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LI,neIl. truTlUS, Scall Head, Dandruff, and every
species of Itching Scaly and Pimply Humors of the
Scalp and Skin, when the best physicians and rene
dies fail.
ECZEMA TWENTY YEARS.
Ny gratitude to God is unbounded for the relief I
have obtained from the of the Cuticura Remedies
have been troubled with Eczema on my legs for
twenty years had not comfortable night for years.
the burning and itching were so intense Now | am
happy to say, have trouble. Only the liver coored
patches on my limbs remain as q token of my former
misery.
HENRY L. SMITH,
1873 West Avenue. Rochester n. Y.
ECZEMA ON A CHILD
Your most valuable Cuticura Remedies have done
my child so much good that feel like saying this for
the benefit of those who troubled with skin disease
My little girl was troubled with Eczema, and tried
several doctors and medicines, but did do her any
good until used the Cuticura Remedies which spec lily
cured her. for which owe you many thanks and many
nights of rest
ANTON BOSSMIER, Edinburgh Ind.
letter OF THE SCALP
was almost perfectly bald caused by letter of the
top of the scalp used your Cuticura Remedies about
six weeks, and they cured my scalp perfectly and now
my hair Is coming back as thick as it ever WAS
]. Z. CHOICE, Whitesboro', Texas.
COVERED WITH BLOTCHES
want to tell you that your Cuticura Resolvent is
magnificent. About three months ago my face was
covered with Blotches and after using three bottles Of
ResOlvent was perfectly cured.
FREDERICK MATTRE,
% st Charles street, New orleans, La.
IVY POISONING
For all cases of poisoning by Ivy Dogwooi. can
warrant Cuticura to cure every time have sold it
tor i've years and it never fails.
&. IL MORSE, Druggist,
Holliston, Mass.
Sold everywhere Price: CUTIcURA, 5Oc SOAP 25c:
REsOLvENT 81 90. Prepared by the POTTER DRUG
AND CHEMICAL Co., BOsTOS, MASS
Send for How to Cure Skin Diseases" my14
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SIX DIFFERENT PATTERNS of vapor stoves
shown at W. 5. jerks 4 Cos, III 18th street
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PLUMBING AND TIMING at Shedd's,
400 9th street.
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- Real ESTATE Auctioneers e23 r IT

SALE OF VALUABLE UNIMPRovED PROPER.
aA-tNpNTlNG ONE HUNDRED AND TWEEN.
CHES, MORE OR LE,SS ON THE SOUTH sIIE
OF NJ STREET. NEAR TwENTY-FIRsT
STREET NORTHWEST
We viii offer Tor sale on WEDNESDAY, May
TWENTIETH. lsS5 at FIVE O'CLOCK
NJ, In mont of the premises the east half OF lotA3
20 and all of lots Fl and %. i'm square loo
Terms: O1ethrd ca Dr. balance In one nd two wears
with interest at the rate of six per per annurn,
ldNaoe seinl-auallA, secured by deed of trust ON
The property sold or all cash al the purchasers option
\ deposit OF 500 VIII be- required when bid Is 40
copied Al conveyancing at cost OF purchaser
myl4dGds DIkAl.L & MARI Aucth
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AUCTION SALES.

'INHoMAS BOWLING. AuctIoneer.
SPECIAL SALE
CHOICE COLLECTION
FURNITURE,
BELONGING TO THE ESTATE OF THE LATE
GEN cAPRuN,
A T A L & T ION.
on "WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY TwFNTI-
III II. 1879 al TIN O'CLOCK, within and In front OF
nay auction rooms shall sell choice collection Of
Household Goods belonging 10 the late Gen Horace
taru, 10 which VIII he added the contents Of
"A private dwelling. embracing handsome CHAMBER
SETS tine Carpets and other desirable articles
hNiodts THOMAS DOW LING, AucG
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LARGEST stock boys suits. Eisemans, eth & E
SEE ADV OF "Professeur under special notices.
near ~,
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The Last Of Lanr.ter.

HIS BODY PLACED IN MT. OLIvET CEMETERY
"A THICK SKULL AND A FoRTY-FOUR OUNCE
BRAIN.
The body Of John Langster, who was hanged
yesterday at the Jail for the murder of Officer
Fowler, was this morning taken to the vault at
Mt. Olivet cemetery. There was no religious
service to-day, for the rites of the church were
performed at the Jail yesterday by Rev. Fathers
OSullivan and Sullivan after the autopsy.
The brain was found to weigh forty-four
ounces, which is about the usual weight of q
mans brain. The skull was very thick, meas
uring hall an inch at the back. threeeighths OF
an inch in front, and One-ei2hth in other places,
except al the temple. There was found a slight
depression of the skull on the lett SIDE which
confirmed the story Of Langster that he had
been struck with brick when child This
had however, probably rup;ured q small blood
vessel at the time and never affected him after
wards either mentally phY .iclIlY
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LECTURES.

HON. FREDERICK DOUGLASS WILL Lee
Il ture at Mt Zion NJ +. Church 10Th street, West
Washington, MONDAY EVENING, May lS Sub
ject: "SELF-MADE NAN"
Admission 25 cents. Doors open at O'Clock. Lee
ture at $50 o'clock pm. It's
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FUSSELL'S Ice CREAM shipped anywhere out
of town; 1927 New York avenue. 49,
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MoRELL, 9Th ST., 100 cigars $3.50 to SO.
MoRELI, 9th St, every style of show cases. Try!
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Putting Western Union Wires Undel
Ground.


THE CONDUIT NOW IN COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION
THROUGH TuE CITY.
The wOrkmen of the Western Union Tele-
graph company are progressing rapidly with
the work OF laying the conduit for the under
ground telegraph cable to connect the
main office with the pole lines at the
corner Of 7th street and New York
avenue. The conduit Is made Of cypress logs,
followed out like pump logs. They are laid tive
about 45O feet boxes are put in, covered with
oblong iron covers at thee surface, SO that any
or examined If the necessity arises. The con-
dut crosses from the telegraph office In the Cor
coran building to the north side of F street.
r and 14th streets TO New York avenue. 1t viii
be laid along New Yord avenue In the parking
on the south side ofthe Columbia railway truck
avenue and 9th street through Mount Vernon
Square 10 the corner OF It'll, street and New York
but OF Ahs city by poles. The conduit to be Laid
through the Presidents grounds will be OF the
same character. The logs, or pipes, which have
about two feet below the surface Of the ground
or sidewalk The character u the cable to be
Ssed w be ey the officers Of the
seived here yet Of any decision but 1t is expect
cha will be adopted.
MARYLAND DELEGATES TO THE CHARITIES
Convection Lloyd has appointed
AZ delegates TO represent the state Of Maryland
at the twelfth national conferesce Of charities
and cOrreetions, which meets here June 4, DIR.
VIM. A. Fisher and Mr. Wilmot johnson.
PnroR1oA PRocroR's suxxsR REsoRr. on
Ith street, above the boundary, will De opened
this evening. The admission Is free The
grounds have been much improved and new
will be dancing every evening, together with
other amusementA
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THE PARK HorEL.-In past wears the PART
hotel, at Wiuiamsport, Pa, has been a favorite
GUNNER resort for Neutrality-suspicious. The hotel
u now open for the reception Of summer guests
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tLfeHTNING RODS adjusted. j. II. Kuehlipg,
4f9 18th ST. NV epHDo'
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BOWLING. Aucuoneer.

VERY VALUABLE BUILDING LOTS on MONT
GOMERl strict. MAR STODDA RID STR EFT.
GEDRGETOWN. AT AUt TION.
On TUESDAY, MAY TWENTY-SINTH. at -
SIN O'CLOCK Will sell in front of the premises -
lots No. =, ia square 10. fronting so feet on&
the est side of Montgomery street b, tween ard
and Road streets, hy "A depth of feet These are
the most desirable building lots in Georgetown and
should command the attention of any one wishing
hrst-clasS lot.
Terms: one-third cash. balance in six and twelve
months, with Interest secured by deed of
property. All conveyancing and recording Of
purchaser. myl8-dSd,
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NOBBIEST boys suits. Eisemans, 9TH E SITS.
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Was Cured of Kidney Complaint by the
use of DR.. David kennedy's Fayorite Remedy
81. w. Olmstead, Proof Reader, indianapolis
Times
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VALUES ''PA AR ExcE1LEScE"

WOODWARD LOTHROP
DESIRE TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE FOL-
LOWING SPECIAL DEPARTMENT
BARGAINS:
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nUyALL e MARI,
IL Real Estate Auctioneers

ii AINALL q MARK,
IL Real Estate Auctioneers
NO, 1929 ELEVENTH STREET NORTHWEST.
BEING 4 TWO-STORY BRICK STORE AND
DWELLING. CONTAINING SIX ROOMS AND
TMoSTBRN BRICK STABLE IN REAR
On TUESDAY, NAY NINETEENTH. 1855, -
at HAIFPAST FOUR PM. shall sell the %; Il
above scribed property in front OF premises lot A
-, 81. 500 Terms To Toe announced at sale. my lO-t
nUNCANSoN BROS. Auciioneers
ADMINIsTRATRIN SALE OF LONG BoAT
MARY ANN SHEA AT AUCTION.
On FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MAY TWENTY
SECOND, 1885, at FIVE O'CLOCK. at Johnsons
wharf foot of 18th street sw. Will Offer for tbs
Long pat MARY Ann Shea with all her sails tackle
&c. al public auction 10 close estate. The boat
in good condition I'm all respects, and will carry about
fortvve cords pine wood or 10000 feet of lumber.
lie ms of sale: Cash.
my I6-d&ds SARAH SHEA Administrators
YINHoS t. WAGGAMAN, Real Estate AuctIor.eer.
VALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTY. FRONTING
ON VI ARILAND AVENUE. BETWEEN THIR-
TENTH AND FOURTEENTH STREETS
NORTHEAST.
For sale at putHc auction. on THURSDAY,=N
NAY TWFNrl-tIRSr, at SIX OCI OCk T.. :sU
NJ, Frame House No. 1913 Maryl. nd avenue JUL,
northeast. and small Brick House; lot 40 feet inches
by 80 feet.
Terms day of sale.
my io-d Ids THOS. F. wAGGAMAN, Auct
Ear As,ns Gno
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Mems Dress Shoes, high and low cut, ST.:
Hollander's.
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Go to JOhnsOn's
Ladies' and Gents Dining Saloons, 44O and 442
9th street, one door from +, and satisfy yourself
that 1t is the only place in the city for every
delicacy of the season. Polite attention Cool
ladies' saloon first floor.
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For Monday and All Next Week.
The diamond" Shirt all sizes, worth $175.
Sd Sheeting, worth ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s.
81 Sheeting, worth 25c.......................1S
lo-4 Sheetlng, worth
Our S1.5O Blk. fine all-wOol Jersey 75.
Excelsior, SO4 eth st.
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B. B. CHASE. umbrella maker. 1914 Pa. ave.
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Franks JeweIry Store. 457 Penna. ave.
Gold-filled vest chains from So 10 SIS.
For Real Estate Transactions 90 to
Tyler & Rutherford, 1926 F street.
Ladies' hand-sewed Oxford Ties, SOC. and
S1.23; Hollander.
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S3 Per Gallon. 75c. Quart Bottle, No. 1
Rye Whisky, best in the world for the money.
Orders by mail. MCGEE $, 9th, near st. s&w-3m
81 Light Derbys speciality; Hollander's,
10Th and Pa. av. 2
Children's Pants 6Oc: Hollanders, 1 9th& a.av
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Cluett's Crown Collars.
Cuffs and Monarch Shirts are the best of all. go
Children's Nobby Suits, $3.50 and 1918:
10th and Pa ay .
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n NOLUMBIA LIGHT ROADSTER
HANDSOMEST AND STRONGEST LIGHT ROAD
STER MADE.
Bicyclers are requested to call and examine It at
SCRIBNER'S
Fenton Hall. Est.n 1lth, up ars.
NB-No connection with on first floor al 7-lms
(yABIN JOHN AND GREAT FALLS
~ The new excursion steamer H. G. Wagner is now
ready for charter Capacity over 200. Apply 1921 N
ST. NV, opp Wash Il q. R.R office. ap2o-lm
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4.ButtOn Getaways S12; Hollander's, 10th
and Pa. ave.
, 1885-07-11


The rise of the Nile is measured by a
nilometer situated in the island of Roda,
Just opposite to Old Cairo. The present
building, with its graduated pillar, has
been used for measuring the height of
the river ever since the ninth century.
an earlier nilometer on the same spot
having been washed away by a flood.
The increase is proclaimed every day
after the third of July by public criers-
one for each district of the city-whose
announcement is wrapped up in a great
deal OF poetical metaphor, and communi-
Gated IN the ordinary sing-song reoitative
of the Oairene street hucksters.
The "Munadee-e Ell. Noel' the Crier
of the Nile takes his stand before the
house of some well-to-do Cairene from
whom a good "backsheesh" may be ex-
peeted, accompanied by a boy, who re-
spends to his chaunt as the clerk re-
spends to the clergyman. 1t is a tire
some formula, consisting of many
versicles; hut the following will serve as
a specimen.
''Nahomet is the guide sings the
orier.
lie viii prosper who blesseth him,
answers the boy.
Crier-l extol tho perfection of Him
who spread out the earth.
Boy-And hath given running rivers.
Crer-God hath given abundance,
and watered the highlands.
Boy-And the mountains and the
fields.
Crier-May He bless this housed
Boy-And pour the Nile over the
country
Last of all comes the announcement
OF how many digits the Nile has risen
that day, as recorded by the nilometer.
, 1885-07-11

REPRESENTATIVES, of the principal
journals of the country, who usually
scatter at the present season Of the year
for recreation and rest, have generally re-
manned at their posts in Washington, Ia
view Of the mortal character Of General
Grants complaint and the fact that his
death would be a national event that would
have its closing scene here, The citizens
Of Washington, 10 whom he is as well
known as any other single community,
have shared in this feeling. The general,
since he went out Of the presidency. has
liked to come back 10 Washington, and
all Washington has liked to have him do
so, When he was last there he said that
he tell that he was one of them, and the
sentiment : thoroughly reciprocated. OF
the correspondents who were more or less
with Gnut in the field : Eoodly number
are left Could they get togeihes u would
be a gathering Of unusual interest After
the soldiers the place Of the war CORE
spondents in the procession would be next
Few have a cleaner insight into bis char
acter or better knowledge of his services
Why should not the surviving war co...
respondents come together2 Others have
their organizations, their societies, why
not they The history Of the rebellion
will scarcely be- complete that draws not
some part Of its material from the treas.
ures Of their observations asd experience.
From their ranks since the war have beer
recruited actor in some Of the most note
worthy achievements and to the highest
callIngS. at home and abroad. Again.
why should not the surviving war CORE.
spondents come together aud take step
towards a doser fellowship
, 1885-07-11

IT Is natural that there should be great
anxiety throughout Western Kansas over
the threatened Cheyenne outbreak Dur
ing the northward flight Of Dull Knife
band from Fort Reno. not quite seven
years ago they crossed the state and left
a trail of blood behind them. They plum.
dered farms and killed many people, and
although there were troops following
them, in front of them. and on either side.
they managed to travel as they liked
through Western Kansas. If this Could
be accomplished by a band of $50 Chey
ennes, Of whom only a fourth part were
warriors, the possibilities resulting from
the outbreak of more than five times that
number may well cause alarm in the same
region. 1t should also be remembered
that in the Cheyenne hostilities Of 1874,
the Southern Cheyennes, Comanches and
kiowas maIe Common cause, go that
while Gen Miles was operating against
the Cheyennes from Kansas, Gen. Mac.
kenEie marched against the Comanches
from Texas. Thus the fear of a hostile
union Of these same Indians at the pres
ent time is not wholly unreasonable. For.
t~unately the large achievements which
have reached Fort Reno and now on the
way to that point, and the appointment
of Gen. Miles to the chief command, give
assurance that if hostilities should occur
they can be kept within the limits of the
Indian Territory.
, 1885-07-11

NAAAANAHA4 AHHAHI
The McGushes are getting ready for
their outing. Every mail brings them
guide books and railway maps, tourists
itineraries and prices OF hotel board.
These Rosalind has collected in her bou-
doir, and she reads them Thoroughly. She
is thus enabled to talk i%ntelligently of
all the summer resorts without even
having shifted an atmosphere ten miles
from home. ooh, dear, ma, - said she
a%acctionately, 'if We could only go to
aratoga this year and enjoy the de-
lightful sea breeze and bathing " "Ros.
ahnd, replied that anstere person,
you haven't half read your guide.
books yet. But if all you want Is the
splashing sound Of water, III introduce
you to my old blue washtub any Mon
day Now, ma, how aWfully vulgar
you grow, and she touched the piano
keys with an aesthetic, tender touch,
bnt the old machine was Just as much
out of tune as ever.
, 1885-07-11

ANH"NAf
How many years the ordinary lifetime
may and should comprise il men were
protected from the priyations Of the
poor and the temptations of the well-to.
do. and were fenced about with all the
guards hat medical science can furnish.
is strikingly illustrated b} the vital sta
tistics Of the English Society Of Friends.
commonly styled luakers Attic
present time the average lie o. Que OF
this sect is about % years. or ut least
fifteen years greater than that OF the
population as q whole. Tho industry
for which these people have long room
noted keep almost all of them out Of the
ranks OF tho very poor, while the simp q
and moral lives presented by their creed
shield them from other dangori scarcely
less threatening to human health aud
life.
, 1885-07-11

Piles are frequently preceded by a pepse
of want Of weight in the back, loins and
lower part OF the abdomen, causing the
patient to suppose he has some affection
Of the kidneys Or neighboring organs. AT
times, symptoms ofindigestiou are present
fatulency, uneasiness of the stomach, etc.
A moisture like p~erspintion, producing a
very disagreeable itching, after getting
warm, Is a common attendant, Blind,
bleeding and itching piles yield at once to
the application Of DIR, Bosanko's Pile
Remedy, which acts directly on the parts
effected, absorbing the tumors, allaying
the intense itching, and etfecting a per
manent cure. Price so cents. Address
The DR., Bosanko Medicine Co, PiquR,
o. Sold by W. n. Hunt
, 1885-07-11


THosE who have been appointed 10 fat
places in the army and navy because they
were favorites Of political managers in the
past, do not appear to fare as well as they
might. Swain came to grief some time
ago in the army; Smith is o on trial in
the navy; Hazen has been voted a failure
in the signal service and his removal de
manded, and Others have proved them
selves failures. 1t is evident hal training
and merit really count for something in
doing good work, and as favoritcs seldom
have these. they generally come to grief
early in the fight Every mans hand is
against them, while their wi incompe-
tence and the consciousness hat they are
occupying places which do not belong to
them, combine to make life a burden for
them. 1t is to be hoped that no such
persons will be put forward under the
present administration.
, 1885-07-11

1t is said that John Wesley was once
walking with a brother, who related to
him his troubles, saying he did not
know what he should do. They were at
that moment passing a stone fence to a
meadow over which a COW was looking.
DO you know said Wesley, why the
COW looks over the wall1'' No" re.
piled the one in trouble. u will tell
you, said Wesley, because she can not
look through it; and that is what you
must do with your troubles; look ovsr
and above them"
, 1885-07-11

All travellers stopping for a time in
Cheyenne can find the best accommoda-
tons in the city ut the Western Hotel on
Fifteenth street The location is agreea-
bic and convenient, rooms pleasant and
newly furnished. meals the best a hna
class cook can prepare from the finest
materials ia the market. vaitors who un-
dertsnd their business. the best liquors
and eigans IN fhe bar room are among the
many attractions OF this popular house.
HERMAN kINNE. proprietor.
, 1885-07-11
laaraArloN N EGYPT.
why the Tgyrtians Fail to Understand
tho Nov Cultivation.


lNinsieenih c%enturyl
The ancient wealth Of Egypt has ever
been in its crop of corn. AS surely as
the seasons come round, so surely has
the Nile risen year BY year. From tho
earliest time the valley Of the Nile has
been divided by earthen embankments
into u succession of great fats, measur-
ing occasionally as much as 100, 900
acres. The rising flood is diverted by a
series of short canals into these fats,
where the water stands two or three feet
deep until it has soaked the soil and de-
posted its rich allulvial mud. BY this
time the Nile has subsidized. The drying
mud is rudely plowed and sown, and
four or five months after the crop is
reaped. No rain has fallen on it, but
the soil has been su Efficiently saturated
to require no further watering.
a rich crop is produced, but by this
system only n crop in the year, and
during the summer months, when, from
its latitude and temperature, one might
expect Egypt TO be yielding sub-tropical
rus, the empty fields lie baked and
parehed. Mohammed Ali Pasna, whose
genius and energy created modern
Egypt, soon recognized that more might
be obtained out of the soil than this one
crop OF wheat or beans. lie set to work,
therefore, in Lower Egypt to deepen the
canals, so that they should flow in low
AS well as high Nile. His people were
not long in discovering the benefits this
conferred Oh them. Pumps and water
wheels O lined the banks of the ca
mails. Egypt lecame known as a cotton
producing country, and during the
American civil war, twenty years ago,
wealth poured into it.
But this new system was a vastly
more complicated one than that which
il superseded. To suit the convenience
of wealthy men numerous canals were
cut, without system or arrangement.
Complaints soon began that the crops
We're d~eteriorating, that the soil was
being eXhausted-no longer replenished
by lying two months a year under
muddy water. In many places q salt
e orescence appeared on the surface,
fatal to vegetation. In high Nile and
low Milo there was abundance of water
for all, but in low Nile, Just when the
cotton crop wanted it most, there was
least to be had, and then the peas
ants poor little patch had ever chance
Of becoming withered, while the pasha's
broad acres were lourishing.
Worst of all, this great network of
canals was yearly filled with Nile
deposit, which had yearly to be re-
moved, and an unpaid army Of 60, 900
peasants was employed for about half
of every year erecting the necessary
e%learances. In the long, narrow valley
Of [ ppcr Egypt, except in one portion,
the old Pharaohio system of irrigation
still prevails, and there the Egyptian
has little to learn. In the delta the
new civilizations with perennial irriga-
ton is practiced, and in this, the richest
part Of the country, Lord Dufferin soon
saw the gravest reasons for anxiety.
A system had been created which the
people did not understand. Ignorance
of the most ordinary rules of engineer
ing, Incidence and corruption were fast
destroying the country.