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LEV Y ( DAVIS
Friday and Saturday SpecialtieS.
II viii pay you TO read this advertisement care
fully Every item Is bargain for those TWO days
only. All remaining unsold on saturday night
win go back to the regular price Monday morning.
ENVELOPES,
box Of $50 Fine Cream-Laid Envelopes,
regular price Soc n box.
FRIDAY and SATURDAY 25c.
LADIES' WHITE SKIRTS,
with wide Cambria rufie and tucks, regular
price 65c. each,
FRIDAY and SATURDAY 44c.
LADIES' GOWNS,
lne Muslin with tucked yoke, lace trimmed,
regular price Soc. each,
FRIDAY and SATURDAY 5Sc.
LADIES' APRONS,
white Lawn, embroidered and tucked, regular
price 5Oc. each,
FRIDAY andsATURDAY csc.
LINEN CRASH,
pure Russian Flax for towels, regular price slsc.
per yard,
FRIDAY and SATURDAY sc.
TABLE LINEN.
54-lnch Cream Table Linen, regular price SOC.
FRIDAY and SATURDAY Soc.
TABLE NAPKINS,
Is Satin Damask Table Napkins, regular price
81 dozen,
FRIDAY and SATURDAY 81.4s.
BED-SPREADs.
Marsonles Pattern White Bod-Spreads, largo
size. regular price S5c.,
FRIDAY and SATURDAY G2c.
LADIES' FAsT-BLACK HOSE,
guaranteed fast and stainless, good value at
FRIDAY and SATURDAY loo.
LADIES' BLACK SILK MITs,
with patent thumb and seams, regular price
FRIDAY and SATURDAY lsc.
CORSETs.
Summer yentIlating Corsets, the best made,
regular 81 corset,
FRIDAY ana SATURDAY 7sc.
BOYS SHlRI-WAlSIS,
While Launderod Pleated-Bosom shirt-WaIsts,
regular price 75c,
FRIDAY and SATURDAY. sec.
LUNCH BASKETS.
Choice Of our Is and 2Oc. Lunch Baskets
FRIDAY and SATURDAY 10c.
AMMONIA.
Pure Ammonia, full pint-botties, regular price
SC. per bottle,
FRIDAY and SATURDAY Sc.
NOTE PAPER.
Pure Linen Note Paper, pound packages. ruled
and plain, regular price zoe. per pound,
FRIDAY and SATURDAY 13c.
BRUSSELS CARPET.
Good styles Tapestry Brussels Carpets, regular
price Toe. a yard,
FRIDAY and SATURDAY 49c.
RUGS.
1sx36-inch Door Rugs, In new patterns, regular
FRIDAY and SATURDAY 25c.
RUGS,
27x56-inch Tapestry Rugs, regular value sI.75,
FRIDAY and SATURDAY sl.33.
MOTH BALLS.
Over $50 to the pound, regular price loo. per
pound.
FRIDAY and SATURDAY SC.
LEVY G. DAVIS.
l,3, and 5 east Broad street.
r ~ rvs
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Hickok's No; I. Il; D. G., Fig. and Caro-
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HOLLINS INSTITUTE, VIRGINIA.

The forty-ninth session will opon SEPTEMBER
16, 1891 Eclectic courses Of study in Ian
guages, Literature Science, Music, Art, Ei0c1-
ton, etc., are provided under high standards
with fine facilities under superior management.
The equipment ~ ample and comfortable Tho
locality, 1000 feet above sea level, enjoys tho
Advantages Of mineral waters, mountain
scenery, and salubr.Ols climate. Eight male
professors and twenty ladies constitute tho
Board OF instruction and Government.
CHARLES l. COOKE, Superintendent.
CHARLES Ii. COOKE, Business Manager.
POet.OaIce uollius Va ~ l2-Su MNEaw
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VIRGINIA AGRICULTURAL AND
Me- HANICAL COLLEGE,
BLACksBURG, VA.

Full faculty; fifteen instructors well-equipped
shops and laboraiOries: FARM OF 300 acres.
DECREE COURSES in Agriculture, Hort;cul-
ture. civil. Mechanical. and Electrical Engineer
Ing. and Applied Chemistry. shorter courses IN
Agriculture and Mechanics.
TOTAL COSQ for session OF nine 90 months
including clio hing. textbooks. &c, about one
hundred and forty dollars (s1.4Ol.
NEXT SESSION BEGINS MONDAY, Septem-
ber21 1891.
For information apply 20
]. NJ. McbRYDK, PH D., Ii. d..
mn Io-eoISts President
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JULIUS SYCLE & son,
aOl AND aOa EAST BROAD STREET.
Tau 20-2tl
MEETINGS.

A CALLED COMMUNICA-.x-
ATiON OF METROPOLITAN 10 DGE, "
No IL, A. u. and A. MASONS. win DO
held IN their lodge-room, st. Adams Hall. corner
Third and Main streets, THIS friday EVE
MING, August 21st. at 7ociock. Master Masons
In good standing are invited to attend
BY order Of tho W. III.
ga Gilt 5. II. JACOBS, Secretary.
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T AW SCHOOL, RICHMOND, VA.

Tho Law School % Richmond College opens
SEPTEMBER -. 1891. IL offers complete
course divided between two classes. junior aud
senior. School last year very successful Ino
capital Of the State with all the machinery Of
government, nine courts Federal. State aud
muncipap, large libraries, and opportunities 10
meet distinguished men, affords rare advGn-
tages. The endowment enables the college 70
reduce rates as follows: Tuition ~ one class,
$40: both, $40. Good board in the college or in
the city. Address Professor ROGER GREGORY,
Lester Manor Va, or FOR catalogue Chairman OF
Faculty Richmond College, Richmond. Va.
~ 3l-eOdlm
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EXCLUSIONS g..

rVHE LAST MOONLlGIL V4 80
SEASON
BY TIE RICHMOND llH.
BLUES.
STEAMER ARIEL THURSDAY '
Tickets 30 cents each. NV
member Of the COMPANY. I'D
leave her wharf az 1870 p. v. '.
dancing, refreshments. AZ.
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VIRGINIA FEMALE INSTITUTE,
STANTON, VA.
MRs GENERAL j. Z. +. STUART, Principal

The fall sesslon opens SEPTEMBER II. 1891.
Best advantages In every Department., with
every home comfort ami admirable care. For
PRINCIPAL ~ l9-eOdlSt
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THEM ALL.

DEALS THEM AL ..,.
ID ONLY 81 R0tND So g..N
GRAND SAL IRDAl 81. t,us>.
To NokFoI,h AND NENP1As ~ Z,
no TiIE LOST PROM 2, 80
LOOK AZ THIS y u Ei ,..... -,
Leaves Richmond SAlUhDAl E. 80,
~, 1891. al l0Oclock slSf o.. a.
News at A. N. and N3,iy..H 81 N.ff..
Leaves Norfolk sunday AZ 7. y. -
News at D T. NJ; arrives 81 A4'- '''''
night. f.itsk 2; 80
Tickets also good 70 return inc ''''
day, Augusi 2S,h. 80. Virgas ~
ocsan v,sm' NH Hampton, soldier to ,, D., -
LADIES SALOON reserved io' '-
use. We ~ rain or shine. ...,.. % 500
Elegant Meals and Re!seshl.enS .,
Ariel. BEATS THEN Alt;,,n,r gONgAN"
VIRGINIA SrSANBOAl W. =
a
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CTATE FEMALE NORMAL

~ L A L r. L r NJ A l. II NORMAL
~ SCHOOL. FARMVILLE, VA.-The eighth
session OF this school begins WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER o, 1891. Free tuition to one hun
dred and twenty-eight State students who pledge
themselves 70 teach two years In the public free
schools To others tuition ESQ for session Of
nine months Board, washing, lights, and fuel
for the session, sll925. For catalogue address
JOHN A. CUNNINGHAM,
~ al
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smoke the "Nickisby."
Best Cigar on the market.
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M loo JOuNoON y ooiiOOh rOn
NlYOUNG LADIES AND LITTLE GIRLS
Tho next session begins SEPTEMBER 2Sth,
AZ corner Of Grace and Madison streets. The
school offers EVERY ADVANTAGES FOR A
COMPLETE EDUCATION under the personal
supervision OF the PRINCIPAL aided by an able
corps OF teachers Mr. L. l. JOHNS, A. NJ, q
successful instructor. will teach Mathematics,
Latin, and the Sciences the latter being accom-
panied with an apparatus. Circulars at tho
bookstores. au 14-F&Su6tStW ,Sa&Su13t
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EDGEHILL SCHOOL FOR YOUNG


~ LADIES. Twenty-hfth session begins
SEPTEMBER IL. 1891. Apply tor circulars 10
Miss c. X. RANDOLPH, keswick Post-orice,
Automatic, Va. 1y l7-FHTutOcl
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Gu O s i u 6

No matter what the former prices
were, these goods are to DC solo, Do-
sides many others not mentioned.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-04

Full dress at the opera is the rule now.
Street gowns the exception. The old dis
covery that women looked as if they were
sitting up in bath-tubs can be made anew
each evening that one chances to drop in
upon the play. As little frock as possible
and great quantity of fan and ton of
diamonds is the recipe for box beauty,
favored with gee-gaws to suit the taste.
Serve bubbling.
Leather leggings that go all the way UP
to the knee are to be had at the shops in
response to an order and S. bill. They
may be put on over low shoes and rubbers
or over the ordinary street shoes. They
must always be made to order upon meas
urement, for the leather must ut closely
unless it will wrinkle and sag. The incest
leggings are of glove kid. With these no
long petticoat is worn. A simple divided
skirt being all that is necessary to produce
the clinging effect admired in song, story
and fashion plate.
The handy little cape is the greatest pos
sible boon to lovers, is it not? Just watch
the next couple you see strolling along
Broadway. She in a jauuty cape and
Medici collar and he in his winter ulster.
They are walking circumspectly in the
way that all the world would have them
go. Suddenly comes a crosswalk, or a
curb, or carriage block, or some other
stumbling place for the feet. Now note
what happens. In an instant up goes the
fellows hand under the girls cape, and un-
derneath that sheltering garment there is
gentle squeeze and the young woman's
elbow is lifted safely over the Stumbling
block.
The girls have grown very sanitive in
these days of progressive culture. Things
that the world Of women used to do freely
are now pronounced very nasty. When q
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-04

The piano is once more the fashionable
instrument. For a time the harp held
supremacy. and then the violin rivaled
everything. But now it's the long-suffer-
ing, time-honored piano. Those who
manipulate its keys select costumes that
"sit" well, namely, those that are specially
designed TO wear when one is seated.
There are times when the earth does no
bly, as substitute for hell One of these
times came about, not long ago, in a GER
tain very swell restaurant. The sufferer,
at least we will call him SO since twas he
who tasted torture, had gone to dine with
dear young woman of his mot his wife's)
acquaintance. While they sat at meat the
wife, W no had been driven from her family
board by one of the exigencies of house
keeping, dropped into that same restaurant
for bite or two of something. 4 light
luncheon was ordered, and her economic
soul rejoiced and was glad that something
had been saved from the household diff
culties that had befallen her that day. Of
sudden she raised her eyes and there, full
under the glare of the gaslight, too intent
upon devouring his fair companion to heed
ought of anything, sat her noble lord with
a feast of delicate viands spread upon a
table which groaned for very richness.
There was moments lull, an instant of
expectancy, gentle creeping closer, I'M
observed, and then-a pounce. spring,
and poor hubby was treated to all the hor-
rors that bad bubbles should know.
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comfortable and pretty when one sallies
out of an afternoon for constitutional on
the boulevard, where the wind il blows al
WAYS.
The way to darken eyebrows and lashes
is by the application of alcohol. In its use
one must be careful not to get particle in
the eyes, as it will sting and tlngle, smart
and burn, if ii do no worse. 1t is pity to
shade the features, for nature has provided
an exquisite harmony Of colors 'twixt eye
brows and hair that is destroyed by med
ding with their tinis.
Mrs. Ella Dietz Clymer, the president of
Sorosis, is devoting herself to literary
work 1t has until lately been the dream
Of her life to go upon the stage in plays
that were beyond her conception when she
was the popular Ella Dietz, but Ill health
has so set its seal upon her that the actress
is spoiled. although the charming, beauti-
full, viyacious, moonlight beauty remains,
and the pen is more powerfully welded
than ever the actress sceptre could hope TO
be.
Have you seen the cunning muffs that
New York women are carrying? They
must smybolize something or they are not
truly fashionable. Once they were little,
just for show-tiny, fiower-bedecked abb
surdities. Then they grew very large, and
taken on divers shapes. The Otero muff
is in the form of tambourine. The Car
mencita, not to be outdone, is drum, the
heads being open aud the outside material
fur and ribbon. The Amelia Glover is
shaped exactly like slipper, open at the
toes So much for being danseuse.
1t is incomprehensible why women will
make such fools of themselves over stage
heroes. They rave about them in public,
moon over their pictures in secret, dream
of them by night and dog their afternoon
strolls. All their spare cash is spent on
matinee tickets and mowers for the beloved
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HAS A SPLENDID EFFECT on THE URINARY
ORGANS

Salem, Or, Jan. Il.
bought can OF Oregon Kidney Tea and have
used only a part OF il, but my backache is en-
tirely cured. IL has . splendid effect on the
urinary organs. J. F. HoDsoS.
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object. Once let a stage hero make known
that In certain scene he is expected to
wear certain hover, and there will be no
dearth of these sent daily by fair ladies'
In one of the popular Lyceum plays Her.
bert Kelley had to wear a bunch of violets.
After the iirst nights performance there
was always from one to dozen punches of
violets from which TO choose.
Wilson Barrett is another stage hero
well beloved by the ladies. After an alb
sence from New York last spring he
played a short engagement in an adjacent
town. How the girls locked to see their
favorite from whom they had been so long
separated. Two New York damsels spent
almost whole day at the theater, visiting
first the matinee and then the evening
performance, at both witnessing the same
play. Between drinks-beg pardon be-
tween the performances they ate tutti
frutti, cafe glaces and caramels, rhapsodiz-
ing the while on the grace of Barret's
movements, the music of his voice and
the contour ofhis shapely legs. Accord
ing to their own tell it seemed hours and
hours from half-past ) until O'Clock, and
often did they quote III spirit, if not in
truth, the celebrated message from the
governor of North Carolina to the governor
of South Carolina.
Legs are rarely stuffed under silk tights,
and when they are the deception is SO
glarlng that, like the old lady's wig in
Dickens story, no one is deceived thereby.
But every actress, unless exceptionally
gifted, makes up her legs for show under
the tights. They are cold-creaIned, vasa-
lined, powdered and rubbed into gloss,
precisely the same as her pretty arms are
treated. The knees receive special atten-
ton to keep them from becoming hard
and bony. Never does an actress sink
upon her knees, except when doing her
part, and at rehearsals she provides pill
low for the drop scene, lest she callous her
knees where dimples should play.
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NEW YORK CHIT-CHAT
The Proper Way to Shake a
Hand Is to Squeeze 1t.
WARD M'ALLIsTER's SMART WIFE
Stage Heroes and Foolish women-The
Piano the Fashionable Instrument
Again-StyIes in Mufss.

NEW York, Dec. 29.-fCopyrighted, 1890.
How few women have learned the art of
giving good hand-shake. They mince
ana daily with couple of fingers, or extend
a imp, helpless palm to be taken in its
impness and squeezed by the shaker. or to
be left dangling in another hand that is
just as lifeless. Let all those who value
minor accomplishments, learn the art of
greeting.
Give--if you give at all-the whole hand.
Take firm grip upon the shakers hand,
ana then with squeeze. slight squeeze,
mind, be ready for further developments.
Should the owner of the hand that is
ciasped in your vise-like grip be partial to
the pump-handle motion, you will at once
detect it and fall into line, so to speak
Should you detect symptoms of side to
side jerk, a few yanks on your part will
stamp you forever as a woman of percep-
ton and discernment. The rotary motion
is not hard to initiate, nor is the quiet,
frm, forceful pressure hard to acquire.
Once in the whole days wanderings you
may find good hand shaker, and when
you do you won't need to make n note of
him, for your memory will carry you
boldly over lapses of time and space, oh,
the magic of good hand-shake. Unspeak-
able! Undesirable! Indisputable! Glor-
ious! Convincingl Satisfying.
Self-feeding pens and self-feeding mucil-
age bottles are, like selffeeding women
apt TO get cranky. But don't get out of
patience with them. Think what an i'm
provement they are upon the old, incon-
yenient style.
When the first mentioned articles become
unbearable, one can get new supply for q
paltry sum, but one must often struggle
and bear with the self-feeding woman
though her lines of thought and action be
ever so dark and devious. Bear, prithee,
with the self-feediug woman. She has been
but recently to feed upon the meats and
heavy diet that her brother has lived upon
for years. What wonder if both head and
heart become hillary by too sudden
change to heavy food.
Mrs. Ward McAllister, of whom one
hears so little, is an extremely literary
woman, an incessant reader of books,
papers, magazines and things She dat
tiers herself and Mr.. McAllister hatters
himself that the twain can carry off the
palm anywhere, The one outshines all
associates in elegance of style and man.
ner and the other keeping up her end
charmingly in matters literaire. Of
course, each shines with a light reflected
from the glory of the other, so there is
nothing to be desired for the McAllister.
combination
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To SOFTEN THE SKIN.

Ladies whose skin is subject to roughness
when exposed 10 the air may remedy the diff
Guilty By applying Wisdom's Violet Cream. IL
restores the natural action of the skin and III
auces softness and eiactieity.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-04

woman shampoos her head, instead of put
ting up her hair IN a semi-damp condition.
she allows IL 10 become dry and autTy. let
ting il hang loosely about the head for
hours; no hasty drying in front Of crate
Is good enough for her. \ few women
have even gone 10 the length of buying gas
stoves with heating apparatus attached. in
aat sheet of metal upon which they can
spread out their locks 10 dry and inyig-
crate. And so. If she has 4 cut. a bit OF
rag will not do for il as of yore; there
must be a bit OF absorbent cotton To bind
upon the wound. This absorbent cotton
o5tainable at all dispensaries and drug
stores. 1t Is cheap, light, antiseptic, non
heating, and little OF il goes great way.
The neat little English short coats hold
their own, introducing variations by way
of different trimmings. Elder down at
neck and wrists and Tor q maf lining is
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take il before breakfast" Dr. HenIeys Eng
hsh paudeiion Tonic.
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A BOYS MOTHER.


Ny mother she's so good TO me,
FL was good as | could be,
couldn't he as good; no, sir.
Can't any boy be good as her,
She loves me when I'm glad er mad:
She loves me when I'm good er bad:
An, what's funniest thing, she says
She loves NE wien she Furnishes.
don't like her TO punish me:
That don't hurt, but ii hurts to see
Her erwin: men cry; an men
We both cry; an be good again.
She loves me when she cuts and sews
Ny little cloak and Sunday clothes:
An when my pa comes home TO tea
She loves him, most as much as me.
She laughs an tells him all / said,
An grabs me up an pats my head;
An ! hug her, an hug my pa,
An love him pnr;' nigh much as ma
-.IdnEs HRftc0nb Rileg
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-01
]. CHESTER WILSON,
SECRETARY

Twenty-four Of the largest companies
In that district were represented at the
conference,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-01
ALMOST ENOUGH.
Surprising peath-Roll of the Democratic
Members of the Ohio Legislature.

Surprising peath-RoI of the Democratic
Members of the Ohio Legislature.
COLUMBUS, ONO, December 3O.-The
sudden death of senator John thinner
man. OF the combined Seventeenth
Twenty-Eighth District IS almOstenOugh
TO awaken Superstitious Ideas in the
minds of those who believe that the
fates are against the slender Democratic
majority OF the SiXty-ninth General As
sembly.
Five have already died, or the exact
number Of its Origi Raj majority on joint
ballot, which was two In the Senate and
three in the House.
The death roll is as follows: senators
Thomas .. Ashburn, OF the Fourth dis
trict, and John Zimmerman, OF the Sew
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. and RepreSen-
tativeS John Il. Lawl0r, OF Franklin
county; +. w. Knapp, of Panlding, and
A. Il. Brant. Of Seneca.
The senate has now been twice with
out Democratic majority, while the
House at one time only had Democrat
ic majority of one.
The only parallel Of mOrtuary vacan-
cieS in the Ohio Legislature occurred a
quarter Of century ago, when five
deaths occurred. three being OF Repub-
lican and two OF Democratic members.
Lawlor and Knapp were young men
Of less that thirty years OF age, while
AShburn and Brant were line specimens
OF robust middle age. senator thinner
man was the oldest OF the quintet. and
while he bid fair 70 live many years, yet
his death was not wholly unexpected TO
those who knew him well. have fire.
quently walked with him when he would
suddenly stop aud request me to walt
until he recovered his breath. Heart
disease carried him OF evidently. For
wears he had been expecting u sudden
summons.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-01
Loulslana's Bonds.

New ORLEANS, December 3l.-MeSsrS.
Hope Il Co., Amsterdam bankers, yes
terday filed suit against the Board OF
Liquidation Of the State OF Louisiana,
praying that the said Board fund 9,O49
bonds Of the State. amounting TO over
-. 900, 900, into consolidated bonds.
II will be- remembered that the plain
tiifs. about Is months ago, filed a SINH
lar suit. which was tried before Judge
Ellis. who rendered a decision adverse
TO the plaintiffs, on the ground that no
formal application had been made to the
Board of Liquidation 10 fluid the bonds.
The case was appealed to the Supreme
Court, which tribunal sustained the de-
ciSiOn Of the lower court.
The Board OF Liquidation met two
weeks ago and refused 10 fund the bonds,
hence the application TO the courts.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-01
THE OHIO CANAL LANDS.
Section Seven Will Not BE Sold for Long
thine Now

WA sHINGToN, ID. c., December al
Commissioner Croft, OF the General
Land Office, will issue an order to-mor
row, postponing the sale Of Section :,
near St. Mary's, advertised for IL
o'clock on the 3lst instant. This action
is taken owing to the fact that Con-
gresham Cultivate has introduced a
bill in the House to quiet
the title of the company be-
tween the United States and the State
of Ohio, aud, as is always the custom in
the Executive Departments, action in
any case is suspended pending legisa-
ton upon it by Congress. Commission
er Croft says he will be glad if Congress
finally disposes of this matter, In order
TO get the question out OF its present un-
satisfactory condition. There is no
record Of any transfer from the Govern
ment, and unless Congress quiets the
title the Department will have TO order
the sale eventually.
This case is not the only one Of the
kind that has been discovered in Ohio.
Not long ago two farmers in Wood coun-
ty had to apply to the Land Office for
relief, there being no record of Gov
eminent transfer of their lands, al
though they purchased in good faith
many years ago. The discovery of the
defect was made In running an abstract
back to raise a loan. The title was per-
fected by allowing the resident owners
to homestead the land in question by
paying the usual fees. Section seven
being under water, can not be home
steaded.