Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1896, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, » JUNE 1, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. SIGNED THE DECREE Decision on Highway Act as Ordered by Court. The First of the Condemnation Cases —Amounts Allowed and Certain Points Reserved. Judge Cox today signed a decree In case on and Leighton’s subdivision of nt, the first of the highway ex- tension cases tried in accordance with the recent decisicn of the Court of Appeals in the matter. The Court of Appeals, it will be remembered, decided the assessments of special and general benefits against the landowners to be invalid, amd in the decree signed today by him, Judge Cox, in pur- suance of that decision of the appellate court, vacates and sets aside such assess- men Then the decree continues, as follows: “It is further 2 ed, ordered and de- ereed that the said verdict, so far as it de- términes the value and awards compensa- ton for the lots and parts of lots of ground taken for a permanent right of way, and the buildings thereon, pursuant to the prayers of the petition filed herein, and the damages to lots and parts of lots, by rea- son of the abandonment of a previously ex- s highway, be, and the same is hereby fied and confirmed, except as herein- after provided, and a permanent right of ay over said several lots and parts of jots so taken for a street, as indicated on t tiled with said petition, is hereby ed to be condemned, in accordance with the prayers of said petition, except as hereinafter provided. Amounts Due. + Is further adjudged, ordered and de- creed that there ts due and payable to the respective owners of the sald lots and parts of lots and the buildings thereon, condemned as aforesaid, ax compensation therefor, according to the verdict of said ng sums of money, to wit: 23, b. 7, p. 133, surv. off. 343.50; for lot No. 1 sury. off w; for lot No. surv, off., $2.06); for lot No. 1: st off. $2,208.50; for lot No. M; for part No. 58, 30,- for lot Ni ; for ‘part lot lot No. 60, No. “For | - and building: ; for part part lot Ne , $2,010.29; for part lot t, for part lot No. t lot f q for pa 3 : for north part lot 1 30.10; for south part lot No. 115, $1,196.26; for north part r south part lot No. No. 102 and bu lot 108, 14 rnd_buildins . rt lot No. 106, $799.68; D: ‘or part iot No. 110, $ 138, b. §, OH, surv _% t lot No. 1 8, p. 164, surv. for part lot No. 1, b. 8, p. 104, Surv. off., $560.52; for part lot No. 141, b. 8 p. 104, s f for part lot No. 89, $1 for part ‘lot 4H, $480 $205.87; for art lot No. 49, 6S for part lot N t north lot No. 33, $3 . SUTV off. p. 17, lot No. 131, for part lot No. 120, b. lots and parts of s for the abandonment of ly existing highways in said subdi- according to the verdict of said . 88 per schedule No. 2 of said verdict, the following sums of money, to wi “West part lot 47 and north 10 feet of lots 148 to 152, inclusive, $3,144.69; lot 50, south part lot 53, $608.85; lot 72, nd in respect of the motions for a rew trial on the ground that the verdict and unre: ble, as to lots num- - 105, 112, 114, 134, inclusive, ages to lots U6 ndonment of the judg- for the Distr’ & of the decr in agreeing to , Stated that the S are fully satisfied is made by the jury of ap- nstances In which the awards a a new trial will be granted, w jury may revalue the respective > — The Decision Reversed. Court of Appeals this afternoon re- i the judgment of the court below in se of James F. Manning against Henry J. Ellicott, the sculptor of the Han- tatue. Mr. Manning claimed that ‘ott agreed, in the event of the lat- ‘sign for the statue being accepted, he (Manning) should erect the pedestal. Mr. icott’s design was accepted, but Mr. Manning alleged that he was not allowed to erect the pedestal, whereupon he sued Mr. cott, claiming $10,000 damages for breach of contract. The court below held the contract to be Yoid, o2 the ground that it was againsz vic policy, the statutes prohibiting the signment of a claim against the United evious to the issue of a warrant t thereof. The Court of Appeals, rsing the judgment of the court be- holds that the contract was not such a low, one as is referred to by the statutes. Chloroform in Soda Water. Patrick Flynn, a printer, ordered soda water at Muleahy’s drug store, corner of I and North Capitol streets, last night, and Just before he drank it put chloroform in it. Ordering another glass, he was about to jt In some more when the clerk snatched the chloroform bottle from him. He then admitted he wanted to die. The Emergency Hospital wagon was called and the man taken there. His stomach was pumped out and he was put under sharp treatment for a few hours to keep him from falling asleep. This afternoon he is doing nicely and tonight will be let out. Friends have interested themselves to get him work and look after him. He com- plained of being out of work and subject to insomnia, —.__ Court of Appenis. ‘The following decisions were made by the Court of Appeals today: No. 554, Hamilton agt. Rathbone, judgment below affirmed, with costs; opinion by Mr. Chief Justice ‘Alvey. No. 567, Harbison agt. Metropoll- tan Railroad Company, judgment below af- firmed, with costs; opinion by Mr. Justice Shepard. No. 097, Web agt. Janney, de- €ree below reversed ani cause remanded, te.; opinion by Mr. Justice Shepard. No. Ses,’ Manning agt. Ellicott, judgment below reversed and new trial granted; opinion by | Mr. Chief Justice Alvey. No. 572, Droop et | BL agt. Ridenour et ai., order ‘below re- versed and cause remanded; opinion by Mr. Chief Justice Alvey. No. 575, Prather a: United States, judgment below affirmed: epinion by Mr. Justice Morris, Mr. Justice Shepard dissenting from first proposition Stated in the opinion. Fixed for Life. | From the Philadelphia North American. | Billings—“T've got a safe job now. My mmployer can’t possibly fire me,” | _ Polk—“Why? You don’t mean to say that you have your employer in a compromising Position?” Billings—“Not exactly; but, you see, I am working for an asbestos company. DOMESTIC LIFE OF THE FOX. ‘The Mother Fox Has a Large Family to Provide For. From the Country House, England. Let us take a glance at the private life of our foxes. The vixen lays up her cubs in early spring, in mild winters very often in January and February, but I should say that most cubs are born in March and April. She chooses a nice, quiet place to draw her earth; often some corn field is chosen that has been already sown, for foxes are very clever, and soon discov2r that a field that has been worked is not likely to be disturbed for some time. She selects a suitable bank, and in that pro- duces her cubs, which average, as a rule, from five to seven in number. At first, of course, they eat nothing, but live entirely upon their mother’s milk, like puppies, but soon they require more nourishment, and nature prompts their fond parent to pro- vide them with something more substan- tial. This she does by eating small rabbits, birds, rats and beetles, which on arriving home she casts up for her family in ex- actly the same way as a dog does for her young. As soon as they grow big enough to come out of the earth and play about, the vixen removes them to another earth where there is a plentiful supply of water —as little foxes are thirsty little souls and require plenty of drink. One of the most charming sights is to see a family of baby foxes at play. The vixen is now assisted by her spouse in providing for the family, and they both bring in young birds, rab- bits, etc. A fox larder is one of the most wonderful sights I know of, and certainly our friend reynard is very catholic in his tastes, for nothing comes amiss to him, from a beetle or cockchafer to a young lamb. Rabbits also form a large item in his bill of fare, but moles and rats are the staple food, so that it is not all damage that our little red rover accomplishes. No doubt a hungry vixen is not particular, but one cannot biame her if she helps herself a bit too freely, for it is hard for her to travel far for her young ones’ support. Fox stories that have happened within my knowledge have been many and va- rious. On one occasion a very nice litter of cubs were brought to the house. They were too young to do well without their mother, and with one exception all died; but this little survivor was adopted by a Pomeranian dog, who at the time had a litter of puppies, and took to her foundling quite happily. This cub grew up, and used to come in to dessert with the dogs, and would sit up and smoke a pipe. They all lived in the pantry, and were quite a happy family, living together until the cub was a year old, when it broke its chain and escaped. After three or four days it re- turned, and from time to time used to go and come at its will; but, alas, one day it never returne I never heard of her death, so we may hope she lived to a good old age. In the Fitzwilliam country I once Saw a very pretty fox that had three white bads, but I never saw it but once again. In Devonshire a fox used always to live on the top of a pheasant stack in one of the coverts; he was always to be found there, and in the summer did not mind peovle walking past the stack; but directly the hunting season began, the shutting of the gate was quite enough for our friend, who left at once. He was hunted for several seasons, but never caught. He was a very beautiful fox, with a great deal of white about his throat and neck. a Tornadves and Their Causes. From the Plitsburg Dispatch. The weight of testimony and anal: favors the belief that tornadoes are elec- trical storms, and that their power is the same that drives the modern motor. Ob- servatioas upon the recent tornado that devastated a portion of Texas agree with previously collected data upon the general characteristics of such storms. There was irre: le rotary motion, strong attrac- tion or lifving power and tremendous pro- pulsive force. The impact of the storm left a track of packed earth, as though a very heavy reller had passed over the sur- face. Nowhere 2 in nature or me or similar condit cept ir the “electrical f experiment in the labo handfvl of tron filings in a bowl and sub- ject them to the Infiuence of induction co When one cvrrent is turned on the art are the eld." A familiar ory fs to put a filings arrange therselves on the s! of the bowl—pol ation—but when a second curreut, with its pcles at right angles to the first, is turned on, the stantly filled with flying par or. tuke on a rotary mction a rovnd th: rim of the ve: na of this cxperiment al, in miniature, with bowl cles, is which 4d go whirl- n- sel. The phe- are almost the observed ideat phenomena attendant upon tornadoes upon the larger scale. It is more than a suspicion of science that the cause of the low and high pres- sures told by the barometer is to be found in electrical cr magnetic conditions; the de- pression, for example, cerrespending to the vacated space in the bowl containing the filings when under the influence of the first current. It is an easy step from this to the hypothesis of a dcuble or alternating current for the formation of the tornado. The practical application of this principle In electrical mechanism has produced the powerful Westinghouse motors, and it is the only known way in which such rotary motion can be produced with the elements of nature. Se “Breedin’s a Braw Thing.” From the San Francisco Chronicle. Some unusual things have been done by men who have realized themselves to be in imminent danger of death, but few more strange than that of L. P. Agerup, cook aboard the bark Republic, which was aban- doned at sea upon April 25. At the time the Republic was deserted she was a seething mass of flame, her cargo of coal having caught fire when she was several days west of the Golden Gate. The crew of the Republic were picked up by the ship Hollinwood and brought to this city. Just before the Republic was deserted a terrific explosion of coal and gas occurred, rendering it extremely dangerous longer to stay on the vessel. With the ship burning fore and aft Agerup deliberately made his way back to the galley and secured a knife and fork and two spoons which he had used during the voyage. At the moment he did this he was in great danger of being blown up by another explosion, which was mo- mentarily expected. Agerup thrust the cutlery into his pocket and ten minutes later he was In a small boat going toward the Hollinwood. The secret of the cook's act lay in the fact that seamen aboard merchantmen are not pro- vided with knives and forks, and unless they furnish them themselves they have to eat off a tin plate with their fingers. Agerup realized at that moment that aboard the overcrowded Hollinwood he would probably not have even a tin plate, so he braved death for the preservation of his table manners. = “Tell the Gentleman, Ye: From the Evening Sun. “The best ‘dinner yarn’ that I ever heard,” observed a woman, “‘was the story of the young man who was much in love with a certain young woman,but hadn’t the courage to tell her so. One evening they were dining out together, and it so happened that a hated rival took the girl in to dinner. Something in the rival’s manner made the bashful lover suspect that the rival intend- ed to propose to the girl that very even- ing. As the dinner progressed the lover became absolutely sure of this, and, spur- red on by necessity, he resolved to put his own fortunes to the test and at once. Tearing a leaf from his note book he ac- cordingly scribbled @ line or two, folded it and gave it to the nearest servant, with a ‘Hand that to the lady in blue.’ (There was, fortunately, but one such at the table, or matters might have been complicated The girl received the note, opened it read: ‘Will you be my wife?’ followed by his name. He had forgotten to send the pencil, however. But the girl was as ready as the man was rattled, and she turned t the servant and said, calmly: ‘Just tell the gentleman “Yes.” ee A Little Horse Sense. From the Somerville Jourval. “Well,” said one horse in a livery stable to his neighbor in the next stall, in a little confidential talk at 2 o'clock the other morning, “I saw one of those new women, in bloomers, on a@ bicycle this afternoon, and she almost made me laugh out loud. “They are funny,” the other horse medi- tatively replied. “But you must admit the average woman does a great deal better when she tries to ride a bicycle than she dces when ehe tries to drive a horse.” ” DISTRICT AFFAIRS The Payments Due the Garbage Con- tractor. Going Over the Figures—News of In- terest From Headquarters—In- teresting to Taxpayers. It is expected that the claim of the garb- age contractor for some $5,000 additional compensation under his contract, will be decided against him. It will be recalled that Contractor Warfield received nearly | $8,000 for a four months’ service, before the present contract went into effect. His bid under the present contract was $57,000, and he claims that he ts entitled to eight- twelfths of that sum for the remaining eight months of the year. The District, on the other hand, “shows a schedule, upon which payments are made monthly to the ccntractor for work performed. ‘These pay- ments range all the way from $6,828.67 for twenty-seven collections per month from each house, to $2,357.57 for eight collections per moath from each house. The contrac- tor, however, repudiates the schedule, which, he says, was prepared and adopted without his knowledge or consent. A new phase of th2 controversy has just been developed. Auditor Petty has ‘ex- pressed his views In writing upon the claim of the contractor, and he takes the view that the contractor is not entitled to one cent more than the appropriation less the amount deducted for the four months’ ser- vice. He says, also, that the schedule was prepared upon the earnest solicitation of Manager Bayly, the representative of the centractor, and that the latter has no just claim against the District. Upon this presentation of facts, it Is be- lieved, the attorney for the District will give an adverse opinion upon the claim. ‘There is no change in the situation at the crematory. The fires are out, and the plant is silent and odorless. The inventor is in Philadelphia conferring with his backers. Nothing has been heard from the con- tractor, except that he is away down the Potomae looking for a place to land the gurbage. At the present time, the garbage is taken to Shepherd's, Just opposite Alex- ardria, where it is transported ashore in small boats, and used for fertilizer. A com- plaint was registered at the health office teday that the garbage was being deposited within the limits of the District of Colum- bia. Mapager Bayly of the garbage com- pany explained to the health officer that the farm upon which the garbage was be- ing spread was partially within the Dis- trict, hence the complaint. He promised, liowever, to see that no garbage was taken into the District. Bids Opened. Blds were opered today at the Com- mizsioners’ office for various kinds of sewer work. The bidders were John Ja- coby, Lyon Bros., A. C. Chenoweth, EB. G. Gummell, B. J. Coyle, E. A. Mathers, H. C. Bolden, John Larguey, Andrew Gleeson, F. M. Lesher & Son and James McCan- dlish. Bad Odors. Arother attempt is being made by the garrison at the arsenal to rid ttself of tho disagreeable odors which emanate from the soap factory at Puzzard’s Point. Col- onel Closson, the commanding officer at the arsenal, has written a letter to the Com- missioners calling attention to what terms an intolerable nuisance, and their co-operation to get rid of the tory. The complaint has been forward to the health officer for investigation and report. Will Be Rebuilt. ‘The building inspector today tssued a permit to Owen O'Hare to repair the dam- age and restore the brick buildings which were destroyed by fire some time a building The be erected will Louisiana avenue 1 3 B street northwest, and when com- i will be used as a horse bazaar. The ven, will be ¥ Licenses, new os to plet estimated c Liquor ‘The following bar room transfer lowed by the excise board today Davis, were al- 48 M street no y street northwest; Louis Win- ton, 13 treet northwest. | Wholesale— Philip A. Ward, 1252-54 oth street north- west. — JUDGE COONEY NOMINATED. Long Fight in the Seventh Missouri District Ended. After being in session night and day since Wednesday, the seventh Missourl congres- onal district democratic convention has ended its labors by nominating Judge James Cooney of Saline county. Resolutions were adopted favoring free coinage of silver at 16 to 1, expressing op- position to bond issues in time of peac directing for revenue tariffs only and de- manding an income tax. ——____+e+ CALLED THE ELOPEMENT OFF, He Thought Her Fickle and She Call- ed Him a Bluffer, Diminutive of stature, but alert of imagi- nation and observation, Reginald Scraggs had resolved to elope with Angelina Mig- gie, says the Chicago Tribune. His name had not been Reginald always, nor was she christened Angelina. But no trans- formation is impossible when youth lingers on the threshold of its ‘‘teens.”” “Hist!” he exclaimed; “don't speak above a whisper.” “Wot 'r ye talkin’ about?” asked Angelina, who meant well, but who was not always liabie to keep pace with Reginald’s flights of conversation. ‘I'm talkin’ about not speakin’ above a whisper. How ’r we goin’ ter elope ef we holler at de tops of our voices?” “Der ain’t nobody listenin’, swered, reassuringly. Reginald ground his teeth, but, pulling his coat collar up around his ears, pro- ceeded: “Ere yonder pale moon has descended be- low de shadow of de livery stable, de deares’ wish of me heart will be fulfilled.” Angelina gazed at him enraptured, and feeling called upon to say something, she murmured, “Bet yer lif “All dese weary years of waitin’ shall be at an end. Despite de tyranny of yer mer- cenary father, ye shall be mine!" “Aw, don’t you git uneasy "bout me fad- der,”’ replied Angelina, as she looked soul- fully into space and stretched her chewing gum; ‘me fadder don’t cut no ice in dis.” “Looky here,” Reginald exclaimed, indig- nantly, “is dis ter be an elopement er isn’t it? I wanter understan’ de situation right now. See?’ “You're runnin’ de shootin’ match,” re- plied she, submissively. “‘You jes’ go ahead an’ sing yer tune, Reginald, an’ I'll join in de chorus." “De unholy plot,” he proceeded, “ter wed yer ter de baron dat holds de mortgage on yer fadder’s farm shall crumble into dust!’ “G'wan, Micky—I mean Reginald,” she in- terjected. “I don’t know no baron.” “Wot'r ye tryin’ to do?’ he wrathfully interrogated. ‘You've broke me up every time I've opened me talker. I’m t'rough wit de hull game. You go your way an’ T’'ll go mine.” ‘Ain’ dere goin’ ter be no "lopement?” ‘Nary. It's de old story. I t'ought ye wus a creature of portry an’ light. I never knowed yer true nature till now. O wo- man, wot a deception you have ever been!” “So dere ain't goin’ ter be no ‘lopement! Well,” she exclaimed, in withering con- tempt, “it’s no more’n was ter be expected. Dere never wuz a man yit dat’ wasn't a bluffer at de start an’ a itt anion? quitter at de she an- ——_—__+e+____ Effect on Natural Gas. From the New York Times. The housekeeper who lives where natural gas is her fuel will have a solution to the cause of the changing color of her window shades. It has been demonstrated in a court of law by expert and experimental testimony that the action of natural gas will change the color of clmost any shade in use except, of ec urge, thite. ——_—__.6e. Gave Fall Satisfactio: From the Omaha World-Herald. “Jenkins claimed that I insulted him.” “Did you give him satisfaction?” “Guess I did. He pounded me until he was tired.” include | SENATOR MORGAN'S PROTEST His Interview on the Onban Question Has Excited Much Comment. If It Was Based on Information Not Made Public the Session May ‘Be Prolonged. ee be The interviéw given out by Senator Mor- gan on the Ciiban question has excited a great deal of,gomment today. The motive of the Interview and the cause that led to so formal a pfotest at this time against the “royal prerogative” are the subjects of speculation, The question asked is whether Mr. Morgan has any special information as to Mr. Cleveland's Intentions which leads him to anticipate with a protest. Mr. Morgan was not at the conference between the President and Senators Sher- man, Gray and Lodge of the foreign re- lations committee. The only thing au- thentic about this conference that has been made known is that Mr. Cleveiand wants Congress to leave the whole Cuban ques- tion in his hands without further legisla- tive interference, and that he convinced the three Senators that this was the best thing to be done. What disclosures he made to these Sena- tors and how far he outlined his policy have not been made known. The peculiar earnestness of Mr. Morgan's protest against the question being left en- tirely to the discretion of Mr. Cleveland, and his broad intimation that radical measures, which should he adopted only with the par- tiipation of Congress, are lable to be adopt- ed by the executive during the recess of Congress, excite the suspicion that the in- terview Is not merely a discussion of gen- eral principles, but is based on some spe- cial information which is not obtainable by the publte. Efforts to see Mr. Morzan this morning to inquire into this phase of the matter have been unsuccessful, but if it turns out that he has good grounds for his apprehen- sion, he may secure the co-operation of many of his colleagues to prolong the ses- sion. —-— + e+ SERVICES FOR BICYCLES. An Innovation at a Providence Church Sunday Morning. From the Providence Journal. There was an innovation in Providence church services at St. James yesterday when a spectal service for bicyclists was held. ‘The servico was held at 9 o'clock in the morning and was only of about half an hour In length, ending in time to give ample opportunity for a day's outing. Dur- ing the service the bicycles were deposited at the church parish house. The riders of “bikes began to arrive carly. Toward 9 o'clock there was quite a little procession of men and women on natty dresses, who made their way to the church and participated in the services, ‘The service wes mainly one ot pral: The rector, Rev. R. B. Parker, read the morning lesson from John xvi., beginning with the loth verse, “If ye love Me, keep y comandments.”” No ed, but a practical mornin 1 want it to be unc rmon was preaci- ng talk was given rstood,”” said Mr Parker, “that this service is a bicyclis: servi d this service, not, as 1 to the reporter‘of a Boston p: because the rector looked a were in tha grea uger of being lost and so invited the wheelmen, but rather be- cause 1 tried to-put myself in the place of a man who wanted recreation on Sunday fter a week of. busine Lhe 1 service 9 late ja the morning to permit a m. away for the day, and by the ev is too So 3 e becomes. ne eimen agd at 4 t to be. giv | son for this t used te be es of Sungay went into th und to see whdse souls ds folded ail day. But y ting away from the letter of the fourth commandment and getting at the spirit of Those of the second class are not the true observers of the Sabbath, w of the fidst class are rather the ones w possess the true idea of Sabbath obs ance. “It is as natural to worship as to walk cr eat. Therefore churches are scattered all over this city to mret this need of worship. You men who are married, whenever you of your wives, and will conquer. n who have The young left their old homes brave mptation by the thought of mother or father. We are all children of God, and when we start off, that thought will’ stay with us. You wheelmen on your trip toda when you pick a flower by thi re: ra tree, will think of God, be- cause you started off with the thought of God. Christianity—Father and child, and a true SI hip existing between them? That js religion, and as’ we thought of the Fatherhood with us It sanc- tifies our business and daily relations, Take this thought with you. Thank God for this hour of re fon, and this thought will keep your hearts pure and elevate you. “I would be the last one to deprive you of your pleasure. But can we not have this meeting on Sunday mornings, have cur worship first and let recreation follow? This service is your service, and the church doors are open to you. T will gladly gi m lee that we may have this morni:iz hour of worship so that your recreation may be the more enjoyable. . Parker states that there will be reg. vlar services for bicyclists at St. James’ every Sunday morning at 9 o'clock. aS SHE NEVER SMI D AGAIN. er Jaw Into Position Kinew Better. Fron Chicago Datly Inter-Ovean. Miss Brown of St Diversey street threw back her head and opened her mouth wide in a hearty laugh. When she tried to re- gain her normal cast of countenance she was unable to close her jaws. A physician had to be sent for to end the laugh by re- adjusting the lady’s Jaws. She attended a party Saturday evening, and when she started home several of her friends accompanied her. One of the num- ber told a story he safd he had read some- where. It the report of a conversation cverheard in the police court, and ran: Officer—“What are you charged with, young man?"" Prisoner—"S-s-s-s-s— Judge (mpatiently)—“Officer, what {s this man charged with?’ Officer—"O}. ting, your honor, he is charged with soda water, Got F nod She the Everybody laughed heartily, but Miss Brown worked ,overtime. Her merry ‘Ha! ha!" turned into a scream. Hem mouth was wide open, and it stayed that,way, The merrymakers were ina panic. Tt looked as though Miss Brown was being ticklbd to death. One of the young men aten¥pted to force the refractory jaws together, sbut was stopped by the warning— |; “Danny, Qanny, you'll break her face." A doctor was called when the amateur efforts falled.* He diagnosed the case by telling the Joung lady the laugh was on her. In the excéss of mirth her lower jaw had become dislocated. This was easily righted by the doctor without recourse to laughing gas,or anything other than a dex- terous twist?df the wrist. Miss Brown went on her way’ rejoicing, but not laughing. All the wayrto fer home the funny young man who had; caused the disturbance told other stories he had read. Everybody, in fact, tried to cheer up Miss Brown. But she never smiled, and it was with jaws tightly held together that she sald good- — to her’ friends through her closed teeth. res Before the Day of Circular Sawa. From the Punssutawney Spirit. This was away back in the up-and-down saw mill days, a machine thet would cut perhaps 300 feet of boards in a day when hard pressed. Louls Ludwig of Winslow tcwnship was the proprietor of one of these rrills, Louts was in town one day and met Wash. Fuller. “Good morning, Mr. Ludwig! said Mr. Fuller. “Good morning, Mr, Fuller.” “I was out by your mill yesterday,” said Mr. Fuller, in his most serious tones, “and the saw was then going up. Has it come down yet?” safeties or on tandems, in golf suits or in | ile those | come into the face of temptation, will think | wayside or | nd ts not this the true meaning of | DISTRICT IN CONGRESS Conference Agrosment Upon Reduction in the Price of Gas. Cheaper Price to Go Into Effect on July 1, Not the Sliding Scale— Te Raise the Firemen's Pay. The conferees on the gas bill came to an #greement this afternoon upon a new scale of prices for gas, to be put into operation in this city. The bill as agreed upon provides that gas of twenty-five-candle pcwer, ac. cording to the new test, which Is sald to be equivalent to twenty-one-candle power un- der the present test, shall be furnished to citizens at $1.10, net, per thousand feet, com- mencing July 1 next, and at $1 per thous- and feet after July 1, 1901. Gas shall be furnished to the United States government and the District government at $1 per thous- and feet from the present time. This agreement, which is construed to be favcrable to the contention of the House District committee, was reached after a long struggle with the Senate. The House committee has stood out steadfastly for a lower rate than the Senate was willing to concede, and the agreement reached today Was a concession to the House committes. The Senate had been insisting upon $1.15 for two years, $1.10 for two years, and $1.05 for one year. The conference report will be presented in the House the earllest opportunity, and, it is thought, will probably be adopted. To Raise the Firemen’s Pay. A delegation of firemen, consisting of Assistant Chief Belt, Foreman Guy of No. 5, Foreman Luskey of No. 10 and Foreman Young of No. 8, called at the Capitol to- day in behalf of the resolution raising the pay of firemen. They were accompanied by Mrs. La Fetra and Miss Rector, who made an earnest plea for the increase in the pay of the men, whose salaries are now jess than those paid firemen in many smaller towns, where the work is less risky and the cost of living smaller. MEMBERS IN TOWN Senators, i | | ! DLW. = s-s1918 Rist, T413 Mars Wyoming. M., Mo TOLL, HOAR, onsvivani , W.N., N, WALTHAT | WARREN WETMé Wromt 1 ng. IN, EL HS, H., Jr. AITKEN, D. 1 ALDRIC! APSLEY, ARNOLD, SRUMM, Chas. BUCK, 6. F.. Tal BULL, M., B. BURTE ne. -1101 K st. -the Hamilton CATROD CHICK CLARK, CLARK! CLARK, CLARD . D., Tl cooreR, ¢, M., COOPER, H. A., Wis COOPER, 8. B. COOK, 8. A., CORLISS, Join B COUSINS, R., Ga. = CROWLEY, Miles, Texas. CROWTHER, Geo’ C., Mo. PMP, R, 0., Mich ', Kansas. Iowa. Ae ¢ y 2 Be Tex: DALZELL, John, Pa. DANFORD, L,,' Ohio. , A. G.. W DINGLEY, N., "Maine, DINSMORE, H. A., Ai Y,' A. M.,” Mo. B. F. a Rbpy ¥ Stine BLLETT, “Trazewell, “Va. ELLIOTH, . O10 fat nw, st. nw. Shoreham LAN, D. T, 2820 14th st. o.w. Farner, 1 tian 7 Page's W. t.. RY, 151 bhorebenm patie GARDE i Hf, Me Fit, Masg. giteriy Mo. Win, RISWOLD, “M., P GROSVENOR, m3 k GROUT, W.'W., ¥ GROW," Gaiaeba’ A. HADLEY, W. ¥. HAGAR, “A. 1 HAINER, E. J. HALL. U. BM HANLY, 3. By MARDY, ‘A, af. Cochran <The Portland Kenesaw ave, - Cairo 1807 “isthe 1734 Re st. nw. 213 F ER, D. B., Pa INWAY, J. A. HENDERSON, xX, J ind. 2 N. 1 bd. f,, Iowa. | K., Ki ind “Willard's 208 Md. ave. nv. Q st. nw. 1878 Harvard st -Varnum 1628 15th st. nw, at I st. nw, Metropolitan #35 st. letropolitan 2515 14th st. ow. _, Willard’e LOUDENSL MADDOX, MAGUIRE, MAHA 2222," Shoreham 1445 KR. 1. ave. 1. Sunderland place 2826 14th st. n.w. nw. cham | ore: y HAL ave. now Lait! Vernon -Hamilton 131 B st. se. Varnum 16.0 st ast Canitol ~.-...-Hamllten 363 Mal ave. ne. 131 B st. ne. 2238 N. J. ave. se Catro Flats 2013 Hillyer pl. -...-Hamilton WILTER. D.F., N.Y. WILLIAMS, J. 8. Miss. VILLIS, J. 8., Delaware. ¥ Geo. W.. Ohio. WITSON, Eagar, Tdaho Fae ty a WOODMAN, 6. W. WoopwaRb, F. A, N. WOOMER, E. M.. Pa. WRIGHT, A. B., “Mass. —_._—_ A Story With a Moral. From the New York Sun. She was a woman whose age might safely be pronounced uncertain, and as she stood at the counter fingering a half-dozen pieces of dress goods by turn it was evident that she was in the throes of uncertainty con- cerning some question of becomingness or what not. “Is it for yourself or a young lady?’ asked Rogegs, the clerk, desiring to facill- tate the sale. The lady’s hands dropped to her side, and as in a moment she walked away with a curt “Sorry to have troubled you’ Roggs was left to ruminate on the unstableness of the feminine mind as he waited for an- other customer. Once more there was a woman of uncer- tain antiquity at a dress goods counter. It was a virtual repetition of the scene in the last chapter, except that this time t brisk and nattily dressed Toggs was the salesman. “Is the dress for yourself or an old lady?” asked Mr. Toggs, with innocent ur- banity, and directly the young man might have been seen dexterously handling the yard measure, Our two heroes are now middle-aged. Toggs is a partner in the great firm in which he once held a humble clerkship. He dines on terrapin and quail on while Rome, in ae shiny-backed coat shabby shoes, w: the streets, wondering why he never had any luck, Metropolitan -Hamflton -- -Riggs EDUCED. A iittle off the price of every Parasol in Ftock, an we have too many. A great deal off all of the Chiffon and Laco Trimmed Parasols, WHITE GLOVES. We skip the cheap Chamois Gloves thix year and confine ourselves to those we couil fit and guarantee to wash. 6 and &-button-lengths, The., Se. and $1. CORSETS EDUCED. Snoll lot of White * 26, 27 and 30, P.”" Corncts, sizes sotuced from G2 to Sy Just bait, viz. Two Fine Srtin € Dive, iz 21, and ty . wine 19. Were §5 Now just halt, viz. *: $2.50 Special quality of Fine Extra Lone Waist Summer Corsets at the pop- ular price of 49C. WAISTS EDUCED. We have filled a table with a quantity of Te. and $1 Shirt Weiste, various kinds an’! colorings. Choice of the lot.. ++ BW REDUCED. Every Fancy Suit in stock has been rv @uced. Grand chance to get a Traveline Sult for seashore or mountain at cost 0: material. We agatn have all sizes tn those ¥ Storm Serge Suite, in navy blue and 1 of which we hove been muking a €y specialty. at. eeecssees = Coats & Capes REDUCED. We have cut the Coat and Cape in wrap of some sort at the of every You will 4 essary price tock, ute nd nd espects dur ingly stylish ones are now selling for the prices usually asked for the cow PIicKNEW’S, 933 Pa.Ave. Wilson's ring sale reductions been equaled he grade shoes bh: repriced st figures that ba le cost aly hints of the mu saving bargains « Ladies’ Shoes. $2.00 Oxfords, $1.23. In tan and black, newest shapes $2.50 Oxfords, $1.68. 4 Ruskets and Black Ox- es of toe. $1 Nicely ma fords. different ‘eis Kant 3-50 Tan Boots, French stock, Russet, la -95- ut oeeteetoctet Men’s Shoes. sete .50 Black Shoes, $1.95. gress and Lace Bluck rds& HighShces$3.85; n $5, $6 and $7, in all Boys’ $2.50 Shoes, $1.49. Black and Basset Lace Shoes, WILSON, High-grade Shoes, te eee $ 920 F St. Ba dbury Piano Ware Rooms, 1235 Pa. ave. Exchange your old square now * -while It Is werth something. Stea@ily °° © but surely it is depreciating in value, and *** in some sections even now piano dealers © © refuse to allow anything for them ip ex- © © * change for u new upright. * °° We allow more than any other plane * °° house in this city can afford to, being © °° manufacturers. *** Suppose we appraise its value, take ft + 2° * out of your way and give a due bill for * © © tts full worth to apply on the purchase of * anew Bradvury Upright within 12 month * 9 * Spectal prices on a few Pianos just re turned frcm renting. Bradbury Factory Ware Rooms, 1225 Pa. Avenue N. Ww. FREEBORN G. SMITH, Manufacturer, W. P. VAN WICKLE, Manager. Le Best refrigerators. ‘There 1s rot one in stock which we pot guarantee to be the best. We Refrigerators pretty well, and tf you pend upon our knowledge you won't =H $5 and up. Accor Gas stoves and ranges. *% You know bow invaluable they are summer comfort. Don't buy there are stoves and ranges which % more gas than they consume. L-burner Gas Stoves, 50c. burner, high legs, large tops, $2.25 . ° © B-burner, E g high legs, large tops, . 8-burner, a5 igh legs, large tops, Gas #burner, Wilmarth & Edmonstoa, 1205 Penna. Avenue. eeceee eeeeeeee eeeccore It Seetedaeetedetne