, hig head being bearly burned off. Princess Kaiulani, the heiress apparent to the Hawaiian throne, is at school in England in a strictly secret place, as assassination is feared, and

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