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But for p choice he remains in Albany
during the warm days. Perhaps if you
had as beautiful home as Senator Hill,
you would be content to remain there
rather than stow yourself away in the
cramped quarters of a seaside hotel.
Senator Hills home is the beautiful
dwelling overlooking the Hudson river,
seven miles north of Albany, sometimes
known as Fritz Villa" and sometimes as
"Wolfert's Roost." From his home, when
he is in Albany, he comes in at about 10
o'clock every morning to his office, which
is on the second floor of building oppo-
site the post office. 1t is very handsome
office which the Senator occupies 1t Is
designated at the foot of the stairway in
large letters as the Law Office of David
B. HILL" There is a suite of three rooms,
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A Few Points About Matches.

From the New York Times.
A commission appointed by the French
government has been investigating the
manufacture of matches, with the object of
stance whose substitution for phosphorus
would render that industry one in which
men and women could engage without be-
coming the victims of horrible and fatal
forms of poisoning. The commission has
just made its report, and the conclusions
reached by it are of great interest. There
is, the commissioners say, nothing that can
replace phosphorus as n quick and con-
venient means to start combustion. Other
chemicals would, indeed, be safer for the
employees, but none of them is even APP
proximately as safe or useful from the
standpoint of the public. 1t IS evident
therefore that the usa of phosphorus must
continue; but, though that is the case, it
by no means follows that the manufacture
of matches must be at the cost of hum
precautions. the commissioners declare. in
the ventilation of fac tories. in the structure
Of machines and in the personal habits of
the work people, practically all danger can
be removed. In the best regulated estab-
lisbments measures have already been
taken that put an end to the diseases that
careless and unscientific use of phos-
phorus produces in those that handle 1t.
Adequate safeguards against necrosis and
blood poisoning are known and in use-by
some manufacturers. Others persist in the
old ways, and their employees continue to
die, also In the old way. A startling fea-
ture of the report is its assertion that the
match factories owned and conducted by
the French government itself are precisely
those in which the conditions are the
worst, while many private companies have
already made their premises models of ar
rangement and method. as healthful to
work in as could be desired. 1t has long
been known that the 'allumittes de la
regie'' were the worst in the world, but
perhaps the labors of this told snd out
spoken commission will result in improving
the official matches as well as the places
where they are made
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100000, and the expenses of making these
collections was almost G per cent of this
vast sum. The amount unsolicited will
never be known. Our custom house rec
crds are peppered with perjury and fraud.
Many of the big importers are in collu-
sion with the European manufacturers to
evade the payment of duties. They enter
their goods at much lower prices than they
actually pay for them, Notwithstanding
the fact that If discovered they are sub
Ject to heavy fines and increased duties.
saw a summary Of the collections made by
the Treasury Department during the past
few years of this sort of fines and amounts
arising from differentiation. During the
past five years the Treasury Department
has collected more than 100000 in penal
ties and In the increase of duties. This is
million dollars a year, and 1t probably
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FOIBLEs OF FASHION.


Some Of the Latest Styles for Mems
Costumes.
From Clothiers ard Furnishers
Individuality in dress becomes more gen.
eral and more discernible in the summer
season than at any other time during the
year. During the cooler months men are
governed by prevailing styles, but bright
and gay colors are prominent In all sum-
mer costumes. and effect combined with
comfort is more the desired aim than q
strict adherence to the prevailing mode.
There is quite tendency this season in
favor OF linen suits. In fact, the Partially
shown this class of goods has not been
excelled for many years past. "Kentu cky
tow and similar cotton and linen suitings
have come into popularity with marvellous
rapldlty. The fabric is cool and comforta-
Die and very desirable for wear during the
warm months
1t is expected that fashion will soon de-
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measurements for dresses for their Gus
toners. The dresses<are made in the latest
Paris styles and are furnished to the Amer
leans at exorbitant prices. The dressmak-
ing girls pass them through as their own
personal property, and some of the maidens
who, on the big ocean liners. are looked
upon as American heiresses are smuggling
miliners. The government does all it can
to prevent such importations. 1t has its
detectives on both sides of the big pond,
and the stewardesses of the steamships
often give tips to the inspectors. There are
female inspectors at New York who some
times meet these smuggling maidens upon
their landing.
l am told that Il ere are English tailors
who send their repI esentatives to America
every year TO carry clothes over and bring
new measurements back. Among the GUS
toners of these men are some of our most
noted public characters, and list of the
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ers of Kentucky tow" russell shoes OF
low cut neglige shirt and straw hat, or
silk or duck field cap il preferred. Straw
hats are much higher in the crown and
less wide in the brim than those of twelve
months ago. Colored hat bands are passe
Black and dark blue bands only are being
worn by correct dressers. Russet shoes
are generally adopted for outdoor wear.
Favoritism runs to the lace shoe In the
dark shades.
Neckwear and Footwear.
Ties are being worn much narrower than
before, and there's a strong probability
that they will be much sought after during
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the early part OF the
season. 1t is In
teresting to note how
suddenly and sue
cessfully the brown
linen crash scarfs
and ties took. Those
dealers who were
fortunate enough to
obtain them no SOON
er made window dis
plays than they sold
at once. not only be-
cause they were real
ly new, but also be-
cause 1t was once
discovered that they
1ookod we'll whather
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-17

worn with white or colored shirts. The
shapes consist of four-in-hands, flowing
ends, Ascots, flats and string ties; the
ur-in-hands and ties soon, however, TAX
ing precedence. The material used is not
&C mmon nor easily found. for, to make q
graceful knot, 1t must possess a certain
body, 1t must have an even surface, with.
out knots or irregular threads, and it must
have very S.ttle dressing.
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In the Dry Goods Store.

From the Boston Transcript.
Heard at a heap of dry goods labeled
s1.69. Irish woman with q baby in her
arms.
"Phwat is the price of them?"
"One dollar and sixty-nine," politely an
swered the proprietor.
(which are the 81 and which are the 90
clint wans?'
There are none at those prices, n:a'am."
"Shure, thin, amt thin your own fig
ures?"
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and trousers of the model from which this
Illustration was obtained were of a blue
cheviot, while the vest is of a fancy fabric.
An Alpine hat of a pearl gray color goes
well with this suit.
The lawn tennis suit shown in fig. Is
made in a shepherds plaid cheviot The
coat is a shapely sack, with an average
length of thirty inches and buttons five
and shows patch pockets. The trousers are
of moderate width, with no spring. The
outside seam shows a cord. Sufficient
length should be given to the trouser leg,
so as to allow its being turned up. A straw
hat, neglige Shirt rundown collar, flow.
ing end bow, leather belt and low russell
shoes complete the costume.
The third figure shows a double-breasted
suit of white flannel material. The coat
is modelled something similarly to that
shown in fig The vest can be made sim
gle or double breasted, it being quite suit
able in either STYLE The trousers are the
same as those in the first figure, with tho
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exception OF some
slight differences in
finish. A straw hat,
with quite a narrow
b a n d accompanies
this costume. A new
idea in a vest recent
ly came under our
notice. The buttons
of the garment were
concealed. 1t Is an
extremely novel eff
feet. A lounging cos
tune for hot weather
In vogue among the
better classes and
clubmen is a sack
coat vest and froIiS-
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Tho Tailor,s Response.

From the Hotel Reporter.
The tailor knew the young man who was
looking over the samples. whats the
price of that?' said the customer. picking
up the best thing in the lot. 'Seventy-five
dollars" The young man snapped it
through his fingers as If mentally calculat-
ing. WELL" he asked, ''if order it now
when can I get it?' when you pay for
it!' responded the tailor, with a confidence
that almost unbalanced the young man,
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A Drink which Cost $500.

names of American swells who get their
clothes In this way would make interest
ing reading.
A Drink Which Cost $500.
An American, who for some time
was the head of an American ex-
change in London. did quite a smuggling
business in the way of diamonds. He pass
ed the customs several times and he finally
became so bold that he boasted to his fell
lows tEat he could bring through any
amount of jewels without trouble. One
day while taking a drink in the Hoffman
House lar room the subject Of passing the
customs officers came up, and this man
said:
why. gentlemen, 1t is the easiest thing
imaginable to skin those custom house
officers. They think they are very smart,
tut they are blind as bats. l could give
you dozen ways to get past them. I
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mand the fancy silk
vests for indoor wear.
A vest of a pretty
pattern is a thing Of
beauty, and we shall
be glad to see the re-
vival of this old-time
custom. We under
stand that the new
fad will be conceived
in Albert Edwards
wardrobe, where it is
at present in an enl-
bryotic state.
A free-roll. double.
breasted sack suit is
illustrated herewith
in fip Tho coo r
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with Senator David
B. Hill at Albany re-
Gently. A l b a n y is
Senator Hills sum-
mer resort. He has
to spend some of his
s Il m m e r days in
w a s h ington when
Congress is in ses-
sion. When Congress
is not in session he
spends at intervals a
few d VS. at Nor
T.
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o" -
amounts of which
Uncle Sam Is robbed
through C u s t o m
house frauds will
never be known. The
government has 4 ,SDG
employees devoted to
their detection. and
its spies are scatter
ed all over the world.
Its collections in the
way of d u t l e s
amounted last year
to more than sl32,-
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Undoubtedly.

From the New York World.
Knox-"How do you know 1t is you and
not your money George wants to marry?'
Ethel-"He told me SO, papa, dear. He
said he was willing to live on his love-"
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He Gives His Views in Regard to
Democratic Success.
PRESENT TARIFF Law WILL STAND
His Summer Home Near Albany
and How He Lives.
P L ATF.O RMS OF 1896


S P E N T A D A Y
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The Governors Bed.
The guest chamber is a room Of many
sides and angles. Standing a few inches
above the floor, on a little platform just
within the doorway, is a broad, generous
mahogany bed. 1t is the bed bought for
the executive mansion by Gov Cornell, in
which Grover Cleveland slept for two years
and David B. Hill for seven. Gov Flower
used it during part Of his term, but when
Gov. Morton came to Albany he preferred
a brass bed: SO the old bed was sold, and
Senator Hill became its purchaser. It is
hardly necessary to say that Mr.. Hill did
not buy 1t because Grover Cleveland had
slept in 1t for two years.
Opposite the big bed Is a nook in which
Marguerite might have sat at her spinning
wheel. The wheel is there and a QUANTITY
fashioned chair Of oak. SO old that it is al.
most as black as dull ebony. These are on
a platform six inches above the floor. Be-
yond them is a window seat with couch
from which one can look across the valley.
Opening out from the guest chamber are
two sitting rooms with ceilings and walls
paneled in dark woods and there is dress
ing room within one of these.
Senator Hills rooms are north of the
guest chamber. There are two rooms and a
dressing room the suite. The outside
room is the senaS <s "den," provided with
an inspiration in the night, it is only two
steps from his bed to the desk. The bed
chamber. like the den, is furnished in light
oak. The walls of these rooms are papered
in bright, tasteful colors.
The servants quarters are at the top of
the house. They are reached by a private
stairway. Another stairway leads to the
orly guest chamber to be found on the
third floor. 1t is in an Independent wing.
This Is known as DIR. Pearse's room. It Is
kept in condition for the occasional visits
of young ward Of Senator Hill, who has
gone through college and through medical
school under the Senator's protection and
who is now serving his professional APP
premiership in the hospitals of New York
city. Some tennis rackets on the wall of
! his room suggest that the Senator's spa
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long way. Besides, still adhere to my
private opinion that 1t was unfortunate
that the President did not seem to have
the courage or foresight to either veto or
sign the tariff bill I think he should have
done one thing or the other. 1t was. how
ponents last fall facetious1y called it no
body's child In the light of the Presi-
dents nor-action, the party's attitude to-
ward the bill requires altogether too much
explanation. We ought not to have been
placed In that position
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-03

mally 900 amperes of current to oper.
ate them. They are pyramidal In shape
and have six poles and six brushes, and
are gearless. They rest upon cross
bars, hung upon springs upon the side
frames Of the truck. The armature Of
the motor Is not mounted upon the axle
itself, but upon sleeve through which,
the axle passes. When the current Is
turned into the motor the armature
revOlves and communicates its motion
to the wheel by a novel method. Slrunk
on to the ends Of the sleeve II q cast
steel star. each arm Of which carries
two cushions Of rubber. In each wheel
are receptacles into which these arms
are pressed. As the armature rotates.
the arms Of the star rcvOlve and the
wheels on the nxles are propelled for.
ward. This method Of suspension al.
lows the nrmature to revolve freely and
adjust itself to any uncvcnness of the
track.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-03
Die Things.

Vanderbilt's yacht, the Valiant, 10
the largest that has ever been built.
She Is Dos feet long, thirty.nine feet
wide and ~ l.2 feet deep.
Then largest check ever drawn on o
bank N Q one OF $l2, 27S, $50. It was
drawn W G. w. Young In favor of
Thomas A. Mcintyre, OF Brooklyn,
| n. y.
The tallest chimney In the world
Is at Friedburg, Germany. 1t 10 400
feet high and cost In the noighbor.
hood OF *sO. 900.
Tho largest orchard in the world
Is situated near Santa Barbara, Cal,
belonging to Elwood Cooper. 1t
comprises !, 100 acres.
The largest electric generator In
the world belongs to the Edison Illu-
minating Company. OF this city. 1t
Is situated ut Nineteenth and Gratiot
streets.
The largest State building In the
United States Is the capitol OF Texas.
II 10 also seventh In size among the
Great buildings OF the world. 1t
cost ~, 500, 900.
The great Hamburg Germany
grapevine, which was planted In the
year l73l and is now sixty inches
In circumference, 10 the largest In
the world.
The largest estate In Russia is the
"crown lands" 1t belongs exclu.
sively to the czars and IL an estate
of over lOJ, OOQ, 600 Qcres.
The costliest mansion In Great
Britain belongs to Lord or Marquis
Butte. He has expended over $S, OO0,-
600 upon 1t.
The largest aerolite which has
fallen since the dawn OF history
turhbled into the frozen soil OF Green
land In 1870. 1t Ii now In the mu-
scum ct Copenhagen. 1t weighs
| 40. 900 pounds
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-03
A NCw Man.

A 11-year.Old citizen OF Great Falls,
WASH. II undergoing a peculiar pro.
cess Of physical regeneration. About
year ago he contracted pneumonia
and his life was for some time despair.
ed Of. the doctors saying his right lung
was hOpelessly wasted. He recovered.
however. but when just able to hObbla
around he fell and broke his thigh
hone. and was confined to the hospital
again for six months. Since leaving,
however. his physical condition has
improved remarkably. His lungs be.
gan to open up until they became al.
most ns well az ever; his skin shed OF
and new skin grew, and his hair ami
beard. which were snow white. arc
coming out a jet black. His limbs ami
muscles have limbcred up. and he
started week or ~ since to take q
herd Of young horses across a long
trail to market. He says II lie con.
tlnues to grow young he will get mar.
ried again and grow up with the coun.
try.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-03
Harvard's Gilded Iron Gross.

The iron cross, Furnished with gold,
which In over one of the entrances to
the Harvard College Library (Gore
HalD was at the time Of the 1745 siege
Of LOuisburg taken from a Catholic
chapel there. and brought to Massacllu.
sets as one Of the spells of the victory.
In 1877. Justin Wlns0r. the librarian
Of Harvard College Library. found II
In the cellar Of the library, and had II
gilded and placed In the position which
1t now occupies. Tho fact that an en-.
trance to one of the main buildings Of
the oldest and most distinguished COL
lege In once Puritan Massachusetts
should be thus adorned with n religious
symbol which II usually to be found
only on Roman Catholic buildings or
on Anglican churches OF an extreme
type argues religious liberallty In
these days which would make some OF
the anti Catholic crusaders who took
part In the I.ouisburg expedition lift
their voices In stern rebuke of the de.
generacy of their countrymen. But the
world OutgrOws such baneful religious
and partisan zeal.--BOstOn Transcript.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-03
ooop.ev TO STEAM.
Electricity Taking ITS Place In Nov
Ing Passenger and Freight Trains

Electricity Taking It's Place In Nov.
Ing Passenger and Freight Trains
The steady whirr of the worlds larg.
est electric locomotive II singing the
death song to steam on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, and electric motors
a triflc smaller are joining In the song
on n branch Of the New York. New
Haven and Hartford Railroad ut Nan.
tasket Beach. And thus new err In
railrOadIng Is being organized and that
which but few years ago was but the
dream Of inventors and electricians Ii
now reality; and 50 used to wonders
has the world become that this latest
gigantic stride In the science Of rapid
transit will citise not the least surprise.
AZ fur as actual operation IL concern.
ed the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad has the lead. al.
though the line upon which the new
electric locomotives have just been put
In operation Is only seven miles long
and Of an experimental nature. On
the other hand the Baltimore and Ohio,
which will be but a few days behind ITS
predecessor In point Of operation. will
give Its three O0.tOn electric locOmo.
tives such practical work to do that the
test will be a perfect one. The three
giant motors which the Baltimore and
Ohio will Use to prorel both freight and
passenger trains through It's new tunnel
under the city Of Baltimore are the
N -.
have been made with the one locOmo.
tive which Ii already completed have
shown that Its power Is In excess of
that OF a steam engine Of the same
weight. These locomotives are the tri.
umph Of the age. for they demonstrate
beyond a doubt that electric traction
for railroads now run by steam is prac.
| ticable.
The trolley system IN employed for
conveying the current to the motors,
but the arrangement Of the trolley
shoe Is different than has ever been
made before. The locomotive itself II
built In the form Of double cab OF
symmetrical form and constructed
with the object OF running either way.
On one end Of the locomotive Ii q bell
and on the other a compressed air wills.
tie operated from the same reservoir
which supplies the air brakes. This
reservoir is kept filed with air at the
proper pressure by separate motor
which works automatically, stopping
when the proper, pressure II attained
and starting again when 1t dlminlshes.
There are four motors. one to each
axle. They are the largest railway mo.
tors In the world. They are rated ut
3OO.horsc.power each, and require nor.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-03
01lpehod COleri(lRe.

Coleridge never recognized his own
duidity of character. He inveighed
against himself with q sort Of ecstasy
Of disgust at one moment, and uttered
the most lofty aspirations the next In
q mood OF almost trnnsceniental rap.
ture. He Is always In that naccid state
which Tennyson has no well expressed
In dclineating the bohcmianism of Ills
earlier life. In one Of Coleridge's let.
ters during the cavalry episode. he
says: II rode horse A. young and
undisciplined az myself. After tumult
and agitation Of any kind the mind
and all its affections seem to doxc for
q while, and We sit shiverlng with chill.
" fevcrixhness, wrapt mp In the ragged
and threadbare cloak Of mere animal
enjoyment" That might be taken "a
the motto Of his whole shiftless career.
Coleridge began early that uudis.
ciplined career by slipping of even the
academlcal restraints which were the
most useful, and might have been the
most cffectual, for him. Then he re.
turned and "dOxed for n while" In the
"usvctcty WstuOut tuSuIuk ubC otuuIeh
to any advantage. Then he embarked
In various friendships. from which he
slipped away at least an often a. he
returned to them. His mind was full Of
gentle and tender dispositions; but he
never had enough Of will to be to others
tho friend that those others were to
him. Even as man Of literature. no
one could trust him. He was as much
accustomed to slip out OF his engage.
ments as to slip into them. He did not
even know whnt he himself had done.
a. distinguished from what no had only
intended to do. He was slipshod In
work. sllpshod as husband and faith.
or, slipshOd as friend, slipshod as q
poet--and with all his great genius left
a name TO point moral and ador1l a
tale."-The Spectator.