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DYLATIMER & CLEARY.


TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
PROPERTY AT AUC TIUN-THREE-S TORY
BRO k'DWELLING ON SOUTH A STREET,
BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD STREETS
EAST, No. 222 GRANTS ROW.
By virtue of a deed Of trust Ited June 10, 1874,
and duly recorted in Liber 754, Folio 2O6, OF the
land records Of Washington county, District Of Co
lumbia we will set at public auction, in front Of
the premises, on THURSDAY, the It'll day OF jan
uary, 1875, at O'Clock m, all that piece par
eel Of ground in Washington city, D. G., known
and designated as lot numbered nineteen, a. OF
A. Grants subdivision OF sluare $50.
Terms of sale: One fourth cash: balance in six,
twelve, and eighteen months, with interest at the
rate Of ten per cent. per annum, payable semi an
nualy to be secured by notes and dc OF trust on
the Lr9perty; 500 down when the property Is
struck of,
If the terms of sale are not complied with In five
days. the trustees reserve the right to resell the
property risk and cost of the defaUlting pur
chaser.
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BALTIMoEE, Jan. 1A-Cotton strong; sdTanc-
ing Tenderness: offerings light; Low miidIings,
141z61+A. Flour dull, steady and unchanged
Wheat quiet-Pennsylvania red HIGHS; others
unchanged. Corn qaiet but arm for southern
white So9thern, sossst;: yellow Southern, SOgSS;
mixed Western firm and in good demand, So
for spo. sales. Outs steady-Southern, o49 80;
Western vi ite, e2; do, mixed, s29s4. Rye dull
and unchanged. Hay unchanged. Provisions
frmeIl more active iohbing demand. Mess
Pork steady-SeO Bulk MeRts-Shoulders, "a
X; clear rib sides, 10Slo1E: round lots, loose,
io6bInQ, T3LaI0IL RIcon-Shoulders, SA99:
clear nib sides. IfZ6IlJS sugar-curel hams, l2K
6HS Lard frm-I46l{1< Western Blttsr u.
changed. Petroleuu quiet but hrm-3e.9S ZOE
fae unchsnred Whisky dull-9T99S. sugar
arm and In good demand at lOI.
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ing Court of Record, do hereby certify that
--, whose genuine signature appears to
the foregoing affidavit, was, at the time Of sign
ing the same, justice Of the peace in and for the
county and State Aforesaid, duly qualified, and
that all his official acts as such are entitled to full
faith and credit.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set my
hand as clerk, and affixed the seal OF said court,
on this - day of -, 1S7
lis Clerk
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AUCTION SALES
TO WHO. v Enk NIL So fn1EBlS ,s At +,

DVWA SH. b. WILLIAMS, Auct'r,
fItcc, 10 Green Williams, Ructioneers.)
No. ioo noptb vest corner OF Tenth and d streets.
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cad from several authorities upon


to show that the Judgment OF court in the mat
ter oil contempt had no appellate court to which
Of Irwin disclosed iG or not, 1t was the duty Of
the Sergeant-at-Arms to make return that he
held this man ~ an authority from which an
appeal could not be taken, and Il was his duty Ia
disobey any mandate Of the court that would re-
quire him TO release the prisoner from his custody
Mr. CESSNA, Of Pa, asked what IL the Judge
should refuse to release hint
Mr.. DAWES. Then We should regain the ous-
tody. But suppose he should not. He disaYoWed
any intention OF rejecting In any way upon
than upon his own convictions of duty.
Mr.. kASSON then offered an order that the
Sergeant-at-Arms be directed, with COUNSEL "a
make respectful return to the Judge that be has
the said Irwin in his custody pursuant to an order
OF the House pursuance Of its Judgment; that the
said Irwin was in contempt and that its order was
to keep him In custody until he purge himself Of
such contempt, and that he respectfully inform
the judge that, as an officer OF the House ne
could not disObey its orders that in any WaT
would, by
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-01-16

Subscribed and sworn before me this Sd day
of --, 1877
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AUCTION SALES.
WASH. b. WILLIAMS, Auct,P.
- Successor to Green & WiIlIams,)
NOrthWe. corner 10 nh and ID streets.
COUNTIES, Snow, CASES, SHELVING, Flu
~O~N~~~~~~~
Fufur0 DAVIS.

COUNTERS, SHOWCASES, SHELVING, FUR
NITURE, &C., AT AUCTION.
On MONDAY, January IS, At 10 o'clocx. a. m,
shall sell at the confectionery store Of J. W. Pope,
No. LIZ Sixteenth street, between L and NJ streets
northwest, two Counters, three Show-ca es, az
CoEcn Glass Jars. cdne-Seat Chairs, Curt aims,
Lamps, Tables, Shelving. Saucers, Plates, Oyster
BOWS, Kitchen Furniture, &c.
One Frame Stable, to be removed.
Terms al b. WASH. B. WILLIAMS,
iaT6-d TStarl Auctiouerr..
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LEGAL.
Worthy OF Motto
ID. FISHER q SON,
ZIG F Street.

DEALERS IN NEW AND SECONDHAND
FURNITURE,
Pay special attention to the purchase Of Furnl-
tlFe BY private sale At residences.
Large stock of Household Goods always on hand.
FURNITURE REPAIRED
at lowest cash rates.
Hair. cloth cleaned equal to new. iani2-tf
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-01-16

BY section sixteen OF the act of June s, 1872,
every person employed in the postal service is
subject to ali Il pa ms, penalties and fOrfeitures
for violation of the laws relating to such service
whether he has taken the above oath or R1irma-
ton or not.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-01-16

raaLO. G1e19hane1
q, 8, Commissioner add { Examiner In Onafeery,
- SHORTHAND WHITES
AND LAW REPORTER,
oHce-No. 11e c street, between First and Sec
o,d ~, era facing Indians Svsnpe. mhSl
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-01-16

SECTIONS OF THE AIT OF CONGRESS
ITO REVISE, CONSOLIDATE AND
AMEND THE ) STATUTES RELATING
TO THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT r.
APPROVED JUNE S. 1872
The POsTMAsTEU GENERAL requests that bid
ders gusrsntUTs, suTeties and all persons con-
CeTned. or intending to be concerned, in mail con-
tracts, will carefully read and critically examine
the abstract Of laws here presented, and also the
forms and instructions at the end of this 8dYer-
tisement, in order that bids may be made and
liabilities assumed understandingly, and that all
misrepresentation or cause Of complaint hereafter
may be avoided.
PoSTMAsTERs are required to make themselves
familiar with these laws and instructions that
they may be able to inform and direct others.
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Oath required by section 245 Of an act of Congress
approved June q, 1874, to be affixed to each
BID fer carrying the mail, and to be taken be-
fore an officer qualified TO administer Oaths.
I-7, Of, bidder for carrying the
swear that have the ability, pecuniarily, to full
fill my obligation such bid0er; that the bid Is
made in good faith, and with the intention to
enter into contract and perform the service in
case said bid shall be accepted.
Sworn TO and subscribed before me, -
- for the -, this -
day Of -, A. u. 1877 and in testi- IsEAL.l
mony whereof hereunts subscribe my
name and afix my official seal the day and year
aforesaid. - -.
NoTR.-When the oath is taken before justice
of the peace, or any other Oa1cer not using SEAL
except Judge of United states COURT the certlh-
cate Of the clerk Of court of record must be added
under his seal of office, that the person who admin
isterPd the cath is duly qualified as such ofhcsr
Bids Of 500 and upward must be accompanied
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ATHogsAND IRwINs BRsgrE,

into the bottom Of the sea than that this great
bulWark be broken down.
Mr.. BECK offered an smedment directing the
Sergeant-at-Arms to make return that the PrfsO-
Ber Is held by the House Of Representatives to
answer 10 any proceedings against him tor con-
tempt, and that the Sergeant-at-Arns take with
him the said Irwin when making such return.
He commended that that was the law, and the
House should obey It. 1t was not Irwin, but If
any one was in contempt It was the Judge. The
House did not know what was set forth in the Pc
tition, and it was the duty Of the Sergesnt-at-
Arms TO obey the writ.
Mr.. BUTLER, of Mass, asked If the Surgeon
General of the army and the Surgeon General of
the navy had not certified to the Ways and
Means Committee that Twins health was not
imperiled by his Imprisonment in jail.
Mr.. DAWES called him to order, asking what
transpired in the committee room.
Mr.. BECK.declined to answer the question.
Mr.. BURROWS, of Mich, quoted a decision of
the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, holding
that the House OF Representatives Of that State
had right to commit a witness tor refusing to
testify before q committee of that body but thu
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unlimited q report, which was ordered tn bs
printed and TecOmmitted
Mr.. HOAR gave notice, ct the same time that
the committee would continue the investigation
Mr.. DAWES then called attention Of the
House to the matter Of
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to inquire into such commitment.
Mr.. CESSNA offered an amendment to tho
substitute offered by Mr.. BECK, adding these
words: Sand that he be fuEthur directed to ODE V
the order of said court in the premises"
The amendment was rejected.
The question Of adopting the substitute OF Mr..
BECK was then put, and the vote resulted-1yes
Y, nays6
Mr.. DAWES demanded the yeas and nays;
which were ordered, aud the substitute was
adopted-yeas l0T, nays 81.
Mr.. KASSON, of Iowa, changed his vote to
Affirmative, and gave notice that he would, with
out reference to the present case, call up the
motion, deeming the question one of too great
Importance to be allowed to go by without fur
Their consideration.
As amended, the resolution was then agreed to,
and, at 6:45 p. m, the House adjourned.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-01-16

IHe u1ueIeIB ueu "L l P0sV VIlIO0
proposes to carry the malls of the United States,
IRON July l, 1875, to June 80, 49,. on route No.
eral, dated December l, 1874, with celebrity and
security" for the annual sum of - dollars;
and If this proposal is accepted he will enter Into
Postmaster General, within the time prescribed
in said advertisement.
This proposal is made with fall knowledge Of
the distance Of the route, the weight of the mail
to be carried, and all other particulars In refer
ence TO the route and service; and, also, after
careful examination of the laws and instructions
attached to advertisement Of mail service.
Dated --, Bidder.
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F0RTY-THIRD CONGRESS:
(Continusd from First Pa7eJ
on LOUISIANA oUrRAsEs,

Mr.. G. Z. HOAR, OfMass., from the select com
mittee 0s WI
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PY LATIMER d CLEARY.
II Auctioneers and Real Estate Brokers,
Southwest corner Of Pennsylvania avenue and Elev
enth street, Star Once Building,
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AUCTION SALES.

Fnfure naXs.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-08-18

A bashful and not over-educated
fellow went to see his girl the
other night, and as he started away
he put his arm around her and
whispered in her ear, "my dearest,
/ love YOU" and she responded
sweetly, "ditto,' meaning, of course
a reciprocation Of his tender pas
sion. The young man could not
find "ditto" in his vocabulary, and
asked his father the next day as
they were hoeing cabbage, what it
meant. The old gent rested mo-
ment on his hoe, and pointed to
the cabbage in front Of him with
the remark: "You see that cab
bage" EYES," responded the
youth. "And you see the next
one there r. EYES," "WelI, that
is called ditto" Damn herw cx-
claimed the impetuous youth, "shc
called me a cabbage head"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-08-18
Brine for Butter.

The Duchess Farmer says: "To
three gallons of brine strong
enough to bear an egg, add a quar-
ter of a pound of nice white sugar
and one tablespoonful of saltpetre.
Boil the brine, and when it is cold
strain carefully. Make your but
ter into rolls, and wrap each rol
separately in a clean white muslin
cloth, tying up with string. Pack
a large jar fall, weigh the butter
down, and pour over the brine un-
til it is submerged. This will keep
really good butter perfectly sweet
and fresh for a whole year, BE
careful not to put upon ice, butter
that you wish to keep for any
length of time. In summer when
the heat will not admit of butter
being made into rolls, pack closely
into small jars, and using the same
brine, allow it to cover the butter
to the depth of at least four inches
This excludes the air and answers
very nearly as well as the frs
method.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-08-18
Seeding 80 Grass.

We lay down the following re-
quisites for successful seeding:
IA smooth bed of mellow
earth. haah
2.-Coveiing the seed by sur
face or brush-harrowing or rolling
this mellow surface.
3.-If seeded with winter grain,
mellowing the surface either in
late autumn or in early spring by
surface narrowing.
4.--If seeded with spring grain,
and especially with oats, sowing
never more than half the usual
amount of grain.
5.-The grass crop will be much
increased by sowing large amount
of seed, say q half bushel or more
per acre.
TO these requisites we may add,
that if the surface of the ground
can he dressed with moderate
coat of light compost or short
manure before sowing, to be finely
intermixed with the soil by o light
subsequent narrowing, it will not
only tend to cause all the grass
to terminate bat its growth will be
greatly increased. A careful and
thorough preparation will prove
more economical in the end, 10y
the heavy and reliable product
which it will afford.
Farmers have given much at
tention to raising great crops OF
corn, potatoes, and carrots, but
very little effort has been made
to produce premium crops of grass
Manuring, fine pulverization, and
abundant seed, which shall give
from three to five tons of hay pei
acre, or corresponding amount Of
pasturage, would doubtless be more
| profitable in the end than a more
careless and superficial treatment
affording only ton and half pei
acre. Why will not agricultural
societies which offer premiums foi
heavy crops, include grass as one
of the most important of all 2
Country Gentleman.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-08-18
A man who acquires a habit Of

A man who acquires q habit OF
giving way to depression is on the
road to ruin. When trouble comes
upon him instead of rousing his
energies to combat it, he weakens
and his faculties grow dull, and his
judgement becomes obscure, and
he sinks in the slough of dispair.
And if anybody pulls him out by
main force and places him safe on
solid ground, he stands there defect
ed and discouraged, and is pretty
sure to waste the means of help
which have been given him. How
differt n. it is with the man who
takes CHEEKY view of life even at
its worst, and face every ill with
unyielding pluck He may be
swept away by an overwhelm-
ing tide of misfortune, but he
bravely struggles for the shore,
and is ever ready to make the best
of the help that is given him. A
cheerful, hopeful, courageous dis
position is an invaluable trait OF
character, and should be assidu-
ously cultivated,
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-08-18
Eat Leisurely.

I wish to refer here to one great
fault, which is o national one, and
the subject of criticism of the peo-
pie of this country, in all depart
ments of life-that is the hurried
manner of eating our food. Other
people, especially the Germans
and English, are very slow
eaters, taking long time at the
table, not making a business of
boiling their food, but passing the
hour, or hours may be, among the
higher classes, in conversation,
reading and rest, taking the food
leisurely and masticating it thor
oughly, thus making the meal time
not only time for heaping up the
wasted fuel of the bodily fires, but
recuperating its tired and worn
members by rest from care and
labor. Not only is it necessary
that our food should be of the
right kind and well cooked, but
the system should be in the right
order to receive it. Among our
farming population there is too
little regard to the laws of life in
this respect. To use the language
of a writer in public print which
j recently CHANGED to pick up!
.They too often eat when they
ought to rest when their powers
are too much exhausted to per-
form the functions of digestion.
The housewife does her own work,
or at least assists about it, works
hard to hurry up dinner and have
ID ready on time, calls the men be-
fore dinner is ready, hurrying to
the last moment, and then, when
she ought too lie down and rest,
she sits down to the table and eats.
She is so much exhausted that
hunger has ceased, her organs OF
taste are inactive, her salivary
glands do not perfectly perform
their functions, she does not masti-
cate well, and the food enters a
stomach not prepared to perform
the work of digestion.
"The farmer hurries from the
field and his severe labor, and
while yet weary and exhausted
sits down and swallows his food
hurrying back to his labor. IL
IL surprising that after q few years
the digestive organs become inn
paired, and so many farmers and
farmers wives have wrecked their
health before arriving at middle
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-08-18
To Keep Eggs Over Winter.

The Farmers Advocate, London,
Ontario, offered a prize for the best
method of keeping eggs over win
ter. This receipt took the prize:
"What excludes the air prevents
the decay of the egg. What |
have found to he the most success
full method of doing so is to place
small quantity of salt butter in
the palm of the hand snd turn the
egg round in it, so that every pore
of the shell is closed; then dry a
sufficient quantity of bran in an
oven (be sure you have the bran
well dried, or it will rust.) Then
pack them with the small ends
down, a layer of bran and another
of eggs, until your box is full ;
then place in a cool, dry place. II
done when new laid, they will re-
tain the sweet milk and curd of q
new laid egg for at least eight or
ten months. Any oil will do, but
salt butter never becomes rancid,
and a very small quantity Of butter
will do a very large quantity OF
eggs. To insure freshness, l rub
them when gathered in from the
nests; then pack when there is a
sufficient quantity.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-08-18

The farmer himself does not
usually feel so soon the effects Of
this system of living as the wife,
not only because of his stronger
physical nature, bat his life in the
open air, fewer hours of labor, and
less worrying and nerve exhaust
ing employlnents, are in his favor.
But the wife, with the strain of
maternity draining her nervous
and physical forces, the debilita-
ting employments of hot kitchens
and steaming soap suds, the num-
berless varieties of work and cares,
all clamoring at once for attention
what wonder is it that under these
influences, her food, instead of act
ting as a remover of her strength
only adds exhausting and debility
to her already worn-out system.
And if, as is usually the case with
( the mothers of n household, her
meal is taken by catching mouth
full now and then between times"
while waiting on the children and
pouring tea and coffee for u table
full of hungry and thirsty men, the
work of exhaustion is complete.
1t is to plead with women not only
in their own behalf, but for the
comfort and happiness of their fam
lilies, to so far modify these as is
in her power, 10y making arrange
ments beforehand, and calculating
and planning, so as to have an hour
of leisurely recuperation at meals
especially at dinner. And to the
husband: don't be blind-it won't
hurt you nor be beneath your Dig
nifty to take the baby's high chair
next your own, and attend to its
y
wants while you are eating, and
you have no idea how much relief
it will be to the mother; and be-
sides it changes the current of a
child's feelings to have a change in
hands, and it will not be near so
likely to fret and whine as in its
mothers care, for a while. The
pouring of tea and coffee should
be delegated to some one else--to
the older girls or even boys-it
don't need a very large one TO do
it. Let them wait on you, tired
mother. Make them think it an
honor to be able to do it, and you
are cultivating spirit that will
make them attentive and kind as
they grow older. Oh, these kindly
graces among the members of a
family-how sweet they are, and
what a home is that where they are
not. Experience has led me, after
raising a family of children and
having the care of household I'M
der various circumstances, to be-
lieve that a wife's and mothers
first duty is TO take care of herself
she cannot do her duty to others
without first doing it to herself
Cor. Western Farm Journal.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-08-18

An aspiring young author sent
a bulky Ms, containing the max
ing of four or five ordinary novel
volumns, to an editor a short time
since, with the modest request that
he would read it and make his
comments thereon-in all about q
fortnight's hard work. He was
afterwards to send word to the
young author what he thought the
Ms. to be worth, and whether he
would use it. The editors reply
as to the worth of the Ms. was
three-hakepSso per pound, and
that he c6Ild not use it, as he was
not in the trade but any butter
man would take 1t at that, seeing
that the paper was stout and clean.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-08-18

An old yet good story is told of
an hotel-keeper, who engaged a
handsome, well-dressed barman,
who parted his hair in the middle,
and diamond ring. In two years
thereafter the hotel-keeper became
insolvent, his establishment was
sold Ivy the auctioneer, and the
purchaser was none other than the
barman. Ont of compassion he
engaged his old employer to COM
pound the insidious cocktail and
the soothing smash. In two years
more the whirligig of time had
bought about his revenge, and the
hotel was again sold. This time
the first proprietor bought it back,
But he did not re-engage that bar
man.