Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1887, Page 4

‘The gioomy looking building on Tenth street, Just half way wp the hilt between E and F streets, 1 giving epthe many skeletons in its closets. for Gays tae pavement outside has been littered with Dones, and woth jars and cases containing various Parts of the human body, kept by preserving fluids fom returning to dust. These ghastiy objects Make a brief halt on the sidewalk in transit from ‘the old to the new Army Medical Museum, in the Dutlding Just completed on the southeast corner of the Smithsonian grounds. They seem, in the eyes of the passer-by, if he is at all imaginative, ‘Ww hetghtea the gloomy effect of the plain, dark fromt of the old building with its severe church- Uke front. That the building should have a mourn- Tal air seems ftting, for here the darkest and most ‘Sartling tragedy in the nation’s history occurred. ‘The museum on the third floor is now closed to the Dudlic. In the past thousands of visitors have tolled up theiron stairs, attracted in part, per- haps, by the objects to be seen in the museum; Dut the chief interest of everyone upon his first vist to the building has been in weeing the spot where President Lincoln was shot by Booth. The building, once a church had been remodeled into a theater, and ‘was known as Ford's Theater. After the memor- able tragedy in April, 1865, the curtain was Gropped forever, and the building was purchased Dy the Government. The interlor was rearranged, so that all semblance to a theater was destroyed. ‘The lower floors were turned into offices and Labo- Tatories, and the third floor was given up to the Army Medical Museum. Visitors to the building could have pointed out to them only the place where the state box, Inwhich President Lincoln sat, ‘was located. They had to imagine away the floors and pillars that were Introduesd in rearranging ‘the Dutiding and imagine in their stead a stage, an orchestra, dress-circie, and gallery. They could g0 to the windows in the rear and look down into the dark alley where Booth left his horse standing, And whore, escaping from the theater by a back entrance with his bloody knife in his hand, he mounted and fied away into the night. POINTING OUT THE SPOT. “Plt show you just where it was” said Mr. Flyn, ‘the superintendent of the Museum, as he piused in his work the other day to talk with a Stax re- porter. Mr. Flynn took the reporter to the center Of the hall, where there is a big square opening or light well enclosed with an fron railing. From ‘this potat looking down the reporter couid get a ‘View of portions of the ground tloor where clerks ‘were busy at desks, and of the second floor filled with file cases in which are stored away the rec- ords relating to thousands of poor boys in blue who have buen wounded in battle of stricken with disase c@ of Uncle $ Se eae ate einen ‘a doorway on the sec- oor that iat into a litte ofce. divided off by ‘a light partition from the rest of th» r. “It was a fittie farther to the south,” he went on. “The stage below was about on a line the dark paint you see on the pillar support- ing the floor.” This pillar extended from the {fiona noor to the ceiling, and the potnt referred w leaped above the floor. “Booth Dox to the stage, and you can see pist;now far he ad to leap, | When he jumped the Dox bis spur caught in the flag with Dox had been decorated and trippe:t him, So that in falling he broke a bone of his leg’ stage and through a little bulid- ich the actor's dressing rooms were located, and by way of a private door into 3 tell visitors here that Booth leaped into the alley from that win- dow there,” pointing to one of the third story win- dows; “you can see how absurd that is. If any- ne Jumped from that window to the alley below, de Killed. Nearly every visitor to thé city has found his way here. Of course they are ll interested in the historic associations of the Duilding. Every one asks where the box in which ‘sat was located, and we have always been ‘and glad to show them. We have shown ite, how occupied by Mr. Sehade, where President Lincoln dled. No, we have never had the flag which was torn by Booch In his Jeap from the President's vox on exhibition here, ‘That ts kept in the Treasury ment and can De seen there with the rent torn by Booth’s spurs, ‘We have never had anything on exhibition here to Fecal the tragedy except three of the cervical Yertebne of Booth with a portion of the spinal cord, showing where the bullet that killed him Pabed through. Visitors have often asked why the a totact. zi which the President sat was not preserved ‘The vertebrw of Booth’s that Mr. Flynn referred to, have ceeus modest place ih a case in one corner of the hail. Near it, in later years, has been Teminder of another terrible crimé in tne form THE TORN FLAG. ‘On the night President Lincoin was assassinated the box be occupied was decorated and draped ‘with flags. When Booth leaped over the ralling to ‘the stage below the spur he wore upon his right foot oaught tm the folds of one of the flags, and tore a rent in it. The flag, as Mr. Flynn stated, 1s now in the Treasury, where it 1s kept with Its com- anton aso wed in decorating the box, 1a the tie ‘of the captain of the wate, just at the left, a8 one enters the Duliding by thé main entrance oo Fifwenth street. Mere they were showa Dy the captain (o@ Stan reporter. The flags are allke, handsome silk standards. In the blue fleld in gold are on one side the words “Treasury Guard ” and on the other the words “Presenied of the Department.” “The flags,” in, “were presented to the guard in the Treasury. They were . Ford to use in Jecorating the box, and ‘the fon they were returned to the ‘That is the way they happen to be Uhe flags 18 festooned like a curtain window. ‘The other—the one with the Tent in its enclosed tn a case with a glass front. ‘There is # long tear near the border, where the spur ripped Its way through the silk. “It 1s doubt- fel,” remarked the captain, “whether we would ever have caught Booth if it'had not been for the nobis old flag. THE GREAT TRAGEDY. ‘The assassnation, recalled by the old fag, and of which the old building on Tenth street remains a8 a solema reminder, was one of the deepest tragic tnterest. In all {ts detalis it seemed to show forth the inclination of the assassin’s mind toward UWeatrical effects, Oa the nigat of April 13 Washington city was eautifuly Muminated, and the citizens rejoiced ‘over the close of the long war. Everywhere la the streets were tokens of the love and gratitude with Which the people President Lincoln. The hight of the 14th was a “benefit night” at Ford's ‘Theater. Miss Laura Keene was the beneficiary, and she was to appear with the company support” ing ber in “Our American Cousin.” It was an- nounced that President Lincoin and General Grant Would attend the performance, aud the theater Was crowded. General <rant went from the city that afternoon to go to Burlington, NJ. Presi- oi left the White House with Mrs. Lin- juarter past 8 o'clock and went to He was joined by Maj. H.R. Kath- Clara H. Harris. ‘The box that the party occupied was the upper ! anyHEES sae 5 eee Hy tt Two boxes had ‘been thrown into e removal of the partition. Entrance ras OF way of the dress-crcle. A door into a asa feet wide, at the rear of the box. Prom ay, two doors opened into the box. e doors was locked, as It was suppos:d: ‘ue was open, and through it the Prest Mrs. Lincoln, Major Rathbone, and Mi ‘President Lincoln sat in’ a rocking the front. Mrs Lincoln sat opposite e Rathbun snd Miss Harris sat a littie in Tear. The c had risen on the third act, the Scene was set in the front of the stage. BOOTH AT THE THEATER, ‘Meanwhile Booth had passed in and out of the theater unnoticed in the crowd that filled the ‘eater. Asap actor he was known tothe em- Ployes aml habitues of the piace, and his presence excited no comment. He even spoke lightly to ac- quaintaaces whom he met, and seemed to affect a Gareiews air. He entered the theater soon after the Degaa, and as he pawed the box- Office, where Mr. Harry Ford was sitting, he looked ager saeg bee SSE. 3 H| : tft F Into the window, and putting bis aria through | placed a baif smoked cigar on a shelf inside and ‘said with a mock herote flourish— “Who er this cigar dares displace ‘Mus: meet Wilkes Booth face to face.” Before he left the National Hotel, where he Doarded, he asked tbe hotel clerk if he were going to the theater. remarking ‘There will be some very ne there to-nigit.” During the evening Into a restaurant adjoining the theater and in an excited manner, called “randy! brandy! brandy?” and when the flerce liquor was furnished @rank it down with one gulp. His murderous plan had been wade, even to the hour when the fatal ‘shot was Lo be fired, and he should join his fellow- amassing dispatched on similar missions to the house of Secretary Seward and te of Vice-Presideus Jobnson, in flight from the city. ‘Booth’s pian was to make a theatric display. THE ASASSIN'S APPROACH. It was Just after the third act had opened that ‘Booth appeared in the dress-circle on the side op- posite the President’s box, where he could observe his right-hand side, as one entered | tion, though stm cti to the dagger, he boriaed cor th the and easy ded to his tet wi y Of an athlete, and striding rapidly across stage disappeared at the opposite side, Tits bat J the dazed Cag ior ag " to he screams ot Mrs. Lincoln orought everyone ‘8 realization of the frightful erime that had béen committed. The audience rose to their feet; there was arush to the stage, aad the cry taken up all over the house was, “hang him! hhim:” “Men swarmed upon the stage and sought to clamber into the box. Miss Keene, coming forward ‘apon the stage, endeavored to allay the excite- ment, and in a clear ringing voice gave directions ‘Vo aid ip the pursuit of the assassin. IN THE BOX. Meanwhile the President was lying unconscious in the box. Booth had entered the box stealthily, and the occupants, who were intently watching the piay, were not aware of his presence until startled by the pistol shot. Major Rathbone, then looking around, saw the assassin standing between him and the door and heard him shout lom!” ~Major Rathbone sprang upon the man, who made a sav- age lunge at him with a dagger, cutting deeply toto hisarm. Then the man rushed to the front of the box. Major Rathbone seized him by the coat, but the man broke from his grasp and leaped Over the railing of the box. Tne major, turn ing and finding that the President was wounded, hurried from the box to get assistance, but found tue door opening from the dress-circie into the Dox assage secured on the inside with a stout wooden ar. It took him some seconds to remove the wooden bar and open the door, and meanwhile there was a great clamor for admittance from the dress-circle, When the door had been opened sur geons who were present and a few others were ade Initted to the DOX. ‘The surgeous could not at frst find the wound. Then the builet hole was dis- covered on the left sideof the head behind the tem- poral bone. The President was carried out of the theater and taken to the house of Mrs. Peterson, immediately opposite. Major Rathbone, after reaching the house, fainted trom loss of blood. A SIGS? OF TERROR. Meanwhile the excitement about the theater Was of the wildest kind, Soon the street was teem- ing with exeited men, The night was one that will never be forgotten by anyone who went throngh its experiences. Added tothe known fact of the assassination of the President who was dying In the house on Tenth street before which mulltary guards were pacing up and down keeping tie crowd at a distance, came the report of the attempt on the life of Mr. Seward, and wild re. ports of other simliar attempts. Assassins seemed to be everywhere and to have their bloody hands on the throat of the Goverament. BOOTH’S ESCAPE. When Booth leaped upon the stage there was one person only in front of the scenes, an actor named Harry Hawks, who was playing the part of Asa Trenehard. Hawks turned and fled from the stage, believing, as he afterward said, that Booth Was pursuing him. He did not stop until he had ran up a flight of stairs, Booth upon going behind the scenes met in a passage William Withers, jr., the leader of the orchestra, and dealt a blow at him with his dagger, inflicting a severe wound. Mr. Joseph B. Stewart, who was In the audience near the stage and Was quick to realize what had oc- curred, jumped to the stage and pursued the assassin, who however eluded him tn the intricate Passages behind the seenes, with which Mr. Stew- art Was not familiar. Booth eseaped by a rear en- trance tnto the alley, where he mounted his horse and galloped away. THR PURSUIT. ‘The military and police were soon tn motion, all the outlets of the city were picketted,.mounted parties dashed out in every direction scurrying through the country, steamboats were stopped, andevery possible step taken to prevent the es cape of the assassin from the city, but Booth had too long a start. ‘The identity of the assassin was not clearly es- tablished for some hours after he had escaped. Secretary Stanton, at 3 o'clock in the morning, sent a dispaten to General Grant saying “investi- gation sirongly indicates that J. Wilkes Booth 1s the assassin.” A common Derringer pistol was found on the floor of the President's Dox, anda hat and spur was found in the theater and identified ‘83 Booth’s. A knife belonging to the assassin was: picked up on F street between Eighth and Ninth, As the investigation proceeded men were found who saw Booth and knew bim. DELIBERATE PREPARATIONS FOR THE CRIME. It was discovered, too, that he had planned the assassination with great care. A hole had been made by removing plaster trom the wall be- side the door of the box passage, so that after entering the passage he could place a bar across the door, with one end in this hole, the other end forced against the woodwork of ‘the door frame, so a3 to prevent any one from fol- lowing him. A’sinail hole had been wilttled with a knife in one of the box doors, so that one could ‘apply his eye to it and see the’ positions of those Inside. As stated above, there were two doors Opening into the box, oue of which was supposed be locked. It was found that the screws attach- ing the lock to the door had been removed #0 the door could be forced open with slight pressure. ‘This measure had been taken by the assassin, it 18 supposed, that he might have means of entrance to the box if for any reason the President or mem- bers of his party had shut and locked the door by Which they entered. ‘These preparations were made during the day SS ing the performance at the theater. Booth aVINg, 3 AN actor, access to the theater at all Umes, could go and come without exciting sus- icion. A pocket knife Was found In the box and it Was Supposed that It Was with this he had whit- tiled the whole tn the door, but this knife had been, Mr. Harry Ford told a Star reporter, left there ac- cidentally by one of the persons engaged in decorat- ing the box. foe President remained unconscious during the night and died at yclock the morning of the 15th. Two hours later the body was removed to the White House. The Government ng forth every effort to secure the capture of Booth and his fei- low conspirators, Many arrests were made, and all who could possibly have any connection with Booth were placed in custody. On the night of Tuesday, the 18th, Paine, who had made the at- tempt upon Mr. Seward’s life, was arrested as he Was entering Mrs. Surratt’s house,on H street Dear Sixth, clad like a laboring man and carryiny pick. Atzerodt, whose part in the bloody worl of the night, was to have been to kill Vice-Presi- dent Johnson, but whose courage falled him, was captured on the 20th at the residence of a relative near Middleburg, Montgomery County, Md. BOOTH HUNTED Dow! Anextra Srax, issued Thursday, April 27, an- nounced the capture of Booth. Booth and his ac- complice, Herold, who accompanied him as guide,es- caped from the city by way of Anacostia bridge and made their way on horseback to Leonardtown. They sought refuge ina swamp in St. Mary’s County, Dut being pursued by cavalry, they succeeded in [apy across the river at Swan Point and got as lar as the Garrett's farm, near Bowling Green, Caroline County, Va. They endeavored to secure horses from the Garretts, but were refused. Booth ‘Was suffering with the leg injured in his leap from the box, and used a pair of crutches. Being unable then to go on farther the two men sought safety ina barn on the farm. Here they were found by ‘the force 1n command of Col. Baker, the War De- partment detective. ‘The assassin was called upon to surrender, but he bade defiance to his pursuers. He stood with re- volver and carbine ready to fight for his life. In order to drive the two men out the barn was fired Herold, who seemed to be unnerved, signified his, desire to surrender, and coming out of the barn Was taken as a prisoner. Booth remained in de- Mant attitude, and shouting out chalien; tw his pursuers to fight. When the burning timbers of the roof began to fall he made a movement which tt was suj Indicated an intention to sally out and cut his way through the men in front of the barn. Sergeant Boston Corbett thereupon fired at him and killed him. Corbett said his Was to wound him in the shoulder and disal but the bullet entered the assassin’s neck and sev- ered the spinal cord. Booth’s body and Herok the prisoner, Were brought to this city. The fin seene in the great trawedy occurred on the 7th of July following, when Mrs. Surratt, Atzerodt, Paine, and Herold were convicted one day by a military court of conspiracy with Booth, and hanged the next day at the Washington arsenal, WHERE PRESIDENT LINCOLN DIED. ‘The House where President Lincoin died ts No, 516 Tenth street. It is now occupied by Mr. Louis Schade, lawyer, and editor of the Washington Sen- tinel. 14s a plain three-story and basement brick house, of the style considered appropriate to a & comfortable city home forty years ‘The front steps of brownstone approach the door from the side, A marble slab set in the center of the front wall above the parlor windows bears this in- Seription: “President A. Lincoln died in this house April 15th, 1865.” Mr. Schade, when a Stan called at the ease nay athe ay Se cue floor th the rear of the house where the President was carried and where he died. It 18 a room of peculiar shape, long and narrow with a very low Celling. IC is In a back buliding and well ghted by wo windows. ‘The room is now used as a sitting- room by Mr, Schade’ tamniiy. “The doctors’ not believing that tt would be pos sible to carry Mr, Lincoln to. the White House,” ‘Said Mr. Scliade, “selected this house. ‘The fact ts, Dr. Leal, who was the first physician to reach the President's side, did not think he would live enough to reach the White House, He lived in his room until 7:20 o'clock the next morn- ing, but never became conscious. The bed was Placed across the room, the head being against ine window there.” In’ the front ‘parlor St the house Mrs. Lincoln remained during that sorrow. ful night." In the back parlor were congregated during the night members of the Cabinet and others, Who waived anxiously for word from the surgeons attending the President. And in this room, Mr. an che wight. nomen Johnson: was sworn in during “Secretary Stan. bag that Mr. Lincoln could not live,” Mr. Schade, “and believing there was a con- Sou sworn in in tis by Judge Cartier. betore Son sworn fn in this room r, Mr. Lincoln died.” Mr. Johnson was formaily ‘Seaator Davis, ‘Henderson EE oo was done a3 It Was late in Says that if the measure Figtl Pare availed nothing, as be Would not take $12,000 for his een ‘Te Kiss, or Not to Kiss. Written for Tax Evexmne San, His dark eyen grew so soft and wide, His face was flushed and bright, He pressed so close, the first I knew, ‘His arms were round me quite. ‘Tknow ‘twas naughty ; some, perhaps, The boldness would not bear, ‘But then methinks with such proud dames A lad would hardly dare; And after sil, say what you may, ‘To kiss, or not to kiss, ‘On time and chance and love depends, No matter what's amiss. Tknow "t was naughty ; still, dear dame, Pray think, ere you convict, ‘How you, in like case, might behave, With nothing to restrict; And let me hint just one thing more, Perhaps it may be trae ‘That no dear lad 'er kissed you yot, Because—none wanted to, —Macere Suitivan Buasa. oo, Christmas in Belgium. From Our Dumb Animals. ‘There is a Christmas custom here which pleased and interested me. The children made Uttle Presents to their parents, and to each other, and Parents to thetr children. For three or four months before Christmas the girls are all busy nd the boys save up their money to Duy these presents. hat the present is to be 1s cautiously kept secret; and the girls have a Worid of contrivances to con- ceal it—such as working when they are out on Visits, and the others are not with thi ing 2 in the morning before daylight, &c. Then on he evening betore Christmas day, one of the par- tons is lighted up for the children; into which the arent rr bough Eened on the tabig at a ittle distances trom the Wall, a multitude of little tapers are fixed in the pebiace an scons oe am eae ned, a TC gens, andcolored pape bangs ang ati Cut in great order the entsthey mean for thelr nt concealing pockets what They intend for each. ‘fen’ the ts are in- troduced, and each presents his little gift; they then britg out the "remainder one. byron from thelr pockets and present them with embraces. Where I witnessed the scene Were eight o nine children, and the eldest daugh- Yer and mother wept for joy and tenderness; and the tears ran down the face of the father, and ‘he clasped all his children so tight to his Lope ww seemed as he did it to stifle the gob that was rising within it. I was very much affected. The shadow of the bough and its arching over on the made a and the raptures of the iit a great parlor, the parents lay out on the table the ire for thelr children; a scene of more. sober ¥ Succeeds, as lay, after an old cl e mother says privately t% each, of her daugn: ters, and the father to his sons, that which they have observed most praisewortly and that which Was most faulty in their conduct. Formerly, and Still in all the smaller towns and villages through- out North Germany, these were gent “by all tue ‘parents some one fellow, who in high buskins, a white robe, a ‘mask,’ and an enormous flix wig, porsonates Knecht Rupert—t. ¢., the servant of Rupert. On Christinus night he goes round to every house, and Says his master sent him thither. ‘The parents and elder unildren recetve him with great pomp and reverence. He then inquires for the children, and, according to the character which he hears from the parents, he gives ‘them the intended Presents. Or, if they should have been bad, he gives the parents a Tod, and, in the name of his master, recommends them to use it frequentiy. ‘When about seven or eight years old the children are let into the secret, and it is curious how faith- fully they keep it, ——_ce0_—____ Shirts of Boston’s Swell Men. From the Boston Herald, The white shirt 18 no longer enregle. It must be colored—usually in stripes—with a collar of snowy linen. The very latest, just imported, has three colors—dark red, light pink and blue—run- ning verticaliy in stripes about one inch in width; colored cuffs attached and white collar. Another 1s of whive pique, running horizontally, and be- tween each two ribs of the pique a narrow thread of vari-colored silk. ‘The favorite shirt of our most distinguished local dude ts cream-colored, with salmon-hued polka dots of silk. Another Kind 1s made of light rose pique, with ttle dots of white silk floss sprinkled through it. A short tme ago shirts with stripes one and one-half inches bi of bright strawberry and light blue, were reg: as the correct thing, and could only be obtained to order at fabulous expense; but the cheap furnish- Ing-goods shops brought them out and the trade in them was killed. A shirt that is worn a great deal by swell men in Boston has three narrow lines of Diack running close together across the bosom ‘at Intervals of four inches. Dress shirts must open. in front—as do all shirts nowadays—and must have a narrow strip of embroidery running down the middle edge. ‘The embroidery 1s done by hand, and is very fine. Such shirts cost $80 a piece. Pale green pique shirts are exceedingly swell, and Cost $30 a dozen. Some of them have large white silk figures worked in, hotoraaatr~ An Able Speaker. From the Nebraska State Journal. “are all the arrangements for the banquet made?” “Very nearly; but we haven't selected a man to Tespond to the third toast yet.” “Snipeworthy would be a good man.” “snlpeworthy? Why, he can’t make a speech. Whenever he tries it he breaks down in the first sentence and subsides.” “Well, that 1§ the reason why T t his name. ‘He's the kind of a speaker to have at Danquet.”” . ——_—_-ce+_______ A Thirty-five Hundred Dollar Dog. From the New York Sun. ‘There 1s an old-fashioned millionaire who lives at 2d avenue and 8t. Mark's Place who sso fond of dogs, and particularly of a ‘St. Bernard, that he pays aman $15.4 week. tor devove hia titae to Soe Sete? ai yntally remai _ ard cost the millionaire $3,500. re oe. ——____ Learning | Lesson of ‘Thrift. From the New York Sun. “The thrift of the rich 1s the occasion thereot.” ‘was a millionaires, She produced from a. Table Dunule a battered” Golt's body, and began giving instructions as to the sort of head ‘she Wanted fitted on. Had it been @ broken-nosed wreck of beauty was dear to some childish heart. But this was a clear case of thrift. A WholG doll, body, and boots would have coat naps ‘Here was the old kid carcass rought Up dilapidated, and a new head could be screwed on ia notable saving of twelve York shill im the present t state ot the money market that is not a sum to be de- splsed. An ordinary shopper standing beside the economical dame laid down a $5 doll which she nad in her hand, and tried vo remember what she had done with ‘that dreadful thing that leaked Sawdust every time her child played with it. Visions of the of half and heel- Ing the rents that danced her newly informed brain; and, incensed that desirable buyers should be ‘while the i orders at beggin "said the purchase that’ doll when ‘aroud = you ‘very “This is not an undertaker’s .” said the mer- “A different ag 1 trast you ‘will find your proat the other; “at all eventa, you can’t an exhibition of thritt icin Wires canes Good morning.” —— ————eee_—____ A Lewon yelology- ‘From the Philadelphia Fequest to write a onthe or Public Butldtngs and eee lee eee ye, Some of the Mistakes We Make ii Overicoking the Little Things of Life. From the Philedeiphia Record. ‘We spread ourselves too much. When one re. fects how big the World is and how little of tt can be monopolized to any single creature’s use, and, further, how endless time is and how small is each ‘man’s portion, it tends to clip the wings of ambi. tion, What's the use of having so much of tis World's goods that the care of them is @ burdent Where is the propricty of wasting lite until we Decome ready to die in getting ready to live? with his wife in two ‘and going to roost with the chick ns, With no great care whether the market would of hay or cotton, so as to bring them within compass and oversight. They hang to the heels PEt ey | rt at the ghost of Jacob Mor aiter him on his ‘memorable visit to Ebenezer Borooge, How lappy the French peasantry are on thelr Uttle farms that have been divided and subdtvided and divided again as the original owners were Diessed with Jeannettes and Joannots to follow in ‘their footsteps and till their small holdings! The Of their content is in the fact that the soll made to respond to the demand made upon it to Keep the wolf from the door and to Keep the happy Owners steadfast to their country. They stay in France, and tl are the stay of France, If Americans should not spread themselves over 80 much land they would be happler and richer. We would not have to send to France and Holland for = we had learned to care pi ly for small things and to know their value. It ts true of other earth as Douglas Jerrold wrote of Australian earth, that all one had to do was “to tickle it with a hoe and it would laugh a harvest,” but un- Jess the tickling be thorough the laugh Will be a ‘sickly one. ‘There 1s more coziness, more warmth, more home-like friendliness in a small house with small Tho Dig ‘home bes ina big house Magee 3 seo use bewilders, separates, silences, an subdues ite inmates. ‘They have bot the elbow touch of companionship. ‘They have small oppor- tunity to cultivate the splendid virtues of abnega- ton and accommodation that flourish in narrow pa In tpe days cA 4 en old en 9 coach the passengers could not ride together an de jolted inst each other and ‘toesed tros side to side without getting acquainted, People can- ‘not live in little houses without knowing each other and each other's friends. They are the breeding nee, of friendship and the brooding places of love. But one can travel in seclusion in parlor car or on a steamboat and live in seclu- sion in a big house and get misanthropic, melan- eholy, and full of megrims, For solid comfort, little houses, says the writer. ‘They are the back: ‘bone and mainstay, for example, of Philadelphia, Little women aré the most bewitching. since the'measurement of Cleopatra's mummy—or the Cleopatra mummy—has demonstrated that she was only 4 feet 6 inches tall we now know, where we groped before, something of the inexplicable en- cement that brought great Cesar to her feet. ‘The litle woman is as @ saccharine is to other ‘Sweets. Shakespeare, the arrow of whose wit al- ways hit the mark, probably divined the stature of ‘the Egyptian beauty when he declared of her— Gloy th appetite they food: but she makes hungry ? 9 ey feed; but she makes hu Where most she satisioa.” A little woman’s sunshine 1s satisfying, not over- Powering; it Just snugly fills the heart, and when ‘she storms the Yempest 18 a prettyness, It is like the dash of rain and shadow that sometimes comes in summer from a single cloud when the wider landscape basks in the sunbeams. ‘There area thousand other little things the ore of which might be sung, but for \o-day iutie fortunes, little farms, little houses, littie newspapers and little women are enough. = Deion Her Hair Turned White. A LADY WHO BRARS THE MARKS OF A NIGHT OF TERRIBLE SUSPENSE. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. A party ot doctors and ladies were discussing yesterday a question which interests everybody on this terrestrial spere, namely, the snows of time which sooner or later must whiten the head of President and peasant, and alayman who was also Present said: “I know of a man who but a few weeks ago had a mustache as brown and darkly brown as the fur of aseal. Now it ts almost white in places and not a hairof it but ts gray. The change took place in the space of one night, that succeeding the death of a daughter who was to him the prettiest little maid that ever crowed for kisses. Intense grief directly caused this sudden transformation.” Upon this one of the ladies sald: “I happened to be in New Orleans a few years after the close of the war, and at a reception one night I met a young lady who could uot have been more than twenty years old, but whose hair was of a pure silvery white, She was a beautiful girl, and with ‘this crown of silver naturally attracted every one’s attention. I learned how she came to have white hair soon afterwards. She was the daughter of a wholesale grocer in New Orleans, and during the early part of the war lived with her parents in that city. Just before New Orieans was occupied by Gen, Butler, her father, who was then an tn- Valid, took his family out to a small plantation that he owned near Baton Rouge. At the sane ‘Ume an uncle of the girl lam talking of managed to run the blockade and took with hin a very lal quantity of diamonds and otner_valuabtes—tor Was a jeweler. He reached England in safety with his precious c: “The family enjoyed peace and security for some months at Baton Kot until General Butler had hoisted the Stars and Stripes in New Orleans, ‘One night soon after that event @ party of bum- mers, Or camp followers, said to be attached to the Union Army, but who, as I believe, may just as likely have been thieves and cutthroats of Con- federate sympathies from the puriieus of New Orleans, a descent upon the house at Baton ‘It was nearly midnight when the family ‘was aroused by loud knocking at the door. Th door & minute or two later was burst in, and five or six masked men entered the house. ‘They pro- ceeded at once to the room where the lamp was burning by the bedside of the master of the ‘Who was very ill at the time. ‘I should have stated,” said the lady, “that the gentleman's name was Hythe, if 1’ remember Tightly, One of the masked men, revolver in hand, stepped up to Mr. Hythe and said: *We want the iamonds and Jewelry you brought away from New Orleans.’ Mr. Hythe realized at once that the robbers had mistaken him for his brother, the Jeweler, and tried to explain that he had no dia- ‘monds Or anything of any particular value in the house, ‘They refused to believe him, and pro- ceeded to make a thorough search of the house. ‘Mr. Hythe’s two daughters had been sleeping in the room below their father's, but, of course, were awakened by the noise. Their experience of the Ude of war which had swept over them once or get out of the house in satety and reach a neighboring canebrake, where they Nid. Meanwhile the robbers, having discove! nothing but a little Confederate money, tried to induce Mrs. Hythe, whom they had cap: tured, to reveal the whereabouts of the treasure. She could only affirm what her husband had sald. They subjected her to horrible indignities and fn- ay set fre to the house. She escaped from the ding. ‘The girls in thetr hiding piace saw the torches applied; saw thelr father, as the flames Jeaped up to the root, come to the window of his Toon and then fall back into the fire. ‘They dared Rot move, and when the neighbors found them, hours later, the hair of the younger girl, then ft: ven years ‘old, had turned as white alulost as her cheeks, bloodless with fright. Her hair had been Diack as night before.” the brightness of the war iis volos from ore tbe itll bunpeth ie bidder's will ; a ngtared Wy a brosth aid Couch: Pesree desi eft forthe, iSced tsem bere is trust with toe, Ebrmw M. Taomas, Regulating Maladies by Dict. rom the Philadelphia Ledger, By tasting from sugar, or from meats, or other ‘specific articles of f000, it looks as though the ais- tinguished patient, the crown prince of Germany, might at least beneftt the suffering world by the ‘value found in the experiments he ts said to be un- Winen human being’ will ive some share at Sease pea that blooded animal stock GULF STREAM ANTICS. Matters Which Infiwence the Flow of the Great Ocear River. From the New York Times, ‘The recent experiences of steamers in not being ‘able to find the @ulf Stream current just where they fancied they had every reason to expect a the lack of knowledge by the world at large of this most mighty of rivers, Notwithstanding the tact ‘that thousands of vessels annually pass through the straits of Florida, there are always some mari- ners fully prepared to be surprised if they do not find a ourrent of the maximum strength set down on the charta, The influences which tend to lessen | each story, three of which are in a sitghtly pro- this force are just those which would make the actual poaition of the vessel uncertain, as stormy weather milieates jainst determining the bepred of @ Vessel In noe tO the axis $f the stream, lind a few miles either way place Current, but actually & counter sot to the west. Ward, "This tact nas been established beyond all doubt by the accurate observations conducted by Lieut. Pillsbury and his party of observers aboard the coast survey steamer Biake, at present renting for a continuation of her scientific research in ai ‘The westerly set along the reefs west of foot Lighthouse is well known, It probably gins at what igcalled the “Elbow,” or near it, At the starting potnt it 1s extremely narrow, but it increases to a width of 20 miles or more off Re- Decca Shoals, weil outside of the One-Hundred- Fathom Curve. ‘This clears the coral reef by a fairly ‘safe distance. This space or sone, #0 to speak, is a variable quanuty, a8 the current 18 governed by the Udes, as well ‘as by Darometrical Pressure and the declination of the moon. Fre- quent reports from authentic sources have shown how Vessels iu attempting to make Sand Key Light whea running from Cape Sin Antonio, at the Western extremity of Cuba, have, toward morning, found themselves in atnong the Without having sighted Sand Key, when there Was every reason to have expected ab easterly cur- Tent of from one to two knots and a half per hour. Lieut. Pillsbury has the honor of being the first to discover the effect of the diurnal on the su of the Gulf Stream. His conclusions are that the strength of the stream is greatest three days following the time of the monthly declination of the moon, and that just before the rise, Which begins on the day of greatest deciina- tion, Shere is. = drop or a slackening up of the ‘speed. In applying, rules due regard must naturally be paid’ vo the effect severe northeast Storms have ou the surface currents, impeding them and backing up the water in the Mexico, from which it rushes with tremendous force a3 the gale subsides, ‘The experience of the captain of the Eureka is @ case in point, as he found the westerly set until Carysfoot was reached. ‘The day of greatest flow of the stream ought not to have come until more than a day after the ves- sel had passed Hatteras, up to which point she should not have found the current at any time at the maximum, at least until after passing Charles ‘on, as the charts might have induced the captain: to think should have been the case. When the observations referred to have been published there Will be but little left to speculate upon regarding the actions of the currents of this greatest of Ocean streams. Years have already been devoted to these observations, and everything that science and an intelligent supervision of the work could accomplish Las been brought to bear to bring about a successful result, as ‘The Age of Brain, From the Albany Journal. There is so relishable a flavor in grumbling that all of us, more or less—now Mark Tapiey 1s dead— enjoy it. The weather tsa permanent target for our arrows, and yet the combined critictsins and growis have never yet effectually changed an air current or raised or lowered the mercury thread in a thermometer. When years ago the sperm whale . sparse in the Polar <i prospects of a leeper and broader night appalled the expectant age. The advent of petroleum was a combined isappointment to the Cassanaras, and also a better light. The slow but positive exhaustion of our coal fields, and the shrinkage of the water power of our streams, are in the sympathetic line of enjoyable troubles. Even at the beginning of the new industrial Life, the ee ee or the exhaustion here and there of a gus Well, 1s recelved ‘With a self-congratulatory, “I told you 80,” and a suggestive ex; ancy that the aspirating lung of ‘the planet will be asphyxiated. In the Darwinian development of the globe ‘these are purposes, not accidents, Destruction or decay provides a nutritive debris for the resurrec- tion of an advanced phenomenon or a better life. It isa waste of sympathy to iook far into the Tuture and shiver with tie supposable cold that may smite the marrow of our distant descendants. ‘The time to come will repeat the experience of the past. The wage earner of to-day, with only the Wealth of his two hands, 18 better sheltered, warmed and nourished than any prince in the time of the Crusades, The knot of the social tangle will be united by the wegen of science. Machinery that eases labor and lessens the pains f toll wiil be the John the Baptist of the millen- fum, ‘The ages to come will look to the men Who subdued nature as more herote than those who conquered inan. As of old, the Vulean who wedded fire to tron was made a demigod, 40 he aall not be hameless who spreads the netves of wire across the faces of the continents and under the sea, widening the senses and knitting together all the pulses of the world. We talk lightly of “bottled sunshine,” yet the winds that are made of solar warmth will swing the salling ‘arin of motors, gather the electricity of this friction into reservoirs and in the near-by daylight and warm the hutabiest home. A few years ago it would have been a miracle to speak and be heard over a space of 100 miles; to-day tt {scommon-place. The communism of the future will be the communism of sclentitic comfort. As long as the earth rotates on Its axis, With the soft friction of 1Us atmosphere rubbing out the electricity of this great magnet, there 1s no apparent limit to the possibility of tts appliance, Life is hened and sweetened by every forward step. ‘The load on every back will be lessened by the lifting flagers of the forces of nature. Electricity can separate water into its gases, consumabie as fuel aud pila- Die for a domestic force. ‘The possibilities, hay, the probabilities, of the future seem almost inil- nite, We are only on the threshold of the benefi- cent times ‘Tne age to come will be the age of brain. The past nas been the age of muscle. —eoo——___— How MPimes are Made and Counted. From the San Francisco Chronicle. It 18 not generally known that the United States Mint, on Sth street, is the largest institution of ‘the kind in the world, yet itis a fact. Just at the present time there is a lively demand for silver dimes, and hundreds of thousands of them are being shipped to New York, Chicago, Cincinnatt, St. Louts and other Eastern cities, Two of the money presses have been for some time running exclusively on this coin. The demand is so great that these machines are not even stopped on Sun. days, and will be run on that day throughout the Bregent month. ‘The process of diie-making fs an interesting one. The silver bullion 18 first melted and run into 2pound bars, These in turn are run through immense Tollers and flattened out to the thickness of the coin. These silver strips are then through a machine which cuts them into he ‘size for the presses, the strips first hav- ing. een treated with & Kind of tallow to prevent thet scratcl thetr FO See has uaeeuinas ae caatyer ee te feeder of tue printing pressee, and are fed to the die by automat Inery at the rate of 100 minute, 48,000 dimes being turned out in a regui Eepakad saree Os patton esas are ween Hy ioeis tr uaa avandia in @ manner similar to that of paper pressed upon a form of type; at the expanded in a aie degree, and the small cor- Fugations are cut into inv its rim. ‘The machine for the counter’s hands, The instrument Grops the completed coin mio w receiver, and it is ready the counter 18 not, a eompiteated. ma- chine by any means, as one ‘suppose, It 8 a simple, copper-colored tray, having raised ridges running across its surface at a distance apart the exact width of a dime. From the re- ceiver the money 18 dumped on to this board or ee a Poe ly by Fed een the pleces ween “Ail these spaces being ‘Alied, the serpius coin 1s brushed back into the receiver, and the counter has exactly 1,250 dimes, or $125, on his tray, which number 13 required to ill the’ spaces, ‘The 'tray 1s then emptied into boxes, and thd money 1s ready for shipment. The dime does not pass through the Weigher’s hands as does the THE CROWN PRINCE'S QUARTERS, How the Affiicted Heir to the German ‘Throne Lives at San Kemo, ‘San Remo Letter to the Vossiche Zeituns. Since the arrival of the crown prince from Ba- ‘veno he has been seen daily walking or driving out. Villa Zirio, Jong row of villas near the sea, and is surrounded Dy asmall but picturesque garden. The south front of the building contains seven windows on é i 1 : truding central portion, in front of which is a ter- Tace supported by columns and surrounded by stone balustrade. The crown prince occupies the ‘eastern, western, the crown, ‘the of the first story, ‘the three ‘occupy the socona stoky, Part of the dimesties ive in & sm: trees, gigantic aloes, Ivy und other climbing ania fw dace pats {ity tuetr wpionaid arms the height of the windows of the topmost story. ‘The terrace garden in front of the villa, supported A a mene stwork, 18 mae out Snag he yom lower shrubberies, and orange, lem trees in tuba At the aides. and, back are plantar ons of cucalyptus, pepper, and pine trees, A plo- turesque confusion of Southern and Northern tres, Chick evergreen busties, blocwing hedge Dain and cactuses All the lower garden, wi Toachés down to the tigi road, and in which the Toyal family frequently walk. On the otuer sie ‘of the road st Prince William ai few days he remained And sisters on a rainy morning he turned up his trousers to keep them out of the mud. Before kis departure he wrove in the note-book of Lhe hotel porter, an honest Brandenburger, prescuit commander of the 9 an old guard-hussar, an Remo, 11-1187." The honest man, with in his eyes, showed me this proof of the traditional happy manner of the Hobenzol- Jerns. ‘The umber of guest in the Hotel de la Mediterranee Was much increased after the arrival Of the crown prince, but on the whole the visitors to San emo seem considerably fewer than tn pre- vious winters, * * * Of the earthquakes of last February there are no more traces to be seen in the lower part of the town, for they have been | hastily removed, but the old town les partly in | ruins ‘The higher up the narrow, crooked streets ot and crossed heré and there by flying arches the more frequent be. come the traces of the catastrophe which cost so many lives. In the topmost quarter of the town many houses have completely fallen; others are shaken and tottering. Whole streets are entirely | jh the vines climb the tal deserted, and, thoug! Diack, cracked wails, not a voice 1s heard withit | doors’and no curious face looks out at the dark, | empty window openings, bare of wood or glass. | Itis like wanderibg through a city of the dead, and our steps echo ‘mournfully under the arches, in the gloom of which we seek our way. In the inhabited parts of the town life goes on as usual. ‘The dead have been buried, masses for them have Deen sung, a few processions with crucifix lighted candles, church banners and chant litanies have taken ‘and new people live, love and work tn the old) old way, hoping that their patron saint will ce better care of them | another ume, ‘The nervous system of the Princess of Wales has ‘Deen so worn and tried by recent events that not only her favorite bromide has ceased to have any effect, but a maid is forced to sleep in a room adjoining that occupied by her royal highness, ‘Like all highly-sensitive and very deaf people, she | often imagined extraordinary noises, and this | "ullarity, Which for years has been’a bore at dringham, has now, doubtless owing to the Sleepless nights passed by the bedside of the royal measly ones, become an absolute torment to her surroundings. Her royal highness’ great terror 1s Of fire, and the late catastropne at Exeter, follow. ing that ot the Opera Comique in Paris, so upset her that she vowed she would never enter a | theater again. Her constant terror ts that Prince George, her pet, will be burned to death at sea, and that wicked youth has on more sion taken advantage of his mother’s nervousness in this particular to spin yarns which would make the best seasoned salt pale With eu coo How Russians Make Tea. ‘THE UNIVERSAL SAMOVAR AND HOW IT SHOULD BE UsED. ‘From the New York Tribune. “This is a Russian samovar,” said the head of the Russian department in answer to u question. | “This is the last we have, We did not import any more this season, People in this couatry don't | ¢ know how to use them, They imagine that a | ‘samovar ts tomake tea in; whereas tea tn Russia— | where tea 1s made in perfection—is always made | in an earthen teapot. “The samovar ought to be engraved on the Rus- | sian coat of arms. Every Russian, from the peas- aut to the Czar, has a samovar, but the samovar Is only to heat the water for the tea, This center tube you notice,” he continued, removing the cover, “when In use should ve filled with lighted charcoal, T usually advise persons to start the charcoal in the Tange and put it ligiited in the samovar tube, The Space around this tube s fliled with cold water, the samovar 1s placed on the table, and in a few moments the water begins to boll. Russian ladies always prepare thelr (ea themselves at the table, An earthen teapot, with a stall box contamt Vea, is always placed beside the lady at the of the table. “She first turns a little bolling water in the teapot to heat it; then she turns this out and puts in the tea, She turns boiling water over 1t and instantly turns this out—it Is merely to Wash the dust off the tea. ‘This done, she turns on the tea suMicient water to make it quite strong, covers it with a napkin, and leaves it for a few moments to draw. Then’ she Mis each tea glass Partiy full of this strong ven and fils it up with ling water from the samovar, regulating the strength of the glass of tea to the taste of the per- son to Whom it is served, ussians do not drink tea. All tea is Served in thin glasses set in metal frames, Uke ‘Turkish coffee cups. A tea glass and holuer is a ular gift trom a iady to a gentleman. Water Unde has botied ftteen iainutes ty considered unat to make tea, All tea ts served bolling hot.” Happily Arranged. From the Omehs World. George—“You look sleepy, John.” John—“I did not get to bed until 3 o'clock this morning. I was out calling on my girl.” “Three o'clock! I should think the old man would have come down stairs with a shotgun.” “Her father is a widower and 1s courting a lady inthe next block. Inever have to leave until be ‘comes home.” —_—_——+ee____ Queer Mistakes of School Children. From the Boston Globe. Below I senda few absurd mistakes of school children that are nearly equal to Mark Twain's “English As She Is Taught.” The children have Sentences with blanks left to ll in themselves. “Though on pleasure she was bent, she hada half-starved mind.” “A scarcity of rain 1s called a frugal.” “The camel has two dromedaries on his back, the venison has only one.” “They sailed awhile On the tossing sea, then . “The Sweedish people are noted for thelr scen- ery.’ “The Paris fashions are much used.” “Turtles, crocodiles, reptiles and lizards are called frigates.” s:A Vagrant i8 8 pervon who lives in tallow and goes about. - “A canoe is asuiall boat made of tallow ora hollered tree.” “In some countries cattle are hunted for their ‘wool and cambric skins.” “A pauper 18 @ person who ts swinging with riches,’ “A sky is piiabfe with stars.” Br eos ate amen coin of a larger denomination. One and one-hait | 18 a gentle balmy w: grains is allowed for variation or “tolerance” in| | “‘Theceils of the jail are damp, and the prisoners ‘ail silver coins from 8 dollar down, and the devia. | &fe Supported to eat paupers.” poh hd me AE 10-cent: cnr ci ae Beant wai siete aba ality, and we may pretty safely assert that the ‘common phrase “debts of honor” is one of the! striking instances of these anomalies. It 1s ‘that these pecullar debts should alone have monopoly of the word honor. ‘The tradesman ‘has supplied his customers with a quid pro PS a di i fhe teal i ifs Englishmen in Cabal, ‘From the St James Gazette. ‘will bring a wite With him next tine, they wit lay out @ mall in Gabul tures. miles’ long, where he and the ‘madam drive up and down. ‘This St the occupation of an Engush \idy as been derived, of course, trom to ‘stations in British India, where Be shose to “eat the alr,” is as inuch » are Coot and Mary” Gauci Mr the La. hore Civil and Gaseue. Mr. O'Meara, it ‘only defense ff a hostile noe woud, fintiy mannefand waite hair-vand E ie : li es 5 i ht it Hs i Its superior excellence proven in_millions of homes uarter of acentury. It is used by tie acrumont, Eudorsed by the hes as rongest, Purest, an Dr. Price's, the only Baking Powder ‘ot contain Ammonia, Lime, or Alum. Sol the Hotel de la Mediterranee, in | United States ¢ £ | the wi inc Wha aur thee Fesided, and also | the Great Univ: in San Kemo. Once when Walking with his mother | AUCTION SALES. wane B. WILLIAMS & 00. auctioneers DOLLS!” DOLLS! 803 MARKET SPACE HEMPSTONE'S OLD STAND. iG, AT 10:30 A M.. 2.30 P. tHe BViNtsa. 2 0PM Dolls, lane and ama: nice a ya. Atbuma. Totiet se Bs. Alsuy » larwe stock of Sily Sozen fine “Accondes WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Aucts. sale tn front SATURDAY Wor: 230 IN A fine line of Dremed forty-three (843), improved street a. Watenes, Jewel Wisre"ausoinie Chocks, ac. ‘will well at my Store. 1007 7th st. n.w.. commen DECEMBER FIFTH ever sold at aticUon, suftable for th ie SELINGEIC Jeweler sud Brot we er 'M. FOLEY, Auctioneer. HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. SPECIAL AND PEREMPTORY HOLIDAY SALE OF TEN THOUSAND SEED HAVANA CIGARS OF DS ALL FRESH GOOD KNING, DECEMBER | TWF: TIETH, 1887, at HALE-PAST TEN A.M. within n salearocms, Iwill sell for cash the above cigars vod chance for holiday buy ECIAL TRADE SALE OF FIVE CASKS OF As- SORTED CROCKERY, COMPRISING TWENT\_ CUSPADORES, CUPS 3, TEAPOTS, JUGS, SALADS, MONDAY MORNT TEENTH, 1887, commencing ball well @ large consign” ‘above goods, to which the attention of tne THOMAS DOWLING. Auct LUABLE IMPROVED ‘3 NORTHWEST, IN tno ig durveted. HANCERY SALE REAL ESTAte. TWEEN & AND F STREE’ THE CITY OF WASHINGION, D.C. By virtue of a decree of She District of Columbta, passed ou the J4th da of December, Ab, 1Ns0,in Equity Caure No.v.97 >. ‘We will sell at public auct\ the Supreme Gourt of, im front of the. ‘AX OF DECE ML, dnd iu square pumbered Aity-six (496), in the city of Washington, District of First. ‘The north half of Lot numbered ten (10), jrn- Loy a four-story Brick Buildiwe, ‘one occa- | ;, known as No. nd ‘one-story back. building,” with Second, ‘The south baif of lot numbered eleven (12), improved by'a hve-story Brick Building. kuown aa New 3 eat, with four-story Back Build: d. Part of lot numbered ‘Terms of sale, as provided by fourth (4) cast: balance in. one (1), ‘with interest from day be required, or all cash, at optiyn of pur Upon confiriuation of sale ‘apd sele,for which chaser or purchasers, at cost of purchaser. If terms of sale are ot complied with in te degaulti * him the firs: two urd parcel of ground will aud La ave, $9" THE ABOVE SALE 18 POSTPONED, | der of tho Trustees until THURSDAY, DECE! | FIFTEENTH, at same bour and places. DUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers, &2-THE ABOVE SALE IS FURTHER PORTPONED 9n account of the inclement weatler until TUESDA. DECEMBER TWENTIE Places, WILIJAM A. GORDON, ‘Cor. 444 stand La. ave, TILLE, IOMAS E. WAGGAMAN. Real Estate Auctioneer. EE UNIMPROVED PROPER’ ING ON MARYLAND AVENU 3 AND THIRTEENTH STKEETS DECEMBER NINETEEN’ FOUR O'CLOCK PML, T offer for sale, in front of the premises, Liste 9: 19, in square 798. term day of sale. oS THOS. FE. WAGGAMA’ wens & CO, Auctioneers, ‘S_SALE OF IMPROVED REAL UATE ON BLADENSBURG KOAD virtue of a decd of trust dated November 3. 3, at folio 287 ef for the District of jucet of the party thereby auction int front of the the TWENTY SEVEN’ at FOUR O'CLOCK P opded in Liber @ Land Record Colambia, and at the secured, I'will sell at premises on TUESDAY AY OF DECEMBER, 18 the following described real estate, situate in ton and District « ani division of partof * Book, County No. Of the District of ¢ ‘Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money in '€50 of which to be paid down at time of sale, and. jance in two equal instalments, payable im one and two years for which the notes of per cent in'erest sold. or, all cash termns of wale are cont ithe” purchassr a CABELL WiL Lia MON, Tries, ea ee perty wil! be resold at the cost and riskof the de- MMEDIATELY THEREA’ I for vale at publi J.B. Lernecx& Bro. “rian of sale: One-third of the purchase mowey in ssh, $50 cf which to be patd down st the tine of m balance in two euual atalicai pa ‘and. two, or whe ote Ha" ono ‘and two Fears, for which the wotee of andl chu rere a reece RENE, no, B08 7a 1HOMAS DOWLING, SALE OF VALUABLE | Y, ON THE EAST SIDE STREET, BETWEEN _AUCTION SALEs, ______ FUTURE DAYs. HOMAS DOWLING, Anctioverr a F VALUAI 1 By virtue of a decree of the ‘Court of the, pielart of Calsnte boldiag 2 papal ope piieks arwtaame "end sau! wheats, Cone : cater auid a tose vnaker fe‘wmyiaimant. aod Francie b Shoo SECU Getcmdaataehe man eine cate roe Keer joast ot abe nsiy Detety ahead court Peedi grea etn oe MED SES AN TRE TWENTY F.ikeT DAY OF DECEM aD. BPOUR O'GLGOR Moon frat Use prosmine, the bighost bidder, the following described real stints contd i the ‘oy of wash evans, Distac ad GEebeea dewrined ae fay "Part of ots bs pered sixteen (16) and fourteen (14), in square num- bared five hundred and ome (di1) and. tegt in the part of sail bot nuneten sittern (16), ot 08 L. streot at the northwest coruer of said lot (26) and running then tenet Event eye Part Avati tot yumicced fosieens (0a Sothieyeetaes aed Fh a Horses cf sale, a& prescribed vr the Aaceee tind of the purchase momey th, cosh. wad tae pages fa three ‘cgual snetallmeute, in sta, tou gad these after date, wish interest agi of Dereeenred! by tbe votes of the erebred bys te fhe i Den upon the preanises soid factiou of the {rustee, OF all cash. at ° purchaser A deposit of @100 will be required at thun ‘of male alt eRe at purchases cost. Tf the ‘ury to comply with the terms of ale within fftemn ayy after day of eal; the trustee reserves the ‘right “tc Towel the property at risk and cost of dntwulcing pur WM. G. JOHNSON, Trastes, _49-4te _ Pendall Buikiins, Cor. 4igand'D ska BO. W. STICKNEY, Auctioncer, 0:36 F ECUTOR'S SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED REAL ESTATE, BEING HOUSE NUMMERID FIRST STRELT SOUTHW2sT wif of Lewis irown, decesasa. uly. ilutted ts rrobate tn the Register of Wille for Weds Ietrict of bia, the underwiened will offer r the. promises on THU SD AY FLFTEENTH day of DECEMBER. inde ot HALE FARE OGLOCK VM. tot leteanad By mt mab vision of part of eyar. ott guedged and y bows No. TiS ist rma of sale; One-third ( pave sem agai property sotd, or ali rach. at the option of the parchmer. A drpunit of #100 ¢ gech piece of property will be reqiited at thine t ale Tirma of sale to be complied ‘with in teu 10) dave of sale, of property to bs resuld at risk and vurchener. 208d “PRED. W. PRATT, Execu E om. Se The above sale tx to MONDAY, DE- CEMRER NINETEENTH, 1 me pour aud place, 4151781 ako, W. STICKNEY, Avet— DICXCANSON BROS, Auctioncer SALE UNDER DED oa OF THE nro! AND PLIVILEGRA PLANT, PROPERTY EFFLCiN OF THE WASHINGTON HEAT. AND promi COMPANY.” pertinent by virtue of deed of trast re. in tiber Bo 1240, folio 34. ot seq. of ‘the Land Reronls ftict of Colauitita, we: will well xt py TUBSDAY, the TWENTIETH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1887, at the auction-roome of Dane spaioget core int aud I. wet tine Lanne Sheree hetiehed Je clio 24, ot neg ‘of waid Land Rev dn, ee shoeecmentigned property ineiad's the laid in the circuit of the squares bousded ty Datta te Hin and Oth sureets,norsbiwest, in fais 3, ite eke entire (laut apd. machinery) tor farpiahinis West ona fay — eated steam, under what t Known as Ee ‘Terma cash. All conveyancing at the of the rebseer. THOMAS C PEAUHALL, ae eee 13-dadbs HORACE W. HOS. E. WAGGAMAN, Auctioneer. TRUSTER'S SALE OF TW oN ONRINETEENTI sie mat CAPITOL AND SOUTH D THE OTHERON RIGHTEENT! WEEN BAND © STREETS SOL » ALND OF ONE UNDIVIDED ONE ekist UABLE REAL EST LET SN FOURTEENTH Nit S NOKTHWEST 6 Gia decd of trust a Kecords of tie Distric bic, and at the S% Fegucet ot the var ined, I will sei at gables art ine pret mem, on WEDNES. DAY. eT\-FIRST NEXT, at DART EM BOCLOCK PM. origiual Lot 1th trees, betwora, w URL A tre Also, on the SAME DAY, at POU in front of the Ten tree {HUKSDAY. DECEMBER TWENTY-SBCOND. T. AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M, 1 will sell, at p wetion, in front of the pretuises, an undivided 1 third interest in’ Lot I, corded subdivision of Lot Dn square 111 Zand Lat shyt te prior deed: will be wtaved at the Um of save ae to each of eaid hota. One-line cashyof whic ty deposit of €100 Wil be requited of each lot at of pale, aud the Valange ty Usres equa: inataituente.. i x, tw L, su aguare 222, trast, (be amount ‘of trust on property 0. will taken, D wrty sokd. wil tak’ option uf purchaser,” All Syuveyancang and recording w ll be at'purchasr's comt. Tourn tit be complied with in ton days from sue or property wal be peoold at rink awa cost of defwultioe yurchaact after Me ayy TYING WILLIAMSON, Trustee _THOS. F. WAGGAMAR, Auctioneer," d12-dts_ CHANCERY BALE OF IMPROVED, AND UNI PROVED REAL ESTATE SITCATED ON THE KEK OF FIRST AND LINGAN STMEET BORG CU AND SE EKAL LOLs f Aiso 4 AUMBER OF Lots TNs ae BETWEEN § OR ASB L STREETS NOKSHEAST. By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the Diatrct of Cou sbi paneed ve nt day cs ty -three (KS), exghty sour (Md), abd the south hal of lot nuinberedhiinety th ree (3. in Threl Kelis addition to Georgetown, With the umprowenete therron AND ON TRURSDAY, THE TWENTY-SECON! VAY OF DECEMBER. Iss;, Al Fi PML, in front of the preiuisos, 1 will suction all of origiual lous eacht ¢). Uurieen 13) and (14), in equate red aud forty-eight (74%): all of lots Rhee CS). thirty four cs " (38), thirty-nine <0), four (44), forty-five ( 8, forty et ope GD. (34), fitey-tive (5: ok emubdivieion of agaar: iumabered sevea andped eh a EEE eS ‘Terms of sale, as provided by the decree, are: One- thindof the parchase money in cash: sue ibard incon Year end one-third in two Jeary, Troi the The option of the purchaser thelenctined Uy de 2 doposit of $30 will be vices cel oP real ontate sold, and df the purct seer shall fab Sheday of ae the property will be reasid st tae “Sit 4 5 Fill be ree ‘ak and cost of the defaulting couvey- iy oa rn da og Ferwciees Somat cei hoes ayn juired on each p OF pat ES il &? ‘All . Tras ol 400 Lodinane, WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO. hacte. ative HOUSEFURNISHINGS. Formerly with P. Hansou Hiss & Oa) WALL PAPERS. 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