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ADAM A. wEsCHLER, AUcTloNEER.

TRUSTEES SALE OF AN ATTRACTIvE
BRICK DWELLING, KNOWN AS PREM
IsEs 140 A STREET NORTHEAST.
on % the 'i ed day Of April. Hp. 1907 and Re,
corded among the land records Of the District
of Columbia, In Liber 2551. folio 362 ct seq.
and at the request of the holders OF the notes
In front of the premises, on THURSDAY. THE
TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JUNE. AID. 1912.
AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM, the fol
Of Washington. District Of Columbis. known and
distinguished as and being part OF lot numbered
nve 80 In Williams Shanks and Barry's sub IL
vision OF square numbered seven hundred tDd
H. D. c.. folio 1856. Of the records Of the office
of the surveyor of the District of Columbia
Also part of lot numbered twenty -four (24l in
Williams subdivision of lots In said square 727
OF the records of the Office OF the surveyor Of
the District aforesaid. the whole being described
as follows Beginning at point on A street
2 feet east OF the southwest corner OF said lot
"a. and running thence west a. street 10
feet inches: thence north 60 feet; thence east
10 feet inches; thence south 80 feet; thence
east feet. and thence south so feet to the
place Of beginning together with the improve
Terms of sale: One third Of the purchase
money to be paid In cash, and the balance to
lively: In one. two and three years. secured by
a deed of trust upon the property sold. with in
terest thereon. payable semi annually, ut the
fsee oo of per t6 6en, per all cash
viii be required ut the time of sale sale to
be closed within fifteen days from day of sale
otherwise the trustees will resell the property
at the, risk and cost Of defaulting purchaser
after five days advertisement In some news
paper published in the city Of Washinston. d.
G. Conveysncing at the cost OF purchaser:
cha aaHAcE B. B. MEM MnHNLH Trustee. .
je14d&ds.exSu TIT 18th Ut. NV.
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The Self-ReStraint of Nature.
By DIR. FRANK CRANE.

The sensualist may go for years smiling
at his success. He does not know that
his spiritual eyes are going blind. and
that the warm and sensitive angel In him
is turning to stone. Nature cares not
whit whether you and j get rich or re-
main poor, whether we succeed or fail
In our struggle for fame. All she cares
about Is our quality of life.
And nature seems indifferent as to our
being good. her aim IS that we be great,
that Is to say. that our higher capacities.
those latest developed in the program of
evolution, grow strong and efficient
1t is for this reason she lets mon sin
and prosper. Then If they turn and
choose the right Il strengthens their
cause he is hurt there is no spiritual
muscle building In the repentance. l
remember very Well the first conscious
lie I ever told. i was a small child. L
expected the lightning from the sky to
strike me dead or the earth TO open and
swallow me up. Nothing happened SO !
tried 1t again. felt quite clever. IL was
late In life that learned that that feel
ing OF cleverness was quite the most hor-
rible part Of the results of lying.
Only by self-restraint In our mother
nature could seif-restraint. and hence
worthiness Of character. be formed in
us. IL her heavens and hells were right
dren. II her punisfments were quick and
manifest we should be slaves. The pro-
found truth that neither theologians nor
statesmen have yet learned Is that pun
ishment does not make character. Ii il
only when the intelligence sees and the
grows strong. II We had sense we should
see that It Is those crimes in W. that have
never been punished that should alarm 10
most.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-21

Nature. it is said, pitilessly Furnishes
them that break her laws.
That is very true. but it is wholly true
only In the long run.
The amazing thing about nature Is the
way she let's offenders go. You cannot
find any moral purpose in nature unless
you take into account the fact that she is
In no hurry, and does not pay every
Saturday night. There are a few break
ages Of her law that seem to anger her;
she strikes instantly: as for instance the
insertion of strychnine into the stomac h,
or steel into the heart.
But generally she waits. and castigates
in cold blood. possibly when we have for
gotten what our offense was. Thus the
truth in the saying of the Sybiiline
Oracle:
1.-THE mills Of the gods grind slowly.
Yet they grind exceedingly small
The standing wonder OF the world has
been that while there are certainly moral
laws, yet the wicked prosper. We are
not going to understand this until We
bear In mind that mans soul is quite
as much a product Of nature as his body.
and that 1t is i'm the realm of character
that her retributions come for moral Of
lenses. The cheat and liar may prosper
often does-but ii is precisely this pros
perity that Furnishes him. Nature slowly
takes from him self-respect. vision, truth.
and all the finer qualities and turns him
into O. loathsome thing. As the wiseet
man said. THE prosperity Of fools shall
slay them.
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At the End of the Rainbow
Driven to Extremes.
ny WALT MASON.

same boarding house with Padcrewski
and he kept slamming "a piano at all
hours. sooner or later Id borrow hatch
ct and behead him.
My third wife was great performer
on the piano. and when | escorted her 10
the altar ! looked forward TO great en-
Joyment of the concord or sweet sounds
she would produce She WAS an expert
performer. and the way she could play
'Silvery Waves would make a man kick
the rungs out Of his chair. AT first was
proud OF her accomplishment and used Ia
invite my friends to the house To hear
her. but after while | heard so much
piano music that fell victim tn the
willies
she had no Judgment whatever. She
always seemed to hit upon the wrong
time for her piano playing. and she
never dug mp the right sort of music 10
fit any occasion. II ! went home from
my feed store. tired and worn, and wor-
ried half to death over some business
problem. she'd be sure TO sit down and
play Slap, Bang. Here We Are Again or
something OF that nature. and II was
worse than having my teeth filled by
veterinary surgeon. IL I went home In
jubllant mood. after doing big TRADE
she'd be sure to play the Dead March IN
Saul or something equally cheerful.
Many a time l went home as hum
cry as polar bear that has been robbed
of its young and thered be no supper.
and no sign Of supper. The house would
man can't fill up with sweet sounds.
There are times when a married man
wants silence in the house. and at such
times the clatter of a PIANO strips OF tho
thin veneer OF civilization and he becomes
a savage. I went home one evening dis
traught and Inundated. after having pur-
chased a gold brick in the form of A car
load of damaged hay. | wanted TO SIT In
the darkness and nurse my sorrow. When
1 stepped into the house that old piano
was whangng away ON Pop Goes the
WEASEL
"It was too much Human endurance
had reached its limit | went into the
yard and got a crowbar and then engaged
In "A hand hand conflict with that mu
steal instrument. and If you had seen
what was left of 1t al the end of tho
seance you couldn't have guessed what II
had been.
Il have waded in the dark waters o'
affection, my friend. and I have tho
profoundest sympathy for that Kansas
City insurgent."
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EXPEDITING BUSINESS.
Scientific Arrangement Of Work
Largely Increases Output.

EEoiu DusihSsS.
In a large publishing house In Chicago.
which mails annually millions OF c!rcu-
lars form letters and sample copies. the
saving OF even a single motion In the
process of folding. inclosing or addressing
means an economy that is well worth
thinking about. When the idea first oc-
Cured to an officer OF the company he
devoted several weeks TO a careful ana
analytical study OF the work of the mail
ing department. To the girls employed
there and their work he applied the
principles of scientific management as
demonstrated py Industrial scientists
with most satisfactory results.
The girls who folded and sealed the
letters had formerly been allowed TO ar
range their work to suit themselves.
very little observation of their methods
showed there was room for Improvement
Experiments were made TO determine in
just what order each movement should No
made in folding the letter and Enclosure.
picking them up and inserting them I'm
the envelope. Crude az the first attempt
was, il Immediately Increased the output
of girl.
Finally a plan was devised for arrang-
ing and handling the envelopes and their
Enclosures so that each hand, on the COM
pletion of one motion. was in the proper
position to begin Immediately the next
motion. The final motion-that OF throw
ing the filled envelopes upon pile
was entirely eliminated by placing a
large basket upon the floor. directly
under the point where the Enclosures
were inserted In the envelope Wheh
the Enclosures were once INSIDE. the
girl simply let go of the envelope and
it fell into the basket. gravity doing the
work formerly done by the girl. After
the girls had been taught the new meth
DDS of filling envelopes. their output was
nearly four times as great as IL had been
when they were doing their work hap
hazard i'm any way that happened 10
occur to them.
I'm spite of the greatly increased out
rut of the girls. their accuracy In fold
inc sealing and inclosing. etc. was one
half greater than before" said the officer
of this publishing firm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-21

II see by the paper" remarked the as
SCISSOR. that a man at Kansas City took
an ak and smashed the family piano be-
cause his wife persisted in playing II at
all hours. The piano wasn't fully paid
for. and now he'll have to so ahead max
ing monthly payments on a pile OF wreck
age 1t beats all what chumps some men
are"
That man was no chump.' said the
village patriarch. IF his wife was as
bad a pianist as the average woman he
exhibited fine judgment. There's great
deal more satisfaction in keeping up the
payments on a wrecked piano that can't
be played than In paying for one that's
in working order. IL there is woman
AGROUND who is determined to administer
cond.gn punishment to its keyboard. Mu-
sic is fine thing, my friend, but it's
mighty easy to get too much OF IL. and
this is especially true OF piano music.
Music is a good deal like poetry, in
that you want 1t when you are In the
mood for II, and only then. II you're at
tending q wedding or a funeral or a
lynching or any similar society event. a
few lines OF poetry seem strictly In order.
never considered funeral success
unless the pastor. or whoever ofictates as
But what would you think of a dentist
who quoted The BOY Stood on the Burn
ing Deck while he pried a tooth out of
Your jaw? What would you think OF a
sawbones who repeated Mary Had Lit
tie Lamb while he lacerated you with his
cold chisel and other Instruments? The
man who makes q business of quoting
poetry has to have all kinds OF discretion
and judgment as TO times and seasons or
some fine morning he'll wake up with his
head in a plaster cast.
Once upon a time I heard Paderew-
ski and paid several celluloid dollars for
the privilege I don't suppose / caught
all the fine points Of his playing. for
don't pretend to be highly educated in
music. / have been jeered and flouted
upon several occasions because ] prefer
a mouth organ to a grand piano. Still
saw that his execution was wonderful.
and the way he made his piano howl was
a caution. / enjoyed the entertainment
greatly, and to this day / have never re-
GREETED the money II cost me. But
know very well that If / lived in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-21
The Murderer's Face.
Tho Nov York Evening Post.

From the New York Evening Post.
Marie and MacAuliffe, two French in
vestigators, who have been carrying on
an extensive series Of researches on as
sassins, recently reported to the Paris
Academy OF Sciences the result OF their
study OF the faces OF go murderers,
thirty-five of whom were women. they
first divided human faces into four gen.
eral types. square, oval. pyramidal with
large laws and a low. narrow forehead
and Cumming top shaped with large
cranial development and weak chin).
These were respectively attributed to the
muscular, respiratory. digestive and cere-
braI classes of individuals. This CLASH
tlcation gave results indicating that
eighty-five of every one hundred muir
derers have square faces, eleven those of
humming top type. three OF the pyra-
midal and but one of the oval FORM That
square faces, or faces approaching that
type. The authors are careful to state
that the types were not sharply marked
off in many Of the faces studied. For ex-
ample there were, as a matter OF fact.
but l21 Of what may be called pure
commonest composite face was the
suuare-pyramidal, or musculo-digestive.
In view of this enormous predominance
of the square-faced murderer. 1t was OBJ
viously or importance TO determine tne
proportion Of such faces in the general
population. This the authors did. with
the following result In faces per one
HUNDRED French people: Square. 4o: oval.
Is: pyramidal. 10: hurnuling top. II.
There seems no doubt, therefore. that IN
France, at any rate, the square-faced In
dividual is much more likely to become a
murderer than the man or woman of oval
or other facial type. According to Lom-
broso, the Enthusiastically criminal face
L. No Iar a O1If n nrnn0rf10n
rest of the head. with projecting lower
portion and massive jaws: something akin
apparently to the pyramidal type men
toned by Marie and MacAuliffe.
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ARTIFICIAL GOLD POSSIBLE.
Discovery Of Radium Revives Belief
in Transmutation.

From the London Telegraph.
The disclaimer recently issued by Sir
William Ramsay. in which he definitely
contradicts the rumor that he has re-
ported favoraby on a process of manu-
featuring gold, shows that spectators
are already taking advantage of the fact
that modern scientific opinion regards
the transmutation of metals as an open
possibility. The gradual disappearance
of skepticism in this matter was ex-
planned to one Of our representatives by
an eminent scientist
The absurdity of transmutation OF
metals was adopted as scientific dog
ma in the eighteenth century," he said,
but since 1863 certain things that have
been discovered have shown that the
dogma was premature. just as 1t would
still be premature to say that transmu-
tation will ultimately be achieved. In
1869 the Russian chemist Mendeleeff ar
ranged the elements in the order OF their
atomic weight, and from this arrange
ment conceived the hypothesis that they
had all been evolved from some common
original substance. For the elements thus
arranged fell into families, each member
having similar but accentuated properties
as the atomic weight increased, and
therefore the old idea that the simple ele-
mentary substances stood absolutely apart
one from another had to be abandoned. The
hypothesis that an unknown substance
or element. Professionally called 'protyle,'
underlies their differences was suggested
to account for the aff1nities.
"Now this was a considerable revolu-
ton in opinion. The discovery of oxygen
in 1774 had overthrow many concep-
lions previously entertained by scientists,
and it had come to be supposed that the
search for. the transmitting philosopher
stone which occupied the medieval al
chemists, was an entire delusion This
philosophers stone means some sub
stance by means of which the elements,
and indeed everything. could be turned
into gold. and though probably a good
deal of honest research was undertaken
In connection with the idea, all sorts OF
frauds accompanied It's exploitation.
But since the whole method OF medt-
eval science had been generally discred-
ited-whether accompanied by honest or
by dishonest experiments-the revival OF
the Original substance idea in 1869 was
a very considerable revolution in opin-
ion. However, the idea of artificial gold
might not have entered the minds OF
modern spectators at all seriously IL
radium had remained undiscovered. But
it was found that radium undergoes
sort of spontaneous decomposition, and
that among the carnations which it gives
off a totally different element. namely.
helium is included. Here. then. within
the last decade science has been brought
to admit by facts that a spontaneous
transmutation Of elements does take place
in nature. Therefore scientists can no
longer deny that the transmutation OF
such elements as lead. gold. copper, nick
ell, platinum, silver, mercury, cadmium,
and SO on and even the creation of artf-
fetal gold, are possibilities of future
experiment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-21
Bathing in Polluted Waters.

From the New York Sun.
The value Of river baths for pleasure.
exercise and refreshment no one could
doubt. In small cities, with unpolluted
water fronts, such bathing facilities are
of the utmost Importance because OF
their financial inability to furnish
cleansing baths. 1t would seem, how
ever, that this great city Of New York.
which is capable of supplying and has
already built the most perfect baths
in the world. should not attempt to
spend money for baths IN river which
is VIGOROUSLY polluted.
There is no higher authority than DR..
Loper on the condition OF the waters
surroundings this city. and he pronounces
them to be nothing more nor less than
diluted sewage, which Is mistaken by
mud. That swallowing this water may
produce typhoid fever Is open to doubt.
Inasmuch as 1t Is the common practice
Of nurses. private and hospital. to use
vent infection OF rivers which they may
reach, the only danger would seem to
be from unrecognized or undeveloped
cases. There is danger, however, of
production of gastric and intestinal
troubles from Swallowing water pol
luted by city sewage. These diseases.
are usually attributed to other causes.
as are skin diseases. which may also
arise from prolonged contract with pol
luted water.
For esthetic reasons, IL for no other,
the authorities Of this city may well
pause ere they permit the construction
of more Of these obsolete floating baths.
During one OF the recent sessions OF the
American Association for the Promotion
of Hygiene and Public Baths the assis-
tant commissioner of public works
stated that the existing floating baths
would probably be permitted gradually
to disappear.
The report that three new floating
baths are contemplated comes. there
fore, as a painful surprise to ply sicians
and sanitarians. who have long advo-
Gated their totai aoohtion. Is TO be
refuse it's financial support to these UNI
hygienic and certainly unesthetic river
baths.
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TRUSTEES SALE OF A VERY ATTRACTIVE
THREE-SToBY AND CELLAR BRlCk
DWELLING KNOWN AS NO. 1851 EUCLID
STREET NORTHWEST.
By virtue OF certain deed of trust. dated
the Twenty seventh tc.th, day OF June A. d.
1906, and recorded among the land records of
the District Of Columbia. In Liber No. 1884. at
folio ti5 ct seq. and AT the request Of the
holder OF the note secured thereby. We Will Of
TUESDAY TIE SECOND DAY OF JULY. A
r. 1872 1T HALF PAST FOUR O'CLOCK +.
NJ the following described real estate. situate
in the County of Washington. District Of Column
bia TO wit: Lot numbered hfty t5ol, OF Harry
T. Jones subdivision of lots in square number
ed twenty five hundred and sixty -four (2564 in
Idttleton w Walker ct al subdivision OF Block
numbered thirteen Q8). Meridian HILL as said
Harry T. Jones' subdivision Is recorded in Book
County % page IN. of the Records Of the Sur
veyors once OF the District of Columbia, to-
feet however. to a first and prior deed of trust,
da ted June o. 1906. to secure the sum OF ST.
roo In three years. with interest thereon at the
rate of I'VE per cent per annum. until paid. and
accrmula lions on account of interest. taxes and
insurance premiums. amounting 10 x2,3a6. IG-
Terms of sale: The above named deed of trust
$50 ZOO and Accommodations Hereunder (S2 3t6 f6l
20 ne assumed by the purchaser and the balance
to be paid in cash: all cash. at the option Of
the purchaser. deposit Of $50 10 be paid at
the time OF sale. Sale TO be closed In fifteen
DAYS from day of sale; otherwise the property
may Be resold Mt the risk and cost or defaulting
purchaser Conveyancing at the cost Of pur-
chaser.
CLARENCE B. RHEEM. Trustee.
ALEXANDER r. HENSEY: Trustee.
! je1s-d&ds,eSu 7G l5tA Ut. NV.
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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS.
THOMAS BOWLING 4 co. AUCTIoNEERs.

THOMAS BOWLING 4 co. AUCTIONEERS.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE CORNER
FEET ooT FRoNTiS s on HALF aNp
STREETS souTHWEsT. ADJOINING RAIL.
ROAD on VIRGINIA AVENUE. WITH THE
IMPROVEMENTS, CONSISTING OF FOUR
SMALL RENTED HOUSES. THIS PROP
COAL DUMP OR OTHER BUSINESS PUR-
POSES BEING AVAILABLE FOR RAIL
ROAD SIDING. OR NAY BE SURDIVIDED
INTO SEVENTEEN SMALL BUILDING
LOTS
BY virtue OF power Of sale contained in deed
recorded in Liber. a417. folio 400. of the land
records Of the District Of Columbia. and also
pursuant TO leave of court. granted by decree
passed in Equity Cause No. 26S24 pending In
supreme Court OF the District OF Columbia, the
ction. in front Of the premises TUESDAY.
THE TwENTY-FIFTH DAY OF JUNE. 1912
At .HAI.F-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM. lot
twenty-four (24 in Van Weeks subdivision In
If. of s42, per plat in Liber 81. folio II. Of
the records of the surveyors ONCE. with the
Improvements. consisting of three old brick
dwellings Nos. 3d. 6o4 and 80S Half street
s.w.. and one old frame dwelling. No. $40. same
street.
Terms Of sale: All cash and above in
cumbrance OF $1,000. bearing 1--WE per cent in
terest. which natures February II. 1918. and
subject TO which sale will be made: or at his
option purchaser may pay all cash, In which
posit Of 5000 will be required at time OF sale.
Taxes paid to June go 1912. Terms Of sale TO
be complied with within twenty days from day
Of sale, otherwise deposit may be forfeited. and
trustee reserves right to resell at cost and risk
Of defaulting purchaser after five days notice
Of resale in The Evening Star.
GEORGE FRANCIS WILLIAMS. Trustee.
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John Stuart Mills Home.
From the London Chronicle.

FROM Inc Ipnuou SuTOuiCle-
Avignon, where a monument is to be
erected to John Stuart Mill. holds many
memories of the philosopher, and in
the cemetery, under an elder tree, Mill
lies buried. His house. a charming
little hermitage approached by an
avenue Of plane trees, not far from the
cemetery. was sold in 1906" writes Mr..
Thomas Okey. land q few relics were
bought. and still are cherished by the
rare friends the somewhat self-cen-
tered philosopher made In the city.
The present owner has preserved
library and study. where the Essay on
Liberty was written. much as 1T was
in Mills day. Before he left
the city on his periodical visits to
England. Mill was wont to leave 300
francs with NJ. Rey, pastor of the
Protestant Church in Avignon; 100 for
expenses of public worship; 100 for the
poor. always charging NJ. Rey to write
to England il any further need arose. "