Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1898, Page 12

= THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBE —— 3 ne ae eee ae eee ee ee ee ee ee “Your Credit is Good.” oe eleetetetete Sete DOOD For a 6-foot Heavy Pol- ished Oak Extension ¢ Tabe. The regular price is $5. oo aes : c & Such is the special bargains 4 with which we will endeavor to 3 entice you into our store to- morrow. When you get here you will find such a bewildering profusion of bargains that you will resolve never to buy an- other piece of furniture with- out first consulting us. sLondongesgs Soe os eegeeg eertetoner Your Credit is Good. & & Make use of it. It makes it $ Seeders easier for you to buy what you want, and it adds nothing to A 3 the prices. meas z Avoid Typhoid Fever. £ Med We are sole agents for the new Co- Tumbla Filter, the most perfect filter 3 known. We bave three sizes, and we = plac? it im your house ata small Seetondent monthly ip way of buying heal Lansburgh Furniture Co., 1226 F St. N.W. ai, It is a che songs partes KING OF BAIT CASTERS. A Trial of Skill That Did Not End Pleasantly. From the Chicago Inter-Ocean. Smith Wright is the king of the bait casters of the Sand lake region. He is an angler who belongs to the same class as the poets who are born, not made. HIs father was famous as a hunter and angler, and Smith inherited the fishing instinct. Aimost any hour of the day he will lounge carelessly out on his front porch, jam his hands into his pockets, chew on his cigar a minute, sniff the air, size up the wind, look at the clouds and say ‘The ba: ought to bite in Fourth lake this morning, jough lake is the place to get a good string this afternoon,” or “You ought to get some big pickerel in Sand lake in a couple of hours from now A few years ago County Commissioner nes M. Mu ch black bass bears h thought he knew how to He invented a wee ¢, and for a long “Jim Munn was looked up to as an angler. He was the be of Crooked ich is a couple of miles north of lake. H beautiful summer the ing do Wright but they suprem- has a One day Murn trial of skill. uge of battle and should take place Now, the angler who is own lake knows has a di t 3 in the bass sd, but es i Munn hooks, a pair of them fastened to tandem fashion. One hook passed h the frog's h and the ether igh his legs. Both men used the same Munn caught the first bass and t the next two. Munn landed a four- and Wri went a half pound Strike.” Then Wright Pa in two or three hours showed fourteen fish to Munn ten. and nearly double the weight. Munn was getting rattled and losing his r, when Wright made a cast and a er hook and frog's legs. A two-pound T nabbed the frog and ir on the upper hook. As ed the two fish he held them up and s “Jim,” see what your hooks have don Munn was furious, and either purposely or tally d the boat, throwing men we ishing Pp, and mita armpits. He water out of his nose and went on ng with the same easy swing as if neth had happen and in ten minutes “struck” three more b but Munn had rowed home, the and dethroned monarch of Crook is Opinion. ort—“I borrowed fifty from him hs ago, and I haven't si Pycrust—“Been keepin Short—“No; I think h >of my wa two en him since.” ut of his wa 8 been keeping out a When you have a sick horse you do not hitch him up to asulky and take him to the Yace track for a little healthful spin. You doc- tor him. You cannot work or recreate a man into good health any more than you can a horse. ~ Bicycling will make healthy men more healthy; it will make unhealthy men more unhealthy. When a man has been living in too big a burry, when he has worked himself out, when he has got so that he does not sleep or eat, or rest, and the whole world looks gloomy to him, it is time for him to take medicine. Then, when he is braced up a bit, it is time enough for him to take to the bicycle. When a man’s nerves have an edge om them, so that the least little disappoint- ment rasps on his temper like a file, when his stomach and liver and nerves are de- ranged, and he is continually gloomy and melancholy, he should take Dr. Pierct Golden Medical Discovery. It makes a man as hungry as a fisherman and sees to it that all the vital elements of the food are absorbed into the blood. It braces up the liver and puts it to work in the right way. It drives all bilious impurities from the aystem. It fills flesh, nerves, brain cells, sinews and bones with the life-giving ele- ments of rich, red, pure blood. It makes a man healthy and then a bicycle will make him stron; Medicine dealers sell it. and have nothing “just as good.” Thi ijiful treatment I am once more a weil man,” J. Arnold. Esq., of Gandy. Logan Co., *1 suffered for years wits coustipation and torpidity of the liver, tation of the prostate and inflammation of the bladder. I took six bottles of ‘Golden Medical Discovery’ and ‘Pleasant Pellets’ and em permanently cured. You have been the means of saving my life.” A man or woman who neglects constipation suffers from slow poisoning Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets cure constipation, One le “Pellet” is a gentle laxa- tive, and two a mild cathartic. All medicine dealers sell them. No other pills are ‘just as good.”* EIGHT-HOUR LAW Report Made to Central Labor Union Last Night. OVERTIME WORK AT THE NAVY YARD Both Officials and Men Said to Be at Fault. OTHER BUSINESSTRANSACTED President Szegedy occupied the chair at the meeting last evening of the Central Labor Union and Mr. J. L. Feeny was sec- retary. ‘The principal topic discussed was a re- port submitted by a special committce on the subject of the violation of the eight- hour law by certain government officials. and was in these words: “The committee appointed by the Central Labor Union to investigate the reports made to that body that mechanics and la- borers were being worked in excess of eight hours, in alleged violation of law, at the Washington navy yard and the new city post ‘office, report that it was ascer- tained that the mechanics working on the construction of a machine shop at the navy yard are required to work four hours over- time each day, without the extra compen- sation of 50 per cent, which is always paid on private work. On this building, which is approximately 150 feet in depth and 60 feet in width, only sixteen bricklayers and about the same number of stone masons are employed. These mechanics, with the requisite number of laborers, are required to work from 6 o'clock a.m. to 6 o'clock p.m., with an interval at noon of twenty minutes for lunch. “The work is of such character that dou- ble the present force could be very con- veniently worked, there being at this time eighteen pilastered piers with stocked scaffolds and an additional thirty fect realy for scaffolding. These piers are 5 feet wide, inches thick, with about 5 interior joints struck. “The reasons given, so far as could be learned, why a larger force is not worked, thus requiring the mechanics to work twelve hours, is the desire of those in au- thority to have the work completed by January 1 of the coming year. This de- sire may be made to constitute an emer- gency—the ever convenient piea when the law is violated—yet it is not evident that at this time to work twelve hours daily on this construction, as under proper man- agement by those who had any regard for the law, by the employment of a small number of mechanics additionally and working them eight hours per day, the Same amount of work could have been done and the building would have been as far advanced as it is at present. Additional Men. “Why these additional men have not been employed can perhaps be satisfactorily an- swered by those having the work in charge. There is no question that at least double the number of mechanics and laborers now employed could b2 easily secured; but at present it seems there is no desire to in- crease the force. At the labor employment bureau at the yard it was stated that a large number of applicaticns were on file but at @ time no additional mechanics were being employed on the construction of machine shop. The committee visited the tt the na some dcy cight hour: various shop: ard and ascertained that rtmen the emplo: re worked in others ten hours and in oth- long as twelve hours. These differ- ences in time, it was said, was because of the urgeat need for the products of several urtments, the force employed not being sufficient to produce the necessa uppls if only worked eight hours. also ated ‘there was not sufficient shop room to nerease the force, and that those in charge were unable to procure a sufficient number fficient workmen. © statemen ever, were dis- credited when the fac ascertained that under more urgent than these now prevailing the force was em- sloyed In three employes, d ight-hour shifts, until the ring to make more time and thus incré their earnin; pre do upon those in charge to work them twelve-hour shifts. When we consider the previous con- ditions and those under which the men now work, the question of necessity is elimin- ated and the violation of law is aggravated sable, both employers and em- ng equally guilty At City Post Office. “Previous to instigating the reported vio- lation of law at the new city post offi the committee was informed by a foreman who has full knowledge of work at that building that he was not aware of any me- | chanics or laborers being worked in € of eight hours. The committee, however, visited the building at 5 o'clock p.m., and after a thorough investigation could find no one at work except the engineer who runs the elevator and four laborers, who were placing send on an upper floor to be u i by the plasterers on the following day. “These laborers stated that they had been working two hours overtime daily for eral months, it being necessary to do so, as during the day, when the elevator was required for other uses, a sufficient stock of material could not be supplied, and that after 4 y had the exclusive use of the € The report was adopted and the secretary directed to communicate the facts to the Secretary of the Navy and to protest in the name of the Central Lavor Union against the continuance of the jtactices referred to, which are regarded as flagrant viola- tions of the eight-hour law. Other Business. A formal protest against the re-election of Representative J. W. Babcock, who has been renominated for the House from the third district of Wisconsin, was adopted and a large number of copies ordered to be printed and circulated among th2 voters in Mr. Babeock's district. The cause of the complaint against Mr. Sabcock is that, as alleged, he refused to report to the House 4 bill on the question ot suffrage in the District of Columbia, which had been re- ferred to the commuittze of which he was chairm: It was also charged that Mr. Babcock Was an active agent ir introducing meas- ures in the House favoraple to corpora- tions. A communication was read from Stove Mounters’ Union, Local No 4 of Relleville, IL, reciting their “rievances against the Belleville stove wocks and naming sixty- two brands of stoves and ranges made by the concern which they request dealers to stop handiing. Delegate McCormick of the committee to assist returning District of Columbia vol- unteers who are out of work to get employ- ment stated that the committee had se- cured places for quite a number of me chanics, and that the committee ha head- quarters in the Atlantic building, where those desiring employment were requested to report and make their wishes known. President Szegedy stat:d that he made a visit to Cabin John bridge recently and as- certained that no unton-made cigars were sold at the hotel thers, although the pro- prietors of the place nad signed an iron- clad agreement to seli ihe union product. The matter was referred io the i Makers’ Union. W. R. Bradford of Columbia Typograph- ical Union was elected tinancial secretary and was duly installed. > Webster Davis’ Campaign Tour. Assistant Secretary Webster Davis of the Interior Department has started on a cam- paign tour under the auspices of the repub- lican congressional committee, making his opening speech this evening at Detroit, Mich., where he inaugurates the state cam- paign, From there he goes to Marion, Ind., where he speaks on the 22d. Then to Terre Haute, Ind., 23; Evansville, 24th; Sedalia and Clinton, Mo., 26th; Joplin and Car- thage. Mo., 27th; Springfield and Monette, Mo., 28th; Enid, Okla., 30th, and Guthrie, October 1. Mr. Davis will’ then go into Kansas for five days and then into Nebras- ka for five days, South Dakota for three days, Wyoming for three days, and will spend the balance of the time up to elec- tion in California and state of Washington. Their Strategic Importance Desoribed by Ensign Hayden. Favors Retention by the United Statc, of the Control of the Entire Group. Ensign Everett Hayden, U. S. N., retired, has prepared a paper giving a history and description of the Philippine Islands, show- ing their great strategic importance. The Paper was prepared at the instance of the American peace commission and copies of it were printed for the benefit of the mem- bers. It received the approval of Capt. J. R. Bartlett, retired, chief of the office of naval intelligence. “Strategically the Philippines are admir- ably located,” says Ensign Hayden, “for commercial and naval operations, in peace or in war, but every consideration of offen- sive or defensive war, as well as the pres- ervation of peace, seems to me to require that the entire group shall be the property of a single power. Indeed, it were far bet- ter for that power to own also what is now British North Borneo, bounding the Sulu sea to the southward. “The Philippines are very nearly as iarge in area as the British Isles. They are larger than New Zealand, and as large as Italy, with her own Sicily and Sardinia and French Corsica and British Malta added. Indeed, the eastern archipelago may be roughiy compared to beautiful, fertile, vol- canic Italy, only more so, and the strategic importance of the archipelago in peace or war is clearly manifest. ‘One might think from a casual glance at the map that the defense of this great in- land sea, with its intricate channels ard numerous islands, exits and entrances, would be difficult, if not impossible. A closer examination of a chart, however, shows but seven clear channels, four on the east (San Berpardino, Surigao, Basilian and Sibuta) and three on the west (Verde, Min- dora and Balabac). Good harbors, timber, iron and coal are prolific even now, when the ultimate resources of the islands are not even estimated. “Hemp, the best in the world, is the prod- uct par excellence of this region. In fact, the entire material of modern naval war- fare is at hand, awaiting only the person- nel to utilize it. Coal, the very life of mod- ern commerce and naval war, is abundant in many islands of the group, and may oc- cur in all “The ownership of such resources, so rear at hand, by a commercial rival and possible enemy, and the establishment close by of naval coaling stations and dock yards, would not tend toward the preserva- tion of peace or the successful finish of a Prospective war. “It is not, probably, either desirable or necessary to go into details here regarding the strategic value of the various islands, harbors and channels, better shown on charts than in type, nor to discuss the rela- tive value of each. In fact, all are so in- timately related that it is practically im- possible to disassociate them in any scheme Of offense or defense. Control of the Group. “It will be better for the welfare of the native inhabitants, for the commercial fa- terests of all nations and for the peace of the world if the control of the entire group of the Philippine Islands remains perma- nently in the hands of the United States. ‘The more one studies the subject, in the light of past history, and the certainty of a vast future expansion of our trade with China and Australia, the more convineed does he become that sovereignty over tne entire group, from the little is!ania north of Luzon to the further coral reefs that stretch toward the equator from P. and the Sulu Islands, is essentizl to future potential energy in the ‘ar eust. “Even the wild and unexplored Palawan, which forms a natural breakwater for 300 miles against the sweep of the southw: monsoon, is capable, if occupied, developed and fortified during long years of peace, of becoming a formidable of operations in time of war. The importance of Manila ts due largely to its being for centuries the capital of the archipelago and the reservoir of its produc- tions and supplies. Divide the group, and you cut off streams of wealth that help fill the reservoir. With a rival established at Tacloban, Loilo, Cebu or even ‘lugan, the enormous resources of the Visayas | and Mindanao might, and probably would, be diverted to build up a metropolis that would la in wealth and importance. y the Philippines seem, like our e “one inseparable. e great inland sea, Sulu or Mindoro sea, if once well charted, its channels light- ed and buoyed, its Malay pirates suppress- ed, its fertile islands cultivated, and their mineral wealth explored, must become the scene of an enormous commerce, composed net merely of the vessels of a local coast- but of the seagoing ships and of every nation engaged in the East Indian and Australian trade. Effect of the Nicaraguan Canal. “The completion of the Nicaraguan canal may result in the establishment of an equa- torial steamship line whose vessels will cir- cumnavigate the globe on schedule trips in eighty days, and the great circle route from Brito, Nicaragua, to Singapore via Honolulu and Guam Island passes diagonally through v0 miles of the Sulu sea, from Surigao ait to Balabac. ‘Similarly, the shortest route from Hong Kong to all Australian and New Zealand perts, from Tonquin to New Caledonia, irom the Yellow sea to eastern Japan, Celebes and West Australia, and from the entire North Pacific ocean to the straits of Sunda und Singapore, is by way of the channels of the Philippine archipelago and its great in- land sea. “It seems safe to predict that with the opening of the Nicaraguan canal the dawn of a new and glorious era of prosperity will succeed the long night of nearly four cen- turies of Spanish domination.” + 0+ What Becomes of Pins. From Tit-Bits. An old gentleman in the ncrth of London has been making a series of interesting ex- periments with a view to finding a solu- tion to the question often asked: “What becomes of the countless myriads of pins, etc, that are annually lost?” As he expected, he finds that it Is the disintegrating effects of the air which re- solve even these intractable little instru- ments into their elements. He put some hundreds of brass and steel pins, needies, hairpins, etc., in a quiet corner of his gar- den, where they would be subj&t to ail the destructive agencies of dampness, earth, wind, etc., although secure from the predatory hands and disturbing feet of in- quisitive intruders. : ‘The results are curious. Ordinary hair- pins were the first (taking 154 days, on an average) to oxidize into a brownish rust— ferrous oxide—which was scattered by the wind as it was formed, and not a trace of a single one could be detected at the end of seven months. Common bright pins took as long as eighteen months before their combustion was complete, but vrass ores had been entirely turned into green verdigris long before that. At tne end of fifteen months an ordinary penholder had had its nib entirely rusted away, but the wooden stick was still al- mest unaltered. It is probable that the paint on it had somewhat of a preservative effect. Some used wax vestas were al- most gone, with the exception of fhe cot- ton wick, in less than eighty days frcm the time they were deposited, but the sul- phur heads of some unlit ones were as perfect as ever. : Polished steel needles of a small size lasted a very long time (over two years and a half); but a black lead pencil proved itself to be practically indestructible, both cedar and plumbago being almost as good as when new, even though harder thirgs had quite rotted. We'd rather you'd have the profit, and more too, than to let stock hold ‘over. Hoeke's is a real Clearing Sale.—Advt. = Denth of Private W. G. Enos. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., September 20.—Wil- son G. Enos, aged twenty-six years, son of David Enos, Cumberland, a member of the 5th Pennsylvania Volunteers, died at Mercy Hospital, Pittsburg, from typhoid fever contracted while at Chickamauga Park. His body was brought here and buried today with military honors. un our ing trade, INVALUABLE: AD RENDERED Sate o Werk of Captain Lamar’s:Command. Review of the EXCITING EPISODES Captain William H. Lamar, who was commanding officer of the United States Volunteer Signal Corps during its connec- tion with the Ist Division of the Ist Army Corps, Major General James H. Wilson commanding, in the Porto Rican campaign, is in Washington on business with the War Department. Captain Lamar’s command is known. throughout the service as “the District Signal Corps,” having been enlisted in this city, and a very large proportion of its members are residents of the District and nearby Maryland and Virginia. The record made by the command was a particularly brilliant one. In a fecent communication to the adjutant general of the army Gen- eral Wilson states that in all respects the work of the company had been efficient and thoroughly accomplished, and at no time had his lines of communication been other than the most satisfactory possible. The greatest credit, declares Genera] Wilson, should be given to this efficient company and its officers, and he especially recom- mends Captain Lamar for promotion and that he be retained in the Signal Corps of the United States army as an officer of the regular military establishment. Wonderful Work in Two Months. The command !eft Washington barracks in this city when it was organized, July 9 last, and reported next day to Mai. Gen. Wilson at Charleston. The time allowed Capt. Lamar in which to prepare for leav- ing Washington, orders having been issued July 8, was so short that it was impossible to get all the equipments required, but at Charlesten, where a stay was made until July 20. the deficiencies were supplied, and signal stations were established in and around Charleston for practical ‘purposes day and night, with the effect of improving the efficiency of the men in a marked man- ner. When the start was made for Porto Rico, by direction of Gen. Wilson, the company Was divided into three detachments and as- signed to the three transports, No. 21, No. 30 (the Obdam) and La Grande Duckesse, in order to keep the transport fleet in com- munication during the voyage. A signal station was maintained on each vessel during the voyage, and the signal- men did very satisfactory work transmit- ting and receiving official messages be- tween the boats both by day and night. The ist Division disembarked at Port of Ponce July 28, 29 and 30, the signalmen rendering valuable service from stations og shore and aboard the ships. Destruction by the Spaniards. Captain Lamar and a detachment of the men took possession of the tele- graph and cable office ‘at Port of Ponce July 28 and found that the Spaniards had cut the cable, demolished the telegraph and cable instruments and the battery. The men were equal to all emergencies, how- ever, as they comprised telegraphers and electricians of wide experience. Some of the battery jars remained intact and a bat- tery of twenty cells'was reconstructed and a party of linemen sent out to repair the line to the city of ‘Ponce and established immediate communication with the port. The city was the terminus of seven tele- graph lines, two to the-port, three to San Juan through various towns and and two others to other Porto Rican towns. Capt. Lamar immediately ascertained the availability of all these Ynes for military operations in all directions. July 31 he es- tablished a telegraph station at division headquarters and from that time until the final surrender there was not a moment when the headquarters at Ponce was not in perfect communication with the picket lines of the army and@ all intermediate points. Everywhere that a Spanish tele- graph station was found it was discovered that all instruments had been removed or destroyed and a general wrecking had been indulged in. Received Surrender of Adjuntas. August 1 Capt. Lamar, with Lieut. Lenoir and fourteen mounted men, had a thrilling adventure. They went to accompany Gen. Ray Stone on a reconnoissance of the coun- try in the direction of Arecibo. Capt. Lamar was directed by Gen. Stone to proceed to Adjuntas without delay, join him there and establish communication with Ponce. With Lieut. Lenoir and his fourteen men Capt. Lamar, all on American horses, made a rapid ride to.Adjuntas, which was eighteen miles outside of the American lines, and arrived there about 4 o'clock, ex- pecting to find Gen. Stone and part of Gen. Henry's command at Adjuntes. When the small detachment dashed into town they found they were the first American soldiers to arrive there. The regular Spanish troops had evacuated Adjuntas a few days pre- viously, but about a hundred volunteers, armed and equipped, were still there. Capt. Lamar’s small ‘party was entirely unsup- ported and armed only with revolvers; but the people, who were favorably disposed, were told there was a large force near at hand, and then the Spanish volunteers soon came and surrendered their arms and am- munition. Gen. Stone, accompanied by an orderly and se newspaper men, arrived three hours later and a company of infan- try the following day. Frequently in Great Peril. There was continuous hard work for the District Signal Corps all the time, and when the fighting began around Coamo and Aibonito the men were engaged in signal- ing, running telephone lines and operating them frequently under heavy fire from the enemy. This was particularly the case Au- gust 10, when the American artillery was engaged in shelling the Spaniards’ position on_Asomantee hiils. The artillery took a position a short dis- tance in front of the telephone and signal station Capt. Lamar had established under the brow of a hill, putting the station and its attendants directly in line of the en- emy’s fire, who returned the fire of our ar- tillery very promptly. Their guns were aimed a little too high, however, and about thirty shells fell close to the signal station, one of them striking about eight feet from where Capt. Lumar stood, two pieces of it imbedding themselves in the tree upon which the telephone was hung. Private Henry J. McKenney-of this city had charge of the telephone at,the time and had step- ped away from it only a moment before, or he would have been certainly killed. From the close of hostilities on August 13 to August 31, Capt.. Lamar’s command was engaged in operating telephone and tel- egraph lines, taking inventory of property, etc. Capt. Lamar was assigned to special duty on Gen. Wilson's staff August 31, and the command devolved on Capt. Henry H. Canfield. The men of ‘the command are greatly scattered, as many were detached for signal duty on transports and other duties, but it is believed they will all be to- gether within a week or ten days.” From the District. The residents of. the District who are memb2rs of Capt. Lamar’s company are as follows: Corporal Albert 8. Fuger, First Sergeant James B. Anderson, First Ser- geant C. E. Delaplane, Sergeant Alfred C. Pickells, Corporal Edwin C. Andrews, First Sergeant Wallace A. Worseley, First Ser- geant Harry A. Swigert and First Sergeant William F. Denny, Corporal Lawrence B. Burford, Private John Faid, jr., Private James Sebon Rains, Private Frederick 5. Hall, Private Morris Ketcham, jr., Private Preston B. Ewing, Corporal’ Joseph V. Birch, Private John P. Faye, Private Hen- ry J. McKenney and Private Jesse H. Gra- ham. From nearby Maryland points Capt. La- mar’s company embraced Private W. Rus- sell Brewer, Sergeant James E. Abbott, Corporal J. B. Mudge, Sergeant Addison D. Edsall, Sergeant Albert J. Gore, Corporal Roger Shaw, Sergeant Joseph T. Stewart, Private John McConnell, jr., Private Ros- oe C. De Lauder and Sergeant George L. ‘ine, Dd 4% 20, 1898-12 PAGES. THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS! 4 WHO eal = seen | see | eee AN ANCIENT SCOURGE. Some Countries Where the Drended ‘ Leprosy Still Prevails, From the London Mail. Few things offer more satisfactory food for reflection than the banishment of lep- resy from the British islands. Its ravages are now for the most part confined to the great oriental population, but in mediaeval England the disease assumed gigantic pro- Pertions, Leprosy is believed to have existed in Egypt as early as 1500 B. C. Herodotus knew of it in Persia, and the early Chinese writers refer to the disease. it is improbable that leprosy afflicted early Greece and Rome, as the ancient writers of these countries invariably speak of it as a foreign disease. It, however, ap- peared in both countries in the first cen- tury before Christ, and accompanied the Reman colonists into Spain, Gaul and Ttaly. in England a leper or lazar hous> was established in Canterbury in A. D. 1096. The crusades are credited with being an important agent in the dissemination of this terrible diseas>, for during this period it made rapid strides throughout Europe. In 1226 we hear of the existence of 2,100 leper hospitals in France alone. - The numb2r of leper houses in Europe was estimated by Mathew Paris at the terribie total of 19,000, while it is certain that between the first leper house built and the year 1472 mo less than 112 institutions were built in this country. The leper houses of the middle ages were for the most part religious, and dedicated to St. Lazarus. In the 2ye of the law the leper was dead. The church adopted the same view, and Tread the burial service to the poor unfor- tunate on the day of his removal to the lavar house. This was perhaps scare2ly less charitable than the modern act of reading the burial service to a condemned man on the scaffold, but the church in those days went further—it thr>w a shov- elful of earth over the poor wretch as a symbol of the grave that was yawning for im. ‘The lepers wore a special costume, usual- ly a long gray gown with a hood drawn over the face. Instead of the heartrending Jewish cry, “Unclean, unclean,” the med- jaeval leper announced his approach by means of wooden clappers. From the year 1420 there was a docided decrease in the number of lepers in Eng- land. A commission appointed in the reign of Edward IV reported that few l=pers re- teined in any of the lazar houses. Be- fore Henry VIII came to the throne lep- rosy had practically disappeared, and Italy and France saw the last of th scourge about the same time. In Norway, Ireland and Russia a trace of this mediaeval blight is found today, while it lingered in the Shetland Isles until the clese of th> last century. Rare cases are also fourd in Portugal, Spain, Turkey and Greece at the present time. While the dis- ease was thus dying out of Europe isolation was everywhere strictly enforced. Leprosy followed the Chinese immigra- tion into America, appearing as far east as Chicago. In South Africa and Australia it is encountered. The disease was carrizd into the Sandwich Islands in 1850, and has been spreading with alarming activity. It is rampant in the Hawaiian Islands, where the immortal Father Damien went to min- ist2r relief to the lepers, and who by his death has left a monument of devotion that will last for all time. It is a curious fact that leprosy among the lower animals is unknown, and this renders any demonstration of the bacillus extremely difficult. In man, however, th> disease has been communicated in this manner. Keanu, a Hawaiian criminal, preferred having a por- tion of a leprous tubercle grafted beneath the skin of his left arm rather than suffer death on the scaffold. Members of Keanu’s family were leprous, but he himself had given no indication of the disease. In six months l2prosy developed, and in six years the man was dead. The cause of the disease is little known, but qualified observers believe it to be strongly hereditary. Som> think that fish food, especially when salted or decom- d, is the main cause of its origin. Dirt bad sanitation are, of course, favor- to its growth. But whatever the , lst us be thankful for its departure from these islands. soe Close Observers, From Puck. Jack—"Let’s play house. I'll be ther, and you'll be the mother.” Dolly—Yes; and I'll come to you and ask you for money to buy a new dress.” Jack—"Yes; there you go! That's just you! You always want to do something to raise a fight.” —_—_+e+—___ AUCTION SALES OF REAL ESTATE, &c. the fa- "Today. Deteansen Bros., Aucts.—Peremptory sale of very valucble building lots on 12th st. between Mass. ave. and M st. n.w., Tuesday, September, 20, 1898, at 5 p.m. $ Tomorrow. Thomas Dowling & Co., Aucts.—Trustee’s sale of valuable unimproved real estate, being lots 43 to 55, both inclusive, in square 962, situated on E st. between 10th and 11th sts. and on 11th st. between D and E sts. n.e., in the city of Washing- ton, D. C., on Wednesday afternoon, September 21, at 5 o'clock. James W. Ratcliffe, Auct.—Trustee’s sale of a large frame dwelling, No. 1411 29th st., West Washington, D. C., on Wedresday, September 21, at 4:30 p.m. AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DAYS. JAMES W. RATCLIFFE, AU (Successor to Ratcliffe, Sutton & Co.) ENTIRE STOCK OF GROCER- IES, SHOW CASES, ETC, CONTAINED IN STORE N.W. CORNER OF 26TH AND I STS. N. W. YAY MORNIN SEPTEMBER TWENTY-SECOND, 1898, AT TEN O'CLOCK, I will sell at the above store, a well assorted stock of Groceries, &c., to which the attention of the trade and vrivate buyers called. Terms cash. JAMES W. RA'BOLIFFE, Auct. se20-d&dbs THOS. J. OWEN, AUCTIONEER, 913 F ST. N.W. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF DWELLING NO. 420% P STREET NORTHWEST. By virtue of a deed of trust to us, duly reco:jed among the land records of the District of Colum- bia, tu Liber 2003, follo 417 et seq., we will, at the request of the holder of the notes secured thereby, sell at public anction, in front of the premises, at HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P. ON TUESDAY, THE FOURTH DaY OF OCTO: RER, A.D. 1808, the following described property, situate and lying in the elty of Washington, Dis- trict of Columbia, namely: Lot numbered eighty (80), in Wm. H. Doherty and Samuel H. Sher- wood's subdivision of lots in sqnare numbered five hundred and eleven (513), ag said subdivision ts re- corded in the office of the surveyor of the Distcet of Columbia, ia book 15, page $6, with rlekt to the use of the north five (5) feet by the width of lots seventy-six (76) and seventy-seven (77), In said subdivision, ard of the west four (4) feet by depth of sald lot seventy-seven (77), a8 an aller, with the improvements and appurtenances thereunto be- longing. ‘Terms of sale: One-thinl cash, balance in ope ard two years, represented by notes of the pur- chaser, Dearing 6 per cent Interest, payable semi- annually, and secured by & deed of trust, upon the roperty sold. or all cash, at the e pure Ehaver.” A deposit of $250 required at the tle of sale. "All conveyancing, recording and_ revenue stamps iat the cost of ‘the purchaser. ‘Tecms of sale to be complied with within ten days from day of sale, otherwise the trustees reserve the right to resell the property at the risk and cost of the de- faulting purchaser, after at least five days’ adver: tisement of such ‘resale In some newspaper pul ished in the clty of Washington, D. C. aoe mM a A. WILSON, JOHN se20-d&ds ‘Trustees, MARCUS NOTES, AUCT., PREAUTIFUL FOLDING BED WITH F. P. MIR- ROR, OAK AND WALNUT BED “RoowM SUITES, SIDEBOARDS, COMBINATION REAU_AND WASHSTAND. BEAUTIFUL PAR- LOR SUITES. WARDROBE FOLDING BED. COUCHES. HAIR AND C. r H.C. HAT BLES, TRIMMED BED STAND AND TABLE TO MATCH, ABOUT BRUSSELS AND 600 YARDS _INGRAL FLY AND COTTAGE CARPETS. FROM CAMP ALGER ABOUT 400 W. S. CHAIRS, ALSO 20 SMYRNA RUGS, 4 WOOL ART SQUARES, 3 CLOCKS FROM INSTALLMENT HOUSE. On Thursday morning, September 22,at10 O'clock, I will sell at my salesrooms an excellent collection of Household Effects and Car- pets. Terms cash. me-2t ii AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALES. THIS AFTERNOON. TOMORROW. DUNCANSON BROS., AUCTIONEERS. PEREMPTORY SALE OF VERY VALUABLE BUILDING LOT ON TWELFTH STREET RE- TWEEN MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE AND M STREET NORTHWEST, NEAR CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION. On TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER TWENTIFTH, 1898, at FIVE O'CLOCK, we shall sel! at tublic’auction, in front of the premises, LOT 10, SQUARE 282, having a frontage of 23 feet on 12th street by a Gepth of 110 feet. A fine lot in a splendid sec jon. ‘Terms: Liberal and will be made known at sale. $300 deposit required at time of sale, and all conveyancing and revenue stamps at cost of pur- charter, Sale te be closed in ‘ten days, otherwise resale at risk and cost of defaulting purchaser. sel4-c&ds | DUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers. One hundred valuable and very desirable building lots in Center Eckington to be sold at auction to close a syndicate. S SEPTEMBER TW! . 188, AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. AT THE REQUEST OF THE PART! ESTED, SELS, " ES MEST BIDDE! AUCTIO y LOCATED BU IN THE SUBDIVISICN KNOWN TER ECKINGTON NO RESERVE WILL PLACED ON ANY LOT. TERMS VERY EASY AND MADE KNOWN AT TIME OF SALE. A DFPOSIT OF $50 WILL BE REQUIRED ON EACH LOT AS SOLD. CONVEYANCI ET AT PURCHASERS CCST, THEY WILL RE OF: FERHD SEPARATELY. THIS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO SALE AFFORDS CONTRACTORS, BUILDERS OR PRIVATE BUYERS TO SBCURK LOTS AT YOUR OWN PRICE. DO NOT FAIL TO. ATTEND THIS RAL Y DESIRED tN- FORMATION APILLY TO THE AUCTIONEER, WHBRE PLATS ¢ 33 THOS. 3. OW AUCT., 913 F ST. JOHN E. CLATOR, ‘Atty., 918 F ST. se19-3t TH J. OWEN, AUCTIONEER, 913 F ST. N.W. Assignee’s Saleofthe Entire Contents of Hardware Store 820 7th st. n.w. BY VIRTUE OF AN ASSIGNMENT MADE TO ME, AND DULY BECCRDED, TF WILL S AT PUBLIC AUCTION, ON THE PREMISES,” S20 3TH ST. N.W. ON THURSDAY, B TWENTY-SECOND, 1808, AT ELE’ : AM. A LARGE AND 'WELL-ASSORTED GEN- ERAI, LINE OF He RDWARE, SUCH AS IS USU. ALLY FOUND IN A FIRST-CLASS HARDWARE STORE. THE S10CK W LL FIRST BE OFFE! ED AS A WHOLE, AND IF A SATISFACTORY BID IS NOT OBTAINED IT WILL THEN BB SOLD IN DETAIL. SALE POSITIVE. NO RE- SERVE. Terms cash. sel6-dts G. J. BOND, Assignee. C. G. SLOAN & CO., AUCTIONEERS. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF FINE NI ROOM BRICK DWELLIN NORTHEAST CORNER OF LARCH AND MAPLE AVENUES, LE DROIT PARK, LOT 50x100. By virtue of a certain deed of trust recorded in Liber 2295, follo 166 et seq, of the land records of the District of Columbia, we will sell rt public avetion, in front of the premises, on MONDA. the TWENTY-SIXTH DAY of SEPTEMBER, A. D. 1898, at FOUR O'CLOCK P. M., the following described real estate, sitcate in’ the county of Washington, in said District: Lots numbered nine- teen (19) and twenty (20) in H. M. Brush’s gub- aivision of part of block numbered four (4), “Le Droit Park,” ex per plat recorded in Liber County 9, follo 127, of the records in the office of the surveyor of’ the District of Columbia, together with the improvements, consiating of three-story brick dwelling, containing nine rooms and bath. ‘Terms: One-fcurth cash, balance in two (2) years, with interest at six (6) per centum per annum: payable semi-annually from date of sale, secured by deed of trust, upon the property sold, or all cash, at the option of purchaser. A deposit $150" will be required at time of sale. verancing, revenue stamps, recording, & chaser’s cost. All con- at_pur- Terms to be complied with within ten days, otherwise the trustees reserve the right to resell at risk and cost of the defaulting par- cheser. CHARLES E. BANES, NOY. WORTHIN: r AUCTION- OF ROOM AND NO. 51 FL = NORTHWEST.—By virtue of 2 d + recorded in Liber 1835, folio 244, et seq.. | e District of Columbia, and by | holder of the note, we will se n_ front of land “records of cr parce’ of lind a known as number twenty two (22), Hett’s subdivision of lots in block 3, Le Droit Park,” as per plat rd in Libe County No. 7, follo 28, of the records of the surveyor’s office of the Distriet « Columbia. Terms of sale: $500 in cash, remainder in one to four years, with interest at 5 per cent Per annuim, secured by deed of trust, or all cash. AIL papers ‘at cost of the purchaser. "A deposit of $200 required at sale. Terms of sale to be com- plete in ten dayr from date of sale, otherwise trustees will sell at the risk and cost of pur- chaser. THOS. G. HENSEY, JACKSON H. RAL- STON, Trust sel5-10t TRUSTEE'S SALE OF FRAME HOUSE NO. GALES STREET N.E. By virtue of two decds of trust, recoded, in Libers 1700 and 1883," foll . of the land reconis for the Columbia, apd at the request 1505 thereby, ‘the ersigned sui tr offer for sale by public In fry premises, on WED) THE FIGHTH DAY OF PAST FOUR serit the city ington, District of Columbia, to wit: Lot fifty in Wm. H. Claggett’s et ux. subdivision of 2), twenty-elght (28), being part of a tract of } known as Long Meadows, together with improvements, rights, &¢ ‘erms: Stated at time of sale. A deposit of $100 required upat acceptance of bid. Terms to be com- plied with in fifteen days. All conveyancing, stamps, &e., at purchaser's cost. JOHN WALTER, Jr., sel7-d&ds Surviving Trustee. THOMAS DOWLING, AUCTIONEER, 612 B st. nw. CHANCERY SALE OF A LOT 50 FEET FRONT BY 70 FEET DEEP, IMPROVED BY A FRAME HOUSE, NO. 1820 33D STREET N.W. Under of the Supreme Court of the trict of . th equity cause 19,459, the un- dersigned will seil by tc auction, in’ front of publ 1 the “premises, on SEVENTH DAY OF O'CLOCK street by the THE TWENTY- BER, 1898, at PIVE a 50 feet front on 334 epth of the lot of lot 234 in Beatty id Hawkins’ addition to Georgetown, in what is now known 9s square 1290, in the city of Wi ton, D.C. V lot bus a vepth of 70 feet is improved by a large frame stable and barn, and a frame dwelling, No. 1820 Xd street n.w Terms of sale: One-third cash, and the balance In equal installments In one and two years foun day of sale, with Interest at 6 per cent, payable semi-annually, and represented by the promixsocy notes of the purchaser, secured hy deed of trust on the property sold, or all cash, at the option of the purchaser. A deposit of $100 will be required at time of sale. All conveyaacing and stamps at cost of purchaser. JESS 2 I. WILSON, Trustee, Equity building, 319 $44 nw. HEXRY W. SOHOS, ‘Truntser seld-dts Fendall “building,” 344 D_a.w. DUNCANSON BROS., AUCTIONEERS. TRUSTEES’ SALE AT AUCTION OF BRICK DWELLING HOUSE NO. 1007 M*#RYLAND AVE. S.W. On WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER TWENTY- EIGHTH, 1898. AT FIVE O'CLOCK P.M., in front of the premises, the undersigned, as trustees, under the deed of trust recorded In Liber No. 2088, folio 204 et seq., of the land records of the Dis: trict of Columbia, will sell at public auction all that part of lot D in William B. Todd's subdivis- ion of square oumbered three hundred and fifty-two (352), im the city of Washington, D.C.. contained within the foliowing metes and bounds: Begiuning for the same .0 Maryland avenue, at the southeast corner of said lot, “and running thence westerly along said avenue eighteen (18) feet rine and one- half (9%) tacbes; thence northerly, at right angles to said avenue, fifty-five (55) feet eleven and three- forrths (11%) ‘nches; thence north sixty-one (61) feet eight and one-balf (8%) inches, to the reat Une of said lot; heuce east on said rear line twelve (G2) feet four and one-balt (4'4) Luches to the north- east corner of said lot; thence south forty (40) feet five (5) inches, and thence southerly seventy-one (71) feet eleven (11) inches to the place of begin- ning. With right to use an sliey opening on Mary- land avenue and adjoining the west part of said above described nart of lot, being two (2) feet ten (10) inches wide, and running back that width forty-one (41) feet six (6) Inches. With the Im- pfovements, consisting of brick dwelling No. 1007 jaryland ave. 8 -v. Terms: One-fourth cash (of which $200 mast be deposited with the trustees at time of sulei, and balance im three equal Installments, payable one, two and three years from date of sale, with inter: est, payable semi-annually, at 6 per cent per an- a cured by hrst lien’ on the property, or all at purchaser's option. And if terms ‘cre not complied with in ten days from date of sale, trus- tees reserve the right to resell on five days’ public advertisement, at visk and cost of defaulting pur- chaser. All conveyancing and stamp taxes at cost of purchaser. GEORGE E. FLEMING, 470 La. ave., E. WELSH ASHFORD, 1410 G st. n. -_selS-thetusds ru JAMES W. RATCLIFFE, AUCTION (Successor to Rateliffe, Sutton & Co. CHANCERY SALE OF A HOUSE AND LOT, NO. 620 DELAWARE AVENUE. By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, passed in Equity Cause No. 19486, we will offer for sale at ic auction, in ‘front ‘of the premises. on MONDAY, THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1893, AT POUR O'CLOCK P.M., lot 29 iu William B! Todd's subdivision of square 642, und the rear 16 feet of original lot 8 iu suid square, improved by a frame dwelling. ‘Terms: One-third cash, the balance in one and two years, or all eash. A deposit of $100 will be required at the of sale. Terms to be complied with within ten days $5, Sepeatt Sectoteed. CHAI EARL, Trustee, 3 4 REUBEN 8. SMITH, 9015,17.20,22,2426-6t 420 Sth st. nw. JAMES W. RATCLIFFE, AUCTIONEER, (Successcr to Ratcliffe, Sutton & Co) S SALE OF A LARGE FRAME ING, NO. 1411 WTR STREET, West WASHINGTON, D.C By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, passed tn equity caure No. 19552, the undersigned trustee will offer by 3 mes, OR INKSDAY, THE FOURTEBNTH 5 PTEMBER, A. D. Svs, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M, "the following descrited real ex: te in the city of Washington, Disiriet of aud being parts of original ote pumber. ed one hundred and two (102) and one bund three (103), 40 square numbered eighty -nise In Georgetown, Disteict of Columbia, beginning at the east side th st. one hundred and twenty four (124) feet south of the northwestern corner of square, thence south on said Twenty-ninch (auth) twenty-eight (2h) feet, more ¢ to the of # partition wall between the two Louses 102 a of said par piddle line square, € west ip said line to the beginning ments, rights, etc ‘Terme: Gne-third ca ents, payable in ninety (00) feet together with all the linprove- lance in two equal in. d two years, with In secured by deed oF all cash, plied wt tee reserves the right to resell t risk and cost of the defaulting porchaser a in ten days fro propert dase” advertisement of such resale In sous paper published in Washington, D.C All ev Veyancing, stamps, ete. at (he cost of the pi chaser. WALTER A. JONNSTC ee8-d&ds an ETRE ABOVE SALE IS POSTPONED UNTIL WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1898. at same hour and ploce WALTER A. JOHNSTON. 412 Sen wt AUCTIONKERS, , Trusten, Sth st. ow, 3-hds SALE OF VALUABLE UNIMPROVED TE, BEING LOTS 43 To 55, ROTH IN SQUARE #42, BETW D.¢ Under ‘and by virtue of a certain deed of trast, dated the 26th day of June, A. D. 1806, and ve: corded in Liber No. 2141, folio 245, et seq., of the Lond Records of the District of Colnmbi at the request of the parties secured thers undersigned trustees will sell at pu in front of the premises, at FIVE. 0: THE AFTERNOON OF WEDNESI TWENTY-FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMH 1898, the following described land situate in the city of Washingt lumbia, known and designa: numbered forty-three (43), forty-four (44), forty- five (45). forty-six (46), ‘forty-seven (47). forty- eight (48), forty-nine (49), fifty (50), fifty-one (1), fifty-two (G2), Bfty-three (53), Hfty-four (4) and Hfty-fve (55), in Scaggs vnd Hoover's, trusteos, subdivision of ots in square numbered nine hun- dred and sixty-two (962), as per plat recorded in Liber 12, follo 84. of the records of tbe office of the surveyor of said District, anid lots having @ frontage on E street of about 115.00 feet and a frovtage on 11th street of about 102.5 feet Terms of sale: One-third cash, and the in one and two years, for which the no purchaser must be giver, bearing interest, peyalie semi-annually, at the rate of six per centum per annum from the day of sale until pall, and to be auction, LOCK IN Y. JHE A. D. id premises, District of Co- d #8 and being bate balance the secured by deed of trust on the property sold, or all ecxh, at the purchaser A deposit of $500 will be required at All con- it pure If the terms of sale plied with In ten doys from date of sale t tees reserve the right to resell ti the and cost of defaulting purchaser, after three days’ public notice of such resale In some hewspaper published in Washington, D. ©. SAMUEL MADL Trustee, 440 Indiana avenne, MAHLON ASHFORD, Trastec, 470 Loufsinna avemie, FUTURE DAYs. TRUSTEE'S OF_1MPR 17TH 8% By virtue corded in Liber X. the land recosds for the District of € at the request ¢f the pa Will sell, at public auction. fses, on FatID AY, SEPT! AT THREE O'CLOCK in front of the prem- TWENTY -THIRY, M., the south 85 and the 118, "in Chapin Bi Pleasant Plains, as = in the offic of Col mbia, with the in provements ¢ Terma: Made known at time of sa of $250 required at time of sale. Co and recording at purchaser's cost FITCH, RY WALK Trostecs AUCTIONEER, Sutton & Co) depth division of part division is reo. District herd, page 1 OF UPRIGHT PIANO, FINK DINING ROOM AND PARLOR FURNITURE, MIRRORS, CARPETS, BTC virtae of a chat f it, eluly in Live the land records of the District of ( at the request of the party secure will sell, by public thin rooms of James W. Ratclit » Va x oa SATURDAY MORNIN EPTEMBEK T TY-POURTH, 189, AT TEN O'CLOCK collection of ‘Household Furniture, 1 Plan Cerpets, ete., mentioned in schedule attached to suid trust ‘Terms cash. T. E. BENNETT, JW. WILSON, se19-d&dbs ‘Trustees, . 407 G ST. TO CLOSE AN ESTATE ALL THE FURNITURE IN THE LARGE — RESIDENC NO. 1709 21ST ST., BET. R. AND 5 STS. N.W., AT PUBLIC AUC- C, G. SLOAN & ©¢ TION, THURSDAY, — SEP- TEMBER 22D, 1898, AT 10:39 A.M. COMPRISING ‘OLD OLDING. SECRETARY. SLX SUITES. PINE Mat. LOWS, PLUSH PARLOK 5 : CHALKS. *ME WALNUT SILEBOARD, OAK Li . YAK HALL RACK, SUNDRIES, N UTENSILS, &C.. &C’ % Metropolitan Line to R street. ms cash, BLD, 0. G. SLOAN & CO., Au RATCLIFFE, AUCTIONPER. teliffe,’ Suttou & Co) By virtae of a deed of tust, duly re Liber No. 1639, folio 316 et seq of the land records for the District of Columbia, and at thy request of the party secured thereby, the um signed truste>s will offer for su nt of the premises, on THURSDA. DAY OF SEPTEMBER. A.D’ 188, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM, the fellowing described real estcte, situate in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, to wit: Ail that certain piece or parcel of land and premises krown and distiuguisbed as and being lot nunber- ed one hundred and thirty-seven (137), in Theodors W. Bedford's cubdivision of lots one hundred (190) to one hundred and seven (107), inclusive, of James T Ward, by Samuel Norment, attorney, et ul. # subdivision (Book 15, page 13), square seveuty (70), as per plat recorded in Bock eighteen, age ons hundred and six (106), tn the surveyor's office of the District of Columbia, together with all the im- provements, rights, et Terms: One-third cash, the balance in one and two yours, with Interest ‘from the day of sale xt six per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, we- cured by deed of trust on the property sold, or ell cash, at the option of the purchaser. A deposit of $200’ required upon acceptance of bid. If the terms of sale are not complied with in fifteen days from the day of sal. the trustees reserve the rizht to resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. after five days’ advertive- ment of such resale in some newspaper published in Washington, D.C. All conveyancing, recording, stamps, etc., at purchaser's cost LEWIS H. FINNEY, Jr., HENRY ©. MACKALL, BROS., AUCTIONEERS. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF 4 NEAT AND aTrRac. TORY AND CELLAK BRICK i AS PREMISES NO. 67 a 2 NOLTHWEST. By virtue of a certain deed of trust, recorded ancng the land records of the District ‘of Colum- ia, Liber 2033. folio 51 et seq., we will offer. at auction, in front of the . ob MONDAY, THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF’ SEPTEMBER, A.D. 1898, AT FIVE O'CLOCK P.M., the follow: ing described property, situate In the District of Columbia. to wit:, All that certain piece or parcel of Ind and premises known and distinguisbed ax and being lot numbered one hundred and thirty- nine (139), of Ida M.S bumate’s subdivision of lots in square numlered six bundred and seventeen 17), gether with the improvements thereou; bjcct, however, to a prior incumbrance of $3.00, with inte:est thereon, payable semi-annually, ai the rate of six per ceut’ per annum. Terms of sale: The above named deed of trust of $3,000, with interest from July 2, 1897, assumed,’ one-half of amount over the t $3000, ond Interest, to be paid th cash. a1 bulance to be paid "in one year, secured by deed of trust upon the property sold, with interest thereon, payable semi-rnnually, at the rate of six per cent per anpim, or all cash, over and above the incumbrance aforenaid. at the option of the purchaser. A deposit of $100 will be required at the time of sale. Terms to be complied with fi 10 days, otherwise the y will be resold, a the risk and cost of iting parchaser, after five days’ advertisement in some bewspaper pub- lished in Washington, D. C. Conveyancing, stamps, &e., at cost of be. a. AR SMITH, Trustee,