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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-20
MOKTGAG EE'S SALE OF FINE HOUSE u
IAkOMA PARK, MONTGOMERY COUNTY
EATCLIFFE, SUTTON 4 CO.. AUCTIONEEltS
Successors to Radcliffe, Darr Coz
Nh Inc SISTrI srnI-L.T SnDTtiE ,T

TRUSTEES SALE OF IMPROVED PROPERTY,
NO. SOC SIXTH STREET NORTHEAST.
by virtue OF two deeds OF trust, recorded re-
sIectirely. In Iiber No. l76S, folio 463 ct sell.
ard In I-tbe. No 1877 at folio lib ct seq, Of the
land records for the District Of Columbia and at
the request of the parties secured thereby, the un
dersigncd surviving tn stee will offer for sale, 10y
public auttitn, in front OF the premises ON FRI
DAY. TWENTY SIXTH DAY Of JUNE. AID. 1896,
at HALFPAST -FOUR O'CLOCK Pm. all that
piece parcel OF ground and premises. situate,
]! ing and being in the city OF Washington. in the
district of Columbia. and known and DISTINGUISHED
as the north thirty $50 feet eight Is, inches
frcnt OF lot fourteen I'D in square numbered eiIh,
hundred and Thirty five $3.50, together with all the
In Iroyeuents, rights. etc.
Terms: One third cash. the balance In one and
two years. with interest from the day of sale, Mt
q per cent per aDpum, payable semi annually. Sc
cured 10y deed OF trust on the property sold, or sll
cash. at the option of the purchaser. deposit Of
500 required upon acceptance Of bid II the terms
OF sale are NOT compiled With In fifteen days from
the day OF rale the trustee reserves the right 10
resell the property at the risk and cost Of the de-
faultng purchaser after five days advertisement
OF such resale in newspaper published In
Washington, DC. All conveyancing and recording
at the purchasers cost.
JOHN WALTER. Jr., Surviving Trustee.
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COLLATERAL NOTE BY AUCTION
~ virtue OF collateral pote, will sell
"itnin our sales rooms, 800 Penny lvana aveEut
northwest. On TUESDAY. TwENTY.TIIWD DAY
OF J.AE. AID 1895, at TWO O'CLOCK PM
S"lLa tcrnl Note for $3.50, dated August "a, 1Sya
made by Fredericka D. Sprngue, and payable to X
Sligo Heights
Al parties interested will please take notice.
Terms cash.
BY order lolder.
te17-d&dbs RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO.. Aucts.
MOkISAC EE'S SALE OF A FINE HOUSE II
IAh0MA PARK, MONTGOMERY COUNTY
MARYLAND.
by virtue Of the power contained in a mortgage
Hon Ihclnas s. Tucker and wife. the undersigne,
VIII oiicr at public sale, on the premises, Of
fhlDAl, June TWENTY-SIXTd, 1896, AT HALF
PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM lots Nos. / and .. IL
block No. IL. in B. +. Gilberts addition to Takoui'
iark. containing 1892 square feet Of land Tbs
lnpr6vent hts consist OF good dwelling.
Terms easy. For particulars apply 10
PiilL. ii. TUCK, 207 y. Calvert St.
1e11-St Baltimore, Nd.
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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS.
COLLATERAL NOTE BY AUCrI

RATIdFTE. SUTTON & CO., AUCTIONEERS
QSucccssers to Ratcline, Darr & Coz
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BENJAMIN T. LEIGHTON. Trustee,
my2S-d&ds ONCE. 49, ID

sequence Of the rain until TUESDAY. JUNn
TWENTY-THIRD, 1896. same hour and place.
je10d&ds BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEE
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TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE rNINpRovEn
PROPERTY on I'D STREET BETWEEN NEW
YORK AVENUE AND ID STREET NORTH
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:. SURVIVING Trustee.
THOMAS BOWLING. AuctfOneer. jc1l dads
TRUSTEES SALE OF IMPROVED AND UNIM-
PROVED PROPERTY on PENNSYLVANIA
AVENUE RETWEEN THIRTEENTH An

RATCLTFFE SUTTON 4 CO, AUCTIoNEE.1S
Successors to Ratcliffe, Darr & Coz
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q. g. SLOAN &, co, AIAIIoNEERS
1907 @ ST n d
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1.-THE ABOvE SALE Is POSTPONED UNTIL
MONDAY. JUNE TWENTY SECOND, 1896. came
hour and place. BY order of the trustees je1L-d&ds
DUNCANSON BROS, AUCTIONEERS
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-25
Pickett and the British,

In one of the most serious disputes the United States has had with Great Britain over boundary question Vir- ginian bore the most prominent part in preventing British encroachment. We refer to the San Juan island incident.
 The Virginian was Captain George E. Pickett of the United States army, aft. erward General Pickett of the Confsd- crate army. In 1856, during the disa- greement anent the northwest boundary, Captain Pickett, with 60 men, was or dered to occupy the island, and Sir James Douglass sent three British war ships to eject him from his position.
 Pickett bade defiance to this show of force, threatening to fire upon any troops that attempted to land from the vessels, and a clash of arms was only prevented by the timely arrival of the British admiral, by whose orders the matter of endeavoring to take possession of the island vi ct armis was postponed.
 Subsequently Pickett was re-enforced and the danger of hostilities blew over.
 For his conduct on this occasion Captain Pickett was highly complimented by General Harney, and the legislature of Washington territory passed resolutions of thanks to him. Richmond Dispatch.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-25
vsretarlans Use Fleshly Nams,.

Vegetarian restaurants are by degrees giving up the use of such titles for their dishes as convey the idea of a meat diet, but they still find the word "steak" indispensable. Otherwise their bill of fare is much improved and of a more inviting character than it used to be. Indian broth" reads we'll on a cold December day, and "braised onion with tomatoes" appeals to many. But what is vegetable turkey?"
 It seems to be rather confession of weakness to be dependent on the animal world for names wherewith to invest the various preparations of vegetables, cereals and fruits. To America they owe many forms of succulent and tempting food, such as fried corn, maize with plums and pineapple pudding made from the timed fruit. The use of cheese, for bidden by some of the strictest follow CTS of vegetarianism, enables the cater CTS to offer such savory dishes as welsh rabbit, cheese fritters and custards, and tho odors that are emitted are of the most savory and appetizing description. London News.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-25
The Boers.

The Boers are a race of hunters, as we'll as pastoralists, and the Transvaal Boers especially have been engaged in a war of extermination (lamentable to the lover of animal life) against every spe- cies of wild beast. Numbers of them have been occupied ever since boyhood in the hunting of elephants, buffaloes, lions, rhinoceroses and other heavy game. They have practically exterminat- ed the elephant south of the Zambezi, and the buffalo is becoming very scarce. No man who understands South African hunting can pretend to say that the chase of these animals is not danger ous one, requiring the highest qualities of nerve and courage. I will not say that the average Boer hunter will, by way of recreation, face the lion single handed in the way that the great Eng fish hunters-Selous, Oswell, Vardon, Gordon Cumming. Baldwin and others have accustomed us to. Few hunters, indeed, are so quixotic. The Boer treats the lion as dangerous vermin, if possi- ble obtains help from his fellows. and as 0 matter of business stays him by 8 volley. But hundreds of Boers have slain lions single handed, and hundreds have been mauled and even killed by lions. London Globe.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-25
The .waoht Am Rhetn.. l.

Of the martial songs more particular ly connected with the various periods of storm and stress in Germany, one of the most celebrated is that of the Rhine, composed by Becker, and answered by Alfred de Musset in other we'll known verses. The "Wacht am Rhein," by Max Schneckenburger, was composed about the same period as the Rhine song, but attained it's widest popularity during the war of 1870. Unlike Beck er's song, it cannot boast of haViL en set to music by 70 composers.
 The patriotic song of "Deutsch>-.nd. Deutschland uber Allies" was the work of the popular writer, poet, philologist and historian August Hoffmann, who was born at Fallersleben in the year 1798. For time we find him acting as librari- an and later as professor at the Univer- sity of Breslau, but the liberal tendency of some of his writings caused him, in 1888, to be deprived of his professorial chair. For many years he was librarian to the Duke of Ratibor, and died in this sheltered post in 1874. The German national anthem, ''Heil Dir i'm Sieger- kanz," was written originally for the birthday of Christian VII, king of Den mark, by a Holstein clergyman. The words were written to the air of "God Save the King" in 1790, and few years later were modified for Prussian use.-Chambers Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-25
Huxley's Wife.

When the Rattlesnake was in Sydney harbor, the officers were invited to @ ball, and young Huxley among the number. There for the first time be met his future wife, whose parents re- sided at Sydney. A few days after they were engaged, and the ship sailed for the Tower straits to complete the survey of the north coast of Australia, all con- munication being cut off for months at time, and then she returned direct to England. After that brief acquaintance tnot, I believe, longer than fortnight) 1t was seven years before the lovers saw one another. At the end of this time, on Huxley's appointment to the School of Mines, he was ina position to claim his bride and welcome her to their first home in St. John's Wood. He often used to say that to engage the affections of young girl under these circum- stances, knowing that he would have to leave her for an indefinite time, and with only the remotest prospect of ever marrying, was an act most strongly to be reprobated. and he often held it out as a warning to his children never to do anything of the kind, and yet they all married young and all happily.
 Huxley's love at first sight and con- stancy during those seven long years of separation were richly rewarded, for it is impossible to imagine pair more thoroughly suited. - North American Raviaxy
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-25
CANADA'S LIBERAL LEADER.
Sir Wi1frid Laurier, a Noted Man in
 the Dominion.

Sir Wi1frid Laurier, Noted Man in
 the Dominion.
 Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the noted leader of the Liberal party in the dominion, Is an able man. He was born in the province of Quebec in 1S42, and was educated in the college of L'Assomp- tion. He afterward took the degree of B. c. L. at McGill University in Toron- to. He studied law and was called to the bar of lower Canada in 1865. In 1880 he was appointed queens counsel. He has had brilliant career in the do- minion house of commons. He first at- tracted attention to himself as an ora tor in great speech on the Riel ques- tion at the time of the rebellion in the northwestern territories. It was at the dead of night, when the house was tired out and sleepy. But the flood of eloquence he poured forth, the mighty power he disclosed, reused the mem- bers to the fact that a new force was among them, and his success as lead CT was assured from that moment. Laurier is tall, slender man, and in the very prime of his physical and mental power. He speaks French and
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-25
AN ENGLISH JAIL CHAPEL.
A View of the Prisoners at the Sunday
 Morning Service.

A View of the Prisoners at the Sunday Morning Service.
 After breakfast nothing much happens until the chapel hour. Now those pris- oners who have ''gone sick" are visited by the surgeon or his assistant, and if the cases are urgent are sent across to the infrmary at once. There is no regular cell inspection; the governor or his deputy makes no round; there is no taking of reports" no adjudication of pains and penalties for misconduct. All this will stand over until Monday; even those awaiting punishment, unless it is for outrageous acts of violence or de- fiance, turn out to go with their fellows to chapel. About g 80 the chapel bell rings for the first service, that of the Roman Catholics, who in large prisons are usually located" or lodged in one part of the prison, near their own chapel. The bell for the Church of England serv- ice follows at about 10 a. ID.
 Both on marching to chapel and when seated within it the various classes and categories of prisoners are kept strictly separate from each other. Males and fe- males approach the chapel by different roads, enter by different doors and oc- cupy different divisions, pews or places apart. Among the males, too, the con- victed are kept from the unconvicted and the debtors from both. The women are generally seated first, behind a screen or within curtained off, railed in inclosure. They are. of course. .visi ble to the chaplain, but to no one else but their own officers. Except for their treble voices heard in responses and hymns. their presence at the service would be unknown. Now and again, however, an attempt to signal or com municate has been tried by individuals of opposite sexes; when dry cough, consistently repeated, in the female pew finds an answer in another part of the chapel, it affords a shrewd suspicion that friends are trying to use some code made up outside before imprisonment.
 One other class is unhappily to be found at times in the jail chapel-a very distinct class, but seldom containing more than one representative. This is sometimes condemned" man in pris- on-one on whom the extreme penalty has been passed, and who, by the usual custom, is allowed "three clear Sun- days" before the awful sentence is &C., complished. A condemned convict, al- though he is never left alone, being as- sociated day and night with two war dens as guardians, is never permitted to see or be seen by other prisoners. Lon don Culver.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-25

The unhappy small beings born Satur- day, Feb. %, will spend their youthful years without a birthday. If they could appreciate what has befallen them their lusty lungs, which are now getting into full swing, would redouble their efforts. Leap year has caught them unawares, and, though the mistake cannot be laid at their door, they will suffer for it. For eight long years they will be without that great joy of childhood, a birthday celebra- tion, unless in the kindness of their hearts their relatives cOnspire to make Feb. 2S do instead, and even then it will not be q real birthday, but play one. Some may die before they have reached that event ful eighth year, and so will go down to their graves without knowing the glory of legitimate annual celebration of their
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-25

railway managers, and those who have a line of poles and power at their com- mand, will be chiefly interested in such an enterprise.
 The car is of light weight, and par ticularly designed for minimum wind resistance. On none of the cars would a motor exceeding two or three horse power be berequired, and with this speed of twenty miles an hour is readily ob- tained. The motor, as has been inti- mated, is upon the car itself, and driven by belts, chains or other convenient transmission; the supporting wheel of the car runs through two cables on which 1t rests; about one-third of the weight is carried by the lower cable, the bal ance being supported by the upper one. The system is primarily intended to operate on merely local lines, and it is estimated that it will be more profit able in small installations.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-25
HEALS WHEN IN A TRANCE
Remarkable Powers Attributed to 8 Farm
 CT at Sycamore, Ills.

Remarkable Powers Attributed to Farm CT at Sycamore. Ills.
 The miraculous healing powers dis played by an English farmer named Wilbur Hammond, who resides four miles north of Belvidere, Ills, have caused sensation in that section. Dur ing the last week he has been in Syca- more trying his power, with wonderful success.
 Among those he healed are Mrs. Ben jamin Derrick, who has been cripple from fall received several years ago !; also Mrs. Jerry Singer, who was near death from neuralgia of the heart, and Mrs. M. l.. Orton, who has been unable to walk from rheumatism. After Ham, mond's visit Mrs. Orton was able to walk again.
 Hammond goes into a trance when healing and claims that the spirit of German doctor tells him what treat ment to give. Hammond refuses to ac- cept money for his services. Chicago Record
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-25
.'Merry England" and Armenia.

The eleventh sonnet of MT. William Watson's series entitled "'The Purple East" is as follows: Oh. vanish morn of crimson and of gold, or youth and roselight and romance, wherein I read of tourney and of paladin, And beauty snatched from ogre's dungeoned
 holdi
 Ever the recreant would In dust be rolled, Ever the true knight in the ioust would win, Ever the scaly shape of monstrous sin At last lie vanQuished, fold on writhing fold. Was 1t all false, that world of priDcely deeds, The splendid quest, the good fight ringing
 clearf
 Wonder the dragon ramps with fiery gorge, Wonder the victim faints and gasps and bleeds But in his Merry England our St. George Sleeps base sleep beside his idle spear.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-25
What He Needs,

"What I need," said the statesman in speaking of his work in Washington, "is good private secretary to look aft ar my correspondence, so that can give more time to affairs in the house. '
 "What you need," returned his con- stituent earnestly, lis real good man to edit your speeches while you attend to your correspondence It would be foolish to have your letters more con- else and better written than your pub lie addresses. "-Chicago Post.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-25

birth. Of the most long-lived among them it is safe to say that more than three quarters of their lives will be passed with out enjoying this happy experience. At the best their lot is an unhappy one. The boys can never, as custom demands, be put into knickerbockers on the sixth an niversary of their appearance on earth. When their sixth birthday comes they will be business men nearly 30 years of age, paying for their own clothes, or else, as is sometimes done, making the tailor pay for them. They will never have the de- light of announcing that they are Five years old today" They will always be so many years ''going on" so much. Any way one looks at it Feb. % is a day to be avoided, if one intends to be born. And all this that the procession of the equi- noxes may go on undisturbed.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-25
The Laws of Nature.

The laws of nature are just, but terri ble. There is no weak mercy in them. Cause and consequence are inseparable and inevitable. The elements have nc forbearance. The fire burns, the water drowns, the air consumes, the earth buries. And perhaps it would be well for our race if the punishment of crimes against tho laws of man were as inevita- ble as the punishment of crimes against the laws of nature-were man as unerr- ing in his judgments as nature. Long fellow.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-25
wILFRID LAURIER.

English with equal fuency, and the suggestion of Gallic accent he has only serves to lend an additional charm to an oratory whose rhetoric is perfect. One thing about him will make him dear, perhaps, some day to Americans. He is an ardent annexationist.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-25
A H1nS.

Japan has ordered the largest battle ship in the world, and it will soon be launched in England. It will be paid for with Chinese money, which illus trates the fact that nation without warships must build them for some oth- CT country. .-St Louis Globe-Democrat.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-25
ELECTRIC PACKAGE RAILWAY.
To Carry Mail and Parcels from Large
 Cities to Suburbs and Towns.

An interesting electrical system has ben just put before the public by q New York company. The principle is not new, but no one seems to have ap- piled 1t to the service which this com pany suggests. It is magnified cash and bundle delivery system, intended for the rapid transportation of mail and express matter from large cities to the suburbs, and even to outlying
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-25
GREW HIS OWN COFFIN.
Queer Doings of Dying Judge In In-
 diana.

diana.
 Judge Oren K. Farthing of Bartholo- new county, Ind, who is now 87 years old. was in his day prominent lawyer and judge. He is wealthy and eccen- trio. Forty years ago he planted near his front doorstep walnut, with the avowed intention of securing from the tree timber for his coffin. The tree throve steadily. The other day, feeling strongly the infirmities of age, the judge ordered the tree cut down and sawed into boards. Then, by his direction, the carpenter took his measure and began the coffin.
 Recently the judge suffered paralyt- ic stroke, and he is now urging the car penter to make haste. The physician says that the judge cannot live more than few days,-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-25
Goes Q Long Way.

Borax-My wife makes little mon ey go long way these times.
 Henpekt-So does mine unfortunate. ly. She's always subscribing for mis- sions in Africa and Polynesia. Pear sons Weekly.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-25

The British demands include the abo- lition of human sacrifices, which Prem peh has persisted in keeping up in spite of an undertaking not to do so. He will doubtless continue the practice for his own comforts sake, if he can, British coercion notwithstanding.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-25
STORIES OF THE DAY.
The Horrible Practices of the Ashantees
 Engiands Latest Conquest.

Engiand's Latest Conquest.
 King Prempeh of Ashanti is report cd to have yielded at every point to the British demands. The Ashantees are marvelously astute and most profound liars, and it is to be hoped that Colonel Sir Francis Scott, governor of the Gold Coast and commander of the present ex- petition, has exacted serious guarantees from the much married monarch Che has S,S33 wives) for the fulfillment of his pledges.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-25

When the king dies, certain of his subjects, who happen to have had the misfortune to be born on the same day and to be associated with him during his lifetime, are dispatched to accom- pany him to the land of spirits, while the messengers who convey the news of his death to the surrounding feudatory kings and chiefs are instantly beheaded on delivering their message, in order that they may inform the deceased of the grief his death has caused.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-25

The late unlamented King Coffee, after making himself mad with palm wine and gin, used to wash the stools of his ancestors in the blood of two or three men specially murdered for the occasion.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-25

When Q prince of the blood dies, all the other princes possess the right of slaughtering every human being they may encounter. This right, however, is not supposed to have been exercised since the thrashing administered to King Coffee by Sir Garnet Wolseley in 1878. Still, during certain ceremonies, when the king is carried through the main thoroughfares of his capital. any man found on the street or looking out of his house is immediately decapitated.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-25

The defunct monarch is conveyed with weird ceremonies to the sacred mausoleum at Bantama. So sacred, in fact, is this building, that even if bit of the roof falls down, slaves are sacri feed. Here every king has his own small room, which is hung round with clothes and velvets. His skeleton is placed in a chair. or basket, and fresh food is placed before it every day.