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SINE'S LOTTERY SINESS.-The Post
master General has issued the following
order relating to a concern in Cincinnati
that has been largely advertised in the pa
pers:
Ii having been represented to me that
certain l.. ID. Sine. of Cincinnati. in the
State of Ohio, is engaged in conducting A
GIT enterprise and scheme for the disp0sai
OF money and personal property bv lot.
chance or drawing. thereby to obtain mon
cy through the mails. and being satisfied
from the evidence before me thar the sand
l.. ID. Sine Is so engaged, do hereby for
BID the payment by the postmaster ut Gin
clnnail to the said l.. ID. Sine of any postal
money y-order drawn to the order of him.
the SAID l.. ID. Sine, and the said postmaSt-
cr Is hereby directed to inform the remit
iers OF the said postal money-orders that
the payment thereof has been forbidden.
and the sum of said money-orders will be
returned on presentation of a duplicate
rnoney-order applied for and obtained un-
der the regulations of the department. and
upon the same evidence the postmaster at
the city Of Cincinnati is hereby instructed
TO return al! registered letters which shall
arrive at his office directed to the said l..
ID. sine to the postmasterS at the offices
at which they were originally mailed. with
the word "Frauduent" plainly written or
stamped upon the outside OF such letters.
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Seleften s Storp.
The Managing Wife.

Ezra Newton had just finished looking
over his yearly accounts. Well" asked
his wife, looking up. ''how do you come
out?-'
Il find" said her husband, that my ex-
penses during the last year have been
thirty seven cents over thousand dol
lars
And your income has been thousand
dollars:'
Yes. | managed pretty well, didn't
Il"
do you think it managing well 10 ex-
ceed your income'" said his wife.
Nv mats thirty seven cents!' asked Mr.
Newton, lightly.
Not much. to be sure, but still some
thing. IL seems 10 me that we ought TO
have saved, instead Of falling behind"
But how can we save on this salary
Elizabeth. We havn't lived extravagantly.
Still it seemed to have taken it all"
'Perhaps there is something in which
we might retrench. Suppose you mention
some of your Items
''fhe most important are house rent.
one hundred and fifty dollars. and articles
OF food. five hundred dollars"
Just half"
Yes. and you'll admit that we can't re-
trench there, Elizabeth. l like to live well.
[ had enough of poor board before mar
ried. Now mean to live as we'll as |
can
''Stil we ought to be saving up some-
thing against a rainy day, Ezra"
That would be something like carrying
an umbrella when the sun Shines"
Still it is well to have an umbrella in
the house,
Il can't controvert your logic Elizabeth.
hut | afraid -b ha .hI
anything this year. When get my salary
raised, it will be time enough tn think of
that"
LET me make proposition to yoa,"
said Mrs. Newton. ''You say one half
your income has been expended on articles
of food. Are you willing to allow me that
sum for the purpuse?'
You guarantee to pay all bills out of
it?"
Yes"
"Then will shift the responsibility up
oil you with pleasure. Butt can tell you
beforehand you won't be able to save
much out of it,"
perhaps not. At any rate | will en-
gage not to exceed it,
That's we'll. | shouldn't relish having
any additional bills to pay. As am paid
every month, | will at each payment
hand you half the money
The different characters of husband and
wife may be judged from the conversation
which has been recorded. Mr.. Newton
had but little prudence or foresight. He
lived chiefly for the present, and seemed
to fancy that whatever contingencies
might rise in the future. he would some
how be provided for. Now, trust in Prov
idence is very proper feeling, but there
i iS n good deal frnfh in, ho oil la
that God viii help those who will help
| themselves.
Mrs. Newton, on the contrary, had been
brought up in family which was compel
| led to be economical, and although she
was not disposed to deny herself comforts,
yet she felt that it vas desirable to procure
them at a fair price.
The time at which this conversation took
place was at the commencement of the sec.
Ond year Of their married life.
The first step which Mrs. Newton took,
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The RELIGION OF PAYING DEBTS. One
OF our religious exchanges has the follow
ing strong remarks on the subject. They
drive the nail into the head, and clnch it
Men may sophisticate as they please:
they can never make it right, and all the
bankrupt laws in the universe cannot make
1t right, for them not to pay their debts.
There is sin in this neglect, as clear and
as deserving church discipline, as in steal
ing or false swearing. He who violates
his promise to pay, or witholds the pay
ment Of debt when it is in his power to
meet his engagement, ought to be made to
feel that in the sight OF all honest men he
is swindler. Religion may be a very
comfortable cloak under which to hide:
but if religion does not make a man deal
justly, it is not worth having"
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During the revival services at Vallejo.
California. gentleman observed that one
OF Mr.. llammond's handsomest and most
energetic lady assistants was being vigor
ously hugged by young man while the
singing was gong on. When the enquiry
meeting was commenced. the young lady
approached the gentleman who had been
watching her. and asked him in a meek.
plaintive voice: DO you love Jesus :" II
fear don't love Jesus half as much as YOU
do the boys" responded the gentleman.
The fair damsel was disconnected a bit,
but she curled up her pretty mouth and
sad: Don't you wish you We're one OF
the boys?'
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He KNEW How.-At an auction of
household goods on Harrison avenue yes
terday, when a woman had made bid on
an old bureau worth about two dollars, a
boy slipped around to another woman and
whispered:
''You see that woman over there with a
blue bow On?''
Yes
''Well she says that no woman with
red nose can buy anything at this sale!"
The woman with the red nose pushed
her way into the crowd and run the price
OF the bureau up to $l2, and as it was
knocked down to her she remarked:
II may have a red nose, but no cross
eyed woman with blue bow Oh can bluff
Detroit Free Press.
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The Washington Elm.

The Washington Elm at Cambridge Is
thus described by Rev. Alex. Mckenzie In
an interesting monograph on "Washing-
ton in Cambridge" in the July Atlantic
number rich in Centennial associations:
Within few feet OF the room where
these lines were written stands the males
TIC elm which is the living memorial of
those evcntful days. just beyond is Cam
bridge Common, with its granite monu-
ment In memory of the men of Cam
bridge who fell in the recent war.
OpDos the Common is the ancient bury
ing-ground, where, among the good and
great of earlier and later days, lie five
men who found patriot graves in the first
year OF the Revolutionary War Across
the way rise the old red walls of Harvard
College. On this side of the historic tree
towers the tall spire of the church which
bears the name of Thomas Shepard. the
first minister of Cambridge. At the sum
init OF the splre stands the renowned cock
erel who in l12l ..ascended to his lofty
station upon the New Brick Church" in
Hanover street, Boston and who from that
emnence for hundred and fifty years
looked down upon the shifting scenes of
peace and war. He marked the entrance
OF the British ships into Boston harbor.
through the mist of evening he overlooked
the obstruction of the tea he heard the
muiiied sound of the English oars on the
ni@ht of tae 18th of April; he caught the
night OF the twin lamps which hung on
The belfry- tower OF the Old North Church,
As II rose above the graves the hill,
Lonely ami spectral and sombrc and STILL"
he listened 10 the cannon and musketrv at
the battle of Bunker Hill. and saw the
flames which made Charle.town a desola-
ton Now he surveys the peaceful field,
the busy streets, the pleasant homes, the
churches, the schools, the college. and
Keeps the restless watch above the Wash
iugtGn Elm.
This tree is believed to be the survivor
o. the prmeval forest. Its size bears wit
ness to It's great age; its trunk is more
than six feet in diameter, and it is nearly
one hundred feet in height and ninety feet
In the spread of its branches. Notwith-
standing lis antiquity, the tree is full of
HE and strength; and while it ha, lost
some OF It's branches. it retains its grace.
inl aud imposing form. Very many
Souvenirs have been made from its wood
and the pulpit in the chapel OF the neigh
boring church is partly constructed from
one OF It's limbs which was necessarily re-
removed.
Through the generosity of a clergyman
an IRON fence has been placed around the
tree Visitors from all land, come with
interest to the spot. gaze into the spread
Ing branches, and account themselves
happy il they can bear away a twiy as
sacred token. On thick marble slab i,
this Inscriptions:
UNDER THIS TREE
WASHINGTON
FIRST TOOK COMMAND
OF THE
AMERICAN ARMY
JULY 3, 1875.
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Vol. XXI. Whole No. l065. No.25.
and forlorn sufferer.

ana i0rl0rn sufferer.
l might speak of the value of habit to
the rich, the happy, the favored of fortune
If, indeed, they needed it-but one can
scarcely say that such people need any
help to be happy; they ought not to. The
sweet habit of living" should be enough
tor them; but even to such life there
comes the danger of ennui, and no weap-
ons are so potent against this giant OF lath
and plaster as habits. Literary habits, Il
habit of investigation into Natures secrets
passion for butterflies, or flowers, or
shells, carry an unemployed mind pleas
antly over its somewhat monotonous journ-
ey in carriage which is all springs. Even
these fortunate beings are apt to receive
tremendous jolt sometimes, and then the
habit of looking for the butterfly or the
shell may be the only pleasure left. Ros
coe, the historian of Lorenzo de- Medci,
is said to have hailed his pecuniary misfor-
tunes. Now. said he," shall have time
to read up about the obscure Italian
cities"
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Great Bargains!
For 60 Days Only.

1'HE balance of the Stock of Goods formerly
belonging to the firm o. S. & H.A. DUTTOS
VIII be closed out al so per cent. less than cost
istrator, GEO. PARCHER
HENRY A. DUTTON, Ag't
All demands must be paid within 30 days. or
they will be left with an Attorney.
GEO. PARCHER, Admir-.
Ali persons purchasing goods of any kind, will
be well paid by calling on the subscriber at the
Old Stand HENRY A. DUTTON,
Ellsworth, May 1875, 2mos20
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The Proprietor woulu announce to his friends
and the public generally, that he has just complet.
all who may desire il with First Class Entertain.
mcnt, everything new throughout the House
Bath Room, with Hot or Colo water, and all Mod.
ern Improvements.
In connection with the House, is new and
improved stable. and carriage house.
Competent Holsters always on hand.
tt2s y. F:GRAY.
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"A Brown County editor bought his
ink BY the jug full, because he could get it
cheaper, but his wife went to ill the ink
stand one morning and found it wasn't ink
by ajugfull.
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19oetrp.
The Battle of Bunker Hill.
MEMORIAL POEM BY OLIVER WENDELL
HOLMES.

The following poem by DR.. Oliver Wen
dell Holmes Is taken IRON the the Bunker
Hill Memorial, AN admirably attractive IL
lustrated brochure, just issued by James
X. Os2ood < Co. OF Boston.
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UNDER THIS TREE

WASHINGTON
FIRST TOOk COMMAND
OF TIE.
AMERICAN ARMY
JULY 3, 1875.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-05-05

old Criminal Court it remained in tie. old
Circuit Court, where it originally was
lodged by the act of February "a, 1901.
One or the other Of those Old courts must
have posse ssed the power on the 8 | Of
March, 1868, for IL il was not transferred
by act Of July. 1893, to the old Criminal
Court, no law can be found which Invested
it from the old Circuit Court, so that it
rested with the old Circuit Court on the Sd
of March, 1868, when all the powers of
that old Circuit Court, as also all the pow
ers of the old Criminal Court, were vested
in the Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia by Congressional enactment.
Will Judge Blatchford tell US what be-
came of this "poWer" if it was not trans
ferred to the old Criminal from the old
Circuit Court Did it vanish into thin air,
or die from desuetude2 Certainly Congress
never made any other disposition of it If it
were not transferred by act Of 1888. And
if the Sd of March, 1868, found this power
lying resting with the old Circuit Court,
Congress surely transferred it to the pres
ent Supreme Court, when, by the third
section of said aforementioned act, it de-
clared "that the Supreme Court organized
"by this act shall possess the same pOUers
"and exercise the same jurisdiction" as
the old Circuit Court. We defy Judge
Blatchford TO escape this conclusion.
Will Mr. Dana say something about these
points in his Opinions of the Press.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-05-05
DIED.

RAwLINGs.-Ai12 :SO p. NJ, Mon lay, May r
iSIS; alttd o 1r1i san ~ n; sm
the late Richard II. Rawlings.
Relatives and friends are invited TO attend his
funI raj Thursday afternoon, at clock Fl ON the
Mckendree NJ. Z. Church, Massachusetts, avenue,
between Ninth and Tenth streets. mot lost, but
ALLISON.-suddenly, on the sd instant, of pa
ralysis, THOMAS ID. ALLISON. in the hfty-ninth
He was a I9T ing and devoted husband, and kind
and afectiunute father. he leaves wife and seven
70 no omv t a feTd 10
tt nd bis funeral at his l'te restden e No 6O Foar,
and. Ghalf street southwest, on Wednesday, at
O'Clock p. IN.
CARROLL.-In Georgetown, on the I'd instant,
Mrs. Mary CARROLL, wife Of John Carroll.
from the residence OF her brother in law, Will I'M
blckham. SOY Second street, Georgetown. Fri. nds
OF the family are respectfully invited.
SHEHAN.-On the morning of the 4th In st1nt, at
Michael and Johanna Shehan, aged lift en- month /.
At o'clock, from the residence OF her parents,
No. q Mas ashusetts avenue, between New Jersey
avenue and North Capitol street.
LEISHEAR.-On the Sd instant, OF dr0psy. MIL.
DRED V, eldest daughter of william W. ant
Laura V. Leishear, aged twelve years and two
The relatives and friends of the family are re-
spectfully invited to attend her funer ii from the
west, on Wednesday, May S, at So'clock.
NEWTON.-on Monday, the Sd Inst. CHARL ES
EEwToN, as ed eiEhty-eiRht years.
his neiCe MIS-. Martha Z. Barnes, No. 500 G street
northeast, Wedne. day morning, at F::9 o'cI2ck
Mass viii be offered for the repCse Of his soul. The
Ielat es and friends Of the family respectfully
invited to attend. lie was 4 member Of the Oldest
Inhabitants.
DE VRIEs.-On the I'd of May, after a short ILL
ness, FREDERICK DE NEIES, IN the tWeLty-fourth
Funeral on "wednesday, May 5, at 10 o'elo X a.
m, from the residence OF his m2ther No. rs Four
and-a-half street southwest. Relatives andIrlends
are respectfully invited 10 attend.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-05-05
"Whyles Ger the wee bit cup and platte
We sip the scandal potion pretty.n

UNKNOWN AND UNOBSERyED, says
the Wilmington Journal, Judge Kelley, OF
Pa, witnessed the proceedings at Au-
gusta on Memorial Day." Unknown and
unobserved, he will witness the proceed
ings of the Republican party in the direc-
ton of progress and reform, leaving him
out in the cold, unless he mends his ways.
His repentance, with genuine sorrow, of
which the Ku-Klux and White League
newspapers talk so much just now, will
then be of no avail. ''The banks of NEE
native Schuylkill'' will re-echo only to his
mournful regrets as he remembers his lost
opportunities, and 'the people" of the
South. e., the Democrats-will only re-
member him as a man who enjoyed their
pretentious inequalities while they were
making a tool of him. Then they will
laugh at him, as the Richmond Wing did
the other day, as he hid himself under the
table at Mobile when there was some
'1oose shooting there"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-05-05
pANA's BLArcHFoRD ONCE MORE.

In our article of last Fridays issue we
demonstrated beyond all peradventure that
when Judge BlatchfOrd released Dana from
the custody of Marshal Fiske he palpably
and 1latly violated the plain and express
provisions Of the act of June %, 1874, which
had been in force precisely nine months
before the issuing Of the attachment under
which Dana was arrested by the marshal.
. We showed also just as conclusively that
the Judge had not even the pretext for
pleading in extension Of his conduct that
he was ignorant Of the existence of the
provisions Of that law. But we may, for
the purposes of the argument, admit
his plea Of ignorance of the existence
of that act of Congress, and excuse
him for his failing to make inquiry in
the proper quarter as to its provisions, and
still his decision betrays a predetermined
purpose to release Dana, in violation of
statutory enactments or an utter want of
capacity to construe them. His argument
proceeds upon the ground that, although
by the act OF February q, 1901, the former
Circuit Court of this District was clothed
with ''all the Jurisdiction and poIoers by
claw vested in the Circuit Courts of the
''ULited States held within State limits,
and therefore might have sent out lawful
attachment for Dana in this case; yet be-
cause by reason of slip of the pen of the
dTaugEtsman who framed the act of Con-
gress of July Z, 1888, establishing the old
Criminal Court of this District, the word
'tPoWeTs" was omitted, therefore the old
Criminal Court never possessed the power
TO issue subpoena or attachment process
to run in other Federal districts; and as the
old Criminal Court did not possess that
power, therefore the present Supreme
Court Of the District of Columbia does not
possess it. We proceed to show the utter
fullacy of his reasoning briefly and simply,
but nevertheless coGclusively-so conclu-
sively that he shall not escape conviction
Of having either eakly or wickedly mis-
construed the laws of Congress which he
cited.
We state our propositions logically thus
1. Judge Blatchford admits that Con-
gress gave to each Circuit Court of the
United States the p0icer to issue subpoena
or attachment process into any other dis
trio: in the United States.
9 He admits that the old Circuit Court
was clothed with that same power.
g. He does not show what became of that
poper when the old Criminal Court was
carved out of the old Circuit Court but
he does tell us that that p0aosP was not
transferred TO the old Criminal Court
4. Then it follows thatif Congress gave
that power 10 the old Circuit Court, and Judge
BlaichfoId cannot, as he does not, show
that It was ever taken from II, it necesSa-
rily follows that If not transferred to the
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-05-05

and averages in weight about nine tenths'
and in value about sixty per cent silver.
The magnitude of the parting OF this
bullion. or refining, as it is ordinarily
termed, will be readily understood when it
is stated that the weight of the bullion to
lie dissolved in acid, in order to separate
the two metals, will not be much less than
one thousand tons per annum, aud will
consume about three thousand tons Of acid.
Considering the preparation which this
country is making to return to specie pay
ments, the importance Of these immense
developments cannot be oyerestimated.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-05-05

THE intended effect of the letters to the
New York Herald from its correspondent,
Nordhoff, regarding the condition of affairs
in the South, is discounted by the fact that
before he started on his trip through the
Southern States it was known exactly what
kind of correspondence would emaRate
from his pen. He fits from place to place,
and after remaining in one locality for a
few hours only, has the brazen impudence
to assume to know more about its affairs
than men who have resided there for
years
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-05-05

Poor Mrs. TILTON Now that Judge
Nelson has her latest statement in hand
she becomes the subject of the jeers and
criticism of people who seem to forget that,
after all she may have said and done, she
is poor, weak, defenseless woman, and is,
therefore, entitled to little sympathy from
the sterner sex. A history of her varied
life would be most remarkable work, but
if written by herself these unfeeling skcp-
tics would call it work of fiction.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-05-05

WEREPRINT from the New York Graphic
the views of Senator Anthony, of Rhode
Island, regarding the condition of affairs in
the Southern States. No one who knows
Senator Anthony will deny that he is au
unprejudiced and truthful witness. His
observations will therefore be received as a
conclusive answer to the One-sided and
illogical statements of such men as Judge
Kelley. of Pennsylvania
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-05-05

A FRIEND suggests that Judge Kelley
conversion will cause much rejoicing in
Heaven, as lone sinner brought to repent
ance." We decline to see it. The Demo
cratic party, wherein the rejoicing occurs,
is far from being Heaven. Think of Sam.
Randall, Fernando Wood, Sam. Cox, l..
Q. c. Lamar and John Young Brown as
angels rejoicing over Pig Iron Bill, :" We
absolutely refuse.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-05-05

THE 'hard-money" Democrats are in a
quandary over Judge Kelley's recent con-
version from the "heresies" of the Admin
istration. They admire his declaration
that the South is docile but when it comes
to rag-mOneY they sniff the air, paw the
earth, and go roaring about like so many
Texas steers.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-05-05

GENERAL BARTLETT having made speech
that pleases the COnfederates, the Springfield
(Mass.) Republican wants to nominate him
for Governor of Massachusetts,. But why not
take Bradley T. johnson, another Richmond
carpet-bagger, who is not only Just as sound as
Bartlett, but has been longer in the Confede-
rate service
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-05-05

JUDGE KELLEY really believes that Sam
Randall will be the Speaker of the next
House. Judge Kelley would like to be the
foremost man on some committee-the
Ways and Means, for example. Judge
Kelley has begun to angle for such an ap,
pointment, and has baited his hook with a
few amiable opinions about Southern Dem
ocratic rule. Will Sam. merely nibble and
coax his contemporary to keep on angling.
or will he bite and swallow the hook?
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-05-05

THE EVENING STAR, of Philadelphia, having
survived the fire which recently threatened the
destruction of its fine printing establishment,
now appears improved, if changed at all, in
its general appearance, and is otherwise as
bright and lively as ever. 1t is the most sue
cessful penny daily in the country and deserves
tie eucoasc