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For Female Complaints

ss Taear rs.fza. Married 81 single, a. The dawn
af . H8sthaB8. nf tae Eura - life. She Tonic
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Hruas. At, ,a.u u theSau4lIer,, Coughs, hg1'
ar-t Of tue GHa-t. plZlIuts-. sour Erurtat ste
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and huudrsd other painful rymp,omr, aIe The
aA-pf.ugs Of Dyspepsia One bottle vii prove
better guarantee Ut its merits than lengthy
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atsaa 6elfrs Aseuis. .sa Ffarfssea
hs~tlastan aea httstan
asA 4e8a.lEs- Ala
sg1a ~ Al DEuSslsFs AID nLsLEEs
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Grateful Thousands
Bilious, Rcmiltent, and Intermittent
Feyers.

eheh are 100 prevalent tn the valleys oi our great
rivers thrUug 9out the United States, especially
those of thr Mississippi, ono Missouri llhuoir,
rauHr--ee, Cumberland. Arkansas, Red, Col IA.
in, BrszJ., Rio Grande, Pearl, Alabama, Noble,
savannah, E1auohr, james, aud many utherr,
Wuh tbtir yast tributaries throughout our Ell.
tirr ciuutrv during the summer aud Auumn-
and remarkably - during sessons OF unusual
lrst aud drYueSr are invariably accompanied
bF eStHBsiys arrangements OF the stemach and
liver. Hud other abdominal yIscera. In THEN
.re-tmeat, d ufgatlye, 'Xprliag powerful In.
dutur. upun these various orEaur, O., essential
s uert -zsrs. There f- no ctfhsrtic for ha pur.
fr,lae ,qaal 90 uR !. WALEER- VINEGAR HIrTrE-,
s- rhrt wil rprrdi.f remlyo the dsrs cOlott d
vice matter ~tth which De bJWos are loaded.
tf ,He -amo um~ -lmaafiBg the seeretigns Of
lle Hyrr, ard get erals restudug The healthy
uuetlou- OF the dieertjve organs
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THE AMERICAN CYcI0rEDIA

tore and las ..sarfs sa saHuuf ff toes exact 49,
sra thurHaar REVISION ana ta I.s8a ssw rltflag
auHittaH
THE AMERICAN CYCLOpKDIA.
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arts sHd thn convenience AHd ffourmrnt q
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VI EGAR Buffers
TUEE y VEGETABLE
FREE From ALCOHOL.

On. J. WALEEU's CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BT1EEs
ue purely Nrgettbie preparation, made cbiefA
naoi the native herbs found on the lower ruger
Of tb, s.arra Nevada mountains Of California, The
medicinal properties Of which are estraciea
deere rom unnut the USE oil A cnhol. The ques
aau is almost daily asked What i- the cause Of
lte uupsr-l ei,d ~ucegs- II VINEGAR BlrTERs p
Oar anrwtr i-, thar u.ey remove the cause Of
h.ga-e, aad the patient RECEIVERS HE health
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He pn0c.pia, perfect BeDoyator AID lnyigora.
tar OF the -y-tam. Never before Ia the hi-tor,
af 'he world has il medicine been compounded
pv-.aasing the remarkable gu iue- Of VINEGAR
BurFR- "a hrahng the lea Of every disease man
b. h.lrtn They are gentle Purgstive Ms vel
~ Tonic relieving Congestion or lhlamatiou OF
ae Law sud Ni-e,rs Otgane, in Bilious Di-
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On WALEEas CALIFORNIA NINroNR ETTERs
lrf oa al hese eases in similar manner BY
purifying the Blood they remove the cause, aud
Dy1,s,lyrg sway the eftc.- T the inf matjpn
lfi,r fubercuar d-po-lt,J the alTected p,rts re
cpive health, sud a permanent curr In effected.
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If men will enjoy good health,

lat them use VINEGAR BtrrERs a. . medicine, and
ayad the use Of alcoholic -umnIsnts in every
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-05

4 W <9o sst out VI sneM A.
Of our profits was IN those two contacts
~ MI. Merrtck; Q. You say you were pal
IN the bonds OF the four million loaul Did
understand you nghti Al think some Of thei
@. Paid By the treasurer; the payments wer
Al made to you BY Treasurer Magruderi A
Yes, sir; think 90.
2. Can you tell me what amount approxi
\ mately OF the four million loan was Dad
you, or how many bonds of the four miilio
iosn were paid 10 youi A. 4 cannot. do no
remember how much. I made no distiuctio
In regard to those things. -- ------s
Q. Can you form any Approximate estimat
OF The number Of the four million bonds PAL,
to you BY the treasurer A. No, sir; couil
not from memory.
cannot say, for I cannot remember about tn
different bonds-the amounts of each.
Q. But you do remember portion of tn,
payments made 70 you by the treasurer wer,
In the four million loan bondsf A. think so
By Mr.. Mattingiy; Q. Are you certain o
Governor shepherd. An Of the four miIlio,
loan was disposed OF in Europe. Witness d
speaking OF the supplemental appropriation
the bonds that were issued to make good thu
deficiency In the four million loan. y
The Witness. That Is what I had referonc,
TO. There was an act passed BY the Legisla-
ture providing for the Issue of boris TO make
up the deficiency occasioned by the discountins
OF the four million loan. q 30 = .ssg. v
e. That is the ss6o, 900 issue Of bonds, wa.
III "A. Yes, sir. li1z!-sa al 49, +
Q. Not the original four millioni A. No
NJ r1h-,..r r .x..r
the hoot.tss,,e-l shaii s n.aa Vi n. Esans
hools th.t ~ q ,.,s p ass,sss. sns ollsinal
'bere and .ho,,,S ill., 4. ~ $500 W Prssen'
Mondav IN o-5s- thss ~, -. - ~ ~ ~
IN connection With tha ~. ~ n. E1s.neo
/ refer ID the hooLs If t5o L.nhait p..;,.
Comn.nv v sAo <AsPAA.' A'nis
TESTIMONY OF CHARLES Z. RAT.
CharlesE. Ray sworn.
BY the Chairman: @. Where do you resided
d. In Chicago. @s-'-
Q. What Is your businessi A. Contractor.
v. do you ever hear OF DeGolyer & Nc
Cleilant A Yes, sir $50 r,t
y. DID you ever lay any portion Of that
pavement known as the De Gelyer 81 Mcclellan
contract a. les, sir.
Q. How much of 1T a. About 25,00o
YARDS.
y Mheni A.. During the season OF 1873.
q: When did you begin LII A. Think about
the 10th OF September.
Q. And endi About the 10th Of Noyem.
Der. go b z---.5 ~
9. Where did you lay iti A. On street
and New Jersey avenue; on B street right down
here. think it Is northeast: would not be
certain.
@. Did you have personal charge Of 1T A.
No, sir; did not.
Q. Do you know what It cost A. No, SIR;
cannot tell exactly what IL cost. I have not
had an opportunity to examine the books as
yet. think It cost, however, frpm ss.70 to
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Which shows > balance Of 81
in favor Of the contractor below the
estimated cost, instead Of o., S64.45, as
reported by SeversOn.
Estimated cost Of contracts per sched-
ule oOo.t
Cost Of contracts per GoveEnor's an
sTef 2r,'
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with regard TO bidding on pavementsi 4. d
not know about competition. As q matter o
course, II we united, each was TO receive al
equal benefit; all were to share alike.
Q. Was not 1t part Of your object in form
ing this Metropolis Paving Company to avoit
coming in competition with each otheri Tha
might have been, In measure.
Q. Was not that part Of the purposel A
II might have been.
Q. OF course, Il might have been. A. W,
considered tho matter as business men, and
looking TO business, presumed It would b,
better to have those three interests combiaed
We were all associated together In bushes
operations and In friendly relations, and W,
thought 1t best on the whole to form this com
pany.
Q. And did not you think It was best be
cause you would not then be fighting eael
otheri A. Certainly. -
Q. That was the reason, now, why yol
thought It was bestl A. Certainly. That Is
business operation, / am sure. All men In bust
ness do that.
O.. Which of these three pavements Is th.
most expensive to layi A. I do not think ther,
Is much difference between them except tn,
Ballard. The Ballard probably will be. Thi
blocks could not be cut very readily. w,
bought machinery Of different kinds for, th,
purpose of cutting the blocks, but they proved
failure. =. lsr
. Q. Which is the most expensive to layi A
That would be the most expensive Il woult
be the cheaper II we could lay It, II we coulG
cut the block; but we cannot do that.
How is 1t % between the Stowe and Nil
lerf A. think about the same. q,
@. Il there any difference between themi A
/ do not think there Is. t
Q. You have had some experience with boil
of themi A: Yes, sir.
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| Q. That I Ibid not ask you. want afirma
| tive answers, not negative answers. State wha
that was, that scheme that you wero perfect
| ing, and who the crowd was, and whose leg,
were to be ipjuriously affected by that scheme
/ A. am not very dangerous man. do no
remember what the scheme was. Wilcox was
engaged in some things In New York.
i @. You do not remember what the scheme
was, A. No, sir.
| @. WE'LL. do you remember who the crowd
vast A. 1 knew the crowd was engaged in some
| Of his transactions here.
| Q. Who was the crowd whose legs you ex.
/ pected to knock from under them7 A. do moi
remember who they were.
| Q. Let rs see ifyour memory viii be any bet
| ter as we get g little further on. 81 think Nice
made an ass of himsef."- Who is McCi A.
He inclosed the testimony Of Mr.. Mcclellan.
presume refer TO Mr.. Mcclellan.
Q. Please tell Us why you think Mcclellan
made an ass Of himself. A. In good many
respects. suppose allude to his testimony
| Q. In what particulars in his testimony did
Mr.. Mcclellan make an ass Of himself A. He
did poor work, and then acknowledged IL; and
I think any man will make an ass Of himself
who does that.
| Q. That was the rcasoni A. Yes, sir.
@. You think If q man does q poor job, and
has the veracity 70 acknowledge Il, that that
makes an ass Of hint A. didn't think It was
~ q
Q. That Is the conclusion that, from the way
the woril wags, the man who tells the truth
makes an ass Of himself A. He injured him
self by doing Il. ,s..-
@. And you dosnos intend to injure yourself,
| ifyou can help ia A. But I intend TO tell the
truth, II C takes me to the end Of the session.
q. Is there any other particular IN McCiel-
lands testimony which makes you think he
makes an ass Of himself A. do not remem-
Der what Il was now that he inclosed to me.
| @. VIII continue the reading: 81 don't
know what Chittenden VIII say" You had
| this letter, but Chittenden had not testified,
or you had not received his testimony A. /
90 not know whether he had or not.
| @. aHe too may develop his ears" So you
thought there was possibility Of Chittenden's
making an ass Of himself A. II be developed
his eara, that would make an ass Of him-I pre-
sumo 90. stsz lissa5l = - it.l.ai
@. That Is what you meant. Wherein did
you think It possible for Chittenden 10 make an
ass Of himself by telling the truth A. do
not think that thing has been mentioned at all.
Q. You say that Mcclellan made an ass OF
himself By acknowledging the truth THAI his
II
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ALc uoS Luouc1.
Q. You have taken that into account in esti
interest, and 20 into the market and buy Thu
lumber, and do this work. for cash, what tteI
would Il cost to put It down! A. I should
simply deduct In that case twenty-five cents
per square yard. do not want to say It L
S2.70, but Il 10 at least that. It may be $3.50
because there are things that viii have to b
charged to the account yet that went into the
cost Of the pavement that we could not get at.
Q. In making up your estimate of the cost o.
this pavement. have you taken simply what
appears on the booksi A. No, sir.
By Mr.. CRristy: Q. understand you TO say
that the parties interested with you in laying
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS thousand yards
were judge jenkins and Mr.. Whitney, A. Yes
sir; Mr.. Whitney 10 my partner, and has been
for about eight years.
@. Judge jenkins was united In interest IN
this mstteri A. Mr.. Mcclellan and Mr.. Jen.
kins were the successors Of DeGolyer g. Me
Clellan. We came here IN June, and purchased
one third interest IN the business, or rather In
the material. They did not have any business.
We purchased one-third interest In the material
they had on hand.
Q. You came In fact, then, about the time
this contract was enthusiastically let 20
DeGolyer & McClelisni A. could not tell
you anything about that.
v. but you knew sne Lacb tnat tncre was
controversy between the board and parties In
terested in laying the DeGolYer & Mcclellan
pavement No. .; you knew that, did you notl
A. Well, ! knew that fact. f5tsn ar
@. And knew likewise that the very msteri-
ais that you were to lay Il with had been con
demned BY the board A. Yes, air; I knew
that. 4, : ss,-. ). :. f.i 81 -
Q. What was the extent Of your contract
with the boardl A. The extenfs was twenty.
four thousand six hundred and odd dollars.
That was the amount Of work We did.
@. How much did you contract 10 do; what
was the award made BY the board a. to the
number Of square yardst A. We laid all they
awarded rs. slr CT lsrl <: s,rgels si,isa fIsi !,
o. When did they award M A. Soon after
We came into the firm; or formed a new firm
under the name ofsC. =. Jenkins & Co., and
that new firm made an application, and there
was az award to lay tWeuty-dve thousand
square yards. There were certain streets dssig-
mated, and the quantity Of paving on these
streets amounted to the sum mentioned.
Q. And this was the wood that had been
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TO wind up the Metropolis Paving Company.
@. Then, as long as It was contemplated 4
have such an institution as the Metropolis Paw
ing Company, that company had the contracts
A. Yes, sir. ass = s.as,
Q. But when IL was determined to wind tina
| up, then you began to take contractson you
own account A. Yes, sir. y y : 4
Q. You said while ago you had receives
two hundred and seven and some odd thousan
dollars in bonds; what kind of bonds. A. The
were improvement bonds ami the sinking fun
bonds and some sewer bonds.
@. What amount Of sewer bondsi A. A yer
small amount. - ID =
@. The chief part of what you received Their
aside from cash, were these permanent I'm
provement bonds and part Of the four mfllio
losnl A.. The larger portion were improve
| Q. What do you mean by that, A, That /
the z per cent. Improvement bonds.
/ @. What was their value in the market q
the time you received themi A. considers
that they ought to be worth per. ! could no
| get par for them. rs.7,sfsl = y = -.
q. How much did you lack for III Aid
not know that sold any OF them. What di
was TO distribute those bonds 70 our share
holders IN the company.
| @. You made dividends of these bonds
What were they WORTH You did not sci
them at ALI A. No, sir; have paid them Gu
to our associates, as par, Of course, the sam
| as received them. ft,H
Yes, SIR.
@; And we're worth. about par 1t that time
Q, What wsr. they worth A. reannos 50.
Q. should IKE 70 know about what the,
were worth, A. I do not know. think TIL
sfukiur-fund bonds were selling At one time 70