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IGOR sALE-BARGAINS IN MI. PLEASANT
II Property.
Howard ave.-A very desirable Corner, ll1xoSO
imp by good 2-story and malIsard house, 10 looms
and cellar, stable &c. Only 1000
18th st.-2-story Attic aud eliar House, 10 rooms
furnace, cistern, &c, lot l00xl4O. $4,000.
howard ave.-New 2-story Attic and cellar House
10 rooins furnace. cistern, &c, lot 5Oxl7S. $1,000
10Th st.-2-story Attic and Cellar House, 3 rooms
furnace. cistern, &c, lot LOOK A.. $1,000.
llth st-2-story Attic and Cellar House, rooms
good well, stable, &c. 5Oxl:30 $4,000
fS-Ot REDfORD W. WALKER, 10O6 st.
ISOR SALE-S7.-lOROOM BRICK ON 4TH BE
Il tween and b SITS. n e.. stable rear.
,l11.-Two-story and Basement Brick, b rooms, will
$4,000. ~ " ~"
I47.-splendid property ON north side K near stt
INV, facing the par1, l5-room Brick DWELLING
1l5;-Two frames, each containing rooms and
oata lots l11l26 to 3pfoot alley; for both $500.
-, lf3-East side Of 9th between and SITS. Il. W =,
2-story Basement Brick. rooms, all modern improve
ments $500. b. H. WARNER b CO.,
fS-3t ora r
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V(OR SALE-TWO CORNER LOTS, CONTAINING
4-9 OF an acre, in Georgetown; splendid location
improved by large fourteen room brick: $4,000
soDO b. II. WARNEIt q co,
feS-3t {lI6 n at :, N,
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6S c st.n.w., ar. Gsto. 800
EOR RENT-UNFURNISHT
1Inl II n ave N " TIE.

l3th St mr. r. 1888 SO st. LIST, Or so
ST, mr. 18th, l5r 300 ST. near 10th. Tor. 100
i St NV. mr.. Is, 200 18th and X n W Tor - 90
HI ay- mr. 10th. 12r.2OO near 18th. 90
West Nash'n. l lr.....2OU 1908 Vi ave- NV Or 90
y St lSth llr. 100 1901 ST., 6r...-.--- rs
StOughtOn ST. nv 1T. so
be above Louses can be examined by Permit from
CTR office only THOMAS J. FISHER CO.
Is h:;.i w
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Several Of those Very Desirable New Houses in
Sne block bounded by 81, Washington circle New
hAlAi shire ave. and 22d They are three store.
WIN basement and cellar have rooms ard lath
are finished in natural wood $500
The rent Of Those I'D st. Is sjO and those M,
New hampshire ave. sos ~
b. II. WARNER & CO.
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EOh SALE-OPPOSITE REPRESENTATIVE HEN.
~ derson's magnificent residence, near 18th ct. W.,
three handsome Lots 3xS3 price bargain
feS-3t y. +. GILBERT CO, 625 y 1t. NV.
EoR SALE = CORNER PROPERTY, 18TH AND
u ONO ave.. now under good rental; will prove Q
9ood Investment. Price 4lO,500. ALBERT p. FOX.
go st. NV. fB-6t
EQR sALE-12OON ST NV conner RESI-.
dence OF twelve rooms: furnished or unfurnished.
bargain II sold IN the next ten dAya Apply on the
premises for particulnra f7-6ts
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ItOR SALE-42.O00 SQUARE FEET OF GROUND
being nearly the whole of square No 6:i, for onl,
$1,000: usual teins X. A. PHILLIPS l. Sun, Ia Is
.lt
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diers widow OF daughter, many a deserving
woman for whom the ways Of life have
been made cruel aud bitter without her wish
or blame, finds breathing spell here, and goes
on again with a little less despair, perhaps with
little more courage. IL Is blessed good
thing that even 50 senSeless aud often equit-
ably unjust "a thing as a Government, can at
times be made humane i'm personal instances,
aud induced 10 put on a paternal aspect, as in
the present ease. Only a Pharisee out Of range
OF need would stone any unfortunate human
being out OF the range Of help and hope, even
If he did preside at the gates Of Office.
But il is the seed business we are considering
IL has been shown briefly aud IN certain in
stances In which the range was large, how very
great was the benefit Of distributions of better
kinds; and il has been intimated that the cost
Of comforting the benefit was rather insignif.
cant, as compared with results There is moth
ing like demonstration in such case. 1t has
been demonstrated, for instance, that the intro
ducnOn OF several kinds Of wheat pro-
dnced benefits in such increased yield as was
TeckOnCd at millions Of dollars 10 single States,
aud II must have been worth hundreds of thou
ssuds 10 others. The wheat actually distrib-
utod 10 accomplish this was less in amount than
that sent out during the year ending June 80,
1890, which was the greatest amount in several
years, namely, l.2S5 bushels. This is pretty
thin seeding for the wheat region Of the United
States; but the quart packages. or two quarts,
which the busy hands in the Seed DivisioH put
mp securely, and which find their way through
the mails To the places where they are likely to
do the most good" at the second yield swell
into many bushels, and the second or third
crop becomes locally distributed among neigh
bOrs so that in the course of very few years
the ], 2S5 bushels at first issuing from the De-
partment becomes not merely hundreds Of
thousands, but hundreds Of thousands more,
perhaps, than would otherwise have been pro-
duced by the same labor upon the same land,
And suppOsng that the ,2S5 bushels cost s, 200,
as possibly from first to last expense they did,
the incalculable but perfectly apparent gain
they produced was at cost 10, say, 60,O00000
people Of trihe over s3-millOnths of dollar
apiece Now don't you think this piece Of
ruinous Granger extravaganza?
The quantities Of this terrific waste during
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rate. Taking the Seed Division Of the Depart
meut Of Agriculture a. a barometer Of opera
lions, during the last few weeks anyone having
the shrewdness of the old almanac makers could
have yentured the protective admonition,
ABOUT THIS TINE EXPECT SEED REIGN"
From time 10 time Knox sexpress wagons might
have been detected unloading bags az the bust
uess door Of the large seed-ro0ms ia the build
ing back Of the main one belonging % the De-
partment, and the curious could have read on
the bags, as they were grouped In related piles
that grew towards the ceiling, such legends as
these: White Globe Turnip, " Mediterranean
Winter Squash" Alfalfa Raltlesnakc
Watermelon" Spinach, thick leafcd. ," Honey
Plant" 10 furnish food for bees Bastiaas Blue
Turnip Beet, Angel Of Midnight Field Corn"
etc.
But sone time before this the rooms have
been alive with business. Seeds are not dis.
tributed in grain bags, for several reasons, one
Of which might be that the mails reject such
packages. The Grst Of the principal illustrations
10 this veraci0us romance shows scene Of
activity II not animation. Some 4e'or 30 bTe.
vet or actual granger girls are busy construct
ing with paper and gum-stickum" such seed
bags by the hundred thousand. as the mails
will carry 10 the rcmotest inhabited corner Of
the 100000 square miles of the farm culti-
waited by Z. Sam. esquire. IL is rather a noise
less scene that the eye takes 10. No whisper
ing allowed 'lfj Deft fingers 20 swiftly through
their alliteative motions from 10 II, aud
1880 20 4, and the piles Of little, thin, similar
papers climb slowly into large proportions with
changed forms. When these papers appear
upon this scene they have already been cut by
machinery IN the basement Of the main build
ing into such forms, Of various sizes, as are
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the long rows Of bins with seeds according to
their labels those who before were making the
paper bags, reinforced perhaps by as many more,
are filling them with grain or garden seeds
while in a smaller room Old the same floor
a detachment Of the busy army is putting
up the seeds OF plants and flowers that in a
hundred thousand homes. not 50 full often of
beauty rs Of care aud toll, shall gain the caress
81 tue weary, paying IL nnconsciOusly back as
prayer does the soul that needs, and with their
own growth, and bud. and bloom, making
hope also revive and bud and blossom Xix
the rose" Curious isn't il, that this little
dippcriul Of flower sceds--iust thimbleful-
should be able to add daily Joy 10 or take an
ache from a wOman's-or, Yea, a mans-life. or
help a child TO love home more? But the
Gailean taught that there was considerable
power ia
A GRAIN OF MUSTARD;
and the lesson ought not to be lost il ii can be
even family preserved by planting castor-oil
bean.
Bnt do not imagine that the forces of the
sgc1 rooms are recruited from the young
and comedy alone, by natural selection" or
that they are in any remarkable degree the
children Of good fortune IN securing their en-
plOyment; although thoy might be more I'M
fortunate were they compelled 70 be idle. The
pay is not princely, aud the work is steady
while ID lasts, though not particularly hard for
the ordinarily strong. There are heads among
the golden aud brown and black tressed that
shine with the silver halo which the frost OF
age reflects 10 the declining sun Of life. PeO-
pie are not admitted 10 this changing sister
hood OF Ceres Just for fun" There are rca-
sons behind many an admission that would
touch the heart If fully related. Many a sol
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shown in the Illustrations A aud B. The
smallest Size Of A, before folding, is five and a
half by four and hve-ogbts inches ina size aud
after folding and cumming except at one end
which is left open until the bag is filled, il
measures two by fOnr inches, being folded in
order Of folds as numbered in the cut and as
shown by the dotted lines aud assuming the
shape indicated in the second form Of A, open
a. the top. u, folded as numbered, also on the
lines Of the dots is left open TO iii on the
broad side, and ls 10 contain several small napeTs
Of seeds that do not pour Ia readily, as those Of
onions aud other flowers The size Of b. un-
folded, is about twelve and half by seven and
three iourlhs; folded il is nearly five by six
inches. But generally, when il comes 10 bags
Of larger size, cloth is required, although all
the paper used Is strong. The coarse cloth Is
purchased aud put into shape at the seed-room,
and Is
1T REQUIRES sEwING-MACHISE
to make a cloth bag, the work is given out 20
proper parties in parcels at a fixed price. In
making the paper bags the grange girls sit &C
tables, facing each other, folding, and applying
the gum 10 dozens Of papers az a sweep Of
the brush. The business is so full Of samoness
aud 50 little stimulating 10 the intellect that
at rare intervals (as usual where women are
congregated there may possibly DO little
OutburEt Of gossip; but of this i can only
speak alphabetically. There is for the whole
flock Of operators competent pleasant, but
business-like matrOn; and with the occasional
appearance Of the Superintendent, the more
frequent rounds Of the military Assistant, and
tho clerical yisaPe OF a veteran clerk at desk
in proximity 20 the clock, aud protected from
danger by railing, the bright-eyed adopted
pro tempore daughters OF Uncle Sam have
50 far been prevented from setting the mu-
clago on FIRE, in spite Of Civil Service nantes.
t0s
The paper and other bags having been pre-
pared ia sufficient quantity or numbers 10 per-
init the seeds Of various kinds also being on
hand, gathered from "the four corners Of
this bubble ina space, the feminine but not Am
azonian army is concentrated in the long room
shown in the first illustration, while the store
room, shown in the second, wherein some had
also been employed at their particular labors
while space was unused otherwise, is becoming
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Dudelsts at DelmOnIeO's.
lNetV York san.

An actual conversation in DelmOnicO's: :
saw, Cholly, didn't see you have on a dress
suit Of that new hairy cloth the other night2
/ like il immensely, but, dear boy, Peters won't
let me have one. He's my tailor, you know,
and he's to dress me, and Pm not to interfere,
you know, whatever he gives me-"
The other dude-How very remarkable"
"Yas father makes an arrangement with
him by the year, you know, and Pm too devlish
glad of it, you know, to make any fuss, don't
you see"
The other dude-Pretty ring you've got
"Yas; / saw il at TheadOre's-Mr. Starts
you know. / can get things there and father
pays for them, you know; so / saw this and
got it. Rather neat, isn't itP"
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rcr acre, aad that over a large extent Of wheat
coautry these varieties, all introduced by the
Department, for years probably added on an
average az least one,half TO the yield without
e4tai.ing dollar Of additional expense upon
The grower il can be imagined and that only,
what amount Of benefit they produced, aud
which could have been produced by no other in
stIumeutaliiy. The above named Spring wbeats
were also a great benefit TO the farmers Of
Maine Wisconsin, and other north lying States.
To such States particularly also, as well as some
others, as Ohio and Missouri, were the Excel
sior oats, from England, the White schooner,
from Germany, and two or three other yarie-
ties, OF remarkable benefit, raising the yield
sometimes itylold and The weight per bushel,
the weight often 10 pounds per hushcl, and
securing usually an earlier crop. So much, in
brief, compared with the testimony on file rel
alive 10 variety of grains, as TO results with
cereals which are well known to our farmers,
ard wherein new varieties have been dis
trbutcd.
The introduction and distribution Of varieties
Of plants hitherto uucultivated in the United
States has also added wealth TO the country.
The Alfalfa or Luccrne, is an instance highly
appreciated iu the Western States especially,
whore IL Is a valuable forage plant. In the way
OF other distributions as OF seeds of vegetables
Tor field aud garden, while the benefits of course
are not so widely apparent, they are as easily
demonstrated and conclusive; and besides the
money value that has thereby accrued, without
added cost 10 production. they, like the former,
pa their different way, have given encourage
ment and stimulus 10 the various branches of
the great industry 10 which they bear such
benehcent relation the cultivation of the soil.
The old-time almauacs were pretty sure 60
contain an admonition preceding the 2lSt Of
September TO " About this time expect rain - /;
and as the Autumnal equinox was intimate with
that date, the prediction was amazingly accu-
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THE ARGENTINE TRENTON

MANY engaged in mines. mills, on firms, or In
WI other active pursuits need heavier watch than
we have been Offering heretofore. and We have made
arrangements b. meet this demand.
We have a special watch for the purpose which We
warrant % be perfect mcgeeper and IL not received
IN good running order 1t may be returned 70 and
will make 10 good
The case IS made by the famous Dueber Company
and the works by the Trenton COMPANY. Tho casa
weighs three ounces. and g. dust tight and solid a8
q rock. 10 5 made Of e compound metal, the chief
p0neut Of whCh IS silver and Is the clear through
10 H. ~ good as silver being somewhat harder and
scratching less readily and wears like coin silver case
10 i4 called the Argentine and looks s like what
d known the Ba-sEe and SiFrr.ue ease. We havs
great confidence in this watch and sure will please
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Who're the I'D Pas Monument VIII be Located.

hhPTe the gu IA MONUMENT VIII De LOcateu.
The dispute which the survivors of the I'D
Pa. have been having with the Gettysburg Me-
mortal Association regarding the position which
their regimental monument should occupy on
the battlefield, is in a fair way 10 final settle
ment w. Mclean, the Master to whom the
matter was referred for a judicial settlement,
has made decree in which he says: That the
monument of the I'D Pa. be erected upon the
spot or location upon the battlefield of Gettys-
burg, 20 feet in the rear of the stone fence in
the Bloody Angle midway between the said
monument Of the 69th regiment and that of the
list regiment, in front Of the angle, selected
and decided upon by the five Commissioners CO.
operating with the five plaintiffs to mark the
position of the 72d Pa, engaged in the battle Of
Gettysburg"
The decree also perpetually enjOins the
Gettysburg Memorial Association from inter
fcring with the monument. This decree is de-
cidely against the association, the officers OF
which wanted the I'D regiment monument to
be located about 80 feet to the rear of the pO-
sition in which the regiment fought.
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RESULTS OBTAINED.


T is made the duty Of the Secretary
of Agriculture hy the law of May
1862, which established a Depart
ment OF Agriculture, among other
things, "to collec,, as be maybe able,
new aud valuable seeds and plants;
to test by cultivation the value OF
such Of them as may require such
tests; 10 propagate such as may be
worthy OF propagation, and to dis
tribute them among agriculiurisis.
In accordance with this direction
OF law The Department has among
its several Divisions two which arc
specially designed TO gave The law as
full cflec, as possible. The ilurtIcul-
tural, p0mologicHl and Propagating
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plethoric TO indigestion aud possible apOplexy
with bags that though "uuco fou" are sober
enough. L. 5. has at times q good deal of
grain aud garden seeds on his hands, aud the
illustration Of his storerOOm herewith gives
O little glimpse Of one end OF the granary.
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Each bag has a tag showing what is the nature
of its contents. and usually an indication of
their source, aud the various classes Of seeds
arc grouped each after its kind, so that there
may be no confusion or delay in getting at any
kind Of seed required.
Aud across the hall, the men having filled
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A Bleak Prospect.

INtW IVFN WttNtY'I
Husband-My dear, we will have to begin h
economize right of.
Wife-Dear me! What has happened2
Husband-Cigars have gone up.
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ABOUT ELEVEN THOUSAND,

representing every portion Of the country.
10 will also, as usual respond TO the numerous
applications made Tor seeds, general and special,
20 far as may be- possible. But by far the
greatest amount VIII, as usual, be distributed
upon lists of constituents furnished by the
325 Members Of the House Of Representatives
aud the 90 Senators, who without distinction
are Members of Congress-" and to the Dele
gates from the four represented Territories.
The number of packages thus distributed, con-
tanning from less than thin bleful To quart
Of seeds, It Is impossible To tell. lt probably
reaches millions. Some Of the seeds are costly,
Of course, according TO their rarity and desira-
biIity; but as rule the seeds and grain Sc
cured by the Department cost less than the
same would TO private buyer, as they are pur-
Clhsed in larger guam titles aud ready pay.
IL goes wthOut saying that the Seed Diyis-
iOn,. which has immediate charge Of the putting
up aud distribution OF these seeds, is a WE'LL
conducted branch Of well-cOnduCted Depart
ment. But as this article is not intended for
hattery, but to convey useful information, little
further needs 20 be said. 10 has just finished
the making of its annual supply of paper bags,
and has commenced filling them. From now
onward till the SpTingtime comes, gentle
Annie, and the wild flowers are scattered DER
the plain" which last will be about the first
Of June the hearts Of the Changers will be
euliyeRed in every County, if not in every
town, oil this expansive realm by the arrival OF
packages from their one own representative
aud cooperative Department, the contents Of
which are to be fairly tested and reported
upon. The 100000 thus regaIly showered
upon them is "a subsidy" small as it is and
they are thus uncOnsciOusly informed that
even a limited cooperation of the Government
with private endeayOr of public, National pro-
portions and effect, may be beneficial far be-
yond the outlay of money and care; and as
the seed, at least some Of it, with due exercise
Of prudence, however thus sOWn, is bound
some Of il, to catch on" the results are pretty
sure TO be according to some one of the scrip
tural measures Of increase. So three cheers
and tiger for the pumpkin propagating. per-
simm0n-persuading, pear-pruning, piekle-pre-
serving principle IN our popular peoples pater-
nal Government! and music by the band!D
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BUSINESS HAPPENINGS.

Knows no bounds-a cast-iror dog.
Pure lard at Carter's meat market
a good-slzed sinking fund will help
to keep a corporation afioat.
Never tell blind man he Is looking
well.
Car load fancy Iowa potatoes at NJ
Schnatterly's Grocery house.
Opposite the Alamo is the place to
get your new hats. 5-9-2t
An aeronaut out west complains of
the hard times this spring. He says
that he has net made ascent.
You have no idea OF the extreme low
prices of goods at Brown & Peck's.
Give them call.
Milk shake and lemonade cents
glass at Keener's.
When some people say II hate fool"
it sound like they-were running them
selves down.
John Popp's sausage at Carter's
meat market.
See those mems $3.50 shoes at the
White House.
The butterfly Is great creature; no
sooner does it come from grub than it
goes for grub.
Fresh fruit and confectionery at
Keener's.
Red Ribbon hams at Carter's meat
market.
For SALE:-Small house and lot,
cheap, Inquire at this Office.
Save your rain water. Poplar cave
troughs at Edwards s. Erwin's. SO At
1t is the old man who has Stunned
| work all his life who is continually
sa:ing: THAT boy ought to be set to
work and kept at it."
See those mems handsome cheviOt
suits-the latest-at Brown s. Peck S.
Go to w. c. Keener's restaurant for
iced drinks.
A mountain is made up of atoms.
| You can tell what they are if you can
only get atom.
Keener has on sale a few fine oil
paintings.
just received new maple syrup 81 .00
per gallon at NJ. Schnatterly's grocery
house.
Spectators in eggs and poets travel
ing in a foreign country try to get the
lay of the land.
line DeSC DranuS OF cigars III Ille City
are to be found at Keener's.
Latest and most popular styles ant
shapes for lace hats. at Misses Collie
81 Hammers 5-9-2t
Sometimes a man takes such higl
moral ground that he can't stoop doWl
to help the needy and distressed.
/ For square meal, hot or cold luncl
nrn tn fha nOnular raStanr1nf nf ny e
Keener's.
Bound over to keep the peace-Th'
7 dogs return-leap over the fence, afte
securing the piece from your neithe
garments.
Hats to suit the ladies, prices to sui
the times. Call one and all, and W
f will try to please you. Misses Ham
mer & Collier. 5-9-2t