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AUCTION SALES.

NJ " IVY
FUTURE DAYS
V'HoMAs BOWLING. Auctioneer
GRAND AND IMPORTANT SALE at AUCTION
or GENUINE IMPORTED
TURKISH AND PERSIAN RUGS AND CARPETS,
Comprising Rare and Rich selections Of
PERSIAN AFGHANISTAN. DAGHISTAN
OUCHAK. GORDIES, CIRCAsSIaN, ARsrE-
MAN. KHORASsAN. AND MOORISH
RUGS AND CARPETS;
with many other specimens entirely new to this
JEDAZIENE, KELIM, AND BAGDAD
PORTIERES,
Forming of the hsnd-omest collection of Textiles
At my 2aesr ons. southwest corner pennsylvania
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER TwEVTY-sIxTH. TwENrY-sEv.
ENTH. and TWENTY IiHTH, 1885, at
ELEVEN and THREE O'CLO.K.
On Exbi6 ton September oath and 25th
THOMAS DOWNING.
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ARMY ORDERs.-First Lieut.. George Andrew
18th infantry, is relieved from duty at the Brooks
school, Cleveland, O., and will join his company.
The leave OF Paymaster Daniel r. Larned is fur.
Their extended TO October 25th. The supertntan
dent mounted recruiting service Will forward 50 re-
c!utS TO the military division OF the Pacific for as
s1gnment to the lSt cavalry. Leave for four
months. from December I, 1889. Is granted First
Lieut. James C. Bush. 5th artillery. Leave for
Iour months, TO take effect on or about November
i, 1883. is granted First Lieut.. David T. Burnham
18th Infantry Capt Robert 7. HUGHES is trans.
Ierred from company to company /: Capt VIM
Mitchell, from company TO company E. 30 In
fantry.
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- UBERT U. HOFFMAN, Real Estate Auctioneer,
IL 10th and streets northwest.
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The NAVY DEPARTMENT was closed to-day at
one O'Clock, in honor of the memory OF the late
Mr. Faxon, at one time Assistant Secretary OF the
Navy Va 'o
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A MONG THE MANY INSURANCE COMPANIES
sna doing business on the mutual
ioss 81 IaaTFe = the FUNDLIFE
ana popular IN 30 short time this favored
Inc Oldest authorities in insurance matters
being grsat st. forward "a the science Of Life Insur-
occasion expressed their confdeSce in its manaoe
men 5a For circulars. &C. call q he Office, 1909 st
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RANGE OF THE THBRMONRTER.-The following
were the readings at the olce of the chief signal
officer to-day: am $50; IL a m, 727; 2 o, M.
TO Maximum, us: minimum, ga
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The police this morning arrested Abraham NJ.
charged with peddling Jcwelry without
license.
Sixteen hun1red and twenty-five bushels of
oysters arrived at the river front yesterday.
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Inc Nat1OnaI Liberal League.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 21.-The National Liberal
League met at 10 O'Clock this morning. President
Wakeman read the opening address, and COM
mltCee on credentials was then appointed. About
100 delegates were present.
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ONE CADET DISMISSED AND ONE SUSPENDED
Cadet John B. Hamilton. Of the fourth class, West
Point was to-day dismissed from the academy for
interference with a member OF his own class in a
manner unbecoming cadet and a gentleman, and
Cadet Thomas L. KERN, of the fourth class, for
permitting interference with new cadets In his
room while on duty as orderly, was to-day sus-
pended without pay until July lSt 1884 when he
will Join the then fourth class
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!ARPETs AND HoUsEFURN1sH1Na GOODS.

!ARPETS AND HOUsEFURNISHING GOODS.
we are daily receiving our fun supply Of Housefur-
nisnipRs comprising CARPETS Of the newest and most
cholce des1gns In BigeOw, Lowell and Hartford VIII
tons tons bsslox Lowell and Hartford Brussels Amin
Lowell Lowell 1pSr.ins Be- dered msrsn Carpets. smyrna
Tarpets hugs and Mats in great variety, Turcomans
Poles. HO0T RRO = CO
eepS1m 1928 rest Northwest.
OD VINE AND ,{ OLD FRIENDS ARE KNOWN AS
- the Dest e. JUSTH'S Old Stand knovp for years
ss the only place where frst-cIaee SECONDHAND
CLOTHING can be sold It respectable prices Address
5UsTHs Old Stand. No. s1s D street. between 9th and
nv ,, 1th streets northwest :.
N.o'-N oteby maui DrnmpIY aEaandedsA "
PY ITS EXCELLENT AND ECONOMICAL MAN
~. agement the wisdom of its system. whereby in
niteen years cernncafe becomes nearly
ne Ene aDeoiute safety insured 20 s members by the
rapidly increasing reserve fund and the adyanges Of
3Is non @ncsn01 system. the MUTUAL RESkRYE
EuND LIFE ASSOCIATION hasin the short two and Z
nan years OF i existenCe done r9or business and a.
tained grester prominence among the insurng pubic
tno1 eve . oef6re reached BY any other company.
auzS 1T. KNIGHT. Manager.
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SO7 Picture FRAMES 5O7

GEO. G. GwYNN. 5o7 ~ STREET SW.
u success IN Cc1X1Mo Old Family portrsits IN
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having been found by an army retiring board in
capac1tated TOT active service on account of dsa-
putty incident to the service, is by direction of
Tue freSldent, retlred from active service.
APPOINTMENTS IN THE WAR DEPARrMENr.-Chas.
L. Dunbar, OF Michigan, and VIM. H. Lewis of
Kansas, were to-day selected by the Secretary OF
War from the names certified by the civil service
commission to fill vacancies In the 81 900 grade in
the AdJutanC Generals Office. Thos. B. Hardin
has been promoted from 81 900 to 81 200 In the Sur
geon Generals Office.
TARIFF DEc1sIoNs-The Secretary OF the Treas
ury has decided the questions which have been
pending before him for some time in regard to du-
for charcoal iron Is held to relate only to the iron
which IL otherwise dutiable under the parapranh
In which 1t Is found. and the provision for rivet
the rate OF duty on these articles notwithstanding
the apparent provision elsewhere in the tarifY for
iron OF the size and value named in the paragraph
Ielatlng 10 rlVet, screw, nail and fence iron rods
SUPERVISING ARCHITECT HnL.-Before the resip-
nation OF Supervising Architect Hill takes eject
he Will submit to Secretary Folger an answer 60
the recent report which was made by the Hill in
veStlgat1nH committee.
DEATH OF AN ARMY OFF1cER-The ad1utant gen.
erai has been ofncially informed that Capt James
Humbert, first infantry, died at Uniontown. Pa.
on the 20th inst
The BALTINokE PUBLIC BunDMa-Bids were
opened at the supervising architects oflce this
morning for labor. TO complete the flrst story of
the Baltimore public building as follows: IL Glib
LIN & CO., New York, $4,000; G. O. Cooke, Wash.
Ing, $1,000; W. b. johnson, Baltimore Sl4 453:
JAS G. LOane 4 Co, Baltimore, SIS 900:
n. A. MCGOWAN, Washington, $l8,5s7; Rees
Evans, Washington, $16.145. and Tor bricks,
skewbacks, lime, cement, and sand required for
nrst story, as follows: Common bricks per thous-
and-H- w. Classon. @ 90; Burns, Russell Co ,S05:
Carroll Brick Co. IS: g. w. Robinson & Son. Sa
Skewbacks per hundred-H W. Classon. ga and
Carroll Brick company, 90 Lime per barrel OF 20
pounds. Kelly 4 Co, 60 cents: +. Elenbrock
% cents, and II. W. Clase1n, - centa Cement per
0o6: Russell Gise, tl0e: 8 y. Hamilton, el.OS
ana b. W. Classin, Sl1a Sand per cubic yard
John Hangh. N90: ]. r Bates Co, SlSk, and
Edward HefIReI, g cens&
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PROBATE CoURr-Judoe james.

SERIOUSLY IIL.-Mr. E. &. Hilton, formerly gu
pervising principal OF the third division of public
schools, who on Wednesday had an attack of
apoplexy, is reported to-day as quite low. MT, a.
now resides at 405 East Capitol street.
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CATALOGUE SALE

ThUMAS BOWLING, Auctioneer.
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REr1RED.-Capt John c. White, LIST artillery,
having been found by an army retiring board in
capacitated for active service on account OF disa
Dillty incident to the service, is by direction OF
the President, retired from active service.
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SUPERVISING ARCHITECT HnI.-Before the resip.
nation OF Supervising Architect Hill takes eject
he Will submit to Secretary Folger an answer co
vestigating committee.
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DEATH OF AN ARMY OFFICER.-The adtutant pen.
eral has been officially informed that Capt James
Humbert. first infantry, died at Uniontown, Pa,
on the 2Oth inst
, 1883-07-21

than ! would tell him he lied. 1 give
him a chance to win applause or de-
composed eggs from the audience
according to what he has to say and
according to the profundity of his
profund. All l want Is a similar
chance and room according to my
strength. Common decency ought
to govern conversation without its
fOur-fOOt club, to announce who is at
the bat and who is on deck.
1t is only once in a week or two
that the angel troubles the waters
and stirs up the depths of my con-
versatiOnal powers, and then the
chances are that some leprous old
nasty toad, who has been hanging
on the brink of decent society for
two weeks, slides In with a low kerr
PUNK, and my fair blossom ofthought
that has been trying for weeks to
bloom withers and goes to seed, while
the man with the chilled steel and
copper-riveted brow and a word of
self-esteem on his intellectual balcony
as big as an ink stand walks slowly
away to think of some other dazzling
gem, and thus be ready to burst my
beautiful phantom and tear out my
high-priced bulbs of fancy the next
time open my mouth.
, 1883-07-21

are circumspect when they know
that the argus eye of the reporter or
the local editor Is upon them. Thieves
dread and hate the newspapers, be-
cause all their schemes and modts
OperdHdi are laid bare before the
public eye. The newspaper is looked
upon by the criminal classes of the
cOmmunity as the lighthouse is view
ed bv the wrecker, while it continues
to illuminate, their occupation is
jeOpardized.
There are but three classes OF men
in every community, the retrograde,
the stationary, and the progressive.
The two former have little or no re-
gard for the newspaper or its in
fluence, and read it simply to find
out "what is going on" but who
could fold their-arms and see It die
with the utmost cOmplaeency, leav-
ing the progressive portion of the
community as the only real sufferers.
The retrOgrade and stationary class
Of every community are generally
the critics of the newspapers, and
Steele truthfully said: "Of all NOR
tails critic is the silliest; for by in
urlng himself to examine all things,
whether they are Of consequence or
not, he never looks upon anything
but with design Of passing sentence
upon it." Edwin Forest once COM
pared a critic to puppy "who barked
at everything he could not under
standD
, 1883-07-21

Within the past six months the
use of steel nails has largely increased.
They came into the market about
year ago and found an immediate
sale. At first the extra cost Of steel
nails was II cents per pound, or SI.5O
per keg, but it has now been fedtceti
to 81 extra. The great advantage Of
the steel nails is that they can be
driven into hard wood as easily as an
iron nail will go into a pine board.
We have seen steel nails driven into
a white oak knot without bending.
Nothing else is now used in laying
hardwood floors, as they require no
boring but are driven readily. For
all kinds of hard finish they are es-
Peclaily adapted, and as so much
hard finish is now employed their
use must be on the increase. They
are also used largely by car builders,
and box makers are increasing their
demand for them. Box makers have
Geen using the better grades of iron
nails, as they desire those which can
be drawn and redrlven. The steel
nail meets this requirement better
than any other.
, 1883-07-21

nhorses, cattle and sheep could
have salt to lick or nibbIe at all times,
as they desire, while In the stable,
yard or pasture, they would escape
various diseases and be more thrifty
and useful than when deprived Of it,
or even given irregular. Swine and
poultry are better for having little
pure brine mixed up with their food.
Since we have made this II regular
practice, We have never lost an ami
nal from a disease Of any kind, ard
only a few fowls, and these latter
would not have become sick had they
nOtpnfortunately got in an uncover
ed sink-hole, where they picked out
bits Of decompOsed vegetables and
bread, a small quantity Of which had
got there from the dish-water. The
rock salt that comes in large humps,
and may be bought by the ton at low
rates, is excellent for live stock. Box
es for this salt may be arranged by
the Managers and in the pastures.
They will need flling at distant in
tervals.-Erehdnge.
, 1883-07-21
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o. boy from the furroyys Of UinoisI
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Twin nourish this corn, poor. pitifuI boy.
, 1883-07-21

The despised cottonwood may yet
become the most popular as well as
the most valuable tree. Late inven-
tions and discoveries have revealed
the fact the finest polish and strong
est household furniture can he made
out Of paper. 1t can be pressed so
hard that no instrument short Of a
diamond can scratch It, and it can be
given the finest shades in imitation
Of wood, and produced cheaper than
walnut, mahogany or ebony. And
late discoveries in paper making es-
tablish the fact that cottonwood
makes the whitest and strongest fiber
pulp yet manufactured out Of wood.
There are vast quantities Of pulp inn
ported, and some newspaper men are
claimOring for 1t being done free Of
duty. Paper mills in Delaware,
Pennsylvania and other northern
states are shipping thousand Of cords
Of poplar wood from the ChOwHn
river In northern Carolina, the mill
In Delaware contracting for 3l,mO
cords.
, 1883-07-21
Newspapers.
gossip.

The entire value Of a good news
paper Is rarely estimated by the aver
age readers. One looks upon It sim
ply as the chronicle ofpassing events.
Another looks upon It as the expo
nent or defender Of some cherished
idea, with which he is In sympathy.
The newspaper Is more than this, it
is conducive to morality, honesty
and general welfare Of the cOmmu-
nifty In which it is issued. Many
little pedcadnlos- are nipped in the
bud by the wholesome dread Of ex.
posurc through the newspaper. Men
, 1883-07-21
Butter Making.

Butter making is a mechanical pro-
cess, and any one who will carefully
conform to the various requirements
will be enabled to make good butter.
Exactness and neatness must attend
every step Of the process. Careless
ness or want Of cleanliness at any
stage Of the proceedings may ruin
the product. There is a great deal of
poor butter made, because there are
a great many persons who are not
scrupulOusly cleanly, and who are
careless and needless. 1t is nearly as
easy to make the best butter, after
one become accustomed to it, as 1t is
to make the poorest, and it certainly
must be far more satisfactory. There
is a satisfaction in making a really
first-class article aside from the salts
faction arising from the receipt of
first-class price for it. A great inn
provement has been effected in but
ter making in this country during
the past twenty years, but there is
still room for further improvements
for thousands Of butter makers. Self
cOnceit stands in the way Of improve
ment OF some. Tney think that they
make as good butter as any one, and
possibly to their own perverted tastes
their butter tastes better than any
other. A really nice article of butter
might seem to them wanting in taste,
and certainly it would be wanting in
the strong taste characteristic of their
own butter.
In making good butter cleanliness
is indispensable. All the untensils
used about the dairy must be kept
scrupulously clean and free from all
OdOr. The pans in which the milk
is set must be kept sweet and clean,
and that this is not an easy matter
to accomplish any good dairyman
will assure you. The rinsing, scald-
ing and airing which the pans have
to be submitted to are quite surpris-
ing to the uninitiated. The churn
must be kept clean and sweet, and
every other utensil used about the
milk or butter. The process Of fmilk-
ing must be done in a cleanly man
ner. Allowing filth to fall into the
pail, and expecting 1t to be removed
by straining, will not conduce to the
making of nice butter. Whatever
filth goes into the milk pail imparts
its taint to the milk before the strain
or removes 1t, and, so far as injury
to the milk with butter is concerned,
It matters little whether the milk is
stHined or not. Straining should
only be depended upon to remove the
fine stray hairs which may fall into
the milk. The filth which goes into
one pail will sometimes contaminate
all the milk in the dairy. The strain
er that is used to strain the first pail
Of milk Is sometimes used without
cleansing to strain all the rest of the
milk, so that whatever filth was re-
moved by the strainer is pretty eff
fectually washed into the rest OF the
milk. Tin pals should he used for
milking, and as soon as the milk is
removed they should be rinsed in
cold water, then washed in warm,
and scalded in boiling water, and to
avoid contamination with a sour dish
cloth, be left to drain. Soap is OBJ
jectiOnable for using in washing m TX
utensils, because Of the danger Of
contamination from the filthy grease
used in making It. Sal soda Is pre-
ferable TO sOap.-M Y. San.
, 1883-07-21

Monday afternoon at 1880 O'Clock
DIR. BlalOck received word that a man
had fallen into threshing machine
on John Stahl's farm, below the
depot, and was badly cut up. The
doctor Immediately started to re-
lieve the sufferer, but had not pro-
ceeded far when he met a party en-
route to St Mary's Hospital with the
wounded man in charge. On the ar
rival Of the party at the hospital DIR.
BlalOck found that theinjured mans
right leg and foot was literally torn
in strips up to the knee. The knee
cap was completely torn out and the
thigh was more or less lacerated up
to the hip. There being no chance
to save the limb the doctor amputa-
ted it a short distance above the
knee. From an eye witness we
learn the accident occurred as fol-
lows Outlet was acting as table
man and the straw happening to
come on the feedbOard a little faster
than usual, frightened Outlet, who
was afraid that he would fall into
the machine. Finally TO extricate
himself from his supposed danger he
made leap over the cOncave, but
either misjudlng the distance or en-
tangling his foot, he fell on the cylin-
der, his right leg catching. The ma
chine was stopped Immediately by
the horror stricken men, but not un-
til Outlet had sustained the injuries
already stated. In order TO extri-
cate the unfortunate man from the
cylinder the eOncave had to be taken
apart. After the operation by DIR.
BlalOck, Outlets condition seemed
to improve slightly, but still little
hopes are expressed for his recovery.
w w. Union.
, 1883-07-21
The Man who Interrupts.

1 do not, as a rule, says Bill Nye,
thirst for the blood Of my fellOw-man.
! am willing that the law should in
all ordinary cases take its course; but
when we begin to discuss the man
who breaks into a conversation and
runs II with his own irrelevant ideas,
I ammo a law and order man. The
spirit Of the "red vigilanter' isarOus-
ed in my breast, and 1 hunger for
the blood Of that man.
Interrupters are Of two classes F:
First, the common plug who thinks
aloud and whose conversation wan
ders with his so-called mind. He
breaks into the saddest and sweetest
Of sentiment and the choicest and
most fearful Of pathos with the re-
morseless ignorance that marks a
stump-tail COW in dahlia bed. He
is the bull in my china shop, the
wormwood in my wine, and the ker-
Osene in my maple syrup. lam shy
In conversation, and my unfettered
flights Of pOesy are rare, but this man
Is almost always near to mar 1t all
with a remank, or a marginal note,
or a story, or a bit Of politics, ready
to bust my beautiful dream and
make me wish that his name might
be carved on a marble slab in some
quiet cemetry far away.
Dear reader, did you ever meet
this manor his wife? Did you ever
strike some beautiful thought and
begin to reel 1t off to your friends
only to be shut off in the middle of a
sentence by this banner idiot Of con-
versation? II 50, come and sit by me,
and you may pour your woes into
my ear, and In turn will pour a few
gallons into your listening ear.
! do not care to talk more than my
share Of the time, but l would be
glad to arrive at a conclusion Just to
see how 1t would seem. 1 would be
so pleased and 80 joyous to follow up
an anecdote until l had reached the
"nub," as 1t were, to chase argument
home to conviction, and to cllnch
assertion with authority and evil
dence.
The second class Of interrupters is
even worse. 1t consists Of the man
and, 1 am palned to state, his wife
alsO-whO see the general drift Of
your remarks, and finish out your
story, your gem Of thought or your
argument. 1t is very seldom that
they do this as you would do 1t your
self, but they are kind and thought
full and their services are always at
hand. No matter how busy they
may be they will leave their own
work and fly to your aid. With the
light Of sympathy In their eyes they
rush into the conversation, and, par
taking Of your own zeal, they take
the words from your own mouth and
cheerful suck the juice out Of your
joke, handing back the rind, and
hoping for reward. That is where
they get left, so far as am concern
cd. am almost always ready to
repay rudeness with rudeness, and
cold, preserved gall with such an
acrid sarcasm as l may be able to Sc
cure at the moment No one will
ever know howl yearn for the blood
Of the interrupter. At night / camp
on his trail and all the day ! thirst
for his warm life's current. In my
dreams l am cutting his scalp loose
with a case-knife, while my fingers
are twined in his clustering hair. I
walk over him and promanade across
his abdomen as slumber. ] hear his
ribs crack and see his tongue hang
over his shoulderas he smiles deaths
mirthful smile.
I do not interrupt a man no more
, 1883-07-21

A month later, while lunching at
Menger's in San Antonio, with Cen
eral Armstrong, the then efficient
chief Of all the stage lines north Of
the BrazOs, l happened to think of
my qandom friend, the driver.
"a queer character, General" 1
remarked, "that driver of yours at
Santa Fe. johnson 1 think is his
name, Ben johnson. A most re-
markable fellow. Seemed to have
picked up a deal of information for a
man Of his sphere. Uses good Ian
guage you know has many original
ideas ;rude sort Of elOquence, pathos,
and all that sort of thing, you know.
And besides, he is a most wonderful
racOnteur.
eyes" said the General musingly,
"and the biggest liar this side of the
Rocky Mountains. II johnson ever
told you anything for fact, you can
bet ten dollars to a cent that 1t isn't
so. Why, that unprincipled scamp
lays awake nights studying out yarns
to beguile travellers on the box. Do
you know, Carl, he once told me
cold blOOded fiction about a woman
and a dog that"
"Pass the wine, General" falter-
ed "never mind the woman and the
dog; ; dare say have heard 1t be-
fore. What time do we leave for
COncho ?''-WashingtOR Capital.
, 1883-07-21

The federal public debt has been
decreased during the past fiscal year
about sI87, ,'OO,O 600.