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The salary of the president OF Peru has
been raised 10 SIS geo, but the term il some
times limited 70 rorty-eight hours.
1Only five days separated the conviction
and the hanging OF Catchings and Moore,
Texas murderers. The law has 20 be prompt
down there 70 get the start Of lynchers.
6"Man," says Adam Smith, is an ami
NAL that makes bargains No other animal
another"
1In Wyoming Territory the officers
wives and laundresses attached 70 regf-
ments can vote, not being Sworn into toe
Jnlteo StStes service" out neither officers
nor soldiers can do so. Altogether IL is esti-
mated that Is 900 women vote.
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TRUsTEIs' SALE OF VALUABLE BUILD.
Il ING LOT Oh TIE SOUTH SIDE or
nASsCHusnTTs AXnMgE, BITWEGN

Unde, and By virtue Of deed Of {. ust bear -
aIsa rseordes In Liber No 1ss foiio is, one oi
the land records Of the District Of Usiumbia, the
front Of the premises, ON FRIDAY, the 94th day
Of November, lSe, as< O'Clock ?. m the western
;ty hi tlssJ, }roniina 80 feet inches on Mass
acbusefts avenue.
twelve and eighteen months, for which notes OF
purchaser, secured By deed OF trust on the property
sold aud bearing eight per cent interest, to be
aiyen 6eposif OF ESQ to be made when bid 10 90
G pied II terms OF sale sre not complied with.
S q! 2. esapssoossssrsd5ss.s H Trustees.
roylS eo6ds TH0e. =. WA0oAAAu, Auct.
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AUCTION SALES.
YHIs AFTERNOON,
NVAsH. d. WILLIAMS. Auctioneer.

TRusTEKT SALE OF VERY DESIRABLE
sllIlIhG LOTS, WITH FhOHTS on i6Ia
STREET AND Nkw pSHIRg AVENUE
~ Write Of deed Of trust dated june soth, 80
A u 1876, aee duly recorded In lsiber No als -
toiio So. &C. OF the land records for wsshing-3.
tor county. and b. direction of the party
FBIpAf the 18th day Of November. a O. ISIS
., Ego S,o;oea m, IN fro1i Of toe premises, al
corced subdivision q original 10, numbered three,
t5,l an e2usre porth OF square numbered one hun
GRO and s,venty seven, Mo- In the city Of n ash
1ngfon. ith hlt the i'm proyements thereon,
Terms OF sale: ope-.hir I'm cash (of which $50
must &c paid sfssieD: the deferred payments TO be
With interest st the rate OF ten per cent per snnum
until paid and secured BY deed Of trust the salts
With VIZ hin SIX days after dav of sale, otherwi.e
the Trustee the right to resell the pro perty
AFTER me week nos ice at the risk and oo~t OF the
mast purchaser. All eoaveyancing at purchaser D
c8t. VIM WAN Trosfea
novoeodds Wash. b. WILLIAMS, Auct.
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CHINAMAN ELoPEs WITH WHITE
oIkL.-ror several months past there has
peen employed as waiting maid in ths
family OF General sully, At Fort Vancouver,
young ano handsome girl, whose name we
suppress Tor oovious reasons. Toere has also
oeen employed, as sock and general servant
n Cnlnarnau, who il described as being a
smart 1ellow, and In personal appearance
1sr above The average OF his race. Eyidences
OF anecton nave OF late often been noticsd
between The two, tut IL was passed of a. a
Joke ana nothing serious thought of thu
matter I'LL one day last week, when both IN a
inquiry IL was ascertained that thew mad
come over 10 this city together by steamer
here all trace OF them was lost, aud N a.
supposed they took overland passage for
California. The mother OF the young iady is
IN great distress over her daughters depar-
ture and disgrace, aud we Understand mas
, ,eIt ior san Francisco In guest OF the fugi-
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BRooKER 4 LEWIS, Auctioneer.
THANOBRY SALE OF IMPROVED PROP


BY virtue of decree passed November Sd, -
1878, 10 cause 5,a0l, equity, Lsonard John On
SOB ct al. Will cell. on SATURDAY, No .k
yember 2oth, 1870 at 4 O'Clock 10, on the prem.
tses parts OF Lots Nos. g. and l in Doaki a. and
Bailey g addition 10 Georg eto Vi, which has been
sub6iyiced into OTIS Nos IA, Is, is, II and 49, aud
he subdivision thereof duly recorded In SURVEY
ors office lot "A fronts 81 g lou feet lot Is Is 81 100
feet lot lSl feet, lot IL, ~ o. 100 feet, and LOT ~
80 Is leo feet the Canal road near the Aqueduct
Bridge, and lot is is improved by q large BIfck
House, and IA with Q Stable.
And on MONDAY, November 21th, 1876, At 4
O'Clock .. M, will sell Lot 90. # Beatty aud Hsw
kin addition TO Georgetown situated a. the corner
of LIST and Frederick streets, which has also b-en
subotyided into Lots Nos 49, 80, 81 and 81 and the
subdivision thereof DULY recorded in the Suryeyor
Office. Lot 79 has front of 30 feet, and lots So 81
and 81 each ~ feet on lst street. by depth of rs
feet, and lot 70 is improved with Brick House. now
nsed ss store and dwelling, aud ALEC with a frame
Dwelling House fronting on Frederick street
Terms of sale, as prescribed By the decree: One
fourth cash; the residue in three equal instalmept.
payable at six, twelve and eighteen months from
Gay Of sele with interest at the of eight rer
CeDtum per snnum until paid, for which notes m ust
be given. ESQ deposit op.esch parcel when sold
lbED w. JONES. Trustee,
nCNH-d THOs. BOWLING, Auct.
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DIED.

st her late residence. 30. TIA 18th street north.
west, after . brief Illness, Mrs. EMILY ANr
THOMAS, widow Of the late DR.. ohm II. Thomas, Of
Louisiana.
Her funeral will take place from 81. Pstr,ol a
church on Saturday the 18th instant, 81 So'oeck
y. m.
WALSH. November 18th, 1876, JULIA WAIsH
vile Of EDWARD 2. w slsh, aged IS years
The funeral will take place on eafu rday. Ia n
inst, q $50 O. m, from her late residencs, Garner
9Th and streets northwest.
N0pKR. Friday morning, November I7th. l7s,
OF pneumonia, Mrs. ANNIE Q. YoDKR, beloved wffs
Of Chss. 7. focer, and daughter Of the isss Wa.
Warder, aged ~ years.
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
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CHAECERY SALE OF DESIRABLE I'M.
~ PBOYED PROPERTY on aORrH r
STREET, NEAR NEW JERSEY AVENUE,
AND ON TIE CORNER OF 12ra AND q

n
" PROVES PROPERTY ON GORrH r
STREET, NEAR NEW JERSEY AVENUE,
AND ON THE CORNER OF 12rH AND O
STREETS NORTHWEST, IN TIE CITY
OF WAsHIE0TOE, ID, @.
By virtse Of a decree OF tho Supreme Court -
OF the District of Columbia, passed on the -
Ath Of October, 1876, in the cause Of Schmidt .A4
vs.. kerlihy ct al, equity cause No. 5,Osl, viii
sell, 81 public auction, In front Of the Ies pective
premises or lets, on SATURDAY, the 25th day OF
November, 1875, at O'Clock . m, Lot IL, in John
IONS subdivision of square 62s, with the improve
ments, &C., thereon,
ALSO,
On MONDAY, November 27th. 1876, at the same
hour, Lot i, in Adams and Goldman subdiv ision
OF the square Sl9, with the improvements, &c.,
thereon.
Terms of sale: One fourth Of the purchase money
cash on the day Of ssle within seven days there.
after. and the residue in three equal instruments in
six, twelve and eighteen months, from the day OF
sale, notes for the deferred payments to be given
bearing interest at six per cent per annum, or at
the election of the purchaser the whole OF the
purchase money may be paid In cash. The title to
the Pre- perty to be retained until all of the purchase
MOI ey and the interest thereon Is paid. II any
purchaser fails to comply with the terms OF sale I
reserve the right to re.e the property az the risk
and cost Of the aefsuiting purchaser. All convey
sncing at the purchasers cost eloo deposit on &C.
TIHDALL r. .ALIXANDER, Trustee,
no 476 Louisiana avenue.
noyl3-eo6dB b. II. WARNE ID, Auct.
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IN ONE OF the departments OF New street.
school, Wednesday, the teacher asked a
scholar what he was going TO do when he got
to be man.
"rm going 10 vote for Hayes and Wheeler. :"
he promptly replied.
At this, a very little fellow on a back seat
shot mp his hand.
"Well. Tommy, what are you going "a do
when you become man." she asked.
"Pm going to be my own boss, an vote for
who please he shouted.-[ DInbAlrn NM
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A DIVORCED HUSBANDS FREaF.-A
wife OF James Marston, that county. reoenf-
~ obtained q divorce from her husband,
and last week Msrston, who is only thirty
years OF age, took consolation by marrying
lady named era wford, who is only SEVENTH
two IL supposed that Marstoa did this
Tor Iove-or spite, as the lady is not blessed
Win great deal OF this worlds goois-
LOtaStaue CoHTler-.I OIlrnnL.
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KILLED on HIS WAY TO Cock FIGHT
Kennedy OBrien OF Oohoes lert home yester-
day with rooster, which It was Intended
should take part In a cock fight in this city.
On reaching the long bridge, which had been
be allowed to pass. but was advised not 10
try IL. Finally, however, he started on his
way across, and had gone only q short dis
lance when he slipped and fell through an
aperture TO the rocks below, receiving in
juries from which he died in short time.
The deceased leaves a wife and i've children
In destitute ctrcumstances.-TT rOU Times.
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A SAN FRANCISCO CORRESPONDENT de
scrioes some ofthe advantages OF the gold cur
rency on the Pacific slope. One would thin K AZ
would be sufficient for all needs of q gold
currency TO use gold as a circulating ms.
dunn and transact business by means of
bank notes or checks. But this is not tue
practice, for, though gold notes do exist, they
nave been emitted for the convenience OF
Eastern tourists, who do not care to carry
half hundred weight OF gold concealed
about thety persons. The Californians, how
ever, will not accept fiimsy fold OF pa
per, although It's actually worth its face,
and Is worth its face, and is q promise TO pay
wnleh VIII neither be postponed nor violated.
twenty dollar pieces. The bankers have to
send a horse and wagon to the Clearing
House 10 bring away the balance due the
firm. This morning." said President OF
one OF the banks, "our employe 1t the Clear
Ing House had TO receive balance OF s127 900
The weight OF which was about four hundred
and sixty i've pounds avoirdupois. This
was undoubtedly awkward 20 handle, but
Its weight made IL secure. No one could
very well steal it.
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hUHCAEsoH BROrHERs, Auctioneers.
ZEAL ESTATE, BEING HOUSE NO LOG
INDIANA AVEHUE

' ~
ZEAL hsrATE, BEING HOUSE No. 100
By. virtue of deed OF trust bearing date -
en- the 5th. day of November, A. ID 1872, and a
recorded In Liber No. $50 felio AS ct sea-
one Of the land records for Washington county, 10
for sale, at public auction, in front of the premises
on FRIDAY, the Ist day of December, A. D. 1875
ct O'Clock p m Gil bat piece parcel OF ground
ing and being 81 tuate ia The city of Washing ton
In the District Aforesaid. and known and distfn.
gnished on the plat or plan OF said city as being
subdivision Il ;" OF Lot numbered four 40, in
square numbered five hundred and seventy four
(s74. as the said subdivision has been laid out By
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Dom eany. and Q
plat thereof duly recorded In the Office of the Sur
seyor OF said city, together With the buildings and
appurtsnances thereunto appertai ming, cousistfng
OF three. story and basement brick building.
Terms OF sale: One fourth cash; and the remainde
In equal pa,mcnts at six, twelve aud eighteen
months for which the purchaser Is to give notes,
with interest at the rate OF eight cent,
By Q d, ed OF trust on the premises. A deposit OF
500 will be required at the time of sale. Al con
veysrcing at the expsnse OF the purchaser. If
terms OF sale are not Complied with In i've DAYS from
date OF sse, the property will be resOd at this risk
and ex pense OF the defaulting purchaser.
RICH AID WALLAOH. Trustee.
rovH-HawAds DUNCANb0N BROS, Auct.
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This KvRNING.

RkOVkBB bGW Is, Auctioneers,
u marble Building, Penns. ave. and 18th 1T.
CLOSING SALE OF PAwHsRoKrR,s STOCK
D11MH PLEDGES
ConststiTg OF Watches, Jevelry Chains. Rings
STUDS, Buttons, Buil sets, Pistols. Plated Ware,
Spoons, forks, cutlery. Casters AMI such
Sales -
The sale will be continued HIS (ThursdayI N
LINING, G O'Clock, ard IRIDAY (48
MOkNIhG, ~ 10 o'clock, and EVENING at
y, and positively closing sale SATURDAY I'VE.
MING. 81 o'clock.
Bale positive and without reserve
LEVI STERN, Pswnbroker, PhiadelphIa
novlsN BRQOkkR LEWIS, Ancts
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II h. WARNER, corner 7th and streets.
ThUsTEE SAIL OF RHoRlRTY, No. so4 G

BY virtue OF . deed Of trust dated March /, -
1876, and recorded In Liber T78, felio 13s one tS
Of the land records for District Of Columbia -:
edntss, win eel, q pablo auction, IL front Of the
premises, on MQEp ~ 1 1Sym aa Sotn: 49, ct
square numbered seven hundred and ninety Ave
ioWs BesinninR Tor the ssme AZ Soint ON the ine
Of South street. 50 feet from the Southwestern cor.
ear fact .Sencs couth 100 feet TO aid ana
thence west Is feet 70 the place Of beginning, being
improved By q two story Frame DWELLING.
Terms: 0s7s, with interest ct ten per cent. from
March 1876 and e1 Pc nsee Of sale IN cash. balance
In twelve end eighteen months, SIX Der cent In
terest. A deposit of $50 win be required when the
preuerty in Knocked ed.
MARTIN II. EOHREB, Trustee,
j. T. GOODWILL,
noys 10 lS,lS,n,ls Salesman.
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KILLING A NEwsBoY.-Tnis morning,
just as the morning train OF the Mobile road
stopped at bay st. Louis on its way down,
Walter Chandler, son OF the Radical Judge
or Hancock county, waylaid Mr.. p. X. Mayer
editor Of the Handsboro Democrat, and shot at
the missile struck q newsboy named Fer
guson In the mouth, killing him instantly.
Great excitement occr rred In consequence.
The attempt to kill Mr.. Mayer 10 ATTRIBUTED
to an article written By him against Judge
Chandler.-(Nel0 Orleans Democrat.
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Mr. MARTIN fARoUHAk TUPPRR prfnts
IA me Philsdelyhia fTeSs, In afvancs. a
Iettef about America written 90 a frtent
abroad. be sportively SAYS thai the cen IAN
loluon compared with other exhibit
1ons IN rs Victoria Regia % a common
water lily and he declares tnat ssfor men tsls
tnere - not a better educated people on tbe
ace OF the earth. Schools and teacher. ,n,,,s
cnes spo enApels, BOOKS and newspapers, are
only almost loo abundant; except n mons ths
newest emil grants nom Europe. ~ a. difricult
TO md an Ignorant person. and there seenas
70 be bo home where the children are not
hsbituslly sent 20 school. For morals which
ipcluoe socisls, there 10 40 vast = stride
toward absolute temperance that America
may now be called a water drinking peo-
pie. Several cases OF curious honesty have
occurred 70 myself, while the general good
nature and courtesy and even self forgetfll-
ness OF the bulk OF those one meets are
traits aoundantly noticeable. In this recent
strong y-contested election the patience.
Kind and l3w-abiding quietude OF
immense crowds sDave .been strangely eyi-
denced to a travellers eye.
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A MrDNIeHr NURDrR--Lsst Thurscay
sht, about twelve O'Clock, Mr. Hdgarfs
living n We or six miles In the cou airy, sud
father OF DR.. Edwsros, OF this city. was shot
BY John Lackett, living In the nelshbornoof
rom The effects OF whicn ne soon DIET
Dackett went out 10 Mr.. Eiwsrds', where
bis wife was, ~ late hour and dem sndef
that she accompany him home. she bei0r
In delicate health Lsckett was prevailed
upon By a lady present 90 lie; his wife re-
main until morning. THIS seemed 20 enrsse
him and he slapped her over. In TIE melee
which ensued Mr.. Edwards. q man over
seventy years OF age, very feeble, decrepid
and really not rational man, sppros ohed
him, when he was knocked down the second
and third times He got hold OF q gun, TIE
contents OF which he discharged ~ his antag-
onist, but 10 10 supposed he missed his al Inn,
or more probably he never aimed st
All. The nre was returned OF Lac
kett, shooting him three times win
a pistol, frem the effects OF whic.
he died. Lackett Immediately fed, and M
10 THIS time has not been heard from. The
anair has created q good deal OF sym pathw
Tor the relatives OF the deceased, aud diiieent
search will be made for the murderer whs
den MIS- Coaef
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WONDERFUL NERvB-Chadwell, one of
TIE men killed while attempting 70 rob the
Norihneld bank, IN undoubtedly the Sam
man who worked In the tin and lead mines
IN MISSOURI TWO years ago. He was regarded
mere as des perate character. To ILLUSTRATE
on one occasion he, in company with an
otner miner, went on q spree, and while
standing around IRE, ChadwelIs partner
nberately threw IL on the IRE. Chad we'll
very cooIly snatched the keg OF powder from
the flames and threw II In q ditch. The cir
California Democrat
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EVENING STAR.
FRIDAY.........November ~, ISIS
AbOut the Ear.

"A writer In the London M,sstcdl World says:
recent cursory description OF the we'll
hoown Mozarteum. fron the pen OF an intel
neent correspondent ola daily paper men,
uons the fact that amongst the interesting
rsncs OF the divine composer exhibited 70
s Se pubic gaze n Salzourg, 10 drawing OF
as tooueh nature had intended him to be a
elIted listener. IL is noteworthy that in at
I korSs ILL., except those painted by the sun
l0eII, next 70 the boots, the ear seems 20 pre-
sent 10 the painter the greatest difficnlty.
III IL rarely one see shoe beautifully ORA wu
Perhaps IL 10 still rsrer that the ordinary
can be made beautiful, even by = ssiifai
craftsman. With the ear the observer can
Dot help remar king the same assence OF in
snd dauS or two thar Would IS 1 %i,s an so ear
propriety represent dried ng or an oyster
would do duty for the above organ. In CALI
ing attention 10 lhis matter, venture 20
submit the results ofsome OF my own ooserv-
atfons, In the hope that something more
may lie ELECTED on this, as believe, most
interesting question. And l shall De az
that my conclusions are premature or err
ratio viii kindly contribute the result OF his
or her Individual experience. Small ears
Larse ears are unusually Indicative OF q
mere comprehensive taste. A narrow harp
or harp Ike opening always denotes q good
ear Tor music; II the harp is very regular
you may safely prognosticste q correct in
tonauon For singer, the rim must be very
even, and the circle unoroken Any protu
beTar ce on the rim OF the ear will Occasion
slight Discrepancy OF intouatiou: the singer
VIII not be at all times alike. Some have a
double harp; this is dangerous TO the success
GI tne singer. A perfect double rim 10, on
the other hand, highly disadvantageous
THIS is, however, open TO the weakness OF
being satisfied with sweet sounds OF any
kind. The ear without a rim is the most
dainty and difficult 70 please. IL appears TO
receive, almost, as IL were, by selection, only
Inc best sounds; ordinary sounds have no
attraction for IL. These are few of the lead
Ing features OF the ear. Seeing that we
have the cast OF pianists' hands, would it not
DE as instructive 10 have casts OF composers
eSrs; surely the one is as important 10 the
musical student rs the other.
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LORD BEACoNsFIELD has tarowu q torch
in his arrogant speech among the vexed
as q deliberate threat and . defiance, then he
spoke unwisely and 20 as 70 oomplicate the
situation. HIS language followed by that Of
the Gear has exaggerated the Russians and
given to Turkey encouragement TO stand
out against the Russian demands. the situ-
alton In Europe IL the refore dubious and
cloudv.-TN y S,fu,
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JUDGMENT RENDERED.-The Salt Lake
Tribune says: A man was saving wood
yesterday afternoon in a back yard. He
severed two sticks as thick as your wrist
and then went into the house MARY" said
he to his wife, "my country needs me; there q
no use talking, we're just going TO slaughter
all these Injuns; no true patriot can be eX-
pected TO hang around q woodpile these
days" "JOhn," said his wife, sif you q ght
lnjuDs as well as you saw wood and support
your family, IL would take lis like you TO
capture one squaw, and you'd have to eaten
her when she had the ague and throw pepper
In her eyes," John went back to the wood
pile wondering who told his wife ali about
him
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THOMAS BOWLING, Auctionsef

THOMAS BOWLING, Auotionser.
CATALOGUE SALE
VALUABLE PRIVATE LIBRaRIss,
AMONG WHICH ARR .
Irish and Cath Jlic Books, LEr
- cole sical snd Controversial Books, X
french, Greek and Latin Books,
inusuatec Works on Antiquities, Voyages and
travels, Arts AND Sciences,
Together with many Valuable Standard and Mis-
celianeous Works on History, Poetry, Biogra.
-bhy, ard General Literature.
TO De sole at my auction rooms, south { corner
PsIns: avenue and llth street, BOMBAY EVEN
inS, november 3, 1916 and following eyoninss,
Terms cash.
noS9 THOMAS BOWLING, Auctr
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PREPARING FOR AN EMERGENCY.-A
young man from the frontier, stopping At
one OF our hotels, told the clerk the other
Just wait a minute, v replied the accom-
modating clerk, and he rushed of but soon
Iesppeared with large envelope, which be
remark: "That is q bond for your appeara ncs
before the Recorder properly Signed. As
soen as you are arrested for being drunk and
dlsorderly, just give the bond 20 the police
man, mention my name TO him, and he Will
bring you home In q hack. Good night God
bless yOu!r-lSda ANTONIO Herald