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IeR. ROBER TSON,

~ 40 10TH kTRREf, NEAR Pa. AVENUE,
FROM long experience In both hospital AND
private practice, viii guarantee q in all bis
eases OF the Urinary Organs, Gonorrhes, elect,
Structure, cy philis, and spermatcrrhos. Gases OF
syphilis IN all its stages quickly cured and the poi
son entirely eradcated from the system without the
excuses and abuse in youth, Gaming of memory
and insanity, general aebility, organic weakness,
sumption, indigestion, palpitation Of the heart
pains In back, dimness OF sight or giddiness, evil
foreoedings, ef-distrust, &C., speedily cured by
newly discovered remedies. DIR. Il located for
many years At ~ Butaw street, Baltimore, Nd !,
has consented, after many solicitations BIZ hsW as
hipgton patrons, to open o per nanent once in that
city where he may be consulted every Wednesday
ana Saturday in each week, from I'm. TO .. m A
competent physician in attendance every day.
jaEH-ly
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BOARDING.
MEDICAL, DO.

MI kDlCAL ELEOTRICITY DIR. A. l. BOS-
4l MOkIh, Of the Pniiadeiphis Electro Athic
institute has pc rmanently located at 92l street
between 9Th and 10th in this city. That science has
IShueIeu kiectrlcity q powerful remedial agent
tSefe can no longer be reasonable doubt, but Only
the Eli icttd Can fully aiize the benefits TO be de-
rived from u WHEN applied by q thoroughly scien-
tlnc man. This they can do By applying to lhe Doc
tor, VINO has Tor eight ears had large and extern
eve practice. All diseases caused BY nervous de-
Isngenents, also feEale Diseases made q specially
sac ire ated VII hnnerTiDR certainty.
once hours from 90 IN. to d. m.
Consultation free. apl74tr
~ LID Oh. DABBH"hss better facilities than
" ever Tor pracIlcing bis great speciality. Only
one charge made for ad, ice and msdiciae DRUG
s.ore, G, rHer "a street and PonnsyIvsnIs avenue
COLONIZATION Building spQ- I'm
nk. JANE WILSON, q thoroughly experienced
~ and scientific Midwife aud Ladies Physician
Ladies attended to at their residence at any hour
Dgnt or day, or pleasant rooms and the BEST of
tendance at the Doctors priva residence, sth
Dental. m.r7-7m.
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LOST AND FOUND.

EOUND-A POCKET BOOK, Containing small
L sum OF money. Apply at SIS 18Th st west. 1t"
L OST-A lady s black and white Onyx set RING
IL The hLder will he liberslly rewarded and
ceiye he thanks of the Iwner by leaving il at O. W.
THCRN'S, 314 9Th st. it,
4 CST-In Intelligencer building, Oh Saturday
IL evening, q BLACK SILK UMBRELLA, with
The fit der will be ably rewarded by lesy-
in 1t at Roem No. 10, same building. ap2l-3t'
L LIBERAL REWARD WILL BE PAID for the
L return of Brindle BULL DOG, or
information that will lead to the recovery
OF he same; stolen from my premises, No.
A 81 northeast. Tail recently cut off, and still
sore. ap2l o.
I OsT-some time last week, an ENVELOPE con-
II tanning Police Certificates and Promisory
Notes. Tee finder will be rewarded by leaving the
same at No. 14o Center Market. ap3O-H1
c. REWARD.-Lost, Sunday night, between
spsS lOl6 10th st. and 92l G street 49,
NV, pair of gold SPECTACLEH.
The finder will receive the above reward by return
ing them to 1O16 10th ct. northwest. apO-2t-
0sT-0n Saturday evening, about Center Mar
II ket, COACH DOG named Jack. 49,
liberal reward will be paid for his return2<
mept, south, Act corner, to stable OF 7. Naiior
cons. New York avenue, between llth spd 18th SITS
ap20-H- H. DWIGHT SMITH.
II OsT-On Friday evening, the 18th inst ant, ct
~ Wfliarde Hall, or in dining room or h slls Of
WIZARDS Hotel, one solitaire Diamond Ia BRING,
for WHICH liberal reward will be given if left at
c. REWARD-Lost on the 18th instant, Q black
SC and tan TERRIER GHP, wearing
fss eSss Of On ssd .Says
southwest. MARTIN BEGKIR. apisst s''
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PIANOS, DC.

TUNING AND REHOVATIHG PIANOS con
tinues 20 receive special attention by-
q. l.. WILD, Practical Piano maker
twenty pears experienoe, formerly funerFttNVv
OF knsbe's, subsequently Of steinwayb Pianos;
now Of the firm Of q. l.. WILD BRO, sSO I'm
street. near northwest corner Pa. ave-, agents -
the unsurpassed eTIEFF PisDos. Jnnls-t(
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~ GRAND DIVISION s. OF T.-Aftcr the
Wy session Of the sb we, the I'D inst, public
NEE J, will be held he Unitarian Church, cor
ner OF 9th and u streets northwest at Ia O'Clock.
The members Of the order Will appear In full Raga-
liza; The public are invited. Prominent speakers
viii address the meeting. 1t
TTHE TIME FOR WHICH THO MEM.
Wy bers of the REPUBLICAN, GENITAL
COM MlTTEE were elect d last Year having ex-
piEed, sill the districts respectfully rsquested
DAY, April IS, 1874, either by primary elect n or
macs cOnye len, as each district may elect IL by
primary election the commit sugs5s SIS that he
ectlon be held between the hours Of - aud p. 10.
aJd II O'Clock the members elect viii meet in
Union League Hall, on MONDAY EVENING,
hprll q, Tor the purnOse cf sf ctirR or sAiza-
ton. JOSEPH WILLIAMS, President.
J. T. SETTLE, secretsry. apIs-3t
nF NOTICE The uudersigned, a STANDING
~ Committee appointed b. the JOurnaymsn
hrleklsyers' Union, will DO at Mechanics Hall,
4s6 Louisisna svehue, daily from to O'Clock IN
ll further noiice Strangers visiting the city are
requested To call 10 tnfornstinn, &c. By order Of
committee: Thomas X Vessey (ct airmauD }, Jas. g,
puvall, Sami ". Sloane, Robert A. Stephenson,
Milford spohn. spi6-6t
FsPECIAL NVTIUK-There will be . meet
~ ing OF he ,tncs holders Of the C0RCoRAN
No: l429 penssylysnis avenue, on THURSDAY.
23d day Of April, 1874, for the purpose Of electng
directors Tor the ensuing year. Polls will b.
opened AZ IL O'Clock m and closa at O'Clock ..
apl4:d J. r. DYER, Secretary
~ YOUNG MEN SPECIALLY INVITED
TO THE Y. NJ. G. A. ROOMS,
Corner 3 h and ID streets
Free reading rooms Oircul sins Library. New
delicious Meetings-Daily Prayer Meetings at
H:l5, and 9 p m.
saf bath-At $50 D. m ersices IN Lincoln Hall
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News and Other Items.
Bazaine is going to England.
Iowa has % daily and 275 weekly newsn

Bazaine is going to England
Iowa has % daily and 275 weekly newspa-
pers
"A Minnesotian grinds up grassEoppers, and
makes a highly intoxicating liquid, which is
called 'hop-up."
The engagement of q lad of line cen to
miss of ten is announced She sis a blonde
with heavenly blue eyes aud fiaxen curls, aed
features as If chseled 10 marble, and grave,
thoughtful face;' and he is tall aud manly. a
wonderful genius. What an age it is we live
in!
Mr. Edward Y Valentine, the Richmond
sculptor, has returned from Vermont with a
block of pure white marble, from which he
will fashion recumbent figure of General
Robert E. Lee, to be placed ON his tomb at
Lexington.
General Beauregard is at last lifted to great
eminence. He has just been elected honorary
president of New Orleans base bail club.
The plans of the railway which is TO ascend
Mount Vesuvius are now complete. The grades
are 20 and 80 per cent, and the road terminates
at few feet from the crater There will be
one station, protected by sort of bIeak-lava,
which will divert the flow, in case Of an erun-
ton, from the building and rails. The road is
so laid ont as to be naturally sheltered at every
point, except for a distance of about sixty feet.
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A Centenarian.

~ Cfst LItttOs W UtS l 1000.
On my return from recent visit to the AGA
dian settlement in Glare, Nova Scotia, was
compelled to stop for a night at the stage house
kept by Mr.. Stearns Jones, ct Weymouth. Late
in the evening Mr.. Jones told me of an aged
colored woman five miles from his place, who
could recollect about the war of the revolution
and must be, he said, over one hundred years
old. l was anxious to see this rare case of lon
gevity, and also anxious TO go in the stage the
next morning at O'clock. To crafty my Curl
osty Mr.. j. kindly drove me. to the place'at 6
o'clock and back to breakfast. Soon after be-
ing called from her bed by her sons wife, with
whom she lives, she made her appearance. On
being questioned about her birth place and ear
ly years, she answered that she was born in
'Rawby, New Jersey. I could think of no
such town, but on her describing itsstuation
recognized Rahway--the imperfect pronouncia-
ton (she speaks very Qnick) is nothing upcon-
mon with her race.
She said she was born slave and was given,
when child, to q Mr.. Williams of Railway.
lie rented farm from Mas. ."Disway' who
had another farm on Staten Island In answer
to my questions she described the eneampment
of the British soldiers -'red coats she called
tieml on Staten Island. She mentioned a
neiehboring village called "Qnakertown" sbe
related the outrages Of a man pamed @Bunkey''
" no robbed the farmers, pretending that it was
dose by the command CT the English loificeis.
and then took the produce TO Staten Is
land and scid it to them. Ee was finally
caught and hanged Her master and mis-
tress attended the hanging. Some time during
~, ~. 10. II .4I. 4
a loyalist named Blanchard. History says
that when the British army evacuated New
York, the loyalists left with them, fearing to
stay longer. 1t was at this time thai Blanch-
ard and his slave girl left Railway for Nova
Scotia. They landed first at Shelburne N. S.
After staying there a week they went to Var
mouth, where she married coored man by
the name Of jarvis, and moved to her present
residence at Weymouth, Digby county, five
miles from ''Sissboo" bridge, on the south side
Of tie river OF the same name
This woman says she was eighteen years old
when she left New Jersey with the loyalists
and British forces. This is wen known to have
been-on the 25th of November 1783, now cele-
brated as Evacuation day Lord Howe land
ed nine thousand troops on Staten Island on
th1eighth of July 1776, about seven years be-
fore, which would fix the age of this woman. at
that time, at eleven years. She must have
been as old as that, TO Tecollect and describe
the occurrence as she does; consequently she
must be one hundred and nine years old. She
does not stand erect, but her face, voice, eye
sight, and sense of hearing do not indicate
person of over 70 or so years. Her maiden
name was Catherine Young.
1t would be gratifying to have the names
men toned in the narrative, and the circum-
stance of the hanging Of the renegade, verified
by the residents of Railway or Staten Island.
VIM. GooLD.
Windham, Maine, Aug 49,
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Dangerous.

Because our Democratic friends are making
no public demonstrations of actHity pending
the election, some of our contemporaries pre-
diet that the old leaders will make no effort to
get out full party vote. Such statements,
unless based upon the best authority, are dan
gerous in the extreme; torthey have tendency
to produce an apathy and security in the Re-
publican ranks from which the election re-
turns published three weeks from this morn
ing, will be the first, but too late, signal Of
danger. In war it is not safe to withdraw
the rickets and advanced line because no en-
envy is in sight or because he shows signs of
having had enough fighting, since the a.
lert foe will early learn of your false
security and strike deadly blows. We
warn our friends that it will not do
to rely upon Democratic apathy in this or
any other campaign. We venture to assert,
aud with good reason, that the Democratic
leaders are not inactive. To be sure they are
not filling the state with stump speeches as
in 1872. At that time with Republican for
candidate for President, the young Democracy
took charge of the organization and conceived
cruits from the Republican party. In this
the young Democracy failed and in conse-
quence have been ordered to back seats in
disgrace. Last year the old leaders were con
sidering the question OF dsbanding. So large
a polti of the party were IN favor OF the
''not-to-be'' policy that the resolute ito be's'
had hard work to keep the field. The vote OF
last year, under such dubious circumstances,
proved that the party organization is stili yer
Grated and receives the support Of its stblid
retrogressive rank and file.
All this is changed. The leaders are now
inspired by the successes in New Hampshire
and Connecticut. The hand clasping Of 1872
is over The old Bourbon leaders, the so
called copper heads of ten years ago are at the
front with the old time war paint on their
time wrinked faces. These leaders are natu-
raj fighters. They will make quiet but
strong fight this fall. They viii be quiet be-
cause they know Shat the first note OF alarm
will overwhelm them. They consequently
propose to do their work quietly and on cleo
ton day surprise their opponents with a full
party vote. They do not expect to make con
verts this year, bat only propose to put them
selves in such a condition that in 1876, the
thousands who sometimes waver, viii see chat
it is for their interest TO join the Democracy.
To avoid all danger OF small majorities or
possible defeat in sections Of the state, Re
publican town committees must take imme-
diate measures to increase the vote ofIast year
from TEN to TWENTY per cent. to retain our
usual majorities. This should be done at
once, and thoroughly. Forcwarned is fore
armed.
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LII is asserted by those who have means Of
judging that the bitterness of rivalry between
China and Japan is much like that which ex-
listed between Carthage and Rome, and that
the object which the japanese government
has held constantly in view for years is the
entire destruction OF the rival empire. Toward
the accomplishment of this all her energies
are bent The recent disturbances in the
island OF Fcrmosa have furnished the govern
nlent OF the Mikado with a pretext LONG
sought for. This island has been under the
jurisdiction of China since 1858. Of late
some Of It's Inhabitants, practically minded.
have been preying upon japanese commerce.
Reparation was demanded Of China and re-
fused. The japanese then invaded the island,
took possession, and now announce their in
tention to stay. OF course China protests.
and will, undoubtedly, support her protesta-
tions by iorce ofams. Students of Oriental
politics hold the opinion that the long antci-
pated death grapple between the rival king
doms is about to begin. 1t is not conflict in
which Americans are called upon 10 waste
much sympathy upon either contestant,
though our business interests may lead us TO
favor Japan.
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DEE. sCsEENCaA's
'uimonic Syrup. Sea Weed T0nic, and
Mandrake Pills.

These medicines have undoubtedly performed more
cares OF Consumption than other remedy known
TO the American public. They are compounded Of
vegetable ingredients, and contain nothing which can
be injurious to tue human consultation,
u her remedies advertised as cures for Consume
ton, probably contain opium, wuich Is somewhat
dangerous drug III all cases, and iftuken freely by
constructive patients, 1t must do great iajurv for
lis tendency is 70 ccnfne The morbid nattec in tie
DE.
Sehenck's Pulmonie Syrup is warranted not TO
contain particle OF opium It il composed of pow
eriul Int harmless herbs, which act on he lungs
LIVER stomach and blood, and thus correct all nor
bid secrei0us. and cxpel all the diseased ma ts1 from
The body fhese are the only meaas by which Con-
sumption can lie ciireti, and SehencSs Pullnouie
syrup Sea Weed Tonie, and Mandrake Pills are die
only medicines which operate ii tbi, way il is oOgl-
Gus liey are the only genuine cure for Pnlm6nnrg
CONSUMPTION. Each bottle OF this iilyanalIe ,,l4sff
cine II accompanied BY iu directions.
pr Schenek i pr9tessely III lis principal Office
corner Sixth and Arch Streets. Philadelphia eysrs
Monday, and at TIE Qdncy House, Boston, Oh the
ieiSgRiIi " eanesdsys June I9ti aaq 2ish ]uly s.
asa e i aud Aus1AI 9TH aa5 1871.
re1s eodtsB1gsa
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ANOTHER noted gambling contract in grain
has been adjudicated by the courts In Feb
ruary 1873, j. T. Dunston offered S1OO to any
person who would permit him to to put TO-
900 bushels of wheat to the takers order in
Oswego at LEO in the June following. That
is, Mr.. Dunston bet that wheat at the later
date would be less than 160, and the taker
bet that it would not. John Dunn, an Os-
wego grain dealer, accepted the wager, and on
the Both of June, Mr.. Dunston presented his
bill for the stipulated amount of wheat in
store in the elevator. 1t subsequently ap-
peared, however, that the wheat was not ele-
waited until the next day, the first of July; SO
MIR. Dunn refused 10 pay the bill, and the
case went to the Oswego circuit court. being
tried before Judge Morgan, without the aid
of jury. The judge entirely Ignored the
question of delivery, and held that tbs con-
tract was void because it was in the nature of
a wager. Itseems as though few more de-
clsions Of this nature would warn the grain
gamblers out Of court.
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Esischiefim aVse AR.

We cannot analyze the @rial poisons that produce
epidemic and endemic diseases; but the valuable Ills
eoyeries which have been matte in vegetable pharma-
cy enable us to counterfeit their malifc influence
The most powerful known antidote to every species
OF malaria is Hcstetters Stomach BitteTs, pnie bo
tanical medicine in which the finest antisepics ton
les, alternatives and stimuans of the vegetable king
dom are skilltuily and effectively combines. AT sea-
sons of the when the atmosphere is sureha gcd
with miasma, and whenever the specific virus Of aav
infectious disease is supposed to be present the ar
this famous corrective should be akea Regularly as
protective. All who choose TO observe this precau-
ton may bid defiance to intermittent and renittent
evers and in fact to all disorders generated by foul
eShalations or impure water.
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THE absurd and utterly baseless nature Of
the loose common talk about a large and ex-
travagant increase iii the current expenses of
government has been demonstrated in an
able paper read before the American Associa-
ton, while in session at Hartford, by Prof.
e. B. Elliott. He shows that the average an
nual expenditure per capita, from Washing.
ton to Grant, reduced to gold basis (allow-
ance being made for the increased expenses
of war periods) exhibits Surprising uniform
lily. The lowest average was that OF Wash
ington's second term S1.296, the highest
war periods omitted, was under Pierce, 50.
334. AT the war period under Madison, it
reached $3.50, and under Lincoln $16764,
The average in Lineoln's second term was
$10.SS6, and under johnson S7.791. Grants
first term showed result, including the ex-
penses growing out of the war, Of $6.371.
Deducting the war legacy, it is found that the
governmental expenses proper, amount to
but $1696, but five cents per head more
than under The first Adams, and many cents
less than under Monroe, or Polk or Pierce,
or Buchanan. These statistics are cheerfully
commended 10 the chronic fault fHders who
are continually growing at the increased
expenditures of government.
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TIE Democracy Of Illinois are preparing
for drst-class old-iashioned family quarrel
The Hesing- White-M Cormic,S free tra,lc froc
rum, hard money wing meets in convention
Tomorrow, for the purpose of ratifying tho
bill Of sale TO the $4,000 independent reform
Germans who never existed. The straight
oat corpse-feviving branch meet today ard
purpose to remain in session until Wedues-
day piglt, and take advantage Of dissensions
N'hi / nay arise in the regularly called con-
venlion very lively time is expected at
wednesdays gathering, and there will be
circus 70 the committee on resolutions.
.auieatsons are strong for a fight, but II II
ol1neut to understand how the grcy.headea,
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STATE NEWS.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.

Mr.. D. w. Dodge, a tanner and one Of the
leading citizens of Freedom, was thrown from
his carriage few days since and had the bones
of his leg badly shattered below the knee.
George W. Searls and Frank E. Cobb of
Chelsea, were blown up by the premature ex-
plosion OF blast Thursday. Searls' hands
Were badly mangled, and Cobbs eyes were so
seriously injured that it is thought he will lose
his sight.
press Correspondence
Some thief broke into the stable of Clifford
Merrill OF Waterville, on Saturday night, and
stole horse, wagon and harness. The team
was worth $3.50. None of the property has
been recovered.
KNoH. COUNTY.
John Upham of Rockland, ten wears of ase,
was instantly killed Saturday night While
driving cart his horse suddenly backed into a
lime quarry, q distance OF twenty feet, carving
the boy with him, who was frghtfully man
gied
OXFORD COUNTY.
The preliminary hearing in the case of D. n,
Marble, charged with setting the fire which
consumed the buildings of Mrs. Park and the
Androscoggin House, at Dixfield village, was
closed Wednesday night, and the prisoner ac-
quilted, the prosecution falling entirely to pro-
duce any evidence tending TO implicate the ac-
eused.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
Early last Friday afternoon Mr. Sewal p.
Harrington, in the employ of Mr.. Moses Par
sons of Glenburn, took two bush scythes and
started to cut some bushes on lot of Mr. Par
sons on the Pusnaw road. He did not retarn
that night, nor has he yet made his appearance,
and it is feared that in fit of temporary in
sanity he has wandered off into the woods OF
committed suicide.
PIsCATAQUIS COUNTY.
A. G. Neville, the Foxoroft lawyer, recently
arrested i'll Bangor for horse stealing. has been
acquitted on the ground that he was drunk al
the time, land was not responsible.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
AT aSmeeting of the lumber manufacturers
on the st. Croix, held last Monday evening il
Calais, at the rooms of the ST. Crolx Log Driv.
| ing Company, it was unanimously voted &c
| shut down all the mills on the first day of Sep
TENDER next.
WALDO COUNTY.
A Methodist campmeetng at Northport he
! low Belfast. commenced yesterday. There Az
already about 500 persons tenting on the ground
| YORK COUNTY.
Aleck Charter, owner of the property recent
| ly destroyed in Bddeford, is under arrest OF
suspicion of having set the fire.
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County Conventions.

EVERY regular attache Of the PRESS Is furnished
with a Card certificate eountersigned by Stanley II.
Puen. Editor. Ali railway, steamboat and hotel
managers viii collie favor upon us by demanding
credentials OF every person claiming to represent
Journal, as we have Information that several "bum
mers" are seeking courteses in the name of tho
Press, and we have no disposition to be, pas
siyels, party to such frauds
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L. o. @. u.

Members of Maine Lodge, No. 1, 100. F.. will
meet at Library Room, Mechanics Hal, TUESDAY
MORNING, Aug. 25th, at u O'clock, to perform es-
cort duty and form tor the procession Regaias will
be at Library Room. w. B. H0DGKiNS, N. G.
an20 snfd
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
q. o. o. =.

Members of Portland Encampment, No Il, .t5a
Beacon Lodge, No. 67, I. 0. o. F. will meet at Army
81 Navy Union Hall, eer. Congress ana Brown Sts,
TUESDAY MORNING, Aug. %, at eight O'Clock
to perform escort duty. Regalia will be at the Hal,
j. A. BROWN,
HENRY S. TRICKEY,
auziSntu Marshas.
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We do not read anonymous letters and communal
cations. The name and address ofthe writer are in
ali Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty OF good faith
We cannot undertake to return or reserve COM
Munieations That ere not used.