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-w&mv-- pt-, T WYMMN wrvow 'JnfffTfr TW- -wjt- k V fti Roberts & Co, 212 North nth Street, Undertakers anMmbalmers, LjB .rff t w Telephones. Office 145. Residence 1 56 Open Day and Night. E. T. ROBERTS, Manager. P AST ALL PRECLDENT! Over Two Millions Distributed. Louisiana State Lottery Comp'y. Incorporated by tlio T'tlntnro for Kdu .cntlonnl nnd Chnrltnblo purposes, nnd It t ninchlso iiuido iv part of tho present stntc constitution In 1971) by mi overwhelming pop- uinr voiu. T. f!rniiil l?vf rtrtfilttirif t Drnti'tnira tfitff liO VJ1IIIIU t4Alllwuiiiiu 1 r " su (.v ilncc Semi Annually nunc nnd Decern wrY nml lu Rrnnil Slnirlo Number Draw. t Ings take place In each of the other ten iiintitlis nt tln vivir. nnd are nil drawn In public, nt tlie Academy of Music, New Orleans, La. "Wo do hereby certify Hint wo supcrvlso 4ho nrrnniioiiionts for nil the M tithly nml Homl-Aiinunl Drawings of Tlio Loulslnim fitnto Lottery Company, nnd In porion mull ago nnd control tlio Drnwlnii themselves, nnd Hint tlio Hinnn nro conducted with lion csty, fairness, nml In good fnllli townrd nil fnrtles, nnd we iuitborl7.o tlio Coi.iimny to tmo Ills cortlllcnto, with fnc-slmllles of our sluim uros nttiuhod, In Its ndvertlHuments." rZ&&t3 Commissioners. We, tlio undersigned Hanks nnd Hunkers will pny nl) prizes ilriiwn In tlio Lnillstniin Htnto Lotteries, whleli inny bo presented nt our counters. It. M. WALMSLKV. 1'res't Loulsunn Knt ll'k PIHltHB LAN'AUX, Pren.-tnto Nntlonnl ll'k A. IIALDWIN, Pros. Now Orleans Nntl Hank OAHL KOI IN'. Pre. Union Nntlonnl llniik HAIIOTH DRAWIM At the Academy of Mailc, New Orltani, Tuesday, Jnn 18, 1880. Capital Prize, $600,000. 100,000 Tickets nt 10; Halves 120; Qunrters, $10; Klghtlin, H; Twentieths Sj; Kortloths, $1. LIST Or 1' lit .KM. 1 IMUZKOFIflOO.OOiHs 00.00d i iMtr.K ok Jw.om) h aw.uoo I Pltl.K OK 1100,000 In ino.000 1IMUZKOK W),000W 60,000 2lMZK8 0K9).lnro 40.0HU ft IMII.KS OK lO.OOOure (50,000 lOPllIZRSOF rt.OOOnrn fiO.000 85IMU7.RSOK 2,000nre fiO.OOO 11)0 IMUKH OK WW are H0.IW0 -J00PHI.KHOK mm nro l'JO.ono fiOOPKIZKSOK 400uro 200,000 I ' " Al'l'ltOXIMATtON 1MU7.KS. " i lOOPrlrcsoMl.OOOnro ., 1100,000 100 do. SOOaro 80,000 100 do. 400 nro 10,000 Two NumiikkTkhminai.s. 1,003 Prizes of fJOO nro $.109,000 3,144 Prizes amounting to '.ini,loo AGENTS WANTED. IW Kor Club Hntes or nuy other desired Information, wrltn lexlbly to the undersigned, dourly stating your residence, with Stuto, County, Htreotnud Number. Morn rapid re turn mall delivery will honssurcdhy your en closing nn Envelope bearing your full nd dress. IMPORTANT. Address M.A.DAUPHIN, Now Orleans, I.a. Or M. A. DAUPHIN, Washington, D. C. lly ordinary letter containing Money Or 4ter lssuod by nil Kxpreas Companies, Now York Exchange, Draft or Postal Nolo. Address'Reglstered'Letters containing: Currency to ' T3Z NEW OHLHANS NATIONAL BANK, Now Orleans, La. ltEMKMIUCU that the payment of tlio Prizes Is guaranteed by Four Nntlonnl Hunks of Now Orleans, nnd the tickets are ftlgued by tlio President of nn Institution, whoso char tered rights aro recognized In the highest courts; therefore, bowaroof nil Imitations or anonymous schemes. ONEnOLLAUIs tlio price of the smnllest part or frnctlonofn ticket ISSUED 11V Us In nuy drawing. Anvtbliig In our namo of fered for less than a Dollar Is n swindle HAGENOW & ASGHHANN, Philharmonic Orchestra AND MILITARY BAND, Room io, OperaHouse Block J. II. W. HAWKINS, ARCHITECT AND SUPERINTENDENT, Uulldlngs completed or In course of erectlou from April 1, 1880: riuslitdJi blojlc. O E nntgoiniry, lltli and N. do do LWlllllliiKsley.lHIiiienrN. Restaurant (Oilell.) O K MontKomery, N near Ilesldence, J J Imtiotr, J and l'-th. do J n Macfarland, Q and 1 Ith. do John Zelirung, Dund lltli do Alltert Wat kins. I) Ixt II! ! and 10th. do Win I Iiuonaid. E bnt 0th and 10th, Jo K It Outhrle, UTtli mid N. do J E Iteed, M I). V bet UHli ami 17th do L O M Ilal.hvln, O lKt lHtli aud 18tu. Kfc.iltArinm building at Hlll'onl. Neb, Flrrt UaptUt cliurcli, lltli and K streeU. ortuary on ljl ani rdi)Jlvu toinb at Wyuka cemetery. onice Roouu33 aud 34 Klohards Bloolc e-- ASPlltANTS TO Ol'FlOK. HOW THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINA TIONS ARE CONDUCTED. Many Am Catlttd but I'nw Am Cbmrn. Rten tbo MiMt ltniln.4 Wnrnnr for OoTerntiieiit lnb Sinks frantlo lCflTort to Surrerd Some Knotty Problem. (Special Oorreixndenco.l Washington, Juno 10. It would not bo cnay to find In tlio cnpltnl city n moro Interesting sccno tlmn that presented In tho quarters of tlio civil service com mission on a departmental examination djiy. Nent ly threo hundred nnd fifty can didates for employment in tho govern ment sen leo nro going through what is commonly known ns tho hopper. Tho Casual visitor might well think tho build ing n school or col lego. Four or fl vo rooms aro In use, and each is fitted up like the tiverago country school house, with rttdo desks, n few maps on tho wall, n rostrum for tho teachers or principals, nut what a queer lot of pupils! They nro of nil nges, from 20 up to fourscore. Many liavo black skins; gray hairs aro copi ously mixed with shitting young faces, nnd two-thirds of tho wholo number nro women. Over next tho wall sits an old colored man who was oncon stnto olllcer in tho south. Chief Examiner Webster says tho old fellow has been hero six or eight times, always failing to pass, but never willing to glvo up. Ho Is nearly nlwnys tho last ersou to leavo tho examination room, fearing that If ho departs earlier his follow candi dates will discover that ho has failed and ilbo him. Illack and Ignorant though no Is, ho appears to bo very ptoud. An other old mnu, white, and with a faco that is finely molded, is pointed out ns ono who, twenty years ago, was rich and almost famous, successful in politics and thought to bo n future senator of the United States. Now ho is living chieily on hope nnd n deluslvo ono at that, for tho chances nro that ho will fall, to pass tho examination. Nothing is more pa thetics than the efTorts of these old men and women for old women nro nlso to bo found here tocompcto with younger nnd fresher minds in tho race for em ployment, trying in many cases again and again after u failure which m u s t have brought them bit tor disappoint ment aud humili ation. Among th 080 unfortuu a t o s may bo found many who have on joyed great prosperity, and who hnvo climbed nearly to WILLIAM II. WEBSTKIt. tho top round of success. What stories of humbled prido and breaking hearts this examination hopper has ground outl A glai co about tho rooms shows so many interesting characters that ono cannot stop to mention thorn. In ono of tho rooms, whero tables havo been im provised with boards, youth nnd ago sit sido by sido in tho persons of n patriarch whoso faco is liko that of Father Time himself and a girl who declares sho is SO but whoso faco and form indicato no moro than sweet sixteen. It is notewor thy that in a room containing eighty persons, fully two-thirds of them womcu, thoro aro not moro than ono or two couio ly faces. Tho women nro tho women who havo to Btrugglo for bread alouo, or as helpers in needy families. Many of them wear iudcpcndeuco and self rell anco in their plain faces, few aro over scrupulous in dress, fully one-half wear oycglasses or spectacles. Involuntarily tho thought comes that these, aro tho women for tho most part 30 or moro in years who havo been left on tho shores of tho matrimonial sea. It tho pretty woman who marries early nnd gets somebody to work for her. Tho plain woman remains single, and after strug gling along as servant, Etoro clerk or seamstress, concludes to brighten up her arithmetic, orthography and penman ship, in hopes of passing through tho mill and finding n snug berth at a thou sand a year, hours 0 to 4, in tho servico of dear old Undo Sam. Though hero and thoro is ono who looks like a tramp from tho 6treets, these must bo worthy, rcspcctablo men nnd women, for has not each of them beeu Indorsed by threo well known citizens of his town? To get in hero they nro re quired to flic format applications and cer tificates of character, but their politics is nover inquired for. Mtuy of tlieso candidates aro from distant cities, whioh means cxpenso incurred on what Is at best but little better than n lottery. Judging by tho results of former exami nations, of tho 400 aspirants hero in travail with arithmetic aud orthography, only 000 will pass muster with a record Tllli SCHOOL ItOOH, of 05 per cent, or better, and of tho 300 who feel called only fifteen will hochosou to enter into tho gates of the departments as clerks on the government pay loll. Vacancies aro few utul far between, nnd already there is a long list of "ellgi hies" who have passed previous examina tions, aud who have waited long and perhaps patiently for tho appointments that nover camu, Those who fall to pass may wait six months nnd try it again. Those who pass, but full of an appoint 'NP i m CAPITAL CITY COURIER, ment within a jMr, must, nl corau Iwick and bo grcunj oneo nioro through tho unpromising hopper. When tho list of cllglbles Is made up tlio candidates showing the highest average nro placed at tho head, nnd experience shows that only those whoso sooro reaches closo to 100 need expect to profit for their pains. Thereforo tho strugglo Is for a rating of 9.1, nnd thus Is oxplnlnod tho knitting of brow, tho arduous concentration of thought, tho throwing oft of self con sciousness overy whero apparent. At 0 o'clock in tho morning tho pupil arrive, lino It must bring his own Ink, pen nnd ponclls. To each is assigned n desk and a number. For tho purposes of this examination, names nnd Iden tity are merged into a moro numerical designation. Tho chief oxamiuor or ono of his assistants Informs tho class that they must hold no conversation or com munication; that their papers must bo written In ink, and that no competitor can havo Issued to him moro than ono examination blank. Then tho mill is started In motion. Blanks nro passed out to tho class, and tlieso each ono mtiBt mark with his number. Tho examiner reads about 250 words of extract from some book or speech for tho Information of tho cliws, and rereads It in groups of words nt n rnto of not less than fifteen nor moro than twonty-flvo words n minttto. As ho rends overy can dldato follows him ns closely as ho can with pen. Tills is deemed nn Important exercise, ns it shows not only penman ship but r.hlllty to take from dictation, YOUTH AND AOi:. construction of language and punctua tion. Though these lessons nro plainly given out, very rarely, Indeed, Is a can dldato found who will succeed in catch ing every word. This over, twenty words nre given out, with their defini tions, ns a test in orthography. Then fol low questions nnd problems in arithme tic, bookkeeping, elements of the English language, letter writing, elements of tho history, geography and government of tho United States. As we look tho old man who resembles Father Time is struggling with this: Add 9f of 1.384 to 7-10 of 1,008, and from tlio sum tako 7-4 of 31. Tho distressed colored man, having finally succeeded in ascertaining tho cost of a tract of land 2 miles wido by 8 miles long, nt $1,251 per acre, is now relapsing from exultation into despair over tho following: Tbo stationery division of tho treasury do partment bad on hand at tbo end of tho fiscal year 1BS3 certain letter paper valued nt 13S.83 1-7, and weighing 1,!3 0-7 ounds. During tho next fiscal year 7,019 Kimds were reeelvod, nnd 0,4(32 25-.15 pounds ero used. Itequlred (l)i Tho prlco of tlio ax;r per pound, cxpresHed In cents aud fractions of a cont In lowest terms; and &) tlio value of tlio stock on band at tbo end of tho your 1881. The comcllest young woman in tho room is bothering hor pretty but rather empty head over a blank which contain a dozen such conundrums us: A DIFFICULT 1'RODLEM. State In tvbosu administration tlio following events occurred! Purclia.so of Louisiana, Mexican war, nullification of South Carolina. War of 1812, Emancliwulon Proclamation. Wberuurotbe following liattle fields 1 State In what war each battle occurred: Long Island, Chancellorsvllle. Cbapullcec, liennlngton and Lundy's Lane Whllo tho eager candidates aro strug gling with theso question blanks, whoso contents, of course, they had no knowl edge of till they sat down hero, two or threo bright eyed young men nro walk ing nbout among tho desks. Ono of tho rules of tho commission is that a candi date shall not have on his desk a scrap of written or printed paper nothing but his blanks nnd pencil tablets. Now and then an article is confiscated by theso lynx oyed watchers, and soon a tablo near tho chief examiner's desk is piled high with reference sheets, little hand books and other surreptitious nlds to mouiory. Thoro nro several American almanacs, a half dozen pocket statistical compilations, an assortment of memo randa. Ono highly Ingenious aspirant has covered both sides of a largo sheet of wrapping paper with a perfect ency clopedia of dates of battles, historical roferenccs, etc., and with tho confisca tion of this treasuro dlsuppcar probably all his hopes of success. No wonder tho women aro largely in majority in tlieso class rooms. It is tho woman who succeeds. Ono-thtrd of tho tnnles fall to reach tho coveted 05, against only one-sixth of tho females. Tho wo men rank higher in tho scalo of excel lence, too, as is shown by tho fact that whllo of those passing all classes of ex aminations during tho last eighteen months only 1 In 7 was a woman, of tho appointments mado, 1 in 0 was that of a femalo this notwithstanding tho preju dice of many department chiefs und other ollleora against women clerks, and tho option placed in their hands of usk lug the commission for mnloor femalo cligibles. In a contest of tho wits, it is tho self reliant, pushing woman that wins. Walteh Wellman. 1 SATURDAY, JUNE iS, RUSSIA'S GREAT FLOOD. Frightful 8rno When the Nev Over flowed Its Uftiikt, Special Corrcponileuco. New Youk, Juno. 10. Tlio flood that overwhelmed St. Petersburg was not qulto so terribly sudden ns this Cono muugh ono, but It was fully as de structive and to this day you may eo on many of tho great Russian public buildings n red lino, with tho dnto "7th November, 1821," marking tho height of tho water on that fatal morning. For threo days previous tho waters of tho Nova, swollen high by a sudden thaw, had lieen driven back by tho furious west wind thnt was blowing with ovor Increasing violence up tho Gulf of Fin laud; and ns tho river rose, tho alarm guns kept boomltlg through tho howling storm nil night long from tho citndol, whllo through tho darkness tho rod glaro of signal lanterns lit up overy watch tower. A fow took fright and fled with what property they could snvo, but tho greater number stayed nnd mot their doom. Just at daybreak on tho morning of tho fatal 7th thoso whoso houses looked down upon tho grcut open tpaco of tho Admiralty plain (which flanks tho river) wero awakened by n hollow rumbling like distant thunder, nnd soon tho solid ground below them melted Into a soa of leaping, glittering, foaming water, on which wagons, barges, casks, sentry boxes, bundles of hay nnd shattered timbers wero whirled along Itko straws, together with drowning horses, men and oxen, whoso cries swelled dismally tho universal uproar. Then tho threo great canals hurst their banks, nnd on went tho flood In ono mighty wave through overy Btreet nntl lane, till fully two thirds of tho city was under water. And now tho tragedy began in earnest. Ab the timber houses along tho river bank began to shako beneath tho batter ing strokes of tho waves, tho doomed In mates tried to clamber to tho roof, most ly failing in thonttcmptnnd falling head long into tlio raging waters below. Children Bank before tho eyes of their mothers, wives before thoso of their hus bands. Mnny of tho poor wretches, In tho madness of their terror, fought sav agely for n fow Inches of foothold till they wero nil engulfed together. Higher and higher rose tho flood, houso nftor houso enmo crashing down, nnd tho shrieks of thoso who wero perishing be neath tho ruins wero heard abovo all tho roar of wind and storm. And still tho alarm bells pealed nnd tho nlnrm guns boomed In tho distance, ns if calling in vain for tho help that nono could give But all at onco a lnrgo boat was seen to como gliding around tho corner of tho VoznesciiBknya Oolltza (Assumption Btreet), rowed by eight strong men, and steered by tho Czar Alexander himself. Just nt that moment u hugo mass of wood work, torn from somo fallen houso, bore right down upon tho boat. A col lision would havo been certain death to all; but tho czar saw that thoro wero two children clinging to tho drifting mass, nnd with ono turn of tho tiller ho brought tho boat alongside nnd, at the risk of hii own life, Bimtched tho poor llttlo waif j from destruction. Then, tak ing them on his knees, nnd wrapping IiIb gold tared cloak tenderly around them, ho went bravely on into tbo jaws of death. Several other boats wero soon nt work aud tho men who guided them, steering closo to tho submerged houses, shouted to thoso at tho windows and on tho roofs to lot themselves down. But so utterly unnerved wero theso poor creatures by mortal terror that many of them, instead of lowering themselves quietly into tho hands of those who wero ready to ro ccivo them, leaped headlong into tho rushing waters and thus perished with safety actually within their grasp. Ono struggling woman was clutched by a bravo fellow in tho bow of ono of 'tho boats, but cro ho could drag her in tlio skirt by which ho held her gavo way aud sho 6ank forever. A number of people who had taken rcfugo on n wooden roof wero espied by n lwat's crow, who ran nlongsido und wero just shouting to them to lower themselves down, when tho wholo roof fell in with a horriblo crash, overwhelming tho rescuers nnd tho res cued in one common ruin. But tho honor was not at its height oven now. With tho coming of uight camo a bitter north wind und n frost of unparalleled severity, which comploted tho deadly work that tho flood had be gun. Many who had escaped tho waters died by tho cold of that fearful night; and when morning dawned upon that wild sccno scores of dead men were drifting through tho dead city on broken planks or capsized boats, with their livid faces aud sightless eyes turned blindly upward to tho cold nnd cruel splendor of tho wintry sunrise A fow figures wero scon clinging to tho trees nlong the front of tho Admiralty building, and the passing rescuers hailed them, but there was no reply. Tho boats wero hastily run thither, and thoy were told to leap In, but not ono of them spoko or moved thoy wero all frozen corpses. Nearly flvo hundred of theso ghastly fruits wero gathered from tho trees of tho various boulevards when tho flood went down, und in many cases tho stiffened fingers thnt still clutched tho boughs broke short off liko those of a statue! How many lives were lost during that fearful day and night (which still btnnd nlono In tho memory of tho ftusslan peo ple liko the bin niug of Moscow) can never 1)0 known now, hut, npart from tho mul titudes that weredestroyed in the capital itself, hundreds upon hundcreds must havo perished iiiCronstadtundthelowtlat islets at the mouth of tho river. Count less bodies were whirled nway by tho fu rious current of tho Neva, to bo found fur out to sea by shuddering fishermen many duys later; and. judging of tho total havoc by tho very small part of It which can bo accurately reckoned, thoso fow hours must have swept away many thousands of human lives. David Kko. 1889. 'H'-i 1870. CARPETS AND DRAPERIES! The Oldest House in the State. All the Newest and Latest designs and Colorings in all grades of Carpetings and Floor Coverings AT LOWEST PRICES. In our Drapery Department we are showing sonic special bargains in Nottingham, Irish Point, Swiss and Brussels Lace Curtains, Chenille and Turcoman Curtains in all grades. OUR MOTTO: GOOD GOODS! LOW PPICES' A. M. DAVIS & SON, 1112 O Street. lii&ni K. HILL, LATK OK MtOOKLYN, N. Y Tailor and Draper "GENTU5MEN: I shall display for your Inspection a new and very carefully selected j Stock, comptlslng many of the latest and newctt designs of the European Manufacturers, and I am now prepared to take all orders for making up garments for gents In the latest style. LADIES TAILORING: Having for seventeen years met vilth great success In Drooklyn, N. Y., In cutting and making Ladles Jackets and Riding Habits, shall be pleased to receive patronage from the ladles during the coming season. I am nlso prepared to receive orders for all kinds of Uniforms and Smoking Jackets. 1230 O Street. Steam and Hot Water Heating. M Buggies, Carriages or Saddle Horses, Can be had at anv lie, Day or Night, on short notice, Horses Boarded and Wv.. aken care of at Reasonable Rates Call and see us, ioz Q street, or give all orders by Telephone 147. Most Popular Resort in the City. ODELL'S DINING HALL, MONTGOMERY BLOCK, 1 1 19, 1 121 and 1 123 N Street. Meals 25 ets. $4.00 per week. 9mmmmmmmmmmm 1889, THEY TAKE THE LEAD! -THIS- ALASKA'S In durability, neatness of finish and construction these refrigerator havo no equal. Prices:, Reasonable Call and see the lino Every Refrigerator fully guaranteed to give sat isfaction. S. C. ELLIOTT, CHI NAHALL 1212 O STREET. LINCOLN, NEB. Plumbing h l9VrmfTm'Smmm LnssJhlllHBillUMMHiJHBi F. A. KORSMEYER & CO. Telephone 536. j2rS s. Eleventh St. FINEST LIVERY RIGS In the City all come from the Graham Brick Stables 1027 Q STREET, Where all kinds of O