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CHANCERY SALE OF PREMISES 174e O
STREET NORTHWEST.
By virtue of decree of the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia, passed in Equity cause
No. 221S7. VIII offer for sale. at public auc-
tion, on MONDAY. THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF
OCTOBER. 1901. AT HALF-PAST FOUR
O'CLOCK PM. in front of the premises lot No
POI in 7. f. Schneider's subdivision Of square 1856
In the city Of Washington, together with the Inn.
provements. consisting Of the valuable dwelling
house known No. 1749 Q OF. NV.
Terms. prescribed by the decree: One-third
In cash upon the confirmation Of the sale one
third in one year and one-third In two years, with
interest said deferred payments at Der
centum per annum. all cash, at purchasers on
ton. Three hundred dollars must be paid at time
of sale. Terms must be complied with in ten days
after the sale.
ARTHUR A. BIRNEY, Trustee,
Mertz bldg, 11th and sts n w
LEO SIMMONS, Trustee
oc2dts Columbian bldg, 514 5th st. NV
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THos. J. OWEN & SON. AUCTs, sls ST. NV.
TRUSTEES SALE OF A DESIRABLE TWO
STORY. SEVEN-RO0M AND CELLAR BRICK
DWELLING DIV AL, NO; 1851 FOURTH
By virtue Of certain deed Of trust. duly re-
corded in Lber No. 2433. folio 1876. ct seq. one of
the land records for the District Of Columbia and
at the request OF the parties secured thereby, we
will sell at public auction, in front OF the prem
Uses. TUESDAY, OCTOBER TWENTY SECOND
1901 AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM, the
following described land and premises situate In
the county of Washington District Ct Columbia:
Lot No. 80, in Carl Alexander Johnsons subdivision
Of part Of square II. In George Truesdsil's addi-
ton to the city of Washington, rs per plat re-
corded in Liber No. 2433 folio 1876 ct seq one Of
records Of the surveyor Of the District Of CO.
lumbia.
Terms: $500 cash. Of which a deposit Of $50
will be required at time Of SALE Balance to suit
purchaser Terms to be complied with within ten
days from day Of sale, otherwise the property will
be resOld at risk and cost Of defautiny purchaser
after usual public advertisement.
ANDREW WILSON Trustee
sos f ST. NV.
se10-d&ds VIM. ]. FRIZZEII. Trustee.
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DUNCANsoN BROS, AUCTIoNEERS.

STREET souTHEAsT W. "
TOBER, AID 1901. AT FIVE O'CLOCK PM, 1
will SELL front of the premises to settle an es-
tate, half Of lot 2. in square $50. % feet inches
front by 81 feet deep to wide alley, improved by
two-story frame dwelling, No. 914 street se.
Terms: one-third cash. balance in and u
deed Of trust property sold, or all cash, at
option of purchaser. Deposit of 500 required at
time of sale. Terms of sale to be complied with in
oc9-d&ds Attorney for Hers-atLaw.
TRusTEEs SALE OF VALUABLE REAL Es-
TATE, IMPROVED BY A FINE THREE
4DWELLiNG HOUSE. No 2sil FoGRTEE sSilHi
STREET NV. CONTAINING NINE ROOMS
y m Ap d ,EE%SE TO BATH ROOM. KITCHEN
April ?: AID 1896 and recorded in flber Der No o.
District of Columbia, and at the request of the
parties secured thereby, the undersigned will SELL
# PHs HE + shs Rfen pzY or
OCTOBER. AID. 1901. AT HALF-PAsT FOUR
situate the n the eou Of na and
district Of Columbia. and known as lot thirty -one
(3D. in Lester A. Barr and Franklin T. Sanner's
thirty-three (33). Columbia Heights as said subdi-
vision is recorded in the Office Of the surveyor Of
the District Of Columbia. in county book 8. page
Terms Of sale: One-third cash, balance In three
equal installments. payable in one, two and three
years, with interest from the day Of sale at per
cent per annun, payable semi-annually. to be rep
resented by the notes Of the purchaser secured by
at the option of the purchaser. deposit of 500
will be required at time OF sale. All conveyancing
chaser Terms of sale must be Commits, ee with pnI
within ten days after the day Of sale, otherwise
the trustees the right to forfeit the deposit
and to resell at the cost and risk Of defauting
purchaser.
BENJAMIN S. MINOR,
WALTER d. X. BERRY.
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Sale of Horses, Wagons,
Farm implements, Hot
Bed Sash, Steam Boilers,
Pipe, Lumber, etc., at
the FRANK FARM.

On MONDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF
OCTOBER, 1901, AT ONE O'CLOCK P.M.,,I will
sell, by public auceio1, at the above farm situate
on Brentwood road, known Wine Wood HILL
just north of I've City track. the entire Stock
Implements. Sash, ntc.. IS follows: 800 Hot-bed
Wagons. double set Wagon Harness, 2 single
sets Harness, l set Cart Harness, Cart Plows
2 Harrows. Scoops Cultivator. / Double Shovel
/ Moving Machine, / Dain Grinding Mill 1 Seed
Fan. Seed Drill. Wagon Tongues, / Hay Rake
81 boxes Glass, Grindstone. Iron Kettle Flower
Pots, Sash Frames, Greenhouse Strips 2 Steam
Boilers, Stacks. Pumps. Washing Tub, Lumber
Pipe, Junk, etc. etc.
Terms cash
JAMES W. RADCLIFFE Auctfopeer
Take Berwyn cars to 18th st. ne. oc3, 11&I2-3t
G. G. SLOAN & CO.. AUCTIoNEERs. I4o7 G ST
TRUSTEES. SALE OF BUILDING LOT ON y1R.
GINA AVE NEAR PATH ST. NV
By virtue of deed Of trust dated April Is, 1898
recorded in Liber 23g7 folio 237 ct SEQ OF the
land records Of the District Of Columbia and al
the request of the holder Of the note there
by, default having been made In the payment OF
said note, we will offer for sale, at public action
In front Of the premises. on MONDAY. OCTOBER
O'CLOCK PM, the following real estate, namely
sublot K, in square IS, In the city of Washington
d. C..
Terms: One-third cash, the balance In one and
two years. all cash, at the option Of the pur-
chaser. deposit OF 500 will be required at the
time Of sale. II the terms not complied with
in fifteen days the right is reserved resell at the
risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser.
MICHAEL ]. COLBERT. Trustee.
JOHN J. HAMILTON. Trustee.
oc4-d&ds Century Building
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STATION LIST.

Lambert, Lizzie Mrs
Russell. Murray
B.
Saunder. Francis Miss
Southwick. r NJ
Williams. J II Mrs
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CO., ,AUCTIONEERS, 1907 G 81
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). BENSINGER, AUCTIONEER,
$40 La ave. NV.
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MARCUS NOTES. AUcTIoNEER.

THos. J. OWEN 4 SON, Aucts.
se2S. oc1. 49, 8. 10. IL. IL. 10. H. 10. l6&1T
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-07
Detected Through a Bird. Note.


Trites are ever leading to unexpected
results, and an experience of II certain
musician affords further instance of
the value of noticing little things.
The musician in question owned an
ebony flute with silver keys. He val
ued it highly; but, as one of the upper
notes was defective, he seldom used IT,
A young man lodged with the must
clan, and between the two close
friendship existed.
One night the ebony flute disappear
ed, having no doubt been stolen. Sus
picion fell on several persons, but moth
ing could be proved against any of
them. Not long aftcrward the ledger
went to live in Il town few miles Off,
but as the friendship between the two
men still existed they occasionally Wis
tied each other.
Nearly n year afterward the musi-
clan paid his friend visit and was
pleased to find him in possession of n
beautiful bulltinch, Which could dis
Torrance was perfect, with the excep
ton that whenever he came to one high
note he invariably skipped it and went
on to the next.
A little reflection convinced the mu-
sician that the note in which the bull
finch was imperfect was the deficient
note on his lost flute. So convinced was
he that he questioned the eNlodger on
the subject. The latter at once trem-
blingly confessed his guilt and added
that all the bird knew had been taught
to him on the stolen instrument. Stray
Stories.
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clocks with "wheels.v

"Clocks are certainly queer things"
said the man who was tinkering at the
hall clock in suburban house the 9TH
er day. "Thcy get cranky spells just
like people. Sometimes they really act
as though they were bewitched. A
friend of mine had a little clock that
had behaved itself and kept good time
for years. One day it took n notion to
lay off for awhile, and they couldn't
get 1t started again. My friends wife
was cleaning the room several days
afterward, and she took the clock and
laid it down fiat on its back on a chair.
1t started to go at once and licked
away at great rate, but rs soon as
she placed it on end it stopped again.
Well they set it, and for n time 1t act
ed all right as long MS it remained on
Its back. But it soon got cranky again
| and refused to CO. The other day, Just
for fun, they turned it upside down,
and. would you believe 1t, that crazy
clock started off again. Now it only
runs when it is standing on its head,
and they are wondering what new fool
ishness 1t will develop neXt."-Boston
Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-07
Athletic ADDetitca

"The actual amount of good roast
beef that Il table of athletes will con-
sumo" writes Walter Camp in The
Century, sis something appalling to
the uninitiated. Three members of a
Yale football team once went to Cam
bridge to watch n match between Har-
ward and some other team. These
three men stopped Mt a hotel for their
luncheon. Among other things the
spokesman of the party ordered three
portions of cold roast beef. But, SIR
said the waiter, two portions will be
a great plenty for all three of you'
The giant of the party looked up bland
ly ut the servant and said, You bring
the three portions and then watch us
eat it,
when the writer was captain of the
team, long before the days of special
method in management, the eleven
were to play ut Cambridge and, leaving
New Haven the afternoon OF the day
preceding the match, went to Boston
hotel for dinner and the night. Most
of the men We're readily collected at
oie VI WV iuiSc tuDleS, Dul II ceFldlu
rusher, being late had seated himself
at table in a distant part of the din
ing room, and he was told by the man
ager to order his own dinner. That
boys dinner, and 1t is needless to say
that it was without wine came to the
extraordinary total of $13.S5! He was
quite able to play the next day, how
evpr'
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Process. Too Expen.iye.

Warts are curious things. They
come and go mysteriously, although
their going is frequently marked by
cxaspernting delays, and there are al.
most as many infallible cures as there
are warts, the only trouble with these
cures being that they are useless when
applied to the particular wart you hap
pen to have. They are only good for
other peoples.
"In my opinion said Il clubman who
was discussing the subject with u
FREUD one day, "a wart is merely the
outward correspondence Of some men
tai excrescence. Get rid of that, and
it goes away.
Let me give you n bit of my own
experience" lie continued. Last year
went to Europe. For about three
years had had n wart on my little fin
ger, on which had tried everything l
could hear of, but without effect. 1t
only grew larger.
"NVell, in the excitement of preparing
for the trip and of the journey itself l
forgot all about my wart, and when i
looked for 1t about six weeks later 1t
had vanished without leaving the
slightest mark. simply forgot it, and
it had no mental condition to feed on.
see you have one on the back of your
hand. Forget all about it for few
weeks, and it will go away of itself"
"Yes." said the other clubman, shrug-
ging his shoulders, "but l can't afford
to take trip to Europe for the sake of
curing one wart."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-07

The visitor to the Falkland islands
sees a number of what appear to be
weather beaten, moss covered powders
Of various sizes scattered here and
there. On attempting TO turn one over
he is surprised to find that it is anchor
ed to the ground by roots of great
strength. These are not powders. They
are trees. No other place in the world
can show such popularity of forest"
growth. The Falkland islands are ex-
posed TO strong polar wind which rem
ders 1t impossible for trees to grow in
the proper form. Nature has conse-
quently adapted herself to the prevail
ing conditions and produced this
strange form of plant life These "liv-
ing stones" as they are called, are
quite devoid Of grain" and 1t is next
to impossible to cut them up and utilize
them for fuel.
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Journalistic Errors.

do not allude to what are obviously
mere misprints, such as when The
Morning Post announced at the head of
its fashionable intelligence that Lord
Palmcrston had gone down into Hamp-
shire with & party of iiends to shoot
peasants. lut refer to bundcrs due to
Grass ignorance of Il pretentious order.
Perhaps the best instance was when
one of the young lions of The Daily
Telegraph in /; leading article enumer-
atcd the great masters of Greek sculp-
turc as Phidias, PraNiteles and Milo,
ignorant of the fact that Milo is not n
sculptor, but an island.
The Times was even worse when,
installing Prussia for Austria, it de-
voted whole leader to discussing why
Prussia had joined the Zollverein. The
Saturday Review once explained at
great length that the population might
be nourishcd gratuitously on young
lambs If killed unwcancd before they
had begun to crop grass, having there
fore cost nothing to feed. Many other
Instances will doubtless occur to your
readers..-Notes and Queries.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-07

gin Instead OF water. The eharmer
took kindly to the drink and in a short
time rolled out of his chair on to the
floor very drunk and was soon fast
asleep.
1.-THE bag of snakes had not been
thought of up to this time, but it also
fell, and the inhabitants quickly spread
over the floor. In the meantime five
American officers took to the table and.
drawing their feet up, carefully re-
manned there until the snake charmcr
slept off his dose. He snored quietly
while the snakes crawlcd over and
around him, but it was long time be-
fore he finally came to himself, secured
his pets and took them away. We did
not repeat that experiment"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-07
Sewing DONG hx Ants.

Ants are credited with SO many mar
Vicious accomplishments that a new one
must be remarkable to the noteworthy.
Mr.. L. G. Green of Ceylon. an authors
ty upon insect habits. has. however,
made an observation which is well
worth putting on record. He has watch
ed red ants holding grubs in their
mouths and using the web they spin to
repair rent in their nest.
Some leaves which had been fastened
together by the ants were separated by
Mr.. Green, and IN short time after he
saw small white grubs being passed
backward and forward across the gap.
Closer observation showed that each
grub was held in the jaws of one of the
worker ants, and its movements were
directed rs required. A continuous
thread of silk issued from the mouth of
each grub and was used by the ants to
sew up the rent in their shelter.
There were no grubs in the neighbor-
hood, and those used were obtained
from nest at some distance. This de-
llberate use Of n naturally formed web
as sewing thread is as astonishing as
any instance of the intelligence of ants
yet observed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-07
The Romans built London about the
year 80 A. d., but London wall was not
built until BOG A. d.


Several reasons have been assigned
to account for the word ''Whig," uni
tersally known to all the English
speaking people. BY some the word is
supposed to be Il contraction of a lon
ger one, ''wlliggamore," which in some
parts of England and Scotland, espe-
cially Scotland, signifies n drover or
herder.
1t was in 1919 that the word first
became common in the British isles
when the struggle was in progress be-
tween the peasantIy and the aristoc-
racy to have OF not to have the bill
passed by parliament to exclude the
Duke of York from the line of success
sion. All who We're opposed to placing
the duke in the line of succession We're
derisiyely called 'whiggamores," or
Growers" Just as the city dude of to-
dnv speakers of the "grangers." the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-07
A cement Which nc,lst. AcId.

In some branches of industry a ce-
ment which is proof against the innu-
ence of acids is absolutely essential,
and such Il substance can be prepared
by melting together enc part of India
rubber with two parts of linseed oil.
This should be gradually incorporated
with three parts of white bolc so as to
form plastic mass. This when heated
softens but very little. Though it does
not easily dry upon the surface, when
once set 1t is not affected at all by ny
drochloric acid and hut very little by
nitric acid. Its drying and hardening
is materially promoted by mixing with
one-tifth of its weight of litharge or
minimum.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-07
the moment, took his hand warmly.

the moment, took his hand warmly.
"TIave you been toldY he asked.
mo? Well, Mr.. Delafield is to come to
New York as general manager. We
want YOU, If we can have you, as man
ager ut Bytield and at Otranto."
The younger mans eyes met theirs
squarely, and his face was firm.
You are very good. appreciate it.
But-as can do best for myself and
for you = in acting according to my
Lights He paused, thinking 1t was
easier to talk to the men.
Its this" he went on. "My speech
began too warmly. understand those
men. have been one of them. | will
do the best ! can for you If the labor
matter is left to me-"
1T shall be-" said Bronson quickly,
for he was the principal owner. You
have our confidence aud that of the
men under YOU"
That evening he stopped in the one
club he had kept up as small con-
cession to pride. He felt afraid of no
man now. Men came forward and
greeted him-somc charity, some read
ily-as if lie had been gone but yester-
day, rs is the way, and they soon for
get il you keep your head high.
But he was not thinking of them.
An early morning train carried him
to Far Westchestcr.
An old man walking across the lawn
saw him.
1t was as if 1t We're years ago-al-
most. for, with pang, he saw how
much older that old man had become
how uncertain his step. And then
he was beside him.
How l have missed you! How |
have lcnged for you! When you were
gone. wanted you back. was cruel,
ly hard. If your mother had been
alive
FLUSH. Hush. sir She never knew
thank God. And l have been cruel tc
YOU"
But if she saw you now, Jim"
"She does, perhaps, sir" Jim said
softly. For believe in heaven now
l believe the whole old story"
"Why shouldn't you. sir: You are d
Denby.'
He asked for his sister and his broth
er, and then, as he asked, he saw Hel
on the lawn, almost on the very spo
where the chubby faced girl had beeI
| in the dream, or the memory.
"The old house is about the same
The people are, too," the general said
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-07
COULDN'T CALL HIM CRAZY.


bling From Force of Habit.
The young man with the haggard
look sat in the rear car of an elevated
train. staring and staring at one of the
advertisements.
English beauty Shoes" he mumbed
to his companion. THAT'S what liz
says"
''les,7 said the other, but that's too
short
"IIm, HIM." the haggard man replied.
beautiful shoes from England
THAT won't fit. It's long" was the
curt reply
well, then, Beautiful English
shoes -
That's only three words. You've got
to have four, you know"
That's so, that's so. All. have it,"
he cried so loud that all the other pas
scngcrs in the ear gave jump. Eng
fish shoes of beauty % letters and
spaces Mt last"
A compassionate old man looked up
from his newspaper.
whats the matter with your
llt iShcu. Is tlle CHIP sui
ferins from delirium tremens?"
ooh. no." the man addressed replied
assuringly. you see, he's just through
with his nights work on n morning
newspaper. He's n headline writer,
you know, and after fellow has scrib.
bled off headlines of % letters and
spaces for about eight hours steady he
contracts that habit and can't get over
1t. Every advertisement, every scrap
Of paper he sees for several hours aft
crward until his mind gets rested
WELL he begins to count the letters and
spaces and turn the wording into q
headline that will fit. 1t isn't exactly
dclirium tremens. It's something worse
The headlines of % letters and spaces
go wrigglins around in that poor over
worked brain much worse thar
snakes."-Chicago Chronicle.
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allow much will you charge for mar
rying us, sqnire?" asked the stalwart
painfully conscious of his
new suit Of ready made clothing.
II am entitled by law to fee OF So"
replied the justice of the peace.
Perhaps, Alfred" timidly suggested
the blushing bride, I'VE might get it
done somewhere else for S19S."-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-07
a monkey rhnt Ate scorplons.

OF that unpleasant trio, the scorpion,
ccntiped and tarantula, the first is, per-
haps, the most formidable. The sting
of the very large black species, which
is common about decaying stumps and
hollow trees, is. should think, the
most agonizing pain known, judging
from its effect on the almost nerveless
Chinaman. A specimen was once
brought me which was covered. tail.
claws and all. with young scorpions
about half an inch long in constant
motion. 1t seemed half dead, and,
wishing to see whether the native be.
lief is correct. that scorpions are de-
voured by their young, placed it iii
an emptv seidlitz powder box.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-07
.pravsp the "cbin wh,skersv ana the

"grays,p the chin whiskers1 and the
"hayseedcrs."
But Scotch tradition gives altogether
Il different reason for the existence OF
the word 1t Is this: During the early
religious wars in Scotland the weakest
of the factions used the words I've
Hope In God" as motto. The initials
of these words We're placed on their
banners thus, wv. II. l. g." and soon
all the followers of that clan were CIV
en- the title of Wing" which was aft
erward attached as party nickname.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-07
The Joke on the Snake Charmcr.

Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans when
a young officer was on the Indian sta
ton in the man-ofwar Delaware. With
several others he set up bungalow on
shore. He tells in "a Sailors Log"
published by the Appletons, what hap
pened to snake charmer that came
along:
"The unfortunate thought came to
one of our men that 1t would be good
idea to get the Aohammedan drunk to
see what he would do. So he prepared
a dose for him that was very effective.
lie poured good stiff drink of brandy
into a beer glass and then filled 1t with
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-07

First Neighbor-Well, my daughter
doesn't play the piano any worse than
your son writes poetry.
Second Ditto-Pcrhaps not, but it can
be heard so much farther.-Detroit
Free Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-07

~ am so glad to sec you, Jinl-so glad"
"as they have been. I don't know
much difference. Your old mare, Dolly,
is dead"
But Jim had gone to meet Her.
~ have come back to you. Shall go
away?" he said.
81 am so glad to see you. Jim so
glad. have missed you. never can
forgive you for going away without
Calling
They strolled slowly toward the red
house.
You hurt us so much-so much"
"Did l hurt you, too, as much as the
others-you who stood by me?'"
81 did not know that did particular
ly. But ! could not believe all they
said"
Gwen if you had believed
81 should have wanted to see you
"Ah. my dear" he cried out of his
heart, II want to take you into my
arms and hold you. | wanted to do it
that day Oh the lower avenue, but |
was not worthy of you. 1t was the
thought that you believed in me that
has made me work and try"
She was all red now, and her voice
trembled.
Don't; they are coming out. They
will"-
"What?"
"Know"
"Then l mustn't take your
"Iou goose-you dear Jim. If you
have waited three years, you can wait
allow long?"
"Well, an hour"