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National Republican., 1876-05-18
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS
l. TRICT OF COLUMBIA: SPECIAL TERM.

PROBATE JURISDICTION, NAY 0. 1876.
In the matter of the will of Lucy VICTORIA
ELKIN. Application for letters testamentary on
the estate Lucy Victoria Elkin, Of the District
of Columbia, has this day been made by Fred q.
Calvert All persons are hereby notified to appear
in this court on TUESDAY, the 9Th day of June
next at 10 O'Clock M. TO show cause why letters
testamentary on the estate of the said deceased
should not be issued prayed: provided copy OF
this order be published week for three weeks
in THE NATIONAL REPUBLIcAN previous to said
day. -.
Test: A. p. WEBSTER
myIO-wsw Register of wills.
National Republican., 1876-05-18
TH1s is TO GIVE NOTICE II

TTHIS is TO GIVE NOTICE THAT THE
Il subscribers have obtained from the supreme
Court Of the District of Columbia holding Special
Term. letters testamentary on the personal es-
tate OF MAY Z. MELLON, late of Washington city,
ID. c., deceased. All persons having claims against
the said deceased hereby warned TO exhibit the
same with the vouchers thereof to the subscribers,
on or before the 18th day of April next; they may
said estate.
m,l-Nsw LYDIA K. WHITE, Executors
National Republican., 1876-05-18
CITY ITEMS.

UsE THuRsToN's ivory PEARL Tooth Pow
DER. A perfect dentifrice. Its action on the
teeth is specific removes tartar and discoloration,
arrests decay, and keeps them sound, clean and
white. 1t hardens the gums, sweetens the breath,
and, containing no acid, canoOt tnlure the enamel
Its constant use is recommended to ALL but spe-
eially to those who, having good teeth, wish to
preserve them. Twenty-Five and fifty cents per
bottle.
THoMPsoN's PoMADE OPTIMR, for dressing the
hair. This fine pomaGe merits special mention.
Purely vegetable, its effect is to soften and rene
coarse dry hair, imparting to it gloss and beauty
Unlike many preparations for the hair, 1t cannot
injure, but is highly beneficial, equally SO to the
rich, golden-hued tresses of youth, the darker
shades Of middle life or the silver-streaked locks
Of age. Twenty-Five and nifty cents per bottle. o..
PRACTICE ECONOMY. Renovate your: solied
gloves thoroughly and quickly with Jovens' In
odorous Kid Glove Cleaner. Twenty-Five cents
per bottle.
National Republican., 1876-05-18
Ladies' and Gentlemen

attending the races to-day will ind everything
that is nice regards eating and drinking at
Geo. Deshields restaurant, in the Baltimore and
Potomac depot building.
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OUnuIIItt Un FtrIOrlnanC5
IL n.rn.o. N q NJ LA

WARRINGTON, ID. G.. May 8 $50.
W. L. Dennis and J. B. Randolph, Committee:
GENTLEMEN: Yours of the LIST instant is at
hand. l am directed by the board of trustees of
the Washington 1nebriate Asylum to accept your
kind offer and would name Ford's opera house.
Friday evening, May D. 1876, for the proposed
performance.
Hoping your efforts will be crowned with success
! am, very truly, yours, D. u. CONE,
Secretary.
National Republican., 1876-05-18
]. HENRY CARROLL,
Sl3 Ninth street northwest.

From the Rev. Gyms II. Fay, 1ols Eighth street
northwest, Washington, ID. C.l
have pleasure in adding another testimonial
to the many already given to the skill Of DR..
Hartley in the treatment OF deafness; Dement'S
received in the line of his profession by myself
and members of my family prompt me to make
this unsolicited acknowledgment. .
- OYRus II. FAY,
Once and residence of DIR. Hartley, ga L street
northwest, W Washington, ID. q.
National Republican., 1876-05-18
VIEWS ON AMERICAS TOMORROW
MEETING OF THE FIRE COMMISSIONERS

LICENSING OF THE SOCIAL EVIL
National Republican., 1876-05-18
Grand Dramatic Entertainment.

The following correspondence has passed be-
tween the board of Trustees Of the Washington
Inebriate Asylum and a committee Of several
amateur clubs in relation to raising funds to
establish that much-needed institution, The
Washington Inehriate Asylum
WASHINGTON, d. G., May l, 1875.
Hon. Board Of Trustees, Washington Inebridte
Asylum:
GENTLEMEN: DESTROYS of aiding your noble
efforts in establishing an ''Inebriate Asylum" In
our CITY, we propose giving grand dramatic per
fOrmance in aid of your funds the cast to be
selected from the several amateur clubs, and per-
fOrmance to take place at such time and place as
you may select.
4'rusting this may prove acceptable, we are.
yer! respectfully, w. L. DENNIS,
]. B. RANDOLPH,
National Republican., 1876-05-18
GENERAL NEWS OF The CITY

THE LECTURE OF BISHOP HAVEN
National Republican., 1876-05-18

" ~ N'f 4 w. 49, Ao'N.
MY attention having been attracted to q testi-
monial from Rev. Dr. Domer, the distinguished
pastor of the English Lutheran church, Eleventh
and streets, this city, certifying to the remark
able cure Of an affection of the by Dr. Hartley,
/ concluded to try the doctors skill in case Of
catarrh of very aggravated form, from which
had suffered for many years past, which had ser1
symptom OF consumption. am happy to state
that DR.. Hartley has effected O complete and rad
eal cure, removing every vestige of catarrh, deaf
ness and affection Of the lungs, and am now as
healthy and can hear as perfectly as at any for-
mer period Of my life. DIR. Hartley's remarkable
success In my case justifes this testimonial, and
he has my best thanks, with q more substantial
evidence OF my appreciation.
National Republican., 1876-05-18
Among its Contents are:

work by addressing ,,
Agent for the District of Columbia and Maryland.
Ofice, $50 + street, Washington, ID. G. apI5-u
National Republican., 1876-05-18
catarrh. pischaress From the Head

and all chronic diseases successfully treated.
That the timid and disappointed may feel the ut
most assurance and confidence in the good faith
of DR.. Hartley, he generously proposes to attend
all persons, rich poor, free of charge, until the
best evidence and most convincing proofs of his
success have been realized from his treatment.
Office and residence, 936 E street northwest.
National Republican., 1876-05-18
- W. G. LYCETT,
b00kblNDEn AND PAPER-RUlERS

No. 27I PeuusyIvanfa ave.. bet. Tenth
and Eleventh SITS, south Side.
lEBooks elegantly or plainly bound. Periodicals
and Newspapers carefnlly sttenaea to'
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The Matter Well Put.

The Philadelphia Press truly
says:
"Why should Mr.. Belknap) for
example, have thought that a man
in his high Office could not have
the most satisfactory social recog-
milton? How comes it about that
$4,000 a year is fatal to family's
social standing {? Can man get
no acknowledgment of his mental
abilities, his wit, or hi: fidelity,
but must clothe himself in sump-
tuous apartments? Much is said
in these days of inadequate sala-
ries that they are not enough to
sustain the demands of a mans So
cial position. Is salary then the
basis of social position That's
the lie in mems minds that corr
rupts them. 1t ought not to be
tolerated. The time ought to come
back again when manhood, and
integrity, and graces Of mind and
heart should fix a mans place in
public respect, and his title to So
cial courtesies Until this point is
gained society is lacquered thing
or a hollow pageant. No, it is
something worse-a heap of Tester
ing, heated muck and dirt, forcing
mushroom growths and toadstools
all over its surface. There is no
valid basis of respect but industry
and fidelity ; no sound social dis
tinctions but those of personal abil-
ity or culture. When these are
recognized so that these alone al
lure men and women in their am
bition to get up in the world, the
most formidable temptation to
dishonesty and dishonor will dis
appear from our land"
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
More Evidence AccunauIa-
Ialing Against BcIlxnap.

NEW YORK, March 10. -Ex-Gov.
Cambell, of Wyoming Territory,
made a special visit to Washington
to control the appointment and sale
of traderships, and on his return
stated that he had succeeded.
AN IOWA WITNESS.
J. M. Hedriek, OF Ottumwa, Iowa,
has been the recipient of thousands
of dollars from the sale of post-trad-
erships, part Of which can be traced
to Belknap.
BELKNAP COMMENCED EARLY.
A special to the Herald from Bis
marck, Dakota Territory says start
Ting evidence in the Belknap case
is on the way to Washington. 1t
proves that within one week after
his installation as secretary Of war,
he began his scheme for the sale Of
all prominent traderships on the
frontier, and that they were eventu-
ally disposed of for money, the post
of Fort Lincoln alone paying Belk-
nap and his friends $4,000 yearly,
and other small posts in proportion.
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NEWHAMP SHIREELEC71ON
The State Carried by the Re-
DublicaHs.

BosToN March 15.-The latestre
turns from New Hampshire insure
Cheney's election by q small MAORI
ty, with q Republican House and
Senate. The Democrats have made
gains in the northern counties. Che
ney's friends claim that his majority
will be fifteen hundred. The Sena-
tors stands nine Republicans and
three democrats. The election Of q
Republican Senator is assured.
LATER DISPATCH.
CONCORD, March 16--Later cleo
tion returns do not materially change
the result as announced last night.
The Republicans claim majority of
yearly $4,000. They have three OF
four councillors, nine senators and
twenty-three majority in the House.
LATEST INTELLIGENCE
CONCORD, March 15.-The Repub-
licans now claim all the councillors,
making the victory sweeping one.
Lancaster to-day chose a Republican
representative.
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Fruit Garden.

Prune currants and gooseber-
ries any time before the buds
swell.
Make use of mild days for prun-
ing grapevines which were left
during the hurry of the fall work,
and apply ashes or ground bones
between the rows. Save the wood
for cuttings.
Have ready labels, grating wax,
etc., for use in the spring. Strips
of calico or thin muslin loosely
rolled upon a stick and dipped in
melted grating wax are the most
convenient forms in which to use
the wax.
The present is a good time TO
prune such trees as need it, as the
shape and general direction of the
branches is readily seen now that
the leaves are eff. Where the
branches touch, and the bark is in
jured by rubbing, one of the bran
ches should be cut, or the two may
be spread apart and tied so that
they Will not interfere.
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1t Was midnight. The young
man had farewelled himself out,
and Emeline had locked the door
and was untying her shoes when
her mother came down stairs with
around her and said:
Wanted to creep up stairs with
out my hearing you, Ell? Didn't
think / knew it was an hour after
midnight, eb p
The girl made no reply, and the
mother continued
ibid you propose this time ?"
"Why--mother ~ exclaimed
the daughter.
"You can why mother y all you
want to, but don't / know that he
has been coming here for thelast
year ? Don't / know that you've
burned up at least four tons of coal
counting around here ?"
The girl got her shoes off, and
her mother stood in the hall door
and said
"EmeliEe have you got any
grit ?"
81 guess so !"
II guess you haven't. l just
wish that a fellow with false teeth
and a mole on his chin would come
sparkling me. Do you know what
would happen, Emeline ?"
mo"
swell, I'll tell you. He'd come
to time in sixty days or he'd get
out of this mansion like goat
jumping for sunfower seeds.'
Emiline went to bed to reflect
over it,
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FACTS AND EANCLES.

Woonsocket has a six-toed baby.
The bluebirds keep moving
north.
Birds are singing in Rhode
Island.
"Belky" is what his cYonies call
him.
Add two bogus Bessie Turner's
to the busy BIS.
The Georgians advise Toombs
to "be brief"
Pierrepont is reported exceed
ingly nervous"
A gentleman with considerable
face--The man In the moon.
Lynn has a baby-show contain
ing over 100 candidates for prizes.
Yung Wing promises Yale Col
lege 115 more students from China.
"Pinchback's pullback" is the
way the Patterson Press wittily
puts 1t
Mrs. Dowd, of Humboldt, Iowa,
has had tweIty-six children with
in eighteen years. Twins.
Mother Stewart, OF Ohio, is at
tracing almost as much attention
In England as Weston.
Olive Logan says when a cold
snap comes on she at once mort
cages her house to a plumber.
Secretary Taft is sound on the
school question:" even If he don't
know anything about war.
An insane hermit in Sharon,
Mass, has INDUCED a mania for
stealing pens until he has about
bushel.
How inconsistent. The Connec-
ticut paper-money men have NOM
mated one Penny for Secretary Of
State.
The Washington bellies leave
their diamonds at home now.
They are too suggestive of post
traderships.
A learned French judge once
said that at least one party to ev-
cry divorce suit was unfit to be
married again.
They haven't told us yet wheth-
er the new Secretary of War has
a wife. 1t is essential that we
should know this.
Bishop Ravens mother cooked
a turkey on her eighty-eighth
birthday, and served it to guests
on plates fifty years old.
Lemons were used by the Ro-
mans to keep moths from their
garments, and in the time of Plfny
they were considered an excellent
poision. They are natives of Asia.
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NEW YORK,S FINANCIAL
PANIC.


NEW YORK, March 15.-The
Herald's money article says the craze
to sell out, which always seizes spec
ulat0rs for long account on develop
ment of an unexpected financial dis
asler set i'm with full force yesterday
ON the bank failures becoming known
and would undoubtedly have produ-
ced disastrous results had not Gould
and others come to the rescue and
by heavy purchases checked the de
cline, and turned the market upon
the upward tact.
The Times money article speaking
Of the failure of the bank OF the
State says 1t seems the vice
president ran the institution appar-
emily entirely in his own interest
and that Of his immediate friends,
with sublime Indifference to the in
terests Of depositors and stockhold-
ers. He made loans and allowed
overdrafts, which no bank officer
should have countenanced.
Bankers express the opinion that
the failure will not effect the bank
ing business generally. The failure
did not cause much surprise IN bank
ing circles.
Geo. w Duer, the president Of the
suspended bank, has been i'll some
time, and the institution was mana
ged by Richard Patrick, vice-presi
dent, in his absence. Besides bank
ing Patrick has other business inter-
ests, both here and in California, and
was supposed to be wealthy. He had
loans from the bank aggregating
$3.50 900, and Smith u Garvin, malt
dealers and friends of Patrick, had
received loans to the amount of 1885,
600. Other loans were also out to the
extent of 100000.
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Investigating Marsia's Es-
cape.

WAsHINGToN, March 15.--James
G.. L. Hollins, an employee OF the
Associated Press here, who is author
Of the statement that the Cabinet,at
the session on Friday, March I'd, re-
solved to apprehend Marsh and Tom
linson, has been summoned to appear
before the House Judiciary Commit.
tee to-day and tell where he got the
information. 1t is understood he
will refuse to do so, in which case
he will be committed to the District
iail.
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Separated ut Their ChiId's
Grave.

A queer burial quarrel in Iowa
is reported in the Sioux City Jour
nal. One Of the parents of the
child was a Catholic, the other a
Protestant, the controversy was
first over baptism. Then the baby
died. The mother wanted a priest
to conduct the burial services, the
fathera Protestant. Neither would
yield, and 1t was buried without
any religious services. Then over
the new little grave the husband
and wife babe each other farewell
forever, and separated.
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cation of the District of Columbia
was amended by inserting the in
dividual liability clause, and de-
barring the Association from do
ing business outside the District.
1t was then passed. A memorial
from Henry w. Hosmer, late Col
lector of the Port of Baltimore, was
referred to the Committee on
Claims. The Senate went into
executive session at o'clock, and
adjourned soon afterward.
In the House, Mr.. Faulkner, of
West Virginia, offered a resolu-
ton, which was adopted, instruct:
ing the Committee on Foreign At
fairs to inquire into the powers
conferred on A, b. Steinberger as
Special Agent or Commissioner to
the Samoan or Navigarors Islands.
The House went into Committee
of the Whole on the Legislative
Appropriation bill, and speeches
were made in favor of retrench-
ment and reform, of the Texas
Pacific Railroad, and for the trans
fer Of the Pension Bureau to the
War Department. Mr.. O'Neill
presented memorials for the repeal
of the Compulsory Pilotage law.
Adjourned.
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STATE NEWS.

There are now several men In
the Jail at Kanawha county await
ing trial for murder.
William d. Shrewsbury, an old
Kanawa salt maker, recently sold
a tract of Campbeli's creek coal
land for $4,000.
DIR. John III. Davisson,. of Lewis
county, won distinguished honors
in the Baltimore College of Physi-
clans and Surgeons.
The Moorefield Examiner says
that Hon. b. +. Martin will with
out doubt be the next Congressman
from this (the Second) District.
Charleston Is without hotel
not q pleasant outlook for the four
to six hundred Democratic dele
gates and politicians who will as
semble there on the 9Th of June.
On the 9Th inst. a man named
Wilson Miers, living near Head
ing Mill, Wetzel county, was bru-
tally murdered by his two step
COuSe nU0cS Va LILO WhS \thCiA
mother,) was the cause.
According TO the Clarksburg
Telegram there were Isl marriages
in Harrison county last year. OF
these Is were widOwers and 2
widows. The oldest male was I'll
and the youngest Is years of age.
There were 5 males and 81 females
under 20 years of age. The oldest
female was 56 and the youngest IA
years of age. There We're 70 males
and 65 females under Is and over
20 years OF age.
The Morgantown Post tells OF
the death of the oldest woman In
West Virginia as follows: "Mrs.
Jane Frazer died In the poor house
of this county on the LIST Of March,
in the 10th year of her age. She
was entirely blind, deaf and help
less, and had been an inmate OF
the institution only q short time.
She Is believed to have been at the
time OF her death, the oldest wo-
man in the State of West Vir-
ginia.n
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FOR THE LADIES.

loihi*ho AoA SRhsH5 "eAfS esA~
still in vogue.
The pretty gathered pockets will
remain fashionable on dresses.
Young ladies are again wearing
the long catagon loop low on the
neck.
Guipure lace is out of date, and
woelen braid and fringe and silk
pleatings are used instead.
Some ofthe new bordered lawns
will be made up with square ham
kerchiefs or fichus, in the centen-
NAL style.
A great deal of Spanish lace Is
imported to trim grenadines with.
The Spanish designs are also found
in ecru lace.
Dressy sacques OF Brussels net,
both ecru and black, covered with
figures, will be fashionable this
spring and summer.
Fancy striped and plaid silks are
now shown. These silks are of
light weight, and this season the
best qualities are sold for 81.
Lace on bridal toilettes seem in
disfavor, although it's worn. For
very young bride tulle and
sprays of orange blossoms are i'll
better taste.
Both basque and overskirts will
be trimmed with box pleatings to
match the trimming on the lower
skirt. This trimming will be pre-
ferred to the side pleatings for a
change.
A sweet, pretty way of arrang-
ing the hair for very young lady
is to wave the hair and throw it
back without parting, and confine
it at the nape of the neck in two
full curls by a carelessly tied bow.
Many of the alpacas are now be-
ing made with the long square
overskirt and blouse basque, and
are trimmed with either pleatings
of Titan braid. On the underskirt
single box pleated flounce, deep
and full, is put.
The neck-ties now displaye d
are very pretty, and those Of ecru
Brussels net, embroidered on the
ends with colored floss, and worn
for the street. They are about
one-quarter of a yard wide and one
yard and half long.
The handkerchief fichu is new
fichu that will be very fashionable
for young ladies. These are most
ly made of crepe de chine,' edged
with a pretty fine lace, and are
worn carelessly tied around the
shoulders, as a handkerchief would
be tied.
Cotton goods will be more worn
than ever this season, and come in
very stylish designs, such as plaids
stripes, and figures combined for
upper dresses, and the lower skirts
in plain grounds, to be trimmed
with the material like the upper
dress.
The new imported spring suits
show both polonaises and upper
skirts. Many of the polonaises
have the basque back, and the
front is SO trimmed as to have the
appearance of a basque and over
skirt. For wash goods the polo
naise will be very much worn.
Basques, with the continental
vest, are to be worn again in wash
as we'll as in wooden goods. The
back of this basque are cut much
shorter than the fronts, and for
washing the basque is cut to fit
the figure smoothly but not tight,
and can be worn with or without
belt.
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over it,

1t is proposed in London to
name a new and important
theroughtare washington aven-
ue," a Centennial tribute.
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NEW YORK, March I6.--Mrs.
Schurz, wife of ex-senator Carl
Schurs, died here yesterday, at 40
West Thirty-second street, of puer-
petal fever.
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"If ! hadlto walk from here to Bal
timore for it, would not be without
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup in my family"
is what we heard lady say yesterday.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-03-18

Speaking of the round world, much
can be said on both sides.
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Prevailing sickness stamp fever.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-02

You can never argue wit, man
alter vou have Knocked him down.
!. on may overcome him by good
temper, but you will fail to convince
i.;m by calling him hard names. The
trngue Is a mighty member, but it
L. ust cut smoothly like IL sharp knife,
not tear like saw. Love draws a
IRAN to you, but hate makes him take
auC where he is.