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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30
a. Nj. ORDW AY
DEALER IN
PIANOS ORGANS
and all kinds OF
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS :!

We sell all the leading makes Of Pr
amos and Organs, fully warranted, at the
lowest possible prices consistent with
quality, and allow the most liberal terms
of payment.
Gail and see us, or send for catalogue
and full particulars. We can interest
you and If you are about to buy an in
strument we can save you money.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30

Bryan is stumping for silver in
Ohio.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30

saw an account in the Herald of
hunt in which some of our petted off.
GERS figured largely with Browns and
Vanmeter's high bred Maceo, Towser,
and Geller, which after a long chase
only drew the hunters near enough to
polecat to smell the hole where he
disappeared, but not hare was secur.
ed as trophy of that chasel Now
these unfortunate hunters should have
followed Taylor and Spott, Lutte Tab
ler's and Jno. Wiltshire's CANNES, if
they were after game, as they knew
how to secure it. With these dogs of
common stock, and dubbed as ''IIl
bred ours" which, though lacking
the long line of ancestral names and
titles, really do possess the rare sense
of acute smell which enables them to
distinguish 'possum and coon retreat
from polecat nest. They have bag
ged 10 coons and 40 'possums. The
last coon caught Lot got and feast
ed her guests upon, Saturday, and it
was pronounced the best roasted coon
they ever ate.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-30

A devoted husband out here could
find no help-in the house so shout
dering his burden bravely, he cooked,
washed, ironed and baked bread and
waited on his sick wife, not one day
only, but whole month and thus
saved his worshiped wifes life. He
admitted there were no fine shirts
ironed within that time, as he wore
his wiie's mother hubbard over his
breeches and other clothing, and he
dauced a Jig around its greasy folds.
when he let it fall from him after the
wife got well, patting it as he said,
Twas splendid thing to catch the
dish water that splashed about and
just jolly thing to wipe my hands
on when they got full Of dough and
grease. No wonder it's dirty"
The wife picked up the handy dress
between thumb and finger and holding
it out at arms length, she said, Sc
riously, "Ill never be able to get
it clean enough to wear, but l shall
always love Mother hubb' (ard since
it will be reminder. and pleasant
one, that I am fortunate woman and
should be happy one, as have the
best husband in the world.
Evening star., 1897-07-31
AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS.
DUNCANsoN EROS, AuCTIoNEERs.

TIVE TWO-STORY BRICK DWELLING. con
TANNING SIX ROOMS, BATH AND ALL
MODERN IMPROVEMENTS, IN THE NORTH
WEST SECTION OF THE CITY, KNOWN AS
PREMISES 1921 STREET NORTHWEST
LOT Is 1Sx10O FEET.
By virtue of a certain deed of trust dated the
twenty second t22d) day Of October. a. ID. 1895
and recorded among the land records OF the Dis
trict Of Columbia, in Liber 2167. in folio 30 %
eel, and at the request OF the holder Of the notes
secured thereby. will offer at public auction
in front of the premises, TUESDAY. THE
TENTH DAY OF AUGUST, A. u. 1897. AT FIVE
O'CLOCK PM, the following described real estate.
lumba, and known as and described as follows:
All that certain piece or parcel of land and prem
iscs known and distinguished and being lot let
tered o. in w. b. Todd. jr ct al. subdivision in
square numbered two hundred and seventy fou-
t274,, per plat recorded in Liber c. ii. r.. folio
167 Of the records of the office of the surveyor CT
the District cf Columbia and situated in the city
of Washington in said District, together with tie
improvements thereon.
Terms of SALE Property tc he sold subject to a
deed of trust for $500, dated October IL, 1892,
and due October II. 1898, and interest the
same from October 10. 1896. at 6 per cent per en-
until paid. Balance of the purchase money Ia
be paid in cash. deposit of 500 will he required
teen days from day of sale otherwise the property
he rcsod at the risk and cost of defaultns par
chaser after five days advertisement in some pa
per published in the city of Washington, ID. c.
Conveyancns at the cost of purchaser.
LOUIS u. WINE.
CLARENCE b. RHEEM.
ty29-d&tls Trustees. 916 F ST. NV.
Evening star., 1897-07-31
An EXPLOSION.

OF the Rocky mountains covers 192.WU
square miles. and within the past few
years coal has been found in many parts
of the far west. Colorado will eventually
be a great manufacturing state on account
OF its coal.
Utah has large coal fields, and so have
the states of Montana. Washington and
Wyoming We are now getting something
Ike D.ur.coD tons of coal year out of In
diana. Kentucky and Illinois, and the great
Appalachian field produces more than four
times this amount. There is more good
hUrnable earth N the Appalachian noun
taIns than anywhere else in the world. The
coal is easy to get at the veins thick.
ard in some mines they are almost on the
top OF the ground. They are better than
any other coal fields in this respect, with
single exception. This Is the new coal
field of Alaska. which, one of the geological
survey men tells me, comes right out over
the water. so that the coal can be dug down
and almost fall into the ships below. This
Alaskan coal will probably be used to sup
ply the Pacific trade. and its Importance
will be appre ciated when II Is remembered
that the largest feet that sails the Pacific
is the coal feet Most of the coal from that
region comes from Australia and Japan.
Evening star., 1897-07-31

than three feet in thickness. Some of our
Pennsylvania anthracite veins run from
thirty feet to sixty feet in thickness, V. hile
the Pittsburg bituminous coal Veins
from eight to sixteen feet thick. AT the
present rate of mining it is es siimated that
all the English coal will be exhausted in
2l2 years if ii is worked GOWN to 1000 feet,
and this will be 113 feet deeper than any of
the English mines now worked. Notwith-
standing the enormous amounts cf coal
which we have taken out of our anthracite
region it is estimated that we could go on
az the present rate for 6l6 years.
As England goes further down her coal
mining will become more expensive. and
her days as manufacturing nation are,
consequently, numbered. Already We sur
pass her great deal in manufacturing,
and there is no doubt that we, with our
vast supplies of coal and iron, are to be
the chief manufacturing nation of the fu-
ture.
Our Appalachian coal fields alone could
supply the world with fuel for centuries.
They are the largest and richest known,
and they are situated that the coal can
be shipped from them long distances by
water. From Pittsburg coal can be car
ried for eighteen thousand miles on navi-
gable streams and the CRATE fires of the
south blaze with the rays from the black
DIAMONDS from Pennsylvania. The Ohio
river is the great coal chute for the Mis-
sissippi valley. The coal is carried down
it in great barges pushed by little steam
ers. and so fastened together that a single
I steamer will push acres of coal. Loads of
twenty thousand tons are taken. A vast
amount of coal is carried on the canals
and the great lakes form one of the chief
highways of the coal traffic.
The amount of coal carried on the rail-
roads is almost beyond conception. The
Philadelphia and Reading has more than
fifty thousand coal cars, which are dragged
by nEe hundred coal locomotives. These
cars are kept busy in carrying anthracite
coal. The Pennsylvania railroad employs
more than seventy thousand cars for the
movement of its coal and coke trade. and
the Central Railroad of New Jersey carries
about five million tons of anthracite coal
| every year. More coal is handled at New
York than at any other place in the world
| except London, more than fifteen million
tons being used or transshipped at that
| point annually.
Evening star., 1897-07-31
RADCLIFFE sUTroN & co. Auc,iourcrs.
TRt SrEES' SALE OF UNlMPRoNED PROPERTY
Slll- AlEl l. Gl.nl,aII-I.lAN l. .

SITUATED II GEoIGETowN. u =
By rirtne Of deed 81 trust 20 rs, r.l"i among
her No. i732. folio 2lo W. viii sll AT arciinn. in
from iron. of & The premise; on fRIpAn; SMITH Al
T. those pare Is of ground in Georgetown. the
@ s rnmsra ana m n n,Eai - e. AS as ana nelns laTs "f
In square u Il said George des Id ny tes
point On east line OF JciI, street where tho
same is intersectcd 10y the south boundary line OF
the Chesapeake ard oLio Canal tond ndcrnria,a aud
running b"n'e southrrly with said lin. " lei
fersnn street ~ feet; thence parallel Bridge
street 100 feet 10 inches To the outlin. of
the original plan Of the city OF Georgetown Thence
northerly with said outline to the south line % said
ti;ia boundary lUe. thence 10y and with said south
line TO the point of beginning also all that parcel
Of ground lying in said siuar- ~ in said George
line of jefferson street 40 feet inches south from
the southeast intersection OF Bridge and Jefferson
streets. and running thence, south with said cast
line OF jefferson street 80 feet: thence east ana
parallel with Bridge street las fee lu inches to
eastern outline original plan of Georgetown:
thence north With said line ~ feet aud thence,
west 100 feet 10 inches 10 the h,suninc. heilg la,
south 30 feet 5f l't Si 10y depth On Iltn of ull
Georcei"wn: said two parcels bein. same conveyed
10y deed recorded among said land records in Liter
No. ~, folio isa. ,All the foregoing drsrril,-i
property will be sold subject 20 a prior deed ar
trust recorded among said land recods in Liter No
l'31 folio rs. Til" amount of indebtedness secured
ther under will ne made krown dty II sale. Also
an OF lot "a and 50 much NJ lot - * not In
cluded within the Chesapeake aud ohio Canal Com
phny, in Beall's Addition To Georgetown Ais, A
strip or lot of eFouad south Of said lot - known as
part OF Wrapping and hnundod the north hy
said lot "a. on the cast 10y Washington street on
ne south by lot 62 of Deakins. Lee ~ CaSanava's
addition 10 Georgetown. and on the west hv rl,
line OF old Georgetown; all of said parcels b@!n. in
square Il, IN said Georgetown tsaid l"l "a i,t ~
and pt. Mapping will Ice sold suiIff To- prior
deeds OF trust recorded among said land r,-'pr Is
IN i:Li,er No 1868. folios 2ss and 2a2 Thr amount
OF indebtedness secured thrrcuIder will he made,
known at day OF saleb
Terms Of sale: onr-thrd Of the purchase money
In cash. and the balance in equal inSiallmeuts M
one and two years, with interest from ,lay of sail.
az ar rate OF pei cent. payable semi annually. or
all IN cash. at purchasers option. The deferred
pa! !inetts 10 Ice secured 10y purchasers notes and
deed OF trust IN property sold dtIoSit 4 sap
VIII be required AT time of sale. Terms of sale 10
Ice complied with within ten days from day of sale
con'e! aneing ard Recording al purchasers cost
JOHN D. col u'GIIIAN
HENRY L. GILBERT.
n -fsssS
Evening star., 1897-07-31

One would think that there would be
lot OF money in coal for the miners. There
is not. and IL is a question whether the
present strike will materially better mat
ters- As far as strikes have gone in the
pest, they have been against the working
men. Some years ago Carroll d. Wright
the United States comniiss ioner of labor
figured up the profit and loss of ten years
of striking in all branches of labor. He es-
timated that the employees during this
time lost fifty-nine million dollars an av-
erage of forty dollars to each striker in
volved, while the employers lost a little
more than half the amount, or thirty mill
ion dollars
The coal miners live as poorly as any
other class of workmen in the country For
the most part they are in dirty villa gcs
with narrow streets, their houses blackened
by coal smoke. In many mining districts
the houses belong to the company owning
the mines. and the miners pay ren. for
them, SO that when a strike occurs and
they are out of money they are given or
ders to leave. Many of the houses have
nothing more than two rooms and "A
Kitchen, and in some places the only
stores at which the miners can trade are
the companys stores. With all this the
Evening star., 1897-07-31
DUNCANsON BROS, ACcr1oNEERs.
TRI S'rEES' SALE OF VAII ABLE real. ESTATE
ON FOURTEENTH STREET EXTENDED NEAR
ROAD

TRI'STEES' SALE OF vAII ABLE REAL ESTATE
ON FOURTEENTH STREET EXTENDED NEAR
SPRING ROAD.
January TO- 1896. and duly recorded January 81
1876, in Liber No 2lO3. folio 81 It seq. of the
land records Of the District of Columbia, and at
the request of the party secured thereby we, the
untlersig gnd trustees. will sell at public auction,
in front of the premises. on WEDNESDAY. THE
ELEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST. AID 1897. AT
FIVE O'CLOCK M, the following described land
and prems es, with the easements, rights. and
apItrtc cninccs thercunto belonging. situate and y
ing in the county of Washington, In the District of
Columbia, namely: Lot five Is, t. In the subdivision
of the tract of land known ''Padsworth' per
plat recorded in Liber Levy Court Carberry, folio
"a. of the records of the Office of the surveyor of
the District Of Columbia.
Terms of sale: One-thr1 of the purchase money
to he paid in cash, and the balance in tow equai
installments, payable in one and two years. with
interest ut per cent per annuni, payable semi
annually from day OF sale, secured 10y deed of
trust upon the property sold all cash at the
option OF the purchaser. deposit of $500 will
be required Of the purchaser at the time of sale
All convcyancin2 recording and notariaI fees at
the cost of the purchaser. Terms of sale to be
complied with within ten days from day of sale.
otherwise the trustees the right resell
the property the risk and cost of the defauting
purchaser.
CORCORAN THOM,
WM. II. DUNCANSON,
y29d&dS Trustees,
Evening star., 1897-07-31
DUNcANsoN rRos., AUcroNEEEs.
TRUSTEES. SALE OF vALrArLK s.RrRnAy

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE SI'RIRBAN
PROPERTY IN I'VE DISTRICT OF CoiIMR
Hy virtue nt deed "f trust, dated January %.
1855. and recorded in Lher 1864, folio 415. of the
land ors of the District of Columbia. and tho
request of the parties secured will offer the
following lots. and AT the times named. in front
Of the premises WEDNESDAY. THE Fol RITZ
DAY OF AUGUST, 1897. AT SIN O'CLOCK PM,
the following lot. ia the District of Columbia,
namely. lot hundred and thirty-one ti3li. in
Reb.cca q. Hurhurl's subdivision Of lot
hundred and eleven ulD of Denison * Leighton.
trustees, subdivision of the ESin estate Mount
Pleasant and Pleasant Plains. said subdivision
Is recorded in County Book s. page ~. "f the
ords Of the surveyors office of the District OF CO.
luubia.
Immediately after the above offer will offer
lot hundred and thrty-two ti22j OF the same
subdivision.
Terms OF sale each lot: e-tliird cash hal
snce in one and years. with six per intc,
est payable SEMI annually secured 10y deed Of trust
on the property Sold or all cash. at option of pur-
chaser. Conveyancing and recording cost ot
purchasers. Terms of sale must be complied with
in ten DAYS, or the trustees reserve the right to
resell nj of defauling purchasers. Deposit OF
SlOo each lot when sold.
WILLIAM A. GORDON,
CHARLES EARLY,
ivo3-dSds Trustees
Evening star., 1897-07-31
ARTESIAN WELLS.
Uncle Sans Attempt to Get Water in
Texas.

Texas.
From the Kansas City Star.
Artesian wells are now pouring never
ending food of subterranean water upon
the earth's surface in nearly every state
located within the well-defincd limits of the
artesian we'll basins of this continent.
From British America to the Rio Grande
the busy drill has penetrated the varied
strata in search of water lying under a
pressure sufficient to raise it to the light
Of day In some localities, notably in Utah,
a flow has been secured at a depth of less
than 100 feet. In other places thousands
of dollars have been expended in boring
5000 or even 1000 feet toward the center
of the earth without results.
. The average depth at which water Is Sc
cured seems t. be about 400 feet and such
a we'll under ordinary circumstances costs
between $500 and 5000. This is with the
improved machinery and trans portation IA
cilities of modern days. Deprived of these
well boring becomes expensive to the point
OF impracticability.
Uncle Sam dug well himself many
years ago in the Panhandle of Texas. 1t Is
the first attempt record to secure an
artcsian flow in the Lone Star state. 1t
was only 100 feet deep and no water ever
came to the surface from 1t. Since then
there have been hundreds of arteSian wells
bored in Texas which threw fine streams OF
water and the pioneer hole has been for
gotten all except few Lld-time fron-
tiersmen who went on this peaceful mis-
sion into a country which was far from
peaceful owing to the NATURALIZATION
creed of the roaming Comanche Indians.
1t was in 1857 that this attempt was
made, as the United States government
thought it advisable to have water sup
ply for an arm y post on the Staked Plains
An elaborate expedition was fitted out un-
der Captain Polk. who subsequently be-
came a general Equipped with the best
well boring apparatus available at that
time, a formidable wagon train, a force OF
mechanics and guard of cavalry, the ex-
pedition started from one of the posts neal
the gulf coast. An apparently suitabl,
location was selected and the work begun
Unfortunately for the government, how.
ever, the geological survey had not ye
reached that section of the country ant
the well boring was purely experimental
After going down 100 feet and failing tC
strike flowing water the scheme was aban
doned and the expedition returned to the
place from which 1t came. This was the
first attempt ever made in Texas to dig al
artesan we'll and it cost the governmen
over $1O0WUO.
Evening star., 1897-07-31
A CHICAGO PHILOSOPHER
why MIR. DOoley Didn't Attend the
Logan Celebration.

From the Times Herald.
II knowed Logan, I tell ye. an though
I'd We nailed him with a chunk of anthra-
cite twinty years ago. I'd put a wreath on
his grave today. 1t on'y takes a little
while to smooth out tn char-ackter iv a
man that fought long an hit har-rd. But
not FIR Logan nor fr Charles Stew
art Parn'll wu1 l thrust mesilf to
that crowd downtown. I've been there.
man an boy, forty years, an it's
twinty " thin most since 1 see tn
lake. I've been in State sthreet foor
five times in all these years. I've been to
tn AudiOtoroom twct an wanst / wint
by tn Masonic Temple on me way to get a
car comm firm tn city hall. What f'r
shud 1 lave quiet an pace to dodge cable
cars an have me pocket picked? If there's
anything goin' on l see 1t in tn pa-apers,
an it reads betther thin it looks To me
TIL Logan monymint is hundhred miles
high an made iv goold That's because l
niver seed it. If I'd gone with you it'd be
no higher than an Injun cigar sign an
built iv OF melted-down dog tags an other
joolry. Th crowd was magnificent to read
about: If I'd seen it it wud've been Just a
million sweatin'. badly dhressed people,
squallin' babies, faintin' women an bad
smell TIL sojers were sojerly an gr-rand,
but if I'd seen thin close by I'd We picked
out more thin wan man that'd r-run away
firm a COW. The bands played beautiful
in tn papers, but il I'd been on tn curb
with a man with a tall hat standin' in
front iv me an a woman behind me attn
rock candy in me ear all tn bands'd stop
playin' befure they come by. So l set here
in TIL cool shade, playin' solitaire with me-
sif an cheatin' outrageous, an whin tn
pa-apers come up l bought wan an en-
joyed tn gloryous scene f'r two hours I
heerd tn Grafton: We didn't 1t was grand
an tn man that made it knew more about
Shakespeare thin Logan did. But I'll bet
ye hat he was fat man in a black coat
a hbed forehead n tCy y,o1
between sintences
''Glory be, I've often thought was lucky
not bein' prisint at some iv tn grand occa-
sions I've r-read about. / knowed q man
Evening star., 1897-07-31
jy2a-d&ds
RADCLIFFE. SUTTON & co, AUCrroNEE.,s.
TRUSTEES SALE OF a DESIRABLE nR1cr

IRUSIEfS' SALE OF A DESIRABLE RRICK
HOUSE No If5 X STREET NORTHWEST
BY virtue Of deed of trust, daily recorded I'm
Liber No. 1904, al folio l.S sel one nf ih,. land
records for the District If Columbia. aud at the
request of the party secured thereby. the UNDER
signed triste" viii offer for sale y public autf on
in front OF the premises. WEDNESDAY. THE
FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST. A. H. ls,,7 AT
HALf-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM, the following
described real estate. situate in the city Of Wash
ington. in tho District Of Columbia, to wit: Parts
oi original lots two - and three. ~, in slua re
numbered five hundred and fifteen (5i5,. Beginning
at point on the north line of X street distant
forrys t46l feet west from the heIst corner
of said lot numbered two t2', and running thence
west twcnfyona CID feet. thence north ninrtv-siX
tt6l feet eleven tllD inches thence east twenty
t2lD feet, thence south nincty-siN C,G feet
eleven inches to the place of beginning. together
with all the improvements. rights, etc. This poop
erty Will be sold subject. however. 10 n prior deed
of trust for So go the full particulars OF which
will be stated at the time Of sale.
Terms cash (oycr the trustl. A deposit Of 5000
required upon acceptance Of hid. Terms to he
complied with In fifteen days from the dy sale,
otherwise the trustee will resell the property at the
risk and cost OF the dtfaultns purchaser after five
days advertisement Of such resale in
paper published In Washington. ID. e. All
ycyancinC etc, at the purchasers cost
jr23-d&ds THOMAS ]. PARKER. Trustee.
Evening star., 1897-07-31
.jy29- d&,ls
c. G. SLOAN & CO, AUCTloSEERs, 1907 G ST.

TRISTEES' SALE OF FRAME DWELLING on
THIRD STREET NEAR l. STREET NORTH
EAST. WASHINGTON. ID. G.
BY virtue of decd OF trust, dated the l2th of
July, 1893. and duly recorded in Liber No: 1S4i at
folio % ct sea of the land records of the Dis
trict of Columbia, and the request Of the party
secured thereby. will sell: at public auction In
front OF the premises WEDNESDAY, AUGUST
ELEVENTH, 1897, AT FIVE O'CLOCK PM, the
following described land and premises. situate in
the city of Washington D. c.. and known az and
being lot numbered thirty C3p in Patrick o Don
oghne's subdivision of square numbered seven hun,
dresl and forty-nine (149l, the same is recorded
in the surveyors office of said city of Washington
D. e.. in Book C. II. B.. page 137, together with
the improvements consisting OF a frame iwelling
Terms in relation deferred payments announced
on day of sale, when 500 will be required as
deposit. oo,,
iyo9dSds JAMES WHITE, Trustees.