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CHURCH NOTICES. CHURCH NOTICES. METHODIST. BAPTIST. WESLEY CHAPEL. COR. STH AND F SALEM ST OH AMPLAIN en Ber. Wilson, DD. pester. aye. Ratweeg and 1a sa eee Bee Hevior: 6p. tm. preaching “Sy pastor’ love teart | SSG Petting st ieee ease” fae ‘Thursday evening. "All are welcoma* "* “Te” | welcome. * ae ENT rece wr cHoncH— CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH. 6TH AND \ ching at 11 a.m. and 8pm. by the ‘Hnw., Kev. 8. H. Greene, D-D., pastor. — | pastor. Rev. J. X- Davis, DD. ‘9: Eariheeets Sabon D. Be Sander bool y eoo!, 0:30 ae PA Sitsiow superin. GRACE M. E. CHURCH, COR. 9TH AND — | Sate, Shanuon, peator.— ~ [¥/ P: St Ll a.m. ‘Sty Arles in the lsktel Greed ae | Dastor TPs shore ‘arusic, solo, quartet ‘and cher- it sareh, Pastor, kev. Walter ‘SP.m. | Saomer, events ‘Bag With Holes “Seats a GRESS ST. METHODIST PROTEST- st. bet. Mand N.—Sermons R. Graham, 11 a.m. and short series, MAMLINE ME. CHURCH, 9TH AND | <r Le; fae HS, ods. DD. is Tre re LE FIRST BA CHURCH, 16TH ST. fe Responaitainty of Disciple: | So thove boo Cts, her Be, hae Ok ship. ‘mh. Tuesday, consecra- | St@Kely. pastor. ‘school, 0 a ta. : fon. Thursday, church prayermeeting, 8pm. It Endeat ir. 7 Pa. rresching by the paster.1} 8 METROPOLITAN M_ CHURCH, COR. BAP ¢ i <—- ‘SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH. WORSHIP. #6 and C sta -» Rev. Huch Joti 7 5 pastor—1)' 55 3 n,n, Oad Fellows Hall, Rib at a. bet, Ceatral Union Minion. Sunday school st 9:30; Epworth Lewue st 645 me yuspices of the <n. : ata. f. Hex Swei, pas ‘< Son dey, Pastor Theron Ontwater: 8 pin. by $F Clocnoy, sostatant librarian U. 8. Senate, Seats free.” ‘You ars invited. | <a PAUL A eer Dand Esta aw. —llau.asermon "The Christian's Armor.” 8 b- $ p.m., yy the pastor; subject, “She lsnsion." am, Sunday school. song MT. service. Janes "W. ‘Butcher, supt- SAP Soret ‘ursdays. RY cH ea. Rov. Dz. Oliver A. Brown, pastor. mday sel Rev.@ E. Morgamof London. Preaching by Rev. ren RYLAND M day school : 1 DD. £:8pm. Henry ‘Rey JA Tiley. Sunday school, D0; oa, superintendent. De. ‘pastor, st Lion “The ind at 8-on Love tor Love.” | © Free seats. it BEREAN BAPTIST CHURCH. 18TH ST. Dateeon L —Preaching at 11. am. by ject: “Queen Peston, Win. A. Credit. Hether:” Services ip the pow el mionien. anniversary in the f le.cor. Sth and Q sta n- commencing ida. July 90; 180d, fecertion for the ministers: 3. i fouipEias. for iniaters: J. ¥.1 horntoa and'J. K- Pryor. commiites. ‘and METROPOLITAN BAPTIST CHURCH. ‘cor. 6th and Ast. n.c.. Greet ch. pas‘or.—Regalar service. 8 o'clock. Christian ‘Ex ‘Be men = yursday, p.m. SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH. SD ST. w.. Bishop Jonson. D. D ; pastor.— x N jURCH, 29TH ST.— Rev. =. ZION ME CHURCH, 207 =| Pa Sis y sol 0:30 HN CHRISTIAN. UNION M_ £, CHURCH, 20TH ST. NEAR BS ee See dade Ee vcorver Othand D sis tee Potion EB. 5 corner = Brajer meting, Wednenday at Bev. Joo! Browne. | Bistewat prescuat than and Sista oP. SO Eat 7 p.m. All are invited. it VERMONT AVE. CHRISTIAN CHURCH— | F be ower at ph ane 8 een Sunday schoo! 9:50. "Christian WOr ineeting at7pm. Al’ 1 FOURTH STREET M. © CHURCH, St church ant lous Til’, ta and’ 8 ine by f+ Epworilt League iN CHAPEL, FLORIDA AVE BET. Marae Me. Maylor, day ote 3. He Smut.” Church next week. Come. It ASBURY M. E CHURCH. REV. D. W. = Maga, D._D.. pastor. — Sabbath: sc 30 =m; Bible bing. 1 preaching. Pastor: song service, 4 joworta Lange, 713" po. + Braver ibe. hes Bee eTROPOLITAN CME <x yarch, w.—Preac’ 3. B. Wallace. course on Fellowship st 8 1" Daria ScvesteGunday school, 8:3 hips, lis.m.andSp.m Cbristian En- 15 p.m. Come. it _ V. GW. HONEY WILI. PREACH AT Central Methodia: Provevtaut Church oa bath, July Zi, 1893, at 11 o'clock am. it CHURCH OF THE COVENANT (PRES- cs Connecticut ave.. N and 18th ‘$. Hamlin. D.D. = Ti aw. and$ p.in Presching morning said evening by the Rev. Piesgant Hunter. jr. D.) ‘of the Westminster Pesbyterian Church of is, Xing. Christian Bhdeavor Society meet- ing a 7p. mi. it JURTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, ‘Oth «t. between G and H sta_o.w., Rev. N_ CHURCH, st. between C and D ats. ~Sanday school et 30s. m.; morning service. with sermon by Rev. Mr. jolmes, at 11s m.; Christian Endeavor prayer ineet- direct st A:1>, shortened, form, of ‘Sshort address re. Mr. ‘Third Beatitude.” Strangers giv come. Church, Florida ave. bet. 6th and 7th ste. Bw. (Le Droit Park.)—Preaching st lla. im. by Rev. Welitpeton E. Loucks, D-D.. of Philadelphia, Pa. “On Probleme of Lit th ‘Teachers’ meeting Thi os boty moran gel ovanine ttt dal wat A The pastor, Bev. T. Wyn! “etmains f itzer, Pastor. _____Motelock a.m. | 7 NEW YORK AVENUE cr It EPISCOPAL. TRINITY CHURCH, CORNER 3D AND C sts. n.w.—Services 11 a.m. and 8 pan. st both by Rev. T. 8. Childs, secon! D. Strang- era with all others, ry @ CHURCH tHE ASCENSION, CoR- Sy Se So a Senlenas ce CHURCH. @ ST. NEAR 14TH holy com- sermon : § st —Sunday services: 8 a.m. muni a.m. morning prayer aad p.m, eveuine prayer and serznon. q=> CHRIST CHUKCH, G and 7th, Archdeacon Gilbert rector —Sunday services, 11 a.m. 30 Preaching vr lecturing st every service CONGREGATIONALIST. FIRST CONGREGA’ cor, 10th and G — bb ie ‘a.m., preaching , Fishburn of Elizabethtown, fi Sith usriet snd chorus of Bie voices, ted ET [ OTmanist. n Endear TH CONGREG. 17th and P sts. techie 9.308. = Cate ‘04m. Sunday school. Sterling S. for the Churel t Money?” 8 p.m., welcome. LUTHERAN. eT. PAUL'S ENGLISH LU Behan, Sommer of Tit anh BT REBAN Bishopty Vinit to the Lathern Churches of the United ten." tomorrow. tat a Pastor. Nev. S. Domer. | SCC UF the gg HKIST EV. LUTHERA ‘temporarily cor. din and Ene, ae Novhart,. pastor. Services every. Sunday. "S Subjege tercorrow: "The Folly’ of Negiscting? IVERSALIST. on OF OUR FATHER, s Te Preachogat 11 sin by ken HOS Marval! of Boveris, Masa. subject. "The Blessinee fo.” “Christian Endeavor at 8 v. eat ; Scars y.in. alt cordially ALL SOULS CHURCR, 4TH AN ia. _Services, ST aan, by Rev Eugene jo ce. Shippeo. ening serv: it SPIRITU, LA Mrs. R. ry Washington's favorite feet inealum., Pas Eindly”convented tobe. preseat the meeting of the Seekers atter Spiritual Truth at the Temple. 423 G st. n. w.. Sunday evening. wi Doors open 7:30. Admission freer Come early if you ‘WM. C. SCRIBNER, Chairman Bae: A CRUCIAL QUESTIO: The Financial Clause in the Heme Rule Bin. In the house of commons yesterday Mr.Giad- stone moved the consideration of the new financial clause of the home rule bill, the only clause to be discussed prior to the passage of the bill by the house. Tne motion was adopted (P| and the house went into committee of the whole. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain objected to the provision that a certain surplus of money should be given to Ireland. That country, he declared, ought not to receive any surplus. Ireland was called upon to pay too little aad Great Britain too much. The estimates being based upon a year’s returns, could not be re- garded as equitable. Mr. Chamberlain said he dreaded « diminu- tion of Ireland's tribute in the future, which, with a probable increase of the impe- ‘of | rial oer would cast increased burdens | on the itish taxpayer. The plan proposed b: the government would also alter ie Imperial budget by depriving Great Britain of the proper control of her own taxation. It would deprive the Irish of all freedom of action re- garding ti matters and would induce constant conflicts between Ireland and Great Britain. He admitted that the proposal that ‘any special tax, for instance. a war levy, should be imposed on Ireland the same as Great Britain was a much better one than the proposal on the t | same subject contained in the home rule bill of 1886. But the basis of the whole scheme, he maintained, was indefensible, since under it Ireland would pay £543,000 less than she pays now and £1,+00,000 less than she ougat to pay. Tais amount of money. Mr. Chamberlain de- clared, was the price that the British were asked to pay for irish home rale. A Fair Show to Ireland. The Right Hon. Henry Fowler, president of the local government board, said that in fixing the future charges to be paid by Ireland it was essential to regard the subject from the point of the common interests of the two countries, since Ireland would not cease to be an integral rt of the United Kingdom. {reiand’s contri- ution would amount to one thirty-seventh part of the imperial expenditures. Ireland wasa poor country. He was con- Vinced that the British would deal generously and liberally with her, especially during the first years of the new government. Mr. John Redmond, Parnellite, said he re- gretted that the scheme was not more liberal and more just. It was humiliating to Ireland to be deprived of all control of the collection of taxes for six years. Ireland's contribution in that period ought not to be more than one- jaarter of her income. She did not want in the future, as in the past, to be robbed because of her connection with Great Britan. ‘This declaration elicited cheers from the Irish members. Continuing, Mr. Redmond said that expe- rience would show that the scheme was un- just. A royal commission had been promised and it onght to be appointed forthwith. It would doubtless show that the proposals needed great modifications. Silver Policy n India. Mr. Gladstone, replying in the house yester- day toa question asked by Mr. Robt. L. Ever- ett, sxid that he did not agree with Mr. Ever- ett’s assumption that the new monetary policy adopted by the Indian government would create a larger demand for gold, which would, possibly, result in a further rise in the price of that metal. A dispatch from Calcutta states that the exchange banks have for the present re- fused the offer of the Indian government to purchase the silver tendered after the closure ‘of the mints to free coinage. It is understood that the banks in question will dispatch » dele- gate to Simla to represent their case to the government. and that they ask that the offer be left open in the meantime. The Pioneer, a paper that has always been a steady supporter of the government, comment- ing upon the financial policy of the advisers of the government regarding the sale of council drafts, says that if it was not imbecility that prompted the course taken there was an affec- tation of imbecility for the purpose of conceal- ing motive that cannot be confessed. — eee THE EVENING STAR: -WASHINGTON, D. ©. SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1393—SIXTEEN PAGES. PARTY WALLS. Judge Cole in an Opinion Construes the Law. “| BUILDING INSPECTOR’S POWERS. It All Came Up on the Shoemaker Partition Wall. THE ORDER DISSOLVED. As briefly stated in Tae Stax of yesterday, © decision has been made by Justice Cole in the ease of Mrs. Elizabeth Shoemaker against In- spector of Buildings Entwisle, As the caso was for an injunction to restrain the inspector from prosecuting the complainant in the Police Court for failing to femove a wall after he had ib | condemned it, and the powers of the inspector were involved, as also the construction of the term party wall, the opinion of the coart is of interest. ‘The opinion is as follows: ‘The complaint against the inspector of build- ings is that he is proceeding to con- demn this wall, and this court is ap toto enjoin his further proceedings. bill and the answer and the affidavits ahow that the in- tor has been proceeding under two sections of the building regulations. The first sections to which I will refer are the two subdivisions numbered 6 and 7 of section 2, found un page 8 of the pamphlet containing the building regu- lations of the District of Columbia. Those two sections substantially provide that where the inspector of buildings finds a house or wall is in a dangerous condition he may require the owner or occupier to take the same down or take down the part that he finds to be in a dangerous condi- tion. It also requires that he shall at the same time notify the occupiers of the building to vacate it. Now, if it were necessary to do so, in order to determine this case, I should have no difficulty in coming to conclusion that the building inspector has not condemned that wall under the provisions of those two sec- tions. When you take the bill and the answer and the affidavits on both sides together, with the certificates of the inspector of buildings, I ‘think it is clear that he intended toand has ceeded under another section of the bai Tegulations, to which I shall refer. Had he really considered this wall dangerous tolimb and ‘and life as provided in the 6 and 7 subdivisions of section 2, the law made it his duty to im- mediately require the building to be vacated. He did not do that, and if he considered it dangerous he evidently would have directed it to be vacated. I think there is no doubt about his power in case an ‘amination of s building is made, and he finds the whole or any part of it to be in a condition, id that he has the further right and that it is his further duty to immediately notify the oc- cupant of the building to vacate it, and that he has ample power to enforce his judgments in that direction under the 20th section, either in the Police Court or in this court if necessary. But as I said before, I do not think when you take into consideration all the evidence that court could find that he has proceeded under that section. However, that is an opinion that I formed in my examination in the case. Ido not deem that question of fact necessary tos ition of it. other section under which he proceeded is the 12th subdivision of section four, on page 1. Imsy state in this connection that so far as Iknow, and I have examined some authori- ties in addition to those counsel referred to in the argument of the motion, there has never been any construction of the 6th and 7th sub- division of section two, to which J have re- ferred, by this court. If there ever has been any I have not found it, and none of the judges with whom I have on about it remember any construction of those sections. Of course, this one that I have given is not an authorite- tive construction, because it is not a construc- tion in my judgment necessary to the disposi- tion of this case. Now, referring to the twelfth subdivision of section 5, under which the building 11 stor also gave notice, in relation to this wail, that provides and relates wholly to a partition or division wall,and authorizes the inspector of buildings, in case of the building of » new structure of which the partition wall is to form ® part, to inspect the partition wall with a view to ascertaining whether it is suffictent for the purpose of the new building. and if he. finds Tight to require the part of the well Tight to require of of it, ifin pepstatin Bel whole is insufficient, to be taken down and rebuilt or to be strength- ened, if be thinksit may be properly done. But he has the power to require the entire wall or y part of it to be taken down and rebuilt in jh manner as in his judgment will render it safe tly wo, not only for the pur- poses of the building that is standing, but of the new building to be erected. That applies to a wall where it is sufficient for the purpose of the standing building, but insufi- cient for the purpose of new building to be erected. That section, however, provides that the wall shall be taken down b: owner who Proposes to erect the new building and at hie ‘expense, and that he shail be liable to any dam- agea resulting immediately to the adjoinin, owner from the taking down of the wall an that he sbull pay it. It fails to provide the manner in which that shall»be ascertained or paid, and therefore. unless it is ascertained by the agreement of the parties, of course, the only remedy would be an ordinary suit at’ law by one against the other. Of course, I have nothing to do with the policy of the building regulations, but it seems to me it would be a very good amendment to have some provision in ‘that regulation providing that before the wall is torn down and before this damage is done to the adjoining owner that there should be some estimate of the damage and a sum of money deposited somewhere tocover it. At the ame time, as I said before, I have nothing to do with the policy of it. It isin the nature of interrupting private property for a public use, and the compensation to the party who is to be damaged by it ought to be secured in some reasonable way, it seems tome. However, that has really nothing to do with this case. ‘The Sun Bullding. Now that section has been construed by this court at special term—Eqmty Court—in sev- eralcases, The one in which it was most thor- oughly considered both by counsel and the court was the case of Eckert vs. Abel, which occurred at the time of the building of (he Sun building. The building inspector tien notified Mrs. Eckert, who was the tenant in an adjoin- ing house—she was not the owner—that the wall of the house which she occupied, which was a division wall between that and the lot on which the Sun building was to be erected, was insufficient for the support of the new building —or the new wall of the new building that Abel intended to erect—and authorized the ad- joining owner to take that wall down and build @ sufficient wall. and the contractor and archi- tect working under his direction were about to take the wall down, when she ap- plied before Judge ‘Hagner, who was then holding the Equity ‘Court, for an injunction, The restraining ' order was granted. and upon the motion for an in- Junction, which was argued very fully and ably by Mr. Perry for the complainant and Mr. Davis for the defendant. the motion for injunc- tion was denied. ‘The main question argued s whether the decision of the building in- svector upon the question of the insufficiency of the wall w: And Judge Hagner after a very full consideration of the matter deliv- ered an opinion, in which he held that the proceedings in that regard were regular, that the section authorized the proceeding, and that under that section the judgment of the building A inspector was final and conclusive, and that the | clearly insufficient, and directed McReynolds, the owner of the adjoining lot, to = it = Bennett thereupon applied for an injunc- tion on the ground that that was not a partition ply to it, and Judge Cos vo held Salge not apply to it, an x 80 cr the injunction in that case upon ground that that was not a partition wall. He held that where there were two vacant lots, side by side, that whoever built first might elect either to build s partition wall or to build ‘a wall wholly upon his own lot, and if he built ‘wholly on his own land that did not become a partition wall, aed the next adjoining owner when he came to buiid would have to build his own wall. And upon that ground he granted the injunetion in that case, There was a motion to dissolve that injunction, and Judge Cox cer- tified to be heard in the General Term in the first instance, Mr. Matthews appeared for McReynolds, but he never proceeded with the case, A Partition Wall. Tam satisfied that that is a correct construc- tion of that section. Thatitappliesonly toa par- tition wall, aud that where thereare two vacant lots the first builder may or may not builda par- tition wall as he sees fit’ The adjoining owner cannot be compelled to submit to the building of partition wall in the first instance. That is, if he hasa structure on his own lot which does not contain a tition 80 that the question whether the building inspector m: operly require the wall in this case to be Tuten down ‘by the owner who now proposes to build the new structure at his expense, and at his demage if there be any. and a new wall erected . depends upon the question very much discussed in this case, aa to whether this was or is a partition wall. 1 think it is. I think that the Maryland case and ‘the Peunsylvania case, referred to by Mr. Du- vall, as well ax the general principles governing in matters generally of that sort, make that walla partition wa'l ‘The two lots were at the time of the building of that wall the property of asingle owner. He built the two houses, constructed the wall between them and then made ® conveyance to two separate individuals by twoseparate and distinct deeds. I think that of itself, without regard to when the deeds were made or in what order they were made, constituted that of necessitya party wall or partition wall existed. ‘The Shepherd Wall. In addition to the authorities referred to by Mr. Duvall, there is a case in this court, in the General Term, which holds the same doctrine. That is the case of Bartley vs. Spalding, 20 Washington Law Reporter, 457, which was de- cided in general term by the chief justice, Judges James and Bradley. There, as in this case. the wall in controversy was built by Alex- | ander Shepherd when he owned both lots. He built two houses and constructed this wall. The weight of the evidence is upon one lot, though there was a controversy there as to whether it was all upon one lot or not. Here there is no controversy upon that point of fact. It was largely’ upen one if not wholly so, and the uestion was whether that was a partition wall. fudge James, in delivering, the opinion of the court in that case, referred to that matter in this : “This was a suit for an injunc- tion, requiring the defendant,Spalding, to close certain windows in what is alleged to be a party wall overlooking the premises of the complain- sntand interfering directly with thelr enjoy- ment in privaey in certain rooms in their house. It appears that the complainant and defendant are owners of two adjoining proper- ies originally belonging to Alexander P- herd, in subdivision of square 164. The houses were sold at different —— by Shepherd as lots 12 and 13. The defendant claims some peculiar Tight on the ground that Shepherd's copvey- ‘nce of his title was prior to that of complai ‘ant’s, and that in that way it became necessary in order to save any rights to the party wall so ealled to the complainant that there should have beon « reservation out of the deed to = His claims that he bought the whole division wallasan appurtenance. Where the wall is built in a row of houses the whole of it is not an appurtenance to one of them. The urchaser of each house has half of the parti- ‘wall ass party wall.” Dissolves the Order. ‘The calls in the deed of the complainant in- elude the whole of this lot, but I think that the fact that this wall was there when the deed was made would govern the calls of the deed upon the familiar principle that where the calls of a deed are for a land mark, that is well known and can be identified, the well-known land mark must govern, and in this case it could not be presumed that it was the intention of the grantor to convey away absolutely that wall to some other ‘ich he had erected there to be used by Re two houses in common. I think that is. partition wall, and that the building po ae has the right to proceed under this section as be has been proceeding. Now, what is the result of these conclusions on this case? ‘The bill prays simply for an injunction to en- join the building inspector from proceeding in the Police Court to enforce a penalty, which the building inspector claims that the com- lainant has incurred by failing to comply with The regulation that be mado under subdivisions 6 and 7 of section 2. Although I have reached ‘the conclusion that that penalty has not been incurred, at the same time, Ido not think that acourt of equity can interfere and enjoins party from proceeding in a criminal prosecu- tion. I think that the case that was referred to in the argument, the case of the Washing- ton and Georgetown railroad Company against the District, reported in the sixth of Mackey, ‘is conclusive upon that question. Of course, to grant this iujune- tion would be in violation of the principle that as long ass party has a remedy at law he can not apply to the court of oquity. and if this court could intervene atall it would be only after the party had exhausted his remedy in the Police Court, but I do not think that this court could interfere at all either in the trial of the case or the enforcement of the penalty of that court. I think, therefore, that this ro- straining order will have to be dissolved ang leave the party to his remedy in the Police Court. eee THE CAPE STILL POPULAR, ‘The Many Variet! of the Dainty Summer Wrap. A Triple Effect. Last winter we tired of the gape. Its degen- eration was 60 complete that we turned from in utter contempt. We saw it fall from its deli- cate, high beauty to the very lowest depths of coarseness and unloveliness. It came out overy- where and on everybody. There was absolutely nobody who could and would didn’t have a cape. What matter what sort of a cape, 80 long as it bore the name? And so the fashion- able vowed that they would forever shed the |name « child of hers after her husband. | she hi ONLY ONE GROVER. A Ohild of Hers After Ite Father. Preparing for the Extra Session—The Senate in Hot Weather Dress—Live Gossip of Washington. Written for The Evening Star. (Copyright } All of Washington has been much interested during the past month in speculation about what might be going on and what was possibly tobe expected at Gray Gables. And in con- nection with this discussion there hes been an interesting bit of gossip floating about. It seems to settle one question pretty definitely. Whatever may occur at Gray Gables there will be nosecond Grover Cleveland in the world at the end of the summer. Mrs. Cleveland is quoted by several of her friends in Washington as having said to them that she would never “There shall be no second Grover Cleveland,” said. “There was only one George Washington, only one Abraham Lincoln. There shall be only one Grover Cleveland.” Itis a fact worthy of note that compara- tively few men in public life have sons who are named after them. The name of James G. Blaine has descended through two generations. Yet it is easily believed that Mr. Biaine would have pleased if the ‘unhap- growing ont of divorce had not been so intimately associated—donbly asso- ciated—with the name of James G. Blaine. Every man in public life realizes that whi his son may grow into public life, sure to bring about a confusion of and a mixture of mail. Some public | men have a fecting that they want their names handed down to posterity through their sons. But a great many more of them do not wish to take the chances. < fi * * . Although it is probable that many of the members of Congress have been spending their early summer in places far less comfortable | thea Washington, {tis altogether likely that | they are beginning to lay in a stock of zephyr j clothing against the coming of the extra ses- ion; for Washington has the reputation, ill deserved, of being a very warm Capitol Hill, on which the Capitol is tuated, is the coolest part of Washington, and | the heat’ does not penetrate the cool marble | walle outside the Senate chamber and the hall of the House. But so many peoplo gathered together in one spot necossatily raise the tem- rature very quickly by the exhalation of eat from their ies. Evety effort. is made to cool the two chambers by streams of iced air. At this session the Senate chamber will not be carpeted. The floor will be covered with matting for the second time in its history. ‘The matting may not be any cooler, but it looks cooler. None of the ting will be laid in the committee rooms. of them are floored with tiling. A few rags thrown down | on this tiling will complete the summer outfit of the committee rooms. Some of these commit- | tee rooms have electric fans. There are elec- tric fans in the restaurant, so that the Senators may be cool when they eat their luncheon. In the Restaurant. It is altogether likely that the Senate restau- rant will continue under its present msnage- ment in spite of the change in politics of the committee on rules, which has the Seuate wing of the Capitol in charge. are two or three reasons for this, Theodore Page, who has charge of the restaurant, came from Maine at the time Senator Frye was at the head of the committee on rules. He came in, therefore, as srepublican. But there has been no discrim- ination against democratic Senators in the dis- tribution of restaurant favora. And these really amount to something. Many of the Sen- ators order very frugal lancheons—some from choice and some from necessity. The Senators always get larger portions of food than the people who sit in the outer room of the restau- rant, and a great many delicacies are put before them which they do not order and which are not charged in their bills. It is safe to say that Mr. Page does not make anything from the food sold in the Senators’ private rooms. Of course he makes profit on wines and liquors sold there. This is one of the reasons why the Sen- ators would rather keep Mr. Page than take chances on some one ol . . ere ere Although light clothing will be the rule in the Senate chamber during the hot months, Senator Wolcott of Colorado is probably the only man who will run to stri irts and silk asl Mr. Wolcott ix the only man in the Senate who claims to be “dressy.” He has an extraordinary collection of clothing and he robably spends not less than $10,000 m year on ress. I knw of one year when he sent a check for $2,500 in March tothe New York firm which makes his clothing, and this repre- sented only what he had ordered since Januar; 1. Inhis house at Washingion Mr. Wolcott | one room of fair nize, fitted with shelves like dry goods shop, devoted entirely to the storage of clothing. Another room adjoining is de- voted to shoes, of which Mr. Wolcott bas almost countless number. When he takes off a suit of clothing his valet brashes it, foide it and lays it away ona shelf, When he takes off s pair of ehoes a “form” is slipped into each of them before they are put in their places in the | shoe room, so that they may not lose their |abape. Mr. Wolcott never wears the same suit two days in succession. He seldom wearessnit more thanonceamonth. Hehas anew suit made every week. Mr. Wolcott is in strong contrast with the averago Senator, who has one suit made in the fall and another in the epring and who gets through the year with one change of cloth- ) ing. © © .© ge°-e J 0 An effort is made in both bot and cold | weather to keep the Sennte chamber ata uni- | form temperature of 72degrees. This is done |by the ventilating apparatus, which keeps a | stream of cold air playing through the chamber in warm weather and a stream of warm air in winter. But in the winter time the engineer is smart enough to start his day with the ther- mometer at 68 or 70, and gradually run it up to72 If he did not, the Senators coming in from the cold of the outer air would be sure to complain that the Senate chamber was too warm, The thermometer which hangs on the wall uear the Vice President's desk is always a source of interest on either a very warm or a very cold day. Every Senator who comes to the Vice President's desk stops to have a look av the thermometer. Many Senators mako a apecial trip to consult it. Then they tell the sergeant-at-arms that it is too warmand that th are quite sure that the thermometer is not cor rect. Perhaps a few minutes later another del egation consults the instrument and says that it must be registering incorrectly, because the |chamber is chilly. One day last winter Vice | President Morton, who had been dining out the night before, told the sergeant-at-arms that the chamber was uncomfortably warm. The ther- mometer registered 72 degrees. ‘Oh, but I am sure that must be wrong,” said Mr. Morton, when the reading was given tohim. “It must be warmer than that. Just have the tempera- ture ran down two degrees more.” “It Ido, Mr. President,” said the sergeant- | at-arms, “‘there will bea complaint from some | one else that the chamber is too cold.” | ‘Well, you go ahead until they complain, | said Mr. Morton. ‘The sergeant-at-arms sent for the engineer nd consulted with him. He, too, was doubt- ful about reducing the temperature, So, after ® brief consultation, he brought a small piece of ice wrapped in u handkerchief and the ser- geant-at-armms applied it to the bulb of the ther- | mometer. Presently Mr. Morton got up to leave the chamber. — He stopped to look at the thermometer before he went out. It registered | about sixty-eight degrees. Mr. Morton shiv- jered alittle. “I think yon had better turn | on a little more heat,” he sid. **The chamber growing chilly.” Mrs. Oleveland Says She Will Not Name | tirement | direction being $33,990,000, asagainst @! mentally, he prefers to remain active in occu- pation rather thun go on the shelf. Chief Jus- tice Taney, who died in 1864, had served for twenty-seven years and had been eligible to re- t for seventeen years before his death. His successor, Chief Justice Chase, had served only nine years at the time of his death; so he was not for retirement. Chief Justice Waite could have retired ayear and ahalf before the date of bis death. but he preferred to remain onthe bench. The list of retirements is small. ‘The only retirements of recent years have been those of Justice Hunt, who retired in 1882 at the age of seventy-two, and Justice Nosh H. ‘Swayne, who was appointed by Lincoln in 1862 and who left the bench in 1881 because of the infirmities of advanced age. Justice Swayne died in 1884 and Justice Hunt in 1886, There is no disadvantage connected with re- tirement except the idleness which it enforces. The law grants full pay—®10,500 a year to a chief justice and $10,000 a year to an associate Justice—to those on the retired list. But most of the justices do not care to be “shelved.” After Justice Field there will be no one eli- gible for retirement until 1898, when Justice Gray will have his seventieth year. Justice Harlan will be seventy in 1903. Both of them have served more than the required ten years. Chief Justice will be seventy Fears old in 1908, and he will have served fif- ‘Veen years at that time. Gzonoe Guaxtaax Bars. Se SOME NEW WHIST RULES, Which Placed Their Author in a Sad Plight. The interest aroused in whist shows itself quite plainly in various ways. The recent tournament, says the Brooklyn Eagle, stirred up the game in all the clubs, and in many of them discussions frequently occurred about different points, The advocates of the latest modern methods have to defend their theories continually against the assaults of the unbelievers, the latter stoutly maintaining that whist is not an exact science and cannot be demonstrated like a mathematical proposition. Some go even further and claim that the regu- Jar and persistent violation of all the customary maxims is the best possible method from a trick, taking standpoint. They base this opinion én their belief that the modern player realizes that every card played conveys « meaning, and this meaning is the basis of reasoning on which he builds up his structure of play. Now.if the basis made false and misleading, the inductions si From argument to demonstration is but a step. It was recently stated that demonstrations bave been fatal to theories, and although it has been theoretically proved that balloons could not rise, steamships could not travel through the water and the tele- graph could not convey messages by electricity, yet in spite of the theoretical proof all these things had been practically demonstrated to be possible and are now matters of every-day oc- currence. So it would be in whist. The piay- era who talked so glibly about the proper card to lead, the necessity of informing owe's part- ner of the contents of one’s hand and the estab- theoretical lishment of the long suit, &c., had ly proved their case. Their iments were log- ical and unanswerable. In their aystem was perfection. But in practice it was a fail- ure. When two of the theorists encountered opponents, who scorned their methods and Plared im deflance of them the theorists usually indulged in painful reflections as to the mode and manner of their defeat, while the natural, common-sense players walked off with the lau- rels of victory on their brows. G0-A8-TOU-PLEASE SYSTEM. A-well-known and distinguished member of the Lincoln club is one of the advocates of the go-as-you-please system. His continued suc- cess had made him confident that he coud practically demonstrate the efficiency of the old method (or of the no method) against the new. He organized a team recently and began system- tic practice with the view of demolishing his als. That bis rules might be thoroughly un- ratood he reduced them to writing and in- sisted upon their strict observance. The Eagle has been favored wih a copy, and which is hereby given to its whist readers, and these rules will be with interest and will doubtless work a revolution in the game, and an adberence to them will render all the books on whist unnecessary. They will surprise the authorities, and if carefully followed will like- wise without doubt surprise their advocates. In fact, thie method of play isa constant suc- cession of surprises. They are as follows: IMPORTANT WHIT RULES FOR ADVANCED PLAY- ERS. Text and moral—‘Nulla vestigis ‘We hold these truths to be self evident.” 1. With two trumps, say 10 and 3, always lead them, playing the lowest first. 2. If strong in trumps lead from your short plain suite, This will deceive your adversary and may enable you to ruff. 3. In returning your partner's suit play the hightest of four unless you hold the master card. Hold this as long as possible, thus paring yourself to surprise your opponent, li wise your partne 4. Keep the command of your partner's suit \d get rid of that of your adversaries. Some thorities hold to the opposite theory, but I have personally demonstrated quite recently the fallacy of the Inter. 5. Be sure to force your partner if you are wenk in trumps. Don't retura his tramp, lead if you have two plain suita of ‘six each headed by the ace. Lead the ace, after which your partner can ruff with hws trumps. 6 Should you hold twelve tramps with the reven against you, force it out of the way by lending the alx. If you hold this hand twice in the same evening, vary the play by leading the gle plain suit card, provided it be of medium It you have either the 9 «: 10 in plain suite and the quart major in trumps, lead the singleton. You will surely be able to capture the trick on the return of the suit, 8. In revoking be very careful in holding the renounced eard til the last round of the hand. Memory fades with time. 9, Trumping vour partner's aceon the first round, even with a low card, With the team prepared and the rules for munition, the Lincoln men went out on a trial trip early this week after the style of the Vesu- vius, The encounter was a terrific one, and stead of the projectiles hitting the targets poneae rules blew the bottom out of the ont. Of course all hands went into the water together, and those who manned guns were annihilated. The whist coroners who gathered at the inquest agreed that the rules were all right, but that the fellows who used them bad made a fist of it and were alone responsible for their own undoing. ——_+-2-+_____ AMERICAN INFLUENCE IN MEXICO. Our Investments Now Greatly in Excess of Any Other Foreign Nation. From the Denver Republican. In the three years ending with December 31, 1892, American investments in Mexicoamounted to €345,310,000. During the same time English investments amounted to $213,500,000. At one time English investments in Mexico far ex- ceeded those of Americans, but, if we may judge by the record of the three years named, the latter will soon, if they have not already done 80, occupy the leading place. American capital in Mexico has been in- vested very largely in mines and in railroads. Daring the last three years Americans in- vested $83,265,000 and Englishmen $27,950,000 in Mexican mines, During the same time Americans invested 176,075,000 and English- men $26,250,000 in railroads. Englishmen have. however, given more attention than Americans to colonization schemes and to land investments. They have taken the lead also in mercantile ventures. their investments in that 555,000 by Americans. In’ connection with manufac- tures and material improvements Americans have invested a great deal more capital than Englishmen, the amounts being for the former | THE WIDOW AND DRUMMER. A Romantic Story of Love, Jewelry and Police Courts, A Washington Man Loses = Girl and Gets Arrested Besides—He Did Not Have = Good Time. ‘There are many things in this vale of tears known as the world which are infinitely barder to bear than being caught in @ financial panic ‘or squeezed by four aces in a little game of draw. To lose a chance of making $6.45 leaves & doll, sad feeling of remorse on the brain, bat to have an opportunity to captivate a young and charming woman and then to let the op- portunity slip by sinks still deeper and sears the heart. At any rate, these are the opinions of young and dashing male member of Wash- ington society, whose business necessitates fre- quent trips out of town. Recently this young ‘Man returned to the city, having penetrated the wilds of North America, even as far as Baltimore. “Did Ihave » good trip,” he remarked in Anewer to the anxious inguiries of bis friends, “Well, in all honesty and frankness, I must con- fess that on this excursion good times and m: self did not speak as we passed by. Say, let's have something and I'll tell you about it. Now, pou fellows know that when I left here the other day Iwas handicapped fora real jovial time with the Lest of luck. Getting to bed at Sin the morning and being hauled outa few short hours after has a way of ite own of causing the world to take on a dull dead bue,and when I got on the train pessimism was cozing from mein streams. Icurled up inasest on the express going to Baltimore and paid little attention to my fellow travelers, but tried to woo the drowsy god. My attention was finally attracted by the entrance of a finely formed lady with bright bewitching eyes, dark bair which strayed in curis all round a pretty red-cheeked face, while aatylish and becoming gown'in all its black folds indicating widowhood bat enbanced the many natural charms. She gracefully entered the seat opposite mine and I thought, ‘Oh! _ ‘an opportunity. If I was only in good form.” “I took an extra twist and tried to sleep, but “my widow” engaged too much of my mind. ‘Twenty miles or more were passed when a low moan and a rustling of skirts warned me that ‘my widgy’ was in distress. A was about to faint—I must to her aid. Just my luck. I was too comfortably fixed, and, hasten as I would. I arose just in time to see a eyo in a light suit and broad-brim stra t coming quickly toward ‘my widow’ with glass of water, lean gracefally over, and, in sympathetic tones, ‘allow me to aid you. She Was Rescued. “Another weak and fainting woman had been rescued; another man made bappy. “Preceded by a sweet smile, a gentle voice answered: ‘I am so sorry to you.’ A sip of water, then, ‘Oh! thank you— you are so kind.’ “‘No trouble at all, I assure you; rather « pleasure to aid to fair a lady in distros. Can I lo anything more for vou—hoist the window?" (suiting the action to the word.) “Thea he quickly reached « fan from the rack overhead and sitting down beside ‘my widow he began to fan her. From time to time I across the aisle. There he sat, that pretty head close to hie arm, and that fan mak- ing one hundred beats a minute. “Luck! Well, some fall into st; but as for me, well! I’ had not in any luck for twenty days except ill I « to see the end of this ‘or @ chance to into theother fellow's place, I . = doe of the young lady's ead history. “ in’ April to government she had been made a widow by the Ford’s Opera House c ‘She was now on ber say to ber own people in, Philadel the unusual travel and the late her compelled to stop for afew hours fa Baltimore at her cousin's until she could recover. “Do you think you could get the conductor to; the train at Pennsylvanis Avenue station in more?’ she: him. Thst fan stopped for one- half minute ashe ‘I think 90;we will ask bim, anyway,’ and way it went faster than ever. A man never did knowhow to fan. ~My cousin liveson Pennsylvania avenue near the station, and it would be so convenient, and he would, and wouldn't she give dress so he might call and assare she arrived safely. She would charmed to renew the acquaintance favorable circumstances, as he much of Fred. That fan made 140 beats that most work, he reluctantly promised to ‘Now, you fellows know that between Wash- ington and Baltimore on the Pennsylvania line there are three long tunnels before reaching Union station, each of which is nearly one-half mile in length, and Pennsylvania Avenue ste- tion is between the first and second tunnels. Suddenly we stopped. ‘Pennsyivania Avenue’ from the porter started ‘my widow’ and her ee- cort for the platform. with very red cheeks, and he with necktie awry told of the hasty farewell in the tunnel. He Was in Lock. “On the return of the gentleman, knowing him by his ‘get up’ tobe s drummer, I invited him to a seat beside me, for I knew he wanted some one to whom he could tell his tale of love's victory. “Until we reached Union station it was continual ‘Ain't she a daisy? ‘Am I in xt?" “Weil, I guess!” ‘Old man, you're too slow.’ ‘She's goi Pilledetphte tonight.’ x init’ to meet me in ck! Say, I'm rolling ink of it, a widow! “Not twenty yet. “Union—station—only—stop in Baltimore— change —cars—for—north—and — west — Balti- more,’ from the ended my new ac. quaintance's bursts of ecstasy over ‘my widow. “Leisurely taking my way up the stairway to the sidewalk I thought no more of ‘my widow’ until a hand on my arm and—‘Is this your man,’ from a policeman—and—‘Yee! he's the rascal that stole my watch and chain and my diamond pi having in the tunnel relieved the captivating drammer of the mentioned valuables. [wasigno- minously hauled off to the central station and, after a thorough search, finding no watch or pin on me, they consented to hear my version of the story.’ I told the chief who Iwas, from whence I came. and what my business was, at the same time referring him to several well-known basi- ness men in Baltimore for proof of my claims. Two merchants on Enat Baltimore street were sent for and their evidence substantiated all my claims ax to my personality. In dismissing the charge against me the chief advised my accuser to keep his e t for the evening, and no doubt he would see his watch, chain and pin— if he saw “his widow.” ——— Pensions and Life Insurance. From the Boston Transcript. The question “have you ever been # pen- sioner?” now appears on the printed forms of first-class insurance companies among the questions to be asked of applicants for insur- ance. The purpose andthe working of this new inquiry may be best illustrated by the fol- | lowing true story: A well-to-do business man, fn good social standing and in flourishing health, applied recently at the office of a lead- ing institation in this city for additional life in- surance tc the amount of @10,000. The med- foal examiner could find nothing whatever in w you, but HAS A TURN FOR STORY TELLING, The Gentleman Who Made » Fortune tm Alabama end Lost It in Kentocky. “‘Iwent down into the Black Belt shortly after the war, when it was good deal blacker than it is now,” said a traveler to a writer for Harper's Weekly. “It was in central Alsbsma, The niggers were so thick that they actunily dark- ened the landscape. The whole region was Bloomy with Africans. It seemed like a partial eclipse of the sun ail the while. I bad # plan At one time to net up reflectors here and there to lighten up things a little, but I never carried it out. I said that I engaged in hog reising. I did, but 1 did not grow the native pazor- back variety. Yon know the old southern exeuse for this style of swine—that it doesn't pay to raise = hog that can’t run faster then ® % determined to f $2 i g it i i f 4 g* fi i | eit tt £ F i i lil if i i if | narrow diagonal bands. ‘At the neck is « plaited collarette of velvet in touched bere there with gold. It stands’ up in « box pisit and falls in another, in back,and from the hang the ends of « great velvet bow, 1en to the edge of the skirt. re ‘the collarette falls away in triple ———_-s-__—- Two Beautiful Women, From the N. ¥. Tribune. ‘Ata reotnt dinner at whieh several diplomats tiful women came up, many comments, criticisms and memories of past beauties as compared with the belles of dhe present day. “Who #s the most beautiful woman you here wer seen?” was asked of the minister to who bas grown gray in the service and aoe i eg ‘of Austris.”” ~Unquestiona to et ee ene | course I speak of the Grand Lodge Elections. loose garment #nd go back to the closer-fitting | is The Grand Lodge, I. 0. O. F., held their ere the condition of the subject under his hands to indicate the presence of any disease, past present, and supposed that his com- court could not review that finding, and could ‘€63,150,000 and for the latter only $4,812,000. not go into the question of the snificiency of younger and happier than she is now. I fe The growth of American influence in Mexico There is a great deal of comfort sometimes in ‘member well the first time I saw her. We were REFORMED. But of course a woman may change ber mind. | having a healthy imagination. . * or 4 GRACE REFORM third and final session last evening. The offi- | the wall, and he declined to go into that ques-| It is. privilege never denied ber, and she has | * . . «| has been very rapid since railrond communica-| pany had received promising new in-|*l! assembled ina large salon of the palsoe bet. RL. av cers elected for the ensuing year were installed | tion, although a great many affidavits aan taken full advantage of it this warm season. | 1¢ ig cular fact, called up by the recent raed tee pe — and the City of | vestor until the inquiry at head | When — ae velvet 4 ts follows: Grand master, John H. Wood; | fled in the éase pro and con, tending to show | How coald sho resist the lovely little bite of lace | death of Jus.ice Blatchford, that Justices of the ; MetiCo was established, and. traveler through | of this article was At that point ; Were nded by her ladies. It was deputy grand master. Theodore Mead; grand | that it was or was not sufficient for the pur- | and ribbon and chiffon that have been held up | Supreme Court have a decided aversion to re- ~ republic can see the results of this | the applicant stammered and admitted that he —- 3 CHRIST. ME. Rand N, Capitol ching at Iay acho pm. All are invited _ CENTRAL UNION MISSION. t 130. Mr. Geo. the English evange’ pel services daily, 1? ms = ey Yard, cor. Oth and Va. sve. se. Friday, me DAY NIGHT, Mission will conduct gos She Metroroiiten ME. Church, cor. of warden, R. H. Sorrell; grand marshal, Thomas J. Jones; grand conductor, J. K. Davidson; grand guardian, AG. Thomas: grand herald M. Dade; grand chaplain, J. P. Lucas: grand treasurer, J. A. B. Espey, and grand represent- atives, F. A. Stior and W. P. Allan. The committees and instructors for the com- ing year were appointed and confirmed, and a committee on centennial celebration was ap- — as follows: J. H. Wood, H. C. Hazard, illiam Andrews, J. B. Ward and T. J. Jones. Before an adjournment was had the retiring grand master, B. F. Crawshaw, was presented « magnificent jewel in the shape of an emblem of the ordet ‘pended from @ heavy gold chain, P. G. Davidson of Salem Lodge making the presentation speech. | — FE. Gable read a paper on practical work yesterday's session, in Chicago, of th tom Foreman Tailors” Association, after which delegates visited the merchant tailors’ building at the world’s fair. Tonight the mem- bers wall attend « grand banquet in Washington of the new building. Of course that case in directly in point here. And there was no appeal in that case and there has been no General Term decision upon the question. But that decision is in harmony with the Penu- sylvania decisions that Mr. Duvall referred to in his argument and there are some others re- ferred to in the Pennsylvania cases, and I do not know of any authority -to the contrary. ‘There was a case before Judge Cox about three fay 7, 1890, involving the construc- tion, It was the case of Mc- to that time, a brick structure. On Bennett's lot there was a wooden building, a frame dw ing, the wall of which came and did not project over 1 line between the two ° wi building iepector under this section in that case condemned the wall of the frame dwelling asa division or partition wall, and as insuffi- cient to support the +tructure to be built, which was to be brick, and which was of course before her eyes everywhere? Why, they really couldn't be classed with those miserable cloth and velveteen things that hung so ungracefully from the shoulders of so many. These little things deserve another name than cape; t! must be cared for to keep them from de. struction. This tiny one, for instance. is three flounces of beautiful lace, not eve lined, with a deep ruche at the neck of satin ribbon. Another pretty one has a ribbon run in and out through the lace and each cape lined with rose color. white cashmere and white chiffon ones are lovely, lined with a thin, light-colored silk. For more sedate tastes a beautiful black lace is worn, trimmed with ribbon. 2 A Stranger to Politeness. From Brooklyn Life. Ethel—“T'll not associate with him any more. He has no politeness.”” Emma—"Why, you say he gave you his seat in the street car.” “So he did, but I had to stand on his toes nearly five minutes before he did 60,” tiring from the bench. Mr. Blatchford was eligible for retirement in eh, 1892. The law provides that justices may retire at the age | of seventy years if they have served ten years on the Supreme bench. Mr. Blatchford was | seventy-three years old last March, and he had erved from March 22, 1932. For many years ‘there has been in Washington only one justice of the Supreme Court on the retired list. He | is Mr. Justice Strong, who retired in 1880. He | takes part in all functions where the Supreme | Court 1s officially represented. But he takes | | no part in the deliberations of the court. There have been so many changes on the Supreme | bench in the last seven or eight years that there is only one of the present justices who is eligi- ble for retirement. He ix Justice Field, who | reached the limit of seventy years in Novem. | ber, 1886, and who has been on the Supreme bench for twenty years. Justice Field is still strong and vigorous, and so faz ss bis |friends know has no thought of retirement. | Justice Blatchford, if he had lived, would in almost all the railroad towns, The increased intercourse between the two nations is having a good effect upon public opinion in Mexico con- cerning the people of the United States. At one time there was.a great deal of distrust of Americans. but although there is some of this left it is gr dual y dying out. Formeruy the typical American in Mexico was of the rough, frontier class. But since t completion of tho railroads better classes of Americans have gone into the countrr. The investments of American capital have caused i telligent American business mon, and especially mining engineers and managers, to make their homes in Mexico, and thas the people of that country have had their eyes opened to the trae character of the better class of the American people. Wanted It in Advance. From Truth. Poet—‘Can I see the editor?” Office Boy—‘‘Yes, if you'll give me a dime.” Poet—“I will when I come out.”” | have retired probably this year. Ill health would have been the cause. So long as a jus- tice continues in active health, physically an- Office Boy—‘Yes, but you won't have time then.” | present drawing, prosperous and bealthy man as he was, a pension of #12 month, The medical examiner drew from him « tangled series of adi sision, Site of nervous shock or deterioration, st the instigation of @ pension agent, and bad taken hu €12 a month from the United States gorern- ment, rich man though be was, on the princi- pie, that “they all do it.” The company ro- the risk of insuring a man who con- tessedly liedand eworn to bis falsehoods for the purpose of securing his pension, This test, #0 wide an application that it now hewrhons g pears on the printed blanks of life insurance companies. Mrs. Younglove—“You ought not to be so annoyed with the little darling; I'm sure, you cried just as much ot his age.” Younglove—'My dear, let me caution you, gt bgaciencdege never to make that remark in the presence of visitors.” ie a wocitable Selry coon. 3 cuppee t was young and foolish au Dut—Wwhat'a vision of loveliness 1 thought She wax dressed in violet, with Blistening all over it, and T took 1 all in ate ] —her regal figure and carnage, soot eeare b she wore aw 0 Spa d | me, 4 youngster. and it was then and there that I became her slave and ehall be till I die’ “Well,” aid one of bis listeners, “I never saw the Empress of Austria, but I have a pis- | ture in any mind that I would not like to loss | My beauty was ® Brazilian who bad lived im Paris most of ber life. She was too = Jooks to require any wits, I suppose, for I suet ‘confess she was rather stupid: but it suited her style to be apatbotic and indifferent. One even {ng my angel was smoking a cigurette and @ epark fell on ber light musiin gown. She only said languidiy, “Look, mon ami, my Gress is on fire: pray put me out,’ and I really felt grateful to her for not jumping up and screaming. es most women would do, thus sbat.cring my ides! of ther beclute calm and resifulness of her greet beauty."