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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-09
LIFE ON JupITER's SATELLITES.

But told you We found reason to suppose
that the planets around Jupiter are the abodes
of life We find those satellites have surface
large enough to enable them to be at abodes
for living creatures.
The largest one of them is larger than the
moon, and the others are about the same size.
We find in dealing with them the same fact
that We found in the moon; that, being smaller
bodies, the heat would pass rapidly away, and
the time fitting for life would be smaller: So
the chances we have to find life on them is
smaller. Upon the earth we find millions OF
years that life was possible, and millions OF
years before and after. In them, perhaps, we
have only to deal with thousands of years.
Therefore, taking the present time, we find the
chances very much reduced, because the In
terval when life Is possible Is very much
smaller proport:onately than here. You see
the larger of Jupiter's moons is large body.
Still you recognize that these small orbs could
not remain so long the ebodes of life. Even If
supplemented with the heat of Jupiter, only
one Of them can possibly be inhabited at the
presenb time, and probably not even one Of
them is, so. You see you must go back into
the past or into the future to find the time.
Here is, curious relation of the satellites OF
jupiter which is well worth noting. In the
uppermost picture you will see all the three
satellites in straight line, The lower picture
shows them in a different arrangement. You
she they must circle around like the hour hand
the minute hand and the second hand of g
clock; so they have certain orderly motion
that brings them time and again into straight
line. They are so adjusted that they win con
time this foreyer.-Professor Proctor.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-09
FOREIGN NOTES.

England is about to pay the bill for the recep.
ton of the Shah last summer. The account
has gone into the House of Commons, and the
whole bill Will be about eighty thousand
dollars.
The Fslernum, wine Of which men had
hardly heard the name except in reading Hor-
ace,, now stands at the head of all national
wines in the list of the best hotels in Rome and
throughout Italy, and is charged higher than
the best bottles Of Piedmont or Tuscany.
There are 5,005 male artists and 100 male
seulptors In England and Wales, no less than
ninety-two of the former and sixteen of the
latter being over seventy-fve years of age.
The female "painters, !artists," number ], 1854,
of whom ten have reached seventy-six years.
The following anecdote is related of Shirley
Brooks, the late editor of the London Punch:
Some years ago fellow journalist sudd emily
died; Shirley took his old comrades work, in
addition to his own, for year, in order that
the widow might receive that years salary. 1t
was q noble subscription in her behalf.
The Austrian Government has permitted the
employment of women in various branches of
the post office at Vienna and In the vicinity.
The pay Is to be form for each complete
days work Of eight hours. No extra work will
be allowed, and the women are not to be en-
ployed before o'clock in the morning or after
at night.
AniItalian lawyer has eclipsed his Philadel-
phis brethren by his acuteness In defending q
client A tax-eollector of Naples absconded
with public money amounting to $500, 900. He
was,eanght, brought back and tried, but the
jury acquitted him because the money he had
stolen was the peoples money, and ss he was
one Of the people he was part ownsr of that
money, and of course, 1t would be manstrous to
convict man of stealing what was his own.
The manly courage of this plea is fanpreferable
to the snealing dodge of emotional insanity.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-09
PHILADELPHIA AND THE CEN
TENNIAL

With steady and unfaltering steps the
National Government inspired by the
special message of the President Of the
United States on the 25th of February,
1874, is moving on to the fulfillment of the
two acts of Congress in favor of an inter
national exposition at Paramount Park, in
the city of Philadelphia, On the 4th of July,
1875. The Government eontemplates no
retroactive legislation, and the people OF
the historic metropolis, where the Declare
ton of Independence was proclaimed, fol-
lowing the example of the Executive, have
already subscribed nearly one half the
amount necessary to. cover tae entire e1-
penses of the exposition. In order to prove
this statement we announce that the availa-
BILE resources already secured by subscrip-
ton to the stock and appropriations by the
Councils of Philadelphia, as shown in the
tee on Appropriations, amounts to the ag-
gregate sum of 50, ia, 40, besides 81, $780,
900 appropriated by the State Of Pennsyl-
vania and the city of Philadelphia for the
erection of q magnificent temple in which
to display paintings statuary, works of art
and other precious curiosities, which tenn
pie is to remain permanent monument In
Paramount park of the first Centennial cele.
bration. These sums make total Of 3d..
814, 44O When we recollect that the init.
alive of this international celebration came
from other quarters; that in fact the authol
of the idea was Hon. John Bigelow, while
he was American Minister at the port o.
Paris, followed by other equally distin
guished authorities, and that the action o
Congress was in consequence of a very gen
eral movement in other States, we MAJ
well ask whether the General Government
ought not to take the ground that work o
so much magnitude, a commemoration
an event so illustrious, should be committed
I to one State or section, but should com
Inland the generous and comprehensive
leadership of the national authorities.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-09

vote in that State gives Us prinsa 6acis evil
dence of the victory at the last State cleo
ton Of the Kellogg government and that
the Administration did nothing more than
its duty as prescribed by the Constitution
when it recognized that government as the
one sustained by competent judicial au-
thority.
1t is possible to continue these examples
of the failure of Republican partisans to
support the acts of the party, and to ez-
plain them to the satisfaction Of the people;
but we have sufficiently indicated our
meaning. 1t is so plain that we do not
hesitate to deny again and again the limo
cence of the Administration of any act de-
serving rebuke Regarding the results OF
the present session of Congress it Is per-
haps too soon to speak. Thus far they have
been gratifying, and have assured us that
before the session ends they will be followed
by others of equal significance. But we
add right here, in justice to the President,
that many of his recommendations, recon-
mendations which have received the un-
qualified approval of the people. remain
untouched by either the Senate or the
House.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-09
THE pIsTRigT LyYEsrroATToy.


AZ Senator Stewart has been chsrged with
being speculstor In resi- estate In Washington
BY various journals, which have asserted that for
that reason he should not Be- allowed to Eerve on
the Investigating Committee, ft Is proper that the
real estate transactions Of the Senator should be
made known, inasmuch as the facts relating to-
them were brought out at his own request It ap-
pears, from the testimony Of MI. Lsssa and from
the statement made to tho committee by Mr..
Stewart, that property to an aggregate amount Of
$751; &sl was purchased by Mr.. Latta Oh the Joint
account Of Senator Stewart, @. ]. Hinyer and
Thomas Sunderland, in the year 1871, and that
Mr. Stewart disposed Of his interest In March,
1873, at an advance Of $4,000. 1t appears that
none OF this speculative property held by hin1
during the session Of Congress or at any time
when he was called upon 10 vote upon bills affect
Ing the District. The gentlemen with whom he
was interested, Sunderland and HilIyer, no
one had accused Of having any connection
with the Board Of Public Works. Mr..
Stewart made statement Of various per-
sonal reasons which induced him to build
subsequently,, and said that before building hs
did not know what improvements were to be
made on the streets around his property, and that
he had never consulted with the Board of Public
Works As an item Of interest to people here,
we give the testimony Of Latta as to his trans.
actions for Sunderland and Hillyer, who began q
speculation two years ago, and who now control a
vast amount of property in various sections Of the
city, amounting to $4,000 or over, and they have
in trust for other parties not yet disclosed as far
as It now appears property to the value Of 100000
or moro. However delicate the duty of the COM
mittee to expose private affairs, the committee
will. no doubt, undertake to discover In some way
for what persons KIlbourn & Latta have acted in
these last mentioned transactions, since one dark
corner unexplored, though nothing be In It,
would cause more scandal than much actual
wrong doing exposed to the full light OF day
There has not yet been any opportunity to find
fault for any attempt Of the committee to limit
the scope Of the investigation.-NevGda Enter
pri Sc,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-09

THE New York Herald prints as "The
Roll of Dishonor." the names of the Sena.
tors who voted for the finance bill. Among
them are Senators Bogy, Gordon, Johnston,
McCreeay. Merrimon, Norwood and Ran,
som, all leading Democrats. Why, then,
does the Herald insist that the Republicans
are alone responsible for the imaginary evils
which it pretends will follow from the &C,
ton of the Senate7 If 1t has intelligence and
honesty enough to look beyond the end ofits
nose or see anything through the gilded and
guilt-lined clouds of Wall street, it will dis,
cover that Democrats and Republicans alike,
who voted for the bill. merely responded to
the well-deined demands of their constitu,
ents.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-09
GOOD ADVICE.

Young girls should be exceedingly careful
about falling in love with young men, whether
rich or poor, who yet remain 10, be won. They
cannot guard their affections. too carefully in
reference to those whose. sentiments towards
themselves are as yet unknown Then, again,
when q young lady sits down to devise q
scheme for the capture Of a wealthy husband,
Is general would plan q campaign, westhink
she enters upon an. undertaking which she had
better not be engaged IN. The chances are
that she will not succeed, and that If she does
succesd she will not DO happy. Marriage
should be the spontaneous union Of hearts, =
well as of bands. Thea the relation contains
thu elements Of happiness, but NOT otherwise
h has no promise for those who enter 1t solely
from cold calculations of advantage II
Young woman wishes to obtain good husband
her surest way Is by the sedulous cultivation O
her own head and heart, and BY learning al
the domestic duties, on which so much depends
| In married life. Thus she may attract hint
may be some one unknown to her-as the mos
fragrant flowers attract the bee, even from
distance.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-09

TEE District investigation is likely to end in
smoke. The memorialists have thus far failed
to make out a case against the government.
Their charges were magnificent, but their facts
were meagre. They made great flourish of
accusations, threatening to involve the
character of prominent officials, but when
reduced to the necessity Of suSstantiating
their charges they made a pitiablc display of
hearsays and suspicious, with no better backing
than the assertions of disappointed contractors
and unwilling taxpayers. The evidence thus
far rendered, when carefully sifted, substan-
tiates none of the accusations against Governor
Shepherd and General Babcock, and the most of
it shows that magnificent work has been done
at great expense, ard in some Of Its details
without proper regard to the costs of doing it,
However this may be regretted, It is not
criminal offence. The Washington property
holder does not pay taxes with alacrity. He
does not take his recreation In that way. He
always expected the Government to take care of
the city and improve his estate, paying him
9 round sum for the privilege. Tho Govern
ment ought to do the principal part of the
work, especially as the city is filed with its
clerks, who are only two thirds paid for their
services, while it owns a large portion of the
property and is most concerned in making q
decent city of the capital of the nation.-N. 7.
G~opb;e
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-09
THE G0OD WORK.

:. As will be perceived by the accounts Of
the progress made for the cause Of charity
which we publish in another column, the
good work goes encouragingly forward.
Every day adds to the enthusiasm of those
who are carrying on the grand charity
demonstration, and there is abundant pros
pect that the excitement viii increase In
desirable ratio from day TO day until 1t cul
inmates in the grand financial success for
which the people are so nobly laboring
The first meeting Of the ladies comprising
the committee of management was held a
the residence of Senator Sherman yester
day. Nine members of the committee wert
present, and an organization was effected
by the election Of officers who have TIL
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-09

THE effectof the so-called imitation legisla-
,;on Inv the Senate has been to arouse the
neonIe of the West and South to belief
that Congress viii eventually relieve theii
financial distress so far as it can be relieved
by legislative enactment. In the meantime
the capitalists of the East, through theii
noid or otherwise interested organs are
p;ning the downfall of the Republican party
But these Eastern people, while they may
own or control the money, do not own tn'
votes of the people of other sections OF I'M
country The friends Of cheap transpor'a
,;on also remember that Congress mas no
nor,ected their interests, although I'M
croakers pretend to.believe that the coun'.?
has been ruined by its failure TO 90 lnPO.->
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-09
uNDERGRoUMD L0ND0N.

Under ground the city of London is Ger
tainly the most wonderful insthe world. 1t is
q labyrinth of drain pipes, water pipes, gas
pipes, and underground railways. There are
points in the soil of London where II would be
extremely difficult to find room for another
pipe. One company alone-the gas-light and
coke company-supplies two districts with
nearly 400 miles of pipes, varying in diameter
from three inches to four feet These are the
main pipes merely, and from them every house
and street lamp receives on an average six or
eight feetof piping. In addition to these and
the underground telegraph wires there are no
Less than $500 miles of drain pipes Of various
dimensions. Less familiar to US, but no less
important, are the lead andlfron tubes-leaden
pipes with outer castings of iron-along which
written messages, packed in little felt AMI
guttapeicha cases, are blown from station to
station. The convenience Of these messages is
immense. A steam engine forces in blast of
air, and In about a minute 1t travels distance
of $50 yards.
There are at present thirteen stations on the
underground railway, and, as the people walk
upon the streets Of London, electricity Is fash
ing messages over their heads, and little mis-
sives are whizzing aud darling just under then
feet. As many as !, 500 messages pass to and
fro in day. The drainage system Of London
presents q world Of underground streets, some
two or three Thousand miles in extent. Al
the drains empty into three great sewers run
ming parallel with the Thames, which sewers
connect In the neighborhood Of Victoria Park
and through Barking creek discharge into tG'
river. Men are constantly employed keeping
these drains in repair. Londoners never poul
pail of water down drain but at the depth
of that mysterious aperture somebody Is max
ing way for It. A stranger, properly cos
TUNED, can explore these depths, which resem
BILE vaulted galleries, in the sides Of which ar
traps forming various small channels. WheI
the storm waters come, as they sometimes d
during thunder plump, the torrent is fearful
so much so that upon several occasions me
have lost their lives.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-09

LIKE all other groundleSs sensations the
District investigation has had its day, and
although THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
continues to give Csrbatim reports of the
testimony taken by the committee the inter-
est in it has visibly diminished. In fact, the
matter is only alluded to now in the way OF
ridicule, of which the memorialists are the
deserved butts
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-09

THE World reads the Democratic Sena-
tors who voted for imitation out of the party
and denounces them as "recreants" and
"guilty of treason" On the other hand
"Sunset' Cox, who made a speech on the
subject mainly compiled from newspaper
clippings, is held up to the gaze of an sd-
miring world as Statesman" and a pa.
triot worthy to rank with the fathers. The
Democracy is evidently "hard up" for
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graph tolls

THE New York Herald, a journal re
markable for the sire myth and consistency
of its convictions, solemnly announces that
the mission of the Republican party i:
ended; that "on only two issues since the
war, reconstruction and the finances, it has
betrayed both liberty and honor" The
Herald supported the reconstruction policy
of the party, and in few days it will be
indorsing all that it has done in the matter
of the finances. The Herald had better at
tend to its pigeon matches and prize fights
and let the finances and reconstruction
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-09

The economical supervision of Chairman
Allison over the per diem accounts of the
District Investigating Committee has had
the effect to dampen the ardor of some of
the patriots who not long ago were willing
to offer their services as witnesses The
proceedings are so dull that these persons
no longer find any attraction in them, and
without the inducement of two dollars per
dsy they find it irksome business to attend
"a ,,oaafinus
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-09

AS WE PREDICTED it would. the St. Louis
1'n'es has Withdrawn from the arrange
ment by which it printed day after day two
or three columns of independent special
telesrams about the price of sodding, dirt
hauling and sewer building in Washington.
Its former contemporaries, however, of the
Cincinnati Commercial! and Chicago Tribune
combination, still evince belief that state
ments regarding the stubbs of Sam Strong's
check-book are worthy of place in their
columns-at the expense of heavy tele-
graph tolls
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-09

WE PRINT on the sixth page this morn
ing several interesting articles on the
finances. among them paper showing the
Indebtedness of the United States to foreign
countries; also the able speech made by
Senator Conkling on the currency bill in
the Senate on Monday last
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-09

"a FEW more days" is the habitual cry
of Mr.. Christy, of counsel for the memorial.
lists. Why another day, Mr.. Christy, when
each successive meeting of the committee
merely serves to show the weakness of your
cause? The people, all over the country,
are beginning to understand that these de-
lays of the Obstructionists, notwithstanding
the economy of Chairman Allison, is really
mean, wasteful expenditure of the money
of the Government
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-09

THE Hon. Joseph Segar has written q
letter in regard to the burning ofthe Hygeia
hotel in Virginia, during the war. 1t has
been charged that General Butler wantonIy
destroyed it. Mr.. Segar shows that it was
burned by General Dix, at the express COM
mand of the War Department as military
necessity. The letter will be found on the
sixth page
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-09

IT is SAID that the Dawes men in the
Massachusetts, Legislature are weakening -
Possibly they have heard that the intense
impartiality of their candidate induces him
TO show preference for the representa-
tives of the opposition press in the bestowal
of privileges to obtain information regard
ing the proceedings of the Ways and Means
Committee. 1t is on this kind of impartial
partisanship that the independent press
1ivas
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-09

THE results Of the late municipal cleo
tons in Wisconsin are significant. Already
the Republicans seem to have been aroused
from their lethsrgy which lost the election
to them last fall, and the effect of the action
of the House on the cheap transportation
question has nerved them to extraordinary
work which has been crowne@with success.
1t will not be long, under these encouraging
circumstances, before they regain control Of
the State
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-09

THE COST of the Ashantee war, says Bill
Tweeds former organ, the World, is Off
cially certified at $4,000, 900, which is al
about the rate of $4,000 per niger killed.
This is dog cheap" The World would
consider the killing of "nigger" cheap at
any price
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-09

NOTWITHSTANDING the wild appeals Of
the New York press upon the subject of
the finances, gold remains steady at the
point where it has been for the last month.
The Herald is doing its utmost to put it up
and thus injure the poor man and every
branch of industry, but has thus far failed.
In its money column yesterday, for in
stance, it said: "The predictions of oper-
"ators are generally in favor of higher gold.
" 1t Is not unusual to hear such figures as
"120, 1875 and 100 mentioned as future
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