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made from life, and so he should be
His second inpersonation was q cure. II
you walk upon the Pincian garden of a
spring afternoon you see ecclesiastics with
their walk. These inoffensive men in black
have often now to hear the sneering word
"papaccio" from the Roman loafers. It is
difficulty In uplifting the oppressed that,
the moment you uplift them. they begin op-
pressing others on their own account. 1t is
not pretty even for English and American
missionary maiden ladies to see Roman
street boys batting priests. nor nice for
American men to assist at cafe concert
Belfore did with verve and splendid swing.
he mad studied the distracted ecclesiasti-
cal stride and the slightly pompous eccle-
anger, the rubbing of the hands. the clap
ping or the breast, the management Of the
snun box: The song he put into the cures
mouth was not pretty, and an audience in
America would have hissed him from the
stage. But in Rome these things have
light.
The fat French girl came on now to be
missed MISSED instead. Her dress was made Of
markable. She was quick. yet not too
quick; each gesture was a necessary one
each intonation, each lifting of the eyes
place. Her face was roguish and delight
Iul and her body was one solid chunk. But
her green dress shined in vain and all her
bravery was useless against the Triple AL
lance and United italy.
The intermission finds the walters bus
Ting about aSgressively. 1t is to stir the
Roman conscience. Otherwise the greater
part OF the audience would sit contenteliy
behind their first half-emptied glasses all
and tobacco are two things in demand.
Tobacco is a government monopoly in Italy
and on the whole it's quality is bad. There
is certain sweet, light pipe tobacco, some
thing like. the Turkish, which they call
Trinciato dolce. Its price Is moderate and
1t Is good. They also have cigarettes
scarcely inferior to the Egyptian cigarettes
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topped with the same cool stone. The or
chestra is fenced of with brass rails, which
glitter fercely in the crude electric light
The walls are hidden by long mirrors,
though the interior looks like a church-it
has a nave and two side aisles, with the
ceiling in a Roman arch.
The coiors are white and gold, and the
drop-curtain has a background Of the blue
OF Roman skies. The two brown girls re-
posing voluptuously on bank Of clouds
mean nothing in this classic city, where
models may be found in every doorway; the
songs which one may hear from Latin lips
are also beautifully bare
The orchestra plays WELL There are a
trombone, a cornet. four violins. clarion
eIte, hute and two large double basses
They play Suppe. the Wiener Jubilee; and a
little study of the program and the faces
round about among the audience will show
the hand of Austria still hard upon Italians
The beer you drink Is imitation Pilsen
brewed in Rome by southern Germans: two
OF TIE performers sing in the language Of
vienna. and at your right and left you hear
the German tongue.
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pretty girl swishing her skirts around the
stage, ogling the audience and showing her
little graces very much as she would do
were she belle in a ballroom. The man
ner of the Roman singer was compost
either. She was there, first of ALL to sing
and she never forgot 1t. She knew that she
could sing well and she let herself loose
with pleasure. When she warmed up to the
acting she did it with the same fine zest,
ana when, in answer to repeated encores,
she did dance, she was at once an artist
and human being-say laughing child.
From now on In the program there Is
only repetition of those faces we have al
ready seen, still undaunted, with the buffo
once again and his wife, who sings one
piece alone. The program has contained
fifteen numbers, five of which are simply
orchestral pieces. OF the performers there
have been but eight.
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of commerce. But the cigars and dark to-
bacco are without flavor and are strong to
rankness. The commonest kind Is like a
Pittsburg stogie. long and slender. 4 straw
runs through its center like a chimney. 10
give a chance for draught When you buy
one OF these the custodian of tobacco
at its side. which sticks out like an arm
You let the cigar rest on this bracket with
It's end In the flame and turn your alter
ton to the stage again or read the paper
In about four minutes the cigar takes fire.
smoulderlnS odoriferously. Grasp 1t quick
y and begin sucking at the other end.
The Audience.
Among the audience the ordinary Roman
man looks more like an American than a
Frenchman or German. Part of this is
Like the American the Italian finds it .lif-
ncult to come under discipline His ways
are easy and unconventional; he is very
democratic and has few set forms. The
men in the audience wear sack coats and
bright neckties. They cross their legs and
lean back carelessly. They are talking all
ceptions are the exqusites with dress and
airs completely modelled after Paris witch
Is their Mecca. Sometimes the imitation is
so good that the Partisan is outdone. II
is well for every people to stick to their
own ways.
There is very little drinking and the
accompanied ladies are scarce and Sit ba ck
modestly In the side aisles There is no
promenade and next to no fiirtat ton. The
truth Is that this Roman music hall is tust
trifle melancholy.
On the stage the second part begins with
strange white creature, Signorina Carlson.
cantante internazionale-she is the second
Austrian She wears a quantity Of dia-
monds, which are real, and has a manner
at once dissatisfied and wooden She is
very tall; her long trained dress is white
and with white feather trimming; her long
Kid gloves are white-all white down TO
her slippers. She has even blacked her arm
pits with burnt cork by way Of contrast.
With all this she is bleached blonde with
the voice of a ventriloquist Nevertheless
her beauty is undeniable. Her songs are
serious attempts and badly managed There
Is persistent applause from one section of
the house-perhaps paid for with the same
money as bought the diamonds The audi
ence laugh and jeer openly. and she retires
in q fine temper
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jy24d&ds 344 7


TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
PROPERTY, RING HOUSE NUMBERFD n 3rl0
2 STREET NORTHWEST. GEORGETOWN.
Under and by virtue Of deed of t-r,st to Ms made on
the 18th day Of july A. u. 1897, and duly recorded
In liber 1898 folio 81 and at the request OF ;hs
parties secured thereby, viii sell at public auction
IN front of the premises on MONDAY July THIR-
IH-FIRST, 1893. at HALF-PAST FOUR p. NJ ali
that certain piece or parcel Of land and premises
situate in the city of NashnCton District of Co.
inmbia. known and distinguished AS and be-
ing part OF lot No. 19S. in Beals addition to
Seoreetown. being IN square No. ST. be inning for
the same at the end OF line drawn the south line
OF West street three hundred and ,o) feet more
ineton streets (said pont of be Ginning heiag tile
OF the party wall between the house mum bered
5o31 street northwest and the house n the east
ttnereo) and running thence west with the line Of
west street twenty eight S) feet the middle OF the
party wall between ssd house No. 30}O p STREET
northwest and the house on the west thereof thence
south and parallel with Washington street one hun
dre and twenty 13Ol feet thence east and parallel
With West street twenty (2S) feet and thence
north to the y ace OF beginning.
Terms OF sale: one-haN OF the purchase money in
cas-. balance In two equal payments at one and two
years from the date OF sale. with six 90 per cent
interest per annum, payable sen-annually. The
deferred payments TO b. reuresented by notes of
the purchaser and securel by deed of trust on the
property or all cash. at the option OF the purchaser
CURED at time of sale. The terms must BE- complied
with IN fifteen u5) DAYS from SALE the trustees
serve the right to resell at the risk and of de-
iauIting purchaser or purchasers. All conveyapcinx
and recording at purchasers q purchasers cost
RoBr. E. L WHITE.
GEORGE W WHITE. Trustees.
UNdkds Gus st n VI
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Belfore comes out again with something
even better than himself Madame is pure
Roman in her beauty-heavy, placid, with
certain childish archness and vast fund
OF good humor and gay spirits. Together
bouffe. The signor walks in on the stage
feeling his way cautiously, for he is sup
posed to be in the dark. He encounters
madame. who gives a shrek. He sings his
surprise and she her terror. He recognizes
her voice and expresses his rapture; She
only half contented tries vainly to escape
He graspS her hand and sings more gal
lantly than ever; she MARBLES Of her weak
ness. He repays her artiessness with kisses
until she breaks away and rushes from the
stage. Then Belfiore sings the song Of one
forsaken. while from behind the scenes
comes faint song from lady, to show
that perhaps he is not quite unforgiven.
The Three STYLES.
Among the three singers, the Viennese
girl who was applauded, the French girl
who was hissed, and the Italian girl who
carried everything before her. there are
striking differences.
simple. Her song is thing made-com-
plete rounded, polished, with each gesture
and intonation in it's place. She effaces
herself in the presence of her piece which
she presents to the audience as a painter
would present his picture a baker would
present his cake. The German girl wa Tx ed
through her act without ever once FORGET
ting her own personality Look at my
neck, look at my stockings and my white
teeth and listen to my pretty voice She
has no idea OF anything else. She was q
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The first singer is Viennese girl. She
has almost an English style in comparison
with the Roman types around us. She Is
both stir and pretty, self-confdent to care
lessness. and takes the audience into her
confidence. Her dress is like the comic
opera Gretchens in the pas de quatre Of the
Gayety burlesque, Faust up to Date" and
her glory is her hair. 1t Is a soft, bright
brown. magnifcently kept. She has even
rouged her ears to make them worthy of
their place SO near it. Her neck Is white
and bears string Of pearls.
The fraulein sang of military life and
that there was nothing so terrible as the
death OF sublieutenant. Her verses We're
or a confidential nature and explained the
strange dizzy feeling, not at all unpleasant, {,
she invariably experienced in conversation
with a certain type of officer. She was tre-
mendously encored. not for her song but
FOR another reason: there was q French
girl on the program.
That the triple alliance Of Germany, Aus
tria and Italy, should exercise it's influence
upon commerce Is a matter of course. In
these days economic wars scarcely less
disastrous than those of blood and iron,
are waged by politicians. But that the con
solidation of central Europe against France
and Russia should affect little singer
whose home is at the Batignolles and who
only wants her money is another story
The audience Missed the pretty cantante
francese; and to show they really meant
II. gave the German girl a round of glor-
ious encores to start with. This patriotism.
able to move 500 men against a girl of
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To illustrate the momentum acquired by
one of these flyers a picture Is given of an
accident to the fast mail at New Hamburg
n. Y, on September q, 1892. This was due
to an open draw bridge. The engineer had
not time to apply the brakes and engine
$40 1eaped the gap like a well-trained hVnt-
er. landing upright on the farther side. The
gap was twenty-eight feet in width. The
tender and cars did not clear ii, but fell
into the opening.
ing TO and from our work that we shall
not be likely to ask to have eliminated
even If the ratio of accidents is increased
thereby: and it is very likely that we are
fast nearing the time when 100 miles an
hour will not be regarded as noteworthy
There is but one contingency which might
tend to lower the rates of speed, and pos
sibly to lower some other things connected
with railroading-and that is, governmental
control of railroad business. BY discourage
ing the building of lines and thus reducing
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y ATCLIFFE- DARR CO.. AUCTs.

IN
TRUSTEES SALE OF UNnIPRoyEp REAL
sTREETv IT AND xIEGINIA AVENUE SOUTH
BY virtue Of decree of the Supreme Court Of the
District of Columbia passed the 4th day Of April
1888. and further decree passed the 10Th day of
Ssly A - 1s.3 II equity cause No i3 pos a9sket
Ellen Wooahed ct al ars sefend.nss he ehG anasT
signed trustee will offer for sale al Tublic
HALF-PAST FIVE O'CLOCK p. N. the following
described land and preises lying a,.d being in the
city OF Washington, District Of Columbia g wit: All
bered seven hundred and ninety-six t7eSD and
bounded as follows: Beginning for the same at
noint on Fourth 4th) street east ten o feet north
west at right angle. with Fourth t4thS street rect
Coft. alley) tt01 feet thence due west thirty
eiht t feet 10 the northeast anvle lot numbered
two 81 thence northwesterly and along the division
feet eleven and one-half ul " inrhes thence due
esst one undred an thirty-twO Ce) feet nine and
one-hslf (9f) inches to Fourth t4thD street east.
to the place of beginning
Terms Of sale as prescribed by the decree
0nethrd OF the pnrchas money 20 be paid in cash
the day OF sale within ten O) days thereafter and
the rrsidue IN two equal instaliments andtwo
years from The day of SALE the purcb purchasers
giving his her Cher missory notes Tor the SANE
with interest thereon from the sy Of sale at tie rate
Of per centum per snnum; the said deferred
payments to be secured by deed Of trust upon
Option tn. 0 pureh...r or cash rurss..e the
II the terms of SAFE conpied with in ten (lO
days from the day of sale the right is reserved
sell the property at the risk and OF the defauns
purchaser or purchaser deposit Of saoS Will he
required when ths properly Is knocked down All
cSnveyanclng recordns &c. at the cost of the pur
ALBERT sILLERs Trustee.
Y2oeofos Webster Law building.
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Worlds Fair Italiana.

FROM tine Boston Gazette.
rHs. young lady at White City. Chicago
"Oh. Penelope. / could ride forever in those
gondolas; how they do remind one of
venice. dear Venice: how / do wish I had
Kept up my Italian SO l could converse with
that lonely gondolier. / feel quite sure he
Is the very one We used to hire when we
try" Gondolier scuttling away in terror
BE gobs. I'll lose me job II / roll me
tongue at EN-. I'll send em round Tom
Eyetalian."
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nUNCANsoN BROS. Aucuoneer.

NUMBERED FkOM 3ol1 TO 3O23 CAM
RiusiNeSdE RhitPGiE SSdTEEEbbr;c COOKE PARK. WEST
on TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST FIRsT,
A. D. 1893, at HALF-PAST FIVE O'CLOCK we will
sell in front OF the premises houses numbered Ol7
;0s3. inclusive. Cambridge st. each lot having o
front of is feet by depth of IS feet aud running
to q l0-foot alley.
The houses are PRESS brick 'front.' bay Widowed
con aininx rooms and bath, concreted cellar and
have modern improvements.
This row of ten houses has Just been completed
and tine remain ng four TO be sold auction
Terns: One-fourth cash and the balance in one two
and three years from December 2. 1885,, a per
cent per annu Tayab,e semi annually. all cash. at
the option of the purchaser. deposit OF goo re-
Quired on each house at the time Of sale Convey
anctng and recording at purchasers cost Terms Of
sale to be complied with in fifteen days the right
reserved to resell the property the risk aud
defaultinR purchaser after five days ent
such resale in some published in Washing
ton, ID. G.
y2o-dSds DUNCANsoN BROS, Aucts
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healthy blood possible, and lassitude irritabity,
dyspepsia, liver complaint and nervous weakness
cannot exist where nerves and blood are vigorous
and In harmony.
A case In point comes from Rushmore, Ohio,
where DR.. A. Page, one of the most prominent
physicians in the state resides. He writes:
about three months ago secured for the frst
time two bottles Of Paines celery compound. l
carelessly laid them to one side, until found one
of my patients was treating for dyspepsia gradu-
ally growing worse and that remedies had pre-
viously been successful with would not have any
effect on him. then thought Of the Pane's celery
compound, and as an experiment gave him one
of them, telling him to take it according to direc-
tions on the bottle. Imagine my surprise when,
ten days later, he walked into my ONCE and said:
doctor, l believe am cured Of my dyspepsia
'Now. after having taken the second bottle he,
as also myself, considers himself sound and well
man. being entirely free from any disagreeab,e
sensations after eating. Since nrst commencing
the use of Pane's celery compound he has gained
thirty-nve pounds, and il the very picture of
health.
81 shall cheerfully answer any communications
may receive In regard to the compound and hope
that my experience may be Of benefit to some pro-
fessonai brother who is not too narrow minded to
be liberal profsssionsly.'
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PROPOSALS.

pRoPosALs FoR THE CONSTRUCTION or
L build ng at Washington Barracks, ID. C.-Seaied
prorosas in trpcste subject to the usual conditions
will be received At the Office of
washilns;o2 sl,la5 Bareeks, D. g until TWELVE NJ on
the erection OF double set Of " c. staff Querfers
and viii be opened In the presence of bidders fmme
diateiy thereafter. Written guarantees by sin-
terested parties for $500 90 each will b. required
accompany bids The successful bidder to enter into
contract with the United States, under bond for
$1,000 co. signed by two disint parties as sure
ties within ten days after notf cation Of Ecceptance
OF bid Specifications. blank proposals and drawings
can be obtained by :hose intending bid from the
undersigned. c. p. TOWSSLEY, First Iieutensn
and d. Q. NJ. Fourth Artillery. A A. Q. NJ.
ty22. 30. au2. g. 10
nEPARrMENT OF STATE. WASHINGTON
~ July ID. lS93-sealed PROPOSALS will be received
at the DEPARTMENT OF State until TWELVE M, OF
The SEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST. 1888. 20 fur
nish said department with Stationery and Mis-
cellaneous Articles. including horse feed. for the
year ending June 30. 1884. in accordance with a
schedule Of articles which will be Supplied per-
sons and firms proHosing TO bid The right 20 reject
any and al bids or TO accept aay portion of sny bid
or amend the quantity riyen 81 any article In the
schedule Is reserved. Each bidder will be required
70 furnish with his bid bond. with two sur-ties in
the sum of 81 ooo as guarantees Of faithful per
formance of the contract which be awarded hiFn
All samples submit ted should 10 left st the Station
cry ROOM OF the department.
jyli. Il, IL. 10. 10 -. % su4
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OCEAN TRAVEL.

RTHUE W. ROBSON
"A Steamship Passenger and Tourist Ae-nt eI5 18th
81 o. W. Telephone 1864 branch Of Bsi-fmo-e Md b
First Cabin. second oa5in and Storage tickets by
Al st~snshi2 lines % Europe. Asia. Arics Australia
Also 10 Boston. Providence. Norfolk Savannah and
points south bertns or STATE rooms rese-vsi any
steamer outward or return.
Sailing lists rate sheets and plans Of steamers fur
nfshed on application.
AGENT FOR rHos. COOK SON.
ffti;nates Rlyen on tours any part OF the world
Drafts ued In sums u suit on Engisud Ireland
and Scotlaad.
forelen express aaa custom house broker. Ar~nss
structions How 10 Ship" spio-er
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nUNCANsoN BROS, Auctioneers.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE RFAr Fs
TATE IN TAKOMA PARK RFrNa TTyF MIRA

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE RFAI, Fs-
TATE TATE II Syri TAkqMA ma PARK, BEING THE DRUG
BY virtue of sdecree OF the Supreme Court OF the
District Of Columbia passed July 3. 1893 in the
cause Of Moss VS. Moss, No. 1860 equity will sell
a. public suction. in front of the premises on FRI
DAY. AUGUST FOURTH, 1893, at FIVE O'CLOCK
IA Of Takoms Park. d. G.. located opposite the rail-
road s,aton and at the terminus of the electric
road The improvements consist Of two-story frarle
dwelling. used a drug store.
Terms of sale Onethird cash. one-.hird in one vear
and one-third in two years. deferred PAYMENTS to
bear interest from day Of sale and be secured by
trust on the property. all cash az option Of the
purchaser, Taxes paid TO june "a. 1893. Convev.
ancDE and recording at purchasers cost Denosit of
800 required on day OF sale If terms of sale are
not complied With in fifteen days property will be ~
sold at risk and cost Of defaulting purchaser
jy24-d&ds IA n ~ "
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ton. the basis of their wit. In one song he
mimicked a young Roman exquisite
Just got out of college, he had just got
his degree. He went a-walking one evening
with a young girl in a garden and when
her father discovered them they were both
looking at the moon. There was no let-up
to the flow of Beifiore's spirits, and his
ugly verses gained wit and spirit from
him-for they had little of their own. 1t
is true that to a Frenchman or Italian
the exploitation of lady is pure fun, and
half the good of it Is lost unless you tell
1t to your friends and show her letters
So the buffo was artistic, his sketch was
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TINTED STATES MARsHAI,s sAIr-By yIR

tue OF writ of her facias issuea ont of the clerk
Office of the Supreme Court of rhe District Column
bia and TO directed will offer public sac for
cash. az the door Of the court house of sed District
on WEDNESDAY. The SIXTEENTH DAY OF AU-
GUST, 1893 at TWELVE O'CLOCK NJ. all the
rght title claim interest and estate Of the deen
In and to the following described property. wit;
tract Of land locatcat or near Benpngs District Of
Columbia, containing hundred and three (l03,
acres more or less, being ths same land of which
Benjamin Owens died seized and possessed. said tract
being bounded the north by the Baltimore and Poy
tomac Railroad Company. the east by and belong
ing to DIR. Julian W: neane. on the south by subd-
vision of Lincoln and the west by the land Of Mrs
Manning. with all and singular the :mprovements
Joseph b. owens. and will be sold to satisfy execution
No; 1895 at law in favor Of Geo. \. Holland DAN
CLIFFE. DARR CO. Auctionee-s. ty24toaul6
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nUNCANsoN BROS. AuctIoreers
~ 9th and ID sta n ~

~ 9th and d sts. n. ~.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAI. ESTATE on TIE GEORGETOWN AND
TENNALLlTOWN TURNPIKE AT THE IN
TERSECTIoN OF THE LoUGHBoRoUGH
BY virtue Of deed Of trust duly recorded in Liber
LOO folio 454 ct Of the land records of the
District Of Columbia, the undersigned trustees
Will offer for sale IN front of the PREMISES tn
DAY. The THIRD DAY OF AUGUST A. ID. 1891
AT FIVE OCLOCK K p. NJ. the following described
real estate to wit All of lot numbered two 2 sub
division OF rart of tract of land called Friend
ship" according to a description of said lot Is the
same appears in certain deed Of said lroTerty
and plat attached thereto. recorded in iber
X. NJ y No. IL, at folio 62 one of the land records
OF the District Of Columbia except the north thirty
and tenth feet Go II front OF said lot by the depth
thereof. conveyed to David J. Coleman by deed re-
corded in Iiber numbered 1903 at folio 4I0 another
of said land re ords together tn the improvements
WAYS easements rights privileges and arten
to the same Belonging or In snywiss aprertaning.
Terms Of sale: one-fourth cash. balance in six
twev and eighteen months, with interest at per
cent per annum. payable semi annually. and be
cured oy deed Of on ,he property sold all cash.
at the option OF the purchaser. A deposit of 5000
will be- required at time of sale. Convey ancing
complied with within fifteen days from day Of sale
property at the risk and cost of defsultinS pur-
chaser after five days advertisement such ale In
some newspaper published in Washington ID, O.
JOSEPH r. EDSON, I ,r-.
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