Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1897, Page 22

9° THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1897—24 P? | nresident and are under the direction of office corresponding to that of mayor in an American city. = ee In Berlin the chief executive officer is called chief burgomaster. ay ee he 2 iti iti is appointive, not elective, and the burgo- The Remarkable Political Position to aster is a part of the national civil ser- vice. He is a sort of professional mayor, Be Held by Its Mayor. and may come from ary part of the em: pire; it Is not necessary that he be a resi- dent of the city. In fact, the burgomasters are usually ‘ansferred from one city to ENORMOUS POWER AND PATRONAGE | 22other neime promotea trom the smaner to the larger as they gain in experience and efficiency. It will be seen that none of these positions compares with the Ameri- : : ce ware Otheeztart poor Ansnees Theyre A Comparison With the Civic Heads | (aiutg Burofean system is one of division iling European system is one of division of Other Large Cities. of power and distribution of duties. In fact, no less an authority than Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberiain has declared that it not practicable to govern more than half @ million people in one body in local mat- e we nae stpan | ters, and therefore the greatest interest MANAGEMENT OF THE OFFICE | will be manifesied in Europe as well as in America at this effort to govern more than see ESS. six times that number by an extreme cen- tralized system. = ees Written for The Evening Star. ls HE M IMPOR- MADDO BARKING CAT. tant election that eS «< I will be held in the | sed by a Canine Foster Mother, He Has Many Traits of the Dog Tribe. From the St. Louis Republic, Jamcs M. Maddox, superintendent of the York, where the first | Missouri District Telegraph Company, has mayor! of the Grit Besides the usual feline comple- er New York is to be | ™eMt of nine lives, this cat has a past, and, “ted. It is not oft-| Uess all signs fail, a future which falls en that a municipal | the lot of few cats. contest overshadows | His name is Towser, and, although his state elections in | Mother was a well-bred Tabby, Towser has general interest, put | 2! the characteristics, habits and frailties there are several |! % 40s. In early kittenhood Towser'’s regsons why it is s> in this case. To he. | Mother fell a victim to the deaély cat rifle gin with, the Greater New York election | Of 2 Small boy, and Mr. Maddox found a Sie Cecile) the. severument. for the meet (bo ee ee a fue side ok See hearted pet dog with a young family and car Sears of a community with a popula- | troubles of her own. The canine mother tion greater than that of the thirteen col- | took kindly to the little foundling, and Sat the time of the federation, greater | Towser, the kitten, grew fat and sassy at of any one among forty of the bhi Utter of puppy foster brothers and im. uates in the Union at the pres- | When the kitten was weated he showed ent time. It will decide who is to hanel: |no tendency to abandon the dog's life the $0.000,000 income of the metropoli: which he had learned to lead, and began an Income greater than that raised for | tO exhibit all the canine characteristics st: surposes the wealthiest oF | which he had nursed with his adopted dad hehe a. tates | mother’s milk. Instead of mewing and and who is to disburse the millions which | catterwauling like a melancholy orphan the city must annually spend for its own | cat, he began to bark like the other pup- née. Wei de aupcenia intaestt sl like they did, and he be- icilans, because it means hundreds Se RCA eh Ce s to he filled and and responds to the w t of patronage to he di like a sure enough deg. Per- ed—more than accompanies any elec- st trick Towser has learned office In this country tail,which he does,not in the serpentine manner of his ancestors, ing the rresider but from i Encompromising s expresses feir, too, W thoroughly coming November is the one that will take place in New iy ¢ h his tail, and when red will tuck his long ap- pend: n his legs, as he has seen poppet Ran arteh zed government, | his foster brethern do, and run to cover. suctias'® vided by the New York c' During the hot weather Towser suffered = considerably from the heat, and might This ts a iti statement that will probably | have been tting about in the shade, How about Lon- | panting wi tongue cut, In the man- London exceeds | ner supposed to be peculiar to the dog. in area h quare miles. and | He has none of the sinister traits of his in population by a million ard a half, t tribe, does not parade along the narrow form of government !s fundamentall of back fences in the dead of night, erent from chat provided for New Y. | anc gets from place (o place in a dog trot is somewhat a or a real gallop instead of in the soft-foot- quious manner of other cats. Towser has mastered that mysterious free- has been the won- surprise a . the plan of strong ¢ ization has been followed in this cou és while in England the federative principle for all time, and seems has been observed. London is a com- | to h. but little trouble in forming the pesite of some ni Villages, and the | acquaintance of strange dogs which he attonomy possessed these separate | meets on the street corners and about the sis p is Ss possible in s of fricndiy lamp posts 2nd telegraph he present time. It is Occasionally he has run across an tments of police, terrier, who, accepting no overtures, ! control is almost essen- | would atteript to rend Towser on the spot. tration in Lone y on such rare occasions that is of the local fine feline propensities come to the surface. When a dog attacks him he mee Mas de ime Bavet. will climb a tree or a fence, where he will e A rowling and barking at’ the enemy un- In New York the mayer is to be the pivot | til he satisfies him that he is not really a about which the y¥ administration | cat, but a dog in all but physical con- will more. He will re a salary of | form: boroux y in the de the boroughs. $15,000, which is extremely large for an | Towsec is very fond of a run through the moe j nd States. Among | Streets with his master, and from’ long Secene: ms ed States. Among | jaunts over the granitoid ements and the duties spec mposed upon him | rough s his once velvet paws have intment of some | been covercd with callous cor: who will by the charter is ¢ until his thirty-six heads of depa © longer inaudible, and his toe control the potice, the public Ww the rough and strong as those of decks and purce of the city’s rev- enue and 5 He wii! also appoint the r has a pronounced antipathy for ragistra jstra- and will rush at them, barking uty to fill is carrying total million. He will m= sly and growlirg as if he would bite his bark is worse than his bite, how- for he has never been known to bite be the Nead of a vast e and has.earned for himself the eee oriae aoa tation of being a very docile and in- more than compelled Corawaltis | telligent dog, or cat, as the case may be. town and put an end : jal pos’ salari f above half || LOUS PHILIPPE PLAYED “CRAPS.” je the mayor will = s. heck on the acts of the cit veto, which ¢ a two-thirc ssembly. In any ing of 2 ssessment, or grant ths vote The Game Was Intra Ortexns From the uced to New ety 100 Years Ago. ews. If there is one game to which the Sa- vannah negro is devoted above all others it is craps. City or country, it is all alike. On Sunday the country negroes gather in islature | little groups in the shade of the trees, out 1 also come to the | of sight of the “hig house,” and play all on 5S oie well | 2@¥ long, or until the wages which they re- ved on Saturday night are gone. In the cities they gather on the wharves, in the corners of warehouses, or any favorable spot out of sight of the “cop,” and play 5 ower and responsibility was placed a y in the mayor's han¢ os coppers to dollars. lowed to remove at any time and without! ‘he Savannah bootblacks and newshoys, giving any head of a department. | like those of any other city, gamble away The object of this arrangement was, as | their qrnings, and many a game {s carried < : ssion ex- | 0M in the lanes, the players often becomin, Ye f the charter commission ex- | © & Mr. ee that there might be only one | $0 interested that they lose all thought ef P ne neople to hit in ease of cor-| the policeman until that worthy appears : | administration. This| im their midst and nabs a couple of the ee SS ‘an amendment of the | Players. White boys play the game, too, pomee ee: restricted to the first] but negroes of all ages and sizes “shoot” jegislatu > mayor's term craps. There is only one other garue which pa sioat .w York will be a more | €quals craps in fascination for them, and ane fal official than the head of any | that is policy, and, as policy is more Hable other great modern city. His control of a Hee ore ee ae bo tne holies raps ion containing a population greater than | }as a EEO eat cov vane aed eecifth of the total| There are fascinations about the same Wealth of the Union, will be more complete | Pecullarly African. It is not without its in- Math four year of his term than that of | ticacies; the ordinary “come seven, come any other n holding office under a popu-| leven” plan of the game is simple enough, lar government. But at the end of that | but there fs a crowd around the pl iar, Severenene er and there may be a half dozen inter ee Te ee ere = in the game and a dozen side bets. How a eract. Under the provisions of the char- | they manage to keep the run of the game a tan can hold the position of mayor | is @ mystery to the ordinary observer, but CE CO ele they do so with unerring accuracy. Fights ti as executive functions. Immense Responsibilities. As the ch drawn, even rter was at fi a Saas ‘ over crap games are rare. spite of the far-reaching powers which | OV! ra oe the plan of government adopted | ‘The expressions common to the game are for Greater New York is distinctly an | @Musing. “New dress for de baby,” ex- herican system designed to meet. the | Claims one. “See my gal Sunday nigh ait and experience of popular govern- | €Xclaims another. “De little number two,” : ene ©. To show how | S4YS one as that unlucky number shows up. ioe os iwantries it ix only necessary to com-| he bets that number will not turn up again Care’ the position of mayor of New York | before the “lucky seven.” And so it zoes. vith the same position in the great_Euro- = council of New Orleans has just pean cities Tegal. It does not matter where it 1s pias z. . It ¢ y e it is play- Doe oe ets ay | €d: Whether in the streets, in the club, or The mayor of Greater New York w at home, craps is specially singled out as have a great deal of power, but very little | the most depraved of gambling games, rot tached to his office. His avarters| to be tolerated anywhere. The game. ac- ‘npretentious, and he will have to| cording to a writer in Harper's, is of New beth okies house, which may con-| Orleans origin and over one hundred years live in his own ase, 2 old. Bernard de Marigny, who entertained ceivably be a rented one. He will have a| Louis Philippe when he came to Louisiana, at deal of hard work to do, and willl and who stood seventy years ago ut the * a good deal of harsh criticism. | head of the creole colony of the state as its carries out the provision of the char- | wealthiest and mest prominent citizen—he rects him to exercise a was entitled to call himself marquis in f all the city French—was the inventor, or father, of will be to find work for at least | “craps,” and brought it in high favor as the twenty-four hours a cay, and it will be| fashionable gambling of the day. When he edingly de for him to vo: laid off his plantation, just below the then nility to do seven diffe city of New Orleans—it is now the third dis- In all these respect trict, but was then the Faubourg Marigny ion will be different from tpat of lord | —and divided it up into lots, he named one dignitary | of the principal streets “Craps,” and ex- iil compare t w York as | plained that he did so because he had lost & peacock does to the hard-working barn- | the money he received from the lots on that yard fowl. There is probably no position | street in this favorite game of his. It re- that carries greater opportunities for dis- | mained Craps street until a few years ago, play or that is more desired by the am-| when a protest was raised against such a bitious sub-roy of London than that of | disreputable name for a very quiet and re- lord mayor. But the place. while impres-| spectable street, especially given to sive in its pomp and dignity, carries little | churches. “The Craps Strect Methodist ve the board of aldermen, who hold their | Bernard Marigny’s death craps as a gam- positions for life, and he must be one of | bling game descended in the social scale, their own number? who has held the office | and w&s finaily monopolized mainly by of sheriff. He lives in the splendid man-| negroes and street gamins. sion house. drive: gorgeous equipages, —-- ee -__ —_ gives stately dinners and wears wonderful Averted Murder. robes of cffice. He ts a sort of personal in- |, carnation of the city’s pride and greatness, | From the Haberdasher He is a striking figurehead, and that is all| Two flashy colored boys stood in the hot ne is expected to be. His official duties are | sun in frent of the railway eating house summed up thus: “He ts lord lieutenant | and looked at each other with their cyes within the city, the dispenser of its hospi- as SE : tality, the chairman of the courts of the | Tolled sideways. “Look hyah, you piece corporation. and he holds certain other | Gahk meat, I got some bone-handled offices, the dignity of which is now almost | trouble in my pocket waitin’ faw you if nominal.” you eveh come ‘round that baby tryin’ to supervis! Pi and Ber! undamine me!” Paris is divided into twenty districts,| “Slow up, boy! You's on a slippery road, arcondissements they are called, each of | 2n’ if you don’t drive caihful you are going =a has a mayor and council. There are | to fall right in dat ditch, fus thing you two general administrative officers, the pre- | ™ fect of the Seine and the prefect of police, | ‘rouse me! I wouldn't like to do it, but I and both of these are appointed by the | could jus’ lay hold of yo’ dahk body and 1 power. The lord mayor is elected by {| Church” sounded particularly bad. After } cut it up into rubbah balls. I ain't used dat razah faw whole week now, an’ it’s gettin’ uneasy. I can feel it movida’ in my pocket an’ sayin’ ‘Mistah, let’'me get out an’ do someping.’ ” . “Look heah, you bettah sing dat razah to sleep, ’kase you evah reach faw it you jes’ see whole atmosphere full o’ niggah wool, striped shirt find blue cloze. Yes, seh, you'd have to be geth’d up in a bas- ket. I got a piece.o’ shiny hadwaih in my pocket, and it sings sweet an’ low, and ev’y time it’ speaks to you it han’s you a pound o' lead. Look out faw me, boy!” “Hush, coon, I really love trouble.” “Don't staht nothin’ ‘less you want 8 lose money faw yo’ folks. Costs money to plant a coon, yes. seh | You don’t get dem sivah-handled boxes faw nothin’s; no, seh, Got any 0’ dem papah clgahs, Hen- ry?” Henry reached for his package of cigar- ettes, and the traveler, who had been wait- ing to see murder done, gave an exclama- tion of disgust and walked into the railway station. POWER OF THE MOON, The Effect of the Queen of Night on Various Peoples. From the Chicago Times-Herald. “If you see the new moon over your .right shoulder, it’s good luck all the menth’’—over the left shoulder being bad luck, of course. “If you meet the new mcon face to face with money in your pocket, you will have that kind of money in your pocket for a month’’—and so on, this last being taken from an old black- letter treatise on “things worth knowing.” Everywhere in the world the idea prevaiis among those who lack scientific training ‘that anything falling to the lot of man when the moon is waxing will likewise Increase, similarly decreasing while the moon wanes. The Hindu troubled with warts looks at the new moon, picks up a pinch of dust from beneath his left foot, rubs the wart with it—and when the moon goes so does the wart. If you fall ill you can be cured by herbs gathered in the full of the moon. ‘The Moslems ir the kingdom of Oudh cure insomnia, palpitation of the heart,+ nervous prostration, and similar evils by stationing the sufferer with a basin of water in his hands in the light of the full moon in such a way that its refulgent im- age shines directly from the liquid into his eyes. Then, without moving his gaze, he is required to swallow the water at a draught. In northern India the people lay out food in the full moon that comes in the months corresponding to our September and Octo- ber, half of each, and give it to their friends as a means of insuring longevity. That same night the girls pour water in the moonlight, saying they are getting rid of the cold weather. It was I ago noted that the York- shirt maids “do worship the new moon on their bare knees, kneeling upon an earth- t stone,” and Lady Wilde says that the Irish damsels drop on their knees when they first catch sight of the new moon and say: “Oh, moon, leave us as well as you found us!” In India the natives take seven threads from the end of their turbans and give them to the new moon with a prayer. The spots on the moon are caused by Many persons or things. Sometimes it is a inan with a fagot on his back, sent thithe fer picking up sticks on the Sabbath. Chaucer calis him a thief and puts a thorn- bush on his shoulders. Dante says it is no less a criminal than Cain. Shakespeare provides a dog to keep him company. Hindus keep, not a man, but a hare in the moon, and the well-known connection the minds of the man of the moon and imsanity may account for the statement re- warding the March hare, and possibly the thornbush may be the distinctive covering of the hatter—at any rate, this is as good guessing as a lot of the sun myth people have done; while Baring-Gould identifies the moon children, Bill and Hiuki of the northern mythology, with Jack and Gill of the nursery rhyme. The Greenland Eskimo believes that the sun and moon were originally brother and ister. She, being teased by him past or- dinary endurance, seized some lampblack and rubbed it on his face. Then she ran, her brother after. Finelly she went so fast she rose up into the air and became the n, while her sooty-faced brother turned into the moon. In Samoa when a great famine oppressed the people moon. rose one night, big and round, like a bread fruit. A patient mother, unable to quiet the pangs of her little one, looked up and said: ‘Why don’t you come down and let my baby have a bite of you?” This made the moon so angry that she simply picked up both mother and child, and they have been there ever since. All sailors are certain that sleeping in tropical moon rays will either make them ed or blind. On the American ves- Capitan a year or two ago a num- er of the crew, disregarding the advice of their fellows during a spell of hot weath- er, slept on the deck in the moonlight, and soon after went completely blind at nigh though they could see as well In the da: time as ever. The skipper of the ship re- ported the occurrence, and with it made @ statement to the effect that up to that time he had been a disbeliever in the so- called moon blink. Paul Eve Stevenson re- ports that he, too, was hurriedly awaken- ed on his way to New York from the Ba- hamas with the assurance from the Cap- tain that all sorts of things would happen to him if he slept in moonlight. This is a disease unknown to the medical profess —— 0+ WOMEN'S SHOES. Many Good Hints as to the Care of the Feet. From Harper's Bazar. If there is one thing more important than another to which woman’s attention should be called, it is the necessity of taking care of her shoes, The sympathy which exists between the foot and the throat 1s prob- ably more marked than between any other two members of the body, and nothing ob- viates the possibility of throat diseases and voeal inconveniences so much as keeping the feet well shod and perfectly dry. Proportionately it is not one of the great extravagances of the wardrobe, but we de- mand of one pzir of shoes at least double the service we ask of a dress, a skirt. or other garment. Were we to resolutely sup- ply ourselves in the beginning of cach sea- son with an adequate number and variety of shoes, the purse, as well as the body, would ultimately be the gainer. We wear one pair too steadily. We would look upon it as dargerous to our health to wear any other garment a proportionate length of time. From an economical stand- point, it is more profitable to keep six or seven pairs of sireet shoes in wear, using them in regular turn. Immediately after a walk the shoes skould be removed and placed in an airy spot (not in a dark, un- ventilated closet) to dry, and a cool, fresh pair put on. x Notwithstanding the hard, firm, atmost impervious cheracter of the finished out- side of the leathern footwear, it should be remembered that the rough inside is more or less abeorbent. The healthy toot should perspire as freely as does the rest of the body; and since we cover it with leather instead of with the light and easily cleans- ed fabrics employed for the person general- ly, we should at leest see to it that as many changes are provided for it as for the freer portions of the body. Were this done the leather would have the same opportunity for purification and drying out by thorcugh airing as have other garments, the heavy texture of which prevents them from’ knowing ihe cleansing medium of soap ard water. ‘The feet are surely pliant members when they can endure the variformed shoes that from ‘time to time compel them into new habits with each new pair put on; yet they rarely rebel or give real trouble unless bar- barously neglected. Corns and bunions are more often the result of wearing old shoes tran in a wrong selection of new ones. A constant change of footgear invfres the foot to variety, and even those who confine themselves wholly to the ready-made arti- cle need suffer no ill effects if they will keep their shoe supply as carefully replen- ished as is the rest of the wardrobe. It is one of the most fallacious of prac- tices to attempt to economize by wearing old shoes about the house, unless they pos- sess all their buttons, have straight heels and soles, and are daily brushed-and aired, as are their newer fellows. Only in this way may the ankles be continually braced into straightness and the tocs allowed to move gently in an almost straight direc- tion. When the foot is thrown out of bal- ance by worn-down heels, the toes, at- tempting to retain & level position, perform prehensile feats which resemble the ac- Uon of the forebears some scientists have ascribed to us. ‘ When shoes are removed they should be set away to dry, and not until the drying is complete should any brushing be done or dressing applied. The shape of footgear would be better ‘preserved did we wv the English and French custom of stretch- ows.’ “Don't get me stahted, coon! Don't | ing them upon a boot tree when not in use. In spite of the beautiful luster of the ex- pensive liquid dressings, it is generally 2 5 7 conceded that thgir frequent use cracks both “fine and vy, leathers. The old- fashioned brush ad fhoe paste have prov- ed the most effedtiv€ as well as econom- ical, blacking,. prgses rather than de- stroying the leathfr.7Its only drawback is the amount of “efeom grease” necessary to its perfect use; but the present day_of enterprise it may happen that :ome bright woman will establish a house-to-house sys- tem of boot blacking, in which trained workers will give daily attention to foot- gear of the feminine as well as of the mas- culine members of each household. This Would take the place of the English “boots,” and prove more useful than the occasional “‘ladies’ boot blacking parlovs” now seen, and which our womankind seem somewhat reluctant to patronize. While awaiting this innovation the Jeather can best be cared for by applying pure glycer- ine on a soft flannel cloth, after the well- dried shoe has been prushed free of all dust particles. Z ——_~+e-_____ ALASKA FISH VALUABLE. They Are Used for Food, Light and Heat by the Natives. From the New York Herald. While there are many who are hanging bick from gcing tu Klondike on account of the great hardships that have to be faced, some are or ly deferring their jour- ney until the inclement winter season has passed. But, nevertheless, a great number | have already hurried off to the newly dis- covered El Dorado, intent on being among the first to reach the scene and stake out their claims. Such, even if they are well Provided with money, will have te undergo the many hardships and difficulties inci- dent to an Alaskan winter, while the more unfortunate ones who, in the first excite- ment, rushed off without being properly conversant with the winter's perils, will have an extremely tough time of it. Alaska’s Lack of Food. To men unused to suffering privations the intense cold will prove disagreeable enough, but it is not the only hardship to be overcome by the adventurous gold seeker. Alaska is not fertile enovgh to provide for the numbers that will soon in- habit her, and recourse must be had to other places to provide means of subsist- ence. Salted provisions and vegetables are being transported into the country as quickly as they can, but. as the demand is great and the supply likely to be small, prices will surely be high. ‘There is one thing, however, in which Alaska 1s rich, and that is in the fish that live in the Pacific ocean bordering her own coast and that of British Columbia. If these can be only got into Dawson City before the river Yukon is frozen, panic and starvation will be averted. Bouniiful nature ‘has taken a means to provide, in the shape of these fish, a source of light, heat, food and even medicine. A Wonderful Fish. Those men who are engaged in the profit- able business of seal fishing in the Bering sea and Pacific ocean, along the shores cf Alaska and British Columbia, have found that a species of fish of the smelt family inhabit these waters. Thes2 fish, in much the same way as the herring, by the irre- sistible force of instinct, are annually led to approach the shores for the purpose of depositing their spawn in the shallow waters. They arrive in vast shoals, keep- ing closely. together, and are caught by the fishermen with nets and Hnes. Each of these nets ts 150 feet long and 20 feet deep, and along the upper edge is fastened to a series of cork floats. When the net is to be shot a large buoy is attached to the end of the drift rope, the buoy is thrown overboard and the sails set. As the boat dashes away from the spot the nets, which have already been attached to the drift rope, are thrown’ successively overboard, until ell are paid out and hang in the water like a net wall. The strain of the buoy at one end of the drifi rope and the boat at the other keeps the rope straight and the net upright. How Fish Are Caught. As the fish come sWimming along they are arrested by the net, which they cannot see on account of ‘the ‘thin twine of which it is made, and of ‘the large meshes, which are about two and a half inches in diame- ter. The head slips through the meshes, but the middle of the body jg large and can not pass. When the fish attempts to re- cede, its open gill covers become hitched in the meshes, and so retain it in that un- cemfortable position till the net is drawn in. The fish is also a voracious biter, and can be caught almost as soon as the line can be baited and thrown overboard. On being examined the fish are found to be of a rich green on the back, variegated with a deep blue, while the abdomen is silvery white, with golden reflections. ‘The fish are so extremely fat that on being held up to the light they are almost transpar- ent, the backbone of the fish being seen to stand out perfectly against the light. The fish live for some considerable time after being taken out of the water. Provide Fuel and Light. After the fish are caught they are driea and stored away until the lIeng winter months arrive, when it gets dark early and the Alaskan is snowed up. Here comes an opportunity for using them. Not a bit at a loss for light, the Alaskan takes one of these dried fish, inserts its tall into a crack in his rough wooden table and lights its nose. The fish burns with a bright and steady fame of about three candle power, giving a clear, white light and a very con- siderable amount of heat. A fairly large fish will burn for a period of three hours. The scientific explanation is extremely simple. The vertebrae* which form the backbone of the fish are found to be largely formed of phosphorus, which not only causes it to ignite easily, but also accounts for the strength of the flame and the heat developed. The substance of the fish,which consists so largely of fat, acts as a retard- er to the rapid burning of the vertebrae in precisely the same way as the tallow acts in an ordinary candle. The fat of the fish is largely composed of stearine, which is also the chief chemical constituent of the tallow used for making candles, and which gives them their firmness and consistency. Serve as Food and Medicine. Valuable as is the fish for its light-giving properties, it also has its value as a food. If necessary, it can be eaten after having been used as a candle, it then being sim- rly smoked, or it can be boiled or cooked in the ordinary manner. In whichever way it is treated, to a hungry man it serves as a very welcome and appetizing dish. In flavor it is much like the smelt, having the same sweet taste, but is much fatter. Still another use to which it can be put is as a substitute for cod liver ofl, which, if taken in sufficient quantity, by aiding the natural heat of the body, proves” an excellent protective against the severe cold. The oil is obtained from the fish by im- mersing them in cold water and squeezing, the product obtained being glmost equal in quality to the genuine eod liver oil. +00 A little girl whothad told a lie was es- corted to her bed room:by her mother and told to ask God to forgive her for her sin. This is what the listening mother heard: “Oh, God, I thoght you could take a joke!""—Life. 1efo AUCTION SALES OF BEAL ESTATE, &c. Monday. ©. G. Sloan & Oo.,/Aucts., 1407 G st. n.w.— Sale of furniture in tH hoijbe No. 1283 Mass. ave, n.w., at the residence, ou, Monday, September 6, 1807. als AUCTIGN:<SALES, MGNDAY. TG. SLOAN & 00,, AUCTIONEERS, 1407 @ ST ONDAY, SEPTEMBER SIXTH, TEN OCCOCK AM, we, will sell, at ipoblte ues ton, at residence No. 1233 Masmichusetts avenue northwest: ELEGANT OAK AND CHERRY FOLDING WITH FINE HAIR MA’ ‘TRESSES; FINE MOQUETTE AND BRUS. Hotse, WAMDHOBES, CHAMSen PURSE Foose, WALDE FURIE re SUITES AND ODD PIECES; GILT TU! SETS, LACE HANGINGS Takem by Artin From the Morning Oregonian, The conscientious delineators of illustra- tions for the first pages of the eastern press met a severe trial in the story of the Klondike miner with five coal oil cans The square can used for the Pacific coast trade is unknown at the east, and consequently we see graphic pictures’ of miners carrying about the small, mm the Wrong Spot. full of gold dust. laboriously round kitchen utensil, with which the hired girls of “the states” have long started fires and reduced sur- Not to know the headless ceal oil can of this coast, with a bail in- serted for transportation purposes. have missed one of the proudest triumphs of western civilization. If you want anything, try an ad. in The If anybody has what you wish, rou will get an answer. AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DAYS. WALTER B, WILLIAMS & CO., AUCTIONEERS. LE GF STORES AND DWELLINGS, AND 2202 SEVENTH , STREET NORTHWEST By virtue of a certain deed of trust, bearing and duly reccrded in 100 et seq., of the land 1ecords of the District of Columbia, and at the 'y secured thereby, we will sell, in front of the plus population. September 17, Liber No. 2055, at ‘fol! Teuest of the at iblic auet! FRIDAY, THE THIRD DAY 1897, AT FIVE O'CLOCK P.M., the following de- remises, situate in the city of jet of Columbia, and designated fifty-eight (53), in “Mount Pleasant," Beginning for the saine on the west line of Seventh (7th) ‘street extended be- and Florida avenue, street, at @he northecst- corner of ‘sald lot, having a frontage on taid Seventh (ith) street of ‘forty and 42-100 (40 42-100) feet by a depth westward of one hundred and twenty-seven and 17-100 (127 17-100) feet to a fourteen. and 50-100 (1450-100) feet wide alley, and bel nated as houses Nos. 2200 and ae as part of lot numbered B. Haw’s subdivision scribed as follows. tween Grant Sold subject to prior incumbrances aggregating $5,000 and accrued interest, further particulars of which will be announced ‘at sale. ‘over gud above the $5,000 incumbrance above men- tioned to be paid in cash. A depostt of $200 re- quired at time of sale. ‘Terms to be compited wit dsys, otherwise the trustees reserve thi resell at risk ang cost of defaulting 220 CHARLES T. SPARO, {7 THE AROVE SALE IS POSTPONED UNTIL Fl SEPTEMBER TENTH, PHILIP A. DARNEILLE, CHAS. T. SPARO, Trustees. AUCTIONEERS. SALE OF A FRAME HOUSE, NO. NORTH CAPITOL STREET, On| WEDNESDAY | AFTERNOON, FIFTEENTH, 1897 Will offer for’ sale premises, sublot 1 same hour and RATCLIFFE, PAST 4 O'CLOCK, T public auction in front of the improved by a One-third cash, the balance in one and two years, with interest ‘from the day of sale at 6 per cent per annum, secured by deed of trust on roperty sold, or all cash, at the option of the ‘A deposit of $100 required at the time If the terms of sale are not complied with in fifteen days from the day of sale the executor reserves the right to resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, after five days’ advertisement of such resal paper published in Washington, D. C. All couvey- ancing at the purchaser's cos: A. E. L. KEEN, Executor, 416 Sth st. n.w. “RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & 00., AUCTION SALB OF TWO LOTS, WITH THE MENTS, ON EIGHTH’ STREET BE- YLAD AVENUE AND B BT 3 By virtue of a deci of the Supreme Court of e District of Columbia, auction, in front of the y ‘THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF SEP TEMBER, 1897, AT HALE-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK the following in the city of Washington, said District, to -vit: Lots 31 and 32, in Todd's subdivision of square 893, fronting —, and — feet, respectively, by depth of — feet, and improved by frame house No. 424 Sth street uortheast. on THURSDA’ one-third in one year two years from sale, Payments to be secured by trust on the property and to bear interest from day of sale, payable’ sem!-annual at the rate of six per cent at purchaser's cption. lot required at the time of sale. clear of taxes to June 30, 1897. and recording at purchaser's cost. fed with in ten days fro otherwise the trustee r the risk and cost of the five days’ previous 2d) rannum, or all leposit of $100 on each Property sold All conveyancing Terms of sale ‘ves the right to resell at auiting purchaser, after fscment in this paper. W. MOSBY WILLIAMS, Trustee, 1421 F st. n.w. ©. G. SLOAN & CO., AUCTIONEERS, UCTION SALE OF A HANDSOME TWO-STORY A080 ‘BLE TRE TAGE AT COLONIAL BEACH AND A BUILDING LOT, THE PROPERTY OF THB LATH JNO. T. GIVEN. By direction of the owners, we will offer for sale, in front of the premises, on SEVENTH DAY OF HALF-PAST | THREE cording to the at public. euction, day, O'CLOCK. P.M., “ot 9, in block map of Colontal Beach made by B. H. Benton, sald situated in Westinoreland county, in irginia, and improved by a two-story the residence of the late Jobn T. Given, containing nine rooms, the property being in excellent condition. ‘And immediately after the sale of said property we will offer for sale lot 18, in block 104, according jonial Beach. ‘This lot y located and fs an excellent building site. Mne-third of the purchase price in casb, el must be pald at th in one and two yea: rate of rix per cent per an: The property will be sold free of all in- ood or no sale. If the terms ith in tairty days, the right is reserved to resell at the risk and cost of the de- Steamer Jane Moseley leaves 9 a.m. day of sale. M. J. COLBERT, Attorney for Owners. GG. SLOAN & CO., AUCTIONEERS, 1407 G ST. CATALOGUE SALE 0! ABLE ARTIC! MASSIVE" CLOISSONNE. COVER, BEAUTIFU! HANDSOME CIRC OAK CHINA BRONZE JARDINERE, WITH FINE CLOISSONNE VASES, DECORATED ART — GLASSWARE, COREAN EMBROIDERED PANELS -ON SILK, WATER COREAN SCREENS, ‘PRINT GOODS, ARY, CIVIL AND MENTS AND ROBES COREA, FINE FURS, SILK DRESS ' GOODS IN PIECES, RAPHOPHONE, PIPES, SILK ._ CHINESE, JAP- property bein: double frame cottage, of which $106 on each time of sale, and che b: with interest at th cumbrances. ‘Title are not complied w! faulting_purchi foot of 7th st. UAL AND Di MAGN! . GLASS FRONT PARLOR: LAR PARLOR JAPANESE AND COREAN ICIAL, MAL HATS, “Gal TABLE CLOTHS, ANTIQU! ANESE AND OOREAN VASES AND OR: BEAUTIFUL TEAKWOOP STAN AND MILITARY AMBER AND iS, ORNAMENTS, &e., &., lected in Co “AND BEING THE PERSONAL EFFECTS OF Mr. BONG SUN PAK, FIRST SECRETARY OF THE COREAN ION, WHO IS RETIRING FROM HOUSE- ING. The whole to be sold at pub- ‘lic auction, within our rooms, 1407 G Street, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8, 1897, AT 11 A.M. ON PUBLIC EXHIBITION MONDAY AND TUES- DAY, SEPTEMI:ER 6 AND 7, 1897. CATALOGUES MAILED TO ANY ‘ADDRESS. C. G. SLOAN & ©0., Liquidation Sale JADE BUTTO: Mostly Col TERMS CASH. National Bank of the Republic Bu S. W. Cor. of Seventh and en # sere 88 ay i 3 8 288 5F 3B arif? 8 s Hi i i i it AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SAL WUTURE Days, THOMAS DOWLING & 00. AUCTIc 612 KE st. niv. VALUABLE 3-STORY ELLING, WITH LAR SIDE LOTS, SITUATED AT NW. CORNER OF NORTH CAPITOL AND © STS. N.W. By virtue of a certain deed of trust to us, dated Angust 20, 184, and duly recorded August 21, 1804, in Liber No. 1K, folio 2S3 et xoq., of the land’ records of the District of Columbia.’ and at the request of the holder of the note secured there- by, we, the undersigned trustees, will sell at public auction, in front of the premises, on THURSDAY, the SIXTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBE! 1897, at HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK following described real extate and pret uate in the city of Washimgion, D Iumbia, and designated as and being twenty (20), twenty-one @1) and tweaty- in Charles J. Unlman’s subdivision of numbered one (1), in eyuare numbered si and siateen (616), as sald subdivision ix r Book ““B,”” page ISS, of the records of ¢ or's office of said District. together wit provements thereon, consist Stove and dwelling. Terms of sale: Purchaser to assume an existing trust of $10,000.00, bearing interest at 6 per cent per anmon ifall particulars of which can be ob- tained of the trastecs), and the balance of var chase money to be paid ‘in cash, option of the purchaser. A deposit of be required at time of sale. All conveyancing and recording at cost of purchaser. Terms of sale to be complied with within ten (10) days fom date of sale, or the trustees reserve the right to resell the property at the risk and cost of (he defaulting purchaser. se3-d&ds $ THOMAS DOWLING 612 E st. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF UNDIVIDED IALF INTER- EST IN THOSE TWO SUBSTANTIAL FRAME DWELLINGS KNOWN AS Nos. 62 “AND 627 G STREET SOUTHW TOGETHER WITH THE VALUABLE LOT WHICH THEY STAND, SAID PROPERTY HAVING A TOTAL FRONTAGE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF G STREBT OF i) FEED NING BACK. OF WHAT WIDTIL OX: ) AND TWEN- TY-FIGHT (28) PEET FIVE ©) INCHPS TO A PUBLIC ALLEY. Default having been’ made under those two cer- tain deeds of trust to us, dated, respective 21, 1896, and August 20, 1896. recorded respei in’ Liber 2133, folio et seq., and Liber . folio 43 et seq., of the land records of the District of Columbia, “Wwe, the signed trustees, on WEDNESD. Day” OF SEPTEMBER, 1897, AT FIVE O'CLOCK P.M, at the request of the parties secured thereby, Will sell, in front of the premises, an undivided one: half interest in fee simple in and to the following described real estate ( interest and estate said deeds of a wit: Lots forty-one (41) az four bun. dred and six tid sub- division recorded in Book R. yor's records of sid Dist vhich Mary Me proved by two frame dwell 627 G street southwest. me-third of the pure the bala hree (3) years, a Deposit of one_hun quired on day of sal Ti eyanelng and reco as of sale or deposit will day of x de] w arr se HENRY W! Trustee 501 7th st. FLOYD E. DAVIS. Trustee, TRUSTEES’ SALE AT AUCTION OF RESID! PREMISES NO. 408 SECOND STREET N.W., WASHINGTON, D. On the TENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1897, at HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P_M., and in front the premises, the undersigned wili sell at public tion, and as trustees under a certain deed of trust of August 19, 1895, recorded in Liber No. 2040, folio 307 et seq. District of Columbia land reéerds, all of lot numbered twenty-four (24), in George Watts’ subdivision of square numbered five lmndred_and seventy (70), as plat recorded in Liber No. 20, folio 115, District + “s oftice records, ree-story brick residence No. Terms: One-third cash « deposit with the trustees at ance in one and two 5 interest six per cepimm per an the property; or all carh, ; cing at purchaser's coxt. anroenrerenene IMATION ASHFORD, GEORGE E. FLEMING, au2S eod&ds ‘Trustees. THOMAS J. OWE: INEER. | TRUSTEES’ SALE OF ACREAGE I By virtue of a deed of trust 1130, folio 465 © » of the District of Colu OPERTY, in Liver ords of the request vay, AST FOUR O'CLOCK FP Thomas J. ining nine of Burrville. t to a prior deed of tr hundred 4 above said trust cash. A deposit of one bun) dollars req r &c., at purchaser's cost. Ww, IR., J. WwW. se3-d&ds Trustees. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF FOUR VALUABLE LOTS or : OTHER By virtue Liber No. cords of the Dist of the party 0 in fi fa deed of trust, duly recorded in lio 457 et seq. of th t of Colum O'CLOCK P.M., the following "des in the city of Washington, Distric Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, in hefrs of John Davidson sub- division Of square 340, as per pl: Liber N. K., folios 941 and 95 0! the surveyor's, office of said District. lots fronting each 25 feet on M street by depth of 120 feet, and said Tot 1 being a corner lot, having stor¢s fronting on M street, and being also im; by a store and three-story frame dwelling on J0th street. ‘This property will be sold subject to May 28, 1895, securing $15,000, tiree ye date, with interest at 5 per cent, annually, prineijel and interest being payabl gold coin or its equivalent. ‘Terms: One-third cash, ‘of which a deposit of $100 must be made on each lot at the time of su and the balance in three equal installments, in two and three years from day of sale, for which notes of the purchaser, bearing interest from day of sale (payable quarterly), and sccured by deed of trust on the property sold, will be taken, er all cash, at the option of the pu er. All couves- anclhg and recording at purchaser's cost. If terms are not complied with in twelve days from sale the trustees reserve the right to resell the prop- erty at the risk and cost of the defaulting pur- chaser or purchasers, after eight days’ advertise- ment in The Evening Star newspape JOHN W. PILLING, IRVING WILLIAMSON, se2-d&ds Trustees, RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., AUCTIONEERS, 920 PA. AVE. N.W. TRUSTEE'S SALE OF A VALUABLE LOT, IM PROVED BY A FRAME DWELLING HOUSE, NO. 408 ITH STREET SOUTHEAST. By virtue of a deed of trust, duly recorded in Liber No. 2086, folio 108 et seq.. one of the land records of the District of Columbia, and at the re- quest of the holder of the note secured there will offer for sale in front of the premixes, DRS NTH DAY OF SEPTEMBEK, E O'CLOCK P.M., that piece or reel of iand situate in the city of Washington, istrict of Columbia, and known ae lot numbered twenty cae 1) of Bond’ & Branahall, scestens subdivision ¢ jot nine ¢), in square wu bered nine hundred and ninety-two (#92). ‘The lot has a front on 1ith st. east of 17 feet 4 inches and a depth of 76 feet, and is improved by a frame ‘dwelling house. Terms of sale: One-half of the purchase money in cash, and the balance in two equal installments in one ‘and two years, respectively, from the day of sale, with iniercst at 6 per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, to be represented by the notes of the and secured by a tirst deed of trust on the property sold, or all the purchase money may be paid in cash. ‘Terms of sale to be complied with within, ten daya from the day of sale. A it of $100 will Be required at the time of sale. All conveyancing and recording at the cost of the purchaser. If terms of sale are not complied with within said time, the trustee re- serves the right to resell the property at the risk and oost of the defaulting purchaser after five days” ew W. BOARMAN, Trustee, ay28-dkds ‘501 D st. nw. C. G. SLOAN & ©0., AUCTIONEERS, 1407 G ST. TRUSTEE'S SALE OF A COMFORTABLE FRAME DWELLING AND ABOUT AN GROUND ON THE GEORGETOW) FAl FAX TURNPIKE, NEAR FORT MYER, By virtue of a certain deed of trust, dated the fifteenth day cf February, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and duly recorded in Liber ‘T, No. 4, follo 24, one of the land records of Ajexandria ccunty, in the state of Virginia, and at ttfe request of the party secured y, X will sell, at. public wuction, in front of the ises, on, SEPREMBER THE NINTH, 1607 ATSHALE Past FOUR O'CLOCK P.M., the following described land and premis-s: That certain piece or parcel of land situate in the county of Alexandria, state of Virginia, and known and lot i Berth 68% denvees,, west! 74 1-3. fect to “EL” a stake; thence 22 dcerces, 35 minutes, “east 586 1°12 teot to “F. 8 in the northern line grees western south E ! fred at time of sale. Conveyancing, | FUTURE vAYs, RATCLIOPE, SUTTON & ©0.. AUCTIONEERS. Trustees’ Sale of Valuable Subur- ban Real Estate. y virtue of a de emong the laud re bia, in Liber No. at Quest Of the bo the rotes secured We will offer for" sale, at auction, on the | ines, WEDAESDAY, the ITH DAY ot SEFTEMBER, AD. i8o7, ot FIVE, OcLocke P.M., those parceis oC land in tie Dis lumbia ki « lo and ered 1, G and 16 east of 1 and_north “Ing corded in survey in Connty Book §, described land, in ing part of sria ant,” keown “Ingleside.” viz.- Bey in north line of present counts or entrance to sid “Ingles perches north in the origin 2 rumin: d south Tht de north Sblg degrees west BNAN orth GIy degices west 17.80 perc Taig degroes weat degrees we: grees west 4 ek West the gate stone te degrees west from. » north perches, thence orth . thence north 1 pe > to a line of “Lei road north S0\ de said Line ton red os “Slippery Hills" thence nerth 11.70 perches tug sata wr's Out pe marked for a perches to Uh of per Angyle Cowl and Lorn Brown land re so much thereof as hus: ts Chapin Brown aud jnet above a in sa s . at part jd deserited and cons United States for Rock Creek Park id Lots, blocks and land will be sold or in two or more paris wil! known ‘at sale. All of said land subdivided into the above mentioned lots and biocks will be sold subject to @ prior deed of trust, recorded oy ald land records in Liber No. 1944, full amount then due thereander will | he wale. rms of sal in cast and th one and two One-third of the p balenre tm equal rs, With interest. fro at rate of six per cent, payable semi all in cash, at purchsser's option. "Th ments to be secured by purchaser's no of trust ony ty eld. A Gepe be required at time of sale. Terms complied with within days from day « Couveyancing and recording at haser’s « Tatt TBE, JOUN DB. COUGII 1 SA“ 01 THE CITY OF WAsHE By virtue of a decree of the District of Columsia, made in F No. 1N506, 1 ed trustees will at public aw in front of t einat SEPTEME FOUR 0 dercribed pl after described of Washi seventy-six, improv, ing onthe front and a rear: and at the hour of on said day, sntxtivision south of square numbered improved by a two-story brick dw ‘Forms of sate, is pr seriived th 3a third cash, one-third in one 3 tw year. from the diy of wal me. ts ty bear interest from secured te the partie ponding to t interests, by 2 good stivient {of trust ‘upon the respective promises, « at ihe option of the purchaser or pa f two hundred dollars on ea: required at the time of s terms ot sale are ‘not th within ten 55 from the trustes reserve the right te resel! the risk nnd cost of ta defauitiv chasers af ve days’ adverti resale in soue * District. All con> = cost. 1416 Fs DUNCANSON BROB., Auctioneers. “THOMAS DOWLING & 00. AvcT cs E ST. PEREMPTORY SALE OF VALUADL PROPERTY WEST SIDE OF SIREET, GEORGETOWN, D. By virtue’ of a ven the will of William Johnson, of J in the office of the register of wills of the District of Coluwlbia, the will sell, cot publi mises, on WEDNE |. IST, AT FIVE 0% certain lot or parcel of land situate, lying and of which the seized and possessed, ly described in a ‘deed. fro said William Jobnson, tion, in trout T ‘sa sh, ‘The purchaser auled ty mike * deposit of $100 at the ¢ sale, and will be required to comply fully with th terms of sale w tin fo sale. of tis fesenved 0 | yroperty od cost of ti defnal Shaver, after ave days pelac wotice. Omves to be at the cost of the purchas we W. FieLp, Executor cf Will! a ©0., AUCIS., 1407 G SI. NW. IRABLI PROP TWELFTH s from the THE ADJOINING LOTS eT, WASHINGTON, D. By virtue of a deed cf trust, cated October 23, 1s94, and recorded in Liber 162, folio 459 ct se ene of the land records of the District of bia, and at the request of the party secure! t by,’ the undersigned trustees will sell, auction, in front of the THE TENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1597, FIVE O'CLOCK P.M, the following descrived’ land and premises, situate in the city of Wa District of Columbia, and descrited All of originel lot numbered 4, and tw feet front on 11th street by full depth of original lot numbered nine (9), in square pumbered threo hundred and twenty-tive (825); also part of original lots numbered two (2) and three @), in suid square three hundred and twenty-five (25), described us follows: Beginning at the northwest corver of said lot three (3) end running thence south on Twelfth street 10 fect 6 inchs: thence east 100 feet 6 inchs; thence north 10 feet 6 inches; thence west 100 feet 6 inches to the place of begi Terms of sale: Purchaser to assur incumbrance of $4,000, with interest to di ané balance to be paid ue-half cash ai mairder in notes, secured by deed of trust on tbe property sold, ip equal installments, payable in tix, twelve and eighteen months, with luterest at six’ per cent per annum, payable sem!-aunually, from day of sale, or all cash above said trust, at the option of purchaser, All conveyancing, ecurd- ing and notarial fees at purchaser's cost. A de- posit of $100 op each parcel will be requived of the purchaser at the time of sale. Terms of sale to be complied with within ten days trom day of sale, otherwise the trustees reserve the right to resell the property at the risk and cost of defaalt- rchaser. a Hes BENJAMIN S. MINOR. Trustee, No. 416 Sth st. nw. LOUIS FAHNESTOCK, ‘Trastee, au27-d&ds 1750 S st. n.w., Washington, D. C. DUNCANSON BROS., AUCTIONEERS. TES s Hy i HEE rate! i i Is fe He if ue i FE Hl fi oii i i Hy i fe : # i it i Hi H i iE =, >