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THos. j. OWEN son. AUCrIoNEERs.
TRUSTEES SALE OF TWO-STORY BRICK
RESIDENCE. NO. POS 18th STREET

TRUSTEES SALE OF TWO-STORY BRICK
NORTHEAST.
BY virtue of certain deed Of trust. duly re-
corded in Lber 346O, at folio Alb ct sea-. one
OF the land records Of the District of Columbia.
and at the request Of the party secured thereby.
We, the undersigned trustees. win sell ut pub
DC auction. I'm front of the premises. on SEC
oND DAY OF DECEMBER. 1918. AT HALE
PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM. the follow ing
described land and premises, situate In the city
Of Washington. District OF Columbia. known
and DISTINGUISHED as lot numbered thirty C3O) in
William P. McGee's subdivision Of original lot
five 90 in square southeast of square numbered
ten hundred and sixty-eixht. fsduare southeast
of square 1868. as per plat recorded in Book
81. page 20. IN the surveyors Office for said
District
Sold subject to a prior deed Of trust for
81. 900.
Terms: All over ann above said prior fncum-
brance to be paid In cash. deposit or 500
required at time OF sale. Terms TO be complied
with within fifteen days. otherwise the trustees
will resell the property at risk and cost of de-
faulting purchaser.
HARRY NJ. PACKARD. Trustee.
JOSEPH n. SAUNDERS. Trustee
no21 q, 2&df1
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ADAM 4. wEscHLER. AucT1oNEER.
TRUSTEES SALE OF Two-SToRY BRICK
DWELLING, No. 615 QUINCY STREET
NORTHWEST fPETW0RTIJ

TRUSTEES SALE OF Two-sToRY BRICK
DWELLING. NO 615 QUINCY STREET
NORTHWEST PETWORTH.
BY virtue of a certain deed of trust duly re-
corded in Liber No. 33S5 folio pa 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 pub
lie auction. in front of the premises. on MON
DAY. THE FIRST DAY or DECEMBER, A. d.
1913, AT HALFPAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM,
the following described land and premises. stu
ate in the city of Washington. in the District
81 Columbia. and designated and being lot
numbered eighty four ISL in Charles L. y.
bered seventy -four t74 In .'Petworth Addition to
Washington as Ter plat recorded in Book 80
rage 80. in the surveyors Office for said Dis
trict, together with the improvements thereon.
Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase
money 10 be paid in cash and the balance in
equal instaimeHts. payable in one and two
Years, with interest at six per centun per an
mum, payable semi annually 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 of the pur-
chaser at the time OF sale. All conveyancing.
recording and notarial fees at the cost OF the
purchaser Terms of sale to be complied with
within fifteen days from day OF sale. otherwise
fhe trustees reserve the right-to resell the prop
erty at the risk aud cost of the defauting pur-
chaser after five days advertisement of such
resale in some newspaper published in the city
Of Washington. d. G.
ERNEST l.. SCHMIDT,
GEORGE. NJ. EMMERICH.
uo1S-d&ds. eSu&uo25 Trustees.
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Abuses Through the
Congressional Record.

mail privilege. There is q case where
some member of Congress has standard
work on political economy reprinted in the
Congressional Record. After that the
work became frankable, and the publish
ing house sent copies out under a con-
gressional frank. Another case Is that OF
some backwoods philosopher who has
Matched UP some new scheme or another
which he wants to give publicity. He
gets his representative to have 1T inserted
in the Congressional Record, and there
after it may go out postage free
While the free mail privilege accorded TO
members OF the Senate and House may be
abused even after all the restrictions that
have been thrown around 1t by the regula-
tons of the Post Office Department. the
total amount of such mail is small in COM
parison with the total amount Of depart
mental penalty mail, the frsnked mail
business of 1912 amounting TO less than
F12,o0o,0o0 pieces and the penalty mall to
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Disect Line to Havre-Paris Rraneel.
Departures from n. 7. every "Wednesday. . s.n
De De- Lsne Dee
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THos. ]. OWEN & SON. AUCTIoNEERs.
Three-Story, Seven-Room Brick
Dwelling, No. 242I tx" Street
NV, One-half Block from
Washington Circle,
At Auction

By virtue of authority vested In Us we will
ell at public auction. in front OF the premises,
on TUESDAY. THE SECOND DAY OF DE-
GENDER, 1913, AT FOUR O'CLOCK PM. lot
l6 in square Or
Terms OF sale announced at time Of sale.
500 deposit. Sale to be closed in Is days or
deposit forfeited.
THOs. J. OWEN 4 SON. Aucts
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FULTON LEWIS.


WILLIAM E. RICHARDSON
Union Savings Bank building.
uo2O-d6ds eSu&ho Trustees
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The law makes whatever goes into the
Congressional Record Official and out of
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-12
By DOROTHY DIX

mendation, and who growls and
grumbles over every mistake.
Another place where we deserve to
do time for our criminal carelessness
IS in the way we talk before servants.
We discuss the most intimate matters
before them. We hazard guesses at
peoples motives. We repeat rumors
of intrigues. we talk as If the maid
who was waiting behind our chair
were deaf as the adder of the scrip
lures and dumb as a coffin nail. in
stead of being an elongated ear and
talking machine combined
Then, when a distorted and garbled
report goes forth Of some family hap
pening we wonder how en- earth it got
out. Perhaps 1t is not far short of the
truth to say that we are all the
authors of our own scandals. and that
our own servants are the dissemina-
tors. They get a word here and there
and put their own Interpretation on it.
and the result is that regulations are
ruined
Mr. and Mrs. X Discuss family
finances at the table, and Mr. X re-
marks that they can't afford so and
So Listening Mary Jane. bringing
in the dinner. picks up a few SEN
tences. and by the time she has con-
aded what she thought she heard TO
Mrs. Jones cook, and she has passed
1t on to Mrs. Browns nurse, all the
world is aware of a rumor that the
ks are topping on the verge of
bankruptcy and can't pay their SER
wants. We despise the base rurnor
we call kitchen gossip, but we listen
to IT, 1t makes and mars characters,
and the pity Of the thing is that II is
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-12

Little Bobbie 5 Pa :
Observation-Disclosures
By WILLIAM F. KIRK

corn king, he is going to fix up the
green corn for us. Stand aside.
everybody, & let the noabel hero be
the chef.
Pa rolled up his sleeves & sed Ware
is the corn2
Rite thare neer the fire. sed the
folks 1t is just dying to be roasted.
Then Pa got shovel & began for
to dig hole. After he had dug quite
a while. Ma sed Mercy. you are dig
gfng it too deep My unkel used to
dig shallow hole. Anybody wud
think you was going to give the poor
corn decent burial. Ma sed
Who is fixing this corn. me or yure
unkel? sed Pa. & he KEEP on digging
After he had made a hole about three
feet deep he put in all the green corn
after he had took or the husks.
You doant want to talk off the
husks deerest 1uv, sed ma. My unkel
always left the husks on so the dirt
wuddent git in between the kernels
Of corn.
But Pa did 1t his way, & then he
pulled lot OF Goals oaver the place
ware the corn was buried. Now in
about half hour the corn will be
feest for king, he sed
I guess nobody believed 1t excep
Pa, & I doant think he was vary
sure. After half hour Pa dug up
one OF the ears of corn & it was just
as cold as Ice. The ground wasent
eeven warm. 1t may talk other half
hour, sed Pa.
But everything else will be spoiled
by then, sed the folks. Let us do
without the corn.
Oh, that wud newer do. sed ma.
The corn king wud be dredfully vexed
il you dident wait few weeks for
his corn. But we dident wait, & now
Ma calls Pa the corn king.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-12
DIFFICULT TO CATCH

An Englishman who was appointed
to an important post in China got
married soon after. Among the re-
cipients of the usual little cardboard
boxes containing a piece of wedding
cake was a Chinese merchant with
whom the bridegroom had an out
standing account for goods supplied.
After the honeymoon one of the first
persons the newly welded husband
met was his celestial creditor.
And how did you like the cake2''
said the Englishman, laughingly,
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-12

~ 1T reddy. git reddy, sed Pa. we
~ are all going to Clicking roast.
~ Oh, mercy, sed Ma, l haven't a
thing to ware.
You doant have to put on a court
gown for this. sed Pa, this is going
to be jolly afternoon & evening.
Put on a shirt waist & skirt, Pa
sed. Dress like human beeing.
ain't going to doll up, Pa sed, &
neither Is little Bobbie. Choking
roasts is vary informal affairs, no.
body is dressed much excep the chick
ings.
So Ma got reddy & we all went
down to Bob Hardie's farm TO the
roast.
Bob asked me to git thare erly, sed
hand for framing up these little af-
fairs. Long yeers OF open air life
wen l was a COW puncher, Pa sed.
taught me ell the tricks of out door
cooking, & Bob needs my help. 1 am
going to show him how to fix the
sweet corn.
My unkel knew how to fix green
corn CRATE. sed Ma. 1 newer tasted
better green corn than the way hee
fixed it.
Yure unkel was hobo that is how
he Termed, Pa sed. Termed Wen was
roaming the range. out in the bound
less west.
My unlxel wasent a hobo. & the only
way you evver roamed the range, in
the boundless west was in a Pullman
car. sed Ma. Fer hevings saik, Ma
sed. wen you get down thare to that
nice party doant try to tell lot of
smart peepul what wonder you have
been. 1t won't go. sed Ma, & you will
appear ridiklus.
Then we calm to Mister Hardie' 8
big farm & thare was a lot OF nice
folks there waiting for us.
Aha, sed Mister Hardie, here Is the
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-12

our own criminal carelessness that
lays its foundations
ANOTHER SORT
There are also the criminally care
less people who terrorize society with
the malapropos remarks a forbid
den subject draws them on to their
doom as surely and irresistibly as the
magnet attracts the needle. II there
is a tender spot in your soul they
put their finger right on it. Let an
old maid be present and they get
funny on the subject OF women who
are trying to marry. Is there di-
vorced person in the company. wild
horses couldn't draw them away from
a discussion OF martial unhappiness.
HIS somebody son who is a black
sheep and who has brought shame
and sorrow on his family. they dis
course on forgery and betrayed trusts
and prisons.
OF course. these people always ex-
cuse themselves by saying they didn't
think 1t should never be accepted.
People who haven't enough brains to
think have no business in society.
They should be locked up in asylums
for the feeble minded until they
learn enough intelligence to keep
them from wounding other people by
their dangerous conversation.
For my part, 1 would prefer to be
killed by the clean stiletto stab of
an enemy to being kicked to death
by donkey. and | would Just as
soon have my feelings hurt or my
vanity wounded by an Intentional un-
kindnness as by the blundering stu
pidity Of the criminally careless who
never think.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-12
Daysey Mayne and Her Folks
By FRANCES L. GARSIDE

pray tell us the great question OF
your life"
Mrs. Boogs was practical, and of a
plain yisage. Her form was one of
the comfortable kind that had always
scorned a straight front corset, and
had there been slit in her skirt.
which there was not, it might have
disclosed very thick stocking and a
common sense heel. She had the
! bearing Of a woman whose soul could
never fly unentrammeIed to azure
heights because of the remembrance.
hanging to it like the heavy tail to a
kite. that it would have TO get back
in time to put soup bone on for
dinner.
Mrs Boogs rose. weak kneed and
trembling. 1t was the first time she
had ever been invited to bring the
Great Question of her life to the at
tention of the sisterhood.
The Great Question of my life" she
began--then she stopped.
"Ah." thought Daysey Mayme, "un-
derneath that commonplace exterior
there is soul that scars. and I have
touched IT.
Such testimony would be interest
ing. Go on she murmured.
The Great Question of my life." re-
sumed Mrs. Boogs-she hesitated
again. Then her eyes wandered to
the ceiling. where others had found
inspiration. and. on their way. fell
upon the clock.
The Great Question of my life" she
cried in the triumphant tones of one
who had CROPPED through weighty
problem to successful solution. lis,
What shall get for the next meal?'
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-12
The Bulgarian Sandal

after the usual congratulations.
'.Ah, hai1 returned the Chinaman,
with a cunning leer, me no such big
fool to eat him. sab Me put cakes
in fire. Burn him up. He, he.'
'oh. that's too bad said the Eng
lishman. very much hurt. You might
have tasted it at least, out of com
pliment to my wife and myself. Why
didn't your"
Me too clute. sah." said the Celes-
tial. with the same cunning smile
you owe me monee. sab; sendee
poison cake: 1 eat him; die you no
payee up. Hoop-la! Hei he! / know
Won Angleeshi''
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-12
Do You Know That

The construction Of cigar box
may seem to be a very simple matter
to the novice. but the box passes
through 1s different processes before
1t is ready to receive the cigars.
x x X
Tt costs the London county council
fs.o00,ooo to educate the $4,000 chill
dren in the schools controlled by
them.
X
The profession of prompter is more
suited to women than to men. as their
voices carry better across the stage
and are less audible in the audi
torium.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-12

THE desire TO uplift the sisterhood
has many discouragements.
1t has often occurred 10 Daysey
Mayme Appleton that her life work is
like that of the evangelist who seeks
to save people who are quite satisfied
with their comfortable hell
Daysey Mayme was conducting a
meeting for the purpose OF giving
light to her sisters in their blind CROP
ings for higher ideals, and to solve
the troubIous questions that obtruded
themselves on their subconsciousness
all through the day and night.
.I would like to hear from you she
said. Perhaps IN your yearning for a
solution of the problem that confronts
you may be able to point the way.
Mrs. Sloan. tell US what 1t is that fills
your soul with yearning."
Mrs. Sloan. slender and soulful. re-
lated that when she gazed out into
the dark and projected her astral be-
ing into the Infinite she felt strange
luminous peace. Il am one and all in
myself IN such rapt moments" she
added. dreamily. with her eyes on the
ceiling. 1T is then feel the purple
ness of my soul"
Daysey Mayme gave sigh of salts
faction Her efforts had not been fruit
less when they resulted in a climax of
psychic emotion like that
Mrs Boogs," she said in her kind
Iiest tones. for she felt that one must
not forget that even woman by the
name of Boogs has a soul, though out
ward appearances were against it,
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-12

The tax on dogs in Hamburg is
graduated according to the size of
the dog. Poms or Pekingese are taxed
only few marks. while St Bernards
and masttffs are charged the highest
rates, with bulldogs. collies. etc. at
intermediate fees.
"
Members of parliament in Belgium
are paid ss5 per month while parlia-
ment is sitting.
"
In China and Japan railway sign
boards bear the names of places in
both English and the native Ian
guage. -.-.--A-----
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-12
NOT SLOW

A reverend gentleman was address,
ing a school class recently and was
trying to enforce the doctrine that
the hearts of the little ones were sim
full and needed regulating. Taking
out his watch and holding 1t up he
said:
Now, here is my watch; suppose il
doesn't keep good time-now goes 90
fast and now too slow What shall I
do with it?'
Sell itr' shouted small youngster.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-12

~ 1T reddy. git reddy, sed Pa. we
w. are all going to Clicking roast.
- oh. mercy. sed Ma, l haven't
thing TO ware.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-12

pounds, !, by lucky accident, learned
of the most simple. harmless, rapid,
safest fat reducing treatment on
earth. 1 tried it on myself with as
tonishing results. My friends stood
aghast in amazemcnt marveling at
the wondrous change in my appear
ance. My fat just rolled away. After
the first three days / noticed 1t be-
ginning to leave me- My reduction
grew greater and greater until finally
j was almost appalled, with delight
when I realized the stupendous sue
cess of my efforts and when / wok e
to the fact that / had reduced 70
pounds Of my fat without leaving q
wrinkle. and the glory OF my new
figure and the grace and beauty of
my curves gave me the admiration
of the world. | enjoyed the triumph
of my life and the success of my
whole career when my mana ger, Mr..
Shubert, on account of my glorious
new figure, made me the star of the
Passing Show and. mind you, this
very same manager had said | was
doomed to Oblivion just a short time
before when I tipped the scales at two
hundred and four pounds / was
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-12

Page 5. September /.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-12

AS Texas Guinan had to perform at
the matinee 1t seemed the easiest
thing in the world to arrange an in
terview without consulting her. The
vigilant stage doorkeeper was easily
passed. The dressing room was hos
pitably turned open by a maid, and
then-well, Miss Guinan, that is. what
is left of her, appeared.
SO you have come to learn the
story of my weight reduction. have
you2" said Texas In her breezy style.
with her glorious countenance beam
ing in smiles at her supreme glad
ness, realizing how appreciative the
world was in bestowing ad- i
miration and applause upon 8
her. all on account of the new
glory of her form, which she IS
transformed almost as If by M
magic with her own marvel
Gus new treatment
While YOU are not going
to get away with my zss.,s,;
| secret" said Texas. lit
is true that my sew
enty pounds of weight ~
reduction was brought -
about with my own
delightful treatment,
but 1t cost me a pret-
ty sum OF money to
learn of II, and | am
not giving my secret Ss 81
of how I lost my
weight free to report
ers, but / have writ
ten a book telling all ~
about this wondrous ~
new treatment which
rescued me from the w
thralldom of fat This S
book has just come off
the press and is Of 6<&
fered free to fat burdened
men and women, as | early
learned in life that the only
way to know happiness was
a In nd
letting the world know of this harm
less, quick method OF reducing weight
| can do a great good, then I will feel
that | have not lived in VAIN.
But won't you give me an inkling
OF Its component parts? Just a sug-
gestion as to what 1t Is. or will
fs, have ,,4 to be content 70 read your free
"but I don't mind telling You what
the treatment is not. 1t does not con-
there is nothing to take internally.
Neither is there any pink colored
camphor water, or worthless, harm
ful stuff to rub on the body There
ish baths. The treatment does not
consist of a single exercise or physi-
cal culture OF any description. There
is no diet. One may absolutely eat
and go right on reducing without de-
privinE themselves in any way.
There are no enemaS or uuShinE or
the colon. no harmful massaging, no
sweating garments to wear. no inn
merging yourself in hot baths with
the tub filled with obesity water or
epson salts, nor does 1t include any
medical copcoction Of any doctor, and
1t has nothing to do w.t. any drug
store prescription to have filled.
There is no formula to carry out, no
soaps to rub on the skin, neither is
1t a religious faith cure or Christian
Science stunt. 1t Is not vibratory
electric massage treatment. mental
suggestion--no. and 1t is not a belt
or. mechanical device of any kind.
Il have tried many such fakes. I
tried drugs, pills. capsules. harmful
concoctions to rub on the body.
have tried sweating and taking Turk
tsh baths, exercising. physical culture
and everything known to science
without result, and without losing
weight As j was about to despair
and give up in disgust all further eff
forts to reduce my enormous weight,
which was two hundred and four
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-05-16
SECOND ARREST
The Same Morning Get,
Thirty Day Jail Sentence
for Walter Clegg.

Rearrested after promising Mayor
viii H Cole to leave the city and s.
to Pennsylvania town where has
wife is i'll. Walter Clegg was senten-
ced Friday morning in police court to
serve thirty days in jail. He was first
arrested early in the day for drunk
enness but after making his promise
to the mayor and obtaining his release,
Clegg went to the Commercial hotel
and raised a disturbance among
boarders there, which resulted in his
second arrest. The Jail imprisonment
Immediately followed.
A fellow who was fined SO and costs
for drunkenness obtained his release
by leaving his watch as security for
payment, another fellow forfeited a
cash bond of $3.50 instead of appear
Ing for trial on charge of fighting
and still another was deported in de-
fault of paying fine for drunkenness.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-05-16
odd FELLOWS
Will Hold Their Next Annual
State Meeting in Clarks-
burg.

FREDERICKSBURG, May 16-rhe
Grand Encampment of the dndepend-
ent order of Odd Fellows of West
Virginia concluded its annual SEES
sion here last evening after selecting
Fclarksburg as the next meeting place
in 1914.
Officers were elected as follows:
Grand chief patriarch-Dan Gun
noe. crany.
der, Shepherdstown.
Grand senior warden-lAlba VOL
verton, Philippi.
Grand scriDe-c. u. Simpson.
Huntington.
Grand trsasurer-c II. Riggle,
Fafrmont
Grand junior warden-H z. Rem
nard. Wheeling.
Grand representatives - 8. "a
Fleming. Sutton. and a. L. Price.
Charleston. Is
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-05-16
NEW 0RCHEsTRA HERE.

The Italian harp orchestra. Of New
York city, has located in clarksburg-
It's address is 100 Wilson street. It
win furnish music for an occasions
and also give lessons on popular in
struments.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-05-16

Hundreds of styles toehoose from in tan
Rl1ssa calf genuine Patents Celti dl latinl1n
and other reliable sWaIk-Over' Gathers
guaranteed by the maker and by us as the best
shoes aobtainable at the price. Therefore when
YOU consider the remarkable reduction that we
are offering them at they are bound+to go fast.
50 come early while the choiceis good and your
size is here, mot often do youSbuy Walk eIQEs
Over Shoes at u. .....-..-.s Wi.0U