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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-09-22
DAYH OF THE HEEE.

The names of these are derived from Saxon
idolatry. The Saxons had seven deities more
particularly adorned than the rest, namely
The Sun, Moon, Tuiseo, Wooden, Thor, Frga,
and Scatter. Sunday being dedicated to the
sun, was called by them Sunaudaeg; his idol
represented the bust of a man, with the face
darting bright rays, holding a wheel before his
breast, Indicative of the circuit of the golden
orb around our sphere. Monday was dedi-
Gated to the moon, and was represented by
female on q pedestal, with a very singular
dress and two long ears. Tuesday was cOnse-
Grated to Tuisco, German hero, sire of the
Germans, scythians and saxOns. He was re-
presented as a venerable old man, with long,
white beard, a sceptre in his hand and the skin
of 4 white bear thrown over his shoulders.
Wednesday was consecTated to Wooden, or
Odin, supreme god of the Northern nations,
father of the gods, god ofwar, ofMars. He was
represented as warrior in bold martial atti-
,tude, clad in armor, holding in his right hand
a broad crooked sword, and a shield in his left
Thursday was cOnsecrated to Thor, eldest son
of Wooden, who was the Roman Jupiter; he
was believed to govern the air, preside over
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and seasons; he was represented as sitting on a
splendid throne, with u crown of gold, adorned
with twelve glitteTing stars, and a sceptfe in
his right hand. Friday, or Friga, Hertha, or
Edith, was the mother of the gods and wife of
Wooden; she was the goddess of love and pleas
ure, and was portrayed as . female with
naked sword in her right hand and bow in her
left hand, implying that in extreme cases
women should fight as well as men. Saturday
A. .
he was represented on a pedestal, standing on
the back of a pricky fish called perch, his
head bare, with thin, meagre face; in his left
hand he held a wheel, and in his right pail
of water with fruits and flowers. The sharp
fms of the fish implied that the worshippers Of
Scatter should pass safely through every diff
Guilty. The wheel was emblematiC of their
unity and freedom, and the pail of water i'm
piled that be would water the earth and make
it fruitful.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-09-22

A method of broiling equal in every respect
to the gridiron, excepting that it lacks the
smoke taste, is this Set your spider on the
stove, and let it get smoking hot. Put in no
butter or any kind of greese. Have your meat
previously prepared by trimming of all pieces
OF bone, gland, superfluous suet and tissues
that will bind the edge and make it turn up.
Lay it very carefully and smoothly in the spi-
der. 1t will stick fast at first, but as soon as
it Is Drowned can be lOosened with q knife.
Sprinkle little salt on the upper surface, and
turn it over. Let the other side brown the
same as the first. Have platter warmed, lay
the meat carefully upon it, without besmear-
ing the edges, dress with butter and pepper,
ard send to the table hot. By this process you
have crisp ard brown surface, with the Juice
retained as well as by broiling, and the addi-
tional advantage that the inevitable drippings
ale saved, and can be converted into gravy
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-09-22
..cAETAILs,, As FoOD.

It is not generally known that the common
eat-tail of our swamps (Typha Etifolia) is In
some countries highly esteemed as an article
of food. The plant is perennial, ana increases
itself by underground stems, or rhizomes,
which contain large amount Of starchy mat
ter. The young shoots, when they push up
in spring, are gathered and handled as we tie
asparagus, and are sold everywhere In the
markets Of Southern Russia. DR.. Clark, who
has eaten Of it in those regions, tells us It is a
delicious dish It is boiled similar to aspara-
Gus and seasoned with salt and spice. Typha
& the Greek name for marsh, in which the
plant delights to grow. It is found more or
less all over the United States, varying very
dense inforescence or head, which forms the
popular ''eat-tail."
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-09-22
NOW no PUT CHILDREY 10 BID.


Not with reproof for any of that days sins
of omission or commission. Take any other
time but bedtime for that. If you ever heard
a little creature signing or sobbing in its
sleep, you could never 90 this. Seal their
closing eyelids with kiss and blessing. The
time will come, all too soon, when they viii
lay their heads upon their pillows lacking
both. Let them then at least have this sweet
memory of happy childhood, of which no
future sorrow or trouble can rob them. Give
them their rosy youth. Nor need this involve
wild license. The judicious parent will not so
mistake my meaning. II you have ever met
the mSn, or the woman, whose eyes have sud-
denly filled when a little child has erept trust
ingly to Its mothers breast, you may have
seer one in whose childhOOd's home "dignity"
and "seyerity" stood where love and pity
should have been. Too much indulgence has
mined thousands of children; too much love,
not one FdaRg Fern.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-09-22
A HINT ABOUT LOOKLNG-GLASSES.

A HINT ABOUT LOOKING GLASSES.
1t is a fact well worth knowing, but which
does not seem TO be generally understood, that
the amalgam of tinfoil with mercury, which is
spread on glass plates to make looking glasses,
is very readily crystalized by actihic solar rays
A mirror hung where the sun can shine on it
is usually spoiled; it takes a graduated ap-
pesrance, familiar to housekeepers, though
they may not be acquainted with the cause Of
the change. In such q state the article is
nearly worthless; the continuity of the sur
face is destroyed, and it will not reflect out
lines with any approach to precision. Care
must, therefore, be exercised in hanging. Care
should also be taken in selecting looking
glasses; we have seen many lately, and from
first-rate manufacturers, too, which make
every straight line round. There is something
wrong in the manufacture which requires look
ing into.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-09-22
EsHOLDLYG HIN EVEN.

a paper out in Dakota Territory, the EIE
Horn Cleaner, relates the following story OF q
fellow who solemnly pledged himself not to
drink glass of liquor either inside or outside
of house for two years. Soon afterward he
passed a saloon where three of his former boon
companions were taking their drop in comfort,
and he could not help stopping and casting one
mournful look of longing within. One of them
spied him and invited him to join them. ''Oh,
no." said he, 81 wish l could, but I've sworn
not to take drink either inside or outside of
house for two years" "Oh," says one, ''you
can have one drink for all that, we'll lift you
of the threshold and you can drink half inside
the house and half out" So one took hold of
each leg and thus they raised him up, while
the third filed and passed the bottle. He took
one long drink and was Just drawing breath for
another, when one of his supporter shifted
little, and he shouted, "Oh, hold me even,
boys, my souls in your hands"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-09-22

THE REQUISITES FOR 4 GENTLE


THE REQUISITES FOR 4 GENTLE
NAN.
A writer on "a gentleman" in ''Tinsley's
Magazine" says: "Bashfulness is not incon-
sistent with the character, and we are sur
prised that so rare quality is not more highly
appreciated. The thoughts and feelings of
the retiring disposition are not less refined,
although they may not be expressed with the
gracefulness Of the ready speaker or the i'm
petuosity of the rattle-pate. This disposition
frequently arises from the mind running in
channels other than the common-pIaces of
ordinary conversation, and a consequent con-
seriousness of inferiority in the art of pleasing.
The ass umption of the character is often but a
stimulation of the more agreeable habits of
society, and only the veneer which hides de-
PRAYED tastes and vicious propensities. Moth
ing more displays frivolous, selfish and vul-
gar mind than inattention to the simple
courtesies Of life, and without this even pro-
found learning is no more than tiresome ped
entry. A person of this description SAYS he
can be gentleman when he pleases. A true
gentleman never pleases to do anything else,
and never, by any accident, derOgates from
this standard. He cannot stoOp to q mean
thing. He never struts in borrowed plumage.
He never stabs in the dark. He is not one
thing to mans face and another behind his
back. Papers not meant for his eve are sacred.
Bolts and bars, locks and keys, bonds and
securities, and notices to trespassers are not
for him. He is q consistent observer of the
second great commandment; whatever he
judges to be honorable he practices toward all. >"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-09-22
Ray WJYDOW N4NL4.

The rage nowadays up town Is bay windows.
No man of property can consider himself in
style unless bay window has been added to
his house. These windows are not built on
tne lower floor either, as ore would naturaIIy
suppose, but under the roof or on top of it,
according to the bank account of the owner
A bay window on the roof is the ne Dl,lS ultra
of fashion, and makes house look as though
it had been in fight and got head put on
it. The bay window under the roof looks
somewhat better, and when It is studded with
flowers and a handsome young lady with
heavenly, azure-colored eyes standing within
it looking down watching for her beau, the
picture is very pleasing one.-ROHdo'G ".
" Freeman.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-09-22
AUCTION SALES.
10y THOS. e. WAGGAMAN,
Id Zeal Estate AuctiOneer. SO Seventh street.
Future pays.

10y THOS. e. WAGGAMAN,
ID Real Estate AuctiOneer, SO Seventh street.
COSY TWO-sTORY FRAME, WITH ONE-sToRY
FRAME IN REAR. NO. I243 TWENTY-THIRD
STREET NORTHWEST.
On WEDNESDAY, September 3, at 5:O O'Clock
p. M, at public auction, on the premises shau
sell the above property, fronting l3 l6 on twenty
third street by depth of IL.
sep2i-st THos. z. wAGGAMAN, Auct'r.
by W. L. WALL q co., AuctiOneers,
u New Marble Building
street.
SPECIAL SALE OF A STOCK OF BRUssELs
TAPESTRY, VELVET, THREE-PEY. IN.
GRAIN, VENETIAN AND HEMP CARPETS
C9CoA MATING, VELVET AND TAPES-
TRY RUGS; OIL CLOTHS, MATTINGs, &C.,
On WEDNEsDAY MORNING, September q
commencing at ten O'Clock. we will sell, the
first floor of our salesrOoms.
A LARGE STOCK OF CARPETS AND OIL
Pieces ofJ Crossley Sons BODY Brussels,
Pieces OF CTossley's, Brights, DiXon's and other
makes OF Tapestry Brussels;
Pieces Of Handsome Velvet;
Pie es OfThree-ply, Lowell and Hartford;
Pieces Of super and extra lngrains;
Pieces Of Venetian, -, 81 and 5-s Widei
100 Pieces Of 81, g., 81 and A Oilclothsi
20 Pieces OF Cocoa Mating;
1C0 Rolls Canton Mating.
We call the special attention OF buyers to the
above sale, as IL is the first Of the season, and
good opportunity is offered to purchase At low
Terms cash. VIM. L. WALL 4 CO.,
se2l-3t AucttOneers.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-09-22
DYE. H. WARMER,

pY b. H. WARMER,
ID Real Estate Broker and Auctioneer,
Federal Buildings, corner Seventh and sts.N.W W.
TRUSTEES SALE OFYALUABLE TRACT OF
DIsTkICT or COLUMBIA, AT UNI0N-
TON N N, n SAIp C0pNTY-- IMPR0YEn By
IMPROVEMENTS.
b. virtue offs deere. of the Supreme Court of the
District Of Columbia. passed IN Equity cause No.
&04, Of Jam, L. Harbour ct al. against John ".
Van Hook ct al the undersigned trustee will sell at
public auction. to the highest bidder, on WEDNES-
DAY. the SIth day Of september, a. d., 1874, at
tne feGr Si III Pm on the neE
claim and estate OF the parties 20 this in and
lying and being in said county. at UniontOwn. b.
ginning for the said PIECE parcel or tract of land
at the southeast corner formed by the intersection
ofPisrce street and Jefferson street. AS laid down
upon the revised piai { said Uniontown, running
thence along the south side Of Jefferson street south
seyrnty-fve and half degrees. east I'VE hundred
and thlrty-iour feet, to s. Hons western line;
degrees, west eight hundred and sixty-seven feet,
more or less. TO the division line between said
Talbert: thenet running with said line, nSrth for
ty-seyrn and half degrees, west allowing three
hundred and eighty feet; thence south seyenty-hve
and half degrees east two hundred and three feet
to the centre Of said Pierce street: thence north
fourteen and half degrees, east two hundred and
nity ieet 10 point IN line win the southern I'm;
OF lot Ia. on said Uniontown plat; Thence south
ssyenty-fye and half degrees east thirty feet, 70
fourtt en- and half degrees east one hundred ana
ninety-sx fet, TO the point Of beginning, contain
ing nine ana quarter acres OF land more or less
together with the buildings and appurtenances,
consisting Of large dwelling-hOuse and outhOuses.
Terms of sale: One-third CD cash; residue In
three equal payments, in six. twelve and eighteen
months, deferred payments to bear int est at
eight per cent. per Annum, until paid from day Of
sale and TO be secured by the prOmlssOry notes of
the purchaser purchasers, Endorsed to the srtis
erty sold. No deed given until the whole purchase
money and in crest shall have been paid. Two
hundred dollars will be required when the property
is sold, wit hin tweutyfour hours after sale. The
residue Of cash payments to be made within ten
al
will resell the property at the cost and risk of the
defaulting purchaser or purchasers. All convey
ancing at the cost Of the purchaser purchasers.
WI. j. MILLER, Trustee.
Usep1T- dads rStar1 v. ". W APNER Auct.
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DY LATIMER & CLEARY,
u AuctiOneers and Real Estate Brokers,
Southwest corner ofPenn. ave. and Eleventh St,
Star Office Building.

star once BUILDING.
CHANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
AND UNMPRoYED REAL ESTATE ON
FIRST AND TWENTY-sECOND SHEETS
VEST. IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON,
By virtue OF a decree Of the Supreme Court Of the
District of Columbia, passed in equity cause No.
aS0 Of Louis II. Schneider against Sarah a. TurtOn
ct al. the undersigned. TRUSTEES in said cause,
will sell At public auction 70 the highest bidder,
TUESDAY, the 18th day of September, commencing
at o'clock D. m on the premises the he -e.natteT-
described real estate, TO wit: Lot numbered p in
subdivision OF original lot numbered u, in square
numbered seyenty-nine. C71 (made by the trustees
In this cause,) with the improvements thereon.
consisting OF a large brick dwelling, containing
linn ediSteiy after the above sale will sell lot p
in said subdivision OF said lot IA, in said square
seyenty-uine. IN and improvements; each OF said
los p and q being Is feet * inches on II street by
l73 feet deep, to 2O-foot alley.
tered A. in willism p. ElOtt's subdivision Of orr
gina lot IA in said square o. and the improvements
And immediately after the above sale Will sell lot
lettered B. in said subdivision OF said lot - in s1d
square ~ and improvements thereon, consisting OF
alarge dwelllnR-house: said lots A and being q
feet each, by II feet In depth.
Terms Of sale: One third purchase money cash,
and balance Of purchase money payable In six t6)
and twelve (l2) months from day OF sale, with In
terest at eight per cent per ann1m until paid the
notes of the purchaser or purchasers, with surety
or suretes TO be approved by the trustees, or tue
day OF sale OF on final ratification thereof by the
court. A lien will he retained on the property
chase money shall have been paid. AIlconveyancing
at cost OF the purchaser o. purchasers. II pur-
chaser falls to comply with terms Of sale within ten
days after day Of sale the trustees serve the right
to resell the property sold at the cost and sk o. the
deIanit'ng purchaser OF RurSnasers, a eep0S5 =,
sold.
VIM. j. MILLER, 1885
LATMER & CLEARY,
ser-dGds lstarJ AuctioneerS.
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NatiunaI gepnbIifaa
RAMON.

A NEW POEM BY BRET HARTE.
lei Refugio Mine, Northern Mexico, ls74.l
Drunk and senssless in his place,
Prone and spraWiing on his face,
More like brute than any man alive or dead
By his great pump, out OF gear,
Lay the peOn engineer,
Waking only Just to hear,
Overhead,
Angry tones that called his name,
Oaths and cries Of bitter blame
Woke to hear all this, and waking, turned and
ITO the man who'll bring to me"
Cried intendant Harry Lee
Harry Lee, the English foreman of the mine,-
q Bring the sOt, alive or dead,
will give to him, " he said,
Fifteen hundred pesos down,
Just to see the rascal's crown
Underneath this heel Of mine;
Since but death
Deserves the man whose deed,
BE II vice or want Of heed,
stops the pumps that give Us breath
stops the pumps that suck the death
From the poisoned lower levels Of the mine ~
No one answered, for CRY
From the SHAFT rose up on high.
And shutting, scrambling, tumbling from below,
Game the miners each, the holder
Mounting on the Weaker's shoulder
Graphing, eliuging to theIr hold or
Letting go,
From the ladder to the we'll
To the poisoned pit Of hell
Down below!
"To the man who sets them Free"
Cried the foreman, Harry Lee
Harry Lee, the English foreman Of the mine
Brings them out and sets them free,
will give the man." said he,
I" Twice that sum, who with rope,
Face to face with Death shall cope.
Let him come who dares to hOpe!"
"Hold your peace ~ some one replied,
Standing by the fOremRn's side;
There has one already gone, whOe'er he be!'
Then they held their breath with awe,
Pulling on the rope, and saw
Painting figures reappeaI,
On the black rope swinging clear,
Fastened by some skillful hand from below;
Till a score the level gained,
And but one alone remained
He the hero and the last,
He whose skillful hand made fast
The long line that brought them back to hope
Nand cheer!
Haggard, gasping, down dropped he
At the feet Of Harry Lee
Harry Lee the English foreman of the mine
d" have come, - he gasped, d" to claim
Both rewards. Senior, my name
Is Ramon!
I'm the drunken engineer
I'm the coward, SenOr'- Here
He fell over, by that sign
Dead as stone
-TOcfo5eT Atlantic
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-09-22
II. WARNER.

DY b. H. WARNER.
ID Real Estate Broker and Auctioneer.
Federal Buildings, corner Seventh and + stS.N.W.
TRUSTEES SALE OF THREE-sTORY BRICK
DWELLING on THE WEST SIDE OF
THIkTkENTH STREET, BETWEEN y AND
hSTREETS NORTHWEST, AT AUCTION.
By virtue OF deed Of trust, dated September- .,
of the land records for Washington county, Dis
trict Of Columbia, and at the request OF the party
secured thereby, we will sell at public auction, in
front OF the premises, on TUESDAY,. September
real estate, situate In the city Of Washington, Dis
tnct Of Columbia, to wit: All that certain piece or
parcel OF ground, being part Of original lot num-
bered twenty-siN (26, ir square numbered two
hundred and ffty-two, according to the plan Of
said city, and bounded as follows, viz: commenc-
ing at point on Thirteenth (3th) street west one
hundred and hfty-One (51l feet and four (D inches
from street north, and running thence along
said Thirteenth Q3th) street northwardly eighteen
S) feet aud eleven (lI) inches thence west ralel
with said q street one hundred and four (lOi)
feet, thence south parallel with said Thirteenth
(l3th) street eighteen llS) feet and eleven I'D
inches thence east parallel with said & street
hundred and four GOD feet to the place Of Begin
ming, together with the improvements as ab sve.
twelve months, for. which instruments the pur-
chaser will be required to give his promissOry
notes bearing interest at the rate Of ten per cent
per annum from day of sale, and cur Il by deed
will be required of the purchaser at time of sale.
AL conVeyancing at purchaser cost. II terms of
sale are not complied with in seven days from day
of sale the property will he resOl At the risk and
after FIVE days advertisement in some one or more
newspapers published in the city Of Washington,
d. c.
GEORGE H. PLANT, '
sel5-FMW&ds SALESMAN.
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AUCTION SALES.
F1ture paws.
DY THOMAS BOWLING,
- Auctioneer,
641 Louisiana avenue, near Seventh street.

IL AuctioneeE,
61 Louisiana avenue, near Seventh street.
TRUSTEES SALE OF A DESIRABLE RESI-
DENCE ON l STREET NORTH, BETWEEN
FIRST STREET WEST AND NORTH CAPT.
toll STREET, AT AUCTION.
By virtue Of a deed Of trust, dated January IS
1873, and duly recorded IN Liber No. 100, fOliOs
Is &C., of the land records OF Washington county,
DC, and by direction Of the party secured there
by, we will sell at public auction, in front OF the
premises, on FRIDAY, October 9, A. ID. 1874, at
O'Clock p. M, all that certain piece or parcel OF
ground situate lying and being In the city Of WASH
tngtOn, d. e., known and designated on the plats
Of saia city as lot one hundred and ferty-one, IA
In shepherds subdivision Of square six hundred
and twenty-three, (s23,) with the brick dwelling
thereon.
Terms OF sale, prescribed by the deed OF trust:
$780, the debt secured, with Interest at ten per
cent. per annum from January Is, 1874, until paid,
and the expenses Of sale In cash, and the balance in
six and twelve months, for which the notes of the
purchaser, with interest roR the day Of sale, Sc
cured by deed Of trust on the premises Sold shall
be taken. deposit OF 500 will be required Of the
purchaser at the time Of sale. All cOnVeyanclng at
the cost Of the purchaser. II the terms OF sale
not compiled with within seven days after sale the
trustees reserve the right to resell the property at
the cost and risk Of the defaulting purchaser.
b. PEYTON BROWN, Z 7-,s.aos
WIN. r. WOODWARD, I Aru'Se0S'
sepe-W, F&M&ds THOS. BOWLING, Auct.
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JACQUES JoUvENM's

III arb 19 W q L. sd
94I d =, Nesr Lewis JOhnsOn's Bank.
y An MONUpfENTS on hand sold at = greasre-
duction. N new orders made By designs OF ~
latest suies- The best workmanship and best
ITAISAN MARBLE guaranteed. nAsO-sn
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MEDICAL.
BETHESDA.

ESDA.
specific lscOmpoundedIn natures
laboratory, and from It's magic power and unprece-
dented achievements the most eminent men in this
nation have, AFTER thorough and severe test, pro-
nounced Il the only Sovereign Remedy for Bright's
Disease and Diabetes; also al Urinary, Bladder and
Liver Affections; also Dropsy, &C., &C. To the
minds Of many our claims may seem preposteroust TO
accomplish with Bethesda Water that which has so
long and still continues 70 bafe medical science. We
ask but test. Do not allow your skeptictsm to be
your peril. II BETHESDA dor, u cure you, IL cannot
certainly do you any injury. Therefore avail your
self Of the most pleasant and ecent curative agent
ever offered TO suffering humanity. The Water Is
for sale at CHARLES STOTT co. g Drug Store,
No. 80 pennsylvania avenue. Beware OF spuElous
waters. Ask for Bethesda. For sale b. sTOTT d
:;n S1 s az snisIS sSo Bethesda Advocate.
eHNAOA SN0UAAS - RICHARD DUNBAR
Directorand General Manager, BethesdaSp rlngs.
WASHINGTON, d. O., OeeemberSol s7d. deeSl-y