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NEW YORK STATE GUARD
Loses one-Third Of It's Membership
Each Year. -.

ALBANY, January 6.-Adjutant Gen.
Nelson S. Henry in his annual report says
that the enlisted strength OF the National
Guard Is 14.O15 men.
THE changes in the personnel Of the
guard. he says. clearly indicate that
the National Guard loses In one way or
another more than one-third of its mem
bership each year. based upon the Ave-
year term of enlistment: that under the
present existing requirement approx
mately only % per cent received a full
and honorable discharge. 1t is further
apparent that a large percentage. APP
proximately "a per cent, discharged by
being dropped, served the state less than
three years, and in all probability less
than two years. Various deductions may
be drawn from the existing conditions.
1t would certainly appear that In certain
commands due and proper care is not
taken in the first instance in the selection
of recruits. 1t is beyond dispute a fact
that the state does not receive a fair re-
turn for the expenditure incurred In dni-
forming and equippng this large percent
age of men who after a short service. for
one reason or another, are dropped from
the rolls.
''It is gratifying to note net gain OF
2O3 in the total strength of the National
Guard for September 80, 1907. This
strength is the largest, with one excep-,
ton, since the reorganization. and would
seem to refute the frequent statement or
the difficulty of securing men for the
service. e..
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THOMAS ]. OWEN { son, AUCTIoNEERs.

SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
RESIDENCE PROPERTY. BEING THE
TWOSTORY AND CELLAR BRICK DWELL.
ING No 2o21 ,p pLAGL ER P PLAG SITUATE
STREETS NORTHWEST.
Whereas default having been made in the pay
ment OF certain installments due the debt
secured by a certain deed of trust dated August
folio $3.50, Of the land records of the District OF
Columbia. and at the request of the party Sc
cured thereby. the undersigned trustees. by vir.
tue OF the power vested In them by said deed OF
premises. on WEDNESDAY, THE EIGHTH
DAY OF JANUARY. AID 1908. AT HALF
PAST -FOUR O'CLOCK PM. the following de-
scribed land and premises. situate in the county
numbered ffty-fve t55) in the subdivision Of GER
tain lots in square numbered thirty-seven $50.
Addition to lie Droit Park per plat of
said subdivision recorded in Liber County No.
surveyor of the District Of Columbia. together
with the improvements thereon. consisting of a
two-story and cellar six-room and bath dwell
ing. subject to certain covenants running with
the land.
Terms Of SALE: This property is sold subject
to prior deed of trust securing indebted
ness of $3.50 900. dated February 3, 1906, matur-
ing February B. 1909, and bearing Sec interest
per annum.. payable semi-annually. payment Of
which is to be assumed by the purchaser, the
purchase money and above the said deed
of trust to be paid in cash. deposit of two
hundred dollars $4,000 will be required at the
time Of sale, and terms to be fully complied
with within fifteen days from day Of sale, or
deposit to be forfeited and property resold at
the cost Of such, defaulting purchaser after five
days advertisement of such resale in some news
paper published in Washington. D. C. Convey
ancing and recording charges at purchasers cost.
B. FRANCIS SAUL. Trustee.
WALTER f. HILTON. Trustee,
de2i-13t Cor. 7th and l. SITS. NV.
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Happenings at Hyattsville.
necial Corresnondence Of The Star

HYATTSvILLE, Md, January.6 6. 1907.
A. C. Armstrong, East Hyattsville, Sat
urday night and took away about sixty
birds. The thieves cut the threats Of the
fowls.
Recently Mr. e. C. Alnutt Of Rockville.
son, of the registrar of wills of Mont
gomery county, had horse and buggy
stolen while standing at the corner of Sd
and K streets northwest. Washington.
Friday last Deputy Sheriff Thomas IL.
Garrison recovered the team ON. the
Bladensburg turnpike. When the occu-
pant saw Officer Garrison, he leaped from
the buggy and escaped.
Among the pardon cases considered by
Gov. Warfield on the last pardon day
of his administration was that Of Robert
Shelton of Hyattsville, convicted of lar
ceny. Attorney Robert W. Wells made an
earnest plea for Shelton's pardon, and
was backed up by letters from Judge John
p. Briscoe, who presided in the case
Judge Crane associate justice;. members
Of the jury and States Attorney NJ
Hampton Magruder The pardon was
signed by Gov. Warfielf and handed in
person to Attorney Wells.
Miss Jennie M. Dorsey. daughter of Mrs.
Annie r. and the late Benjamin H. Dor
se,, DIED Saturday OF paralysis. She was
sey of Laurel.
. Judge Briscoe, recently elected chief
Judge of the seventh judicial circuit of
Maryland, has removed to Annapolis for
the winter. He will return to his home in
Prince Fredericktown next April.
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probably get up to date In course of time.
But they have published regulations to
the effect that the awards may be made
only every five years. which certainly
seems, unless in utter dearth of meritori-
GUS candidates. a breach of the spirit of
the founders bequest.
Younger Men Honored.
The prizes have, in spite of all draw
backs, been instrumental in rewarding
good work for humanity in various direc-
lions. Finsen. the originator of the light
cure for lupus: Behring. for his work in
combating tuberculosis. and Ross, the
conqueror of malaria, are among those
who have been honored for their services
to medical science. Rontgen of the X
rays; the CURES. who discovered radium;
Moissan. the manufacturer of artificial
diamonds, are some of the best known
recipients of the prizes in other scientific
branches. AS to the peace prize, if its
award to President Roosevelt the apostle
OF big navies and big sticks, appears
somewhat bizarre, there can be no doubt
OF the excellence of the awards to quiet.
the Baroness Won Suttner and Sir Randall
Cremer. This year the peace prize has
gone to two OF the transformations work.
ers." an Italian and a Frenchman. The
prize for literature is that about which
| there has been most dispute and most
Termination. Germany. Spain. Italy.
France and Norway have all been hon
ored, in the persons of Mommsen, Eche-
garay, Carducci. Sully Prudhomme, and
Bjornson, respectively--the last two being
the names about which, apart from the
question of date, least discussion was pos
sible. This year England. which has been
smarting under its long exclusion. at last
gets a look in-with Rudyard Kipling!
Surely it was stroke of irony on the part
Of the Stockholm committee to place 1.-The
Banjo Bard" in the same category with
Bjornson and Echegaray, as distin-
guished for literature of an idealistic ten
dency!' But no doubt the English will be
pleased.
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Two Schooners Sold.

The three-masted bay schooner Priscilla
has been sold by Capt. r. B. White to
the Marvel Packing Company of Seaford.
Del, and the vessel has been turned over
to her new owners. The vessel. it is
stated. will be withdrawn from the gen.
eral trade on the bay, and will be used
in carrying lumber for her new owners
from bay points to their plant, where it
will be made up into fruit-carrying cases
and crates.
The two-masted bay schooner Edward
C. has been sold by w. c. Michael to
Capt. J. Fl. Harper and others of Baltf-
more. and Capt. Harper will take COM
mand of the vessel. The Edwin C. will be
continued in the bay trade and will make
her first trip from Baltimore to the Plan
katank for her new owners. The Edwin
c. is vessel of seventy-nine gross tons
and is eighty-four feet long. She was
built at Cambridge, Md, in 1881 and has
been employed in the bay trade since be-
ing built
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THos J. OWEN 4 son, AUCTIoNEERs

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE UNIM.
PROVED REAL ESTATE FRONTING aso SO
OF AND ADJOINING ST. ELIZABETH HOS.
PITAL GROUNDS.
By virtue Of deed Of trust. dated November
the land records Of the District OF Columbia.
and at the request Of the party. secured thereby,
DAY JASuARY EIeHffH. 1905. AT T HALF HALF.
ing described real estate, in the county of
Washington, District OF Columbia and known
and distinguished and being part OF lot A
and all of lot In section in Barry Fasm as
per plat recorded in Book Levy Court No ?,
folio ]. in the surveyors ONCE of the District OF
said lot. and running thence with the southern
line thereof south 81 degrees IS minutes 40
in e s Of T. fe as
ptai for the Insane. thence continuing said south
linz Of lot south 81 degrees q minutes east
thence with the west line thereof north de-
grees So minutes 10 seconds east 3se,36 feet.
r-ees minutes 30 seconds west o37 SO feet.
thence north 81 degrees SO minutes 90 seconds
west 500 60 feet TO the west line of lot B.
II minutes 40 seconds west 1918 feet to- the
beginning: containing 12l ,247.5 feet =
one year and third In two years. or all cash
at the purchasers option. deferred payments II
real estate sold aud to be represented ~ proms-
sorry notes of the purchaser dated on the day
OF sale and bearing interest payable semi
Conveyancing. examination OF title aud record
ing at purchasers cost. Terms to lie complied
deposit % $500 will be required at the time OF
sale. In case Of default In compliance by the
serve the right to resell at the risk snl cost OF
the defsulting purchaser. sitter i've '!sys' ad'
vertisement in The Evening Star
JOHN RIDOUT.
Trustees. 344 d NV.
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Harbor Tug Hull Completed.

The hull of the little harbor tug, which
the Potomac Dredging Company Of this
city had built by NJ. M. Davis at Solo
mons Island. Md, is completed at the yard
and is awaiting the installation of the
machinery. While nothing definite is
known regarding the. intention of the
owners of the boat. i, is stated that the
engine and boiler will be sent to Solomons
Island from Baltimore in the early spring
and will be installed aboard the vessel,
and that she will next season be in service
on the Potomac
The new craft will be about fifty feet
long and is to be used, it is stated in tow
ing sand-carrying barges In and out of
Piscataway creek, where the dredges of
the company are employed in digging
sand The water in Piscataway is not
deep enough for the big tug Marion Came
ron. and a smaller boat has to be used to
bring the loaded lighters out to her so
that she can tow them-t to this city. The
tugs NJ. Mitchell Davis. William H.
Yerkes, jr.. James o. Carter. Marion
Cameron, Capt. Toby and the Edward
Gummeil, now the Fortuna. were all built
at Solomons Island for service on the Po-
tomac.
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FUTURE DAYS.
ADAM A. wESCHLER, AUCTIoNEER.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE. KNOWN AS $50 MORRIS
ROAD, ANACOSTIA. d. G.

REAL ESTATE. KNOWN AS $50 MORRIS
ROAD. ANACOSTIA. d. C.
recorded in Liber No. 2s67. folio 3o2 ct seq.
and Liber No. sO57, folio 40 ct seq. of the
land records of the District of Columbia, and
at the request of the party secured thereby. We.
the undersigned trustees, will sell, at public
pHY HR 81 III ppHY OF On
A. ID. 1905. AT -FOUR O'CLOCK PM. the fol-
lowing described land and premises. situate in
the county OF Washington, in the District of
Columbia, designated as and being part of lot
211. in H. A GrswoId's addition to Anacostia,
as per plat IN County Book g. pageIo in the
surveyors Office for said District and described
side Of Morris soad distant 1sos feet southeast
wardly from the intersection of the westerly line
Of said lot 211 with Morris road. running thence
enthusiastically parallel with said westerly line
Of said lot distance Of 1921 feet, thence still
enthusiastically in a straight line to point on
es aason BY lot
August 10, 1908, and recorded In LIber 2749.
DsS distant 1sso feet
from t, the most northerly point of that part Of
said lot conveyed to said Harrison by said deed,
nue. distance of 2f.20 feet to the northwest
corner OF Coleman R. Browns lot. thence south
said LOT III. 81 % feet to Norris road, thence
ENTHUSIASTICALLY with the line of Morris road
with the improvements, consisting Of premises
80 Morris road.
Terms OF sale: One-thiru of the purchase
money to be paid in cash. and the balance in
two equal fnstpllments. payable in one and two
years. with interest at per centum per annum,
payable semi-apnually. from day of sale, Sc
cured by deed pf trust upon the property sold,
or gil cash. at fhe option of the purchaser. 4
d1posit Of s100.pO will be required of the pur,
oSfer at the time of sale All conveyancing,
redSfdfag and 1otarial fees at the cost of the
PURCHASER. Te1ns of sale to be complied with
withr>75 days from day of sale.
* GEORGE NJ: EMMERICH.
~ 511 7th st. NV.
MACEAIJ
n n 416 9Th st. NV.
<J~A. rIAEDEI, Trustees.
9Th ST. n.w~
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TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
BRJGHTwOOD AVENUE NORTHWEST.
By virtue Of two certain deeds of trust. record
ed in Liber No. PTS. at folios 249 and PSI ct
seq. respectively one Of the land records of the
District of Columbia, the undersigned will offer
for sale at public auction; in front Of premises:
JANUARY, 1908, AT HALF-PAST FOUR
O'CLOCK PM. the following described real
estate. situate in the county of Washington. in
said District: viz: Lots Nos. "a and Is in block
No. of John A. Massie, trustees. subdivision
of a tract of land known as Reservoir View
as said subdivision appears of record in Libef
No. f6. at folio 161. in the office Of the surveyor
of the said District. together with the imrove-
ments thereon. consisting Of two two-story brick
dwellings. Nos. 1887 and 2s39 Brightwood ave-
northwest.
Each house will be sold subject to prior in
cumbrance. the amount of which will be an
nounced at the time of sale. ~
Terms: All cash above the prior incumbrance.
deposit of 800 on each lot will be required at
the time of sale. ALI conveyancing and record
ing will be at the purchasers cost. Terms to be
complied with within ten days otherwise the
trustees reserve the right TO resell at the risk
and cost of the defaulting purchaser.
JAMES F. HOOD.
FIRMAN n. HORNER.
de31-eod&ds Trustees
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ROCKVILLE AS GRETNA GREEN.
What Records Of License Clerk Of
Montgomery County Show.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md. January 6, 1908.
The year 1907 emphasized Rockville s
popularity as Gretna Green. During
the twelve months Of that year exactly
$50 licenses to marry were issued by the
clerk Of the circuit court, nearly two
thirds of them having been procured by
couples residing without the limits of the
county. The number was about fifty in
excess Of that ever before issued here
in a single year.
The impression that nearly all couples
who visit Rockville for matrimonial pur-
poses are runaways Is an erroneous one.
AS q matter Of fact a very small pro-
portion are Of that class. One of the Sc
crets OF the towns popularity with cou-
pies on matrimony bent Is that girl need
be but sixteen years of age in order to
procure license, and not a few Of those
from Washington, where the required age
Is eighteen years. come out for that rea-
son alone.
Rev. s. r. White. Baptist minister
now retired, has married so many couples
that he has gained the title of the Mar
rying Parson." During the forty years
since his ordination as a minister he has
tied nearly 800 nuptial knots. OF late
years his services have been much more
in demand than formerly, and the year
JUDI SiooCu, OuI1uS WHICH Uc
an even 100 ceremonies, was his record
year.
Like all the other Rockville ministers
Mr.. White will not marry persons divorced
on other than biblical grounds. How
ever. unless his suspicious are aroused
he never asks embarrassing questions, and
when the papers are all right he usually
performs the ceremony, but he has had
occasion a number of times to turn
down" divorced persons, and he says he
vv,fIy l.
given are what he considers good and suf-
fieient.
When it was suggested to him the
other day that the marrying business
was not an Improbable one to him, Mr.
White remarked that the general ides
concerning his income from that source
is an exaggerated one. He told OF a
recent case where the bridegroom. after
the ceremony had been performed, asked
him what he charged. When told by the
minister that he made no regular charge
but depended entirely upon the gener-
osity Of the bridegrooms, the young fell
| low asked: M
i Have you change for a dollar?''
After recovering my speech" said Mr..
White, Il told him I had no change
something But he never did,
Mr.. White also told Of one young fellow
who came to him several years ago and
frankly stated that he was without money
but must get married. promising to see
that was paid later If would perform
the ceremony.
II married the young folks said Mr.
White, land thought no more about them
until one day several years later, when q
young couple with two children called
upon me, reminded me of the circum-
stance and paid me the belated fee
Loads of wood, bags Of potatoes and
various other products Of the farm are
among the fees received by Mr.: White
for marrying country couples.
Mr.. White is one Of Rockville'sa most
honored citizens - q
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THOMAS .. OWN & son. AUCTIONEERS,
1881 st. NV.
TRUSTEES SAI.E OF UNIMPROvED PROP

-ERff. SITUATE NICHOLS AVENUE.
- BARRY FARM. ANACOSTIA. d. G.
Il By virtue of a deed Of trust given to us and
trecorded in Liber 2965 at folio 4sI ct seq. one
IF the land records Of the District of Columbia;
nd at the request ef the party secured will
s4u at public 5egetion. IN front of the premises
q WEDNESDAY. THE EIGHTH DAY OF
MSuARY. 1908. AT FOUR O'CLOCK PM.
the following described real estate, situate In
the nfstrict of Columbia to wit:
Parts Of original lots 1ettered a. and "B''
. In section numbered eight Cs). Barry Farm he
ginning at, point on the western line of orig
Hpal lot ~; south $50 a. 40" west 421 % feet
In the perthwest corner thereof. thence with
a<Qcstion OF the western line Of lots "a
AZ ~; south So "a 40" west 2ss.4s feet:
The wing said line and running south 81
3S ~ east 800. 81 feet; thence south SO O6'
70" east 1892 feet to the western side of
Nichols avenue; thence with the western side
thereof north 50 So 10" east 274 81 feet: thence
leaving the western side OF Nichols avenue and
running north So os 50" west 23s 81 feet
thence north SIC 49, 20" west 1855 AZ feet to the
beginning. containing 121.247.5 square feet
Terms: One-third 90 cash. balance in one N
and two (2l years. with interest at 6Te per an
NUN, payable semi-annua,ly. One hundred dol.
lars SloOo0, deposit required at time OF sale.
All convey ancfng, &c. at purchasers cost
THE WASHINGTON LOAN .& TRUST Co.
80 Trustee I.
- By ANDREW PARKER
Vice President.
deo1 d &c lad
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ADAM A. wEscHLER, AUcTIoNEER.

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. ETC. BY AUG
TON TO PAY STORAGE CHARGES.
On SATURDAY.. JANUARY ELEVENTH.
1905. AT TEN O'CLOCK AN. ! will sell by
public auction. within the saesrooms of Adam
ture, etc. stored with In the following names:
w. A. Lindsay, Jenny Hall, W. H. Lovelles.
Mrs Phil Johnson, Adam j. Antony, Mrs. NJ.
c. Meagher. Mrs. Sarah Reed. N. A. Stokes.
Miss r. Perdy. All parties interested will
please take notice.
Terms cash H. BAUM & SON,
ia4-d&dbs,eSy e12 Pa. ave. NV.
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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS.
THos. j. OWEN & son. AUcTI0NEERs.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE, BEING 4 TWO-APART-
MENT DWELLING HOUSE NO. 3416

1hOclEES SaLE OF NaLUAbLE
REAL ESTATE, BEING 4 TWO-APART-
MENT DWELLING HOUSE. NO. 3416 r
STREET NV, GEORGETOWN.
BY virtue of certain. deed OF trust dulv re
corded in Liber No. 2s1s. folio 494 ct sea-. of
the land records of the District of Columbia
and at the request Of the party secured thereby.
the undersigned trustees will sell. at public auc-
ton. in front Of the premises. on THURSDAY,
zoos, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM.
the following described land and premises. situ-
ate in the city of Washington. District of Co
lumbia. and designated as and being lot num-
bered 224 In Anna L. Lewis subdivision of part
Of square No. 1894, said subdivision is re-
corded in the surveyors office of the District of
Columbia in Book %. page 1856, together with
the improvements consisting Of brick building.
containing one fye-room and one six-room fat
Terms of sale: Onethird of the purchase
money to be paid In cash. balance in two equal
installments, payable in one and two years, with
interest at five per centum per annum, payable
semi-annual1y, from day Of sale. secured by deed
OF trust upon the property Sold or all cash. at
the option of the purchaser. A deposit Of 500
will be required at time of sale. All conveyance
ing. recording, ETC. at cost of purchaser. Terms
Of sale to be complied with within 10 days from
day of sale. otherwise the trustees reserve the
right to resell the property at the risk and cost
Of defaulting purchaser. after five days adver
tiSement of such resale In some newspaper pub
lished in Washington. D. c.
WATSON J. NEWTON,
1916 St,
BRICE ]. MOSES.
e.. 1886 st. NV,
a4-dSdS. eSu -" Trustees
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"screechy'' noises that are some times
emitted. A Maine musician has gone at
the problem from a musical standpoint.
designing the horn shown here. which he
claims prelongs the tones and renders
them more clearly. He accomplishes
this by attaching number of strings to
the horn. the strings being tuned to the
chromatic scale. When tone is made
by, the talking machine record, the string
tuned to that tone vibrates in sympathy
The strings tuned to the harmonica will
naturally vibrate also. increasing the vol
ume of sound produced. - 20
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4272-A petticoat. which is equally
adapted for development in lingerie or
silk is illustrated here. 1t is designed
for. misses and girls from to 16 years,
and is of very simple construction. con-
sisting of circular upper portion length
ened by two straight f1ounces. The lower
flounce may be made of embroidered
founcing, as shown in the lower. drawing.
tucked as in the upper one, or ornamental
with insertions of lace or embroidery.
The model is an excellent one for home
making. as there is little or no fitting to
be done. For the 12-year size. 3ss yards
of 2O-inch material will be required. 1912
Sizes 8, 10. IL, IA. 16 years. The price
of this pattern is 10c. .-.
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THOs. ]. OWEN & SON. AECTs.

EXECUTORS SALE OF FURNITURE. CAR
PETS, STOVES. ETC, WITHIN PREM
ISES NO. 026 ST. SW.
BY virtue OF power vested In me as executor
and trustee. j will sell within the above prem
fses, on TUESDAY. JANUARY SEVENTH. 1908
AT HALF-PAST THREE O'CLOCK PM. all
Household Furniture, Carpets, Stoves, etc. con-
tanned therein.
Terms Cash.
N. Batter the sale OF the personal property
the two-story brick dwelling No. 926 c st. s.w.
VIII be sold GEORGE W. STUART,
Ja3.4&6 Trustee and Executor.
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HORN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.
Tone Prolonged and Cleared by
Means of Harmonic strings.

Edison undoubtedly perfected the talk
ing machine, but up to the present time
Inventors have failed to construct horn
that will satisfactorily enlarge the tones
from the reproducer without mar
ring them. Everybody objects to the
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PARIS. January 8.-France is experience
ing q spell of extremely cold weather.
The thermometer for the past four days
has averaged 10 degrees Fahrenheit. and
the lakes in the parks of Payis are GOV.
cred with xRaxyS SiSteSSs