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Western Journals speak OF the lowlands of the
Misslssippl and Missouri valleys as likely to be
converted into a semblance OF Holland, with
great dykes protecting the farms from foods
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IsT OF LETTERS REMAINING IN THE
- WASHINGTON CITY POST oFFICR
SATURDAY, JULY IA. 1883

IETo obtain any of these Letters the applicant must
call for ADVERTISED LETTxRs" and give the date OF
this list.
not called for within one month they win Be sent
q the ga Isa.far
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(VHANCERY SALE OF IMPROVED PROPERTY,
~ KNOWN AS No: uA TWELFTH STREET
For Other Auctions See sab Page.

g ECoND-HAND CLOTHING BOUGHT. AND THE
- highest caSh prices paid Also. Watches. Jewesry,
6una. Pistols. Se. Cad or address HEkzOa. sos 30
sazsTk Sezr 9suesys.al.,a svsuus EaAr1l
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THO MOST CHILDREN THE BARE SUGGESTION
Of dose Of castor oil Ii nauseatng. Why not then
when physic Ia necessary for the little onee use Ayers
Cathartc Pllsi They combine essential and val
liable principle Of csthartic medicine and beng sugar
coated are eaaiy taken. 5yl2
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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS
WIN. p. YOUNG. Real Es,,se AuctsOneer.

M M r. AOoNo, heal tstst Auctoneer.
AUCTION SALE OF FOUR AND A-oVARTER
ACRES OF LAND. BETwEHN SEyENTI
.sThEET ROAD AND PiNFy BHkNCH.
=. 1875. and duly recorded the 18Th da, offtSY
July. A. d. 1876 In liher No. $40. folio 20I thea
land records of the District 81 Columbia. viii sell IS
O'CLOCK p. NJ, ON FRIDAY. July TWENTIETH
Ap 1881. the following described piece Of land
county Of washinston. District Of Columbia viz. I.os
deeisnHted the plan the west par of Padsworh
IN Mashinston county, ID; O.. male for Benismin
of the District of Columbia
Terms of sale: 0ne-third cash and the remainder IN
one and two years. at cent interest deposit q
500 at time of sale. Conveyancing nj purchssere
cost. Al OF purchase money may be paid in cash. q
jyilN7,is wM. s. THOMPSON. Trustee.
nUNCANsoN BROS. Aucnonesrs.
TRUSTEES SALE OF TWO STORY BRlCn
pWEILING-H0USE. No. a. DEFREES Strict,
1882. and duly recorded in Iaber l. CAS- folio $50 ~
ct Of the land FOR the District III kacA
CoumSis. and At the written request Of the party
secured thereby viii offer sale at rubc auction
TWtNTf-SfA. 1888. at SIX O'CLOCK 2. NJ, IS1
numbered sixty seven, in shepherds subdivision al
square NUMBERED six hundred and twenty three in the
city o. MsshinEtcn d. e., improved by story
brick dwelling house containing and hail
No. "a pefrees 1T Ieet-
Terms of sale; Amount Of indebteaness f6ls 90 ana
ments. ~ sx and twelve months with Interest No
cent Ter rnnum secured by deed of trust the prem
lfe toO 10 be deposed at time Of sale and q
sale to be complied with within DAY q
sale. or property TO be reeold M defauns pur-
chaser Cost OF conveyancins and recording paid
3yie tn. tn sSds
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jy11-d&t
TSHOS. DOWNING. Auchoneer.


TRUSTEES SAFE OF IMPROVED REAL PROP.
EkTY ON SIXTH STREET SOUTHEAST
In pursuance Of deed Of trust bearing date the<3
number lola, folio 252. and by direction OF the
party secured thereby shall se ct public auction, IN
front OF the premiseA. MONDAY. JULY SIX
TEENIH, at HALF-PAsT SIX p. NJ. al that certain
described In the lnetes and bounds following; Begin
ming for the same 9th street east at point Is foco
south from the northwest corner OF Lot No. Is. IN
square No. So thence running east 66 feet; thencs
south feet inches thence eAst Sc feet thence south
feet and inches thence west liz feet 10 the line
streets thence north along the line OF said 9th stres 10
the place o. beginning. improved by twostory Frame
Terms OF sale are: One-haf Of the purchase money
IN cash. and the residue In two equal nstalments pay
able. respectively in nine and eighteen months aftee
not be compiled xith I'm six days after the day sao
the Trustee the right TO resell the property e
the risk and cost Of the first purchaser All convey
enanR ef purchasers cost deposit OF $50 in cash wiz
jyS-dGds 3. K. ELLIOT. Trustee.
u KNoMS AS No. " 1lss f% iaf If9 sThEEf
NORTHWEST. AT AUCTION.
By virtue q decree OF tie Supreme Court Of thea
District q Columbia passed the 7th day of July.
pubic n sS SS ~ VII FL s
e SIX O'CLOCK p NJ. IN front Of the premises sub.
Lot thirteen. Qs). according 20 Dsyidsonb subdivision
square uo @ s sSs ~ spa ns ~
Terms Of saie: One.third Of the purchsse money -
ceah snd the balance IN two equal fnstamentA payo
be II one and two years from the day OF s.l With h.
trust on the property sod al cash. option Of ~
time Of sale. CHARLES wALTiR Trusise..
DUNoANsoN BROS. Ancss ' ~ iySdxds
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A LMOsT EVERY PERSON HAS SOME FORM OF
"A scrofulous poison latent in his veins. When this
develops In scrofulous sores. uloer or eruptons or
takes the form Of rheumatism organic diseases the
suffering that Is terrible beyond description
Hence tho gratitude Of those who discover q thou
sands yearly do that Ayers Sarsapara will thoroughly
eradicate this evil from tho system.
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the sunlight will be potent influence in this
transformation.
MOTHS IN CARPErs-NumerOus are the nre
paratiOns recommended for the preser walton of
carpets from moths. Some are altogether inef-
fectual; others of an odor so overpowering tn at
the remedy isworse than the disease; others are
as DIES trucriye to the carpet as they are to the
moths. A better and simpler method Is after
thoroug hly cleaning and airing to scatter DOW
dered camphOr plentifully between the lining
and the carpet, particularly about the outer
tive little insects love best to nest. When a
house Is to be closed for the summer, several
folds OF newspaper laid over the edges, will add
greatly to the protection Of the carpets, as the
ooor OF the printing ink employed is particularly
offensive to moths. Many persons take no
other precaution In the case Of wooens than to
peat them thoroughly, wrap them in newspapers
ana Lay away.-Decordtor and Fu,7sisltsr.
HOW TO DRIVE FLIES Our OF Roox.-Ob-
servations made BY NJ. Raf1ord. member of
the Society d'HOrticulture at Limoges. show
that castOr-oil plant having been placed in a
room infested with flies, they disappeared az by
enchantment. Wishing to find the cause he
soon found under the castor-oil plant nnmber
Of dead flies, and large number Of bodies had
remained clnging to the under surface Of the
leaves. 1t would therefore appear that the
raves VI Tue CtStOF-Ou pant give OuL an essen
tial oil, or some toxic principle which possesses
very strong insecticide qualities. castor-oil
plants are In France very much used as orna-
mental plants In rooms, as they resist very well
variations Of atmosphere and Temperature As
the castor-ou plant is very much grown and Gull
tivated In all gardens, the journal dAqricuuure
points out that 1t would be worth while to try
decorations Of the leaves to destroy the green
flies and other insects which In summer are so
destructive to plants and fruit trees. Anyhow
NJ Raflord's observations merit that trial should
be made OF the properties of the castor-oil plant
both for the destruction Of files In dwellings and
OF other troublesome insects.-British Medical
Journal
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aould annd you here. ( hope haven't dis

turbed you?''
Captain Curzon had unearthed the contem-
plafiye far one. who had partaken herself to q
SMALL snugly arranged, Out-of-sight bower.
Surely some knowledge Of the habits Of the
animal must have guided his instincts there.
''Oh. no, rot at all" having heard his foot
steps. the start she gave was most becoming;
only seem to be driving you away"
THAT is very little matter. was but
looking for q seat where one might sit undis-
turbed and quiet" and he sighed heavily
=! don't think. except this one. there Is
another to be found here; that is why / choose
1t, ," and the sigh he had heaved was echoed back
by her. cit is so unfortunate that Fanny
should have headache, "she continued, noticing
that he seemed disposed to linger; 'sshe had
looked forward to devoting every minute Of the
day to you"
I'm awfully fond Of her; but you know, Miss
one."
Miss Wentworth smiled
"Ah, yes, " he continued; II see you don't be-
neye me-"
''On the contrary. was just thinking that
That was exactly my experience Of her. don't
blame her; she does not know what it is to SUI
fer. Fanny has been always happy"
Just 80, and because Of that she thinks one
can forget at pleasure-that ones feelings and
affections are in ones own power"
Itself In sympathy.
'Ah. Captain Curzon." she murmured softly.
III such were the case, what different world
this might be-"
sAna yet" he said. sternly, "you women
THAT deny emphatically; 1t is the men who
are cruel heartless. without the suspicion Of what
the meaning of the word lors is"
Captain Curzon held in his hand a cigar; he
flung it from him with tragic gesture, stepped
into the bower, and with the air of man who
has mission to perform, sat himself down on
the little bench fronting Miss Wentworth's
wicker-chair.
81 shall not leave here" he said, s'until have
convinced you; and perhaps the surest way of
pointing out your error is to oonflde to you some
OF the misery that have been lately made to
endure"
Il am quite willing to listen, but before am
made convert OF, in my turn there Is some
thing you will have to hear from me-"
AT Mrs. Rodney's the rule of the house was to
have luncheon at o'clock, but 3 had struck be-
! fore there was any sign Of Captain Curzon and
Miss Wentworth. Then they came strolling in
together. and sat at the table SO long that the
hy1f1 aN xlyols
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'Simply because two of trade seldom
agree"
In the drawing-room the lowering of the lids
over eyes which did not deign to look at him
was the only acknowledgment Miss Wentworth
youchsafed In return for the unnecessarily pro-
found bow made by Captain Curzon to her.
That it might be perfectly understood that no
further intimacy was desired, the young lady.
last to put in an appearance, crossed outside the
circle made round the fire, and Drew over a
Chair close to the window, at which she sat
looking out until tho announcement Of dinner
Il give myself to you, Monty" said Mrs. Rod
ney, rising:
Come along. Carrie" said the host, cheerily.
"Hatty will have to bring up the rear"
Miss Wentworth rose so slowly, and trailed
herself after them so languidly, that on reach
Ing the door of the dinng-room she perceived
the party already seated, with chair left va
cant for her-it was placed opposite to Captain
Curz0n.
II wish somebody was here to take betthat
he'll eat capital dinner, she said inwardly;
petite affected by anything but his liver. I'll
And when Captain Curzon, who was really
very well disposed towards the excellently-
ished his soup, looked up from it. his eyes
were met by pair which seemed to promise
their owner some amusement In taking note Of
him.
Conf0und that girl, he thought. II wonder
whether she means to sit staring at me all
through dnner7" and in order to avoid her he
handed the menu to Mrs. Rodney.
hope you've brought down q little appetite
with you, Monty" she said, imploringiy.
''Oh, but certainly have. To-day intend to
make an extra good dinner, for I have not had
much beyond cup OF coffee since yesterday"
Mrs. Rodney shook her head to show how
deeply this announcement panied her.
"lsnt It at Malta where. to move your pity,
they say that they haven't eaten anything tor
week or fortnight" The expression of Miss
Wentworths face as she asked this question was
q study.
Capt. Curzon, feeling the thrust, and hoping
to give 1t back again, answered her quickly. that
he had known the beggars there say they had
been month without food. What made Miss
Wentworth think OF the Maltese7 Was she in-
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so seated that he could get perfect view Of
h her lace IN ina an opposite glass, was saying to
turned round. struck with the certainty that he
was watching her. Yes, she had caught his
eyes fixed in that direction; but. equal to the
emergency. Captain Curzon, although inwardly
Yexed, showed no sign Of chagrtn. II was
thinking" ne said, contem platively, show very
reflected In an urn" And Hatty, turning her
eyes straight before her, saw a countenance de-
pressed and its cheeks spread out until they
seemed tocOver the whole circle of silver Try
as she might, her mouth would culver, and in
bic tit of laughter.
The ice once broken, thaw seemed to set in,
and neither of the two showed any disposition
to move until Foster desired the young fOOtman
to go in and attend to the fire and bring out
word what on earth they could be after.
a., Having first expressed much satisfaction that
the morning was so fine and it would be pleas
ant to Sit quiet and undisturbed In the garden,
Hatty went up to her room.
Staring her in the face was the despairingly
dowdy hat she had during her visit adopted; but
instead Of putting 1t on, and, as hitherto, with
out glance at herself walking away, she con-
temptuously flung 1t aside, and diving into q
drawer set apart for that purpose, she produced
q most c0quettish arrangement of straw, which
having placed on her head she surveyed with
unfeigned satisfaction. Then she drew over q
chair, laid book on her knee, and oddly enAgh
opened big rose-lined parasol.
The effect was perfect; q pretty morning
gown, from underneath which foot neatly
chdusse was pointed-the country straw hat
the becoming shade from the parasQl; the pic
ture left nothing to be desired. And thus armed
for conquest, Miss Wentworth stroiled down
into the garden.
Although standing close near the window, It
Is barely presumable that Captain Curzon
caught sight OF her, for he was busy donning
another coat-the one he wore was brute
Everything but velvet was Objectionable. Those
rough tweed things gave saoh q ruf1anly look
10 fellow. He could not think why he had
brought one there. At that moment he had
forgotten that he had said anything would do;
what could it matter what he had on?
- beg your pardon, hadn't al idea that
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A Prize for a Bran Compressor.

The Millers' National Association offer
81 900 to the inventor who will compress
bran down to density of wood and still
keeping its quality intact. A barrel that
carries 1876 pounds of -four only contains
about 70 pounds of bran. 1t is consequntly
an expensive thing to transport 1t brings
S. ton in this country, but $50 in England.
The offer Of the association is a premium of
81 600 for the invention and production of
the best practical machine that will enable
mills of ordinary capacity to compress bran
economically into suitable package for ex
port at saving of at least five cents per 100
pounds over present methods. Those desir-
ing to compete will observe the following
limits:
A machine that will compress 100 pounds
of ordinary bran into package not to ex-
ceed fifteen inches square, or 200 pounds in
the same ratio, and that will, with the aid
of an attendant and reasonable amount of
power prepare for shipment one ton or more
per hour. The inventor or owner of the
machine must stipulate to sell it at a reason
able price, the offer to remain open one year.
Other results being equal, the machine pro-
ducing a package with the best form for
close "stowage" will have the preference.
The package should be compressed in such
manner that when the covering is removed
the bran will assume its ordinary condition
without manipulation. No machine or pro-
cess requiring the addition to bran Of mois-
ture, or any foreign substance, will be en-
tertaiued.
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Helena Montana Thursday, June II, 1883.
The Simplest Words the Best.


Your servant says: "a man told me so; :
the most learned and elegant of your ac-
quaintance would be more likely to say on
the same occasion: "a certain person in
formed me-" Here the person is not GER
tain, but an uncertain one, and the thing told
may have nothing in it of information
Year by year our language loses something OF
its propriety and force. It is doubtful
whether, in the no longer unlettered, but
still ignorant, ranks of the English people,
a sound and honest vulgarity exists as it did
when Landor wrote A footman nowadays
would be more likely to say he had been
Informed" than that he had been told y
The plain yeoman who at that period might
have said that it cost him deal of money
to build house, would now tell us that he
had expended considerable sum in erecting
a residence. We no longer eat. and drink
we "partake of refreshments" and we con-
trive by some miracle to "partake" even
when we dine alone. Affected rusticity of
speech is as much to be Stunned as affected
anything else. The true vulgar were never
guilty of it. Those whose vulgarity has
been named "Philistinism"-and the term is
terribly signifcant--are guilt of all affecta-
tions that plain mans mind can conceive
and detest But if we need not be rustic we
need not be roundabout The simplest
words are always the best; and so unerring-
ly does their habitual use indicate clear
mind, an earnest meaning, and sincere in
tent, that he will always be better worth
listening to who never says "arrive" when
he should say ''come," nor proceed" when
he should say "go."
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Origin of Decoration Day.
Correspondence Pioneer-Press. I

Correspondence PlOneerPreSS.
1t happened in this way: In 1862 Chap
lain May, of the I'd Michigan, was in camp
at Arlington Heights. His wife and two
daughters, Josie and Ella, and Mrs. Evans,
wife of George H. Evans, of the Fifth Mich
igan regiment, young bride of 18 years,
were with the chaplain. The 18th Of April
the ladies were chatting about the war and
its various scenes, when one of them sug-
gested that the lonely graves about them
would appear more cheerful if covered with
flowers, and they at once gathered flowers
from the woods and strewed them over the
graves of Michigan soldiers The next year
they repeated the offering, and in 1864 they
paid like tribute to the dead at Fredericks-
burg. The war closed and the army dis
solved, but the beautiful custom thus inau-
gurated has become as widespread as the
nation. Of that original group but two re-
main, Miss Ella May and Mrs Evans, the
latter residing in this city, with whom Miss
May is spending a short season. They were
given post of honor in the ceremonial SER
vice yesterday. The post of G. A. r. to
which Mr.. Evans belongs will secure pho
tograph of these women, with which to dec
crate its wall, and every Grand Army post
in the country ought to have copy.
Probably very few of your readers know
how this custom originated. There is no
question as to the correctness of this explain
alton. These two ladies have been elected
honorary members of Crocker Post, with
permit to wear the badge of the G. A. R.
This post has three women in its member
ship, the third being an aged woman who
gave her husband and five sons to the army.
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Living Game of Chess.

A game of chess with living pieces was
played at Winchester Guildhal, recently, in
connection with movement to raise funds
for charitable institution. The pawns wore
Tudor hats, slashed and puffed tunics Of diff:
ferent colors, and long colored hose those Of
opposite sides being distinguished uniformly
by white and black shoes. For the other
pieces more varied combinations of style
were adopted from drawings of Elizabethan
dresses, but without introducing the hoops
and fardingales and ruffs. The kings wore
long and ample clocks of velvet. with Jew
eled collars and sword belts. The knights
wore the morions and breastplates of men-at-
arms. The bishops had copes and mitres of
white silk, heavily embroidered with gold,
on one side of the board, cassocks and bret
tas of cardinal red on the other The rocks
were distinguished by pasteboard castles and
headdresses. The moves were called out as
a game was played ON an ordinary chess
boord. The game lasted an hour and twenty
minuteS
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-06-21
The Effect of Age on the Eye.
Chambers Journal


1t is found on an average of observations,
that at 10 years of age the crystalline lens
in the eye may be rendered so convex as to
give clear image of an object three inches
away. At 21 it will accommodate itself to an
object four and half inches from the eye
Anything nearer will be obscure, because
the lens will not assume form sufficiently
convex to refractto focus on the retina rays
OF light SO divergent as any nearer object
will radiate. At 40 years of age the near
point" has reached to a distance of nine
inches, and at so to thirteen inches At 80
years of age the lens has so far lost its flexi-
bility, and therefore its power of responding
to the muscle, that it cannot ordinarily give
a clear object less that twenty-six inches
from the eye. At rs the power of accom-
mediation is wholly lost; light still passes
through the eye, and is focused On the retina,
but only when it comes in parallel rays.
Parallel rays can converge ON the retina but
divergent rays require that extra refractive
power which the aged eye has lost by the
hardening of the lens Not as matter of
disease, then, but in the ordinary course of
years, and in every eye alike, is the bodily
sight weaned from the scruples of near Oh
jects around, and permitted to turn clear
vision upon things far off,
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Are Apples Nutritious?

In the season when apples are abundant
the question is often asked if the fruit is
wholesome and nutritious. 1t may interest
many people to be informed that apples in
nutritive properties, are equal to potatoes
both containing IS per cent of water, sixteen
OF starch, gum and sugar, two of albuminous
matters, and the rest being husk and ash.
But then apples, like tomatoes, vary, some
varieties being more nutritious than others.
1t has been said that the mind grasps values
by comparison. Chemists declare that an
egg weighing an ounce and a half is equiva-
lent in food material to seventeen ounces of
cherries, or twenty-five ounces of grapes,
thirty ounces of Strawberries, forty ounces
of apples, sixty-four ounces Of pears. We
thus see that fruits are not very solid food.
But we do not think any less of cherries
apples and pears because they are not as
concentrated in nutritive elements as the
egg. They are no less part of the best food
of the human race, and most persons will
continue to eat them. And when it is con-
sidered what a variety of choice, appetizing.
wholesome dishes can be made from apples,
people with common sense win 90 on using
this excellent and popular fruit, and partic-
ularly when it can be had at reasonable
price