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TO careless eyes she 10 not fair.
This verdict careless lips decIar>
And wonder why. against the cham
Of beauty vivid. rich aud warm-
The face they deem 20 cold md duil-
To him should b - beautiful
Are they too dull to see arishtY
Hath he Quic ker, keeper si9htS
Or 10 IL that indifference
Than love hath olearsr, truer sensaS
Nor 10 he rlvnt or wrOngf o, szy.
Doth he bshoad her faoe or tneyf
Her eyes into his own syss chine
With strange iluminin9; si1n
Il on her brow: . pslimp sest,
To his own gx1e alone confessed:
On nin1. In Hrsvrly Er1efous mood.
She amties her souls bsasltu0e,
Thu u the face che turns to him.
o, say not IN lovers Whim
That opds 10 fair; nor are thay duh
Who ~ she y not beauttfaL
For. strangest Of al Inyster5os
They never - the facs b oeO-
The t.cs no artists ssill can linn.
Tho lovs-fAtr fsoe ene surne 70 hin,
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An occasional and well-imed sally OF wit gives a
sest 70 conversation and it Is welcomed according
~, but the thrusting OF the unwelcome pun upon
Us In season and out OF season, creates feeling OF
nausea great thaIit prompts usto Kick the Oh end.
er b he ever % Intimate friend In these rriyo-
lous days the punster meets with more liberation
than ne did from our forefataerA They mad little
but contempt for those who were always On the
alert 20 neize upon any thing that would give tnem
chance Of exercising Their wit In the trAnsposi-
ton Of wordz II young peopl. ventured 10 SIN in
ness. ana " ths offender were old he was reminded
with dignity that OF all the race OF fools the old
iool Is the most oo1ectlonaole Herbert In his
man:
WIS an unruly engine wildly striking
IN: ;s%:.I I ss ss; :
But II thou want It, buy IL not too dear.
Many Affecting Wit beyOnd thsir power.
The Derivation Of the word pun has never been
eatlsfActorly traced DIR. Johnson himself vas In
DOUBT, a. ne says: 'I know not whence this word
70 Dc deduced 10 pun Is 70 grind OF 10 beat with
Apestie; can pun mean an empty sound ike that
OF mortar beaten, as clench, the Old word for
NO disputing the antiquity OF puns Aristotle
wrote grave disQul,lUon on them, and Addison
Tells Us tnat Cieero ''has Spanked several Of his
ages been ussd oy men ether 10 get them
out Of dilemma, or TO obtain some favor by
~SsSn they eouls Dos o, 81 p,neh nS ""
has even been said thar q certain Bishop
Andrews once turned . notorious sinner into the
way oI rpentance oy preaching MIN a sermon
running over With puma But these Instances OF
the virtues Of pun are rare indeed The Puritans
hated them. out the bishops were noSoriou,ly adj
olcteo 70 then- 30 likewise were the LORDS TEN.
pora Even good Queen BeSs Was said 10 ~ very
proud o. this accom- pllshment, although the or. y
sample OF her ma1estys wit handed down 70 ne /,
engnuy slepnAntine. I'VE De bury, my Lord Bur
ls..n,s sAid Queen Elizabeth, .out We snsil nsEe
less sur In our realm than my Loru OF Leice,Ier
SHAKESPEARE, u must sorroWfuily be coofssscs
Was most inveterAtc punster, and here come m
Q INK In the eaakespcare-Bacon dlscusson vh,cs
may % useful 70 NJ. Donneily. LORD Bacon N 4
we'd Known, was much Addtcated 70 punnine snc
ofJsn piAyfully Declared himself descsndSaf -
OF, ths kfAg Of Daohan- We sAy no moro
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From the New York World, to-day.
The Ancient Order OF Foresten In England has
cut loose from its American branch because the
high court OF the latter refuses 70 expunge the
word ''whits" from its constitution and BYLAW
% - TO accept negroes - members. Tho English
high court has recalled all III former signs ana
passwords and has issued new ones 20 that no
AO00 courts In this country viii now organize ~
. separate order, and Monday next The executive
council OF the eAgh court N Chtongo VIII toue .
posed 70 change the name Of the order here 10
american Order Of F0resterA" The Fegaliss worn
stea4 he executive council q The Subsidiary Nm
co0st q America, u Chlceg0 has adopted \ ma n
reGaa, In which the oncers Of lhe different Co0rts
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CITY AND DISTRICT.
MILITIA MAIrERS
Interesting Notss Regarding the DIE.
srict Organtzast~ws

Everything Is hustle around the armories of the
several companies Of the National Guard prepar-
ing for the fall Inspections which take place next
month In the streets on clear nights the steady
tramp Of feet announces the approach Of some
company whose armory Is too small to accommo-
date them, but who are determined 70 make Q
good showing despite al difnculties
General o-dway announces that those compa-
MES not showing proper efficiency In numbers and
drill In the coming instructions will DO consoli-
dated or mustered out He says he WIN DO this.
believing that small compeGens force 10 better
than Large incchpstsnt one, and ey liking high
standard for the National Guard Of the District
lose Oy the Incompetent ones falling out
TIE National Guard Drum Corps received their
uniforms and Instruments last night and Will
commence practice at once.
The organization Of the National Guard Band, of
which Prof schroeder Is leader, Is completed and
will commence practioe next week. The band,
not receive It's sole support from them
The seventh Bat are going TO Baltimore on the
An OF nexI month
sherman j. brOsn has accepted the commission
as frst lieutenant and inspector Of rie practice In
Bat A, Of the National Guard. have received
their uniforms.
Capt Burton Ross, OF the First reg. has returned
nen Ms vacation Al Boston
Col Cecil Clay. second Rest, Is absent on his
ANNUAL hunting and fishing trip In Canada
Major L B. Townsend, chief OF ordnance, Is
sossnt on visit 70 his rancho In TexaA
Major ThoA n. Gale Inspector general, has re-
turned from his summer vacation.
The Veteran Corps Is increasing In numbers
very rapidly, and II Is q curious fact that their
percentage or attendance AZ drills far exceeds
That OF any other company In the brigade
The Custer Guards and Ordway Rifles are talk
Ing OF consolidating, their IDEA being that they
a rna
lessen their expsDseA
Upon the Invitation OF the National Fencibles,
Major Gary has established the headquarters OF
the Fourth Bat al their armOry.
Gen. Ordway hopes 10 secure the use Of the hall
over the 9Th street wing OF the Center Market for
the company Inspection drills In october
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A Queer Check.
SEQUEL 10 cowBrDN0 sCRAPE BETWEEN KEPufA-
CIrIZRNs

SEQUEL 10 c0WBfDIN0 SCRAPI BETWEEN REPUfA.
DLR CITIZENS.
The following u true copy Of check drawn on
West Washington bank sixty -four years ago and
shows how banking business was conducted In
those days. The check was drawn BY citizen TO
pay the judgment In favor OF man whom he had
cowhided:
$26437.l 0eopasrowN. June ia 1894
Cashier Of the Union Bank Of Georgetown pay
the bearer Two hundred Z sixty -four dollars L
thirty-ssven cents, It being the amount OF judy
ment for cost and damages against me for cow
nldlnG mtscre0nt by the name OF -. This
Judgment was obLained BY the assassin.ike mid
nights work OF H8sps and the aid OF his asso-
ciatea This will supply the Puppy with the means
OF giving few more Rich Dinners TO those who
Out Of this money. May just God In due time
snite ana prostrate these vile Ayporcrises ana
Iet each morsel they eat al the table Of this de-
8raoeo wretch prove q dose OF Gall Z WO1mW
Until they are brought 70 repentance for their
iniQuty. Is report ed part OF this money Is TO
% DONATION 70 the Female Orphan Asyium OF
Georgetown; by that means this condemned
wretch expects 70 keep from sinking In pubic est
mauon: Can II be possible? q hope n0t) that the
GUARDIANS OF that Institution would receive from
Cnis mtscreQM donation Of money received In
LUIS way, wnen 1t u well known he 10 this day
largely lnoeoLed 70 many respectable persons In
This Town. who he has, In some instances entirely
ana now living IN greater afluence than any other
PERSON. IN tnls Town. Not only that but he once be-
iore y0Hs0 ana ran on from Boston. indebted TO an
Immense amount, which he still Ia Indebted for
tnis Is INC LeuoM VINO now COMES out TO make do
nAuoos 70 tne FEMALE Orphan Asylum OF George
curse Of ths Kind; look only 10 virtue ana aio win
come from honest sources
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IL CHAMPIONSHIP RRCoRD.
A DIsAsTRoUs WEEK.

DISASTROUS WEEK.
most disastrous week leaves the Senators In
eighth place, with lessened chances Of getting cut.
They have played flve games this week, and have
lost them all. On Monday the Giants were the VIC
tors, 2 to 1. keefe and Keefe were the pitchers.
and the younger man did the better work as far al
base hits 60, but was wild at critical moments,
and lost the game thereby. Washington outbatted
New York, but made error to none BY the Giants.
played on wednesday, Immediately before the reg
ular game. New York took boJh the first by the
score OF TO 3 b, harder batting, and the second
by the score Of B TO 4 by better luck ana Keefe's
w1ldnesS. The Senators went TO New York on
THURSDAY and lost another game, to O, through
their inability 70 hit Crane aaddocK held the
Giants down Within easy reach.
NOTES.
In these flve games Washington has made 10
runs, % hits and IL errors ~ runs 81 hits and
errors BY their opponents
O'Brien has done the best batting making 6
hts with total OF bases. yet he made but 2
runs.
sweeney and werden, the new uelders who have
been tried here, have done very well for men Just
coming into the League. On wednesday Wefden
at the bat yesterday. The latter seems 70 nave
better judgment on ground balls In the held and
ought to make good third baseman. II ts likely
that he Will play at third to-day.
The Widner case still hangs His contract with
New Orleans expires on the LIST OF October, next
Monday, but 1t Is doubtful II he can play even
then without permission from the court.
McGeachy wants TO come to Washington and
would do 50 with half chance.
Manager sullivan Is hard at work on plans for
strengthening the team for 1850, and says that he
u after new players.
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knULU OF YHST1nDAY0 BALL 0ANBs-TRB HDCOn
TIE BALL FIELD.


The Senators and the Hoosiers rival candidates
for the last place on the ticket, met ct Capitol
Park yesterday. and the game went TO the Hoosiers
4to2. Tine batteries were ODay and Mack and
Burdick and Buckley. Both were nit rather hard.
but the visitors had the good fortune 10 bunch
some hits In the nrst inning, securing two runA
and BY combination OF couple OF nits with an
error In the fourth making two more In the third
ODay hit q magnificent bali to right neld. which
was well nelded oy Ac0eachy, but the runner
reached second Hoy then advanced him to third
by his single, but was put out In an endeavor to
reach second. 0Day Rugged third until passed
ball let him In. Myers, who had gone 70 flrst
Fuller's tumble In the fourth gave the visitors
chance after they should have been held down,
and Schoeneck. after Umpire Power gave him =
OBrien hit for base in the fourth, but out at
second on Q force. In tine nth, with two out,
~ si
retired - nrst. Hines led on the NTH with Q
clean hlS and stole second, but made q foolish at
stupid base running on the part OF the home team
lost run In the next O'BreL drove beautiful
single along the left foul line that hit the fence
put out at second. Daily got mad and
smashed the bali over the renee for Q home run.
O'Day threw over 10 catch him and the ball went
wild TO the picketS OBrten turned to yet 1t and
stumbled over Seery, the two being tangled on the
ground BY the bag. While Myers was chasing the
ball, McGeachy, who was coaching, ran over and
pulled OBr1en from the pr0Strate HOOoier, making
show OF hight. There was some excitement,
Seery reaching second, and going 10 third
on Bassetrs ny out to HOY. Glassc0ck went out
at FIRST Washington made hits and
errors. and Indianapolis 10 hits and no errors.
sweeney played q good game in the neld, taking
four nys and, after tumble In the 1rst, handling
bounding hits easily. He showed up we'll at the
bat. too, making Two neat sacrifices and single
hit O'Brien's batting was good. He made three
hits, but each time went out at second Glasscock
was. as usual, greeted on all sides with mock ap-
plause and groans and Kisses whenever he took q
nand In the game.
PitIsburg defeated Philadelphia easily, 4 to g.
The batteries were Morris and Miller and Gleason,
Clements, and Schriver. Philadelphia made hits
and errors and Pittsburg made Ii hits and
errOrA
New York and Detroit played . tie game, to 2,
OF ten inuinga Tttcomb and Murphy and Gruber
and Camel were the batteries New York made
hits and errors, and Detroit hits and errors
lCnlcago won from Boston, ID TO T. through Kelly's
bad catching and some hard batting. The bat
teres were Garrison and Kelly, and Gumbert and
Daily. Chicago made Is hits and errors, and Dos-
ton 10 hits and II errors
ASSOCIATION CANES.
Baltimore, l2; Cincinnati o. Athletic, 8; Kan
sas City, 3. 81. Louis 2; Brooklyn, O. Louisville
4; Cleveland, l.
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SABLE ISLAND I'D IRELANn.
laseressing Qaesec and tss Antique Fer
sificasteas.

4 COMFORTABLE TRIP FROM BALrrAx 10 ouxsRc-
FIRsr-cLAss RtILRoAD-THk FEATURES 90 BkILR
IsIR CHANNEL ENDLESS FISHING rRrvnEsss-
BRITISH COLONIES
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The MatOYtey.

How fare they AL. they Of the pallid faces
Beyond our power TO beckOn thar return;
How l. IL with them Ia the shadow placesy
How shAu We exru
Their solemn socrst. dow can discover
By any earnest scsktnS. the true way
Unto ths knowing In What realm they hovel
In what hi b day,
Or In what sornesF shadows Of the night
They are forvvsr MAIDEN irvIn our sight.
We question vainiy Yet It somehow pleases.
When they hsvv spoken the last sad good b.
II somshow h-lf The pain of parting sase..
That IN the sky.
IN the vast sOntudes OF stArp and spaces
There may be console u n-ss aud lie and hone
And Thai when mu 4 yield ~ deaths emLr.esS
There may % scope
For the unfolding Of the better powers
b sally sta In this life Of o4rs
-TRAcY RosrSsox
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NEW YORK GOsslP.
Men, Women and Things In Anerica,s
GOsha0.

oLNrs1s or AMKLIH RIvB AND LAURA NAN lxpBEY
A LIVELY wAxwoRK-cusToh HOUSE GOSSIP
NOVELTIES m HorHLs-RsGBrERs 10 N DONE
AWAY wrTH-sfA0Rs IN rHRAfHRs
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THE ROW WITH CANADA,
what CanaAiams Think 81 Retalls
stom amd Annexation

HOW YANxK0 "Puf n ON" N oANADA-soYIo-
MoRIc AIRS or DOMINION srAfEsxRN-ooMMKR-
CIAL UNION ONLY QUESTION OF TIxI-THE RE-
LATIoNs BrTwIEN CANADA AND GREAT BRITAIN.
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SEE FOUND HER HUsBAsD WAS MuLArro.-
Mrs. Annie Travers OF No. Ira Atlantic avenue,
Brooklyn, recently discovered that her husband,
Eugene fravers, whom she married about nve
months ago clandestinely, 10 q muiatto. When
she accused him OF having deceived her he did not
deny tI, but shortly afterward disappeared. He Is
pIeyion, straight hair and regular featurea when
the Riri who lived with her aunt, Ma Moore, met
Nm she was captlvated by his manner ana was
induced 70 marry him without knowing anythiHg
OF his antece6ants.
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pr. john q Lynch, eas q the sadess ana psss.
Gtsepooa, - th0 age Of axty.
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publcans quite SO fast as they think he should.
The collector says however, that he Is discharKinR
them a. fast as the civl-service law will let him
The trouble seems to be that there are not enough
egbles on the list to nll vacancies as fast as the
collector can make them. Thousand dollar and
81, 200 men are now doing the work OF 81, 400 and
81 600 vacancies, ana are not promoted 10 the
higher grades simply because The board OF civil
that few are able to pass them. The need of the
democrats, the collector says, Is q straight-out
Democratic board OF examiners, instead OF q BOARD
and one whose politics are set down as doubtful
After the last day Of This year. on. OF our big
hotel men tells me- there will DO few or no hotel
registers in the leading metropolitan hotels sort
OF informal agreement has been entered into BY
the most advanced bonifaces to discard registers
entirely. After this year guestS on arriving will
hand their csrds TO the clerk. who will enter their
names. rooms, &C.. In q book which the publc-at-
VIII thus Be saved The annoyance Of "0 opv" ssSs
hall hundred OF 80 OF circulars which trades
men send daily to every name newly discovered
the trouble OF visits from unweicOme acQuaint.
anceS, who "Just saw your name on the register
you know. and thought ia call" Really, the ho,
tel register seems 70 be q useless volume to both
landlord and guest, and wonder that 1t hasn't
disappeared long before now.
Early in the past summer four or nve Of the 9Th
avenue stages had seals put atop OF them, and
now more than half OF the hundred or 20 OF stages
that traverse New Yorks swell thoroug hfars BE-
tween Grand and 10th streets are arranged with
seats for twenty or thirty people on top reached
by an easy winding stairway from the rear stepS
During the few pleasant days Of the past week
these upper-deck . ats have been well occupied on
every tFtp. Ladies especially, seem to fancy riding
aloft In their journeys up and down the avenue,
and there has been an uncommon rush among
elderly bald-headed gentlemen Tor the Seat insads
each stage by the door.
Among many sseck Companies incorporated in
ne STATE OF New York during the year b the Man.
haitian opsra-0lass supply Company, with capt.
tai stock Of 100000. and with Conrad Jordan,
Edward Gilmore, Eugene TonktaA Judge 1ulleg.
ton and Alexander Comstosk - cussesA THIS
company y about 70 begin business In The Acad
envy q Muse New Yee6, Whese Denman Thomp.
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From THE KINGS BAeTION.
II you can br1be your guide TO few moments
severance OF these sympathetic Affiliations, and
Will stand alone on the farthest edge OF the Kings
Bastion, one OF the most magnificent cycloramas
10 be seen In America Is all your own. To zoe
the vision In tue Heights Of Abraham where Wolfe
fell as his bloody victory WAS won To the wesl,
the 81 Lawrence, broadenins for a distance winds
us splenold course towards the Thousand Islands
and The Great Lakes. To The south, beyond whose
horizon line lies your own loved land, are the
peaceful wales or Becancour, Chaudlere, and the
Upper 81 John Between slope the heights
OF Point Lewis In gentle descents, disclosing
here great hospital trere . handsome
chateau and again q sullen fort. Below
these Lewis struggles 70 the southern riverside In
Srsnt o sna pss{ opglsnS Then SSnss The
age Ior countess craft here ana there dotted by
huge men-of-war and ocean steamers looking IKE
Toy W ssels from the great height where stand
streets chiselea Tom toe rock IKE terraces, on
which nestle and wind some OF the most picIur-
esQue tnoroughfares In the world where grotesQu
Tawn nsn n9ese e motley psop Tn ~ s Lover f
mountain where Champlaius old city 10 perched
luke an eagles nest upon crAg." runs the mag
ninceni Dunenn Terrace, from Ine rampsrts base
work Of the kind extanL Along ana above tina
the eye greets
IN. MIDDLE AoRs IN ARCHITECTURAL
and the city tops are commingiing OF Old Nurem-
berg, Angouleme, and Constantinople itself.
0abls, dormer. spire, minaret dome. cluster and
blend In bewildenng confusion Then. threading
niSa t0e erossn Ss ana snsss b.
lated gates and benind thts the magnificent par
liamenI building lke Q whiUe and a0aAhed moiern
nsoSy ia Il sos no morning susshs o. 1ass
oomSo snl sp1rD g1osm uke Uurnleho1 silver, In
ssnss ana painful . tas sasht Sss bsyoad I'll
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u, he o,Hn
OF The former is Mr. Lew p. Morton who mas Deen
q resloent OF this city At Intervals.
A FINE VILLA INCIDENCE
handsome suburban home Is being built by
Mr.. James L waugh at Charlton Heights, a com.
paratively new subdivision near Branchyflle on
the Washington branch OF the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad The new structure will be located In
the midst OF extensive grounds and when com.
pleted Will be an elegant country villa. Great
Wide porches extend around the house and above
the porch roof rise the sides OF the building Gov.
cred with lille and the whole crowned with = high
pitched roof covered with red A spacious hall
occupies the center OF the house and from this
open the various rooms on the f1rsI door. Hard
WOOD Will be used In abundance not only in wain-
scouting out In panelilng The ceilings. The design
Oh the mouse Was prepared BY Mr.. 4. =. schneider
anu when II Is competed II promises 70 be one Of
Tie best equipped and handsomesu villas in the
vicinity OF The city.
nPRovExEsIs on l4rH STREET EXTENDED.
Mr.. Aulick Palmer Is building three stone and
DICK residences on the south side OF Chaplin street
near l4th street These new houses wiz be as
handsome In design and as wen built as those
which Mr. Palmer erected some time ago on the
14tl-street front Of The same square Ine Latter
Is Known Is craven Terrace, and II Is now q solid
tending along the entire l4th-street 'front.'
StouShton and Chaplin streets. The continuation
OF This improvement around the corner ON Chapin
street, u n counterpart 10 the Improvement NJ
ready made BY Mr. Palmer on the north side n
Stoughton street. In the latter locality he nss
built several stone and brick houses OF nandsome
design, and the entire work, comprising soms
twenty -one houses on the three streets Is noIa.
bic one. The erection OF houses or this cnaracter
beyond the boundary OF the city Is unusual ex.
cept Dy persons WHO intend them for their ow q
ust. But 10 this Instance city houses have been
erected iataRded 10 meet The wants Of persons de-
string rest0Dces, and 10 locality whicn Qu1le re-
Gently Was regarded As In the country. IL u no
longer The country. This 10 only another niustra-
ton " how the city u p0ehtng out and beyond Ia
unl.A
NJ. Painse 10 not the only one engaged In IL
h01ld1ng three Stono and hrfok roaa6oaeSr IN ~
nosta soe e Chapla ssyUes, anA II. ". G. HUI
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ROWDYIsM RAMPANT.
How Leafsrs Enjoyed Themselves
Fifty Years Ago.

TIE GANGS OF rou0Rs WHICH INFESTED THE CAPITAL
THE ROAD AGENTS AND THEIR hlsCHIEvors
PRAHKs-RUNHING WIFE TEE hAcHISK-rRIcKs OF
THE SMITHSONIAN RACKERs-sRCTIoNAL BATTLES.