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III X. FULTON. Auctioneer.
AUCTION SALE OF FORFEITED PLEDGES.

AUCTION SALE OF FORFEITED PLEDGES.
Iwill sell at ny store. 121s Pennsylvania avenue by
ms aS@liR e0 At sodi6ck n Msh my
s'9A of Of F3e s4sr rs Led Metal h ca sale WstsSss
Gc4 and siiyeE Na1sh Chins Goid Necklaces Charms.
rms Pins / aceiets Plain cod ana Set Kings COD
eIs sHd rsnes damon Is and other Precious stone
liz, a. 10 o'clock. and evenings at o,lock until all
{. ii. CRIPpTN Salesman O''' -,- l.l2i-5t.
TJNHOMAs BOWLING, Auc,ioneer.
oBANcERY SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
Is RS 'Af AfESah %Sb rA ri
OF LqI = sqfA,sEE 10 IL oS r RESFI Nh
sft6A S SIR Sc = De- WEN f1''Si AND
BY virtue Of decree of the Supreme Court Of thees
srsh p So fquisy cause us ~ $50 is shall
se &c the ef II f t5Gns Of 5h M
lTEsBA3.o me TwESTf;f1fTH DAY ~ OF IF
Of lot No hs p
ton to the United States by thrse-
Also: OF lot g of the same subdivision. in square
end improved by threestory brick dwelling. No los
also part Of lot in square No 7s beginning for the
Pennsylvanla avenue, at the northwest corner
Bet@een III lot and lots Numbered and to .reet
thence east with said street twenty-four t24 fee;
with the line dividing lot from lots and 20
Pennsylvania aNnue and thence westwardly with
said twenty-five feet.
Terms of sale. asprescrbed by said decree. Onethrd
Of the purchase money to be paid in cash. and the
balance in one aud two years from the day Of sale For
the deferred the purchaser purchasers shall
sve their notes drawing six Co cent interest per
erty purchased deposit Of one hundred (SlO dollars
each lot must be made when the property knocked
down Al cOnveyaOcing to be at the of the pur-
char or purchases Terms Of sale to be COMPLEX with
within days from day of SALE the property viii
be resold at the cost of the defaultng purchaser
JOHN f. MCNALLY, Trustee
rnhl3dNds Columbian Law Building.
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Another NateriaIized Spirit Captured.

ooston Irspatch TO the Hartford Cou-ant
There has been rather an exciting EPISODE in con-
necoOn with spiritual Manifestations IN Boston.
AT house at the south end OF the city there have
oeen many exhibitions OF msteralized spirits OF
Iale. Some OF these who knew OF these exhibitions
were convinced that they were fraudulent, and laid
plan lor their exposure The story a n is tod 10
me, IS 20 the efect that fifteen or or citizens aSrsd
70 so together TO the house and fnveStiEatG the
mater 10 the bottom They arranged a plan Of
operation In advance The seances are held In a
udlAeileu room. The m2terlaiiZed spirits issue
from cabinet and move about Tie circle IonverS-
ing With those who compose Il. The arrangement
was that one OF the party should seize uTon the
slilt While another. W no took seat near the GAS
burner, should strike match AID tCrn on the gas
AT the signal when the Investigation should pro
ceeu 1hlS was strictly carried on. The spirit
appeared IN the form OF a sailor. Tie active party
IN The circle watched his opportunity. ana threw
us arms with muscular erfp about the sailor
When the room was suddenly fllunIined and he
IounO himself ciasping a woman. She fought
vigorously 10 ha free, and Gealt her caplCr a blow
Whlch iett mark OF his face. The sailor costume.
caiile OH In the struggle, and. though tie woman
fetreated the parties got possession OF the cabinet
ana carried away the paraphernalta 10y which this
imposition had been carried on. II is a singular
auGlr. ana the men who are concerned IN the ex-
posure. am told, are OF tine highest
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FENHOMAS BOWLING. Auctloneer
BUILDING LOT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SAMSON
S!RLET, BETWEEN FIFTEENTH AND SIA
IEENIH STREETS NORTHWEST, AT AUG
TON
On THURSDAY AFTERNOON MARCH TWENTY.
SEVENTH, 1eo4 AT FIVE O'CLOCK. in front Of tine
Premises shall sell Lot SO. IL Square 1884, having
front of % feet the south side of Samson street by
depth OF IS feet to l0fooc alley.
Terms One-tnird cash balance in one and two wears
with notes bearing interest ut six per per a!I,u
and secured by deed OF trust all at the option
OF purchaser All conveyanciug at purchasers cost
500 deposit required at time OF sale
mh22-d&ds THOMAS BOWLING, Auctioneer
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old WINE AND OLD FRIENDS ARE KNOWN Al
~ the best 20 il JUSTHS Old Stand known for YEAR
.s the only place where frst-class SECOND. HHND
CLOTHING can be sold at respectable prlcss address
Ca)bat
JUsCH'S Old Stand. No. GIG street between tlhani
7th streets northwest
1-Note by promptly atteDded.I
FTNHE CELLULCID TRUSS; THAT NEVER BREAKS
never out al ways clean. and be worn while
bathing. Is 1or salsas
CHAS. FISHERS
ga 1th street northwest
.iRs FISHER devctes her attention " tins Wxntsof
LsIS PAtrOuA ,ull
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John r. KELLY.
~ DEALER FTRsr-CLAss
EEEF, LAMB. VEAL, MUTTON. &c. CORNED BEEF
A SPECIALITY
Stalls e2s GOO and $50 Center Market 9th street VIM
and 2O6 and 2G3 Northern Liberty Market: address
Box II. City Post Office.
Marketing delivered free charge to oil parts of tn
city. mar!
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colOred men were arrested in Hall county, Ga
charged with assaulting a white woman They
the other sent to the chain gang for life. Since
then evidence has been found to show that the
vlcted men were innocent As the one now in the
chain gang was citizen OF Jackson county the resi-
dents OF that county placed the matter before the
last grand Jury, and he will be freed The crime
was an exceedingly brutal one, the victim being
left for dead in small patch OF woods The unfor-
tunate man who was hanged died protesting his
Innocence, but the circumstant1a evidence against
him was SO strong that his story was discredlted.
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Killed by a Woman.

AN INSURANCE AGENT sBoT DEAD IN TIE STEFY-
Aoam suffer, an agent for the Metropolitan Life
insurance company, was shot In the street in syra
cuSe, NY, Saturday night by Ms. Vim. ". Bans,sr
Suffer ran into a yard shout ntty RODS from the
scene OF the shooting and fell dead the bullet hav-
Ing passed through his heart a Syracuse dispatch
says: He had been intimate with Mrs Rans,er.
having been in the habit OF visiting at her hous.,
slace ne came here, about I'VE years agn. b,,. tue
intimacy is said TO have recently been broken or
saturday night they met on the street, and suffer
spoke 10 the woman who repulSed him. he then
declared that he would ruin her daughter about y
Years old Mrs. Ransier eNclaiIned that II ~ ~
pested that remark she would shoot him. Suffer
repeated IL, or something 20 the effect here
upon The woman drew n revolver frum her dress
POCKET and shot him. Suffer leaves a Nlfe and I'VE
enlioreh He was about IS years Old MIS-. RauSier
y ABOUT the same age. She has a husband and
three Children, the oldest OF whom IS IS. She is
under arrest and admits the shooting.
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The French forces In Tonauin have captured tie
citadel Of Thainguyen.
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FORTRESS MONROE NORFOLK AND The
asI. VERNON. Nj. vERNoNi,

STFAITR ". W. CGRCORty
leaves -th street wharf daily (except Sunday for VT
Vernon 10 O'Clock returning reaches hing
ten shout ) 81 = IL
GO Z J.. P-SKE. Captain
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LOVER KILLED BY HIS RIvAL-At Chatta-
nooga, Tennessee, a masquerade ball was given
last Thursday night Handy Singleton and Calvin
Young were paying attentions TO woman. About
midnight Singleton and the woman left the ball
room together, and We're followed by Young, who
overlook them near the Stanton house Young
drew pistol and Shot Singleton through the heart
killing him instantly. The murderer escaped and
the woman was arrested. Ii is believed the murder
woman and Young to get nd OF Singleton, who was
Of m
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A JEALOUS WogAN's MCRDERoCs AcT-Mrs
Thomas Rees, OF HaZeton, Pa. jealous OF Mrs. Sm-
mons because she was suspected OF having alien
ated her husbands affections went TO her home on
Saturday, and after some words. drew pistol and
threatened to shoot her. Butler Eli, young man
who happened to be In the house, Jumped forward
in his head. dying within an hour. Mrs. Rees was
arrested
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-23
Tattooing A Fine Art.

edwin Thomas, tattooing artist, ="
was the sign that greeted the eyes of q
Tribune reporter at South street and
Old Slip. Two flights up, in a room
furnished with desk and half a dozen
chairs, the artist" was found at work.
Three stalWart and sun-browned sailors
were lounging about the room. By
the window sat Mr.. Thomas, holding
the hand of sailor lad, which he
was tattooing. A saucer containing
India ink, and one Containing vermilion,
stood on chair by his side. Into one
or the other of these saucers he con-
tinually dipped four small needles
fastened to a handle, and then pricked
away at the back of the boys hand, on
which a belligerent eagle, holding in
its talons an American flag, was be-
ginning to appear, The sailor boy and
his companions watched the work with
interest. s.Is the operation painfnl9"
asked the reporter. ''Not at all, re-
piled the sailor, and Mr.. Thomas,
seizing the reporters hand, pricked
the back of it with his needles. The
puncture was scarcely felt, but
bright red spot, about the size OF tAe
point of pin, was left.
''Do you do much tattooing?" asked
the reporter of the ''artist. ,"
''Yes / have all / can do, was the
reply. 81 have just returned from
Chicago, where I-have been tattooing
woman for the show business. She
was getting So o. week as q waitress
before, and now she gets $45 a week
in dime museum. have tattooed in
all four women who are now In mu-
seums and making from $45 to 500 q
week. I work here in the daytime,
and upon the Bowery at night. Most
Of nv customers down here are sailors.
/ am now tattooing the officers and
crew of Q British bark. go aboard OF
her afternoons, and everybody, from
the captain down, is being decorated.
l tattoo more mechanics than / do
sailors. Sailors generally like eagles,
or ships. Here is a design that is also
popular among sailors"
The tattooer opened book contain
ing designs drawn in India ink and
veTmilIion, and showed the reporter
representation Of an impossible woman.
weeping over an improbable monument
on which was inscribed, '1n memory
Of nv mother. 'sThe mechanics and
laborers whom / tattoo upon the Bowery
o. nights, bring me all sorts of designs
they generally furnish their own
and seem to Be fond Of horses and other
animals for decorative purposes. For
tattooing any one for the show business
/ get 500. Such designs as these in
the book there range from twenty-five
cents to 81. After design is pricked
in the red generally puffs up little for
day or two, but occasions no pain. /"
The sailors present confirmed Mr..
Thomas words and exhibited their
arms and hands, covered with anchors,
hearts, ships, mourning pieces and other
devices. -NeU York Tribune
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On lhe cenr ., Alene TraiL

Speaking Of the army, l am remind.
ed Of what saw. on my way by stage
from Spokane Falls to the lake. just
before coming to Cowley' s Bridge across
the Spokane River, eighteen miles
from the falls, we came upon an acre
or more of bleaching bones asked
what they were, and was told that
here was where General Wright, many
years ago, before the war, subdued the
Indians by killing their horses to the
number Of ], 400 The Indians we're
among the rocks in the hill to the
southwark of the river, and somehow
their horses in going to drink, perhaps.
got separated from them. General
Wright saw his opportunity. surrOund-
ed them in q marshy place near the
river and had them all shot The In
dians were then so helpless that they
rave themselves up, and the trouble
was ended bY some judieiOus hanging.
It interested me to look upon this his
toric field Of bones. becoming less OBJ
servab1e each year, yet remarkable as
having lasted a quarter Of 3 century to
tell the story Of General Wrights fam
Gus victory.
Near by this old held OF bones Is
solitary grave, which also has 8 his
tory. In il sleeps horse thief and >
murderer By the name of Kellogg, and
he was shot dead on the spot where
buried. He had been run out Of Walla
Walla and his lie spared on the inter-
cessior1 Of his wife, but the badness in
the man was the dominant quality. and
1<,s,f ks,,s -. ovsF rvava fill he met his
death in quarrel here on the bank Of
the Spokane River. Near the grave b
little heap of stones shows where his
house once stood, bv the old ferry
and the whole furnishes suggestion
of Whist life must have been when this
was the rendezvous Of as bl00dthirsty .
horde 81 cufsthroats and robbers Is
ever infested Wild and out-of-1he-
place Eqgle City Co. Portland Ore
qontan.
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summer Drinks.

4
| Do yon drink soda water, and If yeu
do are you aware how dangerous to
health it isl a sparkling and exhilars-
ting quality IS given to ordinary drink
ing water when in1pregRated with ear
bonic acid gas. The same gas, hoWeEer,
taken into the lungs would cause almost
instant death. Druggists generally pro
duce it by satuFating marble dust with
diluted sulphufie acid The gas Is
pumped into the lake water under such
an enormous pressure that the cylinders
containing the fayorite summer drink
retailed as soda water are yerftabIe dy-
Mantle machines, and their bursting has
frequently caused q serious loss of life.
Carbonie acid gas, curiously enough.
seizes upon the organic impurities of
water and hides their real character
from the taste. 1t will hold in a Kind
OF chemical imprisonment ninety-nine
timesits own bulk of impure gases. That
IS why charcoal Is such an excellent
thing to filter water with. Placed in bnlk,
whatever bad odors prevail it is one of
the most powerful, simple and effective
disinfectants known in the domain of
chemistry. The great trouble with all
carbonic disinfectants is that they only
hold contagious poisonous gases tempo
rarily in prison and give them off again
under various changes in the atmos-
phere. The carbonic acid gas in drink
ing water instantaneously attracts by
kind of gaseous grayitation all the Inn
purities it contains Yelled by a. little
syrup and fruit essence, large quantity
OF this impure water is consumed which
otherwise would not be, to the serious
prejudice of the lives of those who In
nocently use it.
Some idea of the qualities of so-ealled |
soda water can readily be gained by
taking a glass of the water from any. of
the fountains in the various drug stores
without any syrup or discussing essence.
The water is usually so heavily impreg-
mated with the gas that it violently es-
eapes the moment it is unconfined. By
placing the lips upon the glass, as if in
the act of drinking, and carefully re-
framing from doing so, but at the same |
instant smelling and inhaling through |
the nostril the escaping gas with its
loaded impurities, a revelation of its |
real properties will be obtained which.
viii afford very valuable lesson, and
perhaps safeguard against its too CO..
pions use. 1t should be understood,
however, that pure water charged with
carbonic acid gas is not deleterious. An
agreeable sense of rsfreshment follows |
the use of all beverages in which car
bonic acid gas is more or less present.
1t is, nevertheless, of an abnormal and
transient character, and apart from the
physiological dangers likely to follow
the sudden reduction of the tempera-
ture of the vital functions to nearly
freezing point, mental disquietude is
in many cases traced to the immoderate
use of ice-cold summer beverages, more
intractable even than that arising from
the excessive use of alcoholic liquors.
Chicago Herald.
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The March Of the Prairie Dog.

The prairie dog is standing threat
against the future prosperity of the
grazing districts of the Slate. Draw o
line from the Red River. south to the
Colorado, so as to run about the
western lines Of Trockmorton, Shackel-
ford, Callahan, and Coleman counties,
and you mark the front of the greatest
immigration army ever dreamed of by
man. From this line west $50 miles
eyery square mile is infested by these
devouring pests. They thickly inhabit
q section Of country 200 miles long and
250 miles wide. The advent Of the
white man into this country has but
increased their numbers, as man has
DESTROYED the wolves, badgers, rattle
snakes, panthers, and other animals
which prey upon the prairie dogs.
They eat the grass in summer and the
grass roots in winter, and the conse-
quence is that what was but few
years ago the finest grazing region in
America is fast becoming Verdureless
desert.
Unlike all other animals in America,
the prairie dog is migrating. not west,
but east. Only year or two ago his
eastern line was about the western line
of this county. In short time he has
advanced his frontier east about five
miles into Shackelford, Throckmorton.
and the other counties lying north and
south of Shackelford. Unless checked
he will soon ravage all the mesquite
grass land in the State, and will then
descend in countless hosts upon the
Il -
Dallass. Collin, and the other counties
east Of rs.
It is no exaggeration to say that
SO, 600, 600 does not exceed the value
of the grass annually consumed By the
prairie dogs in Northwest Texas.
Could they be destroyed instantly, as
by stroke of lightning, the price Of
land in all the regions described would
advance 100 per cent as soon IS the
fact was known.-AIbdny Netcs.
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LaY Cooke,s n.nIaoe.

Ogontz, Jay Cookies Germantown
palace near Philadelphia, is another
great house on which the Northern Pa
eific brought calamity, though it was
not built out of the profits of that fatal
enterprise actual or prospective. 1t is
larger and grander than Wizards and
when visited it stood in the middle of
park of about 800 acres, with lawns
and groves and streamlets and lakelets
surrounding it, and an artificial ruin, d
musoleum and leagues of conserva-
tories among its appandages. 1t went
out of Mr.. Cookies possession after the
panic of 1873, but it is now restored to
him and is occupied / believe as a
young ladies' school. It was named
after an Indian chief of the Sandusky
tribe whom Mr.. Cooke knew in his.
boyhood, and was one of the most spa
cious residences in America. / sup
pose the principally is now dismem-
bered; the park cut up in quarters and
sections, or building .lots;- the groves
violated and their dryads fed and the
artificial ruin, with its water fountains
and worn, winding stairway and broken
turrets, recast into some shape Of
utility. 1t was q prineely pleasure
house and it was built and inhabited
by a man of princely dispositions.
With him boundless prosperity was
the precursor of overwhelming dis
aster, but. neither changed the SIM
plicity and generosity Of his spirit, and
he was unshaken by obloquy, rs he
had been unspoiled By praise. | am
glad after the long sequestration Of his
they have finally. been re-
stored to him, though I believe it is
not his intention ever to inhabit 0gontz
again. The twitter of sweet girl gradu-
ates will probably mingle with the
twitter of its blue birds and orioles for
o good while yet. 1t Is too big for
private uses and too beautiful and
cosGIy for common ones. Cor. BrooEEgu
E4gIe
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Little Peter and the Indians.

Frank NJ. Collier writes from Meridi-
an giving his recollection Of an old 90
currence, never before mentioned in
print, that reminds one of the Charlie
McComas case. Several years ago a
squad of eight Indians came into Com
anche county. near Jones Barbee's
ranch on Resley's Creek. A negro was
out some half mile from the house
unhobblipg some horses. The Indians
ran upon him, lanced him in several
places. The negro said: 'Dey kill me
for awhile and the Injuns tink was
dead for good, but wasn't played
'possum on 'em and dey didn't skelp
dis nigger shore" After the Indians
left the negro got up and went to che
house. minus. the horses, and reported
TO Massa Barber that ''his hosses was
gone and nigger too. almost" The
Indians after leaving the negro, passed
on down the valley and, coming upon
John Beeno and negro, killed both
men.
Peter G. johnson and his little son.
Peter c.. then in his 10th year. had
been to Waco to purchase family sup
plies, and were returning home, and
after passing Meridian Peak, some
1900 yards, the. Indians surrounded
the wagon, killed Uncle Peter and
captured little Peter, rifled the wagon,
and struck out upon the Bosque Valley.
In the meantime a scout from Resley's
Creek and tho Leon Valley had hur-
riedly taken the trail. On the Clear
Fork Of the Brazos. from some cause
unknown, the Indians dropped little
Peter, taking his coat. hat, and socks.
leaving him with nothing on but his
shirt and pants, fifty or. seventy-fvo
miles from the nearest ranch, in the
month Of January, with nothing to sub
sist upon and no means of procuring
any, and liable to be deYoured at any
moment by hungry wolves. He had
wandered from the trail and the scout
In pursuit had failed to find him, but
in this, as in many other instances,
Providence apparently protected the
helpless.
Little Peter lived five days and nights
without a single bite to eat save grass
roots. On the evening Of the sixth day
he was found by company of cow
hunters that Bill Keith had sent out to
make a roundup. The little fellow
had found the cattle and had remained
with them, thinking, perchance, he
could procure milk from some of tho
cows, but in this he failed. the cows
being too wild. but the cow-hunters
found him in time to revive and save
him. A cold, drizzling norther was
blowing at the time, and the little fell
low would evidently have frozen to
death during the night that ensued.
When brought to Cora few days after
his being found. he was the poorest liv-
ing object ctimaginable-am mere skeleton.
The writer of this sketch took him in
his arms and carried him around over
town, and procured a present of one
dollar from every man that was in
town.-FOFt Worth Gazette.