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off the dirt is brushed off with it. Old
ened by first wiping clean with fian-
mel rag, then rubbing lightly with the
well beaten yolk of an egg applied
with soft sponge and, lastly, by pass
ing hot iron over piece Of thin paper
laid over the surface Of the cover.
Oxalic acid diluted with water will re-
move ink stains from the pages. Apply
with a camel's hair brush.
Marble figures, statuettes, etc, can
be cleaned by using a paste of whiting
and water, allowing it to dry and
brushing off with soft, cloth. Smoke
made from burning piece of gum cam
phor will clear a bedroom of mosqui-
toes. Wall paper may be cleaned If
wiped with dry Indian meal on a dry
cloth. Do not rub colors. Grease
stains in carpet may be removed while
fresh If coarse brown paper is placed
over the stain and ironed with a warm
iron. Or cover spots with Indian meal;
sremove when grease strikes through.
Use ammonia in water for washing
woodwork; or, better still. use kerosene
oil instead of water to remove finger
marks or stains, then wash. Very little
force is necessary and varnish, Oil or
paint are not injured. Use whiting in
the water for washing white and deli
cate shades Of painted wood-of bed
steads, etc. Clean piano keys with soft
rag dipped in alcohol. Use same for
cleaning prisms on candelabra or chan
deliers. Use salts of lemon for the
stains on ivory.
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BUY ALWAYS FOR A FRIEND.
viii Not Acknowledge They Need False
HAIR.


Women are sometimes suspiciousy
like the ostrich They think that 9TH
ers' eyes are blinded when Their own
foolish optics are hidden in the sand.
Il don't know whether women make 1t
a rule to go about shopping for other
people," said local hairdresser, but
we find good deal of unseltishness in
that respect in our line of business.
Our customers rarely ever shop for
themselves They buy for friends.
Once in a great while very young
girl will come in, select two or three
little curls they wear at the nape of
the neck, and boldly pin them on or
have us pin them on for her in broad
daylight, but the exception is the rule.
They almost invariably match their
own hair and buy the curls for a friend.
ut is the same way with frizzes and
switches: we sell any number of them
for friends of the buyers. They sit in
front of the mirror and try them on
until they match their own hair to
shade, pay for them and carry them
home to their friends. And hair dye!
We never sell that to the individual
who selects it. We always sell it for
friends. Only yesterday a customer
came in with an embarrassed air, and
stood looking thoughtfully down at the
hairpins in the show case. l knew she
didn't want hairpins. I want to look
at some hair dye she said I showed
her several varieties. I am buying 1t
for friend she remarked casually as
she turned the bottles round and ex-
amined the labels.
What color?' I asked. She gave
quick glance in the opposite mirror.
Light brown she answered. I took
down bottle of light brown dye. VIII
it injure the brain? she inquired They
always want to know that OF course
not said l. My friend would rather
not use it at all than have it injure
her brain. She would rather be gray
She laughed and looked in the glass
again. She isn't so very gray after
ALL she added. If you are sure she
said, you may put me up a bottle.
You needn't send it, she cried quickly.
I will take it to her myself
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MAN WEDS FIVE OF A KIND.
Loves the Family, So Marries Quintet
of Sisters.


When a man becomes the husband of
five sisters in consecutive order it GER
tainly speaks well for the family.
II fell in love with the family, that's
ALL"
This is William Mercer's simple ex-
planation of why he married tive sis
ters and may marry the sixth and last
of the family. He has been success
lively the husband Of Jennie Moffitt,
Ada Moffitt, Catherine Moffitt, Mis-
souri, Moffitt and Anna Mofitt.
He was 10 years old when he took
sisters. He was SO years old when, on
Sept. 3. he married the last, Miss An
ma Moffitt. The latest Miss Moffitt
Tilted a young, handsome and prosper
Gus business man for her quadruple
brother-in-law. Mr.. Mercer declared
on the eve of his fifth wedding in the
Moffitt family that he was the hap
piest man alive. Which proves that
love is perennial in the breast of Will
lam Mercer.
William Mercer owns a farm that
adjoins that of his five times father
in-law, James Moffitt, on Raccoon
creek. near Charleston, w. Va. Both
families are wealthy farming folk The
motives for the many marriages do not
appear to be mercenary. Perhaps the
sage who wrote "Propinquity does it,
is right
Mr.. Mercer has eight Children by his
various marriages with the Moftitt fam
ly. Two are near his brides age, 26.
years. Each of his wives las died Of
the Moffitt taint consumption. The
new Mrs. Moffitt is exceptionally
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HIS GALL WON HIM A WIFE.
Beefsteak and Onions Bring About an
Engagement


Reafsteak and onions can scarcely be
called a romantic foundation for a love
story, vet so commonplace a thing was
the means of bringing before the gaze or
a Chicagoan his future wife This young
man, whose approaching marriage 10
Hyde Park lady was announced a Whlle
back, met the young woman under cir
cumstances which illustrate how men
born with the proper degree of gall or
assurance" go through life successfully.
One afternoon last October he was pass
ing by a big, comfortable looking house
in Hyde Park, when his nostrils We're re-
galed with the subtle, persuasive perfume
Of beefsteak and onions In preparation IN
the basement of the said house.
Happy thought" mused The young
man to himself "I love beefsteak ARA
onions and I am hungry. 1t would take
me fully three-quarters off an hour to
make a downtown restaurant and get
served with mess of beefsteak and on
ions, whereas 1 can't wait. The time to
eat beefsteak and onions is when you are
hungry and want them. I yearn for beef
steak and onions at this present instant
of time and I'm going to make a stab to
get 'em right here"
So he walked up the steps of the COM
Portable looking house and rang the door
bell. A comfortable looking matron, with
gray pompadour hair and a jolly counte-
nance, came to the door.
"What can + do for you?" she asked
courteously when she saw an exceedingly
presentable young man standing in the
doorway.
Madam" said the young man. making
the matron a sweeping bow and placing
his hat in close iuNtaposition to his heart,
sin passing I am made aware that beef
steak and onions are in preparation for
your table. / am pess'anately addicted 70
beefsteak and cniors md I make bold to
request that you ovtr nok the unconven-
tionality of my request and permit you to
share humbly in your beefsteak and on
ions. I am not burglar, seeking to as
certain the lay of your charming estah-
lishment. Permit me to hand you my
card I am quite sane, civilized human
being, incapable Of serious wrong, but
could not answer for the consequences to
myself should you cruelty decline to allow
me to have a portion of your heefsteak
and onions"
The jolly-look!nc matron listened to the
young mans ,igr7 la with gradually de-
creasing sur1r' md when he finshied
her countenuncs was wreathed In smiles.
'sYou are. think, the most uniquely i'm
pudent young man I ever met" she said
frankly. 1.-THE blandly ingenious fashion
with which you ask for a seat at my
family board, however, seems to show
that hardihood Is your greatest fault,
and that you probably have no criminal
motive. I shall chance it. at any rate,
and l, therefore. invite you in. do this
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on impulse, you understand, and you are
subject to reYiSinn''

on impulse, you understand, and you are
subject to revision
The colossal gall, to employ the right
phrase, OF the young man, had won out
for him, and five minutes later he was at
the. widows board talking amiably to her
three good-looking daughters. It took
him no time to establish line Of social
connection with people mutually known
by all, and ne made a hit. After dinner
he was invited upstairs to the music
room and he played rag-time music on the
piano for an hour. He was invited to
come again.
The next day he was quietly Cooked
up by the widow. and the next evening
he called again ana clearly showed that
1t was the youngest daughter who had
captivated his attention. She is bit ro-
mantle, and she, therefore, does not like
to acknowledge that her approaching do
mestic happiness Is all attributable to so
commonplace proposition as mess of
beefsteak and onions, but facts are facts,
and these are those.
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HINTS FOR HOUsEKEEPERS.
Some Receipts That Preserve Order
at Home,

To clean oil finished paint or hard
wood use weak tea, almost cold, to :e-
move the dust and discoloration, and
then rub it over with Il flannel cloth
dipped in furniture polish made OF ore
third linseed Oil, one-third lurpentine
and third vinegar. Shake it well
together in bottle, pour it into sau-
Ger and rub hard. 1t is very satis,ac-
tory polish. To revive gilt frames take
of the white of eggs two ounces and of
chloride of potash or soda one ounce;
mix well, blow the dust off from the
frames and apply with soft brush.
To take fly specks off gilt frames mois-
ten them with the white of an egg; let
it remain about Is minutes, then wipe
off with silk cloth. Plaster busts
and statuettes may be cleaned, where
it is not desired to paint them, by dip
ping them into thick liquid starch and
drying, and when the starch is brushed
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on in the latter part of the day. The
feet are then at the maximum size.
Activity naturally enlarges them and
makes them swell; much standing
tends to enlarge the feet. New shoes
should be tried on over moderately
thick stockings; then you can put on
a thinner pair to ease your feet if the
shoes seem to be tight,
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HOW TO KEEP FERNS ALIVE.
Rich Soil. Preferably Leaf Mold, Is
Needed for Them


Nothing adds more to the attractive
ness OF a room than pot of ferns. But
how to manage ferns when they come
from the florist is what few house
wives know. If the intention be to pot
them singly they should be repotted in
a size larger only than the pots they
have occupied. If received by mail,
with the soil washed from the roots, put
the plants into as small pots as will
naturally accommodate the size Of their
roots. Place bits of charcoal or broken
pottery an inch in depth in the bottom
of the pot for drainage. Cover this
with thin layer of moss or leafy re-
fuse to prevent the soil from washing
through. An ideal soil is rich, faky
leai mold, with one-fourth part coarse,
sharp sand well mixed in. In the alb
sence of leaf mold well-rotted sod, rich
IN decayed roots. is excellent; or chip
dirt, mixed with decayed straw or such
matter; with either of these use the
same proportion of sand. One need not
always go to the woods for leaf mold
in many a sheltered fence corner and
under the edge of walks the leaves from
shade and other trees find lodgment
year after year and decay. Manure
should not be added to the soil for
ferns; an exception may be made with
very strong growing varieties-a little
may be added with beneficial results if
so thoroughly decayed that it looks like
rich, black earth. A few bits of char
coal, varying from the size of pea to
that of hazelnut may be scattered
through the soil; they keep the soil
sweet and fern roots seem to like the
little hooks and crannies afforded by
them. Bits of broken brick may be
substituted: either hold moisture and
you will find when turning the plants
out for repotting that the main mass Of
roots have made their way around these
and down into the drainage matter in
the botom
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Conner Abundant in Montana,

During the year 1898 the copper pro-
duction of Montana is officially given
at 20G. 173157 pounds. against 30,22S, 141
pounds for 1897 a decline of 26,114, 9Sf
pounds, equivalent to about 10 per cent
During the same period the product Of
the United States increased from 1884,
O7S,27 pounds to 526, 512, 9S7 pounds.
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COURTSHlP IN GERMANY.
Afhanced Couple Are Always Chaperoned
When They Go Out.


A Chicago girl at present visiting
In Germany writes that lovers in the
fatherland have hard time of it
courting. She says that among con-
servative people the affianced couple
are scarcely allowed to be alone,
chaperon being provided whenever the
young people go out or are together.
When a girl has arrived at what is
considered a marriageable age in Ger
many her parents invite young men to
the house. Two or three are invited
at the same time. so that the attention
may not seem too pointed. But no
young man is ever invited to the house
until after he has called at least once
and thus signified his wish to have
social intercourse with the family. If
he call several times in too close sue
cession it is taken for granted that he
has Intentions" and he may be ques-
toned concerning them. Generally an
engagement is made public as soon as
the arrangements can be made. This
Is done by means of the newspapers
and formal announcements on cards.
The man supplies a plain gold band
ring for each. This is worn during the
engagement on the ring finger of the
left hand From this time the con-
tracing parties are bride and bride
groom. A betrothal may last several
years until the bridegroom can become
settled in life, but IN most cases the
marriage soon takes place. Just be-
fore the marriage the banns are pub
lished in the church. either on two sue
cessive Sundays or, If the time be short
twice on the same day, In the latter
case a notice is posted in a public place
notifying all concerned of the wish Of
the couple to marry.
l. Fatigue From Mental Work.
DR. Edward Thorndike of the West
ern Reserve university has made some
interesting experiments on mental ia
tigue. We are used to think of the
mind as a machine. and our inability
to work as a sign of its loss of energy.
Sleep is supposed to restore the energy,
as an accumulatcr is recharged with
electricity. The incorrectness OF THIS
view might be questioned by the fact
that mental action is the complex for
such simplicity. and that some minds
do not tire with large amounts Of
work. DR.. Thorndike's experiments
show that certain persons are as fit
for hard mental work after a day of
1t as in the morning, and seem to have
no analogy with a charged accumula-
tor.
Miss Alice Serber of New York was ad-
mitted last week to practice in the United
States district court for Southern New
York, and is the first woman ever granted
that privilege. She is a Russian, and TIL
first woman of that race to take up the
law In this country.
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Fatigue From Mental Work.

Miss Alice Serber of New York was ad-
mitted last week to practice in the United
States district court for Southern New
York, and is the first woman ever granted
that privilege. She is Russian, and tn 3
first woman of that race to take up the
law In this country.
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Trying On Shoes.

One would hardly believe there are
special times and reasons for trying on
new shoes, but SO it Is. Larger shoes
are required in summer than in win
ter, and 1t Is always best to try them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-24
FUT URE DAYS.
THOMAS BOWLING & CO.. AUCT1oNEERs.

TRUSTEES, SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
FRAME DWELLINGS. KNOWN AS NOS. 400
494, 496 AND 49S | STREET SOUTHWEST,
WITH TWO STABLES; ALSO A Two-SroRY
STABLE. KNOWN AS No. 1905 FOUR-AND-
A-HALF STREET SOUTHWEST, AND A
TWO-STOR1 FRAME STORE AND DWELL
ING, WITH STABLE, KNOWN AS NO. 1907
FOUR-AND-A-HA1F STREET SOUTHWEST
Under and by virtue of certain deed of trust.
bearing Date June Is. 1894, and recorded in Libcr
No. 1924, at folio 268 ct seq, of the land
records of the District of Columbia. the urder-
signed, trustees, will, on MONDAY. JULY THIRD,
AID. 1889, COMMENCING AT JAIF-rAST FOUR
O'CLOCK M, in front Of the premises. sell, at
public auction the following pieces of real
situate in the city of Washington District of Co
lumbia, to wit: Al of original lot numbered six
ninety-nine t499l. together with the improvements
thereon, consisting Of four two-story frame dwell
ings and two stables.
IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER the said trus-
and D.. in Harvey Lindsleys subdivision cf lots
In square numbered five hundred (5U0l. the same
is laid down ON the plat recorded in the surveyor
office of said District in Book ''B, page D. to-
Of two stores and dwellings, one brick and one
frame, both having stable.
Terms of sale: One third cash, balance in equal
instalmepts, at enc and two years, secured by the
trust on the property sold, all cash, at pur-
chaser's option. Sale 10 be completed within hf-
teen days from the day of sale, otherwise the
tees the right TO resell at cost and risk
each sale required at the time thereof. Convey
anclnG revenue stamps and recording at purchas-
er'S cost.
BENJAMIN +. LEIGHTON Trustee
Office in Columbian building.
RICHARD L. PAIRU. Trustee,
Je24-d&ds Office, 1872 La. ave. NV.
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TRUSTEES SALE OF 79-1OO ACRES IN CHI
CHESTER. ID. c.
BY virtue of a certain deed of trust dated January
81, 1898, and duly recorded in Liber DIGS folio o
seq, of the land records for the District of
Columbia. and at the request of the party secured
thereby, will SELL at public auction in front of
the premises, FRIDAY, JUNE THIRTIETH
1899, AT HALFPAST -FOUR O'CLOCK p NJ the
following described land and premises. situate in
the county of Washington, District of Columbia
and designated as and being part of Chichester and
more particularly described by metes and bounds as
follows: Beginning at stone, the northeast corner
of Hood ard Batcheldors subdivision of par of sa
tract and running with said subdivision north Al
to the south side of Minnesota avenue; thence with
said avenue north ffty-seven degrees and twenty
five minutes $40 25'y; east sixteen and seventyfoar
one-hundredths Q6 74-1O0) perches to Doctor Hay-
eners lot; thence south thirty-two degrees and
thirty five minutes 1929 350; east six and eighty
four -hundredths t6 S4100) perches to the west
side of Eighteenth uS) street; and with the west
side thereof south twenty and eighty-fot>r one
hundredths &c $4,000 perches; thence north sixty
degrees and eight minutes t60o So west seven "a
perches to stone of Hood and Batcheldor's suh-
division and with same north twenty-s degrees
and thirteen minutes (2To 130: five (5l perches
containing one and seventy nine one hundredtbs II
10 100 acres. more less
Terms: One-third cash. balance in one and two
years. with interest secured by deed trust on the
property, or all cash. at option of purchaser: sIOO
required at time of sale. All conyeyancing re.
cordng and revenue stamps at cost of the purchaser
CHRISTIAN ]. GOCKEER
VIM L. BURKHART,
je20-d&ds Trustees
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p II
Battle Between HerOns.

From the New York Press.
A heron which had been fishing in a pond
near Milton House, at Milton Park, Peter
borough, England, captured a fine fish,
which 1t brought up struggling at the end
of it's long bill, when another heron, which
had been watching from the shore, plunged
into the water and tried to take away the
fish. desperate combat ensued, as both
birds were full-grown and powerful. They
fought with bill and wing, dealing out hard
knocks rapidly and uttering shrieks of
anger. So furiously ragged the duel that the
combatants raised cloud of feathers
round them.
Suddenly one rolled over, and the other,
uttering a victorious frank" the heron a
peculiar cry. and gathering up its long legs.
scared to the trees, where it began preen-
ing its disordered plumes. An examina ton
proved that the other bird had been Killed
outright. and 1t was the would-be robber,
-
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Marvellous Pigeon Flights.


Pigeons have flown from Nantes to Lam
cashire, 40 miles, in a single day; and
they have flown from the Shetlands to
London in one spell of daylight In June,
1897, the winner of such a race flew from
Lerwick to Stanmore 191 miles and 1,O2O
yards, and made a record for ong-distance
flying. 1t was liberated at 800 am, and
reached its loft at 1922 in the evening. In
1872 Mr.. Tegetmeier, the great authority
on pigeons, got some friends to send him
at the Crystal Palace at noon, and a tele-
gram was sent off announcing the time at
which they were released. The birds reach
ed their loft before the message was de-
lvered. These facts afford ample proof
OF the marvellous powers of endurance of
the birds.
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THos. J. OWEN, AucTIoNBER. eIs Z ST NV

VALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTY To BE
SOLD AT AUCTION TO POSITIVELY CLOSE
AN ESTATE BEING PREMISES Nos GO
I'D ST., 2223 II ST, 2205 I ST. AND 900 a2D
On THURSDAY, JUNE TwENTY-NINTH. 1899.
commencing at HAIF-PAST FIVE O'CLOCK PM
Will, at the request Of the heirs Of this estate
sell at public auction in front OF the respecfiyo
premises torder OF sale indicated In headlngl. the
north IL feet Of lot G, in square as improved by
6-room and bath brick dwelling. being promises
61O 23d st. NV. Immediately thereafter the east
20 feet Of lot and the west 10 inches Of lot n,
In square 30, improved by S-room frame DWELL
ing, being premises 2 % ii st. NV. Imnsediately
thereafter the rear IS feet / st. OF LOT J. IN
square "a, improved by brick store and dwellings
being premises ZOOS st. Immediately therS.
after the south 10 feet OF lot ], In square 81.
by a depth Of ~ feet, improved hy 7-fpon so2
bath frame dwelling, being premises 500 nd a
NV This property Is vol located end shou14
command the attention OF ell seeking q god b
vestment they will be sold.
of sale. deposit Of 500 required 90 sech pesp;t
ut time of sale. Conveyapctng. recordiaS enc ~.
je22-d&ds THoS J. OWEN, Anctscaasa )
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DUNCANsoN BROS. AUCrIoNEERs.

TRUSTEES SALE OF DEsIRABLY SITUATED
BIILDiSti LOT: FRONTING FIFTY FEET on
WHITNEY AVENUE BETWEEN TWELFTH
AND THIRTEENTH STREETS, COLUMBIA
HEIGHTS.
By virtue of a deed of trust recorded in Liber
lLo4, at folio 4s9 Il seq of the land records
of the District of Columbia. will sell. in front
or the premises, on THURSDAY. THE SMITH DAY
OF JULY, AID. 1899. AT FIVE O'CLOCK PM,
the following described real estate situate in the
county of Washington and District of Columbia, to
wit: All that certain piece parcel Of land and
premises known and distinguished and being lot
Is IN block 10 ID John Sherman trustees, subdivis
ion of part of Mt. Pleasant and Pleasant Plains
now known as Columbia Heights. said suid!vis
lon is recorded in the Office of the surveyor If the
District of Columbia i'll book Gov. Shepherd. page
l37. together with all and singular the improve
mcnts, ways. easements, rights privileges and ap-
purtcnances to he same belonging in any wise
appertainirg.
Terms: third cash, balance in and two
years, with interest, payable semi annually, secured
by deed of trust On the property sold, or all cash.
at the option of the purchaser deposit of $500
required time of sale Conveyancng, revenue
stamps etc, at purchasers cost. Terms TO be
complied with in IL days from day of sale. other
wise trustees reserve the right to resell the prop
erty at the risk and cost of the defaGlting pur
chaser, after five days advertisement Of such re-
sale in some newspaper published i'll Washington,
ID. q. JOSEPH PAUL,
JOHN Z. BENTON,
je23-d&dS Trustees.