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ROUGHING IT. By H. T. WEBSTER. WCU-,M*RY, fVE fOUNOUlST "THE CAMPWl^ve K?H UXXING fcm., hot havp to obc^s fa* ??NNCR.EVe?*'Ht?fr<>*WEAR RAMMCtS TO FISM IN . IM going-To take ?JUtT A PA If*- or OVER AUL4 ANOAFCW soft SHIRTS AMD OC COM fortarlc FOR OHCE INMVUF6, TH?^?>lAt? |1? 10 Mice s F*oM A RAILROAP * A CITY OF DREAMS. Venice, on the Water, Has Many Charms for the Tourist. Prom thp Christian Selene* Monitor. To the wanderer in Italy, Venice has a peculiar attraction. Arrive there at sun set. or better still by moonlight, and you will fancy yourself transplanted to some city of dreams. With daylight this feel ing may wear off to some extent, although there is never, at any time, as much bustle and stir in Venice as in other towns. Morning, noon or night, Venice Has a fascination all her own. This is partly due to the fact that she is a city built on the water. To explore Venice and to become inti mately acquainted with her. a gondola is not a necessity, rather is it a luxury for sunset evenings and moonlight nights. It is a delightful experience, and not a dif ficult one, to find one's way about Venice on foot: quaint, old world corners are discovered, bits of ancient architecture, rarved doorways and little bridges, with a feast of coior here, there and every where. Apart from all the beauty of scenery, there is the enthralling interest evoked by her history and traditions. Among the traditions we read that St. Theodore was the first patron saint of Venice, to be superseded later on by St. Mark. The wanderer in Venice becomes familiar with the Lion of St. Mark. More prominently than anywhere is it to be seen on one of the columns on the Piaz-# zetta. whilst on the other is St. Theodore. These columns of beautiful red and gray granite are supposed to have come orig inally from Syria. They were erected by a Lombard engineer. A Way Out. From the Youth's Companion. A tailor with more Ingenuity than edu cation had occasion recently to order two large flatlrons of the variety kiy>wn as the "tailor's goose." He scratched hi* head in some perplexity over the proper* form to u^e. "Two tailors' gooses," he muttered, "That doesn't sound right at all. Two tailors' geese?that sounds worse yet." He puzzled over the question till it be gan to worry him, but suddenly a bright idea popped into his head. He sat down and wrote: "Messrs. Please send me one tail ors' goose. P. S.?You may send two In stead of one." II :ii Daphne of the Forest" BY ? WILLIAM FREDERICK DIX A weird and beautiful romance of the sea, by a novelist who already has many admirers in all parts of the country. His latest is a two-part-story, the first installment of which will appear in our next Sunday Magazine. The heroine is one of the most charming girls im aginable. and the hero is Brooke Barriston, Harvard, '99, and the scene is a transpacific steamer. On second thought, perhaps, the Swami Sundra Manya is the real hero, for without him the young persons might never have really known each other's souls. "His people were studying souls when ours were braining one another with clubs." Barriston told Miss Forest, little suspecting what the Swami was to do for them. An ideal story to read on your veranda on a summer day. ^>T See "Daphne of the Forest" and "A Throw-Back from Buddy" By sewell ford "On the Rhine Is My Heart" By l. j. beeston "Real Romance" By james hay, jr. "The American Boy and the Dime Novel" By charles M. HARVEY "Further Adventures in Human Nature" By joe WEBER and lew FIELDS "Moving Pictures Older Than Photography" By F. IRVING ANDERSON "The Lost World" By sir Arthur conan doyle IN THE NEXT Sunday Magazine OF THE The Sunday Star 4 ,) FOREIGN BANKS. LONDON, July 4.?Bullion amounting to ?208.000 was taken Into the Bank of England on balance today. The statement of the Bank or Eng land shows the following changes: Total reserve decreased JE1,446.<I00; circulation Increased ?705.000; bullion decreased ?081.008; other securities Increased ?4.,r>.V>,00i>; other deposits Increased ?S5,371.00<>; public deposits decreased ?2.343,000; notes reserve decreased ?1, 402,000; government securities, un changed. The proportion of the bank s reserve to> liability this week Is 41.31) per cent,, against 45.42 per cent last week. BERLIN. July 4.?Exchange on Lon don. 2*0 marks 40 pfennigs for checks. Money. 4 ,per cent;' private discount rate, 3^4 per cent. PARIS. Julv 4-?Close; Three per cent rentes. i?2 francs 5<> centimes for thte ac count; exchange on London. 25 francs 22la centimes for checks; private'vate of; discount. 2% per cent. The weekly statement of the Bank of France shows the following changes: Notes in circulation increased -285,825, 000 francs. Treasury deposits decreased 208,525,0tKJ" francs. General deposits decreased 33,725,000 francs. _ _ _ Gold in hand decreased 3.850,000 francs. Silver in hand decreased 4.725.0C0 francs. _ Bl/if s discounted increased 273,225,000, francs. Advances increased 13,525.000 francs.^ COTTON MARKETS..'' / ' LIVERPOOL. " LIVERPOOL. July 4.?Closing?Cotton Spot good business done; prices 10 points higher; American middling fair. 7.52; good middling. 7.14; middling, 0.84; iov,' middling, 0.54; good ordinary, 6.12; ordi nary. 5.64. The sales of the 'day wera 12.<k*> bales, of which 1,200 were tor speculation and export, and included 10,700 American. Reaelpts. :j,000 bales, no American. Futures opened steady and closed steady. July. 0.06%; July-August, 6.65; August-September, 6.63%; Septem ber-October. 6.55%; October-November, fi.50%; November-December, 6.47; Decem ber-January, 0.46;.January-February, 0.46; Fehruary-March, 0.46%; ' March-April, 6.47; April-May, '6.47%; May-June, 6.43. LONDON MARKET. LONDON,/Jyly 4.?American securities opened quiet here today and at noon were weakyfne close being unchanged to 14 higher.^ Canadian Pacific was % higher. London Closing Stocks. ?LONDON. July 4. Consols for money 7<>% Consols for account 71',4 Amalgamated Copper 87% Anaconda ?. S% Atchison/ 111% Atrhlsotj pf<l 10r, Baltimore and Ohio Ill Canadfan Paclfl,- 273% Chesapeake and Ohio 82% Chlw?*f> Greit Western 18% (^hlcajo. Mil. nnd St. Paul 1"7% De -fteers 10% O^nrer ami Kio Grande 21) ?Oenrer and Rio (Jrande pfd 37 Erie 3B Eric 1st pfd 51 Erie 2nd pfd 44 Grand Trunk 2!?% Illinois Central 131U, Louisville and Nashville H55 Minouri. Kansas and Texas JJt-w York Central 120V& A'orftvlk and Western 118 'Norfolk and Western pfd 91 Ontario ami Western 34% Pennsylvania 63% Raw) Mines Reading 85?? Southern Railway 30 Southern Railway pfd 77 Southern Pacific 113 Cnion Pacific, 173% Cnion Pacific! pfd J>2M> I'nited State# Steel 73% United States Steel pfd 115 Wahash 5 Wabash pfd 14 Bar sliver '28 3-lBd per ounce. Money, l*4a2'per rent. The rate of discount in the open market for short trflls lv"2% per cent. The rate of dlscouflt In the open mariet for three-montljAills Is 2 ll-3fla2% per cent. Luxuries in America. From the Philadelphia Telegraph. During the fiscal year just ended we are Informed that the cost of necessaries in this country advanced very considerably. We are much lesp generally informed, though it is an established fact, that dur ing the same period the American people Imported unprecedented quantities of lux uries, very desirable but quite unneces iry articles of use and adornment. Thus, coincident with our complaints about the cost of living, we bought abroad $40,000,0*(0 worth of art works. $30,000,000 worth of diamonds, $44,000,000 worth of laces and embroideries, $9,000,000 worth of toys, and last, but by no means least, $32,000,0110 worth of tobacco. As a whole the nation appears still to have- wealth in abundance to purchase what the Treas ury Department calls "articles of volun tary use." But when we speak of "the people" spending $40,000,000 a year for foreign art works it Is well to remember that "the people" are composed of a rela tively small minority of our population. This same mental discrimination must be exerted in the matter of diamonds, lacee and embroideries. It is also tme that the majority of native Americans consume native tobacco, "Havana" being a Satur day night smoke for the mass of men. Despite all this, however, it is nice to know that America is still a luxuriously wealthy country, even if the distribution of this wealth is a little "lumpy" in places. As to Miracles. From the Christian Register. In discussions about miracles it is com mon to overlook the distinction between belief In. certain specific wonders because they are in the Bible or bcciuse some peo ple think it necessary to have some such sign to believe that the divine element is ?really competent in the world, and the belief in miracle as the presence of spiritual elements in the natural order. One who observes how far investigation and psychology are from bringing out of the dark the common facts of experience, and how the union of physieaV processes with vitality is the unexplained mystery of science, is loath to have his rejection of miracle Interpreted as a denial of a potency that cannot be written out in a recipe. That while belief In miracles de clines, belief in miracle is as deeply root ed as ever in the mind, is Instructive. To say it is present in the common order Is not to make it common. It is to say that the common order is the manifesta tion of spiritual forces. The o!d*fashlon ed wav of putting the matter by the con trast of the words "natural'* and "super natural" had better yield to such words as "material" and "spiritual. ' To deny, the supernatural Is not to deny the es sence of miracle. To affirm the spiritual Is not to deny the inviolability of the nat ural. For what Is religion but the uses or the highest part of nature, and the belief that it is superior to its materia'. Hotorbuses Instead of Street Cars? From the Chicago Record Herald. After noting traffic conditions in New York city for a week, Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, vice president of the Automo bile Club of Great Britain and a student of transportation methods, says that city should substitute motorbuses for street cars in its most crowded streets. The motorbus. in his opinion, has been de veloped until it is a belter means of pub ? transportation than the street car. It 4T n be operated, he says, at a cheaper cost per passenger and per mile than the street car. owing to the fact that it needs no permanent way; it can take on and discharge passengers at the side of the street, and It can move more freely in the streets. The possibility of the motorbus sup planting the street car has been recog nised by street railway men for several years If. as Lord Montagu claims, "near ly all those who have studied traffic problems in the older countries are losing their faith in tramcars and are turn ing their attention to the free-wheeled mechanical vehicle," it would be well for American citiea to study the operation of the motorbuses in Paris and London. Not to have tracks in the streets and not to have the noise of street cars would be a blessing to the public, to say nothing of the flexibility of operation possible with the motorbus. - ~ I WEATHER ] Unsettled, With Showers Tonight or Friday; Southerly Winds. For the District of Columbia, unsettled, showers tonight or Friday; light to mod erate/Southerly winds. Th^ "weather has been unsettled from A h^ Rocky mountains eastward, with showers over all districts, except the southwest, thr? New England and middle Atlantic states. In the extreme west the weather was fair. High temperatures prevailed east of the Rocky mountains, especially from the t lake region eastward, while in the ex treme, southwest It has been quite cool, with freezing temperature In northern Arizona. "Unsettled, showery weather will con ( tlnue tonight and Friday over the eastern half of the country, without temperature changes of consequence, except over the extreme northern districts, where it will be somewhat cooler. The winds along the New England and middle Atlantic coasts will be moderate ' south and southwest; on the south At lantic coast moderate easterly; on the east gulf coast light to moderate easterly. Tide Tables. /Today? L-ow tide, 5:23 a.m. and 5:48 ,'p.m.; high tide, 11:14 a.m. and 11:42 p.m Tomorrow? Low tide, a.m. and 6:27 p.m.; high tide, 11:57 a.m. The Sun and Moon. Today?Sun rose 4:38 a.m.; sun sets 7:28 p.m. Tomorrow?Sun rises 4:39 a.m. Moon rises 10:45 p m. today. The City Lights. The city lights and naphtha lamps all lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; extinguishing begun one hour before sun rise. All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and extinguished forty-five minutes before sunrise. TJp-Biver Waters. Spoclal IHapatrh to The Star. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va.. July 4.? The Potomac is muddy and Shenandoah very cloudy this morning. THE ALEUTS OF ALASKA. Believed of Mongolian Descent, But Have Craftsmanship of Japanese. From the Christian Herald. The word "Aleut" in the Eskimo lan guage means "other utes," or people, and such they are, for their appearance and modes of life differ to such an extent as to warrant their being called "other peo ple." There were two found among them whose birthplace was believed to be Kamchatka, Asia, and it is almost cer tain that these people came from north ern Asia. Their appearance is more of the Mongolian, and in artistic work they have much the same skill and crafts manship as the Japanese. The Aleut is superior to the native race. He is cleaner of habit than the Eskimo and more will ing to work. The tribe's ancient dwellings, now long grown over with grass, representing the age of stone imr-Iements, when excavated were found to be large, roomy houses made of sod, built above ground, and us ually of more than one room. Whalebone was often used for parts of the frame work. The cemetery of the community was not in a common burial ground, but in a room of the house especially con structed for that purpose. The corpses were buried in a sitting posture. Certain caves were used also as a place to bury the dead, but owing to the occur rence of skulls with fractures In them it is presumably the warriors who died away from home who were so buried. A few had the dist nc icn cf being stuffed with moss and made into mummies and placed in caves. These customs have long since changed, owing to the efforts of the Russian priests; and now few there ara that can offer an explanation for the strange burial rooms, the cave burials and the moss-stufTed mummies. The Aleuts occupy tie island penin sula of Alaska and number about l.fM <?. Three hundred are well cared for at the seal islands; the balance have nothing left but fish, a few fox and the basket Industry. The time was when they were employed to kill seal; also the'r tribe supplied the men that manned the sea otter boats and killed that most valuable of furs. A JAPANESE KOBIN HOOD. There Is Luck in a Piece of Neznmi Kozo's Headstone. From the Argonaut. Behind the temple sacred to the name less dead and close to the wrestling amphitheater in Tokio there is to be found the grave of the celebrated rob ber, Nezumt Kozo, who stole from the daimyes long ago In the old Yedo days that he might relieve the sufferings of the poor. There is a superstition connected with this grave which has made it a much frequented spot. If a portion of the headstone is carried away it acts as a lucky talisman, particularly to those who speculate or are otherwise engaged In games of chance. It is usual for a person breaking a piece from the stone to make a vow that in case he is suc cessful he will buy a new headstone to replace the one he has mutilated. Many prayers must have been answered, i*or the stones are plied high on either side of the grave, and an enterprising indi vidual nearby has the stones all ready for sale and only waiting the name of the donor to be engraved and then set uP A shelter has be?n placed over the spot, and from the roof hang gay lan terns and pilgrims' banners. A large money box catches all the stray sen, which go for the upkeeping of the grave. Gamblers and geisha are often visitors; students before their examina tions feel more assured of success If they have a chip of Xezuml Kozo's headstone in the sleeve of their ki mono. Athletics and Holy Men. Fn>m the Boston Transcript. 'Rhat inconsistent demand that clergy men shall not be as other men, which, when It appears, redounds to the disad vantage of the parishioners, lias had a severe check from an active young vicar of Birmingham. Rev. Mr. Gillingham Is known across England as "the Essex county cricketer.'* and incidentally as the vicar of Holy Trinity. Certain of his parishioners, who intimated that such conduct was unseemly in a holy man. now wish they had not, for the vicar made a spirited defense and even the conservative wing of the press greets-his remarks with hearty applause. The vicar declares that cricket is an asset to him; that when he goes to speak to men, it is not as the vicar of Holy Trinity, but as the Essex cricketer. Furthermore, it ap pears that this enterprising young ath lete has collected ?300 from cricketers and lovers of the game, without which It would have been impossible to carry on the work of the parish. "The charge is often brought against the clergy that they cannot do what other men do. and they are generally represented as pale faced weaklings. I know perfectly well that I was not ordained to play cricket: that my mission in life is "to touch the hearts of men and bring them back to heaven again.' This I am trying to do, and if I found my cricket a hindrance rather than a help, I should give it up im mediately." The view askance at the minister who joins in the ordinary affairs of life?hap pily a fading one?survives from an age which set its holy men apart, because it saw no way of reconciling their professed Ideals with the enforced practice of living and getting a living. Yet the efforts of the clergy to break through this hedge of hierarchical awe have not invariably met with the welcome from their flocks which it deserves, for the most unwel come gospel which can be preached to the modern congregation is that religion is not an abstract belief, but a line of practical conduct. Stories by William Frederick Dlx. L. J. Beeston. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle sad James Hay, jr., in our n?zt Sunday Maga atoe* ?, ? . .. i i n FINANCIAL. I FINANCIAL. FINANCIAL Under L*. S. Treasury Supervision. What is the sense in whoop ing and hurrahing in celebra tion of your country's inde pendence if you are making va no effort to free yourself; If you are working for some one else he is t making a prof it out of your services, or he would not employ you. Are you saving your money f so that you can some day be your own em ployer? i i #: ?? & ? You will never get rich out of a salary alone. Un less you go into business tor yourself or set some money g to work for you, you will never be independent. ? Make up your mind to celebrate your own independence as ? soon as possible. Start, a Savings Account in this strong bank where it will earn ^rr compound interest. Add to it consistently every pay day. Work for your own independence. v*: HOME SAVINGS BANK, | 7th St. and Mass. Ave. N.W. c Branches: g 7th and H Sts. X. E. _i;6 7-th St. S. W. *3 i :f?ec?ix^rr<xfr?x |g THE COURTS * EQUITY COURT?Justice Anderson. Chaney agt. Smith; pro confesso or dered; plaintiff's attorneys, Alex Wolf and George W. Oflfutt. jr. DIekerson agt, Garecke; pro confesso ordered, and George W. Offutt, jr., ap pointed guardian ad litem; plaintiff's at torney, Alexander Wolf. Swart agt. Baltimore and Washington White Cross- Milk Company, receivers; authorized to expeni certain sum; plain tiffs attorneys, Dougles, Baker, Rutfin & Obear. CRIMINAL, COURT?Justice Anderson. I'nited States agt. Andrew Gonzales, murder; verdict, guilty of murder in first degree; remanded; attorneys, C. H. He mans and George F. Collins. I'nited States ag\ Albert S. Shorter, as sault with dangerous weapon; plea guilty; remanded; attorney, T. L. Jones. I'nited States agt. Carrington Coster, housebreaking; nolle pros. DISTRICT COURT?Justice Anderson. In re widening of Bladensburg road; verdict of jury filed. In re extension of Hobart place; ver dict of jury filed. PROBATE COURT?Justice Anderson. Estate of Henry P. Higley; will dated March 29, 1906, filed. Estate of Benjamin Andrews; order overruling motion to strike out certain portions of answer. Estate of Susan Walker; order to trans fer stock; attorney, Lawrence Hufty. Estate of Martha E. Pennington; will dated July 1, 1803, filed. Estate of Samuel E. Slater; petition for probate of will filed; attorney, J. P. Mc Mahon. WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT. Quotations given below are for large lots. Jobbers' p es are higher. EGGS? Nearby fresh Virginia, 18al9; West Virginia ana southwest Virginia. 18; Tennessee, IS. BUTTER?Elgin fancy, per lb., 29a 23^4; western, firsts. 27a2S; seconds, 26%a27; store packed, 20. ? CHEESE?Netv York state factors*, new. IS. POULTRY?Hen's, per lb.. 14^; roost ers, per-lb.. 9; turkeys, loal5; chickens, springers, 22a25. DRESSED POULTRY?liens. rhM:?. per lb., 16a 17; roosters, per lb., 9al0; tur keys. per lb., 14al5; youns ducks, per lb., lSa'JU; geese, per lb., 8alo. VEGETABLES?Potatoes, new. No. 1, per bbl., 2.75a3.00; No. 2, per bbl.. 1.25a 1.75; corn (N. C.). per crate, 1.2rtal.50; yams, (N. C.), per bbl., 3.00a4.0); onions, Texas, per crate, 1.00al.25; new cabbages, j per crate. 50a75; eggplant, Florida, per j crate, 2.00a2.5<>; lettuce, per bbl., 75al.50; string beans, per basket, 75al.00, per! bbl., 2.00a2.50; squash. per crate, 7r>al.G0; beets, per 100 bunches. 2.00a ! ."..00; kale, per bbl.. 50a1.00; spinach. ? per bbl., 1.00al.25; tomatoes, per crate, i 75a1.l5; asparagus, per doz.. Sl.OGal.7.1; j cucumbers. North Carolina, 50al.50; peas, per bbl., 5.00a0.00. GREEN FRUITS-Apples, old, per box, I.50a3.25; new, per bbl, 1.50a3.00; oranges, California, per box, 2.75a4.25; Florida oranges, 4.50a5.00; iemons. per box, 3.50a 4.00; grape fruit, per box, 5.00a6.00; "pine apples, 2.00a2.50; cantaloupes, per crate. 2.00a3.00; cherries, per qt., 6al5; peaches, per crate. 1.00a2.00; huckleberries, per qt., Oal2'/4; blackberries, Call; plums, per qt., 5a$. HAY AND STRAW?Hay. western. No. 1. 26.50a27.50; No. 2. 2T?.OOa2G.OO; mixed hay, 22.00a24.00; straw. rye, bale. lS.00alS.50; mach ne thrash. H.ooa 15.00; straw, wheat, per ton. 10.50all.00; straw, oat, per ton. 13.00al4.00. LIVE STOCK?Sheep, per lb., 2.50a3.50; spring lambs, per lb., 8; calves, choice, per lb., 8; medium, per lb.. 7a7'^. WOOL AND HIDES?Wool, washed, free of burrs, per lb., 32a35; wool, un washed, per lb., 29; hides, dry, per lb.. 15a 16. green hides, lb.. 11; calfskiu, greea, each. 1. _3al.50. GRAIN?Wheat. per bu., 1.12al.l4; corn, shelled, 90ft93: ear. per bbl., 4.S5a 5.00; oats, western white. No. 2, per bu., 62aC4; oats, mixed, per bu., 61a63; bran, 29.00a30.00; middlings, 30.00a32 00. SEEDS?Red clover, per bu., 11.0 a II.50; alsike clover, per bu., 10.00all.00; white clover, per bu., 16.00a24.00; crim son clover. 5.75a6.00; timothy, per bu.. 5.00&5.50; blue grass, per bu., 1.75a2.25; redtop grass, 13.??0al7.00 per 100 lbs.; al falfa, per bu., 12.00aI3.00. The Trouble. From the Chicago Record-Herald. "I always make it a practice to let tomorrow take care of itself." "That's easy enough, but it's forget ting yesterday that causes trouble for so many of us." The Young Wife's Complaint. From F.Terr bod j-'a Magaiine. . "I wish to complain." said the bride, haughtily, "about that flour you sold me. It was tough." "Tough, ma'am?" asked the grocer. "Yes. tough. I made a pie with it. and my husband could hardly cut It." Taylor Hubbard of Petersburg. Va., de spondent because of ill health and inabil ity to find employment, commltteed sui cide Monday in his home on Commerce street, by shooting himself through the head. He was a blacksmith and- tool sharpener and leaves a wife and live grown ^hlldren. 4 ! Real Estate Transfers i ^ i SEVENTEENTH STREET SO I "THE AS a' between B and C streets? <;. H*>l?n M?tcalf to. Amasa \V. Scott, lot 47, square 10S7; si<? DOBBINS ADDITION?Hrrman R. How enstefn et ux. to Susannia M. Daly, lot 13m, square MIW: .<l'i. NO. Ct.2 F STREET NORTH WEST (Hood building)?William E. Krtmon ston et al., trustees, to HtnrvC. Cryer | part original lots 20 and 21. square' 4.>j; Jio.eoo. Henry C. fryer conveys ! same property to Clarence F. Nor-! ment; $10. i HILLBROOK?Otway B. Zantzingrr et ux. I to Frank R. Dameron, lots '.4, l>3, ??!, square 5'MJ3; Sin. j GREENVALE? Hermnn E. (ias^h et al.. trustees, to Franki'n V. Killian. lots ?> and (!; $27.7O0. | TWENTY-FOFRTH AND F STREET.? NORTHWEST?Charles A. Shreve et ux. to Arthur B. Evans, lot 7(i, stiua:e 33; 110. i LANIER HEIGHTS?George N. Rider et j ^ ux. to Charles J. Walker, lot 2*; $lO. I j NO. 20*{ MORGAN STREET NORTH W EST?Annie Bpck to John Shugh rue j and Charles Dismer. trustee?, lot 141 square 555; $10. I PETWORTH?Arthur Carr et ux. to Maria A. Overton (for lifet and Win field S. Overton, jr. (remainder*, lots ?57 and 38, square ."212; $14). j NO. '222 i N STREET NORTHWEST? Charles J. Walker et ux. to George N. Rider, lot 3H. square $pt. NO. l."M:? EAST CAPITOL ST R E ET ? W ashington Real Estate Company to Vincenzo Gerardi, lot S7, square io3J: $lti. . WEST BLOOM INGDALE?Herman M. Sheiline to Clara A. Anderson, lot 40, block 1: slo. NO. 117 15TH STREET SOCTHEAST? Thomas H. Martin et ux. to John A* Richards, lot 55. square 1030; $10. W HITTINGHAM?Jerry Pannel! et ux. 1 to M. Elizabeth Browning, lots 32 and I 33; $10. 1 WASHINGTON HIGHLANDS - Charles! G. Taylor to Charles T. Goods, lots 4"! 1 and 41. block 18; *10. BLCOMSBFR3 PARK - Charles L. Shank, trustee, to Albert Johnson lot 1(1, block Id; $10. LONG MEADOWS?ItJa M. I.aurie to Pat- ' rick F. Shanley, jr., and Stella F. I Shanley, lot lOo. block ::o- *1?? NO. "< 2:?:> 4^ STREET SOFTHWEST-I John Kehl. jr.. et al. to Julia Kehl, I life estate in iot 22. square 34.1; $1. TWENTT-FIFTH STREET NORTH-! WEST between I and K streets?J j Victor Golibart to Margaret J. Con- I ley, part lot 7. square 28; $10. NOS. 24:? AND 2141 I STREET NORTH- I "WEST?J. Victor Golibart to George S., John J., Maurice M.. Edmond P. and Charles P. Leonard, lots A and B, square 28; $10. LE DROIT PARK?James Martin et ux to Walter C. and Ruby C. Bishop, lot 142, square 20!?8; <10. | BRIGHTWOOD PARK?Edward McAlee- j et ux. to Theresa M Zell, lots 35 and I *?H. block 17; $10. !C STREET NORTHWEST between 4'2 and Oth streets? Regina Alexander to! Maria R. D. Tansorra. part oris nal 1 lot .'1, square 402; $1?. SAIL'S ADD IT ION?John R. Ha sip et I ux. to Prank and Alice S. Morrison 1 lot 26. square 2021; $lo. COLCMBIA HEIGHTS?Maggie M Mev- | ers to Henrietta M. Humpton 'ot 50, i block 34; $10. NO. 32 GRANT PLACE NORTHWEST? Charles H. Burnham to Mercantile Saving Fund Society, lot t*S, square 375; $i0. j TENTH STREET NORTHWEST between M and N streets?John T. Arms- et al., trustees, to R. Thomas Robins-on. part lot 8. square 3SS; $4.?KMi. SAI LS ADDITION?Joseph Andrews to John R. Haislip, lot 20. square 2020; $10. W STREET NORTHWEST between 13th and 14th streets?Samuel J. Prescott Company to Mortimire F. Harkins, lot 152, square 234; $10. MOl'NT PLEASANT AND PLEASAVCT PLAINS?Albert B. RuT et a!., trns> tees, to Richard J. Earnshaw, trustee, lot 52, block 14; $3,800. W STREET NORTHWEST between 13th and 14th streets?Samuel J. Prescott Company to Tristriam K. Armstrong, lot 153. square 234; $10. ADDITION TO LE DROIT PARK -Mary J. Cooper et vir. William H.. to Lo rena M. Cooper. lot Hit, block 20; $10. MOFNT PLEASANT?Ellen E. Reich hardt to Leon Dziegrielewski, lot 33, ! square 2883; $10. The Swiss President. From Harper's Weekly. The President of Switzerland is so hedged about by the constitution that, j except for official purposes and to fa ( cilitate the exchange of courtesies and of amicable understandings with for eign nations, he lias no more standing than the other six members of the council, of which he forms a part. He is elected for one year, has no offi cial residence, and his chief business is to sign the documents of the bun desrat, or council of seven. His salary Is in our money equal to about $3,600 a near. and there is no provision for private expenses, such as traveling or entertaining. He is expected to live in the capital of the country during the year he holds office. His associate members in the bundesrat get $3,000 a year, and they are elected for three years, their votes havine the same force as that of the president. As a rule, the President of Switzer land Is. before election, a member of this council, and is elected to the high- j ?r office without opposition; but In 1883 he had a rival, and. though he won in I the election, he was unable to support I K>C,C*0<EvIv'f *3*0*0 v i*'-' Hriri t1** ^Capital $1.1100,0111 ? Kurplaa :tn'l nriMM praBtaewrr #i.o'0ooo I Where Ws32 I i ? s Yo^ui K??i? Yow ' t i Sslv@rwasr? while vou are out of * ? town r* ? There's .no necessity for f running the sl^htest risk % when our modern vaults i insure the highest decree ! x of protection. - I ? ,t?The rates are reasonable. 2 | ? Write or phone us. 3, !| The Wasfosircgton % II Loan <& Trust Company, % \% Cor. 9th and F Sts. 2 j ? JOr?\ JOT EPSON". Preaidcat. Capital $J.Vo.uut> Karueil Surplus. .. . 'J3U.UUU Convenient Funds for Travelers. HK\" preparing for travel don't overlook the im j) o r t a n c e of TRAVELERS' CHECKS and LETTERS OF CREDIT. They're usable everywhere. t l^This hank will supply you with these convenient forms of currency, confer with us. COLUMBIA NATIONAL BANK. (j! i F Street X.W. AN ANNUITY Issned l>v 7h" >I*itti-l I.I> ?r*nninef> will assure yon a life ln<-ome. nhirh la cairan teed bjr oTer fixe jun.lred and i-lcMT ftrrn mli Ilon dollars of t*. accumulated In n acceea^ ful business experience of sixty-nine rear*. Application* received by THOMAS P. MORGAN. Fourth Klt?r Front. Soitbern Building. ? 15tb and 11 n.w. Resources Nearly |2,OM,VJ9 ESTABLISHED IW<. J -Compound -Interest ? s a faithful worker which is ready to serve you twenty-four hours a day EVERY DAY in the year. Our SAVINGS DEFT. Pays y ( Interest ?COMPOl'NDED EVERY SIX MONTHS. The best place for your surplus earnings. Start an ac count and watch your money GROW. Farmers & Mechanics' National Bank, Cor. 31st and M sts.. Georgetown The Safest Investments Are tbo?e that <lo not fluctuate durla: dis turbed roi'ilitiont of the money or stoct market. First deed of trust notes (first wot trapes). well secured ?o real eitata la tbe Jtlftrict of Columbia. constitute "(lit ed*e" Investment*. TUey do not depend | iip"?ii the financial tesponsiblllty of luA*. ?locals or corporations for their stability and arc exempt frost Taxation as persoaal irojier.'y. We ran supply awlt Investments In amount* front S.'<00 upward. Send (N I .no k let ??Concerning l.uans and lorW> men's." Swartzel!, Rheem & Hensey Co., TST Uta ST. X.W. Money to Loan. Secured l?y First Deed of Trust ?a tUal fania Frerailins Interest and eommiaaloa. Joseph I. XVeller. 602 F St. N.W. *W/t uud y% MUXKX to laian on approved fltf real estate security. ? <*?? 1 hkihkm' Mflt ?! at. m.m. what In his country is looked upon aa an affront, and committed suicide be fore his inauguration. In this connection it might be well to note, too. that Switzerland is the one country on the globe where It costs nothing to die. as In certain can tons rich and* poor are buried at the expense of the state.