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JERSEY JACKETS; J KRSEY JgETS. !
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-Xi-ii; "WEEKLY EDITION UiH!
Wo 9eViation From TbeMe Rules
SubscriDttons alwaTa navahlft In arlvanoA Tint
only la name but in fact. -
and . handsome 1 lot of Ladies' an
B v Express : a i large an
$5.00. . liilackiandvWhite-Uanyass Belts.
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A Few giece gf jGfbighams left at 8c. per yard. Sum-
mer Dress :gclod. cheaper than ever. ;.; (;;.n r,!; :
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the.:: office of the Secretary find; the
different bureaus.- ; When thtia sorted
the letters go to the chief clerfc$; wh6
goi through the Dilein whether" 'confi
dential'! or not.' Heads bf depar trhents
am not tin-nnRd tA havA nxr .' "riii ItW
secrete,and they,:? tertairily'hive hot
tne time - ta read r all the - missives
hich come to theni;as rcjrifidehlia!
thing, and hianyKnffdentmrlet
ters drop into his Waste basket.- Com:
raumcaiions on uusmess matters tne
clerk- tosses into "picker .trays,, and
tuetse are joorne oyw messengers to ine
chiefs of division and the beads' of
; TOSS OF LETTERS.
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Washington Offir.f nlIs rf tt
iiDoiucui vjx Liic vju i Leu ota tea
receivBS daily art average' of ' 50,000
wuiers; wnicn, as a fdie,4 are 'apwer
edioritheir receipt ackn6 Wledged" M
the dayofdeIivfe3f"Ton;aeen
to cope ith t hiVast'cd'rresndehce,
mnx-h of whicW rquirea'hot a formal
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P -25 CHARLES STREET, BALTIMORE IVID
PURE OAK LEATHER BELTING.
MANUFAC-
TURERS '
, i ll J TOlrafOX,iWOOIiEX and SAW MILL, SUPPLIES, Sic.
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In an grades at very close
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" IToung ladies making preparations for boarding;
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school? will find my stock In excellent condltloiiL '
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I Boston Belting ;Co.'s
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Hoyt's Leather Belt. j
Mt. Vernon Belt now
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ff Joseph Noones' Sons';
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p-'). ; Clearer: Clothr;
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Orders by mail have prompt
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rSplfVJbtit-coiibiderable. research, and
fepeciat knowledge, theeutiveo is
f liriiished twi,th 0,Q0Ci clerksLwho,
p-tWyt W.v diyidedinto
sev'eh departments according antheiv
woras to do ,with our foreign rela-
uyus, tne, army, or,: navy,, i tbe; itisca
mabhiherv rf the eovernnifinl-.i it in i
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vernai?: relations, tne postal service,
orthe admin istrationof ; justice. The'
heads of these seven orihoiDal denart
mehts are, asked by,the President - to
meet nim once or twice a -weelc fit.
the,:.VhiteiHouseand-form!ywhat'.' is
snown as ,111s cafemet; At these con
ferences the more important business
01 tne departments id 4 discussed, so
that the work may be d6hej promptly
and harmoniously ; and so well regu lated
is the sj'stem that it is not nec
iessary; fo the President ttf ; see ner-
sonally but a very small pirt of the
executive wrresnondence. 1fcTwo ! or
three sacks only out of - the tons of
mail matter that is ;' dumped" every
mornin bri the floor bf the Washing: !
ton City Postoffice, goes to the' White
House. v; ' ' 0 'T .
; 'i This postoffice is thef tbirdirr. the
country in volume of business,though
Washingtesn is only the fourteenth city
m. population. - This is on account of
the enormous official mail that passes
inrouga jf osmaster Monger's hands.
During. the fiscal year which ended
June 30, 1885, the letters received
were in excess of 25,000,000, or about
70,000 daily,- and of this total it is es
timated about 70 per cent, goes to the
r departmBnts";r c
i The refluent tide is even larger, for
the outgoing delivery includes all the
publications of the government.
Statistics in this field would be sraaS
gerihg. i Theyrwouldibe ' on 1 such " a
hugh scalo that- the figures would
lose their; meaning. Oh some; days,1
for, instance, durins: the busy days of
Congress 2,000 large sacks, mostly of
executive . aocuments , will pass
throusti the 'Office: and 'the average
for the 'summer months is, -20. 000
sacks a mbntW TMuch of this is reg-!
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woru tarqwn on the city torce is pro-
'digibUSVn t :t.hi jiyfi ? lrii. tAn.OM
V 'Evidently, then, the : Washington'
fostomce is a busy place, it ls'in a
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viie.ouiiaing, i DUb xne cierKS ragree to
riess And vermin on an 'linderstaind
ing with it that it- won't tumble down
d urihg office hburs, .ITKlPfcnikter,
is & son 'bf Senator f (hgerjahd n.
active Republieah 'i poliUcian t..s . a
Postmaster his; record is , gpodM 'Tbe
clerk in charge o f , the manipulation
of the mail isi Mr. Springer. He. looks
and; acts much 1 ike. General 1 ? Francis
a.. .y aiKpr,, anq ni?e tnat gentxemao
has! a.khack . of ? turninfirioffftibusiness
.quickly:, pjWelhr There are crews
and.nday.bi Sundays and1 0 holiday
Onie section works f ro'm VT ;,tt.r,mv-to &
p mii nerf rbm 3 to 11 y.in.;iahd brie
ilrbraill pm. tb 7 a. mV,t!' vin Ji f f131
mcomirig'fflairis fearlyiii the' y brn4J,
rooms, havhig fpeclal Bperyjsion, of
the maUer;flnoweVer.'the letter is
seen w oe lmportantiiUS'aent.unins
stead oCTbfrnahoTeten
nna its way .to the aesJc or the SSecre -
tarv. rir P. va n f.n fHfl- "Prir1aTit:
the Ordinary htihe 'nb'wefl fet-
step by? step,, to theHch?ef 'clerk of. the
bureau; 'ithe mptmMt'm
ahd the particular iclerk who? is : ,as
signed to attend to its subject matter.
ThenvtitftlaT3mgess,s tffe eDlv
goes'back; on Chick w hite letter paper
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oiihouiwai! size, s eiaooraxeiy; neaaea,
and gaf hering1 ihH brseniehts'as it'brb'
beedsred marks arid .. blue" 'marks.
number "and date's ', bfrcies, v bqiiarea
folded 'and rriai lp.d ' a P-ain Npnpaaa ril w
tiiere is some red tape, for unless - a
;rigid system were followed .' there
would be, fatal confusion in Ja week
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1 hose ho have n .tollowed up our advertisements and r,
Qalled on us have found that we.offefed only de " :
and tnee at mst remarkably low pricesv .nv ?h niv yi V :
We HaveProveh Tnat We do nbt Adve
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vr. -a i ;o t?yr:- Pi-, c
in. all the large: departments.?! These
mysterious ?marks ail !ihavt a mean-
ing,;, aa tne careless orx stupid ; clerk
nnas out soon enough;' for by1 1 them
every step is registeredand a blunder
jtracea back to its source. : .
: ' The last hour or two of each office
day' in the departments is devoted to
finishing up the correspondence and
signing! it. ?The latter i means great
drudgej-y to the Secretaries and their
responsible subordinates -Some days
these Officers sign their ' na mes : for
two : hours ; as .rapidly : as ' they i can
write, 'with a messenger at their
elbow to pass them sheet after sheet,
and blot the signature as it is scratch-:
edvoffV Rareiyv' are thef; cojitents of
desk through the proper :i channels,
and is assumed to be cbrrept, , If riot,
the one who suffers by the error will
be . pretty likely-5 to. ;,cbmplain. l Of
Q6ursei'-;Xh.e.vriipre., important corres?
pondence is treated more carefully. ?j
And now the replyf begins its trav
els.' Again the department wagons,
from the heavy red vans to the sus
piciously neat . carriages, convey the
sacks to the; city,; postoffice, where
they are emptied, and the letters" hur
rieif rta "clerk olerk:- tOne " arv-:
ranges them in piles, then the cancel;
ing-stamp and the .postmark are put
on, and then the first rough distribu,
tion by States arid chief cities begins.
At the city pbstoffice, ; also, a further
distribution takes placef to ease the
strain on the railway postal clerks.
a-oouo z uuy ppcqmces .are locatea
by the most direct; rail way lines, and
thus saving the? rail way clerks from
a 1 vast task that 5 would 1 have to be
done very quickly,
i The great official nisil, goes out to
the North and West at 10 o'clock at
night, but as much matter as possible
is sent at 4 o'clock to help the railway
clerks. There are few busier pots
than the postfrl fcars bii the 10 ' o'clock5
train between Washjpgtqn. a,nd Balti y
more. - - .
U1 The governmentonail consists ,
mosf entirely of sealed packages, so
that little need be said of the methods
dflhandlinSrfhSSlOwebfa"
matter, jsomo parcels o openiiow-.
'ever, and these arQ.handled iir con
Rectiqnswith newspapers, sariiples,
jbpoks, shoes, horned loads and Mother
bulky particles. The size of these
.articlesxioes notadhiit of a pieoai
hole basis of distribution. ,The clerks
i therefore; stand in,Ixhe arena'of a
mimic amphitheatre of; l4heled
pouchefftl'ising above thetS in ver
lapping tiers-ahd toss ' the bundles
Into the gaping" mouths of Cthe scks.
rIViooljST easy, but it:is a speciai.1 art?
0he dalm elderly cjerk,:v0whdi has
spent a life snooting noucfies. has a
perfect aim.rt It is as beautiful to
watch Him agne pops tou bundle?
into thelr'proper holes as it is to se
! ! I. 1 1 1 1 1 T7tr L
mg,J whfenH ';the' ! great:' night
riaail9ffH.";3Brbm 7 till 9 o'clock
the offiqe ,Vr;6eethes rith:;jctiyityi
Shortl v". before." -9 o'clock vv the tomaU
(-n'ri0cdepar.tment8 and "the
Aii 1 1 uincr Kii rflaii t fl.ro hn.11 1 pA tvn ri ft I ti '
ear()fijthejomce, a and the r- mail 3 'is
landed sont to tihm forr. distrihtitfoW:-
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xnese veuivics air ui ovcrjr ueawip-
tiori , from, heavy, r? .red i circusi li ke
vans ta eayered ;carriagesr which
have a strong, suspiciontiof twilight
and Sunday excursions about ythem.
Thb heavist mail generally' ' gdes'f to
the Postoffice Department, due to the
routine correspondence" not ween. the
A week- of -great onerinersl A: week of genuine bargains!!
! . - ,.ny. .u Ai eete -never, to . do ,forgotten' 1 v- f U:
An impoitanti and ' profitable-wk iof HOUSE KEJEPERSi ?
r.jwi,'; iKr-xt-" fifiiloyJ-ui'ip'.i '.-: 'i " ": - r::-::r:'Z, , . . . -.r . ; , f".
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CARPET8
GARPE1S
CARPETS
CARPETS
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Department and the 50,000 postmass
ters! of-rthbfciWnr
ter ha8ri)cc5i6iil td write at Jeasi'tbuEv
ilettemeacn .iraarir,,iarl.ina fiJepar,
qua!
voluriie of business in the Dead Let-
leFBureau, where all-rncalled-for,
vniO 1UW
Willcontiritiuritil vlthe-criur stock is dis
frhisdirected or unintelligible letters
are stent.- The other t departments
iiatlrfip.ftivB enormous mails are the
" V - : C i triiBtior and theredsryHeiaj
1 , -. 7 fbfe tW'Penonureau?6f tWrritettof'
Atftah hibWnt -iKWHh 6u1
a.
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ilolifbften ttbnt-lhWnjtM
ana febTted.ul,:in' the' larger ..dePATt?
Afnce! rookJ0f ' thir,yo.wn,j wd exoeed
'er'ahle""size, Here i 1th eacks.'arb
bpfld and v the contents distributed
mtb;',raysor -.boxes which represent
iji.; uarver ureas, glass uaii-ui rawing
thrpwrhdtajBeconji base.
Bob Irigesoirs ffy friend. V
Christian Union.
Mr. Ingersoll at his sumrher resort
has made friends with a manly little
boy i just entering his-teeniM andther
two; had becomeummfa corapan)ns.t
The jbb was igiaoramVbf Mr. Irigerv
and (whenjomene tbjd hinjhthatthe
friend rnSbm lie so greatly dinjred
did iiotrbelieve in thets Bible, no& in
-Christ, hcior in Gk)d, fror in a future
HM jhe Sffirst resented the accua -iiion
J with A indignatibn, and then.
wnen )iF Fas connrmea, naa a gooa
cry, oveit ,The summer coming to
its ; end, Mr. Ingersou8 was asked- to
writb sometMng-in-hisyoTmgtriend
album, v and what he wrote ; read
something , like this: "It has been
said that the best man is he who has
$he most boy : in himo J think the
.best bOy is he who has the most man
in- ihirii.? Judged by v this standard, I
Mr. ; ; ' ' - - '.'1,
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,. ,ir, gives lid great pleasure to state that the mer
cnant wnq w$ reported iDeing aci-uie peint or
aeam irom an anacs or pneumonia, naa enureiy
lEptfife YOlume Of , bsllpesa teansacteai wcoyerea Dy tne use 01 pr. wm. Hih eaisamior
ikSl flWioAf tthnv rftwniirf, ..m.lnilgs.. -NataraDj be feels grateful for the
ifhf. figures pvqytownstotconsiaK gjjjj t tM remedy,forthe
lungs and throat: and' In giving publicity to this
statement we are actuated by motives of public
benefaction, trusting that others may be benefited
in a similar manner.
GARPJflTS
CARPETS
carpets
carpe 1 s
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Are being offered this week only,;, in. lengths
: ' from 6 to 60 yards at following rates : ; ; 1
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j THIS .WEEK AT 55c Per Tard, Formerly 70c
Nottinqhamitace
Gurtairis
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40 Pairs Cream, 3 J yards long, $ 1 ,40 a pai r formerly $2.00!
25 " White 3 : - "
KyO U ;
2.40
3.60
3.25
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5.00:
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m inree bin?. .
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I. 20 j pieces Seavy Bleached .6 4 Sheeting r25c per yard, Isold well at 32ici ';
IL 10 dozen of 10 4 Honeycomb Spreads, 85c each, v , j ' j 't;; ' $1.25 S
IIIv 600 yards of All Linen Crash, 8c per yard,' :? ,lr
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We Do Not Hid e l the 3aga i nsi We-Off ef?
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Because they are cheap, the less we seir6f heH the better r
off we are-r;Tb the contrary, we display them most cdnspic- :.,
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Tn ' der to make room for our Pall and White Stock, which is dally arriving. ' v . - -. '. ' ' -
v .- ri .!.'. j .. y v van win nffftr tmii wfletc at a ereat nacnnee.
is A Stilts at:
LlOOBoysahd Children Siiite:;$2.j0 uit::'
. fhj iliv -IrnJ r;iiJjnj;J-q -j or., -'vn? . . ,
These are extraordinary bargains and cannot be gotten anywhere else f or,
. Aid
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1 'lAAAyl WIT 1 ura aiit lntnl tA"iarr jitit nwr. W mat a rfpftrt KWMnof vrr jyari ' :1 i
toent every season, and do notjtafee.oosttoto consideration. JAn earJy. callf will .payyery economical , 1 '.'
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