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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-04-03
DYB b. H. WARNER,
ID Real Estate Broker and Auctioneer,
Federal Buildings, corner Seventh and SITS. NV.

- b. H. WARNER
ID Real Estate Broker and Auctioneer,
Federal Buildings, corner Seventh and Z SITS. NV.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
AND UNIMPROyED REAL ES STATE OF
THE NORTH SIDE OF MARYLAND AVE
NUE. AND SOUTH SIDE OF Il STREET, BE-
TWEEN TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH
STREETS NORTHEAST.
By virtue OF a deed of trust dated November 7, A.
d. 1874, duly recorded in Liber No. 756, folio 80,
ct seq, one of the Iand records for Washington
county, in the District Of Columbia, and at the
written request OF the party secured thereby,
shall SELL In front Of the premises, at public
ton, on WEDNESDAY, April 3. 1875, at O'Clock
p.m.. all those certain pieces parcels of ground
situate, lying and being in the city of Washington,
D. e., known and described as the whole OF
or ginal lots numbered three, (3,) four "a and
twelve, Q2, in square numbered ten hundred and
five, QOC5, together with the improvements, &c.
TIE! ms: The amount secured DY deed OF trust,
SlOC, with interest at ten per cent. per a1num
from November Z, 1874, AMI expense of sale in
cssh; balance in equal installments Of two and
three years, with interest at eight per cent. per
annum, for which the purchaser will be required
to give his prOmiSsory notes, secured by deed OF
trust A deposit Of fifty (jO) dollars on each lot
will be required at the time of sale. AL
conveyancing at cost of purchaser. If terms of
sale complied with In seven Iys the trustee
reserves the right TO resell the property at the risk
and cost of the dsfautlnG purchaser.
THOMAS +. MILLER, Trustee.
j. T.lCOLDWELL,
ap2-FMW&ds salesman.
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COMMERCIAL.

The Washington Wholesale markets were gen.
orally more quiet than yesterday.
Provisions are active and still tending upward.
Bacon-shoulders, 934c.; clear rib sides, &c.;
sugar-cured hams, I414@16c.
In sympathy with an advance in Baltimore,
ecfee will sell 14@24e. above our last quotations.
Sugar is 1000. advanced upon our last quota
tions, realizing Mr. Shes's recent predictions.
Oranges and lemons are much hrmer at last
quotations under great activity, and there may
possibly be an advance upon the present stock,
which is decreasing very fast, though none Of
our wholesalers have yet intimated such course.
One thing is certain; eargoes to arrive will sell
higher. 1t might be wise for dealers to lay in
stocks as the soundness Of the fruit will insure
them against loss by decay. Oranges will keep
month; lemons much longer. We continue to
quote oranges at S2.25Gl3; lemons, s4fl4.5O per
box. Stock at MessTs. Schater s Claryis has de-
creased in the past few days from 1000 boxes Of
oranges to GOO boxes; from 800 boxes Of lemons to
400 boxes, which shows q remarkably active bust
ness.
Seed potatoes are selling at $3.50 per Dbl. in 4
iobbing way.
In cured fish bloaters are the active feature,
selling at sl75 per hundred.
Fresh fish are selling lower. Wequote herring
at S13 per thousand; shad, 13616c. each; rock
tsh, 129lse. per bunch; perch, 99l36l5c. per
bunch.
whisky unchanged and steady at sl25.
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DY b. HI. WARNER,
ID Real Estate Broker and Auctioneer,
Federal Building, corner Seventh and SITS. N. W.
AUCTION SALE OF FRAME BUILDINGS.
On SATURDAY, April 3 1870, at 4:31 O'CLOCK p.
m. Will be sold at public auction the frame build
inRs on square bounded by x, S, Twelfth aud Thir-
Ieenth streets. To be removed within ten days.
mhSo-d&ds 1T. CULDwELL, Salesman
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WASHINGTON AND chs RAILROAD
,.D..-c-.,-,

TOBER II, 1874.
Inc MAIL Train will leave Washington at Q 2 m
anu alexandria at $40 a. N. daily, except Sunday:
pass Leesburg going Westward at HIPS a. m, and
arrive AT Purcellvi Z ~ II m. Leave PurceliyIIle
a. l-:SO m, pass LeesbUrg going eastward a. 40
at W ashingtOn at 3::O q. m.
The Accommodation Train will leave Washing
ton l 4 2. m, and Alexandra At 4:lO y. m. daIiT
except Sunday. and arrive al LecsbuTg at 6:25 D.
N. Leave Leesburg at a. M, and arrive at AIeT-
Nlrla Al S:l5, and Washington at $3.50 4. m.
,,AS passengers from Washington will take the
washington and Ohio cars at the Baltimore and
fOtomac railroad station at q. m. and 4 D, m,
ahd go through without change Ofclrs.
Inc s:lO a. m. train from Alexandra and 1890 D.
m lTaln from PurcellvIlle connect at Pgrcellville
WIN Harris Daily Line Of Coaches for Suckers
Hnille, herTyvtlle and Winchester; also with
he1mer Line OF Coaches, which leave Leesburg
DAILY Ter Aldie and Middleburg.
,SonMut ation tickets, 3 cents per mile: annual
ucketS' $50. r. H. HAVEEER,
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RAhLTIMORE q POTOMAC K. R.

II, IL,
- DEPOT CORNER SIXTH AND STREETS N. W.
On and after March l. 1875, trains will leave Wash.
lnRlOn as follows, Washington time:
o.So J. n, northern Express, daily, except Mon
SIaa M " 70 Elnira daily, except Sunday
way Tor Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
v 90 a. m, Express for Philadelphia and New
for6 daily, except Sunday.
VIZ g. m, Limited Express for New York and
East, daily, except Sunday.
u u % q, m, Fast Line for the West and North:
also ior Nori0lk, via Baltimore, daily, except Sun
lbs p m, Express for Philadelphia and New
VOTE daily, except Sunday.
e:4O p; M, Accommodation for Baltimore, daily,
as p; m, Philadelphia Express, for Philadel-
7:I5 p. M, Cincinnati Express daily, West.
s:os o. m, For Philadelphia, New York, and Bos-
i0:I5 D. m, Pacific express North and West, daily
except Saturday. On Saturday. leaves at sos .. N.
Trains "a POPE CREEK LINE Iesve at 5:ssa.
m. on 1uesuaV, Thursday and Saturday only, and
a:4o .. m. daily except Sunday.
Trains for ANNAPOLIS leave at 5:s5 &. N. and
Pullman Palace Sleeping Car to Pittsburs Is run
on the train leaving al 80 q, N.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Car 10 PIttsburR is run
onthe train leaving Al l0l5 p. except Saturday
OnSaturday at sos p. IN.
on the train leaving at 1915 P. m. ,,-,-
Pullman Palace sleeping Car TO Chicago on train
TicEets and Information can be procured Al the
ISSggaRe called Tor and checked ut hotel sand pri-
Yate residences on orders left at the oces Of the
ie1Rsyivania avenue, and on the northeast corner
Of SIKH street and Pennsylvania avenue.
Depot BALTIMORE 4 POTOMAC RAlLROAD,
corner OH Anu i. NJ. BOYD, JR.,
General Passenger Agent, Phil2delphia; Pa.
go: G; WILKINS
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DY b. H. WARNER,
ID Real Estate Broker and Auctioneer,
Federal Buildings, corner Seventh and II SITS. NV

TRUSTEES SALE OF DESIRABLE IMPROVED
PROPERTY ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER
OF SIXTH AND II STREETS SOUTHWEST.
By virtue Of deed Of trust to Daniel l.. Eaton
and myself dated February l6, A. D. IS72, duly re-
corded IN Llber No. SIS, folio S., Of the land
records for the District of Columbia, and at the
request Of the party secured thereby, will sell at
public auction, in front Of the premises, on
THURSDAY, February Is, 1875, at O'Clock d. m,
all those pieces or parcels OF ground, situate In the
city of Washington, District Of Columbia, known
and described as being lots numbered one, ~
thirty-three, (S, and thirty-four $50 In square
numbered four hundred and slxty-eight, (455,) to-
gether with the Improvements, consisting of three
story and back frame building, frame stable and
aobe-story brick ONCE, &c.
This property fronts on Sixth street west seventy
four 90 feet eight (s) inches by depth Of one hun
bred and twenty-five Q22) feet on South FL street to
alley twenty COZ feet wide, and can be subdi-
Yided to advantage for building purposes.
TERMS e. 200, with interest 1t ten (0l per cent.per
annum, from February IS, 1877, to day OF sale,
and expenses of sale in cash, and the balance in
six and tR elve months, for which the notes of the
purchaser bearing Interest from the day Of sale and
secured by deed OF tIust the property sold, will
be taken. deposit of S2O will be required Of the
purchaser at the time of sale, and all conYeyancing
at the expense Of the purchaser.
If terms OF sale are not complied with In seven
days, the trustee reserves the right 20 RESELL the
property At the RISK and cost Of the deiautng pur
chaser after five days advertisement.
GEORGE W. STICKNEY,
Surviving Trustee.
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| DROPOSALS FOR FUEL FORAGE AND

PROPOSALS FOR FUEL, FORAGE AND
l. STATIONERY.
FFERsONvILLE, IND, March q, 1875.
By authority Of the Qusrtermaster General Of
the Army, sealed proposals, in triplicate, under
the usual conditions, will be received at this
ONCE until L O'Clock m, on WEDNESDAY,, the
10Th day of May, 1875, at which time and place
they viii be opened in the presence Of bidders,
for the delivery at this Depot of PIttsburg Coal,
Oats, Hay and Straw, and Stationery, in quanti-
cal year beginning July /, 1876, and ending June
so, 1876.
Sealed proposals, in triplicate, will also be re-
ceved at this office, and at the office OF the United
States Quartermaster at Newport Barracks,
Kentucky, to be opened at said places on the
in the presence Of bidders for the delivery at the
latter station Of Hard Wood, Pittsburg Goal
Corn, Oats, Hay and Straw, in such quantities as
required from time to time during the fiscal year
beginning July l, 1875, ami ending June 80, 1875.
Bids for any portion Of the supplies will be en-
teTtained.
Separate bids for Fuel, Forage and Stationery
should be made.
The Government reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
Lists of the articles of Stationery required will
be furnished on application to this office, and bid
ders for same will deposit samples Of the articles
they propose to furnish before the opening OF the
bids.
Blank proposals and information as to the esti-
mated quantities that will be required, terms Of
contract and payment, &c, can be obtained by
personal or written application to this office.
Bidders are invited TO be present ut the open
ing Of their proposals.
Bids to be distinctly marked on the envelope.
Proposals for Fuel, or for Forage, OF for SatiOn-
cry, las the case may be,) and addressed as above
stated.
applet JAMES A. EKIN, d. q. NJ. G..
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10y DUNCANSON BROS, AuctIO neers,
u Corner Ninth and ID streeis northwest.

ID Corner Ninth and d streets northwest.
FINE FOUR-sTORY AND BASEMENT
BRUWNSTONE FROM HOUSE,
CONTAINING
FOURTEEN ROOMS, BATH ROOMS,
DUMB WAITER. BUFFERS PANTRY
AND ALL MODERN CONVENIENCES USU-
ALLY FOUND IN A FIRST-CLASS DWELL
OF TIE LATE
JEFFERSON RIyEs, ESQ.,, DECEASED.
ALSO,
FINE LARGE BRICK CARRIAGE HOUSE AND
STABLE, IN THE REAR.
On WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, April I, 1915,
at O'Clock, will sell, in front Of the premises,
part Of lot 80, IL reservation No. 10, laid down
In the plat Of " Washington city, having front of
q 1eet on North street and running buck with
that width lSO feet TO fine wide alley and improved
as above.
This property is in one of the best locations the
city, being convenient to any point by me ms of
street cars, being No. 3l4 sire northwest. The
house, having been bui for the owners use, Is one
of the Target and most substantial structures in
the city The hOus, will be open for inspection on
the day of sale, or can be seen At any time by APP
plying to the auctioneers.
Terms: One third cash: balance in one an I two
years, notes bearing 10 per cent. interest and Sc
cured by = deed of trust upon the premises. Con-
veyancIng at cost Of purchaser. A deposit Of
81, 90 Will be required as soon as ID
and TStarl AuctinneaTS.
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PROPOSALS.

OON~NNN~NNO~~JOSN-N ONNNENN-N~ON~ONNO
accompanied by ceft1het check or draft, PAYABLE
TO the order Of the OommisslG ner Of Indian fairs
upon some United StatesdepoGttory,o or upon some
one OF the following national ban-u:
Chemical National Bank, 49,.
Metropolitan National Bank New York
National Bank Of Commerce.
Union National Bank, Chicago, ILL.,,
National Bank Of the State OF Missouri, Sc,
Louis, NO..
which check or draft shall not be less than five
per centum on the amount Of supplies proposed to
be furnished; and in case any bidder, on being
awarded contract, shall fail to execute the same
with good and sufficient sureties, according to the
terms on which his bid was MADE and accepted,
such bidder shall forfeit the amount so deposited
to the United States, and the same shall forth
tract snail be duly executed as Aforesaid, such
draft or check SO deposited shall be returned to
the bidder. IT.
Each bidder must designate his place Of busl-
ness:and post office address, and II is recommended
to bidders residing out of New York to furnish q
New York reference with their bids, and also their
address while IN that city.
At the execution Of the contract bond will be
required to Its full amount for the faithful per-
Torrance thereof, with two or more sureties,
whose sufhciency must be certified to by a United
States or district attorney.
Proposals should be Enclosed in an envelope,
addressed TO the undersigned, and Endorsed "Pro-
posals for Supplies for Indians"
The bids will be opened in the presence OF the
Board of Indian Commissioners and a committee
to be designated by the Secretary Of the Interior
as soon as the time for receiving the same shall
have expired.
Bidders are invited to be present.
EDW. p. SMITH,
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PROPOSALS
or THR IyTFRron.

FOR SUPPLIES FOR IN.
DIANS.
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west.
CHASCERY SALE OF VERY VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE ON SIXTH STREET, YEAR
u STREET, IN THE CRY OF WASHIN e.
TON, ID. q.
Under and by virtue OF a decree OF The Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia, in Lee ct al. VS..
Chase ct al, No. 50I Equity docket il, the I'M
dersigntd trustee, will sell st public auction, on
the premises, on TUESDAY, the 18th Of April,
1875, ut O'Clock d m, parts of lots one, q, two,
e, and twenty-slx, C26,) in square four hundred
and hfIy-seven, (4G.)
Sixth street. near street, with depth of ll6 feet
to 4 wiue alley, and Is improved by we'll built
three story brick dwelling with large and rOOmy
back building aud convenient out-hOuses.
Terms of sale: One third Of the purchase money
ca balance in three ecu nj nsLallments in twelve,
eighteen and twenty-fOUr months; deferred pay
mepts to be in promissory notes Of purchaser bear
ing Interest and secured to sati actiOn of trustee
Purchaser TO pay 500 at time Of sale. Resale If
purchaser does not comply with terms OF sale in
i've days All conyeyancing at cost Of purchaser.
w. b. WEBB, Trustee.
DUNCANSON BROS,
6-E
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ianH-ThSTu&dsI

A6THE ABOVE SALE IS POSTPONED UN-
TIL THURSDAY, March IS, 1875, same hour and
Mace GEORGE W. STICKNEY,
Surviving Trustee.
feb2j-Th4w&MW&ds
"TBE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED UN-
TIL MONDAY, april 5, 1915, same hour and place.
GEORGE W. STICRNEYr
Surviving Trustee.
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BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.

SSl Pennsyll ania avenue, Continental Hotel,
Washington ID. c, jA1S-Iy
CPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
NEW ROUTE TO CHICAGO, THE WEST AND
NORTHWEST.
On snd amer SUNDAY. 9Th instant, trains will
leave Washington for Chicago, via the Chicago di-
vision, follows:
$40 a. m. daily-Parlor cars to Grafton; sleeper
Grafton to Chicago junction.
l1:fO p. m. daily-Pullman palace seepers through
to Chicago without change.
For tickets, sleepng-car berths. &c, &C., call at
cOmpIny's office, ass Pennsylvania avenue, or At
depot, New Jersey avenue.
l.. NJ. COLE. General Ticket Agent,
E. r. DORSEY, Asst Gen'l Ticket Agent.
THOS. z. SHARP, Master Transportation.
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ME DOIIAR saved.

CHEAP RAILROAD TICKET OFFICE.
Railroad tickets bought or sold, 10 or from all
points, a reduction upon any Office OF depot in
this city. Apply to Al. d. WhITEsIDE,
SSl PennsylN ania avenue, Continental Hotel,
Washington ID. C, jA1S-Iy
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Future Days.

DY DUNCANSON BROS. AuctIOneers,
ID Southeast corner OF Ninth and D streets north
west.
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AUCTTON SALES
ONNNNONON<
Future DAYS.
CATALoGUF sA1ror

RH WASH. B. WILLIAMS, Auet'r,
Successor to Green & Williams,
NO. lOOl, northwest corner Tenth and ID streets.
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1o7A GREAT TOTE
LOO fS PENNSYLVANIA 1CtOS
TO THE NORTHWEST, SOUTH AND
SOUTHWEST.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.


On and after February l, 1915, trains will run q
follows:
Washington. 5:35 a. N. Baltimore. $50 m.
....1l:55 q. IN. - 1:l5 D. m,
THE GREAT DOUBLE TRACK ROUTE
with ELEGANT SCENERY, Palace State-room,
day and night cars with modern improvements.
Two hundred miles saved 70 Western and Central
New York.
5:35 a. m daily, except Monday, to Baltimore,
and daily To Elmira, except sSunday and Monday,
making CONNECTION with Erie Railway for Buffalo
u;55 a Ia, daily, except Sunday. West and North
t. WilliamspOTt and Lock Haven.
7:IO p. m. daily, Ter ritGsburg EnO the West.
lO:I5 p. N daily kept Saturday, West and North.
On Saturday, at :C6 p. for the West.
Through from W ashington to Pittsburg, Chicago,
and Rochester without change.
Tickets by this route can be procured at the OF:
fees, northeast corner of Thirteenth street Gnd
Pennsylvania avenue and Sixth street AID Penn,
sylvania avenue, where reliable information VIII
Passengers procuring tickets at these odces can
secure Recommendations in Palace cars for Pitts
burg, Chicago, and Rochester, ,-r,
General Passenger Agent, Philadelphia, Pa.
sgGS-tf
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PARL,OR.
LIBRARY.

Handsome Black-walnut Bookcase; Elegant
" alnut Library Table, Fine Turkish Lounge and
Chair, upholstered IN drab rep blue gufiuRs: Els-
CANT DrVp-light and Shsde; Carved WalnGt CIne-
seat Chatrsy Walnut and Gilt CornIces: Velvet
Rugs and Mats; Body Brussels Carpet.
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CATALOGUE SALE OF
FASHIoNABLE FURNITURE OF THE MOST
Eh REEG5AA \, q EHARACTER, OF THE VERY
USED FOR A SHORT TINE AND
MANUFACTURED tn ORDER Xxx
PRESSLY FOR OWNER'R USE.
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6 2 Z Ct 4 I 4 OF e Z :.
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ap3-s&Wtd
RY b. III. WARNEK,
- Real Estate Broker and Aucttoneer, corner
Seventh and streets northwest.

CHANCERY SALE or A IREE-sTORY
BhlCh DWELLING, No. 81 TWELFrH
s1THkTEIEE BETWEEN PENNSYLYANIA
By virtue Of decree of the Supreme Court OF the
District of Columbia, holding a special term
passed in equity cause No $3.50, docket IS, Itei
the 18Th day OF March. 1S75, Will s.Ll, at public
auction, In front Of The premises, On FRIDAY, I'd
April, at4:3O p. the following real est Ite with
tue Improvements thereon. to wit: all that certain
piece or parcel of ground situate and being in the
part OF lot numbered six. (6 in square numbered
three hundred and twenty-three, (I23,l .ginning
for q e same at point twenty feet five and
three quarter inches % feet 81 tnches) fran the
nOrthW est corner of said lot number d, Twelfth
street, ana running thence north with the line of
said street twenty feet five and three quarter inches
one inch (gl feet inchl to the line of the alley
thence southerly with the line OF said alley twenty
feet nye and three quarter inches, CD feet 81
inchesO thence westerly ninety-dye feet one inch
Twelfth street.
The improvements consist OF q substantial three
story brick house, with double cellars, two story
brick addition, about twelve rooms, water and
Terms as prescribed by the decree: one thIrI of
purchase money cash; bIlAnce In three equal in
months after date, with interest at seven per cent
for which three notes shall be given, secured by
A deposit Of 500 required OF the purchaser at the
With In Ave days the ProPsrty will be resoId at the
days advertisement in some newspaper published
In the city of Washington. All conyeyancing at
wM. PIERCE BELL,
mh2j-d&ds Trustee.
RS THE ABOVE SALE Is. POSTPONED ON
account o. the weather until TUESDAY, April c,
1875, same hour and place; pv,pcr
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AUCTION SALES.

~o~~cH-o~, To.Ssx r g.
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DINING-ROOST.

HALL.
Elegant BIAck-walnut Hat-tree, with Tennessee
marble base, buhl- God finish and Hall Chairs to
match; BRUSSELS Hall and Stair Carpets; Finely
finished Stair Rods.
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DY DUNCANSON BROS, AuctiOneers
ID Snnthnnrt cnrnnr Ninth md N stra.ts n wv

PH DUNNANbUN bhOS., AucIlOneerS,-
ID Southeast corner Ninth and D streets N W.
FRAME HOUSE ON FIRST STREET EAST,
BETWEEN NJ AND N STREETS SOUTH, AT
0nMOSDAY AFTERNOON, April ), at O'Clock,
we will sell in front Of the premises. part OF
lot No. in Of square No. 73, fronting
II feet inches First street east, between and
streets south, and running back 100 feet, i'm
proved by frame house.
TERMS: 0ne-third cash; balance In six and
twelve months, with interest at eight per cent.
per annum: notes secured by deed of trust upon
the property. Conyeyanclng at the purchasers
cost. A deposit Of 500 will be required upon the
apf-TSsEds DUNCANsoN BROS, Aucrs.
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Our regular New York night dispatch says:
Money is extremely easy at 2621I. Exchange
strong and higher; 1855. Gold active at l4160H.
Rates for carrying l, and 3 per cent. Govern
ments dull, with better feeling:
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,ushmentB IL all Branches OF Busis
ness IN the District.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-04-01
THE HUMAN RACE,

Much has been said about the de-
generacy OF our age. 1t is tho't that
we have lost the vigor and strength Of
our forefathers, ana are growing weak
and sickly. But statistics, carefully
gathered, tell different story. The
average size of Englishmen is larger
than it was three centuries ago, for
the armor worn by the knights of that
time cannot be put on to-day, save by
small men. The average duration Of
life is also longer. Accurate registers
have been kept in Geneva since 1860.
The average Of life was then only
twenty-five years and six months; it
is now over forty years or nearly
double. In France, four hundred
years ago, the annual mortality in
Paris was one in sixteen; now it is
one in thirty-two, which shows about
the same ratio in Geneva. In Eng
land two centuries ago the annual
mortality was one in thirty-three, now
it is one in forty.two. 1t is pleasant
to know that the world is improving,
and that the vigor and health of our
race are gaining steadily, instead of
declining.