Evening Star Newspaper, August 14, 1897, Page 22

22 THE EVENING STAR. SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1897-24 PAGES. GLAVE FOUND GOLD The Wonders of the Klondike Told by Him. HIS PATRONS DID NOT BELIEVE HIM: Financiers Discuss the Effect of the Find. GOOD TIMES COMING _—— YORK HAS the Klondike gold fever. Every one is talking of Alaska and its mines, and there will be a big emi- gration from there to the gold fields in the spring. ‘The ex- tent of the craze is almost inconceivable. ‘The people are ready to believe anything, and to invest in any- thing whtch bears the title of Alaskan gold. This is the case with some apparently cool-headed business men. Already a number of one-dollar-a- share companies with a face stock value of millions of dollars have been formed in New York, and the indications are that there will be similar enterprises started in the other cities of the United States before mpring. I had a chat the other day with ir. W. J. Arkell, giving some of his ex- = ces, which illustrate the craze for gold. Mr. Arkell has laid claim, you know, by right of to a large part of the ¢ gold fields for the estate of F. J. Glave and others. Mr. Glave headed the expedition which Mr. Arkell sent to Alaska years ago for Frank Lesli Weekly. ng this time he made the first report, a as to the existence of these won- . and filed a map with the State De- ington. This w 3 intended to go back to Alaska and engage in mining, but in the ntime, failing to raise the money, he took an exploring expedition to cross Africa. and died in the attempt. Now that scoveries are known to have been of the capitalists who refused to ve hiza are ready to kick themselves for rejecting the fortune he offered them. Arkell’s Expedition to Alaska. I called at the Ju building, on the ccrner of Sth avenue and 16th street, and had a chat with Mr. Arkell about his Alaskan expedition. Said Mr. Ar- kell: “The expedition was planned by B. J. Glave, the African explorer. Glave had been in Africa as one of Stanley Heutenants, and having gone through the unknown hot regions of the globe he was then anxious to explore some of the unknown colder lands. He made me believe that I could get a large amount of reprtation and circulation and news for Frank Leslie's by sending an expedition of ten men to explore the unknown regions of A There were from 3,000 to 4,000 miles of the interior of Alaska which had rever been touched by the foot of a white and it was his idea to go over the ains and push his way north to the sea. isked Glave what the trip -" Mr. Arkell continued, ould not need more than $5,000.” “LE will get ten white men to go We will have a number of scien- and writers. When a we will hire ten Indians er of dogs, and there is no abt that we can make it for that sum.’ | right.” said I, ‘provided the cost is not over $060 “But did you get out for that?” I asked as the editor stopped for a moment and a cloud came over his usually placid brow. ‘0, indeed. I did not,” he said. “It cost me over three times $5,000. In the first place, we advertised for men to go with Mr. Glave on the expedition. The result ‘0 applicants. From these We selected A. B. Schantz and E. H. Well: and these two with Glave became the lea ers of the party, and signed the contract with me to do the work for $5,000. Well. i. They traveled altogether They sent a lot of pic- of new rivers and moun- ciers and new lakes, one named after me. It is, I am . ten miles wide and forty miles long, and during most of the year it contains 400 square miles of ice, but the only good t out of it was publishing a picture ef it in the Weekly ‘These pictures kept coming in for about Seven months,” Mr. Arkell went on, “and then they stopped, and I did not hear of my expedition for over a year. had gotten ed in on the other side of the not very far from the gold They had to send back for other and new dogs and , and the that when they returned to y brought a bill with them laska Com x for had already paid the $5, 1 pay this additional, which made $item, and then I got another bill for or three Indians who died while carriers during the journey. A lollars seemed a good deal for a n, but I paid it. I 8 thor- susted with Alaska, however, and fer a long time I trembied every time I open anot letter, for fear it might contain ll for my Alaska expedition’s expenses. How Glave Discovered Gold. “But how about the gold fields, Mr. Arke “I am coming to that now,” was the re- ‘Glave and Wells and Schantz brought a lot of gold with them. They had several bags ef specimens and nuggets, hey reported that there were long the Yukon and its branches 1 richness. Glave said that he had nd one hundred and fifty miners wash- out gold in one camp, and that there was lots of it. Glave wanted me to back him up and organize an expedition to go to Alaska and mine this gold, and he never gave up the idea of returning to Alaska. He expected to go back there as soon as he 1 his African trip, but, you ki there. Why did you not go in and organize a company?” said I. “I had no replied “I was so disgusted at having that $16,000 that I did not be- ord of what they said. I thought were trying to bunco mc, and that y had done so. Their stories of new mountains and rivers, and especially those of the gold, I considered lies, and I sus- pected they had bought their gold nuggets in San Francisco and were palming them off pon me as Alaskan gold. It is now: evident that they told the truth, and that what I considered one of the chief follies y life might have been turned to my ntage had I used it in the right way. see, the Glave party went right through these Klondike gold regions, and Schaniz made a map of them, which was filed in the State Department. They sent to me weekly sketches and photographs of these fields, and so we have today the only true map and sketches which have been made there. We will, of course, republish them now. “Millions in It.” “How about your claims to the gold fields?” “I had no idea of making any claim until Mr. Schantz telegraphed me to look out for his interests, and that we ought to have a claim tn the fields by the right of discovery. Now, you know, and the public know, as well as I do, whether any such a claim would hold. I can only say that I have put the claim in the hands of the attor- teys, Brown & Wells of Wall street, and that they have written the governor of Alaska to look after our interests.” “Suppose you could establish such a claim,” said I, “what would it amount to?” “It would be worth several hundred mil- Uons of dollars. Its value would, in fact, be incalculable, for it covers the best of the Klondike territory.” “As for me, Mr. Arkell,” sald I, “I would Rot give you a penny for it!” “It is not for sale,” was the reply, “but I can tell you that there are thousands of men who would like to get in on it. Since the statement has been published that I have the claim I have received telegrams and letters from all parts of the United States, asking to be allowed to invest Money with me in it. Nearly every letter of the hundreds of this kind which I have received is accompanied by a money offer. The sums run from a few dollars to as high as $10,000, and up to date they aggregate about $250,000. 1, of course, do not want partners in this case, and I am answering all who send stamps for reply, that I can- not accept their offers.” I asked, “Are the letters from business men?” “Yes. many of them,” replied Mr. Ar- kell. “Some are from professional men. I got letters today from two dentists, who want to join the expedition, which we ex- pect to send in the spring, under the leader- ship of my brother, Mr. Bartlett Arkell. This expedition will be to get matter for Frank Leslie, as well as to work in the lds. “Among the applicants for in the expedition are over two hn- dred women, who wish to go to the Klon- dyke. I'am getting letters in my mail every day from women as to the matter. ‘rite from all parts of the country, st of them seem to be say that they think th az well as the woman who has been published as having a claim in the Klon- dike fields. They also say that their pres- e will have a good moral effect on the men. A Big Whisky Scheme. “The different sckemes proposed in these letters are curious,” Mr. Arkell went on. “Some of them show how great tho gold crave is which is sweeping over the coun- try, and how unscrupulously it will be teken advantage of by speculators. One big liquor dealer, for instance, came to me the cther day and proposed to send out with our expedition five thousand barrels of whisky, with which we were to establish fifty saloons all alcng the line over the route across the mountains from Juneau to the Klondike. He said that the whisky wouid cost only one dollar a gallon, and we could sell it for gve dollars a quart, and that the miners, as they returned from the gold fields, would trade nuggets and dust for drinks. He said they would get drunk, and in their cups would give away the se- crets of the best gold finds, so that the fifty saloons would be a great information bu- reau for our syndicate, by means of which we could monopolize the fields so discov- ered. The worst of it was,” continued Mr. Arkeli, “the man was thoroughly in earn- He could not see why I would not go with him, and went away, ielling me aa I was driving a fortune out of my door. “Another man,” Mr. Arkell went on, “‘of- fered me $160,000 cash for an interest in the Glave claim, intending to make it the ba- of a big capitalization and sell the stock. He would have advertised the pur- chase of the claim at this price, and have ed for s eribers. Of course, I could not accept any such proposition; but, had I done so, I have no doubt but that he would have had thousands of subscribers, and a half million or so within a short time. I tell you the people are crazy for anything that bears the name of Klondike goid.” dow about yourself, Mr. Arkell? Will you go to Alaska?” “No. The Bowery and 5th avenue are good enough for me. I am satisfied with New York. My brother, Bartlett Arkell, will go back with Mr. Ladue, the man who owns Dawson City, when he returns in February. There will be some others in the party.” Millions of Gold Coming. “Do you not think the stories of the amcunt of gold in the Klondike exagger- ated? ‘No, I do not. I am now prepared for anything, for I believe that Glave knew what he was talking of when he came back, and he was wild over the amount of gold there. I have just received a letter from the editor of one of the Seattle Papers, stating that he has received ad- vices that the next steamer from Alaska, which ts expected on August 22, will bring $17,000,000 worth of gold in her. If this should turn out to be true there will be such a gold craze here as has never been known anywhere in the world. The pres- ent excitement {s based on reports of an cutput of $3,000,000. What will it be if the figures for the year are $20,000,000 instead of $3,000,000? “Do you look for much suffering among the miners this winter?” “Judging from the experience of my party there will be thousands who will die of starvation and cold. In our party of ten Indians and ten white men, one white man and three Indians died, or four out of twenty. If the same proportion of the 50,- 000 die, there will be 10,000 white men buried under the Alaskan snows before spring. My men had plenty of money; they had the whole country to forage over, and no one to contend with them for supplies. ‘They were picked men, too, and had pienty of servants, dogs and provisions. The men who are going now are trusting largely to the resources of the country; the ships can- not carry enough goods for them, and al- ready a vast quantity of the provisions which should go there is stalled on the way. No, I look for a terrible tale of star- vation, riot and disease to come back with supplies of gold in the spring. about the business outlook, Mr. Arkell?” “It is improving. There is a decided change and times are everywhere getting better. We can see it in our business, and nearly every one is feeling it. A Talk With Henry Clews. I met Mr. Henry Clews, the veteran brok- er, on Wall street, and asked him what he thought of the Klondike gold fields and their effect upon the times. He replied: They will make times better. We will have a big lot of new gold from Alaska, and the output from the other regions of the world will steadily increase. More than one thousand millions of gold will be added to the gold supply of the world with- in the next four years. We will have two hundred and fifty miilicns of a product this year, and this we should have had without Alaska. Now Alaska promises to come in wita somewhere between ten and fifty millions a year, and there is no telling when the golden flood will stop. It has already practically driven the silver ques- tion out of the market, and it may bring the two metals to a parity.” it affecting the business of the coun- try. “I don’t know that the Klondike gold is making the prosperity which already seems to be upon us, but I do know that gcod times are coming. I see it; I feel it: I know it. Why, I have four thousand cor- respondents covering all parts of this coun- try 1 get hundreds of letters daily, and there 1s a hopeful cast in all of them. Many of my informants are farmers. The farmers are now making money. I got a letter today from a Kansas farmer, who told me he had now paid off all of his mort- gages and had $20,000 to invest. In his letter he said: ‘Iam now a capitalist and not a populist. My feelings are now altogether with the capitalists. 1 belleve that they have been abused and wronged for political purposes, and now that we have good times again J have left the popu- list camps forever, and I want to say that there are many others like me in Kansas." "This letter,” continued Mr Clews, ows you how the good times will affect public sentiment. As soon as men get Money in thelr pockets, as soon as wages rise, and tines become good, the populistic elements must die. They can: only grow fat on misery and want. Every man who can get out of debt or who has money to burn is a patriot, and it will always be so.” Big Crops Making Good Times. “But very few of the farmers are in that condition, Mr. Clews,” said I. “You are mistaken in that,” replied the Wall street broker. “Both Nebraska and Kansas are now paying off millions of dol- lars werth of their farm mortfages. It is estimated that Nebraska has lately re- duced such debts as much as $28,000,000. These two states were those in which the Populistic sentiment was most deeply seat- ed, and, as I have said, it cannot long sur- vive such corditions.”” “How is speculation In Wall street?” “It is, if anything, better now than for years. I have had more orders to buy within the past ten days than at any time “since 1892, I expect an increase right aleng from now on.” “Who are the great speculators of today, Mr. Clews; are they old men or young men?” I asked. “They are mostly young men,” was the reply. “It is the young men who do the business of Wall street. The old genera- tion that was here at the time of the war has almost entirely passed away. The young crowd out the old very soon, and they come on very fast.” FRANK G. CARPENTER. es It matters little what it is that you want srwhether a situation or a servant—a “want” ad. in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need. DEACON AND HIS WIFE They Play the Role of Horrible Ex- ample at a Picnic. FRIENDS THOUGHT It WAS SUNSTROKE Investigation, However, Develops a Clear Case of Inebriation. AN UNFORTUNATE MISTAKE eed So much has been said by evil-minded persons about the catastrophe which be- fell Deacon Drinkwater and his wife that the affair really needs some explanation, one way or the other, and it is dué the worthy deacon that it be made in The Star. He has been a life-long subscriber, and realizes that, while his name is not Drinkwater, when the story is printed the circumstances will be fully understood by those reading. The deacon and his wife are not only noted for their piety and charity, but for the interest which they have always mani- fested in all temperance work. That such a thing could have hap- pened, not only to him, but to his wife, which did occur seems almost incredible. One of the old lady members of the church stated that she would not have believed it if she had not seen it, and even then she had doubts. She said with tears in her eyes that she would rather have seen the minister himself in such a condition than the deacon, for it was known that the min- ister had been a rather wild chap in his boyhood days. Sometimes Excusable. “It's all right,” said the old lady, “or rather ‘tis excusable, sometimes, for a young man to sow his wild oats, and then settle down. It seems to be in the bones of some people and has to be worked out. But take an old man like Deacon Drink- water, who has never touched a drop of. liquor from his birth. When he gets start- ed once, in his old age, he becomes sot in his ways and there ain't no breaking him. My! My! My! To think that I should ever have seen the deacon under the influence of liquor.” It was a plain case of drunk, no doubt about that, and exhibited so openly that there were scores of people who witnessed it. It occurred in a public piace, at a Sun- day school picnic. At first the friends of the deacon really believed that it was sun- stroke, and refused to hear of anything a until they were convinced that the symptoms were not those of the sun, but of plain alcohol. Strange to say, the dea- con’s wife was afflicted about the same time with something which it was thought was a case of hysterics, brought on by wit- nessing the deacon’s condition. The sup- posed hysterics were shown to be not such at all, and it was evident that if the two had not been drinking from the same jug, they had at least drunk the same liquor out of the same glass. The Sunday school excursion down the river had been looked forward to for a long time by those intending to take part in it, and the deacon was one of the moving lights in the scheme. He had hinted mys- teriously that something was in store for the excursionists, but they had never dreamed he intended such a surprise. He said afterward that the surprise he meant was one including fireworks, but the less religious members of the congregation as- serted he must have meant red paint in- stead of pyrotechnics, for he had smeared it on thick on the occasion referred to. Early at the Wharf. The excursion took place one afternoon, it being the intention of the promoters to return late that night. The deacon witn his wife was on hand early at the wharf. He carried a basket on his arm and de- osited it carefully, after he had gone on ard, In a state room which had been re- served for himself and his wife. ‘This showed malice prepense, the irreverent said, and proved clearly that the deacon was contemplating a spree, but had not intend- ed to carry it as far as he did. Owing to his prominence in church circles, as well as in general affairs, the deacon had no trouble in getting a state room reserved, and explained that as he and his wife were not as young as they had been he wished some place to retire to when they should become weary. The explanation did not xo for a cent. It was noticed and talked of afterward by the excursionists that when he started the deacon was in a fairly good humor, but not noticeably jovial in the least. Those who took any account of him saw that he visited the stete rvom frequently on the way dawn, and after he came out each time he appeared in higher spirits than be- fore. The rest of it is told by one of the young men who went down, simply to be going somewhere, he not having expected to derive ary benefit from its being a Sun- day school picnic. His version was as fol- lows: Had the Symptoms, “When the deacon passed me once 1 noticed he had a breath on him like an old- time rounder. His eyes were bright and he looked like a two-year-old. He came up to me, shook my hand, id he had seen me befcre, but did not recognize me and would be glad to see me again. I won- dered if he had ever patronized the same saloons I did, and asked him when was the last time he was across the river. He patted me on the shoulder familiarly and ended with a hiccough, and an injunction not to ‘shay a word.’ Booze began to do its werk before we got ten miles down. “Being a sport myself I called the deacon to one side and told him that he ought to do his drinking more privately, not to give a gocd thing like that away. He waved his hand loftily and remarked that every- body knew him and he didn’t give a what was the matter. By this time some of the members of the congregation had tumbled to his racket and crowded about him. The deacon threw his arms around them and remarked that for good solid en- joyment there was nothing like a trip down the river, with lots of friends. He was even in favor of prolonging the trip and not touching. at the grounds at all. ‘two other deacons were expostulating with him, and he 1idn’t do a thing but push one ot them up against the side of the cabin and whirl his arms around like a windmill. His face was red and his white Panama hat was tilted over the edge of his eye with look of a Bowery tough. It seemed a pity to me that a jag like that should be wasted on a Sunday school picnic, and I tried to lead him to the state room, where his wife was sitting, I sup- posed, almost shocked to death at the idea of his condition. When I opened the door she raised up from the chair, and, laughing in a maudlin manner, almost fell over on me. ‘Good Lord,’ I thought to myself, ‘has she been getting that way, too?’ There was a large jar of some purplish-looking stuff on the table in the room, and two glasses beside it. I didn’t know what it was, but, from the smell, it must have been pretty good stuff and strong enough to knock out a Digger Indian at forty rodse Three Horses at Once. “I had a little business to attend to my- self, with a fellow on board, who had a bot- tle, and I kind of lost track of the deacon until after the boat had landed and the ex- cursionists had gone ashore. I happened to be up near the flying horses, when I saw a large crowd collected in the vicinity, some apparently amused and others evidently shocked, at something they were watching. I pushed my way throughsand what should I see but Deacon Drinkwater trying to ride three horses at once and almost falling off, his beard waving wildly while he brandish- ed his hat in his right hand and told the caroussel man to whoop her up lively. Say, I'm sorry I hadn’t known the deacon before. I never knew he had such sporting blood in hime He's a peach. One old lady was cry- ing, and the majority of them looked as if they were attending.a funeral, instead of taking part in something supposed to be of a pleasant character. Bottle and Contents, “To make ‘a long story short, the deacon, hardly able to stand, was coaxed from the flying horses and led by a roundabout way, to the boat, where he was deposited in-the state room and was soon sound asleep in a The gentlemen who led him on smelt and tasted of the contents of the large bottle on the table, or rather the berth. board little which remained {n it, for it had been nearly emptied. They s! their heads and went out like-mournet# from the house of the dead. The“evidenct, was all before them, but they coffid not uhderstand it. “Some time aftey the - sionists, cheerless “and on board, and thé} boat turn trip up the fiver at’ sooner than had heen in! con seemed to hav¢ absor! not only in the bottle, party. Mrs. Drinkwater ly to walk on rd hei sympathizing friends, but ded. The dea- all the spirits, it of the whole and the smile that overspread her face was hardly that of a persén who was sup- posed to be one of the hardest workers for temperance, not only in the District, but in the country. ‘ Several weeks ako theré was an adver- tisement in The Star for 4 boy, who was wanted in an uptown grocery store, and thereby hangs the tale. Although he did not intend it, this boy almost disrupted a cengregation and ruined the reputation of ene of its most prominent and oldest mem- bers. The grocery at which he was em- ployed made a specialty of fermented fruit juice of a mild sort, of which large sales were made. It was advertised to contain not a trace of alcohol, and does not. It comes to the grocery in casks of a certain size, and is sold in the quantity wanted by those calling for it. The grocery in question also makes a specialty of extra fine wines and liquors. By some mischance or carelessness, the cask containing the unfermented fruit juice and that holding some very choice, very strong, old port wine were put together in the cellar. The deacon and his wife were extremely fond of the fruit juice, and were accustomed to consume large quantities of it, thinking it was excellent for the stom- ach in the warm weather. He ordered a half gallon the morning of the excursion, and the grocer is willing to take a solemn oath on the following item: Horrible Discovery. On the morning of the Sunday school ex- cursion in which the deacon participated, an order was received at the store from him for a half gallon of the juice. It was brought by the deacon’s butler, and was given to be filled by a green boy, who had just started to work. The order was sup- posed to have been satisfactorily filled. The next day it was found that the cask containing the port wine, which had not been tapped before, was leaking badly from the bung hole, and when taxed about it, the boy confessed that he had gotten the supposed juice from it. The grocer was shocked, for he knew the wine must have gone to the deacon. He was more shocked when he heard of the deacon’s conduct, but easily understood the reason. While the man of pork and flour, butter and buckwheat regrets the circumstances terribly, he did all he could, and discharged the author of the mischief. He is willing to make all restitution possible by sub- mitting the facts, In defense of the deacon, before a committee appointed by the.con- gregation to investigate.He knows what an effect several drinks of such port wine as that in question would have on a per- son totally unaccustomed to the use of all alcoholic beverages, and he is certain that the committee will think as he does. This is the inner side of the story. —— SMALL COLLEGES, - Number of Williams. From the New York Tribune It is reported in “Tue North Adams Transcript,” which is presumably Well in- formed on the subject, that the authorities of Williams College interd to limit the size of future classes, desiring to restrict the number of students to about three hundred in all. This, of course, will not be accom- plished by the arbitrary rejection of appll- cants for admission. The design is to raise the standard and at the same time to diminish the amount of pecuniary assist- ance given to needy students, the expecta- tion being that for a time at least these two checks will operate to keep the attend- ance within the desire@ limit. Whether this arrangement’ be regarded as a new policy or as a new appiieation of an old policy, its results, will be watched with in- terest in educational circles, The plan {js not proposed as a means of relieving a harassing financial condition already exist- ing, but rather for the purpose of prevent- ing a larger demand, upon the resources of the institution than ‘it 18 prepared to sup- ply. The increase in attendance which the ccllege authorities regret and wish to stop has not been induced by a lowering of the standard, but it is believed to be due in part to the establishment of a scientific course and in part to the generosity of the college toward students applying for pe- cuniary aid. For admission to the scien- tific course a knowledge of Greek has not been and will not be required, but hereafter the requirements in French and German will be sufficiently severe, so it is believed, to offset that concession, entirely. There’ 1s, indeed, a possibility "that the scientific course will be dropped, but the other re- pouctive measures will certainly be tried rst. For many years Williams has been re- garded as the highest type of small college. It was finely said that Mark Hopkins and one student would constitute a university, 80 profound was the educational influence ef that eminent man upon every one sub- jected to it. The college has never eagerly sought students, being contented to attract the few to whom its character and environ- ment were peculiarly congenial. But yet urder that policy its natural growth has now exceeded, or threatens to exceed, the capacity of the college to care for its mem- bers in its own traditional way, and it therefore deliberately discourages a numer- ical development which would be embar- rassing at the least, and which might sub- vert the Williams ideal. To attempt to counteract the law of growth fs a risky un- dertaking for those who are not willing to degenerate, and it would be a total mistake to suppose that the men in control at Wil- liams mean to limit its true expansion. Quality is more admirable than size, and an educational institution which cannot hope- fully cultivate both is fortunate when it is gcverned by men who insist that the for- mer alone is indispensable. Whatever the immediate consequences of the step taken at Williams may be, it is likely to give the college a stilt higher re- pute for thoroughness of instruction and for exercising the mental and moral in- spiration of direct personal influence. Such a distinction as that would in turn consti- tute a powerful attraction, of which the natural effect would be an increased at- tendance; but we do not need to assume that such a result would be unwelcome af- ter the material conditicns to which the Rew expedients are adapted had passed away. The college has a noble record, and its future never appeared more secure. Limit on Students at Saving Horses From Heat. From the Chicago ‘Times-Ieruld. “Cases of heat prostration among horses would be few if drivers would only ob- serve one or two simple rules,” said a vet- erinary surgeon recently. “It is very easy to see when a horse is threatened with prostration. The animal begins to breathe in quick, short gasps, e' when standing still. Instead of perspirtng profusely, his skin becomes dry. ‘The best thing to do when these symptoms até observed is to get the horse intB’ @ cool ‘place and apply cold water.’ Turning the hose on the ani- mal in such a condition is;the best remedy I know of. Pour cold water over the horse’s body and do ndét hesitate about using enough. If ice is handy, rub some on the animal’s hedd. If the horse has had such a severe sfroke that he has fallen, put a blanket or some straw under his head and hold hig down. yntil he is strong enough to get up and jain on his feet. At frequent Caen erty @ that has fal- len on account of the t will make at- tempts to get up when he is too weak to stand. These attempts only weaken the animal the more. Keep ‘his head down on the ground and continue the applications of ice and water until the temperature is reduced. Frequently the temperature of a horse laboring under sunstroke will go up to 107 degrees. The chances are that even after a horse has been brought to his feet again it will be a ‘dummy.’ That is, he will not be as responsive and intelligent as before. A severe case of sunstroke seems to cause softening. of the brain. If you weuld not have the-value of your horse greatly impaired, watch for the earliest symptoms of prostration, Don’t let him go so far that he falls down. : “Some~ drivers take :the precaution of tying a sponge, a piece of cloth or even a hat between the ears of their horse. A of water in the wagon and occasionally moisten the animal's head. If such simple @re observed many horses. will @aved that are otherwise ea better plan is to carry ® sponge and a pail | A Kansas City Man Wears Furs in the Hottest Weather. From the Kansas City Star. While the sun was melting the asphalt Pavement on Kansas avenue and the ther- mometer registered 101 degrees in the shade on the west side of the street, a small man wearing a big chinchilla over- coat and the heaviest kind of winter gloves was parading the streets. He was Sam Radges, .the man who makes the Topeka directory, and one of the interesting men of the town. His over- coat, reacHing below his knees, was but- toned tight and his gloves were lined with thick fur. He wore a black Fedora hat of winter weight and his appearance as he trudged along Kansas avenue made men who sat around in their shirt sleeves stop fanning and mopping respiration and gaze at him. He has a theory that the blood can only get to a temperature of 98. When the skin reaches & higher temperature the heat be- comes painful. He put on the overcoat to protect himself from the heat. Incident- ally, he thougnt it was a good time to ex- periment with his pet theory. “What effect would a bottie of beer have on you now?” asked a bystander. “Well, I expect that would be pretty nice. You can't get the blood higher than 98 degrees, and when you keep the heat from striking you, you are bound to comfortable.” z: a oe ———___-e-____ Chided Mr. Rockefeller. From the Ohio State Journal. A newly engaged clerk in the employ of the Standard Oil Company was sent to work in a room that contained a health lift. Every morning at about 10 o'clock when this clerk was particularly busy with figures a small, black-mustached man, quiet and diffident in manner, entered, said “Good morning,” walked on tiptoe to the corner and exercised for a quarter of an hour. It became a bore to the clerk, who at last, one day, remarked, with consider- able heat, to the stranger: “How do you expect me to do my work Properly while you are fooling with that blasted machine? I’m getting tired of it. Why don’t you put it where it won't worry @ person to death?” “I am very sorry it annoys you,” said the stranger, flushing. “I will have it re- moved at once.” A porter took it away within an hour. A few days later the clerk was sent for by Mr. Flagier, whom he found in earnest con- versation with the small, black-mustached man. The latter smiled at seeing him,gave ‘Flagler some instructions and left the room. “Will you tell me who that gentleman is?” the young man asked, a light begin- ning to break upon him. “That was Mr. Rockefeller,” reply: It was the clerk’s first acquaintance with the head of the great corporation by which he was employed. was the AQ A Misunderstanding. From the Atlanta Constitution. A Georgia drummer had a customer whose name was Legg. The latter failed in business, and the drummer, who hap- fered to be on hand at the time, tele- graphed his firm: “Legg has broke.” The firm placed the wrong construction on the telegram and replied: “Sorry. See a physician and keep sober.” AUCTION SALES. THIS AFTERNOON. RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & 00., AUCTIONEEWS. TRUSTEE'S SALE OF VERY VALUABIE REAL PRICK HOUSE, NO. 111i “SOUTH CAROLINA AVENUE SOUTHFAST. By virtue of a decrec of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, passed in Equity Cause No. 18404, th» undersigned, trustee, will offer for sale, by public auction, infront of’ the respective Premises, on SATURDAY, AUGUST FOURTEENTH, A.D. 1897, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. the following described real estate, situate int city of Washington and in tke county in the Dis- trict of Columbia, to wit: Lots numbered 18 and 19, in Rothw recorded subdivision ef origina) lots numbered nine and ten (9 and 10) and part of eleven (11), in square nine hundred and nincty-one (91), together with all the impzovemeats, rights, &c.;'to be eold in to parcels. ‘Terms on each piece as proscribed by the de- cree are: One-third of the purchise money to be pald in cesh, the balance in one (1) and two (2) years from date of sale; deferred payments 10 be Secured by deed of trust’on the property sold, and bearing interest at the rate of six (6) per cent per antum from the day of sale, secured by deed of trust on the property sold, or all cash, Lt the option of the purchaser. A deposit of $106 on each piece required at the time of sale. If the terms of sale are not complied with in 15 days from the day of sale, the trustee reserves the right to re- sell the property at the risk and cost of the de- faulting purchaser or purchasers, after 5 days’ ad- vertisement of such resale, or sales, in some ne’ paper published in Washi , D. C. All convey- ancing, &c., at the purchaser's cost. JOSEPH A. au3-d&ds 317 Pa. ave. se. FUTURE DAYS. RS. LE IMPROVED TREET NORTH- , 1893, and duly recorded May 15, 1893, in . SII, st folio 347 et seq., of the land rds of the’ District of Colambi dat the request of th y srsigned, t |. at public auct of ‘th a MONDAY, ‘TIL TH DAY AUGUST, A.D. D =, the following dese premises, ite in the city of V the District of Columbia, end designated a8 ‘and being all of lot numbered one hundred and forty (140), in Ida M. Shumate’s subdivision of part of square number nt (G17), vente survevor's offi a her with the improvements, consistit of a two-story and cellar pressed-brick bay-window dwelling, N street northwest. ‘Terms 6 One-third of the purchase 1oney to be paid in cash, and the balance in two equal installments, payable in one and two years, with interest at six (6) per centum per annum, seml-annually, from day of sale, secured’ by of trust upon’ the property sold, or all cash, at the option of the parcha: deposit of $300’ will be required at the time of sale. All cony recording and notarial fees at the purchaser's cost. Terms of sale to be complied with within ten from day of sale, otherwise the trustees reserve the right to resell ‘the prope of the purchaser in default. ‘Trustees. aul4-d&ds DUNCANSON BROS., AUCTIONEERS. TRUSTEES’ SALP OF VALUABLE UNIMPROVED REAL ESTATE ON E STREET EAST NEAL KENTUCKY AVENUE. By virtue of a certain decd of trust to us, dated d 23, 1893, and duly recorded March 25, 1893, in Liber No. 1797, at folio 11 et seq., of the land records of the District of Columbia, and at the re- quest of the part we, the under- signed trostec auction, in front of the premt: 5,01 AY, THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF AUGUST, A.D. 1897, AT FIVE O'CLOCK P.M., the followin; ‘ibed land and premises, situate in the city of shington, in the District of Columbia, and designated us and being the east eighty (80) feet front on EB street by the full depth of lot numbered six (6), in square numbered ten hundred and seventy-six (1076), containing 8,000 uare feet of ground. ‘erms of sale: One-third of the purchase money to be paid in cash, and the balance in two equal instaliments, payable in one and two years, with interest at six (6) per centam per annum, payable sem{-annually, from day of sale, secured ly deed of trust upon the property sold, or all cash, at the option of the purchaser. A deposit of $150 will be required at the time of sale. All conveyancing, recording and notgrial fees at the purchaser's cos Terms of sale to be complied with within ten day from day of sale, otherwi the trustees reserve the Fight to resell te property at the 1isk and cost of the purchaser mit. = i WILLIAM E. EDMONSTON, ALDIS B. BROWNE, aul4-d&ds ‘Trustees. DUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VALUARLE IMPROVED ‘ELEVENTH REAL ESTATE, NO. 622 STREET NORTHEAST. By virtue of a certain deed of trust to us, dated 992 and duly recorded May 11, 1802, in ber No. 1683, at follo 302 et seq., of the land records of the District of Columbia, and at the re- quest of the party secured thereby, we, the under- signed trustees, will sell, at public ‘auction, in IDAY, THE TWENTY- front F A.D. 1897, AT the ‘of the AY the Hak and ‘cot, of the purchaser" MfSe- eult-dite Se alee: A AUCTION SALES. MONDAY. AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DAYs. Assignees’ sale of a large and well -as- sorted stock of Artistic Wall Paper, Fix= tures, etc., at store of Tru- man&€& Cornell, 4th and Pa. ave. S.€. By virtue of a deed of ent given to us, and duly recordad, we will sell, by public auction, at the above store, on MONDAY, SIXTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST, ‘A.D. 1807, COMMENCING AT TEN O'CLOCK A-M., the catire stock of Artistic Wall Paper, Fixtures, &c., contained therein, 1 which the attention of the’trade and private buy- ers 1s called. Terms cash. B. HILTON JACKSON, MARTIN L. WELFLEY, aud-d&ans Ansignees. C. G. SLOAN & CO., AUCTIONEERS, 1407 G ST. UNCLAIMED FREIGHT FROM PENNSYLVANIA RAILROATP COMPANY TO BE SOLD FOR STORAGE CHARGES, ETC. Notice is hereby given that on MONDAY, AU- GUST SIXTEENTH, 1897, AT TEN O'CLOCK A.M., there will be ‘sold_at public auction, within the sales rooms of C, G. Sloan & Co., 1407 G street northwest, Washington, D. C., to enforce Men for storage charges, ete., due and unpaid on 49 packages of honschold goods, merchandise, ete., stored with us by Pennsylvania Railroad Com: any and marked fis follows: Moy , Douglass, Murphy, Swindell, Hunnicutt, Bond Lully, Shellenberger, Bolton, Meen, Harri- son, Lee, Fanning, Ward, Parker,’ Blake, U. S. Atnnuity Co. By order of the Geo. W. Knox Express Compans, 1419 Pa. ave., Washington. D. C. aué-dts FUTURE DAYs. Liquidation Sale OF THE National Bank of the Republic Building, S. W. Cor. of Seventh and D Streets N. W. By duection of the board of directors of the National Bank of the Republic of Washington, for the purposes of liquidation, I will offer for sale, in frent of the premises, on WEDNESDAY, SEP- TEMBER TWENTY-NINTH, 1897, at the hour of FIVE O'CLOCK P.M., the following described real estate and premises,” being part of sublots nine (9) and ten (10) in square bumbered four hundred aud thirty-two (432), fronting twenty-seven (27) feet seven and one-half (7%) inches on 7th street netthwest, and with @ depth on the line of D street northwest of one hundred (100) feet to an alley, containing twenty-seven hundred and sixty- two (2762) square feet, more or less, together with all improvements thereon, consisting of a large fcur-story and basement ‘brick and stone office bui-ding. Terms of sale: Cash, payable in ten days from date of sale. A deposit of $2,500 required at time of sale. If terms of tale are not comulied with within five days from date of sale the right is reserved to resell the property at risk and cost of defaulting purchaser, after five days’ notice of such resale in some newspaper published in Wash- ston, D. Propositions for the purchase of the above de- scribed property will be entertained at any time prior to the public sale. JOHN B. LARNER, Attorney for the National Bank of the Republic, aul4-s,éeds 1335 F st. nw. THOMAS DOWLING & ©0., AUCTIONEERS, 612 B st. nw. AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE BUSINESS PROP- ERTY, BEING THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF TWENTY-THIRD AND G STREETS NOMTH- On MONDAY, AUGUST TWENTY-THIRD, 1887, AT FOUR THIRTY O'CLOCK P.M., we will ‘sell ai ublic auction, in front of the premises, part of for 3, in square 56, and improv: by a three-story store and dwelling, with stable in the rear. ‘Terms: Sold subject to a trust of $1,500, balance cash. $100 deposit required at the time of sale, and all conveyancing and recording at purchaser’ cost. Terms to be complied with tn fifteen day or the property will he resold at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. aul4-d&d: RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., Auctioncers. Trustees’ Sale of Two Desirable Brick Houses, Nos. 1514 and 1518 Eighth Street Northwest. By_virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, passed in Equity Canse No. 18370, the undersigned trustees will offer for sale by public auction, in front of the premises, THURSDAY, TW XTH DAY OF Al A.D. 1897, at HAL ST FOUR O'CLOCK P. the following described real estate, situate in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, to wit: Part of origina’ lot numbered twelve (12), in square mumbered three hundred and ninety-seven 97), be- ginning on the west line of Sth street at the south- east corner of said lot and running thence north fifteen (15) feet seven and one- thence West ninety-four (#4) feet thence south fifteen (15) (Tz) Inches: thence vast four (94) feet four (4 Inches to place of beginuing. Also part of lot numbered twelve (12), bezinning on the west line of Sth street thirty-one (1) feet three (3) inches north from the southeast corner of said lot; thence north fifteen (15) feck Seas ang one hale. (yy Inches; thence west ninety-four (94) feet four (4 inches: thence south fifteen (15) fect seven and one- half (734) Inches; thence east ninety-four (94) feet four (4) inches to the place of beginning, together with all the improvements, rights, &c. Terms: One-third cash, ‘the balance in one and two years, with interest ‘from the day of sale at 6 er cent per annum, payable semi-annually, secured y deed of trust on the property sold, or all cash, at the option of the purchaser.” A deposit of $200 on each house ‘required upon acceptance of bid.” It the terms of sale are not complied with in ten days from the day of sale the trustees reserve the right to resoil the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser after five days’ advertise- ment of such resale in some newspaper published in Washington, D. C. at the purchaser's ‘cost, en and one-hali JAMES T, HUNTER, 425 G st. n.w., aul3-dtds ‘Trustecs. RATCLIFFE, SULTON & CO., AUCTIONEERS. Trustees’ Sale of Very Valuable Real Estate on Rhode Island Avenue Between 14th and 15th Sts., N.W., Improved by a Brick House, Known as No. 1422. By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, passed in Equity Cause No. 18370, the undersigned, trustees, will offer for sale, by public auction, in front of the premises, AY, TWENTY-FIFTH DAY OF AU- subdivision of lots in square numbered two hun- dred and ee, together with all the im- vements, &e. Piferms: Onetth ‘ J. DOLAN, Trustee, . 408 Sth st. nw. aul3-a&ds 3 425 RATCLIBFE, SUTTON & CO., AUCTIONEERS. G st. n.w. RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., AUCTIONEERS, TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VERY VALUABLE REAL ESTATE, SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 16TH AND M STREETS N. W.,) FRONTING FEET ON! 16TH STREET BY A DEPTH! OF 53 FEET 3 INCHES ON M STREET. By_virtué of a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, passed in equity cause aig the undersigned trustees will offer for by pablic auction, in frent of the premises, on TUESDAY TH DAY GF At A. D. 1897, AT HALF. ST FOUR WOLOCK PF. M., the following described real estate, situate in the sity of Washi on, in the Distri wo Original let numbered tw ia > numbered one huwlred av © 483), with all the improvement e. : One-third cash, the » In_one and two years, with ij of sale at six per cent per arnum, payable semi-annunily, 8e- cured by deed of trust ‘on the property sold, or all cash, et the option of w vA deposit: of $300 required upon if the from right to resell t the defaulting p the day ser, after five restle im some wewspaper pab- 4 t lished in Washington, D. All conveyancing, cte the cost of the pure ebaser. JOUN J. DOLAN, 408 Sth st. nw. JAMES T. HUNTER, 42° G st.’ n aul3-d&ds Trustees. © G. SLOAN & 00., AUCTIONEERS, 1407 G 8T. PEREMPTORY SALE OF THE STOCK OF IM- PORTED AND DOMESTIC TAILORING GO( OF F, H. QUAST & ©O., 629 D ST. N.W., WHO ARE TRING FROM BUSINESS. On TUESDAY, AUGUST SEVENTEENTH, 1897, | AT TEN OCLOCK A.M., at the store of 'F. Quast & Co., 629 D st. We will sell, without reserve, their entire si Imported and domes- tic talloring goods. xtore fixtares. dc. SUITINGS, TROUSERINGS, COATINGS, &c., ASSORTED LENGTHS. ALSO A FULL LINi OF TAILORS’ TRIMMINGS. ALSO, ALL THE: COUNTERS, SHELVING, TABLES, GAS FIX- | TURES, COMBINATION SAFE, CASH RBGIS- TER, &., &e ‘Terms cash. aul3-dts ‘Store for rent. c.G. 0 Ib4 et se of Golimt hed Land and pre Washington and 1 . numbered twenty-thi and twenty-four @ kK numbered im John M. Barry iston of part of land known as jendship Distriet by a large fra jourth cash, ears from day of sa the rate of six per centum per cured by deed of trust on property sold, at the option of the yy required at the time of sa recoding at the cost of t be complied with within fi sale, or right reserved to resell t rms to day of aul2-d&ds i C. G. SLOAN & CO., AUCTS., 1407 G ST. N. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VA\ EE _UNIMPROVED PROPERTY, SITUATE ON CENTRAL AVE- NUE, MERIDIAN HILL, D. C. By virtue of a certain deed of trust to us, re led in Liber No. 1971, at folio 283 of the land records of the District of Cc At the request of the parties secured there! will sell, at public ton, in front of the ises, on MONDAY, THE TWENTY. AUGUST, A.D. 1897, AT FIV the following described real eetate, situa county of Washington, District of Colum! and designated ag lot 27, in Liock 10, in Hali and Elvan'’s subdivision of a certain ‘tract of land known as Meridian Hill, as said subdivision appears: of record in the office Of the surveyor of said Dis» trict ‘Terms of sale: One-third caxh, and the twlance in two ecual installments, payable in one and two years each, respectively, ler date, with juterest at six per cent per annum, secured by deed of trust on the property sold, or all cash, at chaser's option, All conveyancing and ‘re at the purchaser's cost. A deposit of $200 is re- quired at the time of sale. ‘Terms of «ile to bo complied with within ten days from date of sole, gr ,the Property will be revold at the cost of thé Ing purchaser. W. DEEBLE, Trustee, . RILEY BENJ. P. DAVIS, ‘Trustee, aull-d&ds 1319 “F" st. nw. RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., AUCTIONEERS. VERY VALUABLE BUILDING LOT ON STEERS STREET BETWEEN © AND D. cE! SOUTHEAST, NEAR PENNSYLVANIA AVE On WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST EIGHTEENTH, 1897, AT HALF-FAST FOUR O'CLOCK, we ‘will offer for sale by jmblic auction, in front of the premisce, 27, ‘square 844, fronting 25 fect on Sth street by a depth of 72.50 feet, making it a most desirable building site, Terms: One-third cash, balance in one and two Fears, with interest from day of sale at @ per cert Secured by deed of trust on the property wold, of all cash. A deposit of $200 on acceptance of bid. Conveyancing, ete., at the purchaser's cost. aull-d&ds N BROS., AUCTIONEERS. OF VALUABLE IMPROVED NOS. 458 TU 465, INCLUSIVE, UE SOUTHWEST, rtain deed of trust Jenvary 25, 18M, and duly recor 1894, in Liber No. 1894, at fullo land’ records Disttict of Colur request of the YY secured ther undersigned, trustees, will sell, at publ mises, on WEDNESL in front of the E GF AUGUST, A.D. ated as and Wei three « togethe thereon, consisting of a Nos. 458 to 465, im all « nd four 44 with the two-story pl ning anil, vsive, Maryland avenue south- West, and all ‘the goods, chattels and personal property in and upon the said premises, particularly described in the schedule attached to ‘said deed of trust, consi f Boile- and Engine (nade by ‘. Gray & Co.), Shaftivg, Pull Flooring: Mold. Save @), Goss, Saws 2), Variety Bolts Muchine, Band Saw, Wood Lathe, Saw, ete. third Of the pu inoney, aid in cash, and the balane installments, in one and tw interest semi ; s re of trust upon'the property sold, or all option of the purchaser. A deposit of e required of the purchaser at the tm All conveyancing, recording and notaria the purchaser's cost. ‘Terms of sale tot plied with within ten days from day of sal Wise the trustees reserve the right to re in two equal property, at the risk and cost of the pm default." Terme for personal pr ALDIS auG-d&ds_ . DUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VALUABLE RUILDING LOT ON WAKDER STREET BETWEE\ FOR- SYTH AND CAMMACK AVENUES, WHITNEY By virtue of a certain deed of trust to us, @aly recorded in Liber 1770, folios 122 et seq., af the land records of the District of Columbia, we will Sel, tn front of the promises, on THURSDAY. THE! TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF AUGUST, I8I7, at FIVE O'CLOCK P.M., the following deserilved ‘land and premises, situate’ in the county of Wastington and the District of Columbia, viz: Lot numbered eight (S), in block numbered ‘seven (7), in B. rder’s subdivision of a tract of iand called “Whitney Close,”” a6 the same is recorded in Liber Count; ts No. 6, folios 62 and 68, one of the records of the Burvesor's ollice Uf the Distelet of Columbia. ‘Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase in cash, the balance in one and two years, wi interest’ at 6 per cent per annum, pasatle seml- annually, and secured by a deed of trust upon property’ sold, or all cash. at the purchaser. A deposit of $100 requi at time of sale. Ali conveyancing, and recording at cost of purchase. ‘Terms of ‘sale to be plied JOHN B. Be a ‘Trustees, 1335 F st. nw. DUNCANSON BROS., AUCTIONEERS. AND BASEMENT BRICK DWELLING HOUSE NO. By virtue of a certain deed of trust, dated and recorded in Liber No. 1676, folio ‘Terms of sale: One-third cash, the balance tile at six por cent per aunuin, payaide sem!-aanee ally, secured by deed of trust on the old, Poult of $250 roquined ‘at ‘time of sale, it tera | Bas Se eeets or nat cat from the day of the trustees reserve the to resell the ‘at the risk and cost of defaulting after five notice of, Sige of Wastington, De Mi Soveyencing onl! recording at purchaser's cost. t B. eull-aids ees Ft aw,