Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1889, Page 7

Fn, gett THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1889, A SPENDTHRIFT’S GENEROSITY. ‘fhe Supposed German Baron who Died “Recently in Washington Leaves a Will. ‘The young men and the old men and the middle-aged men who helped Frank H. Schnei- @er enjoy himself on his journey to death, which ended at the Metropolitan hotel a couple of weeks ago, will probably be very anxious to find out if the deceased left an article called a cOdicil anywhere in his effects,when they learn that he left a will in which some of his former friends were royally re- membered. The reading public is quite ee with the death of the young and the mystery surrounding him, as for a day and night the event was a leading topie of conversation here. His prodigality of Pxpenditure, his lavish generosity, his ap- parently endless resourcesand his death were themes _ ong Ry a agers displayed concet ‘is antecedents only ed to make the mystery denser. Some he was a baron, but as barons in Germany fre as plentiful as colonels in Kentucky or fndges at Willard’s hotel, but little importance ‘was attached to his sup; d title. His friends eesured inquirers that he was the scion of a German family, but with many solemn head and ominous looks of owl- like wisdom they asseverated that they could no further information because they id be breaking the dead man’s confidence. THE HISTORY OF SCHNEIDER will probably never be written, but that with his generous disposition he combined the noble trait of gratitude in a high degree may be seen from the following letter. written in Nashville, ‘Tenn., last Sunday, and addressed to a man in Memphis, by whom it was forwarded here: “A great piece of luck has befallen several entlemen in Columbia and Nashville through aan ot the mysterious German baron, Frank H. Schneider, at the Metropolitan hotel, in Washington, ten days ago. He has a will in the hands of Major Ingram, of Columbia, by which Mr. D. F. De Bow, of Nashville, and Stonewall and Eugene Pillow, of Colum- bia, will divide 275,000 or $90,000 between them. The report aroused considerable inter- est, and steps are said to be on foot to investi- ite the legal points of the law of inheritance y aliens which is involved in the will, the de- ceased man’s property being in Germany. Mr. De Bow first met Schneider in Texas, when the latter was living in Mexico, and they became very strong friends. He then came to Columbia and taught school for a year, then toming into about £100,000 by his father’s leath. ‘I do not think he was a baron,’ said . De Bow, ‘but he was a good fellow, and re was certainly something mysterious &bout him.’ ” This is all the letter said about the matter, but it will doubtless cause considerable interest f&mong the companions Schneider associated with his residence here. ‘iiaadieas RICE IN JAPAN. An Interesting Description of its Growth and Treatment. A report, recently received atthe State de- partment from Mr. Jno. M. Birch, United States consul at Nagasaki, Japan, dated October 28, 1888, contains some instractive information rel- ative to the production and consumption of rice in Japan. He says: The staple food of Japan is rice, and it is grown throughout the empire, not only wherever irrigation is possi- bie, but the species known as upland ri grown on high, dry ground, needing no irriga- tion, just as wheat is grown in America, In thisconsnlar district the lowland variety of Fice and the best rice in Japan is grown, and in éuch quantities that it is becoming a leading brticle of export. The is in which it is Brown in this district « i—the largest seldom being over one-fourth of an acre in area—and lies almost entirely under water from the time the seedling is planted in May or June until the ripened grain is harvested in October or November. TRRIGATION. The water so necessary is conducted to the fields, which have raised borders, by means of conduits from numerous streams, or, in times f drought, from basins, which have been con- $tructed to retain the contents of these streams flooded during the rainy season. The sides of the numerous hills surrounding this city are laid out in terraces and into the levels which are intended for rice, the water collected on the higher grounds is led by conduits, the quantity being regulated by means of dams Provided with flood-gates, so as to be let on or shut off at pleasure. On the level plains in the interior of the Island of Keirshin irrigation, however, is not so easy, the farmers being compelled to pump the water to the higher level of their fields from the streams or reser- ‘oirs. The pump in universal use resembles a water-wheel, or a steamer’s paddle-wheel, and is made to revolve by a man ascending the float-boards. IN THE SPRING, about the month of March, the fields, which have been left without cultivation during the Winter season, are dug up and begin to be pre- pared for rice sowing. In digging the ground the farmer uses for the purpose a mattock- shaped agricultural implement universally ased dom This implement is used as our la- borers use the mattock, or the blade may be fastened to a wooden beam, thus formi plow. which is drawn bya horse or an ox. The woken ground is then thoroughly saturated with a liquid manure, consisting of all sorts of A HOLE IN THE GROUND. How a Minnesota Man Made a Fortune in Alabama. From the Atlanta Constitution. Over in Huntsville a few years ago a Minne- sota man by the name of Fuller bought afew | acres of land and planted it in fruit. It was | his intention to make Huntsville his home, | and to do what he could to promote the fruit- growing industry of that section of Alabama. His property was on the side of a hill, and shortly after he had taken possession he dis- covered what seemed to be quite a deep hole under one of the rocks. He began in- quiring among the neighbors about this hole, and found that nobody had ever had the nerve to investigate it, but all seemed to think it might be a little cave in the side of the hill. such as every hilly country furnishes. But Fuller was not satisfied. He brought with him from the north that inquisitiveness which is supposed to be a characteristic of the typical Yankee, so he determined to investi- ate this hole in the nd for himself. He iid so, and on December 3ist last he sold this hole and a few acres of surrounding it for $369,600. He had discovered one of the most notable caverns in the southern states. This was Shelta Rock. It took its name from Mr. Fuller's daughter, Miss Shelta Fuller, who is one of the prettiest young women about Hunts- ville; and whether it is the name or just the Yankee luck which brought the good fortune, itis certain that this hole has proved more than a gold mine to the man who discovered it. The writer was so fortunate as to be one of the first to make an exploration of these caverns after the electric light had been put in, and other elaborate —— for the re- ception of guests had been made. The main cavern is wonderful for its size, and it is said to be larger than any other one cavern in the United States. There are from it passage- ways leading to smaller caverns and points of interest, and there is what seems to be quite a large lake, but which had not, at that time, been explored. The company’ purch: is composed of Towa and Minnesota capitalists, and they contemplate the erection of a fine winter and summer hotel at the cavern, a dummy line from Huntsville, and many other improvements caleulated to make the place an attractive resort. Mr. Fuller’s luck and enterprise have made him a half millionaire, and he will probably enjoy life in his own way, while the new com- pany takes all the risk of’ booming the resort. rattan -Bost A Beer Trust Formed. MOST OF THE LARGE BALTIMORE BREWERS ENTER INTO A COMBINATION. Agents of the big English beer trust have been at work for several months in Baltimore. | Last night’s News says that representatives of the following breweries met the trust repre- sentatives in secret conference Wednesday: George Bauernschmidt, J. 8. Weisner, George Brehm, Darley Park brewing compeny, Na- tional brewing company, and Bayview brewing company. The conference lasted fully three hours and the scheme was thoroughly discussed, The interested parties refused to reveal any of their secrets, but it has leaked out that the deal was partially made, and after the harmonious arrangements of details, which the local brew- ers are now considering, the consummation of the scheme will be perfected. It is understood that the syndicate proposes to purchase the Bayview, Darley Park, Na- tional. Brehm, and Bauernschmidt breweries and working plant; that the financial consider- ation is in the close neighborhood of $2,500,000, and that the proprietors will, under the new regime, personally superintend their individual plants as at pres Some few of the big local Neawectes refused to join the monopoly. So far as known there are only two of the really important brewers who have refused to recog- nize the agents of the foreigners, and by so do- ing have declared open war with the syndicate, 5 Innocent Men Hanged. ‘THE TERRIBLE RESULTS OF LYNCH LAW IN NORTH CAROLINA. A Raleigh special to the New York Hérald says: Attorney General Davidson, of this state, to-day makes his report to the governor. He refers in it specially for the first time to lynchings, and says he notes in the last year or two a disposition manifested by evil-minded men to resort to the barbarous and wholly un- justifiable methods known as lynch law to pun- ish crime. There were eight lynchings in the state last year. This can never be justified, he says, save in an abnormal condition of society which does not exist and never has existed in North Carolina. He adds: “It is a significant circumstance usually ac- companying these outrages that those who are engaged in their perpetration invoke the dark- ness of night, the protection of disguises, and the association of numbers sufficient to guar- antee them from danger in the performance of what they would have the world believe was a grave duty. There is some reason to believe that in a recent instance the lynching was in- stigated and executed by parties who were really guilty of the offense sought to be re- dressed, for the purpose of diverting investiga- tion from themselves, and in another later case it is reported, apparently on good authority, that one of the victims of the mob was wholly innocent of the crime charged, but was exe- cuted solely because it was feared that he rec- ognized some of the persons engaged in the lynching of a fellow prisoner. The possibility of such a result is alone enough to excite the apprehension of all law-abiding people, and it isto be hoped that prompt denunciation b good citizens on all proper occasions of suck unnecessary measures, coupled with a deter- mination on the part of those who are charged fefuse, such as night soil mixed with bathing Water. rotten grass. boo leaves, and when ried by the sun the ground is agai and dooded with water tothe depth of 3inches, Through the slush is drawn au agricultural im- plement somewhat resembling a harrow, for _ purpose of disintegrating the Il and horoughly mixing the manure with it. The Soil is now ready to receive the seedlings, Which have been grown from the seed rice, HOW RICE Is SOWED. The seed rice being soaked until ready to Sprout is sown in very heavily manured patches @f ground, covered with water during the Bight, and drained off during the day; and when the sprouts are 6 inches high, which is in the month of May, they are transplanted into ‘the prepared tields as shallowly as possible (the Bumber depending on the pi Pm of the Freund), in tufts of several plants, about 6 ches apart, and arranged in such a way that all the roots are of the same length. The work 4s done by all the members who are able to Wade about in the water. The rice sprouts thus Planted require a great deal of manuring and €ultivating before they put forth the ripened éar. It is estimated that from the planting time until the harvest, in November, the fields are hoed once every two weeks, in order that they may be keptfree from weeds, water- ants. &e. When the ear is about to burst th the earth must be drawn up to the roots, and at the same time the plants mast be heavily Mmanured, which is done by the farmer pouring on the roots of each tuft liquid manure, con- Sisting of a mixture of everything which is sup- posed to ess fertilizing qualities, but of Which night-soil is the principal ingredient. THE HARVEST: In September the fields are permitted to be- ome dry, and in October and November, when the ears present a yellow color, the grain is eut by an agricultural implgnent resembling a Sickle, dried on the fields as our farmers cure newly-eut grain, made into bundles, and taken to the farm yards. The heads are then Falea from the straw by drawing the bundles hrough a comb-like arrangement of wooden or iron teeth, hulled or thrashed by spreadin; them ona mat and beating them with a fail, @ud separated from the chaff by running the thrashed grain through a machine made of two ‘bamboo baskets, placed one upon the other and full of cut bamboos placed on end, which form the cleaner. The food rice is also farther éleaned by pounding it with a pestle, in a mor- tar-sbaped vessel, and where a number of pes- es are used in as many mortars they are set h aa by ae steam power. “The amount of rice grown in Nagasaki Ken for the year 1887 S G.529,450 bushels). ee es is 1.85 koku (9.49 bushels), ‘of cultivation per ton in an average year’ is 50. average annual consumption ‘in @ ily is Coy eps d at 3.34 koku with the maintenance of law and the dignity of the courts, to discover and punish these dan- gerous criminals (for they are mo other), will put an effectual end to such disreputable prac- tices. It will be an evil day for our people when they submit quietly to surrender the or- derly administration of the law, as provided by themselves in their constitution and statutes, to irresponsible midnight mobs.” coe — Catching Cats. HOW THEY ARE UTILIZED IN THE PROMOTION OF SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION. From the Baltimore News. *Is vivisection practiced to any great extent in Baltimore institutions of learning?” a re- porter inquired of a spectacled professor of sciences. A stout, roughly-dressed young man had just been seen in the hallway with a bag on his shoulder. From the bag came sundry mourn- ful wailing feline voices, and the young man’s air was business-like. The professor saw him, too, and stipulating that no names should be mentioned, he answered the reporter's query. “Vivisection may seem cruel, but at es it becomes necessary to aid the advance of science. Dissecting a living body under the influence of an anesthetic causes no pain. Cats, rabbits and even rats are used, and are generally purchased from a few young men, who make it a part of their business at any rate to supply them. A cat is a good subject and robably more used than any other animal. No, I cannot tell you what institutions use them, but I can say that there are several | oe where the searcher after scientific nowledge can practice vivisection.” The young man with the bag was standing at the door as the reporter passed out, but no dis- cordant chorus rang out on the still evening Y business is to catch eats,” he said, “I 4 ® bag, and whenever an unfortunate fe- line gets in it that feline’s name is Dennis, Do cople kick? Certainly; but when they kick irun, Stray cats are the same as stray dogs in my estimation, and I capture them when I can, —— prices do you get?” inquired the re- porter. “Sometimes I sella large cat for & quarter, but rarely. Smaller cats bring less,” “To what institutions or schools do you sell your cats?” “That's : hat they all want to know,” laugh- oe the trafficker in felines. “But I may add.” he continued, “that one of the moet prominent institutions in this city deals in them. Some people go to bed their pets are safe on back yard fence di night. But I get my eyes on them, the are quickly hustled into my bag, and, when people wake in the morning, they wonder where their pets are, and, unlike a lost dog, a lost cat is rarely, if ever, found.” A Safe Resolve. From the Philadelphia Record. Jinks—What did you swear off on this time?” Winks—“Sitting in draughty churches.” ——o2- Tr was a Rack vor Lirg.—A — to the New York World says: xcessive rains e: the past fe Lackawanna river ite beaks jo of the VICTIMS OF THE TORNADO. Now Thought that Only Between Thirty and Forty Perished at Reading. It became apparent yesterday afternoon at Reading that the first estimates of the killed in the silk mill disaster were much too high. This was due to the fact that the estimates were based on the list of missing. Many of those at first reported missing have since been found at various places where they were carried to have their injuries attended to. The number thus accounted for is large, and so the latest esti- mates of the loss of life place it at between thirty and forty. The search in the ruins was continued all last night, but up to midnight no more bodies had been recovered. The latest list of the dead who have been identified is as follows: Sallie Sailor, Mary Evans, Harry Crocker, Annie Baudmauer, Mamie Lees, Ella Ridenhower, Sallie Bickel, Eva Leeds, = Winkleman, forelady; Katie Leads, illie Christman, Barbara Seilheimer, William Sny- der, George Nieman, Lilly Schaefer, Daisy Hreker, Emma Nestor, lie Harner, Annie Fisher, Sallie Harrison. Annie Kershner, M: Fitzpatrick, Sallie Faust, D.K. Becker, Matilda Crow, Sadie Shade, Emma Blumm, John Reber, Some of ins —, are likely — oe rsons who are missing ar Tr the ruins, te Yester afternoon a largely-attended meet- ing of citizens was held in the courthouse to devise means for the relief of the sufferers by the tornado of Wednesday evening. Over $5,000 Hecer! i Gaantmants trl reer an} amount needetl was prom: and the city wil be canvassed for funds, FIFTEEN DEAD AT PITTSBURG. The list of the dead by the Pittsburg disaster had reached fifteen last night, as follows: Thomas Jones, aged twenty years; John Hill, colored, aged fourteen years; James McGough, ed —— years; George Mason, Charles itch, aged fifteen years; John 8. Rogerson, aged forty-one roar Samuel Stringer, aged ‘ose, sixteen years; h Geohring, aged sixteen years; Thomas McKee, aged about thirty years; John Donnelly; aged about twenty-five years; Richard Carroll, Leonard Shiffhauer, Samuel Brown, jr., Dr. James L, Read, Willie Goett- mann, aged fifteen years. The bodies of the last five have not been recovered, but it is known positively that they are in the ruin Many eve-witnesses of the fall of the buildin, state that they are positive when the first shoc! occurred that a number of persons were in the alley back of the Weldin and adjacent stores, “I have no doubt,” said Coroner McDowell, “that twenty-five or thirty more people lie buried in the ruins. Several persons informed me they saw a large crowd of men run into the alley, which was the next moment filled with a heap of debris 25 feet deep. I believe such was the case, for it was exemplified when these people rushed into the barber-shop to get out of danger. But another evidence, and more significant than hearsay, is the fact of the hundreds of inquiries made at the morgue. I very much fear that many more deaths than are thus far reported will be the final result.” Late yesterday afternoor a rumor wascurrent that five women were in the ruins in the cellar of Weldin’s store. Mr. Mason, of Weldin & Co., stated that one of his clerks was missing, and that alady customer whom he was servi ng at the time has not been heard from; and as they were in the cellar, itis probable that they both have been killed. A Brigantine Lost. SEVEN MEN THIRTY HOURS AT SEA IN AN OPEN BOAT—FIVE MEN DROWNED, A New York special to the Philadelphia Press says: A sailor who arrived here to-day on the steamship Wisconsin has told how the brigantine Snow Bird sank ina storm at spa about three weeks ago. On December 20 the Snow Bird encountered a big gale some twelve miles off Montauk Point. A great wave washed her captain and mate. Everything was t from her decks. At the close of the second day of the storm the vessel began to The men tried to lower the boats, A yawl containing three men was crushed against the side of the vessel by a huge sea. All three men were drowned. Seven men got away in a life-boat eventually and, after thirty hours without food or water, were picked up by a British hee poreg of the Wilson line. 1 Snow Bird sailed from Eastport, Me., on De- cember 18, with a full cargo of lumber. coe How Ladies Play Cards. From the San Francisco Chronicle. Ladies will play cards. I wonder, really, if they mean to cheat. I don’t think they do. I think they have an idea that it is wrong and wicked and unprincipled to play cards, and that there can’t be anything wrong in getting the best of their opponents. It would not do for a woman to play cards with experts for money. She is apt to forget at times the neces- sity for keeping her hend toherseif.. You'llese her take up her cards and count with her finger the number of each suit she has; she'll lay her hand down, face up, to take out her handker- chief or fix her bang or arrange her back hair, and then she'll pick the cards up and hold them close to her nose so that nobody can see, when they've been exposed in her lap or on the table foraminute. They quite often make mistakes that are of no use to them. There was a quiet family whist party up town. There were two ladies and two gentlemen, and each gentleman had a lady for a partner. They had played nine tricks, and on the tenth one of the ladies who had to play stopped and looked down all over the floor, got up and shook her dress, “Well, where is my ace of trumps?” The other had it and was just going to play it. It turned out she had four cards in her hand, and, the ace having been turned up, she had absorbed it. But the one who turned it up never noticed that it had gone until they were nearly all out. soo | Business. From the Indianapolis News. Pay as you go. Never fool in business matters. Learn to think and act for yourself, Do not kick every one in your path. Keep ahead rather than behind the times. Use your own brains rather than those of others, Have order, system, regularity, and also promptness, A man of honor respects his word as he does his bond. Do not meddle with business you know nothing about. Help others when you can, but never give py you cannot afford because it is fashion- able. Learn to say No. No necessity of snapping it out dog fashion, but say it firmly and respect- iy. If you have a place of business, be found there when wanted. No man can get rich by sitting around stoves and saloons. cee - Don’t Like THE Gowns.—A Harrisburg epec- ial to the Philadelphia Times says: The wear- ing of silk gowns by the members of the supreme court is not a popular change if the members of the house reflect the views of their constituents. The receipt of a postal by Representative Taggart, of Montgomery, from an indignant friend, deprecating the action of the supreme court, has led him to ask a large number of his fellow members as to their opinion of the innovation. The result of his investigation has been the expression of an almost universal sentiment in opposition to the gowns, ~— 000 WorKING For TEMPERANCE AND THE CATHOLIC Usiversity.—The executive council of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America has issued an address to the members of that organization on this continent. It is signed by President Rev. T. J. Conaty and Vice-Presi- dent Rev, M. M. Sheedy, of Pittsburg. It re- fers to the Va work the union has under- taken in aid of the Catholic university at Wash- ington. D. C., and ur; all societies to take immediate action with regard to the Father Matthew chair-fund by bringing the matter before the next meeting of each branch. wee Mareiep Wurre Her Sister Lay Deap.— Sadness and joy were strangely contrasted in the house of Geo. W. Sacke' i street, Brooklyn, Wednesda: rear-vld daughter, Bessie es Sackett, lay ad in the front room on second floor, while in the parlor underneath Rev. Rob’t J. Kent was officiating at the marr‘age of Miss Susie Dorish —— eldest daughter of Mr. Sackett, to Fred Baker Morris, in = had ence of six! Little Bessie sick for some tine, but bad been MRS. HARRISON WRITES POLITICS. To a Little Girl Who Named Her Spaniel of Illustrious Descent Ben Harrison. From the San Diego Sun. Mabel Whaley, the six-year-old daughter of John Whaley, haa a keepsake that came to her on Christmas eve, which by and by she will prize above her dolls and toys, It is an’ auto- graph letter from the wife of President-elect Harrison in reply to one from Mabel, in which she wrote: “I want to tell you of my namesake for our next President. He is a beautiful brown, curly-haired, thoroughbred water spaniel, with a long pedigree, and, like our President-elect, he, too, has a grandfather. He was born at the time of Gen. Harrison's nomination, and we named him Ben Harrison right off, because it was the best name we os ehim.” Mrs. Harrison's reply is as follows: Miss Mapex, Waatey—My Dear Little Friend: Your little letter was received. The and I both have a warm spot in our hearts for the little folks. The general will, of course, be complimented that you should name your pet dog for him, as it was the best name you ad to give. Iam glad you are a little repub- lican girl, and I none you will be the means of converting your father to the grand old party. Some day I ho) Pic will be in Washington, and if you are I shall be glad to have you call. I thank Pee very much for your little Christ- mas card, and I wish you a yh het Your friend, Carrie 8, Harrison. we —eeo—____—_— LATENT GENIUSES. They Are Lying Ready to Come to the Front at the Proper Moment. From the Boston Gazette. It is astonishiug how many geniuses lie latent all over the land ready to reveal themselves when the fitting moment is near. Just now the political genius has awakened from his four years’ hibernating sleep. He is in every county of every state in the union. There is a Jocust swarm of him in every territory, and cargoes of him are coming over every week from for- eign lands to be naturalized. If the President had to appoint five thousand Secretaries of State, he could find a genius for every one of them, and each genius could have five thou- sand geniuses at his heels on the lookout for loaves and fishes. Secretaries of war, of finance, of the navy, are more abundant than autumn mosquitoes, and every political thing that draws a balary can be found 4 in swarmin; plenty. Honesty shivers at the thought, an cowers shrinkingly in its neglected corner. An epidemic of hungry political geniuses—a Fal- staff's company increased a thousand fold! And then the pother and cackle over the stupid business! Will A get this office? will B get that? will C get that? and so on through the whole list. Cassandra has left more serious things in order that she may pipe on a peat. whistle, and chant the high lestiny of mediocrity. Who but the professional litician profits from the upheaval? No one but the hungry office- seeker is the better for any wise or unwise a pointment that is made. Fortunately, public opinion is stronger than any form of govern- ment, or we should have gone hadesward long ago. For the rest, the individual who occupies without filling this or that official chair has no interest for the busy public. Political microbes are too common to excite attention. I suppose that the fault is my own, but I could never un- derstand what interest these small questions can have for grown-up, thinking men. I have no curiosity in guessing, a few days in advance, who will clean the White House cellars or polish the White House door-knobs. Having the conviction that an honest man will not sur- round himself with thieves, my interest ends with the election of the honest man, and even with the most burning desire to be as other people are, I cannot summon up as much as the shadow ofa curiosity as to the names and po- litical affiliations of his servantsand companions, If patriotism consists in having an ecstacy over some nonentity who emerges from obscurity to sink eventually into obscurity again, I am not patriotic. If the proof of a soul lies in the lustiness with which one can shriek inanities, Ihave no soul. I am content to let the small politicians fight their small, selfish battles themselves. What a pity it is, for the welfare of world-progress, that others are not as I am, but will insist on passing so much of their lives watching tempests in a teapot and whirlwinds in a beer-glass, ee AN da Astrology for January. From Zadkiel. The martial star of Old England, which has been dimmed for so long past, now begins to shine with its unwonted luster again, so that energy and patience of her children will soon be rewarded. The solar eclipse of the first day of the month will be visible in North America; we shall soon hear of trouble in some of the northwestern states, and earthquake shocks about the 97th degree of west latitude. The Central Pacific railway will meet with some misfortune. The partial eclipse of the moon, partly visible here on the 17th inst., will be quickly followed by excitement and temporary depression on ‘change. News from Russia wiil be warlike, albeit the internal state of that country will interfere with the ambitious projects of the military and the Slav parties. Persons who were born on either the Ist or 17th of January in either 1813, 1814, 1821, 1824, 1827, 1843, 1844, 1851, 5) will now suffer either fortune, and should take precautions accor ingly. The 28th isa fortunate birthday anni- ersary, especially for those who had the moon in Sagittarius 28 degrees, as in 1870 and 1851. The following are the special indications for each day in the month: 1, Avoid superiors and do not travel. 2. Deal and speculate, but travel not. 3. Uncertain; be careful. 4. Buy, deal and speculate, and push thy af- fairs between noon and 7 in the evening. 5, An uncertain day; be careful. 6. Sunday—Ask favors and visit thy friends. 7. Court in the evenin; vil for all else. 8. Do not buy or deal with others this day. 9. Buy and push thy affairs before noon, after which travel. 10. Court and marry in the morning, 11. Sell before noon, after which ask favors and push thy business, 12. Travel and sign writings before 2 p.m. 13. Sunday—Avoid the fair and ask no favors. 14. Sell before 1 a.m, 15. Travel, court and marry; ask favors. 16. Very doubtful; be careful. 17. Ask no favors this day. 18. Sell; a very unfortunate day, 19. Buy and push thy affairs before 1 p. m. 20, Sunday—Avoid lawyers and quarreling and keep thyself quiet. 21. Sell in the p. m, and evening, but buy nought. 22. Ask favors and push thy affairs, 23, ae writings and deal with aged people; travel. 24. Avoid superiors and speculate not. 25, Sell before 4 p. m., after which court the fair. 26. Ask favors and push thy business in p. mn, 27. Sunday—Travel, but avoid the fair. 28, Buy carefully and sign writings in a, m, 29, Travel and deal with others before 3 P. m. 30. A very doubtful day; be careful. 31. Sell between noon and 4 p. m., but do nought else. Drunkenness Among Children. From the London Lancet, According to recent intelligence the school board of Vienna is placed in a painfal position with regard to some of the school children. It appears that it is not uncommon for the children of poor parents to receive by way of breakfast nothing more than a glass of spirits, and even to appear in the school-room drank, Instances of juvenile indulgence might be found in any ‘country and possibly in every social rank. The exposure of this wide and open prevalence of a vicious custom among e very y« est is, however, to most of usa new and ‘s ing revelation. One's first im- pulse on having the facts thus presented is to to children is a cardinal ciple in our own by no means ive liquor law. It is a measure w of introduc- tion into of id ae A, AUCTION SALES.. ; TO-MORROW. W4tter B. WILLIAMS & CO., Auctioneers. REG! SATURDAY SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FC REMOWED. 70 OUR SALES- (O00! FO! ENCE OF SAI CON- 1 SGRUSSELS, INGRA A ixe ROOM INGRAIN, OTHER ‘ALSO. JAPANESE ART TREASURES, NE LARGE BEER, CHEST. SHELVING, COUNT. be ERS ETC. ON 70: IORROW MORNING, JAN- | BEING A DIRECT IMPORTATION FROM JAPAN, ER WALTER B Witiiaue # Co., EMBRACING— T\HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. Wonderful —— agneg Poreelains, Rare ISTRATRIX’S OF SM. m| pont aon omar pct ae Por — House ep FURNITURE, FARMING IMPLE- cles evan Faeriag rong ‘Embroidered On SATURDAY, JANUARY TWELFTH, 1889, AT Screens, &e., &c. N O'CLOCK, ‘at the rooms, of ‘Thomas ‘shail tioned effects. N. B—The magnificent Sateuma Vases and Koros Bowe MARY MCMAHON, Administratiax. | werein the Tokie exposition, and are without doubt THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. ULAR SALE SEHOLD FURNITURE at_my nasty foots on SATURDAY, JANCARY | art salesrooms, 11th and Penn. ave., on WEDNES- 1 WELFIN, : EN O'CLOCK. | DAY, THURSDAY and FRIDAY, = EMBRACING. IN PART. TEENTH, SEVENTEENTH and EIGHTEENTH, Parlor, Chamber and Diningroom Furniture, 1889, at ELEVEN A. M. and THREE P. M. each day. fine Mirrors. Office Deaks and Tables, Pe rene | _ Exhibition Monday and Tuesday, January 14th and smmortment of Fancy Lampe, a few pieces of New Trip- 13th, from O ath UG ~ Erticies in the housekeeping line. 10-5 Fuidas DowLINe, Auct_ 80, 1] .HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. at TWELVE O'CLOCK, for the United States govern- | 'T’ ment (Third Artillery) six Horses. VERY COMFORTABLE AND WELL BU'LT Two- ALSO, STORY BRICK DWELLING No, 102¢° THIRD Horses, Coupes, Carriages, Buggies, Ws six sets STREET NORTHEAST AT Al ION. peas Le 2 ES, TRBNIGESDAY , AFTERNOON, | JANUARY FIP. WLI joneer. 1 1889, on 5 H apg en eee, nines sball offer st rubiic auetion Lot “Se of NE ELEGANT BREWSTER BROUGHAM, WITH | Patrick O'Donohue’s sub of square 749, impro x ContiNs AXLE. STOLM WINDOWS, POLE | 8 comfortable two-story Qwelline, contain AND SHAFTS, IN PERFECT ORDER, AT AUC- “Terme cue oe Known at sale. ais x On SATURDAY, JANUARY TWELFTH, 1889, at | ancing and_ reco Purchaser's cost, TWELVE O'CLOCK, in front of Posit required at the Fite oF sale my auction rooms I shall sell the ‘above-mentioned Carriage, built by THOMAS DOWLING, Auct. N ‘Can be seen Brewster, of, me street, New York. ‘TEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED Ri prior to sale by applying at No. 3101 Dunbarton ave- | "PETE bx TAL wORTH Me Pore hi Bue, Georgetown, D-G." THOMAS DOWLING, TWEEN SIXTH AND" SEVENTH. STRER TS pneer, NORTHWEST. By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in cause No. 11,000, Equity Docket 24, we will sell at_ public. auction, in frome of the premises, at FOU! ‘LOCK P. M, ON SATUR- AX, THE ” NIN! " AY 0] ARY, 889, Lots “C," “E,’ " of Rothwell’s subdivi- sion of part of square No. 452, together with the im- Rrovements, consisting of substantial brick and frame wellings. property will be sold in ceils. Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money in cash on the day of sale, and the balance in two equal installments, payable in one and two, years after the day of sale, with interest at 6 percent per num, to secured’ by the promissory notes of the purchaser and a deed of trust of the premises sold, or, at the op- tion of the purchaser, the entire purchase money ma; be paid iu cash. If the terms of sale are, not comp! with within ten days from the day of sale the trustees bam) the ret to resell at the risk and cost iting purchaser. GEORGE E. HAMILTON. _. Office, Sun Building, / ANDREW OC.’ BRADLEY, Office, Fendall Bldg, THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. HOS. E. WAGGAMAN, Real Estate Auctic TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE LOT, IMPROVED OF OF CHANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE TRACT LAND AT BRIGHT WOOD, DISTRICT. COLUMBIA, FRONTING ON PINEY BRANCH ROAD AND SEVENTH STREET ROAD. By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, passed in equity cause No. 10481, M ws. Caknown Heirs of Lizzie: M. jams, deceased, et al., the undersi Trustees will, onWEDNESDAY, the TWENTY-THIED DAY OF JAN: VARY, A.D. 188), at HALF-PAST THREE O'CLOCK P. M,, offer for sale, at public auction, all the estate, title and rest, legal and equitable, of the to said cause, aid of which said Lizzie M. died seized and in and to the follow- tract of land: inning at a stone in the south line of 14th street road at the northeast corner of Nichols’ land, thence with said road north 53% dey 8 east 52.40 feet to L. c. 81 thence north degrees east 347.40 feet, thence north 4934 degrees east 52 feet_to J. E. Moses? lot, thence south S234 degrees cast 85.40 fect to the west line of 7th street road, thence with said road south 7: 08 west 505.56 feet to C. G. Stone’s lot, thence with said lot north degrees west 3:39 feet to the line of said Nichols’ land, thence with said line north 14¢ degrees west 104 feet to the beginning, con- acres of land, and improved by a frame Iso a brick dwelling erected partly on the id and partly on the land of James i=] — E CARUSI, Trustee. 486 Louisiana avenue northwest. _ WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO, A rpuomas DOWLING, Auctioneer. EXECUTORS’ AND TRU E, Moses; but only so much of said brick dwellin PELY SH SeERET KAME HOUSE, Be. 1187 will be sold as is situated upon the above-descrit By virtue of a deed of trust. duly recorded in Liber jand. | The property will sold subject to the undivided | wo. Gi, folio 243, et seq., one of the land records oF half of an incumbrance of $60,000, to wit: 3,000 | the District of Columbia; and at the request of the ‘With interest from June 1, 1888, o | party thereby secured, I will sell, at public auction, in Terms of sale: $1,000 cash, balance in one and two | Party thereby isda, on SATURDAY, JANCAHY years, with interest at 6 per cont: the purchaser t0 | NINETEENTH. 1880, at HALE-PAST POC give his notes for the deferred payments, secured by OCLO . M.. lot 8, of Davidson's subdivision of tho retention of the title to the property mati! paid OF | square with the improvements as atowe. Ail cash on day of sale or ritiiication thereof by the | “Sferng. One third cash, of which 8100 inust be paid court, at the option of the purchaser. - of | t time of sale, balance in three equal installments in A plat of the property can be seen until the day of | 6, 12 and 18 months, for which notes of purchaser, sale at the office of Bus! Carusi, No. 1008 F | bearing interest from day of sale and secured by deed street northwest, and at the premises on the day of | of trust on property sold will be taken, or all cash at Je, cl om. Ail conveyancing’ and recording $250 down at time of sale, if are not complied. within EU 2 . the property will be resold at risk a ost of defaulting pu: wer, after seven days’ ad- jall-dtds, | Vertisement in the Evening Star “eerste SAM. CROSS, Trustee. THOS. E. WAGGAMAN, Auctioneer. Jas-d&ds. CPANCPRY, SARE OFLA IMPROVED LUA, H STREET 8. UABLE IMPROVED Ki |. ESTATE ON 11T No.Gi4 E STREET } By virtue of adecree of the Supreme Court of the TON, D.C. District of Columbia, passed in cau No. 11224 By virtue of authority in us vested by the last will | Equity, wherein Christopher C. Mc ‘are and testament of James C. McGuire, deceased, late of | Jainants, and Robert V. McKenne: re de- the city of Washington, District of C | fendants, I will offer for sale st public anct: in front pursuance of a decree of the Supr of each piece aS HURSDAY, the SE istrict of Columbia, 3 FENTH DAY OF JANUARY, 1889, comm 11439, on the 12ti at 4 o'clock p. m., the following described parce Frederick real estate and the improvements thereunto belong- J. Clark ing, in the f Washington and District of Colum- dersigned w SD bia, to wit ts numbered 14 and 15 | the T WE: DAY 0. 1S89, at | in ug for the same on FOUR O'CLOCK P. M., on the pretui: lowing- | 11% 40 1 rom the northeast cor- described real estate. to wit,all that ny 14 d square, thence south 1 feet, thence Parcel of ground known and described upon the ground 6 fevt, thi feet, thence east P be t of the city of Washington, District of Columt as and being original lot numbered eighteen (15) square numbered four hundred and fifty-seven = |e fronting fifty-two (52) feet four and ohe-half (4's) | inches on E street by the depth of one hundred and eighty-seven (187) feet ten and one-half (103g) inches to a thirty-foot alley, and improved by a large four-story brick dwelling, with commodious back building and street and place of begin- stables, together with all the improvements, ways, | nin easements, rights, privileges. and appurtenances to | "Also, parts of original lots 14, 15. and 16 in square the same belonging or in anywise appertaining, numbered 978, beginning for the same on 11th street Terms: One-third cash, balance in equal instalments | east at a point distant 71 80-100 feet south from the in one and two years, notes to be given for said balance | northeast corner of said square, thence west 92 60-100 or deferred payment bearing 6 jer cent interest from day of sale. payable semi-annually, and to be secured of trust on the premises sold, option of the purchaser. Conveyancing, &., at the purchaser's cost; a deposit of $500 required at the time of sale. Terms to be complied with in ten days, otherwise right reserved to resell at the risk and cost of defaulting purchaser, after five days public notice in some newspaper published in the city of Washing- ton, District of Columbia. of beginning. ’, 14and 15 in ast at a pot distant from the northeast corner of ssa thence south 16 10-100 feet, thence west 92 66. feet, thence north 1610-100 feet, thence east 66-100 feet to said 11th 06 92 feet, thence south 20 15-100 feet to a public alley 30 feet'wide, thence east along the line of said alley 12 feet, thence south 5 feet, thence east 80 66-100 feet to said 11th street east thence north along said street 25 15-100 feet to the place of bexinuine, beret 1001, allcash, at the lot numbered 8, in square num- .bexinning for the same at the southwest corner of said lot, thence north along 11th street east 11 43-100 feet, thence east 75 83-100 feet, thence south 11 43-100 feet, thence west 75 83-100 feet to FREDERICK B. TRE, 11th street and place of beginning. 1 nit avemie, | Fxgcigor® | Also, Part of original lot nunibered 8, in equare num. ‘ a te bered 1001; beginning for the same 1143-100 feet jal1-d&ds north fromthe southwest corner of said lot, thence north 14 [30-100 feet, thence east 44 15-100 feet, thence south 2 feet, thence cast 31 69-100 feet, thence south 1230-100 feet, thence west 75 83-100 feet to IHOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VALU. PROVED REAL E&: be said 11th street east and place of beginning. UNIMPR 4 And aiso part of original lot numbered § in square OF numbered 1001 beginning for the eae at the novthe west corner of said lot, thence south 21.77 feet, thence east 44.15 feet, thence south 2 feet, thence east 31.69 feet, thence north 4.02 feet, thence’ east 41.67 feet to north along said alley 19.75 50 feet to said 11th street east Oue-third of the purchase money in cash, and the balance thereof in two equal instalments at one and two years from the day of sale, or all cash tthe option of the purchaser. The deferred - be secured by the promissory notes of the T. Under and by virtue of certain deeds of trust, re- 174, Liber folio 78, Liber 1203, folio 45, and Liber 1 2 Ege corded, respectively,in Lier 1018, folio 174. 1131 of the land records of the District qimdersigned trastees will sei rc OF JANUAR (TH Y-' kD DAY C » A. D. 188%, at FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. the following real estate, situate in the District of Columbia, and descritved 4 ch or pure! id d “ds of and being lot four (4) and the west twelve (12) fect Tal aaa soll call had bas eee ee ten (10) inches o: three (3) in heirs of John | day of sale at the rate of six (6) per cent per annum, pt agen | ‘5 n of ke >. . : payable semi-anuually. $100 will be required on each: red 0 Jot piece of ground as soon as the same is bid off. If the purchaser or purchasers shall fail to comply with the terms of sale within 10 days after the day of sale, the ty 41); Cushing's subdivision of lots in the same. above lots being improved by two small frame ell- nd 1009 L street ——- being premises 1007 property sold to him, her or them Will be resold at his, ON THE SAME DAY, at HALF-PAST FOUR | cording ot pahenr’c ete Convevancing and re O'CLOCK P. M., we will sell at public auction, in front EDWARD A. NEWMAN, Trustee, | of the premises, the west thirt: cet six (6) sg i y adepth of seventy-five (75) feet of lot two] WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO, Acta.” Sesuikas nndred and forty-three (4s Febeleat ee | third cash, and the balan HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. and two years, fo purc feos purchasers must be interest from the | EXECUTORS’ SALE OF BLE IMPROVED day of sale, and secured by'deed of trust on the prop: | AND UNIMPROVED. RE STATE IN THE erty sold, or all eash at the option of the purchasers DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ‘Ade n Jot will be required at the and under the By virtue of authority in me vested rt w.W time of sale. "If the terms are not complied within ten | last oi -.W. Wood, of record in days the trustees reserve the right to resell at the risk | ibe &c., of the record of wills, in and cost of the defaulting purchaser. All conveyance: | t ied will, on ing and recording at purchaser's cost. | WE OF JANU- EDWARD J. STELLWAGEN, Trustee, AE’ K, in front of the ‘LOCK. premises, offer for sale at public auction to the highest idder. sub lot 27, iu square 88. fronting 324 F'street n.W. FREDERICK B. McGUIRE, Trustee, jall-d&ds 1416 ¥ street i.w._ | side of Water street, between Zist and 22d streets : Cictioneer— | horthwest, containin und. Warner E Auctioneers, | MONTE SAME Day i Taker TKUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE Two-story | 9{CLOCK in front of the prex sub lot 4. square AND BASEMENT BRICK DWELLING, No. 917, 3 ELEVENTH STREET — NORTHWEST — Lot | ET" ne nie 4 ‘94 9-12, TO ALLEY. street northwest. eed of trust, dated June Sth, 1888, and recorded in Liber No. 1316, folio 258, et of the land records of the District of Colt nd at the request of party secured thereby, we will sell at rot of the premises,on TUESDAY, COND, 1889, at HALF-PAST . M., the following real estate, situ- of Washington, District of Columbia, ON THE SAME DAY AT FOUR O'CLOCK in front of the premises, lot No. in 's recorded subdivision of square No. 242, having a front of 23 feet on thé west side of Vermont avenue between N streetand Towa circle, being No. 1316 Vermontavenue northwest ‘Terms of sale: One-third in cash; the A FOUR O'CLOCK P. ate in the ci ual paymientay at one, twound three pene after fo wit, part of Jot No, 4, in square 343: Becinnins | Gute of pale. for which notes duly secured ou tin parte for the ame a sae from ae ines sold l be given, with interest at six per cen- muer of ead Jot; thence running north. alon day of sale. All Soncen. Hloventh street 14 feet 5 inches: thenee east 94 fect @ | THE PEF annum Sent en inches to an alley 10 feet wide inches, and thence west inches. to said Eleventh street and place of ning, together with the improvements thereon. Terms of sale: One-third cash, of which $100 must be paid at time of sale; balance In equal payments, im ‘one and two years, to_be secured by fjurchaser's notes, ith interest from day of sale, payable semi-annually, wl a deed of trust on property sold. Conveyancing ‘at purchaser's cost. Terms of sale to be in ten days from day of sale, else Trus- ht 20, resell at isk and cost of pur- x,thence south 14 feet 5 1 9 and recordin mene will EEKS & CO., Auctioneers, LARGE AND IMPORTANT SALE OF FURNITURE, AN INVIGORATING TONIO, Om AoCoENT OF RENTAL UE WE: BY ORDER corsapane BUR AIP 8 cio | PERUVIAN BARK, IRON, ano THWE: ALSO STORE: AND 303 ST, AND Al HSUREET SOUTHWEST, iarior Furnfiure, Lounges, Sidetoarae Wakeet a fare, Lou 5 plae Extension Yables, Chairs in. vas - Indigestion, F me Foi ug Marg : ae “* a CL coin variety. Safes, Dreuot, esses, Cots.” Oilcloths, “Engtae Peathiers, "cdd pieces, Belatends, Mareaus: stands | E, POUGERA & 00., for the U.8., bles, Racks, en's rs. 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