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What n Baby Can DO

1t can wear out 81 pair of kid shoes in
twenty-four hours.
1t can keep its father busy advertising in
the newspapers for nurse.
1t can occupy both sides of the largest
sized bed manufactured simultaneously.
1t can cause its father to be insulted by
every second-class clearinghouse keeper
in the city who "never take children.n
which in nine cases out of ten is very fortu-
nate for the children
1t can make itself look like flend lust
when mamma wants to show ''what pretty
baby she has
1t can make an old bachelor in the room
adjoining use language that, If uttered on
the street, would get him in the penitentiary
for two years.
1t can 90 from the farthest end of the
room to the foot Of the stairs In the hall
adjoining quicker than its mother can
just step into the closet and out again.
IL can 90 to sleep "like little angelo
and Just as mamma and papa are starting
for the theatre it can wake up and stay
awake until the last act.
These are some of the things that baby
can do. But there are other things us well.
baby can make the commonest home the
brightest spot on earth. 1t can tighten the
burdens of loving mothers life by adding
to them 1t can ilatten its dirty little face
against the window pane in such way
that the tired father can see it as picture
before he rounds the corner. Yes, babies
are great institutions, particularly ones
own baby Newman Independent.
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COAST. LAKE AND RIVER.

Almost equally with the Navy will
the subject of coast defenses for our
seaboard cities be prominent before
The next Congress. The Chief of En-
gineers, as wf,t ,tas other officers of the
Army, have annually for years called
the attention of Congress to the utterly
defenseless condition, of our coasts.
The committee appointed under an
act passed by the last Congress to look
into this matter will be ready to report
shortly after the meeting Of Congress.
The report will show the urgent ncces-
sity of putting the sea, gulf and lake
coasts in condition to repel the assaults
of possible invader. 1t will be thor.
oughly practical in its nature and will
put the estimates for the work in n
definite shape. General Newton thinks
that the next Congress will get this
much needed work well under way.
General Newton Is also in favor of
liberal appropriations for river and
harbor improvements, The improve
ments that have been commenced have
been greatly injured by the failure of
The last Congress to vote any money
for their continuance. Eighteen or
twenty millions OF dollars should be
applied to this work, and the Chief of
Engineers thinks that Congress will
vote that much if no political jobs or.
unjust discrimination in favor of local
tiles or individuals are allowed to creep
in. He evidently knows what has
done more than anything else to defeat
river and harbor bills.
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PEOPLE IN GENERAL.

LEAF by leaf the roses fall,
Drop by drop the spring runs dry,
One by ono the children come,
Two by two their shoes you buy;
Three 10y three their hats wear out,
-Four by four their trousers rip.
So the year rolls gayly on,
While five 10y five your dollars skip.
-lOmaha bee.
"TuE craze for old china Is on the wane,"
says an exchange, "and the prevailing craze
Is for old silver
MME SALoMoS, wife Of President Salo-
France by the Normandie on Sunday, and
Is at the Union Square Hotel, New York.
MR. IIowELIs, It is said, is going abroad
10 spend the winter and spring IN Italy anil
switzerland. He will not allow his literary
work, however, to he interrupted by travel.
MIR. JouS BOYLE O'RELLEY having de
cliucd TO read an original poem at the Bos-
ton Grant memorial exercises, Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe has been chosen TO perform
the Office.
TIM Marquis OF Lansdownc, Governor
General Of Canada, leaves ottawa Ont, on
Saturday for the Northwest Territories and
British Columbia, and will be absent about
eight weeks.
CONGRESSMAN BLAND OF Missouri had
intended to be present at the River Convcu-
tion at St. Paul, but the serious Illness OF
his youngest child detained him at his home
I'm Lebanon.
CONGRESSMAN EDWARD j. GAY Of the
Third Louisiana district, who has recently
returned home expresses himself well salts
fled with the Administration anI the po-
litical aspect generally.
PROFESSOR, looking at his watch-"As
We have a few more minutes, shall be
glad to answer any question that any one
may wish to ask Student-"What time
is it, pliase?'-[Troy Times.
PRoFEssoR IIUxLEY's health Is so much
impaired that he will give up all his ap-
pointments and probably live henceforth in
Italy. 1t is said that the British Govern
mcnt will grant him a pension of 5000 a
year
THE BIG steamboat, Plymouth Rock,
which cost jim Fisk half million dollars.
is in the hands Of the sheriff and tied up to
n wharf in the Erie Basin, n. Y. She is
comparatively as bad an investment as the
tIcul EuSlcTU.
RICHARD T. HIGGINs, better known in
theatrical circles as Sam Rickey is dying
of consumption in the Homeopathic Hos
pital on Wards Island. lie is a native of
Providence, II. l., only 81 years Of age, and
made his debut at Salt Lake City in 1861
ARcHBIsHoP WALSH was installed in the
Dublin Cathedral yesterday. The ccre-
monies were witnessed by the Lord Mayor
and corporation, Messrs. Davitt and O'Do-
herty, twelve parliamentary supporters of
Mr.. Parnell and vast concourse of citizens.
GENERAL MCCLELLAN is impressed with
the results of Mormon industry out in Utah,
and said to Salt Lake reporter: "a people
who could have wrought these changes
must he possessed of sterling integrity, in
dustrious habits, and INDUCED in other
matters than crime.n
BRITISH MINISTER WEST is said to he on
the tonter-books of expectation, for If the
coming Parliamentary elections confirm
the Salisbury Cabinet, Minister West is
likely to be rotated, but his grounds and
girls still continue to present the most at
tractivc lawn tennis in Washington IN.
Y. World.
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WASHINGTON, D. G., SEPT. $, 1885.
LAW AND ORDER.


Ii is the duty of intelligent and in1u.
ential colorcd men in this city to i'm.
press upon certain others Of their race
the importance and necessity of sub
ordination to the civil authorities Some
of them, we fear, are using their intclli.
gencc and influence in quite another anl
very mischievous direction, melting the
spirit of lawlessness and counselling
the ignorant and misguided to their
inevitable detriment. This is not as it
should be.
There are two propositions which
need to be thoroughly understood and
there will be no more trouble.
One is that as rule no good citizen,
who is attending to his own business
and behaving himself peaceahly, is in
danger of arrest.
The other is that should such a thing
as an unwarrantablc or arbitrary arrest
occur, the citizen has his remedy, not
in riot and bloodshcd, but in an appeal
10 the authorities for redress.
In the same degree that the prcscrva.
lion of the peace is necessary to the
public welfare, is the maintenance of
strict and obedent discipline essential
10 the efficiency OF the police force.
An officer who exceeds his duty, like
an officer who fails to do his duty, is
liable to punishment.
So must the citizen who violently
disputes the enforcement of the law
suffer the ineXorable consequences of
his resistance.
The peace must be preserved at any
cost, and it will be. The riotous and
turbulent elements of Washington
should have sense enough to know that
they can make no successful stand
against the Government under which
they live. If they do not know it they
will have to be taught
1t is not question of race and color,
but of law and order, applicable to all
races and colors; and it is fair to as
sume that police regulations and police
officers that are satisfactory to nine
tenths of the people Of the District of
Columbia are good enough for the
other tenth. If not let the agrieved
parties present their grievances to the
proper authorities at the proper time
and in the proper place and they will
be heard. Otherwise, there is danger
of continued conflict between those
whose duty it is to keep good order and
those whose determination it seems to
be that good order shall not be kept.
The responsibility will largely rest
npon the evil advisers who having il in
their power to check this mob spirit,
chose rather to encourage it and there.
by involved themselves in the same
retribution that sooner or later is Ger
tain TO overtake all men who violate
The laws or offend the peace of their
country.
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FISH ANb GAME LAWS.

A call has been issued for meeting
In ST. Louis, beginning the Goth in
slant, of all the sportsmen in the
country. st, Louis, not being Cincin.
natl, the convention will be one of
sportsmen who should not be con
founded with sports" The object Of
The meeting is to form a National
Sportsmens' Association, which will
devote itself to the work of bringing
about more uniform system of fish
and game laws, and also take steps to
see that they are enforced We trust
this movement will be successful.
Streams that formerly teemed with fish
are now almost barren, and localities
where game was abundant are almost
devoid of animal life. The absence
or non-enforcement Of game laws has
brought this about. When the cap.
ture of fish and game is allowed to 90
on unrestra ned at all seasons of the
year they win soon disappear.
Such indiscriminate slaughter should
not be permitted AS the gentlemen
who will meet in st. Louis are deeply
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JOHN WALTER, JR,
JOHN l.. NOGr.
'NHOMAs DOWNING, AUcrIoNEER.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ES-
TATE LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF
ELEVENTH STREET, BETWEEN w AND
BOUNDARY STREETS ~ W., IN WASH
INGTON CITY, ID. C.,
by virtue of n certain deed Of trust TO me
dated october 10, 1874 duly recorded In liber
iG2, folio 8S5 ct seq, of the land records of the
District of Columbia, and by the direction of
the party thereby secured, will offer for sale
at public auction In front of the premises ON
SATURDAY, THE 18TH DAY or SEPrEM-
BER 1885, at 1880 O'Clock p. M, all that
piece or parcel of ground situate, lying aud
being in the said city of Washington ami Dis,
trlct known as and being the south seventeen
% feet and eight (S inches of lot numbered
ffty-two (52) In the recorded subdivision OF
square numbered three hundred and two Cl0g.
Terms Of sale-The amount Of Indebtedness
secured by said trust unpaid, with the ex-
penses Of sale In cash, the balance at six and
twelve months, for which the notes Of the
purchaser bearing interest from the day OF
sale and secured by deed Of trust on the prop
erty sold required. All conveyancing at pur-
chaser's cost. Deposit of 500 on acceptance
Of bid CHARLES ii. MOULT0N
seld&ds Trustee.
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The Song of "Thc Drum.

However admirable n piece may be, the
moment 1t becomes questionable it is
dropped. Some of the prettiest melodies
have been sacrificed in this manner and
recently one of my friends made search for
piece which had charmed him in youth
and was then widely popular but now its
stance of this is found in the fact that ''The
Drum is not now to be found, and yet it
was the finest song of its day. When the
Society of the Cincinnatus celebrated the
Fourth of July at the City Tavern In 1904,
Hamilton was called on for song and
gave "The Drum.n How strange that it
should now be obsolete beyond research.
Within n week from the aforementioned
occasion Hamilton was corpse, and even
at the very time preparations for the duel
were under way.-[Cincinnati Enquirer.
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OWL SERVICE EXAMINATION. CUES
~ tiOns and answers on all subjects. Send
TEN cents. Ivy Institute, 800 X sts n W.
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IN THE LIBRARY.

From the uriels one by one
Slowly fades the setting sun;
ON the marge Of afternoon
Stands the new born crescent moon.
In the twillght's crimson glow
Dim the quiet alcoves grow.
Drowsy-lided Silence smiles
on the long deserted aisles;
out Of every shadOwy nook
Spirit faces seem 10 look,
Some with smiling eyes, and some
With n sad entreaty dumb;
He who shepherded his sheep
ON the wild Slcilian steep,
He above whose grave are set
Sprays Of Roman violet;
Poets, sages-all who wrought
In the cruCible Of thought.
Day by day as seasons glide
ON the great eternal tide,
Noiselessly they gather thus
In the twilight beauteous,
Hold communion each with each,
Closer than our earthly speech,
Till within the East are born
PremOnitlons of the morn
linton Scollard in the Literary World.
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soIidity or EngIish Ruildiur

"What las most Impressed you on this
sideY' | asked [of Philadelphian.1 "Its
solidity," he replied; ''its solidity. The
English are the best builders, | should say
in the world; they seem to like building;
where we have fence they have wall;
where we have a wo oden ietty they have a
stone pier where we have a wooden side
walk they have a granite pavement; we are
in hurry about everything, content with
makcshifts; the English are never in q
hurry, and they hate makeshifts. | reckon
saving labor and in steamboats,; and, eX-
cept that admire the little gardens TO the
humblest homes in England, / think Phila-
delphla can match the old country for
homes; but, as | said before, solid is the
word ! should write down TO describe Eng
land, ~ London correspondent of the
PhilRlelphin RecOrd.
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BALTIMORE g. OHIO RAILROAD.
IN EFFECT SUNDAY, MAY 3.
1885, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
Leave washinston from Station, corner New

Leave Washington from Station, corner New
Jersey avenue and street.
riN For :, Chicago 10 a. m, and 1910 p: m. daily.
Ptttsburg and Chicago, arriving In Pittsburg
az $3.50 p. M, Chicago next morning at 1856.
No extra fare is charged on this train for fast
For Cincinnati, Louisville and st. Louis daily
at $3.50 p. m. and 1910 p. m,, with through
coaches and Palace Sleeping cars to above
fast limited train to Cincinnati and st Louis,
arriving In Cincinnati next morning at 7:i5,
St. Louis 6;30p. m. No extra fare Is charged
on this train for fast time.
For Pittsburg at 10 a. M, with Parlor Car
and 0:1Op. m. daily to Pittsburg Cleveland
and l Detroit, with sleeping ears to pttsbnrg.,
7:30, $50 and 1906 a. m, 1910, I:25. 3;IS
d5.minute train, $780, $50, 4:iO, $40, 6:IO,
Z, $40 and 1 p. m.
and 1908 a. M, 1926, 1870, $3.50, 4:iO, $40,
For points on on the Q Shenandoah Valley Rail.
road and points South, 0;25 q. IN. and 6:iO p.
Sleeper from Washington to New Orleans.
For Annapolis, 6:d0 a. m. and 1910 and
d:3o p. M; on Sunday, $50 a. in. and 10
For way stations between Washington and
Baltimore 3, $40, $3.50 a. M. 1910, $3.50,
459' ,an and ! P, M on Sundays, $50 a. M,
on METROPOLITAN Branch, 7:25 a. IN, and Ii:i5
p. m. daily, except Sunday, and $50 D. m.
daily; 4:4O p. m. daily, except Sunday, for
principal stations on Metropolitan Branch;
$40 a. m daily on Sunday stops at all sta
tions; for Lexington, Stanton ana Valley
Branch, $40 a. IN. daily, except Sunday; for
Sunday.
For local stations between Washington and
day.
For Hagerstown and Winchester, $40 a, m.
daily, except Sunday, and $50 p. m. daily to
Hagerstown; daily, except Sunday, to VIM
Trains arrive from the West daily, 9, 100 a.
M. 1;15. $50 p. m.
From Annapolis, $50 a. m. and 1: 80 and
500 p. M: Sunday, 1895 a. M and G:35 D. m.
From Lexington, $50 p. m. daily, except
Sunday.
From Frederick and intermediate points,
$40 a. IN. and $40 p. m. daily, except Sun
day.
Trains leave Baltimore for Washington at
BIO, $3.50, 7:20, o, 9:05 and 1870 a. m, 1915,
2:3O, ., a, d:20, b, $50, 8, o and IL p. IN. on
Sundays, 6:3O, 100, o and 9:O5 a. M, 1870,
2:3O, 400, 3, 0:3O, 8, o and IL p. m.
A trains from Washington stop at Relay
Station, except 1:25, 3:15 and 6:i0 p. m.
For further information apply at the Balti-
more g. Ohio ticket Washington sta
ton, 810 and 1851 Penna, ave, corner of 18th
st., where orders will be taken for baggage TO
be checked and received at any point In the
city. G. *. L0Rb, G,P, A.
u. DUNHAM, Gen. Man, Baltimore. ~
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EX-SENATOR ALcoRN of Mississippi
is Republican, but he does not believe
in the bloody-shirt campaign now be.
ing conducted in Ohio by Judge Fora.
kcr and Senator Sherman. He knows
that the statements made by those
gentlemen and their supporters about
the South are not true. He says if he
were Democrat, he would answer
those statements by simply reading
"thc noble differences of General Grant
on his death bed" "
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WASHINGTON, OHIO & WESTERN r. r. r.

On and after AUGUST 80, 1885, trains will
leave from and arrive at 9th aud B
SITS. Depot as follows:
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FOR Observation-Disclosures.

INOR SALE - STYLISH, WELL BRED
IL mare; spirited and Il long roadster; also
debar buggy, new harness and whip; price
Sli5. Apply ut No I'd stsc. soS3tF
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~
one Of the largest and most responsible
dealers In the city has entered into contract
with the ROCIlDALE COOPERATIVE so
CIETY or THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA to
furnish members Of the society with Coal and
terms the most favorable ever heretofore OBJ
tanned by the society, and at prices much
lower than can bO obtained from any other
source. Every member should secure the al
vantages offered Members must be In pos.
session of the Trade Card for the current year
good until April 30, 1856. Those who have
not already given their orders for coal are
be in by September 70. Orders can be given
to the following named members, who will
give all needed information, and who can also
furnish Trade Cards, etc. Persons who are
not members of the society can become such
without ceremony and at little cost by calling
upon any Of those named below, and those
doing so before September 10 will be entitled
TO the special advantages of our coal con
tract, as well Of the clghty-odd contracts with
tradcsmcn In all branches of business:
Joseph NJ Wilson, 110S Md. ave. s. W.
A. Il. LunglCy, sos ST. n. o.
H. g. Fawcctt, ~ d st. $. e.
j. T.. McCabc. ~ 3d st. q.
j. NJ. Andrus, 1910 Columbia st.
W. A. Wilborn, 1914 Pierce Place.
Thomas L. Gardner sii 18th st. II. W.
II. $. Brlnkerhoff, iG2O q st. n. W.
l.. Nanderhoof, ii5 nth st. n. W.
T.. l.. Mills. 1870 n. Y. ave. n. W.
l.. II. Patterson, G30 Mass. ave. n. w,
a. n. Mcekcr, sos ith 81. sc.
W. II, Womcrslcy, 1924 II st. n. w.
l.. H. Hunt, 1910 $ 81. N. w.
j. W Iiarsha, sos II st. II. W.
by order Of the Executive Committee.
au3l-2w j. w. liARSliA Secretary
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THE cancellation Of the silver corti-
fcates by the Treasury Department,
the authority for which has been ques.
toned in some quarters, is thus ex-
planned by the president of a Wall
street bank: "These certificates are, in
sense, like bank checks; they are
charged up when they are paid and
that ends their life. New certificates
may he issued on fresh deposits of
coin. "
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AUCTION Sales.
DUNcANsoN BROS, AuctIoneers.
TRUSTEES SALE OF TWO.STORY BRICK
HOUSE, WITH oUTBUILDlNG, ON 7TI-

nUNCANSON BROS, AuctIoneers.
TRUSTEES SALE OF TWO-STORY BRICK
HOUSE, WITH oUTBUILDlNG, ON 7TH.
ST. ROAD.
BY virtue of Deed of Trust dated the 10th
day Of March, a. d. 1888, duly recorded in
liber No, 1,032 folio f02 ct seq, one of the
Land Records for the District of Columbia,
and at the request of the parties secured
thereby, We will sell at public auction, in
front of the promises, ON SATURDAY, THE
18TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A. ID. 1885, at 3
O'Clock p. M, lot numbered siXty-fvo (65 of
Jesse II. Haw's subdivision of part of n tract
Of land called Mount Pleasant, as per plat of
said subdivision of record In liber |. A. s. No
22O folio 800, of the Land Records of the Dis.
trict of Columbia, together with all the i'm
proYements, ways, easements, rights, priy-
leges and appurtenunces thereto belonging or
in any manner appertaining
Terms-one,third cash, balance in and 12
months from day of sale, for which the notes
of the purchaser will be taken, bearing in
terest at per cent per annum secured by II
deed of trust on the property sold, or all cash,
at option Of purchaser A deposit of 500 at
time of sale. All conyeyanCing at cost OF the
purchaser. If terms of sale are not complied
with In days the trustees reserve the right
toroscll the property at the risk and cost Of
the defnultng purchaser after days adyer-
lisement in some newspaper published in
Washington, ID. G..
JOHN WALTER, JR.,
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CHESAPEAKE G. OHIO RAIL Way

uEAVE B. 4 p. DEPOT, SIXTH AND STS.)
11;15 A.M.-For all way stations, Lexington,
Ky, Louisville, Cincinnati, Columbus, st.
Louis. Daily except Sunday. Through
Parlor Car to White sulphur Springs.
III A. M.-For Newport News, Old Point Com
fort and Norfolk. Daily except Sunday.
5'd5 =, M.-.For Louisville, Cincinnati, st.
Louis and Chicago, connecting for all
points West, Northwest and Southwest;
fast express daily; does not stop for local
business; through Pullman service to
Louisville and Cincinnati
For tickets and information apply at @. 90
o. Railway office, 513 PENNSYLVANIA avenue,
under National Hotel; Va. Midland Railway
office, Col Pennsylvania avenue, and b. 81 r.
Station.
ii. w. FULLER,
General Passenger Agent.
@. W. SMITH,
General Manaper
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SPECIAL NOTICES,

5aHEADQUARTERs JOHN A. RAwLtNs
- Post No, I, G.. A. H.
Comrades are notified that the funeral Of
their late comrade, VILLA a Fisher, will Ike
place WEDN ESDAY, 3p. m, from No. G Myr-
lie street. Burial nj Prospect Hill Cemetery.
N, u. FITllIAN, S. V. G.
N. FERREE, Adiutant. 1t
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OUR New England and Western
dairy farmers are undermining the
English manufacturers Of high quality
cheese Their competition with Cousin
John has brought down the market to
figures at which it would be unremu-
nerativc for the latter to continue the
business. On this account a great re-
duction in the value of dairy farms in
England is expected