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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-07

F.. H. THOMAS. P. n. MARSHALL. ATTOR.
neys for Petitioner.-In the supreme Court of
the District of Columbia, Holding District
Court.-In re opening and widening Of alleys in
square 1921 in the District Of Columbia.-Dis-
triet Court. No: lo06.-Notice is hereby given
iumbia, pursuant to the provisions OF sections
1908 ct seq. Of the code Of laws of the District
Of Columbia, have fled a petition in this court
for the opening and widening of two certain
public alleys in square numbered 262l (bounded
by OAK street mt ree "f uba
as shown on a plat map fled with the said
petition. part thereof, and praying also that
related to any person interested in these pro.
ceedings and not in the service or employment
of the District of Columbia or OF the United
shall for the District Of Columbia to assess the
damages each owner Of land to be taken may
ssd ~ sOd G the Of
necessary for the purposes thereof, and to assess
the benefits resulting therefrom, including the
and by the aforesaid code Of laws. 1t is. BY the
court, this 9Th day of February, AID 1912, or
that AL aas any
warned and commanded to appear in this court
on or before the 10th day OF February, AID.
ance until the court shall have made its final
order ratifying and confirming the award Of dam
ages and the assessment Of benefits of the jury
to be impaneled and sworn herein; and 1t 1s
further ordered that copy of this notice and
order be published once in the Washington Law
Reporter and once in The Washington Evening
Star. the Washington Herald, the Washington
Times and the Washington Post, newspapers
published in the said District, before the said
10th day Of February. AID 1912. 1t is further
ordered that a copy Of this notice and order be
served by the United States marshal, OF his dep
uties. upon such Of the owners OF the fee
Of the land to be condemned herein as may be
found by the said marshal or his deputies,
within the District Of Columbia before the said
10th day of February, AID. 1912. By the court
JOB BARNARD. Justice. (Seal.) true copy
Test: ]. r. YOUNG, Clerk. By +. f. Gun
NINGHAM, Asst. Clerk.
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CHAPTER vi.
Just a Disagreeable Old Man.

The luncheons at Grosvenor Square
were always rather dull and formal but
Louisa did not mind that very much She
was used to dull and formal affairs; they
were part and parcel Of her daily life.
London society is full Of it. The dull and
formal dominate; the others-vulgar If
more lively-were not worth cultivating
Then, she almost liked Lord Radcliffe.
because he was SO fond of Luke And
even then almost was big word. No
one-except Luke-could really like the
old man. He was very bad tempered.
very dictatorial, perfect tyrant in his
own household. His opinions no one
dared contradict, no one cared to argue
with him. and his advanced tory views
were SO rabid that he almost made per-
verts from the cause of all those whom
he desired to convince
And even these were few, for Lord Rad
clyffe had no friends and very few &C.
Quaintances. He had q strange and abb
solute dislike for his fellow-men. He
did not like seeing people. he hated to ex-
change greetings. to talk or to mingle
with any crowd that was purely on pleas
ure bent. He went up to the house and
made speeches-political. philanthropic.
economic speeches-which Luke prepared
for him. and which he spoke without en-
thusiasm or any desire to please. This
he did, not because he liked 1t or took any
or economic, but only because he consid-
cred that man in his position owed Ger
tain duties to the state-duties which it
would be 'cowardly to shirk
But he really cared nothing for the
thoughts Of others, for their opinions,
their joys or their sorrows. He had
schooled himself not to care, to call phi
lanthropy empty sentiment, politics sense
less ambition. economies grasping avarice
His was a life entirely wrapped up in
itself In youth he had been very shy
a shyness caused at first by serious de-
feet of speech which. though cured In
later years, always left an uncomfortable
difidence. an almost morbid fear of ridi-
cule in its train.
Because of this. 1 think, he had never
been a sportsman-or, rather. had never
been an athlete. for he was splendid with
q gun and the finest revolver shot In Eng
land, so I've been told, and an acknowl-
edged master of fence, but with bat, ball
or racquet he was invariably clumsy.
He had always hated to be laughed at,
and therefore had never gone through
the rough mill of tyro In athletics or In
games. Arthur one OF his brothers, had
been q blue at Oxford: the other one.
James-you remember James de Mount
ford Twas the celebrated cricketer: but
he, the eldest. always seemed to remain
outside that magic circle OF sport, the
great ring Of many links which unites
Englishmen one to another in q way that
no other conformity OF tastes, OF breed
Ing or Of religion can ever do.
because of this difidence, too. no doubt,
he had never married. was told once
by an intimate friend Of his that old
Rad-as he was universally called-hed
never mustered up sufiicient courage to
propose to any woman. And as he saw
one bv one the coveted matrimonial prizes
the pretty girls whom ct different times
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BURNS NO MATCH
FOR M'FARLAND
"Packey" Lands When and
Where He PIeases, But Has
His Left Eye Closed.

NEW YORK, February Tt was the
same story in the ring Of the Fair
mont Athletic Club last night that is
land of Chicago is one of the con-
testants. Mcfarland won easily, al
though the bout went the limit of ten
rounds. He found willing opponent,
however. in kid" Burns of the West
Side, who took a hard grueling.
Mcfarland was the master in every
round, his combination of speed, GOODNESS
and cleverness proving a puzzle to the
local pugilist. Occasionally Burns man
aged to find time to crash hard swing
through McFarlands guard, but the oc-
casions were infrequent. Burns usually
had his hands full trying to block a
fusillade of punches that came from
every angle.
Every round found a new mark on the
face of the local man where McFar-
lands punches played a tattoo. Fol-
eight rounds the western boy scarcely
drew long breath. while he pummeled
his man. Then, in the ninth. when
Burns appeared beaten into submis-
sion, he rallied suddenly and took Nc
Farland and everybody else by sur
prise. Coming out of a turtle-like
defense, Burns quickly ripped two left:
to the stomach and then brought his
right up to McFarlands left eye. The
punch was a hard one and closed VI
MACS" eye tight. 1t also served to
awaken the latter to his best speed
and Burns paid dearly for that blow
before the bell rang. In the tenth Burn.
gained courage and took the aggressive
again, only to find himself outpunched
and outgeneraled in every respect.
It was McF'arland's clever feintine
that had Burns all at sea. The Chi
cago man tied his man into knots and
then shot his blows home with deadly
accuracy. Three-fourths of the time
Burns was on his heels and against the
ropes. covering up his features and
anatomy as well as he could, but TAX
ing a hard beating despite his defense
Mcfarland was on top of his man all
the time, jabbing with his left and
crossing his right, while Burns head
kept bobbing around as though on a
loose hinge.
Again McFarland's knockout punch.
ing power was not in evidence. Some
thought he was saving his hands and
taking no chances on account of his
bout tonight against Young Erne al
Philadelphia. Certain it was that de-
spite the Furnishing Burns was still
strong and willing at the cpd. Burns
weighed in at 139 pounds and McFar-
land at 1876. The latter however, had
an advantage in both height and
reach.
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PLANTS AND FOREST FIRES.
Waffle and Waratah That Grow on
Burnt Districts.
From the London Globe.

from the LONDON GLOBE.
A remarkable fact in connection with
forest fires IL that after their occurrence
q different vegetation usually springs up
Thus after the burning Of the larger
timber trees in Australia there grows
q crop Of wattles-various species of AGA
cia-even in places where none have been
known within the memory Of man.
In the case Of scrub fire which has
swept away the underground. leaving the
forest trees still alive. but with bare and
blackened trunks, the plant to spring up
is the waratah.
The waratah has been said to be the
handsomest wild flower in the world. In
its brilliant color 1t seems a reflection
Of the fire which caused it's birth A
traveller through the bush writes Of it:
Among the charred trees little tongues
of flame seem to lick. They are the
waratahs, each plant bearing on a stem
six feet high a single burning red flow
dreds of red stamens. greater in size than
mans closed fist Imagine many hun
dreds of red stamens, greater in sic than
those of the tiger lily, packed closely
together to make heart shape and you
have the Australian waratah."
Some interesting experiments recently
carried out in Australia by Prof Ewart
of Victoria have suggested to him a pos
sfble explanation of the above remark
able phenomenon. Experimenting with
seeds of acacia fifty or sixty years old,
he has found that these will terminate
IL the hard coverings are previously
softened or oiled
In the cease of the Australian forest
fires Prof Ewart thinks that the aka
line ashes produced by the fire may act
on the hardened coats of the waffle seeds
lying in the ground and soften them.
Or the heat may partly char these same
hardened seed coats. In either case the
seed is able to terminate. Thus the idea
seems to be that the covering of a seed
may get so hard that the embryo cannot
penetrate 1t, and that ii may be pre-
served i'm the ground indefinitely i'm this
state without losing it's power of growth.
Is there here a hint for the gardener
1t Is said that the waratah is difficult to
grow in gardens, but that some have
succeeded in growing it by first Of all
roasting the seeds. And those who grow
cannas are in the habit of sleeping the
seeds in hot water before sowing them.
Such effects Of fire are not confined to
forests.
After the great fire Of 1898 there sprang
up on the site Of London immense guam
titles OF a yellow cruciferous flower.
hence known as London rocket. 1t was
so abundant that there was supposed to
be on this spot more than In all the rest
of Europe. And 1t does not appear to
have been noticed there previously.
Another example OF the Same plant
springing upon the site Of a smaller IRE
ID given by Baxter in his British Flow
ering Plants" A spot in the Oxford bo-
tanic gardens on which rubbish had been
burning for two or three days was
trenched and prepared for q plantation
Of willows. This was in 1884. and in the
following year an abundant crop OF Lon
don rocket sprang up. ION a part Of the
garden" writes Baxter, where I never
remember seeing IT before"
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TRI- STEES' SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE BEING PREMISES KNOWN
AS NO. 3542 THIRTEENTH STREET



TRUSTEES. SALE OF yALHABLE IMPRoXED
AS NO. 3542 THIRTEENTH STREET
NORTHWEST.
Butts and Frank G. Butts, duly recorded In
Liber No. 3424. at folio 216 ct seq of the land
direction of the party secured thereby We will
offer for sale to the highest bidder, at public
the II 81 DAY OF 1
AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK M, the fol-
lowing described real estate IN the county OF
numbered one hundred and forty-six GAO in
T.. s Dellone and Others subdivision Of lots in
plat recorded in Liber 40. folio 1873, Of the rec
Drds of the Office of the surveyor OF the District
thereon. consisting Of a three-story brick dwell
sing house, provided with hot-wster heating plant
Terms Of sale: One third Of the purchase price
to be paid In cash and ttk balance in two equal
installments, payable in one and two years. re-
payments to be secured by the promissory notes
Of the purchaser dated the day Of sale, bearing
payable semi annually said notes to be secured
by first Hen. by deed Of trust In the usual FORM
upon the property sold. or all cash at the option
nifty dollars t$25M will be required Of the pur-
chaser at the time OF sale. ALI other terms to
lie complied with within twenty days from the
day OF sale. Title TO the property to be a good
title OF record in fee simple, free Of all liens
year. which Will he adjusted to the day OF sale
by pro rata allowance from the purchase money.
should the purchaser fail to comply with the
terms OF sale the deposit will be forfeited to
the trustees. and the trustees also reserve the
right to resell the property after fve days ad-
yertisement in some daily newspaper published
in the city Of Washington, at the risk and cost
OF the defaulting purchaser. All conveyancing.
recording. notsrial charges and examination Of
'' GERALD NJ Johnson. Trustee.
kellogg building. 1416 r ut. NV.
WILLIAM g. JOHNSON, Trustee,
Fendall building. 344 d 1T. NV.
fe.-d& Su&ds
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BARONESS ORGY

he had admired sufficiently to desire for
wife-snapped up by more enterprising
wooers. his dour moroseness grew into
positive chronic ill-humor.
He liked no one and no one liked hiin'
and during sixty years of life he had sue
ceeded in eliminating from his entire be-
ing every feeling OF sentiment save one.
He had to all appearances an absolutely
nor horse-he ordered a splendid mare to
be shot without the slightest compunc-
ton after she had carried him In the
hunting field and In the park faithfully
and beautifully for over eight years. just
because she had SHE'D at a motor car and
nearly thrown him. He was not cruel.
you know. just callous in all respects
save one: void of all sentiment-he called
1t sentimentality-save in his affection for
Luke.
growing lad-the buffer in the establish
ment between the irascible master and
the many subordinates. From Mr. War
ren-the highly paid and greatly snubbed
secretary-down to the maids below stairs
one and all brought troubles, complaints,
worries to Mr. Luke. No one dared APP
proach his lordship. A word out of sea-
son brought instant dismissal, and no one
thought Of leaving q place where. besides
excellent wages there was the pleasure
of waiting on Mr.. Luke. Never Mr. de
Mountford. you notice, always Mr.. Luke.
He had grown up among the household:
Winston. the old coachman. had taught
him to ride: Mary, now housekeeper. then
a nurse had bathed him i'm a wash -hand
basin when he was less than eighteen
inches long.
Therefore the atmosphere Of the gloomy
old house pleased Louisa Harris. With
the perfect and unconscious selfishness
of q woman in love. she gagged every
thing in life just as IL affected Luke. She
even contrived to like Lord Radclyffe. He
trod on every one OF her moral and spir-
itual corns II is true: he had that lofty
which pertains to the oriental, more than
to the more civilized western races: he
combated her opinions, both religious and
political. without any pretense at defer
ence: he smoked very strong cigars I'm
every room I'm the house, without the
slightest regard for the feelings of his
lady visitors: he did or left undone a
tend to irritate and even to offend
woman accustomed to the conventional
courtesies of daily social life: but when
Luke entered a room, where, but a mo-
ment ago. Lord Radciyffe had been vent
ing his chronic ill-humor on an offending
or innocent subordinate. the old man 8
dour face would become TRANSPORTED. ir-
radiated with a look Of pride and OF joy
at sight Of the man on whom he had law
ished all the affection Of which his strong
nature was capable
Luke could do no wrong. Luke was
always right. He could argue with his
lordship, contradict him. obtain anything
tons Of human nature-the childless man
in perfect alteration before q brother $
son; the callous, hard-hearted misan-
thrope soft as wax In the hands Of one
man.
CTo be continued tomorrow
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LOAN SOCIETY.
IRISH HUNTING WOMEN.
Find Keen Enjoyment in a Sport
That Calls for Nerves of Steel.

From the London Graphic.
Hunting absorbs keen sportswomen in
Ireland just now, and 1t Is seldom that
frost drives the Irish follower to hounds
from the countryside. Irish women are
renowned for their fearless prowess in
the hunting field, where the terrible OBJ
stacles to be negotiated call for nerves of
steel, and 1t is neck or nothing in the
distressful country.
The fearsome stone walls, sometimes
overgrown with turf and masking q
brook, appal all but the stoutest hearts,
and even the most hardened sportswoman
is known to quail at the commencement
of the hunting season, experiencing the
sensation Of the heart in the mouth when
called upon to face the stiff going. She
finds her nerve returning, however, after
day or so in the saddle.
The late Empress of Austria used to
hunt regularly in Ireland, where her reck-
less and brilliant horsemanship is still
spoken Of. With the late Bay Middleton
to give her a lead. she was always in the
first fight and stuck at nothing. The
famous happy-go-lucky hospitality that
marks the Irish temperament is exem-
plified in matters sporting, and open
house Is kept by those having accommo-
dation in q good hunting district.
Every Irishman is a true sportsman,
and the whole neighb0rhood turns out for
a meet, those unable to raise mount
following on foot or driving in every sort
of vehicle, some rare antediluvian speci-
mems seeing the light of day on such &C.
casions.
The Irish colleen will dance all night
at a hunt ball and turn up at q distant
meet as fresh as paint without going to
bed at all, full Of life and spirit. with wit
and repartee bubbling like font The
wild country brings out all the dare
devil Irish nature. and there Is little
searching for gaps or gates when the
blood of Irish horse and rider is up.
ireland is not overrepresented IN the
matter of hunting. and Irish packs are
not by any means numerous. and may be
reckoned to number a couple OF dozen.
Some only possess quite q restricted
number of couples and but few hunt four
or Ave days a week. though an occasional
by day may bring the total up: The
Meath hunts five days week and Is one
OF the famous hunts Of the United King
dom, and the County Galway. the Blazers,
has four days week
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LEGAL NOTICES.

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF
Columbia Holding Probate Court.-No. 1853.
nistration.-This Is to give notice: That
the subscriber. of the District Of Columbia. has
obtained from the Probate Court of the District
of Columbia letters Of administration eta. on
the estate of Augustus Lepreux. late Of the
District Of Columbia, deceased. All persons hav-
ing claims against the deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers
thereof legally authenticated, to the subscriber,
otherwise they may by law be excluded from ali
benefit OF said estate. Given under my hand this
9th day Of February. 1912. IMOGENE STANDI-
FORD 12yp l. st. NV. (Seal) Attest: JAMES
TANNER. Register Of Wills for the District Of
Columbia. Clerk of the Probate Court. A. $.
WORTHINGTON and VIM. h. QUlNTER, At
tOrneys. feI-1aW,3t
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SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF
Columbia, Holding Probate Court. No 1852.
subscriber, Of the District Of Columbia, has OBJ
tanned from the Probate Court Of the District OF
Columbia letters OF administration on the estate
of BENJAMIN +. Van Horn, late OF the District
Of Columbia, deceased. All persons having
claims against the deceased are hereby warned
legally authenticated, to the subecrber on or
before the 18th day Of January, AID. 1918; 9th,
erwise they may by law be excluded from all
benefit Of said estate Given under my hand
this Goth day Of January, 1872 BENJAMIN n.
NEEDS. 1910 Pa. ave. Sc. fSeal) Attest:
JAMES TANNER, Register Of Willis for the
District Of Columbia, Clerk Of the Probate Court.
MILAN & SMITH. Attorneys. 3a0l.law,St
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LEGAL NOTICES

Columbia. Holding Probate OOurt.-Estate OF
Catherine Culhane. deceased.-No. 1912. Admin
istration Docket.-Application having been made
herein for probate of the last will and testament
of said deceased, and for letters testamentary on
said estate, by Charles W. Floeckher. it is or
dered this 23rd day Of January. AID. 1912, that
Nellie Mcdonald. Patrick Egan. and all others
concerned. appear in said court on Friday, the
18th day Of March, AID. 1912, at 10 O'Clock am,
to show cause why such application should not be
granted. Let notice hereof be published in the
Washington Law Reporter and The Evening Star
the return day herein mentioned, the first publ
ton to be not less than thirty days before said
return day. WRIGHT, Justice. Seal Attest:
JAMES TANNER, Register of Wills for the Dis
trict OF Columbia Clerk Of the Probate Court
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SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF
Columbia, Holding Probate Court-N0. 1I706,
Admnstrati on.-This is to give notice that the
subscriber. who was by the Supreme Court OF
the District of Columbia granted letters tesla
mentary on the estate OF William 8. Carroll, de-
ceased, has. with the approval Of the Supreme
Court Of the District Of Columbia holding Pro
bate Court. appointed Monday. the 18th day OF
and said courtroom the place, for making pay
ment and distribution from said estate. under
Where ali creditors and persons eniitied to dis.
tributive shares or legacies, or the residue. or
parts thereof, notified to attend. in person or
claims against the estate property vouched
Given under my hand this 22nd day of January
1912. THE WASHINGTON LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY. BY FRED'K ElCHELBERGER
Trust o6lcer. BY JOHN B. LARNER. Attorney.
tSeal0 Attest: JAMES TANNER, Register Of
Probate Court. 1a241Aw,3t
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BY virtue of a certain deed of trust. duly re-
corded in Lber ss4l. folio ISL ct seq, Of the
pursuant to an order Of the Court
Cause ae 10. s7sS7. the undersigned trustees win
sell By public auction In front Of the PreWises;
Fl M1SR4 TIE 1Sla CoMMENc1Na
FOUR O'CLOCK PM, the following described
real estate situate in the city OF WashingtG3n N;
5 and part Of original lot in square $50. to,
Eetler contained within the following metes and
southwest corner Of said lot 5 and running
thence east on the north line Of II street 81 feet
feet wide: thence west with said 80 foot-wide
alley % feet IL inches to 15-foot alley, and
thence south With said last mentioned a.iey ~
improvements thereon. consisting Of q fve-story
brick hotel building, recently remodeled and i'm.
SO. 600. bearing interest at the rate OF nye per
cent per annnm; and maturing June ; e; 1915.
All the furniture and household effects now on
the premises, used by the owners thereof In
operating the said building as hotel, or FOR
Terms Of sale: For the equity in the above
described real estate the purchaser viii be re-
or much more as he may elect to pay. the
balance to be represented by the note OF the
purchaser to the order Of the said trustees. pay
able on or before twenty years after date, with
interest at the rate of five per cent per annum;
deed of trust upon the real estate sold subject
TO the aforesaid first trust of $50. 600. any re-
newal thereof or substitution therefor. A de-
post of loo will be required at the time OF
sale
Terms of sale to the personally: All cash.
a deposit OF $500 will be required at the time
of sale.
Terms of sale to both realty and personally
to be complied with within twenty days from
day of sale. otherwise the trustees reserve the
right to resell said real estate and personal
property at the cost and risk of the defaulting
purchaser or purchasers after i've days pre-
Vious advertisement of such resale in some news
paper published in the city Of Washington D. c.
WILLIAM II. SHOLES Trustee,
HAYDEN JOHNSON, Trustee,
Columbian building, No. 4l6 9Th ST. NV.
fptj-d&ds.eSu