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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-09-14
EDUCATIONAL.


NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
TTHE MAINLAND INSTITUTION
ron sm
INSTRUCTION OF THE BLIND,
BALTIMORE.
wa reopen sEPTEHBER Isl 1874. The blind o.
she District o. Co.nnnz are educated AZ this ln1t-
rer asne.rn.tioa address b. NoRRrsoN Hal.
tiinore, o. M. FRANCIS 9EHIuILEH, Nc. ~
1egeetan street. northwest, WrshlnStoEs .. Q.
EyHE COLUMBTAN UNIVERSITY.
: WASHINGTON. D.
The Prsp.5atory Departments opens septembers.
The Medical College open9 October 5.
Ihe Law School opens October A. .,-,--,
gard 70 terms and courses Of instrucflol, eddress
,v,a.MwF,ociI AAiHs G. WELIlPs Ss.l al Pr
MISS HARROVERiS SCHOOL FOR
IA Young Ladies and Chfidren, 1875 street, will
reopen THURSDAY, september 10. Circulars may
he eStalasa a. the Bookstore or BY aPPyinE %
EsTABLIsHED IN 1859.
THS Music m5a y ne sssSSt usc H OF
NO. 100 sTREET.
me an term commences a., OF 44 MO- siY. Sep
's sasa- law = ? D ''--Ai'O' DH'''0''
HHHE MISSES PERLEYfS SELECT
a School and kindergarten will reopen on MON
DAY. eeptember7, 1874, IN the parlors OF the As
sembly church, corner OF fifth Snd streets. Cir
eulars At bookstores. seDS-6t'
ROXs AND Girls.
Milton School, ssseaton Mansion i street., op-
posite post once, Thomas Seaton Donoho, prlnci-
PAL highly recommended BY many OF our most
distinguished citizens Offering extraordinary adj
yentages aud moderate terms, VIII open SEP
TEhBER !. Already The rel is rapidly incrsAs-
Interesting circulars, descriptive OF the system,
studies, &C., may now be obtained e any DOCK
store and At theschool anI-M&Th.ln
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on THE DISTRICT or COLUAkA
ets ltspared 70 supply q short notlce aiias rs
gllnetsnt eolors; Fountains, Lawn OInAmenss,
frSrfd. s.i.ss Hs steps ana f.asl2 "a ~ -
eiane aatnn1est: sitchens and areas cenentea sne
4lept perfectly oryt and sure preventive t1.l.e
WORK e1ecqted for which Portland Cement q
adapted. Our Portland Cement becomes IN . leW
dayt superior TO any Of the marbles or nEtural stone
n common use, sud is an admirable il1itatiol OF
elt1er Marble o. stone. Il more durable, and H.
ereses - crushing resistance With as. It's beAutI
$500 H-s''' = 4. s,0BEKTB, Manageri
ano-h y = = s. Loaillsns avenue.
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GEORGETOWN. D. o.
Exercises viii be resumed the LIST OF September.
Orrurtnsr particulars, apply to the instisutiOu.
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A OARD OF THANKS.
Tne subscriber returns his thanks TO the citizens
Of Washington. especially to the retail dealers, for
generous custom while he has kept two establish
ments-one at 80 Pennsylvania aYsnue, and the
other opposite the Metropolitan HOtel-and begs
leave announce that his store Or posite the Met
ropolitan Hotel has been RENTED aud enlarged, and
that in the future both establishments will b. con-
sOlidated as L. BENJAMIN'S NATIONAL CANDY
MANUfACTOkf. The new estabitshment has
LARGELY extended its facilities for the wholosale
trade, and the spirit Of accommodation and fair
dealing which has drawn host OF customers In the
past will coatfnue 10 animate the futuro. His
sOrtment will DC OF the most complete character.
Stale gOOdf remOF ed ffon1 the shelves. Fresh,
pure. wholesome. and OF moderate price is the
motto OF the establishment. ALI goods warranted,
and may be returned II mot As represented. Car
Tickets furnished ieta dealers, and goods sent to
them promptly. Call and see. D,,,,,.,,
National Candy Manufacturer,
eeplO-eotf Opposite Metropolitan Hotel.
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THY OoLMAN's
IMPROVED YEAST POWDER,
ana Won will always use H. sepl2-Gt
Golden Hill.


This FLOUR was never better than it nov.
iys --' no = Dst''i N ''s MAJ -, ". N. CALI.
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6kAtBAllB BROKERS q : !, A.
NO ss5 B8po OA
'ederal huLdluEs, onu. f0sI ,pt
Bel Es.l1te. siorEa' Ronfa. y Z,
lriilee rllEhL SOLD and arrr1n1t
srf cIai tgNcl gaia rruut1liT alt.
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80 o. ADYERTIsINe.

$50 per year: a4oQ for SIX
and 500 for three months. Terms In
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-12-09

protest has been made. Such a case oc-
Cured the other day at n wedding ccre-
monv performed by .JamcsFrecman Clarke T.
The bride-elect. IN unusually gentle wo-
man, saw no way to assume 4 legal mir-
riaoe and also to keep her self-rcspcct c1-
cept by publicly expressing her total DIS
approyal and rejection of the inequality
which the common law imposes upon a
wife. The bridegroom, 4 true and worthy
man. cordially united with her in the same
feeling and in its expression. According
tv, before the solemn ceremony winch
bound each bv the same solemn promises
was said, the following protest was reid ;
I'VE, the undersigned. desiring to unite
our lives in marriage, but believing this
relation, as usually considered and legally
| defined, to be unequal and therefore unjust
in the conditions imposed upon the wife,
do therefore agree to have our marriage
sanctioned in the customary form. but
with the following protest against this IN
equality: Our marriage implies no appro,
val of the unequal conditions imposed
upon wives concerning the ownership o
property and its disposal. We rcgard
marriage rs = permanent partnership o
equals with reel procal rights and duties,
and we denounce the accepted opinion
which holds the wife to be an appendag'
to the husband We believe that the Gus
tom which demands that the wife shal
give up her own name and assume that o
her husband is but an embodiment of th'
idea of subicction, and we hereby expires
our hearty disapproval thereof and our de
termination to conform to no such usage.
Uonaan'S Journal.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-12-09

early in the fall. the cultivator of the oys-
ter took up the fat bivalees from their bed
where he had planted them. and laid them
n little higher up on the shore. so that for
:, short time each day they We're exposed
out of the wafer After 4 few days Of thi.
exposure bv the retreatinG tide. they were
moved little higher still on the shore
line. which gave them little longer ex-
posure to the air ut each low tide And
this process WAS continued, each remove
resulting in n longer exposure. And with
what results? Two very curious ones
inurement to exposure. and the inculr;i-
ton of a provident habit of making pre-
paration for the same. What. providence
in an oyster? Yes. when hes educated l.
When accustomed to this treatment. ere
the tide rctireS, the oyster takes good
hard drink, and retains the same until the
tide returns Once, while waiting for the
stage ut Il country hOstelrv. we overheard
the following between two rustic practl-
tioners at the bar: " Come. Swill. let :
take a drink We'll. don't know
Amt dry myself Hows'cvcr guess Will
take drink. for fear l migM get dry,
With better philosophy on their side, these
educated oysters. twice in every twenty
four hours took their precautionary drink
The French method Of oyster training i:
much more laborious The adult biv,lve:
are carefully spread out in the water, in'
periodical lessons are given TO each on
Individually. Each oyster on this occasion
receives tap, not with a fcrule, hnt will
:, small iron instrument This CAUSES th'
bvalve to close tightly. Finally the la
day comes with lis last premonitory tap
| IT. education thus finished it takes pa>sag
with its fellow graduates for Paris. As
result of its education. it knows how t
keep lis mouth shut when il enters society
.-I0puLar .Scie1lce Nonthiy.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-12-09

From "Oull ireland" We have few
anecdotes entitled .. som" Ulster Stories.
after the manner of Dean Ramsay"
some friends ola country minister came
upon him onc day unexpectedly for dinner.
and his wife whose larlcr at the time
happened unfortunately to be empty. was
sadly puzzled 10 know what she was TO give
them to eat At length in her dilemma
she helhought her of fine large hen
turkey which was ~trltting about through
the ward attended by numerous family;
and rs thr Young turkeys We're almost
completely reared, the prudent housewife
thought that they might SAFELY dispense
with the services of their mother. whose
body would then furnish the needed dish
for her to place before her guests Ac-
cor,linglv the good Lady ordered the parent
bird 10 hr forthwith killed AMI cooked. The
food thus provided was. it may we'll he
believed. not very tender. but most of the
PARTY ma lc the best of il. The minister,
! who knew tl. state OF the case, said
nothing. ami ate hi mat il not with glad
ness At least with >in .lrncSS of heart His
! friends were too polit'- not 10 eat what was
ST before them. asking no questions for
conscience sake
Eut there was one person al the table
who could MT br induced Ia taste the old
turkey. This WAS the ministers son, 4
boy of ci~ht OF ten years of age. He, like
/ hi father. knew very N.ell what it WAS that
hr WA asked 10 r:lt. bat. unlike his father.
h. pref FRED woinr without hi dinner 10
i:nin.r off tn. carcass of his Old friend of
tie farm ward.
After dmu,r the minister and hi guests
went ont tnr a walk. followed by his little
son :.bavr mentioned who brought up the
re,r of thr party. NJ ~""nrr did they
MAKE. their apl,c5rance IN tn farm yard
than the IN ire flock If Young turkeys
which htd lately been deprived of their
mother gathered tnmIlt lou>ly alb hut them.
and bv their inr,-~~tnt Streaming and
>krairhinr" and tlippinE of wings
seemed % rrlrnarh the minister and his
friends f,r their b,riar.tv in having made
a meal IF their maternal parent The
.. adult members of tl- party may have
l GUESSED the ,Ir~,. of the upro u. but they
passed on apparently unconccrned. and
left the little hpv in the rear to bear the
lrunt of thu orphans uphraidlngS- Ihls
H., ala fnr some time With tolerible
: cs;uaninitv: but when the cries OF his
f.:tthnrcd tormentor- hrcanle increasingly
y. upro1rou~. and especially when he con-
i >i,l.r,.d that h.. who WAS left alone TO bear
= III. yir1uau> rare of the hrreaved ones.
| was th,. only one of the entire party who
!, :, WA, guil'l,.-> II their III ther'- blood. he
y i lii patience altogether. and turning
upon tie vclpinG brood with all the
I, in,.i.nltion IF injured innocence. he
= shouted at them. - a 10 hc heard by his
y father anI h;> fathers irieni-. - y ncc,i'ld
: b. ,..,auq.riuy IT ME- it,ilsp edt yer
: 15i.t,rr
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-12-09

for aunty. lilntin" mp 'papas spectacles.
and scores Of little loving deeds, show
unsurpassed and loving hearts But if
mamma never returns smiling Thank
Won. dear" if papt'> - Just what | was
wanting. Susie" does not Indicate that the
little attention i> appreciated. the children
soon drop the habit. Little people are
initiative creatures. and quickly catch the
spirit surrounding them So if when the
mothers spool of cotton rolls from her lap.
the father ~tnopS To pick it mp. bright eyes
will see the act. and quick minds make 4
note of it, Bv example. Il thousand times
more quickly than bv precept. children
can be tau.ht to speak kindly 10 each
other To acknowledge favorS. to be gentle
and un-clfi-h. To- br Thoughtful and con-
>idcrtte Of the comfort of the ftmilv. The
boys. with inward pride Of their fathers
courteous ,lemeanor. will be chivalrous
and helpful to their Young sisters; the
~irlS. initiating the mother. will be gentle
and patient. even when biz brothers are
noisy and needless In the home where
true courtesy prevails. it seems TO meet
YOU on the very threshold You feel the
kindly welcome on entering No rude
eyes scan YOUR dress No angry voices
are heard up stairs No sullen children
are sent from the room \ delightful
atmosphere prrvtd"s the hou>e-unmis-
taxable. Vet indc>crinablc-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-12-09

Tur clori.i-;,ri,n Of DR.. Prie>tley has
BROUGHT ont many curious incidents in his
,-lr,.cr. and nulnberle-> anecdotes. Of the
The latt,l, the following i characteristics of
his humor:
Will. H.. was minister at Leeds poor
woman who laborcd under The delusion
that >hr wa~ pn~~,.>~eI hy 4 devil applied
to him To- take AWAY the evil spirit which
tormrntrd her. The Doctor attentlvely
listened 10 her statement. AMI endeavored
to convince her that liz. wa> mistaken
All his efforts proving unav:illlnT, he
desired licr t. call the next day, and in the
mean time lac wnUld consider her case
On the morrow ihc unhappy woman was
punrt,lal in h,r attendance Ili> electrical
aupaI3,tu> heinz in re-riin"~s. with treat
GRAVITY he desired the woman /" stand
upon the stool with ~lt~~ lr--. al the same
time. putting int" her L1md u brass clain
connected with The conductor. and having
charged her plcntifuliy with electricity
, he told her very seriously I" take particular
notice of what he did He then took up a
.disclar.-,.r AMI applied il to her arm, VILE
the escape Of The electricity gave her
pretty strong shock
: There. said She. = the devils gone;
1 saw him ~ in that blue fl me, and he gave
: me such :, Jerk az Ia. went of, have al
last rot rid of him, AMI am now quite
l comfortable.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-12-09
The Table Manners of Our Ancestors.

Our Saxon ancestors had sOr ne rude Gus
toms about their meals, which ire i'll strlk
inc contrast with modern rctint ment 10
hr~in with they had no table, h 1T instead
of one a board ldOrd. which wa brought
out for the occasion from some place OF
.,orarc. laid on the trcstles, and v hen the
meal WAS ended, carefully put aws Y a@ain-
his was called hYi1lg tie bOdTd, to when
orr similar expression owes its origin ;
and from the same source comes oar Wol"
:. .noar,Ier'-one who sits AT the board to
eat.
The nue,ts and family were summoned
bv horn. and after they We're seated, the
cloth was spread; and about this they were
extremely particular; but of what KIND OF
fabric it was made does not 50 clearly ap-
near. 1t certainly WIS not linen tor that
was not introduced into England Tor llse
until the reign of Elizabeth. For 4 lont2
time carpets and pieces of tapestry did
service a> coverings for tables.
The use of :: carpet for the floor does
not seem to have occurred to those easily
satisfied individuals who were willing to
sleep on Il straw mat. with Il lor under
their heads. or at best Il sack filled with
cllatl or straw for Il bolster. Floors were
,trrwn with rusheS. occasionally renewed
: Il the accumulation of rubbish made II
necessary. Among 5he items at the time
. of crowninr Isabella queen of John, there
/, a charge of thirtvthrcc shilllngs tol
. strewinr Westminster Hall with herbs anC
rusle,. 1t i> thi. Gus tom which Shake
/ .pcarc refers to in - Tanning OF the Shrew.
where's the cook? Is supper ready
/ the house trimmed. ruSheS StreWed, cob
: webs swept? and in othcr plays.
Those were the days VIII en they had olle'
II paper or thinly shaved pieces of horl
II in what they called windo VS.. or the open
l. ings We're filled with strips OF wicker IN
{ tcrlaced in checker work; when scarcel
i a church could boast of a lHne OF crysta
II and when a nobleman, who had thin lay
= ers Of beryl in his castle windows, wa
:. looked upon rs very luxu.rlous III III
~ tastes.
: After the cloth was arrang, M, the sa
: cellar was set on, then the kniy es Gf the.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-12-09
Commanding an Army.
BY GEN. SHERMAN =

1t is related of Napoleon that his last
words were - Tetc d'armec. Doubtless,
as the shadow of death obscurcd his mem
orv. the last thought that remained for
some event when he was directing an I'M
portant head of column" | believe
that every general who has handled armies
in battle, must recall. from his own cNpc-
riencc the intensity of thought on some
similar occasion. when. by 4 single com
mand he had given the finishing stroke to
some complicated action but to me occurs
the thought thai is worthy of record, and
may encourage others who are to fol- .
low us in our prof ssion. ! never SAW the
rear of IN army engaged IN battle. but
feared that some calamity had happen"d at
the front. The apparent contu>l"n broA"n
wagons. dead horses, men lying about
dead and manned. parties Fastening t" and
fro in seeming disorder, and general
apprehension of something dreadful ah"nl
to cn>uc-all these signs, however, less
ened as | ncarcd the front. and there the
contrast WAS perfect; perfect order, men
and horses full Of confidence, and 1t was
not unusual for general hilarlty, laughing
and cheering. Although the cannon ml@ht
be firing, the mu,kctry gathering and tAr
c:nnons shot hitting close, there Wa
general lccllnH pI >lItI0lI 'tIHt 80 al ~
that bore a marked contrast 10 the bloody
signs that had driftcd rapidly to tn" rear:
therefore, for comfort and safety | surely
would rather be II til" front lin" than III"
rear line of battle. 80 also on the march,
the head of a column moves on steadily
while the rear i alternately hating and
then rushing forward To hII up tn" zap;
and all sorts of rumor>, especially The
worst. float back t. the rear. Ola troops
invariably deem it 4 special privilege 10
,, to be at the head of the column. because
experience has taught them that il is the
easiest and most comfortahlc place, and
l 1anrcr only addS It>t and stimulus, to this
fact. The hardest task in wAr i to lie in
; surport of some po-itOn or battery under
fire without the privilege of returning il ;
: or TO ,rllard some train left in the rear
G within hearing, but ont Of reach of danger.
: or to tak,. car,. of the wounded and dead
4 for a corps which is too busy to take care ot
Il lis own. TO he ut the head of a strong
e column of troops. in the execution Of >omt
: task that rcuuirc> brain. j. the hirhc>,
I pleasure Of war. a orlm one and terrible
e Int which leave, ON the mind and mcMor,
5 the strongest mark: to detect 1hc wcal
e point of an enemv'> line: to break througl
If with vehcmcncc and thus lead to victory
l. mr. to discover some kew point and hold i
II Win trnaritv. or to do some other ll>tinc
Is ,rt ,h,t i aftcrwarJ rccoruiIc.I a> tn,
p rc,l cause of success: these All bccom,
matters that are never FORGOTTEN. Othe
/ GREAT difficulties experienced hv every grca
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-12-09
Educated Oysters.

Before the railroad days, our oyster
growers used early in the fall to canvass
the villages on the Hudson River for Or
ders, to be filled just before the river
should be closed with ice. The meaning
of this is that these men committed them
selves to supply oysters in the shell, with
the guarantee that the bivalvcs thus sup
plied should not die before their time came.
The oysters were actually kept alive dur
ing the greater part of the long winter
The fat bivalves were handled with some
care, and were spread on the cellar floor
the round or lower side down, SO as not to
allow the liquor to escape. That such a
life required a great change of capacity OF
habit in the bivalve is evident; and i
needed Il training. yes an education, err
he oyster attained to such ability. 4 Ane
I'll was the way it was done: beginning
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-12-09

hundred years The names of the knights
are painted between the panels of the
windows; to each Of them is affixed Il
number corresponding to that attached to
the arms on the ceiling. On each side of
the window there are two knights Gn
stucco) in complete armor. The furniture
(of which there Is but little, the hall being
very seldom used) is of oak, covered with
scarlet velvet, and the carpet is an oak
pattern, in small panels, with the cross in
the center and rich border Of the Garter
and motto. In one of the departments we
were shown an ebony cabinet, nlald with
onyx, which had belonged to Mary Queen
of Scots, and two large tables OF solid
silver, one Of which has been owned by
Charles H., and Il portrait, by Rembrant,
of the famous count of Desmond, at the
are of l2O.-London Cor. Chicago inter-
(Ie1n
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-12-09
How a Queen Lives.
TIE APARTMENTS OF QUEEN VICTORIA
WINDSOR CASTLE.

THE APARTMENTS OF QUEEN VICTORIA AT
WINDSOR CASTLE.
The Waterloo chamber is ninetv-eight
feet lone, fortv-iive feet hi~h and thirty
seven broad 1t is lighted by u lantern of
Ground rla-s, extending the whole length
of the room. and is divided into five COM
partments by light graceful arches. AT
each end of the room there are galleries
for musicians. formed of richly-carved oak.
The walls and ceiling are decorated in
white and gold relief with armorial
bearings and inserted in the paneling
round the room are portraits OF all the
eminent men who We're connected with
the battle ut Waterloo. Lions, masks and
| orotcsquc heads holding wreaths of flowers
ana fruits cmbcllish all the moulding. and
the doors, mantel pieces and picture
frames are adorned by beautiful wood
carving by Gibbons. The carpet is dark
maroon. paneled and figured with the stars
of the civil military order of the Bath, and
the furniture is of oak Corresponding Will
the stvlc of the room) covered over will
crimson velvet. The presence chamber /:
ninety feet long, twenty-threc feet higl
and thrtv-iive feet broad; an immens'
Gothic window forms almost one entir'
end of the room, and commands an eX
tcnsive view of the park and adlaccn
country. The style of the room is that Q
the time of Louis NV, and the workman
, ship is admirable. The ceiling is a marvC
of beauty, As are also the cornices, whcl
| are ornamented by scroll-work of the mos
, exquisite description. Large richly carve
. doors open into the throne room, tn
f Waterloo gallery and the banquetlng hal
: The walls are hung with six super
t specimens Of Gobelin tapestry, rcpresen
2 inc the history of Jason and the Golde
: Fleece. Splendid looking glasses occup
other portions of the room. -Four chand'
Iiers of ormolu, interspersed with cut gla'
, branches and pendants, are suspende
from the ceiling. The floor is of oa
=, narcet, the oak being inlaid with teur-d
= lis in ebony The furniture is of solid gl
l and is very gorgeous. At one end of tt
, room there is large malachite vas
| w hich was presented to Queen Victoria
t the Emperor Nicholas of Russia. II
q ba, ,ouetinr hall is two hundred feet Ion
O fiji, ty-four broad. On one side of Il
= roo, n there are thirteen large window
] and opposite them there are recesses co
: tanning life-size portraits OF the last sew
= sover, igns of England. In the mus
,. caller V at one end Of the hall there IS
y orcan. and under, upon the dals, IS I
queen. chair of state, made in imitation
4 the cor, alton chair in Westminster Abbe
n In the $, ,ace between the portraits the
/ are large brass shields, with the cross
J. ST. Geore- e and the Garter motto bracke
V supportin 2 lamps projecting from ga
i side of the shields, and above them
=. steel helm cts with crossed spears. l
IS ceiling is; almost entire y covered W
is shields nblazoned with the armor
bearings ,of the Knights of the Cart
If from the il institution OF the order down
" he present time-a period of about