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> 4. SS PROPOSALS. PROPOSALS. PROPOSALS . —vex thou m FOR SaND FoR 7 BO! c Pray thee, gut the s1mon by—ver 7 P®0POsALs FOR STATIONERY. P £2 FOR ARS PUR. Sh nsedhinbtaniotcale They are only stones and husks to my hungry Sexare Uairea Starrs. ick fi senen eerste Spee irit's ART rcs, i. . - x ante of ving cts, with hair varus Secs canal wea E Teg ahigae nok Sct tar | peigotrm iheben mrerdema vS¥i | four Sotto mo OMB Tw ge gnst An, for me Geath bolds no terror but the fear De Ged’ chackiconse faking cach of the ‘Mowing articles Of Stationery | Sree Departansy, 0. Parco srisied ou, Seguteent . ro be ‘of loving thee! Ber, edgment that His Sines. - street, between ane F the office of the a In a heaven apart from thee, could my exiled | rushed up into Instant | Siro wan it for 1 Morey eno section ae Te ete iSSisere cr lem eubic parte of clean. sharp t free of expense soul rejoice? | : ake Sheedy lnarned she squire, and ¢ we fess theen coder of the Scyerrising Architect or bis ace: ‘be delivery of ° Wold Py angels missin was a imes Serene oe ~ curried away by the foaming, angry Sen’ank ortho reams What fo me were gates of pearl if they parted thee and me? What the streets so fatr and golden if | waked them seeking thee? be was Crowned he shi What to me would be the joys of that brightand | pajing in of the roof. A dail feeling came over pon: 2. 200 reams Maniila Paper, very tough, ani with caved to briny very sur! 3 by 38 inches than «@ ‘Three years had passed 1 le aud —s there was often a wistful look in the faces of both, the bitter feeling had been foliewed by one of complete trast, and the gift De 0 3. M0 reams Manilla carn ty tough, anl with 19 by 2% inches Fest aper Very smooth, suis square, and to woizh not fess than 33 of that peace which faith bri: might be seen neds t e ream, et ‘wondrous land, ; tny | Bim, that now his baby-sister was gone it did | in the holy smile which otter passed over the 4. 200 rekius Mautlin’ Peony core tenah, and if —— ce abduld Isck evermore thy | not fry ld hew could he meet his mother | faces of the bereaved parents. Lonely as the . oth surface, 12. by 19 i joving band? with J silent house now felt, they had learned to “ "t bel Ketury would sell that critter oe 0 en onal a Ol ies es PTS simow! aux now, and, George peered | Seaise shat thar litte ves were not Tost, bat | tor Latwelght ing Id. It's acoseet brouglt up | 5 thy ou er be? 7 anxiously, hoping even 5 onl fore, and wi tkonal A chment, it inclceby alte tache Bhat tue paths Destde still waters if Chow | Shen with a crash the chimney fell down, the | maconly gop toto with sewing Petieisend oot |S ‘per chee. cues by ZN ‘aches | FyROPOSALS FOR STATIONEBY. walkest not with me? Taner on which he sat followed, and, almost in- Mr. Oakley and the doctor drove slowly | to keep her com: , it ain’t a wonder she sets La chmeut, 15% inches by 21% inchos Derrarrwenz of Stirs, May 19, 1871 to Ab, wherever after death my still faithful soul | sem ible freee felge, She peer was carried | along—for the road to Cottingham, which the | ench store by wnat rhe’s raised. That’s just square, por shot Seated Proposale, for farnishing Scationery for ved.) hite woolen se lr may dwell, Re on citgiDg despairingly to his beam. | los of the bridge obliged them to take, was very | how the cate stands, ‘Lusher? £: Feo eas Legal Cav Paper, per zoam. Perear euding June Ww, i's. wit be reorived at | MO yards seariet Cloth, ail’ wool, tree feewh hair, Seipr- may call it Miss or woo—they may name sey moments more and: he became quite in- eo and bade they both felt ao bree ‘The man addressed as‘ Lisher” was loaning ao po “ze Faper, ral od, Gi the very best ED ereat Until the 257H par oF JUNE, 1571, % inches wide, (exclusive of ealvedee.) to « ave! elit nsible. when they saw cansed 5 bars M Reburab’ , < ‘it rt coe yard, (coohineai dyed.) wi By thes nie, ob, beloved, will my Joy or pain | “it wall be well now to return to poor widow | houses in ruins on “tha banks; elds, undcr | Our Pet of bare that led into Mise Keturah’s | 10, 1m roti Cap Paper, oscond quality, rubs, por wppicncres Mt Dd wi be fernihet epee | ile woune wean. ” be wrought. trey, and see. wi pecome 3 ter thees had been with corn, 2: ~ | 1.10 0 Post Papor, ruled, and to oe bide w considered : 0. 2. anny, Tila ky heaven deste thee, or in hell | finiched her shopping vory early, and was ro. poceipeeeng Bnd bee be soe: Apel; ohare Frente cy ph be uasbteiets weveibis met ines Cae pease MS Psa poh and eccepted or re | sano varde faq Dine Fiaavel. for overwack: wlers thou art BOtl—Flerence Percy. turning heme, when she met a noighbor, who | had been lately ploughed, and that bad been | “y‘jbets sean he, with his gaze fixed on a Per ream. Govtrscts must be executed by the sacecssful bid eg EE adi a la, Herons Leen gy ot are here, Mrs. | but labor in vain. Aud yot there was one great | protiy, irolicsome young auimat clean ef iim | 12% reams Quarto Post Paper. ruled, and to | ders within ten daysatter belug catied epee eee a Hi bh white woolen eelvedgr eee OE { hope the children are with you?” cause for rejoicing, aud both felt tt excepang | knel iraight of back, with soft, bright eyes, Por ream, ALM Poundsto the rwau, | |The articles comtracted for must be furnished | 13,00'yarde dark ties Floveel tar okecte, all woot, LEFT IN CHARGE io! I left them at home,” answered the | Mrs. Grey’s baby, and the accident to old Mrs. like a girl's, “I wish 1 could contrive to get hold | 15, am rchnne wits laid Commercial Note Paper, ‘to orders from the Deserimnt’ Teo Cindigo weol dyed.) 37 inches wide. (exclasies ose Eee neuer dhe meted, afarent vn | dhicanaZdn’ nies ee thet nat | Scher alomuey gen, core ont eter serch mitsaerneiS | Ses gleninien ae sToRY OF , pked. ** D 4 ith bot! ey has ty & 4 4 A Sons ee Se heard.” he asked, “that the Feeervolr at Hoult | the coment of feciiog thae she han? was cute | ike her in the county, an ri ——— tork down almost anything Ketury might ask.” 7 she individual or | 2° stay Blankets, all wool, to weigh 4 ponnde colt day iu March; the ratn came | £0" has broken, and the Spathy bas over- | in her Father'sarms, and that with old Mra. | «Youd. better no ‘get i bya Fach: to be 7 test long and 5 feet wide, and flowed od tt was Bi ing in an already ripeued Drother Jabes in the tone of deliberate miaal To 40 per gent et | sono Tom Breese. against tage % as on R it was but gathering in an already ripeued | said his brother Jabez, in the tone ent. «! Raire woolen Socks, th : “Mlow leaves which had Geded the |. cWist can we do? what ean wo do?” cried | sheat. pay aca iemntene moments ning” tdetotre nicer pprored We Cais Ot goad Grace wool, with doable kee peek rm-futterd down from the branches, | the widow, wringing her hands and barsting | ~ as each thongbt of the many who had lived | wonid aimest as coon give you herself, as part bo: ete: sions one igen to te tees ite FATb. to weigh 3 pounds per docen pairs, free { cach otbor over the damp grass and | to tears. a in fancied security on the river’s shore, unpre- | wiih that yearling.” 17, 1000 sheets plain White Paper, fiat and y'ry | the Deparsment. condi pom the execution of Sasienionel “. The tittle river Spatby rushed | |“ Ney, don’t take on so,” said John Marsh, | pared for death, and forgetting the uncertaint: dust then the graceful creature in the lot, heavy, ior enrolling, 25 inches by IS\ ittoved wu, : CLASS No. 3 contract for furnishing such portions ot the a’ . aad fice apmay be gr rtiane of the ar: | cs00 zarde white einen. for pants, 80 inches wide, 5 y All deliveries will be eubject to Inspection by an | 7%? ZATdt white Linen, for skirts, $0 inches wide, g d after a moment's thought he | or lire, tne many to #hom a sudden death would ith ber white feet buried in rich feed, and @ I amidst id many windings, as if it jen Phe test thin of life, the many wi e aks q4 a :— 4 48 to goto Solomon | have been a summons to everiasting misery, | wisp of grace dangling trom her mouth, gave & Nem; the white crests of foamed | White'wand borrow his tost; I'll go along with they could bat feel grateful that suck bad yet : inches square, 18. 5,000 whice Adhowiv'e Envelopes for lnttors, very smooth and thick, 94 luches by 4 ichos little caper anda of the tail, a8 nach as mere ner rice will | se nepection by a to weigh ounces por yard ' snother, hurrying down the the river, | JOU.” and as they ran as fast aepossible through | teen grant:d space for repentance, and given | teray.ct Sou better believes’ ne 19, 25,000 white’ Kihesive Envelopes, very auth | Seeictea eke ites Bpemom BE the Kecrerary of | 14 we ise te alah pameel, for drawers, 27 inches wind whirled angrily asitstrove in | tbe village, he said to two or three men whom | gach an awful warning; aud a prayer went up Jabez, the elder brother, moved out from the gud Yluck, 9 aches by 4 uichss square. | deemed sufficlemt cause to annul the contract at the | 409 Yards cvttow Ticking, for beswacks 36 | keep them back; bat they sprang up de- | “€y mrt, “* Lend a helping hand, chaps; here's | from both of them that this Warning might be | shade of the butternut tree, where the two men per Me option of the Becre ary. ze » for ache fantly and slipped through the gasts, whtch | WiJow Grey's lad and lase lett down in the cet- | torned to the profit of ali. If euch were the | halted to lopk over the rail fences © 1 wast be B00) white Adhesive Envelopes for latters, Gried vainly to catch them, and only succeeded | t#&¢ in the flood Very smooth aud thick, Sty by 3% inches syuare, che men. willingly joined, | case, they feit that any loss of corn or houses | getting home,” said he, “or my old woman will sper a. DLW white Mhhesive Envelopss for letters, re ‘ but they found the road to Solomon's cottags : uld si but little in compari- 1d abor keeping the standing. Spravcat mg, any of them into thousands Of | Tuite covered with water, and bed to gorored | S00 /and the imertal gate. e pari- | scold about my keeping the sapper ig. jt at be free of verion mat be tee of chargeat the Depa t CLASS No. 4. = tocomply with any poks. red worsted, ball shape, and § inches pus one order ander the contract will operate ase forfeiture of the entire frcmmntey You hain’t got any wife, ’Lisher, to fret if you ory smoot hick, ches by 3 ty of the bond. or the Secretary of State may erence Wicow Grey's hovse stood close tothe river, | nother way. This caused great delay; and the | So’ musing, the way scemed bat short; and | 4ou, aint got any wile, 'Lish inchs equate, por Mor’ = motes by SX | penalty of the bod. or hep market of suche quant cloth, (indigs wool dyed) Wisk oraeseseee = and her | son George sat on the window- | °ld boatman, who was a seltsh, hard man, at | almost before the expected it, they stood in | Jabez, a sturdy, bronzed farmer, wont tradg- 100,00 white Adhesive Envelopes for letters, | ties of any articles as shall be necessary. to supply ~ “¥, ved. . peat, Wate the angry fight between the | “rt refused to let them bave his boat. At | front of the farm-house. ing his way homeward with his coat ever Yery stnooth and thick, and in ail respects | the deficiency caused by euch failare, and cl to windiadd the eave nd jearning his Collect for | !ergth they persuaded him to lend it, but the It was a quaint brick building, whose red was | arm, and his checked shirt-eleeves, and the red tobe ot the highest qpsiity, ha inchas by contractors 80 per cent of the price which it shall Easter Ivey; but his thoughts sadly wandered, | Cw7ent was so strong that they could scarcely | softened by age; heavy beams of wood, painted | flannel back to his vest showing. ‘Lisha, how- ssmecnt found pecessary to psy artictes. what with watching the foaming river, and | ™#!xe the boat whon they were in it,and only | black, adorned the outside; and there wi ever, lingered in the road. He was a different i a Proj ied Dy santisfactory bond Tal tegreatare ang conten rice © 1 not been thivking of what re aster had explainad to | Ju*t Teached the cottage in time to see the roof | grany gables and curious juttings-out ia the old | build from his brother, not so square and thick house. The front enly to ¢stablished manufactar swept away. was covered with | set, but taller, with cheeks hollowing in a little the article. Ham pane pret or Senmenestnn ire mob gh the | _ ‘The mother's sharp eye soon spted George | roses and other creepers, and there was & | abcut the moutb,a bushy beard, and kind gray i _my 20 im Bocretary of etate. green leaves should burst forth in their due | Wh/rled past them, and as she screamed and strange old-fashioned garden with yew hi He lingered behind, halt musing on the Envelopes, adhesive, 1 - ore Feason upo e tree: pointed, one of the men caught hold of the | ang ‘bushes cut into queer shapes, w! words dabez had so carelessly spoken. “I be cn aor Leome aren potty — beam with his boat-hook, and with much dan- | jp the summer the borders were bright with the | lieve Ketury would almost as lives give youher- mew and fresh glory. What a mystery it all | er ond difiicults drew tt towards him: and in | dear old-fashioned flowers, whose homely | seit.” He Loew bis brother meant nothing, but seemed to the boy's mind! He was looking ab- | & ‘tw minutes the boy was sate in the boat, | beanty and sweet, long-lasting scent are so far | the words were sweet te biim It seemed as rently at the bare trees, whon his mother came | though to all meager dead. Of the | above those of avy ern plant. Beyond this | though be had needed the assurance of their into the room with her bonnet and cloak on, and | S#by they could see nothing, and, after vainly | was a tield leading down to the river; but in the | truth for a long time. her vmbretia in her hand. * rearching for some time, gave up, feeling that | jnundation the Spathy had evidently mounted ‘There, down the road, which wound a little, se omathets Wherever are you going?” | oye erty recor ee The or eaened the | up to the border of the garden, and washed | and claeped a thicket of trees in the crook of its @eked George.” ” chance of his recovery. The river was running | eyen into the farther end of that. arm, was the old red farm house where Keturah “To the shop. Iv's Easter eve, you know, | !ike 2 miil-stream, and the men had the great- | “"At the sound of the wheels Mrs. Rood ran to lived. it wes a bomely piace, and no effort had | andthe eboge beart be open again till Wednes- | ¢st difficulty im fighting their back; at | the door to welcome the doctor, and was doubly | een made to fix {t up; but its air of snu, “day; £0 you ses, my lad, there’s no help for it. | Jeneth they reached the village, where a large | rejoiced when she saw Mr. Oakley with bim. suggested comfort aud good cheer. The sheds 1ll make np ag fre, and baby’s asleep in | CTOWd was gathered waiting for them, sod as | Both asked eagerly whether old Mrs. Rood was and out houses stragalc ‘to the barn, or else the Her cradie; so you'll not have much to hinder | St last the boat landed, the brave rowers were | still alive. barn siraggled to the sheds. ‘There was plenty our Lexa It baby wakes, you'll take her | greeted with shouts and cheers, changed goon | «What, mother in-law!” said the good woman, | or thade fom cherry and apple trees, where Zest cesme you don't open tue door whilst | '@ gentle murmurs of sympathy, when it was looking surprise hy, ehe’s get nothing much | yobins and thrushes nested. ‘The old eaves were ches square, per M JROPOSALS FOR GRANITE FOR THE NEW ma opes, U1 inches by [ STATE DE TMANT Sealed Proposals will be & of the 22p Dat or Junm, 157], at 0 the Supervising Architect of the Treasa t- ment. for —— a ee the = he >poved building a onsion granite re- quired for the exterior ‘of the new State Depart- ment, for which about 150 600 cubic foot will be Fe. ‘per 6 ry Depar' site of 1 quired. Proposals must state the foot for stones whose dimensions twenty cubic fost. and the rate of 3 at be imate 49 cubic feet. Stones tivered sorocging toa schetale Pas meet seen that only one child was there, and that he | (he matter with her; she hurt her wrist the night swallow-haunted, and there was a roomy, old- One inch will be allowed for quarry dimenvionsea “aft do up the fire, mother, bat I wish you'd eee aera Wie whe’ Renee ts wat © Hood, when she was Ufing something, | tashioned garden, anda patoh of green sward, ech worked face cf the stope J 3 ae “ The cl yi : s all; a et > | eprinkl r, where Ket fet me go to the shop for you. I'm sure you'll | ona, took George from the are of his helt | C&t that’s all; only it doesn’t seem ter, | rprinkled with white clove: A Watch Coste. h bid 't be socompanied by a sample block, Y _ Winches cubs, of the grautte it ts proposed to far? as unltcrm Coats for sergeants, corporals, musicians, bish, which must be sound, durable, of niferm iP ctigue Ovatefor: an neepeeicmaatil ai one Pa oie mn thought she'd better send for the | stretched ber drying-line, and let her clothes thank yon Georgie; you're a good tad | fainting mother, and exrried him at once to the | foctor; and as 1 x ‘rm f n substances, at rene ——— — farm led was going in for | iintter out Monday morning earlier than any of {bibking, 9c it, ut Fmast do my shoppmg rectory, where everything. was possibly done to | cone stufi for one of our cows who is dying, I | lcr neighbors. 1¢ was a tidy old place, and lad to-day myre! fl $ ‘ x For some time it seemed . tor 1’ eit kind}, ome de her father’s estate, with bat it = & Wet day, not tic twelene; ut lest of life began toretarn, and sshed him to tell the doctor I'd tak ‘iadly | come down to her from her e828 @ 8 SUN B Hs action of the eleme has been fully | 9. oom Pants for sergeants, corporals, musicians, - r] it he'd step in sometime.” & few ontlying flelde, well fenced and tilled; a tested by use in build! and from quarries ca- " geod careot the baby. soa Eve bet tew itis | sfter many dissppotuted hopes, George opened | ““sDian'tyon send forme, then?” asked Mr. | Mr Cuca land, s'goed tpring of water, ond pable of furnishing the quality and quantity desired |, tifven Tans for sergeants, corporals, masicians, Hot back in time; don't coma oat in the wat.” | Hs eye ardasked in a faint voice, “Where's | Oaxiey. “rhe e brought was that your | several other blessings belonging to this’ sub- within one year, and from which stone has been or | S42, Pr So saying she shut the door; and George | bby?” then, as the dreadful remembrance re- as dying, and wanted to see the doctor | }; here. watched her Gown. the garden asi | '!ed, his head fell back, aud he once more | puq'mer™s 2 oe “Kettiran knew how to prize her independence. sing the bri'ge over theSpatby became insensibie; It was long before he was | “Mrs. Rood burst into a hearty fit of laughter. | ‘rhere were a fow pain rules the never trans: was ont Of eight the boy made up | ®E8!n Tetored; when he was, his first words | Mwai it ever I knew such stapid boy as | pressed; to deal fairly, to always live within her 1 Shirte, is Dow being used for first-class buildiogs. austere wal slate how goon the) can Cunumence the Te lelivery or stone, and the amount per wack they oxn = deliver, ‘They wiil ala state isaccuagentd mani, | Flsnuel Racks Toiea Brogeeyes Sram ics Foe deer ey a 9 q alive withts vrtfolios. with lock, par dozen, | mum sizes of stone thatcan be ebtained from their } ed avd Blue Jeckets for Boys. ok = hed | Were, “i Wiedio save ber, mother, ke “8 | that Tom; how he’s muddle all up, © | means, and to make the most of blessings, 3» De 1 5 oe 1 then seating ‘hinelié on a low | Washedaway!” and a suidder pawed through | (ust Tom; how he's muddied i you,sir,if you | seemed pretty plain duties. She was not su soot tie guparioe teoas Ohise tesenes eee . ; etiorus tn the « > cradle, began his Collect agaia. | Lim, and then came a sudden burst of tears. could come this way; but it was only because I | posed to be very friendly to matrimony, and ness of tie quatrice from which tne stone is pro- Necoe Mice sania Oot 48 tn, GbE Bae He will be better now,” said te doctor; | Yanted to ask your advice about something | did enjoy being her own mistress, with an un- fo ple SA OS paETE Y £ me. O' Aanistaod, Quarteriaag ers, and had been his own handi- | “but he must not talk. . which has troubled me a little. Ifthe doctor | limited scope for the exercise of that which is th be cbtehund of the @aparvians Avcetee Gants office, e Corps. No. 226 South Fourie work in summer; #0 be looked at it with no Mr. Gr-y stooped over him, and sald, “iknow | $11) step this way and see mother, 1'll come | known tn New England as faculty. accompanied by a pons! bond in the sum of fifty —— I pride, and then still more proudly at the | 4 did yoar best, my darling, my brave boy. | Back and tell all about It.” She was a woman of middle height,"with | 4 tbcusand dollars ($000) that the bidder will exe- a dimpled baby face so cosily nestied amidst the | "®t trv to leep now; wherever baby is, she When she returned Mr. on greeted her } pright, frank, blue eyes, a face fresh ‘yet in 5 cute and perform the contract arded to tictes named above. or any portion of them: abel pile f = safe with God.” with: “Why. Mrs. Kood, I never knew you had nd dark hair, combed smooth behind her | 4 Pe lhe get be considered ae not full; F was soon Sulshed, and he took a | , teorge seemed soothed, and putting Lis hand | s baby. 1 am so glad for you and your husband. mallish knot at the back | ¢ Eivsion tome ed taeaeneee they will be resected the contractor will be he bad borrowed from the Sanday- | ito Lis mother’s soon fell asleep, and awoke | Fiow cid is it?” her head. None of those chin-yarns, a3 Mies security for the faithial performance of the | bound to furnish others of t Payooy bd ry, aud became 80 much interested | much better; and sad asthe widow was when | " «.jsless it’s little heart,” said Mrs. Rood, as prah eaid, for ber. She was a world too | 4s te were to take effet upon the failar | taupendasmecr cane avon che thought of the fate of her poor little girl, | che lifted the infant from the cradle and kissed | sensible to wear a false Canoe nee Ce to comply with the terme of thecontrnet: | Miytherapemec of SUCCOMERCLGT, Oe Berke ae Dene pal, OF thanktulness when eho | it heartiiy—“it's none of ours, batit’s a living | She had been out Just at. wigherall to attsud to *toanthorize the Gvernment to take fall |, Frpmeute will be me eae y aca her boy, restored to herasif bya | mere! Hr, oon here to, speak es itself, | ber chickens, and to fee that they were ail in “a. te 2 of she quarry and es the expense aeconet repdered pu " made, i t mir: ot that it can that yet, but we'll hope it cops, under the feathers of the clackin, raced en 0 pe oe 6nd from amount of accotnt rendered out iGown and tas |. Fbsc wat asad Faster tn ttle Wiiton. ‘The | Hay someday, But co'yon sit down, ena Tl hone, "Ar lugio ayelid orentare, @ peotay ball wo. serceg ett toreiect eny and all Bids cosnived lone- | TENT Sativeny to Supdo, endl es on SUAh oumaractie n another moment | Tiver stil raged at ite will, au? many whose | tei)’ you all about it; Just let me get yous cup | of down, with a sprained ankle, she brought Provorsle must be tactoned tn a seated envelope, | CRBIGIed 0 | vet nna vy ay, oes a second crash, and the rest of the | farms lay close to the Bpathy * we they | of tea.” snd put in @ warm basket on the mantel. tndersed “Prop sale for Qeanite for New Btate ‘ibe: | , A Suarentee, to be slened by two persone whose Stones Were sweE inctant later t were very likely to be ruined. afi Having bustied about for her ketile and caps, | There was a shrewish wind blowing outside, jortment,” ang aGdesentd te 2.5. MOMLMET. | Pectreguuay jase keaees oerty. oe ee impatient Spatny d over its banks, | George got over the effects «is accident | pire. iLoed sat down and said:—' Well, you | ajthovgh it was May with biossoma from Supervising, Architect, ‘Fressary Deserement, | Btotee Gletrict jndgo. district etiorney of, colinctons Fater began Cowing eslttiy over the | Yory sory ia puapense seemed to cling Wei | see. sir, meand John was with mother on the | fe ‘apie trees whiting down to the grant aahtngton, D. @. ibered . Bieadow below the house. e to ; Yank last Friday, watch the river; that was | A sail wood-re enapped and crackled ov George bul heard before of the river's over- | the vision of Lemar 3 iadie eres 2xay OD | w sight, to be sure—the water ramping and | Mics Keturah’s hearth, and the lilacs were in fowing, and that the low, one-storied cottages | the angry waves came always before is o Toaring, the rain falling, end euch heaps of | bloom, and the door yard gay with jonquils and iike his mother’s were not considered very safe | If be teil gra Ag was to fans Ce e Jost | queer things being carried past—gates and asily-down-dillies, The dog and cat, sleek aud auch timer; Dot uo heen had so far happened | BOP oe ong be waa eke ela esiaters.| rails, blocks of wood, trunks o€ trees, even | Ceil'rea ce dor endent seal ane lying on $0 any ot them, 20 be did not feel afraid; only a | Bix toy though he was, with « misery nothing | bers'and chairs; we forgot all about the rain | tueheacth it’ thee can appointed places, and Ceep freling of thankfi Ss CAme Over him az | Swed to $4u. sr¢@ stayed there @ long time. John had be reme ted bow very lately bis mother had At inet aur. Oakley, the clerzy man, strove to | >! in bis band, and tried to pullw tb = ie obtained on PPOFCRALS FOR CEMENT FOR THE NEW rag Nap ogg eg 4 STATE DEPARTMENT. pmol wage no Hm Sigg pe Fy OFFICE OF BUPERVISING ARCErTECT, Assistant Qaartermasier. Marine Barracks Brook- WASHINGTON, May 94, 1571 lyn, N. ¥., or to the Commanding Oftcer ot Boston, Benled Proposals wiil be recetvad ai th: — Ho'cwck w. of the STH DAY oF JUNE, IS71. tor | “Newspapers he new | send the pap r furniebing and ¢eliyeriog on the Biate Depsriment, to be erected on S+venteenth thorized te publish the above will maining the rat insertion to this there sat Mts Ketarah, with a little round - stand beside her, in the circle of light from the . office for evar mation + Reet rovse him up by showing hir: how his present | [ a at her “ : : i : srect. berween New York arenueand F street. say | “The bicder’ piece Of business of manufacturing Been it's cd away with itt | state was tring ble poor mother, whosesorrow |‘). .'Je0%ey Aud mather abd | helped hia. Bonatics for bile Bily Bhar,” Sire Shaw, his Iiy and sircogth equal te the bac eae eae Eee, | ottablistaucat must be espocially suated im the pret Then b for ber littie girl was at least as great as his, st, and John made ® poke ti: with the | mother, was poor, always in hot water, with a OF Reena Tae Bach Senet eer nc Rosendale | possi. © SensReil an te Reeban: #5 deck to though tor ber eou’s sake sho sUuggled against | toox; Le'd ail but missed ft, bat mocher ahe'd | Greadtul wert of culealation cd good judg- | than $0 pounds of cement, end will be delivered tu | peesleiet tupplicn forthe Marine Cone aad ke remain Ashe thought this, it | {t as much as possible. Mr. Qakley saw that | sot a stick in her hand, and betwixt them they | ment in pertpper story. It was either ateast | Quantities from 89 to 1000 barrele, surjact to the | Byeetrc io ca seemed at aby moved; s0 hi George's nerves were completely over-wrought | fica it to shore. Would you believe it, sir? | or a famine in the Shaw establishment allthe | ,, order of the Bopervising Architect or hie agent, at Mojor WILLIAM B SLACK Zp to sec, but it was still sleeping placidly; | by his dreadful adventure «» he spoke very | irside lay this baby, safely tied in, insen-ible | time. The juvenile Shaws had to go without onch seas on Geo tae Jagement be requisite my20-lawaw Quartermaster, U.S end, after giving the fire a poke, he retarned to | gently and oe and neatiy dead, as indeed was to have been | their crust buttered six days in the week; but | 2 All proposals rust be Inede os teenrinted forms | ee ————— + oor seliiahly, it would rouse him more than anything | Suh¢ tor, for ohe wan all soused. with the rain, | ifon the seventh their motherhappenedtoearn | 6, sing Architect. aud be BOOTS AND SHOES. 5 a, ‘ 4 to be obtained of the Sup- 4 ome and knocked about shameful. We brought her | a dollar, jnst as likely as not it was all spent in Ing, more than an h. bond in the enm of Sve wouwpanind by @ pen » up bere, and betwixt us, mother and I, fetched | butter, abd eaten up at one . Ketarah send dollars &! that the bid ter will accept Geatgs ace che ease bean hae Ee nk Gaal | pcrits nce the lad noticed for the ue tee Boe | ber round after bit, and we're keyt her ever | seepised such abiftiognes rat fe hanas eee syfperionm tne contract if awarded hima. py aden ager hh poten perpen worn and weary Bis mother looked, and begged ince. Ah, sir! it looks like old times to see the | stopped doing for the S! serred Q PERNSYLVANIA AVENUE. Proposale must be inclosed fn @ seated envelo and Shee reed “Proposals for Cement for ths ew 903 903 end addreseet te iJ tment,” eee ‘A. B MULLETT, my2-18t Bapervising Architect, Treasury Dept. —_— P2orcsats FOR EUBBLE AND CONCRETE STONE FORINK NEW STATE DEPsRT@ENT. F 1] cradle full once more; but my heart aches | “Now, as she sat there im ber cheerfal and toward: the bridge. But what a sight met bis | Der to lie down = oe = Fest. Sirs. Grey | when I think how ead the poor mother must be. | contested loneliness, with the big clock ticking eyes! The Spathy had already rushed triumph- | Unrillirgly agree Pgh opera man, to quiet | 1-4 be loth to part with her, for John’s taken | jm the corner, there came @ knock at the door. Qntly over the meadow, and was fast creeping bor; Dromised to sit with the sick boy tu her | mightily tothe little maid, aud +0. for that mer | et Come in, Jobyny Shaw,” called out Ke- upto the door. George’s first thought was of | Teturs. how impossible it to k Geor, ter, have 1; bot we'd not be so seifish as to kee turah, without turningaround. ‘ There’s the fight, but whem he ran to a back window to | _ Seeing pollinate ar hoe £2 | her from her own mother, so I thought Td ask bag of potatoes | promised your mother in the ook Out be found that the river had broken | from dwelling on the past, Mr, hay d rweit | if you knew of any one who.has lost a baby?” | cellarway. You cau help yourself, I shall through at another winding, and was rosh- | if be become hentep ge Sarg bem A tae “ Indeed I do, Mrs. Kood,” said the clergy- | churn to-morrow, and your mother may send ng, foaming and roaring a¢ both slides of the | reverence ing over Ler joss; so he asked | TA" Josfully.andbe proceeded to tellall thathad | over tor a pail of buttermilk. me t's Black Swan Quill Pons, por ui Porry’s | per dozen dozen Gillott ge Blno Barrel Stool Pens, = Small Barrel Stool Pens, per jomen, 70. 25 gross Perry's Electro-gilt Classical Pons, por gross 71. 25 gross Perry's Three-point 1 Pens, per TREASURY DEPARTMENT. =. BURNS & co. ? bappened to the Greys since the day of thein-| ** Ahem! grows. r : a ‘The poor boy's heart Tailed lm and stil would ose pepe apr proved trl ro pos orran ” 7 Ratereh terned’ around suddenly, and there | 72. 200 grins ifothor Stool Pons, aasortad styles, por Meg pg beta ce bannato spol rohnert Engraved on the eross which they intended Do come and hear what’shappened, moth- | stood ’Lisha Bates holding bis hat, and looki axes ready made Quill Pens, por doron this office on Bea ied Proposals received at til12o'clock m. of the Stu pay oF June, ISi}, for turnishing and delivering. on the site of the new State Department. to be erected on Seventeenth Mreet. between New York avenue and F street ali by the bursting of a saill reservoir further up | Placing in the churchyard. twine Geen ergy Sod A acer | into it salt he expected to discover the profound- ne se stream. As tt wae we fel: a eney werein ot ene eee up 5 ioe ee “ The baby is Mrs. Grey's, and her house has |‘ Sakes alive!” exclaimed Miss Ketarab, “you eat danger, and, lik= . ~ Mary's sake, nN. 8 dons Maynard & Noyes? and David's ek dal os been washed away; it’s a living wonder that uch astart. I thonght to be sure, it Eret thought was not +? himself, but of his baby | thought the best text would be that for the thet Ny 4 any | gave me euch ght in? 6, and half. oe b quart, pint, and half-pint Very best quality, per dozou of he Ri Concrete Stove eet text of them were saved.” And she repeated the | was JolunyShaw. Take a chair, ‘Lisher, snd cach nize 7 foundations and cellar ale oes Teneared for the sient sl eister—what was the safest place to put her in? | Holy Lonocents’ Day, “Rachel weeping for her | Slory‘1o the astonionont af oie draw up tothe fire. Cold, ain't it, for this time all bottles ¥ per doren. Five thousand (5,00) cubloyards, more or lees, of BOOTS AND SHOES. Be ears ee the comeere shat there was only | Children, and would not be comforted because | "'Aii+ some diccossion it was decided that Mr, | Crane? os eapeligany — i | oe sired. One stors to the cottage; and as there was no | they are not. 3 Oakley and the doctor were to return and’pre- | — « Good for biue noses,” sald ’Lisher, bat he bottles Continental Ink, per dozan. | gods, Bay be submitted for Granite. Li paanner of creeping 110 the roof, oF at least, I don’t think that would s0,” sald the cler- Be widow and her oon for the Joyful news, | felt, ashe expressed it afterward, ‘‘streaked,”” : 4 ir George seram! pare ti 4 ap; he coald not have | gyman. °° For one thing, | hardiy think that | Sr 'tnatthe Hoods were to bring little Bi much as a man feels when he is about to break taken the baby, there scemed very little choice. | 1 & text to be yeed by Ubristian mourners. I | Over in tne course ofan hour. The robots | ee and plunge into ® cold bgth. However, Choaght of tee done on ee ennlt, the boy | om’ think that we, before whom the thoughts | fer jonger than when golngto the farm es th | barr dane Sone edge of s chair, carefull thought of two nooks of refuge. His father, | Of the glorious r havo just been | memengers of good tidings returned med tho deporited bishat under it, took out his red. si Srhurnnc., “aly, Deze dead & your, had beon 6 | brought, should refuse to be comforted. We | to- was very short id which to break the news | handkerchief and mopped his face ali over. Eshérman, and, like many men of that class, | Opgbt to try to feel that what the Father does | ft" “moyen ‘There was a little preliminary clearing of the = » — turning ont — hy por a belo See teen ena ee Sean for your It was strange how unable they seemed to | throat, and then’! ar said, scp pn ai bailt the cotiage in part out of old broken a ‘4 Lord > | Tesilce the trath—how much more read; ut! speech habit te ro Yan- ehipe, ard, when If was Gnished, had contrived | taken away; biessed be the name of the Lord. on y ee — is Sr TiSe Hpeeek, Neer Ts. 8 dc min large Luatlee best Cariaine Ink, por jorets to the thickness of the ne © less than ten (19) cubic Jess than one and one thi be leas 7m 10 dozen Morgan's Patent Mucilage Stands, por zn. ‘i Jost received. # flne stock of Gentlemen's «,Wex, four sticks to the LIGET DBLES BOUTS. GAITERS, more trouble than to expect happiness. 5 valing Wax, 2) stick: will be made by the cubic yard. ® cupboard out of an ol! Sshing-boat fastened | But now I think you had better try to go to vhen at di 9 can| ‘I don’t s’poee, Keturab, yon’ve got an: s quarter-pound boxos, par Proposals wil be made separately for the Rabbie AND STRAP SHOES. inte the corner, and inte which he bad areae sleep; you have talked enough for the present, When os lest they 0ig saderstand it, who nea es 3 Eor at © Matches om wor shelves. Geor, idea was to holst baby’s | God bices , and thankfulness which filled | grass seed you'd be willing t0 part wi you, my boy,and make you patient | Sx?) ees the joy yo tradie on the topmost shelf, tie the Little gir | im your present trouble,” and so saying, Mr, | tele bearts, of the eagerness with which they | fair price’ pe and tor the Concrete Biome, and must be made tained jatched the fi into it, and trust to God ‘o Keep her sate there, | Oakley rose, and sat down by the window with | ¥4tc’ "s cart? “Going to put down more of your land to in the eum of five thousand dollars ($5 000 ‘At length it dfew up before the door, andthe | grass” Bctcubn Keturab, with a slight accent that the bidder will secegt and perform thecsuteon: A nice selection of Hie had always been taaght that God helps | ® 4 the contd not <b farmer, with his mother and the wife c: ‘ing | of disapproval. ther material, } {1 swarded him. thore who help themselves, but that anlesswe | | 4t Sept ee bore = aes‘? ora ying | the precious baby, got out. In the Jo patra | wt Was equinting that way,” returned ’Lisher Per dozen, ‘ue right to reject any or all bids GENT*. OVEER-GAITEES Go all we can for ourse!ves we eannot expect | t© ee oy itary Rae tee storing the infanttons mother, the Ktoods almost | besitatingly, almost wishing he could back oat Jatt mal tops, | | Propomais must be inclosed in 9 coated Zo be helped; so he did net, as many boys would | DAME Of Sat Ke ee For | forgot their own loss, and they were too much | of the scrape and go to grass himself; but he Eon, eng posala Sox Rabble Stone for tm LaDIEs’, MISSES, AND OBILD Bur. have done, sit down hopelessly, or even trust | him; yet from hie Leas ip the prayer, | excited during the bour they remained at the | gave a bites to his chait that brought him » pa a ee . TUN AND LAOB BOOTS constantly ou hand, only (© praying for safety, though all the time | “Lord, teach me to bear it,” snd we know tual | rectory to feet it. ittle nearer Keturab, on the otuer side of the to rt he was working he was calling upon God to | §"cb p:asers are never Jong Unanswered. He But. oh, how derolate the great kitchen atthe | stand. my25-18t_ Bupervising THE IMPERIAL BROSZE AND PEERLESS protect them. grew by degrees quieter more drowsy, aud io child inthe cra- |“ Instead of seeding down any more, if I had farm felt on their return! First he lifted the still sleeping child ont of | at last, for the first time since the inundation, die, no prattle, and tottering, Sn acadicannpunveresanel w seat; then, some ite heehee? . a ee ‘With much difficulty, h= pulled the boron to rar farm, 1 should ute Tow barrels of lime on P®orosa.s ror stationzny. Luss, For dressing Ledies’, Misses, and Ghildren's Wear. mb 0 spool EE 8 pSeereeese @ a @ Tape, No.2, per spool. TReasvRY DEraRTMENT, May 27. 1471. 20 cross Rubbor Hat, ail aize ber gross. Bealed frovesals for fernishing 8 forthe | = — 3 — the eh at id 1 of bis mother’ 2W Lalla Soft Hemp Twine, large, ahd to ear ending June 3. 1873, will be received at t > - Sound i, ana te such a weg Mati oeante ach restored DY Fees. ny tm aa ‘eon 1 ste, rage ytd toi baller pounde Eepariannt until the 277m Dar oF Sewn, ietl at PAINTING, &c. i. Bane Sian, Meee Ser in | 5 New Year's Bre wan min well ‘agaio. oan Riahamer ne ee pediceinta te ball, por pound. St Sve | “Biank forms for bidding willbe furnished upon 923 catunkie 923 more time than the mere alling or reading. Be- | | Ho was sitting reading © book waich bad “Yes, the Teed ogoods aul Keturah, sewing se aun pound ts as ball, pot foued eh obee Pde bids wi be considered and accepted or re. | D BIKEET, sas * psraxss. fore the baby wae safe it ‘noo! water | been lent him S O ‘away calm! x! candle 200 balls Sinall Brown Twine, toweigh one-half ed fem ; and t vertivement c nder th » even | Came in to see him. The chair hitched a little nearer. ‘Keturah, id to the ball. ‘as accepted by tle Secretary of the MAONIOBOL'S hae aan cae gi <Zhateright, man,” he said “yours quite that's 8 mighty fine Alderney ‘yearling of | The Quarin dust aud (etmercial*Note Papers to bond -accem: be ‘same, PAINTING ESTABLISEMENT, there was no time to be ‘ost. The only other a mJ think. Do you know where Ar. yours.” The tone was coft, pereuasive, and te pat up in packages of Sve quires sll Barfoot jute she contract yer pt oa 923 D Sreecr, bigh piece of furniture in ‘he reom was an old- m paper of unite ' ie : = ieapepees Between 9th and loth 8. W. Seer the shinency pions, tad epner Became, | Boas i seems eiareccinrge tae: ae ie koew whet "Liskwes lviogatnow | Ai te Hise Paper mate of ner Manila the Sarto qusutites | ROUSE. SIGN and DROORATIVE PAINTING Dy oer re ting; the doctor said at “ i yaad Of se tong: ‘orders Department” 7: tn al tte ESP cuantid that, Mita peaerin | Salk See ene tag gas Ser eto gat fee ang aed Sistem | TH an savene mes pe a en Sind | SMEARS Tey onic me ung ty thaw below, but was s)-o close enough to bis eo Somer Beaters Se We ene frouldn't you, couldn't you, be to sell grammed, with pure white gum, or gucy will not be year. sink betaine eeneieaser | ee toy and at very medera Sle aed fe eee ee ee ae Monee the ore, | CUTE ae, indedil; what the siattor with her?” oon benubmitted in enth boxes, and put upin every was feprmebiog te: Sofa ecommnoenies Or o bend wi C.F "es, ccc. SB a hal Pe Tied er with atbuscmene 17% 8 Feaent | of dvored atone catainenin neor back | ln @ioeapprned Wy «Unica Bua eicar | C> gi wang ral rw what; filled te for bi * ih j | of the district in whic! sureties or rt Trine wont ony, the waser, came tn fastor and game over did not A a pillow gan you ask such = wether | arte : fo be etrgngly ade aoe tree ate ay | baginemssgn forms to beiaralahed by the | ORNARy Eas LOUISIANA AVEDOR faster, and from his perch George could see the | Deed 8 power of hurt: wouldn't part with that pense une Sitferent articles shove st | Bat Goes pe reat oe J ‘and the at woot ond, Saat coomsmear’ Bistare We Sie aawtthe | wanted te eco you and the erase cs theces neiLicher had heard that “where there's a win | {hc Scereintyat the Renate sean Popa Unt ofthe Neuecoted (nthe latent ad mou. approve striae , ” 4 it to a1 from contractors more or less of the Febnicar tom Ges aepueenyans | "AAMAS try oma ener ae | OMegaoee esoree T heart nage won, rin." He" aetrmined | vs? sicne scoring We wane ctthobapat | sured ike arp y Serr | yay 8° paomrray arrERPRD 70, help us, we perisit” Surely God would nest Qakley; sabe went Off to collect sach thing™ a6 | salence of m few suinutes botore, ‘or tea tne | upon & serikoe nen Ke ” | My iho act approved June 17, 188, the Secretary of | wil be dewued euflctent onus: toannal the contract, es them, or did he intend that they sbould glorify | be tho' be useful and needful.” mother ‘and grandmother. were’ p! to y, “you must me, for I’m deter- | the Sonnte ie contivg his purchases ox- | Sthe option Of {be BSCTetary. ot a wreasary PERSONAL OUTFITS. Rim by thelr Geatne? Perbape he ald, thought Pte mae rope ts themselves the delight of having te baby Gack | mined 10 lien on ybome | clusively to articles pee ee Dertvertes must be free of charge ee hn Bt doin snl ‘awe ‘filled now, wi States, samme : under Beart, sad te fenton natant left oy mut go Tiund ly Cotas.” «the oppo. | 120, next day, Jobn Rood pledaed over to the 1 "saher’s unheard of temerty re ca aera Freres manntactre of entabla ata forgttars of tae er | BS deen for tear—so wonderfully had an. ‘srmer Rood had a small farm oppo with the rector, | here would and z Bwered the prayer for was as if is | site side of the river, and about half a mile who thought it most and to theob:.| small St him, but be did not | he to quality and price asc en in open marker, igri promray ane said: “ Peace, trem- | lower down than Grey's. He and his | jection, “what could be done with George?” sald got op, made one | jore be given to the industry; ‘by ouch ‘art, and bad calmed ite anx! beat- | wife were a , honest con) who tried | He over w where the bewildered and all Ds a a Ob," the pressed and | hard to do their 10 -God, nd wary seliom the school, rousing Kiss on her chook. | article wiil tate whether ged charge to ze come a: 2: Sine! 2uronged ‘bie mind ap w higher a I for his boarding with AO a te predict whet weal mete the above nrc aay be dotrnatd by such articles. Dye ettisfectory bond Riise Booms, 1608 ave. | His poor mother, how grieved was not often that them was managed, month ‘enioker the Secretary of the Senate must be delivered at hi cPfeponaie ‘and contracts will be award: came | could get there in the as the farm was Inter Mv, Grey. aod her bas took up their room. The door in the ety of Wi * emer ae Sask ‘and ian be dren ots arctan See miles Pay tm the summer | abode at the farm, and George settled down Scene above de- foe barrings oc ex bolore the tie oye ane fe qair te we jmmainsnanerset. or Gaglesy CABLE SCREW WIKE He could not help praying that at least the baby | evenings Mrs. Rood might not juently | comfortably at the school. ben | Bhaw, jest in | next. Might be spared tw comiort her. Then he re- | be seen there, and either before the Time pened om, and the Joy at the farm still He had come Byery saticlp must, be of, the very best quality Boots and Shoes membered that bis mother would church, or after leaving it, was sure to increased. I fear the 1 would have “A puiticieut specianen of sock eanie y soon with help, and pechege coe. her steps toward a little Cluster of graves, grown *adly spoflt, had ® Dew person "Ldsher’s bacon, sl- | ,, ¢%u ran 7 the proposal, and to be snarkeed eh HAVE PROVED them still, and se the dead feeling four in number, on whose ‘might Sypeared in the old farmhouse, eye ~ ae ae the name he Broposer and of paper the weight por = returned became _ a Mrs. Rood ‘Lisher. Fate, le wi each article specified in Me tried to drive tt tray by apts fall | Racne: Boom, Aged Bix, Died April the 9th. ‘in sorrow wan rewarded. Te her great ve to him the be deemed clans: Aral the pors mm Best pe 48 DaMPn mes, I ‘and verses of Psalms he could think | Jomm Roop, Aged Five, Died the 9th. Senge and pleasure she had @ iittle girl, with it; and be << ina co furnish any euch clase ot Be lowes’ ves (A. Of, finding In eech new one fresh comfort. | James Roop, Aged Three, Died the 12th. | who, as may readily be su; , became the use of @ doar mat, | (aus ont recuting o band Two or more euretion # CTORY Mere then all, the verre, “Yo, though [ walk Aged ze Montha, Died petand a a a and was Ppa satisfactory to the Becre ofthe Remain, toe th Qretes we val shadow death, which in the Will fear no evil, fer Thou art with 26, fae rod | And below >— eerste tate aptear ete cheeraet yest at last state sald Secrecary within tou A) wears. Mage and Thy staf comfort me,” tostrengthen | “The of the Lord Ss gone oat against | later came a boy, and then twins, so that the old first; and as to the ‘been secepted. grades, trom 4 bis; almmowt spreared fo him, im thefastgath | me”—Bath 1. kitchen once children’s fp dR a Sg eriieattie! nese, as heard the rnstling then :— petual sS the wings of tho angel sent by God to gaard | ‘rhe Lord gave, and the Lord taketh away; | ““When George as treet wif be pat ate bie oo Oat last the baby samebe, and began to ory nt ‘There bad boon & terrible fever in the neigh | PUBU-teacher A Miko the Presidenoy + just | s:nry forthe oro {ad bs dizeotedta the Sonse. ‘Ending herself unsbie to move. ‘ge almost Receneel, Gat ene oes neem an Sener peeaole pande rapid ‘Just as tary of the te. echingee dated, forgot bis fearsin his attempt to soothe her; | children en eey eng —- Rolat of leaving, the old master School teacher attempted te Ferpete nS seston © at the. fe bicaly warns Gander anaet | $itsanameacapenanagtrs setae | fetana St, Cattyprmmerd thm tae fe toad AMS 2 NS | nr or nO AORN, indow was darhed in, and so was t t ; searee! . - beige of the wind ard the waler thatit was | silk "Why bed fils hand gane cut agelast | Sisdiy cenePiot eo nace, jesawera fs