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DUE TO LOSS OF NERVE.
UnaccOuntable Fright Which Sefzes
Upon Trick Performers.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
zoe Stark. the trick cyclist, who was
killed doing a high dive in New York the
other day, Travelled for a season with Da-
Wis circus" said young man who is now
in the city attending the race meet. 81
was with the show at the same time, on
the business staff. and I got to know Joe
very well. I see by the papers that his
death was due to miscalculation of over
thirty feet in the dive. and the reporters
ere wondering how in the world he could
have made such a blunder. To any one
acquainted with performers of his class,
however, the thing Is no mystery. They
are all subject to queer spells of panic,
that come without any particular reason
and unfit them temporarily for business
If man persists In doing his act at such
a time the consequences are altogether a
matter Of chance. and, the majority of the
accidents within my. recollection have been
attributable to that cause While was in
the show business witnessed several strik-
Ing instances Of this !, mysterious loss of
nerve. perhaps the most remarkable being
that of little Englishman who did a very
sensational act on the flying trapeze. He
had two bars suspended at opposite sides
of the ring, about forty feet from the
ground No. and finished hS performance with
slang Of the circus. don't know where
the word comes from, but In doing the
turn the gymnast swings as far as he
can on one trapeze, let's go. throws a SOM
ersault and catches the, other, the danger
depending on the distance he travels
''The Englishman was a slow-spoken,
rather stupid little fellow. who had been
brought up in the ring, and was as nearly
destitute Of emotion as anybody I ever saw.
His habits were excellent, like those Of
most professional athletes. and he did his
work with a mechanical precision that al
most excluded the possibility Of mishap.
One night his helper got drunk. and went
with him to the little aerial platform from
which he took his long swing for the pur-
pose Of holding back the bar while he got
ready to launch himself into space. AS
was busying myself with the ropes heard
him groan, and. looking around. was thun-.
derstruck to see him as white as sheet
and trembling like q man with the ague.
What's wrong. Fredr whispered 7Oh,
Lordr he said between his teeth. I'm just
In funk, an awful funk! I was so as
tonished could hardly credit my senses,
but realized that something would have
to be done to prevent q fasco that would
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de2<-l0t
rHes J. OWEN SON. AUcTs. sls ST NV.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE UNIM-
PROVED PROPERTY ON THE CONDUIT

PROVED PROPERTY ON THE CONDUIT
ROAD NEAR GEORGETOWN
By virtue Of a decree. passed November 10, 1900.
and amended December 3. 1900, in Equity Cause
No. 21l25. entitlyd WEST END NAT. OVAL BANK
,s., iar I tas .
Of the premises on SATURDAY THE TItTH
PM. an undivided half interest in lots one.
two. three and nine, In Jones subdivision OF Har-
lem; in the county Of Washington; District OF Co
corded in Lbcr Governor Shepherd, at folio 127
Of the records Of the surveyors Office Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia. Said lots will be sold as u
whole or separately, as may be determined at tho
sale.
Terms OF sale; One-th!rd cash, one-third in one
yeer and ouc-third in two years, or all cash at
the optioa Of the purchaser. deposit Of one hum
dred and lffy dollars tSl5o) 20 be made on each
purchase at the time Of sale. and deferred pay
mehts. II amy. to be represented by notes Of the
purchaser purchasers. secured by deed Of trust
upon premises sold and to bear interest at the
rate OF per cent per annum payable scmi-annunl-
y. Terms Of sale 20 be complied with within ten
days, or premises may be rcsoId at risk aud cost
Of tsfanltins purchaser. COnveyancing. recording
and revenue stamps at the cost Of the purchaser
JACKSON II. RAI.STON. Trustee
Loan aud Trust builaine
HENRY W. SOHON, Trustee, -.
or1i-end&ds Bendau bldg, ~ and D sta
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workman who was repairing the roof
Of railway station near Interlaken, switz-
erland, slipped, and, finding himself falling.
Jumped in order to escape being impaled
on the railing below. At this moment.
however. an express train happened to be
passing, and the man landed on the roof
OF carriage. to which he desperately
clung.
He was carried in this position to the
next station, four miles away, before the
train stopped, and the unfortunate man,
who. though severely shaken, but not hurt,
was enabled to descend from the roof.
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FLTL RE DAfs.


JAMES W RAl.LTFE, AUCTIONEER.
CHANOERY SALE OF FRAME HOUSE NO. 9l5h
q STREET SOUTHWEST
By virtue of certain decree passed in equity
cause No. 2l55S, and known the docket thereof
as Leonard Mackall vs. Edward Chase ct al pend
ing in the Supreme Court of the District OF Column
hia the undersigned trustees will sell public
ton. in front of the premises. TUESDAY,
EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY, 1901, AT FOUR
O'CLOCK IN. all that certain piece parcel of
land and premises. situate In the city of Washing
ton District Of Columbia, known and described as
the west half bv the full depth thereof Of lot
bered six 90, in uare number three hundred and
eight nine (3S9l, improved 10y small frame house,
No. 9151a G street southwest, Washington, ID. c.
Terms of sale One-third OF the purchase money
will he required In cash. and the remainder in equal
inStallments and two years, with interest at
the rate of six per mt per annum, all cash, at
the option of purchaser deposit of 5000 will be
required ut time of sale, and tie terms her of
he complied with within ten days thereafter the
trustees the right resell, at the risk and
cost of default. ing purchaser Such other Informal
ton as may be desired will be furnished time Of
sale, or application to either of the trustees.
LEO SIMMONS Trustee,
1I1G + ST. NV.
JAMES W. GREER, Trustee
fe2T-d&ds $40 Ind. ave. NV.
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AUCTION SALES.
THIS AFTERNOON.
q. @. SLOAN Co. AUcrIoNEERE. 14o7 81


TRUSTEES SALE OF THREE VALUABLE
BUILDING LOTS ON SOUTH SIDE OF NJ
STREET BETWEEN 9Th AND 7TH STREETS
NORTHEAST.
BY virtue of u certain deed Of trust duly recorded
In Liber No. $50. folio 361 ct seq, of the land
records Of the District OF Columbia, and at the re-
quest of the party secured thereby. the undersign
ed as surviving trustee win sell. at public aSc-
tion, In front Of the premises, on FRIDAY THE
TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF DECEMBER, AID
1900 AT FOUR O'CLOCK PM, the following de.
scribed land and premises, situate In the city Of
ignated as and eing lots 1853. 100 and isl OF Cam.
s55 as per plat recorded in Liber l6 folio Is, In
the Office Of he surveyor of the District Of Column
bia. The lots will be sold separately.
Terms of sale One third in cash, and the hal
ance in two equal installments, payable In one and
two years. with interest at six 49, per centum per
annum. payable semi annually, from day of sale
for which notes OF purchaser to be given. secured
by deed OF lust upon the property sold, or all
cash. at the option Of the purchaser. deposit of
500 each lot may be required OF the purchaser
at the time # sale. All conveyancng. recording
stamps and notarial fees the cost of the
purchaser. Terms of sale to be complied with
within ten days from day of SALE otherwise the
trustee reserves the right to resell the property at
the risk and cost of the defaultlng purchaser
CHARLES EARLY. Surviving Trustee.
de17-d&ds 6l5 14th st. NV.
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WALTER r. WILLIAMS 4 CO., AUCTIONEERs
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE RESIDENCE
PROPERTY ON THIRTEENTH STREET
NORTHWEST, BEING HOUSE NUMBERED

PROPERTY On THIRTEENTH STREET
NORTHWEST, BEING HOUSE NUMBERED
1873
Under and by virtue Of certain deed Of trust to
us, bearing date March %, 1893, and duly recorded
In Liber 1888. folio 431 ct seq. Of the land
ords Of the District Of Columbia. and Of decree
of the Supreme Court Of the District of Columbia,
in equity cause numbered 21762, and at the re-
quest Of the parties secured, we, the undersigned
trustees win sell, at public auction, in front Of
the premises, THURSDAY, THE THIRD DAY
OF JANUARY, A D. 1901. AT HALF-PAST FOUR
of land and premises, situate in the city Of Wash
ington, District of Columbia, and known and dis.
tineuished and being lot numbered two CT OF
Alfred 81. Lees subdivision Of lots In square num-
bered two hundred and eighty (280), together with
all the improvements thereon, consisting Of brick
dwelling, numbered 1913 18th street northwest.
Terms Of sale: One third Of the purchase money
stallments, payable in one and two years from
day Of sale, with interest at the rate OF six per
centum per annum. payable quarterly, secured by
deed of trust on the property sold, or all cash,
the option OF the purchaser. deposit OF two hun
dred {S200) dollars will be required ut the time
Of sale. All conveyancing and recording. including
revenue stamps, at purchasers cost. Terms Of
sale to be complied with within ten days from day
of sale, otherwise trustees the right to re-
sell at the risk and cost Of the defauiting pur-
- GEORGE "a. FLEMING, Trustee,
THOMAS P. WOODWARD trustee.
CHAs. LINKINs, MeGfn bldg.
Attorney for Parties Secured. de24-dkds
81. RDSENBGkG 8 CO.,
AUCTION HOUSE, ITO 1rH ST. NV.
19s1en md aotiaus furniture Of all kinds ho1xss
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! eea ct q land
signed trustees viii otrer for sale. BY public
e af shs sespf pY OF
A.D. 1901. At HALF-PAsT FOUR O'CLOCK Pm
the following described real estate situate in the
The south ore-half Ga Of lot numbered one ~. and
all Of lot numbered two t2) in Dasid shoemaker's
dred and si1tysix (5e6, per plat liz SOCK y. K.
folio 1885, in the surveyors Office OF said District:
beginning at the southeast corner Of said lot and
Of said square, and running thence west on +
street forty +Sl feet thence north enc hun
dTa and 900 feet to ey @ as:
thence east twenty four t2N feet 10 I'd street:
thence south sixty l6O feet to the beginning. TO-
This property Will be s9l d In separate parcels
IN rH,,rsn.v THE MIN nav or 1ay1,Any
AID. 1901. AT HALF-PAsT FOUR O'CLOCK PM.
the following described real estate. situate in the
Ali Of 10, NUMBERED eighteen as. the south one.
half ~ OF lot numbered seventeen do the north
Sc q lot ns1s the and po ;ss
south one half 90 Of lot numbered eleven nD. in
Mary Coz subdivision g square numbered two
p. folio Isl. 10 the surveyors ONCE Of the said
District together with all the improvements.
parcels.
Terms: On each parcel one-thfrd cash, tie bal
day Of sale at the nate Of .x per cent per snnuin
secured by deed Of trust % the properly sold. or
M sh at the Spsn : Il the pas or 1s
compiled with in IS days from day Of sale the
trustees reserve right resell tire property At
the risk and cost OF the defaulting purchaser or
purchasers after days advertisement Of ssch
ID. q An ssnveyancing. cramps &e.. at The Dur.
WIZ ~fIE1s Z f I. nsssSsxr.
0EG4-9AnD xSV0e0ok
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Subscribers will confer q favor if they
will notify the Office Of the failure Of the
carrier to ring the door bell when The Star
Il delivered.
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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS.
JAMES W. RADCLIFFE, AUCTIONEER
Very Desirable Real Estate
Nos. 1901 and 1908 18TH
Street NV.
FUTURE DAYS.

BY AUCTION.
On MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY SEW
ENTH, 1901, AT HAI4FPAST -FOUR O'CLOCK, I
will offer for sale, by order of the owner,
LOTS AND 3 IN SQUARE 305.
This property is situated IN one OF the best
lions OF the northwest, and should command the at
tention of parties In search of an investment.
Terms liberal and stated at the time of sale
5000 required upon acceptance Of bid. Terms to he
complied with in 10 days. All conyeyancing
stamps, ETC., at the purchasers cost.
de2S-d&ds JAMES w. RADCLIFFE. Auct.
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deSS-d&dS
THOS. J. OWEN & son, AUCTIoNEERs,
913 + st. NV.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
DWELLING PROPERTY, NO. 213O III
STREET

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
DWELLING PROPERTY. NO. 2I3O ~
STREET NV
By virtue of certain deed of trust, recorded in
Liber 22ee folio PIP ct seq, one of the land rec
ords of the District of Columbia, will sell at
RHbIle auction IN front Of the premises on
l lsSl at HALF '; FOUR O'CLOCK PM. the
Of Washington, District Of Columbia: Part Of lot
twenty six (26), In Campbell Carrington's subdi-
vision of original lot fifteen Q5) in square seventy
nine 40, per plat recorded In Liber r. L. H.,
folio o. Of the records Of the Office of the surveyor
Of the District OF Columbia, the said part Of lot
twenty-si (26) having frontage of seventeen and
forty-eght hundredths GAS feet by a depth Of
one hundred 400 feet together with the improve
ments, consisting Of three-story brick dwelling,
No. 213O ''H' street northwest.
Terms Of sale: One third cash, balance in equal
terest at five o. per cent per annum., payable
deed Of trust upon property sold, or all cash, at
dred 5000 dollars will be required at time Of
cording at purchasers cost Terms to be complied
with within ten Gays of sale, otherwise the trus-
the eight to resell the property at the
risk and of the defauting purchaser, after five
days notice of such resale in some newspaper pub
CHAs p STONE,
CHAS W. FAIRFAX,
deco q % "a, 20 n, %, g, 81 ja1,2,3 Trustees
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JAMES W. RADCLIFFE, AUCTIoNEER.

JAMES W. RADCLIFFE, ACCTlONEER.
Peremptory sale of 5
Horses, s Delivery Wagons
and 5 Sets Harness, used
at a department. store dur
ing the Christmas hoIi=
days, to be sold by public
auction, i'm front of my
salesrooms, ON Saturday
morning, December 29th,
at ~ o'clock M.
Terms cash.
de26-d&dbs JAMES W. RADCLIFFE Auct.
UNITED STATES MARSHAL'S SALE.-BY VIR-
tue Of a writ of feri facias issued cut of the
clerks office of the Supreme Court the District
of Columbia and to me directed. l will sell.
public sale, for cash, at the auction ~
James W. Radcliffe 900 Pa. avenue NV. Wash
ington, d. C.. at ELEVEN O'CLOCK AM. SAT-
URDAY. DECEMBER TWENTY NINTH 1900 u
lo- of Gentlemens Clothing. Overcoats. Furnish
ings. etc, seized and levied upon the property
NJ 4374S In favor of Beno r. Baron Herman.
AULICk PALMER, L. s. Marshal. II. W. SoiIoN.
Attorney. JAMES W. RADCLIFFE. Auctioneer.
dt19 90 26SSS4t
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FUTURE DAYS.
JAMES W. KATCL1rFE, AUcTIoNEER.

Trustees Sale of very wall
uabie real estate: One
history Brick Store, No.
POI r street northwest;
ONE l=story Brick, NOW
used as a restaurant, No.
6O4 I'd street northwest;
ONE 3=story Frame House,
No. 2O3 IF street north
west; four 2=story Frame
Houses, Nos. l4O4, 1906,
l4O8and nA14 18TH street
northwest also Vacant
Lot ON 18TH street north
west between D and p
streets, to be sold Inn sep
arate parcels.
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n. hU0kkNb GHG - CO.,
AUCTION HOUSE, no 7TH ST. NV
Modern snd antique furniture Of All kinds hoExAs
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fe2T-d&ds


H. W.
JAMES W. GREER Trustee
f.2T-d&ds $40 Ind ave. NV.
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Sowing Grass Seed with Grain.

Sowing OFAA8 SOOO WIN Gr8kns .
The sowing of grass seed with grain
is an old practice that still survives.
1t has some things in, it's favor and
some things against it. 1t used to be
thought that the grain helped the grass
seed to "catch," and that the young
grass was helped by the protection It
received from the grain. This, how
ever, is not regarded as a reason to be
given consideration in the growing Of
a grass crop. So far as best growth is
concerned there is little doubt that the
grass that is given the entire field will
do the best. 1t will get the sunlight
and moisture from the first and will
make a far better growth than whom
dwarfed and shaded by grain.
The only point to receive attention
should be that of economy. Which is
most profitable, to grow the grass alone
or with grain? If the grass is grown
alone there is the expense of blowing.
narrowing, seeding and the rent of the
land for a year. If it is sown with
grain the grain crop must bear the ex-
pense of the tillage and sowing. When
Lu6 grain 10 cut OIL Lu0 grass is SLlll
growing and will make a good sod be-
fore winter sets in. There has been
something lost in the grass crop for
the first year, but there is a saving in
the expense. This is the course still
being followed by a good many of our
farmers and it is yet to be demon
strated that it is not as good a course
as the other. 1t is true that the grass
being shaded is not as strong as if it
had grown in the open sun and air
from the first. But when the grain is
cut, if it be spring-sown grain, the heat
Of the summer will be past and the cool
days of autumn at hand. The grass will
receive the autumn rains and will COW
er the ground with it's leaves and fill
the ground with it's interlacing roots
before snow falls. In the spring there
is a meadow ready at hand. If the
farmer can only resist the temptation
to keep his stock off the grass in the
fall he will be doing we'll.
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horses, sheep and cattle. With half
way proper care and treatment from
year to year such lands would still
be giving good results.
AS soon as a meadow begins to run
out it begins to get weedy. 1t is then
of little use to try to recover the form
err conditions by manuring. 1t is far
easier to pillow the ground and put it
into some crop that will require work
ing Of the ground. In some localities
such meadows are turned over and re-
seeded at once with grass seed, but
this requires a good deal Of work with
the plows, cultivators and harrows.
The soil that has not been turned over
for some years has a strong tendency
to remain in Jumps and clods, espe-
cially If the sod is still quite thick.
The most simple way to renew the
land is to put it into some crop other
than grass and keep it SO for a num-
Der of years. If it can be put into
some crop that is to be heavily ma
sequent grass crops. Rotation, how
ever, is not a necessity to the meadow.
In Europe meadows are kept perma-
nently in grass and it is said that the
oldest ines are the best. This result,
however, is obtained by systematic ma
mails. No attempt is made to make the
meadow produce both a hay crop and
serve as a pasture.
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Charles Black says: Many trees
have every care but pruning, and this
is a great mistake. Trim while the
tree is young, as if left till late the
limbs become large and it is a great
check to the tree. The growth and
habit of each variety must be consid-
cred when pruning. March and April
are the best months. If trimmed in
winter, cut with long stubs, and cut
them close in May or June, and they
will heal over quickly. Pruning while
the tree is dormant induces wood
growth, but in sumner induces fruit
growth. In pruning Kieffer pears, trim
the first year to 10 or IL inches, Sec
ond year cut out all surplus branches
and head in all limbs a foot if they
have made much growth; in this way
the fruit will set in center of tree m
not break the limbs. Other slow grow
ing trees will not need such severe
pruning as the Kieffer. The ounce
needs severe annual pruning, leaving
the young wood on the main branches.
The apple should not be so severely
pIuhSu oS IAC peal anu ounce, DuC
should be trimmed annually, commenc-
ing with the young tree. There is no
fruit that needs more thinning-out in
the head than the apple, giving the
light an opportunity to get in and
color the fruit. The inside wood of the
peach that is not needed should be cut
out in June, and in some cases thin
the fruit in this way. The plum needs
little if any pruning after it gets to
bearing, as it makes little if any woou
after that time. IN <mall fruits cut
out the old and dead bearing wood in
winter, but do not cut back the bear
ing canes till the growing season.
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worn-out Grass Fields.

1t does not pay to keep fields in grass
long after they have ceased to be
profitable. One has but to ride through
almost any part of our country in June,
even in the good years for grass to see
some meadows that utterly fail to pro-
duce the crops they should. If the
meadows could make themselves un-
derstood they would tell us that they
have been run down by constant crop
ping without putting anything back,
and have been also further sinned
against by being trodden hard by
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We hear a great deal about plants
running out" but we believe this to
be an unnecessary fate of any variety
of plants. Some of our best scientists,
notably Professors Burrill and COT,
declare hat plants do not run u in
the sense meant. Plants may lose their
vitality through wrong methods OF
handling them, and this loss Of vital
ity is what some people denominate
running out. The popular idea is that
at time of first introduction the vaTie-
ties of potatoes, strawberries and SO
on have a certain amount of force
stored up in them, and that the more
force drawn upon, till in a few years
it has been exhausted, and the planter
has to look about him for a new and
vigorous variety.
The whole assumption is wrong.
Plants do not have a certain amount
of. energy to last them for just so
much growth. With proper handling,
plants will not run out. 1t is bad man
agement, and that. alone, that brings
the result mentioned. Vitality once
exhausted a be restored by good
management and good feeding OF
plants. 1t need not be exhausted at
all if care is taken to properly select
and care for plants or seed or tubers.
Some of the varieties Of potatoes that
were growing a generation ago are still
found growing as vigorously as they
ever did.
However, the exhaustion Of the vi
tality of plants is common, and it Is
frequently cheaper to purchase a new
variety than to attempt to restore the
vitality of the old. The time will come
when we will so fully understand the
needs of the plants we grow that, they
will not run OUT,
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Undaunted by the verdict of other
communities rs to the immortality of
Alphonse Daudet's "Sapho'' in it's
dramatic form, the citizens of one
western town evidently adhere to the
theory that seeing is believing. The
chief of police and his captains, the
police judge, the mayor and divers
members of the w. C. T. u. occupied
front seats at a "Sapho" performance
in the strict line of duty, of course.
This method of censorizing alleged i'm
moral plays may be destined to become
extremely popular. 1t smacks a good
deal of the Parkhurst method of pay
ing midnight visits to the Bowery
hootchy-kootchy establishments in
the interest of purity. In other words,
it gives pious people a chance to sam
pie forbidden fruit under the pretext
of caring for public morals, and that is
a temptation difficult to resist.