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VALUABLE ~UNIMpROvED
1T AUCTION.
TwENTY-FOUR BUILDING OTIS IN SQUARE
9ll. FRONTING ON EIGHTH N INT
AND STREETS NORTHEAST. TO
CLOSE OUT THE AFFAIRS

On WEDNESDAY, JUNE FOURTH. 1890, at -FOUR
O'CLOCK. on. the premises, l shall sell "a Building
Lots IN square 81 northeast, located as follows: Lots
"a to ~, inclusive. fronting Is feet on the east sids
OF 18th street between ii and by "a depth of 1l6. so Il
an alley lots 80 to ~. inclusive. fronting 10 feet on
the south side u l street by a depth Of lO5 teet to AL
alley, between 9th and 9th streets: lots AZ to A., in.
elusive, fronting Is feet on the west side vi 9th stree;
alley.
Terms: One-third cash. balance in one and two years
with notes bearing interest and secured By y deed of
trust. Recording and conveyaneing at purchasers
cost. 500 deposit will be required on each lot ut the
time OF sale. IL the terms of sale are not complied
with within ten days from the day Of sale the property
or purchasers.
NIB The property will be sold in lots 70 suit pur.
chasers. Title perfect or no sale.
1.-THE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED UNTIL
WEDNESDAY, JUNE ELEVENTH. 1880, same houI
ard place. THOMAS BOWLING.
je1-dts Auc,iop.or
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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS,
THoMAs BOWLING, Auctioneer.

THoMAs BOWLING. Aucuoneer.
LOT HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.K TCY REQUI-
Sits, BUGGY. TWO SETS y LOT
FEED, COAL AND sUNDRY OTHER ARTICLES
AT AUCTION.
On MONDAY. JUNE NINTH. 1890, commencing
at TEN O'CLOCK AN, at resideLce of DIR. RIbine,
veterinary surgeon, No $40 Sd street southeast, 1 will
sell above articles
Terms: Cash. THOMAS
iea-lts au.t,npa.r
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why Don't Won occupy a part Of your leisure
Ehae IN making an effort to win one of THE
STARS liberal prizes offered in its ADVERTISE
ment cOntest2
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LOAN OFFICE. 1918 PA, AVE
broker in the District Money loaned on WstcheaL
Diamonds yewelry, silver Ware aud othsr ysiua6ies
ersst variety ss very low prices. SIS-6tns
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AUCTION SALES.

J. B. FLEMING. Jn., Fairfield. Ill
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Written for THE EVENING STAR
A November Mood.

smoky afternoon, with gold enwoven,
Gold, tawny-soft and ruddy-hued as wine;
BY balmy winds the pensive air Is eleven
And blended with the breath of spruce and pine.
The scattered knots seen through the blue-gray
spaces,
OF clustered wahOo and of sugar-haws
Are burning in the web of autumn laces
Like iewel-pins that hold a veil of gauze.
day to wander mid the aises and arches
OF dusk autamnal woods with leafy scent,
DiIn-liShted through the net of elms and larches,
And restful as the spirit of content;
To sit upon a messy log and listen
10 sounds made mellow by the Indian air;
10 watch the river-rpples glide and glisten
And dream that peace is brooding everywhere.
To dream as idly as the breezes wander
From seedy shrubs, that rattle as they pass,
To tall white-tasseled thistle thickets yonder,
And clumps OF yellow. tangled autumn grass;
10 watch the swarthy western crimson spreading
Till purple through the smoky blue 1t weaves,
While tranquil COWS, tbs homeward pathway
treading,
Disturb the drifts of crisp and pungent leaves.
season Of content-blue shadows dimming
10 haZy tenderness the ruddiest beams;
A short November day. but overbrimming
With most delicious sounds and scents and
dreams.
da, like this, with all its inspiration
one gracious mood whore summer-sweetness
lies,
Grown deep and rich. brings ample compensation
For late. long rains and cold, unsmiling skies.
81 Louis, Mo. HATTIE WHITNEY,
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AN UNLUCKY INVESTMENT.
A Tailor Who Regrets Buying Phono-
graph.


A Fifth avenue tailor recently invested in a
phonograph, says the New York Truth. In test
ing 1t, among other remarks, he poured into il a
grievance against one of his patrons, q we'll
known clubman and an old customer whose pro-
crastination regarding payment has brought
the tailor almost to the verge Of bankruptcy,
He had repeatedly sent in his little reminders
without result and had begun to depair of ever
collecting the debt. Much to his surprise a
few days later the delinquent called and paid
S25 on his account There was an intercha uge
Of polite small talk, and then the visitor. who
was of somewhat inquisitive turn, spied the
monograph.
"Ah." said he, something to amuse the
boys, eh?"
At this he approached the guileless. boxing
instrument The tailor became visibly agi.
tated.
''t's-ah-a little ont Of order; considerably
so, IN fact don't work"
MOI Now. l am little up on the subject.
What's wrong?"
Then he began to turn the cylinder, his ear
against the tube. He kept on turning his in
terest momentarily increasing, while perspira-
ton stood upon the brow Of the merchant.
The entire lament, oaths and all, was trans
mitted to the auditor, who promptly straight
ened himself up and recovering from his as
constituent, remarked:
There's nothing the matter with that ma
chine; it's all right Why, l recognized your
voice perfectly. Good dayr'
The tailor has carried the offending instru-
nent home to his children for a play thing, and
there IS at least one good customer lost to him
through his indscreet confidence in the tell
tale bit Of mechanism.
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How the Sea Gulls Utilize the Warm
Sides of Bogoslov Crater.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
From the region Of ice and snow and of
poachers aud smugglers the cutter Rush has
come. Her half-dozen guns we're in prime con-
dition, not having been fired on the trip, and
her hold was not laden with the spoils of seiz-
ure. But she brought interesting news.
The most interesting result of the trip of the
Rush was a visit paid by the officers to Bogos-
Low island, where is the famous volcano Of that
name. In conversation with one of the officers
an interesting resume was obtained Of the dis
coveries and data cleaned by the visit b.
goslov Is sixty miles west southwest of Coma
laska. 1t originally consisted of one island
with two craters, one OF which first spranS into
activity in 1892
Last winter the island was the scene Of q
strange CONFUSION of nature. The second era
ter now known as New Bogoslov became active.
In some powerful CONFUSION the sandspit
which had connected the two parts of the
Island was submerged and one crater was sepa-
rated from the other by several fathoms of
water: 1t is thought that during this convul-
sion changes occurred in New BogOslov below
the water line; that assures were opened,
through which volumes of water made their
way into the caldron within. This accounts
Tor the immense quantities Of steam which the
ofhcers OF the Rush saw escaping from the era
ter at = distance OF fully sixty miles.
OF the two craters New Bogoslov offered the
the Rush. They ascertained the orator to be
only 200 feet above the sea level. The peak
had disappeared in the gaping hole. Along the
sides OF the volcano large deposits of lava,
pumice, ashes and volcano rock were seen.
From assures on the level earth springs of
boiling sulphur arose to heights of from seven
to ten feet The officers planned an ascent to
the crater-a hazardous feat, which could only
be attempted when favorable wind carried
the sitting volumes of sulphurous steam in a
single direction. When near the mouth of the
crater the footballs OF the officers were echoed
within the volcano. On peeplng over the edge
OF the mouth an impressive sight was wit
messed. Steam in endless quantities rushed up
from unknown depths and rumbling, bubbling
noises like that of thunder were heard The
air was impregnated with sulphur and near the
crater one could breathe only with difficulty
One Of the most novel discoveries in connec-
ton with the ascent was that the ocean birds
used the volcano island as a Natural incubator
for their young. Thousands Of guls flow away
at the approach OF the Rush. They left behind
them along the sides of the volcano, eggs in
all stages Of DEVELOPMENT
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The Art Of Dressing Shop Windows

The Art Of Dressing Shop Windows.
From the Chicago Herald
"Window dressing" is getting to be one Of
the most important departments Of the big
downtown stores. It is a trade in itself, and.
properly studied by men of taste, can be made
almost an art. Nearly every big retail dry
goods store in the city employs one man, and
sometimes two men, to display in the front
windows something Of the beauties that may
be found inside. The smaller stores. Of course,
cannot afford the luxury Of q window dresser
all to themselves, so three or four Of them pull
together, and manage to scrape up between
them the salary of such an artist.
The men who make window decoration their
business and are employed by the great retail
houses most always command quite large sala-
ries. They are usually men of taste, who first
did the work for smaller stores, studied the re-
quirements carefully, and then branched out as
professionals. There are many things to be
considered in making window look attractive.
The rrst thing, OF course, 10 to catch the eve of
the women who happen to be out shopping
with their pocket books full of money. TO do
this the colors must be arranged both strik-
ingly and tremendously and the goods draped
around in attractive shapes Ability to do this
requires taste and long practice.
Another thing necessary is to keep the goods
out OF the sun and to use as few goods as posi-
BILE, for the dirt and dust frequently ruin an en-
tire display. Nearly all of the stores in the re-
tail district have their windows fixed in a most
artistic manner. The furniture houses gener-
ally have attractive windows, and they have
the material to make them so. In Boston and
New York window dressing has long been
recognized as one of the departments and some
very beautiful displays are made. Most of the
men who engage in the work are Americans,
and 1t Is one branch Of puttering in which
America has eXcelled the cities of Europe. A
tasteful window dresser is truly a valuable per-
son about retail store, for if he knows his
business he can make things look SO attractive
and pretty that people buy whether they want
to or not
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PEOPLE WHO USE srrMULANTs.
The Danger That Turks In the Various
Preparations of Opium.

Inc danger That Turks In the Various
Preparations OF Opium.
From the Chicago Evening News
II don't think can recall q case where q
grown person used paregoric for a stimulant,"
said prominent physician yesterday after
noon.
1T is a stimulant, nevertheless, as nearly
every mother knows Where is the mother
who, at some period of her child's babyhood,
did not administer dose of paregoric or sooth-
ing syrup, so-called, which is in reality nothing
but paregoric2 Paregoric is simply mild form
OF opium. The only stimulating effect it has is
from the opium it contains. It is, of course,
mixed with other drugs, and the whole COM
pound is called paregoric 1t is looked upon
as harmless baby's medicine that comes into
play very readily when baby is signalling and
the head of the house demands peace at any
price. Then ii is that the paregoric bottle is
seized and the irate youngster given a small
dose. The child sinks into slumber and ceases
to cry
This well-known family decoction is not
dangerous unless an overdose is taken, and
then, as with opium, death Is likely to ensue
occasionally a physician makes a mistake in
writing a prescription for paregoric that is
likely to cause the death of his patient Two
prescriptions may read much alike and yet
nave far different meaning. Like this:
.Tinct. Opii' and 'Tinct Opii Camph.' The
former means tincture Of opium and the latter
paregoric You can readily see that il the for
mer WAS obtained and used where paregoric
was intended that the result would be fatal,
and such mistakes have been made While in
Itself not dangerous. unless an extra large dose
Is taken, paregoric, as l before said, has the
properties OF opium. and its effects are the
same, only in a milder form.
People who are determined to use some
form OF stimulant can very readily find poisons
enough that will do the work quickly and give
better satisfaction than paregoric. The two
stimulants most popular in Chicago are NOR
phine and opium. They are perhaps, used
more extensively than is generally thought
Neither is very costly and is easily obtained.
There are other stmulants. such as cocaine
and absinthe. Cocaine il used considerably,
but not to any alarming extent as yet, and
only recall one case where death resulted from
Its use. Absinthe is a distinctly foreign stimu-
liant, and unless some of our newly arrived for
e1gners drink it / do not think it is used in
Chicago. This vile, greenish-looking liquor
Leads the drinker to a more horrible death
than any OF the other drugs. 1t leads its vic
tim along in perfect security, for once the
habit is formed 1t is hard thing to quit Many
foreigners drink a small quantity regularly
before dinner each day. They argue that it is
good appetizer and aids digestion. They
were never more badly fooled. The drug has
most pernicious effect on the system and
strikes at the very core of life. The evils Of
the use of alcohol are mild and few compared
with those Of absinthe. Fortunately its use 10
an old-country habit"
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grown to be a large one. and ID is estimated
that from 81 200 900 TO 81, 500 900 are involved
in the traffic.
Sometimes very fancy prices are paid for
rare specimens as was the case two years ago
at the time OF the introduction Of the Mrs.
Alpheus Hardy chrysanthemum. This flower
raised more enthusiasm than any other plant
ever introduced into this country and one of
the large firms paid 81, 500 for it. The beauty
Of the Mrs. Hardy variety consists in the fine,
silk-lik glandular hairs which cover the outer
surface OF the petals and give it fine. unique
appearance. Descriptive catalogues are pub
lished annually, describing the new additions
and every year emitting those that have been
surpassed in beauty by the new comers
Over $4,000 men are engaged in the cultiva-
tiou of the chrysanthemum, directly or indi-
rectly. in this country alone. Year by year the
interest in this wonderful plant increases, and
the climax OF its popularity will not be reached
for years.
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ogre. His bald head shines. One know. th.s
in the front the veins are bursting Ills mus-
tache has been twisted Co sharpness bv anrrV
fingers His hands are clenched or push,ng
nightly against his hard-set knee. lie could
strike, but he has too much pride. and his
orders are harder than blows. he has a habi,
Of getting his arm crookedly bent TO his knee
in self-restrained wrath.
There are, indeed. many backs that are more
gladly seen than the corresponding faces. The
back OF the bore Is goodly sight. while on the
other hand, when goodbye is grievous how
much precious regard 10 wasted on the dear.
characteristic, well-known back. that never
knows what loving looks went after il
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Women Flirt With Their Arms.

Cleveland Leader New York Special
"There 10 no man in town knows 30 much
about the arms OF New York ladies as / do"
The speaker was the tall policeman on one OF
the crowded diagonal crossings of Broadway.
1t is his daily business 10 help femininity over
the pavement ~ have been here for many
years now" said the fortunate copper, land
between Won and me the women are getting
finer every day. It's fact that they are putting
up big muscle lately don't know whether its
the gymnasium or beefsteaks, but where big
and hard arm on o girl was q rarity ten years
ago il is not a scarce thing now. Did you ever
know that an arm can say q good deal? be-
ieve there's as much eloquence in girl's arm
a. in her eyes. Perhaps every one couldn't tell
o girls character by catching hold Of her arm,
not being used 10 many kinds OF 'em; but
being in the business 30 long, can size 'em mp
right of. can tell when q woman is timid,
when she's Merry, when she's hard or tender
hearted, and when her circulation is good. The
timid girl kind Of grips your hand by pressing
her arm close against her body, and when any
thing startles her spasmodic shock goes all
through her and ascends into you az far a. the
shoulder. On the contrary. IL o woman 10
plucky and independent, she keeps her elbow
well thrust out. and seldom gives any indics-
ton that she appreciates your efforts TO protect
her. can't say that / admire piucky women
Some Of them also firt with their arms. Nov,
I'm pretty well-battered old chap, but darn
me in there amt . lot OF giddy things nutser
across here every day that sends all sorts OF tel
egrsphic signs through their arm 81 me when
ever help them over the street"
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Charms Of European Weather.


have been keeping close tab on European
weather. have heard great deal about the
charms OF the European climate; that is a little
subject am prepared to discuss with some in
telligence and more feeling. lam prepared to
demonstrate that SO far as weather is con-
cerned, the measly little country Of Europe
"isn't in it' with tho American country. So far
as poor little England is concerned her climate
is nothing more than q wretched cross between
the gloom Of our Mammoth Cave and the hu-
nudity Of our rainy lakes The Englishman
smacks his lips and rolls his eyes with exceed
ing gusto when he undertakes to tell you that
an English "Joon" is unapproachable in point
Of loveliness. Well, don't you believe any such
nonsense. Last June was, perhaps, q model
"Joon;" il rained hard seventeen days of the
thirty! So what wonder it is that your average
Britisher is amphibious-that, as the old, old
Joke has it. he will lie equally well in and out
Of waterf
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all make what soldiers would call a reconnois-
sance to the rear and detect and outwit him.
There is the sharp dealer of the business
world, who is remarkably spruce at the back.
and the adventurer of society, who can bow
like the first gentleman in Europe, and ten
thousand more varieties, from the welcher on
the turf up to the gentleman who ought to be
a baronet. and who has lived for the last thirty
years on that statement and on charitably col
lecting fer the savages of Borrioboola. He
could straighten his body if he liked, but his
mind is fixed in curves Of cunning. He and
his principles are as crooked as wriggling cells.
He can press others to his will. too, as he
presses his cane to a curve like himself
His spare form is not the thin, bent back of
the student. The back Of q bookworm is an
other kind Of bend-a curve to be respected
Nor is it the stoop Of old age. The back is an
index of age as well as Of character. The small
child stands square, upright atom of human
ity. The man grows straight to his full height,
then his shoulders broaden, then his
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Domestic Condolences.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Loud blew the night winds. Monotonously
rasped the early autumn katydid. And yearn-
ingly yowled the abandoned and shameless cat
on the roof of the coal she'd
Maria" observed Mr.. Billus, as he leaned
back in his easy chair and looked contempla-
lively at his wife, your nose reminds me of an
interesting novel. my dear"
"Why SO, John?" she INQUIRED.
because it is red to the very end"
Hoarsely murmured the night winds, perse-
veringly scraped the katydid and wilder grew
the vail OF the melancholy cat on the coal sbed
Mrs. Billus sat in silence. listening to the
weird voices Of the night, her hands folded in
sublime contentment, and her ewes wandering
from her husbands countenance to the shadow
OF his profile moving up and down on the wall
as the flames in the cozy CRATE opposite ftfully
rose and fell.
"John," she said at last, ''the color of your
nose reminds me somehow Of the government
of Louisiana"
"In what respect, Maria?"
because, she answered softly, sit takes q
lot O. rye to keep it up"
Mr.. Billus thoughtfully rubbed his nose and
listened awhile in pensive silence to the mourn
full night winds, the voice Of the insistent KATY
did, and the despairing yowl of the ostra cised
cat in the back yard.
"And that reminds me, Maria" he said.
reaching out for another chair to rest his feet
Oh, tnat II hson married you, my dear,
you would probably have been Tor the rest OF
YOU, life like lottery ticket after the draw
"why?"
my dear" ~
1T wouldn't have made any difference.
John, said Mrs. Billus, sweetIy. ~ drew q
blank anyhow"
"You did, my love-" said Mr.. Billus, his voice
trembling with tenderness, ga blank fool"
"And 1t would have been better for me, per-
haps," she went on, Plaintively, "if had been
it." N
"Why 30, madam"
"Because," replied Mrs. Billus, looking
been excluded from the males"
Mr.. Biilus got up and went out and a. Mira
Billus sat looking dreamily at the dancing
flames and Listening to the sobbing night winds
and the gutteral refrain Of the kafydid, she
could distinctly hear Mr.. Billus swearing and
throwing stones at the cat.
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use. The prettiest covering for such Q cushion
i've inches wide-with gay flower brocaded or
woven on a white ground, and a bunch Of baby
ribbon. including all the bright colors in the
wide ribbon. could be used to hang it up by.
VI course this would mount up the price be-
yond the twenty-five cent gift, but with India
silk and inch wide ribbon for hanging pur-
poses. one could be made inside that limit. and
am sure it would be an acceptable present to
many people.
l have arranged with my friend that as she
and will give the ideas to a larger circle.
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walks his head and shoulders bend; one knows
that his eyes seek the ground just as one sees
his feet linger on it. In this manner II must
have been that Macaulay walked IN his famous
night wanderings. when he traversed the Lon
don streets and saw nothing. q contrast to the
night walks OF Charles Dickens who trod the
same streets and saw everything with head
enthusiastically held back and slightly to one
side-an energetic observer rather than a deep
thinker
Very different from what We may call the re-
fined and intellectual back 10 the back OF the
broad and vulgar figure who struts past us as
II he owned the street. His glory is not in his
habit Of sticking up for his rights. Even his
collar sticks up, and his hair, TO correspond
with his inner self, is bristling. He thinks he
can buy anything, from picture, OF which he
knows nothing, to an elector, who knows moth
ing OF him.
The purse-proud man will never hand money
out OF that pocket for charity, unless he is
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never knows when people cease TO laugh at the
song and begin 10 laugh at himself
But there il such Q thing - having too much
backbone. and that II rather worse than hsv-
ing too little. When . man has too much
backbone his heart 10 mot, - people say, Fin
the right place" Sometimes there IL NO room
in him for heart at all Nov, there are some
men In whom force Of character b carried into
the extreme and becomes hardness and
hsbitual severity. severe back ID . pleas
anter sight 70 zee than Q severe face. Il 10 mot
what We would call the Just and righteously
indignant back, which ID straight and noble, .
nne thing and venerable. II b the bulldog
shouldered back that denotes the domestic
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Mother-in-law-"well my child, and how do
You and Cecil get on now? Has he given MP
drink ng and smoking?"
Daughter -in-law-''No, dear! pot he's taught
me to smoke and drink"