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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-21

TIE late Horace Greeley, speaking of very
wealthy man, remarked that he did not see
what he wanted Of any more money; when he
died he could not carry it with him, and if he
could it would not do him any good, for it
would melt.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-21

DIR. VERDI did q very wrong thing in at
tempting to establish a school of "natation,"
as be calls it, without first consulting his
brothers on the board, and 1t was only fitting
that he should be, as he was last night, re-
buked for it. How dare he teach the young
gamins of the capital how to swim without
first asking DR.. Cox's permission DR.. Nata-
ton Verdi was very Justly snubbed
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-21

THE Graphic opposes the proposition to di
vide the Federal appointments among Con
gressmen, and says: "What 10 wanted to-day
is more Capitalization, and not more diffusion
The Graphic Is brimfu! Of excellent ideas.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-21

The circulation Of the Philadelphia Ledga
averages about ninety Thousand copies day
Its income is something fabulous. Our co
temporary is well-edited, heightened paper
and deserves its magnificent prosperity.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-21

A NEW YORK CONTEMPORARY announces that
a"Citizens' National party" having ramifica-
tions all through the States, has been founded
in that city. 1t was started by Col. Harlon,
Of Colorado. Its members want to amend the
Federal Constitution so that foreigners may be
eligible to the Presidency. We presume it is
in the interest of Carl Schurz. Jennings, the
unnaturalized English editor of the Times, or
Michael Seaman, the great Irish leader.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-21

THE Chicago Inter- Ocean, one Of the very
best and ablest Republican journals in the
country, has changed its form from folio to
quarto sheet, and been very much improved in
other respects.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-21

The majority Of our exchanges agree that
the Wells felt-hat patent should not be ex-
tended. The hat manufacturers say that its
operation during the last quarter of century
has almost destroyed their business.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-21

GHoReErowx = In . sad way. Mr.. Dawes
proposes to abolish the custom-house, and
Gen. Chapman to abolish the post Office. Be-
tween Dawes and Chapman there will be nothing
Left of QeorgetoMn.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-21

TIE Liberal Republican editors have in
structed their Washington detectives to send
something daily about the District of Colum-
bia. If they cannot find charge they must
manufacture one.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-21
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

~ UNIyERSALIsT SERVICES. =
- Rey e; u; Fay will preach In Masonic Tenn
pie TO-MORROW At II Q. m. Concert by the Sab
bath school at7:0 p. m. Seats free. feb4i'
f~-METR0POLITAN II. e. CHURCH.
The Presiding Elder, Rev. John Lana
nan, y. D., will preach 1t the morning service.
The pAstor, Rev. DR.. Tiffany, will preach It the
evening" service, 7:3op. m. fem
fE-NEW CHURCH (sWEDENDOR.
SIn,,, gian) services at Reading:rooms, corner Of
Day a II a. m. and us p m. Subject in the even
Ing, THE various attempts at reconciliation Of
Science and the letter Of the Scriptures" febal'
~CHURCH OF THE STRANGERS,
street,. s1NDXY SERVICES II :. M. 7:ss sp p. m.
Lenten Services TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS. s:l5
TO- 4g: M; WEDNEsDAYs, 7:S0 p. m. Seats ires.
H~PREACHING TO.MORROW feUN.
80 DAY)a NJ. Vernon Place ii. E.lChurch,
South, corner Ninth and streets northwest, at II
O'Clock, 2. m, BY Rev. A. W. Wilson, D. D.,
and es !:0 O'Clock, p. M, by Rev. Thomas Guard,
Of baltimore, Nd. tstari febN'
kTeFOUNDRY CHURCH.-sERVICES
TO-MORROW.-Rey. J. II. REID, n. D.,
OF New York, at II .. m. and 7:3) D. m. Anniver.
sary q snnday-school Missionary Society at ;
o,eIock. Interesting exercises. Strangers well
EMIssIONARY ANNIVERsARY,
ss.n, pWsIEh NJ z; Church, SUNDAY, x.d In
Norris; Al 7:0p m. Interesting Exercises By the
sabbath. school, and addresses BY Hon. J. II. 8.
WILLiAMS, Of Massachusetts,, and Hon. CHAS.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-21

CONGRESSIONAL PRINTER CLAP complains
piteously that he has no authority to distribute
the Record. As If to make the thing more lu-
dicrous, the announcement appears at the end
of Mr.. Dawes economical speech. In the in
terest of the present and the rising generation,
it is to be hoped that the authority which Mr..
Clapp so earnestly prays for Will not be con-
ferred upon him. The less circulation the
Record has the better for Congress and the
country.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-21

WE have received several inquiries in regard
to Jennings book, in answer to which we
would say that 1t is not compilation of letters
to the London Times, but well-arranged
work, bearing every evidence of care in its
preparation. It consists of twelve chapters,
embraced within two hundred and lightweight
pages. The quotations we made from It were
not garbled, and, we have no doubt, express
Jennings real sentiments. He hates repub-
lican institutions.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-21
SPECIAL NOTICES.

TeATTENTION! UNION SOLDIERS
~ AND SAILORS
THE LONG ROLL CALLS TO ACTIONi
Let us unite and labor for an E0ua;ization Of
Bountiss, Better Pension Laws, and Free Home
steads for Soldiers and Sailors -
An Adjourned meeting will be held THIS SAT
s UKMDAAY) EyENiNG. at 7:O O'Clock, 1t Moore's
nue.. to complete the organization Of National
By order OF the Committee. fen
6eCONGRES0 AND wASHINGTON'S
~ BlRTHDAY.-The Congressional Tenn
perance Society will hold public meeting at Lin
coin Hall, TOMORROW, at $50 p. m. Their
Church 1t 7:so pm. JOHN W. CHICKERiNG,
le0N Acting Clerk e. T. s,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-21
CABINET MAKERS.

L. CABlNET MAKER,
40 u street, between Fourth and Fifth streets,
(Sh0p In the reap.I
Hard Weed and veneered Doors . speci,lty.
work promptly executed, and Satisfaction guar
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-21

The Philadelphia Press has this innocent
suggestion in regard to the Centennial: "The
exhibition will..beneht nobody in particular but
the country and people in general; and there
fore Congress should step in and appropriate
money enough to guarantee its success" This
Is quite As thin as the reform arguments and
speeches which have appeared in that paper
during the past month. The exhibition win
benefit nobody especially except the hotel men
and boarding house keepers Of Philadelphia,
and It may be score or 90 of patriotic poll
ticians. We have all along favored an appro-
priation by Congress for the Centennial and
believe now IT should be made; but there is no
use in endeavoring to throw dust in the eyes Of
Congress and of the country about It.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-21
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
BOOKS FOR LENT READING.

Dear Feast Of Lent. by author Of Rutledge.
a Rosary for Lent. By author OF Rutiedge.
Some Weeks in Lent. By Rev. Il. ii. Wilkinson.
At ycsus' Feet. A Prayer Promise and POEM.
on.
The Call Of Lent, to say ''Sto."
Christian Counsels. from Fenclon and others.
And many other works Of the same char icter, at
WA. BALLANTYNE'S.
fell Is Seventh street,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-21

A CORRESPONDENT suggests that Is Con-
gress is so DESTROYS to economic, particularly
in the Departments by turning out the clerks,
watchmen and messengers, It would be good
idea to dispense with its two chaplains. This
is simply horrible. How could Congress get
along without somebody to pray for it! The
country will never know what q debt it owes
the two gentlemen who daily send up their
prisons that the hearts of our Legislators may
be softened, and that their feet may not walk
in the crooked ways that lead to perdition.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-21

SENATOR CHANDLER has some good ideas
upon the financial question. "Sir," said he, q
few days ago, "you may legislate for the class
who have over-speculated, who have built fac
tories and steamboats,, who have bought mills,
bought mines, bought everything for sale, and
given their paper, knowing they could not
meet it unless they borrowed the money over
again; you may give them 800, 100000 or
81, 900, OO0, 900, but you will not help them in
the slightest degree" And again: "For all
strictly business paper that is known As gilt
edged" money is cheaper now than it has been
for long time. The Senator'S paper is EVIL
IDENTITY "gilt-edged."
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-21

D. APPLETON l. CO.,
$40 and osl Broadv.y, n. 4.
jalsFM&wtf
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-21
CARRIAGES.

On hand, my usual large and well-selected stock
OF CARRIAGES, which am offering a. the lowest
cash prices. Twenty-onc years experience, and q
Gradual increase OF business, justfnes my sayinK
That stand second to no other carriage house In
= JOHN r. BRIDGET,
feb21.3t 13Oo Pennsylvxnis avenue.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-21

Aswnl be seen by the above list our stock eom-
pIises SIXTEEN different grades and varieties. of
which we have large supply now on hand, and our
facilities for obtaining the same are such that We
nave no hestancy in asserting that we are able to
compete iuiy with any house this side OF New York
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-21
TO THE PUBLIC.

,ArURpAY MORNING ::::::FRBRuARY2,, 1874.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-21
MEMS CHRISTIAN AZ.
~ ISOLATION, 900
Corner Ninth and streets sTf.s

New York.
sABBATH AFTERNooN-sfAss TEMPER
ANGE MEETING. Al 3:0, In Lincoln Hall.
THEATRE SERVICE, at Metropolitan Hall,
SABBATH EVENING. Address by Hon. M. ID.
LEGGETT, Commissioner Of Pntenfa. frh10 i.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-21

~ Rev. e. H. Fay Will preach In Masonic Tenn
pie IO-MORROW At II Q. m. Concert by the Sab
bath school at7:30 D. m. Seats free. feb1Is
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-03-19
Our Talking Criticised.

In SO great q country territorially as
this, with the people the most hetero-
geneous of any that call themselves one
nation, it is inevitable that what passes
for the common language should be con-
siderably varied in different localities; in
deed, there are dialects to all languages
peculiar to certain districts, and again to
certain occupations, but it is scarcely
justifiable, on discovering one of these
local peculiarities, to pronounce it q nec-
essary part of the national speech.
Such, however, is the character of the
greater part Of an article which has ap-
peared in ChGnsbevs' Journal, purporting
to have been written by an Englishman
who has Travelled in and studied this
country. The paper is called "United
States English" and attempts to be q
criticism of our speech and spelling.
Some of the matters called to notice are
really worth attention for themselves ~
current errors, but for the most part the
examples cited are most useful to suggest
the sort of society in which our critic
must have moved, and to provoke q
smile.
First, as regards spelling, he laments
our "leveled" and travelled" from
which he says one 81" is left out, and for
which there is no rule, since we write
"skillfal" and installment." He does
not seem to have learned that "l' is
always doubled when at the end of that
syllable and accented. Then he more
sensibly condemns theater, which 10 to
him an inexcusable transportation; and
20. K" as an outgrowth of the error
"Ol Krect'' is, he soberly says, in uni
versal use now. He also finds fault with
such spelling as ofense for offence.
Boss" is 30 common an expression
that business houses print it on their
lists, and How are you, Boss," 10 the
favorite salutation. Nobody adds COL
umns, but everybody "foots" them. We
do no. say 1.-THE moon rises at ten," but
the moon "raises" at ten. "Quit" is the
substitute for leave, discharge and cease;
"quite' has any amount of meanings. A
member of Congress said he was travel
ing quite piece" "Quite some" is
often used to express quantity. Sick is
the only word in America for physical
discomfort. There Is NO unweli or i'll.
Horses are sick with sore backs and chill.
dren are sick with the measles. II they
are very sick they are " badly off" imply
ing that they are likely to be of before
long.
In England acceptable weather il called
lovely or delightful, bat in America it h
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-03-19
The Hous Fly.

IHAv written a long essa on the fly be-
fore this enc, but forgot to say that fys,
during the month of August, waz very apt
to be plenty.
Thare il no malice in a fly, but thare il
q great deal ov bother in them.
Thare IL the most Ov them, in the same
length ov time, ov all the insex that liv,
and without meaning to be sassy they
hav az mulch impudense az nuze boy.
l hav seen 10 thousand Ov them driven
out ov sugar hogshed at once, and hav
seen 10 thousand five hundred back agin
before yu could say amen.
Flys wont blight, but oh, how they will
tickle you!
They are well-bred in one thing; when
it comes mite, they 60 and set down, and
keep still, but they are round arly in the
morning, I:notiss.
Flys are like flaxseed in one respekt,
they all look alike, and are all of big.
ness.
If bav ever sed anything bad about the
fly am sorry for it, bekause if could
hav mi own way about it would not
do away entirely with them, thare IL
sumthing 80 goOd-natured and familiar
about them.
Flys will eat ennything but vinegar,
and will keep eating forever.
No man ever saw fly quit eating yet
bekause he had got enuff; their appetights
are like an endless chain.-JOsh Billings,
in N. Y. Weekly.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-03-19
Brilliant Success.

1t IS permitted to few men or companies
to achieve acknowledged superiority in
any important position or business. The
present generation has witnessed stupen.
dous rivalry in several branches of indus
try, and notably the Sewing Machine
business. Amid multitude of Compel
itors, steadily and surely the Wheeler &
Wilson Company held their way from the
beginning, upon fixed and honorable
principles. Long since their leading
position in America was established.
Abroad, at London, in 1862, they won the
highest premiums; at Paris, in 1867, they
distanced eighty-two competitors, and
were awarded the highest premium, the
only Gold Medal for Sewing Machines
exhibited; and. lastly, amid unparalleled
competition, followed the splendid tri-
umphs at Vienna, noted in our advertis-
ing columns.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-03-19

transmitted, shall pay the remainder of
such receipts to said company - full
compensation for its services under said
contract.
Section z names the corporators and
defines the powers and duties of the COM
pany.
Section 8 authorizes the company to
purchase any lines of telegraph that may
be In operation at the date Of the approval
OF the act, provided such purchase re-
ceives the approval of the Postmaster
GenGRal.
Section 0 authorizes said companv to
establish and maintain at its own expense
other telegraph offices in addition to those
that may be established by the Postmas.
ter-General.
Section 10 provides that if the COMPANY
shall refuse to enter into contract with
the Postmaster General according to the
provisions of the act, all the rights oh.
tanned thereby shall cease and determine.
Section II gives Congress the power at
any time to repeal, alter or amend the act.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-03-19
Curious Calculations.

There is something wonderful in fig.
ures; and numbers, when calculated,
startle US by their immensely. We talk
of millions and billions with little thought
OF the vastness of the sums we name.
The lips may utter tine words glibly, but
the understanding fails to grasp their real
significance. Take our own national
debt as an illustration. Everybody knows
1t is large, but few have ever stopped to
consider its appalling magnitude. A few
calculations will not, we trust, be unin
teresting to the readers of the Inter- Ocean,:
Let us suppose that the national debt is,
in round numbers, $2.5OO, OOO, 600. If an
experienced cashier was to commence
counting this, at the rate of three silver
dollars per second, and work diligently
eight hours per day, 800 days in the year,
1t would take him about one hundred hears
to complete the count.
If the silver dollars were placed side
by side, touching each other, they would
reach nearly three times round the world !;
they would pave highway the width of
our Chicago streets more than 200 miles
in length.
Fused into one solid mass of pure sill
yer they would make column ten feet
square and 2, 500 feet high; or a bar fifty
miles long and one foot square.
If each silver bar be estimated at one
ounce in weight, and the money loaded
into carts containing one ton each, and
driven one before the other, each horse
and cart occupying two rods, the process
sion would extend foe hundred miles.
Or, consider that only about ,OOO, OOO,-
600 minutes have elapsed since the birth
of Christ, and that if one dollar had been
put away each minute, day and night, since
that event, the accumulation would
amount to but little more than one-third
of the debt this nation now owes. If
this calculation was applied to England
or France, whose national debt is nearly
twice as large as ours, the result would
be still more startling.-CAicago Inter-
Ocean,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-03-19

. pretty day" and ~ pretty morning."
When asked . question the universal
American answer il either "how'' or
(which" In case one wants It repeated.
Children are taught to call the last letter
OF the alphabet zee instead of zed. People
DO not finish but 60 through things, and
we call cock fight . "rOoster contest"
rooster being applied only to the males,
while 1t 10 an accepted fact that hens rOost
as much - the BOOSTERS do. If you want
to say man Is brave you will be best un-
derstood by remarking he "has plenty of
sand"
In England the removal of a house il
often accomplished by "pulling it down.
but in America they "tsre" it down, and
so far as the critic knew they "both spell
and pronounce the word ta-r-e." 1t is un-
necessary, perhaps, to tell Americans that
the word, II used, should be pronounced
tear. "Git" is the term for speedy re-
moval, and everybody says i" New
Years." instead Of "New Years day."
Some persons nave laughed at the En-
gllsh people for their conduct toward the
letter H." This writer, however, thinks
he has always used it correctly,
but more than that he thinks the misuse
In America is much worse than in En-
SassAANS GUY "A NSW OEA D8DCT hU
vertised a hotel" for sale! DAY after
day the advertisement appeared uncor-
rected, and yet we laugh at England.
That he would have had US advertise an
'otel" shows how well founded has been
his conviction that he could use n"
correctly.
With these criticisms, and a passing
sensible allusion to our words "muss"
and FUSS" and their too frequent use,
he closes, only giving out besides, the
information that we like black tea better
than green, but we DO not drink. Call
ing ii English breakfast tea," we ab-
stain. The gentleman whose friends get
quite sick on pretty day after seeing o.
K. shows at the theater has thus expressed
his opinion regarding them, and he kind
ly remarks that with the amount of En-
glish books that Americans have taken
by piracy they ought to know more of the
language.
That we may learn about ourselves by
going away fro n home is at least true in
the negative sense that persons often 20
away from home without learning niue h
about those whom they visit, and GU r
English visitor who writes thus soberly
of these vulgarisms is certainly an exem-
plification Of the fact-Hartt0rd Courdnt.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-03-19
Newspapers Domestically Considered.

Too low an estimate is apt to be set on
the domestic value of newspapers. After
reading them, and putting ourselves
through their agency, in mental CORE
spondence with the world, they are
thrown aside and forgotten. But to sup
pose their usefulness bounded by their
news columns and the waste-bag is q
thriftless mistake.
In the first place, there are the house
hold recipes, to be found in stray corners,
often excellent, and deserving refuge on
the fly-leaf of the family cook. book. Then
come the pretty verses, the strange and
droll stories, the brief biographies and
"reminiscences which, pasted in q scrap
book, are source of never-ending pleas.
ure not only to those who do not care for
richer Intellectual food, but to those who
have only odd minutes for reading.
Notwithstanding the squibs jocular
journalists have3 penned on the use of
newspapers for bed.clOthing, we know
from experience that these are not to he
despised. They may not be as comfort.
able as your blankets, but certainly they
keep out the cold. Two thicknesses of
paper are better than a pair of blankets,
and in the case of persons who dislike
the weight of many bed.clothes they are
invaluable. A spread made of double
layer of papers between a covering of
calico or chintz is desirable in every
household. The papers should be tackled
together with thread, and also basted to
the covering to keep them from slipping.
An objection has been made on account
of the rustling, but if soft papers be
chosen the noise will not be annoying,
especially should the spread be laid be
tween blanket and the counterpart.
AS protection to plants against cold,
both in and out of doors, nothing is bet
ter. If newspapers are pinned up over
night at window between pots and glass,
the flowers will not only not be frozen, but
will not even get chilled, as they are so
liable to be at this season. In the same
way, if taken to cover garden.beds on the
frosty nights of early autumn they will
allow the plants to remain safely out
doors some time later than is common.
One of the oldest services to put our
journals to is the keeping of ice in sum.
mer. An ingenious housekeeper recently
discovered that her daily lump of ice
would last nearly twice as long when
wrapped in newspapers, and placed in any
kind of covered box, as when trusted
solely to a refrigerator. This is very con-
venient, since it is possible to have the
best and cheapest refrigerator constantly
at hand.
To polish all kinds of glass after wash.
ing, except table glass, no cloth or fam
mel is half SO good as q newspaper; and
for bakers dozen of other uses, quite
foreign to its primal purpose, it is with
out q rival" Home and SOcsetv," Scrib.
ner's for Aarch.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-03-19
Duel Between Two Negroes in Georgia.

AUGUSTA, G0., March 3.
Two negroes, Peter Blair and Moses
Sullivan, had some angry words, during
which Blair told Sullivan he was NO gen.
tleman. The latter demanded an apol-
ogy or satisfaction with shotguns or pis.
tolls. Blair replied that he had no apology
to make, but accepted the challenge. nam
ing time, place and weapons. The par
ties met at Sand-Bar Ferry this morning,
accompanied by their seconds, two ne.
groes, named Ralph Knight and William
Armstrong. The ground was paced off,
and Colts five-shooters placed in the
hands of the principals. knight gave the
words of command.
He said, Peter, is you ready!'
Peter said, Yes, sah."
" Moses, is you ready?'
Moses replied, Yes, sah."
Then commenced shooting, and both
parties fired away until the last barrel was
discharged. The pistols were reloaded,
the principals resumed their position.
words Of command were repealed, and
firing recommended and was continued
until Blair fell to the ground shot through
both legs. The parties returned to the city
Immediately.