Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1890, Page 12

10 ——_ THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON D. C.. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1890-TWELYE PAGES FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN. LIFE ON THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA Pandemonium at Aspinwall—Across the Isthmus in Four Hours—In the Days of the Buccaneers. —-+ From Tux Stan's Traveling Commissioner. Pasxama, U.S. Corvmpra, December 30, we saw a negro policeman perambulating his beat bare footed and in short white trousers, armed with rife, sword and brace of pistols, At every station men and women scampered through the train offering cakes hike brickbats to the hungry passengers, drinks of various kinds, tall conelike cups made of coacoanut fibre. paper fans with advertisements printed ou them—evidently intended for gratuitons distribution, but which readily sold in this sweltering heat at from 25 cents to 50 cents each—anything to turn an honest penny. ‘Then on we rush again, deeper and deeper into the jungles—greenness, bloom and beauty everywhere, fragrance and noxious exhala- tions. Parrots of various spécies make the for- est ring with their unmusical cries. We saw humming birds of gorgeous hues, SCARCELY BIGGER THAN BEES, This isthmian railway is afar greater insti- tution than the world at large is aware of. Its managers have discreetly chosen to keep their affairs to themselves, as other wise men of the east 24 © been known to do in various kinds of Femunerative business; and should you ask one Of them about it you would doubtless some- how receive the impression that it had been 8 losing investment. ‘The facts in the case are that ever since its Completion (in 1955) this railroad has been one Of the most profitable in the world. For nearly twenty years the local fare between Aspinwall and Panama was #25 each person for a ride of 47 miles, ur more than 50 cents per mile! Dur- ing those days the traffic was much heavier than mow and each month thousands were carried over the line—every thousand passengers Yielding to the company precisely $25,000. At that time the Pacific Mail steamship company Was carrying steerage people (as they now carry first-class passengers) all the way around from New York to San Fraucisco, A DISTANCE OF FIFTY-FIVE HUNDRED MILES, incluling passage across the isthmus by this same road and the best of board and lodging during thirty-two days, for only #80, while for four hours’ suffocation in a crowded second- class car, with no food or other comfort, one Was required to pay £25. With the completion of the Pacific railroads Across the United States it was deemed advis- able tocome down a little and the fare across the isthmus was reduced to $10 per ticket. The ditference, however, is largely offset by a charge of 6 cents per pound for “extra bag- Sage’ (only 100 pounds being allowed gratis), which generally doubles the price of the ticket. A lady of my acquaintance lately crossed with three trun ordinary size asmall box of curios and her bill for extra bag; a $45—American gold—for a distance of 47 miles! But the old price trebled would have seemed cheap in the days of *. 19 to the thousands who Hocked across this highway to California, when men were crazed with the gold fever. Then ue trip occupied a week at the best, ing no road whatever; first a tedious ¥ up the Chagres river in native bongors and thence by horse or mule through slimy swamps and tangled thickets, where the trail was soon well marked by graves and bleaching bones. NO ACCOMMODATIONS, As there was no ‘ommodation for travelers aloug the route they were compelled to sleep in the open air, while the price of a horse or mule and enough food to keep soul and body together during the fearful passage almost equaled the sum that the most sanguine lunatic might reasonably expect to reap in the gold regions if he lived to get there. And so many perished by the wayside from camping nigh hear the deadly river that the “isthmus fever” became known to the worldas a distinct malady and oue almost incurable, Those who managed to survive or escape it came outa great deal | Poorer in purse and in person: and years later many a fevered sufferer could trace his long Kine of ills directly back to the exposure and hardships encountered in crossing the isthmus, Remem\: g th things, nobody feels dis- Posed to grumble at whatever price may be asked for rapid transit across this valley of death. The road was built under discourage- ments that would have ruined most men and therefore the undaunted few who carried it to completion are fairly entitled to a ard. *LE STREAK OF CIVILIZATION, ‘h « wilderness that is yet, for the yart, totally unexplored, and has not only | saved unnumbered lives but added greatly to the commercial facilities of the world. At| Present it transports an annual average of | 340.000 tous of merchandise and 6,000 passen- | re twenty-five villages | ch possesssng some feature of | interest peculiar to itself. And so close upon itcrowds the tropic wilderness that scarcely haif a mile from the largest village one m: find untrodden solitudes where no sotind pen trates but the shrill whistle of the engine, the chatter of monkeys, the hiss of serpents and the ha!f-notes rxzeous birds—a lovely waste, | teeming with animal fife, but where death to | ks in some e under every leaf. fortunately for the list, the sports- Along its course there and stutions, ¢ | 1 the lover of solitude there is not even ean to ocean, hor a wagon path from led, anywhere on the isth- | re in such generous mood ; not possibly make his way alone— | ps choked with slimy verdure | an Venomous reptiles and jun- gles whose riotous growths are so closely en- twined that Old Sol cannot pierce them with atrow. A lew months ago Senor BE Kemero, an intrepid explorer of Pananfa, de- | termined to seek out amid the tangled growths mus, : that one cou through of centuries one of the ancient tras-Atlantic | yoads which the early Spaniards are known to have mad Starting from a point on the eastern ¢ called David he succeeded in crossing the isthmus in nine days, cutting a| path as he went for his cattie to pass. He con- } templates making another attempt soon, with a larger body of men, mules, horses and cattle, | to umprove and widen the same trail. Being assisted by several men of means and promi- ence it is net unprobable that a wagon road across the istimus may one day dispute the Failway's exclus.ve right of transportation, SUCH A PANDEMONIUM 88 reigns supreme in the Aspinwall depot when the daily train is about to start! Passengers of ali nationalities are crowded in, sometimes three im a seat, closely as nature packs her seedlings, all jabbering at once in every idioma known to man. The greatest trouble is with the luggage, some being generally astray, Whose now balt-frantic owners neglected this | Or that precaution, while many astonished per- | Sons stand vainly disputing with the powers that be over the sum demanded for extra Weight—some even in tears because of the un- expected imrvad upon their little all. st we steam away and despite the exces- Bive heat every head that can find room for | Itself is thrust out of a window in vociferous | admiration of the beautiful scenery on every side. The abortive ship canal follows us most of the way, showing long lines of cars, engines and mighty dredges slowly sinking into the mud. anid a wilderness of wild bananas, fig trees, palms, mangoes, all twisted together and | twined over and over by blossoming creepers. | Orchids are everywhere in infinite variety of | shape und color. It is said that ut least twenty- | four species of the palm family may be found 1 here—more than are collected tog®ther any- | where im the weld. There is the ivory | palm, the palm trom hich sugar is made, the palm that produc 01, of commerce, edible «the sago and another the | the “cabbage palin,” whose | uiks resemble that vegetable in taste | the palm from whose } sweet) sap the natives distil their favorite wine; the “glove” palm from whose fibers grain Sucks. carpets, &c., are made, and many more | aricties with whose w nd uses we are | entirely u scquamted. The palm tree plays as important a part in this section of the uni-} Verse and is as ssary to the existence of | the pec x cuey or “century plant” im Mexico, the bambev in tropical Asia, or the Fice plautiu China. Domestic uteusils and weapons of war. pins, needles, cloth and | thread. boats, hodses, roofs and furniture are made from it and m many iastances it answers | aleo for food ani drink. Children are born uuder its shadow, cradled tn its leaves, reared On its fruit and sap, clothed in its woven fibers | fnd tiually go to the last sleep im « coftin made Of its bark, ‘The rusiway villages are all populated with blacks, A JOLLY SET OF CREATURES who exhibit « wide expanse of ivory and cheer the train us it passess Mostof them are half Maked, some entirely so. We saw three half- own girls, biuck as ebony and enurely nude porting themselves in a caxcade close by the wayside, who waved their hands at us in cheer- fui salutation, unembarrassed by the attention they attracted from the crowded train. A {Uns Noman naked to the waist, her lower bs partially covered with a short skirt, sat Playing with her babe ona doorstep. There were old women wearing only the scanty white Garment not usually mentioned in polite soci- ety, and children, whose name was legion, en- foying life to the utmost, untrammeled by a fag of conventionality. The houses are mi of leaves. A few more substantially b: wood, now deserted, were probably the reste dences of canal overseers. Nearly every vil- lage hus its little “stor. containing small Stocks of xroceries, liquors, tobacco, Soap, candles and the cheapest dry goods, but ap- Parently with no patrous, Every now and then | among the numerous | or married Indian women, and while these re- | adventurers, | prisoners whom he could not sell iuto slavery— palm tranks and | isthmus. The; wild bamboo, thatched with shredded aie far as it of } forest, and great toucans whose ugly beaks seem es- pecially designed for the gobbling of tropical fruits. Tapirs abound in the marshes and we are told that thgir flesh, which atly re- sembles pork, is Felished by the natives a» well as coon in Kentucky, There is also the wild hog. or peccary (a distant relative of the tepir), which is hunted for food, as well as the monkeys that mock isthmian humanity and prowl the forest in troops. There aré ant-eaters, too, and deer, cougars and tiger cats. Boa constrict- ors and other big snakes are not uncommon, but are not nearly so much to be dreaded as the tiny asps and vipers, some not longer than our finger, and the exact color of the dead eaves or bits of moss under which they hide. There are lizards without number, some whose bite is deadly—from slimy reptiles two or three inches in length, mitk white. green or coral. to scaly 6-foot-long iguanas. whose flesh is considered the greatest possible delicac: next to the juicy white breast of a roasted baby monkey. By the way, the eggs of the iguana may be found for sale in many of the marke: of Spanish-America and command a high pric Of course there are scorpions, centipedes, tarantulas, &c., for which we are warned to keen a sharp lookout, even in the cars; but they aremot a circumstance compared to “the wicked flea.” with which every grain of sand and particle of dust is loaded. ‘They are too tiny to be looked out for, but every one of us is « living and speckled monument to their per- sistent industry. Even smalier than the flea and more enterprising in pursuit of business is THE JIGGER, whose native name is chigoe, of which I have seen several interesting specimens, but, hap- pily, on somebody else. So very tiny is the pestiferons little wretch that he can crowd in “where angels fear to tread;” tor instance, be- tween the seams of your garments or between the sole and upper of your shoe, He enter- tains an especial fondness for the human foot and wiil in confine himself to that part of your anatomy if you give him a chance. So delicate is his fout fall.and so slight his sting that you scarcely feel it; yet all the same he gets ‘in his work, depositing an infinitesimal egg beneath a toe nail or somewhere under the cutis, Presently a slight itching ensnes and in a day or two a membranous sac is formed, which must at once be pierced deep with a needle and afterward thoronghly washed with tobaceo juice. If the sac is allowed to remain @ huge ulcer forms and the victim is likely to lose his toes, for the infant jigger that issued from the first egg is a most astonishing propg- gator, capable of raising several interesting families and becoming a hale and hearty grandmother in a fortuight’s time. Among other sights along the line of the istimain railway we were shown the cottage occupied by Mr. John Z. Stephens, the well- known suthor and traveler. daring ‘his brief connection with the road. and aiso a gigantic tree, the largest in all this section, under whose shade he freeuently wrote or rested, and which AN ARMY OF THREE THOUSAND Spaniards came ont to the defense of Panama, but within three hours after the firing of the first shot the handful of half-starved pirates were in full possession. They plundered the churches and convents and the houses of the wealthy and tortured many of the priests and citizens tomake them disclose more hidden treasures. The wise Panamaians, in anticipa- tion of such an emergency, had previously loaded a ship with the gold and silver and jewels of the churches and convents, the king's plate and precious stones and private valuables of every kind, which set off for Spain the mo- ment the tide of battle turned in favor of the invaders. Apprehending sometbing of this kind Morgan had sent outa ship on pau to intercept any departing vessel; but her officers and crew, eager to do theie share in plundering the captured city, disobeyed orders, and thus the richest treasures were lost. In a fury of rage at finding themselves thus thwarted of the objects of all their toil and greed the dis- appointed robbers outdid themselves in deeds of barbarity and at last reduced the once splendid city to ashes, They carried away 600 prisoners and 175 beasts laden with plunder and left behind a wide swath of rapine and desolation. ‘These di ry kaprregg services were promptly recog- nized by the British government and the mur- derer (Morgan) was at once knighted by King Charles II. The war with Spain being over his occupation as a buccanneer was gone, and so he was given an important commission, and totheend of his days figured as Sir Henry Morgan. wiz B, Warp, Snead ——— SHERMAN AT SEVENTY. The Grizzled Old Hero in the Sunset of a Glorious Career. A HOME DINNER AT WHICH A FEW OLD ¥RIENDS WILL BE PRESENT—THE HERO WON'T HAVE A RECEPTION—HOW HE SPENDS WIS DAYS—HIS MAPS, LETTERS, SPEECHES AND VISITORS, Correspondence of Tue EVENING Stan. New York, January 30, 1890, Any one who passes through 71st street west of Sth avenue, can see at 10 o'clock in the morning the tall, erect figure of an elderly man seated at his library window. That he has had a military training no one who sees him can doubt, Strange as it may seem, many per- sons see him in the neighborhood of his home, which is but a stone’s throw from the west wall of Central park, and yet do not recognize him. And yet he is the most famous American soldier now alive, He is no other than William Tecumseh Sher- man, a great member of a very great family, distinguished even before the time of Roger Sherman, signer of the Declaration of Inde- pendence. Gen, Sherman is now the only one left of the great trio of American soldiers who won the highest honors in the greatest civil war that the world has ever seen. Gen. Grant is dead, Gen, Philip Henry Sheridan is dead. Gen, Sherman, who was born before either of these men, is still alive aud vigorous, He will be seventy years of age on February 3. A va- riety of suggestions have been circulated as to the manner in which the event should be cele- brated. New Yorkers have shown a willingness to celebrate in the most elaborate manner tho anniversary of the birth of the distinguished general who is now one of her citizens, With regard to this fact many mistakes have been is still known far and wide as “Stepbens’ tree. Part of the way winds along the low moun- | tains that form the backbene of the isthmus, none of them more than 2,000 feet in height. It | as said that Balboa, in the year 1519, caught his | first glimpse of the Pacitic from the summit of | one of them and that he fell upon his knees at | sight of that mighty ocean. Most celebrated of all in local annais is the CERRO DE LOS BUCANEROS, or Hill of the Buccaneers, from whose top the pirate Morgan had his first view of ancient | Panama, and at whose base he encamped the | night before his attack upon that city—just 221 | years ago. As that old-time buccancer played | so important a part on the isthmus—at one time nearly depopulating it, having destroyed | the proudest city in all the Spanish colonies, whose fall gave rise to the Panama of tot: perhaps it may be well to recount a few of his exploits. For « partial compilation thereof we | are mainly indebted to Mr. Thomas W. Knox and his inimitable “Boy Travelers,” i Rawors of the abundance of gold in the new world, which reached Spain after the discovery of America, led to the conquest and settlement of the West Indies. and also of the main land for aconsiderable portion north and south of the isthmus, Within the haif century foliow- ing the first voyaye of Columbus scores of Spauish colonies were planted, forts garrisoned by great numbers of soldiers, and many ship- loads of treasure sent to the king. The cruel conquistadores subjected the conquered people toall manner of tortures in order to wring from them the utmost of their possessions, Ex- aggerated accounts of the vast treasures in the uew World naturally spread beyond Spain and soon all Europe believed that there was gold enough in the opulent countries of Central and South America to enrich every beggar in ehristendom. In those days piracy was fashionable and it was not long after the treasure galleons began to traverse the “Spanish Main” before pirati- | eal crafts were in hot pursuit. Their crews were known as ‘“buceancers” and their favor- ite rendezvous was the Caribbean sca and its shores. They found plenty of hiding places isiends and ajong the asts of the main L and their numbers in- | creased so rapidly that they formed colonies, tilled the soil and in many cases established something like local government. Many of them brought their families to the new world mained on shore hunting wild game and rais- ing crops for the sustenance of their fellows at sea the more adventurous SAILED IN SEARCH OF PLUNDER, returning occasionally to the colony to deliver their share of spoils to. the settlers on land, from whom provisious were obtained for an- other voyage. Some times prisoners were brought to the colonies and kept as slaves, some of them scions of the proudest houses of Old Castile; but as a rule they were released on paymeut of a heavy ransom or put to death if no ransom was forth- coming. Human life was held of httle value in those days, not ouly by sea robbers but by kings and potentates in all parts of the world. So far as justice and honor are concerned there was réally not much difference between the pirates themselves and those aguinst whom their piracies were directed. Cortez, Balboa, Pizarro and other leaders in the Spanish con- quest were simply the leaders of marauding ex- peditions on w larger sexle against the unof- fending inhabitants of the countries they robbed and enslaved-—bands of cut-throat though under the counte- hance of the pope and in the guise of religton; while the b: ucers, in their turn, endeavored to steal what bad been already stolen, directing their thieving against thie adopting the same line of torturesand crueltythat had wrung the coveted gold from the aborigines, Occasionally there was a period of war be- tween Spain and England and then the king of the latter country would give commissions to certain well-known sea robbers and exalt them to the dignity of “privateers.” They were allowed to fit ont expeditiong at their own ex- pense, enlist their own men and do pretty much as they pleased on land or sea outside the king's domain, the only stipulation being that they should turn over to the royal treas- urv 4 portion of the stealings. Morgan's enterprise against Panama was ex- actly of this character. Ue had previously earned an excellent reputation as a buecaneer, THE STORY OF Witose ATROCITIES would filla volume. He had captured several cities and murdered many people, often under circumstances of unparalleled cruelty, all his |atrest. In fact the general has outlived most made. It was at first contemplated to give a magnificent reception in the Union League club, preceded by a great banguet. President Harrison, his cabinet and five hundred distin- guished men and women were to be invited to do him honor. But these reports are all wrong. There will be a celebration of the old hero's birthday. It will not be a public one, however, so far as the old soldier is concerned. He will celebrate the day { at his own camp fire, and about him will be the members of his own family and the com- manders who were with him in the many bat- tles in which he has figured from the time when he was in Florida, in 1849-42, fighting the Semi- noles, down to date. Of course John Sher- man, his distinguished brother, Senator from Ohio, and the junior of the general by but a trifle more than three years, will be an im- portant figure at the quiet celebration which will be held in Gen, Sherman's house. Gen, Slocum, who commanded the right wing of Gen, Sherman's army in the famous march from Atlanta to the sea, will be another figure. Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield, now the chicf general of the American armies and who was one of the most brilliant-of Sherman’s com- manders, will in all probability be present and there will be others of the men who fought under the old veteran who will be there. DEAR ONES MISSING, But some who were very near to him will be missing. Grant, Hancock and Sheridan are dead, Gen, James McPherson. who was Gen, Sherman's close friend, did not live to@hare in his chief's triumph. Gen. Geo. H. Thomas is among those who have gone to the land of shadows. Gen, Judson Kilpatrick, who was among Gen, Sherman's cavalry commanders, is of his cotemporaries, “You may say for me,” said Gen. Sherman to the writer, “that Ishall have some of my old comrades at my house on the evening of the anuiversary of my birthday, when I will be venty years old. This isno rupture of any arrangement with the Union Leagueclub, 1 made the arrangements tor my birthday cel- ebration a long time ago and they have not have some real reason for callin, is always courteous, A ring at r bell of the general's handsome brown stone residence brings a pleasant-faced servant girl to answer the call. upon him he HOW HE 18 PECULIAR, The old fighter is peculiar in one respect. The girl who opens his door for visitors never has to go and ask him ifhe isin, At the first she tells onewthat ‘the general is in” or he is not, That settlesit. If be is in he will see you, Ifyou are a bore, asa good many of his callers are, look out tor squalls, and under any circumstances it is not well to be proiix. Gen. Sherman likes one to get to the point at once. If the visitor is not able to do this he is likely to be interrupted. There is one sort of a caller that is always re- ceived with warmth, and that is one of Gen. Sherman's old soldiers, or his “boys,” as he calls them, Just how much assistance Gen. Sherman gives to old and unfortunate soldiers it would be hard to say. No one but himself knows, and he won'ttell. But these are among the more numerous of the visitors at his house. Besides them there are all sorts and conditions of callers at his house, Gen. Sherman is methodical in his habits and in his work. He is an early riser, He eats anearly and a light breakfast, and afterward is to be seen in his library at the end of the hall on the parlor floor of his house. He hasa com- paratively large library, not entirely made up of military books either. He has always had a keen literary taste, and there are few men who are better posted on the literary and historical records of this and other iands, A large amount of the space in his library is taken w by the maps which were drawn by himself an his generals during the civil war, He has the original copies of the maps, and there is scarcely a day when he is not called upon to setile by reference some dispute as to a mili- tary maneuver made by himself or some other general, These maps are his hobby, and very valuable they are, too, viewed from any stand- point. ENORMOUS CORRESPONDENCE, The correspondence of Gen. Sherman is simply enormous. He has in the first place thousands of members of the Grand Army who write to him with reference to all sorts of matters. He bas more invitations to speak before Grand Army posts than any other man in America. His receipts of begging letters daily is simply enormous. There are many let- ters asking him tor literary contributions for everything from the big reviews down to some cbureh fair journal. Whenever the general does dip into the scribbling business it is usu- ally for the North American Review. ‘To call a man of seventy a man about town may seem flippant. And yet Gen, Sherman is a man about town in the best sense of the word. He is to be seen at the clubs and the big din- ners, such as that of the New England society, for instance; he shares the oratorical honors with such stars as Chauncey M. Depew and Gen. Horace Porter. At most of the big social events the tall form and grizzled face of the famous soldier is to be seen, and he isa favorite with all, in short the old general is passing through the evening of his life in a culm and quict manner, hiked by all. He is happy in his home, is admired in public, and as one of the “most unique of our historical characters, as wellas one of the last, he is a figure that stands out prominently in the crowded, bustling ipa says ‘That is why so much interest is attached to his coming birthday, gelatin HOME MATTERS. Household Hints and Seasonable Sug- gestions for Practical Housewives. To Farsuex Sart Fisu soak them in sour milk. Beets Suovutp Be Boren one hour in sum- mer; one hour and a half, or even two hours, if large, in winter. Arrces Witt Nor Freeze if covered with a linen cloth, nor a pie or custard burn if in the oven with a dish of water, Wuey Severan Curs or Txa of equal strength are wanted pour a little into each cup and then fill in inverse order. The tea first poured from the pot is the weakest of the decoction, Aut VeceTas_es SHovLpD go into fast boiling water, tobe quickly brought to the boiling point again, not left to steep in the hot water before boiling, which toughens them and de- stroys color and flavor, Tuere 1s Norainc Tuat Removes Impurities from floors, &., 80 rapidly as boiling hot soda and water, applied with a long-ladled serub- bing brash and rinsed off once with clear water and dried with a clean cloth, Remepy ror Porson.—A dessertspoonfal of made mustard mixed in a tumbler of warm water, if drank immediately, 18 @ simple but efficient remedy for poison. Fuax Seep Syrcur ror Cops.—Boil flax seed until water becomes slimy, then strain, sweeten with powdered rock candy and juice of fresh lemons, Dose, wineglasstul when cough is troublesome. Wuen THe Skin 1s Brursep it may be pre- vented from becoming discolored by using a little dry starch or arrowroot merely moist- ened with cold water and placed on the in- jured part. This should be done at once. Ir Brack Dursses Have Been Srarnep boil a handful of fig leaves ina quart of water and reduce it toa pint. A sponge dipped in this liquid and Tabbed upon them will entirely remove stains from crapes, bombazines, &c. No Marrer How Lance tug Spor or Om, any carpet or woolen stuff can be cleaned by applying buckwheat plentifully and carefully brushing it into a dust pan after a short time and putting on fresh until the oil has all disap- peared, been changed.” Whether or not there will be toasts offered and replied to at the dinner that will be held in Gen. Sherman's house that veteran warrior will not say. If, however, it comes down to a mutter of an after-dinner speech, Gen, Sher- man can be relied upon to hold his own with the best of those who may be present. His wit is as keen as it was forty years ago, and his | memory is surprising to one who does not know its compass, In New York today Gen. Sherman is consid- ered a raconteur and man about town in the best sense of the terms. He ranks in this re- spect with Chauncey M. Depew, Gen. Horace Yorter and other famous men. There is, of course, a difference between the men. If, for in- nee, Gov, David Bennett Hill and Chauncey Depew meet at some pubhe dinner each 18 very likely to throw a few darts at the other, all in good humor. Neither Dr. Depew nor Gov. Hill would think of taking the same lib- erty with Gen. Sherman. Of course there is more than one reason for this, In the firet place the old general has fought his battics, and while holding to the views that he alway has held he is not given in his public addresses to fight his battles over again. In the second place, while Gen, Sherman is to some extent irascible at the first view, it is well known that he 1s one of the most approachable men in Now York and that he never refuses any one of his old men who come to him for assistance it the man is at all deserving. He is not mixed up in any business schemes. He is one of the figures pointed out when he appears at the clubs or at one of the hotels. In short, Gen. Sherman is one of the features of New York. He objects to this, for to him it seems that he is merely a curiosity, just as the Bartholdi statue, the obe- lisk in Central park and others things are. Of course no one looks at the matter in the same light. And yet the manner imwhich the old soldier is pursued justifies him in his desire to escape from most of the perspns who are con- stantly in pursuit of him for any or no reason, WOW HE WEARS HIS SEVENTY YEAns. Gen. Sherman does not took as he did when he left West Point, something like half a century ago, just at the time that the United States had the Florida trouble on hand. It could scarcely be expected that he should. Yet he wears his seventy years well. and while men, women, children and priests—being slaughtered without mercy, He was a Welsh- man of low birth and most of his followers Were outlaws from that country and others of the British Isles. At one time he had two thousend men under his command and a fleet of thirty-seven ships, but as his ptracies were dirceied aguinst the Spaniards, with who the English were at war, Albion looked upon him with « kindly eye. Therefore, when he organ- ized the expedition tiat ended with the de- struction of the proud old city of Panama the governor of Jamaica ordered an lish ves- sel of thirty-six guns to go along and help him and conferred authority upou Morgan to act in Engiish interest, Before proceeding to Panama the fleet of legalized pirates captured Maracaibo, Saint Catherines and several other places, commit- ting inmumerable atrocities and mardering many people. After capturing the city of Chagres, at the mouth of river of the same Morgan rebuilt its fort, garrisoned it with 500 men, left 150 more to take care of the ships aud with only 1,200 men started across the hey ascended the Ciagres river as possibie and they marched through the cutting ® path before them. They nearly starved to death the terrible journey. but, ap] utly by direct aid of the Evil One, they lived through it somehow. and upon the summit of the “Hill of the Buc- caneers” looked down upen the richest city of New Spain. he is not so vigorous as he appeared a few years zo he is still sturdy old. man, who svems ely to live to celebrate a good ‘maay birth- days. When one considers that the vetcran general was in active service for nearly haif a century, duriug which time he did his share of the hardest sort of tighting, it is indecd sur- prising that he continues so hale and active. A huge amount of work the old general bas dons in his time. In 1840 sent to Florida to sce his first To Keer Pre Cavusts From Crumsiixc.— When your pies with upper crusts are ready to putin the oven to bake take a little sweet milk in a cup and with a bit of clean cloth wet the upper crust and rim. When baked it will presenta shiny surface and will not flake off. Meat Time Swouup Atwars be regulated by the hour at which the meat will be done, If the meat should have to wait five minutes for the vegetables there will be a loss of punctual- ity, but the dinner will not be damaged; but if the vegetables are done and wait for the meat, the dinuer will certainly be so much the worse. House Kerrers Wit Fixp tHe Foutowine Recipe for cleaning paint useful: To a pound of soap and half a pound of pulverized pumice stone add an equal quantitty of pearl ash and mix with hot water into a thin paste. With an ordinary paint brush lay on this mixture over the paint which requires cleaning, and in five minutes wash it off with boiling water. Cananies Ane OrTEN Fawisuep for fresh cool water. You see bits of sugar and sponge cake and cracker tucked ali about the wires, while the drinking'cup will be empty or filled with curty water that no bird with respect for itself will touch. Have a bath tub, too, that is large enough to spread its wings and splash, Ixk Stains can be taken out of carpets, rags and other woolen goods if sweet milk is ap- plied to the Soiled places directly. First lay a sheet of blotting paper over the place to sonk up the ink, then with a piece of cotton batting wash off the place witn mil&, changing the bat- ting for aclean picce as soon as it becomes much soiled. Continue this until the ink no Jonger shows, then wash off with hot suds, rinse with clean warm wator and rub dry with aclean cloth, Ix Hottaxp one gets the most delicious Dutch cheese, Thoy take sour milk and put it ina muslin bag and hang it up over night, In the moruing this is a solid mass, butnot tough as when boiled, as some make it. Salt and pepper are added and a teacup of rich, sweet cream is stirred into, say, a quart of the curd, aud this is then eaten and not left to harden or turn acrid and sour, Any oue can make this, aud whoever does will say they want no more “smear case” as long as there is milk to be had to make this kind of. Veny Near anp Prerry House Suors may be made for children of heavy pants cloth, beaver, &c. Rip upanold shoe that fits the one in- tending to wear the home-made article and use asa pattern, allowing a trifle more for seams on the clo’ line with flannel, bind off edges campaign. From this time on to 1847 at va- rious military stations at the south, where knowledge of the country was gained that | wh of the Tgp nee value in later years, a during the days of the argonsuts the ry soldier was on the California coast. Still iter he was stationed at St, Louis aud New Or- leans. Then we find him in commaud of a brigade for the first time in the first battle of i Run. From that time down to the present huis career has been such that every schoo! boy is familiar with it, The veteran has been a soldier, a banker, a ti trader, fast, bat by no means fourt, be as bane nae Gea. Sherman is ite now. Both ais and beard are witis Out is stilla _ hard-working man, He lives very quietly his at his house on 7st street west of Central park. He is as accessible as man aoe eee stated that the general Is irascisis, asses Rone, with braid and decorate with a bit of embroid- ery, or not, as you choose, For soles use the tops of worn-out shoes or fine boots or backs of buckskin gloves, Potatoes ang THE Prorer VeGErTazizs to accompany fish. Allkinds of vegetables may be served with beef, although green peas are more iate for veal, mutton or poultry, Corn aid never accompany game or poultry. With venison, curraut jelly. Cabbage, } aor pecaente th corrots oe turnips pete AUCTION SALES. _ THIS AFTERNOON. EO. W. STICKNEY, Auctioneer, 036 F st, TKUSTEES' SALE OF VERY VALUABLE IM- PROVED PROPERTY, BLING HOUSES N 1003, 1005 AND 107 VSTREET NORTH WES NOS. FROM 909 TO 925 W STRERT NORTH. VEST AND) 2203 205 TENTH STKEET ik THW EST. AST FOUR described property in umibia, to wit: * nd 33 im Samuel G. Stewart's subdivision of lots numbered “2, | john Ge Adams’ recorded subdiviaion of #q) 1, and Lots 66, 67, ON, 89. 70, 7h, 72, 7 70, known ag 74) ih Samuel G. subdivision of square 337; Lots in square 361, sold subject to a deed 10 trast to seoure the mtn of $4500, ud Lote in equ Sold subject toa deed of trust to secure the num of $16,500. + ‘Terms of sale: Ove bali cash and the balance in one gear, with interest at the rate of 6 per ceutum per ‘an huss, payable semi-annually or all each at option of purchaser; $100 deposit on property in eaci square at time of sale. All conveyancing and recording at urchasér's cost. ‘Lerms to be complied with in ten lays oF resale ut risk and cost of defauiting purchaser, after five days’ advertisement in sume paper published in the city of Washinton. J. HOLDSWORTH GORDON, Trustee. GEO, W. STICKNE! yt $a20-eod&ds EO. W. THIS EVENING. ATCLIFFE, DARE & CO., Auctioncers, R 920 Pa ave. n.w, ENTIRE STOCK OF SHEET MUSIC, MUSIC BOOKS, STATIONERY, FIXIURES, &c.; OF STORE No. 515 NINTH STREET NORTHWEST, AT AUCTION. SATURDAY EVEN FeBRUARY FIRST, GINNING AL WN O'CLUCK, WE WIL THE ABOVE S!tOKE ALL THE STOC &c.. CO ‘Al 7 ERAL ATTENTION IS CALLE RATCLIFFE, DAKK & CO., Auctioneers, FUTURE pays. puomas DOWLING, Auctioneer. BY CATALOGUE. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. $20,000 WORTH OF ANTIQUES ~ DIRECT FROM THE IMPORTERS, (78 former! EMBRACING A RARE AND ELEGANT COLLECTION OF EM- PIRE MAHOGANY FURNITURE OF ALL KINDS IN ORMOLU MOUNTINGS, ELEGANT FRENCH BUHL AND ORMOLU CABINETS, TABLES, ETC, OLD SPANISH CABINETS, FINE OLD DUTCH INLAID FURNITURE OF EVERY DE- SCRIPTION FOR PARLORS AND CHAMBERS, FINE SEVRES, DRESDEN AND CHINESE PORCELAINS, FINE OLD CUT GLASS, JAPAN- ESE BRONZE VASES, FINE LOT OF ANTIQUE GUNS, SWORDS AND PISTOLS, ORMOLU CLOCKS, CANDELABRAS, CANDLESTICKS, ETC; ENGLISH SILVER-PLATED WARE, CONSISTING OF CANDELABKAS, CANDLE- oda will be on view at Penusylvania uary 4th and Sth, fr STICKS, WINE COASTERS, ETC, ENGLISH AND OLD DUTCH SOLID SILVER TEA SETS, SPOONS, CUPS AND OTHER RARE SPECI- MENS OF GREAT MERIT. This superb eotlection of f my Art Galleries, 11th ‘Tuesday and Wednesday. Fe! Yam. Ul 6 p.m., and the sal FEBRUARY SIXTH AND SL AT ELEV A.M. AND THREE P.M. RAC AY. N.B.—This is av exceptiouaily fine collection of au- tique art und should command the attention of cou- noisseurs aud others who desire elegant sud goods. ‘THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. EO. W. STICKNEY, Auctoneers PEREMPTORY SALE OF LOT ON THE NORTH- EAST COR e in front of the prem pip; FOUR DAY OF PEBL ua < “Sferms made known at time of sale will be required, All couveyaneing at purchase.’s cost. If terius are not complied with in fifteen days property will be resold, at rusk and cost of detaulting purchase: GO. W. STICKNEY, Auction 305 F at GLO W. STICKNEY, Auctioncer, 036 Fst TRUSTER'S SALE OF VERY VALUABLE IMPROVED PROPE SITUATED A JUNCUION OF FOULLERN TH STR: TENDED AND SPRING STREET, COUNTY OF WASHINGTON, D.C. By virtue ot a deed of trust, recorded in Liber N 1348, folio 356, one of the land records for the District ° mbid, audat the request of the party secured thereby, I will offer for sale, in front of the premises, SATURDAY the TWENTY-FIRST DAY oF MBER, AD. 1889, AT MALE-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M, the’ following described property. in the county of Wasbingtou, D.C. known and dese: as Lots uumbered trom cue (1) to torty-four 4), iu J.C, Lewis’ subdivision of part of Pleasant Plains, sit- uate Oz the north of Spring street, at the point of union with 14th street extended, excepting the portion of lots 6 to 21 inclus:ve, heretofore alienated, being the property couveyed by deed recorded in Li folio 308, and by deed recorded in liber 1271. 4 terms of sale: One-third cash and the balance in one (1) and two (2) Years with interest at the rate of six (6) per centum per annum, or all cash, ut the option of the purchase $100 deposit will be Prue ot wale all” golive yanciny ‘Lerms to be complied with i 15 days. ee. 3. AKMSTNONG, Trustee, d10-eod&ds 12 East Fuyotte st., Baltimore, Ma. ABOVE SALE 1s POSTPONED TO MON- EMBEK THIKTIETH, 18: lace, C. M. ARMSTRONG, mi, th fees, 46 ‘Trustee. ter THE tised “sale “having failed to comply with | th ferme oF auld sale the | Vroperty. Wall be resol at his risk and cost on FRIDAY THE THIKLX- FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, 1890, at same hour M. ARMSTRONG, ‘Trustee. POSTPONED TO LETH, 180, same hou= M. AKMSLLONG, ‘Trustee, PURCHASER AT ABOVE ADVER- & HE ABOVE SALE SDAY, FEBRUARY SALI VALUALLS UNIMPROVED ERTY AT THE COKNER OF THIRTY- HOAND V SURELYS NORTHWESL, IN )YLEITH, ADDILIUN TO WEST WASHING- Under ‘and by virtue of a deed of trust dated Dece: ber 8, 188s, duly recorded iu liber 1493, at folio Gf the land records of the wistrict ef Columbia, the request of the holder of the notes secured th: Iwill sell at public auction, in front of the p: on WEDS Yothe 1WELETH DAY KRUALY, 189, at FIVE O'CLOCK P.M. dewcribel! real estate,situate its tueDistrigtof Colunvia, to wit: Lot numbered six (6) in block one hund: nd forty-one (141) of tan tract of laud. cailed urleith,” formerly called wame recorded Iu buuk “C folio 73, of the records ut the office of the District of Coluutis, ‘Ferms of sale; One-third cash, balance in one end two years, for which the notes of the purchaser must be given, with interest payable seud-annually, at the Tate of six per cent per aunua unl secured on the property sold. or al Aeposit ut $90 wal All conveyancing and recording at purchaser's. co: ‘The ‘Trustee reserves the rigut to resell at cost aud risk of defaulting purchaser if the ters of sale are not complied with in ten dass from day of sale, after ten days" previous advertisement of such re Evening Star.” SAM Truster, $u30-d&ds 462 Louisiana avenue, rpuiomas DOWLING, Auctioneer, 5 ANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTY ON F STREET BE’ YN THIRD ND FOUR “HALF St SOUTH- g ION, BEING No. 3319, ree of the Supreme Court of the tet ot Columbia, passed in’ uty catise No, tet al, Vs. Snow et al. e reuned, will sell Hype ao STH, 1800, tollowins described tate, situate in said Dist If Of Lot No. 4, in square No. o38, (routing = feet on north side of F street between sid and dig stivets southwest by a depth of 172 feet aud 2 iuiches town alley 30 Tet wile, with the Auprovements, cobsistiux of a Two-story Brick Dwelimg, No. 319 F streot southwest, ‘Terius: One-third cash, balance in six and twelve mi with interest aud secured by a decd of trust property. A deposit ui $100 will be required tine of sale, If terns ure not complied with a1 ten lays from day of sale the ‘Lrutees reserve the right to resell the property at the risk und cost of the de:sat- ing purcliaser or purchavers, alter flye days" notice of such re 0 Hyening mar newspaper, AVORY G. KIMBA: TS4F Fst. now. CAMPBELL G BEML YM. ts ‘Trustees. 1HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer, TRUSTEES! SALE OF HOUSE AND LOT KNOWN AS No. 727 TENTH STMEET SOUTHEAST. Under wid" by virtue of @ dectee of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding “t Oa Court for said District, in acanse whereiu John Mitchell et ai, were com) lninants and Thoinas L Dan Jr et al, were dosendants, we will sell, on MONDA FEBRUARY THIND, AD. 18.0, 2 FOU O'CLOCK TM. at pntlic suction, the premises, all that’ certain Jot and parcel situate in the eity of Washington, District of bia, to wit: Part of lot 7.1m square 900, bemg the portherutiost 27 feet and Ginches frout by a aepth of feet and 9 ikches, more particularly desc suid Uproceedituzs, Nayuther With the improvements HOURS, in equal a two-story frame rd of trast upon notes of tue deed sold, or all cash at the optionof the at one and two years 400 the — awer, A deposit pO Uf sales Term of salo.to bo 10 days from the day of sale or th? the eee ore a the cyst and risk — BEST £. LIGHTON, Trustes E $e24-deds Te See ORE ES By virtue of s decree District of Col i Herturth et sive. Burshard fe eet coe tae rear of “Te at theex- venue, | the two following days, | ‘NT EN tintic | QF NINETEENTH AND Cou | 250 deposit | t purchaser's cost. | the rixht to resell at the AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DAYS. Ww VEEKS & CO. Auctionce: G87 Louisiana ave. opposite City Post Oca CROCKERY AND GLASSWARF SALE. TMPOXTANT SALE 10 THE THADE Is OPEY aor s ya CRIGAL ey AGES WITHIN Rs, ie UN DAY MULKNING, F RUARY THIRD, AT : STOCK OF A DEALER QUIT TN PART GLAss WARE uF TION, LAMPS, LIN WARE. BU HOLDERS, pitcHe ED AND ¢ PRUIT: SEL : JARS, IN CUPS A ASHE BOWLS A EE . SIRABLE ASSOKTMEN 1 OF LOTS TO SUIT DEALERS. FPHOMAS DOWLING, Auctioncer. TRUSTEES SALE OF TWO SIX-ROOM BRICK NOWN AS Nos 60S AND O10 SOUTHEAST, “ALSO ONE. SIX KOOM WINDOW PWELLIN KNOWN AS No. 421 SECC weeT NORTH: AS SIX FID LOTS ON TREET BE £3 NOR MEAS: DW ki NOKTHWE duly recorded in Liber we Land FS ef sea rict of Columbia, of the note secured thereby. wi front of the prot DAY of FESR PERE! ALr PAST TH YCLOCK P.M, sub lots Liban 14 in sg, SSO als kuown as Nos. GOB and G10 Kai Be, a8 above described. 155, alKO ko’ by a Two-ste HW modern 110) VE O'CLOCK BOM and 4%, both in «Nod ‘And oj ~ EIGHTH DAY of FEBR' AR, A.D. 1800, at FOUK O'CLOCK PLM, <ub lot B in sq. 121, aleo known as No. 1908 G st. nw. im ry and Back-busitime all modern AY. Lot Elegant Three- proved at FIVE UCL 1.940, also known want bew Bay ws , coutainine 10 mod. imps. Als to alley. also side Aud at QU, DAN. origiual | TEX TO SIX O'CLOCK P.M, SAM ), is above 610 Ks tescribed, ae. wil D subject to § balance cash. "A deposit Of property will be te Of sale are not comp! sale the proper: defaulting pure ing at purchase of $100 on aived of the purchaser. ed With iu teu days from day of be res Tisk and cost of the All conveyancing and record- Ja28-dkds Gr. TRUSTEF'S SALE OF STICKNEY, Real Estate Auchoneer, 856 F st, bow, VALUABLE, IMPi REAL ESTATE, KNOWN NUMBER! G4 AND Gor Li NORTHEAS:, 3 BER Gi4 bse SOUTHEA: ND NUM. BERS 530 AND 532 SIXTH STREET SOUTH- East, tile of adecree of the Supreme Court of the of Columbia passed on t clay af | party, A.D. 18: 80, between F aE. bvaus etal, Twill sell at public aucti ALU DAY THE” EIGHTH DAY OF Fe buUAR\. A.D, T HALE-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM, in | iswo, | prenuses, the following parcels of land. all Washington in hundered aud #ixty-se euch of said ing improved by a two-story brich dwelling ty the saiue being known as Nos. 60”, GU4 and GUG A sirect hort SECOND, On the SAME DAY, at QUARTER PAST "LOCK, iu front Of the preiises, part of orucinal jot FIVE OC ori me seven (> numbered — eisi described us fo 4 point on Sout: twonty ix fe PM nunibered hundred, wD squal with sa. terly GO tect hes to The plac t halt of said « bexumuiay jotmumbered cor ied amon. the Columbia in Libe: iinproved by a Tw 514 E sireet HIRD, On. t THERLAPIER bered seventy uel Maddox, feet of orsania Lundred and seventy being iinproved by ® ‘Two: same being known as Nos. southeast, ‘Verse of sale as prescribed by the decree: One-third of the purchase money in cash d the balance m one and two yeu: we otes of the purchaser must be given, with mite vl s-anpually at Tate of six per centum per annum until peid, and wed on the yy Sold, or all cash, re not complied 1€, the Trustee reserves risk aiid cost of defau in ten days foom day of aver atter tive day SAM| RALE OF LARGE BRICK STAP BETWEEN O AND) P STREE Ti AND SEVENTEENTH DAY OF FEPRUARY, we will sell, im front the premises, the Large Bric table on the rear of | 99, sauare 181, having a frontage of 20 tect by adepth of 45 feet, Terms of sale: One-third cash; balance in one and two Years with interest at 6 Percent per aumutt pay able semi-sunually, and secured by a decd of trust oa ty solu, or all casi jon of purchases ot $100 required at time of sale, ey haser's cont. Terms to be cola days. otherwise right reserved to resell the property at 11-K and cost of desaultiug pur- chaser after tive days’ public notice of such resale in bewspaper published in Washington, Dic Hdkds DUNCANSUN BuOs., Aucts. ME DAY, sub jot | sold subject | h =| JOS. F. BATCHELDER,) i «to South | ors andl extendas back wits that width ‘said lot on sai South Carol! nveyed by oue | | Walter Evan AUCTION SALES. : FUTURE DAYS. Mo8TAG8 save YALUABL IN HYATTSVILLE, F or REAL ESTATE MINCE GHOLGE’S COUNTY. Ry virtue of the power contained ina ricrtemce the | nadersicned will weil, at pobite auction, om Une pret: MUNDAY, FEBRUARY CHILD. !850, a8 LOCK PML sll that Lot of Ground in fee Woo op Halston avenue, 1 ile, and ruse beck at right augles 140 feet to tuot alley. The imp roveanents consist 6 Twomaton and Atue ? rame Dwi CHL Mebwen with ar laid tn coMoret supplied wit pou the premise & house. The property the station. Terms of sale: One-thinl cash, one-thirt gne-third in twelve months, of all cash Option. A deposit of #100 wit of male, fis B22 $2743 F 3 FP 8084S DOWLING, Auconcer. T S SALE OF TWO VALUABLE THRER. ND BACK BULUDING BAY-WIND: 20M BACK LLLING WN AS NOS. 302 > S08 NORTHEAST. an Attorney By vi 1 im | Lib and 451 et seq. tthe land Re tof Coluinibiay atid at the teq west Of the holder of the Motes mecurrd therely, we wed soll marae an ERED AY, PBEUARKY, AD. Tse, the fol: at pubic auction. in trout of the THE SEVENIM’ DAY AT QUARTER PAST POUR O'CLOCK PM jowine described real estate, aituste an the f Columbia, to wit: Sub lots 8 and me pnrve described, aus. Soild wubject toa deed of trast April 5, 1882 6 per cent, x h. A deposit of S100 ob tach pir rty will be regitited of the purchase” at the If terms of sale are bot wiih tn pe lay ot ade the" 1 be resold at tie | nek and cost of the | acing and recording si Siow | sazsaa EO. ¥. WORTHING Go. ©. StICKNEY, a Th F UNIMPROVED | N PROSPECT STREL Ad conwey> By vir Tate ree folto 183 at meq, we | front ot Fenises DA\ of PEDRUARY, Ds PM, the ‘s NL i HALE-PAST POUR described real estate, <bitaion, D.C, to wit nuiaiered man tatate Georee W appears in the records uf {he surveyor ot ead District sa Levy Court, Si Terms of sale: One-third cash, Payments ut thre: cent iterest payable bait yew Geod of trust on. the rty wold n of purchaser, ait ot B10) All conveyancing. &c.. be complied with in 10 day® from. sale oF will be resold gt risk and cost of defaalung — WIS F. STUTZ LOVIS PF. STUTZ, } Ja28-eond: ALPEED A. SMITH. { Traetecs. | RATCHEFE, DARK & C0, Auction, 920 Pa ave, mw, TRUSTEES: SALE OF VALUABLE UNIMPROVED PLOPERTY AT LANDED By virtue of . AD. TR88, and recorded t r of the jand reeu the rat ot t we will well et pub on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY HALE-PAST POCK O'CLOCK P.M. t : in the county AU that «c known any nd AM. Me sks Hewita” ‘Terns: One. one aud two Sean | secured by deed of trusteon the property sold, or a ash, at the purchaser's option, Noes given for A payments to bear interest at 6 per yayab y. Taxes will t mt per ab- yard to terms are Will be res Conveyan | Mt purchaser's cost, ‘Trostees, 2b-vokde BKOW AU GE, DARK & CF FINANCIAL, - OF PARTIES DESIRING & invited to the superior advan. {ages of Duluth aud the Head of the Great Lakes, Money can be } n First Mortraces at from S to LWW percent. Louses will pay rentals of 12 to 14 per cent net, while lots, blocks sd acres double in stow | years. For full part: alare address LIAMSUN & Moc } Heal Fetate aud F rat Mi kooms CK, we Lot atk uid ‘eat Duluth, AL Washington Refercnc SEK & ©0., CORSON & MACAKTNEY, DAVIS & U0. DEF BLY Daluth Keterencos MYERS & WHEL MANU? CTURERS' BANK, BANK OF WEST DULUTH. Javon tm va B BAT & co, BANKELS AND BROKERS, 1411 F Street, Washington, D.C, GREEN & BATEMAN, New York, BALDWIN & FARNUM, Chicago, ja20-2m JNO. W. MACARTNEY, Member 3. ¥. stock Ex, CORSON & MACARTNEY, GLOVER BUILDING, 1419 ¥ Si. Now, Raphers and Dealers in Government Konda, Deposits. Exchuige, Lear Railroad Stocks and Mouds, an A specialty made of 5 went securities, Dixtrict Bonds aud all Loca) Railroad, Gas, Iusurance and Tel- eyboue Stock dealt m, American Beli Telephone Stock bought and sol DENTISTRY. KH. C. JAMES, ORAL SURGEON AND DENTIST, Grea ie. 330-1m a ” Between 6th and 7th ote, STARK PARSONS, Di NT . oH ook, —Piret-class Fillings iuserted. Aching teeth ‘heation to cums prevents pain iu extract Gos and ether given. ours, ¥ to 5. REE DENIAL INFIRMAKY—TEEIH FILLED and artificial teeth inserted witbuut charge, eaceps | Dost of material, at 1325 H st. n.w., the Dental Depart- ment of Columbian University, from 1 too pw. . Infirmary from DPUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers sahivgton. for the quienes jo. dies | abst ane elie at ti ok CHANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED AND UNIMPROVED BEAL ¥. ‘BEING HOUSES #06 AND 1908 NEW HME 19055} -T Sit BA DC WO SQUARES SOULM OF LIN- KK. AND UNIMPRUVED LOTS IN Ty virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding a special term as an ou the Yd day of December, A.D. o Equity, in which Alexander or and others are com inants and Nathan W. Fitzwersid and others are ndauts, the under- trustees, by said decree appointed, will seil at public auction in frout of the respective prouises the following described real estate, situate in the city of Washington, in the Distnet of Columbia, on the days rear TU TH, 1890, at FOUL O'C AL, lute 56 and Sy im" Nathan W, Fitegeralu’s subdivision of square. 170, each lot iuiproved by a U-room “-story and basement. brick being Nys. 1900 and 1908 New Hampshire \ LUESDAY FEDRUARY VENTH, VE O'CLOCK P.M, lots 21, 2 wa, 25 4 2, | Kerala's subdivision of lots in Vetween La : NT THURSDAY, FEBRUARY ‘1800, at ae a oe a2 itaweredt's subdivision of lots in square | peawen by on 8 tory brick dwelling, No. AME DAY A'T FIVEO'CLOCK P.M, & trame building thereon, om ton circle near the intersec- ON FRIDA ELEN H, 1890, at FOUKU'CLOOK FM, lot 49 im Nathan W. Fitzger- | ald’s subdivision of lots iu square 176, improved uy a b- am * basement brick dwelling on 17th nid W streets horth west, ME VAY AT FIVE O'CLOCK P.M., Lot ). ou the weat side of 12th strect ac, be- Wo squares sonth ot Lincoln UDA, PEBKUARY FLFSEENT! SCLOUK P.M, Lots 122 and 12d square 2:34, coch owed vy 4 Z-story brick dwel.ug, Nos. 2209) 11 14) treet nw. each containing 8 rooma. | lok 2 im square 3 the hort sc tion of Pe ‘Terms of sale e-third of the purchase money in ‘casi and ths ce In two equal ihstalinente in one and two yenrs, with U per ceut interest jrom day of sale, for Which notes of purchaser or purchasers must be diven, secured by deea or deeds of trust on the property wr cil cash, at the option of the pur- Ghaber or purchs-crs. A deponit of $200 will be re- quired of the purchuser at the time of sale of each Piece of property, except lots in square 748, on which 8 deposit ui $56 cach will be required. All convey- ancing and recording at the cost.1 the purchaser, the terms of sale are not complied with within ten Gays nfver sale the trustees reserve the right to resell = a ne apd = Lor docewonrg wg purchaser, arter fen a ic advertivement some Lewspaper Dubiisiiea fa Wi . jashington, D.C. HENKY WisE GARNETT, ; 416 Sth st. nw. RUSTEES’ SALE OF VALUABLE 1! "Trooteery: BeiNG No. 315 ON “THe EEN AND-A-HALF STREET > ORTHW, q Virtue of a decree of T2017, ta winch Gecty hw James A. Hawkius auction, in the Vi 180, AT em ‘the following described text in Serene cop ae > sn eamare 45) inches AILORING, FALL AND WINTER, "89-00. Our own Importations now received, and you are invited to ivspect at the well-kuown house = HD. BARR, IMPORTING TAILOR wll 1111 Penne ave, LOQUSEFURNISHINGS. | S*PPOVAL LIQUID GLUE” MENDS EVERY- Rie: SREP ontte, Gin Furniture, Wood, ‘Metals, Toys, Shoes, Pipes, Jewelry. Everlasting Der bacity! Drugs and Grocers. 10c.aud 260. mbld-coly Cooma Br Gan A full line of GAS COOKING STOVES On band and for sale WASHINGTON GASLIGHT COMPANY BICYCLES. IC¥CLES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS — “Guzelle” is the only anfety Bicycle yet ullered for Sle at tie manifactory, 1116 E st. nw. di9-3m SuITH'S COMBINATION rv EX; | YEARLY SALE EXCEEDS 30,000,000 POUNDS,