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Society Notes.

Mr.. and Mrs. Crosby S. Noyes and their daugh-
tiers, Maud and Mira. who sailed for Europe In
March last, returned by Ihe Cunard steamer Erru-
w. Noyes, assistant editor OF The STAR, who, dur
ing the absence Of his iather, has had editorial
charge Of the paper, will soon take vacation trip
Mrs. Cleveland has sent q graceful letter Of
thanks to Senator Gibson in acknowledgment Of
Ihr receipt or two handsome porcelain cups from
the. tne man9tSctory & Of M JOS Hernandez, Of New
his Vile through Senator Gibson.
Mr.. Chas. c. Glover and Capt. Lemon were among
the passengers on the Etruria arriving in New
city.
pleasant dance was given at Forest Inn Sat-
urday night to the guests of the hotel.
Mrs Logan and Mrs. Tucker have returned from
Chicago and Youngstown, and are at Calumet
Place.
1t was not MI. F. o. French, Of Newport, who died
recently. and therefore not the father OF Miss
last week.
Mrs. A. T. Britton is spending the season at Mar.
ragaDsett Pier.
Mrs. Edward McCauley is at Bar Harbor
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Thompson have returned to
the city from months stay at Hagerstown. Nd
the district.
Mr.. J. c. Burnett and Miss Burnett returned from
Atlantic City to-day.
Miss Blanche Fletcher has returned from sum
mer journey In Europe.
DR.. and Mrs. Tabor johnson are In Glasgow at
tending the congress OF doctors
Miss Halle voorhees,, daughter OF senator voor.
hees, is at Nantucket accompanied by her cousin
Mrs. Dunbar. Of Terre Haute.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. D. CaDell have returned from q
jaunt In Pennsylvania and Virginia
Rev. Mr.. Pyne, Of st. Johns church, and family
are visiting at Oakland.
Mr.. H. P. wasgaman, Of this city, is at Fenvick
| Hall, Fenwfck, Conn.
| Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris has arrived In New
York city by steamer from Liverpool on her annual
visit to her many friends in this country. Mrs.
! Sartoris win spend several weeks here in Septem.
ber.
Mss Kate Lindsay Is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. q. Randall, OF West Washington.
The wife OF Senor Don Cayetano Romero, who is
Just recovering from severe attack of nervous ex.
haustion, starts to-day for a so1ourn at the Capon
springs leaving the senior stu AZ his post Of duty
minister, In Europe.
! DR.. s. 8. Stearns has gone to Aurora, West Va,
for short stay. Miss Lena Stearns has Just ne.
turned from visit among friends In Pennsylvania.
Mrs. D. P. Mccartney has returned to the city.
| DR.. and Mrs Garnett l. Hills nave returned from
three weeks visit to Atlantic City.
The members OF the jolly Socials rendered Mr..
q. I. Reh surprise party last evening, in ceie-
bration Of his forty nth birthday.
MIR. and Mrs. W. B. Hibbs leave to-day tor Q tour
OF the lakes. going by way OF Watkins Glen and
| Niagara.
Mrs Moore, Miss Fanny Moore and Mrs. Rosillo
have returned from their summer vacation. and
are again for the season at 1914 K street. Mrs.
| moore, while absent made an extended and pro
spent some time In Minnesota.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Becker left this morning "a
spend several days In the mountains Of Maryland.
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The Liability OF ship Owners-
II n NOT LIMITED BY THE vALre or rHk vEssx
FOR DAMAGE DONE oS LAND.

GGKrs Bar, WIS, August 2s.-in Iss0, as the
propeller pepere WAS passing up the Fox kiyert
SPARKS from her smoAestack, II Is alleged, nret
the sawdust near planing mill. and the fine was
communicated to The mill ana other buildings and
destroyed % houses, causing loss OF sllO,OOO.
Or the insurance the Phoenix, OF Brooklyn, held
$4,000. II brought suit In me names Of tue IN
sured against the Goodrich Transportation Com
pany.
Judge Harlan, OF the Supreme Court OF the
United States has decided a motion argued In
June, 1887. The motion was TO dissolve an in-
junction issued In ruI In the United states Dis
tffct Court, restraining tue plaintlr In The nre
cases from prosecuting their actions ia the STATE
courts. Judge Harlan dlssolses the Injunction.
holding that the act OF Congress limiting tbs
aplllty or shlp-owners ~ the value OF the vessel
does not apply 70 the damage done by the Vessel
on land Tne decision VIII be appealed 70 me
United States supreme Court
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The PRESIDENT GONE A FIsAING.-The President
and COL Lamont, accompanied by Internal-Reve-
nue. Commissioner Miller, left Washington last
night On nshing excursion Of two or three days
In the vicinity OF Clifton Forge IN the Blue Ridge
Mountains.
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PLEASANT WEATHER PBEDIcTED.-The predictions
on1cer thinks that the weather around Washing
ton Tor the next few days Will be all that can be
deslred-cool and comfortable. There Is not much
OF prospect, he says, for any more very warm
weather Ihis year
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GAUGER APPoINTRp.-The secretary OF the Treas.
ury to-day appointed Burrus RE- Phillips to be q
gauger at Fresno, Cal, and Nicholas A. Delaney to
De gauger at san Francisco. Cal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-28

TIE BOND OFFERINGS TO-DAY aggregated 81. .735. y
600 as follows: ~ per cents registered 81 500 00O
at los; $685. 600 at IOSx
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NAVAL ORDRRs.-Asst Naval Constructor Rich
ard Gatewood detached from special duty at Paul
Smiths New York, and ordered to duty at the
Naval Academy. Lieut.. Frank E. Beatty ordered
TO duty In the Bureau OF Navigation september Is
Boatswafn II. Dickinson ordered to duty In the
rigging loft, Norfolk yard.
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The Fallen Church tower.

8MC eIAGu NmuICm G0vY8xe
INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE coILAPsI
The commission appointed BY the District Com
missioners 70 investigate the fall OF the tower Of
the CHURCH OF the Covenant, held meeting last
evening and examined the watchman, who wit
messed the disaster, and Others The contractors
also were questioned in regard to the work. The
report OF the commission win be delayed until they
nave an opportunity TO examine the foundations
OF the tower. The workmen are engaged IN re-
moving the pile OF stones, and have made constd-
erable headway. A temporary roof protects the
interior OF the church from the weather. The
church authorities have not decided upon the
plans Tor restoring the church. They viii await
the report OF the commission.
At the meeting last night Of the investigating
committee, resolution was offered which stated
that the committee would consider II great favor
II they were presented with picture Of the tower
as II stood before demolition.
'SThe Investigation Is coming along al right,
said Building Inspector RntWtsle 70 . SfAR re-
porter, speaking OF the falling Of the tower OF the
Church OF the Covenant I'VE had Q meet
Ing last night, and heard the state
ments Of the contractorA and oehef parties
interested The work Of removing the debris
continued he 'shas not progressed sumc1ently foE
as TO determine the point at which the fractures
occurred We expect 70 get TO the standing
remains OF the walls In Q few oayA and utter
noting everything q that point Wan 80 down
deeper and tnspect the foundation. Alter We %
that report viii b Immediately prepAyud and
forWarded 70 the Commissioner
--40p----
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A WOMAN WHO LOST 40, 900 IN TIE oOGEBfc MIN.
MINING STOCK fIkh-
CHICAGO, August 2s--A Milwaukee special sayes
II. ;. Benjamin and T. A. Bates members OF the
bankrupt mining Stock urn OF Moore, Benjamin
& Co, were arrested last evening on a cnsrge o3
conspiracy, and their oail nAed at S25, ,OO0 each
AIter spending u couple OF hours IN tue custody OF
the sheriff net her was aole TO furnish bond, and,
on application Of their attorneys the bail was re-
duced 10 $40, 600 each, which they nnally secured
The charge VI conspiracy Is made In connection
with q civil action brought by ArsA helen warner
10 recover $50, 0o0 from Tue bankrupt nrm- When
the Gogsolc mining craze became epidemic Two
years ago Mrs Warner converted her entire prop
erty fnIo cash and Invested In Moore, Benjamin q
Co 3 stocks AZ that time each member OF The
nrIp was reputed 70 be worth Sio0O.0oo The
nrm owned a half oozeD or more aron iuines 10 tbe
Gogepic rangr. each one OF which they had
stocAed for 8, oo0 and put the entire stock On
the market Wnen the crash came Moore, beplt.
min co. went down MIS-. Warner claims sne
was guaranteed gainst loss; also, that tners wss
q Conspiracy.
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JACKSONvlLLE,s AFFLICTI0N.
There Were Three Deaths YESTERDAY
nud TEN New lases ot yellow Fever.

JAcKsoSvILLK, Fla. August 2s--At O'Clock
last evening the orcia yellow fever report for the
day was ten new cases, nine recoyeriea, and tnree
deaths The new cases were Lewis c. Pelton,
Mrs. {. T West, an unknown negrO, Miss Ada Z.
Williams, John b. Mays tcoloredl. c. ii. Pollard,
Mrs j. j. Hooker. II. 4. Williams, MIS- A. john
son (colored) and Miss Edwa ards. The deaths were
&. Il. Pollard, AlDerL Fisher, and Burton NAYS
tcoloredl The recoveries were l. w. Davidson,
L w. hill, W. b Crawford. steward United states
Marine Hospital, Miss e b. Buchanan. Charles
Ellis Mrs Hubbard, Chas- RoslgBal, l. q. sinons
0 six-year Old chl.d Cp 10 Iae JiIne VI the report
there had been seyellf>ea deaths -Sikfy-two De-
tielts were under treatment
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DISTRICT PRISONERS IN ALBANY PKNrTRNTIARY-
Mr.. Howard Perry, OF the department Of Justice,
has returned from the annual inspection Of United
States prisoners confined Ia the Albany peniten.
tlary, In which institution penitentiary convicts
from the District are confined. he reports all Of
them 70 be In good health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-28

SMOKING PRoHIBITED.-In consequence OF the
late nre In the Post-ofnee Department, an order
has been issued prohibiting smoking on the base
ment floor Of the building.
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Cur TH1s o . T.

Cur TH1s Our.
We are Offering Fifty Thousand Dollsrs' worth Of
FURNITURE. CARPETS UPHOLSTERY GOODS
AND INTERIOR DECORATIONS
AT COST. AND LESS THAN COST. FOR CASH ON
Oh BEFORE DELIVERY
W. b MOSES & SON.
Corner llth aud sta NV,
Washington. DC
THE FOLLOWING ARE A FEW OF THE GOODS
MARKED AT COST. AND LESS THAN COST
THIS LIST WILL BE CHANGED EVERY FEW
DAYS UNTIL ABOVE AMOUNT Is SOLD:
FURNITURE DEPARTMENT.
Parlor Suite . pieces. silk Plush. s75 reduced 10
Parlor Suite. pieces. suk Plush. s125 reduced to
S1OO.
Psror Suite. pieces sink Broc.ssle 1900: reduced
to s150.
Mahogany Table. ESQ; reduced to ESQ.
Imitation Mahosany Cabinet, s45: reduced 70 S32.
Mahogany Iniaid Desk. s45; reduced to s32
Mantsl Cabinet. e6o; reduced to $50.
Table imitation Mahogany, SIS: reduced to ga
Imitation Mahogany Chevl 6lass, $40, reduced to
e27.
Imitation Mahogany Easel. s1s; reduced to sl3.
Pillow Lounge, $50; reduced 70 S3S.
1880. :"
Olixs Wood a ,;.c. r,t,,,,. e,,.o s,o ,, 4.
s26 '
Walnut g. piece Chamber Suite. $40. reduced 70 saa
Fine Naboy.,v q. n,s.s ch.r,ta- Sr,. 400 .,,,..,
to S315
Antique Oak Chifonier SIS: reduced to ga
Walnut Chifonier. az reduced to sI3
limitation Mahogany Stool Exnus,ou Tshl. sIS.
re,uceI to sio 'A A~"'s' ~A''
Walnut s-ioot Ex,ens,, n Table s1s ,saucsa 70 ara
CARPET DEPARTMENT.
l.22o yards best Insran Csrpst. 55c.. rsducAa 70
Soc.
1.lOO yards best Ingram Carpet 65c; reduced to
45c.
AIS yards Double Cotton Ingram Carpet lsc . ~.
dueed to 30c.
56yands Hemp Carpet 35c; reduced to 25c
$50 yards Cotton Ingram Carpet 35c; reduced to
2oc.
100 yards Tapestry Carpet Al |. reduced To Tic
15oO yards koxbury Tapestry Carpet 9Oc. reduced
to 10c.
1.ioO yards Tapestry Garrett. 75c reaueea d, A,c
1.300 Body Brussels CARPET Al oa. reducsd 10 ase
Including BlseIow Lowell aud Epyu.h ,nak..
l.400 yards wilton yelyst C.rpes Al 20. r.snc.a
70 Soc.
2.7oO yards best Moquette Garnet nj So rsanc.a
osl-
2.25o yards Wilton Carpet a. .75. rsucad n N 10
o23 yards Kensington Art CARPET, sousre ysrd AT.
reduced to 6oc
$40 yards Seamless Fancy Straw Mating ase . n.
auced 70 20c
aoo NJ. s,u.ss yrna ny n $50; reduced TO s2.oO
luo M.r,. sIaxra. =, . rsaueed % 81
UPHOLSTERY pEpAKrMrNr
tnr,,urs So,srns, 1spy' ooe reduced to a5c.
II
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Washington News and Gossip.

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal reve
nue., $204 S73; customs s6O4, ,s97.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

~ AGN<J<l0 ~ ~ tSAAos
f!sEos ssaHH 5sSSSxs!SS SSoSsI e Tss =
NO postponement on account Of weather. 1t.
THREE LARGE FURNACES FOR SALE
~ cheap II6nSTire At .p,rrv sro,r
TO- NOTICE OF DIS SOLUTION.
Notice is hereby given that the partnership hereto
Iore ea,stnY SeswseS the 1uderssnsd under the rm
hsna VA S?S, TIoISs
Susness nnds hs @ c sd n
Al AZ persons Indebted . The late nrm xil please
and liabalites.
tSsned) THOMAS GALLOWAY.
su2s-3t. THOMAS +. GALLOWAY.
K~SDR aARNETT = Hills DENTIST. has
isiS returned to the city and resumed Isse:a
K~SMAsONIC. A AsPEClAL LCoMMUN1CATION
S at dasysss hds SS IS "A M S
zsss:s sssss S$4 sSsss =;
N~ DEMOCRATS. ATTENTION = EAST
Ss;i,nfSa a s. HIT TtSsSas Ssss sslSss Ss
ssn S :nf aan pa e n % by the fo9wny gen
Isal6se. of Ksn.ueky: Hon. Clifton Il brecfinridse
M Of 0s M as.
PRESIDENT Central Democratic VSmpiftee and others
NJ MARcERoN. sec'y. su2s-iw
GOOD TEMiLAR AND JUvENILE
WEDNESDAY,, AUGUST ~. Temperance friends in
yiej. txre. full ticket soc halt tickets, 25c Train
leaves b. o. depot at q N. Return at 6:17 and
Later. au25-3t'
DIR. 7. J. JONES
~ Has returned to the city and will resume his
practice OF Dental Surgery At corner 26th St and Penn
sylvania ave. NV. u2o-3ts
FSSERIAL SAVINGS AND BUILDING AS
49, SOCIATION-21ST ISSlE.
Persons assignS stock in the serial BUILDING A.so:
per share month upou application to the
tary and treasurer l4l6 st. NV. who will furnish
aud cheertully give all needed nforma-
ton This Is good inv stnent for monthly savings,
and pays per cent per annum on withdrawal.
hOBI. u. CAMPBELL, President,
511 10th ut. NV.
JNO. A. PRESCOTT
Secretary and Treasurer,
an25-1Gt Kellogg building 1416 st. NV.
FNS REMovAL-R. c. LtwIs. HALTER AND
~ Fnrntsher formerly At go Ito st. w., has
removed TO 1421 New ork ave. near 18th St. north
side An invitation to cali at the store IL hereby
exten.led. Low prices and fair dealing guaranteed
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TIE o. s. 8. Yantic arrived at Portland, Me-, this
morning
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News from the Orient.
q coRkAN TELEGRAPH LINZ coMPLKIEp-ISl
TIOSs IN yAPAN

q coKkAS TELEGRAPH LINZ coxPLKIED-ISrSDA-
TIoSs IN JAPAN.
VANCOUVER, b. c., August 2s.-The Canadian
Pacific steamer Albany brings Japan adylces 70
the 10Th Inst The Core4h Telegraph CO. has
completed the line between Seoul and FusOn- fhe
Kobe Tea Preparing Co Is preparing 100 chests of
tea tor The American market as sample. II IS
rQmofed that the Chinese tea men Of Foo CHOW
are about 10 form company for direct Yea export
Hong Kong was 10 be declared an infected port
the day after the Albany sailed lbe inundauon
In the Miniano Province was OF serious eaaTactefs
and l5o houses at ioi Gamin were carried a"Ay
and 900 were destroyed; nity people perisheo-
Eight Carr sunk In North River.
NKw YORK, August 2s.-The police reported TINS
morning that noat with eight west-oound CARA
owned By the Pennsylvania Railroad Co, sunk In
The North River last night. No ives We're lost
ErOm Wall street To-Day.
Nsw YoKk, August q, IL am.-Ihe stock market
was quiet at the opening THIS morning, and INST
prices were irregularly changed from last even-
Der cent elIier way. The general list was quiet
10 dull throughout the hour, while the same tour
stocks-Reading, Western Union. LackawanDa and
feature, xnonopouzed the attention. There WAS Q
fractional decline IN the early trading extending,
. cent ony tss up
generally tue level OF the opening ngares There
was no marked movement any wnere An the nss
ana no special feature Of any kind AT IL ocAooG
the marksG was quiet and barely steady.
Ssrtkers Returning 20 W0rk.
rREs1pESr nAcKAr rnoxsxs 10 Nourks pfo m
GkEvASCEs on The NAN
EVANSVILLE, IND, August xA.-A secret meeting
Of Ihe BroIherhood OF Engineers and flrenpen wss
held yesterday 70 consider the strlke on The
nscksy systen Of railroads There was . strong
sepIiment against the strike. and COMMITTEES
from each brotherhood WAS appointed 20 wals
upon President Nacksy. At conferenae that loi-
lowed. ft ~ stated, the COMMITTEES notinod Nj.
Nscksy that the strikers would return 70 WORK tf
be would agree % Investigate the charges against
Master Mechanic smith, and n they weU SUBJ
stanttated 70 remedy The evil To this hackay
consented. assuring the men that they would p
protected ffom imposition Opop tins ano0ran0p
the sSx1Kers returned 70 work
Ths N0vg Dssh0p - DeeFO1a
BAITuoxx, Aug 26-The PapAl bnef appo1n111g
Rev. Jonn y. Foey 20 the oash0pr1c of potro1e woo
rocc1ved oy Cardinal Gibbons yesterday morn1n4-
NO day has ben set COR tke consssrAeion. - 3
VIII Jake place before November.
Ehros ~ mnxy1a04
nAxSmonn. August 14-A epeual nUU DEyoDs
e0Un sayB: Lyon Z Turnerb glore was ongkgoTo1
- ne; lon ga.6o0; insoraDce oA00o On ou14W
d bSrn, neAf Priscipio. cscn couny. q Jcan
600; parity lisa1sa u local es0oan1sA
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lAssmc.7 Asgsss - . sRss,, % ssyss,
- 0Ts; lo8 Say6OO; ins1raDce eA00o On ou11ev
u barn, neAf Pr1ncipio. cec1l couny. q Joen
800; psssv i:1sa y isosi ss1SsnisA
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THE EVENING STAR.

PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday,
AT TIE STAR BUILDINGS,
Northwest Corner Pennsylvaaia Ave and lIth st., b,
The Evening Star Newspaper Company,
9. II. KAUFMAN, Prest
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THE BALTDUkE sun,
sEnVED BIZ CARRIERS AT AN EARLY HOUR.
By MAIL. SOC. per month; $500 year In advance.
ORDERS FOR SUBSCRIPTION AND ADvEB-
TIsEMENTS received ut 1hE SUN WASHINGTON
BUREAU, street.
A 8. ABEL 4 CO.. Publishers
au4-1 I'm Baltimore
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moeS "a ono HsilroA1 y pas ah oAk plaak croes.
- cvSr eSS1r brancn me- q Do1naaly g!sDeS g
- 49, v!, seesay s g e sssSsl s.s = ~ ss
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739 AND TAI 71H ST. n W.
Cheapest house In city to buy your Furniture, Car
Iets OIL Cloths Mattines Baby Carriages, Refrgera
tors, Stoves, &C. Everything in the housefurn
line sold OH credit cheap they be bought
where for cash.
We MAKE AND LAY ALL CARPETS FREE OF
myZ1 COST.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-28

W. G.. METZEROTT CO., MUSIC
- Dealers, have removed from Pennsylvania
ave to their new building lilo st. n.w door
west of W. b. Moses Sons. Oldest aud most exten.
sive music establishment in the city jy:3- Bun
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-04-20
Natara1 ca. and Tat Chicl.eus.

Somewhere in the book of Job the Har-
monites found authority to drill into the
earth for fuel, and, acting upon such author
ity, discovered reservoir of natural gas
1900 feet underneath their hearthstones. It
has been piped through the vilLage. and
serves for both fuel and light in every home.
Coal, wood and oil are no longer used AT
every street corner are elevated pipes where
flames burn night and day, winter and sum-
mer. They are never extinguished. Econ
omy is certainly the best lighted village in
America; one can read fine print in almost
any of the streets at midnight.
eDo you like natural gas, Augustgp we ask.
"Goot gootl 1t makes my shickens fatT'
Makes your chickens fat!n We can only
look our surprise.
'Ya, SO fat like pegs Bugs come at night,
big bugs. little bugs, tausendsl Dey ny in
de gas blazes, und drop down. Hens ketch
'em, like dis. =
August opens his mouth and closes it, with
mighty smack Of the lips. We are thus let
into the mystery OF how natural gas can
fatten chickens. .-H. d. Mason III American
Magazine.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-04-20
The rarrsians, on.hand manner.

In place of their old fiowery language.
Parisians have of late years adopted an Off
hand manner running to the extreme as IS
SO often the easel, manner which they are
kind enough to call English or American.
Still, there are bounds which must never be
overstepped, and certain degroe Of formal
ity is always demanded in the intercourse
between the sexes before the world, what
ever they may be behind the social scene. A
Frenchman always bows when greeting q
lady, even when he shakes hands with her.
His bow may or may not be perfection; his
ssshake handn Is almost always awkward.
70 style it ssshal1e" at all is straining .
point The hand is taken and as quickly let
60 again as if it were Of ice and there were
considerable fear Of melting it. For some
years it has been the vogue for the lady OF
the house to offer her hand TO ell comerS-
even quite young men-whom this piece OK
condescension sometimes cmbarrasses ex-
tremely, they having their thumbs neatly
ensconced between the folds Of their gibu5
Having joined hands with their hostess,
there IS an end Of it; tho other ladies CT
their acquaintance who happen to be in the
room do not get nor expect moro than tho
bow simple. Paris Cor. Argonaut
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-04-20
ANNAPOLIS. ND. FRIDAY EVENING, APRII 20 1885,


1t is quite astonishing the number of well
meaning people who come up to Washington
In search OF pension. they seem to think
that all they have to do is to make personal
application at the bureau and the money win
be handed out to them at once There il q
general impression that nearly everybody Is
getting pension; that the pot Is boiling,
and now is the time TO dip in. A few days
ago forlorn looking man walked into the
pension bureau. he had walked 500 miles
from near Wheeling, w. Va. He had but
one shoe, was penniless and hungry and sim
PLEAS any man must be who would do such
foolish thing. He could not legally prove
that he was entitled to pension, and Of course
could not get one. In fact, he could not
prove anything, and in a sort Of a half dazed
condition no started to walk back. Some OF
the clerks in the bureau passed around the hat
and raised S4 for him, that he might not
starve on the road.
Washington Is a bad place for a poor man
without friends. The proper way for all
seeking pensions is to put their claim into
the hands Of an agent. They run no risk in
doing this, since the law protects them as
regards fees It IS just as foolish for the
well to do Vermont farmer to make a jour-
ney to Washington, hoping to get a PEN
sion, as it was for the tramp from West
Virginia. Pensions are only granted after
certain facts have been legally proved.
And the place to do that is at homo. Fuller
Walker in New York Graphic.
A Merchants 1TethodIcal Life.
A Boston merchant, who lived and died on
Summer street, was curious instance of one
who was an invalid from childhood, always
extremely hypochondriacal, who never inn
agined himself i'll when be was not, nor ex-
aggerated his actual illness, nor feared,
unduly, sickness or pain, or death itself.
But it was the business of his life to take care
Of his health, and he devoted himself to this
work with wonderful assiduity He rode
just so far each day, when the weather was
fair, and at such an hour He had great
variety of clothing, which he regulated with
precision by the thermometer, sometimes
changing his dress many times in day, and
selected for his overclothes when he rode
out the very garments which the mercury
indicated. He had weathercock put upon
his stable within fair view from the bedroom
and sitting room; and that and his thermom-
eter, and all possible or impossible signs Of
the weather, he was watching constantly,
and found in these occupations q very agree
able way of employing all his day and all bis
days. How far his long life is TO be attrib-
uted to this excessive care it is impossible to
tell, but he outlived every brother and sister,
every brothers wife, every sisters husband,
and his own wife, and died in 1887 at the age
of Sl-Boston Advertiser.