| | | | They have made all the pre-paid Envelopes for the United | |States Post-Office Department for the past 16 years, and have | | INVARIABLY BEEN THE LOWEST BIDDERS.

| | | | They have made all the pre-paid Envelopes for the United | |States Post-Office Department for the past 16 years, and have | | INVARIABLY BEEN THE LOWEST BIDDERS.

States Post-Office Department for the past 16 years, and | | have INVARIABLY BEEN THE LOWEST BIDDERS.

| | | | They have made all the pre-paid Envelopes for the United | |States Post-Office Department for the past 16 years, and have | | INVARIABLY BEEN THE LOWEST BIDDERS.

" "There could be no bidders for your faithfulness," he answered, "whom I could not outbid.

What about an auction, eh?-an auction with two bidders onlyboth millionairesone's a pal and the other isn't.

There are two bidders, yourself and another person.

Bob Crump, for instance, had been jilted on the very morning he had arranged for his wedding, but instead of going about in a state of gentle melancholy he went round and fought his beloved's fathermerely because it was her fatherand wound up an exciting day by selling off his household goods to the highest bidders.

The day and hour has come for them to stand And meet the bidders from all Sumir's land; The day that ends their maidenhood, and brings Them joy or not.

The timid maids and bold of Babylon Are each in turn led to the rosy throne; The crowd of bidders round the herald stand, The richest and the poorest of the land.

the bidders in excitement stand Around a youth who cries with lifted hand And features pale and stern, who now began To bid against a wealthy nobleman, Whose countless herds graze far upon the plain, His laden ships that ride upon the main He counts by scores.

A sorry spectacle, mis-shapen, gross, She is, and bidders now are at a loss How much to ask to take the hag to wife.

The ugly maidens in turn were then put up, and the bidders were called upon to take them as wives with the smallest dowry to be paid from the proceeds of the sales of the beautiful maids, and they were in turn awarded to those who would accept them with the smallest amount as dowry.

States Post-Office Department for the past 16 years, and | | have INVARIABLY BEEN THE LOWEST BIDDERS.

States Post-Office Department for the past 16 years, and | | have INVARIABLY BEEN THE LOWEST BIDDERS.

The auctioneer looked around; there were no bidders.

He next attempted to describe his feelings when he saw his wife and children standing on the auction block; and heard the coarse jests of the spectators, and the fierce competition of the bidders.

The present laws providing for the making of contracts are based upon the presumption that competition among bidders will secure the service at a fair price; but on most of the railroad lines there is no competition in that kind of transportation, and advertising is therefore useless.

Among the innumerable bidders for praise, some are willing to purchase at the highest rate, and offer ease and health, fortune and life.

The charm of these first bidders for the year's favor is neither in the ethereal texture, the depth or delicacy of tint, nor the large-lobed, blood-stained, ancient leaves.

When in March, 1859, Pierce Butler's half of the slaves from the plantations which his quondam wife made notorious were auctioned to defray his debts, bidders who gathered from near and far offered prices which yielded an average rate of $708 per head for the 429 slaves of all ages.

Thereupon Joseph accused the bidders of having agreed together to estimate the value of the taxes at too low a rate

They continued, however, to discuss the question together; and all the more industriously as a farm of the same kind, only some fifteen miles away, was now offered to all bidders, under another landlord.

BELL CO. (Nelle Shumate) Mandy Gibson: There were auction-blocks near the court houses where the slaves were sold to the highest bidders.

It is difficult because of the limited number of competent bidders, to sell the franchise for what it is worth.