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shERhf WINE IN BOND.
q. we bsye Few qr sasks very pale and delicate
town, ID: G, which We will sell at a very sUal sd-
vanee. IL i wine 81 our own importation rom tie
n3nnced by Judges the finest wine this side tho
We are S.,le A ooDts o., ,ia u;s.-i., . rr
Martin Co world renowned PURE WHEAT
WHISKY, distefed from the best grain EXPRESSLY
for medicinal The trade SUPPLIED AZ disfler =
prices, by BROWNING & MIDDLETON,
fe4 Ola Pennsyly ania avenue.
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TIE ESTABLISHMENT Of NJ. H. Prince, No.
1000 Pennsylvania avenue, will close every
evening at Z p. m. during the heated term. II
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ANBLED AWAY WITH S3e0.-On Friday Last
detective Miller received information that VIM
r. Amber had stolen about $500 worth Of cloths
from the store OF Peterson & Co., under Ma
sonic Temple. He recognized the goods on Sat
uTday, and returned them TO the OwpeTs. On
going after Amber he found he had jumped the
city, and cannot be found. Since then a war
rant has been placed IN his hands for the arrest
or Amber, charged with obtaining gold watch
nom IL o. Hood, valued at eco, under false
Representations.
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INITIALS VERSUS OLYMP1c.
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Our DOLLAR KID GLOVES are the best i'm
ported, and always the largest assortment OF
sizes and c0lOrs, at G. BAUM's Kid Glove Depot,
18th street, Intelligencer Building.
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sl,H5,l45 50

Balance ON deposit in First National
Bank to credit q Vim. H. Slater,
Collector for District Of Columbia. :, 2,696 90
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ZEAL ESTATE SALEs--Green & williams last
evening sold lot G, in subdivision of square on ,
same purchaser, at II cents per foot; lot E. to
Henry Tay or, at 20 cents per foot lot F. to Felix
May, at 10 cents per foot; lot IL, to Nathaniel
Bowie, at Is cents per foot; lot Z, in subdivision
OF square 5s9, "a Thomas King, at IS cents DER
foot; lot T., same purchaser, at rs cents per foot
lot n, 70 Aquilla Han, st 10 cents per foot; lots
n and i, 20 John Lee, az 10 cents per foot TIE
above property Is located at the corner of 80
street west and Q street south. ON the Island
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COFFEE.

SYRUPS.
SILVER DRIPs-Stewarts.
WHITE DRIPS-Stewart's
WHITE DRIPs-MOllers Diamond Brand
AMBER DRIPS
GOLDEN SYRUP.
MERCHANTS SYRUP
All at exceedingly Low Bates
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THE SCALP is made clean and sweet by ap-
plying Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Remover.
Ice CREAM.-Harycy Z Holden, corner 18th
street and Pennsylvania avenue, deliver the
finest quality of lee Cream to all parts of the
city, in quantities to suit the purchaser. If
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SOAPS. -
NEW YORK CITY'-Babbitt,s.
"BEsT'-Babbittt
SOAP P0wDER-Babbittls
NEW YORK CITY"-C. B. Jeveh'
"LAUNDRY"-C. b. JEWELS.
"0RIENTALAC. b. JeweIl,s.
" CHEMICAL 0LIvE"-C. b. yewei1. 90.
"TALL0Wn-Keys.
"ELECTRIC''-Dobbins'
PRIZE MEDAL"-Myrtle Soap Co.,N.Y.
As also large assortment Of Colgate Co.'S, an
other TOILET SOAPS.
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Two SHOW CASES TOR sale at Princes Bazs
1006 Pennsylvania avenue.

HOOP SKIRTS Of the best material made to
order, and always good assortment on hand;
sold at reasonable prices, at G. BAUM's Heop
Skirt Factory, 7thstreet, IntelTgencer Building.
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Tke Co~e of Mr.. Le,cfs.

DRoxsED-AbOut4 O'Clock yesterday after
noon, John Hartnell, aged six wears. was
drowned at 1oth-street wharf by accidentally
slipping into the water. His parents live at the
corner or and 9th streets southwest. The
body was Afterwards recovered, and the Coroner
notified.
Yesterday afternoon the United States steamer
fallapoosa arrived at the hayward. and 10 was
Bound that Assistant Engineer Watts had been
Drowned during the trip. On the morning the
vessel entered TIE mouth Of the Potomac, Watts
fell over the bulw arks inO the water, and imme-
diately disappeared.
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MOLASSES. 81.
NEW 0RLEANs-Genuine.
PORT RICO-very Fine
ENGLISH ISLAND and several other GRADES which
can only be appreciated by examining
price and quality.
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BUTTER.

YELLOW GOSHEN and other lower grades, nj
very low prices.
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Z LINNEY,
II. MERCHANT TAILOR,
WASHINGTON, ID. O..
He is prepared TO make mp work at the following
low rate; Making and trimming Coats. from A
$40 to s Is; Making and trimming Pants,
$50; Making and trimming Vests, $50. M
Cutting Coats 80 cents; Pants, Is cents; Vests,
% cents -.
nS- Boys Clothing made TO order in the latest
New York styles. Boys Patterns cut for Is cents
each. iy 10 I'm
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-06-15
The Little L<safs

In a time OF famine rich man sent for
the poorest children In the town and said
TO them:
There Is basket full of bread you
may each come every day and take loaf
until it pls ases God TO send better times '
The children attacked the basket, and
disputed a. TO which should have the larg
est loaf, and then went away without once
thanking tn. ir beDefactor.
Only Frances, q very poor but clearly
girl modestly remained behind and had
the smallest loaf which was left In thu
basket She gratefully returned thanks
and went home quietly. One day the
children behaved very badly ind. ed, and
poor Frances received loaf very much
smaller than the rest, but when she took
il home aud her mother cut II open. a
uLber Of pieces Of silver fell on the
hJor
The poor woman was sstonished and
go and return this money immediate.
ly, it must have been put in the bread by
mistake"
Frances went directly with it to the
gentl man, who said:
my dear child, 1t was no mistake.
had the money put into that loaf to re-
ward you Remain always as peaceable
a I'd con,ented Those who are satisfied
With little always bring blessings upon
themselye. and family. and will pass hap
PLY through the world. Do not thank
,ne, bat thank God, who put into yoar
heart the treasure of a cont nted aud grata
Jul spirit. a d who has given me the will
and opportunity to be u-eful to those who
~. in need Of assistance"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-06-15

CHARLES LAMB once wrOtea very anus
ing treatise upon Popular Fallacies," in
vein of facetiousness foreign TO my pres
ent purpose.
Consider, seriously, the vast amount Of
good logic that is thrown away because OF
false premises. For how many INJURIES
ships were built on the most absurd
models, because somebody had said that il
was easier to draw q tapering log through
the water "butt end fOr,most!" Nobody
saw fit to question the statement, and
therefore all vessels were built with the
broadcast part near the bow. Finally some
original thinker-in our own day--tried an
experiment; and 10, the log towed easier
point FOREMOST
Which of my readers believes that An
egg can be made to stand on endf
90" you respond in one breath, We
have read history, and know how Colum-
bus put this question, and how he convey
ed an idea by his mode of answering it."
But, my dear Young Folks, an egg can be
made 10 stani on one end, upon polished
glass plate or other smooth surface, by
simple balancing.
Some eggs are much more difficult 70
put in position than Others; but l never
failed to accomplish it in any instance.
only secret is that all the fingers and
thumbs that touch the egg must leave Il
at the same instant Observe this, and
with little perseverance, youwill invari-
ably succeed.
was FIRST shown this by an italian dis.
tiller, on the remote sugar estate OF San
Francisco Xavier, at the northern foot Of
the Cuzco Mountains, in the ISLAND Of
Cuba When he stated that he could
make an egg sta d on end, all Of Us pres
ent laughed at him, and began TO talk Of
Columbus.
"Ah yes" said he, " esq cosa de Colon"
that matter of Columbus; but | can do
it, and you can do it. 1t is a little thing"
he continued, but l have drank much
beer with this" meaning that ev ry one
was ready to bet upon the impossibility of
the undertaking.
Nevertheless he did it, and we all did it.
So, my young friends, you may set about
it, vi it'll perfect faith in your success.
Moral he careful how you accept .
maxim until you have proved it.-Osr
Young Flks.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-06-15

As, much as Ave tons of green clover
(roots and tops) will grow on an acre from
the first of April till the first Of August,
with ordinary rain and sunshine to favor
It's growth; and where can be found the
growing material that will yield such
good fertilizing substance as clover at the
trifiing cost of a dollar to two per acre ?
In fact, it is good practice for farmers
to SOW it among all crops, and at every
opportunity, for It's growth will take the
place OF foul weeds that would otherwise
spring up, If the ground is left bare
Among corn, at the last working, or
among buckwheat, it will pay to SOW
clover seed literally. Even though it is
not largely developed before it must be
destroyed, it will amount to considerable,
aud amply repay the investment, either to
rot on the ground, or to be plowed under
Other substances such as buck wheat
turnips and oats, can be used to pillow un
der to Improve land, but then they are far
inferior to clover. but notwithstanding
that they NAV answer good purpose, es-
pecially buckwieat, sown right thick to
smother briers and choke out weeds But
in conclusion, we can say In regard to the
value of clover in keeping up the fertility
Of the farm, that 1t can be done cheaper
than by carting manure from distance,
and at such extravagant prices, az farmers
in most neighborhoods have to pay for it.
There are two good thingS for farmers to
do to produce great benefit TO land.
First, sow clover seed, buckwheat rye,
oats, turnips, or any other vegetable mat.
ter very thick, to occupy the ground aad
subdue weeds; afterwards destroy their
growth and allow them to decompose in
the soil The second thing, and not the
least is, to abandon the miserable practice
of leaving manure to lie in the barn-yard
to waste one half of its best qualities
Cor. Journal Of tho Farm.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-06-15
Youths Department.
THE NICE LITTLE PRESENT

CAN you dee what my papa did brin me tonight :
You might dess yois OF thins, but you wouldn't
desc right.
OF do not believe dat you could dcss.
Now II was q derl, you would cay new dcee,
hut rs l am boy, aud dust fonr years old.
Do you think you could dess, If You never was
toldr
Dey are no. velly Ion. and not velly short,
But dey are the incest dat ever was bought
Dey are black ~ can be, have yittle yed tops.
And the yed becins just where the black stops.
Dey have two little heels and two funny ears,
And 8. metimes dey squeaks so that all the folks
hears.
Dey were de incest my papa could Diet me.
| would seep In them II mamma would yet ne,
/ s'pose she yud say twas q vclly bad pan,
So I'll teep my eyes open s'long 81 can,
And OF all my presents 'tie dis one dat suits,
These dear yittle squeskv, yittle red-top boots.
I'll help my dear mamma. and I'll rock de baby,
I'll be ever 80 dood, and den some time, may ne,
II he makes yots o. money, my dear papa might
Diet some sqneakier boots an he dot me tonight,
For Of all de music, 'ts dis kind that suits,
De bid squeak dat comes out Of de new pair Of
boots. Boston Journal.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-06-15
A Bit OF Astronomy.

SUSPECT that not one child In fifty,
under twelve years Of age, could tell me
exactly how any one knows that the moon
is really larger than soup plate. or
whether II is as far or farther away than
Boston
Now don't sbrug your pretty shoulders,
and laugh. and say l must be crazy to
think you don't know that. 1t is not so
easy matter to know many things just
right: and hope you will not say one
bOastful word about your knowledge Of
the subject, until you have thought it over
carefully, and seea how much you really
know certainly. Wise men are very eau
tious indeed, and know what they say, and
the reason for it.
No one ever comes from the moon coun-
try. to give us descriptions Of it, and one
has great deal Of trouble in studying it,
since he cannot go there. The man in
the moon" is not at all social, either. in his
ways, as you know, and never heard of
anyone getting any sort of information
out Of his ugly mouth. We have TO learn
things the b Ut way we can, all by our
SEW s. one thing at tirae, and that often
very long ,ime. l Twill tell you to-day
about the size Of the moon, and how men
are able to find out exactly what its size
is
The moon is a globe, whose diameter is
two thou and nsiies about one fourth OF
that If the earth.
Now, how" do you ask, can one know
tbatg"
There is a method something like this !;
Let us take, for example, u cent piece,
viii, measures ab ut an inch In diameter.
and let il be placed between the eye and
the moon, at aay distance from the eye 1t
will be found on the first TRIAL, that the
coin will appear larger than the m,on; 1t
will in fact, completely conceal the moon
from the eye, and produce what We may
call n tsl eclipse OF the moon. Let the
c. in be NOV. d farther from the eve, and 1t
will then appear smaller, aud will seem to
gr,w IS in size IA its distance from tho
eye is increased. Let 1t be removed until
it seems exactly TO cover the moon. and
neither more nor less.
Ii the distance from the coin TO the eye
be measured, 1t will be found to DO about
ten feet or one hu ldred an twenty inches,
or, what il the same, two hundred and
forty halt inches By 1t Is known thai
the distan &c from the moon To the earth Is
about two hundred and forty thousand
miles 80 that II follows in this case that
il exactly what half an inch is in the coin 3
distance.
Now you all understand, Isuppose, how,
in geography, you measure country on q
map, wh.n you know the scale of the
map; II, for instance, you have the map OF
Illinois before you, made on scale OF
fifty miles to an inch, and find, by measur
ing, that tn re are about two inches Of the
nap from Chicago westward TO the limits
of the State, you would at once be able to
say thai the real distance between those
p ,ints must be about two times FIFTY, or
nb ut one hundred miles.
Now, In the case Of measuring the dis
lance across the moons disc with the coin,
we have found the scale to be half sn inch
To one thousand miles; since, then. the
coin measures two half inchs In diame
r, the moon must measure two times one
Thousand miles. or two thousand miles In
diameter Corporal.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-06-15

"HoEKsrY is the best policy" said Hsr-
~ aloud; aud mean always TO be hon
st"
What does policy meant" asked his
sister Ada. looking up from her book.
why this replied the boy, THAT If
you arc always honest, even though It may
not seem the wisest thing for Yourself at
The time, you will get best off in the
End
"Idon't think" replied his sister, that
Is good reason; because if YOU saw dis
hon II people getting ON better for long
time, ou would, perhaps, get TIED oi
aiting CIR the time u come when You
would he the best off, and begin 70 be
,ii.han. IT too"
"A In Ia right" said her mamma com.
into the room; be honest because 1t Il
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-06-15

right, my son; that Is tie My safe rea-
son Try to please God, whether any
gain comes from it or not; you will not be
able to see how doing the right thing 10
profitable in temporal point of view;
but it will matter little, when you come to
die. whether you have been best of in this
world or rot"
g thank you, mamma" said Harry.
In future will endeavor to do right be-
cause it is right and is pleasing to God,
whether it seems to my advantage or not"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-06-15

THERE is fence standing In German
town. Pa, which was in It's present loca-
ton in Revolutionary days, AID bars
m .rks of thu battle thers. The boards
were origin lily one inch in thickness. but
CO stAnt exposure To the weather FIR q
century has reduced them Z, one-ihird Of
th&t.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-06-15

THERE is said to be a man 81 years old,
now Irving In Chester County, Pa, VIII"
hss been blind since he was seven years
old, and who can fad his home among The
trees on Welsh Mount.in a. any time
without aid from anyone; who Can pass
Fl, m one place to another for distance OF
eur or fye miles in his own neighber
hood knows the different residenc- ot
the neigbb0S ~ soon - he approaches
them knows the voices Of his y qusiui-
snc. s, and in many instances th.ir foot.
steps can tell diff rent kinds Of timber /;
make shaking fork broom. or e.handle
can hang al axe. and can cnop wood and
when done with his days work will hife
his axe, and return to the woods on III.
following day and fad IT,
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-06-15

IT il In our mind and not 10 our sur
rou. dlngs that we must find our haDpiness
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-06-15

A Pxscsous voLOn "A b,nt b OK.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-12-23

Chrissmas With all its associations Of
ASsSsA and sf s.Rsh, viii be hsse before
Dsais issps OF enc Nnws, will asvs
FSzeAhsdd oil Of les resders. It will have
passed before our next issue. Greetings,
like christmas dinner, como better too
soon, than too late; aud like che said
meal, Jose their piquancy. If they come
.ioIate and cold. So right here, not only
.'in cold print and in metallic stereotype
OF expression, but from the warm heart,
and with genuine feeling, we extend to
you readers, each one Of you, the COM
i plimsnts Of the season, and wish you a
ca merry Christmas. This includes every.
thing happy reunions and big dinners.
Amid all the happy salutations that
will greet your ears, let this of the
sra rsasORANeEBuRe News" come as hearty
I and as welcome az the bcstl In the
hamlet and hall, amid the holly berries,
and the bright decorations, amid the
smiles and the love of homes, by your
frs-sides and.at your festive. boards, let
(. our words Of goodwill and our wishes
of peace come to cheer and greet you
Lot the County be glad, and every home
rejoice, at this the merry, happy time.
Now when toll enjoys its respite, care
its surcease, and bad thoughts are al
most turned to good, and hate almost
subdued to kindness, now in the truce of
sifes battle, we come to wish you we'll !
In the. intercourse of the Journal with
the people, there spring up kindly scnti-
ments almost unhidden from the famil-
lar habit of inter communication, and at
this season; Of all, these sentiments flow
10 she pen-point, aud write themselves
refecSioas aud expressions of the hearts
true feelings
In your enjoyment and rejoicing we
congratulate and rejoice. In spirit, We
mako merry With you!
sIn the cultivation of the snirit nf
siiarssy, which u eminently the lesson of
the season, MI differences are lost sight
Of and in common, at this season, as
fap,iliars and in jovial mood, we may
mutually forgive each the others weak
nesses.
Our errors, for as all human zoe have
sometimes erred, come from the head,
but our genial greeting and our saluta-
tion Of 'smerry Christmas" to you all
como direct from the heart.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-12-23
The Fence Laws.

a correspondent OF the Columbia
onion, over the nom ae plume of "Ten-
ant" writing from Hopkins Turn Out,
in Richland County, says:
Every friend of agricultural progress
will be gratified to see that the subject
of fences has at last been rooted in the
Legislature.
Improved stock, improved implements
and improved culture may receive full
share of our attention, but with all this,
we will advance but slowly as long as
the "Fence Law" as it now stands, re-
mains stumbling block in our path.
The great revolution in our agricultu-
raj system necessitates change also in
great principle on which all good laws
are based-the greatest good to the
greatest number.
Let us take for instance plantation
Of eight hundred acres cleared land.
Aho Siuo hiaAtm VI ~ =" oSiSo WV
cultivated" requires about half this
tract to be abandoned. The owner and
tenants, or parties renting tho same, Sc
lect the most fertile spots; but in order
to protect the crops the whole body
must bo fenced or each tenant must en-
close his own field. Would it not be
moro rational to enclose pasture of
thirty OK forty acres for the benefit of all
parties on the plantation. Indeed it
would, but here is the dificulty-there
is ne guarantee that the occupants of
the neighboring plantation will act so
wisely, and the whole eight hundred
acres must be enclosed to guard against
few scrub cattle which probably are
not worth one-fourth the cost of the
fence.
Again, how many plantations in this
State are destitute of "ruil timber" 1t
is fact familiar to axemen, that every
tree is not suitable for rails. Many for
ests which still have an abundance of
timber, have been worked over and over
again with the maui aud wedge.
A law requiring every man to enclose
his own stock will benefit the land own
"a, .,;;a=.sS ;: spare his iimited sup
ply Of wood land.
II will benefit the tenant, because it
will require less labor to enclose his few
head of stock than to keep a"lawful
fence" aronnd his crop, and he will not
as is now often the case, be called from
his plow to replace the fence which
some careless "possum hunter" has
buIned. His stock being under his eye
always, will be safe. and receive great
er share of attention. And lastly, it
will benefit ali parties, in the fact that it
will abolish the most fruitful cause of
quarrel aud contention that ever cursed
an agricultural communityH
"Every man shall live by the sweat of
his brow, but his cattle shall live by tho
sweat of his neighbor's brow"
Thus virtually stands the law of
South Carolina Shall we change it
Shall we adopt what other communities
have proved to be wise, just and good
law? Or shall we continue in force one
which is every year becoming more op
pressive, more unjust, and rendering ur
beautiful land more unsightly. We are
told that we cannot get rid of the fence'
because the "bottom rail is on top" but
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-12-23

crimes which put evenzthe Court House
to the blush. Murder, the most revolt
Ing and siOkening outrages to women,
and rape, are testified to by che wit
nesses in such loathsome detail that the
eminent Counsel left the Court House
during the recital. The Court has been
thronged by spectators Of all CLASSES aud
both sexes.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-12-23

AT AUCTION.
will SELL on Saleday in January, lot
of FURNITURE consisting Of Bureau, Bed
stead, Tables-Fine Card Table-Cooking
Stove, and sundry other articles.
THAD. C. ANDREWS
Auctioneer.