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ORANGEVILLE DIRECTORY.
nR. q. A. MEGARGEL, physician and surgco
~ Main ST., nest door to Goods Hotel. Vim

DR. q. a. MEGARGEL, physician and surgeon,
~ Main ST., neat door To Goods Hotel Nl-nlI
DRtCK HOTEL aud refreshmcnt saloon, by
Dsaml. Everett. cor of Main and Pine stvlni7
y der, Main ST. above Pine. vl-ni7
n X. SLOAN, dealer In dry goods, groceries,
~. lumber and general Merchandise Main st.
vl'ni7
GEORGE LAZARUS saddle and harness maker
" Main st.. above the swan Hotel. vl-n7
w II. SMITH, manun,cturer of tin ware and
". dealer IN stoves etc Main ST., above he
swan Hotel. vl-nE
A ~ T.. w. COLEMAN, Merchant tailor and
"A. Gents furnishing goods, Main ST., next door
TO the brick hotel. vl-nl7
NJ $. HAIIIURST Clocks, Watches and Guns
NJ. repaired Guns and Watches for sale, Main
ST., below Ilnc. vl-ni7
JAhiES u. HARTMAN, Cabinet Maker, and TN
~ dertakcr. Main st., below Pine. vl-ni7
MICHAEL c. KELLER, Confectionery, Oyslers
III &C. de-, ON Pine ST., between Main and Mill
Nl-nF
II II. 81 G. KELCHNER, Blacksmiths, on Mill
Ill. Street. near Pine. vl-ni7
WILLIAM DELoNG, Shocmal1erand manufac-
W turer of Brick, Mill ST., west of Pine vlnID
UL1AS SNYDER, Flour and Grst Mil. and
Ia Dealer in grain, Mill street. Nl-ni7
| EWIS II. SCHUYLER Iron founder, Machin-
iIist, and Manufacturer of plows Mill St.Nl-ni7
II LIES \. WILLIAMS 4 Co, Tanners and Man
NJ uiuctulcr~ of leather, Mill street. Nl-nl7
IOllN KELLER Boot and Shoemaker Pine
- street, opposite the Academy Vl-ni7
i y. IERRINGG BROTHER, Carpenters and
II. Builders Main street, below Pine. vl-n47
CANfUEL SUARpLEss, Maker Of the nayhurst
y Grain Cradle. Main st. v2nj.
I NJ. llARMAN, saddle and harness maker
81 Orangeville, opposite Frame church. vl2nll
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Misfellaneous.
CORY O'LANUS' EPISTLE.

A RdtiOcindtion on Rdts-,Some Rem
edieS for Rats, and HoW they Oper-
dte-iSdHting Effect Of We Fried
Sponge Species--HoU Traps Uork-
A chapter Of Domestic AHiction.
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BLOOMSBuRG DIRECTORY.
STOVES AND TINWARE.

IACun METZ, dcnlcrm stoves Il tlnware. Main
y ST. UbpNe court HOUSE, Nl-uI3
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4 NJ. NUpERT stoves aud tinwarc, Rupert
n. plpiN, Mnln a., Wrsl oi Market. Vl-nI3
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II NJ. BROWN, boot anl shoemaker, Main stre,t
y. opposite court House. Vl-nE}
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-03
Gambling in linlY.

M. Brdan supplies some interesting statiS-
tics relating to the Italian revenue The
Custom House, for the first half of 1868. up
TO the 3Sth of June, yielded 141 900 0OOi.
The estimate for the year has been 3O2 OOO,-
O00k to 303 600, 000f; there is a deficit of
quite 10000, Door. on the half year. The
month OF July brought in about 25 900 OOOt.
5000, ,00OL or 4 900 000f. more than in the
preceding month, so it may be hoped the de-
fcieDcy on the whole year will not reach 20
OO,OOOf. up to the Both of June, and as the
estimate for the year under 50 600, O0Of
there is prospect of 70, coo, ,000f. surplus on
this item.
The lottery was estimated to yield sixty mil
lions on the year, and the first six months have
brought in thirty or thereabOuts. Al. Erdan
recalls the fact that in 1886 the last year of
the loitery's existence in France, it yielded
only eleven millions. This shows to what a
pitch the passion for gambling is carried
in Italy. There are seven lotteries in italy
at Bari, Naples, Palermo, Florence Milan
Turin, Venice, so that the happy Italians
may play every day in the week. The Naples
lottery yielded nearly 10000 000f, E4000 900
in the six months; the others nearly in the
same proportion, relatively to the population
of the district. NJ. Erdan ssys:-"This
people, who have so great repug
nance for direct taxation, pays thus, con
amore, sixty millioBs on the following datum
Aperson taking an ambe (staking on two num-
ers ont of the ninety, and winning only il
both cone ouD has one chance against three
hundred and ninety mine: the State, then, if
its terms were analogous only to those offered
by the late NJ Benszet, ought to pay three
hundred and ninety nine times the stake, but
in reality it pays only two hundred and seventy
times. The gambler in the lottery gives the
Government one hundred and twenty nine
points at starting. l have sometimes explained
this to Neapolitans, but they looked upon me
as a being depraved by the study Of mathe-
matics."
The Italians are apt to give way to impulse
and sentiment, even in the gravest political
matters. considerable party periodically
makes ridiculous fuss and agitation to obtain
the abolition of capital punishment, in a cOun-
try where education is at the lowest, where
brigandage is chronic and seemingly an in
eradicable evil, and where the most heinous
crimes are deplorably frequent of occurrence.
But it is rare to hear any Italian philanthro
pist calling out for the abolition OF the lottery,
which is unquestionably the source of vast
deal of crime. 1t yields e. 40O, 900.
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takes the line of downright, almost savage
evaDgeloism. Rstionalism fnds some accept
aDce among the speculative, but rituaism has
q hard time of it. A rituaiistic clergyman is
barely tolerated in the populous towns, aud
certain curates of that school, dropping down
into our villages, have invariably met with a
warm reception, and have migrated south
ward at the first opportunity. A synopsis of
the religious character of an average manu-
tactuiipg community would be somewhat as
folows:-
81. Anglican Churohmeu, consisting of se-
dulous and Jealous communicates holding
their laborious clergy in high estimation and
traditional Churchmen, void of personal piety,
but tenacious of the privileges and vain Of
the prestige Of a national church..
~. NOncOniormists of all denOmiu ations
unitedly equal in numbers with the Church.
men, but inferior in oompactness and organi-
2ation.
''3. Roman Catholics, embracing the Irish
immigration, and a considerable body of
English, mainly of the middle class.
-. Systematic FTee-thinkeTs among fac
tory workers small but acute and superior
class.
''5. IndifTerents estimated to be moiety of
the operative population.
"This classification may not, perhaps,
greatly differ from the composition of other
English communities, except in the proper
tions Of some of the groups. OF active skep-
ticism there is very little among the opera
tives, but oblivion of religion is widely
prevalent"
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Prints on Apples and Pears.

friend who has lately been on a visit to
the Hub of the Universe" writes to the
Charleston Courier as follows:-
have just seen very pretty and fanciful
idea developed on the pear and apple, in the
orchard of friend at West Roxbury, Mass
As You ramble among the trees, you are ever
and anon saluted by an inscription upon the
fruit, done as it were by the hands of Nature
herself. On some you will find the names of
Seymour and Blair, for our friend is staunch
Democrat OF the conservative or State rights
school.
Here you meet with the familiar name of
Mary, or Alice, or a date OS6S)-in brief
everything that may suggest itself to your
taste or fancy; and all done in the skin of the
fruit, without abrasion or any foreign impress
sion. The discovery was made by the Hon.
Arthur W.Austin, of West Roxbury, in 1S51-2
He observed during the former year that
apples did not redden in that part of the fruit
where leaf happened to lie upon it. In 1852
he cut out letters from newspapers, and when
the apples were yet green, he pasted them
upon them with paste such as apotheoaries use,
made of gum tragacanth. The apples would
redden in all parts not covered By the pasted
letters.
When the fruit had Redeemed to perfection
the letters were removed, and they would ap-
pear permanently outlined in green. So, again,
when he pasted on the apple paper in which
the letters were cut out, the parts covered by
the paper would be green, and the letters
would appear, distinctly turned in red, the
green ground surrounding them. The expert
ment is very pretty one, and produces a
happy effect: let our fruit-growers try it. How
much sweeter must be the relish Of apple or
pear if the name of favorite should thus
appear on it, as if written by the hand of Ma
ture! What superior price such fruit, so
inscribed, would command in market, and
what pretty present it would be to any lady
at feast
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D RAILROAD LINES.

N ORTH Pennsylvania RAILROAD
-, - tAE 1 @lDDLE koyTE.-shorte.t and most
hSnk Haseton Mbe asVsn aASHh @
hsnoy CITY Mount Csrme Pittston scranton Carbon
gI' ana al the points In the Lehigh and Wyoming
snd nss2 SSsE1S2 K ss4ss W. corner
whYtEXGE ~ IN YAIhi1 YAIIIhi11 % iGSGINs-on and aner
,fTsi, the New DspSt corner Of ssRKs ed AMERICAN
,,Ate A. e'S A. ELECTROMAGNETIC FOR Sort wash.
1tTl5 A, M,-Mornlng Express for Bethlehem and
Principal Stations on North Pennsylvania RAILROAD
LebSS and susauehaana RSroadS foT EastoS EsS NHi M
SHs3gSn siIsnS!cn MssCh ShunE
Wis esbarie Kingston, PlttsLon aud a points in LS
and Ms6noy e for asnsnS1 7 Sn
and with Csawigsa Raiironn tor Rupert, DHnvillo
l2g5 a. M az Wnkeonarre A. z. M; at GShsnoy City
valley Train psssinS seIbesaSS Ss1 40 the Lehigh
Eastos, and points on New Jersey Central Railroad
At s'45 4, ,M.-Aooommo ostion for DovIoatovvn
Willow grove Hatboro aud Ha1synsg1SSe nsg1Sengers @ M t9I
train take stage al Old York Road. " '1''
at 1890 A. NJ M-AcCOmmU Udation for Fort w Waahing,
s9RPin a. I@5eT%eGlsts GssS St1tiOn1 o.
hem %ehaown Mauch Hc ehuSkp Wher Sr HsJse sStnle
: Wlkes6arre, Hazetop, Mahanoy CITY, oentrsiia
sl points I. Mahauoy aud wyoming Goal Regions.
Stoppins at ali intermediate stations DO''e''O""'
Al Sib PMirLehIsb ana susquenanna Express foI
AT li5 T. Ms-Acoo q @odatlon for Doylestown,
Willow Grove Hatnnro. and Hartsvllle take
stage at Arlington; for New Hope at Doylestowp,
AZ w Z, M.-IhrOugh AcCOulLnOuotOn ror bethle-
nen and All stations on main line OF North PennByls
Vania Railroad, connecting at Bethlehem with Le-
nlen valley Iehlgh and Susquehanna Evening Train
Tor HRston. = lleDtown MsuCh Chunk.
AT o 70 z, M.-ACCOmmOuaGlOn FOR Lansdale stOp.
sing Al Gil In tenn ediEte statiOns.
9tllS0 Z. h-Accom mediation for Fort Washing
TRAINS ARRIVE IN PHILADELPHIA,
$50 p. Nj. ~ '' " ~
ll'U5 a, M. ana 200 M Trains makes direct conneo.
ton with Lehlgh Valley and Lehigh aud Susquehanna
trains trom heston scranton, Wilkeabarre, MRhony
City, and HazletOn
Passengers leaving wIlkesbarre at l'45 p. M. con.
9ect at Bethlehem at 6O5 z. NJ and arrive Ia PhilR-
delphia al $50 y. Nj,
From Doyiestown at s'25 A, M, 500 and 100 p NJ
-, From Fort washington at go, lO'45 A. M. and i
?. NJ.
EhiiadelphiA ior Bethlehem AZ $50 a. M,
fhlladelphia for Doylestown at 200 z. M.
Doy lestown for Philadelphia at 700 A. NJ,
Bethlehem for Philadelphia at 430 p. M,
oltth ana Sixth Streets Passenger Cars convey pa
senRers TO ana from the depot
Whlte Cars OF Second and Third Streets Line and
Union Line run within short distance OF the
ficke must be procured At the Ticket office, In
order 70 secure the lowest rates OF fare,
ELLIS CLARK, Agent
tickets SOLD and Baggage checked through 10 prin
cipal points, at Menn'S North Pennsylvania Baggage
Express Omce, No. los 8. FIFTH Street.
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Improved Social Conditions In Lanca.
shire.


shire.
The Fortnightly Revie,o has an article by W.
A. Abram, on the "SOoial Condition and Poll
tical Prospects of the Lancashire Workmen."
Mr. Abram, noting some important improve
ments, says
"Siokness and mortality have been reduced
to an extent that is almost incredible. De-
tormity of body is now a rare exception among
the younger operatives. A few old men still
exhibit the rounded backs and twisted limbs
induced by bygone system. The young
men and madens employed in the mills are
now as robust as the families of the indolsnt
classes. The homes of the more thrifty of
the work people are moderately comfortable.
The dwellings Of the operatives are mostly
long rows of two-Gtoried buildings, with
couple of rooms upon each floor, the rental
OF which varies, according to size and
situation, from half a crown to four shllings
and sIxpence per week, the landlord generally
paying the rates. The furniture of the living
room may consist of a DRESSER an eight-day
clock, kitchen sofa, and q couple of rocking
chairs at either side OF the fireplace. The walls
are usually adorned with two or three framed
epgravngs or colored Autographs. The better
paid workmen improve upon this a little
Their front apartment on the ground floor is
dubbed a parlor and its furniture includes a
small bookcase If the man be studious, or if, as
ls not unfrequent, he has a taste for music a
piano. The exclusive possession of house,
though ever so small, is no slight advantage to
the artisan, and places the operative in these
districts in superior position for securing do
mestic comfort to the workman Of London or
Glasgow, who is fain to lodge his family in q
portion OF tenement, often in the attic, and
to whom privacy is thing unknown and un-
attainable. believe there is no operative
population in the world so we'll aud cheaply
housed as are the factory workers in Lanca-
shire manufacturing town of the second or
third magnitude"
The writer contends that the religious in
stinct among the Lancashire peasantry is
neither weak nor inactive and adds
''The most successful forms of religion here
are those which are most stimulative. Metho-
dism, Congregationalism, and other forms of
dissent are largely distributed. The National
Church, at all events in the towns, exhibits
an activity which does not always distinguish
it elsewhere. Roman Catholicism, too, is
alert and vigorous, gathering around it all
the Irish, and some portion of the English in
habitants. The strenuous Lancashire mind
has little faith in theological dilutions and
compromises. Here EpiscOpacy generally
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PHILADELPHIA, GERMANTOWN, AND
Il NOhRISTOWN RAILROAD -TINA TAI
FOR aEkMANToWN.

pHILADELPA!A, GERMANTOWN, AND
FUR GERMANTOWN.
Leave Philadelphia, 8, 2, s, 9U5, TO- IL, l2 A, NJ e.
a%, 80, 4,5. 5%. 6lo,7, g -, II, ~ n:
l. q q, A. 4%, 6, Ga, 2, s, s, lU, II +. III.
The 2U Down Train, and Sa4 and 5H Up Trains Will
mot atop on the Germantown Branch,
ON SUNDAYS.
Leave Philadelphia ga A. III. Q, z, l04 p. NJ.
Leave Germantown SA A. NJ. !, 6, ga r. ID.
CHESTNUT HILL RAILROAD.
and denVe Philadelphia g. s. TO- H. A. h'2' S% 0%'7''
Leave Chestnut Hill 7'1o, g. $40 and lilo A. M lA0
$40, $40, $40 $40 aud 1910 p. Nd.
ON SUNDAYS.
Leave Philadelphia ga A. M. and r. M.
Leave Chestnut Hill 7'60 A. N, 2AO, b 40 and 9-26
FoR CONsHoHoCKEN AND NoRRIsroWN,
Leave Philadelphia 8, 5'{1 g. and nO5 a, NJ. IA, 3,
Leave Nerrs!Swn $40, 7T6O,s, and IL A. NJ, ~, g.
IA 'o~' anu ON - ON SUNDAYS.
Leave Philadelphia 8 "A. M, 2'3O and 7Io p. NJ,
FOR MANAYUNK.
Leave Philadelphia6,7S> TX. o. and 1lt5 A. ulH, o,
Az, 81, 6k, s %, and ia p. nd. ~
leave MansygpR S.iO, TX, $40, 'h, ana 1lH A. M,
1'sn' D. VA "-N ON SUNDAYS.
Leave Philadelphia "a. M, "a and IN 2. II.
Leave Mahayunk Ia A. Nj, and gS +. ID.
W, 3, WILSON, General superintendent,
Depot, NINTH and GREEN Streets
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The Gynlllastjc Art.

An article on the Braemar Gathering and
the Scottish Highland Games in general has
been lately published in Germany, by Mr..
Karl Blind, in which he enters into the ar
theological question, drawing a comparison
between the descriptions given by Roman
authors on the habits and customs of the
ancient Germans, and the "heroic" amuse-
ments of the Gaelic people of the present day.
further quotation, made by the NibeLungen
Lied, which has reference to the feat known
as quitting the stOne,' is most curiously
adapted. The writer gives the old text from
the German national epic. II is to be found
in the chapter which describes show Ginthur
won Brunhild" After an allusion to the
pernicous effect the system of evictions
produces in the Highlands by driving a
martial race beyond the ocean, and thus
weakening the defensive military force of
England, Mr.. Karl Blind concludes with the
following words:-"Owing to the example
given in London, German gymnastic art makes
greater progress in England from year to year.
In the Highland games OF the Gaels, Great
Britain on her part possesses remnant of
native popular gymnastics which only awaits
its broader expansion. While, in the grounds
of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, the Eng
lish recently competed for prizes in that art
with the Germans, and practically proved
that they bad learnt we'll enough from their
teachers, the Scots soon afterwards had their
great competition in such bodily exercises as
might astonish many an athlete by profession.
The health of the people, which in England is
altogether better than in many continental
State, can only gain by universalizing the
gymnastic art, keeping it at the same time
within proper bounds. Everything tending
to that aim must be interesting to the pro-
Founders of sound national economy, who
calculate the prosperity of the community
not merely from the sum total of agricultural
production, not simply from the lists of ex-
port and import, but from the accounts of
the well-being of the greatest number pos
sible."
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COVER NMENT SALES.
UCIIoN SALE OF HOSPITAL BEDDING

A UCTION SALE OF HOSPITAL BEDDING
~ AM ClOTblNG.
AssIsTANT MEDICAL PURvRYoRs OFFICE !
- WAsHISG1 ON. u. u. Oct. "a 1858
VIII be sofa at Public Auction, in this ciLy. az the
Judiciary square Warehouse. T. street, between
Fourth ana Filth streets, on WEDNESDAY The IILn
DAY of November next AZ 10 o'clock a. M the oi-
lowing arlic es OF HOSPITAL BEDDING and
CLOIHlN9, no longer REQUIRED for the use of the
lOO0O Grey Blankets
10, al Bed sacks,
20.CC0 illow Ticks.
s0tOe pairs Wool en- Socks.
Jb0tG Gowns,
1900 Slippers,
The above articles will be sCld In lots to Ruit hOth
large ana sm all purchasers.
1eJms-Cash, in Government Funds,
Five days will be allowed to parties purcha asipg
to remove their property.
II goods all sold the day ad Yertised, the
sale will be continued daily.
UHA RLES SUTHERLAND,
1026l4t Asst. Meo. PurVeyor Bvt Col, U. s. A,
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1899 FOR NEW YoRK-THR CAMDEN
AND TRENTON RAILROAD COMPANY LINES. IS
From FROM PbailLADELPHIA PA TO NEW YORK, AND
AT $40 A. NJ, vie Camden and Amboy Acoommo.
NJ via Camden aud Jersey City Ex
pistS NJ via camden and 1mScy x SS sS
At3SOP. M, via Camden and Jersey City Ex-
At6P NJ for Xm6cy and intermedste sIstions Oo
ana I r. M fof for FFssna TseSSn
% sarnsSn ss@ ~. 8eSeaT aGa
Al 5.a0 and 10 A. M la a $780, 40, g. and 80 p M,
a. SEC and kIyaa:,ss 70 A. sna lao M
for Riyerton and $50 p. N. tor Palmyra.
AZ $50 and 10 A. NIL, 8, 4'So g. and n'sOP. N. for
The and raO P. M. Lines leave from Marke,
stree, Ferry Fs6& iSspfE Tsss9fseroN siss9 DEPOT
YORK a. & as Ea Fass and Jersey City, New
A R,I.;n RsnS IL M2YS SnasR for Trenton
At and II A, NJ, $50, and P, al. for MorrIsville
A. and iels A. M, 2'aO. and P. M. for schencks
Ht7 ana lois A. M, 2So. 4, s, and T. M for Corn.
wells, Torrsdale, AoI%mes6arg lines Tac0ny,. Wlssino-
Homes5nTs and intermediate stations ~ - H. iof
IRON WEST PHILADELPHIA DEPOT
At $50 A. M. 100 65e, and 2 ?. N: New York Ex.
press tnss, via JeTssy GiIy: Ti Fsse ss ss5
Al 1870 a NJ. on Mondays only-New York Express
The $40 a. NJ and $50 P, M. Lines will run daily,
a III OtnerB sundays e8copJeO.
At $50 A. M, rUO $780, and IL p. NJ. for Trenton.
At $50 A, M, 8 80 and IL p M. for Bristol.
AT IL z. NJ. (NighD, for Horrsville, TulytownI
Schenek's, Eddngton, Oornw ellis, Torrisdale, Holmes
burg, TsOony, WissinoEing, Rrioeshurg, and Frank
ford.
For lines leaving Remington Depot take the cars
1hiro Fifth streets, NJ Cnesnut street. SO minutes
before departure. The cars Market street Railway
direct to West Philadelphia Depot Chestnut and
Walnut within one square, On Sundays the Market
street Will run to connect with the $50 A. NJ and
$50 p. n. lines.
BELvIDERE DELAWARE RAILROAD LINES.
From Remington Depot.
At 7'00 A. NJ. for Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Dnnkrk,
Elmira, Ithaca, Owego, Rochester, BinghamtOn, Os-
wego, racnse Great Bend, Montrose, Wilkesbarre,
At70GA. N and $40 r NJ. for Scranton, strouds-
Fleminglon, etc The $50 p. Nj. Line connects direct
with the Train leaving Esston for Mauch Chunk,
Allentown, Bethlehem, etc.
At S P. M. for Lamhertville and intermediate Sta
tions
CAMDEN AND BURLINGTON CO., AND Penn.
BERTON AND HIGHTSTOW RAILROADS.
From Market bt, Ferry upper sde.)
At and 10 a, M, /, 3St, and $50 p. M, for Mer-
Chsntsvllle Mooresown Hartford, Masonvlle, Halns-
Fort, Mount HOLY, SmtLhville, Evansville, Vincen-
town. BIZ mipRham and Pemoerton,
At7 A. NJ, / and $40 Z. M for Lewistown, Wrlehts-
town. Uookstowp, New Egypt, Hornerstown, Cream
Ridge, ImlaystOwn. sharon, and HiRhJstOwp.
WILLIAM IL. GATZMER, Agent.
September II, 1868. 6l52
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PROPOSALS.
T IMPROVEMENT OF THE DES MONIES
i RAPIDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
NOTICE 10 CONTRA CgOKS.

UNITED STAEEs hEGINEER's OFFICEl
soo,oa pro0o.,,. KEoKUK. Iowa, OCT. 81, 1888,
this Office until Il A. WEpSEsBA Of N TeeeSeq M a
The uctlon embanEment vail Of the cana
I9r the mpro gement OF the Des Moues Rapids of
raa ga al to be about p miles along extending
at ihe s9 ae9IG6 @ @ The width
O TO 400 feet In embaDkment ana $50 rect In
material excayated from the plsm nf The Canal TO 6e
Ia HSns .Se se NJ The Latter
about SC9 Ieet from he Iowa shor-. Where rock
slope y inches to the mile Tae emDank mem 10 be
bnlit OF earth clay and rock u he wide on
Ie Iee SsS5cai s9Sye hign wa Tster max q5oes Of 5.s
90 o1 ne SesS5 On % tRe outside and = base to vercal
protection TO be 25 feeon the outside feet on the In
portion Of the above has already been constructed
ssy 1ha one h66sn the SalanGe or 20 much thereof
$500 OO-wil pay for is 10 b. rce-
All prop sllions must state 4 prea at which each
70 be done and no bid will be consd red that is nos
A printed copy of this adyer. .laemers mast be
The Government reserves the rlsht to reject any
Zach bid must contain a written or printed qua.
rhbnieei sgneo by Two responsive Is LsIsons .
orm Of ara p% be 81 urn Ia
The pice or prices IN the contract Will be consii-
cred es Including the expense furnishing ali ihe
right a Of wAy ana @ lSGd for Dor
ing all the work according to the plans and spechc
klOIb eADlDlteu hL the letllpBs
Fiheen per cent. OF the amount any work done
materials furnished, the COntsa It price thereof
will be reserved unt til the whole work which is the
subject OF contract shall he entirely mpleted,
The name or names of the pc sons propOslng must
be written iuil, With Their place OF residence
and Post Office address
Plans maps specifications, an all necessary papers
VIII oe Teaoy for examination a. tnis oce for htteen
days prior to the date OF the letting.
PeTsens proposing 20 contract requested 10 visit
and examine the location OF He COrk JeIore sending in
their bids,
Proposals should be addressed 10 the undersigned
at KeoBuk, Iowa, and should be endorse1:-"PTo-
potals for work on the Improvements of the Des
"a ONES Rapids"
]. H. WILSON,
Leutenant-Colonel S5th Infantry, Brevet Major.
General u. S, A,
l.. COOPER OVERMAN,
10 80 lot Cspiain Corps of Engineers