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Bound Volumes Of Music

Among the many thousands of Ballads
and Piano Pieces that we publish, there are
some that are noted for their neat beauty
and lasting qualities. We have made q care
full selection of these pieces, and offer them
at low price, in fifteen volumes, namely:
SHINING LIGHTS, q Collection Of Sacred
Songs; GOLDEN LEAVES, Vols. I. and H.,
by W. 6. Hays; HEARTH AND HOME, FIRE
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lections of Home, Songs; and PRICELESS
GEMS, a fine collection of Ballads, by Thorn
as, Wallace, Keller, etc.
FAIRY FINGERS, PEARL Doors, MAGIC CrR-
Gle, and You've PIANIST. Four collections OF
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collection Of Dances, and GOLDEN CHIMES and
BRILLIANT GEMS, for more advanced play ers,
BY Kinkel, eto.
This valuable collection is issaed in two
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Price Of each, In boards, $l.75; cloth and
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We oan also recommend The OPERA AT
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La cREME DE LA CREME, Vol. !, So in boards;
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il. PETERS, 500 Broadway, NY.
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OVERCOATS.

We think we have the inside track
in the way of prices in this line.
In other departments you will
find our stock full and complete, and
at prices, we think, as low as can be
found.
r<lIIINN Il REEn
, 1875-07-08

The FARRAGUT PRIZE MoNEY.-It is
stated that the Secretary of the Treasury
will soon order the final payment of the
Farragut prize money. amounting to
$500. 900, which will be distributed
among some 4, 900 claimants. The total
sum awarded as prize money was $780,
900. Council fees. amounting to $75.-
600, have been paid to General Butler
and Attorney Wilson of Washington,
who represented the Claimants, their
fees being deducted for them by the
court. In accordance with decree of
the United States District Court of
Washington tie sum of $268.OOO was
awarded as bounty money. Ninety
three thousand dollars of this sum has
already been paid, and the balance will
be distributed as soon as Congress nskes
the appropriation therefor. In reference
] to the distribution of the final INSTALL
ment of the prize money, it will not be
necessary for the climants who have
been paid out of former instsllments to
make further application. They viii
be paid on the same claim without being
put to further trouble or securing the
Intervention of agents. 1t is thought
that it will take about eight months to
complete the payment.
, 1875-07-08

s@ The New York San, whose
editor, Dana, is one of the most
scholarly gentlemen in the coun-
try, has an article on the Dead
ness of Literature" in which ii
is stated that only one or two OF
the great publishing houses are
prospering on standard works:
and that only light and frivolous
reading seems to be in demand
or can find ready sale. The de-
cadence Of sound literature in a
nation is the forerunner to its
decadence in nearly everything
else which can constitute great
ness and grandeur, virtue and
highest intelligence.
, 1875-07-08

An OLD Girl. Minerva Isidore Man
chester was pretty nearly all the name
belonging to woman with gray hair
cracked voice and shutting gait, who
sidled out at the tolling of the bell.
"This is o case of drunkenness, re
marked the Court. as he held up tht
warrant.
"Oh, we'll, don't be too hard on vi
girls" she replied, giggling ike q par
rot, and trying to look attractive.
How old are your" quietly askei
His Honor.
"I1l be twenty seven next week" she
replied promptly. ''' :. = p
''rwenty-seven-yes um. You'll
never see fifty-five again"
"Oh. now. darling!' she giggled,
pushing bacs her hair.
Don't fool around this Court, Mrs.
Manchester, but tell how you plead to
this charge"
Il was little tipsy, my love-" she
said. "but I'm going to be steady after
this. Let me so this morning, old
sweetness, and you shall have slice of
the bridal cake"
I'll bride you for ninety days. old
girl, replied the Court. land if ! didn't
think you'd die of old age in that time
I'd make it six nonths. Go back aud
sit down"
, 1875-07-08

4 f n
E Mr.. Lincoln. before he moved to
Springfield. Illinois. was postmaster in
o small Western town. This Office was
poor, and Llncoln, was poorer than the
Office. It w:s known he was very harq
up. and it was also known that the
Washington agent was in town to coli
Iect the little sum due the general post
office. A friend. thinking 3 Lincoln
might be embarrassed, come down to
his Office to loan him the sum necessary
to meet the demand. Mr.. Lincoln
thanked him, and said be did not need
any loan. While the two were talking
the agent came in. The sum due was
less than one hundred dollars. Lin
coin v ent to his desk and took out an
old stockin-. and turned the coin on the
table. 1t was counted out and met the
demand exactly. Well it might. for it
was not only the exact amount due. but
the identical money itself that Lincoln
had taken in. Old fashioned six dollars.
pastareens. sixpenoes, old-fashioned
cents snd all were there. "Inever use
money that belongs to other people, -
and that resolution did much towards
making him President of the United
States.
, 1875-07-08

AT THE GRAVE OF FRANKLIN pail
of patriotic Frenchman. on a tour oi
observation and pleasure. were present
in Philadelphia. They desired to render
homage to the memory of Monsieur le
Docteur franklin. and this is the way
they did it. They applied to clerk oi
q well known hotel for directions to the
grave, and he being full of decorative
fun undertook to guide them. 1t was
early in the morning when the three
might have been seen vending their
way up Willow street. In few mo
ments the party arrived at designated
spot and entered the enclosure. "Here, y
said the clerk. Il will leave syou, and
at it the worshipers went. Uncovering
their heads they approached a small.
square brick enclosure. rooted in slate,
and about seven by nine in size. With
hat in hand they slowly and reverently
(such as Frenchmen alone are capable
of) walked around the structure, en-
phasizing the merits of the departed
worth they supposed to be inferred with
in its walls. Just then the proprietor
OF the premises appeared with arms in
his hands, wanting to know why the
visitors were prowling around his smoke
house at tha. time of the day, and call
ing policeman, put the worshipers in
charge.
, 1875-07-08

~ This story is told of a GER
tain man who had been rendered
almost blind by drinking to ex-
cess in the hot Summer months
II tell you,' said the physician
"you must either leave liquor
alone or lose your eyes entire
ly.' Well responded the pa
tient after a few moments of re
Election, "good-bye, eyes!'
, 1875-07-08

1@ Tom Harrison was look
ing for an event in his family,
and he made a solemn VOW that,
if it was a boy, he would quit
drinking, chewing and smoking,
It came-three girls-and he
drank himself into delerium tre-
mems in week, and jumped out
a fourth story window.
, 1875-07-08

;v A Brooklyn girl has just rejected
her lover for using profane language on
Sunday night. The young man had
been recently vaccinated, and when she
threw her arms around him and hugged
him with al, the ardor of true love, he
slid out of her embrace as if he had
been creased. muttering Caesar! 'Bla-
zesr Great guns' and the like.
, 1875-07-08
WHAT PROFESSOR MARSH SAYS.

w HAT PROFESSOR MARSH DAYS.
Professor Marsh holds a Chair
of Learning in Yale College. He
| is noted if not renowned as q
Scientist. He visited Oregon in
charge Of a party Of students
two or three years ago, in his
scientific explorations. He is
one of the best and truest gen
tlemen in the land, and his word
| is worth that of all the mere
politicians under the Govern
ment. During his explorations
last year he happened in the
Black Hills country, and there
visited the Reservation of the
Sioux, where Red Cloud and
Spotted Tail and their tribes are
located. There he heard the
Indians complain of the proyis-
ions and supplies that were fur
nished to them under contract
by the Commissioners and by
collusion of the local agent.
Everything was of the poorest,
meanest, most worthless; every
thing was in itself a swindle.
The hungering ponies even pre-
ferred starvation to the meal or
flour supplied to the Indians; it
would have spoiled the teeth of
a corn mill to have passed
through it the black beans dealt
out for coffee; the tobacco was
the refuse scraps and the sweep
ing of the factories; and equal
to the "tilthy dowlass' of fat
Jack Falstaff's shirts by Hostess
Quickly given him were the
fabrics furnished. So poorly
were the red wards fed that they
were compelled to eat dogs,
wolves and ponies, to keep them
selves from starving on the Gov
ernment rations. All this Pro-
fessor Marsh took close and
faithful note of, and he has told
it, like an honest gentleman who
witnesses the defrauding Of the
defendant by the wanton rascal
ity of the dishonest officials and
feels that he is in duty bound to
tell of the wrongs he has seen.
His word is received by the mass
of the people, and even high of
ficials and partisans at Wash
ington, who would like to dis
believe or Offset or overcome
what he says, cannot but admit
he is not the man to falsely or
unfairly represent whatever he
personally knows to be true,
Asked if Red Cloud might not
have told him things which were
not facts, Prof. Marsh answered:
"Red Cloud occasionally draws
a long bow, nevertheless, in Il
question between Red Cloud and
the Indian Bing, where both
were interested, l should decid-
edly prefer the testimony of Red
Cloud"
And to show that his ideas are
sound on the Indian question,
and that he had no mawkish or
absurdly philanthropic regard
for the red man, he stated that:
"What Indians need is not so
much kindness as justice and
firmness- qualities which are
apparently wanting at the Red
Cloud Agency" He hit the
nail exactly-only he might have
carried his instance higher and
much broader in area and appli-
cation.-Commercial Reporter.
, 1875-07-08
~ A Delaware man married

l@ A Delaware man married
a woman because she was deaf,
and he thought she would keep
her mouth still. So she did, but
when he fell into a we'll and
yelled himself hoarse trying to
make her hear, he wished she
had ears a foot long and could
hear a whisper a mile away.
, 1875-07-08

T When mother cuts her sons
hair with such nice precision and artis-
tic neatness that the boy is ashamed to
take off his hat when he goes to bed, it
is about time our domestic Institutions
were overhauled and remodelled.-Bal-
ti1Orenn
, 1875-07-08

F Was aught more sublime ever
offered for contemplation by wonder
ing Nation than the cheek of the female
book agent who called on the President
to subscribe for a copy of Sherman's
Memnirs2
, 1875-07-08

n@- A man left a bony steed
in the street, and on coming
back discovered that a wag had
placed a card against the flesh
less ribs bearing the notice,
Goats wanted. Inquire within. :"
, 1875-07-08

WASH Foa FENCES AND OU BUILDINGS.
The following is most excellent,
cheap and durable wash for wooden
fences and buildings. 1t owes its dura-
bility to the lchits ritriol which hardens
and fixes the wash.
Take barrel and slack one bushel Of
freshly burned lime in it. by covering
the lime with boiling water.
Alter it Is Stacked. add cold water
enough to bring it to the consistency OF
good white>wash. Then dissolve in
water. and add one pound of white Wit
rioi (sulphate of zinc), and ore quart
of fine salt.
To give this wash cream color. add
one-half pound of yellow ochre, and
one fourth of pound of Indian red.
To make the wash handsome gray
stone color, add one-half pound OF
French blue, and one,fourth pound OF
Indian red; drab will be made by add
ing one-half of pound Of burnt sienna,
and one fourth pound Venetian red.
For brick or stone, instead of one
bushel of lime, use half bushel of by
draulic cement.
, 1875-07-08
In the Probate Court of
King County, flashing
ton Territory.

In the matter of the estate Of JAMES C. NC
KAY, deceased.
II Tpon the duly verified petition Of
u stuart Crchton, administrator of said es-
tate praying for sale Of Lott, Block "a. Bor.
ems plat of Seattle in said county; Ordered that
all persons interested in said estate be and ap-
pear in this Court, in the Office of this Court
in Seattle in said County en- Monday July 26.
1875, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. then and there to show
cause why an order should not be made author
izing the sale of said lot an that copy of this
order be published in the PUGET SOUND Dis
PATCH, a weekly newspaper published in said
Seattle, for four successive weeks before said
time of hearing.
Dated June 9th, 1875.
WIN. YORK,
Judge.
KING COUNTY, ss:
,~, "A true copy. Witness my hand
SEAL. and seal Of said court June 1O.is15.
VIM YORK,
Judge.
, 1875-07-08

nA"I have" says A. T. Stew
art, "made it the rule of my life
to give q man the value of his
money. I know of no man who
has succeeded for thirty years
on any other principle"
, 1875-07-08

DR.. j. Walkers California
Vinegar Bitters are purely Veg
etable preparation, made chiefly from
the native herbs found on the lower
ranges of the Sierra Nevada mountains
of California, the medicinal properties
ofwhich are extracte2 theretrom witE-
out the use OF Alcohol. The question
is almost daily asked, :. What is the
cause Of the unparalleled success OF
VrrEaAa BTrrEns ~, Our answer IS
that thsy remove the canse OF disease,
and the patient RECEIVERS his health.
They are tie great blood purifier and
a life-giving principle o perfect Reno
vator and Invigorato- OF the system;
Never before in the history OF the worid
has medicine been compounded pos
sessing the remarkable qualities Of
VINEGAR B1rrFRs in healing the SICK
of every diseasc. They nre gentle
Purgative as we'll ns Tonic, relieving
Congestion or Inflammation OF the
Liver and Visceyal Organs, in Bilious
Diseases. a3
The properties of DE-. wALKEn's
vNsGAn BITrERs are Aperient, Dia-
phoretic, Nutritious, Laxative, Diu-
retic, Se,lative, Counter-Irritant, Su-
dove, "a = ~ +;Dilious.
n. III. MCDONALD 4 CO.,
Druggists 4 Gen. Agts.. San Francisco. Cal.
1 cor. Of Washington and Charlton Sta. n. Z.
nosrrrrE.. ssSSisereN s1sS = CO..
Wholssale DuGgists, 6an Francisco. ca.
, 1875-07-08

A HUSBAND WORTH HAvINo.-Her-
mann, the celebrated magician, was
marie recently, and his wife doesn't
have to get up at daylight togo to mar
ket. When she wants dozen of eggs
she simply hands her husband the empty
bag, and he produces them by sleight of
hand; then he cooks an omelet in bor-
rowed hat, and converts can of saw
dust into that much sugar. and similar
cups filed with Clipped paper into hot
coffe; then he takes the same hat, stirs
up its emptiness with magic wand.
and, presto change! out comes a loaf o.
bread. fresh shad. two pickles, one
pie, bucket of coal, dish of hash,
with natural hairs in it. and half doz-
en- knives and forks. This is much
cheaper than going to market. But
Mrs. Hermann is not happy. When
her husband wants gold dollar he
mysteriously picks it off the end of his
Wife Lose. And she is dissatisfied be-
cause she can't perform that trick her-
self.
, 1875-07-08

n There is a whole agricultural
sermon in the following: Pure, sweet
milk and butter, fresh and perfectly
ripened fruit, horses and carriags, >,
roomy door yards, the lovely society Of
birds, pure air, and the quiet retirement
of country life, arc looked upon as lux
uries by every class of people except
farmers. who accept them as a matter
of course. and forgot to feel thankful
for them.
, 1875-07-08
In the Probate Court of
King County, WaszalpS-
ton Territory.

In the matter of the estate of JOHN F. WITT,
deceased.
Tohn NJ. Lyon. the Administrator
- of the said estate having filed in this Court
his petition representing that he has compiled
with the order of final settlement of said estate,
and that there remains balance in his hands
for distribution among the heirs of deceased;
and praying that this court make decree dis
tributing the said estate among the heirs of the
deceased; it is ordered by this Curt that all
persons interested in the said estate shall be
and appear in this Court in the Office Of this
Court in Seattle in said county on Monday. July
26th 1875, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. then and there to
show cause why the said distribution should
not be made; and that copy Of this order be
published in the PUGET SOUND DISPATCH, a
weekly newspaper published in said Seattle for
four successive weeks before said time of hear.
ing.
, 1875-07-08

II A gentleman drove q sorrowfu
looking horse into town last Saturday.
and, stopping in front of Bank Block,
he requested small boy to hold him a
moment. ''Hold himr'exclaimed the
boy; Just lean him up against the post.
-that'll hold 'im."
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GEORG ETOWN,

a SCsPENDEO STREbI IMPROVEMENT
correspondent writes that ~" activity IN
improving west Bridge street has ceason
since the dirt wanted for Water street has
been supplied, and that the suspension Of
WORK on Bridge street has left residents
thereon legacy OF alternate dust and mud.
THE FREsHET IN Rock CRsEK.-The I'M
usually heavy rain of last night had the
effect To swell Rock creek to a n unprecedent-
eu helght; lhe sudden rise OF the waters
took parties doing business along the creek
by surprise, and for while there was great
excitement as the water in vaied the shore
precincts. Nearly every boat moored In the
creek was swept ''down and OUT into the
river. One canal boat belonging 10 the Sem
eca stone company was carried over the
tumbling dam and drifted down TO c. street
wharf, where IL was secured. The water n
yaded the office of the Seneca company to a
depth of about three feet. and at one time the
STABILITY OF their stables was so much threat
ened tnat the horses were removed 10 a place
of safety.
THERE Is HOLE in the north footwav of
the n street bridge which promises a b.
hanZa Tor the doctors unless II is speedily re-
paired.
THE CANAL LEVEL from jefferson street
west looks like huge cake Of mud, owing to
the accumulatlons of filth from the streets
ana sewers having been washed therein nv
the rain of last night.
The BALL NUISANCE.-A cores pendent
writes as fbliOwS:-"Can nothing be done tn
stop number Of half grown boys and heard
le>> young men rom playing ball on Co =
greSS between Dumbarton and 'all sire y =,
fas>ers 10y during their play time are in
imminent danger of bodily harIa from the
every thing but soft missile called ball as
ne writer found out 10 his disgust. | believe
there is law against ball-plaving i'm the
street, but DO policeman is ever seen in that
ONE rwlSe quiet eighborhOOd. and probably
VIII rot be seen until somebody * Seriously
hurt"
Mr.. SAMUEL MCKNrGHT. of the War de-
partment, whose serious illness WAS M m
toned in THE STAR a few days since. is stiu
very low at his residence, on 81 street
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FOR THE
S u " II z Il

FANS japanese, 10, Is, SOC; Linen. black colored
and painted, - aud SC, SILK and Satin, black,
painted aud white. 81, g -, 81 IS aud 81
Gauze Underwear, Tor Ladies and Gents, a. re-
duced prices.
Ladies' Fine Chemise, Tucked and Ruff. Embroi.
dery and huite, Lace and Embroidery &c, ~ 81,
81 50 ana So.
Ladies Drawers 70 match, 81.
Fine Tucked aud kUHle Skirts, ) !, / 60 and g.,
all full length and width.
Long aud Short Gowns, 81.
Very handsome Long Gowns, 81.
Child's Sun BoRnets. Soc
Child Lace Caps and Hoods, al.
Hand h nit Infants Secgues, 81.
beautiful Embroidered MerinO do e2S.
NoTmAny Hoods, Lace and Lawn, 81.
Child and Misses Plaid Full AprOns, SOC.
Children's Fancy Striped Hose. IS, 50. 81 and 75c
Nice Umbrellas and Scotch Bingham Sun UMDrel-
las at 81.
New style Tuck Combs, Is, SOC and 81.
Gents fine British or LisIe Thread full regular
Hose, pair 81.
Toilet Articles Dressing Combs, best Rubber, IS
and Zee; Tooth or Nail Brushes, &c. Hair and
Clothes Brushes. Is, Soc and 81.
Fine Hand Mirrors, 81.
Travelling Baskets, SOC. and 81.
Travelling SatChelS, in all kinds, 81 and 81
Two packages Brown Windsor Soap, 25c.
Men aud Ladies' Lisle Gloves, &c, very cheap.
Ladies' two button Kid, in ell shades, splendid
quality, 81.
Gents Kids, 81 and 8 50.
Croquet-Haf sets, 81: fun sets, 81, 81 2s So 50,
$3.50 ana $3.50; all worth 50 per ceut. more.
Besides IL 0G0 other articles, ell desirable gOod and
cbesp,et
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-07-16
DRY GOODS
AT REDUCED PRICES
GREAT BARGAINS.

BLACK GkENApINES at 1Sc., 25c &C., c0c, e2nc.,
heal Trench LAWNS, with side border, sc. per
100 pieces Of VICTORIA LAWN at soc. and Is, mar
FRENCH, Null, Swiss, and Cambria MUsLINs, from
Also, 600 PARAsOfs and SUN UMBRELLAS a,
cost. ~
Also, $50 d zen Keeps Patent Partly made DRESS
week. wa '~ies liiis
An goods warranted to be as represented By the
w. w. BURDETfE 4 CO.,
aesfu ~, Wv w 1t, R,Hnapa 7Q6 KHAN,
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SICK YOUNG MFS-We are reouested nv
the special committee on visitation of the
sick of the Young Mems Christian ASSocia-
non OF this city 10 call attention TO the fact
that they will be glad TO he notified of the fact
OF the sic kness of any young men in the city
who need attention. The special work of
this committee il to care for young men vino
may he sick away from the comforts of home
and need companions and attendance This
committee Will be glad 10 do whatever may
be in their power, to visit and provide for
the necessities of sick young men I'm our
midst. II is not pecuniary aid that is always
needed, but the lonely homes and the need of
friendship and small attentions is OftentiInes
felt as keenly as absolute restitution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-07-16

THE GLENDFNNING CASE.-We are in
formed by trustee of the ProSpect-avenue
Presbyterian church OF Jersey City that Mr.
Dunn, (Of the New York firm of ChaS Scott
Co. who was reelected an elder on Mon
denning. has not (as was rumOred) paid Mr.
Glendenning'S salary, the trustees having
always been able to provide for the expenses
OF the church in the ordinary way. DR. Bar
tolls who was elected TO succeed the retiring
elder. Mr.. HOwel) has been for forty wears
an elder in the Presby terian denomination
v. y. journal Of Commerce. 1tfH