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The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08
RaHaRfe.

Ramie is more productive than any other
plant. "a
Ramie is much superior to cotton, stronger
than fax and next to silk.
Ramie once planted is easy OF cultiyation.
Ramie propagates rapidly.
Ramie is in great demand for Europe.
Ramie will give 500 pounds of fibre per
acre per crop and two crops yearly.
Ramie is perfectly adapted to tbs innate
and soil Of the Southern States.
Ramie gives its fibre in the green state
without rotting.
Ramie cut in the field in the morning can
be woven in the evening.
Ramie does not require much outlay toi
cultivation. With $40 for a thousand roots
a planter can begin the propagation OF "a field
Ramie is a perennial plant, which can DC
planted at any time.
Ramie, as cloths, last longer than any
tissue.
Ramie is SO fine that it furnishes a threaC
of 1900 yards per pound.
Ramie will establish the prosperity OF the
South.-Chronicle.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08
Ritters,

This remedy is becoming" sowelI
known and so popular as to need no
special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same song of
praise.-A purer medicine does not
exist and it is guaranteed to do all that
is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure
all diseases of the Liver and Kidneys,
willremove Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum
and other affections caused by impure
blood.-Will drive Malaria from the
system and prevent as we'll as cure all
Malarial feyers. For cure Of Headache,
Constipation and Indigestion try Elec
trio Bitters-Entire satisfaction guar
anteed, or money refunded. Price 90 cts
and $l.OO per bottle at F. i. Balley's
Drug Store. b
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08
On Journal Maonunspstal.

En- ouvrantsane edition Fa4imanche
du World de Ne<s York oandeste lit
t6ralement stupefi6 "a lie ythant COM
pose de quarante de ceaiksonnantes
pages am6ricaines, don't htersune des
sept COLONIES content erie resenne p
600 mots. C'est la prerggefa fois qu'un
journal pewyorkais ST a j. l~ecteurs
plus de 100000 mot pour cling sous.
Eft CONNIE le World tire lie dimanche a
400, 900 eEemplaires, on estime quill
lui faut pour celia 10000 livres de pa
pier ct pres de 1000 livres d'encre
d'imprimerie. Mais en- volumes de d.
mension Carpenter, cette edition do
dimanche ferait une bibliotheque dc
quelque chose CONNIE 100000 de
volumes, c'est- a-dire deux fois plus
que men content la plus grande bl.
bliotheque rationale.
lie World emploie pour ce travail
gigantesque douze presses de dimen'
sions 6normes, appel6es quadruples
qui sont le dernier mot du progress &C.
tuel. Chacune d'elles imprime, Pile
decoupe, cole ct compile, par lots ds
cinquante, $4,000 parts de seize pages
de Psdition totale par heure.
LIE World a sur ses livres de pail
hebdomadaire plus de 1900 attaches
don't. 80 r6dacteurs %proprement dts
lO4 reporters ct contributors extremes
466 correspondents aux Etats- Unls g
dams les aatres parties du monde, ~
compositeurs, correcteurs ct metteur
en- pages, II pressiers, etc. Une arme
de petits vendeurs ct de gros detail
lants s'arrachent ses editions dix fol
par jour quand passent a fond de trail
SEES petites voitures a trayers les plu
populeux quarters de la villeo II y
six ans, il trait a peine a 8 million
d'exemplaires par aimee; en- 1883, il
atteint plus de 105 millions ct publ
65l ,94I annonces.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08
Bucklen,s Arnica salve

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers salt rheum,
fever sores, letter, chapped hands,
corns, and all skin eruptlons
and positively IRE piles, or no pay
reluirede. 1t is guaranteed to give per-
feet satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price Is cents per box. For sale by
F. E. Bailey. -
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08

Soixante- quinze mile piastres de
uropri6t6s ont et6 detruites par lie teu
a Biloxi, Mise, dams la mutt de mardl
dernier. Vingt- cling maisons dams lie
centre de la vile ont etc consumes.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08

Pendant que la famille Grant compte
toniours sur la reconnaissance du peu-
pie AMERICAN pour voir s'elever IN
monument a la m6moire du general,
la weave Sheridan Ell fait tout tran
quillement construire un a ses frais SUI
le lieu de sculpture de son mari.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08
L'Exposition de Paris.

LIE palais des machines de PExposi-
ton est la plus grande batisse qui ait
iamais etc constitute sous IN seul toit.
Tn trait remarquable de la batisse,
c,est que lie toit MA pour supports a
pint6rieur que vingt arches 6normes.
LIE toit est verni ct les panneaux supe-
rienrs ornementes de dessins h6raldi-
cues. La lumiere est abondante ct
peffet de la decoration superbe. La
longueur de P6difce est de pres dc 14OO
pieds So largeur de $40 pieds. Une
galerie place. a une elevation de 30
pieds s'6tend sur toute la longueur ct
DIES deux c6tes.
L'exploitation des machines ameri-
Gaines occupe un tiers de tout
pespace dams Get edifice; ellie est
plus imposante que tout co qui a
etc exhib6 en- ce genre dams aucune
exposition ~pr6cedente. N6anmoins,
dams les machines applicables d l'agri-
culture, les Americans mont pas fat
~autant de progress que dams les autres
genres. Non settlement rien de non.
veau dams &c genre ma etc exhib6,
mails encore les nations europ6ennea
ont r6ussi d reprodu:re les machines
~americaines. Celia est surtout yrai
pour rAngleterre, la France, pAlle-
magne, pAutriche ct La Suisse.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08

The Texas Farm and Ranch, a splendid
agricultural semi-monthly paper, published
at Dallas at 81 per annum, dubbed with the
COURIER at $3!for the two papers. Call and
get q sample copy.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08

I'm esquif qui ~traversait lie Mississippi
a Memphis samedi a chavir6 ct troIs
hommes ct deux femmes qui 6taient a
bord ont etc noy6s.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08

Richard Halves, rassassin de sa fem
me ct dc ses enfants a Birmingham
Ala, a Ste condamn6 a 6tre peudu lie
IL iuillet.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08
OPELOUSAS:

LIE President o nomm6 Jean vi
gneaud, de Lafayette, CONNIE Mareehal
des Etats. Unis pour le District Quest
de 10 Louisiana.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08

You cannot afford to live without a newsc
paper get the best, The Times-Democrat of
New Orleans-Daily and Weekly. 1t has the
largest circulation.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08

Reeds Chill Cure is warranted to cure the
worst cases of chills and Sewers when properly
used. 1t never fails. F6Sale by r. nj; Littell,
Opelousas, and Blake s. burke, Washington
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08

o Miss Nip, Smith, file du general
confed6rf1eE. Kirby Smith, devait Sc
marie6cette semaine avec un marchand
~dAsfanta, mais quatre jours avant la
,essSaA fxee ellie s'est fait e~nlever par nn
ie ei66ek oohlccnme qu'elle aimait mieux que
son fanc6, ct le marriage s'est fait tran
auillement d Winchester, Tenn.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08

1t stands at the head of all Southern news
papers. The Great Times-Democrat of New
Orleans, La.-Daily and Weekly. IL has the
largest circulation.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08

Do nj it delay, but send in your subscription
to the Champion Paper Of the South, The
Times Democrat Of New Orleans-Daily and
Weekly. 1T has the largest circulation.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08
We Ask

that you give Reeds Chill Cure one trial and
If you dc not find it the best remedy on the
market for chilli fevers and ague dont use II.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08
oATKA PRY, No. AA76,

Tho above Stations and Bull will stand at
DR.. Robertson's plantation near Washington
for the season commencing from February LIST
to August LIST, 1889. Terms, $1,000 for the
season PAYABLE invariably in advance. Colts
and Bulls of the above get for sale. Pastur-
age free at owners risk.
fe iGtf-my IS w. A. ROBERTSON.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08

Do not suffer ignorance IN your family
when you can subscribe to that Great Educa-
tor, the Modern Newspaper mFhe Times
Democrat is the Best. IL haA &c taFgeSt Cur
cnl1fiOn. f,or
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08
EARMERyIIIE La. NAV.

FARMERyILLE, La, May, 1887.
Having a severe attack of Flux some two
years ago, 1 applied to DR.. Tichenor, of Baton
Rouge, for treatment. He gave me his eele-
brated Antiseptic, and in a few days was re-
lieved and cured. AME RABUN.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08
Warranted.

Blank liens, for advances of supplies
by merchants, for sale at this office.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08
REDwINE, jackson parish, La,
nanamher l. 1886.

C. M. Sherrouse, Ag't.-I can say for Or.
Tichenor's Antiseptic that it is a sure cure for
istuI3 on horses and mules. / have tested it
on q bad case, and effected a cure in q re-
markably short time.
Resp'y., U. ID. c
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08
TTNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION,
Over Two Millions Disfrihn
Ia. S. =.
Louisiana State Lottery ~

incorporated by the Legislative
Educational and Charitable purposes and tef
franchise made a part of the present st f. u9 Its
stitution, in 1879, by an OVERWHE1yMVTnSS aa ,
POPULAR VOTE. Its
GRAND EXTRAORDINARY DRAWING,
Take place semi annually (June and naanoNuS
bcr), and its GRAND SINGLE NIIWpe9g19G,
DRAWINGS take place on each of tba aIl
ten months of the year, and are all dra,s UsueF
public, at the Academy of Music, New nr,a..n
La. A'anS,
I'VE do hereby certify that we s,r0,..
the arrangements for all the MONTH"; wise
Quarterly Drawings of The Louisiana s aaQ
Lottery Company, and in person MANAGE s .ns
control the Drawings themselves, and r.. S a W
same are conducted with honesty, fairness ess' a .ae
in good faith toward all parties, and We AMAZING saa
ize the Company to use this certificate, will
fac.similes of our signatures attached. in ~ WIN
vertisements.' G. T. BEAUREGARn'" al
j. a. EARLY.
We the undersigned Banks and RarI..
will pay all Prizes drawn in the Lou;si.aass
State Lotteries which may be presented Of w
counters.
r. NJ. WALMSLEY, Pres. La. Nat. Ran,
P. LANAUX, Pres. State Nat. Bank
A. BALDWIN,, Pres. N. O. Nat, Bart
CARL KOHN, Pres. Union Nat. BanE
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08

lie second process des meurtriers de
Pat Mealey,-Louis Claire ct John Glib
son,-a results CONNIE lie premier en-
nm verdict de culpabilit6 sans punition
capitale, CO qui 6quivaut a nne con-
damnation aux travaux forces a perpe-
tuit6. Claire, d la lecture du verdict,
s'est 6cri6 quill 6tait innocent ct o YOU
In s'slancer u le juri, Wais il a etc re-
tenn. II ma cess6, des ce moment, de
faire du bruit ct de 90 r6volter contre
ses gardens. Gibson est demeur6
calme.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08

Durham's handmade Cisterns are thu
best. Sold by E. H. Vordenbaumeh.'
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08

Ricbesse des Flats Unis.-L'Am6ri-
que est, sans ~conteste, la plus richie
contr6e du mondeoet ellie a acquis son
immense fortune, pour ainsi dire en-
quelaues ann6es.
En- 1850, le total de la richesse des
Etats. Unis 6tait 6valu6 a l milliard
6s6 millions de livres sterling, tandis
que celui de Ia Grande-B retagne SO
montait alors a 9 milliards de livres
sterling. Depuis, PAm6rique q w
,u~Aatcroftre ga fortune jusqu'a 9 gsil-
liards, 76O millions de livres sterling
en- 1880 ct II milliards, l'annee der
Mere.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08

R6yeil de st. Martin: Uae petition
circule dams St. Martinville parmi les
propri6taires. Lon y engage le Con
sell q demander un vote atm dc pou-
voir prelever une take pour acheVer
les trottoirs, METRE les ~compagnies de
pompiers sur un pied convenable ct
creuser des puts.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08
Address registered letters containing currency
New Orleans National Bank.
Nau ORLEANS 4.

~SA0oA4at ia
Remember that the only genuine Louisiana
State Lottery Tickets issued under the State
Charter, are recognized by the courts
are invariably signed by NJ, A. Dauphin. pres
ident. Endorsed by Generals Beauregard and
Early, Supervisors Of the Drawings, and qua
ranteeuTDy National Banks of New Orleans,
AS to the payment of its I'rises. NoSE On
ERs ARE GENUINE.
All so-called supplements, ''0riginali little
Louisiana or other limitations with unlawful
use of the Louisiana State Lottery CompanEs
name, by persons unknown, under assumed
or fictitious names, are attempts to deceive
the public by false pretenses, offering no sua
rautee whatsoever.
Remember. that One Dollar.
is the Price of the smallest part or JfruetieAq
| a ticket issued IN n draeiag. Aayhiag Ia
oar nanae offered al q less price, is eMhF .
| counterfeit or SlUindte.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08

A watch for only two dollars and fifty
cents, warranted to keep good time, at
r. Mornhinveg's iewelry store.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08
NOTICE.

All applying for o Homestead on the s.
w. quarter of section 13 Township 3 south
of Rage west in the South Western Land
District. RAYMOND GUILLORY.
Et. Landry parish, La. May %, 1896
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08

Mere.
On rapporte que lie president Harri-
son est- devenu reinforcement tres i'm
populaire dams son parti, ct celia grace
d DIES c~hercheurs de places m6contents,
don't lie nombre formerait n legion.
Ces gens-la, convaincus qu'ils n'auront
pas 10 moindre os . ronger, font les
quatre cents comps aujonrd'hui ct pro-
clament hantement que le president
est un 6goiste qEi ne songe qua sa
propre satisfaction ct qui cache ses
plans d chefs de son parti. LIE fait
est que M. Harrison aurait de la peine
d CONTENDER tons ceux qui d6sirent Pc
tire.
Meschac6b6 de st. Jean Baptiste :
NJ. J.. Gentil a quite la Nouvelle.O Or
leans mardi pour New York on il sem
barQuera pour Paris aujourd'hni. Il
s'y rend On qualit6 de commissaire de
ia Louisiana d pExposition interna-
tionale, on il sera certainment de
grande utilize q son Etat. M. Gentil
est l'nn des 6crivains les plus profonds.
les plus serieux quill y ait en- cette
Louisiana gull connaft 81 bien ct nul
ne pent mieux que lui faire connaftre
q r6tranger SEES o ct ses AVIAN
tages. NGss lui souhaitons I'm heu.
reux voyage.
La go5lette Sister pechait a douze
miles au large de Yarmouth. Nouvelle-
Ecosse, la semaine derniere, quand I'm
enorme requin eat ven Sc prendre IL
nee dams un hamecon a morne. liz
monatre marin d etc tue. mails IL q 6tt
impossible de 10 METRE b bord, telIe.
Inent II 6tait gros on q enley6 son foit
Qni . rempli deux barils Ut demi ct or
s'esE contents de ne prendre que 81
tete ct 81 queue. L'animal await uns
lcngneur de IS pieds ct pesait den,
tonnes; aa tats seule pesait 700 livreI
et m petit garcon ponvait entrer dam
SO guenle. On croft que c'6tait IN des
cendant du poisson qni avala autrefoi
Jonas,
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08

Trayaux typographiques en-
tous genres executes q rimpri-
merle du COURIER.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08
ma

All ordinary letters containing Postal Note,
Money Orders issued by all Express. COmpr
MES or New York Exchange, addressed
M. A. DAUPHIN,
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08
WILL TAKE PLACE
At the Academy of Music, New Orleans
TUESDAY, JUNE IS, 1880
CAPITAL PRIZE 100000
100000 Tickets AT Forty Dol.
lars; aaalyes, %s0; Quarters,
etlaS, So: FOrtieths. 81.
3.E4A Prizes, amounting to Sc, I5s, 900

Ns-FoR CLUB RATES OF any further inhr
nation desired, write legibly to the under
sig1ted, clearly stating your residence, with
state, county. street and number More rsVa
return mail delivery viii be assured by yoQI
enclosing anenveIope bearing your full address
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08

La question dun pont sur lie Miss
issipi a la Nouvelle- Orleans devient
de plus en- plus s6rieuse. Chacun re-
connaft Pntilit6 de ce pont mais il s'a-
git de SAVIOR sill doit etre place on avail
on en- amont de la vile les capitaines
de bateaux q vapeur sont unanimes a
dire quill serait mieux en- bas, mails
ceux qui sont int6resses dane les lignes
de steamships font comprendftessS9Fdass
saraiE mieux en- hant.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08

R6veil de St. Martin: LIE NAL fait a
la recolte par la secheresse s'accroit
Replacement la r9colte du mais est de-
ia consider6e CONNIE m~anQuee. Liner
be des savanes est h6trie ct ION trouve
a grand'peine deag}eau dams les cou-
rees: eli Get 6tat ne chooses continue il
est a craindre c5ego.betail soft decline
ma In soif,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-13
BUFFALO PRAIRIE.

BUFFALO PRAIRIE, June IL.
Fl. Whitney, the road boss, has been
busy putting in bridges.
Mr.. Albert Little called on Mr.. James
Vanatta last Thursday.
MIR. Whitlock is supplying the wants Of
the people with fresh fish.
John Kistler boasts of having the finest
McGreggor colt in the country.
MIR. and Mrs. B. D. Peppers were the
guests of Mrs. MARBLE last Sunday.
Burt Potter can boast of having the
finest twenty acre field of corn on the
Prairie.
Mr.. VIM. Vanatta is building a hay
shed. He says no more spoiled hay for
him.
Mr.. Thompson Boney has improved the
looks of the church yard by moving the
same.
The prospect for corn is very discour-
aging. Small grain and meadows look
very promi sing
Mr. VIM. Kistler has finished assessing
the town. He has been our assessor for
four years and has given good satisfac.
ton.
Last Sunday was Children's day at the
church and there was as good a turnout
as could be expected, as the roads were
very unpleasant to travel.
Quite number of young people took
IN the dance at Edgington last Friday
evening and they report splendid time,
but If it had not been for the bad condi-
ton of the roads, Stoddard's hall would
have been crowded.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-13
JOSLIN.

JosrLN, June II
1t is altogether too wet and cold to
suit the farmers.
A number of cows are reported 10 have
died from clover bloat
A republican of this locality has pres
dicted that the democrats would elect
| tn cir candidate for states attorney.
The sun shines once more in the
neighborhood of Joslin, which is cheer
ing and invigorating to the heart of the
| farmer
We are sorry to have to state so soon
after the calamity at Johnstown, that
Joslin has been struck by a wave of
civil service reform"
The surprise spoken of last week was
at the residence of Mr.. Fred Osborn.
The two Williams and Mr.. Aldrich were
the musicians of the evening.
Mr.. G. Donnahoo, our newly ap-
pointed treasurer of the school frDd, has
transferred his money from Devore's
bank at Port Byron to the bank kept by
Rogers & Son.
Some of the farmers of this locality
are chewing their cud and vowing VEN
geance and threatening that u book of
remembrance will be kept against cer-
tain individuals.
A platform has been put forward by
W. W. Jones, candidate of the Union
Labor party for governor of Illinois. as a
basis for the consolidation of the prohi =
bition and Union Labor parties and
woman suffrage.
Potatoes ten cents per bushel and gilt
edge butter fit for a palace, ten cents per
pound. THIS is very encouraging to the
farmers whom protective tariff compels
to pay $147 for 800 worth of goods.
Some people call this equal rights, others
call it legislative robbery.
The people of this neutrality-suspicious. of
Joslin postoffice-weIe almost struck
dumb with establishment on reading in the
ARGUS that our postmaster, Mr.. Brewster,
had been removed and w. ii. Whiteside
appointed in his stead. And this too,
after mere than two-thrds of the repub>
lican patrons of the Office signing a petit
ton in Mr.. Brewster's favor And all
this, too, after Mr.. Gest expressing his
indignation at the supposition that he
would remove a man without cause. Are
our represe natives servants or masters
is question that has been asked by sew
eral, and to say that several prominent
republicans have expressed their indigna
ton. is drawing the matter very mild.
A few weeks ago the Chicago papers
published under glaring headlines that
General Fisk. in speech, had denounced
the prohibition party, and had left it
thoroughly Disguised, and the roorback
was copied In one-half of the republican
papers of the country. General Fisk
sent a telegram saying that the report
was lire made out of whole cloth, and
one of the papers published two or three
lines of the denials in small type, and
stuck it in one corner of the paper where
it was thought but few would see 1t.
But then this is an old republican trick
and people are beginning to understand
il. MULTUM IN PARyO.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-13
Davenport Progressive Projects.

Davenport Progressive Projects
At the meeting of the Davenport Bust
ness Mems association Monday night the
following resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
WHEREAS, There has been a law
passed during past winter to appropriate
$35, 600 for the erection of a viaduct in
place of tho present dangerous approach
to the south end of the bridge crossing
the south branch of the Mississippi
river at Rock Island, Ill; and
WHEREAS, The bill for said law was
by some misrepresentation amended in
the United 5tatss senate so that the CITY
of Rock Island would have to deposit
with the treasurer of the United States
One-half of the sum named as their part
of the expe nse on said viaduct. and as
we, the Business Mems association OF
Davenport consider that the government
does not want to go into partnership
with the city of Rock Island on viaduct
approach Ia a bridge that is in fact the
main entrance from the state of Illinois
to Rock Island; and
WHEREAS, Said bridge and approach
thereto would be of no more benefit to
the city of Rock Island than to the city
of Davenport and its surroundings in
Iowa. and As the government island is
not general thoroughfare for public
travel. therefore the people of Moline,
ILL.,, cross said bridge as much as the citi-
zens of Davenport or Rock Island; there's
fore be il
ResolUed. That the com handing officer
at Rock Island arsenal is hereby request
ed to estim ate the cost for the viaduct as
an approach to Said bridge in with the
other es.im ates for the arsenal so tina;
the necessary appropriation can be passed
by congress the coming winter with the
general appropriations for the arsenal.
The question of street paving was dis
cussed generally. and information having
been received that the property holders
on Third street between Brady and Main
streets were willing to put in brick pave-
ment at their own expense so its advan>
tages nigh be better understood, a cons
mittee was appointed to push the idea to
a successful issue.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-13
Not the Proper Location.

A recent dispatch says: "a careful
examination of the Washington monu
ment will be made as soon as the freshet
subsidies by the officers in charge. There
have been rumors that on account of the
constant wear of the waters, which still
surround its base, the foundations of the
monument have been weakened and there
are apprehensions that the damage will
prove serious. The soil upon which il
stands is exceedingly marshy. and it does
not require any great length of time for
water to penetrate. About two years ago
congress passed an act ordering the filing
up of Babcock lake, which lay at its
base. This was done at the recommen>
dstion of the engineer in charge, who
gave it as his opinion that the water was
gradually working its way to the founda-
tions of the mon ument and would in time
undermine it. II is impossible as yet on
account of the recent flood to make any
extensive examinations. If the WASH
ington monument, as indeed many of the
capital buildings, had been erected on q
solid foundation above and beyond the
reach of floods--apywhere but in ma
rine marsh-it would be all right today
and would not require the constant ex-
penditure that is being made. This is
but one of great many proofs that the
District Of Columbia does not contain
the natural location for the seat of the
national government.