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FRAGRANT FLORAL BEAUTIES.
The Centre Markets Lovely Easter Dis
play Unusually Attractive.

The Centre Markets Lovely Easter Dis
play Unusually Attractive.
The display of llowers at Centre Market
to-day was one of the most beautiful ever
seen there.
The odor of fresh flowers pervaded the
whole building, and the aisles were
thronged with ladies.
The lily was predominant, Lilium
Harrisi was the fairest and favorite
flower of the day. 1t reared its lovely
head on stem of fresh, green leaves
proudly over every other flower.
Besides this there were Faster lilies,
plenty Of ferns and hundreds of varieties
of japOnicas.
Clarke Bros made tasteful display of
their choicest flowers the stand of c..
Strauss, whose green houses are on the
Bladensburg road, was perfect bower of
greenery, and Alexander Gardner made an
exquisite exhibition of lilies. Other dealers
ad also made extensive preparations
~ d made good displays. Easter is the
commencement of the flower season and
every effort is made by the dealers to make
u good display.
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NTTANTED- AT 1iH 9TH ST. N. W., A
w tidy girl as waitress and chombcrmaid.
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NXTANTED-A YOUNG WHITE MAN-TO
w asfist bohind tho bar and make himself
generally useful in restaurant. Inquire gt
100 Sth st &c.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
PERSONAL.


DY HAND READING AND ASTROLOGY,
ID the young Madame DE Nalutina, Just ar
rived from Europe, tells three different ways.
win remain short time. Tells past, present
and future in person or by letter Tells ladies
or gentlemen by the letters in the hand who
the future husband or wife will he; brings
back husband or lover in so many day; also
has the great Egyptian hreastplatc charms or
lucky belt, and hidden treasures; gives adyice
and luck In mining business, for good luck in
love. in business and at games Of chance luck
in long and safe Journeys tells what
business best adapted fOr also settles
family troubles. sure cure for asthma,
catarfh, corns and hUnons, and drunkenness;
aleo q inc hair tonic; also face powder Ladies,
call AZ once. guarantee to give perfect salts
faction and can give best Of references. have
also been awarded gold medal Orgiying sltis-
faction. MADAME DE NALATlNA, upstairs,
1st floor, paror room !, N! L st, near 9TH -tp
Washington, ID, q.
once hours 10 a. m. TO 9p, m, open every
day, including sundays,
NTOw is THE TIME. WE WILL PAY
N "big money" for gents frst-cass sec
ond-hand clothing. Address or call at
JUSTH'S OLD STAND, 60 ID st, n. W.
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Change In Schedule Washington south
ern Railway,

A change in schedule will be made on
the Washington Southern Railway, taking
effect tomorrow, the Goth instant. The
following new trains have been added:
For Alexandria and way stations, l0:i7
a. m. and p. M. daily; 5:45 p. m. daily,
except Sunday.
Return, leave Alexandria 1l:l7 a. m.
and 20G p, m. daily, and 5;l3 p. M. daily,
except Sunday.
For changesin in time of other trains con-
suit regular schedule.
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Royal Blue Line,

Beginning with tomorrow, the Balti-
more and Ohio Blue Line will put on
Pullman dlning-cars, leaving Washington
at 10 a. m. and $40 p. M, and running
year the company has added new Pullman
sleepers for the night trains, All its cars
have the latest appointments for comfort
and luxury, and thoroughly in keeping
with the high character for equipment
which the Royal Blue Line has estab'
Iished.
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R~S15s PATENT CENTENNIAL CELEBRA
kS TION,
WASHINGTON, APRIL 3, @, 10, 1891.


Citizens Central Committee John W. Bah.
son, Myron NJ Parker, Robert W Fcnwick,
Marvin 9. stone Hon. John Lynch, Brantrd
II, Warner, Professor Otis y. Mason, j. Eltrcth
Watkins.
PUBLIC EXERCISES IN LINCOLN HALL.
APRIL \, AftcrnOOn-To he presided over by
the President of tho United States. Evening
To he presided over by the Secretary of IN
SPECIAL. RECEPTION TO INVENTORS
AND MANUFACTURERS and the ladies who
accompany them at the Patent OffCc, April 3,
o to 1880 y. m, by the Secretary Of the In
terror and the Commissioner OF Patents.
APBlLl, Afternoon Mcctiug-To be presided
over by Hon. Frederick Fralcy, LID, prcsi.
dent OF the National Board of Trade. Evening
Meeting-To he presided over by Professor ;.
p, Langley, secretary Of the Smithsonian In
ANNiVERsARY DAY. APRIL 1O-Anni.
vorsary OF tho signing OF the first American
ScnI Jaw pS Ge0tSg MoshnEpn o dJdrcss n @
will be delivered by DR.. j. NJ. Toner upon
Washington as an Inventor and Promoter Of
Improvement p. m.-lnspection OF ord.
nance shops, Washington Navy.Yard, by inyi-
tation Of the Secretary OF the Navy. 1870 p. m.
Parade, regular troops, National Guard, High
School Cadets, and other organizations.
APRIL 10, Evening Mccting-1o bo presided
over by Professor Alexander Graham Bell.
Addresses upon subjects relating 10 inycn.
ton are promised ~ the public meetings by
Edward Atkinson, LII. D.; DR., John 5, Billings,
NON UUNllNt llUlNUlhINs lIOlfHrOI 'NIN-
Bracket, NJ. d., LII. d.; Hon Benjamin But
terworth, Octave Chanutc, president \. ;. G. III
Professor f. W. Clarke. Hon. John W. Daniel
Major Clarence Il. Dutton, Professor Thomas
Gray. Hon. W. Y. Harris, Professor Otis r
| Mason, Hon. CHARLES +. Mitchell, Hon, o. II
| platt, Colonel +. 4. Sccly, Hon. \. II. SpOitOrd
| Hon. Robert :. Taylor, Professor Robert II
| Thurston, Professor William =. Trowbrdge
| Hon. Edwin Willis, Hon. Carroll ID, Wright.
Meetings for the organization Of the M
| iiOual Association OF Inventors and Manufac
| turcrs on tho afternoon OF April ana In the
| morning Of April and y, when addresses arc
| expected from prominent inventors and manu-
| lOCiurcrs.
Subscribers admitted to pubic exercises by
ticket.
For further particulars address JOSEPH X
| MCCAMMON, Chairman Finance Committee
| A. y. BRITTON, Treasurer, or the executive
| committec-Hon. JOHN LYNCH, chairman
| JOHN W. BABSON, MARVIN G. STONE
| GEORGE G. MAYNARD, j. ELFRETH WAT
| KINS, Secretary.
Onice; sl1 G st. n. W, opposite the Paten
| Ofice. marl1-l2t
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OPPOSED TO THE TAX.
Secondhand Dealers who Think the
License Too High.

License Too High.
A meeting of the Dealers Protective
Association was held at Weeks IL Co.'s
auction room last night. Mr. ]. S. Justh
presided and L. II. Brown acted as secre-
tary. Colonel William Il. Cook, counsel
OF the association, made an address. He
declared that the law imposing a tax of
$40 on every dealer in secondhand
clothing was unjust. He thought that
there should be several classes. AS the
matter now stood the dealer who did a
small business had to pay as much as he
who did large business.
A number of new members were elected
TO the association and q committee was
appointed to call on every dealer in the
city and request that he join the associa-
tim.
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Adventures of a Runaway Horse.

At 12;45 o'clock to-day horse hitched
TO Washington and Georgetown car No.
46 was attacked by the blind staggers and
broke away from the car. lie ran toward
the sidewalk and into the window of Cud-
lips Photographic establishment. Before
he could be stopped he ran into the place
of Tschefelly n Evans and also broke the
windows of that store The animal was
terribly injured and will be shot.
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CHARGED WITH MrRnER.

Catherine watkins Dies from Injuries
inflicted by Mary BraNton.
a month ago Mary BraXton, an em-
ploye of the Howard House. hit another
woman named Catharine Watkins on the
head.
Since then the Watkins woman has
been seriously III, and last night she died.
This afternoon the BraXton woman was
arrested and locked up at No. precinct
charged with murder.
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EAplaining why There is Less Deafness.

pcrcoptiblc decrease in dcafacss has been
noticed uf late, which II partly accounted for
by those In position In know, 10 the more gen
sral use of artificial means, now perfected 10 a
degree hitherto considered impossible. A very
complete device OF this kind WAS invented in
Bridgeport, Conn, u few years ago by ~, A,
Wales, which, being placed inside Of the ear,
IN worn with secret delight by many Whose
deafness h thue never suspected
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A sirk InMrnr.

Colonel Jack Brown, well-known
lawyer has been i'll for several weeks--so
i'll that at times his life was in danger.
He is now conyalescent, and friends aud
clients will find him at his residence, No.
30 New Jersey avenue, whittier his Office
has been removed.
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FROM THE DISTRICT CAPITOL.
Items of Interest from the Commission
ers' ONCE.

htemb OF Ihtefest IfOm the UOlhmIsIOH-
ers' Otice.
Observation-Disclosures IYsPECTED.-Mr,A.
j. Mudd of the Associated Press in the
last two weeks has lost three children
who suffered with malignant diphtherla.
In a letter to the Commissioners he states
infected and fumigated, the health officers
burned the bedding, carpets, ETC., but it
seems matter of impossibility to get an
inspector to examine the plumbing and
sewerage on the premises in spite of fthe fact
that he has requested the services Of one
on five different occasions. The COM
missioneIs have asked the health officer
for a report ON the subject.
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LIBERAL DISCOUNT
Cor. Twelfth Street and Pa, Ave.

The INDEPENDENT ICE COMPANY, hay.
ing bou ght the Columbia Bank Note Building,
9Os and $40 Pennsylvania avenue, are now A..
ting 1t up for their future place OF business,
which they expect to occupy some time in
April, their present quarters to be taken for
the new City Postoficc site. This company is
also onlarging theis depot facilities and arc
now engaged in extending their wharf and
building large brick stable and extensive Ice.
houses on Water street southwest.
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Change of Schedule ON Richmond ana
DauyiIIe Railroad.

On and after Sunday March %, the
Washington and Southwestern yestibuled
limited train will leave Washington at 1910
y. III, instead of ll;l0 o. m" and the local
train for Strasburg will leave at 2;26 p, m.
instead of 230 p, m. No other changes i'm
departures and arrivals at Washington.
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NInNcd to New Onnrters.

The Painters Protective Association
have moved 90 their new hall No. 1877
Seventh street northwest The rooms are
open from a. m, to . p. m. daily, and the
first meeting will be held in the new
quarters on Monday evening, March 80.
az 1880 p. m.
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He Gnt Har

From ne PittsJtTg DtsDdtrh.
They we're talking about trees. My
fayorite, she said, lis the oak. 1t is so
noble, 50 magnificent in its strength. But
what is your favurite H'
"New,n he :eplied.
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FOR RENT ROOMS.

NOR RENT NICELY FURNISHED
l. ruun-. with board. heat, gl-, md bath;
Terms very reasonable. 1906 II ii. %. w.
i room, Sl5 per month. gas and water, 1861
hth ST.. %. N.
UOR NENT-TWO UNFURNISHED SEQ
IL uud-Iury front rooms, southern exposure;
huth, rent 'oW, hoard Nc desired; private um-
ily. 2ll5 u -i.u W.
EOH RENT-u5 8O ST., N w. FUR
4 uI.hod rooms. large closets, hot and cold
water, with board, also q few table hpNrjcfs
aCcommolMcg. rcLclcuccs cNchangel.
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SPRING SUGGESTIONS.

Avoid draughts and sudden changes OF
temperature
Onot discard your warm winter cloth
ing too soon. ltis better TO suffer q little
inconvenience than TO take cold,
Remember that one is especially liable
to contract a bad cold or chill at this sea-
son of the year.
A cough or cold contracted between the
seasons is the most annoying kind and
may last through the summer.
If you feel a cough or cold coming on,
take drink of pure whiskey at once, II
will keep the blood i'm circulation and Is
the best preventive against the diseases OF
the season,
Remember that only pUc whiskey
should be taken, Duny's Pure Malt
Whiskcy has the strongest recOmmenda-
tions from the leading scientists ana me J.
ical men, II is the only standard mellci-
nal whiskey. Take no other from your
druggist or grocer
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Try Berkeley.
Horesy Hunting.

FItm me FtttSbUfq ItHitS,
The clerg1men Of Bishop Potter's dio'
cese, vino were put on the trail of Newton
and Rainsiord by an editor whose sole
purpose was L. stir M some fresh news,
are not likely TO receive much encourage
mont from the Bishop; but they may
shape mEtters SO as 10 secure from the
General Convention more efficient means
of restraining the nimble-witted rectors
within the limits Of orthodox propriety,
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Had His Foot Crnsheh.

Charles w. Fegan, gateman in the b.
a o. yards, had his foot crushed this
afternoon. It's thought that it will have
tO he amDut tatel
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GEORGE w. sTlCKNEY, AuctIonccr.
" 900 Eleventh street northwest.
TRUSTEES SALE or VERY VALUABLE
IMPROVED PROPERTY, BEING HOUSE
No. 1872 n SINEEI NORIHMEST.

By virtue Of a certain decd Of trust recorded
land records for the District of Columbia. and
at the request OF the party secured thereby, we
will ofrcr for sale IN front Of the premises. on
SATURDAY, 1IlE It'll DAY OF APRIL,
1891, at 1880 O'Clock p. m, the following do
-cribcd property I'm The city of Washington,
District Of Coiumbia, TO witt All Of lot mum
bcrcd fourteen OD In COttman ~ Adams
OfustccD subdivision OF lots In square two
hundred and scvcuty-scvcn t27D
sold subject to certain deeds of trust,
amounting I'm the aggregate to about
said trusts. S1OO deposit at time of
sale All convcyancing at purchasers cost.
Terms TO he complied with in five 90 days or
the property will be rcsold at risk and cost of
dcfaulting purchaser after live 90 days' rcadycr-
tiscmcnt In The Critic
JOHN r. ARMS,
WIN. MAYSE, in,
,narot % Os al nbD 'rrustccH
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DROPOSAlS FOR BOILERS, PIPES, FIT
tings, GC.-Oficc OF Building FOR Library
OF Congress, li5 East Capitol street, Wash
ngtun, D. C., March T. S1i.-Scparate sealed
proposals from manufacturers will he re-
criVcd ut this office until O'Clock p. m. on
THURSDAY, THE 2D DAY OF April, 1891,
and opened Immediately thereafter In presence
of bidders, for furnishing and delivering at tho
site of tho Building for LiOrary OF COn-
grC-s, i'm this city, the following fixtures, it-
ting and materials for heating aud power APP
ppratu~ uumcy
Glass Shell boilers, fronts and trimmings,
water heaters, tank, &C.
Clr., . Cast iron nungo pipe, hot w3ter
coils. mbuholc doors, NC.
Glass O.. Fittings tOr wrought llou pipe,
valves, steam trap, galvanized sheet iron
pines. Gr.
tHs- Wrought iron plain and glIyluit7d
pipe
Specifications, general instructions anal cUudi-
tiuu- and blank forms of proposal may h' oh-
Uuud uu application to this uhicc. BERNARD
n. GREEN, Superintendent and Engineer
mari %. q I.t a~ 30
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PROPOSALS.

DROPosAIS FOR CUT GRANITE OF
fce OF Building for Library of Congress,
No 1i5 East Capitol street, Washington, d.
C., March q, 1871 Sealed proposals FOR fut-
uishlng and delivering the cut granite of light
blue gray color and fne grain required for ne
boiler room, and for pump beds aud girdor
template for the building for the Library Of
Congress In this city, will he received at this
ohCe until . O'Clock p. M, on SATURDAY,
Immediately thereafter, in presence Of bid
dcrs, Specifications, general instructions and
conditions aud blank forms Of proposal may be
obtained on application A. this office. BEB-
NARD r, GREEN, superintendent aud
Engineer. mare ~, -, 80, ,Oprl5lI
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For over fifty years Mrs. Winslows
Soothing Syrup has been used for children
teething. It soothes the child, softens the
gums, allays all pain, cures wind collie,
and is the best remedy for diarrh@a.
Twenty-Five cents bottle.
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VIM. MAGSE, JR.,
mar2t %, ,2S 81 ap23I Trustees.
DATcLIFFE, DARR y co, Auctioncer-

TRUSTEES SALE OF IMPROVED REAL
ESTATE ON ID STREET, BETWEEN 18Th
AND 10TH STREETS SOUTHEAST.
by virtue OF deed OF trust given 20 ne aud
duly recorded I'm lhcr No. 1882 folio lNG -
sec, ono of tho land records or the District of
Columbia, VIC will UfTcr for sale by public
QuctiOn, In front Of the premises, on THURS
Inc follovins described real estate situate I'M
tho city OF Washington, District of Columbia
TO wit: All those certain pieces or parcels Of
land and premises known and distinguished
rs and hcing parts OF lots five 90 and EtN f6l In
square numbered ten hundred aud forty seven,
more particularly described in said deed OF
trust with the Improvements, &c. Terms
made known at sale, A deposit OF $50 a. time
OF sale.
j. A. MAEDEL. Trustee.
4i6 9Th IT, n. W.
WM. SMITH, Trustee,
-
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FOR SALE AND RENT.

DEAL ESTATE BULLETIN.
HI by
THOMAS K. WAGGAMAN, gl7 F street.
ChRngeo made Wednesdays and Saturdays.
2-sToRY BRICK AND FRAME HOUSES
FOR SALE.
SOUTHEAST.
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COMMISSIONER or DEEDS.

~ SBUNDY, COMR OF DEEDS FOR ALL
~ states and Territories, 45s La ave, OPP.
City Hall.
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

Ml9ya FATHER IGNArIUS, EVANGELIST
~ Monk OF the British Church.-lloly
Week Orations, Masonic Temple. To-day;
Mauudy Thursday, &3O and s. Admission
tickets at door Good Friday at - noon,
solemn service of the thrcc-hOur- agony Or
our Lord Jesus Christ. Evening, oration 1870
ON ~ he Death of God
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j. A. MAEDEL. Trustee.
4iG 9TH IT.. n. W.
WM. SMITH, Trustee,
gl6 Pa. ave =. Q.
STATES MARsuAL's SALE.

BY virtue of n writ OF hcli facias, Issued out
OF the Clerks ONCE OF the supreme Court Of
the District of Columbia, and to me directed,
will sell ut public sale, for cash In front OF the
CourtIlouse door OF said District, on SACUR-
DAY, THE nth DAY OF APRIL, 1891, at ~
O'Clock M, all Francis y. DoOloy's right. title,
claim and interest in and TO the followiug.de-
sCribcd property, tO.wit Part OF original lot
numbered nine la, in square numbered seven
hundred and ninCty-twO (7g2), IN the City of
Washington, Dist let OF columbia, inclndcd In
the following metee and bounds: Beginning for
the same at tho northeast corner of the said
lot and square and running thence south sew
enty-seyen 90 feet and -four a. inches; thence
west to the rear line OF the said lot and the di-
yding line between the said lot and lot eight
tSl; thence northwcstwardly along said Inc 10
the south line OF North Carolina avennc aud
thence along the said line Of North Carolina
avenue to the place of beginning, together with
all and singular the improvements thereon,
seized and levied on as the property Of Francis
y Dooley, and will he sold to satisfy execu.
tion No. 1883, at law In favor OF b. Licbcr sons
Il Co.
DANIEL NJ. RANSDELL,
Z. :. Marshal District of Columbia
RATCLlFFE, DARR ~ CO.,
AuctiOnecrs.
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NOR SALE DIR. PEPPERS COMPLETE
II system Of medical works, in good condi-
ton, with other medical works Call ana OK
anime ut ll0J y, \, ave, n, W, yssaA -
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Ballet Reform in Minnesota.
From he DebOh Free PfeSS.
In Minnesota they spell ballot reform
ballet reform
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The sherman statue fund amounts t,
S5G,370.5b, very handsome sum,
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FOR SALE,

NOR saba GOOD, SOUND HORSE,
L wagon and harness, Apply 10 NJ. IT,
CURLY, 2UO6 T. ~. n. w.
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s4per COLON, s. per quart, 80. pint.
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MONEY no LOAN.

NTONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE OR
WI hrsrCla-s securities az lowest rates OF
Interest, No delay where security is good
U. q. GREEN,
Hth Ia
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SPECIAL NOTICES,

SPECIAL NOTICES,
kSg. SPECIAL NOTICE,
REMOVAL.
THE WEST END
NATIONAL BANK
VIII ON MONDAY, MARCH 30, occupy it, new
and commodious offices, ot
lu5 & STREET
Trmsactr a general banking business.
Buy and sell Government Bonds,
Exchange sold on rnc principal cities of
Europe
WM.R, RILEY, President
tHAS. p. WILLIAMS, Cashier
GEORGIA. M,lLHENNN, Nige.Prcs't
DIRECTORS;
John r.. Carmody, John r. BcaIl,
u. s. Cummings, Il, n, Goldsborough,
Edward $, WestcOu, James u lamhic,
Conrad Becker, Walter n, WucoX,
l., r, Tuulc, &c., John 2 N0gt
A. p, Pardon, G.. A. Schneider,
William r. Riley, George A, Mnlhcmy,
Frank q Rawlings,
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NETANTED-A GOOD COOK-A GOOD
w home for ono that Is willing TO work
Apply 10 No. G2t PA. ave.
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WANTED HELP.

VITANTED-AN EXPERIENCED SALES.
w man in clo.hug, hats and GENTS furnish
ings; also experienced salc1adics I'm shoe DC.
partmcnt Apply 40 once. 123fllth st.s.c
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WANTED-A CAPABLE WOMAN TO DO
w general hOu-ework no washing or IRON
inc: Mhitn prefnrreh. 2O2l N N. II. w.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-11-28
A TEACHERS TROUBLE
Her Spanish Pupils Talk English but
Don't Understand It.

The good old method of 'learning by
heart" is pursued at one Of the district
schools of Pima county. As all the
children of this particular Pima county
school are Spanish, have always spoken
Spanish and never English till they
came to school, and the school REQUIRE
msnts are that all instruction be given
In English, the teachers lot in teaching
first English and then the lessons proper
can be imagined. 1t IS far easier to get
them to talk English than to underssand
it. The only possible l->t,-cd romain-
ing is therefore by rote.
The teacher at the school relates her
experience:
"They are set OF little parrots. They
have gooc lessons but they have no idea
OF what the lessons mean.
"They will read off their lessons lust
to perfection. Every word will be per-
fect-iust as l told them-but 1t is all by
rote. They do not comprehend a word.
"A day or two ago one of them was
before me reading. He came to some
world presume it was cat-and stop
ped. He spelled it out according to
instructions cat L said We'll, what
does it spell?' and just then little girl
named Sarah did some bit of mischief.
1 said to her, sharply: SARAH
MY small boy responded Sarah"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-11-28
Precautton Against Floods

Floods may be successfully opposed OF
escaped. Railways and wagon roads
may and must be laid on river food
plains, but the einbankments and tres
ties and bridges should be raised not
only above the latest freshet mark, but
well above the great natural flood mark
found in the plain itself, and the recip-
rocal effects of embellishments and other
structures on future freshets should be
cautiously reckonel. Farms may and
ought to be located on fertile bottom
lands enriched by annual or decennial
overflow; but the farmers should dig
deep for his foundations and build his
superstructures strong and high.
On every food plain of eastern Amer
lea he should provide for the loss of crop
and fences once in three, or FIVE, or ten
years; and both common humanity and
economic policy urge that dumb beasts
should be pastured and fed on the up
lands, SO that the fertile river bottoms
may be devoted to their best use-name-
ly, the production Of plant crops.
Cities and towns ought not to be built
on the flood ridden and miasmatic low
lands; yet they have been in the past
and will be in the future, SO the towns
man, like the farmer, should bald high
and strong and hold himself ready to re-
move his dear ones and carry his goods
to upper stories. And the food swept
bottom lands of the American rivers
afford business opportunity, curiously
neglected in the past, though destined
to be successfully grasped at no distant
day-namely, insurance against foods.
The great desideratum is general re-
cognition of the facts-which are dem.
onstrated by the observations of thou
sands and gainsaid by none, though
ignored by multitudes-that rivers bear
their own flood marks in the alluyiaI
plains by which they are skirted, and
that men occupy these plains at their
peril-W. J. MCGEE in Forum.