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GALE OF SCRAP AND WASTE PAPEB

CUAKTERNAsTER GESBRALs OFFICE,
WASHISGIoN, ID. @ September Z, lsI5 (
i'll Be receiy ed a. this Office until noon Of the
18Th September, ls73, for the purchase Of lot of
Scrap and as'e Paper and Old Shelving, Boxes,
&c, Of no further use to the Department.
The material can lie seaR in the basement of the
building corner Of 18th AMI streets.
Purchasers will be required to remove their mate
rial before the 18th instant.
By order of the Acting Quartermaster General.
~ GEO Il EINMkEI Il. hiufC InrE
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SPscfdI TsTrs Probate JisdIottos, Sept TIA, 1878.
IN the matter OF the viii Of EMILE A. c..
CHRISTMAN: Application for letters of al nin
i-trstion, W. a., on the estate Of Emile A. C..
Shris'm.n, of the District q Columbia, has this
interested are hereby notified to appear in this
court on SATU RDAf, the "a day of October next,
at O'Clock q m, 10 show cause Why letters of ad
ministration on the estate of the said decea led
should not Issue prayed. PT0radsd COPY of this
order be published once q week, for three weeks,
In the Evening Star previous TO the said day:
sers w.sts Register Of " iiis.
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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-03-25
Ant and Bee Discourse.

The eminent and practical naturalist,
Sir John Lubbock, although a member
OF Parliament, has found, or taken, time
70 watch patiently the proceedings ol
bees and ants, with a view of throwing
some light upon the asserted facts OF
their being able to communicate among
themselves not only emotions but facts
In late letter to the Mid-Kent Natural
History Society he gave very interesting
and exact details of his tests and obser.
vations.
One trial consisted in placing a comb
OF honey. on fine July day, in rather
outof-the-way place, and putting . sin
gle wasp or bee on it, with view to dis
cover whether this single insect could or
would tell others of the store and bring
them 70 it. A bee placed ON the comb
sucked as the comb for nearly half an
hour, and then few back to the hive. re-
turning in about fifteen minutes to suck
for Few minutes, and 80 on, making q
visit every twelve or fifteen minutes till
nearly eight O'Clock in the evening, but
always alone. Next morning at q few
moments before six she began TO renew
her visits, and came about every twelve
minutes till noon, when watching was
discontinued; but no other bee came.
The next day was unfavorable for bees,
but while the rest were idle she
worked On - before, and on this Lay
two other bees Joined her. They an.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-03-25
No Old Ladies in France

A PARIS correspondent says: "A fall
lacy which hear discussed is that good
manners are disappearing because men
now neglect old ladies' This is indeed
most absurd theory. First of ali there
ara no old ladies left 1t is only the day
after their decease that We learn Of the
existence of old ladies in France Up to
the moment when they are stretched
upon their last bed they maintain vigor-
Gus battle against old age They sim.
per, they cover their shoulders with pow
der, paint their veins blue and their eye
brows black, dye their hair, fill their
mouths with ivory, color their lips. car
mine their nails and ears pink; while
there is lace on their corsages. diamonds
on their necks, tulle and flowers on their
petticoats; their figures are mechanical
ly adjusted, their feet are inclosed in
vises and their hands in prisons Of
kid; they fill up their wrinkles with
enamel and allow whole world of false
hair and gauze TO fall over their necks-
in short they deceive themselves SO much
with this artificial attire that when thew
look at themselves. in glass without
thinking they do not know themselves
and courtesy after the ceremonious fash
ion Of visit. 1t is impossible then to
be deferential to old ladies in society,
because they no longer exist. The only
old ladies to be met are those whom one
sees kneeling in the churches of the Eau
hourg on confession nights, when they
weep for the sins of others, or coming out
at night from the porch of St. Clothide,
where they have had their first nap
while pretending TO listen to preacher
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-03-25
Purchasing Abroad.

ONE sometimes meets with American
goods Unexpectedly abroad. A friend
last year purchased at shop in Paris
one of the little gold-plated and rubbe,
telescope pencils, such as are made and
sold in great numbers on this side of the
Atlantic, for which he paid fifteen francs
A few days afterward, when in London,
he noticed the same article in shop.
window, and, being so well pleased with
his first purchase, entered the premises
and bought a duplicate. price ten shillings,
- This is less than they ask me for the
same thing in Paris" SAID our buyer.
Yes, answered the dealer, always
ready to make q point against his Paris
ian competitors, "we always sell lower
In London than in Paris" Our friend
was on his way home, and when he got
down to Liverpool espied the identical
object of his fancy again in Liverpool
window. Let US go in and ask the
price of those pencils here he said to
his lady companion. They did 50 and
were told. to their establishment, that the
price was eight shillings-and again was
tempted to purchase one as present for
a friend.
thought these pencils were made in
Paris said our friend, but find the
further go the cheaper they are. paid
fifteen francs in Paris, ten shilllngs in
London and now you sell me one for
eight shillings"
Well" said the dealer, awhen you
get to America you'll find them cheaper
still. for they are made over there"
And so it proved, for they can be
bought in Boston or New York for about
fifteen dollars q dozen.-Bosson Tran
script.
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Feminine CareIessness.

A FUNNY incident occurred in the ga
office the other day. The wife of /;
prominent member of the State Senat,
entered to pay her taxes, carrying hel
porte-monnaie. as women usually do, il
her right hand. Having occasion to writ,
her signature, she changed the pocket
book to her left hand, then started to q
out. Noticing that her right hand wa:
empty. she missed her pocket book, and
turning to roughlooking Individual
who had been standing by meantime, ex.
claimed angrily:
"l'll thank you for my pocket book
sir"
Two or three of the book-keeper:
rushed out, expecting to see the man try
to escape, but he stood still and calmly
answered:
Il haven't it, ma'am.-
You certainly have; I laid it down 8
moment ago here, and you are the only
person who could have taken it"
- beg your pardon, ma'am," said the
stranger, but / am no thief l have no,
got your pocket-book..
I'll have you arrested and searched, :
cried the irate lady.
As you please" responded the man
And as the madam tried to open the
door to call policeman she discovered
her purse in her left hand. The stranger
smiiingty listened to profuse and pro-
ionged apology.-Ciioago Inter-Ocsan.
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siety could mot be made to pay, and
mankind would slide bakwards into the
benighted and very vulgar condishun OF
tending to their own Affairs.
Two-thirds ov all the populashun ov
the civilized world arc quidnunks, more
or less deep in its misery's, and would
rather 60 without . warm meal than miss
the buttered toast ov surmise, or the
more substantial beverage ov What's
going ONT"
Pretty much all the petty trubbles ov
life and menny ov the big ones too kan
be traced direkly to quidnunkery. and
tho not az kriminAl, perhaps, this trade
il az hard to suppress az smuggling.
Inever knu . quidnunk yet who hunted
after good and happy things, but rather
wax ON the lookout for some unfortunate
gangrene or melancholy blister.
Everybody seems to smell rat, or il
in hopes they shall, If they keep their
inoze in order.
Quidnunkery IL . sort ov petty lurceny
ennyhow, but seems not only az natral,
but Just about az ketchful AZ the hea-
kups.,Josh Brings, IA y. 7. Weekly.
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Rat-Psnnf Granaries,

WE want to tell our readers how to
build rat-and-mouse proof granary, and
then if they don't adopt it and the rats
get into their grain-bins our skirts are
clean. We suppose it to be constructed
in one corner of the barn as usual.
The lumber 10 be used for the floor be-
low and above and the ceiling for the
sides must be hemiock one and one
fourth inches thick, seasoned thoroU ghly,
planned and matched The ioists FOR the
lower floor are two by ten inches and of
any durable wood. They must be placed
foot apart and be made exactly straight.
The studding for the four sides should
be hemlock also, as ii holds nail well
and does not spring or twist as oak may
or is likely to.
Lay the floor and have it as true as a
table and perfectly level. Take tour
pieces Of two by four scantling, the
lengths Of each side of the room, and
dress to an exact thickness
Make groove in the upper side near
the outer edge to receive the tongue Of
the first board of the ceiling. the
ceiling 10 be put up tongue
down and nailed through both
edges just beneath tongue and grooves.
Miter the ends Of these scantlings and
nail firmly to the floor. Chamfer the In.
ner corner of these so that the grain will
not rest on them when the bin is cleaned.
Now erect at each corner two pieces of
like scantling whose sides have been
squared and which have been firmly held
together, exactly perpendicular to the
scantling on the floor Put up the rest of
the studding and cell up.
There is no necessity Of mitering the
joints at the corners. If put up carefully
and the ceiling boards sawed true to the
square they will pinch hair. Carry up
to the top of the joists above and Law the
upper floor on top of the joists. Never
cell below these joints and then Law a
floor above unless you desire to harbor
vermin between them. Make the door
to slide and fit with precision and then
you may bid rats and mice do their best.
Ventilation may be given through the
door at bottom and top covered with
strong wire screen.-IEterior
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-03-25
How Long To Sleep.

How much sleep j. necessary to renew
the exhausted energies of the brain and
fit 1t perfectly for It's work must be de-
termined by individual experience: but
as to children it is safe to say they
ought TO be INDUCED TO the extent of
their inclination. They require more
sleep than adults, and old people, if
their slumbers are sound, incline to
sleep at shorter intervals than persons
in the prime OF life. The difference in
individuals in this respect is very great.
Dr. Cooch mentions a man who sleeps
only fifteen minutes a day and enjoys
good health.
Blaine, in his % Medical Logic" speaks
of some missionaries in Cuba who re-
duced their sleep to the minimum, that
they might pursue their labors with the
least possible interruption. Whom forced
TO rest they threw themselves on couch
with brass ball in hand over brass
basin. The moment they lost their
consciousness the ball dropped from
their fingers, and, ringing on the basin,
walked them; and this sleep they found
afforded all the recruit that nature de-
maEded. Seneca declares that Macenas
passed three years without sleeping
single hour; and Boerhave aftirms that
he passed six weeks at one time without
sleep; but neither of these statements is
credible
Blaine was informed by Gen. Piche.
grew that during his active campaign in
Holland he never for a year slept more
than one hour in twenty-four, and the
same is related of Charles MI, during
his wonderful career. Jeremy Taylor.
during part of his life, slept only three
or four hours in the twenty-four; and
Napoleon slept only four or FIVE hours
during his military career; but he was
able TO fall asleep at any time in the
midst of his work when he felt drowsy.
John Hunter, the great surgeon, slept
four hours at night and one after dinner.
SIrfJ John Sinclair gives the history of
a man who had reached the advanced
age of ninety one, and all his life had
slept but four hours in the twentv-four.
Sir Walter Scott had said that he was
not entirely himself unless he passed
seven hours in total Inconsistencies
Southey required ten hours, going to
bed at ten and rising at eight. Sir Will
lam Jones laid down the rule of life for
students in the couplet-
Seven hours to books, 10 pleasant siumbers
seven.
Ten to the worlds allot, and all 10 Heaven.
Journal Of Commerce
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M friend, johnson, has an establish
ment for the manufacture Of jewelry and
silver.ware in Boston. Some time ago he
sold . bill of goods to . dealer in
Augusta, Ne. About . month AFTER
ward his partner was on visit to Ban
Tor, and while there johnson wrote to
him to this effect:
81 have heard nothing Of that jewelry
/ sent to Augusta If you are around
that way stop and inquire If it was re
ceived all right"
He put the letter in his pocket and for
got to mail it. Next day he left the coat
At home and Mrs johnson. Is usual,
went through the pockets, and she found
the letter. When johnson came home
that afternoon and opened the front
door he was amazed to see Mrs johnson
with her bonnet on and an umbrella and
handbox in her hand, sitting in the hall
on trunk, looking as if she had about
twelve hundred pounds pressure of rage
to the square inch. He said:
"Why, Eneline, what on earth are you
doings"
I'm waiting for cab to take me to
my mothers. you brute."
ITO your mothers. Why, what's the
natter
=" Mathematical You know well
enough what's the matter, you wretch.
I'll not live with you another hour. Oh,
don't talk TO me, if you please, Go and
talk to Augusta-go talk to her if you're
so fond of her I've done with you. This
winds you up with me!'
"What do you mean, anyhow. You're
behaving ridiculously."
Il know an. Abuse me. Keep on
| abusing me, Knock me down and stamp
on me. Augusta II like it, daresay.
wish had her here now, the wretch. I'd
give her taste of this umbrella. I'd
scratch her eyes out.'
Really, Emeline, this is the most ex-
traordinary conduct will you tell me,
my dear, what you"
"Oh, don't dear me, II you please
Save your publishing sweetness for her.
It's too late to softsawder me. I'm going
| home TO mothers. You can't give me
| clothes to be decent, but Augusta gets
all she wants, of course. 60 slouching
around this house in an old calico dress,
but Augusta, l dare say. has her silks
, and satins l can't get decent breast
pin, but you can give Augusta car;-load
of EN- It's infam GUS"
"Emeline.'
well, WHAT"
did YOU read the letter l left in my
coat yesterdays
Yes, did, and that's the way dis
covered your yillainy."
Emeline"
"Well, what d'you wants"
"That letter referred to some jewelry
sold to man in Augusta, Maine. En-
elmer
"Well:n .
you've been making fool of your
self"
WAS il really Augusta, Maine. Oh,
William. I'm afraid have. I'm afraid
boo hoo, boo hoo"
| Here Mrs johnson broke down and
wept profusely over the lid Of the band
box, while johnson put her umbrella
gently in the rack and carried her trunk
upstairs, while she gave play TO her feel
ings. She didn't 60 home to her mother.
But that night she fixed dozen of John
sons shirts that he had been trying in
! vain for a month to induce her to repair
N. Y. Weekly
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Qsidnuskery.

QuDNUxKERY il the sublime art az
science, or wanting to kno rAat, ooino
on.
1t IL az old a. the gsrdin ov Eden, and
Eve Il supposed to be the fust, one who
invested her whole pile in it.
Eve had an aktive mind and, like all
her dauters, could not rest eazy if thare
waz sekret within fifteen miles ov her.
in fust hands
Out ov this sublime science has grew
numerous kollatterals, SIGH az gentle
gossip, mild Islander, whispered reports,
deiikate sekrets. cautious inuendos,
white and blak lies, elevated eyebrows,
Struggling shoulders, and the very polite
pastime Of pluDging yure noze into ever
body's bizxness
Il il wasn't for quidnunkery in sum,
or ~, ov it, forms, ! thoroIy civilized %.
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but that were all more OF less injured.
One house was thrown on its side and
carried some fifty feet from its original
site.
Along the banks of the river the larg-
est mounds of ice are to be found, in
some places reaching the height OF forty
feet, massed and piled up in the most
fantastic shapes. In one place some OF
the young men Of the town found large
cave some fifty feet long and twenty-five
feet under the surface They describe
it as being very beautiful being all OF
clear ice.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-03-25
Sticking Piasters.

kRElCLlTY IL OFTEN mistaken lot lHHO-
sense, but it IL oftener the effekt of lazy
ness or Ignorance.
He who allwuss takes the chances IL
sure to be kaught at last.
Ihav seen people so lazy that they
would beleave ennytbing rather than
enquire into it.
II takes pretty smar, man to tell
when he IL happy.
To tell one lie and then stop IL az
diffikuit az to take one swallow and no
more at the spring, when we are thirsty.
Thare il nanny things that happen to
US in this life for which time IL the only
kure.
The poor allwuss hear the truth; no
one takes the trubble to datter them.
More than one-haf the sorrows in this
world are profound sekret.
If man il going TO git mad, ] like to
see him blaze like a kandell; one of
these sulky, smouldering, mad men IL
wuss than sulpher smudge.
When fortune wants to let fello be-
ing fall the hardest, she lifts him up the
highest.
When a man kant find ennything 70 do
he haz lived long enuf
No man kan sin with impunity to
others emmy more than he kan SOW foul
seeds in the ground; they are sure to
spring up, and even the birds ov the air
will skater them.
We should forget the injurys We re-
ceive, and remember the kindnesses, but
unfortunatel : it is right the other way
with poor human natur.
Fear haz ruined more mortals than
disaster haz.
take notiss that a lie liz allwus in a
CRATE hurry, while truth takes it slo and
eazy.
Violent grief, like violent pain, don't
last long.
ThoZe who rize to eminence suddenly
are very apt to cum back py the next
train.
Every boldly wants to inkrease their
power, but phew are anxious to increase
their usefulness
Bee punting is the only Dizziness kan
think ov now that q lazy man kan Go the
best.
The gratest howard and the gratest
slave in the whole world il the fiatterer
he il wuss of than beggar's dog,
Iung man, face all things if you must
fail; thare amt hatf the danger nor dis.
grace in failing in an attak that thar il
| in retreat.
If w want to find out who the bigges,
howard in the whole party always IL
just notiss who IL the most anxious te
begin the fte.-Josh Billings, in Na,
| York Wssk'u
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MEDICAL ADVERTISE,

MEDICAL ADyERTIsING.-The medical
profession are outspoken in their denun-
cation of the system of medical adver-
using, and declare that any medicine
that is advertised is fraud How thor
oughly inconsistent and unfair is such an
argument. The men who are so loud in
their criticisms are those who adsertise
themselves as medical sdrans By ostenta-
tlous display; splendid residences with
massive door-plates: fast horses and
costly carriages. DR.. j. WALKER. OF
California, an old practitioner, respected
alike for his skill and conscientious indie
pendence, dares to differ; and having
discovered in his VINEGAR BITTERs =
purely herbalistic medicine. free from
all spirituous poisons-a wonderful spe.
cine tor numerous disorders. advertises
the same for the relief of his fellow-man.
and Is borne ont in his declarations of
Its many virtues by thousands of invalids
who are being cured OF disease BY its
use. -
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Prom the Grand Rapids Mich Eagle.
The celebrated advertising agency of S. "
Pettengill & Co. is one of the most colossal
business institutions in the country. and Is
central office at 81 Park row, New York city.
opposite the City Hall Park and the new Post
office building, is an establishment g stranger
ought 10 visit if he really desires TO see all the
lions when. he visits Great Gotham Mr.
Pettengil. the head of the firm, was trained 10
his business under the master OF the trade "
Is practical printer and publisher, is man
OF high moral character, Of marked business
talent and possesses the strictest honor and
integrity Hence in the quarter of century
and q little more-that he has been in bust
ness he has built up the largest business o.
the kind in the country or the world He be-
gan business in Boston in 1919: in 1852 be
went TO New York to start second Office. re-
tanning his interest in his Boston office. and
since that time he has remained in New York
In 1878 he started a branch office in Phila-
delphia, which is most successful institution,
great advantage TO business men. though
pot by any means so large and important a
business house as the New York agency
In ali the time Mr.. Pettengill has been in
business he has seldom or never had 8 dis.
pute with customer or patron. Prompt in
ms payment % publishers, fully posted as Ia
TIE needs OF advertisers, possessing the con-
heeuce oi all the publishers in the country.
and Of nearly all the business men who ad-
yerti>e, giving his business his constant var.
sonai attention, il is no wonder the firm Of 5
VI Pettengin & Co. stand ST the head Of their
business. And advertisers who would make
the most Of their money. who would be sue
cessiul and prudent in their advertising. can.
not do better than patroniZe the firm.
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Wheeler Z Wilson's Sewing Machines

we call attention to the Wheeler &
Wilson advertisement in our columns.
This well-known Company has the most
advantageous facilities for supplying the
public with Sewing Machines, on as
favorable terms as the business will al
low. They warrant all their work, and
It is matter Of importance to the pur-
chaser to deal with Company whose
position and permanence give assurance
that eirguaranty will be fulfilled. They
have agencies and Offices throughout the
civilized world for furnishing needles.
thread and other necessary supplies, and
have an established reputation for relia-
bi lity and fair dealing.
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Mr. EDWARD p. BURxAP, Of Brent
wood, n. H., has . son fourteen years
Of age, who weighs just twenty-five
pounds. He enjoys perfect health, eats
we'll apd sleeps soundly.