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Evening star., 1898-03-12

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE. ON GEORGIA AVENUE
SOUTHEAST TREAiISES NO. 1926
By virtue OF a decree of the Supreme Court Of
the District of Columbia, passed in Euuity Cause
No. 1875. wherein Frederick Rollins ct al are
&C ctmplaiEants and Agnes A. Rollins ct al. are de-
fendants the undersigned. trustee. in said
carse. WILL WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY
THIRD DAY OF MARCH. 1885, AT FOUR
O'CLOCK PM, sell. ut public auction, in front
of the premises. III, following described real
estate to wit: Known and distinguished as being
part of lot numbered ten 10), in square numbered
ten hundred and forty-six Il O46, beginning for
the same at a point on Georgia avenue twel re
Of said lot. running thence westerly along
said twelve u2I feet and liz inches;
theEce southcastery parallel with the east line
of said lot to within Eve ~ feet of the rear lire
of said lot; thence east parallel with said line to
point distant twelve 12) feet and aA inches
from the east line of said lot and thence north
westerly parallel to said line and twelve Q2,
feet and G24 inches thcrefrom to the point Of be-
ginning.
Terms of sale: One-third cash. the balance in
one and two years. with interest from the day
Of sale ut per cent per annum, payable semi
annually secured by deed of trust on the property
sold or all cash. at option of purchaser. a de-
pcsit of 5000 required at time of sale Terms to
b, complied with in fifteen days from the day
Of sale, otherwise the trustee reserves the right
to resell the property at risk and cost of default
ing purchaser, after five days advertisement Of
such resale in some newspaper published in WASH
ington. d. G. All conveyGncing, recording &C.
at cost Of purchaser.
JULIUS A. MAEDEI. Trustee
mh11-d&ds Fendall building.
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mis- dads
IhI SIiI.S SALE OF VALUABLE BIITnING
Loi SITUATED On 7TH STREET BETWEEN
p

TRUSTEES, SALE OF VALUABLE BIITnINg
Loi: situated ON TTH STREET BETWEEN
p AND NORTHWEST.
by virtue OF certain deed Of trust dated AnrIl
= 1898. and duly recorded I'm Iiber No 2t2I
Iciio 81 ct seq. one Of the land records Of tho
pistrict OF Columbia, and at the request OF the
parties secured thereby will sell al puhlt,.
anc ton, In front Of the premises on MONDAY
THE TWFNTf-FIRST DAY OF MARCH lSgs
Al HALFPAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM the fol.
lowing described land situate In the city Of WASH
irgton, District Of Columbia. and designated as
and being lot numbered hundred aud eighty
uSO) In Dwight J. Particle and William z Par.
tello subdivision Of lots in square numb red four
hundred and forty-fv t445 as said subdivision ts
recorded In Book 16. page p in the oflce OF the
surveyor OF the District Of Columbia together
with the right OF way the strip five d, feet
wide At the rear Of said lot leading therefro,n
L" The public alley, said right OF way In indi-
Gated on the plat OF said subdivision
Terms: third cash. balance in one IN ani
TWO w years with Interest six t6l per cent per
ahilnm, payable semi-annually. and secured by
deed of trust o. the property sold or all cash az
the option OF the purchaser purchasers A d.
posit OF 500 will he required at the time Of sale
All colveyancing and recording at the cost Of the
purchaser. Terms 10 be complied with ir fifteen
tl3p days from the day Of sale, otherwise the
trustees reserve the right resell the property AT
the risk and cost OF the defaulting purchaser r
purchasers, after five days notice OF such resale
in some Washington newspaper
CIiAS. c. GLOVER. Trustee.
mhS-dtG FRANK #
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c. G. SLOAN & COMPANY, AUCTIoNEERs.
1401 G St NV

Executors Of the estat, Of the late Lloyd MoxIey
mhS-dts
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NJ. ASHFORD. Attorney, 40 La. ave-
fe21 -eod&ds

ryTHE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED UNTIL
SATURDAY, MARCH TWENTY sixth, 1893, at
the same hour and place
By order of the Trustees.
Evening star., 1898-03-12

JAMES W. RATCLIFFE AUCTIONEER.
Successor to Ratclife, Sutton & Col
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-30
Hard to Beat a Boy.

A cigar dealer in the west end said
to reporter for the Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune: cit takes mighty
sharp man to get ahead of a boy, for a
fact. One of them came in here not
long ago. and he was old enough to buy
cigarettes and wanted package I sold
them and got the money. In minute
a neighbor came in and wanted to know
what the boy bought. told him.
"'Well, said he, that beats the
devil! Do you know what that boy did?
He was i'll my store about five minutes
ago and asked me to buy pamphlet
that is issued by the Anticigarette
league, whatever that is. He told me
that the boys i'll the public schools were
trying to sell them everywhere to do
away with the bad habit of cigarette
smoking among the schoolboys. 1
thought it was a good thing, and 1
bought one from him. He sold some
others in the same neighborhood. Now
that little rascal comes in here and
spends my money for cigarettes, and
I'll bet dollar that you'll find him
around here somewhere near smoking
for all that's out. I'm going to look
him up.
"The next day asked him if he had
caught the kid. and he said:
'''I did. He and some chums were
having good time of it, and, more
than that, all of them were i'll the same
business. They thought it was good
joke, and I suppose it was-on me-but
II they come around my store again
they'll get booted out.
"But, said the cigar dealer, "they
are too sharp to get caught. They only
work one man at time, and none of
the gang ever goes back again. They keep
a list, and l expect an examination will
show that they have been to every store
in that whole neighborhood. Where
they get the pamphlets l do not know,
but imagine some of the good people
of the league had them printed for gra-
tuitous circulation, and the boys con-
cluded to sell them. They're pretty
slick"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-30
Versatile,

81 ran across a station agent up IN
the hills the other day who came as
near being jack of all trades as any
man ever struck, said Henry Darby.
81 refer to "a little dried up looking fell
low, with more energy than Carter had
oats and more irons III the fire than any
blacksmith of long experience could
possibly keep his eye on. To start with,
my little friend is express, freight and
ticket agent, has 10 cent store, sends
telegraph message when he has to, al
though his is not a train order office; is
postmaster, treasurer for the local Sun
day school union and two lodges and
acts as distributor for Bible society.
Then he is examiner for an insurance
company, issues policies for fire, acci-
dent and tornado insurance, is switch
tender at his place, buys fruit for one
eastern house i'll summer and produce
for another in fall and winter. He has
long been a justice of the peace, was
twice school trustee and councilman, is
a deacon in his church and a leader of
the hamlet choir. He was chairman of
the city Republican committee, has the
agency for platform scales and riding
cultivators, sells thrashers and light
vehicles and finds time to fish little
every spring. "-Louisville Post.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-30
The Newest Stationery.

The latest fad in paper is sheet the
size of the envelope, which goes into its
envelope without folding. In the usual
correspondence size - that small size
used for a hurried note or invitation
the style goes very well, but when it
comes to larger sizes stationers say it
will not take. In this connection it is
reported IN the New York Herald that
the most popular style is sheet of pa
per which folds in half and fits into an
envelope which has a square flap. This
style comes in billet, note and letter
sizes, and the envelopes are graduated
to match. The favorite colors are white,
cream azure, regimental gray and bond
blue. The fancy tints of pinks and hello
tropes, yellows and green's, though car
ried to meet certain demand for them,
are considered i'll poor taste.
A very dainty little machine is made
for weighing letters, useful to q woman
with large correspondence or to busi.
less woman who must needs send let.
tiers inclosing samples or circulars.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-30

a curious dish, potatoes and point,
was said to be only too common among
the poverty stricken inhabitants of west
ern Ireland, who use, according to one
explanatory legend, to place a salt her
ring in the center of the table and point
their ''praties" at it in order to get the
flavor; according to another authority,
salt, in the days when there was a
heavy duty upon it, took the place of
the salt fish. The dish is mentioned in
the "Memoirs of Captain Rock, print
ed i'll 1924: "When there is but small
portion of salt left, the potato, instead
OF being dipped into it by the guests, is
merely, as IL sort of indulgence to the
fancy, pointed at it." r. Anderson, in
one Of his Cumberland ballads, says:
Dinnerless gang ae hawf O. the week.
Ii we get bit meat "A Sunday,
She cuts me nae mair than would physic o
sneype,
Then we've tatey and point every Monday.
Chambers Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-30

A traveller in Florida says that on be-
ing asked how far certain place was
native replied: "Waal, l reckon hits
bout two whoops. P'r'ps hit may be
some furder," he continued refectively,
"but low hit ain t more n two whoops
an holler." In Arkansas they will tell
you it is two looks and a go by, mean
ing you are to pass two houses and find
your destination just beyond the next.
In other parts of the west, it is said,
the natives measure distances in
"chaws" Of plug and will tell you your
destination is about 1.-TWO chaws" away.
The Scottish way is to say, ''It's far
cry" meaning it is about as far as one
can shout, while in many cases distance
is measured i'll time, the German
"stunde" doubtless having its origin
TINS
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-30
smooth Roads and Traffic.

The increase of efficiency in vehicles
having smooth surface on which to
travel is very great. Perfect rails are
necessity for the steam engine, and a
smooth roadbed is essential if high
speed is to be obtained. The motor car
riage, which has already become an es-
tablished fact abroad. depends for its
efficiency on good road surface. The bi.
cycle gains enormously in ease of pro-
pulsion, in speed and i'll adaptability to
new fields of usefulness by having good
roads. About these three there is no dis
pute, but it seems necessary to prove by
argument, illustration and statistics that
carriages, wagons, trucks, carts and all
other vehicles are equally benefited by d
smooth travelling surface. Exchange
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-30
RIP VAN WlNkLE.
Jefferson Discovers Something Incongru-
Gus About His Celebrated Play.

Jefferson Discovers Something Incongru-
Gus About His Celebrated Play.
Joe jefferson calls attention to an in
teresting fact regarding Rip Van Win
kle. He says:
"There is one incongruity in Rip Van
Wrinkle which is seldom criticised.
Possibly none of you ever noticed it.
Indeed, l will confess that until recent
ly the fact never occurred to me with
any force. Well, you could never guess,
so will tell you. 1t is this: Rip Van
Winkle is the only person in the play
who speaks English with a slightly
broken Dutch accent. All of the other
characters are obliged to content them-
selves with ordinary English.
''It heightens the effect for Rip to
speak as he does in broken accents, but
If all the other characters were to at
tempt dialect there would be such
variety of accent that the effect would
be incongruous and ridiculous. All tn
feeling and sentiment of the play woul
be lost in this polyglot attempt at dia
lect.
"Several years ago a man engaged to
play Nick Nedder came on at rehearsal
and commenced to talk in the broadest
low Dutch accent. I stopped him at
once, but in his own defense he ex-
claimed:
"'But Nick Vedder would talk that
way, wouldn't he, if Rip Van Winkle
did:'
eyes, 1 replied, 'he would, but you
mustn't. And no doubt the man
thought me very unreasonable. But this
only illustrates the point that many
things apparently illogical must be done
on the stage to secure effect by inspir-
ing the imagination. Absolute realism
would be fatal. Under certain condi-
tions it is the necessity of dramatic art
to make the impossible seem real. -
Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-30
Perfumed Cloth Is Now Sold.

Druggists in New York keep per.
fumed cloth that is sold by the yard. 1t
is imported and is by some process
known to perfumers saturated with
sachet powder or essence that is very
strong and lasting. 1t comes as high as
IS and $40 yard, but is very wide,
and one-fourth of yard is generous
supply. Small pieces, three inches
square or less, are sewed in hats, dress
waists and skirts and are laid in glove
and handkerchief boxes and chiffonier
drawers. When it is considered that a
fine sachet sells for 81, these perfumed
lengths are really economical
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-30
A DEAD CARN1TlON.
Leonard Conteinplates the Contents of
Desk Drawer,

Leonard Contemplates the Contents of u
Desk Drawer.
The desk drawer, opened, eXhaled an
odor of faded flowers.
'Let us plunge into the atmosphere
of sweet memories, " said Leonard
Wife absent, Leonard, addressing
Bayard, his most intimate friend, indi-
Gated withered blossoms. Fadel and
grown musty in the lapse of years, they
drawer.
"This lily" said Leonard, signing,
was the flower given me by Blanche
my first love, when l took from her
lips timid kiss. She was as white as
its impeccabie petals, fragrant as it's
pure corolla, graceful as its dropping
stem, and who knows what might have
happened had she not died in the bloom
of youth?'
"And the rose?" asked Bayard
"Ah, that was later.' said Leonard,
with burst of laughter "Rosette gave
me that when she first brushed my lips
with her own. The petals were once
rosy as her warm being and the flower S
beauty was radiant and amorous as her
young womanhood. If she had not been
tickle, she might now be my wife,. -
'And the orchid?" queried Bayard.
"Hippolyta presented me with that,
said Leonard, thoughtfully, "when she
saw me trembling in alteration at her
feet Time was when it had the mystic
charm OF her own perverse personality,
and if Russian nobleman had not
eloped with her l should still be her de-
voted slave
Bayard discovered bunch of faded
violets.
"And these?" he interrogated.
"They were the flowers" murmured
Leonard sadly, (which Etienette sent
me when l had treated her brutally, be-
lieving that she had deceived me. She
was demure and tender as the blooms,
and, after the storm of my passions, she
came like peaceful sprite to pour
beauty and love into my life. Had she
forgiven me, it might have been'-
At this point Leonard interrupted
himself, seizing angrily dead carna-
tion.
"Why is this flower here?" he cried.
"It has no place among the precious
memories. Away with it at once!'
In a moment the unresisting carna-
tion was reduced to dust under his pitt
less foot.
"Why do you destroy it," questioned
Bayard.
because it is the carnation Emilia
gave me when she said she would be
my wife, said Leonard, cynically,
land l married her. .'-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-30
THE SUDAN SPIDERS.
70 Live happily In the Sudan One Mus,
Get Used to the Insects.

fo Live happily In the Sudan One Must
Get Used to the Insects.
If one wants to live happily in the
Sudan, ous must get used to spiders
They crawl into your dressing bag or
come upon the table while you are wash
ing, taking great interest in soap and
tooth powder and all toilet reqs isites.
Disturbed, they retire into your sponge
and remain there till they are drowned
out. One must also become accustomed
to sand or dust storms, for they are fire.
quent and terrible disturbers of your
comfort They come upon you suddenly
when you are quite unaware of their
close proximity, just as express trains
at a busy junction surprise the passenger
uninitiated i'll the mysteries of signal
ing. There is a distinct sound like the
coming of train, then rush by and
the after draft. Palms sway and bow
their rustling fronds to the earth, and
eddies of dust buffet you on all sides,
lifting you from your feet Tents are
turned inside out, scattering their con-
tents to the winds. or everything is in
cyusted with an impalpable powder
which seals up ones eyes, plugs ones
nose and ears Or chokes one with the
nauseating sweepings of foul camping
ground. AS l am writing this dust
hurricane which has been making life
miserable for the last three days is still
blowing.
The fierce blast of the wind makes
metal so hot that the heat from the nib
carrying the ink to paper dries up the
fluid before line can we'll be penned.
The sweat of the hand, too, mixed with
the layer of dust on the paper, so soils
the manuscript that one feels loath to
send it. The flies, seeking your tent for
shelter from the cruel blast without,
cling to your nose and eyelids with a
tenacity which is almost maddening.
At meals each dish is covered with grit
before it can be consumed, and one has
to nurse odd corners of the tent to shield
ones cup from the puffs of dust beating
up from under the canvas before one can
get drink that is not absolutely mud
dy.-London Standard.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-30
REMARKABLE TOWNS.
One In England That Is Made of Railway
Carriages.

Carriages.
Scattered throughout tho area of
Great Britain are numerous towns and
villages of a curious character. One
large village actually consists of old
railway carriages, even the little mis-
sion chapel being built out of four large
horse trucks. Another village, with
population of l, 100 and ratable value
of GS, 900, has neither church, chapel
nor school, the only public edifce being
a pillar letter box.
Villages with single inhabitant are
not unknown. At Skiddaw, in Cumber-
land, there is a solitary householder,
who cannot vote because there is no
overseer to prepare voters list and no
church or other public building on
which to publish one, while the only
ratepayer i'll a certain rural Northum-
berland parish has recently declined to
bear the expense of repairing road be-
cause he considers it quite good enough
for himself
In the isle of Ely there is little
parish which has been somewhat con-
temptuously described as ''a portion of
land, with three or four houses and per-
haps IL inhabitants. This place has
no roads at all and is consequently put
to no expense in keeping them in repair.
AS matter of fact, there are no ex-
penses Of any kind and no rates.
One of the most remarkable villages
in this country is Kempton, near Bed
ford, which is seven miles long and ex-
tremely struggling. To walk from one
end of the village to the other occupies
two hours.
Sometimes whole villages will prac-
tically disappear. A little Shropshire
village has gradually sunk, until now
it is almost out of sight. 1t is built on
disused coal pit, and the sinking goes
on steadily every year. Now and then
a tottering house is propped up to keep
it standing, but in spite of all precau-
tions buildings are constantly falling to
the ground, and in course of time doubt
less nothing will be left but few
bricks to mark the spot where a village
once stood.
There are plenty of deserted villages
throughout the country. A diversion of
eioetS AAieo ouhOl tiiuhllSlS ID SOllCGlLutS
sufficient to produce this effect. Not
many years ago the proprietors of an
iron works at townlet near Sheffield,
being unable to obtain certain conces-
sions from railway company, removed
their works Shortly afterward half the
place was to let, and the windows of
many of the houses were boarded up
London Tit Bits
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-30
Informal Recent,

Uneducated people sometimes have
happy knack i'll coming to the point.
Here, for example, is a story from the
Boston Herald:
Dan and Nose, neither of them noted
for erudition, were partners in an enter
prise which it is needless to specify.
One morning customer called to settle
small bill and after handing over the
money asked for receipt.
Nose retired to the privacy of an
inner room and after long delay re-
turned with IA slip of paper, on which
were written these words:
"We've got our pay. Me and Dan. "
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-30
THE SUN DIAL.

ION which was written, 81 mark only this
bright hours."]
I mark the bright hours, and only the bright;
dwell not in darkness but ever in light;
| garner the sun sheaves and dream not of
night.
Fast, fast fades the brightness, the bloom O.
the years,
And life seeks the light while the darkness it
fears.
'Tis too swift for your signing, too sweet for
your tearsl
| mark the bright hours. The shadow is cast
SO soon on life's morning-the MONDAY is past.
Treasure light for the night-trcasure light to
the last
Atlanta Constitution
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-30
FALL, SNOW.

Fall, sntw, and tease not. Fake by flake
The decent winding sheet compose.
Thy task Is just and pious. Make
An end of basphemies and woes.
Fall, snow, in stiffness fall, like dew
On church's roof and cedar's fan,
And mold thyself on pine and yew
And on the awful face of man.
On quaking moor and mountain m 'ss,
With eyes upstaring at the sky,
And arms extended like a cross,
The long cxpectant sufferers lie.
Bend DER them, white robed acolyte,
Put forth thine hand from cloud and mist
And minister the last sad rite,
Where altar there is none nor priest.
Aubrey de We're in "Recollections of Aubrey
de We're"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-30
Color Effects,

Mr., Murray Hill-It is odd what
queer effects colors have upon persons.
Mr.. Point Breeze-What effects are
you thinking of?
Mr.. Murray Hilton a gray day I
am always blue.-Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-30
Keen Hammerine Away.

A little advertising may be unprotit-
able when Il great deal would pay hand
somely. Short time advertising seldom
pays. This is the reason that ads. in the
many ephcmeral "schemes' that como
to every business man are never profit
able. 1t is continuous, consistent, Cour
ageous, intelligent advertising i'll the
best newspapers that always and infalli-
bly, brings good returns. s.-Bates.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-30
Pittsburg Division.

*Except Sunday. Nos As and Al carry
passengers. No. IL is a local train from Cum
berland to Pittsburg and No. IA from Pitts,
burg to umberand. Nos 5 and make 3
stops each way between Cumberland and
Pittsburg. .R- through tickets, east and
west, for sale at Cumberland
NJ. c. CLARKE,
WIN. NJ. GREENE, Ticket Agent.
General Manager. d. b. MARTIN,
Nov 20 Manager Passenger Traffic.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-30
by All Means.

Few if any toll roads are maintained
in good condition. While they exist
compel the corporations controlling
them to make them first class
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-30
The Silent Factor.

Mrs Peck-It always takes two to
make quarrel.
Henry Peck-Not i'll our family
New York Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-30
To Advertise Seattle.

The city of Seattle, Wash, is about
to be extensively advertised by mer-
chants advertising committee, COM
posed of business men of the city.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-30

knightly lanoes were from IL to 30
feet long, tle heads 4 to inches broad
and from L; to 40 inches long.