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PHILADELPHIA, Observation-Disclosures

B61xAkORIRHlA, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
AND GEORGETOWN,
O0AAooe1nR at PHILADELPHIA with Clydo'o
Line for Boston, Providence, and the
lew EM0land States.
1AHN0 DAYl
rom YhflAdelphiA- Saturday, q 10 q n
from Washington aEAaA IN.
Freight! received daily until s p. m Through
kQD Of lAding given to Boston and Providence, and
an River. Commences Wishing their goods landed
6 Georgetown wharf VIM ploaG6have them marked
Tor fun Information apply 10 J. h. JOHNSON L
90, l901 street northwest and Eth street wharf
Xaaht1gton. 2. g; G; y; HYDE, 69 Mater stree1
GenekA Managers. - South WhArves, Philadd.
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CTEIGER LIEBERMANN, Real Estate Auct'rf
~ Room rs LIE Droit Building.

S1E1dER q L1EBEHMANN. Real Estate AuCt'rs,
~ Room rs LIE Droit Building
PUBLIO SALE OF VERY DESIRABLE BUILD.
ING II LOT q Z r,j 1gs %, FEET, TO 80 FOOT
ENLEEMTH STREET. BETWEEN L AND II
ssTIfHEEET srn NHORTIH1W rIS, FlR0NTLMG DE
SQUARE 1873.
We viii offer the above described Lot for a32
sale, on the premises to the highest bidder at f6D
8 oolock pm, on TUESDAY, May 18th, 1879. u.
Terms OF ss1s Ons,f9uEth cash and the BALANCE
six per cent nterest, secured by deed Of trust on
% a " s q sss
Title perfect STEIGER LIEBERMAN,
my7 9,1O,12 Auctioneere.
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T'HOs. K WAGdAMAN. Real Estate Auctioneer.
VALUABLE BUSINESS PROPERTY ON TENTH
SInREET, BETWEEN E AND r STREETS
On WEDNESDAY, May 18th, at bp.m.,.
t tne tWO,stofy frame dwellings, Nos SGT and EsS5
S 81 10Th street Northwest having front Of l:a
Terms day Of sale
my10 d&os THOs. E. WAGGAMAN, Auct.
SALE &c OF ~, VALUABLE IMPROVED REAL Rs
TWEEN AND p sTEEE IS SOUTH, BE.
ING PREMISES No. 3O9LA THREE-S FOXY
AND l)sj BASEMENT BRICK DWELLiNa-
By virtue # deed Of trust dated Febru. "a
ary 10Th, AID. 1870, and duly recorded In H.si
public auction. in front Of the premises, on MON
DAY, the 18th day of May, AID. 1879 at 8 O'Clock D.
m, all that piece OF ground in the City of Washing
ton IN the Dehtc OF Columbia. known a. the north
part OF original lot numbered fourteen DO in
square numbered six hun bred and nnety-one (691),
tee same nav1ng front OF twenty-one CAP feet six
tending with the ssne width to the Of said lot
ttgether with the improvements consisting Of q
three story aud basement Brick Dwelling house,
No 500.
Terms of tale: Onethird cash; balance in equal
instalinents at elk twelve and eighteen months from
day OF sale, for which purchasers notes. bearing
seven per cent interest and secured on the prop.
erty sold, Will be taken deposit Of $500 required
at time Of sale. II terms Of sale are not complied
with within 1ve days from day of sale property
viii be resoid at risk and cost Of default ng pur.
chaser after Eve days. mott. in the Evening Star
JOS q. g. Kennedy Trusfea
STEIGER & LIEBERMANN, Auots- mS9-eOG ds
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NOTICE TO MOUNT VERNON PAS.
IN SEN6ERa
The Steamer W. W. COROORAN, which has been
xecenty built and furnished, I. !. .a@A
lowed TO land passengers ct Mount
Vernon wharf, Round trip u, including admission
10 mAnAion and grounds. Steamer leaves 9th street
yhan daily C8undays e1ceptedl ct 10 q M, and re-
turns about D. m. ]. Mob. HOLILNGSWORTH.
Supt ladies' Mount Vernon Association. L. d.
BLAKE. steamer W. W. Corcoran- jelSly
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NoHTH GERMAN LLOYD.
Extra Passenger Steamer for
CHERBOURG AND BREMDN
In order 10 satisfy the numerous applications for
raasage 70 Europe. The North German Lloyd steamer
GENERAL WERDER,
Captain Hoffman, win be despatched On WEDNES-
DAY, Nay 70, for Bremen via CherbOurg.
PaeBengersfor France BY taking this steamer avoid
the channel
Tcke6 DIRECT TO PARIS included in psssaea
OELRIOH0 co, Bowling Green.
W. g. METZEROTT & 90,
92S (cAASvIc0ni0 aUensSe,
my12tz7 Agents for Waahington.
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r. af1kcias1 steone1 Of this line, w. A.
SGA04THTl, r: CAI.AND,- aROTT1RDxM;:
nan % ths Netherlands, leaves Jersey City every q
eeEnate Wednesday and Saturday: 0abtn COS
9s11 Ar 70 South william 6, New York TUNOH
ND14 = Goa ~ So. WIN. =. Freight Ag'h.; L ".
N1OBTH GERaIAN LLOYD
IN LIN BETWKN NEW YoRK, HAVE, L0ND0W.
eeUxHANHI0N AID BR11EM.
3ho .eeomers Of tht. company wtn sl every Bat
3Ate! Of Ra0age: From New York 70 HAvre, Lon.
aM. ecuEnampton and Brennan. nrst cabin. 600;
paaaee aVply 60 OER76h6 8 OO., BoViine
Qreon. How Yofk. ". q. MTTZ1ROTt 90, 02
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QUEEN VIcToRIA's TROUBLES AND HEALTH.
The London Times OF tho 18th OF April sayy
somewhat ominously: 1.-THE Queen returns to-
DAY from a holiday In which She has been fol-
lowed by the warm sympathy OF her subjects.
IL was but too easy TO understand that she was
In need OF some special relaxation at the pre-
sent time. The Queen has been on the throne
tor AZ years, and during that long reign has
borne the burden or one OF the most moment
GUS periods OF British history. Had there been
nothing else to try the queens health than her
pontlcal cares and duties, they would OF late
nave peen more than sufficient TO overstrain o
Dature which has borne the anxieties OF 80 pro.
!onged and eyentful a career. But other trou-
bles have OF late fallen upon the Queen which
were peculiarly hard TO bear amid such grave
public difficulties, and which her people are
more competent to understand. The death or
Princess Alice. both In itself and In its singular
circumstances, was sorrow OF unusual bitter.
ness, and it revived the most grievous expert
ence OF the Queens life. The deaths Of her
grandchildren deepened the gloom In her
household; and her thoughts could only turn
from anxiet1es abroad to sorrows at home It
would nave been wonderful II, in such circum-
stances, she had been able TO dispense with an
ln,ervai OF thorough change and rest, and It Is
OILY 10 pe hoped that IL has been long enough
refreShment."
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, D. O., May 10. 1851
Proposals will be received at the Contract Office of
this Department until p m. Of July 10, 1879. for
carrying the mails Of the United States. upon the
routes and according to the schedule Of arrival and
departure specified by the Department in the State
Of Maryland. from OCTOBER /. 1879. to JUNE 80.
1881.
Lists Of routes with schedules OF arrivals and de-
parturee, instructions to bidders, with forms for
contracts and bonds and all other necessary inior
nation Will be furnished upon application to the
Second Assistant Postmaster General.
D.MKEY,
my51ax6t Postmaster General.
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~ BYLEs. on and after April 2Oth, ~E-A
leaves T Tnan foot s OF Ssh and etc,
day. et am for Potomac River landings On Sun.
days Tor Mattox Oreek Ooltons, and landio in St
Clements Bay On Thursdays for Mattox Greek
and landt6gs In Wicomico river. On Tuesdays for
Coltons and landing in Nomini Greek Returning
on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays mornings,
making intermediate landings Also Chapel Point
ON Wednesdays, coming ND.
For further information enquire at Offices OF g. l.
BHERIFF, No. S22 and lila Pennsylvania avenue,
or 1T office foot Of 6th and N streets aw.
apis g. T. JONES, Agent
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SPECIAL SALE OF A LARGE CONSIGNMENT
OF NEW DOORS, SASH. BLINDS. INSIDE
ShU TIERS, BALUsTERS. NEWELS, MAN.
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STEAMERS, &c.
TIIAND AND pEADOARD GOA 0TTN0
COMPANY,

FOB NORFOLK, E99s sp3 MONROE AND
go n z: 3 FFFRsIg BIZ LANDING. sas s1sr
MOS adnG.1 1s; Tssss sS. Tssn .hs
snd !1i.y: q s go O'clock .' ?. NJ,
:1S h sss g. :: 70 ooa 81.
md ~ the ra,rcaa lines south: A10-''
sseon es si:t fa.s s ssc rounasfip COOP EoR
FREIGHT ct lowest rstes
IOR POTOMAC RIVER LANprNaa
=. ssssus. JOIN =; TH6MfsoN. leaves sixth
IN ee Mc wnnm every Monday at . 8 %. .S@A
nan snd s.luIdsa sO9 fe sSs Ss5s1S
sa.. JOIN a EHR INV .s5 S9 gG KNIGHT
slSenately leave Pier ii, East River, New 11S2
ssa; :sssz s;MsS oDayI 4 .aS SeSca
.s;ssSs s.1sn q lowest r.ss. Apply .. once under
Agent foot Of 9Th street. Washington. and es Wsse1
melt SAMUEL BACON. President.
1870 PLANT LINE. 1O7O
FSS SoRFoLk PORTSMOUTH,. roRT8R sssSs
f sTSSF IS sASHS ksHH Ssb
Washington AS S0I ESSS51Ik STEAMBOAT
New. elegant; as sRS sSIf Esaszh steamer
s:s: Us 'fss Sss:,'
tickets, 81 Round Tr GSG 81 g. m Tick
s.s IAN and State Rooms obtained o. JAMES GREY.
a efss e oh ss e v & 1S ~
Est NV. and Y. N. r. 3 Office, 6Ol Penna- ave n.
ss a: r b aS:sus vs q en-
aroRer r PLANT pr..,R5sIF! DoDD. As s
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BANKERS.
PROPOSALS.

DROPOsALs ARE INVITED to be left at the
= store Of A. BANKET, No. 1919 D st between
FURNISHING MATERIAL AND DOING THE
WORK
Of fniahing the Liberty Baptist Church, corner
and 18th SITS. NV.
Warrington. Do, May 9, 1879. my9 st.
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WALTER B. WILLIAMS 3 CO.. Anctioneer,

VILLA AM nj. MERRICK
=. r.,por Executor of Ella W. Mercer.
-. a 1AHOO1, Auctloneer my12-dtm22
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-04
A Marriage Processionsin Nazareth.
St. Louis Telegram, 18th to Chicago II

While were resting under some olive
trees to-day marriage procession pass
ed us. It was led by about fifty men
in their best clothes, we'll mounted and
armed, who we're escorting bride
home. Some of these men played
upon curious musical instruments. In
their midst sat the bride, astride upon
a white caparisoned horse led by man
in flowing robes. Her wonderful gar
ments were stiff with embroidery, and
she was laden with magnificent Jewels.
She wore the usual jacket, shirt, tunic,
fall, and loose trousers, and was attend
ed by four very old hags as brides
maids, who were nearly as smart as
herself. But these antique damsels Tor
dames) were distinguished by extra
ordinary head-dresses, composed of
rolls of silver coins about the size of a
form, piled up like money on a money
changers counter, and arranged round
the front Of sort of cap, something of
the shape of a great sausage. The pro-
cession included host of women and
children, and the rear was brought up
by q solitary camel, bearing a huge
scarlet and green box aloft, which box
contained the brides trousseau.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-04
The Bee Sign.
From the Seymour Local Lever

Bee.keepers and farmers who have
observed the motions of the little in
dustrious insects, predict mild winter.
They say That the bees are working
harder than ever-more so than they
did in the summer while sucking the
sweets of the white clover. They have
only just commenced killing off the
drones, which is said to be sure sign
of a mild winter, as they usually kill
them off en- the first approach of cold
weather. People who have studied the
habits of the bee say they never make
a mistake. If such be the case the win
ter will surely be mild one.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-04
TWain'S Best Joke.
Chicago Times,

That quaint and original genius SAM
uel L. Clemens,-told story at his own
expense while breakfastiDg with a
journalistic friend on Thursday morn
ing which is to good to be lost, and which
by his consent is now published for the
first time. There had been some talk
at the table about the Grant banquet,
when Mr.. Clemens remarked with a
smile and his peculiar drawl:
''Speaking of banquets reminds me of
a rather amusing incident that occurred
to me during my stop in smoky, dirty,
grand old London. received an in
vitation to attend banquet there and
I went. 1t was one of those tremendous
dinners where there are from eight to
nine hundred invited guests. I hadn't
been used to that sort of thing and
didn't feel quite at home. When we
took our seats at the tables noticed
that at each plate was little plan of the
hall, with the position of each guest
numbered so that one could see at a
glance where a friend was seated by
learning his number. Just before we
fell to, some one-the lord mayor, or
who ever was bossing the occasion
arose and began to read the list of those
present-No l, Lord So-and-so, No 2,
the Duke of Som ething-or-other and so
on. When this individual read the
name of some prominent political or
literary celebrity, it would be greeted
by more or less applause. The individ-
ual who was reading the names did so
in so monotonous a manner that be-
came somewhat tired, and began look
ing about for something to engage my
attention. I found the gentleman next
to me, on the right well-informed per-
sonage, and I entered into conversation
with him.. I had never seen him before
but he was a good talker and I enjoyed
it. Suddenly, just as he was giving me
his views upon the future religious as
pect of Great Britain, our ears were as
sailed bya deafening storm of applause.
Such a clapping of hands I had never
heard before, 1t sent the blood to my
head with a rush, and got terribly ex-
cited. Istraightened up and commenc-
ed clapping my hands with all my
might, I moved about excitedly in my
chair, and clapped harder and harder.
who is it?' I asked the gentleman on
my right. Whose name did he read?
>" Samuel L. Clemens" he answered.
Il stopped applauding. didn't clap
any more. It kind of took the life out
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-04
Rhymes, Funeral and Hymeneal
London News.

It has long been the funereal custom
among a certain class of society in New
York to. append a poetic tag to the
newspaper announcement of the death
of a relative. The verse is not, as a
rule, very good; bu: the sentiment is
sincere and the intention respectable.
Here is an example culled from the
columns of the New York Herald. A.
ter recording the date of the death of
Isaac Florence, child aged years and
8 months, the bereaved parents addtw
verses, Of which we quote the second:
Fold away those little clothes
That our Florence used to wear,
He's no more on earth to need them,
He has climbed the golden stair.
Underneath is gravely written by way
of postscript, "He has gone to meet his
grandmother" There is a pathos un-
DERIVING these rude rhymes which
shields them from criticism. But we
cannot observe without protest, the
nascent practice of invoking the family
muse on the occasion of weddings. 1t
has come to pass, notably in Michigan,
that no wedding is complete without
poetic address from the parents, which
is appended to the customary newspa-
per announcement of the ceremony.
To quote one example from score:
Mr.. Oliver Hill, of Davisburg. marries
Miss Myra Lyon, of Medina. The event
is announced in due form in the local
papers, with the addition of the follow
ing verse:
Oliver, you have from her childhood's home our
prize taken;
May she by you be ne'er forsaken,
And may her love to you p1oye always true and
mistaken.
It must be admitted that this is not a
cheerful marriage hymn. There is
tone of melancholy running through it
"a provision of evil pervading it not
calculated to raise the spirits of bride.
On the threshold of life Oliver is mark
ed with the suspicion of intent present
ly to abandon the girl whom the first
line leads us to fear he has forcibly alb
Quoted. This may be due to tinge of
melancholy in the constitution of the
parents. Persons of more sanguine ma
ture would have taken brighter view
of things. But, apart from particular
instances, the growth of the custom is
to be deplored. A new terror would
unquestionably be added to matrimo-
NAL relationships if on his wedding day
a mans father and mother-in-law were,
like Mr.. silas Wegg, expected to "drop
nto poetry"
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The Tobacco Crops.


! As whole, says The Tobacco Leaf, it
is probable that the tobacco crop of 1879,
will prove the most satisfactory for gen.
eral trade purposes that has been rails
ed for several years. It is larger than
was expected during the earlier part of
the growing season, and its appearance
in the sheds indicates that it is going to
be in the main a salable crop. Here
and there, both as to the case and hogs
head varieties, blemishes are reported;
but, taken altogether, less fault is found
with it, even by the most exacting, than
is usually expressed at this stage of
new crops progress toward curing.
With all its shortcomings in the dry,
parching periods of July and August
and at one time they were numerous
enough to be discouraging to the most
hopeful season closed invested
with every element in abund-
ance needed for the nourishment and
ripening of the backward plants, and,
as a consequence, they cam in the end
to the sheds with richer body and
more vigorous growth than they have
shown for a long time previously; and
these advantages, it is evident, will rem
der them good service in the process of
curing, whether this be effected by nat
ural or artificial means.
Our personal Investigations in the
field embraced the seed leaf districts,
and it is not an exaggeration to say that
but for the timely and refreshing rains
that tell upon most of them at fitting
intervals from the beginning of the Sec
ond to the end of the fourth week in
August their yield this year would have
been an uucommonly poor one. AS it
is, their aggregate product is good al
most without exception. The benefits
in curing from final good weather to
seed leaf in Connecticut, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, and Wisconsin came in due
course to the aid of the western tobacco
crop in southern Indiana, Kentucky,
Tennessee and Missouri, as, also, to the
crop of Virginia. East and west, as
before remarked, tobacco has done
we'll this season; and if no misfortune
befall it hereafter, it will undoubtedly
be exceptional in its usefulness.
The Mason county growth, according
to advices, has suffered some from house
burn, but, on the other hand, it is near
ly SO per cent. more than usual lin
quantity, which excess will leave them
enough of good leaf to Offset the bad.
GAINESVILLE and the western district have
probably housed a more than average
crop in quantity and quality. The
Ohio and Green river sections have pro-
duced, certainly, not less and perhaps
more than last year. The Virginia
crop is generally good, having escaped
frost, and is in average volume. Per-
haps, all told, two hundred and fifty
thousand hogsheads of varying but
more than ordinarily serviceable tobac-
co will be brought to market from the
planting of 1872. When so large and
so good crop of seed leaf has been
grown in one season as disclosed this
season, it would not be easy to recall it
the effort were made. The total may
reach two hundred and fifty thousand
cases. The tobacco trade in its entirely
has reason to be pleased with the pros
pect.
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to the date of these erections but little
can be determined at present. The Mo-.
qui towns are now in precisely the same,
state Of preservation as they were when
described by the invading Spaniards,
nearly four hundred years ago. As7um-
ing the Moquis to be Jineal descendant.
of the cliff jewellers, how vast q time the
cd canon castles must have been de-
= I'D even when the Moquis have no
knowledge of the rand houses of their
ces'e,s! Regarding the age of the
u bios, they were i'd by Coronado at
the time of the conquest to look very
old. Castenado records that the inbab-
itants told him that the Pueblos were
older than the memory of seven hun
dred years. That these ruins were
known to the Spanish invaders we have
proof in the journal of Don Antonio de
Olermin. written in 1851, where men,
ton is made that eighty leagues distant
from their camp there were Casas Gran
das. Gallatin speaks of them and a.
cribes them to the Aztecs. Perhaps
time and more extended research may
reopen the history of these people who
have Been swept away from their grand
cities, leaving nothiug but the stony
walls Of their houses to tell the tale Of
their pref Columbian greatness; but this
we know, that these and other tokens
tell that in reality America is the old
world, and that thousands Of years ago
races flourished here in q high state OF
barbaric cultivation.
Bananas az material for the manr-
facture of alcohol are proposed. 1t is
said that the great cheapness in coun-
tries where they are crown and their
richness in sugar eminent]y fits them
for this purpose.
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IT is proposed to enlarge the mem
bership of the New York Stock ex-
change from 1000 to LOO and if it
should be done, the money to be paid
for admission by the forty new mem
bers will pay for the new building re-
Gently purchased By the exchange. 1t
costs member $4,000 to be initiated
into the institution, and sometimes a
great deal more than that after he is
Initiated.
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So the story ended, and in his heart
Eustace Carroll is prouder of that little
sketch hanging in a common black
frame over the mantel piece of that
country cottage, than he would be
though he should paint a picture that
would make his name famous through
out his life.-GnNerbox.
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A NEW ocean telegraph cable has just
been laid across the Atlantic, from
Brest, France, to Cape Cod, Mass. This
makes the fifth Geographic cable con-
Meeting Europe and America.
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How rapidly man loses all interes
in politics when he shuts the door on
his own thumb.