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The Fight for the F.ycrwesther Estate.

In the Fayerweather will contest in New York
yesterday Elizabeth T. Joyce Of New Haven,
witness to the fourth codicil, executed Noven,-
Der Is last, the day decedent died, was exaia-
ined at length and was the first witness against
the executors. although called by them. She is
the niece OF Mrs. Fayerweather. She said she
Ind also witnessed the mysterious codicil of
November Is, which had disappeared. When
she witnessed that of November is she said Mr..
Fayerweather was propped up in bed. He was
not able to converse. He answered the formal
questions by nodding his head. He could hardly
use his HIND to sign. She did not consider him
of sound mind. He was evidently dying at the
time. The case was adjourned to Wednesday
next
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Lord Revelstoke Retail

Lord RevelstOke Retains His Directorship.
A special cable dispatch to The EVENING STAR,
dated yesterday, says: Legally, Lord Revelstoke,
the well-known member Of the original firm Of
Barring Bros. & Co., is no longer one of the
twenty-fou: directors Of the Bank of England.
A qualification for the Office is the owner
ship Of stock Of the nominal value
&c, 600, but as the assets Of Barring Bros 4 Co.
were pledged to guarantee the late head of that
firm, Lord Revelstoke has ceased to hold the
necessary amount. No steps, however, have
been taken to exclude him from the meetings
Of the board, as he has acted throughout in the
most honorable manner.
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AUCTION SALES,
THIS AFTERNOON

TRUSTEES, SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
L PE,oPEEIr IN The NoKIHMksT SECTION OF
IHE CITY, CONSISTING Of NICE LOT on
THE NORTH SIDE OF \ STREET BkTMFEN
FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH STREETS, IN
PROVED BY ATM0-ST0Rl BRICK DWELLING.
NORTHWEST.
By virtue Of deed Of trust dated May s. A. D. 1S-p
and duly re orded IN Liner ol5 folio Sss 81 SEQ one
OF the land rerors Of the District OF Colunta ana al
The of the holder OF se note secured thereby
We Will sell al public auction. front of the premises
on IlfSDAl, fEbRtAkN THIRD, A u. lNgf At
HALF PAST FOUR O'CLOCK r. NJ. the following
1escrbed real estate situate In the city of Washington
DISTRICT OF Columbia. 10 W.T.: All that piec~ per,el
OF ground known a. and bsinx lot numbered two ca
IL blake and Kelley lei subdivision SQUARE
numtefed one hundred and ninety Csll. together
with the improvements thereon.
Terms OF sale: One-thrd oi the purchase money to
De paid IN cash and tie balance in three equal INSTALL
lnents respectively, IN I'D. two 90 and three CD
years scured by deed u trust the property sold
With interest at per ent er until raid.
est payaSle semi annually a. cash. at the option OF
the purchaser Acepost 81 slOo the time Of
sale rer.ns OF sale TO lie ct;i viii In zen a.s froS,
day OF sale. or property Will be resoa
@ defauitinS purchaser Ave days adyertis sment
All convey ancng and recording at purchasers cost.
BkAlNARD n. WARMER $780,
hENhl SIRASBukGEk ! iAu'S+
jal9-dSds DUNCANSON BROS. Auctionesrs-
cE-THE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED on AC-
count OF the inclenency of the weather until FRIDAY
FEBRUARY SIXTH, 1891. ~ same hour snd place
DUNCANsON Bros.
fe4-dSds Auct.oneers.
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Exciting Adventure on a Mountain Road,

party returning from funeral to Shenan-
doah. Pa. Wednesday night met with a thrill
ing accident while descending the steep noun
tain road from Frackville. The road was very
icy and the driver lost control Of the horses
The animals were dashed against the stout
posts of fence surrounding a mine hole at
the side of the road and the carriage and occu-
pants were pitched upon them. The party
consisted Of Mine Foreman b. c. Church and
wife. Vim. Swint, wife and child. Mrs. James
Ford and child and John Sheldon, the driver
The two children were picked up unconscious
and are fatally injured. The others will re-
cover. The two horses were found dead. 1t is
miraculous that any of the party escaped alive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-06
CITY AND DISTRICT.

CT THE EvESrSa Stars subscription lis.,
the books of the Office. and its press and dc
livery rooms are a; al times open to the well
come inspection OF any person having a color
able interest in the correctness Of its claims as
TO circulation This is a guarantee to adver-
tisers that is given by few papers in the world,
and by none O.ier in Washington!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-06

Rev. ". H. Simmons. Methodist Episcopal
minister Of Springfield, Ohio, is accused of con-
duct unbecoming gentleman. far less a min
lister. The trouble is based on the allegation
that he called on a pretty married woman Of
his congregati,a. who deemed his behavior so
reprohensible that she informed her husband.
The latter Immediately preferred charges
against the reverend gentleman and a full ia
vestigation will follow. Several stormy scenes
have already taken place in the church owing
to the scandal. During one Of them the Rev
Simmons was dragged out of the pulpit and
prevented from preaching.
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The southern HALLWAY M..tinr.

The purpose. of the railway managers meet
ing at Knoxville yesterday was not made known
until it was called to order by President Clark
of the Mobile and Ohio railroad, who presided
over the meeting, but is for the purpose Of
forming, II possible, an association for the
maintenance Of rates and amicable adjustment
Of differences of tho various kinds that are
continually coming up. The officials remained
in session with closed doors from 10 O'Clock to
], when they adjourned for lunch. Il developed
during the morning, which was wholly CON-
sumed in discussion Of the proposition that
there was considerable opposition to forming
an association. Al the time Of adjournment
the formation Of various committees TO draft
contracts, &C., was in progress.
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Mutiny ON a Brig.

The brig ]. F. Merry is anchored of Grubb's
Landing, Delaware river, her crew having mu-
TIMED shortly after leaving Philadelphia. When
the Merry sailed Wednesday morning all the
sailors were under the the influence Of liquor
and as the vessel went seward they became
dissatisfied and found fault with everything Oh
board the vessel They refused to obey the law
ful commands of the officers. Capt. Bea.lsley
determined to stop the trouble, SO anchored
his vessel and placed the ringleaders on board
the tug and took them back to PHILADELPHIA
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Sacrificed tn Christian Scieuee

A special dispatch from Mason City. Iowa,
says: Another life was sacrificed last night to
christian science" Eight days ago Mrs
Warren A. Crosby was taken seriously i'll with
epilepsy. During the first night of her sickness
she had seventeen spasms and these continued
at intervals during her entire sickness. Being
a scientist she called for Christian science
healers, and these gathered about her bedside,
but the patient gradually grew worse. At the
but when he arrived the patient was beyond the
reach of medical aid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-06
The Proposed Permanent orcbestr.

Atameeting of the directors Of the Symphony
Society, held at Mr.. Andrew Carnegies in New
York yesterday afternoon, Mr.. Walter Dam
rosch announced that he has obtained guar
auteo fund of over $50, 900 year for the estab-
lishment Of permanent orchestra in New York
1t was resolved to organize the orchestra at
once and to secure the best material that can
be obtained here and in Europe. The object
will be to give symphonic and popular concerts
and TO make the prices Of admission within
reach of the majority. The symphony Society
Of New York will assume the business manage
ment of The orchestra.
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New Works Poultry and piveo,e

The second annual show Of the New York
Poultry and Pigeon Association was opened yes
terday in Madison Square Garden and will re-
main open until February 10. The managers
say its success is already assured and the ex-
hibits excel those in any previous show Of
the kind in that city. There are over 5000
birds in addition to the water fowl and
ostriches. In the center of the garden il a corn
palace, around which are hung cages containing
pigeons. Near it is an artificial lake, in which
swim ducks and other water fowl
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A Blshop Exp.lied for sp,cul.,,.~

largely attended meeting of the elders of
the Church of United Brethren of Kansas was
held at Abilene, Kan, yesterday TO consider
the case of Bishop Engle. The bishop had been
specializing rather mildly in Kansas real estate
and failed recently with liabilities 1000 in
excess OF assets. The elders removed him from
his Office and expelled him from the ministry
Tho cause Of this action u given ~ ''indiscreet
fnanciering."
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Fire in the st. Louis Car Shops,

Fire which started in the Pullman car shops
at Has o'clock last night burned the shops
with their contents, eleven cars in various
stages of completion and all the tools and ma
chinery. The Pullman row of small dwellings
occupied by employees was also burned. The
loss is S25O.0OO
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A UcTIoA SALE AT NORFOLK. VA.
nUNCANsoN BROS. Aaciioneer..

A u
EXECUTORS SALE OF STREET PROPERTY
kALUAbl.L RIAL. ESTATE BUSINESS PROP
Eklll On STREET. BEING HOUSE AND
PREMISES NO. l:t29 STREET NOETHNEsT
IN THE CITY on WASHINGTON.
BY virtue of the Lest will and testament of Anna NJ
February. A. d. iss7. aud which has been @y ID.
united TO probate and reorled the ON = a., the
register of wills for the District OF ColnInbia. We
auction on THURSDAY. raj NiNETfENTH DAY
Oh FEBRUARY. A. ID. 1891. AT HALF PAST FpfiE
O'CLOCK p NJ. IN front of the premises OF sold
parel o ground lying and being the city al s-
lnsfon, in the district Columbia. and Known lald
aomn anu aeseroei on the sroGnd plat or plan o. ssi
SIX 90. N square Numbered hundred and nfts-
tlrte c2lB). having frOntage street northwest
OF tweityseyen feet eihf and onehaf inches % fesf
~ ncnesl, more or less and a det,th OF one hundred
and thirteen feet eight and ehzf ns hes IS fest
80 ln hes more or less. ane running back thirty
story ma basement Dr1ck house LInbsred LIZ r
street northwest.
Terms sale: one-third Of the purchase money to
he paw m cash and balaace IN and two year,
which de erred payments notes Il purchaser pur-
case-s sail be dated day OF sale ana luring
interest ~ The rate OF SIX Der csntun ps,
property sold or ali cash At option Of purchaser or Dur
cnasers- Ii the terms OF sale touitiai with
within Z. days nom day OF sale the property viii lie
resold at the risk and cost u cefaung purchaser sitter
nNs days notice of such resale some neMsa1r pub
hsEed m Washington. DC.
Adepost OF twenty five hundred Cs 500 dollars VIII
be required when the property is knocked down Al
conr,5 ancing. &c. atcost Of purchaser.
PPorcsALs FOR THE PURCHASE OF THIS
PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE WILL BIZ r.
SAME IS OEFERED At PUBLlC AUCTION.
HENRY Wise GARNETl, EIecuior.
,a3o-d&ds ~ LIZ S'i ct. NV.
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Dragged From His PulDit.

AT THE JAHRMARKT tonight, Prof. Mont
gomery dancing classe, and George Barnhart.
the popular comedian.-Adu.
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CLIMBED Up KIIINANJARO.
Hans Meyer Account Of His Affiean
Adventure.

TIE roPNoer PEAK OF rHR MOUNTAIN nEAcHEp-
LAVA, ICE AND Nlsr--oS THE LoFrrEsr
PLACE N THE KNPrRR-A sALvXriox ARMY
RELIC.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-06

Yesterday completed twenty-five weeks Of the
lockout in the morocco factories in Lynn,
Mass
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GooDYzAn Russrn CoxPAxx.
200 srH ST..
NEVILLE LINDSAY. Ms..su.

room RuBBER GOODS ARE DEAR Ar
ANY PRICE BUY OUR GOLD SEAL
GRADE AND YOU WILL GET TEE BEST
MADE BEST QUALITY LEATHER
nELTIN0 a SPECIALITY. 49,
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Highest Of all in Leavenng Poweu Govt Report Aug ~ 1885,
R@E!A!:'I!! Bssj9g
ABSOLUTELY PURE
AUCTION SALES.

AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYs.
THOMAS BOWLING. Auctione~r.
CATALOGUE SALE
OF
VALUABLE BOOKS. MANY OK
FRENCH REVOLUTION.
INCLUDING ALSO soME
ILLUSTRATED BOOKS AND POETS.
AND FEW
LAW BOOKS.
ALMOST ALL IN FINE CONDITION.
TO TAKE PLACE AT MY AUCTION ROOMS.
ELEVENTH ST. AND PENNA AVE.
WASHINGTON. u. 4.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY EVENINGS. rEBRU-
AIRY IL AND II. AT O'CLOCK.
Books will be ready for examination Monday. Feb
rnary =. and up 10 hour Of sale.
feeet THOMAS BOWLING. Aac,ionesr.
A uCTIoN SALE OF VERY VALUABLE I'M
IA rh sn ,i PROPERTY - NG HO1sE -. las
THURSDAY. TN TwEif az DAY OF flsI.t 40
L" IN squ-r- 32 sid lot frunting - lest on mn
stree lie ween sni northwest snd hul,ross-d - :
ii,,siory house with 3s;ory TACK building sn,srns
Ieriis made known IN day OF sale 500 dero-i, ~
sy vii be resold at risk spd cost of o. Pur
chss 7, Gko. v. sIiCkNkl.
l'-'-a&dsf Anctonesr. an, 18th -
ThoAAs BOWLING, Auctloneer
AssIGNEEs SALE OF STOCK OF GROCERIES.
nkliNNESsi, l1sohss LiNIIkEs A., con,
SrEEEr, CORNER OF I sTIiEET NORTH
on TUESDAY. FEBRUARY TENTH. 1881. COM
n.nciny At TN O'CLOCK A. NJ. at store No 10.
IN OF
Fancy Shelf Goods,
Teas and Tea Cans
.iaiiiis,. s, T1fe s,' s, s,sss
Candy aEd show Cas-
Nnts ~! Dllssi FRUITS
Wines and missiles in bottles and demiyoha..
tores's. soap end starcn,
floaI IA sails. Willow Ware.
Code Mil and Cans.
Counter AMI Platform Scales
laarn-e Ice Box. Meat Rack
Desk ana ChRIrs,
shelving, Countess, &c, &c.
acter. Tie hxtur-s incIusl,ns lsrs. I.e BSx csuf.r
SlieNlng. Scaies and show Cases
p'tsss @na should command fsnsg.l sisntlon
THOMAS BOWLING. Ancti,.neer. 1'SI iesI.it.
A UcTIoA SALE AT NORFOLK. VA
The valuable wharf property known as cAmr,l,el.s
Manweiis running from Ferry TO Roanoke ock. which
With rericerating rooms frame frr,s, lag's
lar.e ..e isiaciilne lcomInenced n August and
order, viii be sold al auction IN Soi,FoIK aan
T III xAk a LdEs ENIH, On the premisrs.
Terms: one-third cash. balance in one. two ana
tires y.rs with Interest HAP Of above properly
&C., WI. H. TEIoE AGO.
ls3Olot. Aucticneers.
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THOMAs DOWNING. Auctloneer

REGULAR SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
AND PERSONAL. EFFECTS AT MY AUCTION
ROOMS SATURDAY. FEBRUARY SEVENTH,
1891. COMMENCING AT TEN O'CLOCK, EN-
BRACING, IN PART
ONE HANDSOME BERLIN CARPET cost 5000
ONE TURKISH CARPET. SEVERAL ANTIQUE
PIANOS, FOUR HANDSOME FRENCH-PLkTE
MIRRORS, sEkERAI. HANDSOME PARLOR
SUITES. A NUMBER OF SIBERIAN WOLF
SKINS. LLAMA-sKIN RUGS. HANDSOME FOX
ROBE. ESGRANINGS. LARGE NUMBER OF
WALNUT. ASH AND PAINTED CHAMBER
SUITES, HAIR AND HUSK MATTRESSES
FEATHER PILLOWS, COMFORTS, SHEETS
AND SPREADS, wOyEN-wIRE STRINGS, 300
SEPARAIE PIECES OF HOUSEHOLD Eff
FECIS, BRUSSELS AND INGRAM CARPETS
COOKING AND HEATING STONES, &c.
ALSO
DENCE, EMBkACING SOME VERY HAND
AT Ten O'CLOCK,
LARGE LOT OF BUILDERS MATERIAL.
AT TWELVE O'CLOCK 49,
2o HORSES FOR DRAFT AND DRIVING PUR-
40 VEHICLES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
ALSO, AT TWELVE O'CLOCK,
GRAY MARE. FIVE YEARS OLD; GOOD AND
SAFE kOADSTER; PERFECTLY SOUND.
HUNT TRACK WAGON IN GOOD CONDITION.
feD-h
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TOMORROW.
THOMAS DOWNING. Auctio neer

FINE DRIVING HORSE AT AUCTION.
Will be sold TOMORROW (SATURDAYl, FEBRU-
AIRY SEVENTH. 1881, az TWELVE O'CLOCK in
front of my auction Frst-class Drivnr Horse
about eight years old.
:. THOMAS BOWLING.
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nUNCANsoN BROS. Auctioneers.

TRUSTEES SALE OF ONE OF THE FINEST
PROPERTIES NEAR SMITHSONIAN INsTI-
TUITION, MEDICAL MUSEUM AND OTHER
PUBLiC BUILDINGS, Fronting TWENTY
FIVE FELT ON STREET SOUTH BETWEEN
SIXTH AND SEVENTH STREETS WEST. OP-
POSITE THE PUBLIC PARK.
By virtue of trust vested in I will sell on SAT-
URDAY, FEBRUARY SEVENTH. 1881, at HALF
PAST FOUR O'CLOCK p. NJ,
LOT 81, SQUARE 46e.
fronting % feet street. with depth of about g.
feet to wide alley. Improved by atwo-story frame
dwelling.
This property is in one Of the best locations in the
southwest convenient to all sections of the city, OPP
posite PUBLIC PARK and near MUSEUM. SAITH
SoSIAN INsTdTu rIoN, AGRICULTURE De
PAkTMENT, BUREAU OF PRINTING AND IN
CRYING and MONUMENT; very desirable lot in
rapidly improving section OF tie city.
Terms: Onefou-th cash; balance in one, two and
three years, notes TO bear interest per cent per
annum from day OF SALE payable ually, and
70 be secured BY deed OF trust ON premises all
At option OF purchaser. deposit Of goo required
time o. sale Conyeyancinx. &C.. at purchasers
cost Terms to be complied with in ten days. other
wise right Is reserved to resell ut risk and
faulting purchaser after five days advertisement Of
such resale in some newspaper published in Washing
ton. d. &.
fe3-d&ds LEWIS HOPFENMAIER. Trustee.
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WALTER B. WILLIAMS CO.. Auciionesrs.


WALTER B. WILLIAMS CO.. AuctiOneers-
LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE SALE OF HOUSE
HOLD ~ RNlTukE, CARIETs. &C, or EVERY
ko0M. CORNER OF TENTH STkEEr AND
PENNSYLVANIA AvESUE NORTHWEST.
WHICH TAKES PLACE TOMORROW MORN
ING, FEBRUARY SEVENTH, WITHIN AND IN
FRONT OF OUR SALES ROOM, AT TEN
O'CLOCK A.
ALSO
THE BALANCE OF CONSIGNMENT OF CIGARS
no WHICH WE ASK The ATTENTION OF
BUYERS.
Terms cash.
II WALTER B. WILLIAMS CO.. Auctioneers.
- BENSISGER. Auctioneer.
WASHINGTON HORSE AND CARRIAGE BAZAAR
PERkM PIORl SALE OF MULES.
Will be sold at the Bazaar No. $40 ouis
SATURDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY SEVENTH.
at Ten O'CLOCK twithout reser,e). load OF
Mules from the mines ot Pennsy lyania.
Thirty head III Horses and Mares; good workers and
drivers.
Twenty five Secondhand Eagons. Daytons, Phae-
tons, Buggies Harness. &c. &c.
fe.p-et =. BENS1NGER. Auctionesr.
49, n
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GENTLEMEN'S GOODS.

FAIL SrocK
OF FOREIGN coATINGs. vEsTIN6s,
sUITINGs. ovERC0ATINGs AND TROUe.
ERIN6S RECEIVED. GENTLEMEN WHO
ADMIRE F1RST-CLASs TAILokINS ARE In
yITED 10 INSPECT. ALL GARMENTS CUT
BY Ii. ID. BARR. III PA. AVE. AXE GUAR
ANTEED Az bE "a IAE cohiSLcr STYLE.
ol7
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-06

Mr. BREcKISRIDsE OFFERS AN AMENDMENT RE-
LIEvING THE DISTRICT FROM PAYING oSE-HALF
THE RUNNING EXPENSES AND MAKES A STRONG
PLEA FoR rHE DISTRICT wIrIour AVAIL
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TWO DISTRICT PARKS.

Mr. Breckenridge (ky) said: Mr.. Chair
man, the Smithsonian Institution has never in
any degree. so far as know. had any par:isan
color attached to it, IL has been a bureau
which has been sedulousiy kept by Congress
from having any partisan tendency by the
mode in which the regents are appointed: and
1 have no doubt that any investigation of that
bureau viii be found TO result in the ascertain
H,snt that the management of il has always
been in The highest degree creditsble 20 those
who have been put in charge. have not the
slightest doubt that the present head OF that in
siitatiOn is equal to those distinguished gentle
men who have preceded him in that place
Now. as to the matter in hand My friend
from Alabama (Mr. HerberD does himself very
great injustice when he says that he cannot
draw a distinction between the Rock Creek
Park, which is an ordinary PARK for beauty and
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OF THE ART GODS FsRAfs. ETC, CON.
TANNED il MR.. WILLIAM II. vEERAhoFfss
sokTGWs sToBBEF At t SEVENTH STREET
THIS STOCK, WHICH Is NEW AND FIRST
PART Oh
STILL ENGRAyISGs. ETCHINGs, WATER
CABINET FkAMls AND FRAMES OF EVERY
DESCRIPTION AND SIZE. AND GENERAL
IN FIRST-CLASS ART EMPORIUM.
Owing to MIR. Neerhofs removal TO his new store he
has instructed us TO sell by public sale al HIS
BRANCH , STORE. No; Al SEVENTH sTREEr
RUARY FOURTH, 1891, AT THREE O'CLOCK IN
THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING EACH
DAY THEREAFTER AT THE SAME HOUR UNTIL
ALL Is SOLD, the entire stock TO the highest bidders
Persons in search Of Fine Pictures. Frames. &c.
should attend this sale.
ja3O-st RATCLIFFE. DARR CO, Aucts.
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RATCLIFFE. DARR CO.. Auctioneers
~ EoO Pennsylvania ave. n. W.
REGULAR SATURDAY SALE By AUCTION
AT THE
HORSE AND CARRIAGE MART. $50 C STREET

ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY SEVENTH, 1891,
Al TWELVE O'CLOCK NJ.
HORSES. NEW AND sEcoND-HAND CARRIAGES.
BUGGIES, WAGONS. HARNESS, HALTERS.
LOT ENGLISH WATERPROOF LAP ROBES,
CUTTING BOXES AND
General assortment; of stable belongings, to which We
invite attention.
stock entered any time prior to hou- Of sale.
Stalls tor horses waiting sale.
f5-.f RATCLIFEE. DARR Co. Aucfa
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-01-08
SIMPLE BUT PROFITABLE.

A MINISTER in England made $50, 900
by inventing an odd toy that danced by
winding it with string.
THE New Jersey man who hit upon
the idea of attaching rubber erasing
tip to the end of lead pencils is worth
$780,
THE man who invented the return
ball, an ordinary wooden ball with q
rubber string attached to pull it back,
made 100000 from it..
AS LARGE a sum as was ever obtained
for any invention was enjoyed by the
Yankee who invented the inverted
glass bell to hang over gas jets to pre-
vent ceilings from being blaclSened by
smoke. ,...srE .zts- ..r r. 80
B EVERY one has seen the metal plates
that are used to protect the heels and
soles of rough shoes, but every one
doesn't know that within ten years the
man who hit upon the idea has made
$3.50, 600.
THE inventor Of the roller-skate has
made $1,000, 200, Notwithstanding the
fact that his patent had nearly expired
before the value of it was ascertained
In the craze for roller-skating that
spread oyer the country . few years
go
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MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.
CHILD LABOR.
N Alarming Increase shown by ooauis,

N Alarming Increase shown by Coannis
sioner lambs Report.
Labor Commissioner Lamb has urc-
pared his second biennial report at thu
State Bureau Of Labor which cont.ins
. statement showing the alarming III.
crease of child labor and a table Of tire
average attendance in schools. The
chapter on child labor shows that less
than Is per cent. are under IL years Of
age; that fifty cents a day is the aver
age wages. The average months en-
ploym ent is SO, the average months of
school attendance, 80. The fourth
chapter is devoted to working-men's
earnings and expenses. The averages
are deducted from the number of
months employed, annual earnings and
rate Of wages per day, both for the
time employed and for 319 days and for
sixty occupations. The average num-
Der of months employed is 1854, the
average rate per day while employed
81. 10, and the average income per day
for 3l2 days S1.s5. There is an average
idleness of LAG months per y In
other words, the men are idle IL. II per
cent. of the time. :