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IMPAIRMENT OF TIE INTERIOR.

DEPARTMENT OF T WasH INFERIOR sne Is 1884,
Sealed Proposals will be received until NOON on
FRIDAY. the SIXTH OF JULY, Cat which time they
will be opened in the presence Of such bidders as
may ina attend for furnishing Meats Groceries, Med
Freedmeh's Hospital in this city, for The fiscal year
ending June 80, 1884.
Schedules of amounts, blank forms of proposals. In
structions to bidders, &c will be furnished upon ap-
pcaton. oposala must be addressed to the 'Secre-
tary OF the Interior and endorsed Proposals for
nishing supplies to Freedmens Hospital.
H. NJ. TELLER,
Jel9-eO5t Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
~ WASHINGTON, June 16. 1883.
Sealed Proposals will be received until noon on MON
DAY, JULY SECOND Cat which time they will be
opened in the of such bidders may desire
the Insane near thus city Meats Groceries, Flour Dry
Oils. Fuel Lumber. &c. for the fiscal year ending
80, 1884.
Schedules OF estimated amounts blank forms Of pro-
posals instructions to bidders, &C., will be furnished
on application to this Department.
Proposals must he addressed to the Secretary Of the
Interior" and Endorsed Proposals for Furnishing
Supplies to Government Hospital for the Insane"
II. NJ. TELLER,
1e19- 5teod Secretary.
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DROPOSAlS FOR ICE.


WASHINGTON, D. c., June 49, 1883. !
Sealed Proposals will be received at the Office Of the
Secretary of War until ELEVEN O'CLOCK A. NJ, WE'D
NESDAY, JUNE TWENTY SEVENIH, 1888, for sup
plying the War Department and its Bureaus with Ice
during the fiscal year ending June 3oth 1884.
The Ice must be Of best quality Of Kennebec equal
thereto solid clear and free from snow dir: other
reaus and Offices Of the War Department in Washing
ton, and weighed upon Department scales. Daily de-
will be required The quantity of Ice required win be
about GOO. 600 pounds. more OR less
bond with approved security will be required Of the
party to whom contract may be awarded.
The Secretary OF War the right to reject any
and all bids and to waive defects.
Bids should be marked Proposals for Ice" and I'D
dressed to the ecretary of War.
je2O-6t ROBERT I. LINCOLN. Secretary Of War.
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Passengers from Washington viii take the through
trains of the Baltimore and Potomac railroad to Phia
delpha and arrive at the Broad station Of
the Pennsylvania railroad where the street will
convey direct to the West Jersey railroad
station, and Union transfer coaches direct to
the station of the Camden and Atlantic railroad.
For through tickets baggage checks. and full inform
alton apply follows: Northwest 18th street
and Pennsylvania avenue station Baltimore and Poto
mac railroad.
CHAS. L. PUGH, ]. r. WOOD.
Gen. Manager. Gen. Passenger Agent.
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OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, DISTRICT
~ OF COLUMBIA,
WASHINGTON, June IA, 1888.
Proposals. Will be received at this office until MON
DAY, JUNE TWENTY-FIFTH.a at TWELVE O'CLOCK
M, Tor FIRE insurance Tor one year ending June 60
1884 upon brick and frame buildings owned BY the Dis
rct and upon furniture in brick and frame buildings
occupied by the District according to the Schedule s
conditions on die In this Office.
BY order. WILLIAM TINDALI.
1el6-H Secretary.
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ries will soon be ripe, offer the following
sponge which can be made from them. which is
very palatable sort of cake: One pound of
loaf sugar, five eggs. one pint of raspberries
one pint OF currants. two ounces of gelatine
Soak the gelatine in half pint of water, and
then stir 1t over the fire until perfectly dis
solved; make sirup OF the sugar with a very
little water, bruise the fruit, and let it boil in
this sirup until 1t will squeeze through jelly
bag. Strain through the bag into large bowl
Strain the gelatine into another bowl through q
sieve When both are cold mix them. Add the
whites only of the eggs welI-beaten Whisk all
we'll together for half an hour and stand on ice
two hours before serving. Eat with cream
Germantown Telegraph.
WAKING FLO0Rs.-Sir: I notice you advise
putting beeswax and turpentine on floors of
hard wood, and also stained wood VIII you
kindly inform me how it Ia prepared for use7
inv.
ANswER.--Take pound of the best beeswax,
cut IL up into very small pieces and let it
pentine, stirring occasionally If necessary. The
mixture should be only tribe thicker than the
clear turpentlne. Apply it with q rag to the
surface of the floor, which should be smooth and
perfectly clean. This is the difficult part Of the
little, a good polish viii be impossible. The
right amount varies, less being required for q
hard, close-gralned wood, and more IL the wood
is soft or open-grained. Even professional
"waxers" are sometimes obliged to experiment.
and novlces should always try square foot or
two first. Put onwhat outhink will be enough
and leave the place untouched and unstepped
on for twenty-four hours, or longer If needful.
when 1t Is thoroughly dry rub It with hard
brush until 1t shines. If It polishes well, repeat
the process over the entire 1eor: lift does not,
remove the wax with fine sand-paper and try
again, using more or less than before as may be
necessary; and continue your experimenting
until you secure the desired result. II the mix.
ture Is slow indrying add little Of any OF the
common 'driers" sold by paint dealers, japan
for instance in the proportion Of one part Of the
drier to six parts of turpentine. When the
door Is large one You may agreeably vary the
tedious work Of polishing 6y strapping q brush
to each foot and skating over it.-A,5 Amateur.
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v mer months will ind desirable Apart
pents. consisting of parlor. bed rooms andyeAY
bath room, private dining IL desired, at NR
special rates from MAY lsT TO SEPl EMBER lsT At
THE HANOVER
No: f: 18th St. cor. Fifth ave.
Address ". T.. hLLlS. my26-eolm
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the constant rains rendered camping out I'M
comfortable. Yet what with swimming and
fOrdinG rivers and creeks, whose name is legion
i'm at section. we had become almost water
proof. When we struck GOrdOnsville we found
people that looked upon confederate money
with contempt. and would part with nothing
save for greenbaeks and eXtOrtiOnately at that
had some greenbacks and gold, which had
saved in case should be captured, and one in
dividual in that little burgh charged me % for
a pint of blue-mOnkey apple brandy. From Cor
louisville to the Rapdan the country was as bare
OF provisions and hospitality as the palm OF the
hand, at least we found 1t so, with one excep-
tiOnnear the river, in the house ola widow lady,
whose once fine property had been literally
ruined by the war.
GRAB THAT DID NOT PROSPER.
By the way. at Orange c. H. we heard that q
quartermaster stationed at Charlottesville Major
R, as soon as he learned that the bottom had
fallen out of the bucket at Appomattox, after
the manner of his kind, had selected five of the
best mule teams he had, and had loaded them
with the most desirable and portable Of the con-
federate stores at that place. intending to take
them home as his private property. few days
before we arrived he had passed through the
town with his caravan, but unfortunately for
him he was met on the other side by a squad of
the Black Horse on their way home and in
spite Of his threats and eatreatIes he was de-
spoiled OF four Of his wagons, and sent on his
way with the remark that che ought to be
ID glad to get of with one wagon aud a
whole skin" The narration to me of this
righteous spelling Of the Egyptian raised my
spirits wonderfully.
CROSSING THE RAPIDAN UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
We reached the Rapidan at the point where
the Orange and Alexandria railroad bridge
crosses. The stream was angry and swollen,
and, to our disney, we found that the planking
The Dickinson press., 1883-06-30
Catholic Church.

Next week the people of Dickinson
will see the commencement of the
Catholic church that has been con-
temNlat"d for some tilite past. Ar-
corliiIg to contract. on the first OF
September. 1883 neat little church
will be completed. IN all probability
after the Iapse of some time, there
viii bc a large and more c"mmodiols
church huiit. Three hundred dollars
have been raised to- assist in presently
M,ilding. \ short tine ago. there
was only on" poorly rc'lstrncted
house i'll this place: and nufH. in the
cnnrSc of two months. a ha.ldaoMe
Catholic church will add 10 the aston
ishing improvements and beautiful
town site of Dickinson. | deem il
befittine to inform tlr people.
through the useful columns of the
DICKINSON Press. that ! have al-
pointed a committee consisting OF
Messrs Cuskellv. Maggie and lim.lcy.
Mr.. VIM. GuEkrl)y is treasurer. and
this committee is empowered to re-
caive all monies n~"cesSrN tnr The COM
pletion Oh t.is Catholic structure.
II. CASSIDY.
Catholic ~in,ios: % Mml4u IN al
joining mi ion+.
The Dickinson press., 1883-06-30
DaAuta's New Capital.
New York sun.

w.
The selection of Bismarck as the
new capital of Dakota seems to he
wise. and is certainly we'll rec*ived
in a large part OF the Territory.
Imhton WAS universally recognized
as out OF the question, being far dis
tant from the present centre of popu-
iation. WhVu settlements first began.
Iankton WAS naturally liked upon as
the Territorial scat of Government
but now it is ON the extreme south
border. and away from the most rap
idly growing part of Dakota. Bis
marrh. ON the other hand. situated on
the Northern Pacific road. and at the
point where that road crosses the
Missouri. has the double advantage OF
the rail and river line: and if ahvant-
ages of situation go Tor anything. the
commissioners who have fixed upon
this site for the capital can count
that its present prosperity is not
ephemeral. III certainly seems al
most like yesterday, when it soumlc.!
as queer to hear the name OF this
town as that of GoTtehusotf would
now, if given to some incirient me.
tropolis in Montana OF Idaho: but the
other !oMr:' which We're it3 only rivals
for the choice in the buIlotiiiS Of the
Commission, namely, Huron. Pierre,
Redtielh and Mitchell. are almost I'm.
known to the people of the country i'll
general. whereas Bismarck is Il recog.
nized centre. The Misunderstanding
German Chancellor may well stare t.
lind his name That of the capital OF
what Will probably he i'll the twenti
eth century IL of tlic grandest States
of the American Union.
The Dickinson press., 1883-06-30

The undersigned having been appointed agent
by the Northern Pacific Railroad to sell their
broad acres in Dakota, also their town property
as Dickinson, is now ready for business. l also
goILar with fifteen thousand acres of choice
l~5a5lr0aCl Lands, selected by him two years since,
which co1lpTis5s MANY excellent sections near
town. These lands are now offered to actual
5ila9 with favorable rates Of interest: TO all
those who have looked over the town Of Dic<ln-
son and the large agricultural country that must
center here, together with the fact that the
IVcrtl2elI2 Pacific Railroad have made this the
freight division terminus and now have over one
hundred men at work building stone and brick
round houses and machine shops and large cattle
yards involving an expenditure OF at Least one
hundred thousand dollars this season, thereby
making it the Jamestown OF the missouri Dlvls-
ion. II is needless for me to add that both to
settlers and SPECTATORS this town and the sur
rounding country presents opportunities rarely
Olerou 70 those VINO desire homes OF wish to put
GOWN one COLLAR and take up Two or three. The
town and surrounding country is filing up fast.
Nearly all the trades and professions are already
represented. A bank will soon be established.
Special Inducements are offered to any party
VINO will erect q hotel TO cost about ten thousand
dollars. The undersigned may be found at the
drug store in the Lawrence G COlllster block,
where he will be pleased to hear from or meet
any parties Oh the anxious seat or those fully
converted to the fact that Dickinson is to be
and Yellowstone rivers. So TO all you eastern
capitals a2d Cute western pioneers now is your
time to quill Tor the shore as after you have land
cd On the beautiful banks OF the Heart river at
county and town there is more and more to fol-
low.
~ {. Lawrence.
odioo at LAWS & Fowler's, DICKINSON, D. T.
The Dickinson press., 1883-06-30

A heavy team OF chesmit horses,
one with white face and lame in left
hind leg: the other has small white
spot un his Id u. This team StraNcd
from mear Dickinson IN sunday. June
24 and When last Secn were travelling
west. a liberia! reward will he paid
for the recovery uf the tcuIn. They
| We're not banded.
FISHER Bros.
Taylor iiiings.
Assessor klinefeltcr paid us Il pro-
fessional visit Wednesday.
Since the heavy rain ON the even-
ing of the :.,lst inst. the crops have
been growing very rapidly. Wheat
measures from % to ~ inches and
looks Very promising. The potato
and oats crop could not look better.
Twenty breaking team. owned 10y
residents of Taylor. are busy turning
over the sod.
j. X. Slack has just dug Il we'll on
his claim near town. finding an ahund-
ance OF good water al ii depth of II
feet.
The II. Il. company have been
blowing strips on th~ right of way in
tending to plant trees next season.
The Dickinson press., 1883-06-30
is PUBLISHED BY
JOSEPH 7. SCOTT. AT DICKINSON,
STARK COUNTY D.. II.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF STARK COUNTY

Entered at the p~pstotice q, Die ason. Stark
County, Dakota. az sccono elias :u.,nt.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-18
A Quaint Old Custom :
Texas siftings.


If an American happens to be in a
Mexican town on election day the Mayor
sends him several tickets and expects
him to vote one or more of them, as ..
matter of courtesy. We have been told
that the politeness Of Mexicans in this
matter is due to the zeal Of the San An
tonic politicians. For the last 80 or 40
years whenever there is a local election
in San Antonio, it has been customary
for the candidate to bring in strangers
even and vote them. Before the rail-
road reached San Antonio, great deal
OF the freight was hauled by Mexican
cartmen whose homes were in Mexico.
If any of these strangers happened to
be in the Alamo City during an election.
the candidates treated them to whisky
and cigars, and conducted them to the
polls, voted them just the same as if
they paid taxes i'll that ward. When
these Mexicans returned home they
were loud in their praise Of the Ame,i-
canos at San Antonio, the motive for
which, however, they did not entirely
comprehend. They, however, appre-
ciated the courtesy, and to this day
Americans in Mexico are always invited
to step up and vote, as return for the
fayors received.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-18
A Hunting Episode.
New York World.

A hunter, with an empty game bag,
enters country tavern at nightfall,
and with an air of gloom, bids the host
serve him with glass of wine.
While he is drinking the host re-
marked confdentially
"You had bad luck to-day, I am
afraid -
Eyes, my friend. / did not bag a
single thing. The first time such a
thing has happened to me in the course
of my life" (Sportsman's perjury at
at which Jove laughs).
swell, if you are anxious to take
something home, have hare out in
the stable that | would not mind part
ing with to You for ten francs"
"A hare? Dead -
''No, alive. ] caught it yesterday"
"rll take it,
The landlord leads the hunter out
into the yard and brings out the nhare,
which he ties to a stake by cord fas-
to its foot.
"Now, blaze away"
The sportsman retires a few PAGES,
brings his gun to his shoulder and
blazes away, and the charge takes effect
in the cord, and the hare bounds lightly
over the fence and disappears in the
azure distance.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-18
The First Circus.
Milwaukee Sentinel.

Everything human has a beginning,
whether of life, invention, industry or
crime. The full-grown specimen may
bear little resemblance to itself in ear
lier years, be it man or locomotive, a
menageIie or a murderer but the
same spirit is there, only educated by
circumstances and furnished with a
bigger body. The present greatest
circus on earth, or eight in one,' con-
trasts strangely with the first circus in
the United States, which started out of
Putnam county, N. Y, in 1897 or 1928.
The latter had but eight or ten perfor-
mers, as many horses, neither tents nor
seats, and advertised only by marching
through the village invested, with a
man ahead calling out the place Of ex-
llibition, etc. The programme included
feats Of strength, leaplng, etc, and rid
ing without saddle, and the ring was
pitched in yards wherever convenient.
After time an elephant was added,
and from this grew the menagerie adj
dition. In 1882 the first tent was used
in New York city.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-18
New Bale of cotton.

The first new bale OF cotton, weigh
ing 4s5 pounds, was raised by Mr.. j. b.
Clark, of Plaquemine Brulee, and sold
on the 10Th OF this month to Mr.. Joseph
Bloch of this place for eleven and a half
cents per pound. He sold the first bale
last year to the same merchant on the
ssd Aug, at eleven and threefourth
cents per pound. He is seven days
earlier with the first bale this year.
He also sold the first bale year before
last to Mr.. JAMES Webb, then a mer-
chant of his locality for eleven aud
three-fourth cents per pound. Pre-
miums are due him.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-18
ON ruprE ONCE AGAIN.

aye LOCAL. IS now back-his task will resume.
In view of the coming campaign,-
Says no news you shall lack, for the town he'll
ransack
And on the alert will remain.
He has had enough tea" and his system is
free
OF corn,juice, of beer and of wine.
He will now climb a tree, where old topers
he'll see,
But neer will he fall INTO line.
He must bid you farewell, 'mongst the good
folks to dwell,
In brighter, yes happier sphere
Where he's sure to do well, yea will cut a huge
swell
In the ranks with the church grenadier.
Be candid and fair, send lock of your hair,
To friend from the day of your youth;
For his time he can't spare,-though he longs
to be there
Hemust leave for all time boys, in truth.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-18
Attention /.

The clerks of the various stores which
are to close on Sabbath days beginning
with the Goth, desire us to again remind
their bosses of the fact, and to warn
them not to get up in the morning with
cash boxes in hand expecting to make
a 'sten- strike" blythe best days sales in
the year, but to lay in bed till late.
go to Sabbath-school at nine o'clock
and stay to church ii it lasts until sun
down.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-18
A sabbath. Day Roni ance.
Strange Meeting of a Divorced Wife
with Her Husband and the Lover of
Her Xonfh,

The Atlantic City Review relates as
an actual occur ence at that bathing re-
sort of the meeting OF three persons who
had been intimately connected III their
former lives, ending in the marriage OF
two long parted lovers. The heroine,
Mary B. Donoghue, 10 yearsago, when
sixteen years OF age, was the belle OF a
Virginia village. While at the White
Sulphur Springs, five years ago, she
was persuaded by her mother to marry
a young Austrian named E'rascati,
whose aebts and designations had driv
Ell him from Home to America. Two
years ago her only child died, and di-
yorce procured her release from the
cruelty of brutal husband. Since
then she had seen neither her husband,
whom she never loved. nor the lover
who fled in the country ON her Inflated
marriage. Among the throng on Sun
day gazing out upon the ocean from the
porch OF the New Inlet House, by a
strange irony, were two men-Frascati,
the. Austrian drunkard, the divorced
husband, on one side OF his former wife;
John Saunders, tile lover who had
grown sick with longing for face now
not twenty feet away-ye' each uncOn-
sciOus OF the others pres nee. Driven
no doubt to despair by remOrse and pen
ury, Frascati wandered away along the
shore. When he plunged in he did not
know whether he could swim out, or
whether he would drown his sorrows
once for all and find a grave beneath the
waves. But a woman's startled shrek
ran shrilly out over the evening air !;
his own wife had seen his wild leap, all
ignorant that this was the man who
had wrecked young life. Her accents
touched chord no other voice had ever
walked in Saunders heart. He rushed
toward the spot from which it seemed
to come, and dragged Frascati dripping
from the water. A mutual and TRAN
gular recognition followed, and there
in the presence Of the man who had al
ways loved her, Mary Dpnohue's di-
vorced husband knelt and prayed for
forgiveness. At the quiet marriage
which took place the same evening in
the house of an Atlantic City clergy
man, Saunders was joined for life to
the woman he always loved. Frascati
witnessed the ceremony.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-18

A fashionable Austin lady, who is in
the habit of attending church very regu-
larry in order to show off her finery, was
unable to do so for several successive
Sundays during the past winter on &C
count of rain. She was very much dis
gusted, and when her pastor called to
make his usual pastoral visit, and told
her that heaven was one enternal Sab
bath, she got as mad as wet hen, and
said angrily
Then I don't care to go to no SIGH
place when die. / want to go to some
place where it don't rain all the time.
want to go to place where you can
show nff YOUR elothes.v
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-18
Bad Symptoms.
Texas s1ftings.

ct am afraid my health is giving
way, said Col. Percy Yerger to his
wife, as he adjusted the wet towel about
Ills aching brow.
Q Y on never complained Of yourhealth
being bad until you began to associate
with them legislators" remarked his
wife, sarcastically.
= Well,' he responded, all / know is
that I drink little, get sleepy, and
when / wake up [ am thirsty. That
don't look right in healthy man."
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-18

"No, sir" said the physician who had
worked over the Texas man fished out
of the water unconscious. II never
could have brought him back to life. If
that circus procession hadn't passed he
never would have regained concious-
ness"
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-18

The colored folks have concluded TO
hold their camp-meeting at Washing
ton. An excursion comes up to-day,
Saturday, and "the ball opens" imme-
diately upon its arrival. As it only
lasts until Tuesday, they will be COM
PEELED, in order to get enough Of preach
ing. shouting and eating, to hold forth
every night until day break, and on the
last day be taken to the train in trance
such as we are told a certain individual
had on him the other night at one OF
our local white churches.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-18

Our Baptist friends are making pre-
parations to build church on their lot
adjoining Dr.. Rays residence. The
bricks for laying the foundation are OH
the ground. We learn that it will be
quite a handome structure.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-18

"You must battle regularly said a
Springfield PHYSICIAN gravely, as he
looked at the patients tongue and felt
his pulse. "But, doctor, do returned
the sick man. 81 go in swimming reg
ularly every Fourth of july"
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-18
Public Cemetery Fund.

We the undersigned citizens of the
town Of Opelousas, in view OF the pres
ent dilapidated condition of the public
cemetery, east of the town of Opelou-
sas, hereby obligate ourselves to pay the
amounts affixed to our names whenev-
er called upon for the purpose of repair
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-18

The new mode OF making plank fence,
some of the plank biased or crossed
make frst-rate horse trap. In the
south end OF town one Of these domes-
tic animals. was caught and stayed
hard and fast until he tell to pieces.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-18

Mr.. C. L. Hayes, our efficient
deputy-sheritf, stole a march on us
while on the famous D'Arbonne trip
and when we returned we found him
erecting neat cottage in the eastern
part of town. .