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p EAsAsr RErLEcr,oss.

PLEASANT RErLEcr1osa
THE MOST AGREEABLE FEATURE TO US
OF OUR SHORT. BUT SUCCESSFUL CAREER, rs
THE SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT WE HAVE RE-
CEIVED FROM THE WORKINGMEN OF THE
DISTRICT THIS. IN ITSELF, PROVES THAT
OUR CLAIM TO SELLING FINE CLOTHING FOR
MEN AND BOYS AT POPULAR PRICES is A
GOOD ONE
WORKINGMEN OWE 1T TO THEMSELVES
AND THEIR FAMILIES THAT THEY SHOULD
GET THE BEST POSSIBLE VALUE FOR THE
MONEY THEY WORKED so HARD TO EARN.
COME AGAIN. GENTLEMEN WE VALUE
YOUR PATRONAGE WE SHALL LOOK OUT
FOR YOUR INTERESTS AND ENDEAvOR TO
ANTICIPATE YOUR WANTS REST ASSURED
WE SHALL DO OUR PART TOWARDS KEEP
ING QUALITIES UP AND PRICES DOWN.
WHATEVER YOU NAY NEED IN THE CLOTH
ING LINE FOX NAN, BOY OR CHILD, FOR
LABOR, BUSINESS SCHOOL OR DRESS PUR-
POSES YOU ARE SURE TO FIND FOR THE
LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE AT
THE GOLDEN EAGLE CLOTHING COMPANY.
NV CORNER 7TH AND d sTs
aTALL BLUE SIGNS.
h2S ]. N. GRADY. MANAGER.
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JAIL DELIVERY IN WEST NIRGINIA-Mon-
day night Will Cline, charged with robbery:
Robert Sweede, colored burglar, and William
Sehoolcraft, who shot Grant Lucas last week at
Moundsyile, escaped from the Marshall county
jail at Moundsvilie, w. Va, when Sheriff Show
acre went TO lock them in their cells. SCHOOL,
craft was shot twice by the sheriff and recap
tured. He is not expected To live. Cline was
recaptured Tuesday morning eight miles below
w Wheeling. Sweede il still AT large. Lucas.
Schoolcrafts victim, is reported dying.
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TURKEYS DECISIVE ACTION.
Sending Troops to Permanently o.
cupy the Balkans.

Senufnx Troops TO PermaMenfIy DC.
cupy the Balkans,
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Dec. 2.-The porte gave no
tice to the Balkan conference to-day of inpend-
Ing military action on the part of Turkey in
eastern Roumelia. A council of Turkish generals
was held and they advised permanent occupa-
ton of the Balkans by Turkey, fearing that
Russia would absorb Bulgaria and Austria do
the same with Servia. Turkish troops are en-
tering eastern Roumelia, near the Bulgarian
frontier. The troops are wearing ordinary head
gear instead ofthe fez.
CoNsrANrINdPLE, Dec. 2.-The sultan has
issued manifesto to the inhabitants of Eastern
Roumelia stating that the commissioners will
rule there until a new governor is appointed.
Troops and military stores are being pushed to
the frontier.
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HEIRS TO GREAT PRoPERTY-The
rotunda of the Laclede hotel in StLouis yester-
convention of the heirs and the persons claim
ing to be heirs of the famous Chase-Townley
estate which is at present held In chancery in
England. The estate, which is said to be valued
at over $500, 600 900, is the result OF the accu-
mutation OF Sir Richard Townley, which re-
possessor for high treason in the later mart Of
the sixteenth century. Subsequently the rever-
sion was released and the estate transferred to
Richard. There were nearly fifty alleged heirs
in st. Louis yesterday, and their object Is to
organize to get possession Of the property.
SUING THE PEEK-A-Boo CLUB.-Last summer
Ray s. Hathaway, reporter for the Seaday
an article about mum Der of young married men
who had formed q Peek-aBoo club. Hathaway
visited Norwalk, O., shortly afterwards and was
treated to q coat OF tar and feathers by the
Peek-a-Boo club. Now he is suing for S25 900
damages. In Norwalk yesterday the case was
recent session OF the granSjury an Indictment
for criminal libel was found against Hathaway.
Robert Lawson d Co., saddlers and harness,
Of Baltimore, made an assignment yesterday
for the benefit of their creditors. The bond of
The police have failed to secure any evidence
the murder Of Farmer sharpiess at Chester, Pa,
Donald Stuart, aged twelve wears, son OF DR.
George A. Stuart, OF schenectady, N. T., took
hydrocyanic acid yesterday, after being admon-
ished for some boytsh fault, and died In ten
minutes.
The republican convention In Boston last
night nominated ex-Sheri6 John n. Clark for
mayor.
Wall street believes Jay GouId's retirement
10 nominal merely.
Germany refuses permission 10 the German
American Telegraph company 20 land cable
in Germany.
| The 9erunan corvette Nautilus has formerly
| annexed the Marshau Islands TO Germany.
Judge Mccoy, United States district judge AZ
Atlanta Monday night. issued restraining Or
| der against the declaration OF the recent pro-
hibition election in Atlanta
| The nationslists re3ofced last night In Dublin
over thesvtctories gained yesterday.
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A Young Woman's suit for an Estate.

MONTREAL, Dec. "a rather strange suit
has been entered in court here by Miss Haney,
who has Just come of age, to obtain the settle
trustee, which she inherits from her father 1t
appears that the PLAINTIFFS parent left her at
the time the war broke out in the states and
joined the confederate army, since which time
all trace of him has been lost. Some ten years
since the brother of James Haney, father of the
plaintiff died and wilied his estate to his mis-
sing brother or heirs. The case excites consid-
cradle interest here,
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Transfer. ar Real E.s.s-.

Deeds and fee have been recorded as follows:
ID. X. Cartier to Levi p. Morton, pts. 16 and =,
SO. 219: S25.OO Emily A. Monkey TO James q.
Craighead, lot ., 50. 23S; S6,s59. c. C. Dun
canson TO RI. A. Shimmelfennig, lot o, blk. 20
H. & Els sub. Meridian hill; ss93.15. Josiah
$2.S2e,4O. c. H. Burgess 20 j. s. Westwood. pt.
9. 50. 1o7s; 5000. ID. l.. Russell TO Martha l..
Keithly, p T. lots and 4, so. 999; s.. Martha
Walach ct al to George Schreyer, W. l, SIS W.
& Cs sub. Mt Pleasant, &c; 500. James q.
Hawiey to Susan NJ: Stevens sub. lot Is, 50.
5S1; $3.50. Also sub. %, do; g. +. L, b.
Sands ct al, trustees, TO Annie r. Farley, sub.
lots rs and %, 50. 4: ss4S.4o: Annie 7; Far
$500. Franklin insurance Company to 4. F.
Barker, lot % and pit so, SO. 32.; $4,000 j.
b. Edmonds ct al, commissioners, sc. TO ]. A.
Ella Blu. p S: S. 50. $50 and pit 5, 50. $si;
$4,000, &c.
An Act That Required moral Courage.
From the National Republican.
1t required a good deal of moral courage on
the part OF the President to decide not 10 so "a
Indianapolis. To have gone would have re
quired no courage at ALL Political ambition
urged him to go. A sense OF public duty a6
monished him to stay. His critics should be
just. 1t might eoify some of the fault finders
to read list OF the names of those who advised
the President TO remain in Washington.
A Wise Deter animation.
From the New York Sun.
The President has done well to disregard his
own personal inclination. and remain i'm Wash
ingUon instead Of going to In dianapolis to at
tend the funeral of the ViD President
The suggestion that he is i'm Just as much
danger at the national capital as he would be
anywhere else has no force. The risk of rail-
road travel would be additional, and during
the interval which must elapse before the cleo
ton OF n President of the Senate and n Speaker
Aof the House of Representatives il is the duty of
the President TO incur no possibility OF peril
which he can avoid.
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SCALDING A BALIFF.-A bailiff named Foley
seized farm Monday night at Fermoy County
Cork, Ireland. He went to sleep in an clubhouse
for the night Some one crept into the build
ing while the man was slumbering and poured
over him q caldron of boiling water, scald-
ing the unfortunate bailif in q frightful man.
ner,
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WHEN YOUR LIVER is out OF order use DR.
Jayne's Sanative Pills, and you will assist the
hillary system In regaining healthy condi.
toms.
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MARRIED.

SMOoT-BISHOP. On November IS, 1885 at
Dominies church, by Rev. Father Donelly, jon
I. SMOOT to CLARA V. BISHOP, both Of thu city
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ARRESTED ON SusPIC1oN.-Amos Haskins and
Frank Ceal, both colored walters at Elwood's
Testaurant, were arrested this afternoon by
Detecuve COX, on suspicion of stealing two seal
nHln capes nom showcase next to the saloon.
Ihey are locked up at the seventh precinct
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RANGE OF THE THERMOMErER.-Thef follow
ing were the readings at the signal Office to-day:
a.m~ S4.6; am. 34.8; IL am, La; 2 Pm,
44.O MAxlMum, 46.6. Minimum. 8Q.&
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Canadian Farmers Sw,ndled.

ALLANBURG, ONT, Dec "A report is cur
rent here that an extensive hay dealer calling
indebted here for a large amount to farmers,
hay pressers and teamsters, has absconded.
He left here on Saturday for Buffalo, claiming
he was going there for money to pay his debts
here, but failed to return. He Is supposed to be
the same party who swindled several persons
in the vicinity of Hamilton, Ont, to the eX-
tent of nearly $4,000.
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ANOTHER "MIKADo" INJUNCTION CAsE.-To-
gay, Mr.. A. }. Carr, for MIR. j. T.. Ford, filed q
Dill Tor an Injunction to restrain Daniel HerZOg
rom producing at the Ninth Street Opera
house THE Mikado,' OF which the complainant
claims the right TO produce. Judge Hagner is
Soeo rule against defendant to show cause on
Saturday next.
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The New York Stock Market
The following are the Openlng and $50 o. M prlce,
OF the New York stock market to-day reported oy
special wire to III. H Dodge. 5S9 9Th street.
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I2lOO III st. n.w.1Or-SS3.33
05l2 p St NV, l1r-......7O
l74S n st. NV, 1Or..--05
457 G st. NV. 12r....60
'2Ol6 Hillyer Pr, 1Or.--6O
S02 2ist. lar. mi. ......-...BO
2131 X st. NV. Sr.-..SO
1912 18th 81. NV. 40
1884 28th st.n.w. ,Sr....35
ID HOUSES.
1909 Mass. ave. .13r-S3OO
1855 = st.n.w. ,l3r.-....l76
1905 goth 800
lI446 R.I.ave.n.w. ,9r- 100
1341 N.H.ave. ,l1r.....125
3lOI p st-n.w., 11r.......l5O
100 NJ St INV, lOr....lOO
Road ST. w. Wash. ..416.07
ST. Conn.ave.. i 2r.....l75
/ Or. 4ih t1Fayette, w. w. IS
1905 10Th st.n.w. 1Or- 200
1907 y st.n.w.,1Or..... $50
4i3 18th st.n.w., 17r......15O
iI2I7 n st.n.w., 13r......2OO
1910 III ST. NV. 15r....-2.lO
l4O5 H 81. NV. 2Ur. .--450
DOS 14th st. NV. Sr..-65
1912 l4th st.n.w, l6r.. 300
examined by permit from
AS J. FISHER d CO,
IRA T. street. mort N Vpqt
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BUILDING PERMITS
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

GRAHAM HoUGH, Of Maryland, has been ap-
pointed chief of division in the sixth auditors
office, Treasury department.,
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STOLEN GooDs RECovERED@Siuce the arrest
OF Theophilus Clark, the colOred porter at the
carpet store of Julius Lansburgh, Detective Car.
ter has recovered several hundred dollars
worth Of carpets. rugs, oilcloths and window
shades which had been stolen from the store
precinct station and the balance at police head.
quarters. There is enough of the goods men.
toned to I'LL an ordinary wagon.
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| MARRIAGE LICENsEs-Marriagc licenses
have been issued by the clerk of the court to
Joshua Murrill and Mary r. Magruder; Thos.
| Martha jackson.
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INOR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES THREESTORY-
II and-celIar Brick Dwelling, twelve rooms and bath
room; ali modern improvements 1919 U ST.
NV TYLER * RUTHERFORD,
diets 1925 r st.
L,OR RENT-IN AN ELEGANT NEW HOUSE,
II n Room for gentleman; newly furnished warm
and light It dI-Zt%
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FOR RENT-HOUSES.

NOR RENT H.
II Cor. 18th d NY. av.. z
4Or., mi....-.-....- S25O.O0H
1895 RI. av, 12r. ,mlS3.33 ]
18th st., bet. o & P.166.5. Z
1913 ". II. ay. 10 r-.-.125 !:
1915 n. H. av., u loo /,
1925 + st. NV. Is loo
l72S i st. NV, IL r.-.S:S. 80 }
$50 Sd ST. n W. IS r-.S:5.3
FURNISHED
1910 10Th E.w., 1Or.Sl5Q ]
I714 y st.n.w. ,12r..-...22o ]
1871 Jefferson pl- Tor. $50 ]
8S7 X st.n.w. ,10r.......-l59i D
1905 X st.n.w. i 5r..--25O ]
12Il o st.n.w. .lIr...... $50 !:
I333 Corcoran st. Or. S3.33
1I1i III stn.w..I ESQ
POO III sI.n.w. .10r......15O g
1I4T Conn. ave. l2r..~ 300 {
1925 VI ST. N. W.. l6r....-25O
I402 18th st.n.w. ,9r.-..15
1902 III sL.n.w., lUr...S2OO, I
l13:, III st-n.w., 11r.....15O !
1918 18th st.D.w., lOr-l5O
929 18th st. NV, 1Or...25O
1885 Ntave.n.w.,Sr..-l (:
HOS r st. n.w., i $50 ]
1914 Jefferson Pl., 9r-15O"
The above houses can be e,
our Office only. ThOM 4
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VIYALKERS. 2O4 10TH STREET NV
w Plain and Ceder Carpet Lining nav lot
Thin Felts for timers aud slasoeI
Chaecoal. Lime. Cement &c oOl0
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INOR RENT.
II 1913 roth st. fur. II rooms 81 800 per year
1874 III ST. w, furnished, IL rooms, S125 month.
$50 q st. Sc. II rooms all imps-. 500 mo.
S1l y ~. n W., rooms, over store. $50 mo-
S24 IIth Sc. . rooms. all imps., $50 mo-
1903 9th ST. II rooms, all imps-, $50 mo.
G2.j y. e. ave. Sc, rooms all inps-. SD mo-
4So VI 81. n twostOry brick, all lmps. SO mo.
631 q 81 Sc. q rooms and bath. all Imps-. SIG mo-
1i2 10th 81. Sc, rooms. water and gas, S16 mo.
7I6 l2rh ST. Sc. room, $40 mo.
Houses ON RladensbuTg Road, near Boy, 50 mo-
d2-Im SWORMSTEDT & BRADLEY, 927 ST.
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BOARDING.

RooAs-wITE OR WITHOUT BoARD-IN A
BENNETT, star office d2,3t$
WANTED-TABLE BOARDERS BY A FIRST
d2-3ts
Oh I ii ST n. w, EN- SUITE OR SINGLE,
o1l south front and west bay window rooms,
second noor Flrst-class table board no2Ot2lt%
HI diana n2S-6ts
HARRIS HOUSE, PENN. AVE, BET 18TH
~ and 18th SIS American Plan. Rates: $3.50
anu 500 per day. Special rates 10 parties and per-
nianent guests within one block OF the principal
government departments and hotels Passenger eie
va,or JOHN H. HARRIS, Prop n26-3m
NOOD B)ARD-BY THE DAY, WEEK, OR
~ month-with pleasant Rooms. en- suite or single
Mrs. u. b STOCkHAM, 941, 943, 945 X ST. nl7-lm
IrOR RENT-9lS NEW YORK AVE, HAND
- soinely furnished Parior, second and third-story
Rooms, suitable for married OF single persona one
with private oath family table; references exchang
ed ul4Ims
ENoR RENT-l7OS + ST N W. FOUR PRETTY
H comfortable Rooms second floor, with hath
room ON same floor. two on third floor: ali with heat
nl3lms
rlNHE AUBURN-EOR RENT FURNISHED AND
l. unfinished front rooms with drst-cass table
board, permanent and transient The Auburn House.
corner OF I'D and Pennsylvania n7-1ms
TUE LOCHIEL HOUSE, 6l2 0TH ST. n W.,
\ aiio the La Pierre, sw. 10th and n.w the
GLASS; pieasan. rooms Terms moderaie oc27
SsYTyHE TREMONT"-THISH HOUSE HAS BEEN
l. reprinted. and In evelH way put in frstclass
order Its the coolest and desirable place board
In the city Terms. $50. 30. $40 and &26 per m js7
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L~R REN
II 24O4-ti-S Pa ave. $50
1910 10th n. W.. 13 IS loo
1853 NV. IL rs--.S3.34
i 700 y NV. lOr...-S3.34
1914 18th NV. ,l2rs.--..-15
1.O6 Conn. av., IL rs. 40
2l1. q ST. n.w., 12r-.-.-.6O
St4 eth It. NV. Sr------5O
Hardwood ave l0rs
Ills 18Th NV. lOrs--....6G
1902 4fh ST NV. lOr..-6O
24Oo Pa. ay. n W. LIT .-45
1913 VI -. NV, 12r..-----..4O
t;SS Mass av. ne, Sr.S2.oO
4Jo46o " ash. ST., 6r..-o
OFFICES.
1874. Pa. av. NV. I'd LOO
i5S La ave I'd story--25
3j2::5 4l2 u. (ChaIncy big
several office rooms.
Basement 33l AZ st--....l5
MO B. III.
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Apply wESCOTT & WILCOX
MO- 1907 Pennsylvania ave. NV
I.NOR RENT - ONE THREE-SrORY BRICK
i House. or. = rooms S:;5. One two-story
Brick House. > rooms: $50; with all mod. improve
nentS newly pain; Ell and fresco painted. I'D st.
between and q n-w.. 4 squares from War and Navy
departments. The herdics run up TO the house In
QuiTe 4OS eth u. L. n2SrSt
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STORES&DWELLINGS.
232 Mass. avn. W. ,6r&S.15
500 X. Law. n.w..srGS.-.4J
800 Ind av-, StOre-....-..-5O
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them authority to arrest every person in
any way attempting to interfere with the
election officers appointed by the State com
missiOnerS. Each voting place was invaded
by fifteen Of these pseudo sherifTs, who for
chilly elected the officers appointed by tho
Mayor, and then went through with the
forms of an election which, it is unnccces-
sary to say defeated Mayor Bchan. Some
Of the frauds practiced by the ring have
since been exposed in court. They con
sisted of false registration, repeating, and
the substitution of ring ballots for those
cast by the citizens. Inasmuch as the
courts of Louisiana are also controlled by
the political ring, it is pronounced inn
possible to secure II fail trial of the often
ders. Apparently such thing as Il fair
expression Of public opinion through any
channel, except perhaps II portion of the
New Orleans press, which is to he com
nended for its fearless fidclity-cannUt be
expected in Louisiana until the power OF
this great lottery ring shall be broken
And it seems To be an open question
whether there is any legal or constitution
al power capable OF doing this.
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THE HALLIDAY SCHOOL SYSTEM.
Letter from its Apostle. Nr. Farrar.

MONTREAL, p. G., February "A, 1855.
Tothc Editor of the Free Press and Times:
The carnival is over and gone and was
done to perfection | doubt not, but |
must write of something else.
The notable remark Of Henry Clay that
he did not think the subject exhausted"
will afford lac a hinge to open ON Educa-
TOMMY "John Brown mad" topic
Why should not one soul on earth burn
with the consuming conviction that the
human intellect is is free rs anything on
earth but for its slavery To systems
The recent successes of the halliday school
in Philadelphia and in SO many other To-
CalitieS come from the utilization Of the
fact that there can be no philosophy or
system of schooling separate from the
philosophy of Gods own system of labor.
The family cannot be supported with
out Il half day of labor at least, and il is
now proved that children having IA half
days schooling and Il half days labor III
one day, earn more bread than those hay
ing both halves of the day for labor and
no schooling.
Hence the conclusion that there is and
can be no true philosophy or system OF
schooling but the half day school, and no
system of labor without the half day
school for all children. The cloister idea
that there can be no teachers who labor
]
there can never be that standing army OF
teachers which must uphold republics,
without agricultural and artisan laborers.
The success of all such schools and indi
vidual workers is uniform throughout
history.
There can be no system of thorough
education for all, but from a school sys-
TEN allowing five consecutive hours OF
work and as many consecutive hours OF
schooling for most of the years of child
hood. Mr.. Gladstone is still chOpplng.
by the half day school, farmers, artisans
and laborerS will gain il knowledge of
mathematics. history and letters, up 10
the capacity of their free powers, and
great deal more than pulpits, chars OF
instruction and the professions, have ever
given them.
We invite Il commission To investigate
the facts of the half day school and the
facts of combined labor of all the mental
and bodily powers, as eNemplitied by
/ Abraham Lincoln and many thousands
of others. The present school hours, EN-
braCed in two sessions day, are the te-
male Chinese shoe. \ system of labor Is
an impoSSibility that is not the whole OF
something. 80 too of school eduCatlOn
one whole halliday of school, and one
whole halliday of labor, is the only solu-
ton of the problem
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Licensed Commercial Fertilizers.

State Treasurer Dubois has issued
licenses for the sale in this State of the
following named brands OF commercial
fertilizers, for the year lSS5: Soluble Pa
cific Guano, Bowker's Hill and Drill Phos-
phate, StockbridEe Manures, Bradley's
y. l.. SuperphoSphate Bradley's Patent
Phosphate, Bradleys B. d. Sea Fowl
Guano. Original Cors Superphos
phate, Quinnipiac Phosphate, Quin-
nipiac Potato Phosphate, Bay State
SHPerpHW@Spn"'H odf OF lana RM the Bay
mated Bone Superphosphate, Buffalo
Ammoniated Bone Superphosphate for
potatoes, hops and tobacco, Buffalo Su-
perphoSphate, No, , Queen City Super
phosphate, Homestead Superphosphate,
Orient Complete Manure, Americas, y.
Y, Stacks Dissolved Bone, Slack s
Champion Bone Phosphate, the Cumber-
land Superphosphate,
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Woman Suffrage.

Although the agitation of woman suf
rage began in the Eastern States, and was
for some time confined to the eastern por-
tion Of the country, its successes have all
been Gained in the West. Nor is this re
markablc, when the lack of conservatism
and boldncss in making experiments, of
western people is taken into consideration.
The term "blue stocking first applied in
the East to strong minded females with II
horror Of corsctS and an uncOnquerablc
propensity to spectacles has never had an
offensive significance in the West. In
deed there are no "bue stockings in the
West. What, to some persons, might
seem mannish and unbecoming in New
England woman is not likely to be no
ticed as out of the way in the least in many
"A western community In no respect is the
conservatism Of the East more strongly
cOntrastcd with the freedom and general
spirit of equality in the West, than in the
difference of public sentiment regarding
woman's place in society.
The triumphs Of the woman suffrage
movement in the West are outlined very
strongly against the stagnation of public
interest respecting this question in the
munity-was the first to confer the right
of suffrage upon women. Then followed
| Washington Territory, community mucl
larger in population and the movement
is still growing in popular favor. Tn,
success of admitting both sexes to the
ballot in Wyoming and Washington Ter
ritories has caused other States and Terri
tories to turn their attention. at least
without prejudice, to the consideration OF
the subject. There seems to be genera
agreement that an experiment which
works SO well in some communities would
not be unsafe to try in others.
1t is an open question, however, wheth
err this success in the West will have any
apprcciablc effect upon the growth of the
movement in the Eastern States So lOnl
as the majority Of intelligent women al
the East do not seem to desire the ballot
so long as they continue to think that the
cares of home and society are sufficient tt
engross their attention and enlist their en-
erGies. without adding to the burden tn,
labor and anxiety of political cares, SO loI'
/ the advocates of women suffrage Will la
Dor in vain. The women must first be
converted to the belief that they want tn,
freedom of the ballot before there can b,
any sens" in offering it To- them. Tn,
women Of Vermont, and Of the New Eng
land States rs Il body, we are sure, do no
yet desire the right of suffrage. And ii j.
quite certain that the men will not fore,
it upon them. until they are ready To as
sumo it,