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Dl;NCANsoN EROs., AUCTIONEERs.

TRUSTEES SALE OF yALUARLE REAL ESTATE
KNOWN AS NO. Us PENNSYLVANIA AVE
NUE. NORTHWEST. AND BEING IMPROVED
by A LARGE BRICK BUILDING AND STORE
BY virtue of certain deed of trust. dated the
2Sth day of February. 1895. and recorded the 18Th
day of February. 1875. in Liher 1896, fcp psi ct
seq. Of the land records Of the District of Column
bia and at the request of the holder of he note
secured thereby, will sell. at public auction on
TUESDAY the TWENTY-NINTH DAY of O,Tu-
PER. AID. 1895. at HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK
PM. in front of the premises, the following, de-
scribed real estate. situate in the city of Wash
iHgton. District of Columbia, TO wit: Part Of
OF lyinal lot three ~ in Square five hundred ard
enty five t5I5, contained within the following
metes and hounds, viz: Beginning for the .:,rie
the line of Pennsylvania avenue ut the south
west of said lot, running thence Southwestern
ly along said avenue nineteen 19) feet, thence
ncrtheasterly par;l lel with the line of said
lot the line of said lot thence due west to
the northwest corner Of said let. md thence south
westerly along the west line of said lot hundred
and twentynine 1@9) feet and eleven I'D inches to
the line of said avenue and place of beginning.
Terms of sale: All cash ard u.c Il deed
of trust for $4,000 and interest full particulars
OF same will be given at time of salel, all CASH
at the option of the purchaser deposit of 500
required at time of sale Terms of sale be COM
piled with in ten days from date of sale. or the
property will be Iesold at of defaultiny pur-
chaser.
LEO SIMMONS. Trustee.
oc1S-d&ds LOUIS H. MEYERS. Trustee.
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RADCLIFFE, SUTTON Il CO.. AUCTIONEERS.
(Successors to Ratciffc Darr " Co.,

(SucCesSOrS to KatcIltfc, Diff 4 COl
TRUSTEES. SALE OF IMPROVED LAND IN
TWINING CITY.
BY virtue of Il deed of trust dated November Z,
1891 and recorded in 1iber 1921 folio $40 Ct seq,
Of the land records of the District of Column
bia and at the request of the party secured there
by. will sell. ut public auction, in front of he
premises, FRIDAY, EIGHTH of NOVEMBER,
1925, at FOUR PM, lot 6 in block s, in Twinin2
City. in the District of Columbia
Terms: Ope-third cash, balance in six and twelve
months, at per cent per annum. secured br decd
of trust on the property, or all cash. ut option of
purchaser 500 deposit ut sale. ltecnrlia, ard
eyaIcing at purchasers cost. Terms to be
piled with in fifteen days from sale, resale at
purchasers cost and risk
CHRISTIAN G. LEDEEER
HENRY ii. BERGMAN.
oc2S-1Ot IrlstceS
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RADCLIFFE, SUTTON & co, Auctioneers
Successors TO Ratcltre, barr L. Coz

HOUSE. 30. lis s1REEr SOUTH soDTMEts i;.''h
the p xfr%s OF of Of ns N Court
No. l6ssl, Doc 80, the undersigned trustee will
oT fsF sale By e 6s c1t Of The
VENEER, AID 1875, AT HALF-PAST -FOUR
st rM n5ss of lot in So I
feet together with all the improvements, rights,
Terms as prescribed by the decree are one third
of the purchase money in cash, the residue in two
equal installments Mt six and twelve months, with
interest from the day of sale at the rate of per
cent per annum, secured by deed Of trust on the
property sold or all cash ca, at the option Of the
ceptance of bid. # the terms Of sale are not com
piled with in fifteen days from the day Of sale the
rk of a t. tine
five days advertisement of such resale in some
newspaper published, - in Washington. D. C.
oc2Sd &dbs 500 9Th st. NV.
RADCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO.. AUCrIoNEERs
Successors to Ratclfe, Darr & Coz
TRUSTEES SALE OF IMPROVED LAND on SEW
ETH STREET BET EErwEE ;0,, STEuEES AN Nd
AND PLEASANT PLAINS.
By virtue of two deeds of trust, one dated May
seq and the other dated March Is, 1888, and
recorded in Liber 1904. folio As ct seq two of the
land records Of tie District Of Columbia, and at the
Pne neti1n IN faR Of 1y the premises
inches front 18th street by the full depth of the
lot of lot ~. in block g. In Todd's Il Browns re-
corded subdivision of Mount Pleasant and Pleasant
Plains, in the county of Washington District of
Columbia.
Terms: One-third cash. balance in six and twelve
months at pes cent per annum, secured by decd
OF trust the property, all cash, at option
of purchaser. slUO deposit at sale. Recording
and conveyancing at purchasers cost. Terms to
lie complied with In fifteen days from sale, or
resale at purchasers cost and risk.
CHRISTIAN c. LEDERER
HENRY II. BERGMAN,
o2S-10t Trustees.
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DrNCANsoN BROS. AUCTlONEERs

TRUSTEES SALE OF Two-sTORY BRICK
DWELLING. NUMBERED % DEFREES
STNEET NORTHWEST.
BY virtue OF Il deed of trust, duly recorded in
Liier numbered 1872, folio 4S9 ct seq. VT will
sell, in front of the premises. FRIDAY, the
EIGHTH DAY of NOVEMBER, at HALF-PASr
FOUR O'CLOCK P.M lot numbered 173. in square
In.ia cred 623. together with the Improvements
thereon.
.Ei; rs OF SALE: One-third cash, balance in
ore and two years, at pc. cent per annum inter
est payable semi-annually, to he secured by deed
of trust property soil, all cash, at purchasers
oltinn Conveyancing. etc., ut purchasers cost. A
dcosit OF 500 required ut time of sale. Terms of
sac 10 lie complied with in fifteen days from dae
of sale otherwise trustees the right to re-
SILL tn" property at risk and cost of defaultiny
purchaser.
ISAAC T.. JOHNSON
CHARLES +. BENJAMIN,
Or1St'Sus
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RADCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., AUCTS.
Successors to RatclifTc, Darr e. Col.

TRUSTEES SALE OF SEVEN -FOUR ROOM
CRANE HOUSES AT BrRlivILIE AND ONE
FRAME HOUSE AT LINCOLN, u. c..
%! virtue OF deed OF trust, duly recorded I'm
ter No 2oll, AT folio AS ct saq., of the land
records for the District Of Columbia, and at he
signed trustees will offer for sale. by public
non, In front Of the premises. on WEDNESDAY.
SMITH DAY OF NOVEMBER, AID. 1885, AT
iHREE O'CLOCK PM, the following described
land and premises, situate in the county OF Wash
ington, District of Columbia, and designated as
lots lots fonr az, fifteen Q5. twenty co. twenty six
co, thirtyone (31 forty-two (42D and fty-eight
GS, in block six 49, of section three 81, in Burr
Vile, according to plat recorded in Liber 1858.
folio 1871, of the land records of the District CT
Columbia, together with all the improvements,
rights, &c.
On the same day, Immediately after the sale Of
the above. and by virtue of The same trust,
VIII sell. in front of the premise3, lots nine co.
to sixteen 16 both inclusive, In square ID of
the subdivision known rs Lincoln. recorded in
county subdivision Book Governor shepherd, page
25 of the surveyors office of the District of Co.
lunba, together with all the improvements, rights,
&c.
Terms Of sale: One-third cash. the balance in
one and two years, with interest from the day Of
sale at the rate of six per cent per annum. pay
able semi annually, secured by deed of on
property sold. or all cash, at The option of the
purchaser. A deposit of $50 each lot required
at the time of sale. II the terms of sale not
complied with in Is days from the day sale. the
trustees the right to resell the property,
the risk and cost of the defultng purchaser tfter
five days advertisement of such resale in some
newspaper Published in Washington, ID. c. All
conveyancing and recording at the of the pur.
chaser
LEONARD C. BAILEY,
JOHN A. PIERRE.
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Future DAYS.
RADCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., AUCTIONEERS,
Successors to Ratclifre, Barr & co.

TAI' !-IF It E. 81 TIUN Gu, AICTIONlEKS,
Successors to Ratcliffe, Barr & co.
TRUSTEES SALE OF IMPROVED LAND IN
TWINING CITY.
By virtue of deed of trust. dated May IL, 1898.
ana recorded in Ltf'cr 1879, folio 2 ct sell, one
OF the land records of the District of Columbia. and
at the request of the party secured thereby, we
VIII SELL at public auction. in from; of the prem
isrs on FRIDAY. EIGHTH NOVEMBER. 1895.
AT QUARTER PAST FOUR PM, lots II and 12, in
block 4, In Twinins City, in the District of Column
bia as per plat county Book &, page 131. survey
Gr's Office of said District
Terms: One-third cash. balance in 6 and IL
months at per cent per annum, secured by deed
of trust en- property sold CT all cash, at option of
purchaser. 500 deposit at sale Recording and
conveyancing at purchasers cost. Terms to he COM
piled with in 10 days from sale, resale ut tur-
CLaser's cost and risk.
CHRISTIAN G. LEDERER,
HENRY II. BERGMAN,
OcSS-10t Trustees,
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TRUSTEES SALE OF SYNDICATE SHARES IN
TRACT OF LAND KNOWN AS ATTIRE
PARK, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND.
BY virtue Of non-payment Of assessments We Will
sell, within the auction of Dunca,,son Bros
9th and ID SITS. NV. Washington DC, on FRIDAY
THE FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER, A. d. 1875, All
ONE O'CLOCK PM, twenty three t2s, shares,
and certificates 36, 81. 49, 81? 40 Al AZ and 49,
one share each, in Autre Park. Montgomery county
Nd Certificate No. 3. for SHARE in the nam
OF Schuyler Duryee. Certificate in the name of W.
+. DeFauc han for one share
All of the above certificates for shares in Autra
Park, being In the names OF said above named
parties. US above set forth, will be sold in ac-
eordance with declaration of trust given to us.
LOUIS ID. WINE.
JOSEPH j. DARLINGTON,
oc23-dts 1,r,,staes
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AUCTION SALES.
DUNCANsON BROS, AUCI1oNEERs.
FUTURE DAYS,


1Ru SS T;sr SALE s4 &, OF IMPROVED PROPERTY
AND TWENrY-SECoND SHEET WEST.
respectively in Liter iso5 folio los ct se ioi and
In lber l26i, folio 39' ct seq of the land records
Columbia, we will sell, in front Of the premises, on
FiIDAi; THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF NOVEM-
PM, that piece or parcel Of land and premises SIT
uate in the District of Columbia, and known and
described as lot numbered seven 20. in square
eighty-four tSfl, of the city Of Washington, to-
sether with all and singular the appurtenances
rights. privileges Improvements and other hcredta-
lnents 10 Inc same belonging or in any wise apper-
tanning.
Terms of sale: One-third cash. balance in one
payable semi-annually, to be Secured by deed of
trust on the property. sold, all cash. at the
at time of sae sepas sts asu pss
Ghaser's cost Terms of sale to be complied with
trustees reserve the right to resell the property
at the risk and cost of defauting purchaser after
newspaper published in the city of Washington,
800 49,, 5 5ols Il Il. 1 E4NTSS:
o-s-dNds Trustees.
DUNcANsoN BROTHERS. AuCTIoNEEKs.
TRUSTEES SALE OF THREE-sToRY BRICK
1SMnlThtING; NUMBERED 4l2 STREET
Liher numbered 1910, at folio IS ct req. We will
H Y frG DAY Of OF se Ekp4 AK TIE
FIVE O'CLOCK PM. lot l, in subdivision Of square
numbered SIS, improved by a thcee-story brick
dwelling, numbered Az l. street northwest.
Terms of sale: One-third cash. balance in one
and two years. at per cent per annum interest
payable semi-annually, to be secured by deed OF
trust on property sold, or all cash, at purchasers
option. Conyeyaneing. Sc, at purchasers cost
A deposit OF 500 required ut time OF sale. Terms
OF sale to he complied with in Is days from dat lie
Of sale. otherwise trustees reserve the right to re-
sell the property, at risk AMI cost Of defluIting
purchaser.
ISAAC L. JOHNSON,
WM. ii. DUNCANSON,
'Cr,rSrp
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On TUESDAY. OCTOBER TWENTY-NINTH,
1895. at TEN AM, at residence No. 1906 Penn
sylvana avenue northwest. We will sell the en-
tire contents:
SUCH AS ELEGANT MAHOGANY MIRROR
BACK SECRETARY AND BOOKCASE, A
FINE PARI.OR PIECE: NEARLY NEW PAR
LoR SUITE, WILTON VELVET PARLOR
RUG. BRI-A-BRAC TABLE MANTEI. MAR
BILE CLoCn. FANCY LAMPS AND ORNA-
MENTS. PICTURES. FINE LACE CURTAINS
BRTSSFIS HALL. STAIR AND CHAMBER
CARP rs THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE. EIGHT
OAK AND CHERRY CHAMBER SUITES WITH
MHiE SPRINGS AND HAIR MATTRESSES.
PILLOWS AND HOLSTERS, FINE TOILET
SHEETS; BLANKETS. SPREADS AND PII.,
LOW SLIPS, OAK FOLDING BED AND
CHlFFoNIER; MASSIVE AND ELEGANT
BRASS BOUND MIRROR-BACk OAK SIDE
BOARD, WITH BEAUTIFUL EXT TABLE
AND CHAIRS TO MATCH; TABLE Linen
REFRIGERATOR. ABOUT TWO HUNDRED
JARS ASSORTED FRUITS. JELLIEs, PRE-
SERVES. cAISuPS &C.; CR0CkERY AND
NECESSARIES &c, &c.
Note-We take pleasure in calling attention to
this sale. as everything is of good grade and un
usually well kept and ciean. House open for exhi-
btion Monday from 10 am. until pm.
&. G. SLOAN co. Auctioneers 1407 G st.
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AUCTION SALES.
NJ. Is. I.ATDER & CO.. AuCTIoNEERS,
DUNcANsoN BROS, AUcrIoNEERs.
FUTURE DAYS.

BALANCE OF GOODS FOR TRUSTEES WARREN
d SHOEMAKER, SOME OF II VERY FINE.
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c. q. SLOAN & CO., AUCTS. 14O7 G ST NV.
Successors to Lltimer & Sloan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-28

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE, NO. 7l3 ELEVENTH STREET
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ALL THE NEARLY NEW FUR
NITURE, CARPETS, BED
DING, LINENS, &c, IN
RE SID ENCE No.
1906 PA. AVE.
COR H ST.
NV. SOUTH
SIDE, AT
PUBLIC
AUG
TON.
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Inquire 500 9th street northwest.
NATHANIEL WILSON, Attorney for party
cured, No. 6a2-624 street northwest.
o14-dSdS
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CHANCERY SALE OF TWO DESIRABLE PAR
GELS oE GHonND LYING II THE COUNTY
BIA, NEAR BENNING'S on THE SHERIFF.
ROAD AND on THE LINE OF THE BALTI-
MORE AND POTOMAC II. r.; ONE PARCEL.
CONTAINING IL 6-lO ACRES. MORE OR LESS
AND THE OTHER ABOUT 2 ACRES OF
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Oc1S-d SdS
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-16
Mimicry of the Spider.

A southern man gives the following
account of his discovery of chameleon
spider: Zone afternoon, while tramping
along dusty road, noticed in the
bushes which grew along the side what
appeared to be singular looking white
flower, with blue center. Stopping to
examine it, found to my establishment
that it was not flower at all, but a
SPIDERS web, and that the supposed light
blue heart of the flower was the spider
itself, lying in wait for its prey. The
notified brown legs of the spider were
extended in such way as to resemble
the divisions between the petals of a
flower.
1.-THE web itself, very delicately woven
into rosette pattern, was white, and
the threads that suspended it from the
bushes were so fine as to be almost in
visible. The whole thing had the ap,
pearance of being suspended in the air
upon a stem concealed beneath. Upon
knocking the spider from his perch into
the white gauze net which / carried my
surprise was greatly increased upon see.
ing my captive instantly turn in color
from blue to white. shook the net
and again the spider changed color,
this time its body becoming dull
greenish brown. AS often as l would
shake the net just so often would the
spider change its color, and kept it up
until it had assumed about every hue Of
the rainbow. Philadelphia Ledger.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-16
THE BUSINESS GIRL.
She Expresses Her Opinion of Men, Matr..
mony and Money.

She Expresses Her Opinion of Men, Matr..
mony and Money.
The social philosopher had been pet
ting her chin in an absurdly hayseedish
manner, and as the thoughtful panorama
was ominously regarded as forerunner
of more or less prolonged lecture she
didn't dare disappoint her admiring pet
ticoated audience. So she said:
''It seems to me that the very mo-
ment that young woman shows ability
in any chosen profession about 500 Or
dinarily charming and lovely individ-
uals rise up like solicitous hens over a
weak legged chicken and implore her
not to spoil her good work by tumbling
into the matrimonial tank"
"Huh!" pulled the girl who always
interrupts, '"the motherly hens had
better wait until she gets good chance.
Then they'd see how quickly Yes, sir.
I'm yours, could be said.
what nonsense!' the social philoso-
pher deigned to answer. Every girl
has opportunities to marry, but no girl
In her right mind is going to blindfold
herself to the dozens Of things to be con.
sidered. There's the money question,
for instance. That always comes first,
for if you are business woman, earn
ing a fairly decent salary, it is absurd
to marry man who receives but little
more. Diamond tastes and window glass
purses make a mighty unsatisfactory
combination, my dear. Besides perhaps
you are fond of your work and dislike
household managing, but if you go down
to business every day people will look
wise and say mean things, and you'll
wish yourself unlocked from your mat
rimonial venture.
Perfect men are so hard to find too!
Now, what girl could endure bald
head or red nose. even if it went with
loads of wealth and bushels of love?
Why, in less than six weeks she'd be
making the poor man wear frilled cap
and prepared chalk nose. A mans
good looks 60 long way with girl,
I'm ashamed to confess, and jerky
manner of talking. or sissy walk, or
a nervous movement Of the hands will
make girls teeth grind and her tenn.
per fray at the edges-that is, unless
she's really and truly in love. Then he
might be tailor's dummy, noseless
and cross eyed. bewhiskered and with
rouged cheeks, and she'll still think
him the loveliest thing on earth. -
Chicago Record.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-16
Like Two Bulldogs.

Once, when war with England
seemed imminent, owing to the strained
relations existing, some one asked Lin
coin for his opinion.
II remember, replied the president,
when was lad, there were two fields
behind our house separated by fence.
In each field there was big bulldog,
and these dogs spent the whole day rae
ing up and down, snarling and yelping
at each other through that fence. One
day they both came at the same moment
to hole in it, big enough to let either
Of them through. Well, gentlemen,
what do you think they did? They just
turned tail and scampered away as fast
as they could in opposite directions,
Now. England and America are like
those bulldogs"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-16
SyllOgistic.

Forty years since "Porte Crayon"
was down OH Albermarle sound and
told native that there were men with
mouths eight inches wide. The native
declared that was fish story. Porte re-
proved him for his incredulity and
pointed out that deductions from known
facts proved this statement. "We
know" he said, that oysters must be
eaten whole. We know that there are
oysters eight inches across the minor
dimension. Therefore there must be
mouths eight inches wide to take them
in, or the beautiful chain of harmony
in the universe is broken
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-16
A FORTUNE AT CARDS
1T WAS WON BY JOHN SCOTT, THE
"GENTLEMAN GAMBLER"

His Winnings at Whites, In London, In
the Last Century Exceeded $5,OOO,OOO
Though Illiterate, He Was a Man of the
Most Precise Methods.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-16

The minister admonishes us to watch
and pray and then goes and breaches
us all to sleep. w ashington Hatchet.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-02-02
JUST TEN YEARS
Since a Remarkable Happening.
An Interesting Interview With Promi-
nent Commercial Traveller.

The newsgatherer on his daily search for
items of interest often comes across happen
ings of more than passing note. IL was dur
ing a recent conversation with Mr.. A. 81.
Cransby, the well-known commercial trav-
eller, with the Cochran Lumber Company,
that a reporter of the Commercial learned of
a wonderful case. Mr.. Cransby is well
known in Memphis and surrounding coun-
try, and now resides at 15S Kerr street
"Just ten years ago. said he, my wife
noticed small lump in her breast. She
thought nothing Of it, but it increased in
size rapidly, and soon broke through the
skin, and commenced to discharge. She
was put under treatment OF the best physi-
clans, but they very soon found that they
could do her no good, and simply prescribed
autiseptics to keep the place clean. Both
her grandmother and aunt, by the way, had
died with cancer, and when apprised of this
fact, the doctors told me that they would
not attempt to save her; shat she was in
durable. Although the cancer had by this
time become deep seated, and her health
very low, had one of the most noted spe-
cialists of New York to treat her. After
treating her awhile, this doctor admitted
that the case was hopeless and further
treatment useless. 1t is difficult to imagine
how respondent we all became, knowing
that she must die, and unable to give her
any relief / had spent over five hundred
dollars with the best medical skill to be had,
and felt that there was no further hope.
zone day happened to read an advertise
ment OF ). >. s., recon mendlng that remedy
for cancer and in view of the failure of the
most eminent physicians in the country
confess had little faith left in any human
agency. However, purchased bottle of
s. s. s., and to my delight, 1t seemed to BEN
eft her; after she had taken a couple of
bottles, the cancer began to heal, and aston
ishing as it may seem, a few bottles more
cured her entirely. You can probably bet-
ter understand how remarkable this cure
was, when L explain that the cancer had
eaten two holes in the breast two inches
deep. These healed up entirely and al
though ten years have elapsed, not sign OF
| the disease has ever returned, and we are
| assured OF the permanence of the cure,
which we at first doubted.
~ certainly regard y. s. 8. as the most
wonderful remedy in the world, and Il is
truly God-send to those afflicted with this
terrible. disease. Yes sir" he concluded,
"you may be sure that / shall always be
grateful to that remedy, for without 1t my
home would now be desolate and my chill
dren motherless. "-Memphts, Tenn, Com
msretGl.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-02-02
HORRIBLE MISSILES.
Destructive Shells Fired at Fort Sumt
by the Ironclnds.

Destructive Shells Fired at Fort Sumter
by the Ironclads.
When Maj. Anderson held Fort Sum
ter against the confederates the bonn
bardment was characterized as terrific,
and yet not one-tenth of the damage
was done by that thirty-hour cannon
ade as by three or four hours work by
the ironclads. The eleven and fifteen
inch shells were horrible missiles. Let
one of them explode in common brick
building and the four walls would be
blown to fragments and the roof sent
When they exploded on striking the
face of the walls the conclusion pro-
duced great cracks extending from six
to ten feet in several directions, and
just where the shell struck the bricks
would be ground to dust in circle two
feet across. But many of the shells
penetrated the walls to the depth of q
foot or eighteen inches before explod,
ing, and then the havoc was truly ap"
palling. Wagon loads of dirt and brick
and dust would be thrown high in the
air and flung all over the island, and
the whole fort would trembl eunder the
shock. The awful screams of the iron
missiles as they rushed at the walls
were plainly heard in Charleston, and
such cloud of dust Auug over Sumter
that the gunners often lost sight of the
ronclads. Free Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-02-02
An Answering Invitation.

There seems to be good deal of un-
The rule is simple: Be guided tirely by
the form in which that invitation was
given. If it was informal, then your
reply is in bad taste if it be not in
formal, too. If it were in the third
person, you should not presume to
word your answer in the first. A de-
clination was once sent which ran thus:
Mr. So-and-so reg cts that he will be
unable to accept Mrs. Such-and-such-a-
persons kind invitation for Monday
night. / shall be out of town" And
this was written by youth who
should have known better, too.-Phila-
delphia Times