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G.. j. FERRISS.
gl8 F street, Washington, y. e.

SOLICITOR OF PATENTS AND GENERAL
AGENT FOR PENSION AND BOUNTY
CLAIMS Post Office box %.
CoIored soldiers, were, by the act Of March
3, 1873, placed On an equal footing with the
white soldiers, and are now entitled 20 the 800
additional bounty under the act ~ July -, 1866,
which ha been extended 10 January 80, 1874.
maylj emo
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OUR local agent, Mr.. Charles II. Wilson,
will supply our patrons in the First ward
with the New NATIONAL ERA AND CITI-
ZEN every week. lie will call for orders.
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How different is the bias Of mems minds .
What opposite tendencies they exhibit in
their investigation Of the phenomena of men
tai science, For example, the lawyer ID
clines TO the abstract, the builder TO the
concrete.
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Bal" DANIEL KEITH, JR., is our Agent for
Baltimore. Residence l42 s. Caroline street.
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Remark. by ID. A. s'rsker In .
Lecture ON Commercial Law before the
ssudents OF the Commercial Bustssss
school Of Howard Usivsvstty. Corner Of
sih and ID Ste. ~ sshs"Gton, ID.
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We have in this city two clubs composed
Of young cclored gentlemen, between which
and their friends natural rivalry has existed.
The Alert is, we believe, the older Organiza-
ton and the Mutual the younger. These
clubs have been playinga series Of games this
season for the purpose of deciding which are
the superior players. Victory on last Thurs.
day for the third consecutive time perched on
the brows of the energetic and skillful Mu-
tuals. The playing last Thursday was fine,
and at the outset the Alerts seemed really to
be making true their boastngs Of overwhelm-
ingly defeating the Mutuals, but the superior
playing and unmatched GOODNESS of the Mu-
tuals gave them the victory over their less
skilfully trained opponents, who exhausted
their ability at the outset. Messrs. Tyler,
Winston, and Colbert, Of the Mutuals, and
Messrs. Parke, Davis, and Cook, of the
Alerts, are deserving of mention for their
superior playing.
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Our ucators.

MEssEs. EDITORS: The letter OF DR.. A.
T. Augusta to the Trustees for Colored
Schools, published in the Gazette Of the 18th
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l@3-Tho intellgen reader will not begrudgc
the space we devote in this issue to the
speech of Mr.. Douglass, delivered to the
colored people Of this vicinity yesterday,
at their Fair Grounds near the city. 1t is
an able speech, from man of undoubted
ability. IT, in conception, gagged some
audience, nevertheless, in its simplicity of
expression, clearness Of logic and down.
right force of practical common sense, it
could not fail, and did not, to make very
perceptiblc impression. We are glad to
know that it is already circulated among
them in pamphlet form. 1t cannot be too
widely disseminated among his race. They
could not study its precepts too closely nor
follow them too faithfully for their own good.
Carl Schurz' speech to the white people Of
this city last year, was not more full OF matter
for sober reflection. The author CT it,
throughout his discourse, displayed Gull
ture and familiarity with the philosophy
Of the profoundest writers, thinkers and
speakers Of our literature, only equaled by
the uttered evidences of his native intellect
and originality, in its eii'ectupon his auditors.
We have no disposition to fiatter the speaker
nor his audience, but thyy have reason to be
proud of him as a distinguished representa-
tive Of their race, for he is no common man.
As the apostle of their deliverance from
themselves, in their new condtion-their
self-emancipition from the slavery Of sloth-
fulness and ignorance, he is capable OF great
usefulness, if he is spared to them, aud We
trust there are many Years Of good work in
him yet, in such a good cause.-Reputi!cah
(NdShrile) banner.
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Al communication relative to matters in the District
houlJ h sent in by Monday evening Of each week
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AGENT FOR WASHINGTON, ID. c.
Philip W. Shipper, 1880 Fifth street n. W.
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DISTRICT or COLUMBIA.

rs5s,s 8. sos-os sra Col W. BSvt~ AGENT, for wa.l-
iheton, D. G.
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$40 90 EiCH WEEK,

AGENTS WASIED EVERY WHERE.
Ba.nesa siIic'ly .egitgsa Fa-tlca'a'i Tree
Addte.,. J. WORTH 4 co,
mQeIy -. LJ1ls, No.
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Three colored organizations from Rich
mond will visit this city on Mondaynext. The
Butler ..odavcs, under Major c. b. Fisher,
will receive and entertain the visitors.
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HOWARD UNIVERSITY.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18th, 1873

The BOARDING DEPARTMENT of How
al University will be rcoprncd
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18th, 1873.
Board from six dollars 50 to fifteen dollars
$50 per month, IN advance.
Washing from one dollar 5 to three dollars
$50 per month, in advance.
HENRY THOMAS,
III charge Of Boarding Department.
aug 72Gtp
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l always hesitate to give advice from the
fact that / feel incapable, and also on &C.
count of the responsibility which follows.
II man esteems his counsel at all this act
is serious one. | will not assume TO do
such a thing now, but will throw out few
thoughts which can serve as suggestions
merely.
notice spirit of Jealousy being cultiva-
ted very largely among this useful class OF
our citizens, which would not be considered
strange were it not reaching to the extreme,
and has proven already serious drawback
to the honest and legitimate aspirations Of
many. The fact notice is quite prominent
among the poor and less educated with whom
have been blessed with the privilege Of la
boring in the capacity of an instructor aud
friend) as well as among the more highly
educated. This is an evil have to grapple
with among the hnmbler class. This spirit
pervades the political, educational, profess
slonal, social, ana industrial fields The
uneducated could scarcely be blamed, but if
| were TO offer criticism al all it would fall
upon those whose superior advantages of
| culture would dictate broader charity and
| higher course OF Christian action. When
a man reaches position where he can add
| to the progress OF his race, others, more anx-
ious than modest for his position, seek to dis
place him. / would observe also here that
there seems TO be a growing desire among
you all for distinction and greatness. 1t is
a sign Of great promise. But men become
great in different fields and in different ways,
and there are fields and opportunities for all
without hlndrance to any one. Some men
find greatness in the lower walks of life,
while others in the higher. Some Gull treas
ures from the dirt and sand in the depths OF
the earth, while others soar beyond it to fields
far above Us for their glorious achievements.
! Why this attempt to crowd, cramp, and pull
down? believe there is not case on re-
cord where true greatness has been reared
upon the ruins OF others.
| 1t is a sad mistake 10 expect 10 lift
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Da5- Sold BY al! Druggists ani Dealer. -
Medicine. srf IN
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-10-09
The Birch Canoe.

A YOUNG gentleman of Concord recent.
ly received the present of birch bark
canoe; and the following evening he
launched the frail craft, and invited few
friends to witness the trial trip. After
carefully parting his hair in the middle,
and dividing his small change equally
between his right and left vest pockets, in
order to preserve an exact equilibrium,
he stepped on board. The vessel "walked
the waters like thing of life," but the
young man, just at that time, saw some
thing on the bottom of the river that he
wanted, and went down after II with
terrific splash, whereat his friends on the
bank, stupidity supposing he bad acct
dentally tipped over, INDUCED in un-
seemly mirth. The navigator, however,
swan ashore, and administering cutting
rebuke to his friends, started again. The
next time he tried it, he acknowledged
that the frisky little boat did tip over, but
felt confident that there would be no
trouble after he had got the hang of the
thing. Finally he made fourth and last
attempt the boat turned over as usual,
and he came up under it His friends
seeing that he did not put in an appear
ance, plunged in after him, snaked him
out, and then, under the impression that
he needed resuscitating, stood him on his
head, rolled him on barrel, burned fea-
theirs under his nose, pounded his back,
lanced his arms with . penknife, and
otherwise maltreated him. As soon a. he
conld ret out of their clutches he seized
an oar. = went for " the amateur doctors :
With 90 much energy that they vacated
suddenly, and left him master of the stu.
alton. He IL now anxious to find some
pretty toy manufactured Of nitro glycerine
10 send to his friend In return for the ca
noe.-BnetON NooA
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-TWkaf Is that, ckI1dfehr asked q
school ! magic-lantefh Picture Of a poor
sinner clinging to the cross towering out
of stormy waves in mid-ocean. "Robin-
son Crusoe," was the reply.
"A South Carolina man couldn't die
happy until his soishad shot a neighbor
against whom thereswas an old grudge:
ibid you hit him plumb center!" asked
the dying man, and upon receiving an
affirmative reply he fell back and deaths
cold smile covered his face.
We ask for long life, but it is deep
life, or grand moments that signify. Let
the measure of time be spiritual, not me-
chanical. Life is unnecessarily long.
Moments of insight, of fine personal re.
lation, q smile, .. glance,-what ample
Of eternity they are.[EMeEson
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The highest price ever paid for real
estate was not either in London or in New
York, but in Bowlder, Colorado, where
town lots are worth about fifteen cents q
front foot Two adjoining proprietors
have gone to law about one and Q half
inches on the dividing line. The case has
been in progress only two years, and when
last tried occupied the time of one Judge,
four lawyers, one high sheriff, one crier,
forty-six witnesses, three constables, and
twelve jurymen for six days. This was the
first trial, and the costs therefor amounted
to $1,542 50, and how many more trials
there may be can't be f0retold, for the
jury didn't agree.
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Two floors of schoolhouse in the
village of Busto Arsizio, Province of
Milan, recently gave way under the
weight Of the hundred young girls, be-
tween fifteen and eighteen years of age,
who composed the school. Six dead
bodies were taken from the ruins, and
twenty of the injured scholars were con-
veyed to the hospital. The building was
an old one, and had long threatened to
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the dust Of anthracite coal. The inventor
of the psoeess claims. that they will burn
equally we'll with the best coal now in the
market, and that he can supply them .
great deal cheaper. !,
The re1ling and tin mill atAWel1Ss
Vile, Ohios1s ia full operation, IND tn
quality of the pf0duct ia said to- be sati6
factory. Thfs'is the nfst TIN manufact0
established in the United States. The
capital stock Of the company is $60, 600,
and the works will give employment to
800 men.
The Maryland crop of tobacco for
the past year is estimated at between five
and eight thousand hogsheads, and the
Ohio crop at between three and five thou
sand hogsheads in excess of the crops of
the previous year. The Virginia and
Kentucky receipts are not materially
altered. The tobacco has come to mar.
kct much earlier in the season than usual,
and in consequence of this q great deal
of it has opened in bad condition, espe.
cially that from Ohio.
"A Belgian inventor has recently in.
vented what he claims to be an improved
and valuable moter, the general principle
being the same as that of the gas engine,
and the operation being as follows: Oil
is sprayed into the cylinder, behind the
piston, and, being mixed with air, is Jig.
nited at the proper point by an electric
device; the consequent expansion drives
the piston forward, the momentum of the
fy.wheel returning it to its first position.
An ejector supplies the oil from the tank
to the sprayer, the ejector being connect
ed, for this purpose, to piston blower,
driven by crank attached to the main
shaft.
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The borax marshes of Virginia turn
out q monthly product of 800 tons.
-Thirty-eight thousand acres of wheat
were harvested in Rice Co, MIMI, this
season. It averaged 20 bushels to the
acre.
Providence, r. l., has eighty-five
jewelry manufacturing shops, employing
2,25O persons, and doing q business Of
Sc 100000 annually.
-Kelley's Island, Lake Erie, raised 225
tons of Catawba and so tons Of Concord
grapes this season, besides smaller
amounts of other varieties.
The artificial butter made in New
York is becoming very popular, and the
producers have been SO successful that
they announce quarterly dividend to
stockholders.
Twelve years ago the first export sale
of petroleum amounted to ESQ barrels. In
1872 the export amounted to 15O, 100000
gallons, and this year much larger guam
tity will be exported.
The total amount of lumber run out
of Cass River, in Michigan, this season,
up to date, is about 80, OO0, 900 feet; out of
the Au Ores, 10000, 600; out Of the Rifle
boom, 10000, 600; and out OF the Saginaw
River, $40, 485, 767.
Encouraging news from the ship
building ports of Maine continues to
come in. The different establishments of
Bath are at presentengaged on twenty-five
ships of various tonnage, and give en-
ployment to 1900 workmen.
A recent railway traveller in Kansas
reports that hundreds of tons Of buffalo
bones have been gathered by the settlers
and piled up at the stations awaiting
shipment East, where they will be used
for making boneblack for the sugar re-
finery, or ground for manure.
The last invention of note IL . coal
brick, composed by chemical processes OF
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AA0OVAAAAAVVsA0o
Scientific journals say that milk de-
creases according to the amount Of
rain.
1T takes just three times as long tew
tell lie, on emmy subjeckt, as it duz tew
tell the truth.
"A good.natured spinster used to boast
that she always had two good beaux they
were elbows.
The average depth of the sea il two
miles. Occasionally, in certain parts, it
is four miles, and sometimes only one
mile.
"A California milliner has invented a
hat which Is warranted to make q lady
blush. The cost, $50, is also sure to make
. man swear.
According to Blackwood, every man
who Is not monster, = mathematician,
or mad philosopher, is slave of some
woman or other.
"A Chicago paper explains why q
street-car conductor in that city was hon
est and refused to take q IS bill for 81 ;
he thought it was counterfeit.
I'm Montana q man killed IN elk re-
Gently which dressed eight hundred
pounds by actual weight, and the Herald
claims It a. the monster elk Of the Rocky
Mountains.
"A convict Of the Michigan City Peni-
Tertiary feigned death for three hours,
but when they jabbed pin into him he
rose up and wanted to put head on the
jabber.
Pittsburgh reioices in the possession
Of woman 90 faithful and loving that
she always kisses her husband "go0d-by''
when he goes into the back yard to feed
the chickens.
"A widow woman at Omaha, who has
eight boys, says that she had rather do .
washing any day than have to 60 upstatrs
ct daylight and pound them out Of bed
with & pOliceman'S club.
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Thomas Holloway, the pill-man, has
commenced in Surrey, England, the cree
ton of lunatic asylum, which he intends
to present to the British nation. 1t will
cost about 100000, and will accommo-
date about 400 patients. -
-Chekiang, a curiouA barbarsns cuaa
Tom, has been revived at1hanghak on ac-l
Count Of the expected famine. Several
men came before the authorit; es and
ASKED l14lSSl0HsU psaJ to God that the
calamity be averted. If the PRAYER ia not
answered within certain time thew will
suffer themselves to be burned alive. The
applications were rejected.
The Bank of England covers five
acres Of ground, and employs nine hun
dred clerks. There are no windows IN
the street. Light is admitted through
open courts. No mob can take the bank.
therefore, without cannon to batter the inn.
mense walls. The clock in the center of
the bank has fifty dials attached to it.
Large cisterns are sunk in the court, and
engines in perfect order are always ready
in case of fire. The bank was incorpof-
ated in 1904. Capital, $9O, OOO, 900.
The endorsements attending the
importation of Chinese women at San
francisco are of the gravest description.
The other day fourteen bad ones arrived,
and, before the Protestant clergyman who
who undertakes their reclamation could
get access to them, they had been put on
their guard by male confederates. None
of them, therefore, would admit their i'm
moral purpose in immigrating; some said
they came to see their mothers, some to
hunt up sister, some to take in sewing,
etc. Eight of them consented to 20 to
the Methodist Chinese mission. They are
also expert smugglers, and these were
completely swathed in silks. Upon the
fourteen women were found eighty -four
gowns and thirty-seven pairs Of silk
trousers!
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depositors to resume business onnew accounts,
leaving the old to be settled as securities can
be negotiated. Gold had taken an upward
turn. At one period during the day it had
reached 1141fT, but it subsequently receded to
1131, and closed at 113><. More activity had
been developed in Western produce. Prime
bankers sixty-day sterling had sold as low as
1OS, and sight 1O4; commercial bills at 1Ol@
1O2 for sixty days, and 1OS for sight. The
banks had cleared early and in good shape.
There had been few sales of stock, but the
quotations were not considered reliable. The
city had been drained Of money at alivelyrate.
The Express Companies had been carrying
away currency ct the rate of $4,000, 900 day
for nearly week. It was rumored that Fisk
& Hatch had perfected arrangements to re-
sumo at an early day.
A Philadelphia dispatch OF the 26th says
proceedings in bankruptcy had been COM
menced against Jay Cooke & Co. The pub
lished statement Of that firm showed liabilities
Of 81, 9So, 400; assets, $15, o66,211.
A New York telegram Of the evening Of the
9th says that the week had closed on more
cheerful financial aspect. The greenback re-
serve had been drawn down from 81, 100, 600
to e12,00000o. Clearing House certificates
had been issued ~ demanded or desired, and
1t was thought that with the aid Of these and
. small infusion Of National currency the crops
could be moved and mercantile embarrass.
ment and failure avertsd.
A New York dispatch Of the 2sth, says that
the President Of the First National Bank, Of
that city, had urged the immediate resumption
/ nPa kt,>A
action viii add soo.Ooo.ooo positive relief to
the money market.
A New York telegram Of the 2oth says the
situation in finance and trade had become al
together more hopeful and cheering, not only
in that city but In al parts Of the country.
The money pressure was being gradually over
come; there had been . larger advance in the
price Of dividend-paying stocks; business had
gradually improved IN the produce market;
the gloomy approximations - to the moving Of
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-10-09

made by U. 8. Senator Logan, Ex-Governor
Oglesby and others.
The 96th was Chicago's "Black Friday"
The Union National, the Second National, the
Manufacturers National, Cook County Ma
tional, and the National Bank Of Commerce,
all closed their doors on the morning Of that
day. The Board Of Trade Of that city had
adopted resolution prohibiting dealing in
grain options for the present, on the ground
that such dealing had . tendency to depress
prices. In view Of the present monetary situ-
alton and the difficulty Of drawing city de-
posits, the Board Of Public Works had decided
to temporarily suspend work on all sewer i'm
provements not actually commenced. A meet
ing of the associated banks had been held in
the afternoon to discuss the question Of issu-
ing loan certificates, but NO conclusion had
been reached. - @g. e
A dispatch from San Francisco Of the e6th
says the Independent State Convention had
nominated E. W. McKenstry for Justice Of
the Supreme Court. The Convention adopted
resolutions that the opponents Of organized
corruption form themselves into political
body known % the 'sPeople's Independent
Party;" repudiates party fealty - tyranni-
cal rule, sinking the citizen to servile parti-
san; condemning the system Of using money
conuptly in elections; condemning all polit-
calThgs and cliqnes formed to control cleo
tons; pledging- the party to civil-sefvice
reform and to resist Ill Credit Mobilier con-
tracts with finance companies; denounces the
present system Of the distribution Of lands
and grants Of lands to railway and other cor
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-01-24
plnoultN ln ,ne counclI.


The refusal Of the Republicans in the City
Council to adopt the report of Mr.. Litehtenstein
recommending the confirmation Of the gentlemen
nominated fOr pOiica Officers, by Mayor Simms, is
likely TO occasion dificulty in the Council. Mr.
Litchtensteih took extreme paius and went to
much trouble 70 inquire as to the character of the
three gentlemen who were not acceptable to the
Republicans, ana he says they were highly spoken
of by those who knew them best. Mr.. L.. feol-
ing deeply the implication which the votes of his
fellow members seem to cast upon him. at once
sent his resignation to the clerks desk and re-
tired He declares that he felt it his duty, from all
tho facts that he could gather, to recommend the
confirmation Of the Mayors appointments, and
would have voted with the Republican members
could he have done 90 in honesty and Justice
Bot he did not FEEL that It was acting up to the
standard Of ''cAOing unto Others as he would have
Others do to him, by casting vote which would
sbgnatize three poor men, in whose character,
after diliSent inqdiry. r. had fOqnd no cause for
rejection.
Nj Litchtenstein's reputation tor candor and
ruthfulness cannot be successfully questioned in
this community. He has been three times elected
to Council from his ward. and stands as high as a
faithful guardian the citys interests, as any
member Of hls party. His resignation would
have been read last night had not a motion to re-
fer the papers without read ng been made.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-01-24

The Herald compares the growing corrupto
/ the body polite 10 the rapid spread OF tn
al-poK In some Eastern cities. Besides tia
dit Mo6iller abomination, the various land
< ~ Jobs In Congress, the developments in Now
York city, the election Of United States Senate
rom kansas and the five and ten thousand dolla
checks m connection herewith calls are also he.
Ing made for Investigation into lie manner Of
election ofa United States Senator from Missouri
and one from Nevada, each Of whom, il is alleged,
owes his success TO the distribution of large sums
Of money among members Of the Legislature, the
figure in the case Of shd Nevada senator eIeel
reaching, u s said, the snng amount Of three hun
dred thOnaahdi dollars. Verify this il an era Of
corruption, and the searching brooms OF invesii-
eating committees ought TO make clean sweeps
all around Down with whhewashing commit
tees -aF.