HOl'SK* OF COMiRI
ARGENTINE'S RULER:
President Roca Will Hold the Reins
WHAT SORT OF MAN HE IS
Some Queer Things About the Gov
ernment of the Country.
CONGRESS AND THE BANKS
(Copyrighted, lSt*8, by Frnnk G. Carpenter.)
Bp*'''La: Correspondence of The Evening Star.
BUENOS AYRES, November 20, 1898.
flew war vessels from Europe in case ti.e
settlement should not coma off. President
Julio A. Roca has Ions been noted as one
of th? strongest men in South American
politics. He has been president before, has
been minister of war and has made himself
noted as a general in the Argentine army.
It was largely due to him that Patagonia
?was thrown open to settlement, and he has
the reputation of being a grtat Indian fight
er. When he was minister of war, now
more than twenty years ago. he led an
army to Patagonia against the Indians
end conqueri-d them. I have heard it said
that the victory was easily won *nd that
the fighting was mere butchery on the part
of the Argentines. the so-called savages
making no resistance. However this may
he. President Roca go*, great fame from his
campaign. and he is today lookwl upon as
the General Grant of the Argentine Repub
lic. Roca kM been compared to Grant in
character. He is the ."till strong man of
the country, with enough nerve to carry
out his ends without regard to who goes
<^uwn before him. He is a very quiet man.
possesses the golden gift of silence, and
In ;ieves in the old Spanish proverb which
Ptates that ?"Hies will not go into a shut
mouth."
A Stable Government 1-romWed.
Roca's election means that matters will
tie stable in the Argentine for six years
to come. The president is. you know, elect
ed for six years, and he reigns that long
provided there la no revolution. Roca has
the army behind him. ami he will not tol
erate opposition. He has always l?een a
fighter. He has at the same time be>-n u
diplomat, and his cabinet has been chosen
with the idea of harmonizing the factions.
He has the chMcm* of the foreign capi
talists. who believe that he will maintain
peace, and peace in the Argentine means
progress.
President R.>ca is now fifty-five years of
nge. He comes of .1 good family. l?ing a
native of the province of Tucuman in the
northern part of the republic. He Is a
?straight, well-formed, broad-shouldered
man. with a face that would not look for
eign in Washington or I*ondon, although it
would be striking anywhere. President
Koca is more like an Englishman or an
American than an Argentine. You would
Imagine him a descendant of Anglo-Saxons
rather than of latins. His face Is almost
lair. The forehead Is high and broad, the
<)-es bright and piercing, the nose large
pnd the under Jaw strong. He is simple in
ris dress and manners and walks about
the streets of Buenos Ayres like an ordi
nary citizen. He has never cultivated the
arts of the salon, nor has he pronounced
literary tastes, although he is well read in
history and keeps posted on political mat
ters. He is more of a statesman ar.d a sol
dier than a carpet knight, and he has been
Called the past master of the political sci
ence of the Argentine.
Klr-rtionw in South America.
General Roca was chosen 'president. This
means that ho was the strongest man of
the small coterie, which runs the Argentine
Republic. There are no such elections in
6outh America as in the X'nited States.
The country is supposed to be a republic
? nd the people to have the right to vote.
But the truth is that a few families con
trol everything political, and that the ballot
boxes are always stuffed. Elections are
held on Sundays In the porches of the
churches. Outside the church door there
are three or four tables, about which sits
a seedy-looking crowd of men, who are
the receivers of the election. The ballots
lire paper and are dropped through slits in
the boxes. M3ny of the voters hand their
ballots to the receivers and tell them to
Vote for them. The same man often voles
Over and over a?;ain. declaring himself to
be some other man each time. The receiv
ers recognize the fraud, but as the matter
Is all cut and dried beforehand they do not
object. The better classes recognize It also
and do not vote. Bueno* Ayres Is a city of
800,000 population. At its last election for
senator there were only 2,000 votes cast,
whereas, at one vote to each family of five,
there were 100,000 possible votes. The elec
tion lists are scanned by the candidates be
forehand and added to or taken from as is
Oeslred. Not long ago the mayor of Oli
vers was looking over such a list with a
plen<l of min*. At last he came to a name
for Six Years,
WANT TO TELL
you something about
th<? new president of
the Argentine. He
has been in office
only a few weeks,
but his strong right
hand is already felt
in every rart of the
republic. He has be
gun a settlement
with the Chileans as
to the boundary ques
tion, and has at the
same time ordered
VESTIBI LE 1* preside:
:SS (ARGENTINE).
wliich we shall call "Munyoz." when my
friend said: "Why. mayor, Munyoz Is dead.
Don't you remember we were together last
month when the report of his death came
in?"
"Oh, yes. I remember." replied the mayor.
"But if he is d?ad that is all the better.
He can now make no fuss as to how his
vote is cast." *
An OveriEOvernpd Country.
This corruption in politics extends
throughout the republic. Every province
has its political factions, the most of which ,
are connected with the ring in Buenos
Ayres and take their cue from it. The gov
ernment is entirely in the hands of the na
tive Argentines, who are natural politicians
and who work the business for what it is
worth. The country is overgoverned. It
has all told only 4.0U0,0(X. people, of whom
one-fifth live at the capital. Still every
state has its own senate and house, and its
own minor officers. The result is that in a
country which ha? a population about that
of the slate of Ohio there are. in addition to
a horde of federal officers, fifteen senates,
fifteen chambers of deputies and fifteen
gets of revenue collectors. There are small
officials without number, all of whom re
ceive a salary, and most of whom aud to
this in some way or other, not sanctioned
by law. All of the provinces are in debt,
and only a few of them pay their interest.
The internal debt of the country now
amounts to more than $100,0110.000, and in
1S!Ti the provincial debts, Including unpaid
interest, amounted to more than $137,000,000
in gold. At present the city debts foot up
more than $1'4.000.000 gold, while the coun
try has a national debt of more than $300,
ooo,o?Mi. A large number of the provinces
have to be annually assisted by the general
government to pay the salaries of their own
officials. Roca believes in centralization of
power. He spells the word nation with a
capital N. and he will make the union of
the provinces even stronger than it has
been. In the past petty revolutions have
occurred in the different provinces. In
many of these the national government was
not implicated, but it had at times to send
its troops out to quell the troubles. Presi
dent Koca will not tolerate much foolish
ness of this kind, and in such cases will
send military governors to take the places
of the regular officials until new elections
can be held.
Coni:re?a and the Bnnkx.
The Argentine Republic has a federal
congress, which meets at Buenos Ayres.
There are two houses, one composed of
senators, the other of deputies. Senators
must be thirty years of age, must have re
sided six years in their districts and have
annual incomes of $12,000 each. A deputy
may be twenty-five years of age and must
have been a citizen for four years. The
deputies are elected for four years and
the senators for nine years. The president
is elected for six years. Members of con
gress each receive twelve thousand Argen
tine dollars a year, and the president has a
salary of thirty-six thousand dollars. The
vice president receives Just half as much
as the president, and each of the cabinet
ministers gets sixteen thousand eight hun
dred dollars a year.
You sometimes Bee statements in the
papers of the United States that there is a
close telephonic connection between our
national capital and Wall street. The Ar
gentine congress-man is not troubled by
having to telephone. The houses of con
gress in Buenos Ayres are just across the
square from the stock exchange, and the
president's house stands between. Some or
the greatest scandals of the Argentine Re
public have been in connection with the
misuse of the public funds by government
officials and this especially in connection
with the national banks and stocks. No
where upon earth has there been such cor
ruption as there was in connection with
the National Bank of the Argentine, which
failed for millions. This bank was largely
political, and a word from a prominent offi
cial would cause it to pay out money to
almost any one. Congressmen made no
bones of levying upon it for their sup
port. I heard of <.ne deputy who borrowed
a million dollars from the bank and with
this built a palace at Belgrano, one of the
suburbs of Buenos Ayres. In getting thi3
loan he agreed to repay it in installments,
so much every three months. The time the
first payment came due the bank directors
sent for him. When he appeared they pre
sented the note. Ho looked at it and coolly
said that he had no money. They then
asked him to pay the interest, but he non
chalantly replied: "I have nothing." He
was then asked If he could not pay some
of the interest, whereupon he burst out in a
rage, saying:
"I have no money, I tell you. I don't ex
pect to have any. and I want to know right
here, and now, whether you expect me to
fight the battles of your bank in congress
and then pay back the money 1 get from
it Just as other people do?" At last ac
counts that million dollars and accumu
lated interest was still outstanding and It
will probably outstand until the end of
time.
A liked for fO.OOO, Got 900,000.
Another instance showing the looseness
of the business melhods of the bank at
this time was in the case of an irresponsi
ble army officer of Cordoba, who wanted to
borrow $<>,000 to build a house. He knew
Celman, who was then president of the
Argentine, and at his request the president
gave him" a note to the bank officials, but
through a misunderstanding as to the
amount wanted asked the bank to lend
?T'S HOME (ARGENTINE).
him $<10,000 Instead of $8,000. The officer
I went to the bank, showed the letter and
signed an application, which the clerk made
out for him. the clerk putting in the $<>0,000
as requested by the president. Tho bank
directors voted that he should have the
money, and the papers were ma<To out, the
officer signing the note without scanning
the figures. When this was done the teller
of the bank shoved out $tX),OoO to the offi
cer. whereupon he replied that he had not
asked for $<>0,000, but wanted only $<S,000.
Thereupon they showed him the papers.
The officer pointed out the mistake and
asked what he should do. They replied that
he had better take the $6,000 and leave the
rest of the money on deposit, and that
when the first payment came due he could
pay the whole note. 8o leaving the $54,000
the officer went away. Later on, however,
he met ? friend who persuaded htm he
would be a fool not to take all the money,
as he could certainly make more by using
It for speculating. The result -was he did
take It and lost the whole, and the bank
was never repaid.
Orders like this for money from public
officials were frequently given to this na
tional bank. The standing of the man wtio
was to receive the money was seldom ques
tioned, although his notes were taken In
exchange for the cash. I have heard of
common peons who thus got money on their
worthless notes at the instance of politi
cians. who took the money and paid them
for their trouble.
The bank would accept drafts twenty or
thirty times greater than those which Its
directors authorized. One of the directors
was always to he bought by a bribe. False
balance sheets were periodically published
to deceive the public, and dividends which
had never been earned were paid out of
the bank capital. The bank at the start
had a capital of $8,000,000. Ten years later
this was rsjsed to about $20,000,000, and it
v. as afterwards increased to $o0,000,000. In
one year Its deposits were $2T>3P000,000, and
Its loans over $412,000,000. It had in Its
vaults $432,000,000 of national treasury bills,
and it had a savings department in which
$1,400,000 were deposited. The bank went
down in the panic, as did other banks of
similar character. One was a mortgage
bank whoso business was lending good
money on bad property. The government
was also interested In this, and many a
swamp lot was used as security for a
$10,000 loan. Today such banks have passed
away and the man who makes money out
of the government must do so either
through bribery or through the getting of
fat contracts.
IllK Public Jobs.
Buenos Ayres has many fine public build
ings. It has as fine steamship docks as can
be found anywhere in^lje world, and It Is
now building a great structure to corres
pond with our National Capitol at Wash
ington. I do not know the exact amount of
money that Is to be spent upon this. Some
of the public buildings already erected are
extravagant beyond description. Take, for
instance, the water works. The houses of
the rich millionaires of New York have no
finer tiles about their mantels than the ma
terial which forms the outside of this great
public building. The structure covers four
acres, and this whole block is faced, not
Jnllo A. Hocn,
Ttir New President of the Argentine.
with stone or pressed brick, but with cost
ly porcelain tiles. Every tile was imported
from England. I have seen the tiled walls
and roofs of the palaces of the emperor at
Peking, but the water works building at
Buenos Ayres has a finer covering. The
building has cost about as much as our
National Library at Washington, and its
only use is to hold twelve great iron tanks,
through which is filtered the water of
Buenos Ayres. The tanks themselves cost
$2,000,000. They are worth seeing. Each of
them weighs 14,000 tons, and they till the
great building from floor to mansard. The
water flows in from the river through pipes,
so large that they can carry 20,000,000 gal
lons in twenty-four hours. The tanks will
hold l.l.ooo gallons at one time, but a con
tinuous stream of water Is filtering through
them, so that they contain much more than
this amount in a day. It was charged that
there was a big job In this building, and
that the government officials who secured
? the contract were able to put in the neigh
borhood of $1,000,000 into their own pockets.
Jobbery in Rnlltvayn.
There has also been considerable jobbery
in government railroads, I am told, and, in
deed, the government finds that it cannot
afford to hold on to its railroad property.
There are annually deficits where there
should be dividends. The lines are rapidly
passing into the hands of the English.
Those which are still controlled by the gov
ernment have such poor rolling stock that
the private companies will not allow gov
ernment cars to pass over their rails. They
piefer to transship. Appointments on the
government railways are commonly made
without regard to efficiency or previous ex
perience. Politicians after a job apply for
the places. One prominent man recently
asked to he made assistant manager of the
Central Argentine system. He was ques
tioned as to his experience. He replied
that he knew all about the railroad, for he
time.traVe'ed "Vtr il as a Passenger several
The government lines are generally in bad
condition. All sorts of Jokes are made
concerning them, a common charge being
that they should put cow catchers on the
rear of the trains to keep the cattle from
running over them. The private lines on
the other hand, make money. They are
well managed and economically run.
The Matter of Justice.
Theoretically the judicial system of the
Argentine Republic is a beautiful one.
There is a supreme court of five judges,
which is also a court of appeal. There
is an attorney general, who is supposed
to bring criminals to the bar, and there
are a number of inferior and local courts.
According to the constitution trial by jury
must be given in criminal cases, and each
state has its own judicial system. In 1805
4,000 criminal cases were tried in Buenos
Ayres, and there were during this year
14,000 arrests lor breaches of the peace.
You find policemen on every corner In the
Argentine capital. They are well dressed,
carrj ing swords, with which they are ready
to cut down any one who resists them.
On opera nights a company of mounted
police uron prancing steeds guards the
streets leading to the opera house, and gen
erally you will find that order In Buenos
Ayres is as well kept as in any city of the
world. The matter of a police appoint
ment, however, is one of political influence
and the police are very careful whom they
arrest. One of the distingujdos or upper
class of young men may get as drunk as
he pleases and It ig rare that he will be
arrested, while a poor Italian or Spaniard
will be quickly taken to jail. In the courts
the rich stand a much better chance than
tho poor. There are, of course, some just
judges, but the man who will accept a
hrilie is in the majority. Prominent Ar
gentines are awarded the preference in
the courts where the matter of riuht is
at all equally balanced, and as a rule the
man who sees the Judge first has the best
chance of a decision in his favor. There
Is no lack of lawyers, for the young Ar
gentines of good families as a rule adopt
the law as a profession, many of them not
expecting to practice, but only to have the
title of doctor before their names. There
are some that are very good at the law
and many have large Incomes from this
source.
All In the Signature,
Speaking of the morality of high Argen
tine officials, I heard the other day a story
of President Celman In connection with the
national bank, of which I have already
written. The influence of the president was
such that a note from him would usually
result in the holder getting the loan. The
president was overwhelmed with such re
quests, some coming from men whose Ill
will he could not afTord to have. He never
refused to grant such favors. He would re
ceive tho men cordially, and tell them they
could have the money. He would even
write a letter to the directors of tho bank
saying: "I know this man is all right and
I wish you could grant him the loan." He
would sign such a letter, and the man
would go at once to the bank, and be sur
prised to find it refused. The truth was
that President Celman had an understand
ing with the directors of the bank as to hi*
signature, according as certain curves were
made this way or that. If the final "n "
for instance, was elongated into a scrawl
It meant that the man was to have the
money, whereas. If It was cut off short, the
directors would know that the president
meant, "I am Just writing this letter to get
?rid of the man, and it would be a favor to
me if you would refuse him."
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
"He died of a complication of diseases,
didn't he?"
"Mo. He had only one doctor."?lif*.
PROFIT IN ..SALVAGE
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Season Has Befcn aLLucky One for
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Wrecking Companies.
ASSESSING fHE DAMAGES
Written for The Evening Star.
rjp HB SOVEREIGN, A
largo four-master,
grounded on Jersey
Beach in 1S52. She
was loaded with sil
ver specie, and when
the master saw she
would go to pieces
he had the heads
knocked out of the
barrels and told the
men to help them
selves to the coin.
Their greediness cost
their lives, for when
they jumped for the shore the sliver in
their pockets pulled them down and drown
ed them. Then the wily master, who had
swum ashore without any of the spoil, col
lected the bodies, emptied the pockets and
thus saved the most valuable part of his
cargo. The story Is a simple one, but not
so the question of who was entitled to the
salvage, which perplexed a generation of
lawyers.
Salvage?the money paid for rescuing
ships and their cargoes?is probably the
most difficult question to decide equitably
that comes before courts. The decisions
aro remarkable and altogether startling
in their variety to a layman with an idea
of infallibility of law courts, and oven the
general principles remain unsettled.
For instance, it is held by one judge that ,
salvage should be paid only when a ship
is saved from certain danger: another says [
that any assistance in getting a disabled
ship to port entitles to salvage rather than
the less expensive towage.
The percentage allowed to salvors rises !
from 10 to 50, and in some cases, where
the value of the wreck was small and the i
service arduous, practically the whole of |
the rescued cargo and the ship are made
over to the salvors.
A Ceielirateil Case.
Something like this happened last spring
in the celebrated case of the Lamington, a
British steamship that stranded on the
Long Island coast. Tugs pulled her off
and she was finally sold in New York, a
badly battered wreck, for $17,500. The
work of rescue was so arduous that the
district court gave the entire ship and
cargo to her salvors, but the court of ap
peals decided that in every case there
should be a margin for the owner of a lost
ship, and awarded'50 per cent.
In the old days'.before steamships and
wrecking tugs thC'-onlj salvage that was
made was by resciiing~cargoes either be
fore or after the ^hip went to pieces or
sunk. There was .little'towing of disabled
vessels, and when u shift once went ashore
she was Roomed, rtiid raising a wreck was
of course dreamed <6f no' more than glueing
ono together after she broke up. Now
adays the saving 6F wrecks is a business,
arid along our seacoasti^ and op the waters
of our great lakes and rivers wrecking ]
companies are ready to,!undertake to raise ]
or pull anything frfclm a rowboat to a man
of-war. , ?
The most ce!<?brated0 salvage case in
American history was that of the Thetis,
an English wnr vessel 'that sank off the
Brazilian coast with JSK>,000 worth of bul
lion on board. Fot1 months three sloops of
war were anchored nt the sjvot and their
crews recovered $750,000 by diving. One- j
third?that is, $2.~>o:0{V>?was divided as sal- I
vago between the officer* and men.
An-arillnK $airage.
The courts, in awarding salvage, do not
make a distinction between work done by
wrecking companies and that of a passing
ship which happens to be in the neighbor
hood of a wreck and assists in bringing it
to port. But, broadly speaking, all cases
where a ship has been saved as well as Its
cargo may be classed under one of these
two heads. As many more vessels are
wrecked by being driven on shore, the num
ber of instances of salvage by wrecking
companies Is greater than where a ship is
disabled at sea and towed to port by a
passing steamer, though as a rule the
profits in the latter case are greater in pro
portion to the work done. An Instance of
handsome profits made In this way was the
rescue of the T. F. Oakes, a large ship
bound for New York from Hong Kong. Her
crew got 111 with the scurvy, and when she
was .'tOO miles from port there was nobody
aboard to work the ship. Sho asked the
steamship Kasbek for assistance. and for
towing her this short distance the courts
allowed $19,500 salvage. It is not usual for
a vessel to mako a contract before aiding
another in distress, but sometimes masters
try to drive sharp bargains, as the captain
of the Slrtus was obliged to make when his
vessel broke her propeller and part of her
shaft and was anchored In a dangerous
position ofT the coast of Lower California.
His ship and cargo were valued at about
$175,000 and he agreed to pay $20,000 to get
her towed by the only vessel at hand to a
place of safety. The court decided that
$8,000 was enough for the service. No con
tracts for exorbitant salvage are binding.
This rule never changes. When the regu
lar wrecking boats undertake to save a
ship a contract is usually made beforehand
and this is less likely to be a contract un
der compulsion because there are several
companies to hargain with, but not long
ago the ship Jessamene ran on the rocks
near the Golden . Gate and the master
agreed to pay the wrecking tug Relief $12,
000 for pulling her off. The work was done,
but the courts called the sum excessive and
awarded $5,000. Likewise when the tugs
Alert, Relief and Release, maintained at an
expense of $7,500 per month, saved the Don
Carlos, a ship worth, cargo and all. about
$53,000, the contract called for $12,000. but
only $5,500 was allowed. This seems like a
fairly good price for three hours' work.
Sallora Get a Share,
The salvage that a ship makes does not
all go to the owners, and for a sailor that Is
the most Interesting thing about It. Indeed,
salvage is the sailor's dream and a derelict
his gold mine. When the Sirlus, mentioned
above, was saved, the rescuing crew got
$4,250 and the master $2,500. The division
was made, as^Is ustml, according to wages
and service In the salving. La Champagne,
which was towed Into Halifax last March
by the Roman, paid ?15.000 pounds salvage,
and the owners of the Roman got ?12,000
of this, the master ?1,000, and ?2,000 were |
divided among the~fift?*thr?e members of \
the crew. Bi S|
The wrecking corHuiA have special con
| tracts with their cKrsfid as a rule there
Is only a slight lnc^Bsaai pay for success
ful work. Ift at
The second case lit tMwunount of salvage
and the first In vn^ks M property saved is
that of the Ameii^KJftr St. Paul, which
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was aground off tlei Mrsc-y coast. The
courts have just dHShat the wrecking
company shall rec^n fKiut $105,000 for its
eleven days' work. || ja
How Bjmrlu. |
A lucky bit of \Srkwas the finding of |
L'Amerlque, a st?m4Jg> that had been
abandoned wlthouPapjf real cause. Her
value was about ,000, and $90,i>w was
awarded for a few hoprs' towing. The first
award was $100,000. ? A similar case was
that of the Glengyle, whieh was abandoned
and brought to London oy her salvors.
They sot ?10,500. I<a France, which towed
the Veendatn for three days until she could
repair her shaft, was awarded $8,500, and
the tug that towed the disabled Charles
Wetmore for one night and rot her over the
bar of the Columbia irtver was paid $20,000. i
This was dangerous Work, however, and the 1
tug was nearly swamped. The tug's crew
got $5,000.
The tug that found the derelict Calvin
S. Edwards, made 4QJB. a nice, thing out of
one night's work, and perhaps the luckiest
of all was the tu?.tte.t recently picked up
five scows In the Haflem river and In less
than an hour made $700: A good deal of
salvage money has been made on the
Florida coast, and tfa* best known cam to i
that of the Tregrurno, when the crew of the
rescuing vessel were especially allowed 22H
per cent of $200,000 for the gallant work
they did during twenty-flve days.
When the Aguan went to pieces with
f9.r>00 In specie on board, her crew of seven
sailors got $1,000 for helping to save the
gold.
Got Fifty Per Cent.
A profitable salvage work was done by
the wrecking company who went to South
America and brought back the wrecked
Alert. Her value was $50,000. and they got
half of it. The three tugs ?a.t pulled the
Sir William Armstrong out of six or eight
feet of sand got 20 per cent of the value of
the ship and 40 per cent of that of her
cargo of cotton.
The recent storm on the Atlantio coast
has given the wreckers more work than
they ever before had at one time. The
northern coast of Long Island is studded
with wrecks. A number of valuable ships
have been saved, and the Fairfax, loaded
with cotton, aground on the Sow and Pigs,
will make a very profitable bit of salvage
if she is floated.
The late war has not been so productive
off salvage to wreckers as it would have
been had Admiral Cervera been more con
siderate in grounding his ships, but there
will be a handsome profit if the Reina Mer
cedes is successfully raised, as the govern
ment has contracted to pay an American
company $75,000 for the work. The casting
oft of the Maria Teresa meant a loss of
$100,000 in bonuses to the wrecking com
panies. The Swedish company that wanted
to make salvage out of the Spanish ships
is now inspecting the Cristobal Colon, but
experts say that the ship cannot be raised.
It is not known what the Hong Kong
wrecking company that raised the Spanish
gunboats in Manila will get as salvage, but
it ought to make a handsome thing out
of It.
Risky and Uncertain.
The profits in salvage are large, and out
of the 125 important salvage cases passed
on by United States courts up to 1807,
the salvage In 80 was between 25 and 75
per cent of the value of the property saved.
But making salvage is a very risky as well
as uncertain matter, and nearly every case
is one of "no cure no pay," so that when
there is a profit it ought to be a big one.
The smaller the amount saved the larger
the percentage of salvage is the rule, and
seme of the highest proportions of salvage
were in the case of the caj-go of the Ala
bamanlan, wrecked in ISCfit, 78 per cent,
and for rescuing $0,740 worth of whale oil
thrown upon one of the FIJI islands, 85 per
cent.
It is impossible to estimate the amount
of salvage that is paid in one year by
wrecked vessels, but it is enormous. Dur
ing the past six months upward of $200,000
was awarded by the United States courts,
and this represents but a small proportion
of the salvage paid in this country alone in
that time, as the great majority of salvage
cases are settled by the board of under
writers of the Insurance companies, on
which all salvage ultimately falls, and
never Teach the courts.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES
The topic for tomorrow is "Truths Taught
by Christmas," and the Rev. J. R. Miller in
writing on the topic says: "The shepherds
were keeping watch over their flocks when
the angel came. If we would have angels
come to us, we must stay at our post of
duty, no matter how lowly It Is. Think
what the shepherds would have missed if
any of them had stayed at home that
night! We do not know what we miss when
we Indolently or selfishly stay away from
any duty.
"It seems strange to us that the shepherds
were afraid. God's angels come to us some
times in strange guise?sickness, sorrow,
trouble?but never is there anything to
dread In the messenger that God sends. It
was a wonderful comfort that the angel
used to quiet the fear of the shepherds. He
told them that the Christ had come. Real
ly It is always so?in every fear of ours
Christ is veiled.
"The message that fell from the lips of
the angel that night was the most won
derful piece of good news over spoken into
this world's air. What favored angel was
it who was honored in being the bearer of
this first announcement of the coming of
the long promised Redeemer?
"The angel wished to help the dull, slow
senses of the shepherds, and so He told
them how they should learn that His word
was true. There was a sign?they would
find the Babe wrapped in swaddling
clothes, lying, not In a royal cradle, but in
a lowly manger. Strange mark, surely, of
heavenly kingship! We may notice, too,
that the marks and authentications of the
Messiah were tokens of poverty and hu
miliation. What mockeries are king's
crowns in comparison with the glory of
this Babe lying in the manger!"
At a recent business meeting of the in
termediate society of the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church the following officers
were elected: President, W. Frank Sirm
niy; vice president, Lucy G. Myers; secre
tary, Kenneth M. Johns; treasurer, C. R.
K. Sweetman; corresponding secretary Ada
F. Miller; pianist, Grace Spicel; chorister,
Edward B. Kee'lng; assistant, W. F. Sum
my; chairman lookout committee, Herbert
C. Parker; social, Frank N. Jones; prayer
meeting, Nellie R. Orcherd; temperance,
Phil Kemon: missionary, W. S. K. Orton;
calling, Alice V. Van Arsdale; music,
Madge E. Yeage.
The Gunton Temple Y. P. S. C. E. gave a
"book social" last Tuesday evening?so
called by reason of the admission price,
which was a book, to provide a library for
the almshouse. The principal feature of
the entertainment was "The Country
School," represented by a number of the
young people.
The Metropolitan A. M. E. Junior En
deavor Society has Just elected the follow
ing officers: President, Miss Eunice E.
Brooke; secretary. Miss Mabel Hopkins;
treasurer, Miss Eleze Clore; chairman
flower mission committee. Miss Mamie E.
Chase: missionary, Miss Fannie Reeves; so
cial, Miss Laura Oharite. These Juniors
will have a special Christmas service to
morrow with an address by the Rev. J.
A. Johnson. At 7:110 In the evening there
will be a song service by the senior choir.
The Intermediates of First Congregational
Church recently gave a "fad social," with
a short program and refreshments.
Mount Vernon Place Endeavorers will
have a Christmas prayer meeting at 6:30
tomorrow morning. Their Sunday school
I will have Its regular Christmas entertain
ment next Tuesday evening.
Tlie True laonc.
From Life.
Visiting Englishman?"How do you ac
count for this policy of expansion?"
Mr. Starzenstripes?"Well, you see, we got
hot. Heat always expands."
A Miglit Hitch.
From tlie Phllodelphlu North American.
"I see foot ball has been introduced Into
Cuba."
"But I thought we were going to pacify
tHe island."
Fifty-Two Christmas Gifts a Year.
A Christmas present that comes not onae
a year, but fifty-two times, is a present
well worth receiving, and well worth giv
ing. Such a present is supplied by a sub
scription to the Saturday Star. It comes
every week, and each time brings a wealth
of good things. It costs but a dollar, und
yet It gives vastly mor? pleasure than a
much greater sum could give If expended in
any other possible way. Order it sent to
some out-of-town friend, and you may rest
assured that one, at least, of your Christ
mas gifts will be thoroughly appreciated
many times. It will be Christmas once a
week to the fortunate recipient.
(Copyright, iSOS, Life Publishing Company.)
? typesetter.
educational.
w * ASIU1XUTU.1.
?^?r WtUKOT COLLEGE GRADUATE;
experienced in teschlng mathematics and K-*
itsb. Addrena Box 14. Stir ulBre. dr-23 J? ?
Learn to be a Draughtsman!
th E NATIONAL CAPITAL
832 Conn. n\e. n.w. SCHOOL FOB BOYS.
WARREX W. PHELAN. A.M.. Head Msstnr
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL.
do23-lm
French, oeumax. Spanish, *c.
Ability 'n 1" ? short urn*.
BERLITZ SCHOOL, fj;i 1-tth st.
Prof. A. GONARD, Principal. driS-5
1*0*. 1S98-'UV ?
Education for Real Life
Far Sous and Daughter*
Spencerian Business Colletre,
Academy of Music Building. 9th Hud I) n.w.
Da? Smf vf S?'LC AU depart menta open.
ti ?i . p Sessions for ten nicntlia.
Rapid. legible and beautiful Writing: Raltld Cal
CUlatlons. Thorough English. Bookkeeping and Bu?
BiSfne^T J'"?" ('or"*?P<'nden.-o, Civics. Laws , f
WViilih ??, ^'ilmi<>.rc j lie..(Traphj-, Science ..f
Wealth, Shorthand and Typewriting Art of Fi
lure* (Uel"r" MetlwdJ^M^ral arid teUl <5
Bendrr?Jrt^lAform"tion om" ?* College offlce, or
fiti Jl? ? Anoonncement?-98-*ll9. <\.Ueire of
"p"1 ^ ?nd ,,r'nln*. **o a.m. to
di.01 ft Mr* ,rAKA A- SrEM-ER*
- Principal and Proprietor.
German !.!^l.L.R,N > mnxn,
T ?n?t r at 4 WallacH pi.. 14th bet.
i ana I its.; references, terms, system of teach
ing. see circular. Dol2-law.2m*
^IN^TO? Xi',AS TERM OF
^a* . r2"N?. Violin. Mandolin, ?;uita
^peelaity?begii n? rs. weak voices, children Mod
_&TobtfiF2K-?r- flv- '^t-E
CCNORES- ,
SIONAL
school
lira
= Lb^
Graduates among the faateat writer* In the city
Our bualness la strictly the educattug of young peo
ple In Shorthand and Bualne? Practice* High
a peed. Reporting. nol -2m
Paris 724 uthVn.w. French
French conversation; no dry grammar; rapid
method; statistical proof. Classes or private les
Write for curious article of 1.012 words
JSVa vsrh. Prof. F. P. COLLETTK
OLLENDORFF. no24-80t*
McDonald-Ellis
Home and Day School
For Qirls,
Massachuse'ts avenue. 17th ?t. and N ?t. n.w.
Address Dr. E d. LEWIS. 1305 17th at. n.w.
de!2-?tf
GUITAR, MANDOLIN. BANJO.?0. L. NEVINS,
Instructor, 132G I st. n.w. Positions a spe
cialty. A simple and easy method, de3-lm*
May Frances Stetson,
Shapespearvan Monnlogiat- Volca Building and Ei
pressinn-Dranntic Art. La Fetra H?tel. liftu n.w.
sel<-4tf
FRENCH LANGUAGE SCHOOL.
tasy quick, thorough method to pronounce well
apeak, read understand. Classes of all grades'
no5-2m MLLL. V. PIUD'IIUMME. 3(17 D n.w.
Washington heights school for girls
1S50 Wyoming ave. n.w.
Boarding and day school (French and English).
_ Kindergarten. Parlor boarders taken
de.-tf Miss FRANCES MARTIN. Principal.
SclhooS off French Language,
1425 NEW YORK AVE.
1?) Pruf. PAUL E. VQIXOT.
Spanish, French.
New meth.id. Rapid progress. Clasaea. Private
TRANSL.VTIO.N8 Call or address PR.)
FESSOR. 2418 HTH ST. N.W. no2S-lm?
CA'"0, KINDERG A RTEN AND PRIMARY
School, Q St. bet. lrtth and 17th sts. n.w. Mis*
Frances Mcoll, UIrs Sara Allington. principals.
Circular*. Coach will call for children. nl8-flv\ ?
FRENCH GUARANTEED SPOKEN LN SIX Mlji
Quick conversation. Prepare for the exposition.
Class or prlv.i.e. MME TANNER (nee i?e Lux
embourg!. Parlslen lady. 1117 17th at. n.w.
ocl-3m*-4
WASHINGTON PREP SCHOOL, 1338 12TH ST ?
shorthand. P.tmaL. NEW RAPID method: type
writing and tidiness: backward puolla helped:
006 tf ' aLd A- X- LAISE. Pnn/
Bliss ElectricaS School.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. Thorough In
atnictlon. Night course. *50. Day <-o-ir*e too.
Student* received for SPECIAL INSTRUCTION
. . LOLI8 D. BLISS. Principal," '
. de2-1m 711 14th at. n.w.
MF^iC^L? ACAI>EMT, 1807 14TH ST. X.W., DR
JOHN P. CALLFIELD, Mr. 0. WELTI, priu?
pals.?Piano classea now being formed: 2 pianos
used, and each class contains 2 or 4 pupils
uo2-2m*
JASPEl DEAN McFALL
\OICE BUILDING AND THE ART OF SINGING
Mudlo, 822 16th st. n.w.,
de2-) m*-4 Near Lafayette Square.
Banjo, Handolin and Quitar
bJ MlM ?- E BUCKINGHAM.
Hr ? 8t- ?-w-. or pupil's residence.
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MR. PtTNAM'S PREPARATORY SCHOOL IS
now located at 14<>9 Corcoran st. Pupils, singly
or In class, received at any time. Rest nfer
ences. Apply to W. H. PUTN AM, A. M. n2? 2m
CHEVY CHASE" "
French and English School for Girls. Suburb of
>\ asnlngton. t r^nch the language of the house.
wi^e* /f*' SPCIJONY, Principal. I Chevy Chase
Miss C. PETTIGREW. Assist. P,ln. p. 6 MJ
no21-6m-6
Hiss liaSstead's School,
1817 CORCORAN ST..
oclT-tf REOPENS UCr. 3. 18&9.
FRIENDS
SELECT 5CH00L
FOR both SEXES AND ALL GRADES.
NEW GYMNASIUM with dressing rooms and
shower baths, and a large playground.
Mr. and Mrs. THOMAS W 8IDWELL.
po4-'f 1811 I stieet n.w.
EDWARD C. TOWNSEND,
MISS ADA LOUISE TOWNSEND,
Elocution. Vol-* Culture. Grace, Eipres-don.
nol-tf 1317 13th st. a w.
Miss Katie V. Wilson,
Pupil of atd especinlly recommended by Mr
William Shakespeare, London, Eng. The Cecl
ltan Ladles' Quartet can he engnged tor con
certs, musicskn, etc., part or entire prugram
For terms sddreas MISS WILSON. Stndlo 1329
10th st. n.w. sc20-3m
8TELLMAN
SCHOOL OF
AND TYPEWRITING, 011 Q ST. N.W.
DAY AND NIGHT SESSIONS.
Terms moderate. se30-tf
OUT OF WA8HHCTQ.1.
THE BALTIMORE irj
COUNTRY SCHOOL FOR OQ^S
Has room for a very limited number of
boarders for the enrreot school year. Sit
uated on the Homewood estate. Perfect
sanitation. Ample playing fielda. Classics.
Mathematics, English. Modem Language.,
Natural Science, History. Drawing, Model
ing and Regular Gymnastic Training.
Circular on application to Frederick Wlusor,
Head Master, Country School for Boys,
Baltimore. Maryland.
del-tu.thfts.6ir
DENTISTRY.
A Holiday Offer for $3.
A good Tooth Crown on a healllty root,
which will give a natural tooth.
Also, for we will furnish a best
material Set of Artificial Teeth.
Remember, till January 1, uo OD]r
Evans Dental Parlors,
^Established ? fcu.14tf
MEDICAL.
Dr. Leatherman.
eafS*of ,b" *n special dls
SX. "i ^IxTtoT^e. %TJ,r,:,'.?Su
evenings, 7 to 8. 602 F n.w.
undertakers.
? . r'spea re,
Undertaker & Embafmer,
retreat Northwest.
r i ji Mk "Ly
?RAILROADS.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO ItAlLKOAD.
Schedule iu cflect DecfUbvr 10. 1^.
I^ars *a>?niagton *rom *istt<>n corner of NeW
Juik-j avenue ami O itr^t.
Fer Chicago mijU Nortbweet. Yestlbuied Limited
trains 11 :o6, 11 .25 i.u., 8:UG |> ui.
K< r Cincinnati. St. LjoIs and Indiana polls. Ex
press. 11:25 a.m. Vestibuied Limited. 3:4i? p.m.;
express, 12:06 night.
For Pittsburg and Omtaai express dally 11.05
A.m. sod H:4o p.m. (PttisUirg only*. 11:65 pm.
For Columbus, Toledo and Detroit. 12:\4> uigbt.
For Winchester and wiy stations. t8:uu a.m.,
tS:40 and t6:3o p.m.
For New Orleans. Memphis. Blrtnlngnain. Chst
tanooga. Kuox\lile, Bristol and lloauokt-, b:53
p.m. daily; sleeping cars through.
For l.uray, 3:40 p.m. dally.
For Baltimore, week da?*, 5:00, 6:30. i7:06,
x7:l0. *8:00. 8:8n. *?:*>. Xl0:fl0 a.m. I
X 12:06 m.. 12:15 *1:15. aJ 00. *?" :3o. 3 35 X4 .30,
4:35, x5:05. x5.10. x5.30. a6:J0, 6:30, *? Oo, ?*:*?.
xlOrO?>. li:40. x*1.5?? p.in. arid x2:00 night. Si.u
days, x7.o6. x7:lO, x7:30. 8:30. xP:i?o am. xl2.?i5,
*1:15. l:uo. x3:u0, 3:35. 4.35. x5:i?5 *5:1c. U.30,
X?:00, xl0:00 li:4?>. xll:5o p.m.. a2:0? ult t
Fo* Annapolis. 7:It). 8:30 a.m.. 12:15 mid 5:30
p.m. Sundays, 8:30 a.m.. 4:35 p.m. %
For Frederick, wtek days. 8:00 a.m.. 11:25. 4:30,
5:30 >.m. Sundays. 8:00 a.m., 1:15 n m.
For Hagerstown. tll:05 a.m. and ;?:So p.m.
Fur Boyd and way poiuts. week days. 8:?*) a in..
4:30. 5:30. 7:05 p.m. Suuday*. 8:00 a.m.. 1:15,
7:05 p.m.
For Oaitnersburg and way points, week days,
8:30 a.m.. 12:50. 3:15. 4:33. 5:35. 7:?t5. 11.25 p m.
Sunday*. fc.do r.m.. 1:15. 4:33. 7.05. lv?:15 p.n,.
For Washington Junction and way poiuia. y "0
A.m.. 4:30. 5:30 p.m. w<<ek dsya; u:00 a.m., 1:15
p. in Sunday*.
For 1 pptr Marlboro*. tS:30 a.m.. +4:30 and
14:35 p.m.
ROYAL KLL'C LINE FOR NEW YORK AND
PHILADELPHIA.
Ail train* ilium.nated with Plntsch light.
For Philadelphia. New York. B?s(od a'id ths
Fast, week dujs, 7:05, 8:00, 10:00 a.m.; 12:05,
1:15 p.m. tall Dining Cars*. (3:00 Royal Limit
ed.' Exclusive Pullman Train, Diuiug Carl. <5:0ft
Pining Carl, 8:00 (2:00 night; Sleeping Car open
St 10:00 o'clock). Sunday a. 7:05. 9:?*? a.m.. 12:06
noon (1:15 Dining Car). 3:00. (5:o6 Dinin* Car),
8:00. 2:0o ulght; sleeping oar open 10 ?doc*.
Parlor Can on nli day traius.
For Allantlc City, lo.oo a.m., 12:05 noon, and
1:15 p.m. week days 12:05 n<?on Sundays.
For Caps May. 12:05 noon.
i tlx rep i Sunday. x Fx press trains.
ajutage called for and checked from hotels and
resi'lencea by Union Transfer Company on orders
ieft at tic .at offices. 018 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest. New York aveuue and 15th street aud
at depot.
WM. M GREENE. D. B MARTIN.
General Manager. Mgr. Pass Trafflo.
8. B. HE(JE, Gen'l Agt . Pass Dent..
Washington. D. C.
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY.
TUROt ?,H THE GRANDEST Si I^NERY OF
AMLU1CA. ALL TRAINS VESTIBl'LED,
ELECTRIC LIGHTED, STEAM HEATED.
ALL MKA1> SERVED IN DINING CARS.
STATION. SIXTH AND B STREETS.
Schedule In effect Dec. 8. 1888.
2:20 P.M. DAILY?Cincinnati and St. Loals Spe
clal?Solid train for CMndnuuti, Pullman Sleepers
to Cincinnati, Lcxlngtou, Louisville. Indianapolis
and St. Louis, without change. Connects lt Cov
ington, Va.. for Virginia Dot Springs. Parlor
Care Cincinnati to Chicago.
11:10 P.M. DAILY ?F. F. V. Limited Solid train
for Cluclunatl. Pullman 81eepers to Cincinnati,
Lexington and Louisville without change; open for
occupancy it 8:0o p. m Pullman Sleeping Car
to \ irginia Hot Spring* (connection for Hot
Springs. Va., daily), without change, Tuesdays,
Tburwdaya and Saturdaya. Observation Car from
Hinton tc iluntiugton. Sleepers Cincinnati to
Chit-ago and St. Louis.
2:20 P.M. DAILY?For Gordonavillo, Charlottes
ville, Staunton and for Richmond daily, except
Sunday.
Reservation and tickets at Chesapenke and Ohio
offices, 513 and 1421 Pelnsylvauia avenue, aud ut
the station. Telephone call 1441 for lVimsyhuuia
Railroad cab aervice. II \Y. Fl'LLKK.
de7-Sod General Passenger Agent.
B , , SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Schedule in effect I>ceeml>ei 4. 18l?8
p.?us?".tsfi5r"ui,<l fro,u
?od: ?.v ?. ,or r,*n' Ul?. <"h,rlott,
tar ..I u ? t oui'Ccfii at MtuaaMH f?i S r
it, K *jT?f",11,t "H'1 ?t Lvnohlii. t
ii ti ?'u11,1,1 dally
FAST vAl K*lf7 _THE L'N1 1 Kl' STATKS
w: i MAIL- 1 ulliiian Sleepers. S.-w V?.rK nnd
^ to Ja^NOltTlil., UD tlne at >ullBb iry
Kn'?ii7,*I'k"r Aahevllle and H.m SprlnpK. ,\ C ;
KDOivllk. Ch?)ta"<?'p aud M. niphl., T, u.1 . m.ii
"J"1 Sieeptr fur August, Slrep,*
il." Vi ,N'*W Orlean.. unit'uit at Charioti,
1^ ? S,,, l^T t .r. C?nn? tf at T.jnoh
Iiil . . f"r '^"'nifx.ti djilj cXih-jh Sun
Z ? -N?'ural Bridge daily. S IM train
lugton to New Orleans without change. Diu . g
Car aervice Sunset Personally C.ndtiot.d Tour^t
Excursion Sleeper on this train every Wednesday
and Sa'tmiay to Sau Fraucis?-o without change.
rj *V| p -Local for Front R..yal. Strasburg and
H am son burg, daily exeept Sunuay.
fur Chsilottesvllls.
10:45 P.M. ? Dally. ? WASHINGTON AND
SOUTHWESTERN V EST I BULK D LIV!1TED. con'
posed ot Pullman Vestibuled Sleepers. Dining ran
?*v SleeiM-rs New York to Nash
ville, lenn via Asheville. Knoxville and Chntta
nooga; New lor!: to Tampa, via Charlotte, Colum
bia. Savannah aud Jacksonville; New York to
Memphis, via Birmingham; New York and Wash
Ington to Augusts, with connection for Aiken, a id
New York to New Orleans, via Atlauta and Mont
goinery. \eatlbuled Day Coach Washington to
Atlanta. Southern Railway Dining Car Greens
r*?.Montgomery. The ' New York and Florida
wi" ^ resumed January 10, 1H!!8
cifJM ?*?r WASHINGTON AND OHIO DIVT
SION leave Washington 8:01 a m daily and 4 45
p.m. daily excent Sunday, and 0:25 p.m. Sundavs
only for Round Hill; 4:; 2 p.m. daily, except Sun*
oay, for Leesburg. and 8:25 p.m. dailj lor liern
don. Returni!ig. arrive at Washington 8^8 a m.
daily, and ?:4o p.m. Suuday nly. and 2:45 p.m.
dal y. except Sunday, irom Round Hill. 7:?i? a in.
daily, except Sunday, from Hern hm. 8:34 t in.
daily, except Sunday, from Le+sl.urg
Through trains from the south arrive st Wash
ington 0:42 a.m. and 2:20 p.m. an.l 8:??5 p m
dally. Harrisonburg, 12:00 u.h.i. daily, except Sun
day, and 8:??5 p.m. daily and tt:3o a.m. (tail) fn.ui
Charlottesville
Tickets, sleeping csr reservations and other In
formation furnished, and bag^ag* Called lor a.?d
cheeked from Hotels and Residence* by Union
Transfer Company, on ord*?rs left at Ticket Offi e?
7"5 Flfte.nth st. n.w., 511 i'enut^yivau a avert .a
n.w., and at PeLnsylvauia Pasecngt-r Station.
Telephous call 1441 for Penusylvaiila Railroad Call
service.
FRANK S. GANNON. 3d Vive Prest. & Gen. Mgc;
J. M. CULP, Traffic .Manager.
W. A. TURK. Gen. Pass. Agent.
L. 8. BROWN, Gen. Agt. Pat>s. Dept.
^ PENNSYLVANIA RAILPOAd!
STATION COKNEB ut slXTll AND B STREETS.
CoO A.M. WEtK DAYS. I'lTTSBL RG EXPRESS.
?Parlor aud Diaiug Cars Hau sbuig to Pitts
burg.
10:60 A.M. PENNSYLVANIA LIM.'TED.-Pullman
bleep.ug, Diuiug, : in* king aud Olsi nratbm C?:s
llarriauuig t ? t Uiougu. (. iuciiiuatl, Lid.anap- lis,
St. Louis, Ciev?-laud and iolcdu. Buitct k'mloC
Csr to liarruburg.
10:5j A.M. FAST I>?NE. ?Pullman Buffet Parlor
Csr to Haiusourg. Buffet Parlor Car lUiris
burg to Pittsburg.
8:30 P.M. CHICAGO AND ST. LOL IS EXPRESS.
?Sleeping Car \\ a?hingt< n to St Louia, and
Sleeping and Dining cars H&rrlshii'g to St.
_ _ w>u?, .Nashville (via Cincinnaii) and Cbicag *.
t :20 P.M. WESTERN EX PRESS.--Pullman Sleep
lug Car to Pitlsourg aud Cbioago. Dimug Lar
t j Chicago.
7:20 P.M. SOUTHWESTERN EXPRESS.?Pull
mau bieepiug Cars \> asbiugton to i'ittabuig aud
iiarrisburg to St. Louis, Cleveland aud Cin in
nati. Diuiug Car.
10:40 P.M. PACIFIC EXPRESS.-Pullman Sleep.
^ *ng Car to Pittsburg.
7:50 A.M. for Knne. Canandaigua Rochester snd
Niagara Falls da>ly, except Suuday.
10:50 A.M. for Elmua and Iteuovo daily, except
er A.?u,n<"Jr- For Aiiiiamsport dauy. 3:3-? P.M.
7:20 P.M. for lli.amsport, Rochester. Erie, Buf
falo aud Niagara tails daily, except Saturday,
with Sieepiu* Csr Washington to Rochester
10:40 P.M. f..r Erie, Canaudajgua, Rochester. Buf
falo and Niagara Faiia uady. Pullman Sleepiug
Car Washington to Locbe?ter Sntuidavs only.
FOR 1 UILALELPHIA, NEW YORK AND TUB
EAST.
4:00 P.M. -CONGRESSiONAL L1MITCD," daily,
all Pvloi Cars, with Diuiug Car from Haiti*
more. Regular a. 7:00 (Diuiug Can, 7:JO,
8:oo, 10.00 (Diuiug Car), and ll:(a? (Dining Car
from Wilmington; A.M.. 12:45. 3:15, 4:2?j (Din
,r,,ui Baltimore). 6:5o. lo:*s?, an l 11:50
P.M On Sunday, 7:00 (Dining Can, 7:21-. D.OUu
11:00 (DUiug Csr from Wilmington) A.M.,
12:15. 3:15, 4:20 (Diuiug Csr from Bsltimore),
6.50, l(':oo, and ll:5u P.M. For Philadelphia
onlv. Fas Expreaa, 7:5o A.M. week-days. Ex
press. 12:15 i'.M. week-days, 2:ol aud 6:40
P.M. dally.
For Boston vitbont change, 7:50 A.M. week-daya,
and 4:2o P.M. dallj.
For Baltimore, 6:20, 7:00, 7:20, 7:50, 9.-00, 10 00,
10:50. ll:oo A.M.. 12:15, 12:46, 12:5& 2:0L
3 15. 3:3o (4.00. Limited), 4:2o, 4:36, 6:40.
6:15. 6:50, 7:20 10:(i0. M:40. 11:15, and 11:60
FiHk y-.Suwiay, 7:00, 7:20. 8:00. 0:06. lo '-o.
11:00 A.M., 12.15, 1:16, 2:01, 3:15, 3:30 (4:o0
Limited) 4:20 6:40. 6:16, 6:60, 7:*), 10:00,
10:40, and 11:5o P.M.
For Popf'a Creek Line, 7:60 A.M. and 4:M P.M.
week-days.
For Annapo >a, 7:00. 9:00 A.M.. 12:15 and 6:40
P-M. daily, except Sunday. Suudaya. W:o0
A.M. an- o:40 PM.
Expreaa for Florida and polnta on Atlantic Coast
Line. 4:F A.M.. 3:4^ P.M. daily; Richmond
only, 11:46 A.M. week days; Atlanta Spe? iaL
?lm Richmond and Seanoard Air Line, 5:00 P.M.
dilly. Accommodation for VJuantico. 7:46 A.M.
daily aud 4:25 P.M. week-days.
_ 8Ea.SHORE CONNBCTIONS.
For Atlantic City (via Delaware River Bridge, all
rail route), 3:15 (4:00 "Courrtasocial Limited")
P.M. daily. Via Market Street Wharf. 10:00
and 11.00 A.M.. 12:46 P.M. week-daya. 11:60
P.M. daily.
For Cape May. Jt:60 A.M. wesk-dsys, 11:60 P.M.
daltf.
Ticket offlcea, corner Fifteenth and 0 Streets,
and at the atation. Sixth and B Streeta. wh*re or
ders can l?e left for the checking of uaggags to
destinstlon from hotels snd residences
Telephone call *1441" for Pennaylvanla Railroad
Cab Service.
J. B. HUTCHINSON. J. R WOOf>,
Qetieral Manager. General Passenger Agent.
WASHINGTON. ALEXANDRIA AND MOUNT
^ VERNON RAILROAD.
From station, 13V*, street aud Pennsylvania ava.
In effect November 1, lM?b.
For Alexandria, weat days?0:30, 7:04, x7:35.
xl2:06, 12:20, 1 14, 1:45, x2:(k. 2:40, 3:26. x3:58.
4:6?* B:(J6? *5:20, 5:40, x6:04, 6:S6, 7:06,
?7:35, b 00. 8.00 10:00, 11:20 snd 11:59 p.m.
Sundays?7:45, 8:00, 8:46, 10:30, 11:15 a.m.,
12:00 noon, 12:46. 1:30. 2:15, 3:00, 3:46, 4:30, 6 1R!
6:00, 0:46. 7:30 8:16. 8:00. 10:00, 11:20 and 11-56
p.m.
For Mount Vernon, week days?0:30, 8:00. 10:00.
11:00 a.m. 1*:06, 1:14, 2:04, 2:4o. 3:58, 7:06 and
0:oo p.m.
?uoOaya?UKK? l a, 12:00 aooo. 2:15, 1:40, <:4B
aud U:00 p.m.
For Arllortoa ,04 Auawlurt bridge (week daril?
?K?. ft:?. 10:0U, 11 ok ,.B.. fl?:06. 12;*)/! 1*.
SM. 2:40, t?:25. J:l?. ft:M 6:04. 1 Mt a?4 k u3
P,r
fcinda/a-T:4IL B:00. 9 46. 10J(L 11:1# a.a.. 12-0?
,:W0- *=?? 5 ,4 6:uJ
6:411, 1M and 8-18 p.m.
fmrr? am all Wfc ?????? rlwkad.
rExptcw .Ron, to Paya, alatlo. ?u7.
tRua, to irll^M anl/.
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