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wM. j. WARREN, m,
ap2.d&ds GEOIlGE II. ELLIOT, -
TIED STATES MARsHALs SALE.

by virtue OF writ of heri facia issued ont of tn.
Cerks Office of the Supreme Court Of the District OF
Columbia. and to me directed. / will sell nt public
sale, for cash at the courhnuse door OF said District
on MONDAY, the 18th day OF April, 1870 nj II
o'clock m., all the right title, clalm and interest OF
the defendant In and TO the following described
property TO wit: Snblot No. no. gquare No. 6i5 Wash
ngton. u. c., together with all and singular the Inn
provements thereon, seized and levied upon as the
property OF John IT, Casse to satisfy execution No.
1880, at law, In favor OF Henrietta stuart
FRED'K DOUGLASS,
L, 8. Marshal D. G.
JOHN SHERMAN, Auctionecr. nh9-dts
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PROPOSALS.
4 CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE EPROOF BuiLDlN
~ FOR NATIONAL MUSEUM.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
ONCE of the Secretary,

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
Olfce of the Secretary,
WAsIuSGTON, j.. G., March ~ 1873
Separate proposals viii be received nt this Office
III 4 M. the 10Th day of April, 1879 for furnishing
and delivering, the concrete stone, ru6be stone
bricks cement, lime and simd and also for eXcavat-
ing and grading, for all labor in laying concrete
foundations for NIL labor In building foundations and
bricks.
The plans of the building may he seen, speciilca-
tions, all necessary Information, and blank forms of
proposals may be obtained at the Office OF Cluss "
SChulZe, architects, Corcoran building.
The proposals In the prescribed form Will be ad-
dressed SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Oillce Of the Secretary,
mh20- Washington, j. G..
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pY WALrER b. WILLIAMS & co. Auclloneers.

TRUSTEES SALE OF IMPROVED PROPERTY
ON MASSACHUSETTS, AVENUE, BETWEEN
NINTH AND TENTH STREETS NORTHWEST.
BY virtue OF deed OF trust given to us, dnted No
vember T. 1915, and duly recorded in Liber No. $50,
folio S2 of the land records of the District of 60:
lumbla and by request OF the party secured, will
sell on WEDN ESDAY, April 10 1879 at o'clock p.
M. IN front OF the premises all that piece or parcel OF
land known and desynated ON plat OF the city of Wash
ington, D. G., ns part Of lot three 81. square three
hundred and seventy (Hol VIZ; Beginning for the
same at the southwest of said lot thence with
MRssachsetts av nue. sontheaslerIy twenty-five (25l
feet thence NJ right angles to said avenue one hundred
and SIX (l00) feet, thence northwestery twenty-five
2 feet five t5 inces thence nj right angles one hun
dred and ono o feet and six (d) inches 10 place Of
beginning being the same property conveyed TO VIII
liam johnson by Edwin jsreen on the 3ist day of
August a. u. 1919. together with the improvements
&c, consisting OF frme dweliing-house, with store
room. ....
Terms of sale: One-third, together with the ex-
penseS OF sale In cash. the balance in SIX and twelve
months secured by deed of trust the property sol
with interest NJ per cent per aInu, payable senii-
Annually, or all cash, at option Of purchaser A do
posit of 500 required at time Of sale. C0nveyancing
AT purchasors cost Ifterms of sale not complied
with within ten 0) days from day of sale the trustees
the right resell the property at the risk and
cost of deflultng purchaser, upon giving one weeks
notice of such resale in some newspaper published In
Washington, ID. q. ..
WAL J. WARREN, Trustees.
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AUCTION SALES.
C,HANoERY SALE OF A Two.sToRY FRAME
~ DWELLING, NO. 1865 SAMSON STREET
FUTURE DAYS.

4 (NIANuERY SALE OF A TWO.STORY FRAME
~ DWELLING, NO. 1866 SAMSON STREET
NORTHWEST. ...
BY virtue of a decree OF the Supreme Court Of the
District of Columbia passed the Sd day Of July A.
ID 1873 In equity cause No. $751; doc. IL, Mcdaniel
vs. Hill ct al, shall sell at public auction, in mont
OF the promises, on TUESDAY, April rs, 1879, ut 5
o'clock D. M parts of lots numbered sixteen (6) and
seventeen 40, In Drurys subdivision Of square mum
bered two hundred and nine (29) in the city Of Wash
same at point forty to) fet west nom the southeast
corner OF said lot numbered sixteen (6 and running
thence west twenty (20) feet thence north ninety (9O)
feet thence east twenty o) feeti thence south nine
~ 900 feet to the Place Of beginning, together with
the improvements &c.
Terms One.third cash, and the balance in one and
two years. with interest at per cent per annum
from the day Of sale. securod by decd of trust on
the property sold oil cash, NJ option OF the pur.
chaser 500 required deposit at the time OF sale.
and all conveyanclng and recording Mt purchaser's
cost. Terms TO be complied with In seven days 9TH
erwise the trustee reserves the right to resell the
property at the risk and cost Of the dehlulting pur
chaser. j. q. kIMBALL, Trustee,
J. II. C0LDWELL, 1871 street northwest.
np3.eod AuCtioneer
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A RCHITECTS OFFICE, U. s. CAPITOL,
"A WAsHiNGToN u. G., March -, 1870.
Proposals will be received at this ofjcr.where plans,
specifications. &C., can he seen, until TUESDAY,
April 8, at y o'clock m for the bricks, labor and
materials for laying the same of the extension Of the
Government Prnting-Ohce. -
mhaB Architect United States Capitol.
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PROFESSIONAL.

nR. BOSwORTH, 91S 4 STREET n. W. Is THE
- most skillful and the only Scientific Medical
Electrician ever In this city, All nervous and chronic
diseases positively cured. Female diseases special
ty. Refers to Senators ID. W. Voorhees,, lndiana j.
!. Patterson, 3. c.; Samuel Norment Washington, d.
G.. and others. Consultation free. A competent and
thoroughly qualified lady assistant TO attend TO ladies'
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DROPOSAIs FOR DESIGNATION OF AVENUE
i AND STREETS,

IDh lJfSl'tNAl loN VI Az c.>lL
l. AND STREETS.
ESGINEER DEPARTMENT.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
WASluSGrON, March %, lsIN.
BY direction ofthe Commissioners, sealed proposals
will be received at this Office until y o'clock, noon
SATURDAY, APRIL b, 1879, for furnishing ana plac
ing upon street lamps In the cities of Washington and
Georgetown the designations of Avenues and streets
IN letters and numbers and one.half ga inches
In length and propery proportionod. -
Bidders at liberty TO submit any plan whatever
for e6eciing this purpose, transmitting samples OF
work.
Bids must be indOTsed Proposals for Designations
of Avenues and Streets, and addressed to the under
signed
parts of bids. w. j. TWlNlNG,
Major Engineers, U. S. A.; Engineer Commissioner
District Of Columbia mar2tUt
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TRAVELLERS GUIDE.
RALrlMoRE AND ONO RAILROAD.

The great double.traek
NATIONAL ROUTE AND SHORT LINE
NORTH, n FoRTHwEST, WEST, AND SOUTH.
- WEST t,.,.,.r
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Continued on Fourth Pags.l
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A sPI ENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN 4 FOR.
~ TUNE FOURTH GRAND DISTRIBUTION
CLASS u, AT NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY
AnL-I lhLA-lM.ih ALuMLElN UrMMllI.
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SUNDAY, NoVEAsER EA E Il Il f nS7s at $40 A. NJ
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THE SlLIlR \ Eg9E MANUlAClURNa Cl.

No. GU street, between sixth and seventh streets
northwest or mNnCh store, No, iQs Ninth street b..
tween and H. streets northwest, Npl
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TINO Buy DEAR AND TO SELL CHEAP IS OUR
4 MOTTO.
JU-rlIs Olp STAND Is u guarantee Of tie above
for DFs-Clas, SECONDHAND CLOTuING, ut
which make a spccaliy,
Inuughr-t prices Will be positively paid,
Address or call a.
Sharp County record., 1879-07-10
Tuning up Nerves.

An Italian physician claims to have
made a valuable discovery-one that
should be warmly welcomed in this
country. 1t is method of tuning up
nerves, just as the strings of a violin,
guitar, or harp are tuned up, and of
bringing them into such harmony that
the nervously disordered person shall be
instantly and entirely relieved. The
nerves of the human body, in the
Italians opinion, lose their tone pre-
cisely rs musical instrument loses tone.
If they all run down alike, it is of small
consequence, as they will still be in uni
son. But when some run down COM
pletely, some partially, and others not
at all, harmony is wholly destroyed, and
nervous disturbance and suffering is the
necessary result. A great deal Of i'll
health and any number of deaths are di-
rectly traceable to deranged nerves, par
ticularly in America, where, owing to
the stimulating air, the extremes of heat
and cold, the nature of our institutions
and our evershifting conditions, with
other causes, we are the most nervous
people on the globe. If we as a nation
could be periodically tuned up. or rather
tuned down-for we need repression far
more than exaltation-we should be not
only much contented and physically
much stronger, but we should have a
vast reserve of force of which we have
not hitherto been able to boast. We
make copious music, such as it is, over
here, but its quality and volume might
be improved and augmented by the
proper training of our nerves. We need
to have our discords reduced; our
chords are altogether too tense, and are
continually swapping by overstrain.
The Italian should come to our land and
begin his experiments. 1t offers an ad-
mirable field.
Sharp County record., 1879-07-10

The Bessemer process of steel max
ing is leading to an almost complete
discontinuance of the use of iron rails,
"A Waterloo Qowa) man recently
shipped a carload of butter to Germany,
and perfected arrangements for ship
ping carload every week.
There are six shoe factories in San
Francisco owned and run by whites,
and over 80 owned and operated by
Mongolians, with approved machinery.
There are 70 cigar factories in
Florida, all making imported Havana
cigars, which are considered very fine
by smokers, who think they are getting
a smuggled article.
Employees of the New England
Pin Company of Winstead, Conn,
marched in procession to the Post-oflice
the other day, and bought $40, 900 worth
of the Government $40 certificates.
The vanilla bean, hitherto used as
favoring essence, has been found TO be
of great assistance to silk dyeing, and
the increase Of its culture in the Mauri-
thus has been greatly augmented Of late
with a view of supplying the French de-
mand.
The AtchiSon, Topeka and Santa
Fe tunnel through the Ration Mountains
has now 675 feet On the north side and
500 feet on the south side completed.
The contractors expect to have the tuu-
mel completed by July 4, there being
still about 800 feet to run.
The Silver Hill mine, in Davidson
County, N. c., one of the largest and
best mines in the State, has just been
sold to New York parties. The price
given for the mine has not been made
public, but the sale is said to be next
to the largest ever made in North Caro-
lima.
The process of tanning q human
skin has just been accomplished at q
morocco factory at Lynn, Mass. Two
skins, about Que foot and a half square,
of white and black persons who were
hanged, were furnished from Boston
dissecting-room, and the process of tan
ming was remarkably successful, and the
skin, as it now appears, resembles q
piece Of French kid.
Flour obtained by drying snd pull
verizing bananas before maturity was
among the articles of last years Paris
Exhibition. 1t contained 66.1 per cent.
of starch and only 2.9 of azotizedmatter.
Very good brandy from the ripe fruit
was also shown. Banana trees have the
property of keeping the soil moist
around them, and have therefore been
planted in proximity to coffee trees in
Venezuela, where dro1ghts often exist
for months. AS the country can not
consume all the fruit, it has begun to
export extensively.
Sharp County record., 1879-07-10
Odds and Ends,

is the proper sauce for woodcock
wood saws?
-" This can't be beat" as the man
said when he bought the porcelain egg.
No matter what rank vegetables
may attain, the cabbage will always be
a head.
-"But I will not linger on this
point" as the minister said when he sat
down on the carpet tack, ,,-BurIingtOD
Hawkeye.
The end-man of negro minstrel
company calls himself the Napoleon
Of the troupe, because he is the bony
part.
Lines found in an album: "It is
with women as with counterfeit coins;
the worse cOunterfeits they are, the more
they are forced to put on the appear
ance of being good"
Mr.. Howells says he saw an En-
glish family stop before Titian's "John
the Baptist" and heard the father sum
up his impressions in one sentence;
"Quite my idea of the party'S charac,
ter.n
"A man with a pair of creaky boots
always has music in his sole, and he
generally executes solo just al the
very moment when the rest of the con-
gregation have settled down to quiet
nap.
-Saucissenkartofelb lbruchsauerkraut-
kranzwuurst is favoli4 German dish.
-EGchange. A railroad traveller who
had " five minutes for refreshments"
undertook to call for plate of "Saucis-
senkartofelbruchsauerkrautkranzwuur-
st." and the train was at the next sta
ton, twenty miles distant, before he
had the dish half named. .-NorrtStoUm
Herald.
"A naughty exchange, commenting
on the bad results of kissing the baby,
and what that baby has to suffer in va
Tious ways from promiscuous oscula-
ton, says the safest plan is not to kiss a
baby of the feminine persuasion until it
attains the age of 16. The cartilage Of
the nose is stronger then, and there is
no danger of deforming that sweet little
feature, or making her nearsighted.
DECLINED WITH THANKS.
"Come, while the dew on the meadow gilt
ters,
Come, where the starlight smiles .on the
lake,
"Not much" she said, wOr don't like bitters,
And the dew and miasma compel me to take
Quinine and whisky, dog fennel tea,
Whisky and quassia quantum suf.
Dogwood and whisky, whisky free,
Quinine straight and all such stuff"
--Btrlngt0n HG,0keye.
Sharp County record., 1879-07-10
ITEMs UNREST.
Persoind Lit.v,

|'gh Persoind Lily.
ID: 1t Is said Capell lecture in
[fae United Stf
EtR-The Maroof LorH said to be
&ritinQ a boa Canadghich is to
[dA illustrated he Prime Louise.
[cls-The vesh st. Gee, Hanover
|To 1uare, LonCrefuse tow a monu-
r CENT to BYRD St. Jam Street.
to Mr.. Johske of Boz has been
an 5ited, thru Professionally, to
Frsaliver bis oe of lectulon Ameri-
d loi history .ondon, awill leave
s Englanmediately.
|arly-Mr. a. Warner Rochester
tr Y)ie generou and sue
he tful yol business "a who is
|nentding q ldsome obSt& t&tory for
lchin. Swift t is to beslled the
the arner srvatory."
was aalphldo Emersonn reading
Fngincture (" Memory" Id IRE 8 Ros-
the udia Fast Friday ching, fire.
|hrotatly lis place, whe his little
e airhter.o sat by him d that pur-
coul wodirect him to d point at
eSSe1 hppped his thread thought.
fe a ry). Brown, editot the To-
als q has declined tlhonor of
,tlratngiE which was cderred on
|llShet | inguished Canadi IS on the
|ar.' liversary of the Qu1 his birth,
FeSSa 3 is q leader Of i Liberal
edhal, and desires to Hserve his
flS psnce of the Crown.
Ee' NAnna M. S. Roster, well
VI % newspaperdom a]he witty
WlNler of the MerideI (Conn. J
othais a native of NeburYport,
|oeata la lineal descendant of Ben
"n lnKlln. MUCH OF M LIE mas
aACit in Boston, where ae is well
o!nIY'der the nom de pluaB Of Lii a
lnsan. Her poems arOften met
10 Eng through the pres of the
,oifaSsWillis ,ois drew this po-portrait
ID an Moore in 1885: His eyes
|aaj al ne a champagne bubble; there
EveVVNf wintry red, of tb tinge of
9t Rr leaf, that seems enameled
IeVhk; his lips are deli ately cut,
ISl. E Achangeable as an spen; the
onllGTYSsslrned-up nose cohirms the
qua s!u Oppression, and altogether it
a 1IlsCo7at sparklcs, beams ,radiates.
the tlN that surrounds him is all
pen a."
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COmpensatiOns Of Middle Age.

The last hesitancy as to surrendering
all claims to youth is past. The term
" middle-aged" has no sting. The con-
flict at 35, when the crows feet appear
ed, was bitter. But the years have
swept away all these disagreesble sensa-
tions and experiences.
At 45, if the fortune is still as far as
ever in the distance, there is more resig-
nation. If one has never enjoyed come
illness of feature, there is then the pleas
ure of seeing the Adonis of twenty years
ago losing his attractiveness. The Bit
ter pill swallowed by the ugly man in
his youth is now his to take and for
him. The ugly man knows it is very
bitter.
There is an experience and accom-
panying sensation at 45 not to be receiv-
ed in earlier years. He has seen the
better part of two generations. Gradu-
ally the fathers have gone to their
graves. The sons of yore are now the
fathers. The barefooted boy of thirty
years ago is deacon and the other un-
controllable apple-orchard robber of the
same period expoundS every Sunday
from the pulpit. Most of the girls are
faded mothers or old maids. Ii.
Old at 45? No. To the healthy body
and healthy mind the world is younger
and fuller of life than ever, fuller of
wonder and mystery. Stones and clods
have ceased to be dull inanimate things.
The outburst of vegetable life at each
successive spring is more wonderful
than the last. The grass, the bud, the
busy insect invite more scrutiny, atten-
ton and investigation. The heavens
have increased, not lost in wonder and
sublimity. Man himself is study more
interesting, more fascinating. Charity
for human defect and folly is increased,
and with such increase comes greater
capacity for seeing and calm investiga-
ton. The unruly elements in human
nature are brought under better control.
The stream of life is deeper and more
quiet. Between wider banks it has in
creased in force and volume. 1t has
passed forever from the babble of the
shallower brook, from the maddened
rush and roar of the rock-stemmed, inn
petuous torrent.
Forty-fve may not be so bad as it ap-
pears. At that age many mountains in
the way at 20 have dwindled into mole
hills. Fearful realities have changed to
phantoms, and Solomons to Chadbands
and Turvevdrops. A deadly fear OF the
worlds judgments has changed to quiet
/ indifference, and while existing custom
and usage are to certain extent con-
formed to, there is less Of abject enslave-
ment to this or that mans opinion
Graphic.
Sharp County record., 1879-07-10
Col. 0'GOrman MahOn'S Extraordinary
Career.

I One of the most remarkable men
alive, says the London Morning AdUer-
tiSer, has been added to the roll of men,
bers of Parliament by the election of
Col. O'Gorman Mahon for the County
Glare. 1t is doubtful whether, outside
the record of MunchauSen or his many
rivals, there is to be traced a more ex-
traordinary career than that of the gal
lant patriarch, who will resume his seat
in the imperial Legislature after 20
years interval of absence from it. But
it is a longer time than that since the
Colonel entered Parliament. He was
elected in 1880 by the constituency
which adopted him again last Saturday,
after nearly 40 years. In the interim
the Colonel has amused himself with
other than political pursuits. He has
fought Is duels, in six of which he was
wounded by the enemy's fire, in seven
of which he pinked his man, and in five
of which honor was satisfied without
hurt to either principal. His affairs of
honor were but trivial episodes in the
strangely varied and adventurous career
of the member for Clare. He began
life in l82S-over half a century ago
rs one of that "Fighting Brigade"
whose duty and delight it was TO sup
port at 10 PAGES or so whatever Mr..
Daniel O'Connell said of a political or
personal antagonist. Then he went
into Parliament. The turn of time
found him a journalist in Paris, where,
had he been cotemporary with the fire.
eating Paul de Cassagnac, Greek would
assuredlv have met Greek. Then he
plunged into finance and pol
itios, and disported in the
troubled waters of both. Having
skinned the cream of old world ex-
elements, he set oat like knight er-
rant in quest of fresh exploits. His
search met with more success than
falls to the lot of the crowd. Joining
the Peruvian army he rose to the rank
of Commander-in-Chie There was
question of appointing him President
of the republic, but he evaded the per
ilous eminence by throwing up his tx
alted position in fit of ennu and
passing into the naval service of Chill,
the neighboring State. The ex-Gener-
alissimo Of the Peruvian land forces
actually became Lord High Admiral OF
the Chilian feet-such as it was, Col.
O'Gorman is a cousin of Maj. O'Gor-
mana facS which will not render him
less welcdppl> to all who appreciate
rollicking Saumn,. and natural geniali-
ty which is atNether above the petty
spitefulness of Irish "national'' politics.
The Colonel is a Home ruler, of course,
but we doubt if he will ideptify himself
with the obstructive sec ion of that
party. He is full of fire and vigor, in
spite of his age, but if he has the ener-
gy of partisan he has the instincts
and habits of gentleman. His adf
ventures should make singularly ina
teresting memoir, and if he would@nly~
leave politics to his colleagues and
oblige the world, we should welcome
from his own hand the story of his life
rom year to year.
Sharp County record., 1879-07-10
Haps and Mishaps.

"A young man named Thomas Evans
was instantly killed in La Grange Coun-
ty, Ind, by falling distance of 20 feet
from swing.
John Horstman, a farmer, residing
near Lancaster, o., while shooting rats
in his barnyard, shot his wife in the
breast, inficting a dangerous wound.
She was milking, and was hidden from
his notice.
Howard Shingle of Kenton, o., was
thrown from buggy, and his feet
catching in spring he was dragged
half q mile by runaway horse. When
the horse was caught Shingle was pick
ed up and found to be cut and bruised
in horrible manner. He lived but a
short time.
The other day while John G. Dev-
ans, farmer who lives south of Shelby
vile, Ind, was plowing, the plow struck
a root, causing a sudden check, forcing
the handle into his abdomen and cauS-
ing his bowels to protrude. 1t was
thought he could not recover.
Willie BramIette, aged l9, living
near Rushville, Ind, was playing with
his fathers loaded shotgun, when it
was accidentally discharged, the load
lodging in the temple of the boys in
fant sister, Cora, aged 4years, instantly
killing her. The top of the child's head
was entirely blown off.
"A farmer named H. W. Wilken-
ming, residing near Benton, Texas,
came to town, bought q lot of powder
and tied it up in a paper. With it he
entered blacksmith shop, and stood
talking to the smith while the latter was
hammering a hot iron. A spark fell in
the powder, blowing up things general
ly, singeing off Wilkenning's hair and
whiskers and burning off his clothes.
His injuries were severe, but probably
not fatal.
At Burlington, Iowa, Henry Voelker,
aged IA, was exhibiting a loaded revolv-
er to companion of about the same
age, named Michael Haggerty. when
the weapon was discharged and the bull
let passing entirely through young
Voeiker's left hand, entered Haggerty $
right side. The wound WAS very Sc
rious one, and it was believed would
prove fatal. Young Voelker was ar
rested.
"A little 7-year-old daughter of Jas.
Pratt of Maxtin, o., was playing in the
saw-mill of James Wells, when she was
caught by the hair upon a shaft making
400 turns to the minute. The father, at
work in the mill, was the first to see the
child whirling upon the shaft. In hor-
ror he rushed to the throttle,valve and
shut off the steam, when the child's
body dropped to the ground, lifeless.
The entire scalp was torn from the head
and securely wrapped about the shaft
by the hair, the line of severance being
across the forehead, taking off the left
ear and half Of the right and to the
roots of the hair at the back.