AUCTION SALES.THIS AFTKRKOOX.

"XHOS J. OWEN & SON. At CTIONEERS.

TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVEDREM- ESTATE. BEING THREE-STORYRR1( K DWELLING No :.l« <T1I ST. VE.

|lv virtue of a certain deed of trust only re¬corded In Liber N... 2*19 folio 1»/t wq . of

lan«f of th** T^iHtrict of Columriic,srd at the n*uue*t of the party secured thereby,tlif nndprsiirtit'd tru5*tr*-»* will sHl nt prcoljct 'i»t> In front of the premises. on FRIDAY. TllESEVF.NTEFVT1I DAY OF DECEMBER. A. D.1'toft \T FOI RTHIRTY O'CLOCK P.M.. thefollow Ins described land and premises. situateIn the . It v of Washington. District of Colombia.an.1 itH as and twnsr the north en*1 hulf<»f lot nunibcre I one himilrwl and forty-fivef145) in Mavse and Sargent's subdivision of lotai;i miliar. numbered seven hundred and seventy-nine i77W. according to the plat of said subdi¬vision an the same appears of record In the«.fflce of th<- snrv.T.r for the District of Co¬lumbia in Subdivision B ">k No. 17. at pace 25.Improved by premises No -">16 4th St. n.e.. to¬gether with the Improvements.Tern's of sale: One third of the purchase

money to l*c paid n cash. balance in two wiualIvstailments. pavable lit one and two years, withInterest at si* :>er centum per annum, payableK inl annua'lv. front day of sale, secured t>y deed4.f tru>«t up* i. the property sold. or all rnk atthe option of the purchaser. A deposit of *200Mill be required at time of sale. All conveyanc¬ing. recording. etc . at c.rst of purchaser. Termsof sale to !>e complied with within 15 davsfrom dav .>f sale. otherwise th« trustees reservethe right to resell the property, at the nsk and,osi t defaulting purchaser. af;er five .laysadvertisement of such resale In some newspaperpublished in Washington. D. C. .1

. RALPH P. BARNARD,<;i Y H. JOHNSON.

Columbian bldg..de7 d&d«.eSn Trustees.

FITIBE DAYS.ADAM A. W ES< HI.ER. AICTIONF.ER.

PIANOS P.Y AI t'TION T<> PAY* STORAGEI'llA RGES. ETC.

.

On Till KSDAY. DECEMBER TWENTY-THIRD. AT TEN »i Cl.i ». "K V.M.. wc willsell !iv public auction, at W'escliler's. Ml) Pa.;lve. n.w.. >n« 'M hict. ring" Concert '-landPinno and one Sptare Ro<eiii rani Piano, stored,r«»s!tp«'iiTp!v. in tii:iin*»s of Mrs Il«*rrni£ iinjiMrs. Bessie Conrad. All parties Interested willplease take notice

W.M K N ABE A; 'O. Washington. 1». «

deir,..1A«?1« . Sn

THOS. J. OWEN A SON AUCTIONEERS

CHANCERY SALE OF 2 BRICK DWELLINGS5 ROOMS E \CII: Nos \ND .fi h ENToNPX*\Cf* N F..; AIjSO rWO 4 ROOM BRICKHOUSES. NOS. 605 AND tV.lT BROWN'SCOFRT S.E.

Bv virtue of th" decree passed In tlic JVi-prcme Court of the District of Columbia in theease ,.f G- O B. Cissell et al.. against Eliza-l>oth W. Welter et al Equity No. 2>«721. wewill sell at public auction, in front of the re¬

live |.rem ifes. on MONDAY, rill TWENf»rM'<'l i » »' | » 11. -. 'i ....

TIETH DAY OF DECEMBER, 11»""> Nos.7;j an.l 75 Fenten place n.e., at A QU \RTERPAST Font 0'< IjO K P.M.. and O'f. and »v'7Brown's ceurt s.e.. at FORTY MINI 1 ES PASTFOUR 0"CI,0i K P.M.. being the land and prem-is<*s situated >n th»* riTy «>f \\ .»shl!'>iton in saidDistrict. aTld known .<itd described as lots num¬bered ::4'"> and :u7. in John Weaver's «u!«l!visionof certain lets in square numbered «74. a_« i»erplat thereof recorded in Book 1»>. folio KMt. ofihe records of the surveyor's ofli.-e of the Dla-t l i.-t of Columbia; also lots "hi and oi. of Wll-linni 11. CampHell and M. (5. Copeland s sub¬division of lols in s'Hiare No. S7<i. as said Biji-dlvision is re>-,.rded in the of the «ir-veyor of the District of C<dnmbia. In Bonk No.17' folio 55. with the improvements thereon.Terms ..f sale: One-third of the purchaae

money to be paid In cash, and the balance iniwo equal installments, payable in one and two,years fr. m the day of sab-, and to lie repment- j..d by tb. promiss«irv not< s of the purchaser,hearing interest at the rale of 6 i*-r cent perannum, payable semi-annually, and secured bydeed of trust on the projwrty sold, or all caahai the option of the lsirchaset; Jln'.nO deposit jrequired upon each parcel uix.n a.^ceptance ofbid. Ml conveyancing, notary fees and record¬ing at purchaser's cost. Terms to be compiledxv.iii within rtfl-cii davs. or the trustees mayadvertise and sell at the purchaser's risk and<-.>st after live davs' previous advertisement ofinch resale pubii'shed in some newspaper ofWashington. I». C. BI.MR I.EF,

GEORGE II. 1.AMAU,Trustees.

deS-d&ds.eSu Fendall bldg._THOMAS DOWIJNG & CO.. AUCTIONEERS.

CHXNCERY S \I.E OF TWO STORY BRICK1DWinjJNG NO. IX'l «J STREET SOUTH-WEST.

_ . #By virtue of decree of the Supreme Court orthe" I»istrl.-t of Columbia. pass»-d in a cause¦n herein Fiord E. Dav is is plaintiff and RobertF. Ward and others are defendants, known a9No. 2*771 in equity, we. the undersigned trustees, jwill sell bv public auction, in front of the prem¬ises oil WEDNESDAY. THE TWENTY'-NTNTHDAY OF DECEMBER. P.HKt. AT FOUR O'CI-OCKP.M., the following parcel of i*eal estate, situateIn the city «if Washington. District of t olumbia,namely: Part of the west half of lot one lit Insquare three hundred and eighty-nine i3S9», be¬ginning for the same on G street twelve and2T.-100 112.23) feet west of the northwest cornerof *»th and G streets, thence west twelve and2^-l<«» (12.2T.t fe.-t along G street, thence north:eight-v-oue and S<>-1<*> iM.sftt feet, thence easttwelve and 2T! H"» ill'.2.t< feet, and thence southeighty-one and M'-lOO feet to the place oflH'ginning. together with the improvements, con¬sisting of the above mentioned dwelling.Term* of sale; One-third of the purchase

money ti» lie paid in cash, balance in two equalinstallments, payable in one and two years fromthe flay of sale, respectively with interest at sixjH-r cent per annum, interest payable semi-an¬nually. deferred payments to be secured by deedof triist on th* property sold, or all cash, at theoption of tb-? purchaser. Taxes paid to Decem¬ber SI. lOOii. I Vnveyancing and recording at costof purchaser A dej-osit of one hundred dollarswill he rcqui *ed at time of sale.Term* of sale to be complied with within fif¬

teen davs from day of sale or de|*>sit will beforfeited, and tin* trustees reserve the right toresell at cost and risk of defaulting purchaser,after giving five days" notice of such resale inThe Evenin# Star.

GEOUHE FRANCIS WITXIAMS. Trustee.Columbian building.WT1 I.IAM C. MARTIN. Trust**.

de!5 dX-ds.eSu r>«*3 D st. n.w.

THOS. J. OWEN i SON AUCTIONEERS.

rRUSTEE'S SAI-E OFTHE WASHINGTON. POTOMAC AND CHESA¬

PEAKE UAH.ROAD COMPANY.EDGAR ALLAN POE, Esq.,Room 217. Court House. Baltimore. Md..

Solicitor.S. JOHNSON POE. Esq..

10o E. I^'xington st., Baltimore, Md.,Solicitor.

CHARLES POE. Esq..71U 14th st. n.w.. Washington. D. C.,

Solicitor.Rv virtue of a decree ,»f the Circilil Court of

I nitfMj States for Uj- of Maryland,in thf rase *>f tin* Burks County Trust

Company, trustee, vs. the Washington. Potomacami Chesapeake Railroad C unpany, the under-slgn'fl. as trustee nntne.l ill salil decree, will*<.11 at public auction ai tiie Court House inUpper Marltioro. in Prince Ceorge's county, inthe stale of Maryland, on l i ESDAY. JANl -

ARY ELEVENTH, 1'JIO, AT TEN O'CLOCKA.M., all I he railroad of the Washington. Poto¬mac and Chesapeake Railroad Company, begin¬ning a' Point Lookout. at the continence of thePotomac river and the Ohesa|»cake bay In St.Mary's county, Md., and running thence to thecity of Washington, in the District of Columbia,its extensions anil appurtenances. with the.¦quipment thereof, consisting of all Its personalproperty and effects of every kind, and also allthe right*, liberties, privileges, immunities andfranchise* of the said Washington. Potomac andChosa|»eake Railroad Company, an.l also all therights-of-way and land use.l in connection with,or f.T the construction, use and maintenance ofHa Id railroad, its extensions and branches, to¬gether with all its bridges, culverts, side tracks,de(M»ts, grounds, machine shops, buildings and<iitier structures, properties, real and personal,and improvements of every kind and descriptionthereon.

\l*.nt twenty-one miles of this railroad, viz.,that portion of it between Brand; wine, a stationon the Haltiniore an<l Potomac railroad In PrinceG.-org. 's county, and Me hanicsville. in St.Marv's county. Md.. have been built and are nowin actual ojieration.The ternis of sale, as prescrilied by the de¬

cree. are hi follow*, v It.; No bid less thantwenty five thousand (*25.<»00.«"0> dollars to liereceived. Of Hi. purchase price one thousandSl.tslit.iiOi dollars to he paid in cash and thebalance either in cash or in l«vnds of the de¬fendant company, the dividend on which will beequal to the balance of the purchase price. Adeposit of ten thousand i$10,<H».UOi dollars in«*sh or fifty thousand <>V>.000.«>0> dollars in sstdIsvnds to la' made, if demanded, by the trustee.BUCKS COUNTY TRUST company OF

DOYLESTOYVN. PA..ilflO-Uw.It Trustee.

U. G. SI>OAN ic CO.. INC., AUCTK. 1407 G ST.AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED

PROPERTY ON SIXTEENTH STREETr.VERMONT A V ENl'E AND IN N\IIX)R'SALLEY. BY '>K1 »UR OF THE HEIRS OFTHE SCHAFER ESTATE,

The undersigned will offer for sale by publicauction .n front of the premises, on MONDAY,THE TWENTIETH I'AY OF DECEMBER. 10»«».AT THREE O'CLOCK P.M.. lot ott In square'.<57. improved by house No. 1317 Nailor's alley,li«Mveen Pth and loth and N and o streets n.w.,and lot 08 in tin- same square, improved by atwo-alorv stable.AND ON THE SAME DAY. AT HALF PA ST

THREE o'CI-OCK I' M !>art of lot fli: of JohnF. oliusteail's sulvliv ision of lot 13 and part*of lots 12 and It in Heltmnlb-r'a sub^ilvLslooof part of square 242. bounded as follows: Be-gilinmg at a itoint on Vermont avenue 25 feetit inches soiitlivvesterly from the northeasternc.iruer of lot tB and rurnlng thence north-wenterly at right angles with Vermont avenue12H.54 "feet to an alley, thence southwesterlywith th>- iine of said alley 27 70 fei-t. thencesoutheasterly al right angles with Vermont ave¬nue 13k.oy "feet to said avenue, thence north¬easterly with the line of said avenue 2t> feetto the place of beginning, containing 3,4«*> 19square feet and improved by brick dwellingNo. 132<> Vermont avenue and brick stable in

,h%M*r'oS THE SAME DAY, AT FOI'RO'CUK'K. lot 8 In sq are fronting 61 feeton lttth street, containing 5.870 square feet, andimproved by frame dweliiugs Nos. 1209. 1211and 1213 16th street n wTerms of sale: One-third of the purchasemoney to be paid in cash, and the balance in

two equal installments, payable In one and twoyears, with interest at six 161 per centum perannum, pavoble semi-annually, from day of sale,secured bv" deed of trust U[x>n the proi>erty sold,or all cash, at the option of the purchaser. Adeposit of $2<«> on each parcel will lie requiredat the time of sale All conveyancing, record¬ing and notarial fees at the cost of the pur¬chaser Terms of sale to be complied withwithin fifteen day* from day of sale, otherwisethe right is reserved to resell the property att>ie risk and cost ct the defaulting purchaser,after live .lays' advertisement <4 such resale Ina>»me newspaper published In the city of W ash-

taSt"°'CD UC SLOAN &. CO.. lac.. Auctioneers.jj .I t sU.u

AUCTION SALES.TOMORROW.

C. O. SLOAN A CO., INC.. AUCT8., 1407 G ST.

Trustees' Sale of Des5r=able HoMsefoolId and Off=£5ce Furniture, Orna=ments, Hangings, P3a=¦no, B r 5 c = a = Brae andGenera! Homseholld Ef=Sects for Account ofSwingle <& S He man,Trustees, and PrivateOwners, Within OurRooms, B4®7 G St., Sat=yrday, December E5glht=eentSi, 11909, at Ten A.M.iParlor Grand anil Upright Pianos, Brass and

Iron Bedstead*. I'arlor Suites and odd pieceF.Cabinets, R<dl and Flat Tup Desks. Book andKilo Cases, ("hairs. Rockers. Tables. FancyPieces. Mahogany. Oak and other Cham!>er Knr-niture in suites and odd pieces, Sideboards, Ex¬tension Tables. Dining Chairs. Wardrobes. Fold¬ing Beds. Cases. Hall Racks. Refrigerators.Mattresses. Pillows. Bedding. Hangings. Pic¬tures. Mirrors. Jewelry, Ornament*, Brlo-n-brac.Holiday Good". Toy Wagons and Sleds. Chinannd Glass. Kitchen Goods. Sundries. Knick-knack*. etc.

AMI. AT TWELVE M.,( I T I NPF.ll TRAP AND HARNESS, ROBES.ETC.Terms cash.

C. G. SI.OAN A CO.. Inc.. Aucts.

EXTRA LARGE PIT'.MC SALE OF

10*. HEAD OF FRESH COUNTRY HORSESAND MULES.

35 HEAD OF LOCAL. HORSES.THE

\\ a>hington Horse and Mule Co.,1210 1212 OHIO AVE. N.W.. WASHINGTON,D.O.,

Saturday, Dec. 18, IQ09, at 10 a.m.(Rain or Shlnet.

These Horses are shipped from Hagorstown.Md.; Frederick. Md.: Martlnsburg. W. Va. Thelot consists of IleaT.v Work Horses suitable forcoal wagons or any other heavy work: also someextra good Driving and Saddle Horses, several jgood high-acting Colis. several Horses with speed.This will he n good lot of Horses, and nnv one

needing a good Horse will do well to attend thissale, as we sell all Horses as represented or

money refunded. Also 1 Doctor's Team.Horse,Buggy nnd Harness.Horses on inspection on Friday. December 17.

MoHE.YRY BROS.. Proprietors.Telephone Main 2(183. del6-2t.30

...-.

1100Horses & Mulesat Our Auction Sale

Tomorrow,Saturday, BO O'Clock.

This stock Is shipped direct from the farms ofVirginia and Maryland, nud suitable for all pur¬poses. We will also sell for contractors closingbusiness 2T> good second-hand Horses nnd 1(>Mules, suitable for farmers. 2 extra nice Horsesfor party in the city. Several Wagons, Carriagesand Harness. All sold for the high dollar.

MAGRATH & KENNELLY. Auctioneers.

ADAM A. WESCHLER. AUCTIONEER.

Household and Office Furni¬ture. Mahogany Pieces. UprightPiano, Carpets. Rugs, etc., by Or¬der of Marian Davison. Adminis¬tratrix Estate Mrs. Cornelia Fel¬lows and Others, by Public Auc-!tion.

At WescMer's,_

92(0) Pa. Ave. N.W.,Tomorrow, commencing

at 9:3(0) A.M.,Including; Old Mahoirany Pier Table. Card Tables. High-post Bed. Knife Boxes. ShavingStand, Drop-leaf Table. Fine Sid* Rocker. FineMajolica Jardiniere and Pedestal. CombinationDesk. China Cabinet, Extension Tables. I^-atlier-seat Dining Chairs. Roll and Flat Top Desks.Maple. Mahogany and Oak Dressers and Chif¬foniers, leather and Yelour Couches. MorrisChairs. Ca-sh Register. Carpets. Rugs. StoresRanges, etc.

At 12 O'Clock Noon,Bak'er Electric Auto. Pony,Horses. Wagons. Carriages. Har¬ness, Robes. Etc.; Also GreatDane Dog.Terms cash. ADAM A. WESCHLER Auctdeltt-2t

ADAM A. WESCHLER. AUCTIONEER.chANCERV SALE OF A VALUABLE LOT. IM-

PRO\ED BY FRAME DWELLING. ETCVTHE SAME BEING LOT 800 IN SQUARE650*. EAST WASHINGTON HEIGHTS.IV.

By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Courtthe DtoWet of Columbia, in Equity Cause

No. 2S,S.»5 Howard et al. vs. Howard et al.the undersigned trustee* will sell at public auc-Hon. in front of the premises, on SATURDAYTHK EIGHTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER

AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M., lot 800 Insquare .1507, with Improvements. consisting of

: f fran*' dwelling, the said lot con¬taining 8 425 square fe*t of ground. fronting onAnacostla road, and situated at the intersectionof Anacostla road, 28th and N streets Fast iWashington Heights, D. C. ITerms of sale; One-third of (he purchase 1

money tn cash, and the balance In two equal In¬stallments, at one and two yearr with interestat 69r per annum, payable seml-'annuallv fromthe day of sale, secured by first deed of truston the property sold, or all cash, at the optionof the purchaser A deposit of $100 required attime of aa.e. All conveyancing, recording andnotarial fees at the cost of the purchaserTerms of sale to be complied with in 15 days-otherwise the trustees reserve the right to re¬sell the property at the risk and cost of thedefaulting purchaser after f, days' advertisementIn The Evening Star newspaper.

WILLIAM W. BOARM AN",THOMAS H. PATTERSON.

_ ,Trustees.

. _Columbian bldg.. 416 fith st. n.w.

de7-dAdbs.eSuFUTURE DAYS.

THOS. J. OWEN & SON. AUCTIONEERS.

CHARLES POE,Attorrey-at 71:: 14th st. n w

TRUSTEE S SALE OF iTHE WASHINGTON. POTOMAC AND CHES\-

PKAKE RAILROAD COMPANY.By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of

the District of Columbia, passed in the case ofthe Bucks County Trust Company, trustee, vs.the Washlneton, Potornne and Chesapeake Hull-road Company, the undersigned, as trustee namedIn saId decree, will sell at public auction at thecourt house door of the Supreme C..Urt of theDistrict of Columbia, In Washington D C onMONDAY, JAN! ARY TENTH. 1010 \TTWELVE O'CLOCK NOON, all the railroad'ofthe Washington. Potomac and Chesapeake Railroad Company, its rights of way. extensions andappurtenances located and lylnit wltliin the Dis¬trict of Columbia, and all rights, assets andfranchises connected therewith, together withall its bridges, culverts, aide tracks, debitsgrounds, machine shops, buildings and otherstructures, properties, real ami personal, and Im¬provements of »-very kind and description locatedand lying within said District of ColumbiaThe terms of sale, a* prescribed by the decree

are as follows, viz.: No bid less than tenthousand iflO.OOO.Oh dollars will tie receivedOf the purchase price one thousand i$1.0'n>.i*»dollars to l>e paid in cash ami the balance eitherin cash or In IsjihIs of the defendant company,the dividend ou which will be equal to the hal-ance of the nurciiase price. A deposit <.f five jthousand l$f>.000.00) dollars in cash or twenty-five thousand ($23,000.00) dollars In sai 1 bondsto tie made, if demanded, bv the trusteeBUCKS COUNTY TRCST COMPANY OF

DOYLESTOWN, PA.,del0-law.4t Trustee.

ADAM A. WESCHLER, AUCTIONEER.TRUSTERS' SALE OF REAL ESTATE. IM¬

PROVED BY TWO-STORY AND CELLARBRICK HOUSE.

Default having occurred under the terms of acertain deed of trust, duly recorded In IJber31!»8. folio R», of the land records of the Districtof Columbia, the undersigned trustees will offerfor sale at nubile auction, tn front of the prem¬ises. on MONDAY. DECEMBER TWENTIETH,190». AT FOFR O'CLOCK P.M., lot two hundredand fifty two (2S2> In I.utber G. Billings and IdaGeler's subdivision of lota In square ten hundredand four (1004), as per plat recorded in Lllier IB.folio lOfi. of the records of the surveyor's offlce ofthe District of Cblumbla. Said propertv being im¬proved by premises No. 1237 H street northeast.Said property will be sold subject to two prior

deeds of trust now on said premfces. aggregatingthe sum of three thousand dollars ($.1,000).Terms of sale: All cash over and above amount

of said prior Inctmhrances of three thousand dol¬lars ($3.00Ok. All taxes. Insurance and Intereston prior incumbrances adjusted to date of sale.Deposit of $100 will he required from the pur¬chaser or purchasers tbeeof. Terms of sale to becomplied with within fifteen days from date ofsale, otherwise trustees reserve the right to re¬sell the property at the risk and cost of default¬ing purchaser, after five days' advertisement ofsuch resale.

JOS. g. BXSALL, Trustee.1812 North Cspltol st.

HABUT S. WELCH. Trustee,U»S-dAdbs,aSu 1410 Q at. n.w.

AUCTION SALES.FUTURE DAYS.

AUCTION SALES.FUTURE DAYS.

At Mendelsohn's Art Gallery, |8409=11 New York Ave. N.W. f

Unexpected SaleOf Valuable Household Furnishings, Art Decorations, China,

Prints, Plate, Rugs, Andirons, etc.

MAHOGANY FURNITURE,ANTIQUES AND CORRECT REPRODUCTIONS.

FINE COLLECTION OF

Persian Rugs amid Carpets,French China and Bronzes, Napoleon Mirrors, Tapestries, Italian Terra

Cotta, Jardiniere and Pedestal, Capo do Monte Ware, Austrian Ele¬phants, Belgian Umbrella Stand and Window Jardinieres.

Dutch Marquetry Furniture and Silverware. ChineseTeakwood Stands, Prism Candelabras, Fenders.

Screens, Fire Sets, Florentine Brackets,Russian Brasses, Sheffield Plate,

Gilt and Mahogany Mirrors.

MANY FINE EXAMPLES OF THE

Sheraton, Chippendale, Colonial, Empire. Hepplewhite and other EarlyPeriods, in Every Conceivable Shape,

AT PUBLIC AUCTION WITHIN MY ROOMS.

1409-1411 New York Avenue NAY.,Tuesday, December 21, 11909,

\nd Following Days, at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Each Day.

On Exhibition Saturday and Monday,December 18 and 20, 1909. feI

A. MENDELSOHN, Auctioneer. 1405V-1411 New York Ave. N.W. £«l«'lT-4t.eSu ifc"

MARCUS NOTES, AUCTIONEER,420 0th st. n.w.

The Entire Furniture and ToyStock of Hutchinson Bros, (of1814 14th St. N.W.) ; Effects of a

Residence. 200 Carpets from a

Leading Installment House; also75 pieces of Cut Glass for accountof advances, at Public Auction,Within My Salesrooms. 426 9thSt. N.W., on Monday and Tues¬day, Dec. 2otli and 21st, at 10

A.M. and 7:30 P.M. Each Day.Mahogany and Oak Rockers and Cbal's, Gold

an<l Mahogany Pn-lor Suites, Massive QuarteredOhk Sidelwrards. Buffets. Serving Tables, Mirror-back China Closets with glass shelves, and otherChina Closets. Brass and E-nnmel Beds. StoolSprings, Felt and Hair Mattresses, Bedding,Bird's-eye Map!c, Mahogany. Quartered Oakand Enamel Pressors and Washstands. ToiletSets. Go-Carts. Dining Tattles, Combination andother Bookcases. Pressing Tables. 2.<HX> yardsLinoleum and Oilcloth. Mattings. Office andPining Chairs. 10tt pairs Irish point and otherLace Curtains. <|uanti1y of Fine Blankets andComforts. 200 Slightl.v-nsed Carpets and Rues,hundreds of useful Toys, such as Bicycled, Tri¬cycles. VflocipwlM, Patrol Wagons. MailWagons, Fine Poll Go-Carts, Chairs nnd Rwk-ers and other Toys. 75 pieces of (ienulne CqtGlass and hundreds of other useful gifts.del6-3t.S0

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ADAM ~aT~WESCIILEH, AUCTIONEKR.

Chanccry Sale of HandsomeResidence Property in Mt. Pleas¬ant, being Two-storv, Attic andCellar Frame Dwelling, No. 3342Mt. Pleasant Street N.W., Con¬taining Nine Rooms and BathAlso with Large Frame Stable.Lot 50 bv about 131 to WideAlley.By virtue of a decree passed November 2, 100ft,

hy the Supreme 'Vmrt of the District of Colum¬bia in Equity cause No. 27470, we will sell atpublic auction in front of the premises, on TI'FS-I)AY, THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY OF DECEM¬BER l'HXi. AT Font O'CLOCK P.M.. the fol¬lowing described land and premises, situate inthe county of Washington, District of Columbia,to wit: lx»t 127 in Chapin Brown's subdivision ofpart of Mt. Pleasant, as per plat re.-orded inthe office of the surveyor of said District, inI.iber c,ov. Shepherd, page 172; with the im¬provements thereon.Terms of sale: One-third cash, the balance in

four e«|iial installments, payable, respectively, one,two. three and four years after date of sale,and to !». represented by the promissory notesof the purchaser liearing interest at the rate ofbii per centum per annum, payable seml-an-nually, and secured by deed of' trust on theproperty sold; or all r:ish. at the option of thepurchaser. * A $200.00 deposit required iiikjd ac¬ceptance of bid. All examination of title, con¬veyancing. recording, notary fees, at purchaser'scost. Terms of sale to be complied with withinfifteen days, otherwise the trustees will resellthe property at purchaser's risk anil cost, afterfive days' previous advertisement of such resaleIn some newspaper of Washington. I). C.

EEVI H. DAVID. Fendall Building;FI'LTON LEWIS. Coluhibian Building:EDWARD H. THOMAS. Hibbs Building.MILTON STRASBURGER, 7l>5 G st. n.w.

de9-d&ds.eSu Trustees.THOS. J. OWEN & SON. AUCTIONEERS,

1331 G street n.w.

TRUSTEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVEDREAL ESTATE. BEING THE TWO FAMILYAPARTMENT HOUSE NO. t',4» G ST. N.E.

By virtue of a certain deed of trust, recordediu Liber No. .'{itwi. at folio SS» et seq.. of theland records of the District of Columbia, theundersigned will offer for sale at public auction,in front of the premises, on THURSDAY, THETWENTY-THIRD DAY OF DECEMBER. A. I>.1000. AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M.,the following described real estate, situate inthe city of Washington, in said District, viz.:Lot nuinltered one hundred and fourteen (114)

in J. V. N. Huyck, attorney's, subdivision ofsquare numbered eight hundred and siity (86t>),as per nlat recorded In the office of the sur¬veyor for the District of Columbia, in Liber lo,at folio 67. together with, the Improvementsthereon, consisting of two-story and cellar brick,two-family apartment house No. 640 G st. n.e.Terms: One-third cash, balance in equal in¬

stallments. in one and two years, with interestat per centum per annum, payable seml-auDually, from the <lay of sale, and secured bydeed of trust on the property sold, or all cash,at the purchaser's option. Conveyancing, notaryfee*, recording, etc., at the cost of purchaser.A deposit of ?2<K) will be required at the timeof sale. Terms to be complied with withinten days, otherwise the trustee reserves theright to resell at the risk and cost of the de¬faulting purchaser.

NATIONAL SAVINGS AND TRUST CO.,Trustee.

Bv WILLIAM D. HOOVER, President,del4-d*ds

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ADAM A. WESCHLER. AUCTIONEER.

Trustee's Sale of Valuable Im¬proved Real Property, No. 1320Kth Street Northwest. .

By virtue of a certain deed of trust, duly re-corded in Liber No. 2762. folio 36 et seq., ofthe land records of the District of O lumhia,and at the request of the treasurer of the Ori¬ental Building Association. No. 6. the party se-cured, the undersigned surviving trustee willoffer for sale at public auction, in front of thepremises, on THURSDAY. THE TWENTY-THIRD DAY OF DECEMBER, A.D. 1<M>9, ATHALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M.. the following described land and premises, situate in thecity of Washington. District of Columbia, andknown and distinguished as lot numbered fifteen11A» in W. Z. Partello's subdivision of originallot six "Si. In square numliered four hundred andtwenty-three <42:ti. as per plat recorded inB.sik 11. at page 2S. Ui the office of the sur¬veyor fur said District. Improved by a dwellingbouse known as No. JS20 8th street northwest.Terms of sale: Onf-third cash, aud the bal-

ance in one and tw*r> years from the day ofsale, with interest *t ilie rate of si* per centumper annum, payable Semi annually, secured bytirst deed of trust upon the property sold, or allcash, at the option of the purchaser. A depositof $200.00 will he required of the purchaser atthe time of sale. All conveyancing, examlna-tlon of title, recording vnd notary fees at *.aecost of ;he purchaser. TiVrms of sale to be com¬plied with in fifteen days from the day of sale,otherwise the surviving trustee reserves the rightto resell the property at the risk and cost of thedefaulting purchaser, after at least five days'advertisement of such resale In some newspaperpublished III the city of Washington, D. C.

CHAPIN BROWN. Surviving Trustee.dell-d&ds.eSu 323 John Marshall place.

A Ceremonious Visit.From the Louisville Courier-Journal."Our new neighbors have dropped In

hurriedly to borrow various small arti¬cles.""Well?""But today they made a formal call

and asked for the loan of our grandpiano."

That's the Question.Fn'iu the Delineator.Little Pruc was much interested in

Miss D . who had lost her voice.and one day came to her and said."Miss r> . would you know yourvoice if it camc back?

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EARLY'S WOE PICTURE.

Alleged Leper Expresses His Trou¬bles in Verse.

John R. Early, who was taken into cus¬

tody In this cltv because it is alleged heis suffering from leprosy, and who isnow In New York city, has written thefollowing lines, which he sent to a friendin tliis city:

A Sea of Trouble.L»rd. look upon this sea I'm onAnd calm its fearful tide.

For It "eems to hold for me n graveWithout Thy hand to guide.

Behold the tempest, fierce and high.In threatening power o'er me:

Behold the chains that bind me fastU>rd, help Thou, on this sea.

Like greedy monsters towering strong.They lash tne to fear ami grief.

Till hope and courage is almost gone.Looking, longing for some relief.*

Behold* how dark this troubled mainThat 'round tne daily grow:

That casts n pall over home and life.With woe heaped high 011 woe.

Ijnrd. look how It shadows life's dim path.Where these my feet would tread;

Look what a gloom o'er yonder home!My God.for them I dread.

Behold this sea In human hands.Made furious by raging waves.

That would drive a mother to despairAnd children to their graves.

Behold. O Lord, this measureless." deep.While the danger signals sound;

How the stgrm doth break over midnight sleep,Ah thus we are tossed around.

Behold the storm dangers hanging o'er me.'Mid the glaring lies of authorities' thunder;

That who can still but only Thee,This fearful tide that daily round us gather.

Look. too. O Lord, at the mocking waveletsThat once befriended in this pending gloom.

But are carried now like little streamletsBefore the tide of our seeming doom.

The Coming Christmas.Approaching Christmas again we see.Bring blessings to many; to some mayhap a

curse;To some a divine meaning; to others, thought¬

less revelry.And for others, "this money for the purse.

Approaching day by day, increasing its bond.Already overburdened with gifts for the "kin,"

Thus passing on down life's vanishing road,Unburdens His treasure and takes on sin.

Approaching steadily on toward our way,While varied hands are busy making prep-

hrations,To unfreight His tiain for one brief day,With commingled effort of congratulations.

Each day brings It on and nearer our station,leaden "with the fruits of the good lord's store.

Wheuce it started on Its journey of brotherlymission.Consoling the sick and helping the poor.

Soon 'twill arrive with riches in plentv.if th<- ?elfish and rich to the conscience will

heed.To give of their storv and spare of their bounty;.Twill clothe needy Infants and ttie hungrywill feed.Thus down life's road we see it a-comlng,Bearing on its banner a divine memory.

Pointing us yonder to the star of Its dawningWhen the rays of Its light blessed lone

Galilee.

So down the weary road of sickness and sorrow.It Journeys not a day. but gwws i>n forever.

Leaving a balm for the coinIn" tomorrowAs brotherly it binds ua closer together.

House of Keys.From the London Chronicle.Tlie house of keys (unlocker of laws

and difficulties), which has Just lost itsspeaker by death, corresponds in Manx-land to the British house of commons.It lias done so, however, for a period ofonly forty-three years. In the happyolden days the keys were *elf-elected, thetwenty-four principal landowners gen¬erously undertaking to make all needfullaws in conjunction with the council.There were no budgets to throw out, andtherefore no constitutional conflicts overfinance. Whatever trouble threatenedsprang from the claims of the "Kings ofMan " the Derbys and the Atholls, whoserights" were finally extinguished by the

British crown for a sum approaching halfa million. Man's freedom from taxationan4 freedom from arrest for debt madeit in the eighteenth and early nineteenthcenturies a favorite haunt of the im¬pecunious. As showing how cheaply onemight live In the Isle of Man a travelerof 1700 cites oneiof the Manx laws, thenin force; "We give for law that our lor»>and his household be victualed on thefollowing terms: A. bullock, 38 4d; &mutton, Gd; a lamb. Id; a pig. Id; a Kid,one farthing, and a goose a halfpenny.Commenting upon these prices the trav¬eler remarks; "Manks currency Is stillInferior to the English, whence one per¬ceives how cheaply my lord may live, andyet keep up a dignified establishment."

If you want work read the wantcolumns oI The Star.

DEAD RULER OF BELGIUM.

KINO LEOPOLD.

LEOPOLD AS KINGWise Ruler, But a Bad Hus¬

band and Father.

MAN OF CONTRADICTIONS

Tender Hearted at Times, He WasCruel to Millions.

SPENDTHRIFT AND GAMBLER

The Kongo Atrocities for Which He

Was Blamed and His Many Es-

capades With Women.

A good king and a bad husband andfather, too tender hearted to sign thedeath warrant, of a criminal, yet theheartless exploiter of the Kongo nati\es,perhaps the shrewdest business man liv¬ing. although the most profligate prince inEurope, up-to-date statesman, enlight¬ened promoter of industry and commerce,art connoisseur, benefactor of his people,domestic tyrant, spendthrift gambler, em¬bezzler, hero of a hundred scandals inwhich women notorious and obscure ofseveral great capitals figure. Leopold II,kin«r of the Belgians, a man of contra¬dictions. offers perhaps the most curiousstndv in history to the analyst of charac¬ter 'in his public capacity he has_ shownmany qualities of greatness. In his pri¬vate life he has been vicious, reckless andcynical to the point of indecency. Agehas brought no change in him. The clos¬ing vears of his life, well past threescoreand ten. were marked b> some of hiswisest and most public-spirited acts andS at least one of his most flagrant ex¬cursions in the realm of gallantry.Francis Joseph of Austria is the only

sovereign of regal rank who outclassesI jeopold in age. for he was born in(April 9). two years ®.ae'acendprf the throne of England. He wasascion of that house of Saxe-Coburg andGotha members of which now occupy fiveEuropean thrones. He has bet?" Kingsince 18to. when December 10 he ^ucceeded his father. I^eopold I.

Created the Kongo State.The storv of his reign will always have

a prominent place in the history of theworld because of one event in it. He was

the creator of the Kongo State (origi¬nally misnamed "Free"), that vast empireof 900.0U0 square miles in the heart o

Africa from which hundreds of millionsof wealth hkve already flowed into Chris¬tendom and which has doubtless an eco¬nomic future passing the imagination of

! 8lUthat Leopold la^heclhis orodiglous enterprise. The congressof JlrSSte held that year and1 made upof geographers and explorers

when in 1*77 lie revealed to Euro^ tnevastness and abundance of ,the.Ko"£basin the machinery was already PKSSl in Belgian "and,. >"< tXf-ifndIn the king's, to assume the tasK anathe proflts-of developing the region.For some years the great powers looked

th<» prize, but their fears andjealousies rendered thPm 'This *Thenold had shrewdly figured upon this. Theadvantages of Belgium-a countrj ofGuaranteed neutrallty-to assume the tu-telaKeofa new state, which was to beteiaseui

h commerce1A «e. diplomaticallyS'ai One power 'after anothersent the United States one of the lastand' in November. 1884, the congress ofBerlin assembled to crown, the hopes or

,viiv sDeculative monarch. The treeState was erected by act ^^"l-Vebruary 26. 1885, and that extraormnlrv Wstory of headlong development.?0ansyummaTey exploitation and1 unjjejkjable cruelty began to which finis has nobeen written yet.

Mark Twain's Epigram. /

in December. 1906. Mark Twain gaveutterance to a savage epigram BesideLeopold," said he. "Nero. Caligula, At-tila Torquemada, Genghis Khan

^such killers of men are mere amateurs.He went on to give an estimate of0(10.000 human beings slaughtered in theconduct of the rubber and ivory trade ofthe Kongo.

D&oers &t that asSe.S rsJS »<as the collection of taxes In k*ndf w

f«r ^xaKKeration, it cannot be dpubteUthat conditions of atrocity existed>t

as the world has never seen surpassed^But to what extent was l^opoid re-

tv Qi would have much preierreuregUne^»f*ostice, W-'-fS!tn his ble African farm. But It cannoibe denied that he remaind callous to the

blood and his eyes to the eUdence pr

H"iUTaf the °loSi murd«r! or at lea.t. I, WtnWnjIt It was the increase in his pro.?- °o

long' as these poured In he was blind >satisfied and would not interfere.Resides there -were always countei-v.m?« facta to lay before

alieeed suppression of the real siavefradethe opening of the country to mis¬sionaries of all religions, works for sani¬tation and education (real or imaginary).

and the construction of centers of tradeand lines of transportation.

Forced to Surrender.At last, however, the scandal became

too strident, the cry too fierce from Lon¬don and Washington and other capitals.Leopold's promises of reform met onlywith scornful Incredulity. Active inter¬vention was threatened; there was a dan¬ger that the Kongo protectorate mightbe lost not only to the king, but to Bel¬gium. Then Leopold showed that hehad an eye for his country's welfare aswell as his for own. Under an agree-ment between the Free State and theBelgian government, made in 1890, hesurrendered his Kongo sovereignty inNovember. 1907.The Belgian parliament drove a hard

.bargain with him. He had attempted tohold the crown domain erected in 1901and comprising about one-ninth of theentire Kongo territory. This the parlia¬ment compelled him to surrender, andalso to concede the reversion at his deathof the properties In Belgium known asthe "Foundation de la Couronne" and hismagnificent villa on the Riviera. Thedeal was Anally consummated August 20,1908, but England has not yet given as¬sent to It. Neither have the Kongoscandals ceased as yet, but this Is a mat¬ter with which Leopold no longer has anyconcern.King Leopold's career of gallantry dates

back to the days of Cora Pearl, that fa¬mous adventuress whose adventuresamused Europe In the middle of the lastcentury. The women Involved Blnce thenrange from ladies of his court to musichall performers. One was Clara Ward,Princess de Chimay, the American wom¬an whose elopement from Brussels withthe gypsy musician Rigo was a scandala decade ago. She is said to have firstlost caste In Belgian society through theking's indiscreet attentions to her. Thenthere was Mile. Cleo de Merode, the Par¬isian danseuse. who wore her hair overher ears and who made a brief visit toNew York In 1897. She thus describesher first encounter with the king:

King: Kept Her Dancing."One night at the Grand Opera in the

ballet of 'L'Africalne* I was applaudedby a tall man with a long white beard.I had done nothing extraordinary. Ihad not danced half as well as others.'Unoriginal.' was my own comment toVasquez, our ballet master, when I re¬turned to the wings. 'Go back quick.'said Vasquez. 'Dance again. It is theKing of the Belgians. I danced again.He stood in the aisle waving his handker¬chief. He kept me dancing for three-quarters of an hour. How angry Vas¬quez was! The curtain couldn't be drop¬ped while the king applauded. Vasquezscolded me for attracting so much atten¬tion, but was It my fault?"The acquaintance with the king boosted

Cleo at once into fame and fortune.It would be tiresome to enumerate one-

half the women who shared the favor ofthis merry monarch. There were storiesof his lying hidden in a Swiss chalet forweeks while his ministers were anxiously-seeking him to consult him on affairs ofstate. There is the story of a supperparty which he gave In Paris to tenchorus girls of the Opera Comique. at theclose of which each one was presentedwith a diamond necklace of enormousvalue. There are the stories of his visitsto London music halls where ladles ofthe gay world conduct a beauty show Inthe foyers and where It is said he sup¬plied unlimited champagne to all who at¬tracted his attention. Mr. Stead draggedhim into his "Modern Minotaur" expos¬ures in the Pall Mall Gazette. PerhapsLeopold's fame touched its lowest pointwhen a notorious woman, a Mrs. Jeffries,was arraigned in a London police courton a charge of purveying young girls forimmoral purposes. The woman held adefiant attitude in court, maintaining thatshe was a person of respectability."Well, who will vouch for your re¬

spectability?" asked the magistrate."Why. the King of the Belgians." she

impudently replied, and forthwith shewas huetied Into a back room, wherethe proceedings that led to her releasewith a nominal fine were conducted instrict secrecy.But scandals of gallantry were not the

only ones that gathered about Leopold s

old age. His amazing capacity for spend¬ing money had entangled him in morethan one ugly affair. From the Belgianpeople he derived an income of $600,000a year He inherited a fortune of atleast $6,000,000 from his father, yet heis accused of having virtually embezzledand dissipated the dowry of his wireand the fortune of his sister, the unhap¬py Carlotta, widow of Maximilian, once

Emperor of Mexico, w-ho has been tinderrestraint as insane ever since the tragedyof Queretaro in the middle 60s. Theamount of this estate Is said to havebeen $10,000,000. It was placed In Leo¬pold's trusteeship, and despite efforts,legal and diplomatic, no accounting of ithas ever been obtained from him.

Harried Life Unhappy.The king's wife was Maria Henrietta,

an archduchess of Austria. Their mar¬ried life was most unhappy. He was a

husband to exasperate any wife, andshe appears to have been a woman witha cold nature and a craibbed. sour temper.For many years they virtually livedapart, and when she died she took a flingout of the king in her will. Two clausesof the Instrument read:"My little all. consisting chiefly of

money given by my father, the Palatine,and an inheritance from my motherand grandmather of Wurtemberg, mustbe divided Into four shares according tothe Belgian law.one for each of mythree daughters and the fourth remainingat my disposition."According to my marriage contract

I should also have the right to disposeof my dowry of 200.000 Austrian florins($100,000). I have not touched one cen¬time of either this money or the interestaccruing from It. I declare that all at¬tempts to discover traces of this dowryremained without result."The king's three daughters.the one the

widow of Crown Prince Rudolph of Aus¬tria, the other the runaway Princess Lou¬ise of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and thePrincess Clementine.who remains un¬married at the age of forty-one.receivedsomething on account of the first of theselegacies. They have never been able tocollect any part of the dowry. In 190GPaquin, the Paris dressmaker, and Har-toa. a Paris jeweler, sued them for un¬

paid bills. Thereupon they brought suitin the Belgian courts against their father

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for the amount of tve rlowrv The kit *put In the plea that hie marrlaKctract. being* an arrangement iroyal princes, wan an interratk»iMl tre.Vyand not a private agreement. i'!> reform .

he said, the dowry was an affair of »-1;«»and the rtHinw the proper t\ «.' I" ^ Calone. The court upheld this ..nt'intn<- ;the princesses were beaten a-d f r

85 is known, the Paris an gent'emen hs ?

not yet got their monoThe king has long l> on bad t -: n *

with both of his dauKht>Ts Tin -

ment of lxtulse wit i Capt M :11.«\ it i

Keglevitch sonic dor.cn y, <r- led i

i her confinement for manv \> hi- in at: I-sane asylum She is now nt 1 tty, ! t

J her fatlier w ill not see her Tin- m;<-rlage of Stephanie to Count U>iu-a\. .t

Hungarian i oble. thoug' the . nj . >> ..fAustria consented to it. .-.. <>T« <1 .1 t > .

regal pride of l.eo;»ol.i t at f. ¦

her to be present at her m«»tl."r's fii- . .rin V.Kii. With <"lenientin. he is on »>« 11 .

terms, but even with er he a l ;t <piar-rel In ItHM on account of a mum: t. n ¦¦

. die-aged attachment whfcl ». f"-:. 1for Prince Victor Napol«»on. The k'.t ».is said, feared that the marriage wa:..l

| antagonize the French r- puhliBut a Wise Ruler.

With ail his frivolity and prodigalitythe king has alwavs beei, a w :m ui<:,

Iand he was mueh fwloved b\ the mass ¦¦¦?his people. He has developed enormous \

, tlie industries of Belgium, investing 1 s

own money freely in them. lie whs a!-ways most scrupulous In keeping withinthe limits of his powers as a const It i-

! tional monarch, and he aU\a\s favore.tadvanced ideas, such as old-affe pensions.Insurance of Industrial workers and theImprovement of the dwellings ot the poor.Besides his domestic investments he spe. .

,| ulated with intelligence and advantagein many great foreign enterprises. As : Iexample may he m ntior.ed t fact 11 ¦.<ihe was one of the largest holders in t .»

Canton-Hankow railroad in China. .Vgreat New York banking lions. Ih night tiphis interest therein in 1!*G for *2.< **>,»*«».

I>eop.>ld was always a gr< it traveler.He visited in I.is youth the l,e\ai.t. Nort iAfrica and ever\ country in Kurope.In l'.HtJ lie projected a visit to St. Peters¬burg. Siheria. China and Japan. butabandoned it on account of had healt' .

In It was announced tliat he intendedcoming to the I'nited States in l'.wi t«»visit the St. Louis exposition. No ex¬planation was ever given, of t < abandon¬ment of the project, but it Is likely thathe heard whispers that Americana mightnot greet with any great cordiality a.monarch of his reputation. He waswell versed in history, literature andpolitics, and though slie abominated liinipersonaJly it is said that (Jueen Vic¬toria was much Influenced in her foreignpolicy by the letters which lie wrote herweekly.

Great Patron of Art.He was a great patron of art and lilt

collections at Ills magnificent home atLaeken, near Brussels, both of ancientand modern paintings, were of the moatmagnificent description.The sale of these collections or part

of them in the last few months has great-ly puzzled the gossips of Burope. Accord¬ing to one story his intention w is tospend the money fn the sl.ort remainingspace of his life in order to deprive 1.1*daughters of it when he died. He was

Actually building a nine-million-dollarhall of fame in Brussels when he dUd.Another story connects the sales with thefinal scandal of his career. For near theChateau of Laeken, in a pretty house,there lives a young woman who is know uas the Countess Vaughan. There is alsoa little boy there who is said to be theking's son, and rumor has it that a

couple of years ago the king actuallywent through a ceremony with the lady,maldng her his morganatic wife Naymore, he had been credited with the de¬sign of publicly acknowledging her andproclaiming her Queen of the Belgiansand bequeathing his throne to the littleboy.The nature of the scandal thus created

can be readily guessed when it is toldthat the lady was originally Mile. I>a-croix. daughter of a janitor in tho city ofLouvaln and niece of a socialist deputyin the Belgian parliament. It Is probable.Indeed, that there is no truth in this sup¬posed purpose, for Leopold always hadthe pride of a king, and it cannot bedoubted that his nephew, Albert Leopold,who was born in 187.1 and has two sons,will succeed him. His own only son.Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant andCount of Haunault. died a . hlld in 1W».In appearance Leopold was every Inch,

a king. One of the tallest men in Kurope,with erect figure, well formed feature#and that square cut beard, once brown,but for many years snow white, he was awell known figure on the boulevards inParis, on the beach at Ostend, in tbestreets of his own capital and in the pub¬lic places of London. His dress was plainbut tasteful and he affected straw andderby hats. His manners were dignifiedand courtly, his address genial, his gen¬eral attitude toward all who met niinfriendly, even to a touch of fascination.It cannot be said that he won manyfriends public or private, but his person¬ality and talents always won liirn defer¬ence and a certain degree of respect, evenamong those who abominated his privatecharacter.

Leopold Stung by Criticism.By a dramatic hazard of events, w i i e

the sovereign was fighting for his life,parliament was absorbed in one of themost vital questions affecting the na¬

tion. The great Kongo problem came be¬fore-the legislators for consideration, andthis, whatever may have been the scan¬

dals, cruelty and oppression atten lmgthe leadership of Leopold, all Belgianswished to see resolved in the lines of hu¬manity and progress, and in a manner toconvince the world that the Kuiiko is

safe in Belgian hands.In spite of his apparent indifference to

human criticism, there is reason to be¬lieve King Leopold was secretly stung t »

the quick by the world's wrath over hisconduct in the Kongo matter, and ttiathe never recovered from this. He was

always convinced that American criti¬cism was sincere, although lie impatient¬ly sought to explain to his friends thatit was the work of "prattling mission¬aries." He had an obsession, however,that the British attacks against him wmnot free from the sentiment of jealousy.

Shrewd and Able.Whatever the judgment may be on

Leopold, from the broad standpoint o2morality, it is interesting to note howrhis intellect and personality succeeded inprofoundly Impressing both foreigner*and Belgians with whom he came intuIntimate contact. There is an unanimityof opinion that the king was one ot thoshrewdest and ablest of men. with an

astounding capacity for business, a greatorganizer, rightly deserving the name of"Leopold, the builder.*'It is understood that Leopold's per¬

sonal fortune is enormous, and that itthe figures were known they would startlethe world. Besides extensive propertiesIn Belgium and France, he had immense

holdings in American securities. Theearnings of his enterprises in the KonK'iindependent state are reputed to ne

stupendous. Much speculation as to thedestination of his wealth lias beenaroused by the announcement that herecently consulted Premier Schollaret w.tlireference to a political testament.In addition to the attacks made upon

him on account of the Kongo, the kinK *

life was shattered by domestic tragedies.His only son is dead, and his eldestdaughters have been banished. PrincessLouise has been divorced and pursuedby creditors. Princess Stephanie theking never forgave, because after thedark episode of her husband's death sheinsisted upon marrying Count l»nyay.The king turned to Princes Clementine,upon whom he lavished affection. Buthe found time to devote himself also to

Baroness Vaughan, on whom he showereda fortune. It is whispered in court thatLeopold intends to provide handsomelyfor the baroness and her children.

Masked Musicians.From the Wide World Magaslne.The Shakuhachi players of Japan are a

privileged class of itinerant musicians.Their instrum* nt. a kind of ecd oboe,enjoys what is perhaps a unique distinc¬tion. it having ueen adopted as a unitof measurement, a sixth of a sen. orabout two feet. A peculiar headdresssomething like an immense r>each baskethat serves as a cool variety of mask,permitting the wearer to see without !m.ing seen.a decided advantage to su< lipeople as have come down in the worldand are undeslrous of publicity. It als »

serves as a further distinctive feature ofthis class of musician to those who donot read the descriptive matter which tmbung In front of each plajer.