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The Washington Monument.

wAsnlSoroS, March 26.-1n the Sum
dry Civil bill, $751; 600 was appropriatedfor
the completion Of the Washington monu-
ment, but no provision was made for the
Improvement Of the ground around the
base Of the monument. 1t was supposed
that the work OF constructing a suitable
terrace about the monument, as was in
tended, would bc commenced as soon as
the weather, should be favorable, but
Colonel Casey says that under the proyis.
ions OF the bill ielis 6ftlie opinion that
all OF the improvements this summer will
haveto be confined to the interior Of the
shaft, &. tts 4
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,.-s,r1.Y william D. Cushing bore
ies i. : name as any young man in this
snr ,.ni,v, He was well employed at .
I'D p,ss,a ,sla'y' and S'i had prospects above the
'npos He had a comfortable home and
verge, rssaSs,c Iii life s which only the stinss Of
'so. '.iesco could have made unhappy
'oa,'lsISSS "a, sjsS. this young man was under
lS !ls,. Ts ~ answer the charge OF robbing his
Doa1, 'nlorSrs. ~ This morning hc lies cold in
d'aIi, I, :: ,bo old story brought homo to this
,,.snunity, N in which the unhappy young
o"rDt o'.n S,d gown up, made friendships and
lan naan ,onaience. nra lIeyieldsd to temptations
SoIt 'S5 Ill into habits which his own purse
an. ..s,i iI not maintain. Then came the first
eEsn ooa,u ,nJ ND The descent was easy. Disgrace,
s'sy, .s1+;ged and stricken family, the early
q a....E ,aoII n promising eafeer-all for a few
V,1t,y ", dollars taken in exchange Tor
tss Fs'Ds oeaee Of a good conscience
snS Sy6Jsodyneedto have told young Cushing
,.S 0Y1 5saiIy he paid for every dollar; no.
1os, nv need have pictured to him the fright,
SJI, W toauro Of every moment Ofthe days Of
T,rongdoing-thc W. fear Of detection, the 80
I;;tpio @ for loved ones, the sting OF a con-
..isDcs ss not yet scared beyond sensibiity:
Al This he knew better than any moral
Mi nsilosopher could have told him. 1t was
5r,.tinto his soul as with a hot iron.
The tragic end OF this erring young man
n cover his otIense with tho mantle OF
e,.rity 10 and draw out for his family the
".jeIest . sympathy. Words cannot add
h the sad and terrible warning.
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FROM THE CAPITOL.
ANornEn pArcn or rArnIors
WHO Arc for the ,ola Flag and a Salary.
democrats GrowAag at oleyeland's Slow
ness OF AetIon-1nterlor Department
Closed = washington Gossip.

wAsulscros, March The President
to-day sent the following nominations to
the Senate: + ~:
Thomas @. orenshaw, Jr., Of Georgia, to
be Collector Of Internal Revenue for the
district Of Georgia.
Postmasters:
WarrenS. Barrows, 1iinsdale, n. II.
Samuel w. Cobb, Hanover, N. H.
Charles Mcneil, Torrington, Conn.
James B. Corcora, Rome, N. Y.
Wm. Gordon, New Castle, Pa.
Claiborne Bowman, Yazoo City, Miss.
Mrs. Lizzie II. Ficklin, Charleston, Ill.
Vincent ]. Lane, Wyandotte, Kan.
John Alilcham, Topeka, Kan.
0sbun Shannon, Lawrence, Kan.
AauiIla Jones, sr., Indianapolis, Ind.
N, 20. Ridenous, Clarinda, Iowa..
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npatn nittar laaen,..

suAYtN, March sse.-Gen. Graham in q
supplementary dispatch says during the
mornings march from snakim to the
zereba nota camel nor a load was lost.
Some men suffered alisht sanstrokes. The
marines suffer most from heat. General
Graham says with the exception Of such
ailments as are caused by heat the troops
nrh hnalthY. ~
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BRLJAIRE.
News and Gossip Of AD Sorts From tho
y" Glass City.

News and GossIp oil AU sorts From the
Glass City.
I. u na,aor NIL, ,,;s;. enx,1,ar. .,,;s
.,mrsar ~ y, DoD'e w." s's's e't many st's
s" .as, .no +.
n a ~ uain x, knoekea M IN the y. slde ot the q
Z. water tank hoase Yesterday
Geo. Romick Cleveland & Pittsburgh
yard'master, IS OIL duty from bad cold.
Thornberry 4 Booth are shipping five
= The tS Council u ell has ia n passed to lis second
reading an ordinance 10 tax skating
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SsotEd Rp0teh 10 t< hstsilIgeen.
SrEunGSylLLE, March 26.-James W.
Davidson, a well known blacksmith, died
atnoon today. He was born in Florence,
Ia, April 10, 1858, and resided in this city
Albert Wheeler, who resides in Brooke
county, W. Va, and opposite this city.
died last night Of consumption, aged 81
years.
Anna E., vito Of Nimrod TeaE, died last
night Of paralysis. She was born in West
Virginia, July !, 1925, and has resided in
this city since 1878,
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oniya skIraISh.

suAk.x, March ga skirmish Of par
tea oi tFoops engaged in clearing the
bushes OF Arabs along tho road to Tamai
occurred to-day. The telegraph wires be-
tween Suakim and the advanced British
position had been cut by the enemy, but
communications were kept up by hello.
graph, which viii operate successfully q
distance Of about sixty miles. =
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BrrTsRuRaH, March 28-The property
Of the Manchester Iron and Steel Com:
pany which failed ahogt Two years ago
vas sold to-day by the United States
Marshal. The Carrie blast furnace, Klo,
mans rolling mill and 0 large number OF
tenement houses at Superior Station, near
this city, were bought In by the Metro
politan Trust Company, Of New York, 20
secure o bond mortgage OF $500 0Q0.s ].
w. Rainey Of Cleveland purchased the
coal 9an&in Weatmereland souRty tot
HlO,OOl. N' y -
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sennte preesealng,.

WASHINGTON, :Alarch a. The We'll
and 70 Abra tseatIes weis discussed at
length in The. aenaEe to-day and finally
were postponed untilnext session.
Mr.. sherman's resolution, providing
that committee q tgp sehslbls 10 ah:
gOiats a. 9lSn ss The tssidsns and in:
actionito make the Senate Is ready toad:
i6urn, was adopted. Senators shelM9n
and Beck were appointed such commit:
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In Letters Of Blood,

IoulsvllIE, KY, March 2Q.-Willlam
Neal, the lsst ei the Aahland murderers,
will be hung tomorrow at Greyson, KY,
Neal sent ictteY to-day, written In blood,
70 Detective burnett, OF Charleston, w.
Va, declaring his innocence.
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Apnilc0rnnn RawnrdaL,

LoSpoN, March 2t-Harcourt Home
Secretary, in Westminster hall, presented
Policeman Cox with the Albert medal as
a mark oirecognition OF his bravery in at.
tempting at the risk OF his life to carry out
from the hall, the smoking package Of
dynamite which caused the recent eI-
piosion there.
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Bourse. Fla, s,aie and ,lnproiItable.

LONDON, March ea-After official hours
to-day foreign funds became tlattened,
owing to the calling out Of tho reserves
and militia. Consols and Russian, Turkish
and EGYPTIAN seouritieswere the principal
sufferers by the decline. The Paris bourse
was fat. Rsntes closed at the lowest
figure Of the day, owing to the Tonquin
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Burial Of tho Late i. y. clarke.

Holly SPRINGS, MISS, March 9o.-The
funeral of Es D. Clarke, late First
Assistant Secretary Of the Interior,
took place this morning from the
Trinity Episcopal Church. The SER
vices were very impressive. Bnsiness
was largely suspended in the town, and
flags at half.mast and other emblems OF
mourning were exhibited. The Rev. J. T.
Hargrave conducted the services and
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SHARON, PA, March 20 The Atlantic
Iron Works, Of Kimberly & Co, which
has been closed down since the ggspension
OF the firm three montfs ago, will start Up
next Monday, making arnor plate "a aIa
tofeign order
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New oollseter. q 10 Nn,noa. .

w4aHtSOroS, March 9O-The comais.
soneF Of Internal lleyenue has recon-.
.meaded .a changes in several collection dis
s!se, NJ aud L is expected the President
Is. n.. nominate number Of Collectors ol
t4%'aa' Revenue tomorrow or next day,
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Big Failure.

LospoS, March 2a-The S,aadams says
the liabilities Of scs,amanga 4 Company,
merchanta, who have failed, amount to
Si,606, 900. The failure was caused by Q
decline in wheat last autumn.
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DIED.

sE1DER-on "Wednesday. March 25, 1886, at 1880
P. M CARoLlNE wife OF Daniel snidor, deceased, In
tho 6Sth year Of her nge. ~
Funeral from tho residence Of her son. No. Sc
street, this afternoon at halfpast
two o'clock. Friends Of tho family are invited.
Intermcnt at Peninsula Cemetery. Ei
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4 MINT OF rnR TRUTH.

Aiew evenings since 3lr. Andrew VIII
son, the booEkeeper ior the COMPANY, was
was making friendly call on one Of the
directors OF the company, and in the course
Of their eopyersation the director referred
TO Cushing as young man who was living
pretty high on the limited salary lp was
receiving, which like that OF all persons
in positions such as he occupied, amounts
TO only about 81, 200.
While this director made no direct
charge against Gushing, bis iuanpa-
tons were such, that Ar. Wilson
resolved 10 make an examination ot
his ACCOUNTS at the first opportunity. He
choose last Sunday morning as that op:
portunity, knowing that there would be
no one around at that time. Heexamined
last months rolls, and was surprised TO
find . false footing Of 500. Again and
again did he run over the figures, but each
ame the total set doS9 was found to be
500 too mnch, and the. cheek book
showed that the check had been drawn
for the amount as sat down on the roll:
January's roll was next examine and
there was iogpd o footing 500 In excess Of
the true total, 1.5.H, ..st, ,, 49,. + Z,
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rEE MEDICAL IECoRD,s REvIEw


OF tho Generals oese-what the Consult
~ Ing Physicians Think. RAa''l
NEW YoRE, March 2G.-The following
will appear in the Medical Record March
2Sth: During the past week General Grant
has been in comparatively comfortable
condition. Insomnia, with which he has
been afflicted, has been controlled 80 that
he obtains, by the aid Of anodynes,a a nor
NAL amount of sleep. He has not lost
fiesh and his powers Of assimilation are
not impaired. At the weekly consulta-
ton attended by Doctors j. II. Douglass,
Il. B. Sands and George F. shrady, it was
decided that the local disease was still in
abeyance and that the area Of liberation
had not perceptibly increased. Virtually
the same stationary tendency was noted
by Dr.. Fordyce Baker, who has visited
the distinguished patient at intervals dur
ing that period.
The swelling under the right angle Of
the lower Jaw Isl somewhat greater, but
theRiand in that situation is not more In
urated, nor has it become more firmly
fixed. The liberated surfaces in the,
throat and on the tongue are covered with
a yeIlowish exudation to which alternate
applications OF lime water and weak So
luton OF permanganate OF potash have
been effectively made, by DR.. Douglas.
The topical remedies employed have had
their desired effect in reducing local irri-,
tationi and in perceptibly checking the
progress Of infiltration. There is no pain
Ia swallowing. NO fear is entertained at
present Of any sudden failure OF the vital
powers, nor Of any encroachment OF the
liberation process upon neighboring blood
vessels. The General is able with no
other assistance than that Of his cane to
walk about bis sroems, ascending and de-
scending stairs, and was stroag enough to
enjoy an airing in his carriage during the
fine afternoon Of Wednesday.
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: TIME PASSES
And Yet the President Refuses TO, Rcmoy
r. Republican officials. e


Republican officials.
WAsulsoroN, Mach 2O.-Tlme ID fast go-
ing by, and still leading Republicans who
Aaye antagOnized Grover Cleveland dur
ing the last campaign arc holding onto
their Offices: The case otJMr. Worthing-
ton, the editor and owner Of the. Boston
TraRller, is a notable instance. Worth
ington denounced Cleveland most bitterly
and favored Blaine, and the Democrats
Of Boston haye been doing all in thelrpow.
eY 10 put him out out q the collectorship Of
the port there. They have filed charges
against him in the Treasury Department
for bis violent partisanship of Rlaine,
and have made persona. appeals against
him. still he holds on, and III the Cabi.
net meeting yesterday was any index, he
will continue to stay. The subject, lead
ing Boston man tells me, came,up In tho
Cabinet, and Cleveland asked Secretary Of
the Treasury Manning whether there
were other tAan charges oi partisan Re
publicanism against Mr.. Worthington,
Mr., Manning said tlerejwere not.
!, aAad is he doing liis work wellS" asked
the RresIdsAt
r1es, I think So" replied Manning.
"Then,n said President Cleveland, IT
don't propose TO remove him until his time
expires" l,It re
This seems te be The rule Of the new ad-
ministfation. d ~
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TuEto1p COMMANDER.
10 Change In General Grants Condition.
ProFress OF the I1isenae. i'if

NEW YoRK, March 2G.-said DR.. Doug
las, after visit to General Grant this
evening Y sSrhe General slept continuous
ly until 4 o'clock this morning and alter
that fitfully until z a. N. He took food as
usual to-day. Between two and three
O'clock General Grant, Senior Romero,
Mexican minister, and myself drove four
miles through the park, one mile less than
yesterday. The General rested after his
return, though there was no apparent
fatigue from the drive, and then his depo-
sitson was taken in the case Of Mr.. Fish.
This lasted an hour and there was no evi-
dence Of the General having been 'ex-
hausteds by the examination. iHe is
quite as well tonight as he was last night,
which was remarkably good, because,
these two last days have been ex-
tfemely depressing TO every one. The
Generals pulse and temperature tonight
are about as low as they everwere. There
Is no particular change in the throat con-
dition. DR.. Barker was with, me to-day
and DR.. Shrady with me yesterday
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OVER se 600 EMpEzzLED.

iio" ~ was SeHeT 40" 'set Il
rest.
1t was shortly ,.s before slx oeleck lass
evening when Mil!tam y, ousnlhs wa
arrested BY Constable o.. Myers On ,, war
rant charging him with embeszling funds
belonging to the Belmont Nail Company,
,rh;oh oo.norat;on cnsb;no has served "a
"t.Sn u!t ~. p9tes U. = -, III
payroll clerk tor the past nVe years aiia Y. d
half. When arrested, Gushing was pre-
pairing to leave his desk in the office OF the
company, situated in the rear of the mill
building in the Sixth watd. f.t r.li.
He acted very coolly under the clrcum.
Stances. He asked TO be allowed to read
the warrant, which request was granted,
and then putting on his hat and coat
signiied his readiness to accompany the
officer. NJ "a
When arrested he asked 70 be aken TO
some place where he could get 0 drink.
The officer took him y Waltners saloon,
%hete oasnltg uyoA sun nnsi,;n,. ~ ash9i
Homlag gu. ol a'Ia 1nS IpUoa Ss - ~ m town h
= sus ~ t,eet eSe cer and thew walked down Chap
i;na s ., ~ g. far as CaIdwsli,s rln, where
nus W. sneet y, y 70 ~. t",, so nj % car
'te' .4's ~
hiS fRlkSps solirthp., UT
Arriving at Justice Csidweifs office
Cushing sent Tor his iather-in-law, Mr.. O.
q pa.sn H. wo,ar e,rcst roma and:boat
q. pei'y, she @ anJ taIenbanaJ 10 attors
supPRuy w! = n aeS noai.ass @ Who was At his home
az o ,he m Island tellina MIN of his arrest, and
on ;ne iSs. ~ come toths Jnstiees li;ee
@StssS =
aat;fS e III S;s vie That he was detained by
;mna,tant o mt bnsine.si and wonii NOT 6e
hnppa p p i n t;me for snn,,sr. or 10 form one Of
: Ts ar,a.tiat n nat had heen made .up 10 visit the
Spani @ M , street I r;nk Int mat he would
;o;a har ~ tSa r;nk and accompany her
nn,a oam as' "s,e'eN ts.' - s'>>> ! = 4
.'oute. Ws..,s ,r,oversr and ncrry au,okly, re.
aa5ea ase5' :. :. n, sh;ns,s sr,nnona and f,nsh-
ponaea a eesa W o sa,ansoJ oa "a an, hail mill
lug m1,s Ts ssJa,; so nornino 81 IN o,cloek when
aets ~. ~ 49, Saar;,s M Kerry went
ue .ha Mas p,nS ~ nsse !" A - -. - ~
on si1e oenu. LIZ. ia
THE AaooSF.iNYoLssE"'; N y :. \. /! ~
The warrant charged that Gushing had
embezzled 500, (which he fraudulently
converted to his own use." The aLsount
embezzled, however, is much larger. An
investigation Of his pay roll accounts has
been madn as farJ back % May 1883, and
nearly $, 100 is iouad to have been appfof
priatsd by him. He was elected tos the
position Of pay roll clerk In September,
1870, and it may be found that his steal
ines extended further back than May,
1883. rs .s5,a--is,7,.,
His mode Of embezzlement was as fol-
lowss Hewould make a around in allthee
departments Of The mill and furnace s and and.
ascertain Tue uuul9el " u.ess easu tHl '... s..
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AplatinE:aiishea Cont edorats ylsiteF,

wAsnISgTos, March ssItTGen, Fitshush
lee called upon the President yesterday.
It was his ssecond visit to theWhite House
since thewar During Grants second ad-
ministration he visited the White House
with his bride sal was ahoYn through
the building. AR he was about 70 enter
the Presfdent's Office yesterday he stop
ped to give Charley LoelAer, the Rresl-
AehtN Hhprkeepef, q warm greeting
4oeftler served under him in Texas dur,
ing the Indian war, and when Gen. Lee
was severely wounded carefully nursed
him back 70 health again. u
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dbs gnteIIigsrffr,

Io.. - and ~ Fourteenth stres..
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Immense Pile Of Remnants
REMEMBER.

The prices made as this sale arc for Saturday
Afternoon and Evening only. The goods will moi
Afternoon and Evening. mn m y
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The atatement IN yesterdays Rt9iS.eF
that the Elysian rink w0nld be open .tor
Ldditg only Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday afternoons was wrong. Here.
after "Wednesday afternoons viii be the
only timesset apart for ladies exclusively,
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Adam Fappei, who was the only re.
naming water works trustee, has resigned
and now there will be three trustees, a full
board, 70 elect. This is.certainly an un.
usual opportunity to effect any radical
change In the policy oithe works II such
be deetfed,
, 1885-07-12
Idsa rxr1H scenes.

-AA AN HH ANA
Illuminated advertisements OF reaping
machines gle US gorgeous pictures OF
rurn' life. A span II t4oroughb eds.
wearing richly lated carriage harness, step
jauntily along through the golden grain
pulling n reaper. which runs so easily
that the traces are scarcely Strengthened.
The lines are held by a handsome young
man. neatly dressed. beard and hair care
fully arranged, loose nccktie about n turn.
over collar. and wearin : u broad -brimmed
straw hat " th a baud Of RIBBON encir
cling Il. the ends OF which iluitcr grace
fully In The pleasant breeze.
An attractive farm residence. sur
rounded ~ trees and shrubbery. vines
clamleFi-g about The Window, and 81 eel
mems of the red ed r 80 as big as a soup
p,a'e scattered promisrinusly about are
seen near By. and 10 one side spacious
barns. pastures Ia which biood-d horses.
cattle and sheep cavort about. and other
accessories combine - form IA scene of
rare loyel ntss and bcaI y. Very fine all
this, but did anybody ever sec anything
of that sort Ia actual life.
, 1885-07-12


Whom he strike. sou with the end oi
his ail. Ike u wasp. he cxudes Il venom
Gus liquid. and a man might better hold
a red-hot iron in his hand than 10 get a
tenth Part of this linuid into his blood.
1t is not nccessaril fata'. particularly in
the Bahamas; but it coadenscs the heat of
forty furuances. In some parts Of South
America scorpion bites are fire. uently ia.
tai. lut ! have not heard # any one hay.
ing been killed by them in Nassau.
This 5 easily accounted for. The scor-
pion likes 10 feed on decayed wood. In
south America. where dye woods and
other poisonous woods abound. the scor
pion feeds upon them. aud thus work
into themselves a good supply of outside
poison. VIII cI. taken together with his
naturally POISONOUS liquid. does its work
for whoever is unfortunate enough to be
stung. But. in nassau. such poisonous
woods are few. and the scorpions have TO
faiten themselves respectfully on pine.
cedar and mahogany.
, 1885-07-12

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
nprrgp AH T.rnr n-

OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,
WASHINGTON, ID. C., JUNE Is, 1855.
Sealed proposals. Endorsed proposals
for stock cattle, and directed to the com
missioner of Indian affairs, Washington,
d. G., will be received until u O'Clock,
NJ, July l6, 1885, for the delivery at
Crow Agency, Montana. of 500 head of
stock cattle and 40 bulls.
The stock cattle must be delivered at
the agency above named, and must be
one-half heifers and one half COVE not I'M
der two nor over five years old; and
American cattle, By the term "Ameri-
can cattle is understood, cattle free from
any Arkansas, Mexican or Texas blood.
Bulls to be delivered, must be graded and
not over two years old. BY the word
graded" ii is understood half breed from
thoroughbred bulls, and all to be deliv-
cred within 60 days after the approval OF
the contract.
Bidders must state in their bids the
kind of stock cattle they will furnish,
whether native Montana, or from other
states and territories.
Each bid must give the names of all
parties interested in or parties TO it, and
must have a copy of this advertisement
attached. Bidders must designate their
place of business and post office address.
Each bid must be accompanied by a
certified check or draft upon some United
States depository, payable to the order OF
the commissioner of Indian affairs, which
check or draft shall not be less han five
per centum on the amount of cattle pro
posed to be furnished, and shall be for
feited to the United States in case any
bidder receiving an award shall fail to ex-
ecute promptly a contract, with good and
sufficient sureties, according TO the terms
of his bid; otherwise to be returned to
the bidder.
Bids not accompanied by a certified
check or draft will not be considered.
Parties receiving awards will enter at
once into the contract.
In executing contracts, the right will be
reserved to increase or diminish the guam.
tity required, and the further right 10 in
crease or diminish the amount specified
in any contract to an extent not exceeding
twenty-five per centum.
Any or all bids or any part OF any bid,
will be rejected if deemed for the best in
terest Of the government.
JNo. d. G.. ATKINS,
Commissioner.