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National Republican., 1873-05-06

the intense charm Of 'blue coat and brass but
tonsfr Did Darwin, In his WORK on natural Sc
ieotioni A soliier's wife says the .,soger boy
IA charming because he suggests "rhe 0lrl l
left Behind Me-" But that ISLANDER insinuated.
Military men make good husbands, ready discl
Tnefe IL q squad Of eatiy-dressed marines
drawn up IN fanitless line before the Admlrals
quarters, and hero the Admiral, Goldsborourh
himself, who has seen more service than any
other of1cer on the active list. Nearly sixty .one
years OF hard labor for Uncle Sam, and he q by
no means worn by II. lie Ia physically giant
great OF limb, great OF heart and enormous IN
expression when laboring under mental excite
ment. He has the manner and address OF q
much younger man, and the courtesy OF
TIE DRPkRTINo OLD SCHOOL
His retirement was due some years since, but
having received the thanks OF Congress, BY
name, he Ia stlll retained upon the active list,
and much regret will be felt when he Ia with
drawn from duty and society,
Everything Ia OF the olden time about the yard.
The officers' houses are inconyenlent, though
picturesque, surrounded by their old trees and
gArdena and there are not enough OF them.
Many OF the offlcers on duty reside In the city.
The wharves DO not present buay scene; two
or three tugs lie alongside; the monitor hontauk,
with her battered turret, n moored IN the stream,
and the old Relief, with her ume-h0nored rec.
ord, now used as receiving ship, lies an object
OF curiosity at her wharf. ...
There are enough small things OF interest Al
tho navy.yard, homemade and foreign, to De-
tain one smother day, and the marines are oloaun
the Rate,
National Republican., 1873-05-06
FOREIGN NOTES.

The Methodist Episcopal Church In India has
seventeen churches and seven parsonages'
The London illustrated RSrisw asserts that
Lord Byron's secret was that he had wife when
he was married to Miss Mlllbank.
FoR several years past, in tho Union Church
sunday school Of Yokohama, Japanese children
have been Instructed In company with English
and American. The nfst distinctly native Sun
day school was opened In Yokoiama on the LIST
OF January, 1873.
The Pieooi, Naples, mentions that the Neopoll-
tan Minister Of Public Instruction has decided
TO permit model school or Kindergarten upon
the model OF Ff9bel 10 be established In that
city, and the Convent al Donna Regina has been
designated for the purpose.
"BurrERFLY OSBORNE" and "Pl0yer wlir were
the descriptive cognomcns bestowed on the
lately deceased WIN. osborne, Of Fulbourn,
Cambridgeshlre, England, by the common people
who knew his ardent pursuits. lie was an earn.
est lover Of nature, who, being unable to read
and write, only gained a knowledge OF natural
history ~ close observation. Ills perseverance,
and knowledge gained him many patrons, and
he made collections Of insects for the British
and Cambridge University museum and several
continental Installations.
National Republican., 1873-05-06
A silent Insn,sfar,ar.

Some one In London has for several years been
doing good BY stealth on scale Of extraordinary
magnitude. Tue medis sp ,randi has been for an
elderly man, presumably not the donor, TO enter
bank and ask for the subscription book OF .
charitable society, II iA presented 70 him. He
writes down p. q. w., or whatever the Initials
may be, hands banknote for Q hugo amount
across the counter and takes his departure; An
idea In now prevalent that this splendid bene-
factor Is ne'of the heirs OF Mr.. Thornton, who
died about seven years since, leaving some tb,-
100000. year ago . notice appeared In the
Builder newspaper, 10 the effect That gentle
man WAS ready and willing to gye benefactions
exceeding those OF the late Mr.. Peabody could
he hit upon some perfectly satisfactory plan for
the so doing, but ho was conscious that 70 give
charity In manner which should really do good
was most dinlcult He aAked for suggestlons.
Pending satisfactory hint II nay be presumed
that he eNpends his aupernous Income a. de-
acribed. Three weeks ago nifty thousand dollars
were thus bestowed To great sums by donors biy-
ing three initials. No doubt they came from the
same person. Was charity, which will not let
the let hand know what the right does, ever
done before en- 10 gran bcale7
National Republican., 1873-05-06
MIANELI.ANEous.


"Many citizens" learn "with deep regret OF
the suspension OF one OF our most eficient
onicers, A. NJ. sprague," The writer hopes that
the Board OF Health Will reconsider Its action
and relnstate Mr. b.
"Turfmen," with an eye to fun, writes that
"ln view OF the limited accommodations Of the
race track, and the existing ordinance against
fast driving on the public thoroughfares OF the
city, which-excepting the race track and few
country roads some distance out OF tOwn-anOrd
the only facilities for fast driving, the many
owners here OF fast horses, whose greatest de-
light would be to occasionally try the mettle OF
their respective steeds, are constrained TO con-
nne the speed Of their horses within the limits
OF medloctity really tAntalizlng." He asks In
behalf OF hOTse-Ownen that good road border.
ing on the city he set apart exclusively for fast
driving. lie thinks such road-made suitable
by tue use Of oyster shells, like the one at New
Orleans-would tend TO break up the practice o.
fast driving within the city limits, aud auggesti
the Boundary, as Il extends from Flrst to Twon
National Republican., 1873-05-06
Henry Ward Beecher on the Pleasures OF
Life.

do not make little OF the pleasures OF life,
but condemn the regret at losing them. Let
US bow TO the storm as the flowers do beneath
the rain, but let us not PROSTATE ourselves, but
atrAlghten up after II Ia over, refreshed, WaAhed
stronger. Another thing Mr.. BeeoheF wished TO
condemn was the mourning and replnlnE OF the
old, OF those who are nnlshlng life, VINO md
fault with everything that 10, and praise every
thing that was. They live In the past and 90 not
see that glorious future so near them. IL Ia one
OF the reasons why ! want to be cut on IN my
health and strength, when l think that J may
come 10 that, when can see nothing In life but
It's past, when everything loses It's pleasure;
when shall hate little children because they
make a noise. l believe, as the Roman Catho-
ilcs do, In puTgAtory, because have seen ~
for where Isl II not In that household where ATS
the man who Is wasted and gone, and VINO "a q
burden to ALT You look away from him when
you would think OF him. He Is Wttheredi he !.
not ripened and full OF sweetness and gentleness
and loving Kindness. What more wretched than
70 see man on the verge o. this life, hanging
70 the body, Rrasping with his gaunt and tremb,
nG hands af the thinRs OF this life, blind TO the
celestial glories OF Immortality Just before hiln
National Republican., 1873-05-06

tlcth street northwest. Turfmanh idca IL goo
one, and n the owners Of fast horses drive
ahead they can carry II out. ..
vermont Avenue, !" referring to the confusion
incident TO nros, and to the fact that our city
improvements have made necessary a change OF
the irc.boxes and the places where their keys
are 70 he found, suggests that a new list ot the
nre-alAm bONee he Issued,
National Republican., 1873-05-06
ANTON RuBKasrEIA.

The following extract, from letter OF per-
son well known In musical circles In Cincln-
natl to friend in this city, may not be uninter-
esting:
at was my great good fortune to hear lately
one OF tho greatest pianlsts living. His name
Ia Anton Rubenstein, native OF little village
called Wechsdetnetz, IN Russian Bes Arabia
slye brow, crowned with luxuriAnt hair; he looks
like Beethoven He makes no theatrical i'm
preston on his audience; no outward show, Sc
we're slmplicity-the most unassuming-a total
absence OF personal vanity, yet combined with
the most determlnet self-reilance and the most
utter sinking OF himself on his task. In Ruben
stein everything that manuel technique can pre-
sent is concentrated. one IA led to expect his
titanic strength from HIS mighty hands and his
massive head, and It Is In the massive the grand,
one might say, the symphony OF plano playing
that he haA found hla true domain. Beethoven
rushes forth from under his nnRers like gigan-
tic torrent--a plano sonata becomes an orches-
trAl rendering. I.....h
al fancied ! saw Briarens with a hundred
hands, for the forte rises above itself and mounts
TO an oyerpowering volume OF sound; yet each
phrase Is clear and intelllgenty expressive, and
there Ia an afiinity between the great tone-poet
and his interpreters, who bodies forth thoughts
| not dreamt OF In the Interpretation OF others,
| Herr Rubenstein is aided ~ an almost fabulous
memory playing the entire classic Tepertoir,
from recollection, and his recltals thus seem like
| improyisatiOns. lie Ia sole monarch In the realm
| OF the pIanoforte. A concert OF his needs nc
other artists assistance, no other numbers.
Wienlawski, the ylollnlst who travels witt
Rubenstein, Is man less distant from the peo
| pie. He Is a marvel Of perfection. neyel
heard such yiolln-plAying In all my life. All nj
| dear sir, realize daily the truth OF my utte
smallness In art; am mere pygmy.
"The playing OF Rnbensteln and WieniANsl
| Ia delight and q wonder. Il Is inexplIcable eS
cept by the easy solution that these two mel
| are genluses."
National Republican., 1873-05-06
IN, R,bIbl,Iou ~ wound n Is1a.

The Emperor Of Austria sanctioned, as early
a, the winter oflsIi, the project Of holding an
international exhlbltIon At Vienna In 1871, and sF-
pointed an imperial commission 10 carry out tpis
pro3ect. The members Of the commission held
their inaugural meeting soon after their appoint
ment, and issued their programme. His 1mpe-
rial Hlghness, the president, In his opening
speech, congratulated the commission upon the
anspiclous event which they were met 10 bring
about Two decades OF years had elapsed, he
said, since Prince Albert, 70 whom civilization
ls 50 much indebted, nrst suggested those
peAceable contesls OF nations In arts and
Industry which arc designated by the appella-
lion "international exhibitions" and which may
not he inappropnately compared 70 the oym-
plads OF the ancients, He rejolced In the recol-
lection that Austria had taken an honorable part
in the Exhibitions Of London ana OF Paris, and
that her productions gained for her the exclana-
tlon OF their august Emperor, al am proud OF
my Austria" He pointed out the advantages to
| be derived from this great social gathering, the
stimulus It would give TO the various industries
OF the monarchy, and the eleyatlng character II
would have In connecting the nations Of the
world, and making The centre OF Europe the bat.
tened OF rivalry III the peace productions OF
| the earth.
National Republican., 1873-05-06
ruE NASrFEsr-pEsrrsr IDEA.

To ne Edffor II the hdff0rdl RspubliedH!
sR: owestward, and ever westward; Is the Gulf
OF California to be oursf" A private letter re-
celyed here from william N. Llndrum, OF Call
fonia, who Is at the head Of the new American
enterprise In Lower California, the Guadalupe
wool-growing Company, contains expressions
which, coming from the source they do, may be
regarded as significant. The letter says: "As
the Island is below the California line we have TO
pay import duties TO get our products into Amer
lean ports, but nothing 70 Mexico. which has no
direct tax, she supporting her Government by
import and export duties. But there is no duty
on wool that am aware Of; aud, a. 10 tallow, n
there was It would pot interfere with US. Ma
Eatlan and .auRymas are our best markets for
soap and tallos. |..rE.r .HrE.-.
"As for nlllbusters, we are too far away for
them to ever reach us under any circumstances.
Hence we are freed from American taxes, which
womb he very hlgh-double what our duties will
amount 20 for the next ten years; and should we
ahip 70 any other market than the United States
we would have neither duty nor tax TO pay.
"But this, kthe question OF national Jurisdic-
tlon,) Ia matter OF abort duration. In less than
three years the Gulf Of California must belong TO
the United States, and that brings Guadalupe
Island under our nag. II L had the time and
opportunity / could show you natural causes
why We must have that gulf soon--during this
Administration. II Ia Inevitable" - o.
National Republican., 1873-05-06

Last sunday, at Omaha, the pastor OF the
Latter Day Saints church descended from the
pulpit and requested o reporter 10 cease taking
notes OF his discourse. The reporter pernlhted
and his note-book was snAtched from him aud
thrown across the church, the ights were ek-
tlnHulAhed, and scene Of general excitement
National Republican., 1873-05-06

ZIP the churches" says the Detroit TribuAs,
"pfopose 10 continue this business Of accepting
Vanderbilt Universities and Drew seinintnea,
and of bowlnI down before opnlent gamblers,
they had better erect the efngy OF Mammon IN
front Of thelr affairs, and nbandon all nretence
OF WorshlplnE upon Christian prlnclpleS"
National Republican., 1873-05-06

A CORRESPONDENT Of an Eastern pApcr recalls
the fact that forty years ago, IN Florida at .
peace conferences, under nag OF truce, between
commander was treaoherouAly shot by Osceola,
q Seminole chief, who died q lingering death In
prison, ...4..
National Republican., 1873-05-06

TINS San Frnnelsoo chroaisls says; For month
past we have had no rain, and the fear became
would be reduced; aud 30 indeed II would, but
that on Sunday and Sunday night me State was
visited by general aud very plenteots shower,
lust the thing 70 give our growing crop the last
nnlshlug Impulse 10 Tipen Il. The result will be
a full harvest, quite equal TO that OF last year
and probably, from the additional breadth Of
carries Joy TO the farmer, and the prosperity Of
the farmer Is the prosperity Of the State,
National Republican., 1873-05-06

SINCE her great nre Chicago has borrowed no
less than 90, 900 900, thus moItgagng her reality
70 one OF her local journals, New York, Hart
ford and Boston have furnished this money,
mainly, and one Of the moneyed institntions Of
gages, drawing an average Of nine per cent.
National Republican., 1873-05-06

The value OF the raw cotton imported Into
Great Britain 10 the three months ending March
800, ,e94, ,bsb In the corresponding period OF lsT2
and tpe, ,o9o,0Jo In the corresponding period Of
1871, In theae totals the Unified States figured
for go 40 and Ssa sss iaO respect
National Republican., 1873-05-06

BosroR is full OF mechanics who were induced
to come from England by the extrayagant stories
circulated there OF the abundance OF work aud
wages incident upon the fre In Boston, The
consequence Ia there never was known To be 80
many mechanics In the building trade In Bos-
tOn in comparison to the work to be done, and
pTlces are lower than they have been for years.
National Republican., 1873-05-06


wAsHSoTos. d. O.. May 2. II7a
Tbhs Editor ~ hs NATIONAL Rspsbhoaag
SIR: As an article appears In your issue OF
yesterday, enanatlng from the German Veteran
Union, rejecting upon the action taken by this
organization relative 70 soliciting subscriptions
for the decoration OF the S0th OF May, desire to
say that the resolutions passed were not de-
signed to create Any III feeling with the German
veteran Union or any other Organization.
The constitution OF the Grand Amy of the Re-
public sets apart the soth Of May as q memorial
day for the Decoration OF the graves OF our de-
ceased comrades Of all nAtionalitlea, and the loyal
S s hs sS ssff fost q u fSa @ se e
count Of the moneyso generously contributed to
assist 10 fully Carrying II out For that reason
alone we feit obliged TO Inform the public who
our agents for collecting funds IRE, that we
might not be held responsible for the action OF
others.
We cordially approve the action Of the German
Veteran Union In decorating the graves OF their
comrades. Still, we fiunly believe that should
those members OF that association, who are
them towards their late comrades, they would
Join las Is the duty Of every honorably dis
charged soldier the Grand Army OF the Re-
public, and within our ranks assist us In showing
to the world the high honor In which we hold
the memory OF our deceased comrades, and In
performing q duty not only 70 the German
soldiers Of the late war but 10 the equally gal
liant and brave men OF all nAtionalltles who gave
their lives that the republic might live.
We wish them eyery. success In their under
taking.
Very respectfully yours, y. II. sPRAGuE,
Commander OF the Dept. Potomac, q. A. X.
National Republican., 1873-05-06
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
VARIOUS SUBJECTS or INTEREST.

The Grca, Need Of the City-Pall. OF the
Potomnc-Ths German Veteran Union
and Decoration Day-NIinor Subject. or
Interest.
National Republican., 1873-05-06

PNssYLvAsIL coLLEaE proposes to estahlish
q department OF cookery, OIL u pending In
lion of ta0 900 10 build the general oook-shop as
an adjunct 10 the college, end the science OF
cookery Will therefore, become q part o. me
conalat OF onekprofesSor Of doughnuts, also OF
pancakes; two Instructors In meat cooking, one
vegetable professor, three Instructors In hash
making, while lectures on the art OF cooking
and eating will be delivered daily, and every
student will be compelled 70 prove himself q
competent artist In dough before he receives his
diploma, which will be handsomely printed on .
piece OF trlpe, s..
National Republican., 1873-05-06

A CHTNEsE servant was brought home by the
gentleman Of the house, ana his mistress In
quired his name, "lung Hoo VIM" ''Oh,n said
she, "I cannot call you that; will cali you
Charley" "whats your namei" he asked In
return. my name ls Mrs. John Browning"
"Welle, Gale you John |" exclaimed the &C.
lCBtlal
National Republican., 1873-05-06
The DI.trict Of CeIamhIn.

From the New YORK Times Of yesterdAyl
In the District Of Columbia contained In the
message Of Gov. Cooke to the District Legisla-
ture, TO be found In our columns this morning,
Is Of general interest. The present government
OF the District being considered by many TO be
still an experiment and the action Of the local
authorities having been so fetcely assailed In
some quarters, an official exposition Of the con-
confidence as Gov. Cooke IA valuable as a refuta-
tion OF the reckless abuse which has been
heaped upon the District authorities for alleged
Charges have been based mainly upon ignorance
and malice Is evident from the very complete
exhibit which Gov. Cooke gives OF the financial
transactions OF the District.
Several facts are given which will be consd-
cred concluslve on this point. II appears that
the disbursements have never, In any case, ex-
ceeded the SPECIFIC appropriation, and It seems
could have been great squAndering. That the
finances OF the District have been prudently
managed u apparent from the fact that oil the
late Government have been fettIed, amounting
10 o. 500 900, and Il "a not strange tnAt the bonds
OF the District, formerly only worth eighty, are
aSu.sd Sn Board Of Public Worts has thus lar
audited claims TO the amount Of te,IIo,s3i, OF
which %, lse,sib has been paid. This Ia un-
n f n %a.
ington city has largely increased In value as q
| consequence OF the Increased demand, which Is
shown by the fact thht h6tfnuhhctiOnb IN real
estate In 1879 exceeded those 1870 BY 900.
That private improvements are keeping pace
with those OF the public authorities appears In
i,2i6 houses erected In 1919, adding ,9o9 $50 Of
assessed valuation TO the tax list. 80. 80
Governor Cooke refers with pardonable pride
| 70 the great improvements which have beer
made In the national capital BY the government
lately one OF the most unsightly and disagree
able cities in the Union, has been greatly changed
for the better, That this change should be at
/ tended with vast expense was inevitable from
the plan OF the city, the wide streets and numer
ous public places required great outlay for thei
| Improvement and adomment. That Washing
| ton will ever be trade centre OF consequence Il
not probable, but that u will remain the polltca
/ capital Of the nation for some generations q
| least, is beyond dispute. Whoever, therefore
makes IL less OF quagmire In winter. and no
l quite 30 much OF q dust-heap In summer, II
benefactor 20 the whole nation. A visit 10 IN
| city 10 attended now with less disgust and hu
| initiation than It was some years ago; but II tn
energy Of the present government is continued
we may hope soon 70 be pained only by IN
| Washington monument and, perhaps, q few
other relics Of q barbArous and thriftiess age.
National Republican., 1873-05-06
Wholesale hatchery BY Minnesota Indian.

mali advlces from Detrot Mlnh;, kve nc
counts Of a but cherry by hRlf-breed At White
Earth, which equals In atroclty the massacre Of
a whole family by Ka-ka-ba-sha, (Black Bird,)
which distinguished assassin, by the way, Is
dying In the Jail at 81. Paul. The murderer 10
this case Is q half-breed boy Of eighteen, named
Thomas Moulden, q desperate character, On
the 18th he went TO house At the agency, oc-
cupled by two half-breed women and young
girl and made Indecent proposals TO them, for
which he was put out OF the house, the women
locking the door lest he should return. Return
he did, armed with an axe, with which he
speedily beat In the door and attacked the In
mates, leaving all three for dead. A nelghbOr
who called at the house In the evening found
the two women senseless; but the girl was able
to tell her story, and the murderer was pursued
and oyertaken and carried In irons TO Fort
Ripley. At last advices one OF the women was
dead. Her skull had been fractured In several
places, and the pTalns were, oozing from the
wounds. The others head and neck were
gashed In six places, any one OF the wounds
being sufficient 70 cause her death, which was
expected every moment, The girl, though badly
hacked about the head, Is doing better, and
likely TO recover.
National Republican., 1873-05-06

Salaries Of permanent ofuers, So, 100. 20; tenn
097 w advertising. al, i09 contingent and In
cidental, ta5I ,so0.ta; miscellaneous and special,
ti,lSI, ,eaI,N permanent improvements, $780,
National Republican., 1873-05-06
AN USKxPIoDED snHLI,

thrown from the Alabama. It's explosion would
have 80 dssarAnged the ship that she would
nav been rendered lnmanAgeable, and history
might have told q different naval tale, TO one
verv interesl ng but Il IL too grave subject fOI
US 70 llngsr over, and the shady roads without
are tempting, .
National Republican., 1873-05-06

t-IINNTRlR RIAM MALlNL
National Republican., 1873-05-06
IL mind and tide do not abAte
y cannot tow you through the strait
We replyi
80 long as you have wood and &c, coal

The successful improysAtore has remained lhe
glory Of the past. But We forget the laboratory.
There powder Is tested carefully, there being
pendulum guns for the purpose. These guns
cause the least possible friction, and q certain
amount OF powder being exploded, the recoll OF
the gun, whioh Ia shpwnby pointer upon an
arc which Ii carefully graduated, shows lht
most particular attention, and are frequently ex'
posed 10 the fresh air. This Ia the principal ord
nance depot for navy ordnance material, and
with the exception Of torpedoes, we believe a.
are manu- factured here. For theAe an expert
mental school Ia established at Newport, X. J.,
where a certain number Of offlceTs are sent, fo
a limited time, to learn the art OF Manufacture
OF these engines OF destruction which military
observers believe will play an Important part II
future naval warfare.
Now LAT uR nav n ylRlt to