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SCARCITY OF BOYS.
Bounties Paid for Them by Kansas
City Messenger Agencies.

From the Kansas City Journal.
So serious is the messenger boy famine in
Kansas City that bounties are being paid
for them. I'VE pay" said the proprietor
of a messenger office yesterday, 80 apiece
for likely lads. This bounty is paid to our
own boys. They keep their eyes peeled for
messengers When they see one working
for rival company for the telegraph
companies or the retail stores, they wheel
alongside of him and generally bring him
in. We pay the newcomer higher wages
than he gets where he has been working
and We give our conscript agent 81 for
getting the boy. l do not know where all
the boys have gone. l think they quit be-
ing born from twelve to fifteen years ago.
Anyway, there are not enough to go round
Look at that one"
Here he indicated a man we'll past sixty
years, who was carrying lot of kilograms
and delivery sheet.
There is a regular war being waged be-
tween the telegraph companies and the
messenger service bureaus. The telegraph
company local managers are held down to
eastern schedules, which run from $3.50 to
$3.50 week. The local messenger bureau
age or the height of the boy has little to
do with his worth. 1t is the way he knows
the town and can get over it on the cars
cent for any boy he brings in who does
not fill the requirements of the bureau
service
"our boys have to know something about
the new boy they bring in and the only
way, they can learn that is to watch him
work. The telegraph companies really do
us a considerable service, for, their work
being gentle compared to our Owr, they
teach the boys the trade and make them
ready for the harder work of our bureau.
The telegraph messenger has only tele-
grams to deliver. and nnety-nine out of
one hundred of these are straight errands
to familiar addresses. Local messengers,
on the contrary, carry evrything, from
billets-doux to sacks of potatoes. They
have to escort old ladies home in bad
they have to almost fight for umbrellas
they are sent out to get when storms come
up suddenly. We require boy with go
in him and we pay to get him. Such boys
do not come to our service voluntarily, as
they prefer the kindergarten work in the
telegraph offices. By the time our con-
script agent gets to him. though, and
tells him about the extra SO a week and
tips he gets interested
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A Man and His Hat.

From Putnam's Monthly.
There are things, it is a comfort to know,
which even man cannot do, and a man
is supposed to be able to do almost any,
thing. Now novelist may put his
heroine's hat on her head at a angle he
chooses-it is one of the few .s-ivilges Of
womanhood-and leave her not a bit less
charming or dgnified, but l defy him to
put his hero's hat at a rowdy angle over
his ear at a crucial point in his career, and
leave him still heroic! The Achilles heel
of a man is his hat. He must guard that
as he does his reputation for 1t is at once
his strength and his weakness. 1t would
hurt an archbishop-and an archbishop
necessarily stands for all that is good and
great-less in the eyes of the public to COM
NIT crime than to wear his hat on the
back of his sacred head-real back!-and
so exhibit himself to his distressed diocese.
He may have all the known virtues, and
many that are not known, but even an
archbishop cannot with impunity defy con-
vention. Still, If he is SO inclined, why
should not a good and great man wear his
hat over his nose without creating unfav-
orable comment? The fact is he cannot.
He Is ruled by convention, and convention
Is the red-tape of society. The cast-iron
laws of fashion, which is only another
name for convention, are such that If the
greatest man in England were to walk with
all his accustomed dignity from the Marble
Arch to the bank with trailing peacock's
feather attached to the band OF his immacu-
late silk hat, he would be followed by a
mob in two seconds, and by the time he
reached We're street the outraged majesty
of the law would take him into custody as
a suspicious character.
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told me proves the fact. And you. the lame
man in the hanson cab"
Beatrice got no further, for a howl OF
rage from Sartorfs prevented more words.
The cripple wheeled his chair across the
room and barred the door
You shall pay for this he said furious
ly. You know too much That anybody
should dare to stand there before me and
say what you have said to me"
He seemed to be incapable OF further
speech. The man called Reggie bent over
Beatrice and whispered something I'm her
ear She caught the words mechani-
cally-
Give me what you have in your pocket
he said. land will see you through. Don't
compared with your life? For that is in
danger, and far greater danger than you
Know Pass those stones over, quick"
but Beatrice was not going to be bulled
Ike that. Above all things-the knowledge
stood out before her that Bennington was
not far off She had only to call for as
sistance. and he would be by her side at
once The girls eyes dilated, but not with
fear as the man imagined.
II am not so helpless as you imagine"
Beatrice said. And You will never get what
you want unless you resort to violence.
Now you understand me-"
The man smiled. He had an eye for
beauty and courage. rogue though he was
But he had to reckon with Sartoris. who
seemed to be recovering his self-possession.
What are you muttering about?' he ask
ed suspiciousy. "Ah, what was that? Did
you hear it?'
The trio stood listening. quivering with
excitement, tense I'm every limb. With a
loud cry Beatrice flung herself at the door
and beat upon ii madly.
Go be continued tomorrow
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MARCUS NOTES. AUCTIoNEER.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE UNIM-
PROVED REAL ESTATE. SITUATE IN LIE
DROIT PARK. ON SECOND STREET BE-
TWEEN IT" AND ELM STREETS NORTH.
Under npd by virtue OF deed Of trust bearing
date the 29th day of July, 1897, and duly recorded
among the land records Of the District Of Columbia
in Liber 223S. at folio 100 ct seq, and at the
request Of the party secured thereby, the under
signed surviving trustee, win offer for sale at
public auction. in front of the premises. on MON
DAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF JANUARY,
AID. 1907. AT HALFPAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM.
part OF lot G, in square numbered IL. in lie Droie
Park, as per plat thereof, recorded in County Sub
division Book Governor Shepherd. page Is, of the
surveyors office of the District OF Columbia. be-
ginning Mt a point on the east line of said lot 3S
feet inch north from the southeast corner Of said
lot; thence west to point on the west line of said
lot SO feet inches north of the southwest corner
the center thereof; thence the Of the
east line OF said lot; thence south 1887 feet along
said east line to the beginning.
Terms of sale: One-third Of the purchase money
In cash. the balance In two equal installments
payable I'm and two years from day Of sale,
with six per cent interest secured by deed of trust
upon the property sold, all cash, at the option
of the purchaser. deposit of 5000 will be re
Qured at time of sale. Terms OF sale to be COM
piled with within fifteen days from day Of sale,
otherwise the property will be resold at the risk
and cost Of the defaulting purchaser, after five
days notice in some newspaper published In the
District of Columbia. All conveyancing, recording
and notar!al fees at the cost of the purchaser.
LEON ,ToBRINER. Surviving Trustee;
ja3-d. eSu&ds Equity building
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ASKS DIVORCE IN RHYME.
Twice Married Woman's Poetic Ar
raignment of Man

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, January H.-Twice
married and once before divorced, Mrs.
John Wade, a beautiful and attractive
woman approaching middle age, yester-
day filed curious petition for divorce from
her husband, a well-known and well-to-do
western travelling man. The petition 10
made up largely of verse written by Mrs.
Wade herself and entitled "A Matrimonial
Idyl,' dedicated to Young and old who
would tempt fate" She begins:
Stay single or you may repent when too late;
Nine times out of ten married life is fake
II you prefer joy and peace of mind.
Drift sweetly alone down the swift stream OF time.
You may think for awhile tbs unalloyed bliss
To have sweetheart caress you and kiss
Whose fattering promises fall sweet your ear.
! ne pledge OF mans constant love Is a snare
just deluson is all. | say-so beware.
lis counting today and wedlock tomorrow.
Just profit by others whose unhappy fate
Would warn you never to tie up with mate
OF those who are victims of mems false alluring.
My advice u.s. Trust God; do the best you
10 wed Is all lottery when you trust in man.
Proceeding in a greater spirit of mis-
anthropy, Mrs. Wade takes this shot at the
male sex:
A substitute for man is the latest hit
Just keep dog to growl and cat TO spit;
A domestic parrot can both jaw and swear;
A monkey to dispute and pull your hair.
All Il that T., is lacking in such connubial bliss.
Are gentle love taps. just for joke,
Such as knockdowns, black eyes or sweet little
chokes.
Then, forgetting meter and rhyme. Mrs.
Wade takes one last jab at the whole race
and its most sacred institution:
Don't think you need one TO strike even a match:
There are better places light to scratch.
Talmage matches in heaven made,
But birthstone attachments show where the plan
laid.
Mrs Wades first husband, B. ]. Birch
ard was a real estate dealer and a veteran
of the civil war.
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An Encouraging Revival.
leveland Plain Dealer,

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Gilbert and Sullivan operas are be-
ing revived on the London stage and the
playgoing public is greeting them with al
most as much fervor as when these minor
operate classics were first produced. This
pleasantly indicates that Gilbert's playful
wit and Sullivan's tuneful music after a
lapse of many seasons are still able to win
a practical form of appreciation from in.
terisent playgoers who have for the most
mart been forced to accept the so-callcd
musical comedy or jingling farce when
they ask for comic opera of the good old
standard sort. 1t isn't so much lack of
demand as it is the failure of supply that
has brought about the dearth of genuine
comic operas. new Gilbert and new
Sullivan will be just as welcome were
the original librettist and composer.
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VI l.
CHANcERY SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
TIAL DWELLlNGG HOUSE: NO. sis 4 ST
IMPRoyRD BEiS II DEs IRA AED B HHh Nc
LOTS ON I'D ST. NEAR PENNA. AVE. Sc.
of the supreme Court of the District Of Columbia
the undersigned trustees will sell at public auction
THE r fE0nf vi A oF on
1907, BEGINNING AT FOUR O'CLOCK PM, lot
Inns subdivision of original lot 10, in square 1872
as per plat in Liber W. B; NJ. folio 257, of the
Columbia, described in one parcel as follows: Be
ginning at the southwest corner of said lot 16
until 1t intersects point in the line of said
lot T. thence norhwesterlv along said line of
lot IS, thence west A feet to the line of I'd St.
east thence south with the line of said sc 81
DArELY THER s par of lot one In
square eight hundred and forty-on per plat in
ace of the surveyor Of the District of Columbia,
described as follows: Beginning for the same at
running thence north along 9th ST. 81 feet, thence
west q feet inch, thence south 81 feet to St,
Of beginning, improved by dwelling SIS st. Sc.
Terms Of sale: one.third of the purchase money
ments, payable in one and two years from day of
sale, represented by the promissory notes Of the
centum per annum. payable semi annually, and
secured by first deed of trust upon the property
A deposit of $3.50 will be required at time of sale
upon each separate parcel. All conveyancing, re-
cordng, etc, to be at purchasers cost. Terms of
sale to be complied with within twenty days from
day of sale. otherwise the trustees reserve the
right to resell the property, at the risk and cost
Of defaultng purchaser. after five days advertise
ment of such resale in some newspaper published
In Washington, D. c.
OSCAR LUCKETT
344 st. NV
JESSE H. WILSON
81 John Marshall place,
DAVID PROVOST,
1872 Nassau ST., New York,
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FUTURE DAYS


TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE, BEING THE DESIRABLE
FRAME DWELLING AT THE \. L. CORNER
OF 18TH AND HAMLIN STREETS, BROOK
LAND. ID. c.
BY virtue Of certain deed OF trust. duly recorded
IN Liber No. 2Si6, folio All ct seq, Of the land
records of the District of Columbia, and at the
quest OF the party secured thereby the undersigned
trustee viii sell at public auction. in front OF the
premises, on MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST
DAY OF JANUARY, A ID. 1907, AT HAIF-PAST
-FOUR O'CLOCK PM. me following described
land and premises, situate in the county OF Wash
ington. District OF Columbia, and designated and
being lot numbered H. in block numbered 20, In
benjamin +. Leighton and Richard l.. Pairo trus-
tees, subdivision OF ''BTookland," as per plat re-
corded In the office of the surveyor for the District
OF Columbia, in Liber County q. at folios 1903 and
1O4.
Terms Of sale: One-third OF the purchase money
10 he paid In cash. balance in two equal install.
ments. payable In and two years, with interest
al per centum per annum, payable semi annually
from day of sale. secured by deed Of trust upan
the property sold, all cash, at the option Of the
purchaser. A deposit OF $500 will be required at
time OF sale. All conyeyancing. recording. etc.
at cost Of purchaser Terms OF sale TO he complied
with within fifteen days from day OF sale, other.
Wise the trustee reserves the right to resell the
property at the risk and cost Of defanlting pur.
chaser, after I'VE days advertisement OF such
sale In some newspaper published In Washing
TIE WASHINGTON LOAN AND TRUST co,
by JNo, JOY EDISON. President. Trustee.
jsiOd&ds.eSu
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THos. ]. OWEN & son, AUcrIoNEERs

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE, NO. 5l1 SPRUCE STREET
NORTHWEST.
BY virtue of a certain deed of trust duly recorded
In Liber No. 2l22 folio 256 ct seq, of the land
records of the District Of Columbia and at the re-
quest Of the party secured thereby the undersigned
trustees will SELL at public auction in front of the
premises, on WEDNESDAY. THE TWENTY
THIRD DAY OF JANUARY, A. d. 1907 AT
HA1F-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM. the follow ing
described land and premises situate In the county
of Washington, District of Columbia and desig-
mated and being lots numbered twenty-siX 900
and twenty -seyen go in Robert f. Morris subdl-
vision of lots in block numbered fifteen (15l~ lie
Droit Park, as per plat recorded in Idber County
No 6, folio TO- Of the records of the Office of the
surveyor of the District Of Columbia. together with
the improvements consisting of two-story frame
dwelling. ~-s--@~
Terms Of sale: One third OF the purchase money
TO be paid In cash, balance In three equal Install
ments payable In one, two and three years. with
interest at five per centum per annum, payable
semiannually, from day of SALE secured by deed of
trust upon the property sold. all cash. at the
option of the purchaser A deposit Of 5000 will be
required at time of sale. All conveyancing, re-
cording etc, at cost of purchaser. Terms OF sale
to be complied with within fifteen days from day
of sale, otherwise the trustees the right to
resell the property the risk and Of default
ing purchaser, after five days advertisement of
such resale In some newspaper published in Wash
ington, ID. g.
FLEMING J. LAVENDER
WILLIAM ii. BARNES,
TAIL -d&ds eSu TTustees
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THOMAS ]. OWEN son, AUCTIONEERS,
9l3 street NV.

TRUSTEES SALE OF TWO-STORY FRAME
DWELLING SITUATE 249 FOURTEENTH
STREET NORTHEAST. WASHINGTON, DIS
TRICT OF COLUMBIA.
BY virtue of a deed OF trust given to us and
recorded in Liber 233S. at folio 1877 ct seq one
Of the land records of the District OF Columbia
and at the request of the party secured, will
sell. at public auction. In front of the premises,
on FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF
JANUARY. 1907, AT F0UR-THIRTY O'CLOCK
PM. the following described real estate situate
In the District Of Columbia. to wit: Lot num-
bered four "a. In the Howard University subdivi-
sion OF square numbered thousand and fifty
i've l0S5l according to the plat of said subdivi-
sion the same appears OF record In the office
OF the surveyor for the District Of Columbia. In
subdivision book marked c. II. B.. at page 800.
Terms: One-thlrd cash balance In l and 2
years, with interest at 6es per annum, payable
semi annually. 500 deposit required at time Of
sale Good title or no sale. All conveyancing at
purchasers cost.
JOSEPH r. EDISON.
" CHARLES II. BAILEY,
tsfo,tlT,2i.@ Trustees.
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Passing Of the Old Maids.

From the Queen.
Old maids are dying out. In a few years.
time the typical old maid of our youth will
rarely be seen, and a hundred years hence
she will probably be dead altogether. The
term "old maid" is now seldom or never
heard; the expression bachelor girl has
taken It's place, and many and happy are
the bachelor girls In Britain today. with
their independence, their little homes and
their own weil-arranged lives.
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ADAM A. wEscHLER, AUcrIoNEER.
Assignee's Sale

Assignee's Sale
OF the entire stock of Dry Goods,
Notions and Millinery contained
in premises No. 1916 9TH street
northwest.
by virtue OF a deed OF assignment given to me.
and duly recorded. win sell by public auction
within the above premises on
Tuesday, the 18th day of January,
AID. 1907, at 10 O'Clock am,
A large and well assorted stock OF Dry Goods,
Notions and Millinery to which the attention OF
the trade and private buyers is invited.
The above stock will first be offered as an en-
tirety, and II a satisfactory bid be not obtained
will then be Immediately sold in detail.
Terms cash.
WILLIAM J. SCH0LZ, Assignee,
- Room u. Century building.
JULIUS l. PEYsER. Atty. for Assignor.
ja9 d&dbs eSu
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Failed to Get Free Advice.

From the Home Magazine.
Client (meets his doctor and wants a
free opinion)-'sWhen you have a bad cold
what do you do?"
Doctor-"I blow my nose and cough"
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ADAM A. WEsCHLER, AUCTIoNEER.

ADAM A. wEsCHLER, AUCTIONEER.
Assignee's Sale
Of the Entire Stock of Wines,
Liquors and Cigars contained in
premises No. 2o4 9TH street south
west; also Lease, Wholesale
Liquor License, Wagon, Bust
ness Buggy, etc.
BY virtue of deed Of assignment given to me
and duly recorded l will sell by public auction,
within the above premises.
On Monday, the 18th Day of
January, A. D. 1907,
At 10 O'Clock AM,
a large and well-assorted stock OF Wines liquors
and cigars; also lease, license. wagon, business
buggy, etc.
The above stock, together with lease. license
and good will, will first be offered entirety,
and II satisfactory bid be not obtained will then
be Immediately sold in detail
Terms cash.
GEORGE E. TRALLES Assignee.
jaS-d&dbs. eSu Berry & Whitmore bldg.
GTTHE ABOVE SALE is POSTPONED UNTIL
MONDAY. THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF JANU-
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UTHE ABOVE SALE is POSTPONED UNTIL
MONDAY, THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY OF JANU-
AIRY, 1907, AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK AN.
GEORGE E. TRALLES Assignee
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AUCTION SALES.

lines It, COO. 81, 81 20 Iwk $3.50. mo-. 81. 20.
THIS AFTERNOON.
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THE GREATER WASHINGTON AUCTION CO..
625 La. ave. NV.

On TUESDAY. JANUARY FIFTEENTH. AT
TEN AN, we will sell the entire effects of s21 c
street. Bedroom Suites. Parlor Furniture. Piano,
etc, all to the highest bidder. for cash.
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EXECUTORS SALE OF, Two;;sToRY FRAME

THoS ]. OWEN & SON, AUCTIoNEERS.
9l3 st. NV.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-22
WALNUT KNOT APPEARS
LIKE BIRD DOGS HEAD.
Natural Curiosity Belonging to Los
antsville Woman Has Strange
Shape.

Losantsville, Ind, Sept. 21.--Mrs.
J. F. McNees of this city has in her
possession a natural curiosity that is
much commented on here. 1t is a wa
nut knot in shape resembling a bird
dogs head and neck. 1t is so nat
ural that a person can be deceived as
to its reality by placing a cloth over
part of it. There are worn grooves
on each side of the knot where it has
been rubbed by two limbs. A local
tradition says that dog was caught
in the tree when it was young and
the head petrified. The knot was orig
inally the property of an old lady who
used it to hold her front door open.
After her death it passed TO Mrs. Nc
Nees. 1t is believed 70 be over a hun
dred years old and Mrs. McNees has
refused several fancy offers for it.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-22
An Ambitious
PrOgraxm...

the reforms advocated by the labor
movement.
I'VE must continue to agitate for
free schools, free text books and COM
pulsory education; the abolition of all
forms of involuntary servitude, except
punishment for crime; we oppose the
abuse of the injunction process; we de-
mand a uniform workday of not more
than eight hours, six days to constitute
a weeks work; naturalization of the
telegraph and telephone lines; the pas
sage Of anti-child labor laws in states
where they do not now exist, and their
rigid enforcement where they are on
the statute books. In short, labor's
program is comprehensive, and is in
herently right.
1.-The International Typographical
Union will continue to press, and even
more forcefully, for improved sanitary
conditions In composing rooms. We are
enlisted in war against tuberculosis.
The great white plague has been al
lowed free rein in our craft; we propose
to curb the disease, and as nearly as
may be possible to stamp 1t out.
1--WE also have under consideration
certain benefit features that will great
ly strengthen our union, because they
are Just and humanitarian. The first
of these, an old-age pension scheme,
will shortly go to a referendum vote.
1--WE believe that wages and hours,
important as they are to our material
welfare, are not the only subjects in
the ken of trade-union action, and we
intend to consider and eventually make
effective, measures that will make for
the greater comfort and happiness of
Dur membership.
I'm short, we intend to be a most
pronounced factor in the development
If society along correct lines
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-22
CHARMING SOCIAL EVENT
is GIVEN AT NEW PARIS.
Dinner in Honor Of Miss
Mabel Pence, Soon to Be
Married.

New Paris, o., Sept. 21-One of the
most charming social events of the
season was the four-course dinner Civ
en- by Miss Edith Reid, Thursday eve
ming in honor of Miss Mabel Pence,
bride-elect. The table was very pref
tily decorated in yellow and white, a
large mound of golden rod and white
asters formed the center piece. The
place cards were cut in the shape of
double hearts and were ornamented
with hand-painted wedding bells. The
shades on the candelabra were of yell
low silk. The following guests were
present: Mesdames Elsie Pence Of
Grafton, Pa. Maude Arnold, Pearl
Reid Of Greenwood: Misses Cora Haw-
ley. Mable Pence, Nellie Mcneil, Mary
Wolf, Marie Peele and Elsie Boyle.