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BY BICYCLE TO BOSTON.
POLICEMEN HOLMES AND RUSSELL TAKING A LONG RIDE.
RECORD-MAKING BICYCLE RIDE
WASHINGTON POLICEMEN OUT
ON SELF-IMPOSED TASK.
Expect to Cover One Hundred Miles
a Day Between This City
and Boston.
With the intention of establishing a
record by covering 100 miles a day on
bicycles between this city and Boston.
"Paddy" Holmes of the first precinct and
Howard Russell of the fourth precinct,
two of the best known bicycle policemen
Of the local force, are now on the road.
The riders reached Elkton, Md., yes
terday morning, having covered nine
ty-eight miles the first day. Through
information received by a friend in this
city both of the officers were .feeling no
ill effects firom their long ride and are
enjoying the trip immensely. They ex
pect to reach Boston next Monday morn
^ ing. and after remaining one day in
"Beantown" will start on the return trip
1 to this city.
On the way home they will stop one
| day in New York and visit Coney Island
and other point? of interest. Stops are
j to be made in Philadelphia. Wilmington
and Baltimore and several of the smaller
; towns along the route. The riders are
j similarly dressed, i.-i soft shirts, black
bow ties, caps and light bicycle trousers.
| rhey carried no baggage except their
j coats, which were strapped on their
I wheels. They rode the bicycles which
U\ey. ,daily Pedal about the streets of
j W ashington on the a^rt for fast drivers
I of teams and automobiles.
Persia Changes Shah's Tutor.
TEHERAN. August The Persian
government has dismissed Gen. Smirnoff,
the Rus.-ian tutor of Ahmed Mima ihe
}f>ung Persian shah, and has appointed
Hodjasenah. a learned native, to teach
the ?hah political t*clenca.
One Thing- Lacking.
From :h?r Chicago Rc -ord-IIeraU],
Georgia '*laims to have it negro who is
1-1 years old. but we ilon't believe he is
authentic. He doesn't claim to have
ever been Washington's body servant.
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! Rumored Lutheran Churches
Are to Combine.
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BEGAN BY CHANCE REMARK!
Matter Not Seriously Considered by
Either Congregation.
MEMBER OF COUNCIL EXPLAINS
Question Has Not Come Before;
Luther Place or St. Paul's Official
Bodies. He Declares.
| Two Lutheran churchman met a few
j days ago. One is a member of the Luther
Place .Memorial Church, on Thomas Cir
> le. and the other is affiliated with St.
Paul's Church, 11th and II streets north
west. During- their conversation the j
Luther Place churchman ^marked: "I (
think it would be a splendid idea to |
combine our congregations." The other
wu> pleased with the idea. Nothing
further was done in the matter.
That conversation, it is declared, is j
the basis for reports that the two congre- !
gations are to unite.
A member of the Luther Place Church
council today denied that the matter has
been considered at all seriously.
"So far as the Memorial Church is
concerned," he said, "there is no sub
stantia! ground for the report. The
matter has never been considered by the
council or by members of our congrega
tion. It has not even been thought of by
any one, except as it was suggested to
one or two members of the church, and
even in tlie most general way it has
not been discussed by Memorial interests.
: Any statement representing that even
tentative plans have been made is totally'
aside the mark. Xo one has any knowl
edge of what the attitude of the congre
gation might be, for the simple reason
iiiat no one has even attempted to find
out its views on the subject,
No Formal Action Taken.
"As for saying even that the council
i would be willing to recommend such a
step, that is a presumption and nothing
more. As a member of the council, I,
myself, do not know what the attitude
of a single member of that body is or
would be. I have not given it serious
consideration myself.
"The facts in the case are simply these:
The only tiling that has been done was
for one member of St. Paul's to sug
gest to a member of Memorial that such
a movement might be one worthy of con
sideration. That many fnembers of St.
Paul's have thought about it may be true.
But the vestry and the people of Memorial
have been so intent upon solving the
problems of immediate interest that they
have given no thought whatever to the
subject of consolidation. And that an
era of new prosperity and new usefulness
is to dawn upon the Memorial Church is
the belief of all its members. The prob
lems that have occupied the attention
of the congregation are solving them
selves. The tinances of the church are in
I excellent shape. Although there was over
jsil.ooo raised during the last synodical
year, which ended last October, and it
was a. year of marvelous prosperity to
the church, the collections from Sunday to '
Sunday, since February 1. have been |
gratifying. Indeed, during the months of
April to July, inclusive, of this year, the ;
collections exceeded those of the same
period last year.
Other Matters to Settle.
"Everything else will be finally settled
before we can give any thought to con
solidation. The people of the Memorial
Church have a warm affection for those
of St. Paul's, and the two organizations
might be able to merge their interests.
But no one can say what the attitude of
the people of the Memorial toward such;
a merger may be if the subject ever
comes before them. The whole thing is
for the future to determine, and it seems
to me to be unfortunate that the news
papers will say that tentative plana have
been made, when as a matter of fact the
only thing that has been done was for
one man to suggest to another to think
about it. I repeat that the question is
not and has not been before our people,
and that it will not be considered, if at
all, until after every other problem is out
; of the way."
The late Rev. Dr. John George Butler
! was formerly pastor of St. Paul's, lie
! became the pastor there in 1M4U and twen
| ty-ftve years later organized the Luther
; Place Churvh. of which he remained pas
j tor until his death several weeks ago.
Rev. L. C. Douglas of Lancaster, Ohio.
; preached at the Luther Place Memorial
j Church yesterday morning.
WORLD-MECHANISM OF WHEAT.
More Grain and More Efficient Or
ganization of Agencies Needed.
From Hnrper's Weekly.
Ixindon has no elevators, and never
has had, although it buys more wheat
than any other city. It lias six million
mouths to feed, so that the grain is
devoured as fast as it arrives. To give
bread to Ixmdon would take the entire
crop of Indiana or Siberia. Neither are
there any elevators of an importance in
Paris, Berlin or Antwerp. Whatever
wheat arrives at these cities Is either
hurried to the mill or reshipped. Wheat
is too precious in Europe to be stored
for a year or for two years, as may hap
pen in Minnesota. Rotterdam has one
elevator only, and of moderate size.
Neither Odessa nor Sulina has any of
large proportions, for the reason that in
Odessa the labor unions have an un
conquerable prejudice against elevators,
and in Sulina the grain is held only a
short time, and then forwarded else
where. This Sulina, as a glance at the
map of Europe will show, is the loneliest
of all the wheat cities. It stands on a
heap of gravel at the mouth of the
Danube?an oasis of human life in a vast
marshy wilderness. The children born
there have never seen a railway; hut
1,40<> ships leave the stone docks of Sulina
every year laden with enough wheat to
feed Iyondon. Paris and Berlin. To lind
the exact reverse of Sulina, we must go
to Buenos Ay res?the premier wheat city
of South America and the gayest of them
all. Built up at first by the cattle trade,
and now depending mainly upon wheat,
this superb city has no%v become the top
most pinnacle of South American luxury
and refinement. It has several new
elevators, erected by the railway com
panies.
For every eighteen thousand pounds of
wheat that goes to the city, there will
fo back to the farmer one pound of gold.
'or every loaf of bread upon a London
er's table, there will go a cent and a
half to the man behind the reaper. And
so, the sale of every wheat crop means
that the gold will come throbbing out
into the arteries of business, like the
blood from the heart, and on i(s way
back and forth nourish the whole \jody
of the nation.
More wheat and a more efficient organi
zation of wheat agencies?that is the
program of the future. Already one un
successful effort has been made to hold
an international wheat congress; and the
second attempt may end more happily.
Now that the wo**ld has become so small
that a cable dispatch flashes completely
around it in twelve minutes; now that
there are forty-four nations united by
the Hague conferences and fifty-eight by
the Postal Union: now that war has
grown to be so expensive that one can
non shot may cost as much as a college
education, and one battleship as much
as a first-class university, it is quite
probable that the march of co-operation
will continue until there is a congress
and a central headquarters and tribunal,
which will represent nothing less than
an international fellowship of the wheat.
1 Boss?When you told that new clerk
that he'd have to hump himself if he ex
pected to hdld his job, how did lie take
it?
Department Manager?Up got bis back
? up right away.?Chicago Tribune.
Plans Being Pushed, for Free
Hospital Ship.
ESTIMATED COST, $6,000
Houseboat to Accommodate Ninety
Patients Being Planned.
BOSTON'S FLOATING HOSPITAL
Has Been in Operation for Sixteen
Years and Has Saved Many
Hundreds of Lives.
To provide a floating hospital for. sick
babies of the poor of the National t'api
tal is the object of a movement'inaugu
rated by Dr. J. Blair Spancer. a local
phys-cian. Several persons who are
charitably inclined have expressed their
interest in the project and their willing
ness to aid the movement: and it is the
hope of the prime, mover and his associ
ates that so much progress will have
been made by fall that the floating baby
hospital will be assured for next summer.
For the purchase of a houseboat with
its own power, and to equip it as a hos
pital for thirty regular patients and sixty
day patients, it is estimated $6,<>uo will
b<> required. About $,">,000 of that amount
would be used in the purchase of the
boat and the installation of proper pro
pelling machinery. The remainder would
be necessary for the purely hospital
equipment, including cots, medical sup
plies and other necessary articles for
making the patients comfortable and for
curing them of the diseases from which
they are suffering.
High Infant Mortality.
The operation of a floating hospital,
which would make daily trips down the
Potomac river, is believed to be one of
tlie best ways of preserving the lives
i of babies of the poor during the hot
j months of the year. The heat nas de
| manded a heavy toll among the infants
I in Washington homes this summer. I p
to August 8, according to statements
given out by the local health depart
ment. 1ii<J l.abies died this summer from
j diseases directly due to the intense
heat and the inability of the poor to
provide proper protection of their in
fants from the effects of the high tem
perature by giving them proper food
and plenty of fresh air.
While provision would be made on
the hospital ship mainly for babies who
must be treated for several days be
| fore their strength is regained, there
! also would be arrangements to use the
boat to provide outings for the children
I of the poor. Every day a limited num
i ber. probably fifty or sixty children,
could be taken on the trip down the
river and back.- The nurses on the
ship could have charge of the young
sters, and this feature alone, it is be
lieved, will prove an immense boon to
the children of the city who have few^
opportunities to get out of the narrow
alleys or off the dusty city streets.
The Boston Hospital Ship.
I The hospital ship for Washington, ac
cording to Dr. Spencer, will be similar to
that maintained for the poor babies of
Boston. Dr. Spencer was associated with
Dr. John Lovett Morse, the superintend
ent of the Floating Babies' Hospital at
the Hub. and knows the details of its
operation. The boat there leaves its pier
in the city every morning at !> o'clock,
spends the day on the bay in slowly mov
ing across its cool surface, and returns to
the pier at 4:30 p m. In the summer of
100* a total of 401 patients were treated
i in the hospital, and some of the children
; were suffering f"Om the severest of dis
eases. The day patients numbered 041
during the. same summer.
The Boston Floating Hospital has been
! operated for sixteen years, and it is run
j on a larger scale than the hospital at
I Washington would be. at least for the
present.
! "The results that accrue each season
are so far reaching and widespread that
> it is impossible to set them down in
! round numbers." says a statement sent
out by the Boston hospital and received
at the District building. "Hundreds of
children who would become permanent in
valids and dependent on the state are es
tablished in health through this summer
hospital. Hundreds are saved from death,
and mothers by scores are taught simple
laws of health and hygiene, which make
them better mothers, therefore of more
value to the community.
Training for Nurses.
"The nurses, who come from all over
the United States to receive the training
j and instruction in the care of the young,
j which is acknowledged unequaled. go
! back in the fall to various posts of duty
with experience that is invaluable in
nursing sick children, whether it be the
offspring of a millionaire or babies just
as poor as those which the Boston Float
ing Hospital does its utmost to coax to
health.
"You only have to see the long line
of mothers with their children in arms
eagerly pushing forward to the examina
tion tables on a hot summer morning long
before sailing time to have its need in
delibly impressed, or to see them disem
bark in the late afternoon with the droop
ing, pallid baby of the morning a changed
creature, to be convinced of its benefits.
You do not, it is true, often see the type
of baby that you are accustomed to in
your home or neighborhood, though never
is a sick baby turned away. But it is the
child of the tenement and untoward en
vironment who benefits most by this heal
ing charity, and it is all the more blessed
and deserving because it is so conscien
tiously confined to the poor."
Evolution.
From tlie Atlantic Monthly.
Evolution is nothing more or less than
the mainspring of the universe. Grand
in its simplicity, it is the one fundamental
fact on which all we know depends. From
its influence nothing can escape: for it
has fashioned everything, from nebula
i to man. To appreciate it is to recognize
that the universe was not made from
without, but grew to be what it is from
within. Not a mechanism cunningly con
trived, the cosmos Is an organism that in
cludes both you and me.
In view of the simplicity, the universal
ity. the importanoe of the fact, the sur
prising thing is that it should have es
caped most men's recognition so long.
For we find it through the ages realized
only by the m.'Lster minds. Considering
that man stands confronted by instances
of it from his cradle to his grave, one
is tempted to believe that the sole ob
ject exempt from its working, the one
thing incapable of intelligent advance,
is the mind of man himself. Certainly
his self-bestowed title of homo sapiens
can he only by brevet, a hoped-for honor
to which so far he has but caricaturally
attained. Quickness of apprehension is
not his most marked trait, or he would
surely have suspected the sarcasm of
his scientific name. Yet, considered from
the standpoint of evolution, the situation
is perhaps all one could expect. Trial
' and error must needs have taken long
I to get him where he is.
The General Rule.
From Puck.
"The man who is waiting for some
thing to turn up "
"Usually has his eyes !i*ed on his
toes!"
"English is a funny language, after all,
isn't it?"
?Why so?" '
"1 heard a man. talking of a political
I candidate the other day, say: 'If he only
' takes this stand when he runs he'll
ih?ie a walkover."?Baltimore American.
Her?How much do you love me? For
all you're worth?
Him?Morel I had lo borrow the price
of this bunch of violets:?Cleveland
Leader.
Law Relating to High School
Teachers' Salaries.
AUDITOR RAISES QUESTION
Query Whether or Not Compensa
tion Is to Be Increased.
SIGNIFICANCE OF TWO WORDS;
"Hereafter Employed" the Key to
Puzzle Which Vexes the Dis
trict Authorities.
Whether or not a way is paved for in
jcreases in salary for several scores of
teachers in local high, manual training
; and normal schools by *a recent decision
j of the controller of the Treasury De
partment in two specific cases is the
question which District Auditor Alonzo
Tweedale has raised.
Both the controller and the District
| courts have been asked to interpret the
I meaning and effect of an amendment to
i the school act in which longevity pay for
1 the teachers in local public schools is
I provided. The amendment, about which
so much controversy has arisen, pro
vides:
"That teachers hereafter employed in
normal, high and manual training schools
j may be placed in group A. class *5. and
? receive their longevity increase according
| to their number of years of experience in
I teaching in accredited normal, high or
I manual training schools."
; The questions as to the effect of this
(amendment hinges around the interpreta
j tion of the words "hereafter employed."
Submitted to Controller.
Shortly after this new provision went
j into effect District Auditor Tweedale sub
! mitted a general question to Controller
! Tracewell regarding its effect as follows:
i "Whether the words 'hereafter employ
: ed" contained in the provision of the Dis
trict act approved May 28, lOO"*, herein
before referred to. relates to teachers
thereafter appointed and employed, who
were not at the time of the passage of
the act connected with the Washington
?: public school service, or should the words
? referred to be given a broader meaning,
i so as to include the teachers in the nor
mal, high and manual training schools at
the time of the passage of the act who
will consequently be employed hereafter,
as well as the teachers in the graded
schools, who may, from time to time, be
promoted into class six. group A (which
includes the teachers in high, manual
training and normal schools) and who
have had experience In teaching accred
ited normal, high and manual training
schools."
In answer to this general question, the
controller said, after an analysis of the
law:
"Jt would follow, therefore, that a
teacher who had been appointed and as
signed to group A, class six, in the pro
twit ionary class, prior to the r?assage of
the act of May 26. 1008 (the amendment
In question i. and who became a perma
nent employe in group A. class six. after
the passage of said act under the pro
visions of the act of June 'JO. 1906 (the
organic act), would not Mks.entitled to re
ceive the longevity increase of pay pro
vided in the act of May 26, 1908, unless
the teacher was entirely separated from
the school service prior to the pat-sage of
the act of May '26, 1908. and appointed
; or re-employed as a new teacher after
its passage. ,
"The second part (of the question)
must be answered in the negative, for
the reason that the act Is wholly pro
spective and the act of employment re
ferred to must be in futuro. and as these
old teachers have a fixed tenure and are ;
1 promoted in course, the act of May 2<>.
1 1908. does not apply to them. If this
works a discrimination against the old
teachers. It is a discrimination or omis
sion by Congress which I have no au
! thoritv to correct."
This decision seemed to bar the old
1 teachers ur even the probationary tcach
i ers in the local schools from any benefits
j under the amendment.
Decision of the Court.
The question, however, was raised in
j the District Supreme Court by a suit filed
! by one of the teachers affected by this
ruling. The result of the decision of
| Judge Stafford was to allow the old
! teachers to benefit by the amendment.
I He held that the words "hereafter em
! ployed" applied not only to teachers
hereafter appointed, but to teachers hefe
| after continued in the service and there
! fore "hereafter employed." This case
j was af pealed to the Court of Appeals
' and its decision has not yet been an
inounced.
! The effect of the amendment was again
I brought under discussion when the ques
tion <ame nip as to what salaries were
to be paid to II. L. Bailey, former su
pervising principal, and W. T. S. Jack
son. former principal of the M Street
High School, both of whom were reduced
to be teachers in the M Street High
School.
The controller and the District auditor
have agreed that the question is properly
summarized as follows:
"The question which arises in these
cases is whether Mr. Bailey and Mr.
Jackson. having been appointed teachers
in the M Street High School, are entitled
to longevity pay in said school according
to their number of years of experience in
teaching in the Washington public
schools, as certified by the superintendent
of public schools, or whether under the
decision of the controller dated August
'27. 1907. they should be classified as teach
ers reduced to a lower class having a
lower range of salary, and be allowed
only the minimum salary of group A,
clais six ''
Minimum Salary Only.
The decision of August 27. 1907, to
which reference is made in this ques
tion, was to the effect "that where a
head of department or teacher is reduced
to a lower class, unless otherwise pro
vided by law, he can be allowed only
the minimum salary in that class, all
other salaries therein representing in
crease of pay for length of service."
In deciding the specific cases of Messrs.
Bailey and Jackson, Controller Trace
well says in a decision received by
the District Commissioners today:
"For the purposes of this decision I
think it fair to hold that in order to
make the reduction specified above it
whs necessary to retire the persons nam
ed from the positions formerly held by
them and to reappoint them to their new
positions. The fact that both the re
tirement and appointment were simul
taneous would not make the operation
any the less than two independent acts.
"This 'being the case, I think it may
be held that both Mr. Bailey and Mr.
Jackson were appointed (employed? as
teachers in the M Street High School
Julv 1. 11***. within the meaning of the
act of May "2?>, 190H, which provides 'that
teachers hereafter employed in normal,
high and manual training schools, may
be placed in group A, class six, and re
ceive their longevity increase according
to their number of years of experience
in teaching in accredited normal, high
or manual training schools.'
Considered as Hereafter"Employed."
"Even if the changes referred to be
treated solely as a reduction and the
teachers in question be relegated to the
minimum salary in group A, class six.
according to the views expressed in my
decision of August 27, 1907, I think they
must be considered as 'hereafter employ
ed1 and the net of May 2tt. llA*. supra,
would give them the benefit of former
service rendered before the passage of
the organic act of June 'At, 1000.
"Tlie law of May 23, 1008. would seem to
have for its purpose, in part at least, to
: mitigate the severity mentioned by me in
I the decision of 1907, and to hafc-e 'other
1 wise provided by law' for said mitigation.
"Messrs. Bailey and Jackson have both
had more than ten years' experience in
teaching in a Washington high school and
if the board of education finds said school
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CREDIT.
CREDIT.
mig-Out Prices
i ?m PoF?Ih Chairs, Sette?;
Couch Hammocks.
It wilB pay you to invest for next summer at
these sacrifice prices. AS! our furniture is of
the best make and wiil last for years.
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and red canvas; complete with mat
tress; a very comfortable and prac
tical article for in and out of doors.
Regular price. ?13.00. ^ ti tl T ff1
Special sacrifice 1 J
price.
A very comfortable and strongly
made Gliding Settee; one of the best
in construction and ease of motion.
Has sold regularly all
season for $15. Our
August sacrifice price...
Hickory Porch Rock- j*> <n\ ?*?
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Heavy Law n Setters, painted all
over; 1-ft. sire. S?il<l during 11 m ?
sear.on fo- $:m?o At out ^ieci?l
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Mission Style Hammocks; wood
frame, with Nation.:' spi n?; bottom;
complete with pad; green denim cov
ering] head and foot adjustable
Regular price. .<7.00
Special reduced
price
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slo.uu Refrigerators, zinc lined. $7.2."? SlK.TiO Kn. Lined Refrigerators.fl.'t.75
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Announce
the Showing of Some
Very Exclusive Autumn Models in
Tailored Suits and
Moyenage Dresses
HESE charming autumn creations in Suits
represent the most exclusive models?au
thoritative styles?adapted from the best
of American and Parisian fashions.
Handsome Tailored Suits in cheviots, chev
rons, serges and broadcloths, in black, blue,
mode, garnet, raspberry, gray and novelty
striped effects?at $23.50 to $50.00.
Moyenage Costumes in fine broadcloths and
serges. $30.00 and $33.50.
Autumn models in Black Taffeta Waists,
$5-5?
Autumn models in Black Xet Waists. $6.50
to $11.00.
Autumn models in Black All-over Braided
Waists, $15.50.
Wffl. H. McKNEW CO., 933 PA. AVE.
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j an accredited high school, they shall be
entitled to the highest pay provided in
class six, group A. which is $1,800."
Under this latest decision, the question
has been raised whether or not teachers
in the high, normal and manual training
schools, have only to resign and be re
appointed to their same positions, to jjpt
the benefit of longevity pay for their
services in the local schoqls prior to the
passage of the act providing for longevity
pay. In the second part of the decision,
the further question is raised as to wheth
er or not even thdr resignation is neces
sary. but whether or not their continu
ance in employment in tlie schools may be
constructed as "hereafter employed"
within the meaning of the amendment,
und they can benetit under it.
TOP FOR MILK JARS.
Has Handle by Means o$ Which
They May Be Carried.
Two purposes are served by fhe com
bined cover and handle for milk Jars de
signed by a Massachusetts man, as the
name of the device indicates. The cover
is a circular piece of flat metal with clasps
extending downward so as to engage the
upper end of the neck of the jar or bot
tle. The handle, which is connected with
the cover, has its lower ends extending
downward so as to form lock buttons,
which keep the top from sliding off the
jar laterally. The device can be adjusted
in a twinkling, but it will not come off
unless the handle is turned at right angles
with the jar. When a bottle of milk is j
being carried by this means it can be;
swung around with no fear of the topi
coming off?if anybody wants to swing it
around. The improvement of this device
over the paper tops used on milk jars is
readily apparent. It costs more In the be
ginning, but in the long run it will out
wear thousands of paper tops and has
the additional advantas<" of providing a
handle.
The Electrified Underground.?"Which i
do you prefer, auntie?facing or back?"
"Well, you t-f-e, there's no engine on this I
train, so it doesn't verv miu>h m*Wpr."? j
Punch. I
PICTURES BY OLD MASTERS
ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERY MADE
IN CHURCH IN VENICE.
Roll of Canvas Found to Eeai Rartj
Pninting-s?Missing- Since
Year 1830.
Special fitlilpjrriini to Tho Star
MILAN, August 23.?Several pictures by
old masters have been accidentally dis
covered iti the Church of San Giuliaro
in Venice by one of the engineers em
ployed in the restoration work now heii x
carrier} on in St. Mark's. The Chun h
of San Giuliano Is dependent on tl >?
Basilica of St. Mark, and an opportunity
j was taken to make a thorough sean i
i in it for certain pictures which have been
j missing ever since alterations bad bee^i
i mad? in tlie building ubout 1H30. This
| search was rewarded by the discoverv <>K
j a roll of canvas covered with dust and'
, cobwebs in the loft of the roof, which,
i when opened, proved to he the missing
pictures. Among them are a "Cavalry"
?by Tintoretto, a "Resurrection" and an
"EJcce Homo!" by Palma (il Glovanei;
four pictures by Fiaomlngo, a "Flacr< !
lation." "Christ Before Caiaphas '
"Crowning With the Crown of Thorns'*
and "The Agony In the Garden"; t\* ??
organ panels by Andrea Vlcentino. rep
resenting St. Theodore and St. Jerome,
and some cartoon* tor mosaics.
All these pictures, described as bein?
richly framed, are mentioned by Fran
cesco Sansovino in his "Sc.orta Storbt
d1 Venezia Artistica" as existing in the
Church of San Giuliano. It would ap
pear that in 1839 they were removed to
make room for marble In order to im
prove the light or" the church, and prob
ably were entirely forgotten in their
temporary resting place.
What to Read.
from tbe London Chronicle.
What rules, if any, should guide t*ie
average reader in his selection of books?
Emerson gives three; "1. Never read any
book that is not a year old. J. Never
read any but famed books. :t. Never r-ad
any but what you like; or, in Shake
speare's phrase:
"No prolit goes where is no pleasure
ta'en:
"In brief, sir, study what you most af
fect. " All this sounds a little austere, and
would appear to rule out the lighter sort
of fiction.
But we tind Kinerson relenting later on,
"Indeed, he writes, "when one observe;
how ill and ugly people makes their loves
and quarrels, 'tis a pity they should not
read novels a little more, to import the
fine generosities, and the clear, firm con
duct. which are as becoming in the unions
and separations whi-h love effects under
shingle roofs, as in palaces and among il
lustrious personages."
Dolly?What's the new baby's n.ime.
Auntie?
Aunt?Oh. baby hasn't got any name
yet.
lJolly? Then how do you know it fc*
longs to us'.'?Illustrated Bits,