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There WIZ he meeting Of the clze ms in opposi-
ton to the erection OF telegraph poles on Seventh
street between New York avenue and boundary
MONDAY, May 9S, 1856, at 1850 +. NJ, at Myers
Hall, corner Seventh and streets northwest.
my2i-lt6 II. G. HEWITT.
n.1sys TRE PATRONS AND FRIENDS
- OF the WASHINGTON CITY ORPHAN
ASn Lu NJ are requested TO he present ut the Dedi-
cation OF the Hall Memorial on
TUESDAY, 26ih instant, at tsr.M.
The Board also desire the attendance OF the Trus-
tees OF the Institution, the ministers of the different
churches, and the physicians OF the city.
Entrance on street.
BY order of the Board
ELEANOR NJ. sowERs,
my2t-1tS Cor. Secy.
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THE VIRGINIA MIDLAND RAu,wAy
SOL. HAAS, Traiiic M ii,MHwMTeri'' ManaSer. az
GREAT PENNSYLVANIA ROuTR
TO THE NORTH, WEST, AND SOUTHWEST.
DOUBLE TRACK, STEEL RAILS, SPLENDID
SCENERY, ,M,A,,G5NNlFIcENT ,,,5N RQtIPMRNT.

TO 6oTsI THE = rNoRIII, 10Th, WEST Sa AMP sogTmWEsT.
sSHsEfS GSs SHs ssAAl HsfraENR fFaENR!n
IN EFFECT MAY 10, 1855.
Trains 'eays sxS wSasaapgen asa from isnon corner of
40, por pitisonrg and the West, Chicago Limited EA-
press OF Palace "a Sleeping Cars, at 1890 daily;
with Sleeping Cars from Harrisburg to Cincinnati
ana Hole! Car to ~ Louis; daily, except Saturday,
Chicago and Cincinnati Express, 1io D. m. aniaS daS
with sleepng Cars Washington to Chicago and
ssara WIN TO ws,eNn eonnecing az a
Sleepers for Cleveland, Louisville and ST. Louis
racinc EXPRESS 10 p m daily, for pittaburg and the
West, win through Sleeper Harrisburg to Chicago.
BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD.
For Erie, Canandaigua, Rochester, Buffalo. Ni.
agara, az 10 ?, N. daily, except Saturday, with
Palace Hac ,S SaTs washington ton 70 Rochester
m aa,,u m,,aspo, nxspDi n s haVen'ahd Emira at 1850
For New SeTs York and s the East so,li amo4
10 ?. n, and i2l6 night. oa Sunday, and 10 p. In
Limited Express Of Pullman Parlor Cara, $40 a.
For Boston without change. 100 r. IN. every weey
Scr BTooSiyn, New York, 70 all through train. con.
double @ f, ierriage@ @ across New York CITY. 'N's
M, and ls: 10 night. we
For Esss ~ g. % eousspi Sunday
on sunday, i06o and l1.O0 q. m., 4, 900, 7l0 iO,
p. IN, aud 1916 night. 'N' :"
For popes Creek Line, 7.ib a. IN. and 4.4O p. ~.
For Annapolis, g.s6 q. m. and l2.06 and IA D. Ds
daiy, except Sunday. on Sunday l.. nj.
ALEXANDRIA, AND FREDEHiCRSBIJRa NJ,
WAY AND ALEXANDRIA, AND WAsHINS Mn nin,
EorAlexandIia, 600, 100, 20, IL OF, and, ano -
300, 4.26, 446, 625 sos and iiB1 D. m .,sSa ~. ,
at 20 S;oo' pn ssS and li;ei a. ma and SOB IN 'uA'a'
daily, ana $40 p N: daily except ,nday. ' ~ 'n'
1000 and 10 % 10 20 a. M Sos and and
aay nj 800 and ~ n, xcept Monday on sun
1910 night. '' ''"' au' ii'oo p H., and
Tlekets and ih'fmation at the ONCE northeast
oo u, y, s nth Atreet and Ponnsyl venue
anu NJ ,no s~ on, where orders can be left for I'M
,asidenas baggageto 10 destination from hotels and
CHARLES II. PUGH, General Manager.
.. H. WOOD. General Passenger Agent
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PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY.

Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., May I2, 1885.
SEALED PROPOSALS. will be received nj this
Department until 12 O'Clock Nj. on WEDNESDAY,.
OF First and Second Class Post ofces for one year
from July !, 1885. "'
Blank forms OF proposals showing the items and
relating thereto, viii be furnished on application 10
Proposals should be addressed to the First Assist
mt Postmaster General and indOrsed Proposals Tor
Stationery" ''
The Postmaster General reserves the right TO re-
ject any or all bids
WILLIAM u. Villas
myl1-4t5 POstmaster (pneray
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Must Have Felt yerr Sorry.

TTtAdb oIIIIUEH'I
A Galveston drummer thought he would make bis
wife cry when he took the road the last time. lie
said;
''Now, Fanny, am going on 10 be gone long
lime, aud may never come back. what DO you
Hay?n
"Good-bye."
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PROPOSALS FOR FRESH BEEF AND
u VEGETABLES, FRESH BREAD, NAVY
BhEAp, FOR BAKING NAVY BREAD, AND

NAVY PAY OFFICE,
WAsnIN0ToH, ID. g., May Is, 1855.
SEALED PROPOSALS viii he received at this
once until IL O'Clock A. Nj. ON the 18th day OF june
1850, for supplying such quantities of Fresh Beef
and Vegetables, Fresh Bread, Navy Bread, aud Tor
Baking Navy Bread, and for Water, as may be re-
CURED at the following Navy Yards and stations for
mouth, N. II. Charlesiown, Mass; Newport, Il. l.; ;
brooklyn, n. y; League Island, Pa. Annapolis
Fla, and Mare Island, Cal.
specifications and blank proposals can be obtained
upon application NJ the Inspection Provisions and
Ci0thlng at any OF tho Navy Yards or to the Pay
OfiiceTs at Stations.
Proposals may be made for one or more articles
deliverable at one or more Yards or Stations, and
place VI delivery.
The Government reserves the right TO reject any
Proposals. should be inclosed In sealed envelopes
aud marked "Proposas for Fresh Provisions, Wafer,
or Baking"
JAMES ID. MURRAY,
mylI-4t6 Pay Director, u. s. Navy.
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Those who are making their plans for spending
the summer Months in the Mountains, read this:
Ine undersigned has opened a NEW HOUSE
FOR SUMMER Residence at
OAKLAND. Md.
One OF the plcasantcst of the Mountain Resorts
Ine house Is newly built, finished with all the mod
Accommodations can be afforded for fifteen TO
twenty guests, but no more. Arrangements have
been made to secure the best satisfaction In the Gu
linary Department. Terms Reasonable. Address
1T IL L. n Il - IT,
ny2t-lt2 Oakland, Garrett Co., Md
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against the designs Of Russia. highlands ter
r,ories were threatened blythe steady advance
Of Russia toward India, while Turkeys
frontier both in Europe and Asia was coter.
minous with that Of Russia, and was the
object of constant aggression by that insa
table Power, which was constantly seeking
pretexts for aggrandizement at the Porte's
expense, and evidently aiming at the ulti.
mate possession Of ofConstantinople. England
possessed vast resources in money, material,
and powerful navy. Turkey, though poor,
could command large army Of excellent
soldiers. The one power was a natural COM
plement to the other, and they had COIN
mon enemy,
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Summer Atsurts.
CHAPEL POINT,

CHAPEL POINT,
~ THE LONG BRANCH OF MARYLAND,
Eifty-tlve miles from Washington. on the Potomac
Have Just completed our grand new HOTEL and pre-.
pared 10 receive guests lst OF June Frs-cass liv-
cry. splendid fishing, grabbing, rowing, and sail.
ing; boats on hand. Elegant saltwater bathng
plenty OF bath-houses this season. Rooms, with first.
class board, s. 10 SIC 3 week. No bar In hotel For
further Information apply TO II. FRENCH QUEEN,
National Hotel, or HOWARD BROS, Propretors,
chapel Point, Md. my2t.ati
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PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY.

DEPARTMENT OF TIE INTERIOR,
,p,,,,, ,,,o,>, May 8, 1855.
Department until 12 O'Clock NJ, THURSDAY. June
H. 1885, for furnishing Stationery the Department
so, 1886. ~
Blank forms of proposals, showing the items and
estimated quantities required, together with circular
relating thereto, will be furnished ON application to
this Department
Proposals must be addressed to the Secretary of
the Interior and Endorsed on the envelope, "iro-
posals for Stationery"
,oo. l.. @. G. LAMAR,
Alarm
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for Sale or asent.
F. Q r $ A t Ell
RARE CHANCE.

The finest location In this vicinity for summer
pleasure resort Ia situated on q high and command
ing Dluf on the south side OF the picturesque upper
Potomac, only three miles from Washington, easily
accessible, having nm excellent road running along
the north shore OF the Potomac, and anording what
place by half an hours rowing over what Is un-
doubtedly one OF the handsomest rowing courses In
the country. It s unqucstlonably the hest fishing
ground within ten miles OF Washington. The place
Is now visited daily by hundreds OF oarsmen, sight
capable man, and with good accommodations for
visitors, this place easily be made the most popu-
lar resort OF this Kind Washington has ever had.
There are fifteen acres Of land In the tract, with
excellent water power which can he utilized in
various useful and ornamental ways, which would
readily suggest themselves TO practical man.
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PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY.

POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.,
WASHINGTON, d. O., May IL, 1855,
SEALED PROPOSALS win he received at this
Department until 12 O'Clock NJ. on WEDNESDAY,
June "a 1885, for furnishing Stationery for the Post
Blank forms OF proposals, showing the items aud
estimated quantities required, together circular
relating thereto, VIII be furnished on application to
this Department.
Proposals should be addressed to the First Assist
ant Postmaster General, and ndorsed "Proposals
for stationery"
the Postmaster General reserves the right TO
reject any or all bids.
WIN. II. Villas,
myl7.4t2 Postmaster General
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Through possessing a great number of
Mohammedan subjects, Britain had further
powerful reason for retaining the friendship
of the Sultan. For not only is the ottoman
Empire a considerable power, but the influ-
ence Of the Sultan as head of the Church is
very great. This was shown in the deposi-
tion of the late Khedive of Egypt, who sub
mitted without an effort at resistance to the
sultan's frman depriving him Of his domin-
ions. England could have dealt with Arab
and the Mahdi with infinitely greater sue.
cess by acting through the Sultan and sus-
tanning his rightful authority. There Is
no reason for doubling that the bombardment
of Alexandria, the war against Arab, the
occupation of Egypt, and the disastrous Sou
dan campaign were all fruits of the cardinal
error of fdisregarding the rights of the Sultan.
BY spelling the Turk in Egypt as France has
been spelling him in Tripoli England has
lost what was of vastly greater Importance
than any possible gain from that upius,i-
fable course. She has not only degraded
and weakened her natural and faithful ally,
but has lost that preponderating influence
at Constantinople which had always made
her the final arbiter of the Eastern question.
That Mr.. Gladstones hatred of the Turk has
left his country, on the eve Of her strug-
gle TO retain her Indian Empire, without a
single friend in Europe, is a signal example
of the irony of fate.
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pROPOsALs FOR SUPPLIES.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
,....- WASHINGTON, May 1s, lss5.
SEALED PROPOSALS win be received at this
Department until IL O'Clock M, FRIDAY, May 20,
is55, for furnishing supplies, consisting mainly OF
Meats, Provisions, Groceries, Dry Goods, Shoes,
the use OF the Government Hospital for the Insane,
nsar Washington, during the fscil year ending
June 80, 1886.
Blank forms Of proposals, schedules Of items and
estimated quantities, specifications and Instructions
70 bidders viii be furnished upon application this
Department.
ii. J.. MULDROW.
mylI.2O Acting Secretary.
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pRoPosALs FOR FUEL AND RATIONs.
QUARTERMAsTER's OFFICE,


QUARTERMAsTRRs OFFICE,
u. s. MARINE CORPS,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., May IL, 1855.
SEALED PROPOSALS., In duplicate, will be re-
ceived at this oice until ~ O'Clock Nj. of the l7th
" O'Clock NJ. OF the 18th day of June next for fur
nsllng Fuel to the United States Marines, at one or
more OF the following stations from the list of July
lss5, to the aOth of June, 1886, viz:
Portsmonth, N: H.; Charleston, Mass; Brooklyn
c N. Iii fhiadelPhia Pa; League Island, Pa; An
nap0lls, Md.; washington, 10. c.; G0sport, near
Norfolk, Va; Mare Island. Cal, and Pensacola Fla
Specifications with blank proposals can be OBJ
tahed upon application at any OF the stations named
OF ai the offices OF the Quartermaster, Washington
d. u. and Assistant Qnartermaster, 226 South Fourth
street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Proposals may be made for one or more articles
deliverable at one stations and will be con-
slderei separately for each article and place of de-
livery. They should be indorsed "Proposals for
Fuel" or - Rations," as the case may be, and ad-
dressed to uartermaster u. $. Marine Corps, WASH
'"s.o"' ~. y. mylI-4t5
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The attempt to reform abuses in a publ,

The attempt TO reform abuses in a public
service has rarely resulted in such confusion
Of ideas as obtains in some quarters about
civil service reform. There is a small but
noisy class who apparently imagine that
such a reform means thata government by
parties like ours should be carried on with
out politics, and that all political activity is
and manipulation of ward politicians and he
regarded as properly bar TO political pre-
ferment. ofcourse this is patent adsurdity,
as no free government can be carried on in
such way. Honorable activity in party
politics must always he chief recommends
tion for Office at the hands of the party in
power. 1t is an essential feature Of all true
craftsmanship that it takes more account Of
the customs and habits of the people than Of
abstract theories ofwhat would be good meth
DDS under some millennial state of things.
The people of the United States have in
dorsed the system Of examinations as a
means of correcting certain abuses in the
clerical services under the Departments
Dut tucS hOuo tue ltsS tNpeCt all tue
Offices not included in the provisions of the
civil service law to go with the party. No
considerable number of voters of either party
have ever believed that the Republican
postmasters, marshals, attorneys, or reve-
nue. officers should remain in office after
their party was turned out. The custom of
this country is that its business should be
carried on by officers belonging TO the party
in power and responsible for the administra-
tion. And all sensible people believe that is
the proper way to carry on a Democratic
government. The attempt to carry on a
Democratic administration with Republican
agents will, If tried, lamentably fail. twill
amuse the Republican managers, but when
their turn comes they will not furnish their
adversaries with the same kind of amuse-
ment.
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writer in Blacl,coods llagasine, in dis
cussing the question, "Why Have We No
"Proper Armament i'' makes the surprising
declaration that
Great Britain is without any efficient heavy guns.
This startling statement has been made by the
best possible authority. We are assured that our
neets and our coast defenses, our harbors and our
dock-yards-on the efficiency Of which our existence
as a nation depends-are armed with weapons dis
tincy inferior TO those Of foreign Powers. 1t is not
too much to say that we stand in this matter In
much the same position as all Europe stood toward
Prussia when Col Hozier's letters from the seat OF
war in 1866 revealed to US the overmastering su-
perlority of the breech-loader in the hands Of in
fantry.
The Blackrood writer says "this informa-
"tion is given us not as an accusation but
Gas a confession" as "it rests upon a state
" ment made in the presence ofthe Secretary
I" of State for War by the very men who are
"charged with the duty of providing us
"with guns" In these terms he alludes to
lecture on "The Heavy Guns of 1884,"
delivered at the United Service Institution
last year, with Lord Harrington in the
chair, by Colonel F. Maitland, r. A., Su-
perintendent Royal Gun Factory, Weolwich.
In admitting that the Woolwich system is a
failure the Superintendent confesses that
Great Britain is "some four or five years in
arrear of all other powers in the manu-
facture of effective ordnance" but claims
now to have a model of gun manufacture so
perfect that with time and money position
of decided superiority can be once more
gained. 1t need hardly be said that in the
event of war marked inferiority in the
guns Of England to those of her antagonists
would be very serious matter.
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THE Panama affair showed that even non.
military power like the United States needs an
armed force like the Marine Corps, and that some
times rdiculed body of soldiers not only proved its
usefulness but showed that it is servceabe force
and credit TO the country. The Panama star ana
Herald says:
The American marines are probably the best sharp
shooters In the world as body of men, They will
compare favorably with the selected sharpshooters
OF other military services. Careful training and
constant practice enable them at both long and short
distances TO pot their man. and firing they
are especially dangerous. The following incident
while illustrating their practical skill with the
splendid weapon they carry, the Springfield rife
also shows the severe discipline enforced in theil
camp: few nights ago a marine attempted &c
pass the lines and go outside without leave Fail
ing TO answer the challenge OF the sentinel duty
and come TO halt he was shot dead in his tracks al
about 150 yards distance. The sentinel had simply
obeyed his orders and was aclnitiel Of all blame.
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OUR new University continues to be the subjec,
of comment in the press OF the country, the gratifying
feature Of which is that the social and educational
position and future of the city Of Washington seem al
last TO command general recognition. The Philadel
phia american says:
The representatives OF the Roman Catholic Church
In America have shown their wisdom in selecting
Washington as the site OF their National University
Baltimore Is richest in Catholic traditions; New
York and perhaps Boston have greater Catholic
populations. The nearness OF Georgetown College,
unless is TO be affiliated with the University Ia
drawback. But Washington, after all IL said, Is the
best site Tor an institution of national scope. It's
great scientific collections, the growing wealth and
spendor OF its social life, its rapid advance as
centre Of population, and s growth In political i'm
portance with the closer consolidation OF our
national life, mark II as city which has great
future Twenty years ago II was little better than
country town. Twenty years hence II Will Ill the
public eye as In many respects the first OF AneT.
can cities. Long before tha. day even Frenchmen
will cease TO believe that New York Is the Capital OF
the United States. They Will look TO the Potomac
and not 10 the Hudson for our Paris. As propa-
gandist agency university in Washington will well
serve the purposes OF the church. The number Oi
people resident in Washington who wish college
education for their children must grow rapidly.
Most OF them, II ID true are nominal Protestanis
But their Professionalism ~ not enthusiastic zeal
Gus. II Will not Keep them from using this instiiu
ton, II there be no other OF equal rank In the city
SO before many years another Of equal rank Will be
competing with IT, and the city will nave twONnyer-
slties.
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The statement Of the London Times that
the European Powers are united in hostile
combination against British influence in
Egypt only emphasizes what thoughtful OBJ
servers already knew-that the vital error
in Mr.. Gladstone's foreign policy has been
his abrogation OF the Turkish alliance.
EDgland's isolation is due TO variety Of
causes, all arising from the incurable mfr
NIFTY OF purpose which has characterized
the foreign policy OF the present liberal
administration. Bat the pivotal error was
committed when England, by occupying
Egypt, Joined Russia, France, and Austria
in the work of dismembering the Ottoman
Empire. The magnitude OF this blunder is
clearly shown by Sir Henry Layard, for
merly Ambassador to Turkey, in the May
number Of the Contemporary RepieV. This
accomplished Oriental statesman points out
that friendship with Turkey has from The
time OF Chatham been the unyarying policy
OF all English statesmen. The Wing Pal
merston held to this policy as frmly as
the Tory Beaconsgeld. This traditional
alliance was not founded upon sentiment, but
upo1 common interests, which made the Otto
saan and British empires natural allies al
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T.. q. HINB,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Corner OF Louisiana avenue and Four snd-a-hal,
street, near City Hall. Washington. d. q.
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they have prodnced upon the condition of artillery
in the several States of the Old World is one which,
in every respect, does honor to the selection made
by President Arthur. II is a document which no
European government can afford to despse. 1t lays
down principles Of such manifest wisdom and such
plain common sense that one only marvels that they
should in this year 1886 require to be stated. :
Inasmuch as they are founded upon an elaborate
examination OF the history Of the subject in each
country Of Europe and are based upon the disas-
trous experience OF such as have taken wrong
course, we cannot afford to pass them by. The CEN
tra principle OF the Boards report Ia that 1t s
fal TO encourage, develop, and gain for the service
Of the country the whole of the manufacturing
power and inventive talent Of the country itself As
they put 1t they consider "that every in
ducement should be offered to attract the
private industries OF the country TO the
aid OF the Government, In providing ordnance for
the Army and Navy, and that the steel manufac-
turers should be called upon TO provide the MATERIAL
They hold and maintain strongly that In order to do
this with safety and efficiency, the Government
must have, and ought 10 have factories OF It's own
"t0 perform the work OF establishing Standards max
ing experimental guns and fabricatng cannon upon
moderate scale" The sole purpose Of this, how
ever, IL TO save the Government from being In any
way slavshly In the hands Of the manufacturers no
might combine to dictate terms II there were no
check upon them. They insist, for years our own
Navy has most rightly yet yanly insisted, upon the
grave and manifest inconveniences which arise from
the manufacture of naval guns being In the same
hands with those for the Army. They wish for Jdo-
tories for both Army and Navy but on such merely
expansive and experimental scale that this division
shall entail neither competition additional cost.
But they go on: "With Government gun facto-
ries established for both the Army and Navy there
will still be needed ue hearty cooperation oJ me
priUate Industries OF he country. 1hts cannot he
aroused unless there Is heid out 10 them a Jdir
prospect oJremuaeTdtfOa."
These italics are Biact~OodS. We copy 50
much of its observations, though not as much
as We would like to, in order to show that II
our Congressman do not have the honor and
safety of their country at heart we at least
have in our Army and Navy officers whose
attainments are appreciated and whose opin-
ions are respected abroad, even il they are
not at home.