In its educational work the institution is divided into two departments, as follows: I. GALLAUDET COLLEGE. Faculty. Edward M. Gallaudet, President and Professor of Moral and Political Science. Samuel Porter, Emeritus Professor of Mental Science and English Philology. Amos G. Draper, Professor of Mathematics and Latin. Charles R. Ely, Professor of Natural Science. Percival Hall, Assistant Professor of Mathematics. Herbert E. Day, Assistant Professor of Natural Science. Allan B. Fay, Instructor in History and Latin. Department of Articulation. Professor in charge.-Percival Hall. Instructors.-Mary T. G. Gordon, Kate H. Fish. Normal fellows.-Ashbel Webster Dobyns, B. A., Millsaps College; Laurance Edwards Milligan, B. A., Illinois College; Frank Rowland Wheeler, M. A., Brown University; Martha Christian Bell, M. S., Synodical College, Missouri; Adelaide Hamilton Pybas, B. S., Southwestern Baptist University, Tennessee. Principal.-James Denison. II. THE KENDALL SCHOOL. Assistant Instructors.—Melville Ballard, Mary T. G. Gordon, Kate H. Fish (in articulation), Theodore A. Kiesel, Sarah H. Porter, Mary Martin, Arthur D. Bryant (in drawing). Officers of the Domestic Department.—Wallace G. Fowler, supervisor and disbursing agent; D. Kerfoot Shute, attending physician; Ellen Gordon, matron; Mrs. Amanda W. Temple, associate matron; Isaac Allison, master of shop; Edward Mangum, farmer and gardener. Visitors admitted on Thursdays from 9 a. m. to 12 m. and 2 to 3 p. m. THE CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. President. Samuel H. Kauffmann, 1421 Massachusetts avenue NW. Secretary.-Frederick B. McGuire, 1333 Connecticut avenue. Treasurer.-Charles C. Glover, 20 Lafayette square, Lexington place. William Corcoran Eustis. Thomas Hyde, 1537 Twenty-eighth street NW. Bernard R. Green, 1738 N street NW. CURATOR. F. S. Barbarin, 3046 N street, West Washington. GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE. (St. Elizabeth, Nichols avenue, beyond Navy-Yard Bridge.) Board of Visitors.-President, Byron Sunderland, D. D.; William A. Maury, Mrs. A. M. Gangewer, Mrs. Mary E. Fuller; Medical Director F. N. Gunnell, U.S. N.; Walter Wyman, Surgeon-General Marine-Hospital Service; Brig. Gen. John Moore, U. S. A.; W. W. Johnston, M. D.; B. L. Whitman, D. D. Executive Officers.-Superintendent, A. B. Richardson, A. M., M. D.; First Assistant Physician, A. H. Witmer, M. D.; Second Assistant Physician, Maurice J. Stack, M. D.; Third Assistant Physician, John C. Simpson, M. D.; Fourth Assistant Physician, Charles H. Latimer, M. D.; Fifth Assistant Physician, George W. Foster, M. D.; Sixth Assistant Physician, Charles H. Clarke, M. D.; Junior Assistant Physicians, George H. Schwinn, M. D.; Harry R. Hammer, M. D.; Pathologist, I. W. Blackburn, M. D.; Night Medical Officer, John E. Toner, M. D.; Medical Interne, Frank C. Baker, M. D.; Dentist, A. W. Weakley, D. D. S.; Chief Clerk, M. J. Quinn; Steward, Evanda French; Matron, Mrs. H. E. Norton. HOWARD UNIVERSITY. (University Hill, between Four-and-a-half and Sixth streets, near Brightwood avenue.) OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION. Patron ex officio.-E. A. HITCHCOCK, Secretary of the Interior. President.-Jeremiah Eames Rankin, University Campus. Secretary and Treasurer.-George H. Safford, 2445 Brightwood avenue. Executive Committee.-J. E. Rankin, chairman; George H. Safford, secretary; G. W. Balloch, F. H. Smith, John F. Cook, Wm. Waring. Honorary Trustees.-Hon. John M. Harlan, Supreme Court; Hon. William B. Allison, Hon. George F. Hoar, United States Senate; Hon. W. W. Grout, House of Representatives. DEANS OF FACULTIES. J. E. Rankin, President and Professor of Natural Theology, Christian Evidences, and Moral Science. John L. Ewell, Department of Theology, Professor of History, Hebrew, and Elocution.* DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE. Thomas B. Hood, Professor of Diseases of the Nervous System, and of Clinical Medicine at Freedman's Hospital. F. J. Shadd, Secretary and Treasurer. DEPARTMENT OF LAW. B. F. Leighton, Professor of Real Property and Contracts, Constitutional and Statutory Law, and President of the Blackstone Club. John F. Bundy, Secretary and Treasurer. COLLEGE DEPARTMENT. F.W. Fairfield, Professor of Greek Language and Literature and of Political Economy. DEPARTMENT OF PEDAGOGY. L. B. Moore, Professor of Pedagogy and Latin. Miss A. R. Barker, Instructor in Practice School. PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT. George J. Cummings, Professor of Ancient Languages and Literature. ENGLISH DEPARTMENT. George W. Cook, Professor of Mental Science. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. William H. H. Hart, Instructor. DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC. William J. Stephens, Instructor and Musical Director. INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT. Teachers.-Charles E. Hall, printing; John F. Akers, carpentry; O. F. N. Madden, tin work; Mrs. B. M. Howard, sewing, and Miss Marie von Beseler, cooking and housekeeper; Julia R. Hall, Matron. The exercises of the Medical Department are in brick building Freedman's Hospital; of the Law Department, at 420 Fifth street NW. All the other departments meet in the University building. Visitors at any hour of the day and in all departments are warmly welcomed. *This department is undenominational and wholly supported by personal benefactions. WASHINGTON CITY POST-OFFICE. Postmaster.-JOHN A. MERRITT, 2503 Fourteenth street NW. MAIN OFFICE. Money-order division open from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Registry division open from 8.30 a. m. to 6 p. m. for delivery of registered matter. For the receipt of matter for registration the division is always open. General-delivery window never closed. Stamps can be purchased at any time, day or night. Money-order and registeredletter business transacted at all of the branch post-offices in this city. Special-delivery messengers can be obtained from the Senate and House of Representatives post-offices, or any of the branch stations of the Washington City postoffice. MONEY-ORDER DIVISION. [Office hours: 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., except Sundays and national holidays. Money should always be sent by money order to insure safe delivery.] Money orders issued and paid as follows, Sundays excepted: delivery after 5 p. m.) (Domestic money orders issued at general Stations A, B, C, D, E, F, G, substations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, and 46. Stations A, B, C, D, G, and substations Nos. 10 and 17, international moneyorder offices. Money-order hours at stations, from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. Domestic money orders are payable in the United States. A single money order may include any amount from I cent to $100, inclusive, but must not contain the fractional part of a cent. The war tax is not a part of the fee, but is collected (two cents for each order, whatever its amount) from the remitter, in the place of a revenue stamp, which stamp is not required on a postal order. INTERNATIONAL MONEY ORDERS. Special forms of application for foreign money orders will be furnished to persons who desire them. The value of the British pound sterling in United States money is fixed by convention at $4.87; the German mark at 244 cents; French and Swiss franc and Italian lire at 1934 cents; Swedish and Norwegian kroner at 27 cents; Netherlands florin at 41 cents; Newfoundland dollar at $1.0; Portugal milreis at 88 cents. International money orders issued payable in Africa, Algeria, Arabia, Australia, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Bechuanaland, Borneo, British Guiana, British Honduras, Bulgaria, Canada, Cape Colony, Ceylon, Chile, China, Crete, Cuba, Cyprus, Danish West Indies, Denmark, Dutch East Indies, Egypt, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Great Britain and Ireland, Hawaiian Islands, Honduras, Hongkong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Java, Leeward Islands, Luxemburg, Madeira, Malacca, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New South Wales, Newfoundland, New Zealand, North Borneo, Norway, Orange Free State, Panama, Persia, Porto Rico, Portugal, Queensland, Rhodes, Roumania, St. Helena, Salvador, Servia, Siam, South Australia, Spice Islands, Straits Settlements, Sumatra, Sweden, Switzerland, Tasmania, Tobago, Transvaal, Trinidad, Tripoli, Tunis, Turkey, Victoria, Western Australia, West Indies, Windward Islands, and Zanzibar. The maximum amount for which a single international money order may be drawn is, for orders payable in— The United Kingdom of Great Britain and New Zealand France, Algeria, and Tunis.. Portugal. The Netherlands. Germany Sweden. Jamaica (as 10 5s. 4d.= $50 Kroner 370 = £20 10s. 8d. £20 10s. 8d. £20 10s. 8d.= 100 Salvador. Hongkong Finland. There is no limit to the number of international money orders. Any amount may be sent. REGISTRY DIVISION. Registered matter.-First, third, and fourth class matter may be registered at an expense of 8 cents each package, in addition to the proper postage. Letters or parcels can be registered for a fee of 8 cents in addition to postage— At main office, at all hours of day and night, Sundays excepted. At all substations during such hours as they are open. Carriers are not allowed to receive mail matter for registration. Before a letter or package is offered for registration the name and address of the sender must be written on the envelope, and the proper amount of stamps for postage and fee affixed. Letters for abroad, to be registered here and to go by steamer from New York, should be presented for registration in the main office not later than II a. m. of the day before sailing of steamer. CITY DELIVERY (MAIN OFFICE). (Postage on local letters or other first-class matter, 2 cents for each ounce or fraction thereof.) Delivery by carriers on five-trip routes, 7.15, 9.15, and 10.30 a. m., 12.15 and 3.30 p.m. Delivery by carriers on three-trip routes, 7 a. m., 12.15 and 3.30 p. m. Delivery by carriers to the Departments, 8 a. m., 12 m., and 3 p. m. Delivery by carriers to hotels, 7.30 and 10.30 a. m., 12.30, 3.15, 5.15, 7, and 10.45 p. m. Collections commence at 8.30 and 10.15 a. m.. 12.15, 1.30, 4, 7, 9, and 11.30 p. m. Sundays at 5 p. m. and 11.30 p.m. Holidays, 9.30 a. m., 5 and 11.30 p. m. The carriers' window is open from 6 to 7 p. m. daily, except Sunday, when it is open from 9.30 to II a. m. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS. Senate post-office.-Arrive 8.30 and 10.30 a. m., 12.15 and 3.30 p. m. and 10.30 a. m., 1.55 and 4.30 p. m., and upon adjournment. House post-office.-Arrive 9, 9.30 and 10.30 a. m., 12.30 and 2.30 p.m. 9.30 and 11.30 a. m., 1.30 and 3.30 p. m., and upon adjournment. Depart 9.30 Depart 8.30, RATES OF POSTAGE. [United States Postal Regulations.] First-class matter.-Letters, matter wholly or partly in writing, drawings and plans containing written words, letters, or descriptive figures, and matter which is sealed against inspection, are first-class matter, and subject to the postage rate of 2 cents for each ounce or fraction thereof. This rate applies also to letters for Canada, Mexico, Porto Rico, Hawaiian Islands, Guam, and the Philippine Islands. On local or drop letters, 2 cents for each ounce or fraction thereof. Postal cards having anything attached, or having writing or printing on the face, other than the address, are subject to letter rates of postage. On Second-class matter.-Embraces all newspapers and other periodical publications which are issued at stated intervals and as frequently as four times a year. newspapers and periodical publications of the second class, when sent by others than the publisher or news agent, the postage shall be prepaid at the rate of 1 cent for each 4 ounces or fractional part thereof. Third-class matter.-Embraces books, circulars, photographs, printed labels, proof sheets, corrected proof sheets with manuscript copy accompanying the same, seeds, cuttings, roots, scions, and plants, and postage shall be paid thereon at the rate of I cent for each 2 ounces or fractional part thereof. Fourth-class matter.-Embraces blank address tags or labels, patterns, playing cards, visiting cards, ornamented paper, envelopes plain or printed, paper bags plain or printed, and all other matter of the same general character. This class also includes merchandise and samples of merchandise, models, samples of ores, metals, minerals, cut flowers, and any other matter not included in the first, second, or third classes, and which is not liable to destroy or otherwise damage the contents of the mail bag. Postage rate thereon, I cent for each ounce or fractional part thereof. The sender's name and address should in all cases appear upon the wrapper of third and fourth class matter. DEPARTURE OF THROUGH TRAINS. [Schedules subject to change.] Atlantic Coast Line. For Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville, and Florida points-4.30 a. m.; 3.46 and 6.20 p.m. (Florida Special). Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. For Chicago and Northwest-10.35 a. m.; 8.05 p. m. For Cincinnati, St. Louis, and West-10.55 a. m.; 3.40 p. m.; 12.05 night. For Pittsburg and Cleveland-10.35 a. m.; 8.30 and 11.55 p. m. For Columbus, Toledo, and Detroit-12.05 night. For New York and the East-2.35, 7.05, 8.30, 9, and 10 a. m.; 12.05, 1.15, 3 (Royal Limited), 5.05, 8, and 11.30 p. m. For Atlantic City-10 a. m.; 12.05, 1.15, and 3 p. m. (Royal Limited). Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. For Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis, and Chicago~2.15 and 11.10 p. m. Pennsylvania Railroad Lines. For New York-7, 7.20, 7.55, 8.15, 9, 10, and 11 a. m; 12.45, 3.15, 4 (Congressional Limited), 5, 6.50, 10, and 11.50 p.m. For Boston-7.55 a. m.; 5 p. m. For Pittsburg, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and West—7.55 and 10.50 a. m.; 3.30, 7.20, and 10.40 p. m. For Rochester and Northern Central points-7.55 a. m.; 7.20 and 10.40 p. m. For Atlantic City-10 and 11 a. m.; 12.45, 3.15, 4 (Congressional Limited), 11.50 p.m. For Cape May-11 a. m.; 11.50 p.m. Seaboard Air Line. For Atlanta, Memphis, and New Orleans-4.30 a. m.; 5 p. m. Southern Railway. and For Atlanta, New Orleans, and Memphis-11.15 a. m.; 9.50 and 10.45 p. m. (Southwestern Limited). For Jacksonville—11.15 a. m.; 6.35 (New York & Florida Limited) and 10.45 p. m. |