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The "Feverish Appetite for Gold. f"

From the Chicago Tribune.
Chief Justice Lore of Delaware Is grieved
to see what seems to him indications of
national degeneracy. He observes "a fever
ish appetite for gold with all its vulgar ac-
present height of frenzied speculation" and
by the dishonesty of promoters who by
"gIittering advertisements seek to per-
suade the public that securities worth only
thousands of dollars are worth millions
The memory Of the Oldest inhabitants does
not go back to a time when there was not
In this country "a feverish appetite for
gold" and when some men were not ready
That appetite antedates the discovery of
America. The ancients were familiar with
the "accursed hunger for gold" The Bible
condemns 1t more severely than Chief JUS
tice Lore does. There Is nothing to show
that the eagerness of Americans to get rich
by fair means or foul is increasing There
is much speculation. but there are no more
spectators, large or small, in proportion to
population than there were seventy-fve
years ago. Men specialized in land then in
stead of stocks. but they were quite as
reckless and INSCRIPTIONS as the specula-
tors of today. The "glftterfng advertise
Eents" of fraudulent land companies were
farther from the truth than those got up
by the promoters of industrials Where
ornamental and persuasive lying for the
purpose of making money is concerned, this
generation can teach those which preceded
1t nothing. 1t is a feeble copyist of their
methods. This generation is not a perfect
one. 1t speculates and cheats and runs
after riches, but faster and with no
greater approach to unanimity than the
generations that lave gone before
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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS.
TRUSTEES SALE OF LOT, IMPROV
THREE-STORY BRICK DWELLING. }

TRUSTEES SALE OF. LOT. IMPROVED by
THREESTORY BRICK DWELLING NO 1919
o STREET NORTHWEST.
BY virtue Of a deed Of trust, duly recorded in
Liber No. 1885, folio 81 ct seq Of the land records
OF the District OF Columbia, and at the request Of
the party thereby secured, We will sell at public
suction; In front OF the premises, on THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER SEVENTEENTH, 1903, AT HALF,
PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM. the following de-
scrbed real estate In the Of the city of Wash
ington. District Of Columbis formerly known as
Georgetown: Lot 80 in John Curtin and VIM H.
Manogues subdivision Of parts Of lots 1873 and 1885,
in square 1245; formerly square IS. as per plat
recorded In Book A. R. s., page 243 OF the records
OF the surveyors Office of said District with the
Improvements above stated.
Terms: One-third cash. Of which a deposit Of
500 must be made at the time OF sale, and the
balance in two equal installments in one and two
years from day Of sale, for which notes Of the
purchaser, bearing interest from day Of sale pay-
able quarterly and secured by deed Of trust on
the property sold, will be taken, all cash. at
the option of the purchaser. All conveyancing and
recording at purchasers cost. II terms are not
complied with in ten days from sale the trustees
the right to resell the property at the risk
and cost Of the defaulting purchaser purchasers
after eight days advertisement In The Evening
Star newspaper.
THOS. e. WAGGAMAN,
IRVING WILLIAMSON,
ReN-dGda uS-,,,.oo.
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JAMES W. RADCLIFFE. AUcTIoNEER.

TRUSTEES SALE OF DESIRABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE AT PUBLIC AUCTION
By virtue Of the powers contained In a certain
deed trust duly recorded among the land records
of the District of Columbia the I'd day Of Sep
TENDER, 1903, and by direction in writing from the
cestuis que trustent the undersigned trustee will
offer for sale at public auction, in front of the
premises, WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH
DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1903, AT HALF-PAST
FOUR O'CLOCK PM, the following described
land and premises, known and distinguished and
being lot numbered twelve Q2l, the plat Of the
subdivision of square numbered i've hundred and
eghtysix $3.50. as recorded in the surveyors Office
of the District of Columbia in Book W. F., at page
$50. the Both day Of September. 1865, improved by
frame dwelling house. known as No. $50 SECOND
STREET SOUTHWEST.
And the same day. at FIVE O'CLOCK Pm:
the undersigned trustee will also offer for sale at
public auction in front Of the premises. lots let
tered "A'' and e. in s. ]. Todd's recorded SUBJ
division of lots numbered twenty four (24. twenty
i've (25 twenty-si (26) and twenty seven CID, In
W. E. Todds recorded subdivision Of original lots
numbered seven %. eight 81. nine Yl. ten Q0l
and eleven Cd, in square numbered six hundred
and forty-three (643), improved by two frame
dwelling houses known Nos 706 and 706 FIRST
STREET SOUTHWEST.
Terms win be announced at time Of sale.
VINCENT A. SHEEHY, Trustee,
se5-d&ds 406 9Th street northwest.
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FISH IN THE DEAD SEA.
French Writer Says Fnny Tribe Can
not Live There.

Translation in Literary Digest.
This is a question Of fact that ought to be
easily settled. but apparently there is a
difference of opinion in the matter. Emile
Maison writes in Cosmos an article on the
subject which we condense follows:
The prevalent error, according to which
the water of this interior sea is quiet and
Incapable of agitation. seems to have arisen
from the name that 1t has retained for CEN
turtles. This error should no longer exist,
now that trustworthy travellers have told
US OF the huge waves that break on its
shores during storms
The retention Of the primitive name Dead
Seal is due to the fact, which is perfectly
certain and well known. that no living crea-
ture-neither fish. crustacean, nor mollusk-
can live In Its waters, with the exception of
certain inferior organisms. This fact is at
tested by the death of the fish carried in by
the Jordan, whose bodies serve as food for
the birds that fly over the lake in violation
of tradition.
to read in a well known journal of natural
science the following note under the head
Ing The Stocking Of the American Salt
Lakes with Fish,"
up to the present the Dead Sea has been
regarded as wanting in fish; the sadness of
Its waters has seemed to preclude the de-
veiopment OF animal life. But fish have
now been discovered, in other salt lakes in
into 1t. So the United States fish commits
sion has taken the necessary measures to
Introduce more than a million Of shad fry
into the Great Sale Lake of Utah AS the
afnuents reduce the density of the water to
great distance from their mouths, 1t is
hoped that the fish will become easily &C
climated and that they will go up the tribu-
taries to spawn"
NOW since the fish carried down by the
Jordan are asphyxiated when they have
scarcely reached the Dead Sea- how can the
hsh of the other tributary streams be accli-
mated in this furnace? The water boils at
100 degrees G. (221 degrees FL and the
magnesium Chord gives it detestable
taste Add the Chords of sodium and cal
cium and then bromid to TASTE and perhaps
we may realize that even salt water fish
cannot live in such an element, though 1t is
perfectly lmpid.
A bath in Dead Sea water enables one to
realize the difference in density between
this water and that of seas in general or
that OF fresh water lakes. Eggs float in It,
The human body being lighter than the
difficult, the head alone tending to sink in
the water.
At any rate. If the Mormons. or rather the
Americans who have undertaken to stock
the Utah lake have been inspired by the ex-
ample of the Dead Sea, what a strange
delusion truly. Some one. doubtless stand
ing on the banks of the Jordan, has naively
thought that the fishes caught in this river
though the shad is unknown there were
fishes that had assembled the stream from
the Dead Sea. 1t WAS but simple April
fool fish (poisson DAVID at which a scient-
list has bitten.
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E1remen and Live Wires

From the Electrical World and Engineer
Heincke, In the "Electrische Zeitchrift,"
gives description of experiments made to
ascertain whether there is any danger and
II so how much, of f1remen being exposed
to shocks by the stream Of water which is
thrown from the hose striking against a
live wire. The author experimental with
ordinary hydrant water, which in his case
was not very good conductor and also
with water to which was added 0.5 per cent
OF soda to make 1t conduct better The
copper nozzle Of the hose was very we'll in
sulated from earth. and the potential of the
stream Of water against the earth was
measured with precision volt meters From
these potentials he calculated the current
strength, based upon the resistance Of the
human body Of 1900 ohms, as ascertained
by Prof. Weber in Zurich.
Experiments were conducted with trjpha SO
current of 5000 volts and 125 volts and d.
rect current of 24O volts and $50 volts with
both kinds Of water mentioned above The
experiments with triphase current were
conducted with star connection 5000 volts
between two lines. the neutral wire being
earthed. The places where the stream of
water struck the wires had been previously
barred. 1t was shown that with ordinary
water length of the stream of 800 nm. is
sufficient to render the effects of the cleo
trio current on the body harmless, while
with OO6 per cent soda in the water the
minimum ienBtn Is l,OUO MN. 1t Is to be
remarked. however, that disagreeable SEN
sations still show themselves in the body of
the person under consideration.
With $50 volts direct current and pure
hydrant water a dangerous potential was
also not obtained. but with the good con-
Quoting water 1t showed itself at a distance
OF ~ nm. 1t Is shown by these tables that
the danger resulting from the playing Of
water on current conducting wires is not by
far so great as had previously been thought
and feared. especially If 1t is considered
thar perhaps only In the rarest cases will
wires which carry a potential of three times
5000 volts come into consideration.
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Motor Rules In England.

From the London Outlook.
In the matter of speed drivers must limit
their ambitions to twenty miles an hour.
In cases where this is alleged to be ex-
ceeded the opinion of only one witness will
not be sufficient to secure conviction Mo-
tor cars must be registered and bear a
number. which must be kept unobscured
and easily distinguishable. Drivers are re-
quired to obtain a license for which the
fee Is 5s., and no person under seventeen
years OF age will be licensed. Reckless and
Negligent driving. or driving at excessive
speed is punishable by fine or tmprison-
ment. Offenders who refuse their names
and addresses or whose vehicles cannot be
Identified may be arrested by the police
without warrant. In case of accident
caused by or due to the motor car the fIriv-
er must stop and, If required, furnish name
and address and other particulars for iden-
LITIGATION or himself or employer or owner.
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EUROPE'S MoNARCHS.
japanese Estimate of Car, Sultan and
Kaiser.

From the Niroku shinpo.
Turning our passing attention to the Of
toman empire we see hapless sovereign
there. sitting on the important throne ON
nipotent. In reality, the sultan is a mere
puppet with a presumptuous imamate over
his turbaned head.
See how he solemnly scratches his achinr
head. The car, whose will has been con-
Jectured as the law of the Russian empire
Is by no means such a mighty monarch
Beyond his court. his long arms" which
are commonly said to be capable of reach
ing up to heaven. cannot be extended his
government being tangled up in a network
of bureaucracy.
The arrogant spirit Of the kaisers quick
blooded puerility seems to intoxicate him
so much that he has often abused his SOW
ereign right. acting in defiance Of the will
of his people. The army is the only tool
as we'll as the only shield of his court. Be-
ware wise man would have said. of a
careless boy holding sword In his hand.
Unlike the life and conditions of the SOW
ereigns epitomized above, his majesty Nut
suhito, or emperor and Edward VII. king
of Great Britain, are the two ideal proto-
types Of the constitutional sovereign. Seat
ed firmly as they do in the hearts of their
subjects, who should be surprised at their
ever growing glory and popularity?
The mikado Is Of the long and unbroken
line of 40 ancestors who sat before him
on the throne which was set up $50 years
before the Christian era. Just think Of 1t!
The oldest of the royal families in Europe
is that of Capet. which, however. is COM
paratively young. as it dates no further
back than to the ninth century. And it re-
mains now in the Partisan society as a
| rare relic of bygone royal family. The
Savoy. the Brunswick. the Baden, and SO
forth, go back only to the eleventh century.
But our imperial line, as already mentioned,
started long before the battle of Marathon
was recorded, long before the songs of
Homer were recited. Since then no for
eign conqueror ever set foot on the soil of
Japan.
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seS-d&ds

CHANCERY SALE OF TWO TRACTS OF LAND,
LOCATED IN ARLINGTON DISTRICT, ALEX
ANDRIA COUNTY, VA, ON THE WASHING
TON, ARLINGTON AND FALLS CHURCH
RAILWAY.
First An eight-room house. with stables and all
necessary outbuildings, with about six and one
half acres OF land immense shade trees and abund-
Of fruit of every description including grapes
berries and currants. One OF the most highly cu-
tivated truck gardens in Alexandria county Two
miles from Washington, at Clarendon. on the wash
ngton, Arlington and Falls Church railway.
Second. About 26la acres of land. with house and
outbuldngs One Of the finest tracts Of land for
gardening suburban residences around Washing
ton. Always been in high state Of cultivation: A
five minute walk of Cherry Valley, the Wash
ington Arlington and Falls Church railway. Two
and one-half miles of Washington.
Terms: One-third cash, balance In one and two
years.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER FIFTEENTH, 1903, AT
FIVE Pm.
Take at end OF Aqueduct bridge, Georgetown.
K. c. l.. MONCURE,
FRANK LYON,
Commissioners.
Alexandria Co. Court House, Overlook. Va.
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WHY DO WOMEN EARN wAaEsf
Where the Responsibility for Their
Economic Position Belongs.


Economic Position Belongs.
From Vogue.
1t would seem superhuous to ask why
women are wage-earners But there Is
never a day that somewhere in this broad
land a preacher. a workingman, statis-
tician or a college professor does not dis
course on the wage-earning woman as
though she were a perverse creature in
dulging her fling at old-time conventions.
and. In consequence, upsetting things mas
culine in a way that is not only hard for
the individual man worker to bear, but
which is also subversive Of fundamental
props of the good old time Whose fault
is 1t that the woman works? II 1t be a
crime or a wrong. she is guiltless for
mans laws say she must not take her own
life. and her only choice is between that
and engaging in gainful occupations. She
works because her father was or is in
competent. or a drunkard or unthrifty, or
what Is known as a poor business man. or
because he married when he should not
have done SO; or along with fellow nan,
he carried the home Industries out OF the
home and made them the activities of great
factories. In the last analysis 1t will be
found that 1t Is always man who is to be
blamed df any one should be censured)
pursuits which men have labeled strictly
masculine. For one thing, the fathers Of
wage-earnerS are never concerned about
whether or not the particular business pos
sibility Is pre-eminently feminine, the only
consideration with them being how II win
pay? The father will sympathize with the
mourning Of his particular craft over the
1nroads OF women. but the woes Of men
stenographers and bookkeepers from the
same source draw from him not throb
of sympathy. If his daughter can hut
make comfortable livelihood in either
profession that is the extent to which their
affairs interest him. Lastly. man is in
ninety cases out of q hundred her en-
ploYer.
The persistency with which men critics
insist upon regarding the women wage
Garner as an inexplicable problem Ia q
discreditable reflection on their common
sense Since the worker is everywhere In
evidence. there is no difficulty in observing
many varieties of her. The majority Of
women wage-earners give every indication
of being the victims of adverse circum-
stances. and only the craziest Imagination
could conceive that millions of women
would voluntarily toll in mills and offices
through summers blistering heat, when
trees and field flower. woods and sea- &C.
ductively beckon to holiday making; or that
In the bitter weather of midwinter they
would brave the terrors Of blizzard for less
vital reason than to keep body and soul to-
gether.
This eternal discussion Of the wage-earn-
er as problem Is simply fmbecile She
is not problem nor perversity nor any,
thing other than the result of q social
evolution set in motion and maintained by
man himself. who sits up. as is his went
and discusses as a deplorable phenomenon
what Is In reality an inevitable result 1t
Is about time the preacher and the work.
ingman ceased inveighing against the
wage-earning woman. 1t is as futile as 1t
is silly
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FUTURE DAYS.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE uNIM-
PROVED PROPERTY, SITUATED CORNER
BID AND s SITS NE WEST E(rKINGTON

TRUSTEES, SALE OF VALUABLE uNIM-
BID AND SITS. NE, WEST LEXINGTON,
WASHINGTON. D. G.
By virtue of certain deed of trust, GATED Feb
ruary 25, 1898, and duly recorded February %.
land records Of the District Of Columbia. and as
the request of the party secured thereby, We, the
undersigned trustees, will sell at public auction,
In front Of the premises, MONDAY. THE
TWENTY FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER, AID.
1903, AT FIVE O'CLOCK Pm. the following de-
scribed land and premises. situate in the city Of
Washington IN the District Of Columbia, and des-
ignated and being all of lots numbered Q),
two C2), three (3) and twenty (24), in square
numbered five 90, in George Truesdelfs addition
a tract of land known as lexington" which Is
part of an original tract called "Youngsborough, I"
as per plat recorded in Liber County No. 8, folio
50. Of the records Of the office Of the surveyor Of
that when building is erected upon said lots it
shall be within fifteen (15) feet Of the building
line, shown said plat, shall II be used for
manufacturing purposes nor shall sprituous liquors
be sold therein, shall 1t cost less than 81 600,
and these covenants shall run with the land.
Terms Of SALE One third Of the purchase money
to be paid in cash, and the balance 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 trust
upon the property sold, all cash. At the option
Of the purchaser. deposit Of 800 each will he
required Of the purchaser the time Of sale. All
conveyancing, recording and notarial fees at the
piled with within ten days from day Of sale. other
wise the trustees reserve the right to resell the
property at the risk and cost Of the defauting pur
chaser.
E. B. TOWNSEND,
GEO. TRUESDELL,
eea-d&ds Trustees.
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j. ii. Sinclair. Auct
CHANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE IMPkoyEI

CHANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
NoRTHEAsT; TWO: STORY BRICK DWELL
TRIAL AVENUE. IVY CITY. g. c. c. ''' N'
District Of Columbia passed in the equity cause Of
Charles F; L Fr nan1 IT,. ct al vs. Marietta 4.
premises at the times stated below. the following
real estate situate in the city Of Washington Dis
thereon. and all Of the rights. ways easements
privileges and appurtenances to the belonging
VIZ Sfs THE DAY OF SEP
TENDER 1903. Ar FOUR O'CLOCK PM. the
SS tn. fu eight
and ninety four tssD. improved by the house No.
On THE SAME DAY fwEDNEsDAD. AT FOUR
THIKTx o'GLoCk part Of lot twenty nine ssS,,
ma s 81 sspa5s M
corded in Lber W: F.. at folio 90. in the survey
east Corner Of said lot twenty nine CO; thence
west ninety-one and eighty-one one-hundredths
@ to ss
Of said lot twenty nine S2e thence east ninety
oa to S
b 5s%i'e rue No TF s strTss d
PM, the lot twelve Q2). block seven "a. in Ivy
City. In the county Of Washington District Of Co.
No. 2, at folio rs. of the surveyors once Of the
District of Go Gln improved by small frame
Terms Of sale: One third Of the purchase money
payable day OF sale within fifteen days there
after, One-third In year and one third in two
years thereafter. with interest the rate Of six
(a) per centum per annum such deferred pay
ments from day Of sale until paid payable semi
annually the deferred payments to be represent
by the promissory notes Of purchaser. secured BY
deed of trust on the property sold. all cash. at
purchasers option. deposit OF hundred dol
lars ($10O) to be made at time OF sale on each OF
the several parcels of real estate sold. All con-
veyancing recording at purchasers cost. Terms to
be complied with in fifteen days from day Of sale
otherwise the trustees the right to resell at
risk and cost Of defaultng purchaser
RALPH p. BARNARD. Trustee
Columbian bldg.
FRANCIS Il. STEPHENS. Trustee
Columbian building.
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rHos. J. OWEN & SON. AUcrIoNEERs.
TRUSTEES SALE OF HANDSOME DWELLING
NO. s4l2 MORGAN AVENUE NORTHWEST

TRUSTEES SALE OF HANDSOME DWELLING,
NO. s4l2 MORGAN AVENUE NORTHWEST.
By virtue of certain deed Of trust duly re.
corded in Liber 2623 at folio 1858 ct seq: one q
the land records of the District Of Columbia. and
at the request of the party secured thereby, We
shall sell, public auction. in front OF the prem
1908. AT HALE PAST FOUR O'CLOCK Pm. the
land and premises designated as and being lot
numbered seyenfy-hve (I5) in Meyers and Ander-
sons subdivision Of lots II. is and 10. In block
>forty- five t46). Holmead Manor, as Per plat re-
OF Columbia, in Liber County No. IL. at folio a.
together with the Improvements thereon.
Terms: Cash over and above a certain incum-
brance Of 81 800, full particulars OF which will be
given at the time of sale. A deposit Of $500 re-
recording at purchasers cost Terms to be COM
piled with within ten days. otherwise the trustees
reserve the right to resell at risk and OF de-
faulting purchaser.
HERBERT A. GILL.
w. RILEY DEEBLk,
se3-d&ds Trustses. 1919 y ct. ave
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were read: DR.. J. e. Todd. state geologist.
South Dakota. on Geology of South Da-
kota;" DR.. James d. Irving, Washington.
D. c., on "Ore Deposits of the Northern
Black Hills" and James NJ. Abbott, Den
yer. on Good Roads for Mines"
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Columbian building
THOS. ]. OWEN q SON Aurtioneera au26- d.
JAMES W. RADCLIFFE. AUCrIoNEER.

PEREMPTORY SALE OF IMPROVED PROPERTY
ON GRANT AVENUE IN DIRECT LINE WITH
NINTH STREET EXTENSION. BY AUCTION.
Or THURSDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF SEP
TENDER, AID. 1903 AT HAIF-PAST FOUR
O'CLOCK PM. will sell. by public auction in
front of the premises part Of lots 134 and 135
all Of lot C. in Wright and Doles subdivision
of Mount Pleasant"
Terms stated time of sale. 500 deposit re-
se5d&dbs JAMES W. RADCLIFFE, Auct.
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VIRGINIA

NORTH HILL. 60 MILES FROM WASH, VIA
Biuemont; mt. valley and water scenery; bcy-
cling drives. shaded grounds; spring beds; no
daily mails; frst-class fare fresh meats, fowls,
milk, fruits; IS per week: open till Nov. Procure
circular. MAURICE CASTLEMAN, Castleman q
Ferry, Clarke CO.. Va seT-I2t