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AUCTION SALES.
Jos. Il. KELLEY,
- Real Estate Agent ana A uctionecr,
Office No. 902 SIN street northwest


GUARDIAN,s SALE or VALUABLE REAL
I%EES ! tND STREETS NoBTHwEST,
- by yiru Of or der of the sa prrme Coart of
The pis'rici OF Columbia, holding = Probate
and approved aud ratified o. the said court liiug
a Iqu,,N Cont, gu the % dsy OF November, 1873,
ef tue Pni .S 81 s J. Ga fge
ia;e ~ snS a. ofoeS az ihs right tife
Iss Sese.eed es! essts in the city of
being an undiSiaed one tbid Of ,sls 81 "rigi
sai hots Nos d and %, in squa no. leo, beginning
west at the distance lac feet 81 aehes from tue
east orne OF ta;d square No l05 aud raUniag
street ss Sense mss r s t tsn
THENCE south feet inches themes sou;hessteriy ri
81 inches themes lOl feet 70 the plsce of gin
ping containing $40 square feet of ground, or
OF two small two story Bries Houses. pst 81 Sbs
gnSuna can Re sen at The office of the auctioneer,
sn9"lns The division Of the property fronting
oh street Aforesaid, and the will be sold
Sl,h the privilege oil the whole or separately as
Terms: fourth cash: the residue 10 four equal
ibstslments, pa allie six twelve, eighteen and
tweIty-ieur months, respectively, the purchaser or
promissory notes bearing interest secured by deed
oI Irhs, All csoyty at the expense 81 the
the hammer for the entire property, or So on each
PsrI 500 sc,ordlng to the plat If the purchaser
days, The right is reserved to resell on fys DAYS
notice at his Ink and ex peuse.
At he same time ths other thirds interest in
the said described property will be sold so that the
purchaser may get full title to tn prop rIy pnr-
cesseo - JAMeS MCSaERRY
Janb q tRep 2tl Guardian of James g. McSherrv
TNHOMhs BOWLING,
$3.50 Auctioneer and Real Estate Broker
At the old stand of LatiIner 4 Gleary
Southwest corner Pennsy lvsnia avenue and 18th st
ADMINISTRATRIX SALE OF THE EFFECrS
OF THE LATE MRS. MARY r. BIBB DE
CHASED, AT AUCTION
ON THURSDAY, JanUary % 1879 \ N
W{yxs CLOCK a m, at the late residence of Mrs
WV Mary L. Bib, deceased on Fayetta street
rear I'd street GeOreetOwn sill sell an excellent
assortment Of Household Furniture, etc, con sistinR
in yart Of
One kusbe Gaehle Rosewood Piano, Stool aud
Cover:
Mahogany PaIInr Furniture;
Chamber Suites, Wsrdrobes;
Msrble-tOp Tables, Bureaus:
sn-stAnd, Table and Bed Linen;
Feather Beds and Bedding, Carpets;
Ou-Cl. tbs, Mating Kitchen Requisites, etc, etc
OABOLINE III. Bk0WN, Administrstrix
lanlt 1t THOS. BOWLING, AuCt
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Geese as Practical Humerfsts.

A goose has perhaps the keenest spprecia-
ton of humor of any animal, unless IL De
her own arch enemy, the fox. The writer
once saw in little grassy paddock some
eight or ten fat and healthy pigs and half a
score OF geese. From this paddock a narrow,
open gate gave entrance into the farm yard,
themselves in row at this Thermopylte. o.
viously. .supper--time was.approaching, and
the pigs wished TO return home TO their
troughs. Equally clearly, the geese hal
given each other the word not TO let them
pass through the gate which they guarded,
without paying toll. First there came up a
jolly, good-humored little pig, who trottei
cheerfully along with confidence which
ought TO have diSarmed criticism, till he
came among the geese. Then, with a cackle
and a scream, every neck was stretched TO
get bite at him, and, squalling and yelling,
the poor little porker ran the gauntlet. TIE
same fate befell Six or seven more OF his
brethren in succession, each beiraying in
creasing trepidation as he approached the
fatal pass, and made a bolt through the corps
de gaTde OF geese, whose chattering AMI
screeches of delight were almost undistin-
guishable from human laughter. At last,
the biggest pig of the party brought up the
rear. He was pink-heshed, clean young
fellow, with fat limbs and sides. and his ears
were cooked, and his tail sharply twisted in
the intelligent, wide awake manner which
so completely distinguishes the intellectual
pig from the mere swine multitude. With a
loud grunt OF defiance, this brave beast
charged through the flock OF geese, and had
actually almost gained the gate, when a
large, gray goose made one grab at his rat
ham, caught up The skin i'm bunch and
give ii a tremendous pinch with her red
boak. Needless to say, the air was rent with
the squeals OF agony of the in jured pig and
the ecStatic pRans OF the flock OF geese in
chorus. From the order in which the trans
action took place we derive the Impression
that a similar game of prisoners base prob
ably formed the entertainment OF the geese,
every evening.-FTdnces Poacer Cbboe.
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~Kentucky judges and legislators cannot
receive free passes on railroads.
n&"What shall the harvest be?, Is the
most melodious Of Sankey's hymns.
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TROMAS BOWLING, Auotioneer.

SQUARE 597 AT AUCTION.
TRCSTEEs' SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ES.
TATE, SITUATAD BETWEEN lsT AND 2D
STREETS WEST AND NJ AND N STREETS
SOUTH, AT PUBLIC AUCTION.
- BY virtue of deed Of trust, bearing date the
2oth day Of May, A. ID. 1870, and recorded in
Lfber No 65, at folio 3i4, Of the land records Of
the county Of Wsshington, in the District Of Column.
ba, and by direction Of the holder of the promissory
note thereby secured, will offer for sale. at puo
lie auction, in front Of tue premises, on FRIDAY
the 2ltt day OF January, 1876, at o'clock p. III.
all that certain tract parcel OF land stuste In the
city OF shin gIOn In said Districts to wft-Ail of
sa1are numbered five hundred and ninety seven
and seventy five feet (Sl ,6y5
The terms Of sale are follows, to wit: Two thou
sand dollars in cash, and the bala for which the
notes OF the purchaser shall be taken, bearing in
terest at the rate OF seven per centum Der annum
payable semi annually, and secured by q deed of
trust on the property, six tv elve aud eighteen
months. deposit Of two hundred dollars will be
required at the time Of sale All conveyanoing at
the cost of the chaser If the terms of sale are
not compned with in ten days the trustees reserve
the right TO resell at the risk and cost of the default
ing purchaser.
HALLET KILBOURN.I
JAMhS M. LATrA, irus'ees'
Jsn7d THOMAS BOWLING. Auct.
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The burning of the British school-ship @ D.
Hath had this good effect that il served to
show the excellence OF the system by which
gathered from the very Sums of cities) had
been trained. mo sooner was the fire bell
rung than every boy was at his place." says
London Journal, land from first to last the
order was as perfect as IL the little work.
house lads had been drilled troops" Many
instances OF heroism are cited. There was q
barge moOred close TO the ship, and a num-
Der of the striplings, mostly between seven
and ten years of age, had made good their
escape to her. The flames were blowing to-
ward them fercely, and some twenty or
more Of the children, terrified by the heat
and almost choked by the dense smoke,
number, pretty officer named Billy Bolton,
a mere child himself, checked the mutiuy
and held the great craft 10 her mooring until
all who came over that side of the vessel had
got safely into her. Captain Bourchier says
that the quiet, resolute bravery of this little
fellow was the means of saving more than a
hundred lives that would otherwise have
certainly been lost. Another lad named
Mouling, but aptly known among his COM
paniOns as Captain Webb" swan about in
the cold water like great Newfoundland
dog, picking up the feeble stragglers and
helping them into shallow water. Another
thirty-five feet-into the water. He struck a
piece OF timber and disfigured his face SO
fearfully that the captain could not recog-
nize him. The lad, however, being asked how
he came by his injuries, replied, with the
usual salute, that he had ga whack on the
head" and SO went on helping his COM
panions out OF the water.
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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE BAYS,
TBOMAs DOWLISG, Au3iloueoT.

II AOA ac 4SOh LAHUf aNcLOueaT.
zss By virtue OF two Iced. Of trust, dated re.pes-
s~ libsr No no foli5 l55. e. seq, aud hber n.
10 folio 2s e. seq of TIE land records for the Dis
recton Of the party thereby secured We viii sell At
Pr &c erection, IN froat Of the premises, on TUES
the following scrbsd real estate situated In tbs
6ered nifty In Edward Ciars 81 lSf Of
o. iRihai lot numbered sixteen, in square numbered
the Office of the Surveyor in said civ in book W
page Is Also, part OF lot numbered fifty three,
the same subdivision, The said part of lot Numbered
htty hres being Immediately next sSd sdjoining
front Of one foot on GSr,h Street sSd eEtep5i1s
back with that wild, h the whole depth of said iot
Terms: One-tbiId cash, balance in si,, twelve,
ssI ca2i months I'm interest at the rate of
the property ssld, or sill cssh az the option of the
purchaser at time Of sale All conyeyancins at pnr
ehsser's cost. If terms Of sale are not com plied
resell the property at the risk and cost of the de.
faulting purchaser, after five days advertisement
Dennis Den knIssh toEskSSSi, Trustees.
lan4-eo&fs THOS. BOWLING, Auctoneer.
nUNCANsON BROS, AuctIoneers,
~ Southeast corner 9Th and d streets n. W.
DEAD LETTER OFFICE SALE, COMPRISING
wan IN ALL ABOUT 9 900 LOTS;
street; nsIihTes, on M s6 SSD aGRNfSG Jaa,
ing and Evening until the whole is disposed of.
by lder OF the Postmaster General.
T.. W. BAR8ER,
Jan13 St Third Assistant Postmaster General.
O. ELIGTBLB LOT IN TODD BROWNS
4SUB-DIVISON OF PLEASANT PLAINS
~FUREALE At AUCTION. SITUATED ON
THE COBNER OF SEVENTH STREET
ROAD AND MT PLEASANT STREET.
By virtue of certain deed OF trust, bearing date
October 9Th, a ID. 1868. and recorded in lher aud
B. No. II at folio ISL of the land records of Washing
county, liz the District Of Columbia, and At ths
writ en- request of the party secured, will sell,
at PUBLIC auction, ia front of the premises, SAT-
JkDA1, the gid dag OF January, A. ID. 1876, at 4
O'Clock p m, the following dercrbed piece parcel
OF ground, 10 wi:
Lot numbered twenty. eight 1881 in block rum.
bsred ten tlc) of Todd Brown sub-divi5i1n Of a
Plesshnt."
Terms: $500 in cash; and the balance for which
the notes OF the purchaser bearing interest at the
rate Of eight per centUm per aunum and payable in
elk and twelve months, and secured By o deed of
trust on the property, viii be taken.
deposit of slCO required of the pur-
chaser at the time Of sale. All CONVEX ancing
at the cost Of the pure laser If the terms of sale
are not complied with IL seven days from the GAY
of sale the trustee the right to resell the
property al the cCs and risk Of The dsfsuling pur-
chaser. JAMES M. LATTA, Trustee
IenH dts TH0S. DOWNING. Auct.
THOMAs DOWLIN0, AuctiQneer,
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aS-'My dear" said a Cincinnati paczer 20
bis daughter, "a regular Murillo painting a as
been discovered IN our city" lis a water
color, pa y' NO, my dear, It's a real hogs
oil painting" And the young lady scream
ed, ssOh, Lard i''-IN T. Herald
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"Haye you any ambition left!"
sighed the court.

slave you any ambition leftn
sighed the court.
II guess so," was the hesitating
reply.
-"Do you think there is any
chance for you to climb VI
againW
81 druther kinder walk around
and take comfort" replied the
prisoner.
$50 We co." said his honor as he
leaned back. "When a man had
as soon be the dishcloth as the
dinner plate it is useless to try to
wiring him out. I'll have TO send
you up for the winter"
"Well, it's kinder warm and
nice up there" observed the old
relic. 81 s'pose they might give
us more oysters than they do, but
I'm purity well satisfied"
After assuming a picturesque
position, Bijah sang out:
Adjourned once more this Station
Court,
The Black Maria's coming,
A silent tear for the men in here,
And up they'll go a-humming."
Detroit Free Press.
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I'm the Long Ago.

"Ah, well do ] remember, Y sigh
ed the court as the next man pass
ed out, "when you were a consta
BILE in the third ward, wore a vel
coat, carried a cane, and was look
ed upon as a high Jink, hoop la
tiptop sort of a man. Men respec.
ted you, boys feared you, and yov
could have got trusted for a small
amount at any grocery in town
Those days have fled. The
sparkling diamond of the past has
became an old joint Of stove-pipe
thrown into the alley for crows
to nibble at and wonder which
end The grass grows on. 1t makes
me Sud to remember that you
were and to now see what you
are"
eyes, / used TO swel aronnd q
good deal," mused the prisoner.
"And now you are on the shrink.
Youreyes look like pieces Of tur.
nip glued TO red velvet; your
hair looks like fax gone to seed;
your nose glistens like n creased
apple; YOU tremble all over, and
no boot. black would care to be
seen in your company"
"It's purity tuG,n nsighed the man,
nj his old red boots,
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A Boys Sad Fate.

A bow abo, It thirteen years o
age has for the =, ,'st three months
been working for a anne snoellia, ma
ker on Gratiot street, DuC "a'
thrown out of a job and upSii "a
cold world yesterday througl. III ~
fault of his. The shoemaker SCI.
him down to hear "the latest"
and the lad consulted bulletin
board, and went back and said:
"Kelleg says that Louisiana is
sure for Hayes by 5000"
"Good p chuckled the shoema-
kei; "that defeats Tilden!"
In about an hoar he sent the
boy down again, anu the lad re-
ported;
"Wade Hampton carries South
Carolina"
Thunder! that elects Tilden !"
growls the old man, and he threw
down his lap-stone in a rage.
A third time the boy was sent
for the news, and this time report
ed:
FLORIDA Democratic, New York
Republican, and both parties
claiming the election" @ a
"You are now discharged-you
are not reliable!" retorted the old
man, but yet the lad had closely |
consulted "latest dispatches"
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Locomotives VS.. superstition.

When the Nicolas railway was
CONSTRUCTED in 1913, from st. Pc,
tersburg TO Moscow, the work was
done under contract with Ameri-
can engineers, and the cars and
engines were supplied from Bal
timore by the famous establish
ment of. the Winans Brothers.
The Russion priests oppose every
modern innovation, and Of course
they were down on the railway.
When the road was opened they
determined to stop it, !. so they
went in force to a point on the
road and set up a holy picture to
stop The new work of the devil.
The train came slowly along, and
the engineer, seeing the holy
picture on the track, thought
there must be a man behind it,
and so came to a halt. The as
sembled multitude raised a shout
and the priests called out that
the SAINT was all powerful and
would prevail against wickedness.
I Z They officer in charge Of the
train came out and took a view of
the situation, Then he told the
engineer to run back a quarter of
a mile and bring the train to a
halt. The shouting was redoub-
led, and priests were in the most
delight. But their ex-
ultation was soon changed to
grief as the master of ceremonies
told the engineer to put on all
the steam and 60 ahead, without
regard to consequences" The
engine went ahead, and down fell
the holy picture. torn and crushed
by the wheels of an American To-
comotive. Modern civilization
was triumphant, and the priests
and their followers no longer
shouted in triumph. .1 ~
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L
The New York World OF Wednes
day assumed the victory Of Tilder
and the Democracy, and congrat
ulated the country. The article
opened with a hint of Democratic
oppression of the negro and the
carpet Dagger. 1t travestied the
solemn declaration heralding the
birth Of ChristA''Peace on earth,
good will to amenn-7rendering it:
"Peace on earth to men of good WILL
Having hinted at an Infamous
discrimination and prescription
for opinions sake, in the index,
the World utters an outrageous
threat in the conclusion. 1t de-
clares that the assumed Dem
ocratic victory ''means peace on
earth to all men of good will. To
men evil will, and to them alone,
it means that the hour of reckon
ing has come, and that the justice
of a great people has found them
out at last: "Ihe World boasted
and uttered its threat Of discrimi-
nation and ostracism too soon. Mr..
Tilden is not elected. He will not
have an opportunity to drive car
pet-baggers from the South. lie
will not have, an opportunity to
decide who are men of"evil will"
and to punish them for holding
free Opinions.-Inter- Ocean. ,aU =
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Women Can't Understand.
Detroit Free Press. ]

/
Yesterday morning when O. De
troiter found himself alone with
an old woman in a Baker street
car a feeling of loneliness came
over him, and to shake it off he
remarked: .s,-
swell, the political crisis will
soon be over" -,
"Ehs Speak to me?" shereplied,
"What did you say about crisisgn
"The political crisis will. soon
be over" .er ,,r
(which one2' ~ ''''
"Why, the election--it will
soon be over. aolr
.''1t will eh2 They think it's best
to have it over, do theyw
"lsee yop are not a politician"
he observed.
"No; / don't think ! am, though
Of course it may run in the family.
mes' ''''
Her Innocence touched his
heart, but he went on:
, What do you think Of the stu.
ationY" WI o''' ~.
II only got it Monday morning,
and Of course ] don't know 'em
yet asl will by and by. The seem
Ike a nice family, though, and
the wages Is fair"
Of course there was no more to
20 be said. w
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THE PATHETIC ARTICLE.
An EfeCting Incident on a Rail
Road Train-A "Spring
Break Up"

On the Bay City train comm!
down yesterday was a passenge
whose strange actions drew The
attention of every one in the car
He had newspaper in one hand
and a handkerchief in the other
and he would read for a minute
and then turn and weep. Aftel
his action had continued for some
time one of his fellow passengers
approached him and tenderly re-
marked: .a Hr.su.H
any friend, you seem to fee
sorrowful." r.. g f.
$50 / do" was the choked re,
"Have you had some great be.
reavementp ~ Jll a
"Not very lately. / was read
ing a pathetic article in this pa,
per, and it calls up old recollec-
tions." "a @
"Let me see it," asked the gen
tleman, and taking the paper he
found that the article commenced
with: "All persons arc hereby
forbidden to trust my wife after
this date, as she has left my bed
and board" and so forth. He did
not know what to, say in . reply,
and as he handed the paper back
without a word the grief-stricken
man remarked: aai
"Ihaven't been so affected in iif-
teen years." 5iy
"Why, what has-this TO do with
you," was the surprised query. u
= 9TH there's a fond wife turned
out on--on the world" said the
weeper; "no home, no cash, no
credit. Poverty drives her to
sleep in a barn. During the night
she rolls off the hay-mow, strikes
on the tanning mill, breaks her
neck and is. found dead next dayl'
The husband and seven children
gather around the body and
and-and but can you imagine
and not weep? Lend me some of
that tobacco, and leave me alone
with my grief. j .feeleihke a
spring breakup, and know it's
better for the system than qui-
nine." @4
They stood back and let him
grieve, and he didn't seem to get
over it a bit until he saw q dog
fight on the platform of a station.
That entered his soul like a ray of
sunshine, and as the train moved
off he raised UP and said; VIZ .9isl|
'Pll bet any cadaver in this car
five dollars that the waIl-eyed
dog gets ed."-Detroit Free
fDress' -eQ lIEEs To 89Ot.
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what a Leading Manufacture
ing Journal Says About
the Resources Of
TCnnnagpo

Col. J. r. Killebrew. Commits
sioner of Agriculture, Statistics
and Mines, has received a letter
from DIR. Henri Erni, United
States Consul at Basle, Switzer.
land, in which he states that he
forwarded OIL the 18th of October
to the Tennessee State Library, a
parcel of Swiss educational docu-
ments. Since the publication of
an article, written by him, in the
Grenzepost, he has received many
inquiries about Gruetli, the Swiss
colony in Grundy county in this
State. DIR. Erni promises to do all
he can for Tennessee, in which he
lived for twelve years, if he re-
tains his position as Consul.
II. r. Hickling, Assistant Com
missioner of Immigration, writes
from fernando, Mississippi, to
the effect that private letters re-
ceived from gentlemen of good
standing in Birmingham the
workshop of England, state that
the distribution of pamphlets on
mines and mineral in Tennessee,
would be of immense advantage
to the State, and would bring its
minerals before the notice of En-
glishmen who are looking for in
vestments of the kind. The wri-
ters pledge themselves to do all
they can for Tennessee.
N The american Manufacturer & Iron
World, one of the best journals of
the kind published, contains an
editorial on "Tennessee's Great
Method ofDiAusing Information"
1t says that the intelligent people
if this great State may we'll feel
that the Bureau Of Agriculture
and Mines is doing a great work
in diffusing information which
the editor possesses, in regard to
Tennessee had been CLEANED from
the bureau and given to the world
the columns of his jour
nal. 1t inderses the statements
of Gov. Porterin regard to the
excellent results of the Bureau,
and asserts that if this intelligent
system of advertising is kept up,
Tennessee will be the scene Of
greater activity than all the States
Of the South combined. The Or
ganization of so good system,
and which has been so we'll man
aged, was one of the wisest things
ever put forward by any State.
Let the people and the press of
he State see that this great
source of accessials and reliable
Information be supported. and
hey will render to the rich and
Door Of many other States, as to
themselves, very great benefit.
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Kinder Mixed.
Detroit Free Press.l

| Detroit Free Press.
"Lemme see?" mused Walter
Gram, as he stood before the ban.
ana -colored bar of justice: "Tues-
day they elected Tilden and
took a drink. Wednesday they
elected Hayes, and took another
nip. Thursday they elected Til
den again and had some beer.
Friday they elected Hayes and |
had some gin. Say, Judge, who
have they elected for o-day? I've
been locked up since last night
and am kinder mixed"
81 believe that Mr.. Perkins is
ahead this morning." quickly re-
piled His Honor, 'but we don't
put out any bulletin boards here.
We put offenders out"
"Then for Heavens sake put
me out, quickp pleaded the
prisoner. I've got money bet on
this election, and if Perkins is vo-
ted in am a gone rabbit"
"As this was case Of simple
Drunkenness" replied the court,
sand as there has been much ex-
element over this thing, the law
will excuse you this time. Don't
drink any more to-day, nor to-
morrow, and see if you can't keep
sober for the next hundred years."
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ADINNE1a TO ORDER.
How Six Ladies' Found Thnt
the Proof Of the Pudding Is
I'm the Eating Thereof.

From tbc NOW lOrk Bun ] ~ I|UVJ w
just as | was about TO start yes.
terday morning to attend the first
lesson of the New York Cooking
School, in st. Marks place, under
the superintendent of Miss Cor
sen. i asked a fine sensible girl,
who does not scorn to do house,
work Of every kind, whether she
would not like to 90 with me and
take a lesson in French cookery.
She drew herself ND with nm ail'
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He could remember the names
lof all the letters Of the alphabet
except b. and to impress that
upon his memory Jennie told him
to think Of the bee. Next time
he was asked to name the letters
he remembered the first, but the
second stuIhped him again.; he
hesitated a moment, then with a
smile, said: "Oh, ] know; that's
the stinger!"