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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-30
MUCH LEARNING REQUIRED.
Some Government Places at Small Sal
aries That are Hard to Fill.

Among the applicants examined in the usual
Monday examinations in the civil-service rooms
yesterday were two for places as computers in
The Ordnance Bureau Of the War Department.
and two as computers in the Coast Survey.
Applicants were wanted also for places as COM
puters In the Nautical Almanac Office, but none
appeared yesterday. II was required Of the
candidate for the place in the Ordnance Office
that he shall be a computer, draughtsman, a
s'enographer and a typewriter. The United
States either does not possess many men having
these varied accomplishments or the compare
lively small salary offered Is not sufficient TO
attract many Of them to seek service under the
Government. This computer is required to
nave familiarity with higher mathematics, to
De able to ind by calculation the center of
gravity OF piece Of ordnance so as TO deter
mime where to place the trunnions to take
uiek OF duty as a shorthand amanuensis and
;a 80 70 use . typewriter, besides hav-
Ci'u Service Commissioner LYMAN said that
sucn man when appointed, if well qualified.
would have the advantage Of a practically nm
nmitea Term OF ONCE, for the difficulty of fill
ing his place would protect him The COM
puters called for by the Nautical ximanac
office have to be perfect in the highest branehes
OF mathematics and astronomy The salarv
offered Is 81 600 year. Since the reciassifica-
ton recently made BY the President MANI
Offices formerly hlled without the msdistion :,
the Civl-Service Commission are now ilIed hv
examination under the direction Of the Com,
mission This has largely increased the vork
of the Commission Many examinations -
scientific character have 10 be provided for.
Some places requiring technical training ana
high attachments offer as an inducement a corn
pensation at the start Of only $50 a month. One
Of the examiners remarked yesterday that il
would require q computer OF ability to figure
out how be would live on that. Where such
CONFORMATION In paid ID is usually under ammo
priations made In bulk, and the sppointee Is
rapidly advanced, 90 that he Is likely 10 receive
eco year before he has served his first year
out.
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Axworthy Didn't Take Everything.

HE LEFT OVER $4,000 IN HIS PRIVATE VAULT
IN CLEVELAND BANK.
At Cleveland yesterday Sheriff Sawyer while
on hunt for defaulting Treasurer Axworthys
property had the door Of his private vault in
the National Bank Of Commerce forced open
and found therein lot of stocks, bonds
and miscellaneous securities The property
found has been appraised at s152, 900. Experts
say that If attended to these securities are likely
to realize about $500 900. 1t was a startling
find, and Axworthy's staunch friends insist that
more property still will be found and that an
accident or foul play has caused Toms absence
from the town; but as the investigation goes
on, it shows that Axworthy has been in a finan-
cial straits ever since the Fidelity Bank failure
Since the winter Of 1886 he has converted real
estate into 100000. The real estate now in
his name is valued at $42000 and is mortgaged
for $4,000. His shipping interests are not
worth more than $50, 900, so that of shortage
of S4sO, 900 only about 1925, 900 worth of prop
erty, including to-day's find, is left.
The city is taking measures to raise money
1t has 81 900 on hand and needs about SIPS 900
to carry 1t through the year. A special session
Of the grand jury is to be called this week to
lndlct Axworthy.
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The Champion Chest.

IT BELONGS TO JAS. WILSON, 4 NORTH couSTnf
FRESHMAN.
Prom the New York Times
Brooklyn has a phenomenon at present who
Is interesting physicians. Jas. Wilson is q
north country Irishman and he has power OF
expanding his chest to q degree that has never
been recorded in any medical work and which
Is believed never to have been equaled- He u
forty-fve years old, and Friday night demon.
strated at q private exhibition, which several
physicians attended, that he could expand ms
chest sixteen inches and had in addition an ex-
traordinary muscular development in the lower
limbs. Wilson proved the genuineness OF MS
power by taking a trunk-strap an inch wide
and one-sixth of an inch thick, and after buck
ling it about his body directly below his arm
pits inhaled air and burst the heavy leather
with almost as much ease "a though it had
been cotton Irvine. 1t was under this test that
his chest expansion reached measurement OF
sixteen inches.
Wilson is only five feet ten inches in height,
and when in his normal condition gives evil
dence OF being a person Of ordinary girth.
His figure is that of an athlete, however,
though not one to arouse any comment. The
extraordinary feat of Wilson may be appre-
ciated when it is known that the average power
to expand the lungs increases the measurement
Of the chest by about three inches. Some
notable athletes have secured q measurement OF
five inches. and one or two incidents in medical
history are Given where the expansion has
equaled eight inches. Beyond this, however,
no record is made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-30

GNSnuA8 WAuA1cBs
Wakefield, Mass. has q millionaire who sleeps
in the barn with his horse.
Queen Christine, of Spain, Is said 70 be one
Of the finest swimmers In the world
Houston, Tex, boasts woman dentist.
This story is from New Haven, Conn: Brake
man George LOTUS stood on the top Of car
moving over q bridge at West Haven when q
strong gust Of wind lifted the roof from the
car. As the roof with George on 1t, swept
under q telegraph wire be seized the wire,
made his way along it to the nearest pole, and
then slid to the ground unframed
Seymour, Ind, has dog who viii look at q
clock and then put his paw upon the exact hour
a. marked on q card
There are now only 100000 Germans in
France, less than half the number that lived
there before the Franco-Prussian war; More
than one-third Of these dwell in Paris.
New York hostess recently marked the
places of her guests at table by a single perfect
rose. Upon q petal of each was delicately
written, by means of electricity, the name Of
the person to occupy the place.
Great Britain is worrying about the rapidly
increasing number of its lunatics. 1t appears
that those supported by the government alone
have grown to ZOO. It is attributed to the
hurry of modern life.
The consumption Of rye flour is said to have
enormously increased since the recent rise in
the price Of wheat.
is good for quarter of a million has never
been able to learn to read, and oil his bust
ness transactions that involve figuring are car
ried on in his head Yet he is not an illiterate
man, for he talks well and few persons who meet
him suspect his lack Of the rudiments of edu-
cation.
A lady in Atlanta, Ga, who lost her only
child year ago has not missed going to the
cemetery and kneeling in prayer beside its
grave every day SINCE
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Emperor William Making Himself Felt


The Emperor William impresses every one
with whom he comes in contact with his ability
and determination and the conviction shared
by everybody is that he is one Of the most re-
markable men Of the day. Those who are
about him declare that even Prince Bismarck
finds he has to deal with man of strong will,
great stubborness, and definite ideas, and that
he cannot influence him as he did his grand
father; and that while during his fathers and
grandfathers lifetime he took little or no in
terest in any matters save military ones, he
now shows statesmanlike qualities which have
surprised even the great chancellor.
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Familiarity of Badness.
NO LONGER A SUBJECT OF JOKING AND HARDL,
NOTICED NOW.

NO LONGER SUBJECT OF JOKING AND HARDLY
NOTICED NOW.
From the London Globe.
Thackeray somewhere makes the remark
that, If you dislike a man at starting and con-
tinue your aversion, it is curious what reasons
you will find and even advance in support Of
your view-his manner to his mother-in-law, or
his undisguised badness. Now, it is a singular
thing that twenty years ago badness was much
more noticed than now, and forty or fifty years
ago much more noticed than then. There are
several reasons for this, but the most obvious
Is that badness is now much more general than
it used to be. II we take up an old Punch
there are plenty Of illusions to this cause of
annoyance. Testy old gentlemen grow angry
with hair-dressers who unnecessarily allude to
what was thought an aff1iction. Precocious
children wonder at the foreheads which their
uncles display at the back of their heads. In
the old pantomimes wigs were always falling
of and revealing unexpectedly polished scalps
One has but to let ones memory run back and
endless illustrations Of the same truth recur
Those were the days when men seemed afraid
Of being venerable, and an old beau was an
object rather Of admiration than of reproach.
One cause was that those DAYS followed on
the days when all gentlemen wore wigs and
therefore no gentleman looked bald. The eve
was unaccustomed to smooth surfaces, and such
as were seen at once attracted notice. But the
main cause was that badness and gray hairs
were alike regarded as the inevitable indica-
tions OF age. People were not then accus-
toned to see middle-aged men bald They are
accustomed to it now. 1t is curious how ca
ducity has increased, and the prevalence of it
taken away the old reproach. All the argu-
ments are against its existence and all the facts
prove that the arguments are misleading. Peo-
pie lead longer lives, and vet they grow bald
earlier, and, moreover, ii is the healthiest peo-
pie who are often the baldest Indeed, It al
most becomes question whether in these days
badness is evidence, to a very reliable extent.
either OF age or Of delicacy OF the decay Of
vital power it is certainly no conclusive proof.
Consumptive patients and persons suffering
from lingering diseases are not, as a rule, bald.
and more frequently than otherwise seem to
put great deal of strength into their hair.
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Real Blondes Very Scarce.

From the St Louis Gobe-Democrat
Says st. Louis gentleman: There are not SO
many blondes as you would think, not one in
twenty, should say. In explanation of this
would say that few people understand what
constitutes blonde. Every lady with light
hair is not blonde. The word we get from
the French. The adjective blonde, on the au-
thority Of Clark, the philologist, is defined as
meaning fair, light, or fiaxen. referring to any
object whereas Simmonds describes blonde
as being "a woman OF fair complexion" These
definitions are given in Worcester's dictionary
II you give the matter a moments thought YOU
will recall how many ladies have light hair and
dark complies ions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-30
Minister McLane's Praise for France.


A banquet was given in Paris last evening to
commemorate the dedication of the statue Of
Liberty Enlightening the World, which was
given by the French people to the United
States. Mr.. McLane, the American minister
and M. Goblet, the French minister of foreign
affairs, were among those present. The Amer
lean minister, in replying to NJ. Goblet's toast
to his health, said: The joy that the Ameri-
cans experienced in receiving the statue of
Liberty was equal to the pleasure you expert
enced in Offering it. All of the great truths
upon which modern social order is based were
elaborated and spread throughout the world
by French genius. If we have succeeded in
reconciing the liberty of each with the liberty
OF all, we cannot forget that the germ came
from France. The modern world gravitates
toward the political orbit traced by France and
America. The symbol which the statue of
liberty represents will become a reality" The
speech was loudly applauded Mr. McLane
onered toast In honor of President Carnot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-30
THoMAs BOWLING, Auctioneer

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
PROPERTY IN ALLEY BOUNDED By TWENTY
FOURTH AND TWENTY-FIFTH STREETS
ANp AND STREETS, KNOWN AS SHOWS
FRibAYf. OCTOBER TwENry.srxru 1900 At
HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK p. NJ, in front of the
premises will sell valuable alley property, being Lot
foot wide alley by depth of 80 feet Improved by Ave
two-story Frames Of five rooms EACH and renting for
So per month
Terms: One:third cash; balance in six and twelve
months with interest and secured by deed trust on
the property or all cash, at purchasers option
posit OF 800 will be required at time of sale All con-
veyancing and recording at cost of the purchaser or
purchasers. Terms to be complied with in ten DAYS
from day of sale.
P FRA Il LEiiNSf II. fMAcKEY.} Trustees.
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THoMAs BOWLING, Auctioneer.
TRUSTEES SALE OF IMPROVED PROPERTY IN

GEORGETOWN, d. C.
By virtue Of deed of trust duly recorded and dated
2sth day Of june p 1880 and at the request Of the
SATURDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER, A
d 1888, at the hour of FOUR O'CLOCK p NJ in front
of the premises, all that part of lot numbered 54 in
provenents upon the same
Beginning at the northeast corner of Bea and Mon
roe streets in said town and running eastwary along
Beal street A feet thence northwary and parallel
with Monroe street 80 feet thence westyyardly and
parallel with Besl street Al feet to Monroe street.
thence south along east line of Monroe street 30 feet
to the beginning.
Terms of sale; One-third of the purchase money in
cash: the residue in six and twelve months the pur-
chaser giving his notes secured by deed of trust on
the premises bearing interest at per per an
mum. If the terms of sale not complied with at
the expiration Of ve days from day of sale the under
purchaser S100 required deposit day of sale All
conveyancine and recording cost of purchaser
oc22-d&ds JOHN E. McNALLY. Trustee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-30
How the Colonel Made Them Work.


The colonel had been jawing all the after
noon about ''the burned lazy niggers," who
were idling about in crowds, and when he found
about 200 at the depot to see the train come in
be boiled over. 1 told him it was the usual
sight of every Southern town, and that it was
none of his business whether they worked or
played, but he went over and sat down on
barrel and conspired with himself how to make
them sweat. By and by he came over, and
climbing upon bale of cotton, he said:
My friends, in coming up from Calera lost
my wallet out of the car window. Whoever
finds the $50 in it can have half"
He had hardly ceased speaking when a hun
dred shouts arose, mob moved down the track
and In another minute we were alone. Next
forenoon we passed some of them twenty-one
miles away, heads down and eyes searching the
ground, and the colonel went to therear Of the
car and encouraged them by calling:
Il think it was about six miles further down.
and you can have the whole of it if you find it"
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CHANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE LOT. I'M.
" PROVED BY HOUSE, No. 1928 FIFTEENTH

- II
STREET NORTHWEST
By virtue of decree passed by the Supreme Court
Of the District Of Columbia, in Equity Cause No
1QS96 docket %, wherein Mary E Thomas and
others are complainants and William W Thomas and
Others are defendants will sell At public auction in
front of the premises, on WEDNESDAY,, the THIR-
TI,FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER, 1855 at HALF
PAST FOUR O'CLOCK p. NJ, the following PROPERTY
In the City of Washington District of Columbia Part
Of original lot numbered thirty 900, in square one
hundred and ninety-fve 1851, beginning on ] 5th
street at Point 10 feet north Of the southeast
corner of said lot and running thence north lQ ZIP
feet and thence west 30 feet thence south 10 zig
feet, and thence east 30 feet to the beginning.
proved by frame dweliing-hous
Terms Of sale prescribed by the decree One.third
of the purchase money in cash. payable the day Of
SALE or within ten days thereafter third in one
year and onetrd in eighteen months sitter the day of
sale with interest on said deferred payments At the
rate of six per cent per annum until paid, all the
purchase money may be paid in cash any time within
ten days after the day OF SALE the title 10 be withheld
until all the purchase money is paid. deposit OF
800 will be required at the time Of sale Al convey
ancing at the purchasers cost terms of sale
complied with in ten days after the day Of sale. the
Trustee the right to resell at the risk and
cost of the deaultng purchaser. sitter five days
vertising. WILLIAM W. BOARMAN, Trustee
Room Webster Law Building
GEO. W. sTICKNEY. Auctioneer. oc19-dkds
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What VIII We Do in Heaven?
-ono the Nav York Harald


What shall we do in Heaven? That is the ques-
ton which reporter put to some of our clergy
men yesterday. DR.. Armitage, who is a Bap-
fist veteran-a landmark in the history of his
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to think that it will be
time enough to know about Heaven when we
get there, and frankly admi4ed that since no
definite revelation has been made we must be
satisfied with the simple statement that we
shall find all the happiness We have dreamed Of
and good deal more.
Dr. Scudder followed in the same vein of
thought. Since we can't conceive Of our
selves as clothed with a spiritual body and
freed from the temptations which this feshly
tabernacle imposes, he ventured no further
than the assertion that our pleasures will be
commensurate with our deserts, and that souls
will be graded, like the rungs Of ladder, from
the highest to the lowest.
DR.. Paxton. however, was willing to draw on
his imagination much more extensively. He
believed that we shall be fully occupied, that
Heaven is by no means place for eternal
loating," where we shall do nothing but sing
and take things easy" He added, st Paul
may now be in the Milky Way working hard to
soften the hearts of sinners of another type"
and If God has few outlying planets where
there is little good to do, He will send US
there"
DIR. Talmage felt reasonably certain that the
finer tastes which circumstances have repressed
viii there be gratified The man who Is fond
OF music. for instance, but who has been
doomed to carry coal for a living, will have all
the music he wants. He illustrated his state
ment by citing the case of the astronomer.
He will have better observatory, further
reach of exploration" In other words, he is
going to be furnished with celestial rapid tran
sit. He will be able to visit Jupiter before
breakfast; after tea go to Mercury. having
spent the day with a few friends in Mars"
All that makes very interesting reading. As
DR.. Armitage remarked, it is speculative" but
since the scientific imagination has led to a
great many practical discoveries why is it not
equally profitable to use the spiritual imagina-
ton? At any rate, no man can by any posi-
bility help thinking about these things, and,
therefore, the opinions of our reverend clergy
will at least have suggestive value.
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oc24-l0t

CHANcERY SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
~ AND UNIMPROyED LOTS, BEING THE RESI-.
pTE OF THE i REAL ESTATE OF OF TIE TT LATE
ITGESIa STREET NORTHWEST zNDE STREET
Equity. in the Supreme Court of the District Of
Columbia the undersigned Trustee will offer for sale
Sk NJ EFsssss s at FpE
teen I4), fifteen I5) sixteen l6l and eghteen q
sauafs sSS SHRassS snS LSss four
and Cosas
NSs snd
the life estate Of the widow Lot sixteen 40 s unim-
O'CLOCK n. sub lot twenty seven (27l in square
two hundred and seventy eight t27S) improved by
threestory and basement brick house, No. IL Iowa
On MONDAY, THE FIFTH OF NoyEMBER, 1883.
sSr Ss S @ IL
by two.story frame dwelling, No 342 street south
west and twostory frame dwelling on the the
lot The dimensions of this lot win be given at the
Terms Of sale: one-third In cash and the remainder
IN equal ct and two from the day
BY the notes Of the purchaser and lien upon the prop
x e sSs time shs lless %
he trs are not compiled WITH n ten days alter the
e ss isn aso
y asssS except 9 suS lot sossS
on Which are pssd By he Ike tenant me
''''SsHs 1 y e s. d go
' 11 sssIs.s.s. esss4sa.
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60. W. sTIcKNEY, Auctioneer, 936 + st.
THoMAs BOWLING. Anctionser
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE,

KNOWN AS NO 4Is X STREET NoRfHWIsT.h L.
virtue OF the powers vested IN me trustee under
the last Will and testament Of Mary Roth, deceased
Will sell at public auction, In front OF the prciui
on On TUESDAY, the THIhTIEIH DAY OF. oCTO,
BLK 1855. at HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK p NJ ,
the following de ser1bed real estate situated the city
OF Washington, d. C.: That part of original lot num-
pered three CD in square numbered five hundred
nfteen to15) contained within the following metes
ana bounds: Beginning for the same at n point ON
street seventeen 40 feet from the southwest corner
OF said lot and running thence with the line of said
street seventeen 40 feet east thence north at right
angles with said street pnety-sx $3.50 feet eleven II
INCHES thence east four a feet thence north fifty
f59 to an alley 80 feet wde thence west twenty
CD feet; thence south one hundred and fort six
+6l feet and eleven CID inches 10 the place OF be-
ginning. together with the improvements thereon
The improvements consist of fourstory brick house.
With twostory back building; hot and cold water;
frame stable of lot; 30-foot alley the rear
The terms of sale are: Opethird Of the purchase
money cash and the balance in four equal instruments
at six twelve eighteen, and twenty months after
date Of sale with interest payable semi-annusly at
per cent per annun Purchasers notes for deferred
payments 10 be secured b. deed of trusts property
sold The purchaser may, at his option pay the whole
purchase money in cash. All conveyancing ut pur-
chHsers cost. DEPOSIT of 800 will be required at
the time Of sale If the terms Of sale are not complied
with within ten days from the day Of sale the Trustee
reserves the right to resell at the risk and cost OF the
defaulting purchaser.
oc1S-d&ds JAMES NJ JOHNSTON Trustee
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A Silver Tea Set in the Mint.

IrOtn the fnllhueipma Telegraph.
Many curious articles are taken to the United
States mint from time to time for converion
into solid cash. Said Superintendent Fox to-
day: "A short time ago lady sent trunk to
the mint filled with silverware. She was an
aged lady and was wealthy. called upon her
to see why she had sent the trunk of siiverware,
and at the same time to apprise her of the fact
that she would realize but little upon it, mas
much as the Government allowed no more than
the absolute value of the metal for any articles
sent to the mint. She said to me: Il don't care
what 1t brings. That trunk contains a service
OF silver which prize most highly. 1t was the
gift OF my father to my mother on their wedding
day, and don't want it to fall into any other
hands. / don't want those precious pieces,
sacred to me, to become the property Of others.
They were the gift of my dear father to my
sainted mother more than eighty years ago,
and when they died they came into my hands.
What want you to do, Mr.. Fox, is to see that
the service Of silver is placed in the crucible
and melted up. 1 want you to see it done your
self don't care anything about the amount
Of money it will realize promised would
attend to it and carried out her DESIRES"