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THOMAs BOWLING. Auctoneer.

THoMAs BOWLING. Aucuoneer.
THE ENTIRE STOCK OF GROCERIES, TOBACCO,
CIGARS. WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE
PLATFORM AND COUNTER SCALES &C., IN
STORE 439 SEVENTH STREET BETWEEN d
AND STREETS SOUTHWEST, AT0AUC-
TON.
On WEDNESDAY MORNING. JUNE SEVENTH,
1882, commencing at TEN O'CLOCK shall cell at the
goods, viz:
Chests of fine Teas Coffees.
Imported Pickles and Condiments
Canned Goods of every description
Syrups: Prunes, Fruit Jars, Chocolate.
fine line of Laundry and Toilet Soaps.
Clothes Lines, Baskets
Tubs. Buckets and Washboards.
Brushes, Tacks, Mats.
Paper Bags, Brooms.
Large Coffee Mill.
Platform and Counter Scales.
Tin, Copper and Wooden Measures,
Together with general assortment Of goods usual
found in well kept grocery.
je2-dts THOMAS DOWNING Auctoneer
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OrERo's REMAINS Rrrrsrp C,ruo,,c

OTERO's REMAINS REFUSED CATHOLIC BURIAL
KITES. "A telegram from Denver. Col, says:
Father RaverdO, vicar-general to the bishop of
this section, refused to allow the rites of the
Catholic church to be performed over the remains
OF the late Don Mignel Otero. a millionaire and
enc OF the foremost citizens OF New Mexico The
reason alleged is that Otero died a Mason Mem
bers OF the Masonic orsier assisted by an Episco-
pal clergymen, conducted the burial services
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TRAGIC AFFaIR--The Woodstock WAY Herald
says: John Andr!ck. a young man OF ForeStville
shenandoah county. had some difficulty with his
brother at Tfmhervtlle last Friday. He struck his
brother with 4 stone, and being under the impress
son. as Is supposed, that lie had killed his brother
went short distance into the grove and killed
himself with pistol His brother revived and
will probably recoypro
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HANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE UNIMPROy
REAL, pROpERTV

CHANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE UNIMPRovED
REAL PROPERTY.
Under and by virtue Of decree Of the Supremea.>1
Court Ct the District Of Columbia passed in
Ct suction to the highest bidder, upon the premises on
MONDAY. JUNE TWELFTH. 1882. at HALF PAST
FIVE p. M, all those Lots numbered on the plan Of
the city one two: three four i've and twenty four in
OF north street and North Capitol street in the I'M.
mediate vicinity OF tie Public Printing once and St
A0yslue Church. A plat Of q convenient gubdiyision
VIII De exhibited ct the sale, and the properly win be
sold In accordapce herewith according to the pres
ntrecorded division, as may seem best,
The terms OF the sale prescribed by the order Of
the court are One third cash; and the balance In one
and two years. said deferred payments to be secured by
to be at the cost of the purchaser.
jel-d&ds W. b. WEIR Truefaa
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MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

M0vEaENTs-ERIc BAYLEY AND EDWARD TAY-
LOR, ETC.
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nUNCANSON BROS. Auctoneers.
~ Ninth and D streets northwest.
STOCK OF GROCERIES, LIQUORS, TEAS, &C..
CONTAINED IN STORE SOUTHEAST CORNER
OF SECOND AND STREETS NORTHWEST,
AT AUCTION.
On MONDAY MORNING. JUNE FIFTH, commence
ing at TEN O'CLOCK, will sell the remaining stock
contained in above presesin part Bottled Wines and
Liquors Teas Soaps. Spices, Canned Goods, Starch,
ment Of Shelf Goods Counter. Shelving, Iron Safe,
Coffee Mil, &C., &c. te2-2t
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9oUSS's. ssssSiisSsd ia = tie 6rsins oss RS
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A POSITIVE CURE
without MedicineA
AILAN's SOLUBLE INDICATED BoUGrES

Patented October 10, 1876. One box
Ne. win cure any case IN four days or less.
No Will cure the most obstins$s case no matter a
how long standing
No nauseous doses OF eubebs copshas oil OF ssnds-
WOOD That are certain 70 produce dyepsa by destroy.
Ing the costinge of the stomach.
Price 8. SO. Sold by al druesisA or mailed on ~
ceipt Of price For further particulars send for Or
GUAR. p. o. Boz ]. $50.
q. ALLAN CO.. IS John street. New york.
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TRUSTEES SALE OF IMPROVED PROPERTY.
SWIMMING school. AND SKATING RINK"
j FogkTEESffhh sTkEETs SokFhSEsf a ASD
March. 1878 and recorded in Liber No. ss2 foos Gs
S5l. Of the land records for the District of Column
a'f. sns e SIX k oSRk ne
known as Lots IS, a and Is. in Charles fhomas re-
corded subdivision OF orsinsl Lot TO- in square asa
Terms o. sale One third Of the purchase money in
which the purchaser il TO give notes payable In one and
two with interest per cent from day Of sale
or all cash at option Of purchaser II Of
not complied with in days. the Trustees reserve
shs eight ,S 's e a 9ns Ss pur
e sHESEGhS ( T cRsMfSRp Trustees.
HsTHEK on sA He q koK4N
fIFTEEkrH E srkEETs N aSsHTkEsEH AND
Of p the Sn ne Ssh
which Elizabeth Lowe ct a. plaintiffs and Jeremiah
p1Y The SAY u NJ on D. 1871 s.
FIVE O'CLOCK Pm. offer for sale at public auction
feet deep Of lot square 2i with the IMPROVEMENT
Terms cash: and TIE residue IN two equal
lively from day Of SALE the purchaser giving his notes
bearing six cent interest deferred payments
chase money paid deposit Of 500 viii Be required
of the successful bidder the time of aale and unless
property win Sc rescd At the risi and ot cf
the defauing purchaser. All conveyxncng at cost Of
L. cABELL WILLIAMSON, Trustee
WALTER B. WILLIAMS CO., Aucz. my26- dads
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~ BENSlNGER AuCuOnoeR.
Ss Washington Horpe and Carriage bazaar
S36. $40 and yl2 Louisiana syenuA
AUCTION SALE OF HORSES. CARRIAGES. HAR-
NESS, &c, EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY, an6
SATURDAY MORNING, commencing ut TEN
OOCIOCk, Special attention given 10 the eales OF
Real Estate and Personal properly. Liberal advances
on al consiRnments- Dal6l q. BENSiNGER Anck.
For Other Auctions See sth Page.
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VHNkUSTEEU SALE OF vALUA6IR HOUSE. AND
l. LOT. KNOWN AS los EA6T CAPITOL STREHT
BETMEEN FIRST AND SECOND sTkEETs.
BY virtue OF decree q the Supreme Court Of thar
District g Columbia posed On Ne 3lN day Of Jan
91sssy, igSl. IN EQUITY cause No. ,Slg, whe.ein
Q. van Pstten e Il ysrs defendsna, No Win ~ q
bAY jTNH f in q ne E ss| = g sAITR
+. TIE foextng dssri6ed real estate situsssd IN
and being part original lot numbered seventeen 7
"a square numbered seven hundred and twenty mine
front q twenty 0 feet and eleven CID inches Eat
six 1857 feet and three co inches TO the southerr Ene Of
said lot together with the right Of the eastern
toned. ~
Terms Of SALE One third 90 cash; balance in two
equal installments 1t x (6) and twelve 2) months or
al e.sh fs the option Of the purchaser. Deferred pay
deposit Of 500 required at the time Of Gale aud a
conveyancirg ct purchasers COST
MILLS DEAN,
Office 40 La ave. n. ~. [ r.
BENJAMIN F. LEIGHTON, AFus'eee.
Once 1913 ~ street NV, ]
j. T. COLDWELI, Auct. m23-l0t
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MIR RUPPERTss ~,
nos. 4os AND 4os IRA STREET NORTHWEST.
HEADQUARTERS FOR THE WHITNEY Chill
DREN'S CARRIAGE COMPANY.
the cheapest for Beauty Comfort and Durability in the
marfet.
ARCHERY. FISHING TACKLES, CROQUET and
LAWN TENNIS BICYCLES, vELOCIPEDES. TRI-
CYCLES. WAGONS. be-. can be bought at the lowest
manufacturers prices.
al CHR RUPERT
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sBH sssSs
EBf AnoA1s sssss
BIB ssSSS
eBR A 2 2 NM MN ~ sssss =
sBf "A { : 4. 4 sssss \
sss ~ uu IN sssss So
FOR THIS WEEK.

Lot Children'sPERCALE DRESSES, at BArrM,sL
% cents Is cents. Is cents.
Lot Ladies' CHEMIsES. Embroidered fronts, at
BAUTS.
oU cents. 80 cents. 30 cents.
:. s. BAuMs.
Lot Ladies' WALKING SKIRTS. deep Embroidered
hufne at - BAUMS.
Do cents. . 9scents. % cents.
Lot Real French CHIP HATS. a. BAUMs.
S5 cents. S6 cents. 65 cents.
$3.50. $780, $3.50.
Lot New Flowers CoRsAGE BOUQUETS. at
BAUM'S.
rs cents, ga rs cents. Is cents.
Lot made-up LACE COLLARS and FICHUs, at
x BAUM's.
48 cents. Is cents. 4S cents,
Lot Ladies' and Gents SILK UMBRELLAS, at
BAUM'S
$3.50. $3.50 $3.50.
At BAUM'S,
FOR THIS WEEK ONLY.
41e SEVENTH STREET NORTHWEST.
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"UOMAS BOWLING, Auctioneer

vALgAgLE UNIMPRoyED PROPERTY ON HIGH
STREET, ABOVE STODDARD STREET, IN
ot GEH ;2Ha sn, iR;G. Re At AUCTION.
O'CLOCK T: M, in front of the premises, shallf1$
sell o the south Part of Lot a. having front OIL
70 30 feet On High street. by depth of $50 feet
ments at six and twelve month, with interest and Sc
cured by deed of trust the property sold All con
time Of sale. THOMAS HOWITNG '
je1- dads Ancto,aor
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VlRUSTEE's SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
EAST. FRONTING THE CAPITOL GROIN DS

By virtue Of deed Of trust Of Haw ns Taylor -
and wife TO me, dated October 9. 1s6e. and record
ed in hber T. and r.. No. Is. folio l26 ct seq.
At the request OF the holder Of the in default 60
cured heresy shall offer for ale Ct public suction
pay OF JUNE 1852. ct FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE
AFTERNOON, the following deecribed Real EstAte in
square 6s6 in the City Of Washington: Beginning 6
the distance Of l27 feet from the corner of
said square North street and with aid
street As feet and inches 10 lot previously sold
Daniel s. Nichols 10y John q. and Philip stone, trus-
lot No. g. in square 6s6 l39 feet % 80 feet sey;
thence east on line parallel TO North street
inches thence south 81 feet TO the place beginning;
with the improvements thereon.
1erns of sale: One half cash and balance
to be secured by deed of trust the property or
all cash. at the option OF the purchaser &lO0 he raid
AZ time OF sale. Conveyancing and recording Of pur-
chasers cost The Trustee reserves the right resell
at risk and cost OF defaulting purchaser IL
not complied with in seven days from day Of sale
cu.,,,, EpMARD n. BROWN, Trustee.
BIG street northwest
my31-w&s4t THOMAS BOWLING, Auctioneer.
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T,HoMAs BOWLING. Auctioneer
VALUABLE BUILDING LOT ON MONTGOMERY
STREET, NEAR BRIDGE STREET, AT AUG
TON. $50
O'CLOCK, will sell in front of the premises partS36*
OF lot a. fronting 30 feet on the east side Of Mont
gomery street. by depth of 80 feet
deposit of $50 required at the time of sale
5el-d&as THOMAS BOWLING. Auct
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rHANCERY SALE.
BY virtue Of decree of the Supreme Court Of theH
nlstr1ct OF Columbia, passed in Equity No. -
8, 020, Docket o. I viii. WEDNESDAY, THESA
ESURIEFNTH DAY OF JUNE, A. D. 1882. at FIVE
at auction. part Of Lot H. in equsre No. 926 beginning
It point on south street. distant Is feet east from
wet feet inches thence south 81 feet thence east
feet inches and thence north 81 feet to the BEGIN
ming. subject to right of way the west foot S
inches front by the depth Of IS feet to be used
alley in connection with the feet inchee
Of said lot Il adjoining, improved by frams
house. with back building tNo. Sl3 street southeast
Terms One third cash; balance In two equal install
ments. at si1 and twelve months. with s per cent.
interest Conveyapcing at purchasers cost. Deposit
of $50 at time of sale.
REGINALD FENDALI, Trustee
DUNCANSON BROS Aucts te2- dEda
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MEDICAL. &c.

A BOTTLE Or TWO OF DIR. BROTHERS. IN
~ EsorstinS Cordial win cure any case Of Nervous
sesqs Power1 T. imparts yixOr to the whole ys.s.
VICTIMS OF SECRET DISEASES SHOULD CON-
TIC only physicians ~ this city who can permsasntS
aa Il been
i've years experience. m1-2nS
&EO REWARD IF DIR. BRoTHRRs FAILS 70
ssOu sns or S and II I MEN,
ropsOD. OF iesu All Of the Msnsus PERIOD.
M dies Allfemae complaints quickly cured. Can b
soasuItsd a.y :, ga 7th strset nSrthwsst Once cen
from to O'Clock y. M. with ladies only. MI SIM
nRMoTTsF FRENCH POWDERS CERTAIN CURE
SG D sSass Seminal and N loos 9
Pcedily Cured; GenorrhGs cured in Is hours. For
e psss 5ss i .a
% maui under seal on receipt OF prtoe- milo
nR. ROBERTSON. THE MOST RELIABLE AND
be Urinary Organs. Nervous and seminal %esEnss.
s
consulted Wednssdsys and Saturdays. from to M.
at bis of5ce. 456 street northwest Refers 70 tis
Ebe Bamoa Md ONCE ~ NsTh
y yoa h.ye failed TO receive proper treatment n
ney Complaint Nervous Debility. Impotency or Pre-
eaeS Rsoi sena wS
determination and our new book
Address sscrss x See rl an. nsP saIic. nrtu
IA l47 East 18th street.. New York.
nR. LEON. THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED AND
IL only reliable Ladies' Physician In the city can be
consulted daily 1t 49, Pennsylvania avenue Ali Female
Complaints and Irregularities quickly Prompt
treatment. Correspondence and copsutations strcdy
confidential Separate rooms for Ladies. Ofhce hours
to 4 and to 8. my2l I'm
CTARTLING DISCOVERY
- LOST MANHOOD RHsroKKD.
+, A victim Of youthful imprudence causing PrematuN
Decay. Nervous Debility, Lost Manhood etc, having
tried IL vain every Known remedy has discovered DIM
pie self cure which be win send to his fellow
New York.
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Almond AT

Auiitty NddSt
Louden Nancy
GENTLE
Almond AT
Andersen GB
Alexander Henry Fl
Alexander Jno
Adams H o
Buriingalne Allie
Bonnet FontaDe
BOmerger DIR q L
Butler James
Belt James
Bell Jno w
Bo.toinly Jas
Buckner Jacob
Bowling j p
Be rnes Joe
b air Mr.
Bamford Rev Morris
Bond N o
Burrows s W
Brown Thomas
Burcley DR. W T
Bartholomew Will
Barnes VIM
Cunningham Matt
Cabeil Thos B
COrnwell Wiilett
Dodsop a A
Downs Capt Chas I.
Douglass j. p
Delaney Capt z 8
Donegan Frank
Dupont Gerald II
Dietz Henry
Dargan j J
Davis Nathan 8
Dimick Mel ON
Diehe;t Willie Writ
Evans III
Ehret John
Edmond Lewis
Flint Gust b
Fasque Solomon p
Griffin Geo
Gew wv
Garden Thomas
Godar.1 Vim
Godfrey VIM 8
GOlding VIM II
Harrison Chss II
Hass Edwin
Hussey Frank E
Hoover q w
Hutton j II
Halves James
HOmans DR. Jno
HaMelton M f
Hoffman Martin
Hamlet Richd u
Hodges Thos j
Hoffman VIM II
Irving Jno A
Jackson Amos ]
johnson Ben
Jones Barbour
Jackson Jno w
JohnsonJ
Kun bail CO
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I IST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN THE
~ WASHINGTON CITY POST OFFICE.
SATURDAY, JUNE 8. 1889

To obtain any Of these Letters the applicant must
CAL for ADvkRrskD LErTERs," and give the date Of
this list.
not called for within one month they win be sent
to the Dead Letter Office.
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(IHANCERY SALE OF TWO-sTORY BRICK
TMEEN PENNSYLvANIA AVENUE AND MIS-


SOURI, AVENUE NORTHWEST. AT AUCTION.
~ virtue Of decree Of the Supreme Court ofesa
the DistSct OF Columbia sitting in Equity, passed
On o the 22d day Of May. 2: 1882 a cause No
PUBLIC auction, il front Of the premises on TUESDAY
JUNE THIRTEENTH. 1882, at SIX O'CLOCK r M.
the following described real estate situate in the CITY OF
W,shington. District Of Columbia Wit Being part
OF lot numbered thirty ( square or reserya-
ton marked and ettered "a, beginning for the same
at the corner Of said lot and running
south along Sd street west sixteen 6 feet thence west
one hundred 900 feet to line Of said lot thence
north sixteen u6) feet and thence east one hundred
0Ol feet to the place Of beginning together with the
Terms: One-third cash. and the balance in six and
twelve MONTHS with interest at six per cent per an
500 res%1eS at time Of sale Upon The final laes
purchase money deed win Be given purchaser An con-
yeyanclng and recording at purchasers cost Terms
be complied with in days otherwise the Trustees
reserve the right 70 resell the property the risk and
cost OF the defautng purchaser after five days adyer-
tsement.
JNO: A. CLARKE.
No. 3l9 AZ st. NV; I r.
JOHN r. ENNIS, ( Afusseee.
-No No. A66 La. ave. NV. J
DUNCANSON BROS, Aucts. tel-d&ds
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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS.
VyRpsrEEg sALE OF uHIMpAovKp RRAL Es-
J. TATE FRONTING ON SOUTH STREET,
FIRST STREET WEST AND HALF sTREEf

VNRUsTEEg eALE or uEIMpnovEp RKAL rs
tzssT s sfRE2F sssT s AID hAfr s nRnlt
b W.. e sse.. q q. sw-s..e@r.a go
H:; ass ssos se q: s.a:s Ma ss .ss
schlorb e a. Are defeDdants The underngped Trurscs
IN m :. ESse 'p ,sss co MsDsssb
S sSS 2 s f Ssa e sss =, @
.ns.os Dissrid q coiupois y Wy. II. Whole q ios
e .s No sSa ~ II nssss rs .::
P street; Lot fronts IS feet ; inches On sid iN
feet inches front b. as fees nchs being the dspS
Terms Of sale: one-fourth cash. and the balance m
months for Which the purss.r VII ee n reoa,rss =
give notes with interest," from day o. ssls 4. e..h
2 lien &c prsrsss .Sd ssso.ss q IS sia
Of ss s sss Iss CT ss:
e E ! kt sxSbsA Trustees.
miseosas wALTkR 1 b Mii .LfaSs CO. Auo..
5SsE sff Is s ESsEr0 ESDn us 1Hb
kl.s.5.6 WALTER B. WILLIAMS CO.. Aucsa
nUNcANsoN BROS. Aucnoneers.
CHANcERy SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
On rlRSf spREET WEST. FRONTING TIE
By Virtue Of desret Of the sunreme oourt ., A.. -
DIT G Ss q s III IN equity sss
tSR' Is r F, sfTeEs '
M, all OF original lot ten (0D in ave hundred
and seventy ok. the having . front Of sixty
t63 feet LIST street west between Maryland avenue
and street south and running back and weet with
that width, one hundred C00) feet improved by Q
small two story BRICK Dwelling Said properly win Be-
as whole in the discretion Of the trustee and may
Terms of sale as prescribed by te decree: nethrd
Of the purchase money In cash Day of within
seven days thereafter and the residue In equal In
st.llments at six 90 and twelve 2) from day a
SALE promissory notes for the deferred payments bear
ing interest At the rate Of seven per cent
until paid. 70 he given the purchaser may pay ell
s:sh on day Of sale or within seven days thereafter hs
money and interest 10 paid. at the option pur-
chaser or purchasers the trustee viii make deed or
deeds OF conveyance and take deed deeds trust 30
secure the deferred payments the property il soid
in it, entirety deposit of 500 win required OF The
purchaser at time Of SALE and IL sold in parts deposit
OF $50 will he required at the time for each pert
Enrchased oonyeyancing and recording s 70 be st
the cost OF the purchaser the terms Of sale
compiled with the trustee the right ~ resell the
proIe rty with to which the default made
at the risk and cost OF the defaultng purchaser or
purchasers. after i've day. advertisement
GEO. p. 6OFF, Trustee.
m23-eoSds l424 New York avenue.
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PARLoR SUITES. UPHOLSTERED IN PLUSH:
HANDSOME ETEGERE NJ. z. TABLES; WAL
R0BE; NAH; SOFAS. BUREAUS AND WASH
MALNUT BEDsTEADs. BUREAUs AND WASH
ssTIAhNDS; BOOKCASE; EXTENsION TABLE
GRAIN AND OTHER CARPETS; CHINA, GLASS
AND CROCkERY WARE; KITCHEN UTENSILS.
On TUESDAY, JUNE SIXTH. at TEN O'CLOCK A.
NJ, we shall SELL at No. 1913 18th street northwest the
above collection of Household Furniture.
Terms cash,
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livery ONE HIS OWN ARTIsT.-A woNnrR.
y ~ d Fuh INvEMTIoN.-New Art embracing III kinds
required furnished free. Sasfscton or no carxe
on hrst lesson Cell and examine drawings after one
lesson. HcLEOD'S 6TuDIO
Room 3. Vernon Row, corner Pennsylyaua ayenue and
10Th street northwest Take elevator. ma
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AUCTION SALES.
THIS AFTKBNOON.

VyRgsTEEE SALE OF VALUABLE HOUSE AND
l. LOT, KNOWN As los EART CAPITOL STREET.
BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND STREETS.
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WTHE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED UNTIL,
PLACE.
BY order of the trustees
Fl,356 WALTER b. WILLIAMS 4 Co. Aucta
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-03-08
TARIFF ANOMALIES.

The custom authorities of Germany
seem to be acting under a fit of spleen
with reference to American importations
into their country. They have sudden
~ discoveredthat they can raise the duty
on American products by classifying
them as something which they are not.
Thus canned meats and soups have be-
come iron ware under German interpre-
tatlon, while canvased hams are classified
as cotton goods. Formerly canned beef,
soups, and minced meats were classified
under the head of slaughtered and
prepared meats.' As such they we're
subject to a duty of twelve marks per
100 klos, or $2.S6 per 22O pounds, equal
to about fifteen per cent. of the value.
But quite recently some brilliant official
discovered that the meats were packed
in tin cans or boxes, to which the labels
were affixed, and SO he classed all such
products under the head of "ironware :"
and doubled the duty. The matter was
brought to the attention of the custom
house director, and finally to that of the
minister of finance at Berlin, but both
sustained the action of the official first
making the classification. Since then
the German government has decided to
classify American hams in canvas bags
under the head of cotton goods, and levy
a duty OF eighty marks per one hundred
kilos, against twelve marks, the former
duty. The above miserable subterfuges
are on par with Bismarck's schemes to
stop emigration, and will only result in
heaping ridicule on the head Of the gov
ernment which sanctions them.
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THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH.

TO those who have at all listened to
the communistic arguments OF impe-
cunious extremists regarding an equal
distribution of the worlds wealth and a
division of the immense fortunes in the
Golfers of alleged monopolists, the de-
ductions Of Mr.. Mulhall, a well-kncwn
English statistician relative to the dis
tribution of wealth, will be of interest,
Comparing 1910 with 1877, the probate
returns of the United Kingdom showed
that, dividing all classes into rich, mid
dle-class, and working class, in 1910, in
England, of the first there were, 2.4O
per cent, Of the second, 2l.20, of the
last, 76.4O. In 1877 it was represented
by $40, 29.40, and $3.50 per cent. In
1910 England had an aggregate wealth
OF 86 per cent as her shares of the means
of the whole United Kingdom, but in
1877 Scotland and Ireland showed in
creased means, and that of England fell
some 3 per cent. If in 1910 the amounts
OF property on which probate of sue
cession duties we're paid represented a
total value of means equivalent to G54, :
$4,000, this was about G2 Is. average
per inhabitant. In 1877 it was e131,-
$4,000, or 93 19s. per person in the
United Kingdom. It is in Scotland that
there is more wealth in proportion to
persons than perhaps any other country
in the world. During the thirty-seven
years from 1910 to 1877 her wealth has
increased from s1e6, 100000 to $780,
OO0.000, or to-day she has G277 to every
inhabitant. "Forty years ago." writes
Mr.. Mulhal], "Scotland swarmed with
beggars to such degree that the sher-
ifs declared the state of the country
was most alarming, and the farmers we're
SO poor that they bled their cattle and
cooked the blood as food" What has
been the condition of Ireland? Her
wealth, too, has increased. In 1910 it
ives 93Os, 100000, or 9112, 900, 900 more
than Scotland. To-day it is e43S, ,000,-
900, or e83 per head. Wherever the
middle class is the most comfortable the
country is the most prosperous. This is
three times as numerous in France as in
Germany, and lowest in Russia. In
fact Russia is country of princes and
peasants and the frst-some "a, 746-
have an average income of $19, 900; the
merchants, some $4,000, $7,500, while
the 1924, 100 peasants have an income
Of $185 each. These figures show that
the people of the old world are improv-
ing in condition in ratio co-equal with
the advance of Intelligence and the cul-
tivation of economical habits, and that
the worlds wealth will always flow to-
wards those who exhibit intelligence
and energy in ife's management coupled
with rational degree of accretiveness.