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Saturday Smiles.

1t is rumored that Gail Hamilton Is knitting
pair of ear warmers for DR.. Burchard. -
Philadelphia Can.
Would it not be as appropriate to tell a
shoemaker to heel himself as to make that re-
mark to a physician ?-Ol City Derrick.
The Duke of Argyle has computed that the
world Will not be destroyed in ten million years.
Inns is very encouraging to the Bartholdi pedes-
tai fund committee.-Hotel Mail
The young ladies of this city carried their
MONDAY lunch in a music roll until the custom
had become dreadfully vulgar 1t is suspected
that the violin case, now so much In vogue. is
used Tor the same purpose.-Boston Trans
script.
No longer does the boy
In shady brooklets swim,
Nor seeks the maiden coy
The golden rod so prim
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RAILROADS.

i --1 o-'i-'' PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
noi TO THE = 4 NORTH, WIsT AND SOUTHWEST
Steel ksfIs aksSIF1 efEHt EhaytrpxrNr
Trains ea ~ krrbGr NoTE n ID is.s
Tor pitts6urs and The west Chicago limited Express.
M dsiig @ M i 1 with seeS
es5te LOUIS daily Except sstardaS 70 nc Ghos s;
Tess ca d ho Siah r asas Cars TO III
Also connects daily for Chicago with Sleeping. Csl
fer Pittsburg and the West with Palace Sleeping Cal
BhETI MORE O an aNS POTOMAC RAILROAD.
For Erie Cnnandaicua, Rochester, Buffalo Niagara
Na sG to Rochester 1A'' WIN '"'' -"
For wiliAnlsport, Lock Haven and Elm,rA at $40 IN
For New shf fork ana ihe East us $40 HOO m
l0So and Ii is p m Limited Express OF rSllmsn
For without ehanH esGt e1ery
on SUNDAY, SUNDAY 100 7. m 60,
With Of Brn Anne a.
rect transfer to Fulton street. avoiding double ferraxs
Tor ihiIade phia 7i5 $50 and IL a m 200. 400 600
nlS m. Limited Express. $40 a m. daily. ercspt
For Baltimore CAS- us, $50. e4o. HOO I. m. 2os
eco, 40. AS. 40 600. 40. 10 90 and IL rs m
On Sunday, $40. Hoo a. m. 4oo Geo. 74o i0o0 and
For Popes Greek Line. 6s5a m snd A4op m dail,.
For Annapolis 6.s5 a. m. 1905 and A4o o. m daily. sx.
ALEXANpRiA AND FREpERIcKsBURG RAILWAY
AND ALEXANDRIA AND WASHINGTON RAIL
For Alexandria, g. o. 7G0. a25 iI0l and Hiss a m
205. ~. 4:4h 600, SOS and Ills p. u. On SUNDAY
TOGO 9.25 11.0l a n, SOS D. IN
For Richmond alo the South. GOO and IL OF q m daily
= and I. 45 p. daily. except Sunday.
Trains leave Alexandra for Washington Sos 500 10 90
lO10 m; Loo, $685. 3. g. 5.l0. 7O5 and lU4o %. m
and IL 10 midnight Except Monday. On sunday al
night.
Tickets and information at the Office northeast corner
Of 18th street and Pennsylvania avenue and the Sta
ton, where orders he left for the checking OF bag.
gage TO destination from hotels and residences.
CHAS. K. PUGH. j. X WOOD
General Manager. General Passenger Agent
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THoMAs BOWLING. Auctioneer.
EXECUTORS SALE OF VALUABLE PROPERTY 1

EXECUTORS SALE OF VALUABLE PROPERTY IN
GEORGETOWN l.. C.
By virtue and direction of the last will and tesla f2
ment of Thomas Weaver late OF the District of CO.
lumbia shall offer for sale the premises on -.
MONDAY, DECEMBER EIGHTH, 1884. at FOUR
40 -; NJ. YIN iu.i0Hiis rem estate VIZ; Part OF
TO GEORGETOWN having front of As street on High
street and depth of 100 feet inches Also the south
l55 feet front OF lot ESQ in square, fronting on
HiRh street and running back 1876 feet more with an
adjoining six lot i'll the county: all about 76
icres; All Of the above property is located on the
Heights of Georgetown adjoining the site of the Ma
tional Observatory property.
Terms Of sale: One-thrd cash: balance in notes Of
equal payment at and two years. with interest
cured by deed OF trust upon the property sold. All
conveyanciny at purchasers cost. 300 deposit re.
Quired on each property sold n time of sale
ROBERT d. WEAVER
n25.10t Executor of Thomas Weaver
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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS
TRUsTEEs SALE OF DESIRABLE THREE-sToR1
L BRICK DWELLING, No &C DEGREES STREET

By virtue Of deed Of trust dated November Is a
1879 and recorded among the land records of the &S
District of Columbia in Liber No 926 folio 4i6, ct
and at the written request OF the holder OF the note
thereby secured will sell at public auction, in front
Of the premises. on TUESDAY, DECEMBER NINTH.
1854 at FOUR O'CLOCK Z. NJ. Lot $50 fifty five of
Alexander Shepherds recorded subdivision of square
numbered six hundred and twenty three $685. with the
improvements as above stated
Terms one third cash, of which 800 must be paid
when bid is accepted balance in equal instalments in
one and two respectively: deferred payments to
bear interest at six cent per payable semi
annually from day Of SALE and to be secured by the
chasers promissory notes and deed of trust the
property sold All the purchase money may at pur
recording at purchasers cost. Taxes will be paid to
date OF sale If terms of sale be not complied with
within ten days from day Of sale the property will be
.ssod on above terms at purchasers risk and cost
1 Taos. Z Z F M!khdGathAthAx, Trustees.
I. E. WAGGAMAN. Auctioneer nao- a tn th5ts
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STEAMERS.

TUN ARD LINE.
NOTICE
LANE ROU TIE
TIE fTMhFB s SFW NShK LIMITED
CALLING AT CORK HARBOR
FROM PIER 80 y. X. NEW YORK.
SERvIA .......Wed. Dec. To- BoTHNIA..... We'd Jan T.
OREGON. We'd. Dec. II. GALIIA..... Wei. Jan Ia
ScYrHIA.. Wed, Dec. "a. OREGON. Wei, Jan. 81.
ACRANIA. We'd. Dec. 81. fAvONIA. -. We'd jan %
AND EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM NEW YORK
RATES OF PASsAGE-S6O $50 and 500. accorcna
&c accommodations. "
Storage at low rates Steerage tickets from Law
epoo and queenstown and all other parts Europe
lowest rates
Through bills of laden given for Belfast Glasgow.
Hayre Antwerp and other ports the Continent aud
FOR Mediterranean ports.
No 4, Bowling Green both SteersSe aud Cabin Ia
OTIS BIGELOW X Co, COS 9Th st, Washington. D. q
NEltNON II. BROWN & CO. New York;
Orto Messrs OTIS B1GELOW CO.
d4 Cos 9TH street. WAshnston
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DALTTdORE AND OHIO RAILROAD
- TIE MODEL FAST LINE AND THE ONLY
LINE BEINEEN THE EAST AND TIRE WEST
MA WASHINGTON.

DOUBLE TRACK, JANNEY COUPLER
rcHFpULE IN IF FlFL fAii SUNDAY. NOV IN
:SSt UNTIL FURTBER NOTICE 80
Leave Washington from station corner OF New Jsrsey
Nor G cnlcasS s99 and daily and Los
tied Express TO Chicago and Pttsburs No extra fare
For CINCINNATI Louisville and st. Louis daily at o5
Pm and 10 10 p m with through Coaches and Palace
dait ts'sE6 at 90 a pt with P1roT and
o with seephf caro- 10 70 Sta5rs Cleveland and De-
For Toledo and Detroit : Wis Monrooville les r. m
wheeling and Lake Erie S'ia Sleeper '0f Toledo Vi.
iGGE ISL $50 t "a and 49, sSoc 81 minute
fS5 r?5. Z @ss $50 o. moo
.s t.r local points on the Shenandoah Valley railroad
T?E POINTS o. Shenandoah valley railroad and point.
For Annapolis $40 a m. and ,2:Iosnd 4.son m, %
For Way Stations between and baltimore
i5o Si1 s On snh m laso M s sSS ts 20 "a
and IL 10 pm For Stations on Meiropoliisn branch.
i:s m, dali, except Sunday. ana $50 m. dsiy.
on MetropoItan branch Sos AM daiIy sscesa sum
daily Except snnSay an sr ffs rsars
an. AS :. m. daily except SUNDAY.
"a aagerstEwn sos H. daily. except Sunday. and
Trims arrive from the West daily. Gao 7.2oA m a.s.
From Annspolis, $40 2 m. and Ito and esp n,
Prom LeIinston. 2l5 p IN daily. except SUNDAY.
Trims leave Baltimore for Washington ct I,Sa "a
120 ,, and 1890 q. 1850 l2:l5. 80 s. 6:ya
100 a M $50 40 s. 6:so % and 80 M -"
All trains from Washington stop at Relay Station
S ss :gsy . e: ~ "a
e e BE- sns
" H n cL Z NJ SIS NJ. o, T.. baltimore
n3 c. X. LORD. oenI Passenger Agent
TIVE VIRGINIA MIDLAND RAILWAY
ZEE SHORT line TO rHE sorrTH eorsrv-~>.~
sloA.M.-NEW ORLEANS MAIL daily msfins oo~
connections 70 all points South and southvS8
inEton 70 Atlanta. Pullman EleepdnR 90 ~
,.,o Masnlns5Sn snd Ausns: e Esw oIlesns
lottesvie TO Cincinnati Louisville and al Western
points Pullman Sleeping cars washnGsoa %
nacP,M-SoUTHERa MAIL AND ExpRrsa nsas
e all points South and Southwest VIA Dapytne ~
Charlotte Pullman Sleeping cara from Mn0htnH-
ton VA Dan vile. Charlotte and Atlanta 70 NsV
Orleans: also from Washington VA ChaFios0 II
Columbia 70 Augusta
Nannssa Division Train leaves wsahingtoa = ssooA
wren Ssy s.Gsp' iss1s G..u,ns.a q.
setsss ana ony nform.s,ea ,nau, s.cuupyses.
Gee ,6W Pennsylvania avsnua Trains leave froa y .
u. sIxpoHTER xxAcDAInA.
sua eor. HAAS --sae nsass1
T,HE CELLULoIp TRUSS: THAT KEvxn l1sAxo
never wssx! out always caean. and e. - t.
MRS FISHER dsvoto hr st1sanea 3 u vssSQ
Lady PatronA -
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C1HANCERY SALE OF IMPROVED AND UNIM-
" PROVED PROPERTY.

" PROVED PROPERTY.
By virtue of decree of the Supreme Court of the IA
District OF Columbia. entered 18th October 1884 a
in equity No 1882, wherein James Houston hA
is complainant and Mary T. Garland ct al are defend
ants the undersigned trustees named in said decree
will. at HALFPAST THREE O'CLOCK p M on
MONDAY, DECEMBER EIGHTH. 1884 sell at pub ic
auction in front OF the premises Lots three C five 80
and six Co. in square fortytwo {42), and immediately
thereafter the following pieces in square one hundred
and 121) The west half of Lot six TO-
half of Lot Co., with improvements east half Of Lot
seven % west half OF Lot seven ~ with improvements;
square one hundred and seventy two Q72).
Terms of sale prescribed by the decree: Onethird
of purchase money in cash. and the remainder in equal
instruments in one and two from day of with
interest to be secured by deed of trust property
Sold all cash. at option of purchaser deposit Of
two hundred S20 dollars to be made acceptance Of
each bid. Terms to be complied with in (lO) days.
property be rescld risk and of defaulng
purchaser All conveyancng at purchasers cost.
JAMES H. SAYILLE.j
JOHN F. cox, } Trustees
342 ID street northwest,
DUNCANSON BROS. Aucts n26-lOt
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OUISIANA STATE LOTTERY.
UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION
OVER HALF A MILLION DISTRIBUTE
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY CoMpAN

LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY.
Incorporated in 1868 for Is years by the Legislature
for educational and Chart, able purposes-with capital
Of 200 0OO-to which reserve fund of $550000
has since been added.
By overwhelming popular vote its franchise
made part of the present State Constitution adopted
December 2. A. u. 1872
Ira GRAND SINGLE NUMBER DRAWINGS will take place
monthly. 1t scales or postp0nes. Look at the
following Distribution
175TH GRAND MONTHLY
EXTRAORDINARY SEMI-ANNUAL DRAWING,
IN THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS
TUESDAY. DECEMBER 16, 1884,
Under the personal supervision and management of
Gen. 9. T. BEAUREGARD. Of Louisiana, and
Gen. JUBAL A. EARLY, of Virginia
rD CAPITAL PRIZE $4,000 10
u Notice-Tickets are Ten Dollars only Halves, S5
Fifths 81. Tenths. 81
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TIVE VIRGINIA MIDLAND RAILWAY
ice SHORT LINE TO The SOUTH. sourrWzs
AND WEST.

THE CELLULoYp TRUSS: THAT NEVER pRsAxo
while bathing btor salssf : y
CHA4 I1GHRB,a
e2S 10 gnoo< noEthWO
MRS. FISHER dsvoto hsr s&s1an0a e d wS69a
Lady Patrona ~ n
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MEDICAL. &c.

nR. LEON. THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED AND
" only reliable ladies' Physician in the city. bs
consulted Gafly, 323 Missouri first south
OF Pennsyvana avenue between Sd and ~ streets All
female complaints and irregularities quickly removed
Prompt treatment Correspondence and consultations
strictly confidential. Separate ladies'. Office
hours-11 to 4 and to y. u. dim.
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nANENHOWER L son,
~ Real Estate and Insurance,
No. 1926 street northwest
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DEREMPTORY SALE OF
l. $50 ORIENTAL RUGS.
CARPETS, PORTEIRES AND MATS,
A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUES,
Consigned direct from Asia
Among which will be found
30 CAMEL HAIR RUGS
Very handsome and worthy the attention of Connos.
sieurS.
This collection should be to be appreciated and
will be exhibition, within salesrooms 3li and
3l9 9th street, corner of d street northwest on
FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND MONDAY DECEMBER
9TH, 9Th AND STU
The sale will be without reserve commencing TUES.
DAY, DECEMBER NINTH. at THREE O'CLOCK p
NJ. and continue WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY DE-
GENDER TENTH and ELEVENTH, at ELEVEN
O'CLOCK A. M. aud THREE O'CLOCK P NJ each day
d2dts DUNCANSON BROS, Auc.ioneers
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FENRISTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
l. OPPOSITE NEW PENSION OFFICE BUILDING
WITH BUILDINd THEREON, No. 451 G STREET
NORTHWEST
By virtue of DEGREES Of the Supreme Court Of the a.
District OF Columbia, in cause William Lord Ft;a
PATRICK ODonnoghue ct al. No SAG, Equity 0A
Docket as trustees under deed of trust recorded in
trict Of Columbia, will sell, on TUESDAY NINTH
pay OF DECEMBER, A. D. 1884, at FOUR O'CLOCK
r M In front of the premises that part of Lot No. &C.
In the subdivision of original Lot No 8 square No
Dig In the city of Washington which is tanned in the
following metes and bounds BEGINNING at the south.
vest corner Of said lot and running east &c l feet
thence north 100 feet; thence west 26 "a feet and
thence south 100 feet to the place beginning There
is an old two-story brick house on the lot.
Terms: One third cash. of which deposit Of $3.50 is
required at time of sale. balance in and two
years with interest secured deed of trust all cash.
at option Of the purchaser
ALAN A. DALE, r.
- THJESUP MILLER} Af"s'ees.
DUNCANSON BROS, Auc,ioneers. n25-d Is
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1IsT OF pRIZEa

1xl9 Prizes amounting ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2. 800
for rates to clubs should be made only to
The once Of the Company in New Orlears
For further information write Clearly giving full ad
Dress Postal Notes, Express Money Orders, or New
York ExchAnge in ordinary letter. Currency by Ex-
press au sums Of S6 and upwards at expense ad-
n. A. DAUPHrN
New Orleans. La
Make ?. 2. Money Orders payable and address Reg
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK
n2W6oW New OTleans. La
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The Gas Wells.

Natural gas has long been utilized for
heating aud lighting purposes IN al the
towns of the oil regions. At Ihttshurg
attention is now seriously turned toward
econ"mizng it and making II serve upon
large scale. This gas Is brought to
the city in five and eight inch mains
from as far rs twenty-five miles away
it flows with suicidal wastefnlncss aud
many wells give out in less than five
years.
The gas is use1 in all kinds Of furnaces
for making steam, iron, glass, etc. Its
value as heating agent Is high, and
The best method OF burning it has been
found to be by numerous l"'s II contact
With the whole heating surface ci the
boiler. Household use has hegun, 81
though it is almost impossible - make
tigh. Joints in the pipes, and no method
Of removing the vile olor of the gas has
vet been coItrivcd. From !; also are
made electric light carbons and the
finest lampblack for printing INKS.
Ere. Warren and nany other towns
have long used natural gas either alone
or u.i1ed with artificial coal gas as an
i.unlinator, the only object being the
bad smell. The committee which la'"!y
reported npon the subject t. the Society
of Mechanical Engineers stated that the
valne of the gas as compared by evaro-
ration tests with coal at Sl.4D per ton,
Is only eight cents per Thousand feet
Tie IDur.
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GREENLAND ICE I ACnS
TIE ENnEHT or MINES
ACCOJ NT> FOX Tik NY STIKi.
Why We Have ie~hsrSa In Surh lrrGe
QuRniit.es-A Bad Look Ahead.
From the New York IIerali.l

[From the New York Hernld.l
The report Of the ice packs near
Greenland, just brought hy the la.k
luorine to Philadelphia, c,eals np tie
MYSTERY Of the early Giux Of ice on the
{fiantic It'll. ,c.r. The ho-k, Eiu"rinc
aid Silica arrived at Arsuk Ford, April
9, from lIsnburP. and took refuse in
the hart or Of Kyrtalik. The Silica,
after having been driven north to lati-
tude 63 degrees, longitude 81 degrees
west, encountered a broad ice belt, and
subsequently sailed along pack fifty
miles, which WAS SO high that one could
rot see over it. Tie superintendent Of
the mines at lvigtnt, South Greenland,
stated that the past winter has been ex.
traordilarily severe for frost. snow and
gales, and the adjacent ford froze
deeper and further out from shore tLaD
ever before
Fortunately for the navigation of the
Arctic seas beyond the great rush Of
heavy ice from Davis's Strait ceased
4, L
tered no ice in coming southwark. THIS
fact suggests that the ice masses in the
approaches to Smiths Sound may have
thinned out in some degree by the time
the relief steamers-t.e Thetis, the
Bear, and the Alert-reach that latitude.
1t may, however. be found that the c,-
traordinary stream OF ice which for some
months has been moving off the Labra-
dor coast, will not be exhausted till the
middle of next month.
The exceptional iciness Of the Green
land seas last winter may have been, as
i DR.. John Rae has recently suggested,
the indirect cause Of the exceptionally
mild winter of 1884, in the British
Islands. The natural effect OF so large
flow of cold water from the north,
meeting the warm Gulf Stream at right
angles. sats al English explorer. would
"not only be to deilect the latter to Che
so,.thward of It's usual course, causing it
to strike our shores further SOUTH but
also in much greater volume, because
much larger supply i, required to re,
.,lace the increased quantity from the
Arctic. This reasoning is sound, but
it would seem as If both the phenomenal
glacial flow west Of Greenland and the
mild British winter are rather to be
ascribed to one cause.-the prevalence Of
q vast cyclonic area Of low barometer
/, over and east of Iceland, which would
| induce powerful polar or northwesterly
J winds III Baflin's Bay, and equally
strong equatorial currents over the Brit
sh Islands. If this be the case, as the
present summer advances and the seas
northeast of Iceland grow warmer this
area ~11pmove farther to the east stuard,
possibly snbiecting Great Britain, cspc-
: cially Scotland, to occasional boreal
winds III July, which may be injurious
! to the grain crops.
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THE HA-S-E.

-yr ne mailing crowd they stand apart
a .a .e.s f9ur and the Work Of Art.
-f.art might tell from sight alone
j hat Culture rpest grown
"a. taan. Million fair to see,
II pl.a3,lphia Pedigree,
'ou Mind u azure hue,
& ufu soul from Ealamazoo-
yei Art in a eeernly way,
n u. earnest soul and a capital A. Il
ti'.v wor- -hiped, hnt no. o.one broke
red etllncss, until up spoke
s. =" 'trn ono from the name!css place,
{ fj,a, face- a -al smle flew.
sa tEeg t~iEcl away from kala1nazoo,
G.ti.aiu'- naughty sonl was stirred
.sA Il tIanRer with one small word,
iaanr rcproof in praso.
>. liz. indeed, lovely vaze
lter unworthy triumph when
= ono from the house Of Penn,
rs canse4ou-ne-s ef two grandpapaa,
It i quit, a lov.iy vals -
A aHee- round VIII All ANXIOUS thrill,
Tic word Of Beacon Hill
] @'s !, ton msid pln,es cour'con-lro
= ,er'.y mufIt-..r.: 'Ol. pardon me
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-08-23
BIO WORDS,

Il is never well toAsse big words when
small ones will express the same mean-
ing. A laly who aa- making CAL on
some acuuaintancea observed that tho
furniture lad been changed, and re-
marked to the lady: You Lave been
me.aIaor,, hosc.l. haven I you z ~ -o-s,
sail H." other hesltatIngly. "lon mean
cal.imlncd suppose, IT looks much
h,'t.r. doesn't IT, What caused yo'n
l:,lc bows sickness p asked . plain
jnnrher Il mother whose little aon was
very Ill. tie ~as climbing ladder,
esil the .ahv, "aud lo~t hls equilibrium.
Poor little fellow" said the symps-
,l.e'ic aonIan; no bHy him another;
he'i. l.. mere careful ihe ueIt time
"ni son find Il &c people ind'vept Z
a>s.d Clergyman of a w""'''t Nom
her Of his church Who had bcri :Li'ng
"n soiue very poor families. "''.', hc"r
M" answered the lady: tiny
sr.-..:itia, Int As poor -.
a..
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"Sal: Horse in the Navy.
HOW RECRUITS ARE STARVED AND IoBBEI
uE TIE RECEIVING SHIPS

do you know that sailors in the
United States Nav. are half starvei?'
remark. i recruit of few months 10
reporter.
What do you mean 2" asked the re-
porter.
II mean simply what say. They
arc starved ard also robbed, and If their
treatment Was generally known there
would not be one recruit where there
are now ten.
"Of what do you chiefly complain p
"Of the food. For breakfast We
have hard tack which has to be broken
with a hammer and so-called coffee. "A
detection more nearly resembling burnt
saw1ust and hot water. Once week
roast beef is served, and while it Is OF
the poorest quality it is really the only
meal we get. At other meals we are
given cuts of salt pork with five inches
Of fat, and Of twenty pounds of 1t we
have only about one pound OF lean. 1t
is impossible TO eat the fat, and the men
throw it overheard. One day in the
week we are dealt out so-called bolI,i
beef which is Us tough as piece OF can
vas But OF all the stuff served 10 Us
sailors the worst 10y far is the alleged
corned beef, known among US rs ra!t
horse. This is our Friday dish. 1t is
simply impossible to eat it, and the
chief duty OF the cook on that day is TO
throw the stuff overheard. This Is the
bill of fare OF the receiving ship, Yer
mont, ard on scagoine ships it is even
worse. Each man Is compelled 10 pay
81 month into the mess to hny n little
extra food in order that he may he able
to live. There onght to be no trouble
about feeding the recruits on the re-
ceiving ships If the men bad their rights
'The men receive 50 month, ard
many OF them spend it all rather than
eat salt horse, but after their money Is
gone they must cat 1t or etarvc. The
starvation and privations to which a
sailor is subjected prompt many to
desert. That is why the Powhntan can
not obtain recruits. No man will enlist
III the nav. If he can &c: anything .iss'
to do, or unless he knows nothing about
the way recruits are treated"