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TIIANCERY SALE OF A DESIRABLE TWO.
~ STORY AND BACK BUILDING BRICK
nWELL1NG, ON THE NORrHEASr COR
NER OF FIFTH AND b STREETS SOUTH

BY virtue Of two DEGREES Of the Supreme Court OF
Tue District of Columbia sitting In equity, pnssed on
the It'll day ol october a. ID. 1870 aud on the 18th day
OF October a. D. 1856, Metts Lacy ct all cause No
GS0I, equity docket 10 shall sell at public auction In
front of the premiso3, on WEDNESDAY, the lith
day of November 1880 at 1890 o'clock p. IN. all tina,
piece parcel OF ground situate in the city OF WASH
lngton D. e. beng the western part OF lot numbered
four a., in square numbered eight hundred aud forty
two Sia), said part of lot having rOnt OF " feet
inches street southeast, with depth of n feet
together with the improvements. etc.
Trrms-Oncthird In cash and the balance In one
two and three years, with interest ut per cont per
nnnum until paid, secured ly deed oil trust OH the
property sold; 500 deposit required at the time Of
sale, and all Conveyancng and recording ut pur-
chaser s, cost. /. q. kIMBAL LII, Trustee,
]. Il. COLDWELL. 1871 + street northwest
Auctioncer. oci6 sawdds
Law Reporter copy.l
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EOR HsENT-IlOugEn.
y. II WARNER,
EoR RENT BY

.OfFICG ROOMS IN No .2j and 3g tUur-nnl-a-bnt
Blrccl y. WI also In 4j3 Louisiana avenue n. W.
Call for weekly RcntLi'L
ION RENT-Furnishodse sevenroom house. modern
- improvements. large yard, trees. southern ex.
nnsure good noish1OrhoOd; references. No ltp
Rhode Island ave. noio%s
TOR RfNr-'rhc upper part of building No i2i3
a Penn ave- two floors divided into nine rooms;
irescoed ceilings, Lnlrobc range, hot and cold water
newly papered etc IL having Just been altered, IT, is
az resi- and new no liner rooms on the Avenue APP
ply TO THOMAS ltUSSELL l2i3 Penn ave nolO.5t@
I7OR RENT-No 202j Eleventh st u W, II rooms
= tl5 l'0 Bridge st. Georgetown, II rooms 2lOJ
Twcllh - W, rooms O50; 80 Prospect st. rooms
40 aOj eleventh ~ ", rooms, sl& l3lo tts W.
rooms, sl3 lOii--iOl7 Il NJ W, stores 40 ~ q,
u W. nos 0tt
ZION RENT-Call and sec our nsl OF property ior
n rent, JOHN SHERMAN " Co,
lr3-lf st Cloud Building
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AE.InNMENTs E0N T0.DAY.

CIRCUIT CouRT DIVISION No. l-JusrlcE MAO
ARrHuR-No. 81 jennings VS.. h. 4 L. r. II. Co;
a. lobin vs. ileluschm.dt 2d9, Berger vs.. Gold
stcu ct al; go Guuand VS.. Davis 2Il, Corcoran
ys. Pratt 273 smith vs.. Iiukius 277, Main ct al. vs.
Eckhardt; 20, Lyons vs. Fletcher .si Washington
Market company vs. Davis, 2s3, National Metro
pOlitnu bank VS., Gleason ct al; "SD, turlAr W.
Bowes ct all PSI Zaut2lnger vs.. Beail' 2sJ, Cooley
VS. Webster S Bro
CIRCUIT CouRr. DIVISION No .o-JusrlcE nAd'
NEV-NO POS, Washington M1rEc. company Ns.
Worlheu Bros; 32S, Hoffman vs. May; #l, Guilt
name ", BumcubeIg; 3}, NOndcr vs.. doiscT $40,
stern VS.. Alze; 3i2, DJncllle. use, etc vs. hllch
$40 Hills Boyd N Co. vs. Clark G t0i -, beyer
vs. Hewitt & Follaushce 3l2 Robertson vs. Melon:
ala; 354 May w. Smith, Sij, United states, use OF
Sonucnschmldt, w, souuOuschmilt ct ali S5s,
Jones VS. Thomas $50. Gross vs. hHhl so, hulho
rs. Boyle: 3Gl smith vs., wheeler
Fourry CouEr-Ira,IGE CoN--No, g. Murray vs
Fletcher: 10. Alexandria Canal K Bridge company
ys District of Columbus 81, HcOy0us vs., Hughes;
i6 Nerrlmnu vs.. BaTctu A., Rcgun vs., Regan 40,
D1ur'ass ~. Lucas; as Brown vs.. Burey; 49,
Dippe vs. Reese 90, Robinson vs.. Shocmoker o2,
Ashton vs.. WALL 49, Hllbourn VS., l.atto; o. Wat
tcr Vs. GentN 80, johnson vs.. saunders 90, Myers
vs. Myers; 81 Mason SIS, Mason
CuIuINAL CouEr-JU5ICEJA Pope,
murder OF j, F Butler
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A LADY desires to borrow nt fair percentage $50
IN. or 500, and will return IA ToOm'rent consisting
Of Iwo handsomely furnished parlors with heat and
light; best location IN the city. Address ROOMS,
city Il, D. noO-Sts
VETANTED--A lady who understands the theory
w OF shorthand would like To exchange reading
with some one equally proficient. Address X A, lite.
publican office. noJ'3tf
VU ANTED-StOok on keep; horses, mules or cows.
w Apply TO NJ 3. WAY, Accotink Fairfax county,
Va, no2-l2tf
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10y settled woman, q situation TO take charge OF
ID nhouse, do plain sewing on machine. house
work without washing, or nurso tho sick. MRS \,
l2ls Istnw. nOi2
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VSI young colorcd girl situation as chamber
\ - maid and waitress or nursing and plain sewing
Please call ut lll2 n st n W. mol.
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wANTED-ssEs.P.

VlOY WANTEn-As copy holder on n morning
newspaper: only those who have hnd txperlelic,
at the printing business md good nanllscripi
readers need apply by letter only, TO T. II. H. Re-
publican office.
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INOR RkNT-A hand icmeiy furnished large south
4 front rCon, large windows and closet; private
family; no children rent moderate to one or two
gentlemen. No 5il L Dt noil.att
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AUCTION SALES.
TRVsrEE.s SALE og rRopERTY IN rHE

IOHN SHERMAN & CO., Real Estate Agents and
- Auc,iuneers, st. Cloud Building
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A SITUATION, by n colorcd man. as waiter In n
~ private family or TO drive for u doctor, Apply
Nv No J) IL 81 n. mole
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gpY respectable white girl fifteen years Of ago. a
situation TO assist in store or IN conieei onary;
Will take any respectable situation by which she
could obtain her livelihood. Address EVA, Repubii-
can ofilCo. uot2
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A y honest, economical woman, TO do tho house
uulpn no..
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I.nnI nni rnr IL

Professor c. A. Grimmcr of Kingston, ia.
maica, who is scientist Of fame, recently
made some wonderful prophecies in connection
with the action of the planets aud other
heavenly bodies. lie saws of
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HOARD WANTED.
wANTED-MrsCELLANEOUs.

WY TANTED- Board for healthy infant sla
w months old; used TO the bottle Address Mn
ID M y, Republican once, stating lernls. no05l
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EoR RENf-1o gentlemen. large, wcil-ventilated
II handsomely furnished rooms second ana third
foors 9sO New York ave; convenient to four lines OF
cars. nOio-gti
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IlY permanent tenant. 8 or 1Oroom house In
-AO the northern part Of the city (bet tho Avenue
md STU rent to be under SD best references gwen
Address Box So, Republican Office. nol2
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A YOUNG colorcd woman wants place 10 do
"A chnmberwork. No ii2 50, bet Eleventh and
TWpliln stS mi
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'plY Young man. gltuation in any business that
Ib VIII eiyo him a living Address FIDuS Re
publ 'hn olicc. nol2
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A RISPECrABE coorcd girl wants n position Ia
Nineteenth st. noll
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A WErNURSE at home or clsewhere; none bu,
IA responsible partlCs need call. GlenwOod road,
opposite Mira Hpala's estate. noil
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A SITUATION to cook, wash aud iron or do gen.
IN pral housework In small family. Address n o
Martins row. st, bet Twenty-sixlh and Twenty
seventh sts W. nol2
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A TIDY. competent, oblging woman to do house
N work and sew for small fimily city references
required Cvll from 10 at 20l2 seventh IT ". nol
National Republican., 1880-11-12

10y Ryoung man, w0rlito do In store OF some Kind
\ or onlcc, or to ato himself useful In nny Kind
0fwork. Apply at southwest corner OF Sixth and L
blS u W. H. ID, nOll
National Republican., 1880-11-12

w DIRK during the evenings as bookkeeper, com.
w merclnl correspondent or lawyers clerk: thor.
oughly qualified and experienced. Address DE.
PARfMENT CLERK, Uepublican office. noii
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RY u thoroughly experienced young lady n s!tua-
ID ton clerk In n notion or fancy 8tore Address
no 1913 Eighth 81 n ". noll
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pY respectable white woman, II situation ms cook
bet l. and NJ sts uoli
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EILls fsENT-ltOOMs.

EoH RENTNeaty furnished rooms single or
~ communicating. ON second or third floor, With q
mod lmpr; homo comforts; IN private family; south
ern exposure; centrally located, nnd within halt n
square ofsreetcara terms moderate. Apply at No
1895 + 81 n W. nol2.3ll
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wANTED-sVTUATIONs

neutrality-suspicious. pupils private and sys.
w temntic instruction Dy practical teacher at 50S
1hirteenth 81 n w call from 10 pm. ocj-Gtf
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NUMBER %.
A Famous PENNSYLVANIA Orchard.

Solon Robinson has travelled 1000
miles to see famous Pennsylvania
orchard on the Juniata River in Juniata
County. IA miles from Philadelphia,
near a little station called Thompson.
"There," says Mr.. Robinson, eff the
traveller going west OF the Pennsylvania
Railway will look out south and up the
steep hillside, he will see the main part
of an orchard of $1,000 peach trees,
10000 ounce trees, and 5000 Siberian
crab-apple trees. And, if he could stop
and walk and ride through the orchard, as
I did to-day, and find one dead or
diseased tree, he Will find more than
could; although was told by Mr.. Taylor,
the foreman, that he did lose one tree in
the section where we were. And how
many trees are there in this section?'
six thousand If like result can be
found anywhere else on earth, should
like to be informed, that I might make
another pilgrimage Of 1000 miles to see
it. as have to see this, the most healthy,
thrifty, most promising young orchard I
have ever seen in all my extensive
Journeys through the United States and
Canada. Yet most of the land is unfit
for any other cultivation, and a consider
able portion of the ground has never
been plowed, because SO steep and SO full
of stones and roots. In this respect it
reminded ME of some Of the vineyards of
Pleasant Valley, it being often difficult
to get dirt enough to make a good loose
bed for the roots" The orchard is owned
by H. Bradford, q Connecticut River
Yankee. A few years ago the tract con-
tanning 44O acres came into Mr.. Brad
fords hands, upon the false representa-
ton that it contained valuable veins of
iron ore. He bought it unseen. When
seen, it was found to yield no workable
ore, and only small tract of farm land
with few common farm buildings. The
question then was, ''What shall I do
with it?" That question has been an
swered in the splendid orchard on the
ground. The first section of peach trees
was planted in 1875. and on July q OF
this year, when Mr.. Robinson visited
the orchard, the FIRST full crop of peaches
was being gathered.
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WHY People Are so Short-Lived.

The Concord School of Philosophy
having requested the assistance of the
Lime Kiln Club in solving the conun-
drum of why the people of this age do
not live as long as those of EARLY days,
the matter was given to the Committee
on Judiciary to. o.mvestgate. They now
express readiness to report, as follows:
s'Dis committee had no trouble to find
plenty of reasons BARN on the inquiry.
In de fust place, de taxes am so high dat
no man kin afford to lib over hundred
vars. In olden days man could tell
his wife to git long away if she didn't
please him. In dis age he has to stick
by her AN fight it out. Dis has an indu-
ence to make him sigh for change to
de evergreen shores. None oh dose ole
chaps had second shirt to his back, an
none dreamed of putin on style. Look
about you in dis aige an see de coat-tails,
sleeve buttons, diamond pins, an odder
eewgaws which bow down mans head
in sorrow to de grave In de time of de
prophets dar was no means of scootln
aroun de kentry an takin' m de sights.
In dis aige, arter man has bin to New
York, Washington, Chicago, an a few
odder places, he am up stump for a
change of scenery, an he natterly wants
to be pushin' on to'rds de pearly gates.
Dis committee am OBJ de opinyun dat de
modern man who reaches de aige of one
hundred vars ought to be perfectly salts
fed to hand up his ticket to de conduc-
tor. He gifts more trottin' horse-more
store clothes-more alligator butes-
more picnics-more ice cream an oys-
tiers, an whateber else goes to make
human natur' smile all ober in gloomy
day in dat little time dan Methusaler got
in all his nine hundred vars oh life. An
we'll cher pray"
The Secretary was instructed to pre-
pare rer6atin, report and forward the
same to Concord, together with the hope
that the school and the club would work
together in the greatest harmony during
the long evening period. Detroit Free
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She Was Strictly TemnerAte.

"Why," thundered an impassioned
orator at temperance mass meeting,
"in only one year, in twelve short
months, the people of the United States
drank 27,S67, ,915 gallons of beer, and
1858, ,291 gallons of whisky! How much
of that hideous aggregate did you drink?"
he shrieked, glaring around at the re-
spectacle vice presidents on the platform.
And i'll the impressive pause that followed
the corresponding secretary arose, and
said that with the exception of the tonic
drops she was compelled to take before
breakfast and the anti -malarial bitters
that DIR. Bolus prescribed for her, and q
little pale ale for her digestion and pint
of beer at night, which she couldn't close
an eye in sleep without it, and maybe an
occasional drop of brandy for the
neuralagy, she had not tasted drop of
spiritual or ferventuous liquids since she
joined the society. And n great hush
fell upon the meeting. like the voice of q
man who has just been asked for the loan
of ten dollars. -Buriin0ton HdWkcvc.
ANNA DICKINSON once set out to learn
German, but after spending $l5 for
books, $40 for a teacher, and 81 for a
pair of wooden shoes, she stopped on
"yuw," and is there yet.-Detroit Free
Press.
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Intellect In Brutes.

The central prison at Agra is the roost-
ing place of great numbers Of the COM
mon blue pigeon; they fly out to the
neighboring country for food every
morning, andreturn in the evening, when
they drink at tank just outside of the
prison walls. In this tank are a large
number of fresh water turtles, which lie
in wait for the pigeons, just under the
surface of the water at the edge of it.
Any bird alighting to drink near one of
these turtles has a good chance of hav-
ing its head bitten off and eaten; and the
headless bodies of pigeons have been
picked up near the water, showing the
fate which has sometimes befallen the
birds. The pigeons, however, are aware
of the danger, and have hit upon the fol-
lowing plan to escape it. A pigeon
comes in from its long flight, and, as it
nears the tank, instead of flying down at
once to the waters edge, will cross the
tank at about twenty feet above its sur
face, and then fly back to the side from
which it came, apparently selecting for
alighting a safe spot which it had re-
marked as it flew over the bank; but
even when such a spot has been selected
the bird will not alight at the edge of
the water, but ON the bank about yard
from the water, and will then run down
quickly to the water, take two or three
hurried gulps of it, and then fly off to
repeat the same process at another part
of the tank till its thirst is satisfied I
had often watched the birds doing this,
and could not account for their strange
mode of drinking till told by my friend,
the superintendent of the prison, of the
turtles which lay in ambush for the pig
cons. The same friend had couple of
hill mynahs. (Gracul0 religi0s0,) the
most wonderful bird of mimicry which I
have come across, not excepting the gray
parrot of the West African coast. One
of those birds, when hung out in the
veranda during the afternoon, used to
amuse itself by calling the fowls togeth-
er, initiating the call of their keeper so
well that they used to flock together un-
der the cage, when the bird would burst
out into avery good imitation of human
laugh, as if it quite enjoyed tho fun of
taking in the fowls. Have birds the
sense of amusement? This one certainly
seemed to derive qualification from the
way in which it had cheated the fowls. -
Nature.
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He Didn't Get Mixed.

The Lewistown (Me.) journal says:
"A cross-eyed old fellow, with his chin
and throat muffied in luxurious crop of
hair, got off Central train in Auburn
few days ago. He deliberately fished
chunk of chalk from his breeches pocket
and marked a good-sized white cross ON
one of the cars. He then asked the way
to the pump and took drink. When
he got back to the train he was asked
why he put the chalk-mark on the car.
MY wife told me- said he, mot to git
off the train ut all, for fear i might git IN
the wrong keers. l thought I'd put a
mark on the train so | should know 1t
was the right one
"JuIlA wants to know how to keep
her husband home at night, and the Oil
City Derrick advises her to have female
minstrel shows inthe parlor and beer
saloon in the yard, &c.
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GOD KNOWS BEST.
ny EMMA CLARK WHITNEY.

In many troubles that perplex,
md make ms weary Of this life,
live would ray, al will not yex
My soul no more with worldly strife"
But, looking upward" God knows BEST"
Unto His care leave ali the rest
Instead we strive with hands 30 fraD
To part the clouds upon our way.
All life gives us no warrior mail
Invulnerab,e TO sorrows sway;
And when its darts pierce through our breast,
Teach us 10 feel that God knows best.
When In the throes OF nercest pain,
And our weak spirits seek release,
And cry aloud 10 Him I'm vain,
To succor or 10 gtill In peace,
Though granting not our wild request,
Teach us 10 feel that God knows best.
When like a serpent from Its lair,
with coils that kill ali they embrace,
Sin springs upon us unaware,
And posons what was pure and chaste,
Though falling meath temptations test,
Teach us 10 feel that God knows beet
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IN Whales Mouth and Escaped With
His Life.

Here I met Captain Wood, who has
been in a whales mouth. After edging
carefully toward the matter, friend in
duced him to tell about it-probably for
the ten thousandth time.
eyes, I was standing in the bow Of
the boat, but with the iron in my hand,
said he, "looking around for his majesty,
for thought we had given him his death
blow. Suddenly up he came right ahead
of me, and lie struck the boat under
meath with his prolonged lower jaw,
knocking it out from under me, and I
fell straight over into his mouth"
"What did you think then ?" asked
listener, as the Captain paused.
Thought 1 was n goner," answered
the Captain, especially when he shut
his mouth on me. But he was, for
tunately, in the agonies of death, too
worried to think of me, and, after giving
me one savage crunch, he blowed
me out of his mouth, covered with
blood 1 at once struck out for the
boat"
"And when they picked him up they
thought he was killed." said another
captain; Though, after good while, he
recovered, with the ugly wounds that
you see" There was IL scar some inches
long across Captain Woods scalp, and
great lump on his side was visible
under his coat.
"What did you think when you were
in his mouth, and knew where you
were ?" asked another bystander.
Thought he'd yield about eight bar
rel" said Captain Wood, turning over
his quid and calmly firing at the box of
sawdust -Nantucke Correspondence OF
Mdidndpolis Journal.
FoRTr years ago a woman deposited
SIS in the Middletown (Vt.) savings
bank, and now eight children receive
sos. .96 each as the product of that we'll
laid nest-egg.
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Written for The Chicago Ledger.l
SLEEPY HOLLOW.
~ cHAnLEs n. LOGAN.

NJ LotAN.
In dear, secluded valley, between the hollow Of the
Midst The rocks and ehasm, grouping IN the POOLS
and marshes dropping,
Stands an ancient miu-a ruin in It's slow and sure
Yc, sii 10 rear- in broken tiers it is falling fast
away;
III. o,errun with rnas.e. Of the widest creeping
Ths, have started from the moisture Of the riIls.
In this hollow, Of an evening, not soul has dared
Though the stiffness there lie Sleeping, and the
Down into the crnmbled, broken stonework Of the
THERE'S sdresd, Of the dead tina. hosts of former
Are stn and slowly treadng where the moon is
Always shedding
Scattered silver through the fragments Of the dome
The willow shades the marshes with waving hedge
of green,
It's boushs to waters bending, from whOse darkest
rho,pboreSceni wisps q rss,es to Hume the sonber
air;
riss sight 30 shasi:y bright that mortal fain
Its soltudes Of mystery qgest of ancient history
To cnlight the worldly mind upon the things that
But when first those broken walls unfoided to
The dayhghts sun was streaming, and through
tho windows seeming
And In the sun, unlike nun alone, saw a crimson
plume
butterfly. It's wings, its gaudy trapping, were
noisclessly tapping,
Driving from Its cloak the morning dew.
The glimpse reminded strangely a Iong-forgo,ten
past
That rushed In freshening surges-through my
mind there slowly merges
suspicion that see the noted pirate that once these
beams beetfid-
That It's the hery-whiskered Kidd, guarding his
treasure hid
From the greedy hands Of miners that would seek
the phantom sinners,
That were thought TO have been buried and beneath
. these walls amaAsed.
In this room they onco were sitting, these pirates
hard and stern,
Likc the pictures Of Niles standish, dressed in
costumes now outlandish,
Though picturesque in attitudes, Ike sculptured
Roman clay,
with faces cold, in rigid mold, until the twilight
day,
with morning brcezes rising, their sordid minds
They vanished TO the spirit world though nightly to
return.
Distant, ehostly sounds were heard to echo through
the bare
Ruins Of the mill decayed, and through the MORN
ing's darkness vngue,
And spectral rushed the rushing streams
In broken rlls between the hills and from the dark
ravines.
Clanking chains and tapping sails, that seemed to
be amidst the gales,
Fell with deep dstlnctness upon the morning air.
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The wool clip of the world has in
creased five times since 1880, when it
was about 800, O,OOO,O 900 pounds in weight
In 1S7S-the latest year for which there
are complete figures Europe produced
740,000,000. River Platte, 100000, 900;
United States, Os,OOO, 900; Australia,
$50, 900, 900, and South Africa, As, 900, OOL
pounds, making total of 1856, 900, 00a'
pounds. Great Britain and France COD.
sumo each about the same quantity OF
wool-380, 900, 600 pounds year. Ger
many consumes about 165, 900, 00E
pounds; United States, 250,O00, ,00e
pounds, and Russia, Austria, and other
countries. 400. 100000 pounds
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THERE is nothing SO sad as happiness
to the sight OF the unhappy.
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PROVIDENCE is always on the side of
the strongest battalions. Napoleon.
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The MYSTERIOUS CADET.

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