The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-11-10

Ass.y rasAnr OF THE BIRTH OF MARTIN
Martin Luther, the founder Of the Reforms.
born IN 1883, at Eisleben, In the county OF
ms,ss, Ups. sss .y which town A:
neighboring village OF Mera, where she re
sided. His father was a miner BY oecupatio
AZ the usual csc Luther was put to sehool
studies u is said obtained his support BY sing
Ing about the streets, and taking up! coilec::
lions from those who appreciated BIS vocal
lie uniyersiiy Of Grfart, ana four years later
having taken his degree OF master Of aIts, he
proceeded to study the law. when the fate 81
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he resolved to dedicate the remainder OF his
life to the service Of religion, Accordingly
he Joined the Augustinian friars whs had :
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that he ussd ifs3ustht teAso several days
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so greatly distinguished himself that in 1908
he was elected one Of the professors Of that In
stitution,i In 1bia he received the degree Of
RSs sss Fl i u i Rome
der his observatfon many OF the abuses by
which the Church was defofmed, and had
listing order OF ecclesiastical affairs, In 1915
he lffst began to preach In publ and his adj
dresses to the people manilestsd d DISPOSITION
70 as.an the PREVAILING errors Of the time.
blew the spark into a flame. Pope Leo x,
finding his treasury empty, resorted to an ex.
pedicnt which had frequently been employed
The sale Of -indulgences was conferred on
the Dominicans instead, as formerly, on the
Augustines, and the superior OF the order com:
q IA ali
he entered with his Characteristic fire and de-
termination. His searching, honest, and dar.
Ing spirit soon carried him far beyond the
bounds within which II was intended he
should conane himself, and on the 3lst OF Dc.
tober, 1917, he afixed on the gate OF the Uni.
yersity At Wittemberg ninety.ave propoai.
trine Of indulgepces.
This may be considered the commencing
movement Of the Reformation. From that day
the revolution against the existing order q
until IL revolutionised half Of Chrlstendom.
In this year Luther published TRANSLATION
Of ti,e ,sysn penitealisl psalms IN German,
sealing the Scriptures TO the whole body Of the
people. On the 18th June, 1920. Pope Leo
issued bull condemning the doctrines Of
following Luther, in the presence OF q large
concourse Of people, committed the Papal de-
crees to the hamos. A second bull OF Leo,
issued on the 90 Of January, 1871, formally ex-
Leo instigated the Emperor OF Germany to
perteeutc Luther, and an edict OF outlswry
eonnned for ten months 10 the Castle OF wsTt.
burg, during which time he translated tie
New Testament Into his mother tongue. In
1873 Luther threw off his cowl, which he had
heretofore worn. On the 9th June, 1876, he
married Catharine de Boren, q lady OF noble
family, who, with, her eight companions, had
escaped from the convent OF Nimptsh, they
having been induced TO take this step by the
pcrusai OF some OF Luther's writings. Luther
b ad six children by his wife.
1t was In 1919, sta DICT held At splre,. that
Protest against the proeeeSins ae OF he
meeting from which they first became known
BY the name Of ProtcstaDts, now the common
designation of all the denominations OF Chris.
tians dissenting from the Church Of Rome.
The death Of Luther took place at Etsleben,
on the 18th OF febIuary,lsi0, In the sixty-third
year Of his age, He was, beyond all dispute,
great writer's OF both communions have united
In bearing testimony to the towering genius oil
this extraordinary man, and that wonderful
combinn alton OF intellectual and moral quail
ties which enabled him so conspicuously to
assert his pre-. emincnce above all his assocl.
ates. Mclancthon says; I" Luther is a miracle
among msni whatever ne nlters whatever BE-
10 some wonderful manner leaves, as II were
stings In their hearts"
Communicated
THk NON.NuMBERING OF HOUSES A NUI
| sAsoR.-An act OF the corporate authorities oil
Washington, dated May is, 1854, as cited on
page tss oil webb's Digest, requires private
Of business fronting on the streets to be mum
| bered. As the act specifies In what mannei
the numbers shall be arranged, there Seems nc
queneS OF builders, Numerous buildings, ant
| even blocks OF buildings, In all parts Of th,
city, occupied as residences, are LETT without
abls matter. This should not be so. And 70
the benefit Of innocent parties,it is but CHART!
to publish the law, as follows;
lows, viz. The western extremity Of each
street on the boundary line OF the city shall b,
the beginning or starting point for numberlnl
aSS,s . s,sss, n1 ~ ss,.S and iS
boundary line OF the same for numbering tn,
streets running southerly. The avenues shal
be numbered ifom their northern extremity
| Every street or avenue shall be numbered b!
itself, and on each side Of the same, alternate
ly, where public property does not Intervene
thus placing the odd numbers on one side an
the even on the other, entirely through to tn
opposite extremity OF each respectively, an
allowing number for every twenty-five fec
In all cases OF open spaces of uhimproye
private lots, and for every fractional teu,ain
der OF fifteen feet or more, after the divisio
Of each space by said distance. All Bmalle
fractional remainders to be unnotlc Iced and, con
"a. Sb By ssSias,sSs 10 Ssss
nate any building, house, or tenement, shal
be a properly painted figure on a tin plate o
q different color, OF not less than two and
half inches square, the price OF Which to b
paid by the house builder or owners In al
cases, except only those of non.residents o
tenantless houses, In which case the expens
thereof shall DO paid by the city, and added Il
| the city tax on said property for the ensuinI
years Provided, Nothing In this act shall b
so construed as to prevent any owner or oc
| cupant OF q house, dwelling, or tenement I,
| procure, at his own expense larger or MGR
| desirAb plates or numbers.
| 8. Those persons refusing TO designate thei
houses by numbers, as provided In this act
after they have been notified OF the prope
| number for the same, for four days thereafter
| shall have q number furnished by tho city a
| their expense, to be levied as aforesaid, to
| gether with the penalty, in addition, OF t5, 70
the use OF the city, to be collected as othe
| penalties.
Here is law and directions enough to guild
| the most obtuse, and 1t is to be hoped partie
interested will profit by the knowledge.
| NANELEss HOUSE.
| THE SUMMgRs DioAMY CASR.-The charg
| against William II. Summers for blgamy wa
| heard before Justice Walter at II a. m, yet
tcrday, General MuzIy appeared for tn
| prosecution,
L. q, Hlne, counsel for the efendnnt, move
that the Court quash the warrant, and dli
charge his client on the ground that the atids
Wit on which the warrant was Issued purpor'
ed to have been made by Mary Summers, q
the wife OF the defendant, and that as she
| imeotnuelent to testify against him on III