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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-13
o. G. SLOAN & CO.. AUCTIoNEERs. 1907 ST.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE UNIAi
PROVED PROPERTY, SITUATE on TT

STREET NV. ADJOINING THE CORNER
OF 8 STREET WASHINGTON, d. C.
by virtue of certain deed of trust. dated June
g. 1894. and duly recorded In Liber No. 1918, at
folio 2S2 ct seq, OF the land records for the
District of Columbia, aud at the request of the
parties secured thereby Will sell, In front of
the premises. TUESDAY. MAY THIRTEENTH.
1902. AT FOUR O'CLOCK PM. the following de-
scribed land and premises. situate In the city of
Washington, in the District of Columbia. and desig
mated as and being part of lot numbered twenty
seven ca, in G. Ii. wiitbrryPr's subdivision of
square numbered four hundred and forty-two (442).
as sail subdivision is recorded in the office Of the
surveyor Of the District OF Columbia In Book w.
p page "a. said part of lot being contained with
In the following metes and bounds. viz: Beginning
Tor the same at the northwest corner OF said lot
and running thence south the east line OF Tfh
street twenty-five (25l feet. thence east one hun
qred ami nine (l09l feet, thence north twenty-five
t2S1 feet and thence west hundred and nine
Q09} feet to the place of beginning
Terms: third In cash, balance In one and
two years. with interest at per cent per annum,
payable semiannually. and secured by a deed Of
trust the property sold, or all cash, at the
option Of the purchaser deposit of $3.50 will be
required time OF sale. All conveyancing, no
tarial fees. revenue stamps etc, at cost Of pur-
chaser IL terms of sale not complied with In
fifteen days from the day of sale the trustees
serve the right to readverise and resell the prop
erty ut the risk and cost OF the defaulting pur-
chaser after due notice published iu Wash
ingtOu newspaper
CHAS. c. GLOVER
CHARLES EARLY.
my2d&ds Trustees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-13
Sloan's Gallery, 1AO7 Ct St.

JAMES W. RADCLIFFE, AUCTIONEER,
Washington, D. G.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-13
AUCTION SALES.
THIS AFTERNOON.

will sell at public auction, THIS AFTER
NOON. AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK Pm
q Number Of very valuable building lots commenc-
lug at yelling and University place. Chaplin st.
between i4th and 18th SITS. and Staughton and
18th sits. ny F. W. McREYNOIDS,
Attorney.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-12-15
Rules for Readers.

See that when reading or standing
the light is abundant, but not dazing.
1t should never come from the front.
Avoid reading and study by poor
light.
Sunlight should never fall upon
work or the printed page.
Never read in the twilight.
Nor while suffering great bodily
fatigue, nor during recovery from i'll
ness.
Never read lying down.
Select well printed books.
For proper vision printed matter
should not he less than fifteen inches
from the eye.
During reading or study avoid the
stopping position, or whatever tends
to produce congestion of the head and
face.
Do not use the eyes too long for
near work, but give them occasional
period of rest.
Look up frequently when at work
and fix the eye upon some distant
object.
One would not think of walking all
day without sitting down, nor shoula
one attempt to read or sew steadily.
Closing the eyes for few minutes
every now and then rests the tired
optic nerve.
If you are at all troubled about
your eyes consult an occulist at once.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-12-15

heating the buildings gives about 253
watt-hours per cubic metre of apart
ments, and is assumed to be correct.
The results obtained at the restaurant
during the exposition of 1900 show that
an expenditure Of about $50 watt
hours per meal was sufficient. The
conditions existing at Davos are less
eXacting than we're those at the eX-
position. 1t is thought that an allow
ance of 1850 watt-hours per day per
person would not be far from the
truth Assuming this figure, the total
as given above will be reduced to 228,-
900 horse-poWer-hOurS, and a plant of
$500 horsepower should be sufficient.
This power can be obtained from two
streams-the Landwasser and the
Albula, situated at about twenty kilo-
meters from Davos, and having fall
of 1874 meters. The central station
will contain five sets Of 5000 horse
power each. Each turbine will be
coupled directly to two three-phase
alternators of 1900 horsepower each.
The alternators generate a potential
of 5000 volts, and two being coupled
in series give a pressure Of $1,000
volts, which is sent out over the line.
The annual expense Of this service, in
GLIDING interest, depreciation and cost
of operation, is estimated at 829,528
francs. The consumption of energy
for the year will be 25,000,000 kilo-
watt-hours, so that the price per kilo-
watt-hour will be 3.3 confines. This
cost is not regarded as excessive for
heating, while the advantages of it's
use for cooking, and the avoidance of
all smoke, are more than sufficient to
warrant the undertaking 'Elec-
tricien of Paris.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-12-15
NEWS IN RHYME.

The Prairie Grove correspondent Of
the Buffalo, Mo-, Record is sending in
his neighborhood notes in verse and
the circulation of the Record has taken
a wonderful jump. Here are few Of
the rhymed happenings:
Mr.. Ollie Inglis will sit
In the teachers Cheer"
At Knapp schoolhouse
The coming year.
Not many were at church
Either Sunday or Sunday night,
The weather was so bad
And the roads is such a plight
Mr.. Robert Summers sister
Was a very welcome visitor
At his home some two weeks back,
But to Kansas she has taken the
homeward track.
Tom Roderick and family left the first
of the week,
A home in illinois they were going to
seek.
William Lillard and William Roper
you won't find at home every
day,
For both are now attending the high
school at Halfway.
To Alex Hatfield and wife on the goth
A wee little boy for them to name.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-12-15
A Town Heated by Electricity.

Electric heating has such advan-
tages over the use of fuels for this
purpose that it has been decided to
heat in this way the sanitariums of
Davos-Platz and Daive-DOrf, in
Switzerland. A study of the locality
has shown that sufficient water power
can be had, and this article contains
a discussion of the probable consump-
ton of energy for heating, cooking and
other work at these establishments.
The principal reason for adopting this
system was to avoid all smoke or con-
tamination of the air in this locality.
The two settlements cover a district
about three kilometres long and from
800 to 400 metres wide. There is
about 5000 fixed population, and
during the winter, $500 patients. The
heaters are of two types, the first
being merely a resistance covered by
a suitable enamel. The second type,
which is used principally for cooking,
consists of a small alternating current
transformer which induces local cur
rents in the base of the cooking
utensil itself. The estimates of the
energy required for the whole settle
ment allow $4,000 horse-power-hours
for bakeries, $4,000 for the laundries
and 5000 for the baths are allowed,
making a total of 1851 horsepower
hours per day of winter. Dividing
this by "a shows that lne installation
should have a capacity of 1920 horse
power. These figures are criticised
by Mr. A. de Grandmaison, who goes
on to show that the estimate for cook
ing is very much too high. That for
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-12-15
TOUCHING VARIED TOPICS.

The prince asks us to accept him
''justs as Siam, without one plea."-St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
Carrie Nation was in railroad
smash-up in New Jersey. She said it
made her homesick.-Detroit Tribune.
We would like to believe that Mon
tana man who says he refused a ST.
100000 bribe. But our pipe has gone
out-Atlanta Journal.
Somebody has charged that the
president says II shawnt." Anyhow,
everybody knows what he means
when he says it.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The impertinence of the sultan of
Bacolod evidently extends to not car
ing whether he gets any Massachus-
etts sympathy or not-Washington
Star
The announcement that a ST. Louis
man has lost his mind in poker game
indicates how reclzlessly some men
will be on a good hand.-Buffalo Ex-
press.
Does it strike you as significant
that missionaries from all over the
world hurry to our national capital at
the close Of the congress campaign ?
Washington Times.
Only one of Carrie Nations arms
was broken in, the Lehigh Valley rail
road accident. She can still use the
other in snatching cigars and cigar
ettes-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The daughter of the former mayor Of
Mount Vernon, N. Y, recently sur
prised her father by telling him she
had been married just year There
is something almost uncanny about
a woman who can keep a secret as
long as that-Cieyeland Plain Dealer.
There is minister in New York
state who, Judging by recent judicial
investigations, is willing to second the
declarations on homeopathic physi-
clans as to the danger Of kissing. But
then he merely kissed the wrong girl.
Springfield Ill) State Journal.
Carrie Nation has just gone through
railroad wreck, emerging with sew
eral fractures to her person and cloth
ing. She ought to appreciate better
now the frame Of mind of the victims
of her hatcheting crusade after she has
finished her work of wrecking their
hments.-Omaha Bee.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-12-15
Tarantu!a Does Not Bite.

George H. Hillyer Of West Superior,
Mimi, one Of the best-knoWn gold-mln-
ing experts in the country, has ex-
ploded the theory that tarantula bites
must be either fatal or seriously incon-
venient. He was bitten more than
dozen times on a recent tour of in
sDection in southern Arizona. Nearly
every mine shaft in that part of the
country is infested with tarantulas.
The white miners wear gloves to pro-
tect themselves from the venomous
spiders. Mr.. Hillyer knew nothing of
all this, and went into the Big Hill
mine unprotected. Before he came out
he had seen thousands of the tarantu-
las and captured a dozen of the larg-
est. He was bitten repeatedly and yet
not even Inconvenience. The secret
of Mr.. Hillyer's immunity, according to
his own theory, is the fact the he had
taken more than thirty grains Of
Quinine within the twenty-four hours
preceding the visit to the mine. The
big tarantula that Mr.. Hillyer keeps
in a cigar-bOX at the West Hotel, Min
neapolis, is good deal Of a pet It
has a special fondness for secreting it.
self while it's owner is en- tour in the
deepest recesses of his breast pocket,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-12-15
REST IN THE STRENUOUS LIFE.
How Gladstone Avoided the Usual
Nervous Breakdown.

There are men, and plenty of them,
who start the business Of the day, or
thinking about the business Of the day,
almost as soon as they are out of bed,
and keep it up with scarcely an inter
val until they turn in at night. The
business kilograms and letters brought
| to the bedroom in the morning and the
continuation of mental labor and
| worry into the small hours Of the next
morning, until sheer inability to go on
compels a reluctant halt for sleep, are
evil modern phenomena that occur too
often. And the hurried midday lunch
is not worse for the digestion than it
is for the mind, which is thus cheated
of it's due pause for rest.
This is certainly not the way to get
most work done in the long run, re-
marks the London Express. The men
who have put most work into their
lives and been able to keep on longest
at it have been men like Mr. Gladstone,
who knew the full value of absolutely
banishing work from their minds for
some time every day. In the height
of political excitement Mr.. Gladstone
could always contrive to shut out
politics and official business for an
hour or two while he read Greek or a
novel.
One man may seek his relaxation
with a tennis racket or a bicycle, an
other with book, another in talk (not
about business); but complete relaxa-
ton in some form every man should
have every day. And an entire and
absolute holiday, long enough to count,
is no less indispensable every year
The meaning of crest" varies with the
individual; to one it is rest to climb
alps or cycle fifty miles a day, to an
other to lie under a tree or on the
beach. But in some form the rest is
inevitable, unless the breakdown is to
come. The hours from which bust
ness is entirely excluded every day,
the weeks from which it is entirely ex-
cluded every year, must never be neg
lected by the man who means to last.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-12-15

1 saw her go shopping in stylish attire,
And she felt,
Of her belt
At the back.
Her walk was as free as springy
steel wire,
And many a rubberneck turned to adj
mire
AS she felt
Of her belt
At the back.
She wondered if all the contraptions
back there
Were fastened just right-'twas an IN
ceasing care,
So she felt
Of her belt
At the back.
saw her at church as she entered her
pew,
And she felt,
Of her belt
At the back.
She had on a skirt that was RUSTY and
new,
And didn't quite know what the
fastenings might do
So she felt
OF her belt
At the back.
She fdgeted round while the first
prayer was said,
She fumbled about while the first
hymn was read
Oh she felt
Of her belt
At the back.
Jack told one night that he loved her
like mad,
And she felt,
Of her belt
At the back.
She didn't look sorry, she didn't look
glad
She looked as she thought, "Well,
that wasn't so bad"
And she felt,
Of her belt
At the back.
But-well, I don't think twas great
deal Of harm,
For what should the maiden have
found but an arm,
When she felt
Of her belt
At the back.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-12-15

whence it is dragged forth, wriggling
and protesting, for the inspection Of
anyone believing in the deadly poison
of the tarantula bite.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-12-15
CHAPTER XIII.

From the day of her presentation a
/ new life Logan for Leah. Hitherto
she had seen but little of the world
In Rome and in Naples the Duchess
had taken her out but. little She
wanted her TO take the London world
captive by her fresh and undimmed
beauty; she did so. On the day of
the drawing-room little else was dis
cussed but the loneliness, the rich
dress, the costly jewels, the vast
wealth of Miss Hatton. People even
went into raptures over her name
and said that no other would have
suited her dark passionate beauty
In a few days 'the beautiful Miss
Hatton'' grew famous-she became
the rage. On the night of the day
that she had been presented, the
/ Duchess Of ROsedene gave a
sumptuOus ball, at which she was
the telle, Some young girls would
have been both elated and excited by
the sensation made. She was neither;
she was cool, calm, stately as a young
| empress. Some Of the noblest men
of the land bowed before her, peers
Complimented her; but the beautiful
face never flushed, the beautiful eyes
never frightened with triumph.
"Who shall say that good blood does
/ not tell?" thought the old solder. Il
! do not believe her pulse would beat
more quickly even if an emperor
asked her to dance"
He was right; in this, the most
brilliant scene in which she had ever
mingled, a strange sense Of unreality
came over her. She could remember
the fiery, passionate burning words
with which her father had denounced
all such gayeties and the men and
women who joined in them; and yet,
i here was she, his eldest daughter,
who had been trained by him, the
very queen of one of the assemblies
he censured!
There was few moments pause for
her, during which she said to herself
chat her past life Swallowed the
present. during which she wondered if
she would have been perfectly happy
had the past been different, had she
been differently trained. Those
watching her wondered at the shadow
that seemed to fall over her face.
To be continued.
The sun., 1902-11-17
THREE TEIS AND 4 GIRL.
The Causes of Comnoiion IN a Bathtub
IN q Dark Room.


There lives family on Della ware place
with a palate for ccls As often as twice n
week the head of IN" family carries home
from the fish market two or three OF tl"
slippery, snake-!h" Nrigelers lie usually
returns home late NJ night, and il is lis GUS
tom 20 pu, the GELS IN bucket of water
where they are kept until morning
In the front rooms Of the apartment where
lives thi. family are two Young women from
Indiana. who, during their so ourn in tho city,
are boarding With Il. family of eel eaters
Each OF the young women has eaten OF the
cooked food, but neither of them ever saw
an eel
One night last week the man NJ the house
took home three eeis After stumbling
about the dnIk"ncd house in a futile search
for a bucket hc 1T upon another plan He
tptoed 10 tho ba'hroom and turned tho cels
loose in the hathtub
As soon as tho house was .quiet the Younger
stole out Of her room WIN u hcnrv crash
towel thrown across .er arm, and proceeded
10 the bathroom. Tie room vas darn and
she could find no matches Not caring TO
search Tor a match she decided "a battle in
the dark. and ACCORDINGLY turned on the ho,
aud cold water. When the tuh was wril
fll"d tho Young woman stepped in. Tho hot
water Rad put life into th' slippery ecls. and
when the Young woman GO, both feet into the,
tub the creatures slid about her ankles and
That was all she remembered With one
hysterical scream she beGan KICKING fnriOusly
and crying for help Her elder sister. fear
ing she was being murdered ran to the bath
room. but found the door locked tfter
couple Of moments had elapsed he girl
imprisoned in the bathroom tell out OF tho
tub and mana ged to unlork the door Not
hearing the anxious guest ions. her frightened
sister was crying at her, she iairly few down
the hallway, clad only In the darkness
The whole family WAS aroused by the
screams and lights tarcd up I'm every apart
mcnt IN the bis building The women of
the hous" and the elder sister after fifteen
minutes work. suocccdcd IN calming the
frightened hAther.
What in the world is the matter, sister,"
asked tho cider one.
oh. horrors," shpddered the hystcrical
Cirl, tho bnthtub Is ftll Of snakes"
BY this time the head Of the family. clad
in paiau,Hs. was tOtt"rinc NJ and down tho
hallway choking u a s'Hsm of laughter. lie
STAMPED his feet, ht his head against tho wal
and at last controlled httnsef sufficiently
70 light the gns IN the bathroom and called
Us vii" 70 take look az the room. The
floor WAS flooded with water and two of tho
cells were wriraling upon TIA" noor.
The sun., 1902-11-17

&. F.J. Shy OF Discussing the Potter Case.
Though q Delegate Invites Debate.

The Central Federated Union was ex-
pected to take up az its meeting yesterday
tho ject of the expulsion of William
Potter from the Painters and Decorators
Union in Schenectady because he belonged
to the National Guard in violation of a rule
Of the union. But the c. r. L. was shy of
the delegates were willing to express them
selves about it individually.
James Stewart delegate Of the Eccentric
Association of Engineers. which does not
forbid its members from Joining the Ma
tonal Guard, brought up the subject yes
terday by moving that the c. F. L. appoint
a committee Of five 10 investigate the a,ies-
tion of union men enlisting in the militia
and to make recommendation thereon.
oh" said Delegate Sanderman of the
Brotherhood of Painters -the unions know
how they should act in that matter"
Stewart waited for few minutes, bur
as no one seconded his motion II lapsed
without debate. Stewart said later that
in his opinion the Schenectady union had
no right 10 interfere with members right
70 JOIN tho National Guard He believed
il was better for unions TO have friends in
the militia in case Of strikes.
Philip Kelly of the Theatrical Protective
Union was more outspokcn. Il believe, ="
said he that the American people will
not stand for any action ike that Of the
Schenectady union. II is better to have a
National Guard and in case Of strikes il is
better 10 have union men members Of il"
Morris Brown, treasurer of the C. T. L.,
said he was opposed 70 trades unionists
joining the militia because in his opinion
they could not he good trades unionsts
and good National G,ardsmen a, the same
time.
Robert Winston, delegate Of the Hack
mems Protective League. said tha, his union
would suspend 10y rule every member who
Joined the National Guard.
Most Of the Socialists. of course, oppose
union members having anything to do with
. d., p,ilitia
The sun., 1902-11-17
N JORD4N'N Sacred WATERS.
Pious Russian Pilgrims Ceremonies In the
Holy Land.


The traveller IN the Holy Land will Wit
meas faw sights which viii interest him more
than that OF the Russian pilgrims az III" am
nlal Epiphany ceremonies on the banks
OF tie River Jordan. 4 week before the
festival itself crowds Of these Slav peasants
are seen trudging along the Jericho road
with every imaginable kind Of h6versack
and carrv-al on their backs. Some Of the
pilgrims are old and wratherworn. others
young and cheerful. while few. overcome
by sleep and fatigue. are lying prone along
the roadside. But somehow the whole lot,
Young and old manage TO reach the banks
Of the river IN good time for the ceremony.
They spend the nj gh, perhaps in the Rus
sim hospicc at Jericho. where they simply
huddle together Ike flock Of sheep Re-
fore dawn the rooms are empty and the whole
crowa has gathered on tie bank. Ntcrr Greek
priests, who will presently drive "A most lu-
crative trade. await them. The principal
articles sold are bra n ohps OF trees from var
| ous sacred sno's, stones from the Mountain
wilderness and roSaTj,s with olr" stones
for ,boads; To whatever religious value
peasants implicitly ri"" 'redcnce. and they
willingly paw 'he'r e, ~ to obta n tlcm.
During ,mC II" 5" co, rToW %SG /. ppcc"49S occriaS
in prayer and silent devotion To many
pilgrims This occasion is on" of tho greatest
| Ilis can hiring, namely, TO h" permitted not
only to ,si, tho jordan, bat actually to battle
In its ss'rcd waters suddenly chanting Is
heard and tho crowd quickly opcns to let
q procession of purplc-Clad ccChes,s'Cs pass
to the waters then tho pilgrims close IN n gain
a nd station ,h"msel YES along th" banks enger
and whtchful And now, quite revcrentlv, a
jevclcd cross il laid by the patrinrch on the
surface Of the stream 70 h"ss IL. and no sooner
does the sacred symbol touch the water than
= dive is maze into u by the enthusiastic
crowd, which splHshoS and SPRAYS and receives
the hi p'i ism. and the longer II lhsts the greater
the merit the pilgrim will enjoy.
Al dripping with water. cnch stroud j. now
wrurg out and slowed away to Seiv" ps tie
cerecloth when th. pilgrimage of life is over
and tho body is ready for the grave. A.
tho traveller rides away IN" next day 10
rerus1lc'n he will soe these chldlikc peasants.
bedrs cglcd vith mud and intigGod hv con-
stan' sleopl, ssn.s 81, ploddipg along toward ~"
holy city. chanting and singing as they 90
aud laaning on their s,i Ks OF reed But
there is now a smile OF their faces and ioN
In their hearts, for have they not bathed in
tho waters OF Jordant