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THOMAS BOWLING, Auctioneer

'u'doMAS DoWLlNd' Auctioneer.
TRUSTEES SALE OF RE AL ESTATE.
10Th January. 1875. and recorded in Hber
TT. one Of the land records of this District,
the highest bidder. on the premises, on THURS
DAY, THE 10TH DAY OF JUNE, 1880. At O'CLOCK
p. M, part Of lot ~, in square 1927, BEGINNING at
the corner Of square and running thence south
on 14th street east 100 feet thence west &c feet;
north to street north 80 feet; and thence by and
with street Is feet to the beginning default hav
ing been made in the payment Of the debt secured
thereon.
The property is improved by substantial frame
buildings.
Terms Of sale: One third cash, and balance in
equal payments in one and two years, bearing in
chaser, secured upon property. All conveyancing
at cost of purchaser.
W. B. WEBB, Trustee,
my27- eo&ds 406 9Th street.
H-THE ABOVE SALE IS POSTPONED UNTIL
SATURDAY, JUNE 10TH, same hour and place. By
order of the Trustee. je9-eo&ds
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To- MORROW.
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VVHOMAS BOWLING, Auctioneer.
REGULAR SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNI-
TURF, FINE ENGRAVINGS, CHROMOS,
&c.
At ny salesroom, SATURDAY, JUNE 10TH,
1880, commencing at 10 o'clock. je17-2t
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DNEPARED TO SUPPLY
EVERY CHILD IN THE DISTRICT fEa
EXAMINATION SHOES AND SLIPPERS ~
Child's to 10 Sandals, zoe. up.
Child's 6 to 10 Newports and Button, 65c up.
Misses II to Fine Kid Slippers, SOC.
Misses 3-strap Sandals, 75c. and up.
Misses Newports and Low Button, Zoe. up.
Sandal Boots for Children, Misses, Ladies and
Infants, 81. % to 81.
Misses Kid Button Boots 81.
Ladies' Sandals and Newports, Toe.
Boys Low Shoes, large variety.
VIM. HAHN,
SIG 9TH st. and 1922 Psnna. ave.,
jele-3t Sign of ''Rei Shipper"
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WALTER b. WILLIAMS b co.. Auctieneers
TEN DOZEN OAK DINING-ROOM CHAIRS AT
AUCTION.
On SATURDAY, JUNE 18TH, 1887, AT 1O0
O'CLOCK A. M, We shall sell, in front of our w
auction room, ten dozen Oak Dining room -
Chairs, different styles, and will be sold in Z
lots TO suit.
Terms cash.
American citizen., 1880-02-14
What Constitutes Pleasing Letter.

First, it should be characteristic, and
to be that it must be natural; the best
letter-writers are those who write as they
speak, only taking care to make their
meaning quite clear. Another requis-
lite is the power of impressing upon it
the character of ones surroundings !;
and this is best done, not by lengthy de-
scriptions and laborious " filling in. -"
but by those vivid touches which only
the true artist knows how to produce.
As to the "form,' often has the typical
lady of the nineteenth century's letter
been made subject of jest or satire.
The dashes and ejaculations, and,
above all, the postscripts, have received
their full share of criticism. We all
know the story of the lady who, having
been accused of never sending letter
without a postscript, wrote to her friend
for the express purpose of showing him
that he was mistaken, and opened the
letter to add, "P. S.-You see 1 can
write without postscript" And yet,
most people, if pressed, would own that
they feel rather disappointed on reach
ing the end of the longest letter, if they
do not find little supplementary note.
People may laugh at women's letters
and their postscripts; nevertheless, it
is an acknowledged fact that Except on
business matters), as rule, they give
more satisfaction than mems, and,
whereas not one man in twenty has
time or takes the trouble to write one
word more than is absolutely necessary,
most well educated ladies can write,
and enjoy writing, a long, interesting
letter. 1 have said nothing of the So
called model letter-writers, Mime. de
Sevigne, Lord Chesterfield, Cowper,
etc., because their epistles are speci-
mems of the old school, and it is in the
modern lives and biographies that we
must seek models of the postal letter.
There is as much difference between
the two styles as between " Sir Charles
Grandson" " and the last new novel.
By comparing the best examples of both
kinds, it will, L think, be found that,
though the art of letter-writing has I'M
doubtedly undergone great change, it
can not be said that it is dying out
from among us.-Cor. Boston Herald.
American citizen., 1880-02-14

expenses, and at least three ladies could
hold office. The supply ofyoung wom-
en- trained could be carefully regulated
by the demand, and the peculiar t"ster
of certain churches cruid te suited by
the special and individual training OF
5eiect students.
This plan 1 offer especially to the
consideration of my hre.h.'o.i in the
ministry, fcSe...hg certain that were it
carried out it would relieve them of
much worry and their wives of much
hard work, and that through its means
alone will be found that rare bird, thai
Phoenix Among woman, the palson S
wife who pleases the parish.-Cssfistian
Union.
American citizen., 1880-02-14
Personal Peculiarities.

About forty years ago had n lad in
my employ who had the habit, when
unexpectedly spoken to, of pricking TIP
his ears In so decisive manner ms to
remind one of the ears of Puss or of
Tray when suddenly called. Marie
Louise, the second wife OF the great Ma
poleon, was in the habit of amusing the
lat,ics OF her court at their private sol
rees by turning her ears almost com
pletely round, and in a manner closing
them up. She did this by peculiar
motion of the jaw, and she is said to
have prided herself on the exploit not a
little.
A man 1 knew well wore ah enor-
nous shock Of raven hair, and would
allow himself to be lifted by the hair
from the ground by any one who was
| strong enough TO do it, and to be swung
10 and fro like pendulum, or to be
dragged along the floor.
The faculty of sleeping at will was
one of the endowments of the first Na-
polcon, who, 1t is said, could sleep any
length of time, long or short, and awake
at the time, almost to minute, he had
resolved upon:
Among the muscular movements not
common, l have noticed several in
stances of persons who could throw back
the four fingers of either hand until they
stood quite perpendicular to the back of
/ the hand and wrist. Other instances
have seen, though but few, of persons
who can project the lower joint of the
palm. In neither of these cases is the
use or the ordinary SYMMETRY of the
hand at all affected. OF left-handed
people we have all seen many, and they
abound among the working classes; but
of the artibandist, or both handed, that
is, of persons who could do every thing
with either hand, as well with one as
the other, have known but one in the
whole course of my life. This was an
orphan boy who had had no parental
care, but had been left almost to him.
self from infancy. Quick, active, and
sharp-witted, he had taught himself
many things tolerably well, could draw
fairly, could play the fiddle and the
flute, and wrote admirably and with un-
rivaled rapidity with either hand.
There are many persons who, from
causes they can never explain, have a
repugnance, almost amounting to hor-
ror in some cases, for certain animals.
The French General JunOt, who was as
cool as a cucumber amidst storm of
bullets, and would face the cannon's
mouth unmoved, would take to his
heels at the sight of live frog, and
would not recover his equanimity for
hours.
have known a man who could not
touch mutton, however cooked, while
he would eat heartily of any other meat.
Some there are in whom the thought of
eating hare or rabbit excites loathing;
some who would starve rather than eat
shell-fish of any kind and there are not
few to whom butter and cheese are
denominations. Others are equally pre-
judieed against certain vegetables, but
why or wherefore they can never tell
you.-Leisure Hours.
American citizen., 1880-02-14
Our view is that no one who valr

Our view is that no one who values
his life has right to eat raw pork, that
the law should presume that ''ham, to
be edible, must be cooked" 1t is a
fact beyond dispute that a person can
not use pork as an article of diet with
out consuming n considerable number
ob o5 etegy new ht tmes hs
a pork-eater must periodically strike a
nest of trichina, he ought certainly to
exercise the precaution of cooking
them till they are dead.-Dr F'oote' s
American citizen., 1880-02-14
Two Pictures.

l.
maiden, in a garden dreaming
of fairy prince and halcyon days;
Her head. with sunny tresses cleaning,
Bowed down beneath dim trellised ways
row of sunfiowers by a paling,
A wicket left upon the latch.
A summer house, with woodbine trailing,
And ivy creeping DER the thatch.
A football On the garden gravel,
qufckening heart a whispered word;
A youth, burnt brown with foreign travel,
Come back to claim a hope deferred.
o happy. happy time of Loves beginning,
Ere ever we can guess that storms are near
Sunlight glancing, buds unfolding, thrushes
singing.
Golden summer of the Soul and of the wear
A garret In a city byway,
pale sad woman all alone:
A weary wanderer on Life's highway
Poor and forsaken and unknown.
What need to knit the little stocking,
Or strive again for daily bread?
Why set an empty cradle rocking?
The nesting has forever fled.
Yes, both are gone; perchance tits betterr'
She stghs at length "'Tis better sop
Then bends to read a tattered letter,
Or turns to watch the failing snow.
All, bitter, bitter time of Sorrows waking.
Ere even we can dream that hope is near!
Snow Is Falling, how'rs are fading, hearts are
breaking,
Weary winter of the soul and of the yeari
-Piotet Fame, in London World.
American citizen., 1880-02-14
CONCERNING PARSONS WIVES
By THE REV. URIAH xERxEs BUrrLEs.

By THE REV. URIAH xERxEs BUrTLEs
Not long ago Mrs. Mullet, an old lady
who is a shining light in one of the
Griggsville churches (thank heaven it is
not my ohurch), said to me, "Mr. But
ties, why is it that parsons wives are SO
good-for-nothin'? Look at 'em here in
Griggsville. There isn't one on 'em
does what she ort to for tho cause OF
Zion. And they all hev the same ex-
cuse; no time nor strength
ventured to reply that Mrs Shouttin,
the Methodist parsons wife. had twins
six months old, that Mrs. Waters, the
Baptist parsons wife, had an invalid
father-in-law on her hands, and that
Mrs. Buttles washed, baked and sewed
for family of eight; and that as each
one OF these ladies were slender and
somewhat feeble the care and service
they gave their families were enough,
and they ought to be excused from some
of the church work and forgiven if they
were sometimes sick.
Excusedi" cried Mrs. Mullet. "I
think, Mr.. Buttles, a parsons wife or
to realize the responsibility of her posi-
ton. If was sot in a candle-stick on
q hilltop I'd shine, and not give a poor.
smoky light neither. What's house
work and sewing TO the cause of Zion!''
By this time felt pretty glumpy, SO
said did not see how Zion could get
on without these old-fashioned profes-
sions, and then walked home. 1 had
been deep in a meditation on the plaques
of Egypt, but my thoughts were entirely
diverted from this interesting subject,
and concentrated on the parsons wife
and her relation to the parish.
think the parson, like other men,
considers only his own happiness in his
marriage. know that when courted
Mary Jane Bobbs, now Mrs. Buttles,
never once thought whether she could
lead female prayer-meeting, run a
sewing society, or make speech at a
missionary meeting. 1 did once ask
mother Bobbs if Mary Jane was a good
cook. A clergyman needs food for his
brain, and it was therefore natural that
should think of such accomplishments
but l did not think it necessary to in
quire if Mary Jane could do a dozen
things at the same time, feat she has
often been called upon to perform and
found fault with for not doing. 1 mar
ried Mrs. Buttles just after / settled in
my first parish, at Betsey's Corners.
thought-alas for the foolish imagina-
tion of youth!-now shall l have my
Mary Jane all to myself; but I soon
found that about seven-eighths of her
was claimed by my church.
The evening after our arrival at the
Corners, in stalked the widow Bates.
"I hope, Sister Buttles, you realize
your position" she began. alt is a
very solemn and responsible one. We
expect you will be a power in Zion, and
not block the wheels of the Lords
chariot
Mary Jane blushed and stammered,
and hoped she would not, and the old
lady went on
"The Sewing Society, for the relief
of the inhabitants Of Nige erderwigger,
will meet tomorrow at Sister Two
American citizen., 1880-02-14
Rest.

When thou art weary Of the world. and lean
Upon my breast,
My soul will show to thine its hidden meaning
And thou shalt rest;
When thou art eagerly, but vainly aiming
At some far end,
Thou knovest not thy pining and complain
Have pierced thyfE>rtend.
Ny presence is around thee and about thee
Thou dect not know
But If thou knewest, thou wouldst neer doubt
Hove thee so.
Thou art a very child, and needest guiding
Thee will lead:
Another guide might be too quick in chiding,
Nor know thy need.
Lean on me- child-nor faint beneath thy
signing,
With help so near:
took upon me all thy grief and dying
To heal thy fear.
When thou art resting in my secret dwelling
Swallowed by me,
Thou shalt not tire of listening-I of telling
My love for thee.
Thine eyes are bent upon each loving token
Sent by my hand.
With these alone thy spirit would be broken
In thy fair land.
Thou art a lover of all things of beauty
Then, surely. 'twere thy pleasure and thy
Their source to trace.
Track the bright river of each much -prized
blessing
Back to its source;
See all the blooming growth thy foot is press
ing
Along its course.
See, gathered in thy storehouse of swee,
dreaming,
Each glowing thought,
Which daylight. starlight, or the noon. sweet
cleaning
To thee have brought.
All real beauty which thy heart is greeting
In this fair earth
AL music which thy charmed ear Is meeting
From me had birth.
But this will be revealed when thou art lean
Ing
Upon my breast,
Thy soul shall comprehend my hidden mean
ing
And thou shalt rest.
uher's 11I
American citizen., 1880-02-14

CHARLES s. PRENTICE, of Toledo, o., went
to Paris and thence to England to be treated
clans Of both countries had done what they
could for him, gave up in despair and returned
to America to die. Here he received further
treatment from other skilful physicians with
out benefit and while =" "listlessly lingering in
pain and anguish" as he says, heard of the
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, took it and was
completely cured in few weeks He gives
circumstantial details of his painful expert
ence and astonishing cure i'll long letter to
ii. II. Warner u Co, which will be forwarded
on aupication.
American citizen., 1880-02-14
Women who Support Themselves.

Your readers may recall an account
given some months since of two invalid
teachers, Misses Austin and Hatch, who
had become fruit growers in Fresno,
California. Everywhere in my travels
I find ladies who are successful in avo-
cations new to women. Sarah F. Nourse
of Moline Oll.), q noble woman, is a
practical florist. In Cambridge Ql.) is
a successful woman photographer. In
Davenport, Iowa, DIR. Cleaves is not
only practitioner, but is an efficient
member of the Board of Trustees of the
State Insane Hospital. The very fine
library of that place is greatly due to the
bequest of a lady, Mrs. Cook. In Cedar
County, Iowa, Miss f. E. Frink as
County Superintendent is demonstrat-
ing woman's capability to do efficient
educational work outside of the school
room. In Clarence, Iowa, Mrs. S. L..
Williams has large medical practice.
In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Mrs. Dennis,
although the mother of three little ones,
is an organizer and teacher of classes in
vocal music. Mrs. DIR. Hickock has a
large and lucrative medical practice.
Although the place has the reputation
of not patronizing lectures, Miss Corson
recently gave a course upon cooking to
nearly 200 ladies. At Marion, Iowa, the
Cary Club, society of women devoted
to mental improvement, has outgrown
its long clothes, and has a perceptible
influence upon the community. Mrs.A.
B. Ellington, an associate member OF
the Illinois Social Science Association,
is known as journalist and efficient in
institute work Mrs II. L. J. McClel-
Ian is the worthy principal of the largest
High School in Chicago 71id-
American citizen., 1880-02-14
r. t. BUNTING.

GENERAL DEBILITY.-In this complaint the
good effects of the VEGETINE are realized
Immediately after commencing to take it; as
debility denotes deficiency of the blood, and
VEGETINE acts directly upon the blood. There
is no remedy that will restore the health from
debility like the VEGETINE. 1t is nourishing
and Strengthening, purifes the blood, regu-
lates the bowels, quiets the nervous system,
acts directly upon the secretions, and arouses
the whole system to action. 1t has never
Jailed in this COIN uplaint.
American citizen., 1880-02-14
APPLY FOR PENSION NOW.


Ist IsSf Address T. W. TAI4lhAiIjE w asflh hslot ":
&; He will notify you WHAT BOUNTY Is due YOU
when the Bounty LAWS passrh;, ~ VII III
He will obtain PENSIONS Foh MMEHIOAN, M ,,s a6
ERANS pru3acutes claims In all the lltprtishl5.
Recommended as a reliable and capable tiaim
Agent by Swayne. Justice Of supreme oIIt gonn
Sherman Seciy Treasury; w. X Rogers, PIvate secy
to the President; A. O. Porter First Conptriler 1 inc
Treasury; Thos Ewing, Member OF Congress- oI ohlo
American citizen., 1880-02-14
6 Now Won See It.H

GuT-EDGE BUTTER MAKER takes the
switches out of the churn,' and turns tedious
unsatisfactory churning into gratifying sue
cess Sold everywhere.
HAMBURG, N. Y, May 2sth, 1879.
JOHN E. PIERCE, Sec'y Worlds DispensaTy
Medical Association, Buffalo, n. T.:
Dear lSr-Yours asking as to reputation OF
"Gilt- Edge Butter Maker" received we
have never kept it until lately. Have sold
one case G. doz. boxes) and it has given the
D''t *ot,r5 resbectfuliy, T. t. BUNTING.
American citizen., 1880-02-14
The Tragedy of the Gate.

"Evelyn, darling" he murmured {;
and the old gate scarcely creaked as it
swung to and fro beneath her light
weight, and the silent stars looked down
with tender glances, and all South Hill
seemed to hold it's breath to listen.
"Evelyn, sweet" he said; and the ra-
diant bushes that kindle over the pearly
brow and cheeks, softened the silent
lovelight in her lustrous eyes. Evelyn,
my own, if every glittering star that
beams above; if every passing breeze
that stops to kiss thy glowing cheeks; if
every rustling leaf that whispers to the
night, were living, burning loving
thoughts; if Oh-h-ho -ho! Ow-w!
Wow-ow! Aw-w, oh, oh, oh! Oh,
glory! Oh, murder! murder! murder
Oh, dad rang the swizzled old gate to
the bow-wows!" And she said, stifly,
that no gentleman who could use such
language in the presence of a lady was
an acquaintance of hers and she went into
the house. And he pushed the gate
open and went down the street sucking
the injured member, and declaring that,
however lightly 105 pounds of girl
might sit on the hear: of a man, it was
little too much pressure when applied
to an impromptu thumb-screw. And
the match is drawn and bets are declared
off-OH CITY Derrick.
American citizen., 1880-02-14

Two sleighs have been sent from
Poughkccpsie, N Y, to the Emperor of
Japan.
American citizen., 1880-02-14

A BLIND girl has outranked all her
seeing competitors in the High School
of Portland, Me.
American citizen., 1880-02-14

THEE is one woman it seems who
has secured her rights. This is Miss
Howard, Canadian girl, that the
Toronto Mail tells about. She was a
girl of great energy and succeeded in
completing her professional education
at Ann Arbor, Michigan. She was
poor ahd had to deny herself many of
the comforts and even the necessities of
life before she became an M. d. But
she persevered and now she is Il brilliant
success as a physician in China. Her
shingle is hung out in Tiensin and at
last accounts she had been sent to
PekiDg in royal barge that was loaded
with presents on account of her skillful
treatment of the wife of prominent
Chinese official.
American citizen., 1880-02-14

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81 mean. of Il recent wonderful scientific invention
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the Deaf also the Deaf and Dumb, see the N Y.
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b. etc. Send for FREE pamphlet to the American
Dentaphons Co.. 2s9 Vine Street. Cincinnati. Ohio
THE genuine Fraser Axle Grease is said to
be the best In the world. and we believe II.
American citizen., 1880-02-14

&0NnN to 81 900 made in one
SO<OOO year. Only 025 to $500 required
Tor doscfiptiye circular and Agents. address
LOVE q CO. tB g. 9th 9treet. et LOuis, MO-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-29
Washington rs a Voter.

Washington voted at all the Fairfax
elections until the close of his life, uni
formly supporting the Federal candi-
dates. Although living some distance
from the Court House, at the Alexan-
dria Market, he generally voted early.
The polls were reached by a flight of
steps outside, which in 1899 had become
old and shaky. When the General
reached the steps, he placed one foot
upon them, and shook the crazy ascent
as if to try it's strength. Instantly
twenty brawny arms, one above the
other, grasped the stairway, and dozen
mems shoulders braced it. Nor did q
man move until the venerable chief de-
posted his vote and returned. II saw
his last bow" said one of them half q
century afterward; sit was more than
kingly."- Harper's Magazine.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-29
WOman's S0ftening Influence.

q It's astonishin'," remarked the old
forty miner this morning as hesnodded
over his glass, to our reporter. It's as
tonishin' what coward man is at
home-a regular crawlin' sneak, by
Jovei I've travelled good bit and
held up my end in most of the camps
on the coast sence '49. I've got three
bullets inside O. me. I've shot an been
shot at, an never heard nobody say I
hadn't as good grit as most fellers that's
goln'. But at home Pm kyote. Afore
I'd let the old woman know that her
hot biscuit wasn't AL, when it's like stiff
amalgam, I'd fill myself as full as a re-
tort. I've done it lots O. times. Most
O my teeth is gone from tuggin' on
beefsteaks that the old woman has fried.
Dye think I roar out and cuss when I
go over chair in the dark? No, sir.
When I'm rubin my shins an keepin'
back the tears, Pm likewise sweatin' for
fear the old woman has been woke by
the upset. It didn't use to be So" sighed
the poor fellow, thoughtfully rubbing
his shining scalp. When we vas first
hitched I thought I was superintendent,
but, after year or two Of .argyin' the
pint, l settled down to shown the car
at low wages. I can lick any man O. my
age an SIZE" cried the old gentleman,
banging the saloon table with his Wrink-
led fist. "Ill shoot, knife, stand up or.
rough and tumble for coin, but when T
hang my hat on the peg in the hall, an
take off my muddy boots, an hear the
old woman ask if that's me, 7 tell you
the starch comes right out o me- Vir-
gl72iG lNeu.l Chronicle.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-29
LOVE,
BY BYRON r. LONG

speak not so light of human loves
VI that fond passion in mau's breast:
mat passion inspiration moves;
lhat passion none can soothe TO rest.
none happier than that soul of man
mat holds most prominent in his heart
Inc love of kindred and that can
Adore and love better part
ooId is the breast that never felt
Inc sweet and tender thrills of love
INA. never knew, that never dealt
Win thoughts that fond affections move.
-1tS slSht has never yet beheld
Inc beauties that life holds in store;
IT GID soul is his. and fell
AS ever graced the earth's vain shore,
Love is the ardor of mans 10Y;
Love fond emotions make him start
IL draws him nearer friond and foe.
And kindles within obler heart
Love is the inspiring fire of life:
With love old earth is lit with flame.
through love heaven is brouaht to view,
And all the world is in a name.
But rather call them holy thoughts-
Those thoughts which love inspires to breathe
and ever let them round your heart
Like sprlnging tendrils. Irvine and wreatha
1es, let love ever sacted be
a prominent passion in your breast,
AND, when tossed roughly on the sea,
Find on loves bosom perfect rest.
APPLETON, Ohio.