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Is arranged on the presumption OF their unin-
teTrupted overland transit 70 san francisco.
Mails from the east arriving on TINE at san
FrauciscO on the day OF saiilnB of steamers are
dispatched thence the same day,
HENRY q. PEARSON, Postmaster,
PosroEIIcE, NEW YORK, N. Y, Jnn. y, 1850,
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Personal CoMFoRE.
TTsEFUL FEET

Are requisite to health, hence the highest medi.
cal surgical, judicial, political military, and
naval dignitarles Of this country, representatives
Of leading foreign governments, and thousands
Of other well.knOwn persOnHgea visit DIR.
WHITE q SON, l4l6 Pennsyivana avenue,
Washington, and 1 i North EutAw street, Balt-
more, for relief nom and avoidance OF Corns,
BunlonB, Dlgpased Nails, and other foot ailments.
Fee, 81 sitting, Established In Washington In
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IT was well done-tho refusal Of the
district commissioners to allow overhead
electric wires to be strung, even for in
auguration purposes very we'll done.
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CAPT. ISAIAH RYEDERs is dead, but the
principles that he advocated with such
originality still move tho hearts Of the
democrats who survive him.
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THE movement for new postotlice
building in this city should not slumbor
because congress is lethargic. Only very
brief time remains for work this session.
National Republican., 1885-01-15

THE free traders scornfully speak of
Randall as local ISSUE About tho time
the next speakership contest eliminates
they may find him lively national one.
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LOSI IND FOUyD,

Il osT-A FULL FLOODED BLACK-AND- |
Il tan young dog answers to the name OF Dotty. |
a suitable reward will be paid to one returning |
the same to 1000 Goth et N. W. 0-l6
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MONEY TO LO<iN.

MONEY 10 LOAN ON REAL ESTATE,
MI IN sulns W suit, At lowest rates Of interest,"
Al, u. CRIrrENDEN
lAll New ork
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RE1L ESTATE, LOANS, ETC.
CuAa T.. B1sHop.
INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE AGENT.
No. zoos St. bet. Tenth and Eleventh sts.
REAL ESTATE BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Money TO Loan on Flrst-Class Real Estate
Security.
LOANS NEGOTIATED.
RENTS COLLECTED
RENTS COLLECTED.
FOR RENT

FOR RENTi
FINE RESIDENCE 1S Rooms, mod
ern improyoments,e elegantly furnished.
near Thomns circle. $3.50 90
FINE RESIDENCE, 10 Rooms, mod
ern improvements, near Thomas cir
lbOUU
FINE RESIDENCE l2 Rooms, mod
ern improvements, GIG 18th st"".,,,. 60,66
BB- All property placed In my hands Will be
liberally advertised without cost to owners.
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FOR RENT-HOUsES.

"oUsE No. S24 9TH ST., WITH ROOMS;
IL bath room and cellar; modern improve
ments; S25 per month, In advance. Apply ut
05l r. 1. av. GIT
GToRE AND SIX ROOMS AND BATH;
> shelves and Showcases; TOT 9Th st. s. W.
Inquire at 6O7 9TH st. 3. w. Clio
TUNo A DESIRABLE TENANT-ALL BUT 2
Il rooms Of beautiful new house. 1881 N 81, N.
W.; south front; all conveniences; terms reason-
able; have some rooms rented to other tenants
who can be retained II desiredi References In
quire at once. 8-15
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SsTINHE TREMoNT"-THIS HOUSE HAS
i been ropapered and Topainted, and Ia
every way put In irst-cass order. II stho cool
est and most desirable place to board In the city.
Terms, s26, $50, $40 and $40 per month House
and hall heated by steam.
National Republican., 1885-01-15

DIANo LESSONS, WITH TECHNIQUE AND
u harmony Leipslc method, at D2O 9th St ".
w. Afternoon hours,
TINHE BEST AND CHEAPEST PLACE TO
IL learn drawing and painting IN At tho Ma
tional Academy Of Fine Arts, 18th st. and N, Y.
Rv, Years OF study saved. Receptions free.
Wednesday evenings at 4 clock.
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A com plete school course-English, Scientific,
Clas scaL Great facilities for modern languages,
particularly French and German. Art, Elocutlon,
Muaic (plano Prof Anton Gloetzner). A Coll
legihte Course. Also Elective Courses for ad'
and other colleges, Cali at 12l4 l4th 1t, II, W D.,
or address MR. and MRS w. ID. CABELL
princDAlR
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BOIRDING.

OnOn q ST-ROOMS AND BOARD;
zUAO furnace heat; also open CRATE ilres;
table board q speclaltyi herdcs pass the door.
MRS. FORREST. JaS-12tr
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A Wonderful Plague Of Rats.

Ahmednugger, in Bombay, is q place
famous in the wars between the Nizam
and'th Mahrattas, and also as the scene
of the death CT Aurungzeb, the last Of
the great mogul rulers. Ahmednugger
is a district very irregular in shape lying
on the northwest frontier of the Hyder.
abad state, and having to its southwest
>the district of Poonah. 1t has an area
Of G,6GG square miles, and a population
of 751, 22S. This district is subject to
visitations of famine and other calami-
ties, of which the most striking and
singular is the plague of rats. Generally
the rain fall in June suficcs by filling
the holes and assures in destroying them
in large numbers, and in preventing a
plague. But when the rain is late or
does not come then the number of rats
is always excessive. In the last sixty
years three have been known as rat
years. These were 1926, 1885 and 1870.
On the last occasion fields of grain were
eaten up in a few hours as if by a flight
of locusts.
A reward of one rupee, reduced at a
later period to half a rupee, wa offered
for every hundred dead rats, and it was
estimated that not fewer than 1,76S, 900
rats were killed and paid for. Although
the people were the sufferers, popular
superstition does not seem to have ap.
proved of this slaughter, for reports
were spread that the rats were the spirits
of those who died in the famine of 1876
2, and the people refused at last to par
ticipate in the efforts made for their ex-
termination. -Lond0n Times.
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Significant Statistics.

Mr.. Nelson, the most distinguished Of
English actuaries, after long and careful
investigations and comparisons, ascer-
tanned by actual experience the follow
ing astounding facts:
Between the ages of fifteen and twen-
ty, where ten total abstainers die, eigh-
teen moderate drinkers die.
Between the ages of twenty and thirty,
where ten total abstainers die, thirty
one moderate drinkers die.
Between the ages of thirty and forty,
where ten total abstainers die, forty
moderate drinkers die.
Or, expressing the fact in another
form, he says:
A total abstainer twenty years old has
the chance of living forty-four years
longer, or until sixty-four years old.
A moderate drinker has the chance of
living fifteen and n half years longer,
or until thirty-fve years old.
A total abstainer thirty years old has
the chance of living thirty-six and one.
half years longer, or until sixty-six
and one-half years old.
A total abstainer forty years old has
the chance of living t~wenty-eight and
one-fourth years longer. or until sixty
eight and one.halt years old.
A moderate drinker forty years old
has the chance of living eleven and two
thirds years longer, or until ffty-one
and one-half years old.
THE word ''chance' in this article
means probability LID. Witness.
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Mechanism Of the Bee.

An investigator into the mysteries of
animal life asserts that q bees working
tools comprise 4 variety equal to that Of
the average mechanic. He says that the
feet Of the common working bee exhibit
the combination Of a basket, a brush and
a pair of p%incers. The brush, the hairs
of which are arranged in symmetrical
rows, is only to be seen with the micro
scope. With this brush of fairy deIicacy
the bee brushes its velvet robe to remove
the pollen dust with which it becomes
loaded while sucking up the nectar.
Another article, followed like a spoon,
receives al the ~gleanings which the insect
carries to the hive. Finally, by opening
them, one upon another, by means of a
hinge, these two pieces become a pair of
pincers, which render important service
in the construction of the combs. Sci
entifc american.
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Temperance NOlos.


"Our children cry for bread" Was the
motto displayed at the Chicago Socialist
picnic, at which three hundred kegs of
beer were consumed.
The chemist of the Brooklyn Health
department condemns as injurious the
practice of putting ~bicarbonatc of soda
in beer to make it foam when drawn.
Thirty glasses of beer will contain from
$50 to 200 grains of b%icarbonate of soda.
The streets of Philadelphia are decor
ated with G,0C0 "slaughtcr-houses"
Qiquor Saloons nearly every square in
the city being tipped off with one at
each Of its four corners. Beside, no.
tor;ous gambling holes are open right
under the nose of our worthy mayor,
and are well-known by his policemen,
as well as q fearful number of those
avenues to the pit where lost woman
lives in shame and dies in misery and
despair. -pE. EieeL
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Tho Inference OF Fashion,.

asked this merchants wife what diff
ference she observed between the lead
ing dry goods stores of New York and
the largest in Paris. She said: The
main difference is in manufactured
dresses. There is so much artistic learn
inc in France and so little relative ma
chiyery that you never see two persons
dressed exactly alike over there, whereas
in America the passion seems to be to
dress exactly alike. They will get IN the
United States one dress from France, and
sell fifty just like it. But in France,
when you buy a dress of a particular cut,
adornment or nature, you may be sure
YOU have the only one. In other words,
they make a dress as if it were an lndl:
vidual thing. We make a dress as If it
were a style or fashion. GaM.
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There Was. Liquor In Elm.

AAASA
George Bennett, who was hanged at
Toronto, Canada, for the murder of
Editor Brown, Of the Toronto GLOBE,
made the following speech from tho gal
lows:
"Gentlemen, I IN going to die, and I
am innocent of crime. By nc words
that I can possibly say can I clear my:
self, and I cannot say any more than that
I am innocent, as the act was beyond my
control. The act by which the Hon.
George Brown met his death was done
in an excited moment. I suppose he
could not foresee the consequence. He
thought I was going to use the re-
volver when I drew it from my pocket,
and he grasped at it, and it caused the
act which caused his death. His hand
must have struck the trigger, as the
shot was fired simultaneously with his
catching it. I am going to meet my
God now, and it would be foolish thing
for me to die with a lie On my lips.
What I say ke.i you may accept as a
fact. I would not likely speak false
when I am about to die. I am possessed
of spirit enough to have acknowledged
the crime if 1 did it. The blood does
not trickle in my veins that would let me
do such an act. 1 am not false at heart
or a coward. 1t would have been a
shameful thing to have done such an act,
as Mr.. Brown did not deserve it.. He
was the most popular man throughout
the world, and deserved it, and he went
to his death through an oversight on my
BART. I went to him for a very simple
reason, and not to commit crime. I could
not control the event. There was liquor
in me, and the accident occurred, and
was fatal"
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Russian HROund.PlOWinr.o

The village of Minussinsk, in Russia,
has been troubled by the pest among its
cows, and the conscript fathers Of the
community held q meeting to decide upon
the best means of putting a stop to the
calamity. 1t was agreed that resort
should be had to the old Slavonic Gus.
tom of round blowing. A Russian paper
gives an account of the process. Seven
virgins, two old women and a young
bachelor CT good character are elected.
At midnight a procession of the peasants
is formed, led by the two old women
carrying pictures of saints. In the rear
o fthe procession the seven maidens are
harnesscd to a pillow, which is guarded by
the youngman. Alight furrow is plowed
around the village; and therefore, accord
ing to the belief of the local a%gricultur.
lists, a barrier is provided against the
evil spirit. He has no power to pass
over the mystic furrow.
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FOR FEMININE READERS.
hmm 49, Buttons anu Walking
Sticks to be Worn by Ladies.

) In London this winter the rage will be
for buttons-that is, for ladies' costumes:
They have been big before, but they will
be immense now; some of them costly
also, for they are beautifully carved in
ivory.
Ladies will also patronize walking
sticks again; costly ones, of course, Tor
nothing which they favor is cheap.
One of the items O. novelties which
ladies will p~atronize is the newly-dis-
covered combination scarf or fichu. The
scarf passes right round with a tight
twist on the chest, comes forward again
over the hips, and then presents two
neatly centered pockets. -Lmd0n Court
Journal.
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SONG.

If Fate mete out full measure
OF dole for our loves gain,
Be yours, dear, all the pleasure,
Be mine, love, all the pain.
II Fate for aye disposes
To pierce what he'adorns,
Be yours, dear, all the roses,
Be mine, love, all the thorns.
While Fate shall deem It filter
That sweet and bitter meet,
Be mine, dear, all the bitter,
Be yours, love, all the sweet
"A. H.. Carlton.
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those who have gained the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ the gates Of the new
Jerusalem are hoisted, and you will have
abundant entrance into the everlasting king.
dom Of our Lord toward which you do web
day and night to keep your windows open!
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RELIGIOUS READING.
Gods Caro-.

GOu'S Caro-
Fearest thou Mt times thy father
Hath'forgot?
Though the clouds around thee, gather,
Doubt him not.
Always hath the daylight broken,
Alwas hath the comfort spoken;
Better hath He been for years
Than thy fears.
Therefore whatsoe'er betidcth,
Night or day,
Know his love, for He provideth
Good Away.
Crown of sorrows gladly take;
Grateful, wear it for His sake,
Sweetly bending to, His vii,
Lying still. 80
TO His own the Saviour giyeth, +
Daily strength;
To each troubled soulLhat livcth,
Peace at length.
Weakest lambs have largest share
Of the tender Shepherds care,
Ask him not, then, "when"a or chow
OnlySbow.
E.,r IL, f1.,nnn-
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comprehend that the surest way not to
get what he wants is to cry for it. A
little firmness in this respect will spare
the mother much trouble, the child
more.-Babyhood.
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TEMPERANCE. TOPICS;
Two Fortunes,

20, ~
"Be not among wine bibbers: among riot
Gus caters of flesh. For the drunkard and the
gIutton shall come to poverty; and drowsl-
ness shall clothe a man with rags" Prov.
xiii, 1921.
I'll tell you two fortunes, my fine little lad,
For you to accept or refuse;
The one Of them good, the other one bad;
Now hear them, and say which you choose.
I see by my gifts, within reach Of my hand,
A fortune right fair to behold;
A house and q hundred good acres of land,
With the harvest-felds yellow as gold.
1 see a great orchard, with boughs hanging
With apples, green, russell and red;
I see droves Of cattle, soma white and soms
brown,
But all of them sleek and well fed.
T see droyes of swallows about the barn door,
See the tanning mill whirling so fast;
I see them threshing the wheat or the floor
And now the bright picture has passed.
I see rising disnally up in the place
Of the beautiful house and the land,
A man with a frered nose on his face,
And a little brown jug in his hand.
Oh, if you beheld him, my lad, you would
wish
That he were less wretched to see;
For his bootctoes they cape like the mouth OF
a fish,
And his trousers are out at the knees.
In walking he staggers, now this way, now
that,
And his eyes they stand out like a bugs.
And he wears ar old coat, and a battered-ln
hat,
And I think that the fault is the jugs. !"
For the text says the drunkard shall come to
be poor,
And that drowsiness clothes men with rags,
And he doesn't look much like a man, I am
sure,
Who has honest hard cash in his bags.
Now which will you have? To be thrifty and
snug,
And to be right side up with your dish;
Or go with your eyes like the eyes of a bug,
And your shoes like the mouth of a fsh2
Alice C1rn.
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According to a recent census Green.
land contains a population Of 10000.
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DRY, that while ali the world has its door open
toward US our windows are open toward
them.
But Daniel kept his window open toward
Jerusalem because it was the capital OF sacred
influences. There smoked the sacrifices,
There was the ark of the covenant. There
was the holy Of holes. There was the tenn
pie and on tho day of its dedication it vas
declared that whosoever shall pray with his
window open toward that temple he shall be
answered. Oh, my friends, the trouble is we
are apt to open the windows on the other side.
Windows toward the world instead of win
dows toward God. Windows toward Baby
lon. Windows toward Corinth. Windows
toward Sodom. Windows toward the flats
instead of windows toward the hills. Wor-
shippers of the world instead Of worshipers Of
God. What does the world says What does
the world think! What does the worll do?
All! sad mistake for anyone who makes this
world his god. AS I might illustrate by
something I SAW a few weeks ago in Nurem.
berg, Germany: A figure Of the Virgin
in iron and wood. In olden times prisoners
were brought there and the arms of this i'm
age were spread abroad rs though to receive
them, but then; once EMBODIED. LEY were cut
with the spikes and the lancots, and then the
arms opened and dropped them $50 feet into
the caverns beneath. And this world is a
cruel god, and it spreads out its arms to its
ievotees, and after q while it closes in on
them with t~orturAs and then lets them drop
forever down. The greatest honor in olden
times that could be given q man was to make
him q Roman emperor, and yet out of sixty
three Roman emperors only six of them died
peacefully in their beds. The names of the
crowns of some nations indicate tho domin-
ions Of the world. In some lands you find
pieces of money that are called the severe
eign, the half sovereign, the crown, the half
crown, the Napolean, the half Napolean, the
Frederick, the double Frederick, the ducat,
the Isabellian-all Of them meaning domin-
ion rather than usefulness, and both are apt.
to open our windows toward the exchange,
and to open our windows toward the salon
of fashion, and to open our windows toward
the god Of this world, and, alas! for the
mistake. The yard in olden times had its
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medan heaven of eternal Sensuality and the
aboriginal heaven of eternal hunting
grounds do not satisfy a vast multitude. But
here rolls in the Bible heaven. No more sea;
that is no more wide separation. No more
night; that is no more insomnia. No more
tears; that is no more heart break. No moro
pain; that is Punishment of bitter draught
and lancet and reuralgias and consumptions,
Music all in the major key because cele-
brative and jubilant. Ali cOlors OH the wall
except gloomy black. A rainbow; that means
no more storm. Walls full Of odors; that
means pure regalement of the senses
Twelve manner Of fruits: that means deli.
cious and everlasting variety. Trumpet and
harp and grand march and amen and halle
luiah all in the same orchestra. Choral meet
ing and solo. Overture meeting antiphony.
Strophe meeting dithyramb. Rolling together
into the grand ocean Of doxologv. All that
for you and for me if we will let Christ with
one wounded land rub out our sin n with
the other wounded hand open the shining
portal. An! keep your window open toward
that Jerusalem. Think about it. Talk about
it. Pray about it. Sing about it. Dream
about it. A curious man took the furlongs
Of the Bible and lie made a calculation OF the
size Of heaven, and he said there will be 100
rooms sixteen feet square for every assembled
spirit though the world should last O hundred
million years. Ihave no interest in the calcutta
ton because all the rooms OF allt4e palaces are
to be ours, for they arc family rooms and even
the throne room will not be denied us, and
you may run up the steps Of the throne, and
put your hand on the side of the throne,
and sit down by the King according
to the promise: "To him that over
cometh will l grant to sit with me in
my throne" But, my friend, you will never
enter that place except as a conqueror. If
you are going to let sin ravage and ransack
your soul, and it you are going to surrender
to the power of darkness, that shall never be
your home. Many years ago, the Turks and
the Christians had a great battle and the
Christians were defeated, and with Stephen,
their commander. they fled toward a fortress
where the mother Of the commander was
staying. When the mother saw her sor and
his army flying in disgraceful retreat she or
dered the gates of the fortress closed against
them, and the gates were closed, and then the
mother stood on the battlement and cried to
her son: ''You cannot enter here except as a
conqueror." Then the commander rallied his
scattered troops and resumed battle and won
the day-20,OOO scattering like flying. chaft!,
900, 900. All! my friends, defeated in this
battle with sin and death and hell there IS no
Joy, no reward, no triumph for you. Only
shame and everlasting contempt. But lcr
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Missions, the strength of the Church.

the German.