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CATCHING COLD.

Tt frus, 10y friedd. by cold is had
I~ssp, cough. -'ineeze.
p Ought a fever drives 2. tad
Ry day choke add wheel.
Bat 1T tho fever through hy frSbe
With all is tortuTe~ arch.
sCudd ia Co,i-ci-Gc~. fr.. frob blatc-
caught hy cold ID chsrCh'
we,i' g ehursh 70 watch AL rray-
II was e-t adj baby day-
The church was like a Vaulf
I'D dot bed the chill and iabp,
pr there sat Aby. too.
Ard 4 ~tdure yesr Uf Cralb
T. have b. love IL view.
n wi@eZ.lg organ PLAYED al air
Fr,b old Rs~sdi s ba~s.
Put every ;ih. tried to sidg
I-topped to sdneeZa-aIa-l
' heard he 's,lOr- III th.. loff
go stuihlidg through the rha.ifs.
The little choir hOy- StBseZsd adj CUughed,
Md shINeget II their pafits.
The text da,lauls.d the Phari--.S
The parsed did -. too.
HIs words were cold ed"ugh 10 flsczs.
HiS dos. looked vrrs bIu..
Add VI ils b. "a The pulpit stood,
sir drs ped ~ snowy lavd.
! Ciddces ~ Aby asld -ita could
>carce hide ge,ite"l yawd.
] bust have slept; at Las; dreaded.
Add thought the parsed drew
A sword al igiCie IL -a"bedl.
Add Tud D.. through abb through
- started walked the crgsd " h-,L.d.
Tho fdal adtheb rolled.
Md dnvd the ai~l. the aUdi.4uila -.tIl.cZ.-I
Add said the church was cold
could dot think SO Abv-.arb
Wac Ts~tidC light 81 bia;
Her hadd. - pluhp and soft adj warI
I'll touch Wa lust div i,iei
D. thawed b., t. by fate I rushed,
b. tale If love toll.
Shs tdnseyed- thei pressed Nv arb. thed blush 4
Ard 6uTtured. -' eve caught cold''
N.Ic YOra Graz &C.
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DROPoSALs FOR FUEL
Qeoe Of SKprtafend,sf and D,sbxrslHs Ono.s, d
Posi- ofo. DeParfD..Hi,
m a. M rSYo

Qroe OF SKpeTtafeadssf and D,stsrslas flnosf a
Posi- One UeparfD.af.
WASHINGTON, ID. C, May ~, 1873
Sealed Proposals. will be received At this once
until IL O'Clock m, on WEDNESDAY, July 81,
ls73 for furnishing Fuel for the Post Once Depart
ment, 81 follows:
For the delivery and storage of $50 Tons q 2so
pounds Of the lost quality q Baltimore Company
or Baltimore Vein White Ash Anthracite Furnace
Coal.
For the delivery and storage Of 20 Tons a 2so
poHndsD Of the best quality Baltimore Vein White
Ash Anthracite, egg SIZE for CRATES. All the above
Coal TO be thoroughly screened aud free from slate,
and delivered within SO days from the date a the
contract and stored in the vaults u the Department
before the party furnishing will be paid.
Also, a. Cords Of the beet Oak Wood, well sea-
soned and sound, and 80 Cords Of best quality well
SEASONED aud sound Pine Wood. The above 20 he
delivered IN 90 days fom the date - the Contract, 90
be corded at the Department buildings a. may Be
desired.
The whole 20 be inspected, weighed OF measured
by the inspector appointed under the act Of Con
gress of July L. ls0. The weight 10 be according TO
the scales of the Post Office Department. Average
samples OF the coal TO be contracted for must
pany each bid.
Bids for the diGerent articles will be opened in the
ONCE Of the Superintendent in the presence 4 such
bidders as MAJ choose 10 attend, the ID day Il July,
lSS. The Department reserves the right 90 REJECT
ell or any portion Of the bids received, deemed for
the interest Of the Department 90 60 do. sstsfac-
tory bond will be required for the faithful perform
ance OF tie contract within ten days after the
award IL made. Satisfactory certificates from the
shippers must be shown the Superintendent,
torsD Is the Kind required by the DEPARTMENT.
q. ID. CHENOW1TH,
Superintendent and Disbursing Ofhcer
mE-sf Post Once Department.
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A Good Health Ser,uou

atthe meeting OF the American Public Health
ASSOCIATION at Cincinnati, DIR. Jarvis, of Mas
sachusetts, is reported as having made the fol-
lowing remarks, which are as comprehensive
PRACTICAL and vital as any tract for the times
need be:
"Dr. Jarvis said that much of the iIl-health
OF families was the result OF the culpable fool
ishness OF bringing up girls with no idea of
household work. A girl is married when she
knows how to talk and sing and play indffer-
emily on the piano. She is fun of poetry, joyous
ness, aesthetic tastes, but she knows literally
nothing about the details of the homework.
But there she is. She may not know the
between -four in the barrel and in the loaf on
the table. A serving woman has to be hired
and very few Of them know really how to cook
a dressmaker has regular course Of training
TO Ut her Tor her work, but il is supposed tn at
any one can cook. She says to-day, we are
lucky; our bread is light and sweet Would
any woman tolerate a dressmaker who should
say: we are lucky to-day; the dress fits well. ;
Io-morrow the cook says: I'VE are unlucky to-
day; the bread is sour and heavy II a dress
maker should cut her dresses by luck rather
than by system, she would quickly get her dis
charge. But, no; husband must sit down to the
sour bread and ill-coOked meat. He will not
Fay 80 thing, and the guests win overlook de,
dressed than OF being well fed. The outer man
Is very sure OF comfort, but the inner man must
SIT down to the table with fear and trembling.
The Irish girl in the kitchen is very often the
cause of damage and loss in the counting room.
The Irish girl makes sour bread, which makes
bad blood and weak brain. The merchant goes
down to the counting room weak, head aching
and eneryated. He does not know what is the
matter, but a MephistOpheles could he look into
his stomach would see the sour bread there. He
believed that poverty ran through the whole
man. 1t became part Of his moral and inteIlec-
tual elements. Poor food made a poor man.
and the poor elements went down to his pos
terity. He believed strongly in hereditary
transmissions, but even if they did not occur
there was fact to be noticed, namely, that il a
man had nothing to transmit, the child would
have nothing. This would apply to the moral
and Intellectual elements as we'll as to the ply
steal condition.
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sONNETs AFTER THE ITALIAN.
To one 1Ao asked Ann Of a lady's grace

To one irAo asked Ann OF a aady's grace.
like her brown small hand that sometimes strays,
To md the place, through the same book with mine
like her eet,-and q, her ewes fine
And when lay farewell. ferhaps she stays
With downward look awhile. love -lincering.-
Then quick she would have that pain seen over
Ike the nls ndolin on which she plays;
like her voice better than anything,
Yet like, too, the scarf her neck doth cover;
Also the little ribbon in her hair,
Ike 10 sc. her stepping down stair.
And well like the door thar she comes through
But tbsI Won know / am that lady lover,
And eveEy new day there is something newt
or AIS lore for a lady
] know net II love her oyermuch,-
But this know, that " hen unto her face
She lifts her hand, which rests there still spacai
Then slowly fallS,-tis " no feel thar touc a.
And when she sudden shakes her he AL with such
A lock, soon her secret meaning n ace;
SCI when she runs think tis I who race
Like poor cripple who has los; his crutch,
Lam if she If gone; and when she goes,
know not why for that il n strange art
A. if MY self shCuld from myself De part
i know not II love her more than those.
Her lovers. But when she shall fall asleep:
Ii is not who will be left 10 weep.
STttH.Ts Mdsa-ia,
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DRoPosALs EoR WROUGHT AND CAST.
TRICT OF COLUMBIA.
a NV JAZZ, DIsrhicI OF CoLrNBia

wROUGHT AND CAST: TR0N woRK.
Sealed Proposals. will be received 1t the once OF
the Superintendent until ~ m, JUNE =. lsS, for
furnishing, delivering, fitting and putting in piece
the Wrought and Cast iron Work q exhi bited by
called for in the Schedules, consisine q NE Cast.
iron Columns Of Basement, Rolled Beams, &c, Of
Floors, Iron Work 81 Roofs, Grafings 70 Window,
&c, Cell Door, Iron Stsircsses, &C.
Copies Of the Drawing, leeihestions, and SEIZED.
All scanolding required BY the contractors 10 put
the work In place viii be furnished by the Govern
meut free Of charge, but viii b erected By the con-
Proposals viii be made BY the piece, nneai foot,
or weight, for the various ftems q work = called
for In the Schedule The work will not be subdivided
among different bidders, but will be considered In
the aggregate. The whole Of the Cast-iron Columns
Of Basement story and the Became, &C., Of First
three months from date OF acceptance OF pro posai
and the whole work must be comDleted within
twelve months from date Of acceptance.
Payments VIII be made monthly, deductfne ten pei
centrum until the final completion e the ccotrsct.
the sum S' q twenty tSoussnd Dollar tSSG. shss
awarded him, the suf1cisncy Of the security 20 be
certified 81 the United st:sss yudss; tes Cert q
the Dis1ricf vhsrein he resides.
eli bids IL be deemed for the intereg Of the Gov.
srumepi 70 DO 90; end eey BID thas = not 9ads 90
sn,. q The sSserissmsnt, vi. not b conSders
nStfher will any proposals. be received from DaFsisS
Who are mot thenselvss enGagsd in the nsnufscs1rs
si !. sss g. s':.s6 sc 3, g. ~ 80
-; Ss 49, ADOLF cLuss. s.,.r,.s..ss.s.
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ssCaliEOfmia JOe.,

During the rebellion, one Of the character
brought to light, and who gained quite a ma
tional celebrity, was California JOe," one OF
Berdans sharpshOOters. Joe, after the war,
returned to California, and has since been lead
ing quiet, un0btrusive life in the country, for
now a. days, must keep himself before the peo-
pie IL he desires to be remembered. We are
making history too fast to look back and scan
the pages written few years ago. Yesterday
morning, while going to Oakland. one of our
reporters observed q little, st0op-sh0uldered,
grizzly haired, sharp-eyed man, Of perhaps 80
years Of age, who carried in his hand q heavy
rife, in the barrel Of which was the ramrod
used for cleaning the gun. There was some
thing in the appearance Of the man that caus-
ed our reporter to address him. A conversation
ensued, Of which We shall give the reader the
substance: "Well, you see, Pm old Califerny
and hev been gettin' rusty like. hain't sInelt
blood nor had Q fight Of any description for 50
long that really don't know that I am it for
anything, but you see these Modocs have been
playing 9 very rough game onto the people in
the North. They e good fighters, and as mean
Injuns a. ever was seen, and sOrter think Q few
Of their ecelps would ornament my cabin. /
hain't got nary Modoc skelp, and you know my
collection won't be complete unless I kin get
some Mococ har to hang alongside the other
kinds. So, you see, I'm Goin' to the lava beds
played thar. May be you win hear the result OF
the crack Of Joe's rife, and may be the red
skins will lift my har, but one thing 10 certain,
I'm going to give them . chance"
The boat reached the opposite shore, and
bidding the old man good bye, with plenty Of
luck, we saw him enter car and disappear
from vieW.-Sca Francisco Alta.
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DROPOsALs FOR ARMY SUPPLIES.
o. 9. ARSENAL, PIkEsvrILE, ND,

Nay ~, lTs.
Sealed Proposals, in duplicate With COPY Of this
advertisement attached 20 each, will be rece1ve0 IN
I'll 10 O'Clock q m, on FRlDAY, June 1oth, l0S. for
supplying this Arsena With the foliovtng 2uartsr.
mAs1erS stores, from the lst 81 july l8Ss onS tne
Soah day Of June, l04
Sgx Cords Of Hard WOOD
10 Pounds Of Rye Straw.
The aboye efores 10 b. subject to inspection on de-
livery 6 the sssesal. Wood = be soend, nsr-
- 70 b Ind IN post voedyafd etrsW 10 Be a he
bed qualify, cleen ed escarsly beled,
ecraS = the coSe nay =, I'd a1trs0ed 20 tbs m.
dsraSseaa f9 WHOM furthsr tn5cs1:stcn esn b
O.: q. 9: - q. a. Q. u shaETs q Sitss.
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Perils Of the Pavement.

The Times writes OF the Perils OF the Pave
ment. There are many-nOt all OF which are
enumerated by our contemporary. He tells us
Of the .'malevOlent imbecile'-m VIOLENT i'm
beetle is goOd-whO persists in carrying his UNI
brella under his arm with the point extending
horizontally beyond his body. He should have
supplemented this description with an account
of those who, when it rains, charge, with ont.
spread umbrella full before him into every un-
lucky individual who chances to be in their line
OF advance. Between the danger Of having
your eye pOked out by one method OF CARRYING
this useful article and deliberately upset by the
other, there would appear to be little choice.
Then there are the dangers Of the orange peel
and the banana-skin, recklessly thrown npon
the pavement, often the cause Of a broken leg
and continually throwing the cOnfiding pedes-
rian from his perpendicular. At every cross
ing one is endangered by whirling carriages by
swiftly -assaulting butcher-carts, by pOnderOus
trucks, whose wheels grind hercely and om-
nously upon the yielding granite Of the road
way. But the dangers are, after all, few as
compared with the nuisances-Of people who
smoke in your face, who expectOrate upon your
freshly polished boots, who tread upon your
sOrns, who hit you with swinging canes or
sweeping arms, who get out Of the current
flowing their own way, and, like a snag in the
opposing stream, Obstruct and almost arrest
the travel. Then there are the licensed nui-
sances-the men who thrust circulars into your
hand, who parade directly in your course with
their advertising hat-bands. These are a few
of the annOyances OF a Broadway promenade.
What shall we say of those sections where the
traders usurp the sidewalks with their mer-
chandise? Here the dangers and nuisances are
literally too numerous to mention, and we re-
tire from the task.-Appleton's Journal.
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some Viemmese CustO,ns.

A Hartford lCt.) gentleman now in Vienna,
writes to the Post, Of that city: "The Viennese
seem to combine the stOlidity of the Germans
with the viz acity OF the French, making a very
happy combination Of character. When first
arrived thought the epiz0Oty had prevailed
here much worse than at home, and that nearly
every man who owned a pair of horses had lost
one by the disorder, for nearly all the single
teams have pole from the center, the same as
our double teams, on one side Of which the
horse is hitched. But upon inquiry found IT
was a custom Of the country This seems to
me to be very awkward, and hard on the horse.
Burnham Brothers might perhaps learn some
thing TO their advantage in the way OF watering
the streets. In some parts of the city the water
is pumped into the tank on the wagon, by two
women swinging lever with large iron ball
at its lower end, working adOuble acting pump
After the tank is filled il takes two men instead
of one to distribute the water from the wagon.
Instead Of having a sprinkler Of about SIX feet
in length, with gate to shut of the water,
operated by lever, they have q hose, perhaps
ten feet long, with round headed sprinkler at
tached to the end, rope about four feet long
tied around the hose, with q man swinging ii to
and fro as the cart moves, thus requiring two
men to operate the machine, one to drive
the pair Of horses and one to swing the hose and
sprinkler. When the man swinging the hose
wishes to stop the water he simply twists the
hose and chokes II off,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-05-24

SEATS FOR MEN AT LAsT.-A New York
on tie Third avenue line is godsend for the
men, but It il disapproved by the women.
Every other car Is for smokers, to the exclusion
Of women. The smoking cars yesterday were
seldom well filed, and fully oeventy-6ye per
cent. Of their passengers did not smoke. They
took them because they could get sests. Some
waG posted In one notice reading: Cigars for
sale BY the CONDUCTOR and that urbanS o6icial
eieaSR" l@- -
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A LAW FOR THE DRuGGlsTe.-Am0ng nu-
merons other laws Oh commendaole nature,
after druggists or doctors who fail to write or
print upon the label Of each bottle or paper
containing poison the most easily obtainable
very severe penalty. The object is to prevent
the "excitement" which always occurs when
some member Of family has accidentally
swallowed Q poisonous compound intended to
that can be procured from the nearest druggist,
without having to lose time In hunting up a
doctor to make an examination and write pre-
scription. The idea IL a good one, and IL faith
fully carried out will be the means Of saving
many lives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-05-24

THE UNFORTUNATE RESULTS of recklessly
cutting down trees-a practice in which Amer
leans are supposed to be peculiarly sinful-are
well illustrated by the island Of Santa Cruz, in
is said to have been a garden of freshness,
beauty, and fertility; it was covered with
woods, trees were everywhere abundant, and
rains profuse and frequent. The recent visit
Of gentleman who had known the island i'm its
PALMER days revealed lamentable change.
The forests had been cut down, rainfalls had
ceased, and the process of desiccation beginning
at one end of the island, had advanced gradual
ly and irresistibly upon the land until, for sew
en- miles, it had become as dry and barren
as the sea-shore. Houses and plantations had
been abandoned, and the advancing desolation
was watched by the people, wholly unable to
prevent it, but knowing almost to certainty
that the time must come when their own inhabi-
tations, their garden and fresh fields, will form
a part of the general waste. The whole island,
in fact, seems doomed to become desert, and
its fate should be q warning to US, and arrest in
time the shocking waste which Is going On in
the forest-region around the great lakes of the
Northwest, and wherever our lumbermen are at
work.
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OoRENy LOAF OFFICE. ssv.~ q Ia srss
~ cd New Yeyt srass, eosrancs On leW -
York aveaus. fhs most Irfvets loan o0ceXVX
olineGs2 on oeal end eilysf We1ches, DlaSo.sk,
Plate and tieesd Werea Our, PhtosI La1!e 81
B.oD1.AD /. go |, nv.
S:k:.s s:S - - |: 90. s. 49, -
nlAQ0EzL oSAIs - ~ e - !: q
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An IngeniOus Frausl.

The ancient Roman Emperor who was rash
enough to offer a reward for a new pleasure,
and who has suffered for his sins by being more
"quOted" than any pOtentate of any age, might
have been more successful in his speculation if
he had called for a new crime. Among the
joint stock companies recently wound up in
London was one which for simplicity and inge-
nuity deserves praise beyond its own immediate
circle. Its promoters, directors and sharehOld-
ers numbered only two, and they based their
operations on a regulation Of the Metropolitan
board OF works. That body has been frequently
troubled by the bad conduct Of contractors
and their men, who, instead Of removing
street mud, have simply shot it down the
next sewer-an operation that, ii not detected
at once leaves no clue to the offender, though
there may be great many traces Of the crime.
To deter the contractors from such bad habits,
the board has been in the habit of giving re-
ward of e. los to any infOrmer who helped 70
prosecute any person defling the sewers with
mud, and, on conviction of the criminal, Q fine
Of 1Os was usually imposed. On a basis so SIM
pie two ingenious persons built their scheme.
One of them put down the mud, the other gave
the information; the first was fined 1Os., the
second obtained e. los. Uniting their forces
the fine was first recOured, and then each Of
the cOnspiratOrs had pound for himself. By
repeating the operation at several parts OF the
metropolis, and changing the parts, a very suf-
fcient livelihood was earned. Unhappily the
plan has been detected, and the board of works
has inc0nsiderately reduced the reward to los.
the exact amount Of the fne-thus leaving no
margin as a stimulus to exertion. We only hope
that the talents of the inventor of this scheme
will not be altogether lost to society," rchange.
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MusIC IN THE FAMILY.-There is nothing
that contributes more to the pleasures Of even
ings at home than music in families. To cult
yate love Of music among children creates aud
fosters refined sentiment that is not forgotten
when they arrive at maturity. Music engend-
ers and promotes good feeling. The blending
strengthens the ties that blEd them together,
and the love that centers about the home fire.
side. 1t renders home attractive, interesting
and beautiful, and In every home circle where
it is tolerated and cultivated there will be found
greater freedom from all those disc0rds and
inharmoni0us contentious that render 80 MANY
parents miserable, and their children anxious to
find more congenial atmosphere elsewhere.
Every home should have musical instrument
in IL that can be used as an accompaniment to
the family voices. twill give employment and
unOccupied hours. 1t will keep them at home
and out Of bad influences northumberland
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AeAssIz VS.. DARwIN.-Profess0r ARassiz is
no Darwinian. Lately, in q lecture at Cam
bridge, he said: oman Is said to be the CROWN
ing point Of an ascending scale. Unquestiona-
bly, he is the highest created being but he Is the
eliminating point especially Of his own SERIES
Of that vertebrate series to which he belongs.
lation to man whatever, while every member Of
his own type has an intimate structural relation
with him. The limitations keeping each pri-
been sufficiently considered. This carelcss-
ness Of investigation, or Of statement, rive
currency % broad generalisasi0ns partially true
indeed, but nlse vAen they are nade b cover