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and 96 p. m, connect ~ Bowie with traiDs 1870
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Passenger leaving their orders q Ttck n O0o~a.
corner OF 18th street and Pennsylvapia avepne 81
northwest corner Of Sixth street and snts
svenue, can have their baggage called for And
90 q hoteb and reesdenccs 20 ell potpts Norfh ara
est. Through tickets 20 Oinc nnsff CoIrrhns
lndianapols, Louisville, O.. Lsuie Men Orissoss
Omaha, San francisco, end III noipts horn
northwest, west, and southwest. As
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BOARD Of Health

ELECTION OF Observation-Disclosures ANINALs
AT LARGE, &c.
At the meeting OF the Board of Health last
night, The committee on ordinances. was re-
quested 70 report an ordinance in reference TO
manure-pits.
Mr.. Marbury reported that the matter of
PAYING THE GARBAGE MEN
had been turned over 20 him by the controller
OF the District, and that the pay of these men
at very small discount by MIR. Stickney who
was unwilling 10 continue paying them unless
ne saw prospect OF reimbursement. He urged
that an appropriation of - 900 deficiency for
the payment of these men, should he attended
to In the Legislature.
REPORTS.
Inc weekly report of the health officer was
presented, showing IL new cases of small pox
ana deaths; 800 nuisances reported and Ig7
abated; a dead animals removed, ~ garbage
somp, h OF n9isances abated inspections of
rings. li2 surgeons. -, 600 crabs ~. 600 CLANS
so bushels oysters, of which IS punches of fish .
5000 heIrlngs, 2,0co crabs, and 800 CLANS had
been condemned. Also the following condem-
nations Of unwholesOme food; go pounds of
beef, 119 pounds of mutton and lamb 81 pounds
OF veal, 542 pounds of corned beef, sc.
The report of the coroner was presented for
the month, and showed that ten cases had been
viewed by that officer.
TIE WAR AGAINST NUIsANcKs.
The health officer said many buildings in the
city would have 70 be abandoned unless a pro-
per system Of sewerage was instituted. MANY
cellars were overtowed; other residences were
nant water in the close proximity to them A
resolution was adopted requiring the two tene-
ment shanties in Cullinane's alley. in square
4Se, between H and i and Az and 9Th streets
southwest, which are in a filthy and dilapid ated
condition, leaky roof, no ventilation, drainage
or water supply, and infected with small pox
III cases having occurred since December last
70 be abated as nuisance, according to law
Also one declaring the two frame buildings in
alley between It'll and sth and T. and g streets
southeast, OF which VIM. Nottingham esq . is
agent, as unit for human habitation and nui-
sance injurious TO health; ordered to be abated.
The old brick house known las castle Thun-
der. on y street, between Az and 9Th south
west. was ordered to be abated as a nuisance
II having defective and cracked walls broken
window arches, &c.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The board proceeded TO an election OF Off GERS
Tor the ensuing two years, and DR.. c. c. Cox
vas reelected president, DIR. ID. W. Bliss -ecre-
tary, John Marbury, jr., treasurer, DIR. ID. W.
ANIMALS AT LARGE.
Dr. Bliss moved that the committee on ordi-
nances be instructed and authorized to draft an
ordnance TO prevent the herding and grazing
OF domestic animals on vacant lots public re-
eeryations, or in the streets, avenues, or ALLEYS
OF W ashington and Geor getown; adopted.
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Tho Fish Markets.

ALR1ANDRIA.-Quotatio OF new Dish for this
day, Furnished to The STAR By George w.
Harrison q Co., wholesale dealers in FISH, Nos.
Z King st., %, 81, IS dsh wharves, Alexandria:
Shad, per hundred, s1O.50 to el2; Herring. per
thousand, $3.50 to $3.50; white perch, very
scarce; rock, very scarce; offal, very scarce.
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49, WHAT 0OUbLE TRACK ROUTE.
Gnn eicgent eooery, Palace stafe-roop day ana
.Iv9 hundred miles saved TO Western and Oeutrs,
The less 2; u. daily. szoeps Sunday, Northwest;
- D. u. oaiy, and e;10 .. m, except 6upday vesf
nAEI CoNNsc rIoNs
Enf094h mon BALTIMORE 70 NIAoARA "a
PIIT6BUR0 without chance -
nckees y this route can Be procured q the oDoss
ofner O IN street end Pennsyiania Avenue. snd
1rner o. Gh street and Pennsylvsnis avenue, under
.suons Hotel, where reliable information win b
Passensen procuring tickets q this once csa
scufs sooommodstions In Palace Carr for Pit0.
Ed: Q. YOUNG. General Passenger Agent,
oefb-v Baltimore. No
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ship; Albert s. Houghton for Scholarship.
FOURTH Dstriet.-Male primary, No. 3, Miss
Ellen Halliday teacher, located In the jefferson
terday, assisted by Rev. Mr.. shannon. Many
Of the parents Of the children were present
and all were well pleased with the neat appear
ment. The number on the roll is ~, and IS re-
ported present. The exercises consisted Of the
primary studies. A recitation by Grant Guth-
Iie was very well delivered: The medal was
awarded to Nymps Jones and diplomas to the
following: For scholarship, Henry Martin,
Grant Guthrie, John Groener, Edward Champ,
LIN, Robert InPey, and VIM. Halliday; deport-
Blunt, Salvador Hobbs, Monroe Parker. Leidy
Depru, Morris Solomon, John Cox, and VIM.
Walker. Mise Halliday Is one Of our Oldest pri-
mn mary teachers. and the degree Of excellence in
good conduct of the pupils, show her to be q
valuable teacher. The penmanship diploma
was awarded to Alexander Wood, and attend
Female primary 10. Q, Mis Lottie Lucas
teacher, located In the Greenleaf building, on
~ street southweet, fourth school district, was
- rn nsa e. O'Clock p. m. yesterday BY Trus-
- OnAmpiin: The exercises consisted Of the
cnorrs, Gathered once more" followed by
eAsminIuon OF the pupils In reading, arith-
meue tr1les, Questions on the map Of Washing
sis Of the Spenceran figures. The medal was
awarded TO Winnfred E. p. Kilborn. din5owss
t Hsstis Fisher EsESsr. wsissi, Laur. shack
Ysss Money for asa saeasSns nnd
Sarah Beall, Julia Beail, Matty Burke, Wei
thy Thayer, Mary Thayer; schofarship1Bcttie
Dsvis, Jane Baker, Liflie Keppler, Laura Mui-
len. Mary Jsvins. Maggie keiser; depertmeut-
Ana May AtIee, Annie Bradley, Ella ROCK
Eliea Cafmody end Adele Kern. The Children
were we're al dressed IN white, each one bear
ing besquet, anl yressntsd beautiful a.
we're preseuk, and seeDe1 to take great ptide In
the proficiency manifested In reading, spelling,
and the multiplication tabla. This u the second
graduates Of Ma AnidohS sshsel, ss6 hids
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THE REFORM SCHOOL.-The trustees of the
Reform School met yesterday, and a communi-
cation was received from Architect Clark rela-
tive to supplying the Reform School with gas
from the city, recommending the plan proyid-
ed the cost does not exceed IS 600 The build
ing committee was directed to unite with the
architect in considering the subject Of changing
basement, and also the plan Of the stairs Mr..
Carpenter said that the controller Of the Dis
trict had expressed wish that some ection be
taken by the board in regard to the q 900 due
them from the District, and suggested that they
accept bonds for the amount. The beard de-
cnned to take the bonds, ard referred tie SUBJ
jeet to the finance committee.
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GEORGETOWN ADVERTISEMENTS,

THERMOMETERS and Barometere are repAire
Ind made 20 order BY Hempler near Az etree1
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The COMMUNITY At large appreciate the use
fulness OF Singers Sewing Machine. LIS
Marshall County Republican., 1873-07-03
Catching a Tartar.

John, the New York SUMS fool, writes
from Raleigh, n. c.:
Some OF the fellows who live in the
woods are SO thin they have to lean
against tree to swallow they are
yellower than blind mans buff. and so
darned lazy they keep tame squirrels to
shave 'em. They train the squirrels to
dip their tails IN soap suds, lather them.
and then scratch the hair off with their
claws. L said there is plenty of tar in
North Carolina, and SO there is. I
caught Tartar there myself. / saw q
fellow who looked so green that if he
hadn't stirred just as he did I'd been
tempted to pour oil and vinegar On him
and cut him up for a salad. He was
whiting stick.
Says I: Halloo.
Says he : Halloo yourself.
Says L: Boy, if hens lay eggs for
nothing, and those eggs sell for Sixteen
cents dozen, what's the percentage of
profit?
Says he Mister, it would take a
prophet to tell, I reckon.
Says L: That's SO; what are you
making
Says he: It's whistle out of willer,
and I say, Mister, can you make whis-
tie out of bowl of soup?
Says 1: No, sir.
Says he: Well, then, you ain t smart.
| can.
Says [: Doy you mean to tell me that
you can make whistle out Of bowl of
soup?
Says he: Yes, I can. That there is
whistle, amt it?
Says l. Yes, it is.
Says he: Well, I didn't make it in a
bowl of soup, did [?
Says /: No.
Says he: Well, then, [ made that
there whistle out of a bowl of soup,
didn't L?
That made this Northern gentleman
mad, and I started to leave when he
yelled out [ say, mister, if you'd
lived In the days OF the ark you'd gone
in through the window.
Says l: Why?
Says he: Because you're 50 green
that dove would have lit on you first.
sure.
[ left under the impression that North
Carolina boys are smart. Perhaps it's
the turpentine that accounts for it. for
that will make folks smart [ saw a
touching picture yesterday. 1t was so
touching [ touched it. 1t was man in
the woods sitting upon trunk under a
big umbrella. He was eating chewing
gum, and his trunk had more locks on
it than the Erie Canal.
Marshall County Republican., 1873-07-03
A DnrahIa Paste.

Four parts, by weight, of glue are
allowed to soften in fifteen parts of cold
water for some hours, and then moder-
ately heated till the solution becomes
quite clear. Sixty-fye parts of boiling
water are now added with stirring. In
another vessel thirty parts of starch
paste are stirred up with twenty parts
of cold water, so that thin, milky fluid
is obtained without humps. Into this
the boiling glue solution Is poured, with
constant stirring, and the whole is kept
at the boiling temperature. After cool
ing, ten drops of carbolic acid are add
ed to the paste. This paste is of extra
ordinary adhesive power, and may be
ued for leather, paper or cardboard with
great success. It must be preserved in
close bottles, to prevent evaporation of
the water, and will in this way keep good
for years.
Marshall County Republican., 1873-07-03
Marriage Among the Apaches.

Even those copper-colored cut throats,
the Apache Indians, have a touch of
delicacy and romance in them. From a
lecture delivered in. San Francisco by
Col. John G. Carmany, we take the fol
lowing account of their courting Gus
toms; every young girl is at liberty to
refuse a suitor for her hand. The
father, mother, and brother are prohib-
tied from interfering in her choice. Her
person is at her own disposal. After a
brief courtship the lover makes formal
proposal by offering so many horses.
Horses are a standard of value among
Indians. As the squaw does all the
work, horses are accepted as an equiva-
lent for her labor. When a young war
rior is enamored, hefastens the horse near
the wigwam of the squaw whose hand
he seeks, where he is left four days. IF
she fails to feed and water the horse
during that time, the master is rejected;
but if she accepts his offer she grooms
and kindly cares for the horse, and then
ties him to the wigwam of her lover, as
much as so say, "I am willing to be
your slave and do your work" At
the marriage the sages and sachems
meet together, and the bride is not un-
frequently loaded with forty TO fifty
pounds of silver and copper trinkets.
Marshall County Republican., 1873-07-03
A New WAY to Collect Fare.

Why is it that everybody likes to cheat
a railroad :? People who are scrupulously
honest with everybody else Will resort to
all sorts Of lodges to avoid paying rail
road fare and people who are opulent
and open-handed with money seem eager
to dodge even the smallest amount for
riding on the cars. They never think of
avoiding bus, stage or ferry fare thus.
1t is peculiar form of kleptomania.
Some of the devices resorted to are
very ingenious and very funny. For in
stance There is a respectable lady who
has occasion to make frequent trips be-
tween two stations on the Oil Greek road
which are about fifteen miles apart She
buys a ticket to station about halfway
between, but does not get off there. On
the contrary, she goes into the saloon"
and stays there until the conductor has
made his round and returns to the for
ward part of the train. Then she comes
out and takes her seat with the appear
ance of feeling better, with all the con-
sclousness OF a good deed performed.
and rides free to her destination
This game proceeded unchecked until
last Saturday. The lady went through
the same performance again, with this
difference when she attempted to come
out of her saving retirement she found
the door tied from the outside with a
strong rope. She pulled, and tugged,
and kicked, but of no avail. The CON
ductor was in the smoking car, the brake
man on the rear platform and the pas
sengers, supposing it was some prisoner
or candidate for Dixmont, did not inter-
fere. Luckily brakeman happened in
just as the train stopped at the station
where the lady wanted to get off and un-
tied the rope. She came out and got off
the train rapidly, looking disguised, even
offended. City Derrick.
Marshall County Republican., 1873-07-03
Sent Home.

A Washington paper tells of an ele-
gantly-dressed young lady who went into
one of the dry goods stores on Pennsyl-
vania avenue, bought spool of cotton,
and requested the proprietor to have it
sent home. Overwhelmed with the i'm
portant duty so suddenly thrust upon
him, he Immediately procured an ex-
press wagon and detailed clerk, who,
lifting the spool into the wagon, drove
with it to the residence of the young
lady, and, dismounting, rang the bell,
and, when the door was opened, placed
the spool upon his shoulder and carried
it into the hall, and gently placed it on
end, as if it had been barrel of flour,
and then retired. The CONSERVATION of
the family can be imagined. The head
of the house has been lodging in and
out of the dry goods store during the
past week trying to find that clerk.
Marshall County Republican., 1873-07-03
Trouble in Germany.

Germany is supposed to be the most
stable Government in the world she
has within two years received e16O, ,O0O,-
900 from France, and is about to receive
the remaining forty millions of the in
demnity. But to-day, in Berlin, there
is alarm and fearful anticipations of
coming financial disasters; stocks are
falling, and thousands of persons are
threatened with ruin; while in Paris,
although the country has just undergone
another political revolution, there is
buoyancy ON the Bourse, rise of II
per cent. in Government securities, and
general confidence and hope in the fu-
ture. There are not wanting good
judges who say that Germany has all
her troubles yet before her, while those
of France are ended.-Loaado,s Letter.
Marshall County Republican., 1873-07-03
THE DREAMING BEECH,

More than hundred years have passed
since 1t was struck by lightning and split
from top to bottom, and the plow has
well furrowed the place where it grew.
Before that time the mighty old beech
tree stood, some hundred yards from the
first houses of the village, on a grassy
mound, tree such as one never sees in
these days, because animals, plants,
trees, and men are becoming small and
mean.
The peasants said the tree dated from
the early Christian era, and that holy
apostle had been massacred beneath it
by the false heather that the roots of
the tree had drunk up the apostles
blood, which, rising through the trunk
and branches, had made them so large
and strong. Who knows if the legend
be true? anyhow, there was certainly
one curious fact concerning the tree,
and everybody in the village knew about
it, small and great. Whoever fell asleep
under the tree and dreamt dream, that
dream would surely come true. So,
from time immemorial, it was called the
Dreaming Beech, and no one knew it
by any other name There was, how
ever, a peculiar condition attached to
the dreaming, and if anybody lay down
under the beech with the idea of dream
ing OF some one particular thing, then
the dream was sure to be nothing but
confusion and rubbish and nonsense of
all sorts, of which no one could make
either head or tail Now this was as
suredly rather difficult stipulation, be-
cause most people are so very likely to
of -vho hn d.
consequently, at the time this story
commences not a man or woman had
ever tried the plan with success. Still,
for all that, it was not to be denied but
that the tradition of the Dreaming Beech
was true.
One hot summers day, when not a
breath of air stirred, poor journeyman
came wandering along the road. Things
had gone very badly with him for many
years in foreign parts. When he
reached the village he turned his pockets
inside out for the last time, but, alas
they were empty.
What am to do ?" he thought to
himself. 81 am tired to death, but nc
one will take me in for nothing, and il
is hard to beg" Just then his eyes fell
upon the noble beech tree. on the green
grassy slope and as it stood only a few
yards from the road, he laid himself
down under it to rest. A gentle breeze
sprung up and rustled among the
branches, whilst here and there CLEAN
of glittering sunshine fell as the leaves
were moved, disclosing glimpses of the
deep blue sky beyond. Then the tired
wanderer closed his eyes and slept
Whilst he was thus soundly sleeping,
branch dropped from the beech tree
with three leaves on it, which fell JUS
on his breast He dreamt that he sat a
table, in most cozy room and the
able was his own, and the room, ani
indeed the whole house. At the table
leaning on it with both hands, stood
young woman, looking lovingly at him
and that was his wife. On his knees sal
child, whom he was feeding with soup
and because the soup was too hot, ht
blew upon the spoon to cool it. The1
his wife cried out, laughingly, What {
capital nurse you make p Jumping
about the room was another child, fat
rosy-cheeked urchin, dragging about {
large carrot, to which he had tied {
Marshall County Republican., 1873-07-03
Rain or shin.


A POSER for an oculist-A window
blind.
WHAT is stronger than a council of
ten? A potent-eight.
IF you want to know whether tree
is hollow or not, ak it,
WHY is mid-ocean like Broadway ?
Because there you'll see the big
swells."
AN editors pistol having been stolen.
he advertises that if the thief will re,
turn it he will give him the contents and
no questions asked.
A MINNESOTA man was lately fined $40
for abbreviating the caudal appendage
OF ne1ghbor's pig-and nov the ques-
tlon comes: If an inch of 'tpig tail'' is
worth $40, how much would it cost to
go the whole hog"
The first verse of the office-seeker's
song now is said to be as follows:
80 long to be Granger,
And with the Changers stand,
bunch of clover in my arms
And pitchfork in my hand
A MAN in Cincinnati owned a pet
panther. Last week he went off with
with his wife and family for visit of a
couple of days, leaving the pet panther
and his mother law to keep house.
On his return his grief can be imagined
on discovery that it was the panther that
was dead, not the mother-in-law. The
old lady had talked the poor animal to
death.
The India-rubber hustle" is again
heard from. This time it was Brook
lyn young lady, who was thrown from
her carriage coming down the hill from
Prospect Park. She made 81! bounces,
IN all, and was finally rescued, by a
hook and ladder company, from the
top of telegraph pole, where she had
stuck in attempting to complete the 9Sth
bounce.
A PoUGHKEEPSIE belle, who sported a
long curl and love of bonnet, visited
the menagerie the other day. She got
too close to the monkey cage, and her
mischievous prototype reached for that
curl. He got it, and with it the rest of
her false hair and her love of a bonnet.
The entire family of monkeys began to
wear the bonnet, and made sorry work
of it, while the girl-well, what she did
can be imagined.
THE prosperous undertaken of a
nelghboring town is a shoemaker by
trade, and an acquaintance calling on
him a few days since Was surprised to
find him seated at the bench, and peg
ging away at his former business.
Halo, c." said the visitor, CT
thought you had left the care of soles
for that of bodies" $50 I had, so I
had, said the carer of sole and body,
with an emphatic rap of his hammer
and a shudder of the left eyelid.
But Dr.. s. went to Europe last
month, an the berr'in' business amt
wut follerin' now"
An Irishman had dream which
taught him the danger of delay. "1
dreamed" said he, 81 was wild the
Pope, who was as great jintleman as
any one in the district, an he axed me
wad I drink. Thinks I, wad duck
swim; and SEEM the Innishowen and
lemon and sugar on the sideboard I told
him [ didn't care if tux wee dhrap of
punch. 'Cowld or hot, axed the Pope.
Hot, your Holiness, replied and be
that he stepped down to the kitchen for
the bilin' water, but before he got back
[ woke straight up. And now it's dis
tressing me [ didn't take it cowld."
Marshall County Republican., 1873-07-03

A CURIOUS CLIMATE. climate of
Peru is set forth by correspondent as
exceedingly peculiar and strange. 1t
never rains there, we are told, but dur
ing certain seasons, and when the at
mosphere is filled with clouds a "dew
falls so thick, heavy, and continuous
that twill saturate the heaviest clothing
in less than half an hour" The COM
ing and going of the clouds that distill
this dew is another strange thing con-
nected with Peru. The changes are re-
ported so rapid and violent as to startle
the stranger.
Marshall County Republican., 1873-07-03
APATRoNYM1cR ROMANCE. -Th

APATRoNYM1cR ROMANCE. I Thirty years
ago, young man entered the city of New
York in almost pennilesss condition, and
without a single acquaintance in the
great wilderness of houses. To-day his
name is known wherever humanity
breathes. 1t is spoken in every hamlet,
is heard in every city, and is as familiar
to the worker in the mines as to his
brother in the mills, and wherever Ian
guage is known and ideas expressed the
name of this penniless, unknown, and
uncouth lad of thirty years ago is ut
tered. It was John Smith.