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WHAT THE BOY GOT.
Response to His Letter Not What He
Had Hoped For.
& Commercial Advertiser.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
"well, he said, you have all read such
stories as that about the little boy who
wrote TO the German Emperor asking for
old postage stamps for his collection, and
who received in answer a large envelope
full of rare stamps. They are all very
sweet stories and they ma be quite true.
/ don't know about that. But / know a
true story about a boy in Canada who
tried that game, and he'll never try 1t
again.
His parents were not poor. but he used
TO make pocket money by taking a round
of newspapers. you know. He fell Ill and
got in debt to his newsdealer some way.
/ don't rem-ember-except that he wrote
10 Lord Salisbury. asking for five dollars,
and inclosed a bill for the newspapers.
He had been reading those stories about
the German Emperor, / suppose. He
should have had the money by return mail
according to precedent, but it didn't work
out that ~way-quite.
Lord Salisbury's secretary prepared TO
investigate. He copied out the boys letter
and the newspaper bill carefully on the
official government foolscap, tied the two
together with the official red ~tape-they
don't use paper fasteners. you know-and
forwarded them TO the Hon. Joseph Cham
berlain. who was visiting at the time with
his wife's relatives in New England re-
questing that the be forwarded
to the proper authorities for a report.
Chamberlain's secretary sent all the CORE
spondence TO the lieutenant governor OF
Ontario. with a similar request. The secre-
tary Of the lieutenant governor added his
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SAW HousToN.s SECRET.
why He Left His Wife and Joined
the Cherokee Is n Mystery.

William Perrine. in Ladies' Home Journal.
"A mystery in which the American peo-
pie were once deeply concerned was tina
which Swallowed the life of one of the most
remarkable characters of the country. In
1879 Samuel Houston. or, as he called and
signed himself, Sam" Houston. was Gov
ernor of Tennessee. IT was in the midst of
a campaign for reelection to the guberna-
torial chair that Tennessee was startled
by a report that he had resigned his Office.
He had been married to the daughter of an
influential family; three months afterward
she returned 10 her fathers house, and her
husband resolved to pass the rest of his
life in the wilderness.
Houston betoOk himself to the tribe of
Cherokees in the Indian Territory: he
adopted their costume, appearing in all the
.trappings of an Indian brave. letting his
hair grow down his back, and visiting
Washington with a buckskin hunting shirt,
yellow leggings, a huge blanket and turkey
feathers around his head. No one could
induce him to reveal the secret of his meta
morphosis and his abandonment of the
WAYS and habits of civilization. He mar
ried again after he emerged from his In
dian life, and he lived to be an old man,
dying in the mids of the civil war. but no
one was ever able to persuade him to UNI
lock the mystery of his life. Nor would his
first wife, who also married again, throw
any light on the mystery.
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nothing at longer distances. Twice have
seen the South African Light Horse under
heavy rifle fire. as rmles as il was heavy
three or four men hit out of three OF four
hundred. Compare this with the shooting
of the Basingers In our seareba at Gubat.
where they wiped out every man who stood
on his feet. / have already told you how
was missed at close range by twenty or
thirty rihemen, and, on the whole. j don't
think the Boer army * above our average
In shooting. Where they are facile prin-
cepes is at mounted infantry work, at seiz-
Ing and abandoning or reinforcing a posi-
ton. as necessity may compel; their tena-
cfous clinging 20 a place they know TO be
necessary 10 their safety and their sure
eye for such a position.
Indeed, against q slowly moving army
Xix ours. whose precise tactics compel US
10 shift In a slow manner. hey are very
formidable. Each good Boer is "A general
IN himself. each pile OF stones he shoots
from a fortress in itself. A commando of
800 men In a good position means 800
1Ortresses to be taken. Then the Beers
let on their ammunition unstintingly as
far as they can see. They shoot, not be-
cause they think they will LIT anything.
but for the very good reason that moth
Ing demoralizes an enemy more than bull
lets coming from an unseen rifle. Indeed,
the Beers produce great moral effect with
their little bullets. They are very busy at
1900 yards Will bet any man that he
Will not walk twenty yards slowly across
a bit OF flat ground under hre from the
Beers at 300 yards range and whistle
God Save the Queen at the same time.
IN any one accepts my bet he will see what
he will see.
What AFFORDS the Beers most gIee is our
regular cavalry. Indeed. IL does present a
1udicr0us appearance in this country of
stones and kopjes- / often wonder what
would happen 10 a regular cavalry brigade
II surprised. armed as they are with lance,
saber ard carbine. The untidy BOer horse
man. with mis- graSs-fed pony. lOpes along
quite regardless Of his formidable looking
adversary. If the lancer attempts violence
the BOcr dismounts and shoots. Our
colonial cavalry is a little better, but they
suffer considerably from their want of
knowledge OF horses. Even they are no
match for the Boer at the game of hide
and seek Fortunately, they are brave and
have a general, not yet eradicated. con-
tempt for the D~utchman, and often achieve
by audacity what they would be unable
10 accomplish If their usually willy enemy
did not think them as formidable as they
look Their work In Natal. however, can
not be sufficiently extOlled. II is one of
the most pleasing features of the cam
paign- IL is almost certain that our cav
airy will have 10 be differently trained:
at all events, armed with a long rife. The
day Of sharp action is practically over.
Those vast plains of Germany and Aus
trfa. where Murat's legiOns Numbered to
victory. are now intersected with wire
fences"
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PIG. 2I, 223 East Washington Street, Directly Opposite Courthouse.

in fourteen hours a day, and instead OF re-
warding him by giving him more work to
do simply because he will do 1t and not
complain. reward him by showing him
into the vacant position he intended to
give to his nephew. cousin or friend: Or,
if he won't do hat. at least he should not
blame him if he becomes discouraged at
times and gives voice to the disgust that
has been %devouring him inwardly for
many days. | have seen many a clerk Dy
a few unthinking words, a single sentence,
il may be, lose the favor of their superiors,
and years Of earnest effort not be suffi-
cient to regain il.
1t depends largely upon the point of
view, and a successful man may find II
hard to see where favor or even good for
tune aided his rise in any way, but 1 feel
certain that so many things go to make
up success that it is hardly just TO hold
that any one thing may be said to operate
against it. while it is also true that many
an intelligent and ambitious young man
fails through lack of influence, self-asser-
ton and brass"
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THROUGH CHINESE EYES.
Philadelphia Times.

Il iiiduCipiid iLit
All the American woman! Now, that is
a great subject. She is so many things,
so different from the women of other ma
tions, especially of my own, and there
are so many things which might be said
about her that one scarcely knows where
to begin. And then might not one get him
self into trouble if he said anything that
she objected to? i am a little more afraid
of the American woman than of the Ameri-
can man.
To me there is no more interesting char
acteristic of the American woman Than
her dress. There must be a reason for the
way In which the women of this country
and Europe clothe themselves. There is
the low-necked evening gown and the dis
play of bare arms, and the long trailing
skirt, which is worn, | observe, even on
the streets. / suppose that TO Americans
this style of dress appears correct. You
are accustomed TO seeing women dressed
in the way they do at evening parties,
dinners and receptions. To you probably
there is nothing suggestive in this, But
what is the reason for American ladies
dressing in this way? What is the history
of the evening dress? Where did ii origi-
nate? Who first introduced this style? Is
the evening dress worn for beauty of ef-
feet, for GOODNESS. for convenience or from
a sense of feminine modesty?
i have often wondered at the reason for
the American costume. Your people, who
are progressive in everything, have, / be-
lieve. started a dress reform. h has
become of IL? The WI you accomplish
things here is by calling together a great
convention and deciding what is to be
done. Why do you not call a great conven-
ton and have your experts decide what Is
the best thing in dress for women. and for
men as we'll? Surely there are improve
ments which could be made even In Ameri-
can dress.
For example. IL the corset Is harmful, IL
IL cramps the body and impedes the free
circulation of the blood, |. could be loos-
ened. To me, a woman is beautiful when
she dresses to her natural figure. III she Is
fat, let her dress b~ecomingly and natur-
ally for a fat woman and not try to ap-
pear thin. Ii she is thin, there Is no use OF
her putting on more than nature has given
her in order that she may appear well
rounded. She is pretty when her natural
self, IL she is pretty at all.
AS for the clothes that the men wear, IL
seems TO me that they are too tight for
comfort. Your shoes are tight. In China
the men have no corns. Your clothes are
not made for the greatest comfort. They
are not so easy to put on or take of as
ours. In America, l understand, consump-
ton Is one of your most fatal diseases.
And still you leave the chest the most ex-
posed part of the body. Your clothes open
in front and at the neck. where the cold
air. gets ready access to the body. Cou
not a more comfortable and healthy dress
be devised for men?
AS to woman suffrage and as TO the
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will enjoy every luxury. Each of them will
have a room TO himself or herself. with
running water, and their bathrooms VIII
De reserved for their own exclusive use. In
all there Will be fifteen bathrooms In the
mansion. There will be an elevator, oper-
ated by electricity, so that nobody need
walk upstairs unless so inclined. The APP
a person VIII only have to step aboard,
touch the proper button. and find himself
In a moment at the floor desired.
Each member of the Townsend family
Will occupy a separate suite of rooms. Miss
Townsend. for example, will have her
bedroom. her bath and dressing room, and
her study. all devoted 10 her own exclusive
uses. She will share, besides, a boudoir
with her mother. Mr.. Townsend will be as
independent as a bachelor. with HE own
set of apartments. on the third floor will
be four suites for occupancy by guests,
each with its bath and dressing room at
tached. The bathrooms. by the way. will
be fioored and lined with white marble.
and the tubs. of course, will be of porce-
lain.
The stable attached to the Townsend pal
ace will be a wonder in itself. affording
accommodation for ten thoroughbreds. In
one end of the same building will be
housed the heating apparatus by which the
whole of the residential establishment is
cellar under the stable, will be commune
Gated to the dwelling through pipes. and
the management of it will be SO perfect
that even in the coolest weather the tenn
perature of the mansion may be controlled
within a degree Fahrenheit
The house is two blocks west of Dupont
circle and only a few doors away from the
opposite the mansion of the millionaire
Patten sisters.
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SIEGE OF LADYsMITH.
Deaths and Sickness Among Troops
Expenditure of Ammunition
nee Of the Associated Press.

Correspondence OF the Associated Press.
LONDON, April THE last days I'm
Ladysmith are described by a Standard cor
respondent, who gives. from official sources.
these fgures:
"On Nov. 2. when the investment began,
we had q garrison of 572 officers and Il. s24
men. On March /. when the siege was
raised. the garrison was reduced to 400 Off
GERS and 9.761 men. leaving 169 officers and
S.lss men to be accounted for by death and
sickness. When General Butler entered the
town there were in the hospital 1896 Off
GERS and men. of whom 7s were suffering
from enteric fever. 81 from dysentery and
1S9 from wounds. During the four months
from Nov. 2 to March 1 no fewer thar 10. Sos
soldiers. or nearly 20 per cent. of the gar
rison, had been admitted into hospital. to
say nothing OF civilians and others who
lad slight attacks of what doctors called
filth fever or incipient enteric. The ad-
missions fer enteric fever were 1,716. for
dysentery. 1.S57.
..There died OF disease and wounds I'm the
four months GOO men of the garrison and 40
civilians. while. on the lowest average. 140
deaths will probably be recorded against
the patients who remain, raising the total
mortality from disease and wounds TO zoo
among Europeans alone. The deaths from
enteric fever up TO March l were 1893. or
more than 20 per cent. from ~dysentery. III.
- - 1870 cA4 " "O0AA4S - IL
this CHASTITY array OF figures must be added
Is officers and 1913 men killed In action, IL
officers and men killed i'm assaults. sorties
and storming parties. and two officers and
20 men killed by casual bombardment. The
total OF our dead is. therefore,. not less than
1.06S- Nor does the list end here, for we
have had wounded in assault and sorties
- officers and 352 men. and by casual bonn
. officers and a7 men.
Sir George White could not hope to
maintain an equal duel with the enemy's
batteries OF four S~4-pounders and twenty
nine long-range guns and howitzers. The
Beers. according TO the automatic record of
Sir John W~flIoughby, who. with DIR. jane
son, lived in absolute seclusion in the GEN.
ter OF town, fired 1880 shells within the
pegimeter. Our expenditure OF ammunition
did not exceed 4.7S9 rounds, including 3.705
fired by field guns in actions and assaults.
two a. naval guns expended 52i rounds.
the three welve-pounder naval guns. 75
rounds. and the two old-fashiOned howit-
zers. that did excellent service. fired &c
shells made thirty years ago"
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Uses of Glycerine.

New YORK Evening sun.
Pure glycerine, il is said. is an unappre-
ciated substance that would prove wonder
fully useful 10 the h~ousekeeper. For laun-
dry purposes. if one may believe what she
hears, IL is simply invaluable, especially in
the washing of blankets. f~lannels, and. in
deed, all materials for which softened
water is imperative; the quantity TO be
used for such purposes is practically in
hnitesimal, so that il is not -extravagant
For instance, a tablespoonful of the pure
article in a large bucket. in which such
large and curnbrous things as blankets
would be washed, will prove exceedingly
useful. Applied 10 boots, when these have
been impaired by damp, wet or mud, it
prevents cracks and untimely signs of
wear. Ii should be pu; on with a rag over
night. and wiped of before the backing Is
applied in the morning. a teaspoonful of
the same substance added 10 every pound
OF -four used in bread and cake-making is
a great Improvement Both coughs will be
shorter" and the articles. when baked,
keep fresh much longer. Finally. a table,
spoonful OF glycerine TO every pound of
fruit used In making jam Will often do
away altogether with the early crystalli-
cation. which Is the bane OF the thrifty
housekeeper
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good word and passed it along to the may
or Of the town in which the boy lived. The
mayor forwarded the case to the chief Of
police, and the chief of police detailed an
officer to make inquiries. OF course, the
parents were most indignant. de-
clared that the boy had no need of the
money, and vented their Indignation on
their son in the usual manner. The officer
reported to the chief. The chief forwarded
the report. with the original correspond
ence. to the mayor His secretary sent il
II went back finally to Lord Salisbury, or
his secretary. Anyway, that boy got moth
ing out of ii except a spanking. It's true.
/ saw the correspondence-the whole heap
of it-in the mayors office"
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Cooking Morality.
woman's Home Companion.

Poor rations are demoralizing.1 says a
prominent army officer. And IL is true that
shen a man does not get in his food the
stimulating nourishment which his nature
Graves he becomes demoralized and seeks
in other stimulants the satisfaction OF the
craving or his stomach for well-cooked,
nourishing food. A man disappointed In
this meal can console his hunger with
something TO drink. This gives him spas
m0dic activity and fictitious strength for a
brief time. but when the reaction comes
leaves him wGvse OF than ever. Is IL not
correct 20 argue that a breakfast unfail-
ingiy good. composed OF elements that
stimulate and nourish the body, has a
moral as well az a physical beneft7
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Medical CldeSlcS-
III Is a mistake to suppose, because milk
f. a LIQUID food. IL Il at the same time A
drink which is capable OF satisfying the
thirst OF infants. Although milk appeases
hunger. IL makes thirst mCtc intense after
IL has remained some time I'm the stomach
ard digestion OF IL has begun. IL - thirst
which causes healthy. breast-nursed in
fants TO cry for long periods OF time In
many instances. The child would be bene-
fitted In a great many ways N allowed an
occasional drink OF water.
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New Century Caligraph. Densmere
Yost. Standard Typewriters Phone 15s-
UNITED TYPEWRITER AND CO.
East Market and Circle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-23
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DUNCANsoN BROS. AUCTIoNEERs.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATf. NO. 1905 M STREET
NORTHWEST


TRUSTEES, ,S SALE +; yAiGABLE IMrgoyED
NORTHWEST
BY virtue OF certain deed of trust to us, dated
July 10 1898. and duly recorded In Liber No. Posi-
District of Columbia and at the request Of the
party secured thereby. We the undersigned trls-
tees will sell. at public auction, in front of the
premises on FRIDAY. THE TwENTY-THIRD
DAY OF NOVEMBER. 1890. AT HALF PAST
land and premises, situate In the city of Washing
ton In the District IT Columbia and designated
as nd being part of original lot %, In euare
one hundred aud ninety-six 196,, contained within
the same a point in the north line of north NJ
street distant 80 feet inches west from the
southeast corner OF said lot and square, and same
distance westward from the west side of 18th
run west 20 feet 10 inches then run south 20 feet
10 inches. then run east feet 10 inches then run
south 80 feet to said north line Of north street
and then east along said street 1s feet to the
thereon consisting Of a three-story brick dwelling
house.
Terms of sale: One-hrd OF the purchase money
to be paid in cash. and the balance in two eouaI
interest six t6, per centum per annum, paya BILE
semi -annually. from day of sale, secured by deed
Of upon the property sold, all cash. at the
option of the purchaser. deposit of 500 will be
All conveyancing. recording, stamps and notaris.
fees at the cost Of the purchaser. Terms Of sale
to be complied with within ten days from day Of
sale, otherwise the trustees reserve the right to
fauling purchaser. after five days advertisement
CONSTANTINE II. WILLIAMSON
ENOCH l.. WHITE.
Pacific building
Trustees.
NATH'L WILSON. Att,y for Party Secured,
no1Od&ds No 622 -624 F st. NV.
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THOS. ]. OWEN & son, AUCTIoNEERS.
No. 913 F st. NV.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
PROPERTY, BEING THE THREE STORY AND
BASEMENT BRowNSTONE-BASE BAY-wTN-
DOW BRICK DWELLING KNOWN AS 1901
SIXTEENTH ST. NV, WITH TWENTY
FOOT ALLEY IN REAR.
By virtue of a decree OF the Supreme Court OF
the District Of Columbia. passed May L. 1900. in
equity cause No. 2l0l7, wherein Helen NJ. Pendle
ton ct al. complainants. and Angelica p. Did
Ter al. defendants the undersigned trustees.
therein appointed will sell. at public auction. in
front OF the premises MONDAY. DECEMBER
THIRD. 1900. at HALFPAST FOUR O'CLOCK
PM, the following described land and premises,
situate in the city OF Washington, District OF Co.
lumbfa, being lot south la, in square numbered
1913, heretofore known and described parts OF
lots numbered 10 and II, in square numbered 1913,
beginning fer the same at point 1S feet north of
the southwest OF lot 10; thence running
feet wide; thence south along said alley 20 feet.
thence west ITO feet to the place of beginning. II
being the north feet of lot l6, and the south 16
feet of lot II, by depth OF 40 feet, in James f.
corded in Liber c. II. r.. folio 1S9. Of the land
records Of the District of Columbia, together with
the improvements thereon.
Terms of sale. as prescribed by the decree: One
third cash. one-third in twelve months and
third in twenty four months, all cash. the op-
ton OF the purchaser purchasers. the credit por
ton to bear interest the rate OF per cent and
be secured to the satisfaction OF the trustees.
chaser at the time IF sale. Conveyancing, record
ing and revenue stamps at purchasers cost. Terms
of sale to b. complied with within ten days from
the day Of sale, or the trustees the right
defaulting purchaser, after at least five days pre-
vous advertisement Of such resale In some news
paper published IN Washington, d. c.
RICHARD r. BEALL. Trustee.
RoBT PRESTON sHEALEY. Trustee
no16-d&ds 317 4th ST. NV
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JAMES W. RADCLIFFE. AUCTIoNEER.

TRUSTEES SALE OF Is FRAME HOUSES,
SEATON STREET NORTHEAST. ROSEDALE
OR SHERWOOD.
By virtue Of deed of trust, duly recorded in
Liber No 2423, folio 101 ct seq, Of the land rec
ords for the District Of Columbia. and at the re,
trustees will offer for sale BY public aT r in
FOURTH NOVEMBER. A. D: 1900, AT HALE
PAST -FOUR O'CLOCK PM. the following describ-
ed real estate situate In the county OF Washington
District Of Columbia to wit Lots 8. 8. 10, IL, II,
81. IS, 20. 81, &c. IS. 81, as. Sc, 81, as 80. %.
Al %2. As. 49, so and 81 in Mason C. Grasty's SUBJ
division Of block numbered eighteen Qs) in Rose
dale and Isherwood, per plat recorded In County
Book g. page 1. in the surveyors office Of said Dis
trict. together with all the improvements, rights,
etc.
Terms One-third cash, the balance in one and
two years, with interest from the day OF sale at
six per cent per annum, secured by deed of trust
on the property sold or all cash. at the option of
the purchaser. deposit Of 5000 required upon ac-
ceptance of bid. II the terms Of sale not COM
piled with In fifteen days from the day of sale
the trustees reserve the right resell the property
at the risk and cost Of the defaulting purchaser,
after FIVE days advertisement Of such resale in
some newspaper published In Washington, D. C.
All conveyancing, stamps, ETC.. at the cost of the
purchaser
JOHN A. sCHAEFER Trustee
WILLIAM R. MeCLOSKY, Trustee.
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