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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24
Little Mary and Her Father.

Little Mary had heard her father in
struct her older brothers and sisters
that when, in the course of converse
ton, subject came up that seemed to
be disagreeable to any one present, etl-
uuette demanded that it should be
changed as quickly as possible. Some
days after, her father said to her as he
left the house:
Mary, papa wants you to be very
careful, if you play in the garden to-
day, not to touch the hyacinths. Will
YOU remember?"
OF course she would, but on papa's
return in the evening, he found his hya-
cinths picked, and the marks of the lit
tie feet in the garden bed.
Callying Mary up to him, he looked
very grave, and said:
"Mary, dear, you remember that l
told you particularly not to touch the
hyacinths, and now [ find them picked,
and no one has been in the garden but
you. How is this ?"
Mary laughed, and said:
90 papa, it was splendid i'll the gar
den to-day! | saw a beautiful little
birds nest, and there was great big
butterfly"
W ait, wait, my child. L am talk
ing to you about something else now.
Don't you understand me? l am very
seriously displeased with you. I told
you not to touch the hyacinths, and
now find them picked, and your foot
prints all about"
"Oh, yes, papa, I did have the love
liest time in the garden to-day. Don't
You think it was beautiful day?"
Mary, how dare you answer me SO
impertinently / am talking to you
about your disobediencs. Why do you
not attend to me? 1 shall have to make
you"
Rather sobered at this suggestion,
the little girls countenance fell, and
she faltered out:
"Why, papa, you said that when a
subject became unpleasant to any one,
the only way was to change it.
Papa saw the point, and the unpleas-
ant subject was dropped for that time
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24
PRISCILLA.


Ny little Love sits in the shade
Beneath the climbing roses,
And gravely sews in a half-dream
The dainty measures of her seam
Until the twilight closes.
1 look and long, yet have no care
To break her maiden musing;
l idly toss my book away,
And watch her pretty fingers stray
Along their task confusing.
The dews fall, and the sunset light
Goes creeping DER the meadows,
And still, with curious eyes cast down,
She gravely sews her wedding-gown
Among the growing shadow.
l needs must gaze, though on her cheek
The bashful roses quiver-
She is SO modest, simple, sweet,
That I, poor pilgrim, at her feet
Would fain adore forever.
A heavenly peace dwells in her heart;
Her love is yet half duty.
Serene and serious, still and quaint,
She's partly woman, partly saint,
This Presbyterian beauty.
She is so shy that ali my prayers
Scarce win a few small Kisses
She lifts her lovely eyes to mine
And softly grants, with blush divine,
Such slender grace as this is.
1 watch her with a tender care
And joy not fre5 from sadness
For what am 1 that I should take
This gentle soul and think to make
Its future days all gladness?
Can fulfill those maiden dreams
In some imperfect fashion?
I am no hero, but know
1 love you, Dear-the rest 1 throw
Upon your sweet compassion.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24
A Good Loan.

1 am going to tell you story about
three little children whom L met not
long ago. They showed me their little
wooden savings banks, which their sick
father had made for them for he was
too poor to buy tin ones, such as you
sometimes see in sfop-windows, and as
some of you, perhaps, have. Each OF
the children had some pennies, which
they have saved, instead of spending
them for candies. / asked them what
they were going to do with their money.
They replied that they did not knew
lust then, but would find some use for
it.
Some time after this again visited
the home of these children, and pick
ing up one of these little savings
banks, found it empty. Inquiring what
had become of the money, one OF the
children told me that they might never
get it back again. "We have lent 1t,
said they, to One who is ever SO
rich -
"What rich, and borrowing pen
MES ?" we exclaimed. They then told
me this story =
Gone day a missionary of the Cos
pei came to the town. He was poor,
and was on his way to a neighborhood
in which the people were noted for their
wickedness. He was going to preach
to them. While riding along, his horse
lost shoe, and he had no money left
to pay a smith for putting it on. The
horse was getting lame from travelling
without the shoe, and so we emptied
our savings banks, and gave him the
money. And doesn't the Bible say that
if we give to the poor we lend to the
Lord? So you see, we have put it at
interest and we have no doubt we
shall be repaid-not, perhaps, IN
money, but in blessings. Besides, by
helping the missionary on his way we
have helped to spread Gods Word,
which teaches sinners the way to get to
heaven"
Don't you think, children, that we
might all learn lesson from the action
of these little children? Some of us
are not so poor as they, and yet do we
do as much? They, like the widow,
gave all /; we give only a small part OF
what we have Let us pray that the
Lord will give us liberal hearts, SO that
we may not refuse to give Literally,
according as He has blessed us with the
means, for the spreading of His Word.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

In Fall River a young lady put
some molasses candy on the step to
cool. 1t cost her beau seventy-fye
cents for court plaster, and he don't go
out evenings at present.
Three Philadelphia women, CON
victed of being common scolds, have
been sent to prison for three months.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24
The History of Coffee.

In work Just written by Mr.. Rob-
ert Hewett, ir., giving the history of this
toothsome berry and valued friend, he
tells us that coffee was first proved to
be nutritious by a certain Dervish nam
ed Hadii Omer, who, exiled from Moca,
was driven by hunger to eat the berries,
and subsequently stepping them in wa
ter to queneh his thirst, he discovered
the beverage which now graces the
tables of the word. A table giving the
consumption of various kinds of coffee
in the United States for the year 1871
shows that we contrive to absorb 316,-
500, 765 pounds, 244, SO9,6OO of which
come from Brazil, while the Central
American, Mexican, and other foreign
ports send us but 6,029, 165.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

"A strike is impending in the West
of Scotland. The employers have de-
termined to reduce the miners wages
80 cents per day, while the miners have
resolved that they will not consent to a
greater reduction than 25 cents,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

"A Doctor went out for days sport,
and complained of having killed noih.
ing. "That's the consequence ot
having neglected your business" OBJ
served his wife.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

Henry Ward Beecher said: GA fire.
devil sits on every Mansard Ioof" For
an imp of darkness to do that is impol-
light.
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Of What a Good Life is Made Up.


Little words, not eloquent speeches
nor sermons; little deeds, not miracles
nor battles, nor one great act of mighty
martyrdom, make up the true Christian
life. The little constant sunbeam, not
the lightning; the water of Sloan, 'that
go softly" on their meek mission of re-
freshment-not the waters of the river,
great and mighty" rushing down in
torrent noise and force, are the true
symbols of a holy life.
The avoidance of little evils, little
sins, little Inconsistencies, little weak
nesses, little follies, little indiscretions
and imprudences, little fOibles, little
indulgences of self and of the flesh,
little acts of Incidence, of indecision, of
slovenliness or cowardice, little equivo
cations or alterations of high interity,
little bits of worldiness and gayety,
little Indifference to the feelings or
wishes of others, little outbreaks of
temper and crossness, OF Selfishness, or
vanity; the avoidance of such little
things as these goes far to make up at
least the negative beauty of holy
life.
And then attention to the little duties
of the day and hour in public transac-
tions, or private dealings, or family ar
rangements; to the little words and
tones, little benevolences or forbear-
ances or tendernesses;' little self-denials,
self-restraints, and self-thoughtfulness;
little plans of quiet kindness and
thoughtful consideration for others;
punctuality and method and true aim
in the ordering OF each day; these are
the active development of a holy life,
the rich and divine mosaics of which it
is composed.
What makes yon green so beautiful !?
Not the outstanding peak, or stately
elm, but the bright sward which clothes
its slopes, composed of innumerable
blades Of grass. 1t is of small things
that a great life is made up; and he
who will acknowledge no life as great
save that which is built up of great
things, will find little in Bible charac-
ters to admire or COPY.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24
Josephine's Sanctuary.

One room at Malmaison was especi-
ally cOnsecrated by Josephine to the
memories of happy days passed there
by Napoleon before his divorce from
her. 1t was a room then used by him
as a study whenever the cares of war
and politics permitted him to seek
temporary rest in her society in that
charming retreat; and when she was left
there alone to mourn their separation,
she would allow nobody to occupy this
room but herself. In it lay the pen last
used there by the Emperor, which the
ink had long since cOrroded; on a table
lay the map he had last studied; over
there the line of march tracked out
which had long since taught Europe to
feel the power of his tactics; ON the
wall hung a glass case in which some of
his hair was arranged in ornamental or
symbolic form. 1t was so long since
that hair had grown on his head that
the sight of it must have carried Jose
phine's memory back to the time when
she, the widowed Vicomtesse de Beau
harnas; determined on marrying its own
er, the young soldier of fortune, with
nothing but "his love and his sword
and his cloak to offer her" Such a
sanctuary indeed was this chamber at
Malmaison to the ex-empress that she
would not allow any hand but her own
to dust or move the objects in it, which
had been consecrated, as she deemed,
by the touch of the husband who had
sacrificed her to his ambition, and in so
doing had lost the guiding star, the
guardian angel of his life.
Singular Effect of Heat on the Desert.
Intense radiation of heat in the great
desert of Sahara produces extraordinary
| effect on all living things; but the most
singular of all is the malady to which
men are incident after being exposed
| short time to burning sands and a sun.
| 1t is called ragle-a kind eff brain fever.
| The stricken traveller is delighted,
amused, and made extensively happy
| by exhibitions and fantastic forms. He
sees mirages, palm trees, groups of
| tents, shady mountains, sparkling cas-
cades, and misty forms dancing delight
| fully before his entranced vision. From
all that can begathered upon it it appears
that certain condition of the atmos-
phere, wholly free of moisture, with
intense solar heat, produces effects on
| the brain very similar to hasheesh.
Both exhalt the nervous system and
| speedily destroy all who desire to exits,
deprived of that unnatural excitation of
the brain.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

An Illinois original has named his
family after the days of the week, be-
ginning with Monday. He has now
got down to Saturday. The next one
will be Sunday, and the clerical pro-
fession has been chosen for it, And the
next?
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

pR- Applications received and policies issued
by W. J. DALE, AGENT.
Nov. 10.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

Untouched by the Chicago and othe= disas-
ters, continues to furnish indemnity against
loss by hre on all insurable property, at ade-
quate rates.
]. RHODES BROWNE, Pres.
D.F. WILCOX, sec'y.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

The Board of Directors have unanimously re-
sOlved to increase the capital of the Home"
to Capital Assets about S4.OOO,OOO flour
million dollors) after paying all losses at Chica
go. Policies issued by
W. J. DALE, AGHNr.
Columbia, Nov. 10.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

Incorporated 1859
Capital and Assets, ...........S S494, ,909 90
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

in his hole took advantage of the fiji
warm day to timber up for the comil
campaign. Having tied himself into
intricate knot, he was so overcome
the warmth of his own body that he fe
asleep, and did not wake until mig
fall. In the darkness he was unable
find his head or his tail, and so cou
not disentangle and slide into his hol
Per consequence, he froze to death.
Many a suitable philosopher has ia
ed to solve that knotty problem, hi
self, owing to his inability to discern L
beginning and his end.
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HOME INSURANCE COMPANY.

Cash Assets Oct. 1, ,'7I..........4, ,72S, ,2O6 80
Losses at Chicago will
not exceed. ,OOO, 900 90
Leaving Cash Assets.
Oct. IL. IS5I. I.......-........ .S2Iw ,2O6 "a
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

Ny little Love sits in the shade
Beneath the climbing roses,
And gravely sews in a half-drearn
The dainty measures of her seam
Until the twilight closes.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24

ne All losses will be promptly paid, and
Policies issued as usual.
CHARLES J.MARTIN, Presiden
J. H. WASHBURN, Secretary.
New York. October, 1871.
National Republican., 1873-05-05
Baltimore Lock Hospital
DID. .IOuN6TON,

=
Physician Of this celebrated Institution. discovered
when N the Great HpspitAls Of kurope: yiIi Eng,
spsoay pssssnt % and ssstS rs%sds % s he ToTd
-.sSs e. e S.s sgSEs S q sysIss
p the Kidneys o. GliddsE inySlnn,ary Dis1harses,
IA. snsset. Ss fSs spsi,a SSaiSstSS q fdsss &
Te%SSRRs Ri%nsss Sss., z s6,
SIN. Xfsciions Of the Liver Lanss, siomSsh Sf
B0velss those terrible Disorders arising from soL
aaS $6Ts g 7stas .saS
srens 70 the Mariners q ulysses, blighting their
tisss, nc. hnpossibie- destroying both BODY and
Voc, thai dreadful and desfuctive habit which an
RSay nm %o. S1 sSS S
lntsect who might otherwise have entLAnced listsn.
S Wsiss sf . scstssS he Ivns iSrs' may al Win run
T6ess are some Of the sad and melancholy effects
hsss % ths BsSi and Ll%bs, Palm, IN the Head
q saS a q SSS = SsSs's
Ds&IRis Z ssPia Sa s mind ar
much K bs drs.ded Lon q si; Mi;sRFcsS oHnfnsipn no
% lon % Bceisty, Sell lsirast Love d SOL taSs. fm
di'y' aO' lN some ihRfxdKg 4 M fitls produced,
sif.sS sss:ssi Ss sS3;s$S;tSSSs
any O'hYIS as9SssR SHsSTaY TY fsfFSS& PFss
sS LAT rE sns as Sg %
sion, Witnessed BY the rsPrssenAiiyss q the Pres,
PS's Sc q stSs
i1s |. : man q honor and fssponsibiity, Is sum
once, = south Frederick street, Baltinere
noys MARYLAND
National Republican., 1873-05-05
NATH,L B. EUGITT.
PROPOSALS.

DRoPosALs FOR sUPERINTRNpBNTs'
Il LODGES AND FOB INCLOBIN9 WALLS AT
NATIONAL MILITARY CEMETERfFH
- OFFtog CHfkF QUARIERMAsTERl
MuITARY brvIsfor or THE HnIJTH
LOUISVILLE, Kr, May 1, tSiA
Healed prOppsals IN triplicate, wthA copy Of this
advertisement attached 10 each, will be received al
thi. ottce until SATURDAY, May o., al noon, for
tho following WORK At the national military ccmete.
rlce nAmcd viz:
superintendents' lodges of brick or stone N An.
ic.aOnyille, Ga; fayettsyile, Arh; Fort Gibson,
lndian Ierrtory; Camp Nelson, Kentucky; Beau.
Alefandria, Baton liougs, P,rt Hudson, La
At ApdsLsonyIlle, Ga: fsye!teyile, Afhi Port dib'
ton, KY; Chslmctie, New Orleans, Ia; Yicfsburs,
Mis- Wilmington, New Berne, NO.
For further infot nation and cOpies Of plans and
apccincatiQns apply TO this ofiice.
The work Will be inspected by q compotent engi.
neer, and strict compllAneo With the terms OF The
contract will be required. Envelopes Containing
proposals will be indnrsed "Proposafs for 1nIeTin.
tendents lodge" /" or "PropQsals for permanent In.
closures for national eemeteriee." a. the case ma
be, and addressed TO the undersigned,
JAMES A. EKIN,
Chief Q. n Military Diyision q tSIs6a he south.
National Republican., 1873-05-05
DRoPosALs FOR FUEL.

IDhOfOoALS rOh FUEL
HEADouARrERs U. 4. MARISE CoRPs,l
,,QuAnTEnMAsTER's UffIcE,
oSF % S " e III SSs sy
ins plscos during The asSsi year ending June .,
The Yo9d 70 be merchsntabIo OAK. and to be de.
points within the nlits Of the Marine BArracSs as
may be designated by the commanding Marine
PSs 6os tS Ss sSoa Shs iDS Ssh HnlSfscto Egg
sishln tss iinits q lie Marine BsrSssis 5 nay Se
and o S bs upos Se monhS RStn or TS
tsIly Ssqnisiip'h q the S9@Pahdins oItieer, sh9G
''S0''uon'' % NJ nfitossrspoUrH.
sSTds sSPi q Sf SSs1 %Sod.
80. rHARLEsTowN. MASS.
icS S cords cord % q woo Wood.
.. BRooKLYS, MY.
PHnLApELPHIA, PA.
9U cords Of Wood.
tInelndinE RodeEvous and Assistant QuartermAe
49,. yAAsHISGroN. y
Io0cOrdB Of Wood
,,.,.,. AA,NIEE!AlIsoLIs. MD.
l
qOsPoRT, Va.
| 6stons OF Coal.
| lu0 cords Of Wood
PENSACOLA, FLA.
MARE ISLAND. CAL.
l3l tons Of Coal.
| - lOO cords Of Wood.
with the priyilege OF increasing tho quantity on
The Wood and Coal furnished at Washington cit
| TO be measured, weighed Inspected aud certified b.
| the Government Inspector appointed by the Nav
DepArtmentAnd the expense attending such inspcC
ten, 6c., paid by the contractor.
DlAnk forms Of proposals can b0 obtained upo
application at any pf the Marine posts,
| Payments Will be made upon the receipt O
| accounts duly authenticated by tho cOmmAndin
2tiloers q the posts at which the Wool or Coal ha
bids considered unreasonable.
guarantee, to be sinked by two responsible pc
Hons, whose responsibility must be cer!ihsd 70 b
the United States ID strict Judge, United States Di
trct Attorney, or United states Collector, must a
company each proposal otherwise II Will not be col
| sideTed,
To DO indorsed Proposals for Fuel" and a
WILLIAM d. SLACK,
Major and QuATtermastar United States MariI
l atTna
National Republican., 1873-05-05
nIEn.


yi.I aFsfISs e. d: E: ~ a:s.H Z sssa NJ q ta
bsIlsnd county, Ylrsnla, aud srandson u the late
Ths irispas p The ls%iiy are respectfully invited
II attend his fgnsrs from n. ase r;denOe ~
inlr,e.n.n 1s e, p ,,re,S ~ M, u' ON o. MAY.
Tsa ,SiHy; ;Pln;;,' n late dsassisr Of solomon
Her fupersl wall tsie pi.oe II 20 p, M from Mra
MoSasy. tss.r bali Sur sun II Pis.!ssopgi I''' on
@ sTs1 ts: .sa
eisht yesrs nine moitps aud twenty-five. days.
.a .Ss a. T ras g:Ss Ss rsS' y t.ssp .s T.
Ssni 81 m,i,s1s srsr n2E.hSea The
vDunREhTH .De,.rted :. I this NE IN 9sorSstovn,
Lucinda Dumbssih Iged three months. '' w
EtMs91 Of S f 6: Ss:GTss2s1 ,.sf yss y
fsIl me, loyesqne, are yep waiting
Far bsyondthe bright blue sky,
Waiting In thit home Of angelo,
reS sss asS Is isa isaa asysIb
AisSSS s;... s.,:ss ,SS sou 'eS' SS Ss's5Ps'
sanSsg asG% S ass S n
LUNpY.-on the D instant, THoa Luspr, AGED
eighty four yesr, 3 nstiys q Moth Qoye, York.
nfty..eyeh years.
rMsPEyrTTM sh;ts q SclS.t StgHsnI.
4. McDevi9, ssed EXIT months.
lBaltipot, papers glea.e scspyl
atiI ocioef = m, nm ths resiaense o. The psrSnls
iel Seventh street southwest Friends Of the family
hr saaSsn @ sna Sss sc9sT T@hSss ,sa
nNe years, six m nus and twenty one days
r1isR isc 81 S sSSE 9s s s : S,r
olAre but re-idsn o. Warrington city for thelAs'
s"en'y:.h three years ased seyenty.ooe Year,:
National Republican., 1873-05-05
apS Mai. and ou.r,oMT,1lEtf WITH H
DRoPosALs FOR DRAYAaE.
DEPor QuARrERMAsrrn,n orrI,

DKPor QuARrERMAsrEH'H OrFIcEl
,..,., BAN fnAEoisoo, CAL, March n, lsis.
sealed proposals.. IN iriplicate, yl be reoeyed by
the undersigned until II O'clock June l. lBja for the
drayASe q PUBLIC stores in the city OF san Fran.
eeoo io SalMornia for tho nsca year ending June %,
squpase lose and compressed hay and offcers'
DAtEAfeNhl Pc taken by measurement; wagons and
ambulances by the number; lumber per one thou.
sand feet and all other freishts, Including ord.
weight 1 P'u"N'
The same guarantee as In case Of bids for stores
NIL be required before they can be entertained,
BIDS from Irresponsible parties will not be enter
tanned. uQyerumept will reserve the right TO reject
any and All bids. Each proposal must be in sepa'
rate sealed envelope and plainly indorped on fhS
the undernigned. A III EnnyN y
apis Denot Dnartsrna.,sr
National Republican., 1873-05-05
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
i
UrfTED STATES ErdMHERH OFTtuEl
No. SWEHr JETrERsoN SInKTr, y
LOUISVILLE, April a. liza \
Healed proposals. In duplicate will be received at
this ONCE until - oclocf on the 18th day of May
1913 for the removal Of the rock reef Al tho head n
the Louisville and Portland canal from In front of
the apron dam there, and for the removal Of por.
tOn of the rock reef from the channel at the lower
lower lock. " '
The usual conditions will be observed.
The right Ia reserved to reject any or ali bids
Al informauon can be obtained and piats of the
office. ~ ''''
Zach proposal must be inclosed in a sealed en-.
yeop, and tndorsed, Proposals for the removal Of
the rock reefs at the upper and lower end of the
Louisville and Portland Canal" and addrosscd TO
arm NC wEITzEL
National Republican., 1873-05-05
DRoPosALs FOR COAL AND WOOD.
OyyIck oHIEy ouAnIEanAsEEi

rEss @ ,sSs,ss..sss: = sss. ,ss. S $ S@s..ss' SSE' @ y X
ooH NEW n DSt YoRs cfSr, fsg hpSii hpsii :, I'D
* q sf q i
be recsiysd ~ this Once until TUESDAY. yqns 4
SSSS u fSs nois os %
FORT COLUMBUS, NEW YORK HARBoR
" tons eeE and w tons nut coal;
JS: SSsT 81 sSRR .Ss ssE .ays SSaS ss. HARDOn
vi cords hard wood.
Il TSs :SI. sET x. T9RK IA. aARBSn mo-
a. o: SSo Roapa. r Il P,a@iSoSs y GnlSo ..S SpsI a
FORT wADswQRIH, NBw YORK HARBoR.
~ tons stove and ~ tons nut coal;
pAyID,s ISLAND. NEW YORK HARBoR'
,wILLETrs POINT. NEW YORK MARBoR;
and s'OS5 pounds 6tuulaous coal
FORT ADAMS, NEwPORT,R l.
~ sS2s a. Sns ;sSyi Iad sS " Soo sSf' nut e0
Fort TRUNBULLs NEW u LONDON; IsS Don 10, CONN mn.
4 toa oaT = stsSs sSras s1S sa weSs sSaI nut eoA
PI.ATTsBURd BARRACKS. .PLATTsBURG,H MY.
& the Ss:i sSt aa sad Ss SS
The wood mus, be delivered On tho wh.rve. and
sept9n, 4 The fespsctiys posts. and The trimming
Deliy lss must 3 made at gqch times and in such
quantities Aa may DO required by the QuArtermAs'
Psy%ena val be made In New York city sOoord.
ing TO the weight and measurement certified TO by
the auArterfnAAter At the places OF delivery,
The coal must be bid for In tons OF a,2sO pounds
and wood In cords Of li5 cubic feet
No bid will be entertained from any party who
has heretofore withdraw or failed 10 fulhll his
BiaSf forms of proposals may be procured at hi,
office.
Zach bid must be accompanied by aguArAntee
signed by two responsible persona. that in the
bid u accepted and contract entered into, the2
will become suretes in sum equal 70 one fonrtl
the amount of the contract for the (aithinl eneSu
ssG!ti6sS BY a United States District Attorney O
No I'D will be entertained that y not IN accord
Anoe with thiu advertisement, and biddera have ~
privilege OF being present at tho Qponng Of the bids
Bids may be made, and will DO entertained; 70
the wood or coal separately for one or more Of tn
The Government reserves. the right to reject az.
or ali bids regarded as diaAdVAntAgeous to the ~
pArtment, or 10 accept such portion Of, any pids
not less than for one post, that may be deemed
advantage 70 the public interest ProPoeals mus
be Indorsed, Proposals for coal or wood" and 40
dressed 10 tho "Ohief QuArerm aster. First QuArte
masters Distriot,n to whom application should
made for further information n desired
Major and ouartsrmAsts%T % 9 0niIed lie statss ArnJ
Chief QuArteFmAHter mys