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Evening star., 1898-06-21
AUCTION SALES.
TOMORROW.
THOMAS BOWLING CO., AUCTIONEERA
612 e st. NV.

Regular sale Of Furniture, Groceries, ETC.. WE'D
NESDAY, JUNE TWENTY SECOND, 1898. AT
TEN O'CLOCK An, Oak Sideboard, wardrobes,
Book Cases. Extension Table, Oak Desk. Mahog-
any Chairs Mattresses. Carpets. Bedsteads,
Springs, Chairs, Cooking and Heating Stoves,
Cooking Utencils. lot Of Groceries, Moissses. vim
egar, Counter and Spring Balance Scales. Starch,
Teas, Canned Goods, large Ice Box, Show Case
and a general assortment of Groceries, etc.
Terms cash
Evening star., 1898-06-21
CHAS. II. BAILEY.
JOSEPH II. EDISON,
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CHANCEIY SALE OF PROPERTY BELONGING
kiIEfiEe BEfHG 4prsFs lilh Ms hSlE a.; 'AMhs a43
I9,4iS 4,9 AHn ID -, 4rsl3 , On MISSOURI AyENIE =
REAR
BY virtue Of a decree Of the Supreme Court Of
the Distri t Of Columbia. passed in equity cause
No; 1876 Chas. NJ. kelober ct al vs. Iohn W.
for sale, at public auction. in front of the re-
sPectve premises. those certain lots or parcels II
real estat, ard premises situate in the city OF
Washington, In the District of Columbia. wit:
on WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH DAY
or June. ls9s, commencing at FIVE p'cLo'h II
M, the west 20 feet II inches fTr1t and extend
ing back that width l27 feet 3 inches 10 n public
alley, Of original lot Z. in the square or rcseryl-
other portion of the same lot adjoining an The
east fronting feet on said public alley In the
rear and running s'uth with that width - feet
inches both parcels being comprised in one in
closure and inn improved by the three-stery brick
bl, fronting said alley in the rear
Also III. original lot s, in said square reser-
walton numbered lettered ..B.' and also a part
OF said square or reservation Immediately adjoil-
ing & said lot On IN The east having a front OF seet
reservation having an aggregate frontage Of II
feet in. hes, and extending back with that width
l2i feet 8 inches 10 the south line Of a public al
ley In the rear, and improved by three adjoining
brick dwellings. Nos 4I'l2. 4'9 and i79la on said
and woodshed on what is known Marble
Terms II sale: one-thiId Of the purchase money
20 lie paid in cash on the days Of sale, within
fifteen days thereafter. the residue in two equal
installments at and two years from the SAY
Of sale, TO bear interest therefrom and until paid
at the rate OF six per centum per anDum, payable
81 mi annually, the deferred payments 10 bc
cured by reserved liens deeds Of trust In the
usual form on the property sold and policies II
insurance on the buildings and improvements IdOp-
erly signed or indcrsed in the discretion Of tho
trustees, or the entire purchase money for n
piece OF land sold nay he paid in cash, nt the up-
tion OF the purchaser. All conyc cyancng and re-
cordnG at the purchasers cost. $500 dci,ost
acceptance of each bid. Terms to be complied
with in fifteen days from day Of sale.
JAMES $. EDWARDS. Trustee
500 Fifth street northwest.
WILLIAM j. MILLER. Trustee,
4S6 La. northwest.
WALTER IL. MARROW. Jr.. Trustee.
40 ID street northwest.
Evening star., 1898-06-21
AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS.

JAMES W. RADCLIFFE. AUCTIoNEER
tSuccessor to Ratclife, Sutton q Co)
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place and is chic in the extreme;
The model given is singularly well
adapted both to silk and light weight
woods, but as shown is in the popular
black and white, the foundation ma
terial being checked taffeta, the trim
ming black velvet ribbon combined
with white satin. With it is worn o
sailor hat with scarf of Liberty silk
and quilts.
The foundation for the waist is Q
fitted lining which includes the usual
pieces and seams and closes at the
centre front. But the blouse is fit-
ted by shoulder and under-arm seams
only, the closing being invisible be-
meath the frills which edge the fronts
below the revers. Above the closing
each front is extended to form big
pointed rever which is faced with
satin and banded with ribbon, e frill
of the ribbon finishing the edge. AS
illustrated the slight opening is con-
cealed ~ the big chiffon scarf, but a
full plastron of white Liberty is ar
ranged upon the lining to the neces-
sary depth. At the neck is Q high
Aaring collar of the white banded with
black. The sleeves are snug fitting
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An Attractive Shirt Waist.

Roman striped foulard makes the at
tractive May Manton shirt waist shown
in the large engraving, the fronts of
which are cut bias and arranged so as
to meet in V shape under the straight,
narrow box plat in the center. The
yoke presented the ever-popular
double points in back, reaching fur
Their forward on the shoulders, a fea-
ture that marks the '9S styles. The
fronts are gathered at the top onto
the straight yoke edges, the gathers
at the waist being arranged to give a
modified pouch effect. The under or
lining portion of the yoke is cut with
a straight back edge, onto which the
gathers are arranged, the pointed
yoke being then laid over and stitched
firmly down on its edges, thus hold
ing the gathers in position and giving
neat and firm finish Over the
standing linen collar is worn bias
stock of material. narrow string tie
finishing the neck The use of this
stock is optional as the linen collar
may be worn alone, but the pattern
provides for both. The up-to-date
shirt sleeves that differ materially
from those of season ago are shaped
by inside seams and gathered slight
ly at upper and lower edges. The
usual slashes at the back are finished
by under and over laps that are closed
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which will greatly add to the comfort
andgeneral appearance of the soldiers.
Already 1000 of these suits have been
completed and shipped to Tampa to
be forwarded to Cuba for General
Skaters command.
4 The new campaign uniform for in
fantry is made of canvas duck or drill.
Its distinguishing feature is Norfolk
jacket, or blouse effect with q box
plat down the back. There are four
pockets in the front and five buttons.
The two upper pockets are faced with
blue cloth, the epaulet straps, cuffs
and collars being of the same material
and color.
The uniform is made with felled
seams. Brown canvas leggings some
what darker than the uniform are
used. A web cartridge belt, blue
wooden blanket, haversack to contain
tin plate, knife; fork and spoon and
rations, O water bottle and tin cup
complete the equipment. No KNAPP
sack is used.
The. trimmings of the cavalry uni
form are yellow and of the artillery
red.
Regulation army uniforms now in
use are lined and weigh about eight
pounds, being better suited for use in
the Arctic regions than in climate
where the suns rays are as hot as the
, blasts from furnace. The lining
carefully sewed inside the coats makes
them doubly warm, and officers do not
wonder that the men under them cast
the garments aside in disgust.
Different from any uniform ever be-
fore worn by any United States troops
are the new styles adopted, and they
are as attractive looking as they are
durable. The cloths used in the suits
for the Cuban campaign are what are
known to the trade as drill weave and
duck. Housewives would call the first
named material cotton drilling.
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PEDESTRIAN Feats.

It is true that the Greek soldier, who
ran all the way from Marathon to
Athens to bear the news of victory
and dropped dead when he had deliv-
cred the message, had covered only
twenty-six miles, yet he may have
been worn with fighting when he
started.
On the other hand, Deerfoot, the
Indian runner of the Cattaraugus res
ervation, who once held the record in
England and America, ran twelve
miles in fifty-six minutes in London in
1851, and extraordinary stories of his
long-distance running are told. Cap
tain Barclay of England walked
thousand miles in thousand hours,
and w. s. George, the worlds great
est amateur distance runner, followed
the hounds on foot Henry Schmel,
in June, 1894, walked from Spring
field, ILL.,, to Chicago, 1873 miles, in
sixty-nine hours and fifty minutes. In
1892 Schneideit, an Austrian printer,
finding himself in Calcutta without
means, walked all the way home from
his native town, Rathenow, travelling
on foot for two years across India,
Afghanistan, Persia, Turkey, southern
Russia, Bulgaria, Roumania and Hun
gary, and thence into Austria.
But these instances, which might
be multiplied, are for tho most part
feats accomplished under special con-
ditions or stress of circumstances or
by picked men. In Apache land every
Indian is runner, asking no odds of
earth or weather, and whether it be
the peaceful Pueblo, trudging to his
irrigated lands, forty miles and back,
or the venomous Chiracahua, tanned
to do service for Uncle Sam, the Man
on Horseback may we'll regard him
with amazement. -Lippincott's Maya
zine.
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DAN EMMETT.

company. He was not long in discov-
ering that he could compose songs of
the kind in use by clowns. One of
the finest of these was ''Old Dan
Tucker" of pleasant if inebriate
memory. It's success was so great
that Emmett followed it with many
others.
Finally he took to representations,
singing his own songs in the ring,
while he accompanied himself on the
banjo. He made o specially of old
men, and blackened his face and
donned wig of kinky white hair. He
became such favorite with the pat
rons of the circus in the South and
West that at last, partly by chance
and partly through intention, he in
vaded the stage himself.
This was some time in 1842, at the
old Chatham Theatre in New York
city, when, with two companions, he
gave mixed performance, made up
largely Of songs and dances typical OF
slave life and character. The little
troupe was billed as the "Virginis
Minstrels, and their popularity with
the public was instantaneous.
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OF the centre with buttons and button
holes and the fulness at the waist is
held to position by girdle of blue
Ntaffeta ribbon that is inserted at the
under-arm seams and carried forward
to the centre, finishing with stylish
bow and long ends. Under-arm cores
give to the gown smooth effect over
the hips, the back being fitted with
curved side and centre-back seams.
The vatican is closely gathered at the
neck and below this point, falls in
graceful fulness to the lower edge of
the skirt, all seams being sprung be-
low the waist to give the required full
ness. A neat rolling collar completes
the neck.
The one-stamed sleeves are but
moderately fill and are gathered at
the top and again at the wrists where
they are confined by band of inser-
ton finished with frill of embroidery.
The mode is adapted to cotton or
wash fabrics or to soft wooden, flannel,
challies, etc.
To make this gown for lady in the
medium size will require nine yards OF
forty -four-inch material.
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manufacturers and jobbers in that
line of business are invited to submit
tracted for must be ready on time and
delivered to the Government. When
they are delivered they are inspected
by Government officials and, if all
right, accepted. Then they are for
warded to the store house of the army
at Philadelphia to await orders.
When regiment is recruited and
sworn into the United States service,
the captain of each company makes
out requisition for the number of
uniforms needed and forwards the
requisition to the quartermaster of the
regiment. The colonel approves of
the requisition, and then it is for
warded to the brigade quartermaster,
who, if he has not the clothes required
on hand, makes requisition on the
corps quartermaster. The latter, when
uniforms are needed, makes requisi-
ton on the quartermaster- general, who
draws the supplies needed from the
depot at Philadelphia.
Upon the delivery of the clothing to
the regimental quartermaster, the
captains of the several companies are
notified. The captains march their
men to headquarters and there they
receive the clothing apportioned to
them and for which the captain gives,
a receipt to the regimental quarter
master, who keeps it for his voucher.
The same formula for the issuing of
clothing is followed in the navy.
The army and navy uniforms are.
made in nearly every large city of the
Union, and the cost of those for the
privates is about S., and those for
men before the mast is about So per
man. The officers. uniforms range in
price from $50 to SIS. A bullet will,
however, pierce the one as quickly as
the other. The uniform of the gen.
eral officers of the army is double
breasted blouse of dark blue cloth or
serge, with four outside patch pockets
with flaps, rolling collar, with two
rows of buttons, grouped according to
rank, of the same kind as those worn
on the dress coat. For all other Of
ficers single breasted blouse is worn,
of dark blue cloth or serge, with. four
outside pockets with flaps, falling col
lar, with FIVE buttons in front of the
same kind as those worn on the dress
coat. The skirt of the dress coat ex-
tends from one-third to one-half the
distance from the hip joint to the
knee.
Quite as important as the clothes
are the shoes. For Cuban service the
men will wear dark brown canvas
clothes, but the shoes will be the
same as worn at home. They are COM
mon brogans, these shoes, stout Of
upper and mighty of sole and heel.
In fact, the army shoe is not thing
of beauty, but on the march it is a joy
forever, as every veteran knows. They
are made of cowhide, and, if possible,
of the hide of very tough COW at
that. They are exceedingly broad of
sole and heel, and are made with the
double view of securing durabilit y and
comfort.
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PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Hewhois born fool is never cured.
He who hath done ill once will do il
again.
He who sows thorns will never reap
grapes.
A mans past is the best prophet OF
his future.
He that's down, down with him,
cries. the world.
He who gives fair words feeds you
with an empty spoon.
He who doth not rise early never
does good days work.
Necessity knows no law, and it's the
same with extravaganza.
Hush money usually speaks for both
parties in the transaction.
He who is ashamed of his calling,
ever liveth shamefully in it.
The man who persists in doing his
fellow man usually ends by doing time.
1t is the easiest thing in the world
to forgive yourself the sins You con-
denim in others.
When we read, we fancy we could
be martyrs when we come to act. we
cannot hear provoking word.
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of war, and especially at the begin
ming of hostilities, when the public
are crying for a million men to be
enlisted, clothed and put at the front
in a minute, the task assumes the
proportions of a mountain in fog.
Take the quartermaster-g general, for
instance. 1t is his duty to see that
the big army which t he President
has called to give battle to the Span
ish is clothed at the very earliest pos
sible moment. His usual sources OF
supply are quickly exhausted. 9th
ers must be found. The clothing
must be made. The first thing the
quartermastet general does is to as
certain, as nearly as possible, the ex.
i : -
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ments Of the service, infantry, artillery
and cavalry, are like the once popular
Norfolk jacket, with belt of the same
material. The trimmings are of the
same style, but of different colors, blue
for the infantry, red for the artillery
and yellow for the cavalry.
This trimming, which lends an at
tractive bit of color to the uniforms,
consists of deep facing at the ends of
the sleeves, over the lapels of the two
upper pockets, shoulder straps and
around the low cut military collar.
The trousers are perfectly plain.
The uniforms of privates and nom
commissioned officers are worth about
SO each. -Four big pockets are made
in the coats.
Dressed in these suits, with the
light underwear being provided by
the Government, the soldiers will feel
like new men. No attempt probably
will be made to carry the kit on forced
marches, except when absolutely nee
cessary.
Officers will wear uniforms of finer,
but no more comfortable, material.
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OUR ARMY PUTS ON
IT'S NEW UNIFORM.
IDEAL SUITS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR a
TROPICAL CAMPAIGN.


Dispatches from Cuba tell how the
soldiers of our army, burdened with
hot flannel uniforms and heavy out
fits, are throwing away everything
they can on the march, even their
coats. In the terrible heat every
ounce of weight adds to discomfort
while marching, and, regardless of the
future, men are casting aside blankets,
extra clothing, tin plates and other
articles in their Merriam kits, caring
only to tighten their burdens.
Men In regular marching order who
have been sent to Cuba, volunteers as
we'll as regulars. carry in all nearly
sixty pounds, including their rifles,
enough to stagger a man in cool
climate. This casting away of every
superfiuous article is not new prac-
tlce, for it was done by tens of thous-
ands of men in the Civil War and
has been done by soldiers in al
most all other wars.
Recognizing the unfitness of the
regulation uniforms for the tropics.
the Government is having 40, 600 cot
ton drilling and duck uniforms made,
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The first Antarctic ice passed in
several years by vessels bound to the
United States is reported by Captain
Paude, of the Norwegian ship Prince
Edward, which arrived at this port re-
Gently from Carrizal, Chile, with man.
ganese ore. Between Cape Horn and
the Falkland Islands the bergs APP
peared in the distance like mountain
peaks, and for time it was thought
that land was near. The error was
not discovered until the huge masses
began to roll with the sea, showing
that they were ice which had been
broken away from some far distant, and
perhaps unknown shore. The An
tarctic ice is different from the Arctic
drift, being harder and Of deeper
blue in color 1t is slower in melting.
Both bergs seen by Captain Paude
were in the direct path of vessels
rounding Cape Horn. Philadelphia
Record.
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Record in Clothes Making.

Thomas Kitson, employed in one of
the cloth mills of Pennsylvania, had
six sheep sheared at $50 o'clock one
morning recently. The wool was then
sorted, secured, dried, carded, spun,
woven into cloth and the cloth was
given to the taiiors and made up into
suit of clothes which were given to
Mr.. Kitson at 1924 o'clock, or six
hours and four minutes from the time
of shearing. The best previous req
ord was about eight hours,
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The Ways of Burglars.

A well-known detective of several
years. experience has this to say OF
burglars: eff one were to become q
professional burglar his work would
require study and practice, just as
success in legitimate business demands
education and experience. The bur-
glar who does several Jobs and eludes
the officers of the law is keen OBJ
server, a man of forethought, and one
whose executive ability is unques-
toned. Houses are not entered be-
cause they have brownstone fronts,
nor are stores broken into by the pro-
fessional thief without an investiga-
ton. When the skillful burglar is to
do Job he studies the habits of the
resident or proprietor. In case in
Troy few years ago jewelry store
was robbed. Apparently there was
not a clue. Detectives were placed
on the case and named the thieves by
the method employed in getting into
the store, and subsequently the thieves
were convicted. Certain burglars
always enter cellar and come up
through stairs, floor or trap doors.
Others have skeleton keys. Others go
above and come downstairs. Some
break in rear and others front doors.
In the robbery above referred to the
two thieves had been in Troy three
successive Saturday nights. They had
fastened silk thread on all entrances
in such way that if any one entered
or left the store the thread would be
broken. Thus the burglars learned
that the proprietor and clerks did not
visit the store after closing Saturday
night until Sunday. The fourth Sat
urday night they cracked the safe.
Except for their methodical way of en-
tering (by the CELLAR no suspicion
would have attached itself to them.
'Even burglars have some style.
People living in modest homes, unless
they have large sums of money or
jewelry, need not fear visit from the
professional. He is always posted on
the plumber for which he seeks. As a
rule, burglars are towards, and it is
only in emergencies that revolvers are
used. Troy IN. " Times.
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Suits of these materials weigh less
than half as much as the uniforms now
in use, and because of their looser
weave are much cooler. The cotton
drill uniforms, which are of a light
buff color, weigh just two pounds and
fourteen ounces, while the duck, which
are light reddish tan, weigh four ounces
more.
No colors could be found bet
ter adapted for service in country
where the men are exposed to dust and
dirt in all kinds of weather, and even
after hard, long campaign it is ex-
pected the uniforms will still present
o fairly respectable appearance.
In style the coats for all depart