Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1890, Page 13

— THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, BABEL’S GREAT TOWER A Reproduction of It for the Expo- BABYLON’S MYSTIC WONDER. — Prot, Haupt ef Johus Hopkins Has Drawn the Plans and the Smithsonian ‘With suppty a Medel—Seme Facts About Ancient Babylon. ————— REPRODUCTION of the famous Tower of Babel as it stood in the great city of Babylon 3,000 years ago is likely to be » feature of the world’s fair in Chicago. A representative of Tax Strap was informed that the Smithsonian Institu- tion here is to supply the model, which will be constructed under the supervision of Dr. Haupt, the distinguished ori- ental scholar, and upon his plans, Erected on precisely the scale of the celebrated original it will ascend in seven diminishing stories, im- pressive from without, while its interior will be # museum erhibiting life and affairs aa they were in the mighty empire of ancient Assyria, with the most Temarkable assemblage ever got together of art works, books and all sorts of other curiosi- ties dug out of the vast motnds which now are all that remain of Babylon and Nineveh. Already a Washington architect has completed the plan and elevation of the model, ten feet in height, which can soon be in readiness for shipping to the exposition, where it has but to be copied by eniargement. Final action on this matter has not Po been taken by the management of the fair, but there is under- stood te be little donbt that the scheme ss above outlined will be carried out, ‘The intention is to construct the building not of bricks, like the original tower, inasmach ‘a8 that would be costly, but of iron and accord- ing to the best methods of modern engineer- ing. One disadvantage of ancient Babylonian architecture was that it was particularly un- stable. The houses, palaces and temples. ho w- er magnificent and expensively built, being made of sun-dried brick, with burned bricks only for facing, always tambled down within st most s century. Such was the fate ef the Tower of Babel itself, though it was rebuilt at least once by Nebuchadnezzar. The city of Babylon. which had 2,000,000 in- habitants and covered about twice the area of London, stood upon an immense plain of clay very suitable for bricks, and there was no sto: ofany sortto be had. Myriads of slaves, toil- ing under merciless drivers, built the astonish- ing public works executed by the kings of Baby- Jonia, just as was the case with the Pyramids of pt THE GREAT TOWER OF BABEI. Of all these works the most celebrated was the chief among the many superb temples of Babylon, the rums of which have been desig- nated by modern archwologists as those of the Tower of Babel Although not more than 140 feet high, it seemed to be the dwellers of the fFect Assyrian plain, where there were no fty objects for comparison, to nearly touch the heavens, snd it was said the tongues of men were confused in attempting to describe its woudera, Ite actual height was considerably added to in effect by the fact that it was built, like all other impor- tant Babylonian edifices, upon a high artificial terrace. Still further was it uplifted by a sec- ond platform of earth 600 feet square. From this upper platform the tower rose, its first story, 272 feet square and 26 feet high, faced s glazed brick painted black in honor Saturn, To Jupiter the sec- ond story was dedicated, and the color belonging to that god being orange, it was of that unt—220 feet on a side and 26 feet high. ‘The color of the third story was red, in com- — to Mars; each of its four sides was 134 feet and ite height 26. The fourth story was 148 feet square and covered with thick plates of gold, being dedicated to the sun. White was the hue of the fifth story, out of respect for Venus, and it was 112 feet square. The sixth story was biue, Mercury’ color, aad each of its sides measured 70 feet A cube of 15 feet formed the seventh story, covered with plates of -silver, in honor of the moon. These dimensions and colors are given all wrong, according to Prof. Haupt. in are- cently published Babylonian novel called the “Master of the Magicians.” He thiuks that there was on topof the seventh story some sort of cupola or observatory for astronomical work, but this is notcertain. The tower at the fair will have to have windows of the ordi- Bary sort, though one thing which Assyriolo- gists of today have not been able to ascer- jain st all is how the buildings of Babylon were lighted. Such, atall events,was the Tower of Babel, considered the greatest architectural marvel of its age, stored inside with golden statues and other treasures of in- estimable value. From this type of structure the Egyptian pyramid was originally developed by simply filling in the slant between the Stories, so as make each side a smooth descent instead of a series of steps. THE CITY OF BABYLON. Babylon ought to be an interesting town, even to people of the nineteenth century, if only because it was the most dissipated and immoral metropolis that ever existed in the world, The immorality of those ancient Chal- deans was largely of a religious nature, inssmuch = as many of their sacred Fites were of the most abominable de- scription. Such # vast amount of writing did they leave bebind them, im burned clay, that is perfectly readable at this day, that more is sctually known about Assyria now than is known concerning any European country only 1,000 years back. From Herodotus, however, who visited Babylon himseif while it was im its ory, is derived the historical account of the extraordinary method of marriage in use among the Babylonians, METHOD OF MARRIAGE. According to the statements of the “father of history” it appears that in this wonderful Asiatic metropolis all the young women, with- eut exception, upon arriving at marriageable age, were soid at auction to the highest bidders = bor po Was no reserve in this rie lo father had any right to dispose of daughter's hand; she must be ded under the hammer. With the rich men of Babylon 18 was « point of vanity to buy the most beauti- mathematics come ori from their study of the subject Clay tablets bad been found inscribed by them with prob- Jems In square and cube root, figured out, In astronom: were proficient, though they utilized for astrological purposes chiefly. To them is credited the invention of the telescope, Each day the astrevomer royal made a report to the of his observations of the preceding twenty-1 hours the movements of the planets. Many of these reports, written on clay, have been discovered. One feature of his report was the amount of rainfall, and thus becomes known to moderns the existence of the earliest weather bureau. The priests were the astronomers of Babylon, and they drew signs and portents from the skies for the benefit of the people. Babylon had a great university, schools and libraries. All the books in the libraries w stored away in because they were printed on , butinscribed with a stylus Upon moist po tablets, which were subse- quently baked bard. The stylus used for writ- ing had its sharp end three-cornered, so as to give the best point, while ite other end was blunt and flat, to serve as an eraser, With this instrument, also, all documents, of whatsoever kind, were written, and business agreements of all sorte ecuted in Babylon 5,000 years ago are extant now—including bille of sale, marriage contracts, receipts for payment, and so forth. Itis not known that the Baby- lonians used any money save gold and miver weighed out BABYLONIAN FASHIONS, The men of Babylon all carried walking sticks, and it was the law that each one of these canes should have a head with a special device belonging to its owner. Sometimes these devices were used for seals, but ordinarily the seals which every gentleman carried were worn around the neck or on the finger, attached to the wrist or fastened to the garments. Origi- nally these seals were simply carried about as amulets, with the notion that they kept sway dis@ses and evil its, but subsequently it became the fashion to use them somewhat as seals are used at this day, and itis from this source that we get our notion of the seal at the beginni: Usually the Babylonian seal wasin the shape of e little NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S HAY EATING ACT, cylinder of agate or some other semi-precious stone. After a citizen had signed a document, for instance, he would roll his se: across the soft clay at the bottom of the tablet and so make the document er literate and impoverished persons would press their thumb nails upon the margin of the clay, just as the uneducated make their marks nowadays, instead of writing their signatures, The ear- tiest form of the modern printing fess is found in the cylinder seal of Babylon. ntlemen of Babylon were accustomed by the way of cos- tume to wear a long muslin shirt, with a woolen tunic outside of it for outdoor. The garment worn by the ladies was of the simplest. nature and exposed one of the breasts. THE CITY AND ITS WALLA. The city of Babylon was built in the form of a square;it was surrounded bya wall 55 miles long and this wall was throughout its entire ex- tent 350 feet in height, or two-thirds as high as the Washington mor.ument, and 87 feet thick. It was constructed of burnt bricks and half a dozen four-horse chariots could be driven abreast along its top the entire circuit of the city. Outside of this mighty wall was an encircling ditch of corresponding width and depth, the olay dug from which was used to build the wall, Also there was an inner wall, not so thick as the outer one, though in itself an impassable barrier against any foe, Through the midst of the town the river Euphrates flowed, its banks on either side strengthened against floods or the invasion of hostile troops by similar gigantic walls of brick. On the west bank of the stream was the palace of the king. the terrace on which it stood measuring eight miles in circumference. The palace of the oid kings of Babylon was on the opposite side of the river, its own ter- race only four miles round about, and the two were connected by a superb ornamental bridge. REMARKABLE FEATS OF ENGINEERING. When the great brick quays guarding the Euphrates were constructed—themselves repre- senting one of the most astounding enginecr- ing feats known to history—the Euphrates was naturaily drained off for the time being intoan artificial reservoir, 160 miles in circumference, outside of the city, and the bed of the stream was paved with bricks. Then the river was turned back into its course, the reservoir being thereafter maintained for purposesofirrization. The Streets running parallel across the city opened upon the E@phrates on each side by twenty-five gates of brass, which were let fall at night like so many portcullises, no one being let through them af- ter sunset save by the order of the governor or the king. In the daytime ferry boats plied across between the gates at each end of the intersecting TESTING RAINFALL, streets, Canals flowed through Babylon in every direction as they do in Venice. Though containing 2,000,000 inhabitante, Babylon was not closely built up like London or Paris, but the houses of the city were much seattered and partsof the town had a semi- suburban aspect. Great areas of pasture land also were included within the walls, so that the city cogid well-nigh support its inhabitants by the produce of its own rich acres, When Cy- rus, King ofPersia, laid siege to the city,in the xth century before Christ, Babylon was pro- visioned for twenty years, and could undoubt- ediy have held out for an indefinite period had it not been for the carelessness or treach- ery that gave the foe an entrance. THE FAMOUS HANGING GARDENS, ‘The most extraordinary architectural work of Babylon before its fall was the “Hanging Gardens,” which King Nebuchadnezzar erected for his wife Amytis. Southern Syria isa re gion of most infernal heat in summer, inasmuch asitisa level plain and the climate semi- tropical. And thus it was that Nebuchadnezzar undertook the task of building for his roval bride sort of terraced garden far above the level of the earth. It was an artificial mountain 400 feet in height and reared with terraces resting upon columns, the whole bound together by a wall 22 feet thick. @n the uppermost terrace were reservoirs for irrigation, supplied with river water by an en- gine worked py slaves. The terraces, thus raised upon columns, were overlaid with earth | to @ depth sufficient to support the largest | trees, aud artificial streams with fish in them flowed along the terraces, descending from one to another in miniature cataracts, HOW BABYLON WAS CAPTURED. When Cyrus sat down before the city to besiege it the Babylonians laughed athim. They had provisions enough to last them twenty years,and they knew that all the strength of the Persian army could never get through their impreg- nable walls, Unhappily the Babylonians had a Weakness for going on 3 sarge sprees. On the | Bight of the capture King Belshazzar was per- sonaily conducting a most gigantic jamboree, in which the whole metropolis was joining with entbusiasm. The guards were careless and | Cyrus took the opportunity to drain off the Euphrates into the distant artificial lake. Then he marched his soldiers into the city along the bed of the stream, and, finding the river gates Open, proceeded to the very door of the pal- ful girls offered at the Periodical sales and to present to their friends any such lovely ehattels as they did not need for themselves. The cus tom was to first offer for market the most beautiful maidens, and after they were disposed the plain virgins ot were fetched OFTeRED WITH A BONUS. Would buy them. here came in what one must recognize = = sueney pod by the ich see fee the wees rich men the Seales Chey sitetedl woah Or make See ne a which were duly paid in t to poor men, thos made happy with Icon veductive brides,” ARTISTIO AND SCIENTIFIC. ‘The Babylonians of 3,000 years ago had al- ready attained a high degree of civilization end had developed the arts and sciences to a surprising extent They were astronomers of no mean order, and mnch of our ace, where an orgy was progressii Belshaz- zar came forward, sword in hand, and was CURIOUS Facts, By way of parenthesis a few little facts about Babylon are worth mentioning. There was one large tribe among the people which gave to its women authority, the men looking to them for control as wives ordinarily look to their hus- bands. The rate of interest charged for money, asshown by tablets dug upjwas 3,4 and 6 F cent, ‘quent memoranda have been dis- peer in clay as to full is and cut no phi broug! their fellow citizens were tured the city. Cc. of dom of its inhabitants mach of 1 inelosed | shape of ehormous mounds, which arch®olo- wnt the petal. map — + century e ing 0 Present cen scholars were accustomed to say that all the | remains of Babylon snd Nineveh could be in- closed in = case ee aeons Today every great museum in the world has numer- ous relics from the empire om the. En- |phrates. The British Museum alone pos ;Sesses sculptures from ancient Babylonia which, if pS tom in « line, would stretch for miles, Interest in Chaldean antiquities hav- ing once taken hold has produced very re- ; markable and most valuable results. Our Na- | tional Museum has itseif an excellent assem- | blage of curiosities from this source, ce dealin THE WORM IN 1HE NUT. Why It is That So Many of This Fall’s Chestnuts Have Inhabitants. OW DOES the worm get into the chestnut?” Entomologist Howard of the Department of Agriculture was asked the question yester- day by « Sram reporter, and he replied: ‘It is put into the chestnut by a kind of a long-snouted beetle, This insect has a pro- Doscis of most extraordinary Proportions, as much as twice the length of its body. In the ‘business it conducts such an exceptional nose is absolutely necessary, inasmuch as when the female desires to lay her eggs she crawls over the chestnut burr as it hangs on the tree not yet ripe and seeks the little opening at the top, through which she inserts her snout. The snout thus introduced is projected down through the thick prickly husk to the chestnut inside. It may be that the beetle thrusts her proboscis actually through the shell of the nuts themselves, but my impression is that she sim- ply lays her eggs and pushes them with her snout in among the nuts, jeaving them there to be hatcbed, after which the little worms bore their way in search of feodinto the kernels through holes so small as to be imperceptible. Atallevents they quickly closed up with the growth of the nuts, “You never find worms in chestnuts you ob- tain by smashing the green burrs open. It is only the nuts that are found upon the ground loose or taken from ripened burrs that have fallen which appear to contain these unpleas- ant intruders. Presumably, the reason for this ig that the worm, imperceptibly small in the freshly developed nut, begins to feed and to grow very rapidly as soon as the fruit has be- come ripe. At ali events, you never find a worm ina chestnut that has a hole in it, but only the destroyed meat that it has eaten and discarded. When the creature has finished de- vouring the kernel it bores its way out through the shell and leaves the hole behind it, ‘By the time the worm has consumed its chestnut and crawled out to look upon the world the weather has begun to be pretty cold, and it seeks shelter by burrowing into the ground, where it lies in a torpid condition for many months. Eventually from the earth it emerges, though not in the shape of a worm, but as @ beetle with a long snout. When autumn comes, it waits upon the chestnut tree or in its neighborhood, if it is a female, and chooses the proper time for shoving its eggs into the burrs when they are ripening. ‘These worms are the new crop, ready to begin anew their destroying work, and so the thing goes on from year to year. In some seasons the beetles are comparatively searce, and chest- nut worms proportiouately. Shippers of chest- nuts avoid sending their product for long dis- tances, so far as is possible, because the con- tents of the barrels become ‘heated’, as they call it, and the worms are rapidly developed, so that consignment may reach the market altogether unfit for use. The best way to prepare chestnuts for ship- ment is to immerse them in boiling water for about ten minutes as soun as gathered. Wormy nuts will float on the surface and may be re- moved. All eggs will be destroyed and the condition of the meat of the nut will be so changed that it will not become filinty by fur- ther curing for winter use. At the same time it will bein no wise a boiled chestnut, The nuts may be dried in the sun or in dry houses after being placed in sacks in such quantities as to admit of their being spread to the thickness of about two inches, the sack being frequently turned aud shaken. Dried by this method they remain quite tender and retain for a long time tueir delicious fresh- ness and flavor. “The worm I have spoken of is not the only one that attacks the chestnut. There isa species of moth that lays its eggs npon the nuts as they lie upon the ground, aud the little caterpillars hatched from the eggs attack the fruit. The chestnut worm also devours the hickory nut, the chinquapin and the acorn.” i Lending a Hand. From Life. ———-- see Only to See His Folks. From the Atlanta Constitnti.n. A curious case was brought to the attention of the penitentiary authorities yesterday. Anegro named Gus Hall escaped from the convict camp in Montgomery county last Fri- day. His sentence was fifteen years, dated from April, 1889. His escape was discovered almost immediately after he leftthe camp, and every effort was used to catch him without success, T ‘ule in such cases is that if the escaped is not captured within twenty-four or thirty-six hours his arrest after that time is the merest accident in the world. Everything that could be done to find the negro was done in this instance, but so completely without suc- cess that hope of ever caching him was given up and the bunt was altogether abandoned. Monday the are walked into camp, dusty snd travel worn. The act was entirely volun- tary, He returned all slone, Of course, he was secured at once, which he seemed 0 ex- ct. mr jes got homesick,” was his explanation, “and 1 wanted to see the folks,” “We had g: you up for lost,” said one of the ene “Yes,” be rejoined coolly, “I s'pose you had. “Did you remember that you still had nearly fourteen years to serve?” he was asked. =~ “Ob, yes; but I didn’t mean to leave for I wanted was to see the folks once more,” The negro lived in Washington county. He bad ‘walked nearly the entire aimee. Giles and back, He is working and —————+e-_____ The Colorado Coal Center. Trinidad, Col, is looming up as one of the future great coal centors in’ the United States, and there are well informed coal who pre- reached Beiggs—“I wish I t rid of that a could con- founded cas of mine. Tre tried every way, AUCTION SALES. E-STORY BRICK D’ No. 1531 TERRE RRS REE Sb aS “ALs0 ING LOTS ON SUMNER Cthgita SIXT! TEXTE! = a. SATURDAY. NOON, s rr EIGHTH: AT QUARTER FAST SOUR SGtoom we ‘will sell in front Bis te SEZ well-built gun’srony Back : LT HOOMS, water, i is situated neat Theda This and suitable for a Gusinees ‘taan oF clack wo ‘Cn SAME AFTERNOON AT IVE O*CLOCK will sel!in front of aig LOTS A, B,C, D, E, ¥ AND. Howard Uni baivisi ipl 136 ‘are im) Srenue feet on SUMN. extended, and ‘Terms: One-third cash, balance in one and two years ate inte ‘snd to Fed by deed of trust a ou property, or al ra’ cost. ‘Terms ta be ‘ a] ry ive day of such resale in some newspaper published in Wash- DUNCANSON BROS, Auctioneers. THIS EVENING. aT. CLAIR FECHNER, AUCTIONE! 1 Pi Ravcsutes erica roca ata tree: =— Guns, Cutlery, Musical Instruments, FUTURE DAYs. ‘M. LOWENTHAL, Auctioneer. SALE OF DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, FANCY AND Dies Goope DOMESTION areTGe ee NISHING GOODS, M.N'S AND BOYS: CLOTH. ING, AT $17 SEVENTH STREET NORTHWEST. Continued SATURDAY and MONDAY, same hour. sold in quantities to suit dealers’ and private buyers and without Limit, n7-2t WM. LOWENTHAL, Auctioneer, 1 Venera BROS, Auctioneera, ALUABLE DWELLING ON SOUTHEAST CORNER OF RHODE ISLAND AVLN ND SEV) TEENTH STREET NOKTHWEST AT AUCTION, On THURADAY, NOVEMBER THIN TH, at HALF-PasT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M., sale, in front of the prom: Fronting 27.88 feet ou ishode Isiand avente, ‘erms known at time of sale. A det wale are je right cost of advertisement shed in Wash ington, D.C, All conveyancing, &€., at the costof the Mm tle perfect. DERCANSON BROS. Auctioneers REMPTOR\ SALE OF VALUABLE LOT NEAR hE ee! AVENUE AND OREGON On TU ESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF NO- VEMBER, A.D. 1890, at HAL a, { FOUR O'CLOCK P.M., we will seil, in front of the premises, T 103, SQUARE 152, Containing 3,260 square feet of oe dvear the corner ~ ° mw advertiveinent of such sume newspaper published iu Washington, D. " DUNCANDON BROS, n7-dads Auctionéers, NOVEMBE Pa R 8, 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES. AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DaYs. s[tomas DOWLING, Avcticncer. SPECIAL SALE OF THE FINE CARRIAGE HORSES, VICTORIA AND 8IX-PASSENGER CARRIAGE AND DOUBLE SET OF HARNESS BELONGING TO MES. JUSTICE MILLER, IN FRONT OF MY AUCTION ROOMS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER TENTH, 1800, aT ELEVEN O'CLOCK. geod onder. One Fine Buy Horse between six and seven years, per fectly sound, kind and gentle and Set of Single ALso Pair Black Horses. Bandeome Carriage made by Joyoa, * Double Set Harness, nearly new. For a Foreign Genuine, Browser Landa, in order, Cost 800. > kaway, per em tn Fine Coupe Rockaway, nearly new. A splendid car Nice w of New York, used only » Tow thes and Zant pet fk Lends cetlcdee eee MFO! TAPES TWo-s’ AND BASEMENT Beck DWELLING NOMTR WEST. CORNER OF EIGHTH AND H STREETS NONTHEAS?, AND STREETS Exe. ey ON F AND SECOND On MONDAY &. NOON, NOVEMBER TENTH, at FIVE U'CLOC! will sell, in frout of the prem- LOT 1 SQUARE 8! fronting 24 feet Lined on strcetaud a depth of 80 ft, on Sih street. This jot is improved by one of the best built 2-1 ment brick dweilings in that section; it contains ten rooms, water, 8, xc. ; and suitable for Dus.ness or dweliing; one of the finest situate proper: ties int un TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER ELEV- ENTH, at QUARTER TO FIVE O'CLOCK, we will sell, in frout of the premises, LOTS 78, 79, 80, 81, 82 AND 85, SQ. 721. These lots eech front 18 feet on F street vorth anda depth of 70 feet to au alley, except lot 85, which fronts 1734 feet on 2d street east by depth of GB tect to alley. ‘These are the ony vacant .ots having trontaxe on F street in that square and the size should attract the at- tention of builiers and othera, One-third cash, balance in one and two notes to bear 6 Pa ; ises sold, or all cash, at the option of purchaser. A deporit of $200 required on house corner of 8th and H SiS. .e. anu $100 on each of ihe vacent lots in square .. Terms to be complied with in 10 days, otherwise Tigbt reserved to resell at risk and cost of Gefaulting purchaser after 5 ie adverts: ment of such resaie in lished in Washington, D.C. Con- ‘kc, at parchsees's cost. DUNCANSON BROS, Auctioneers, ‘HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer, IMPORTANT SALE OF VALUABLE BUSINESS PROPERTY. On TUESDAY. NOVEMBER ELEVENTH, 1890, at HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. seleat public auction, in front of Tremises, 3 3D square 406, situate 50 feet from corner of E aud 9th streets northwest, snd fronting 50 feet on north of & strert with . depth of 100 feet. ‘Terms: One-third cash, balance in one and twoyears, interest, and secured by deed of trust on the , orallcash. Ail conveyancing and recordin, chaser’s cost. A deposit of $00 will be requi at time of sale, and the trustees reserve the rixht to reseil tl propery at the risk and cost of defaulting nee the terms be not complied with in ten from day ofa. ‘A. GORDON, _B8-dads__ CALDERON CANLISLE, } Trusteos, K, ort WALTEE B WILLIAMS & 00,, Auctioncers, 1001 Dst, opp. Pa ave, 1 BEG MOST RESPECTFULLY To INFORM MY PATRONS AND FRIENDS THAT THE GREAT AND EXTRAORDINARY AUCTION SALE OF JAPANE*E ART STILL CONTINUES DAILY AT My AUCTION ROOMS, 1001 D STREET AT THE HOURS OF RLEVEN AM. AND TWOP.M. The stock of Poreelaina, Bronzes, Screens and Em- broideries is of such magnitude and the time being Limited to dispose of this most magnificent collection ‘that the prices obtained is not 50 cents on the dollar. Over 700 lots yet remain to be sold, consisting of Bat- suma, Tyson, Makadizer, Imary, Kaga and Sagic Ware, Gold and Silk Embroidered Screens, Bronzes, Plates, Cups and Saucers, Tete-a-Tete Sets, Rose Jars, Cracker Jars and exquisite Center Pieces, in the shape of ‘*Artistic Decorated Satsuma Coros,”* This is the greatest slaughter sale of Japances Objects of Art that ever took place inthis city. Now is the golden opportunity to select your Christmas Present for little or nothing as regards the real value of the article you purchase, Positively no reserve Every lotoffered sold to the highest bidder. Time of sale, rain or shine ELEVEN AML AND TWO PM WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., n5-4t Auctioneers, rpsomas Dewrixe, ‘Auctiones “MPORTANT SALE BY CATALOGUE OF BIGH-OLASS OIL PAINTINGS, THE PROPERTY OF ‘MR. J. H. LEWIS OF NEW YORE. ‘The entire collection to be sold at public suction on WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, NOVEYBEE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH. SALE AT ELEVEN A.M. AND AT THREE P.M., EACH DAY, At MY ABT GALLERIES, 1100 AND 1102 PENNA. AVE. Among tne collection will be found fine examples by the following a: tists: P, J, Clays, Jas. Hart, Win. Hart, J. G. Brown, Morston, Ream, Lambinet, Charles Jacque, M. Rouzee, Felix Ziew, Dupre, H. P. Smith, F. K. M. Kehy, J. ©, Thom, Colvin, Wurtz, Lauzin and many others of equal merit, ON EXHIBITION MONDAY AND TUESDAY, . NOVEMBER 10 AND 11. THOMAS DOWLING. Auctioneer. _ Catalogues mailed on application. n7-5t \G, Auctioneer, LIGHT HANDSOME BUILDING LOTS IN UNI- VERSITY PARK AT AUCTION. On MONDAY, NOVEMBER S!'VENTEENTH, at FOUR O'CLOCK, on the premises, I shall nell lots 2. 3, 5. 6, 7,10 and 2, in block 44, in University Park froniing on Well-ne ‘aud Euciid Lots Gand 7 are corner lots, 7Ux143; the otters are 50x14: 1 his Property js considered the wost valuable tn thut section und should command the attention of invest- 7%. ors. ‘Terms: One-third cash; balance one, two snd three years, with notes bearing guterest ahd secured by a jeed Of trust on the property wuld. All goaveyancing and record.n< at purchaser's cost. $300 depont w: be required on each lot at the time of sale. If the terms of sale are not couplied with in ten, days from the day aud cos of sae the property will be resoldat the risk t of the di je defaulting purchaser, THOMAS DOWLING, Auetioneer, 1) BUSTEES 5, F VALUABLE i. EAL Dre kr dita ye Ss Aetion Paint GEONGE'A COUNTY, MALYLAND, KNOWN THE HIGHLAND OOMPANY'S PROPERTY, By virtue of » deed of trust dated on the 2th day of May, aud recorded in liber J.W.B, No. 9, 640; Ke, one of the land records for Pri county, Maryland, aud at the request in writ holder of portion of th ‘us de in THUD sy, OCLC "s of the NOVEM. SK P.M, on the premit scribed real estate, situate, Tying’ aud being in district, in Prince George's county, in the larylend, and being known aud desiguated ven (11) aud twel' 2), ip a certain subdi- visi 2 pa a tract (or! kuown as “Yarrow,” aud more recently known tl according to the piat of said capac ae gh “ from Wiili Lis wile 5 Ste Highisnd Come gee cousty.” dated 28, 1888, ATCLIFFE, DAKE & CO., Auctionecra, TKUSTEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE BUILDING LOTS ON THIRD STREEL’ BETWEEN K AND 1 STREETS NURTHEAST. ALSO” FOURTEEN ALLEY LOTS IN BEAR OP THE \BOV] 4HURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER THIRTEENTH, at HALE-PASt FOUR O'CLOCK, I in front of the prem! LOTS 33, 34 AND 35 ting 19 feet 8.56 uches on'3d street and runs ni 56 inches. 0 Fs that wide 90 feet to an alley, < ALBO Bud lots 46 to 59, inclusive, in square 749, fronting on alley 16 teat 3355 inches and 161 inches, aud Tunning back 64 fect 5 inches to au all ‘This ssie presents an excellent opportunity to secure: valual yer sites in this growing sectiun. ‘Terms: One-third cash; net in one and two years at 6 per cent, securea by deed of trust. prop- erty sold, or ai) cash, at the option of the purchaser. A defosit of 8100 on the iid street lots and $50 apiece ou the y,lots will be required at time of sale. if ‘the ter = re not compiied with in fifteen days o je the trustee reserves the mght to reseil the property at the risk img purchaser after five days cost of the deiault- wertisement of such Be ein some bewspaper published in Washington, D.C. All conveyancing and recording at_the cost of the purchaser. CHAKLES A. FL: oT, 344 D st. nw., Trustee and Attorney for Patrick O'Dounoghiue et al nd-d&ds RATCLIFFE, DAK & CO., Aucts, Bi MEtUE OF A DECREE OF THE CIRCUIT Court of Alexandria county, Virginia, rendered ou the 28th day of Uctober, 1890, in the chancery suit therein depend wich, Rosine, Mackey ft etal. are compisinasts, and Kichard B Lioyd et al are def.ndants, the undersizped couumissicners on SATUsDAY, the FIF VAY UF NOViMBER, 1590, at TWELVE O'CL-Ch M.. in front of Clatk's Club House at Rosslyn, Virvinia, offer for sale at pub.ic auction the following property, to wit: alit jot of ground known as lot No. 10, or the eQuarry Lot,” in a certain plat und survey’ of the es- tate of the late K. B. Lioyd, recorded im the c erk’s of- fice of the county court of said county in Liber FE, No. he p> 4 et sequitur,and bounded and deser: aa follows: Begiuuing at A, two lar«e stoves on the beach of the Potomac river, corner wo lot_N. 85.5 east 5.02 chains to B: 7 sing, containing two acres of land This Property is situated u short distance above the Aque- duct biidwe, op o ite West Washington, or George. town, and has upon its valuabl. stone quarr; Phe unce have received a bid ot 8: be started with the bid of 200. Teru:s of sale: « ne-thir of the purchase money to be paid in cash on the day of and at the sale, and the due in two equal anuuai installments at one and two years from the day of sale, the deferred installments to bear imterest at 6 per cent ter annum, the title to the proprty to be retained unl the purchase inoney aud interest is f ly paid. and the deferred installuscuts to be evidenced the bonds th bh pers aliwents at any time before 1s- e sae With interest to date of pay- meme qiguveyaucing at the cost of the purchaser, ‘Dated Alexandria, Va. -. November 3.1806, GORGE SHBACH, JAMES R. CATON, Special Commissioners of Sale, 1, HB. B. Young, Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Alexandrix, Va. do certify that the Conumis S.ouers above used have execute! bonds with ap- proved security pursuant to the decree in the above mentioned cause. H.H. YOUNG, Clerk, —n4-dts \HOMAS DOWLING, A SALE OF VALUABLE OF 1HE 1 joneer, PROVED AD PROPERTY NORTH SIDE 0! TKELT BE- TWEEN CONGKESS AND HIGH SIKEET: GEORGETOWN, AND BEING PANT OF WifA Is KNOWS AS ‘THK LIN1HICUM ESIATE. By virtue of the powers vested in us uuder a certain deed recorded in Liber 1516, tolio 403, of the ld All well wt pub- records for the District of Coluu.bia, lic auction on W; 3) i, 4 ELFTH DAY OF NOVEMBLi, 1890, O'CL-CK P.M. on the protuises, lots numbered three (3), four (4), five (S), six (6), seven (7) aud ixht (8) in E. L. Dent's sub- division of partof the Linthicum estate, as recorded in purveyor's book County do. }. bach of suid lots ha: tegen i of ity (50) feet ou the orth side ‘of Koad street aud runs back an averave depth of three huudred (300) feet to Linthicum place. snbject to the following S ‘The said lots wil: be soid conditions: ‘1 bat uo building shail Le erected on sai Jand withiu SU eet of the building lave ou Koad street and uo part of said land or vulldings to be erected thercou shall be used for business of ‘matiufucturing purposes, and no buldins to Ue erected thereon shal cost less than five thousand (85,000) dullars, noue of said conditions to be waived or brokeu except by the consent of the owners or a majority of part west on Koad street of said subdivision. ‘Jerms of sale: One-third cash, balance in one snd two years, meni Purchaser to give notes for deferred pay- able semi- on the property Adeposit or di it retu: are} wil berequired to make full settlemente within twenty aa; ts will be forfeited and the property reauid at detauiting yurehaser'e cost and risk. Got veyaneing at purchaser ea DOK, 330 436 st. nw, JAMES B. TAYLOK, Assignecs, n4dts 613 15th st.n. EORGE STICKNEY, Auctioneer. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VERY VALUABLE PROP- ER’ IN SIXTEENTH STREET BETWEEN K BND 'L NOM HWEST. deed of trust to bearing date April taht van duty cocorded ta Tiber se 1074, folio 23; et aca. 0 District ante WEEEQEAP® OX} aro CHOPIN 207.0 WPS ARETE ON THE POTOMAC RIVEK—THE OTTERBAL ESTATE. ester te ed, at TWELVE O'CLOCK ‘suction, | AUCTION SALES. bat 3 = i ry ne Book “Record Dustrict No 1, 1803. folio 58° This 25 feet, and rune beck with folio 24. TI t street and ‘with an inoreasing width to the rear the width is 98.37 feet, . Paap ah et a etee: fronting on Famagut street, bys depth of 150 feet uf ot 8 in Dok Th of said Todd and wn's subdivision of part of Mt Pleasant and Pleasant Plains. 6. following deser:bed part of and Cox's subdivision of Mt." Pleasant Plains, as said sutxiivini se of bexits ot lettered. “B® of Brown's subdivision of Jota 64, 65, 66 and 6710 Wright and Cox's subdivision of | Pleasant Plains, as ssid was subdivision is duly { recorded in hi of Carberry's Pista, Levy Court. 1868," folio 70, in said surveyor's office. Baid | Jot “B" fronts 10 feet on Grant avenue and runs back ‘with that width 90 feet. Terms of sale. as Pezaceioes bo are as follows: One-third of the purchase money in cash ahd ee thereof im two equal installments at re- spectively one and two years trom of sale, or all cash, at the option of the purchaser. case any coon chaser shali eivct uot to the whole 0: the pure! money in cash the deferred payments shail atip- terest from the day of sae at per cent p-rannum, payable semi-annually and secured by the promissory Botes — purchaser and a deed of trust on the prop- to erty, A deposit of 8100 oM each of proj will be requiredat the tunest wale Ail codveranclor and Fecordiug at the purchaser's cost. If the terms of sale are not complied with within twent; aye ater sale the property will be resold et the risk and cost cr She deteuiting purch WALTER B WILLIAMS £00, n4-d Auctioneers, = nian — TTS. E. WAGGAMAN, Real Katate aucuoncer. TRUSTEES SALE OF LOT IN LE DROIT PARK; IMPROVED BY TWO-STOLY FRAME DWELL- ING, No. 517 SPRUCE STREET, By virtue of » deed of trust recorded in Liber No. 1353, folio 23, of the Land Kecords of the District of Columbia, and st the request of the thereby se- cured. we will sell at public auction, in front Promises, on 2 ULSDAY, NOVEsBrR ELEVENTH, 890, at's QUARTER Pasi FOU: Jot 30, in R.E. Sorr.s’ subdivision of part 2 Droit Park, as per plat in Book County, No. 6, ‘70, of the Kecords of the 8: eyor's olfce Slehimproved ae yore staat? or © oes of purchaser, bearing interest from day of sale and se- cured by deod of trust on property sold, will be taken, or ailcash, at option of purchaser. If terius are not complied with ‘n 15 days from se the pro; wil be resold at risk and cost of defaulting purcheser. “All couveyanciug apd recording will be ‘at purchaser's THOMAS F. WAGGAMAN, JOHN W, PILLING, } Trustees, THOS. £ WAGGAMAN, Auct. nl-dads CUANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE ON LSTRELT NORTH BETWEEN 1WELFIH AND THIRTEEN H STREETS WEST. By virtue of a decree of the §: in Equity Cawpe Na. 12004, wherein And others are complainants and Edward T. Others are defendants, the undersixned, as trustees, ili sell at vubiic suction, in front of the premises, on Vv TEENTH DAY of NUVEMBEK. ‘AST FOUR U'CLOCK F.M., ali cel of ground situate in Washington city, District of Co.umbia, Known as part of lot ve (), in Davidsou's subdivision, in square two hundred and ewuty-three =. for the same on the Borth line of north L street st the southwest coruer of said lot, runninx thence east ow the line of L strect twenty-six feet and four mches; thence uerth 90 feet; thence west twenty-three feet \wo inches to a pont thre: feet east trom the west line of sa.d lot: thence Rorth twelve feet aud three inches; thence nortuwest- wardly three feet to the westerly line of said lot at ® point distant seventy-nine feet three inches from line of Massachusetts avenue, and thence southwest- erly on said west line three feet, aud thence south at right angles to L strect one hundred feet to the begin- ning, with the improvements thereon. Terms of sale; Une-third purchase money cash ang the balauce thereof in six, twelve apd echtern months, for wuieh the purchaser will give ing interest from day of property until — until pure! money and interest be paid ‘axes and assessiuents paid to day of sale. A deposit of $100 required when properiy is sold. Convey- ancing at purchaser's cost. If terms of sale be bot complied with in fi trustees reserve THOS, BE. WAGGAMAN, ” ATCLIFFE, DARR & CO., Auctioneers, TKUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE, BEING IMPKOVED BY THREE FKAME MQUSES NOS, 42, 431 AND 433 NEW YORK AVENUE NOuTHWESi, IN, D.C. 1426, District of Commmbia and at th scoured thereby, we will frout of the preiiises, on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2WELFTH, 1890, at HALF-PAST FOUL O'CLOCK P.M, the following described real estate to wit: Part of oriwival lot four (4). in fourteen G14), being lot Which Les west of s line drawn parallel to the east ne of guid lot from a poiut sixteen ieet (16) distant soutbwestward.y from the southeast corner being the most westwardly filty tect ten inches (: tronting on New York avenue by the 1ull depth thereof of said lot Paid lot bas a frontage of fifty Jeet ten i.eues on New . ork avenue by the depth of aboutone hundred and thirty-nine feet f (139.4) to @ alley. jour ine] ‘thirty foot (3 be ue-third cash, the residue in two equal in- stallinents in one and two years at 6 per cent imterest, payable semi-annually, secured by adeed of trust oD {he property sold, or all cash at the option sf the pur- el Bl-d&ds of the Ie Tequest of the parties sell at public auction, in or purchasers A deposit of $100 on each house at time of asle. If the terms ef sale are uot complied with in fifteen days from day of sale the the proyerty at the at cost of yurchaser. a Ae AiO ath at 2. EB HAY ~ nl-dkds 1425 New York ave, \HANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE UNIMPROVED EAL & NOWS As LOT 14 IN 1) O STKEE ST. By virtue of « deciee passed in the Supreme Court of the District of Coltubia in equity cause ‘No, 127Us, Docket No. i, the tndewixued trcatee will public wution in frout of the premises, SVU ECEVENTH DAY OF SUVEMDERe LiVENTH 215 O'CLOCK P. M., the following de ed real estate, lying and being in the city of Wasb- ington, in the District of Columbis, to wit: All of lot umbered fourteen (14) in the subdivision of (Wollard ab. Grech's) the lots iu square numbered ninety-seven 7). Lerms of sale: One belt cf the purchase money. cash and be bulsnce in one sud two years trom the day of fale, the deteried payments to be deed of g HANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE UNIMPROVED REAL ESTATE SITUATE ON QSTREET NEAR FHIRIY-SLCOND” STREET, “GEUKGETOWN, c uance of decree of the Suy thoatnet of Cclmaaban pesnoret in Court of juity Cause Na, 12600, wherein Ida J. Fenton and are com- AUCTION SALES, FUTURE DAYS. (jeouss DOWLING, Auctioneer. CONTINUATION OF THE CATALOGUE SALE OF ANTIQUE AND MODERN EASTERN INTERIOR DECORATIONS, GATHERED FROM THE Two RECENT EXHIBITIONS IN INDIA AND TUR- KEY, CONSISTING OF ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR, DRAPERIES, BRASS, BRONZE, COPPER AND OTHER ORNAMENTS, RLEGANT ORIENTAL KUGS AND CARPETS FOR THE PARLOR, DINING ROOM AND LIBRARY, PORTIERES, &o THE ENTIRE COLLECTION 10 BE SOLD aT PUBLIC aUcTION NDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1890, COMMENCING AT 11 AM, At my sales rooms, Southwest corner Penusylvania ave. and 11th saw THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer, n6-dte Foe ¥ get Doub: ext bidder at United sts R HORSES, ONE ty Siuwle Harness to high- te Stabic on WED- NEBDAX, NOVEMBER TNELP IM 18th at 2 oehoem to M. VALENTINE, sergeant-at-Arms U. aa YHANCERY SALF OF EVILDING LOTS PRON ING ON THE CAPL(OL GROUNDS. y virtue x District of Col ., 10977. we re: HGh TEE x i HALF-PAST FOUK O'CLOcK PM. 10 front of the premises, lots numbered 2. aud 23, in egoare 63, im the city of W Said sots front each ab, feet ou B si and have enc ‘Terms: Une-thit. an dollars on each parcel aa sale, balance in equal jp) me and two years, respectively deferred payus w the property mo: chonet.” All conveyan erscost, We are aa bi to the court any private otters f abit ACUENEY, 38 Touisinua avenue, FRANKLIN H. Mack ‘Trustees, Dl-eoStadcds 07 stree CBBACERE SALE OF VALUABLE IMP KFAL ESTATE ON SOLTH B STREEFT BI Ps HAND SEVENIM STAEETS SOUTH By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Conrt of the District of Co Ma, Passed on the Ist day of October, BVO, an equit; a are defendants, 1 w tion in front of the premises Wastin of lot thirty 's subdivision of square f two (467), as per plat recorded and 163, in the surveyor's offic trict of Columbia. “Said lot is improved by # com- fortable trame dwelling, eS Must be paid at the ms 10 days thereafter six equal installn and three im Wo sears alter date with interest at 6 per cent per an- Bum, ve sent van day ferred wo be repreneuted urchaser’s no! secured by deed of t oberty sold, or all the purchase money od in cash. All couveyau coat, If terms ot sale are not cc 10 days from day of sale the property will be resold af urcheser"s risk and cust after 5 days’ notice in the weulug Star. JOBN KIDOU sae DUNCANSON BROS,, Auctioneers. RRATHMPFE, DARK & ¢ D, Auctioneers, beunsylvania ave nw. VERY VALUABLE BUSINESS PROPERTY ON D STREET BETWEEN. SIATH AND SEVENTH. NOKTHWEST. (IMPROVED BY & THKEE-STOKY BRICK” STOKE. No. 619 D STREET NORTHWEST, NOW UNDER RENTAL OF $105 PEK MO. iH on 2 ENTH. at HaLF-rAst offer for sale, in fr: THE & ect to & deed of trust for $11,000,which Years to run at 6 per cent, the balauce oF all cash, at the option of the purchaser, Of #500 will be required at time of sale of sale ar not complied with iu fifteen days from the day of sale right reserved to resell the property at 1k andcost of the deiauiling purchaser after days! adVertinement of such reaale 1 some new published iu Waslington, D.C, AU conveyancing Tecording at the cost of the purchaser, Ashiord’s abstract shown at sbie RATCLIFFE, DARR & CO, n6-d&ds Auctioneera, NHOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. TRUSTER'S SALE OF VALUABLE. UNIMPROVED REAL ESiATE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THIATY-SEC ND STREET (HIGH) IN G@KORGR- TOWN, DC. ABOVE QSTKLET. By virtue of adedof trust duly recorded tm Liber 2050, on pages 252. &c., of the nnd records of the Ds. trict of Columbia, and’at the written request of the party, srcured. tereby, the under walk 4UURSDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF NOVE! BER, 4D. 1800, AZ HALE-PAST FOUR O" ¥.M., sell at public auction i tain real estate in ti Columbia part of lot thirty-one (31) im Beatty and Hawkins’ addition to said town and descrited as fol- lows: Begiunius for the same at the southwest cormer of said lot and running ¢ With the eat line of 32d Shug, S190) feet to, the tear line of ad lok taanog southerly and paralie: with wai ¢ wreet twenty-seven and six-twelfths «27 6- tet Ste south line of lot 31, and thence i to the Devinning. with the Luprovementa, nights and appar tepauces to the sme beiung: ‘Terms of guile, to be cou.plied with in ten (20) dare after sa.c, shall be our-third cash, of which *) aaa be paid at the time of the sa.e, i © Tesawe Une three (S)promissery notes Of the purchaser in equal im ‘Steliments be lake, ssid notes Dearie iuterest, at 6 per coutucs per annum from and. being dated om the da) of sale, and payable one (1), two (2) and taree (3) years after date, and to be duly secured ou the y Sbou.d ceiault be . ede in com| le at the risk aud cost. be had after hve Gus purchaser bebe resale in the Lveuing Star ne All convey aucing, acknowledgments and rec the pi 8 cont. CH. ‘SM. MATTHEWS, Trustee, _nl-aeds 1208 Bist st nw, 714 1Sthet rpuomas £. Waccaman, iteal Estate Auctioneer. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF LoT IMPROVED BY TWO. STOKY AND MANSAKD-ROOF BRICK DWELL- ING, WITH BRICK BACK BULLDING, No, 936 Es/REES SOLTHWES1. - By virtue of « deed of trust, recorded in Liber No. 1039, folio 165. of the land records of the District of Columbia, aud at the request of the party thereby ee cured, we will sell at public aucbon. in frout of the premises, on WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER TWELFTE, 1890, at HALF-PAST FOUR U'CLUCK PM, Lot S, with the improvements above stat Terms: Une-third cash, of which #00 must be posited at the time of sa.e, balance in three equal tu- Stallments in six, twelve aud eizbteen montis, for wick notes of putchaser, beu sale aud secured by deed be taken, and al at purct . It terms of sale are not compl with in fitteen days from sale the property will be te sold at the risk und cost of the defaulting purchaser, P advertisement in The Evening Star. —e THOSE WAGGAMANY Trosteag THOS, E. WAGGAMAN, Auctio nl-deds ISTEES'SALE OF UABLE BEAL ES- Tinie AND Pia Siists RAOWN as Ren aoe LOUISIANA AVENUE NOKIH WEST, WASHINGS 104, D.C. By virtue of the certain deed of recorded im liber 1588, at folio 47, ct seq., premises prem ety of Washington, Distnes of Columbia nated on the zreuud piat or plan thereof as thirty-one (31) feet ten (10) inches front on jaua avenue by the full depth of original kt num- bered echteen (15), in squere numbered four bt and ninety (490), more fully described as follows: inches, thence southeasterly at rught. ue one hundred and forty-five (146) fect seven inches to an alley, ence westerly On said alley to the Eanared and forty (140) foct eight 16) inches ‘a (10) fect ‘eight (8) tucbes Y the privileges and to suid ave- ous be the Place of berinning, with all n 3 £ H 5 &) : : sali ae E i 3 ach resale in ah Grd in the city of Wanhingron, D. < oe HENRY © Davi De ow, INO. £. COX, 1419 Fat, am, DUNCANSON BROS, Auctioncem. 050-00 MEDICAL, &. recular permismon to, the monty ait ladies of Washinurtou.‘B7-1ms* NAL MASSAGE CAN BE OBT: & a