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DUNcANsoN BROS. AUCT1oNEERs.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE MPROVEI
REAI. ESTATE on 1 AND BOUNDARY

TRUSTEES SALE OF vALUABLE IMPR0VED
real. ESTATE on 1 AND BOUNDARY
STREETS NORTHEAST.
Cd ST tTo o ber No. ISIS oi at o a ct
seg and Iber No. 1894 at folio 20 ct seq. Of the
land records OF the District of Columbia, will
TUESDAY. OCTOBER SIXTEENTH. 1900. AT
HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM. the following
described real estate. situate In the city Of Wash
fngton in said District, namely: % Part Of square
north of square No. 1926 beginning Iur tle same
at point north .'I' street, distant IS .eet
from the southwest corner of said square. and run
ming thence east with said street 25 feet. thence
north TO Florida avenue and the rear line of said
square thence n0rthwesterly with Florida avenue
of said square and thence south 100 I5 feet
to the beginning, containing 1919 square feet Of
ground. less, improved by two-story brick
AND (2) IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER an.
other portion of said square north of square
No 1926. adjoining the parcel above described be-
ginning for the the line of '.I'' street 43
feet from the southwest corner Of said square
and running thence east along said street to its
westerly along said avenue TO a point due north
from the point of beginning. and thence south to
the beginning. containing T.16T64 square feet of
ground, less. used wood and coal
Yard improved by one-story brick building, used as
The two parcels will he offered separately but
and 1873. .666 feet ~ street, and about one
square from the Columbia electric railway.
Terms: One-third cash balance IN equal install
49, per centum per annum. payable semi-annualy,
from day of sale. secured by Steed OF trust upon
the property sold. all cash. at the option of the
purchaser. A deposit of $500 each parcel will
be required at time of sale. All conveyancing. in
ternal charges and recording at purchasers
otherwise the trustees reserve the right to resell
either parcel at risk and cost of the defaultins
purchaser thereof. EUGENE CARUSI,
se26d&ds Trustees
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Ants Dig an Artesian Well.
From the Savannah News.

From the Savannah News.
1t is notorious fact. says a correspond
ent writing from Millen, Screven county,
Ga, that red ants will dig their holes until
they strike water. Near the station in
Millen, and about fifty feet from one of the
main artesian wells is colony of big red
ants that have been working in the same
bed for over fifty years. One Of the oldest
citizens says they were there for that
length of time to his certain knowledge.
but he can't say how long they We're there
before that time. One can imagine the as
tCnishment of the people of Millen when
they saw this CThursday) morning a bold
flow of artesian water seven feet high COM
ing from that red ant bed. The poor fell
lows dug to their own destruction. very
peculiar thing about 1t is that ii has cut
off the wells here. There is great excite
ment here. People for miles around are
coming in hourly to see the wonderful we'll
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Feminine Vanity and BOyfkh Ambi-
ton Lead to Deception.

Feminine Vanity and BOyish Ambi-
ton Lead to Deception.
Feminine vanity, as 1t is related to the
desire to be esteemed young, and boyish
ambition to attain the manly and voting
age of twenty-one years are plainly shown
in census figures. This is no new revela-
ttion in the taking of the twelfth census,
but 1T Is old tendency which has been
shown by the figures of the past censuses
of the United States, as well as of other
countries. 1t has again been exemplified in
the figures relating to the census of Cuba.
A study of the statistics of Cuba has shown
an excessive number OF females between
the ages of fifteen and nineteen years, in
elusive. when compared with the number
of males of that age. 1t looked, in fact,
as If there were good many thousand
girls of that age IN Cuba who would never
find mates In life and who would end their
days in single bleSSednesS simply because
there were so many of them compared to
the youths who were growing up with
them. That Is what the figures would ap-
pear to indicate TO the layman, but to the
census expert they mean something else.
They simply mean that girls below the age
of fifteen wish TO represent themselves as
older than they are, while those who have
passed their teens cling to the age of youth
to the extent of even deceiving the census
enumerators. Young ladies who are sensi-
tive on the subject of their ages fear that
the enumerator, who generally lives in
their neighborhood and frequently knows
them, will 'blab" their ages to all the mar
riageable young men and perhaps interfere
with some attachment that bids fair to
ripen into mellow love The fact is, the
enumerator, as rule, is perfectly callous
to the significance of census figures and
forgetS them as soon as he records them
In Cuba nineteen Is equivalent to twenty
five years in the age of a young lady living
in the northern portion of the United
States.
The last census showed that in the United
States there was an excess of girls between
fifteen and nineteen years, but this age,
the favorite of young ladies, is the general
average Of north and south. If the sta
tistics could be compiled separately it is
thought by census experts that the north
states would show the favorite age to
south it would probably be a year or so
younger.
The census statistics of England show
an excess of women between twenty and
twenty-fOur years of age, which indicates
the favorite age of ladies in that country
The degree of error which is introduced
into census figures by this systematic fib-
bing of young ladies about their ages is
readily and Enthusiastically detected.
In the case Of the young men, the number
of those who are shown by the statistics of
the United States TO be twenty-une is far
in excess of what it could be. according to
the number of those who are under and
above that age. This IS simply the result
Of ambitious youth to reach the voting
age In Cuba, where expectation Of voting
has not been nourished by the boy all his
life and induced preference of twenty one
desirable age. the last census showed
no excess Of men of that age.
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JAMES W. RATcLIFFE. AUCTIoNEER.
CHANCERY TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE
IMPROVED pROIERTY In UIIISDAIE

CHANCERY TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE
IMPROVED PROPERTY IN HILLSDALE.
By virtue of decree Of the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia. passed in Equity Cause
No. 1896 johnson Smith, will sell. at
public auction. in frcnt of the premises, SAT-
URDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER
1900 AT FOUR O'CLOCK PM, the following
described real estate, situate in the county of
Washington. District of Columbia, and all the
right, title and interest of the defendant in said
cause in and TO the same, to wit: Lot numbered
seventeen 90 in section numbered four "a, of
the subdivision OF the Barry Farm. said sub
division is recorded in the surveyors Office of said
District In Liber Levy Court 2, folio l.
Terms: 0ne-third cash. balance in two equal
installments payable in and two years,
spectively. with interest at six per cent per
mum from day of sale, to be secured by deed Of
trust upon the property, all cash. at the option
of the purchaser. All convey ancing, recording and
stamps the cost of the purchaser. Terms of
sale to be complied with In Is days from day of
sale, otherwise trustees reserve the right to
sell at cost of defaulting purchaser deposit of
500 will be required at time of sale.
JAS E. PADGETT, Trustee,
9th and d SITS. NV.
ANDREW WILSON. Trustee,
oc2-d&ds sos st. NV.
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VALUABLE IMPROVED AND HANDSOME RES.

VALUABLE IMPROVED AND HANDSOME RES
IDENCE PROPERTY. BEING 1890 CONNEC.
TICUT AVENUE NV. AT AUCTION.
BY authority of the parties interested, we will
sell, at public auction. in front Of the premises,
FRIDAY, OCTOBER NINETEENTH 1900 Al
HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK l. M the following
described real estate situated in the city of WASH
ington, District of Columbia: Sublot numbered
Al. in square numbered 139, fronting Is feet ON
Conn. by a depth of about 140 feet TO 12-
foot alley in rear, with the Improvements, consist.
ing of 4-story, press-brick dwelling house con.
tanning 20 rooms, bath rooms. 2 furnaces; also
large 2-story stable on of lot.
Terms: One third cash. balance In one and two
years, with interest at Az per cent per annum,
payable semi-annuay, secured by deed OF trust
the property sold. all cash. at the option of
the purchaser. deposit of $500 required at time
of sale. All conveyancing, recording and revenue
stamps at cost Of purchaser. Terms to be com.
piled with in fifteen days from day OF SALE other.
wise the property will be resold at risk and cost
Of defaulting purchaser. oe6-d&ds
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WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO. AUcrIoNEERs.

TRUSTEES SALE OF THE VALUABLE M
PROVED PROPERTY. SITUATED No. S07
FOUR-AND-A-HAIF STREET SOUTHWEST.
By virtue of certain deed of trust, dated Oc-
tober IS, 1898, and recorded in Iiber No. 23i0
folio 400 ct seq, Of the land records of the Dis
of the ncte secured thereby. we, the Undersigned
trustees. will sell, at public auction, in front of
the premises, on OCTOBER EIGHTH. I'D. 1900
AT HALF-PAST -FOUR O'CLOCK PM the fol-
lowing described real estate, situate In the city of
Washington. District of Columbia, to wit: The
north nineteen Q9I feet front AZ street by the
full depth of original lot thirty 1851, In square
by three-story, basement und garret brick dwell
ing, with two-st0ry brick stable in rear. The
property will be sold subject to deed of TO
secure the of "a 600 which interest is due
and unpaid, amounting to S2GI ,3C, to October 5,
1900, of day of sale.
Terms of sale One third cash, and the balance
in two years from the day of sale, for
interest from the day of sale, payable semi annual
ly, at the rate of six per centum per annum, until
paid and to be secured by deed OF trust the
property Sold all cash. at the purchasers op-
ton. deposit of 500 will lie required time
of sale. All revenue stamps and costS of convey
ancng. acknowledging and recording at the pur-
chaser's cost. Terms of sale to be complied with
tees will resell at the risk and cost of defauting
purchaser after five days previous advertisement
OF such resale.
l.. PIERCE BOTELER, Trustee,
FRANKLIN BARRETT, Trustee,
se25-d&ds No. 9G2 Pa ave. nv
ryTHE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED. ON AC-
count of rain until THURSDAY, OCTOBER ELEV-
EN- same hour and place, by order of the trustees.
oc9- -d&dS
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The Judge Would Have stayed.

From the san Francisco Wave
Before a Salt Lake justice of the peace
young man was tried on a charge of
gambling The evidence was conclusive and
a hne was imposed and paid. The court
then adjourned, but the defendant stopped
behind He said 10 the Judge: Il want to
tell you how this happened. The cop told
US II we didn't stop playing he'd run us in
Well we were playing jack pot / had
an ace three queens and king before the
draw. / discarded the ace and king and
drew another queen. There were good
hands out against me, and they tried to
oiuh me out. and l stayed with them. Now
what / want 10 know Is what YOU would
have done IN case like that?'' "Staved
with them If the gallows had been I'm sigh. ="
cried the excited judge. Why in the name
OF common sense, was not that evidence
brought out at the trial?''
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DUNCANsON BROS. AUCTIoNEERs
s-d&dbs ANDREW A. LIPsCoMB. Trustee.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE TRACT OF
LAND IN THE BARRY FARM NEAR AN
ACOSTIA.
BY virtue of a certain deed OF trust, recorded in
Lber No. 1878, at folio $40 ct seq, of the land
records of the District of Columbia, the under
signed will SELL public auction, in front of the
premises. MONDAY. OCTOBER FIFTEENTH,
1900. AT FOUR O'CLOCK PM. the following de-
scribed real estate. situate In the county OF Wash.
ington in said District: Lots lettered a. and
'B.' in section numbered eight 49,, in Samuel q.
Pomeroy, John r. Elyans and Oliver o. Howard.
trustees, subdivision of part of a tract Of land
called St Elizabeth. now known as Barry Farm
said subdivision is recorded in Book Levy Court
. page /, in the office of the surveyor OF the said
District. together with the improvements, con-
sisting of S-room frame dwelling and stable
These two lots in the aggregate front approximate
ly ia feet Nichols avenue and contain nearly
100000 square feet of ground adjoining the grounds
of the United States Government Hospital for the
Insane, Anacostia. The lots will be sold to-
gether
Terms: One third cash. balance in equal Install.
ments, at l and years. with interest at ) per
cent per annum. payable mi-annually from day
sale secured by deed Of trust upon the property
sold. all cash. at the option Of the purchaser.
A deposit of $500 will be required at time OF sals
All conveyancing, internal revenue charges and
cordng at purchasers cost. Terms TO be complied
with within days otherwise the trustee re-
the right to resell at the risk and cost Of
the defauting purchaser.
THORNTON CARUSI
Surviving Trustee,
ocS-d&ds No. $40 4 st. NV. city.
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She Knew.
From Answers.

Marjorie is the small and only daughter In
a family which boasts OF several sons. Aged
-four is Marjorie petite and imperious. and
enjoying excellent opportunities for becom-
ing spoiled. She has lately attained to the
dignity OF the kindergarten. and comes
home daily with some fresh acquisition of
wisdom. A few days ago il was addition
and she proclaimed proudly at the dinner
table:
Il know how much two and two make
AMI free and two. and four and two"
And what" said her father, do you and
j make Marjie?'
Without a moments hesitation over these
new factors in her problem. the little maid
answered. with dimple and smile:
''Sweetheartsr
And all the family were satisfied with
Marbles arithmetic.
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DOUShnuts in the klOndfl<e.
From Harper's Bazaar.

From HarneF's BaZar.
Next to bread a Klondike cook strives
10 achieve distinction by his doughnuts.
This may appear frivolous at first glance
and at second. considering the materials
with which he works, an impossible feat.
But doughnuts are all important to the man
who goes on trail for a journey of any
length. Bread freezes easily, and there is
less grease and sugar. and hence less heat
in it, than in doughnuts. The latter do not
solidify except at extremely low tempera-
lures. and they are very handy to carry in
the pockets OF a Macknaw jacket and
MUNICH one travels along. They are
made much after the manner of their
brethren in warmer climes. with the excep-
tion that they are cooked in bacon grease
the more grease the better they are. Sugar
is the cooks chief stumbling block: If it Is
very scarce why, add more grease. The
men never m!nd-on trail In the cabin?-
we'll that's another matter; besides, bread
is good enough for them then.
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MRS. MACIEF RELEASED.
Court Decides She sshouId BE No
Longer Held In Asylum.


The hearing IN connection with the pro-
ceedings for writ Of habeas corpus. insti-
tuted by former Judge Thomas ]. Mackey,
to secure the release Of his wife. Katherine
s. Mackey. from the Government Hospital
for the Insane. sheIhaying been committed
to that institution by the court last May.
was in progress until nearly O'Clock yes
terday afternoon. The termination was
brought about bytJustice Cole directing
that Mrs Mackey be released. She depart
ed from the court house with her husband.
After The Stars report of the hearing
closed yesterday Judge Mackey made a
long and eloquent argument in support of
his petition. He attacked the law under
which Mrs. Mackey had been committed to
the asylum. and declared that the commit
ment of a person to an asylum as insane
by the court without trial by jury is con-
trary to the Constitution of the United
States. In concluding Judge Mackey was
overcome with emotion for several mo-
ments. He appealed to the court to merci
fully release Mrs Mackey, even should the
court entertain doubt as to the correctness
of the assertion that the law was not con-
Stitutional.
Justice Cole remarked that he was in
cHned to dispose of the case on the Ques-
ton of Mrs. Mackey's present condition,
and to leave out the constitutioAality of the
law, as to which the court expressed no
opinion. Assuming that the proceedings
were irregular-as to that the court did not
express an opinion-if the state of the ev-
ldence be such that she ought not to be de-
tanned, she should be dismissed, and JUS
tee Cole announced that be was inclined to
make that ruling. She has passed through
much trouble. which, Justice Cole said, no
doubt seriously affected her mind. The
physicians We're unquestionably right, so
said the court. in thinking Mrs. Mackey not
of sound mind.
I have no doubt she is not violent" con-
cluded the court, land as long as she is
not, such cases are better treated without
than within an asylum. Inasmuch as the
,enoency or the evidence is to show that
Mrs. Mackey is not dangerous, and mas
much as her relations with her husband
seem to be such that they are agreeable to
ner, l nave no hesitation in discharging her
anu anu ietllng her take her own course as to
who should be her custodian"
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His Dog Condemned Him,

A thief in Paris, being chased by the po-
lice, threw away during his flight the purse
he had stolen, and was in a fair way after
being taken to the police station of being
allowed 20 go free for lack Of suffi cient evi-
dence to hold him, when his faithful dog
which he had trained to fetch and carry
trotted into the station wagging it's tail
and with the missing purse in its mouth
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Pineappies and the Finger Nails

The juice of the green and growing pine
apple IS accredited in Java the Philippines
and throughout the far east generally with
being a blood poison of a most deadly ma
ture. Ii Is said to be the substance with
which the Malays poison their kreeses and
daggers, and also the ''fingernair' poison
formerly in use among the aborgine Javan-
ese women almost universally These wo-
men cultivated a nail on each hand to a
long. sharp point. and the least scratch
from one Of these was certain death.
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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS.
C. C. SLOAN & CO, AUCrIONEERs.

ADMINISTRATORS SALE OF LARGE STOCK
OF GROCERIES,, PROV ISIONS AND FIXTURES
IN SlDitE NO. 1901 5 SfisFEf NORTH WEST.
On SATURDAY, OCTOBER THIRTEENTH, 1900,
AT TEN O'CLOCK AM, L Will offer for sale on
the premises by auction entirety the stock OF
groceries and provisions ice box ard fixtures in the
1901 S street northwest, together with
II horse and wagon, belonging to the estate of Ed
ward j. Compton, deceased
HENRY W. SDHON, Administrator,
oc103t Fendall Building, 344 ID st. NV.
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THos. J. OWEN, AUcTIoNEER, els ST NV


TRUSTEES SALE OF THAT VALUABLE LOT
AT THE INTERSECTION OF COLUMBIA
ROAD, WYOMING AVENUE AND NINE
TENTH STREET NV.
BY virtue of a decree Of court in Equity No 21262
the undersigned trustees will sell, at public auc-
ton in front Of the premises, on MONDAY GC-
TOBER FIFTEENTH 1909. at HALF-PAST FOUR
O'CLOCK PM, the following described lands and
premises, situate in the county of Washington
District Of Columbia: All that part Of lot one Of
Morgan's subdivision Of Widows Mite and Oak
Lawn, and lying Immediately west of a line paral-
lei and distant ninety feet from the east side Of
Nineteenth street. and abutting the north line of
Noerr's recorded subdivision OF Oak Lawn, said
triangular part having base Of g.. 60 feet and an
altitude of 81 10 feet.
Terms of sale: One-third cash. balance in one and
years, with interest, secured by deed of trust
the property or all cash. at purchasers option.
deposit of 500 required said property at time
Of sale. COnveyancing. recording and revenue
stamps at purchasers cost. Terms of sale to be
complied with within ten days of SALE the
trustees the right to resell the property at
risk and cost of defauting purchaser. after five
days previous advertisement of such resale in
newspaper published in Washington.
JOHN B. LARNER,
Adams Building. TrIste tee.
MASON y. RICHARDSON.
oc3 -d&ds Fendall Building. Trustee.
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oc10. 0.13,1S
rHos J. OWEN, AUCr., s1s F ST. NV.

TRUSTEES SALE OF TWO STORY FRAME
HOUSE NO. 1741 A STREET SOUTHEAST
BY virtue of deed OF trust. dated December /,
1897, and duly recorded in Iiber No 1856 at folio
21l ct seq, of the land records Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia and by direction Of tine party
secured thereby the undersigned trustees will sell
1900 AT HALF PAST THREE O'CLOCK PM
in front OF the premises, part of original lot Is In
square 1887 together with the improvements
thereon.
Terms easy and made known at time Of sale
JOHN McILVEEN
CHAS. NJ McCLAY.
oc10,131S Trustees
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THOs. J. OWEN. AUCr, e1s F ST. NV.

TRUSTEES SALE OF TWO STORY FRAME
HOUSE IN ALLEY BETWEEN X AND S.
18TH AND 18TH STREETS NORTHWEST.
BY virtue OF a deed Of trust, dated July l. 1899.
and duly recorded In LAber No. 2433 at folio AZ
ct seq one. Of the land records Of the District Of
Columbia, and by direction OF the party secured
thereby, the undersigned trustees will sell,
SATURDAY, OCTOBER TWENTIETH 1900, AT
HALFPAST FOUR PM, In front OF the prem
ises, lot r. In square 216, together with the i'm
provements thereon.
Terms cash.
o. NJ BRYANT.
JOHN McILVEEN,
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Corn as an AbOrixinal Fond

From the accounts of early explorers and
historians we learn that the aboriginal
methods of preparing corn for food were
many and varied. though all were practiced
substantially alike by the people of South
Central and North America. The fresh ears
were roasted or boiled or the kernels strip
ped from the cob and cooked with beans
This they called msickquatash, from which
came our name 'succotash," as applied to
the same dish
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AUCTION SALES.
TOMORROW.
III. k. Fulton's Auction
Sale of
Unredeermed Pledges.

John Doyle Carmody, Auctioneer.
q. X. Fulton. 8f4 9th st. NV, commencing on
THURSDAY, OCTOBER ELEVENTH. 1900, AT
TEN O'CLOCK A NJ, all the Unredeemed Pledges
in his store which is due years interest or
more, consisting Of DIAMONDS AND PRECIOUS
STONES, SET IN FINE MOUNTINGS, IN EVERY
STYLE OF JEWELRY; GOLD SILVER. GOLD
FILLED AND METAL CASE WATCHES. Plain
Gold Seal and Set Rings Gold Chains, Charms
Lockets and Fobs. Badges, Medals. Studs. Cuf
Buttons. Crn Links, Scarf and Lace Pins, Ear
rings, Bracelets, Spectacles, Eyeglasses Solid Sill
yer and Plated Ware. Guns Revolvers, Field and
Opera Glasses, Books, Umbrellas. Canes. Dress
Goods Sealskins, Furs, Bicycles OIL Paintings
Musical and Mechanical Instruments and other
numerous articles. Sale to continue morning and
evenings until all lots sold.
II. X. FULTON. Pqwnhroker.
JOHN DOYLE CARMODY. Auctionesf- oc2-9t
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JAMES W. RATCL1FFE. AUCTIoNEER

VALUABLE BUILDING LOT ON PATH STREET
BETWEEN l. AND NJ STREETS NORTH
WEST
On THURSDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER
ELEVENTH.. 1900, AT HALF PAST FOU X
O'CLOCK. will offer for sale, by public auction,
In front Of the premises, the south "a 57100 feet
front OF lot i, in square 81, containing in all
about 2.797 square feet, making two desirable
building sites, suitable for fat.
Terms easy and made known at sale; S1O0 de-
posit acceptance of bid terms to be complied
with In fifteen days; all conveyancing stamps
etc. at purchasers cost.
oc3-d&ds JAMES w RATCLIFFE. Auct.