Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1875, Page 7

[By Crofutt, am Minneapolis Mail) A lawver lived near to New York, was one of Cokes cunningest scholars He made the Pacific Mail fork arth of © million doltare— im Schumaker he Is the man that if turned out to b: “That's “said the bankes prised ; A = cheek. And John @ Sehamaker he Added That snot much money for me Anil te Irwin he chuckled. You're st tence facican. every Are, ngresaman bay, gra briber. rarity clarity. For Lam not corrupt And John Schumaker he Said ~My name is Old Honestes ‘able brothers hey winked at lee stung a wink at the othars. Then Joba @ Schumaker, he ‘Tem thoasand reserved for his fea. Be took fifty thousand and strayed Where he saw = chap (aking a nippe: Ho! Stranger.” be shouted and laid ‘The money right int» his fipper And John G Schamaker, he ight off and went to his tea : ‘alled him Smith” he reth It was hind of Smith refuse it And hopsl im who he is— t per diem biz fe may not be honest as Fam And John Schumaker, he > What's the matter with me ce- aad of Farming near Washingt Str>—Your correspondent Montgome head wh ne-tenths of the community, were they withheld by motives of pri same r show, by fate Mr. Graderi i himseif, that farming He : toall bg een : Pio Nono is perfectly satis- likely to undergo any worse. In the course of nature. Wwever, & new Pope will have to be elected some day, although the exact time cannot be inty. To all those govern- countries the Catholic church position, the attitude of the of such grave import- it seems expedient to try and ‘en Dow the consequences likely to Sop & change of Pope. wiedged that the governments ing Catholic subjects have a@ great and rect interest, both in the person of the fu- and in the certainty that the elec- be attended with all those formal material guarantees sible for governments to as valid, and having full and indubitable force in their countries and with their sub- i There can be no doubt that before Pope to exercise in their respec- tories rights so extensive as in respects to border on sovereignty, ents have conscientiously to ask lves whether they are ina the legality of the election. Was not recognized by all or by m European sovereigns, should disowning him be nature, he would be bishop could be a bis! L May 14, 1872. gence ived “bong ey Sold north. #¢ storm of wind and t }. and si is pints ao over ? backed up by @ thick ovea"Coat; under such to get on the 'e¢ side of a few of We same mate- the health of factory Fe ee at all H i i i é to face this Fn i i s | Peoresars — OFTICE OF THE CoNcRussionat é i i : E circumstanc evergreen trees, or a rial, makes one feel comiortable, of pak em lings, and Lal proaches jeading thereto, to be thinnedout as as they advance in there are —— x oe others, as lense and robust; such fare the Norway and White and Scotch, with Su Fis, to which might be added. ver a American Arbor-Vite and ‘or shelter hedges or screens, which have » the best kinds are the Nor- lock do., and American that ofan in’ meat ve an inverted ; jt and air, causing the branches: close down to the above-named kinds are rocured, the common Red Cedar Ine will answer the ably well, and we have even seen the White Pine used with good effect. Where the grass on lawn has become thin and weak, we would advise in frosty weather to give a dressing of a comj swamp muck,or, when the had, some good quality of loam may take its place, ayotding as much as possible the choice of any earth containing seeds of pet and in February or March the be raked smooth, sowing on bare spots seeds of blue or red-top grass and white clover, after whioh pass the roller over 4 F l forseen with certa’ ments in whose. chief of that ance that 1 In pursuance of the provisions’ of cyiities Ae. Act te fw for the Public A i Tt has tong . Kor this aday tulles sind beck? ere tenes Go daily, exoopt Sunday, at 9am. gree £0, Poolesritte, to stand sheart ‘ite, and the form st be trimmed to, is this affords tigh e CLASS 1 —Uncaten 3OUNW reams of fv @easnring Mx inches, pounds ty the ream ‘™, Arrive at Selman by 3 Bond required wit sr0e—From a Srnepuxent, 4 miles and back, Leave Berlin Saturday at 8am; Arrive at Synepuxent by 9.99 am; Leave Synepuxent Saturd: Arrive at Bertin by 11.30. m. Bond required with bid, 7A—From Newtown to New Church, Va and back three times « Leave Newtown Tuesday, T! Arrive at New Charch by 1 am: Leave New Church Tuesday, Saturday at 12. pm, at Newtown by Bond required wit EXTRACTS EROM LA Oath of Mar! Contractors and Cai Act of Congress, Ju 2 ly swear (or affirm) that I will the governm: CLASS 2—CaLenprere Pawtise Pare 15.800 reams of calendersd Print <Neated by auch To purpose ioe. tbeon daly ex: ents wer ‘aecep by the contractor t.* nat ‘General. ce ahall bidder and his of a formal or material as little a Popeas any hop without the consent val of his government. Such was the case even under the former regime, whan, the position of the bis! pendent, governments but rarel. sion to communicate with the F ters ecclesiastical. 20 reame of superfine calcndered Printing bos, And weighing torty e calenderst P Pape Chee, and weighing ervey poeeks due and owing by him, and all judgments, Sit’ cemptions of ovecyoakerere” * what otal sum vas” assured measuring Fu3 inc! Pyne 19 the Fram a reams ww amounting to(§——) —— | measuring 9x30 ream of MP shoots. 26 roams supertn= Py pounds to the ream of 380 sheets OLASS 3.-—S:zep aw Certified Checks or Drafis to Accompoey cording $5.00 Sec. 233. That hereafter mail route for the transport: the same, where the annual compensat service on such route of five thousand dollars, shall_ accom with a certified check. or draft. pay vac gp of the Postmaster General, upon some sor tional bank, which check or draft shall not 6+ ercentnm on the amount of the saul ronte at the time sac lew or modified service, not less tha: per centam of the amount of t required to accompar it of lime and tter is not to be Bidder’ poe every ion of the) mails being more inde- iy had ocea- ‘ope on mat- But in consequence of the Coneordats concluded in the beginning of -y, the relations between the Pope ami the governments became more direct and in @ sense more intimate, and now that can Council and the two principal passed by the same, referrin: ¥ to the Infallibility and jurt the Pope, have entirely changed the relative e and the governments, the latter are all the more interested in the Pope, and accordingly all to insist upon the due and unqualified recognition of the two rights. mentioned the Pope is exercise épiscopal juris- id every diocese, so as en- persede the authority of any ing office with the consent of the wer. In other words, the episcopal the time exce Nis the sum and sworn before me this — day of Thursday and ALENDERED Peowvens 3.00 reams snperfine Printing Paper, per calendered, wmemsitring Mei ip. five ponnde to the ream of ‘So pet-sized and super calendersd. mens aud weighing GM) poueds to nd wper calondored meas nt weighing forty twe pais ved pot teing a sal ore About the Profits or the Reverse Toate Teer ofa U8 Court, the cortiticate of t that the persom who edmiuistersl the oath i= duly qualified as such oficor Did is made and When the weather permits such work ot condemned trees, and lopping inches, and such others as are a hindrance to, or encroaching on other trees, of which they have been heretofore only the we see many—otherwise notable places, where this work is sadly neglected; and on the other hand can be observed many places where few or no trees are to be found hear residences, under which panting animal nature might find shade during the hot sum- mer months; therefore we say toall those who and land, to plant trees, or even the shade of which you may live to enjoy. Plant anyhow, as posterity bond of the biéder 4, if the amount thousand dollars ing awanied any such contract, I fil to execute the same, with good and suffi mreties, according to the terms on which d und enter mpon the to the satisfaction forbidden by th pounus to the ream position of the Poy y county strikes the nail on the shows the profit made by mers in their operations. I imagine that ed States: and that [ pay over any mo extly and tru belonging to the said United States whi iuto my possession or contre), person of a future . clerk of the ———. the same being @ the more entitled » hereby cortity that . appears to the forequiag i the time of signing the same, & jas tive of the peace in and for the as made and ace performance of the serv Court of Reco ma neiperfine ML whose gewnine « pet “r mensurti 1A6 taken. pounds to the mam of ae By the votes just enabled himself to diction In each an tirely to su) bishop holdi his liability on it the amount so de nd the same shall fort use of the Post Office act shall be duly executed service entered wpon as a check so deposite his bond accompan: could show the 1it in their experience at farming. least, is mine, and I propose to ad figures that would satisfy coanty and State | heor and that ait his official acts | all faith and credit 1, L have hereunto sat my fixed the seal of said court, om day ot ——, Ie — By section sixteen of the act of June, 1872, every person employed in the postal service is subject to all itures for violation ©, whether he has taken CLASS 5. —Waitixe Parkn (Tobe of any requires nalties and fo laws relating to such serv the above oath or affirmati | 3.0m reams Quart Post, 10x15 inches one single tree, resaid nd the checks © drafts depos dders on the same route. shall be “old-time” principles iS not only a waste of time, but a serious loss of capital invested. of health, « my remarks toa practical farmer, nor whe is born and raised on # farn is used t Par costtT rauset i changed their business, hopes; their m visions Of Pat cattle, blood: rdens. and heavy ifulef the constant. s suing morn to dewy ev bitter disappointments, the th vexations that t hats Lo contend inst; thy his purse, the little incid sum up te « fearful age tov for the benefi myself, who determin sible. A the practic amount of the atal expenses of other young m tical knowleige g: nm comd—as I and note wh an th t gris shall divulge it. Be ° that ra sing the shington ed corn. fine variety at 2 ploughing and replautio; $= for pulling Smiter andcut ucking corn King corn. i pty market, exp & ing one t, the wear a how fforts be secret, and hesitate o: » price vour milk, or batt mu can, and sell w always bring =: ets. SAVE OU n the accurmal it will doub’ ¥ crop next sammer. Lf yc farmer vou experience t itis the wad that farming. is by ¢ stop raising cor t goxt cows; don't accept wheat 2 manure; save all your and never be tempted vth po CHASSEUR. Epidemic Among the Ugly Men in New York. Mrs. Burnturn Lows rs. You ean tuck under your seat as far as you ext my bor is sure te about in straw with - edt he olding itn under ¢ ation Seems to regulate. If the | car is « ed, he throws his a 2 low, and pokes you oceasi He'makes a donkey of himseif in @hundret ways, but a Broadway vehi, ad found 4 seat n man—a sallow horrid ones.) man was very horrtd: mal; he we ck w anything. Butt lid hot know that. vone hand five of Christ rext her: the shoulder. g finger made «nother prod. very edge of th a of hercoat. Still the T up, and this time gs ed invitation to f old wor and the lady tu hom in & loud ‘vob tof man to bee neal round thus: 2 the oppos with her. The offer some show tumbled off the step ind Tixe jer the passengers. one or twoof whom expressed themselves satisfied that Jadles took thelr cases in their own hands in like fashion. @ speedy stop would be put to the a. Whieh they now suffer. ar Charivari's funny men gave his Thother narrous glacees” for her New Year— t that she was so foud of them, but n is entirely merged in the Papal. no longer content with a few re- served rights, but appropriating to himself iscopal authority, has in theory @ bishops, and Is practically at oree his new powers at any mo- ment in the case of any bishop he chooses. The bishops are only his tools, swayed by his dictater, and without any re- sponsibility of their own. to the secular government they are now the servants of a foreign sovereign, and this of a gu who by means of his infullibility has become more absolute than any absolute monarch in the world. Beforeallowing a new Pope to assume such ‘@ position and exercise such rights, governments must ask them- selves whether his election and person offer uaranties against abuse of power hey have a right todemand. This is the more necessary as it is not to be expected with certainty that even the few guaranties formerly surrounding a conclave, partly in- herent in its composition and partly mark- ing its rules, will be granted under present The right of excluding can- essed by the Roman Em) Spain and France often enough “¢ and the influence the various nations nelave through Cardinals of is a mere matter of chance. Tt is impossible to foresee under what cireum- 1 election will be made, not perhaps be precipt- tated in such a Way as toimperil even the forms guaranteed in the past : sons it seems desirable that those govern- nts concerned in the election of a Pope, f sts of their € tion of the Catholic church in their countries, should approach the question in time, and if upon a common attitude and on which they will reeognize greement upon t ited by all other hi Sections af the act of Congr: - and Amend the “to Revese. Consolidate ‘Statutes Relating to the Post Ofce Devartment,” approved June 8, 157 The PostMAsTER GENERAL requests that bidders, eties and all persons cor yerrned, in wail contract will care- # the abstract of rms aud instructions the reepective bidders mak is for the transportation of the mails where the amount of the bond. required. to ny the sameshall exceed five thousand lars shall be considered, mntess accompanied with the check or draft herein required, uired by a precedin n this act shal will give you credit, as a man's good works was Dombie Demy, 20's x82 Cc the undersigned post forty poumdlsliaom stock) art and hope. Ido not address It is desirable, at this season of the year, to Stakes for flowering Char a Little pean pole as far upas the ss into the ground; by so at least one year longer. White Buckthorn and Osage Orange hedges; the strong thorn, the ‘latter, when the whole FE) superseded liberty to enf prepare and store aw: plants, tomate the lower end of th depth it has to fof the pecuniary princtpal and his hond, and of the unencumbered real ostate o by them, respectively, do hereby approve said. by ify that the’ said sre jeut to insure th: hard work and steady labor . but I intend this for those some other profession, haye nd with bright i filled with alluring d stock, acre: y crops, and “th that shall blossom like a rose; ere labor. the many sand little farmer, above ali others, ly drain upon Post, 22434 taches 5 nd eritically exami resented, and also the be construed or in t any penalties or forfeitures which accrued under the provisions of the is servants, Parment of donble the i bond; snd I do further d bond was duly signed by his sureties, before may be made ai Iy, and that all 1 lities assumed as or cause of com- In their relations stems or twigs of in a single row “round the trank of any tree that is exposed, prevent cattle from injuring its bark. EEN HOUSE. Backward and boisterous as the month of January usually ts, yet under the glass we beantiful flowers of Camellias, toses and Callas, with Carnations and Chi- » a sprinkling of Begonias make themselves fa miliar with these laws and instractions. may be able to inform aud direct others. Farting Contractors Gut: eo not eommerated ated not exoreding of a Mistemranor raOn oF persons bidding for . of the mails upon any route w aay be advertised to signing this certiticate. ——., Postmaster red sine or we Dated —, 137. it nme EAM ets imitation Par: x rete unitetion Parclumeut,siee ITx2? imskes. we Te beet Postmasters, Clerks, ete. Canmot be Contractors. “ wsimaster, assistant INSTRUCTION KIPDERS AND Contamens also Condutrons . oe or clerk employed meral in duc fi tractor or concerned in @ contract for carr mh Any port ot rm and perform the service described in his or their bid or proposal, shall i he Invormon cet reat the Department ming uilty of ® misdemeanor, and, on co les, Inid, of any req Persons in the tmploy of the Post Office Depart ment (including postmasters) cannot become inter ested in @ mail contract, uor act as agent of contrac by a fine not exoemling five nese Primroses, als iauprisonmont for « term not and other miscellaneous kinds. suitably accommodate the wants of all these in one house, requires considerable experi- ence and observation; Camellias requiring a temperate situation, with a Begonias, Callas and Roses, light and heat: ; Chinese Primroses require less heat hundance of light. Should Hyacinth: gate; and I write n like meneed farming with e8$ WAS pos- attention to workings of the farm, a large ned from which I am bound to say did 1 : pages of yas mis- “1 under, and how dearly I I see now the secret usand dollars, and b exceeding twelve months. sn minutes are allowed to mach when not otherwise specified, for assorting the - 7x22 suche, bine the Cap. Midexd6 inches 2.4) reeans Poli ray to be made wutil Contracts are Executed 29. That no person whose bid t is accepted shall receive any pat cuted his contract according w law and the regu Intious of the Department. pployed in the Post Offics iterested im an: OF net ae agent, with o 2. On routes where the mode of conveyance ate of the Post Of ni, also post off partial shad ameter ‘Cap, 17x35 ine Se ae aes Sm reams blue Quart: keys, are to be conveyed without extra charge 5 or receipts, prepared by ther agents of the Department, wi ccifying the number and bags, to be examined by the insure regularity iu the delivery of circumstance: sand any person s distnissed from office, a shall be liable nid bave been realized in an action of t, for the use of the Post Uffice Department. Compensation for Additional Sec. 260. That compensat malt shall, not be in excess on which the original compensation ; and when any such ad the sum to be allowed in the order, and entered por, 1x24 inches Orrict Buenas, bow, and wenghemg hs and weighing Service Resirected and «1 Tulips be now in y produce may be gre arranging amon, neat Ferns of the Adiantum and Pteris kind With a few tufts of Lycopodiums interspersed, as no flower shows to advantage unaided b a mantling of green, the lack of which is th great objection in the present styleof making bouquets, a& style pleased to learn is about tobe replaced by In making so free use of the worl graceful in our floricultural re- ems tous as appropriately ap- plied, when descanting on the merits of the charming family of Filicos, for among one thousand spec: quainted, there are nor some feature or characteristic that is ing to the eye, while others again are beautiful in color o1 divisions of their frond: cannot express thelr beauty have of late become shall make some rei and mode of culty: ling kinds; as at presen: permit us to enla nation of the several cise in the their nationali m for additional service pay will be made wv trips not performed, and ‘antesions, if the failure be sera By regulation of the Departmen Stances the next Pa who is under 6: and whether tt wil tncasuring 25x36 i Hfty two pounds to the re 1000 reams, measuring 26232 inches, and weighing forty-six pounds to the reain 40) reais, measuring 15x29 mekes, and weighing thirty pounds to the ream, CLASS 5.—Bizep aw a jonal service is orders hall be expressed in the order n the books of the Department; and 'no kition shall be paid for any additional regular ‘ser Lefore the issning of such order That no extra allowance shall be made for expedition in carrying the mail un eby the employment of additional stock and ind in such case the ad all copy Some experiment, and should be empl reals don’t pay in age; and no bidd yone years of why is @ mar Comrewance of Letters Out of the Matli—Private Ex- Sec. 227. That any the mail who shall coll ter or packet, or cans nt any increase « enlarged penalties one more graceful. eof and the importance of the mail proportioned to srson concerned in carrying rearry any le r subjects and the pe carricrs is made necessary , neation shall bear no tional stuck and. ¢ yed than the compensation in the original con tract bears to the stock and carriers necessarily em. ployed in its execution. r 6. For leaving behind or throwing off the mails or any portion of them, fe OF for being running an ex vance of the ma 6. Fines will be shall. on conviction thereof, jers necessarily such offence, forfeit aud pay not exceeding pssible agree © conditions the next Pope. Ss head be ef- f een the European governments this would be of immense importance, and perhaps might obviate I request your excellen tally toask the government to have the honor of being accredited whether they would be inclined to exchange opinions eventually enter uj the adinission cerned in setting up or ying intelligence in ad quarter's pay may be deducted mpesed, unless the delinguency ptly and satisfactorily explained by certifi cates of postmasters or the affidavits of for failing to arrive in ce take the mail from, or deli for suffering it t obbed or lost; and for refu SY) reams superfine cream tinted. amper « 2240 inches, aud weighing fifty tv tablish any private of them but possess 40 ream superfina cteam tintet anper and weighing seventy pounds te ae Deductions may be made, and Fines Inposed, for serious compli $0) reams supe rti “roam tinted «nper 4, and weighing Aft 266. That the Postmaster General may make deductions from the fi to perform service fines npon them fo duct the price of the tri . cl nds to the ream town or place betw ntract, and imp: her delinjencies canes where the trip xoveding three times the occasiuned by the fault of the ¥ stage coach. rail of vessel. which any owner, in why ge or connivance pon an agreement upon this subject. If the willingness finda form for th way cor, steamboat or shall, with th rt, or with the knowle + conductor, mnaster or other person having the same. convey any person acting or eu: private express for the conveyance wekets, and actually in possessi f conveying them contrary to spirit, true intent, and meaning of this law, shall, forfeit and pay one hundred Dp contractor or carrier. Mantity, or any portion , time will not rge on this head. Cut down and repot Fuchsias, so as to: young growths for cuttings. So soon as vias have done blooming, ev a few plants aside from which to propagat and turn the remainder out of the pot, in o der to make place fur other plants of great’ importance. he Cactus family (except the (Cereus trun- catus,) as Well as Most sucenlent pl. at this season requi: son of rest ca ‘e shall easil I authorize your excellen reseript tothe minister, requesting you at the same time to give out no copy for the present, and to treat the whole matter d ¥ x med nor Transferred. ‘That no contractor for transporting the * United States and any or transfer his contract fers shall be uull and cts cannot be Ass: the papers, in all classes, mail within or between tl foreign country shall assig’ aud all such aseignments cr traust required rigidly to conform te rately, and be harge « carrier when req t to do so; for running an them down, set the sampler furnished Each class will be considered sy sulject to a separate contract, but bidders may aller for one or more of the classes in the sane proposall. mand will be considered uulews T packages conveying eral may order an increase by allowing theref: same for the pur Cheap Parlor Plants. room decoration why do not peo * some harly things that do not mind heat or frost or drought or flood—th f these things come Thereare sueh thin; of looking for fhem, tender greenhouse things that require much light and great care— things which even a florist with all b nm searcely grow—are taken in hi thus people very often fail of succes course after making a close acquaintance with plants and learning their litle whims ancies and just how to hum¢ little niceties that thewset their he the parlor-gardener can do as well as Sreenhouse gardener, and often much If, however, the hardier things are , Snecess is certain without much anx- re, andone can i they are able to care forthe more del! cate things. Among the dules to be Furnished and Posted up in Post ices—Keeisters to be of service on a route Increase of (the contract) pay He may change epartures and arrivals in all cases. and Particularly to make them conform to connections crease of pay. provided bridged. The Postmaster ot Curtail the service ole or in part, in order to place on the route whenever the jndgment. shall require «uc of curiailinent for any other cause; S366 the rent 0. 1 transmit by private ‘That the Postmaste sthhasters at the terminatic but little wate uses them to flower more free Verbenas and other soft-wooded started from cuttings in the fall, should now be placed in small pots, after which the should receive a little extra heat to establish them; and all roses lifted out of the ground in an he pruned now and tied up ne Observe toexamine the nd Mexican Tiger flowers; both erfectly free from ve Caladium ‘roots, they ought to have no water and remain in the pots in which they grew; these should be kept na warm situation, until to end of February, when the and kept in a temperatu’ American Fe h nblawiul ex pr with railroads, too great ex- ; but instead noe that the persot said proposal are manufacturer the description of paper which he or they propose te All the rin the several clams am “ie Government Printing Ofc y of Washington, in good order, free from SUT extra change or expense, ahd. eulject te Inspection, count, weight. and moaeureweut ngressioual Printer, and be in all reepeots satis~ The supplying of an inferior article in any of the | classes. or a failure to supply the quantity req at any time, will be considered a viviatiun of rst mak ior way also discontinue or dealers im, e party so offending shall the postmaster notice ‘and departure that may be jall cause to be kept and returned dd regalar intervals, exact times of the arrivals aud ecoach, railway car, steam- vessel which regularly livered at the 5 pa fers showing t departures of the m ¥ De TOF place to any other city, on the amount of ser dispensed with, upensation for the amount of service retained shall carry, otherwise than in th eta, except such as relat Cargo of such steamboat or other vessel, or to some article carried at the same time by t hy railway-car to some part By the act of Congress approved April 21, 1808, no pber of Congress can be cerned. directly or indirectly ‘ayments will be made by collections from. require a dr drafts on. postmasters or otherwis:, after th atmosphere frosts, and to pres: Fait ny contract with vernment; and by the same act it is made a high crime and misdemeanor for auy officer of the ates to enter, in its behalf, into a contract i ember of Congress. “(But it's member withdraw from a contract it may be conelnded with the other partners — Opinion of Attorney General, 4.47. A contract with one who is f Congress during its continuance is not affected by such election.—Jb«d., 5, 67.) Genera has no power. ers aud contractorsand if and thirty-nine; and for staye-coach. rail aving tol you of my fall- every such offence the owner of th » make farming | car, steamboat 10. The distances given are believed to be substan- ik posals will be furnished upon ‘at this Ofice, and no pr rm exactly thoreto: Proposals will be indorsed on the envelope © : * and cages en —— Lee Ges _ i Printing. elther to Use care af the Hem. HB. Anthony, Chairman of the Senate Com the Hon. William G. Dounan, Printer, Washingt thon of the Joiut Committes Congrewiousl Printer. ly the best of American Buffalo, N. ¥. rity is the result ef mercial, Pittstna gh, Pa. “ There is not a dull page between its eow- ors.”—N. ¥. Times. “4 model periodical.” — Phila. Press. tially correct; b sel _pay will be allowed ter than advertised, if the points ed are correctly stated. Bidders must f. and also in refer can be repotted, ndred doliars; and the driver, e ranging from 60 to haying charge xf the whole OF Il in like manner forfeit and ractice on thi t your land in a good or, Thaster or other. person i tnform themselves on this ence to the weight ot the mail, the condition of hills, rouds, streams, &¢ plank roads, ferries or obstructions 0 Which expense may be incurred. Ni based on ench ground, can be considered, ¢ misapprehension as to the degree of service; nor for bridges destroyed; fer- ries discontinued, or’ oth increasing distance, or elected a member best of these old-fashioned plants easy to grow in sunst there is nothing So good as the ties of English evergreen iv seen in pots en street corners, pretty as they they give no idea of the great b which a plant of several years’ oli pre We have seen some grown in moderate-size | tubs six or seven feet high a o make backs to seats or even Lit- e coverings or alcoves admirable for standing In wide entrys or halls. They ‘ained up in pots high enough and k enough to cover window frames entire- not only up the sides but round and ove tops, making what Is usually a dreary room look like a living bower, ora room adorned by the highest art look incursion of beautiful Nature on her special they eat no more than an in- The Picturesque in Crockery. ker and give twice as much of decorative ater opening for originality and improve- ment than in that connected with the service of our tables. Absence of body color has been the greatest defect in modern potter is mostly a dead white, toned aga white linen; or, if there isa pattern, it is unt- form with the chill uniformity of silver. Happily a change is gradually coming. Our import decorated dinner and lunch and tea sets, and at the same time in- troduce tinted wedgewood and majolica in Egyptian colors, red and black, coraliine, rich purple, and vivid greens, fruits, ices, salads, tartes. pickles, flowe: There is the dead glaz ered with dull red flowers and buttertlic tea sets, and the quaintuess of Japan m color, and an exquisite unity of blue with green in Chinese ware. china now comes in entire sets of sea green, pearl-gray all shades of buff, deep maroon, rose-pink, ceiadon, celeste, and olive tints, beautifully decorated and delicately traced in gold or ornamented to order with initials or monogram and erest. sunlight is a s undeniably ugh preferable to d ways pretty, and the first impression o seeing a table so decorated is that of fa And so Venitian and French dishes and epergnes are becoming very fush- Alternate dishes of red and white e anexcellent effect, or pink and s for water at intervals. © flowers comes in cut glass f of leaves shooting up from the center willfhold another bouquet. Upon @ mirror vase is grouped a cluster of lilies with twisted stems and slightly drooping A graceful center-piece is y bonbons in clear cut glass, Suspended by a crystal chain from three glass stakes held “together at the top by a glasp wis p of lilly leaves in graceful curves held by ler crystal chains, eut-erystal cups for confections, jellies, custard, or rice imperiale, and apples boiled with sugar, lemon juice,and lemon peel iced and turned into these or other cups; in crimson and amber Bohemian glass are antique jugs, pitchers, jelly plates, and little saucers and ovals in glass for small cut each saucer to contain a different color. An antique set of Venetian glass has standards of sea monsters; the handles to goblets and pitchers are coiled snakes. So low in price are all these the simplest home can be semblance of art and beauty. work is to guide the house and educate the tastes; so let there be an eternal farewell to plaster-paris “little Samuels,” and nosed lambs, and hideous Marys in delf, and the eternal sameness of white ware on the table—New York Tribune. eof letters in 239 pe n In no branch ‘elopes otherwise thi AriOUS Varic= art is there AS usually eged mistakes The Manner in which Proposals shall be made, and the Sec. 245. That ever all be aecmpanis sureties approve - B supposed mistakes of any Kind in m on Public Printing : e bidder, with py & postmaster, ani uount of the bond penne occurring duri rry back with you a the livery stabies will far- tat a very mode- winter, when you i “It is cortaint; also during the contract term, d trained ove isited without extra pay if the distance be eines.” Express, class, in astm to be designated b General in the advertisement of each ront a condition shall be ann r shall, within such time after his bid is accept- eneral shall prescribe, enter tes of America, we consequences imposed by law on de- pure merit.” —C xed, that if the said 11. Bidders are cautioned to mafl thelr pro -partme: the advertisement, as. at time weil mot be considered in competition with { reasounble amount received in time. mnsidered whic Contracts to be Executed and Filed in the Department by the first day of June Under the provisions of section 25 of the act ap- ¢ 23, 1574, the Postmaster General has pre= Ecribed the Ist day of June, 1S73,0n or before which day the contracts of accepted bidders must be re- ceived at the Department in Washington, executed ntract with the United with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by seneral, to perform the service pro- that he shall are without the bond, rtificate required by section 245, act of the Postmaster osedd in bis said bid. 1 the said servi said obligation to «only way ting dows WHY NOT SUBSCRIGE FOR THE GALAXY i the lovelier for t Worcester pott 12. Bidders should first propose for service stri » void, otherwise to 1 ‘and in case of x into such contract to perform the oF, having executed ® contract, in case of perform the service according to hi and his suret! of said bond as I 1 in an action o powal sbiall be considered anted by such bon caid proposal the oath of the cer qualified to aduuinister «has the ability, pecuniaxily,to fulfill his ¢ the bid is made in good faith, ie intention to enter into contr he service in case his bid is accepted. 4 aise 245. That betore the bond ata bidder provided sresaid section is approved, there shal the sureties therein, (iualified to administer oaths, jat they are owners of real estate worth, in the ag. arrester double the umount of the said boud according to the advertisement, and they parately tor di d be the lowest 0 form. ted bidders not complying with this regula- be considered as roposals, and the Postmaster ¢ to contract fur the service with other ording to law. CONTRACTS B! ent service; and if the reew red for the advertised ser Sa present china in ere of manure | d return its have seen the ivy in just these condi- tions frequently and wonder why the success- | ful example is not catching. | must be sim We suppose it ply & want of forethought. We mire and resolve that we will do likewise; but we leave the get into the rushing busy world pleasurable impressions and on! bering them when chance throws us in the way of seeing them again. Now the time will soon come when prepara- ion may be made for these sort oi The young ivies should be potted in the spring in good garden soil, and after a gentle reminder that they are expected to travel u wards by being tied to a stout stake set in t center of the pot, set out in partial shade to have just about the same general culture as ordinary plants, and by fall will be large enough for some show the same winter. it is the second season and afterwards that the great beauty of the tv: it is just these three or | that people very seldom see. tlow dearly we should like to see a couple sets of ivy in everybody's winter-home, and especially in the homes of the poor. e year in the daily iuals at Christmas giving away loaves 4 bread to the poor. ugh in its way, though it is } ten as a huge joke and the loaves tossed about in fun, and though it is at other times ge for cheap advertising by se ter who thinks himself sbarp in thus ting @ publisher of a five-dollar bill, we believe that some do it from tives and that some return genuine thanks for timely relief; but if some one would distribute a few hundreds of well- grown vy to the poor and ignorant, not tosay the vicious, at this generally cheerful time, | an immense amount of pleasure would be given toa class who know not what ional pleasure is and no doubt other good Germantown Telegraph. —So far as on or combination bids (° or more routes”) cannot be con DEPARTMENT IDEBED BY THE ng one su for t o bay 1g YoU can possibly do without rules and your farm will in- ty, and you in experience and Mlated damages TLL NOT BE C PostMasTER GENERAL. , the service, the yearl BEST AMERICAN MAGAZINE. NO FAMILY CAN oad > oad TO DO WITHOUT IT GIVES MORE GOOD AND ATTRACTIVE BEADING MATTER FOR THE MONBT THAN ANY OTHE BOOK PUBLIs ) and the of cach member « A cold collation or ss.) and the mi a nt A here a company offers, should Le distinctly FORM OF PROPOSAL. Poxo AND CERTIFI- c by daylight, and play, glass is al- jidders are requested to use. as far as practica ished by the Depart o write out in fullthe sum of their in copies of them. Altered bids should wot be enbmitted. No with drawal of a bid will be allowed unless the withdrawal is received twenty-four hours previous to the tuue posals. failure of the accepted bidder to ete. gutract or of, the ‘abaaud of servic during the contract term, service will be advertised and relet at the expense of the failing bid der or contractor. 7. The Postmaster General reserves the right to reject any bid which may be deemed extravagant and also to disregard the bids of failing contractors TB. The bid should bbe meals pha shor ed, gupervc ral. Contract Office posal must be accompanied by a bond vstmaster, and in cases exceeds five thousand ime of advertisement exceeds doiier (g8.000.) mount be accompanies by a certified ‘K, or draft, payable to the order of the Postinns- 1, on some solvent national bank, of not 'e per centuin of the amount of the annual in case of new or modified service, vot less than five per centum of the amount 0) five thousands del- ad tract aud perform | The wndersigne whose post office ad. Printed proposals fi PERIODICAL O® v mes to carry the mails of the United States, uly 1, 175, to June 3, 1 be indorsed thereon the oaths of taken before an offic: vertisement of the Postmaster Gen - cember 1, 1874, “with celerity, certainty, and. securi- ty,” for the annnal sum of proposal is accepted he will enter into contract, with jes to be approved by the Postmaster General, eacribed in said advertisement. Lismade with the full know y where Y, annoying insult sex middle-aged and , are receiving from fixed for openiny dollars; and if this A new Serial by Mrs. ANNIE EDWARDS, LEAH, A WOMAN OF FASHION, Just begun. Also,aStory by Prof... BOTHSEN, A NORSEMAN’S PILGRIMAGE, To continue several months. It will need to same watering and th lovely tripod calla ‘lille, a she: ements, mortga utions against exemptions of every charac- se; Your See. 247. That any postmaster who signaiure to the ap, Will be seen, and four year old plants a wretch- e villain | spens if out wide a xt you rest against . Which tr paragraph | uy of sureties i heads for flowers. ore the said bond n of the laws and instructions attached to adver- 1 i knowingly, or w cise of duc dilige Proposals, State of sistant Postmaster Gene: In the next No. McCARTHY 5 new Serial, DEAR LADY DISDAIN, A Series of Articles by Promin the CONFEDERATE. SIDE OF ‘Controversial, will omumenced INTERESTING PKETCHES AND STOR’ hy writers as RICHARD G: will be commenced JUSTIM ly maké any fulse or frandu- be forthwith dis er disqualified ‘of Postmaster, and shail alse be of a misdemeanor, and, on convi anished by a fine hot exceeding five thousand dol or by mprisoument not exceeding one year, or Oath Seiya by ae a of an Act of Coner red 2, ‘4, to Garryins ihe mast, anit tobe Paien ‘BcSorean Qk 7 Qual ister Oaths. [piitanpimadad gecaany A “mg Sanya ily, to fulsil my dic? that te Wid mado tn faith, and with t Intention to enter into con- ct na perform the service in case sald te or straw. A certificate, shall red to Earh bad, with sureties approved by where the amount of the apers of some deemed guilty m behind | nm thereof, be mail on route No, —, f that L have the abilit ligation as such bid st Southerner; THE WAR, xt a me sickly spec! Lif the nic asting things; bu merely a dod Service to be Awearded to tht Lowest Bidders—Bids of Fatline Contractors may not be Considered . Src. 249. That all conti in each No. by pay oneuch route, and ff the bond sccom| fsaia bond “excecds The amount of bond required with bids pay when it ex are stated in the adv: ry to provide jue gamer, Cait pay afm gl bat Sie, coe tance G not be bound to consider the uy person who bas wilfully or negligently failed to perform a former contract Combination to Prevent Bidding Prohibited. Src. 20. That no contract shall be made with any person who bas entered, or yposed to enter into any combination to prevent the making of any bid for carrying the mail,or who ement, or given or performed, or or perform, any consideratio er to induce any other person not to bid for uch contract ; and if any per be annulled ; and retty things that rightened with a A woman's «stock. A man who wears a stoc is unsuspect- She saw that six numbers of | Notg.—When the oath is taken before WHO WOULD NOT GIVE $4 Yo SzOURE the peace, or an: A MONTHLY VISIT om THE YEAR 187 gp for carryiag the mail mail on the writien requ st af the woukt follow. 21. Transfers of | interest in con- she felt one pudg finger gently Tutcrest ia bids, sat forward. Sr chsy ill bo expected that they will be ex; perform the service awarded to them through the cont oft June 8, 1872, provides the act of pro “THe Two BREAT: air is concerned, some hints are g! by Canon Kingsley which ma; poor, or to employers who care for their men. Hedescribes what he calls “the two breaths.” and their effects. The two are, of course, the breath taken in—which “is, or ought to be, pure air, composed, on the whole, ofoxygen and nitrogen, with a minute portion of carbonie acid;” and the breath out—which ‘isan impure air, to which has been added, among other matters which life, an excess of carbonic "He shows that this carbonic acid gas, when warm, is lighter than air, and ascends, and, when at the same tem] mon air, is heavier than SUBSCRIBE AT @NcE. SEND FOR OUR FUL, PROSPECTUS. has made any tional bank, pays or General, equal to therefore take motice Tue Woop Houps OvT BUT THE MISER Dtes.—A fear that his wood pile would be exhausted before the close of winter led old Gottleib Heetterich, of Milwaukie, to spare the sticks, though the thermometer ranged 28 below zero, and his hovel was so ricketty that It afforded little comfort. Gottleib was for by the family of Mr. Adolph near by. On Saturday morning last Mrs. Sueizer brought him a cup of hot coffee and warm toast, of which he ik. The lady offered to build him a fire but he declined the ser- e wood would not last. ‘We PREPAY the mn 30 offending is ing the mail, his contract may i bes dlonwalitd Gf cpatrat Be cee ual Contract for carry- ears. and for the secoud of- 2. that e. Tats was net acl fence shail be forever ders am rs—Contracts te after ‘gular epted Sia faints enter Frying round “the Christ, and poking Women in their it was short but decisive eration. mpet to © urler- defense, but he bout so he pallet the strap ant riminately amid bidde re hose bid Sueizer, who resi ‘into contract for having cotered Into sonteent, Cte or, entered. into contract, mence the’ performance. of the or their cor as Postmaster shall : Tunes. the P ostimaster Siice ‘Kod W any Vidder where bid hereon ee x ‘ho has entered into Hi ture as com- t air and de- long the floor “just as it lies tom of old wi vats, as @ stratum of poison, killing occa- sionally the men who descend into it.” Hence who think nothing of sleeping and hence, as “ the poor are too jistress, to pawn their bedst friends of the poor warm the room. Sunday morni had thereof, Teadvertise such ily insults in street cars and stages from treated never becanse they were so gloriousiy indigesti- ble. to let that happen, and to “k« itead, whatever else wth eaee the sleeper froma carbonic acid ou