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The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-09-16
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III ROOFS.
OFFICE OF
EUPERvIsISa ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT,
NEW PENSION BUILDING,
WASHINGTON. ID, O., Sept. 5, 1881.
Sealed bids are invited for building and erecting
the iron roofs over eighty thousand square feet
OF the new Pension Building, In Washington, ID.
q. Specifications and plans can be obtained on
application In person or by letter TO this oi1ce.
All bids received will be opened in this office at
IL o'clock noon on the 18th day OF September,
1884. -
NJ. G. MEIGS,
tel1-20-23 Supervising Engineer and Architect.
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=, If, as estimated, the population of tho United
STATES has increased IL por cent. since the
q, sus OF 1880, then II is figured that the
~ mi or OF voters In the country Is now about
l1,oOO 900, OF whom 100000 are native
whites, 100000 foreign born aud 100000
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FOR EXCHANGE.

ono ACRES OF GOOD TIMBER LAND
.OOO to exchange for business, small
country place or merchandise Call or address
room g. nillmau House. seS-St|
WY ANTED-To EXCHANGE NEW STOVES
w for old once ut Buffers stove Exchange,
cor, 9th and X Bmoky chimneyb cured or no
pay, stoves EXCHANGED for groceries; old sioyea
Bought r.
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FOR REKT-MjsceIianeoys.
ZOE SALE AKD RENI

EOR RENT-A BRICK sTARLE IN Tenn
~ perance alley. Apply at No. Oh 10 st. n.
w. spl0bt
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PERSONAL,

WANTED-LADIEs TO BUY PURE SUGAR
wv corn and vegetables, my own growth;
uhly Rhlnefedi neAhneAs and quality guaranteed.
see bRns mel f8t
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Glad 10 Meet Him.

AS the train pulled out of Kansas
City bound West, fne-looking old gen
tleman, who occupied a seat in the
smoking car, was accosted by a rank
looking specimen of Western humanity
"Goin' far West, stranger?" he asked.
"Yes, sir. replied the old gentleman,
politely: Il am going to Denver.
Business or pleasure?" Chiefly for
my health" "Ah, yes, L see. From
the East, amt yer?" "Yes. 1 am
President of the Twenty-ffth National
Bank of New York" "You don't say
So" exclaimed the Westerner. Then
he added in whisper: Gin us yer
hand, old pard, I'm right glad to meet
yer. I'm Missouri train-robber. -
brakes Magazine.
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SOUTHERN.

George Jones, colored youth Of Is,
was hanged at Dawson Ga, for a brutal as
sault committed on aSlady at that place a
month ago. A Uortion of the colorcd popu-
lation threatened 10 prevent the execution,
but wiser counsels prevailed among them.
execution.
The steamer Shields and the wharf
boat Maria Louise were burned at Shreve-
port, La, the loss being $4,000.
A slight shock of earthquake was
felt in Eastern Tennessee on the 26th of Au-
gust. 1t lasted a minute and half.
Maggie Jones, of Baltimore, in filing
abill of divorce, alleges that she believed
she was marrying bachelor Of co years, but
discovered at his residence nine grown chill
dren, eight of whom were older than
herself.
Berry Johnson (colored) for the MUIR
der of his wife was hanged at Shreveport,
La. Schip Holly. negro who murdered Lu-
Their Seey, young white man, in January,
was hanged at Tuscola, Ala. The local mill
tary were at the jail Josh Bergman (col-
ored) was hanged at Natchitoches, La, for
the murder of Scott Carter (coored). Willie
Williams alias French, was hanged at Frank
la, La, for the murder of William Burgess
Feb. 3. AS the black cap was drawn Will.
Jams shouted: 40, God! save mel o, God
save met
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MISCELLANEOUS.

William Norris, head teacher of the
Markdale, Ontario, school, fred five times at
the second teacher, Miss Ford, three shots
taking effect. He then shot himself, dying in
stantly.
Reports from the twenty-six leading
clearinghouse of the United States for the
week show decrease of 24.7 per cent in the
aggregate clearances. In New York the de.
crease was 3l.6 per cent; in Chicago there
was an increase of 81 per cent. Outside of
New York the decrease was but per cent.
The Cunard steamship Oregon, which
left Queenstown at 1921 p. m. the 18th of
August, arrived at New York at $3.50 on the
evening of Aug. 30. This is the fastest trans
atlantic time on record.
Lord Lansdowne, Governor General
of Canada, has received instructions from
the British War Office to furnish 600 Canadian
river men 10 take part in the Nile expedition
TO Khartoum for the relief of Gen. Gordon.
The special duty of these men will be to take
flat-bottomed boats up the Nile. Lord Lans-
downe thinks he will have no trouble in Sc
curing the men.
The American Pharmaceutical Asso-
citation, in session at Milwaukee, elected John
ingalls,, of Georgia. President, and NJ. Maisch,
OF Pennsylvania, Secretary.
The Canadian Government refuses to
permit the expectation of American cattle
10 England on the plan pr Jpos ed by the Free
men brothers, because Of the risk of intro
ducing disease.
A storm in Manitoba injured fifty
buildings in Winnipeg, destroyed church, q
paper mill, and the Canadian Pacific Freight
sheds at Portage Ia Prairie, and leveled the
growing crops in large territory.
A terrible scene was enacted in Lii
ma, the capital of Peru. Caceres, with his
rabble, suddenly entered the city, and before
the Govern ment troops got the upper hand
OF the mob $50 persons were killed in the
streets.
About one thousand rified letters,
taken from a mailbag in the station at
Palmer, Mass, were found scattered over a
hill near that village. A mail-pouch stolen
at Lafayette, Ind, was discovered i'm a corn
field one mile outside the city, and S30.C in
drafts and money-orders were recovered.
A private detective, who is working
for a large reward, states that Capt. How
gate, the defaulting officer Of the signal
corps, spent the winter in Bermuda, and has
been within a days ride of Washington ever
since the spring opened.
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FOREIGN.

A dispatch from Foo-Chow states
that the French iron-clads resumed the at
tacks on the forts on tho Min River, be-
tween its mouth and the arsenal, at an early
hour on the morning of Aug. %. The forts
at the Kinpai Pass offered a determined
resistance but the superiority of the French
gunners soon began 10 tell on the
works. Gun after gun was dislodged,
until finally the Chinese became de-
moralized at the sight of the de-
struction going on and fed from the
fortresses leaving everything behind them.
Admiral Courbet then directed his attack on
the forts higher up the river and made short
work of them, as the garrisons had become
panic-stricken at the sight and fire of the
fleet, and hastily abandoned the defenses,
leaving the French masters of the whole line
Of Notifications on the Min River up to the
arsenal. When the French had descended
the river after the attack upon the forts the
Chinese looted and burned the foreign quar-
ter.
Gen. Wolseley proposes to reach
Dongola with the Gordon relief expedition
by Nov. Z. He declares his confidence of ac-
compllshing this programme. The relief
party will consist of 1000 men. Four hun
dred more river boats have been ordered.
Gen. Millot, commander of the
French forces in Tonquin, telegraphs that
the Chinese are preparing an invasion of that
region. The Niceroy of Canton has ordered
all Frenchmen TO leave his province. IL is
known that important kilograms from Pekin
have been received at Shanghai, and there
are reports IN circulation that China is de-
sirous of coming to an agreement with
France.
Seven men were killed in coal-pit
near Paisley Scotland.
Alphonso Taft, the new American Min
lister to Russia, has arrived at st. Petersburg.
Germany intends to raise corps of
veteran soldiers for colonial service, as the
Prussian military system will not allow
troops to be sent abroad. The funds re-
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The Iowa Greenback State Conven.

The Iowa Greenback State Conven-
ton met at Des MoInes, sixty-six counties
being represented by $40 delegates, and per-
formed one-half of the proposed fusion
act mapped cut I'm advance by the
Democratic and Greenback State Gem
trail Committees The following Presi.
Dental electors were nominated:
At large, Daniel Campbell; First District A.
S. Hunter; Fifth District, George Carter;
Seventh District, ii. S. Wilcox; Ninth Dis
trict, ]. p. Halton, leaving the Eighth
TO be filled. The remainder. seven I'm num-
Der, they left for the Democrats to
nominate when they meet in State
convention. Judge Il. l.. Burton. Demo
crat, was nominated for Supreme Judge;
George Derr, OF Union County, for State
Treasurer; and James Dooley, of Keokuk.
for Secretary of State. The last two are
Greenbackers. A lengthy platform was
adopted.
The Kansas Greenbackers met
in convention at Topeka, and
nominated the following ticket:
Governor, II. L. Phillips; Lieutenant Gov
ernor, John W. Breidenthal; Chief Justice
IL. =. Vrooman; Associate, J. ID. McBryan
Treasurer, III. +. Hefelbourn; Auditor, w.
Il. Wakefield; Attorney General, ii. L. Brush /;
Secretary OF State, j. c. Hibbard; Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, Miss Fannie
Randolph. Electors and State Central
Committee were also chosen.
George Ford has been nominated for
Congress by the Democrats of the Thirteenth
Indiana District, Il. T. Hubbard by the Re-
publicans of the Third Virginia, and Col. }.
Edwards by the Republicans of the Fifth
North Carolina.
Gen. Butler called on Simon Cam
eron ut Harrisburg, Pa. and addressed a
grangers' picnic at Williams Grove He is
said 10 have decided on an aggressive cam
paign, and will speak four times in Pennsyl-
vania. His badge is to be u red rose on u
green leaf.
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LATER NEWS ITEMS.

There are now in Jail at Lima, Peru,
500 prisoners, including seventy officers,
charged with participation in the rebellion
led by Caceres.
Mr.. Thomas Sexton and Mr.. William
Redmond, the Irish members of Parliament
who represented Mr.. Psrnell at the Irish Ma
tional League Convention at Boston, have
sailed for home.
King Alfonso, of Spain, is in wretched
health on account of his excuses, and will
not live long. The regency of Christine, 1t
is thought, would be the signal for a revolu-
ton, and this fact is said TO be the secret of
Alfonsos recent amicable overtures toward
the offended Vatican.
The British expedition for the relief
of Khartoum consists of 5000 British troops,
9, 500 Egyptians, and fiotilla of $50 river
boats, manned by 400 Canadians, 800 Kroo-
men, and about 1000 Egyptians and Nubi-
ans. 1t is estimated that the cost will be
about SAC, O00,0 900.
During I'll e year ending Aug. 81 $780,
or bales of cotton valued at S23, 000, 600 were
received mt Memphis.
The cotton crop of South Carolina is
IN good condition. The picking season has
already commenced. The product will be
fully equal to that of last year.
State Veterinarian Stalker writes to
the President of the Iowa fair that he does
not believe there is IL single case of pleuro.
pneumonia among cattle in Iowa.
Kehlor Brothers fouring-mills at
m nh
loss is about $3.50, 900, the insurance about
100000.
Governor Crosby, of Montana, in a
letter to the Secretary of the Interior, pro-
tests against the manner in which the Piegan
Indians are being treated by the Government.
Responsible citizens of New York
have repeatedly offered S1,000,OO0 for a
horse-car franchise on Broadway The late
A II. Stewart was successful in preventing
encroachments upon that noted thorough
fare. The Council recently gave away the
right, and Mayor Edison vetoed the ordinance
and secured an injunction in the courts. In
terested parties caused the injunction TO be
dissolved, and the Council held secret meet
ing and passed the charter over the veto.
Striking miners at Snake Hollow,
Ohio, commenced riot at 2 o'clock on Sun
day morning, Aug. 81, by firing several nun
dred shots at the guards. William Hare was
killed and two others received serious
wounds. A hopper worth $4,000 was burned
and the telegraph wires were cut. In re-
Spouse TO a call by the Sheriff, Gov. Hoadly
ordered the militia companies at Lancaster
and New Lexington TO be in readiness to
march.
Admiral Courbet officially reports
the complete success of the operations against
the forts along the Min River. The French
loss, he says, was ten killed, thirteen serious
ly and twenty-eght slightly wounded. The
Admiral commends the galantry of his OIL
GERS and seamen.
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NEWS CONDENSED.
Concise Record Of the Week.
EASTERN.

The Rev. DR.. John Brown. the old
died last week at Newbnrg. He delivered
an address OF welcome 10 Lafayette in 1924.
Frosts have seriously damaged the
corn and buckwheat crops in Northeastern
New York and in portions of Vermont, Con-
necticut, and New Hampshire.
A schedule of the Burrows estate at
Albion, N. ", as 1t existed ut the date of
Burrows death IN 1879, shows that the
property was valued ut 81, 75O, 600, which was
swept away by the failure of the Albion
Bank.
Hog cholera has made its appearance
in Hamburg, Pa, and large numbers OF
swine have died
AT Oxford, N. Y, Jenny Tracy re-
fused TO marry William Roberts, and as she
was leaving the academy Roberts fatally
shot her.
Three young English students at the
Moody School at Greenfield, Mass, were
drowned while bathing.
Boston dispatches mention the discov-
cry Of a counterfeit dollar, differing only
ellgutly lTOm tue BtHuluc us 10 NcISut anu
thickness.
The Rev. Charles Sharp, a Catholic
priest, shot himself dead at Bloomfield, near
Pittsburg, Pa. He was crazed by sickness.
Samuel Roberts, late paymaster of
Charles Parrish & Co., coal operators at
wilkesbarre, Pa, is reported defaulter to
the amount of $50, 900 or $4,000. He sur
rendered his property to his employers and
a settlement has been effected.
Ex-Congressman Henry NJ. Phillips
died at Philadelphia, aged 70.
Bannister's shoe factory at Newark,
N. j., was burned. Loss, 100000.
An unknown sailor died of yellow
fever in New York, the first case there.
In celebrating his 18th birthday, DIR.
Oliver Wendell Holmes received congratu-
latory kilograms from numerous friends in
Europe and America.
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was wholly consumed. Ten men persisted
and two more were seriously and Ave slight
ly burned. The nre was communicated from
an open torch with which the car was
lighted TO a quantity of gasoline which was
being carried In the same car, causing an
explosion"
Evansville, Ind, was visited by ter
rible wind, rain, and hail storm, lasting over
an hour. The steamer Silverthorne, with
steam up, had her chimneys blown over.
board. The Josiah Throop was badly
wrecked. Many houses were de-
molished, and roofs and chimneys blown off.
The steamer Belmont was lost in the hurri-
cane below Evansville, and ten or fifteen
persons were drowned. Among the lost are
Capt. John Smith, Z. c. Roach and son, Miss
Laura Lyon and sister, Sallie Bryant and
mother, and others unknown. The boat was
valued at SIS, 900.
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desiring protection.
Another large sugar firm has failed in
Vienna, with liabilities exceeding those Of
weinr.cb, who failed for s4,00O,O0o the other
day.
The clergy of Spain have started de-
monstration in every church in the country
In favor of the temporal power of the Pope.
Frauds aggregating ESQ, 900, in which
foreign officials of high rank are involved,
have been developed in the treasury de-
partment of Egypt.
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THIS AND THAT.

NORWAY is the only place in Europe
where ice water is placed in the railway
cars.
1T has been discovered that many of
London's famous meat pies are made of the
flesh of dead horses.
A GEORGIA man killed his sweetheart
and then poisoned the melon patch in order
to get rid of the rest of the family.
SHARK eight and a half feet long and
weighing 40S pounds was caught in the
North River ut New York recently.
COMBINATION salads are the latest.
They are made of "little Of everything"
and nobody wants to be helped a second
time.
SHARKS are reported to be ascending the
Hudson River in unusual numbers. An
Albany paper thinks they are after the small
boys who battle from the wharves Of that
city.
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The Mexican Centrd pay car, which ar
rived here, yesterday evening was attacked by
robbers at Leido, 500 miles south. A stone
was thrown into the train, supposedly to stop
it, when great number of horsemen
were seen riding slowly on the track
ahead. The tain had guard of twenty
men armed with Winchesters. and they inn
medately prepared for an attack, but the
robbers seeing them fed. The Pullman
car headquarters, at Paso del Norte, across
the river from here, was robbed last night.
The loss has not been ascertained. 1t con-
sisted of money and Pullman supplies.
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WASHINGTON.

The Treasurer of the United States
has forwarded to the Governor of Louisiana
600 free school bonds of the State cap
tured at Baton Rouge in 1865 by Gen. sheri-
dan.
The discovery has been made at
Washington that in ls4s President Polk
decided to the monument association the
ground on which the lofty marble column
has been reared by the Government, and that
the title still rests in the corporation.
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THE red flannel shirt which, tied to an
oar, was used as distress signal by the
Greedy party in the arctic regions, will be on
exhibition at the Cincinnati Exposition.
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T. C. SCHNEIDER, of Baltimore, has Just
finished new microntter, to measure the
wave length of light 1t is said to be the
finest instrument Of the kind in the world.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-09-04

VICTOR HUGO is such an ardent admirer
of Rhea that he is almost persuaded to come
to this country to see her again.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-09-04

WHEN a woman becomes Hurried she
feels for fan; when a man becomes
Hurried he feels for a cigar.
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THEODORE WALRoND has arranged Il
write the life of Dean Stanley.
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THE WHEAT YIELD.
A Final Estimate as to the Crop Of the
United States-A Total Production
of 53O,OOO,OOO Bushels.
Milwaukee dispatch. ]

S. w. Tallmadge presents the following
figures as final estimate of the wheat crop
of the United States for 1884. The figures
are based on official reports made within a
few days by the State Agricultural Depart
ments and Statistical Agents of the differ
ent Stltes and Territories. The report
shows that the total production of winter
wheat is 3o0,000,000 bushels, and the total
Of spring wheat is 10000, 900 bushels;
total winter and spring. 10000, 600
bushels. This makes the total yield of
the country fully 20, 200, 900 bushels more
than ever before produced, 1870, 600, 600
more than last years crop, and $4,000, 900
more than the average crop for the last five
years. The departments all agree in re-
porting the quality as superior, and, where
it has been thashed, they say the yield has
more than met their calculations. This ap-
plies especially to the spring wheat sections
of Iowa, Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, and
Wisconsin. The quality of spring wheat
was never better The spring wheat har-
vest has been late, but the weather has been
most favorable, and grain is being cared for
in excellent condition. The following
figures are given as to spring wheat:
State. Bushels. State Bushels.
Minnesota. A. 200, 900 Wisconsin. p, 900 900
Iowa. $500. 80 100000 -
Nebraska. 81 O00, 600 Total spring
Dakota...... p 100000 wheat. :150, 900
en- =. l. a.. Ii.
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The Mormons are systematically coloniz-
ing Oneida County. Idaho Territory.
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Train Robbers Fooled in Texas.

Total winter and spring. .5 $50. 600
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-07-22
Democratic Nominees.
GROVER CLEVELAND,
OF NEW YORK,
FOR PRESIDENT.
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS,
OF INDIANA.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.


Thomas A. Hendricks, the Democratic
candidate for Vice President, was born
in Muskingum county, Ohio, September
7, 1919. In 1922. his father removed to
Shelby county, Indiana. He studied
law in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, was
admitted to the bar there in lS43, and
returned to Indiana to practice his pro-
fession. From 1851 to 1856 he repre-
sented the indianapolis District in Con.
press, and from 1855 to 1859 was
Commissioner Of the General Land Of
fee. From 1863 to 1869 he was a mem
Der Of the United States Senate, in which
he was regarded as the Democratic
leader. In the Democratic National
Conventions, of 1868, 1876 and 1880 he
was strongly urged for the nomination of
President. He was elected Governor OF
Indiana in 1872 for the term ending jan
uary l, 1877. Previously he had been
twice defeated for the same office. In
1876 he received the Democratic nomi-
nation for the Vice Presidency, with
Tilden for President.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-07-22
rHE CHOLERA

The situation is very serious in France,
and DR.. Koch, who has returned from
Germany to Lyons to continue his in
vestigations, still predicts that the
scourge will spread, but he encourages
the people Of that city with the opinion
that the disease will be milder in form
there than it is at Toulon and Mar
settles, owing to the excellent drainage.
His suggestions as to sanitation have af-
forded to the people Of the world the
only hint they need for the circumstances
which the appearance of the plague
creates. Personal cleanliness, a whole
some diet, and strict conformity to sani-
tsry laws in the removal of waste and
filth from dwellings and the streets, will
reduce the danger of cholera in any city
to q minimum, and in places where these
precautions have been observed little ap-
prehension of the scourge need be felt.
In America especially no fear of al inva-
sion of cholera need be entertained if
only proper care is taken to preserve in
dividual and public health.
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bonded debt, 81, 900, 600 unsecured. The
Indebtedness is unknown, but is said to be
not large.
Missouri stack.
KANSAS CRY, July 21.-Receipts-Cattie
ZOO, mostly common and medium gross
Texas steers, for which the market is dull
and little or no trading.
ST.. Louis cattle.
ST. LOUIS, July 21.-Cattle dull. Corn
fed steers tending down. Texans steady
at S31s @3A; receipts, 3,4OO.
Yet Another.
ELMIRA, N. Y, July 21.-The private
clearinghouse of F. G.. Hill has closed iti
doors. The bank carried about $50, 600 OF
500, 900 deposits.
Dismissal and Appointments.
WASHINGTON, July 21.-The President
has appointed James W. Clark Collector Of
Customs at Corpus Cristi, Tex, vice Plate
Nelson, dismissed.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-07-22
YOUNG, CLEAN, BRAVE. HONEST

We like Grover Cleveland, says the
New Haven Register, for the very rea-
sons that are to lead to his certain cleo
tion. He is a young, ardent Democrat of
the old school. He is honest. He is
conscientious and faithful in the perfor-
nance of his duties. His record is clean.
No acts of official corruption or Of ques-
tionable honesty stain his escutcheon.
He has been, it is true, but a short time
in public life, but so many are the proofs
he has given of his administrative ability
and fitness for the responsibility of meet
ing and acting upon public questions
affecting the important interests Of thous'
ands upon thousands of people that we
repose o perfect confidence in his read.
mess to meet with equal success the
greater problems hat confront a Presi,
dent Of the United States.