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National Republican., 1876-05-24

TT WASHINGTON, ID. C., April 81 1876
IHE FIRM OF A. r. SHEPHERD CO.,
was dissolved this day by mutual consent, THOS.
NJ. SHEPHERD Withdrawing from the firm.
The business will be continued by A. X. SHEP-
HERD and FRANK JONES, under the name and
style OF ALEX. X. SHEPHERD & CO., at No. iii
Pennsylvania avenue and No. 4T Twelfth street,
where with increased and enlarged stock of
mercha1dise, they will endeayor to merit cOntiu-
uance Of the patronage heretofore extended.
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bricks! BRICKS "A CENTENNIAL
u Revolution! Machine Bricks 1t Low Pricesl
Come and see the great triumph in the manufacture
of Bricks at the Centennial Brick Yard, corner OF
Thirteenth and ID streets northeast. All kinds of
nodded bricks at one price. Cheap for cash. Orders
promptly filed, apd may be ieft at the Office, corner
Of New Jersey avenue and ID street north.
j. T. CHILDS,
JACOB CHILDS,
JOSEPH WILLIAMS.
81 Contracts made for furnishing and laying
brick, and for all other classes of house building.
JOSEPH WILLIAMS,
Southwest corner New Jersey svenue and d street
north. my23-lm
National Republican., 1876-05-24

COUNTRY BOARD, FOR SUMMER AND
~ fall, at Naples For particulars apply to
and y. II. K. address Naples ~ Laurel, Prince
George county, Md. my2a-Im'
GUNNER BOARD ON FARM IN CHESTER
y Valley, Chester county, Pa, within ten minutes
of station OH Pennsylvania railroad, 3S miles from
Philadelphia: eight daily trains TO the city. For
further particulars, address Mrs. NJ. L. MILLER,
COatesyile, Pa, with references. my22-2ws
TNHERIDLEYPARKH HOTEL, NINE MILES
l. from Philadelphia. on the p. W. and B. rail-
road, offers special inducements to drst-class pa
irons. Elegantly furnished, all modern improve
ments. fine drives. river scenery. No Bar. Hourly
communication wifh Centennial Grounds. j. q.
LlGHTCAP, Manager, Ridley Park, Delaware
county, Pa. mys-im
National Republican., 1876-05-24

THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, HAS A
LARGER CIRCULATION THANAEY OTHER
MORNING PAPER IN THE DISTRICT OF CO.
IUMBIA,
National Republican., 1876-05-24
CENTENNIAL. -
~ SUPERIOR LODGINGS FOR
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SO u Il X " u Il y Il L. T. VI ",
No. a2I Clinton street, Philadelphia.
Parties or single gentlemen can procure lodgings
by day week In adelightful residence two squares
from Continental hotel and places Of amusement.
Furniture and bedding entirely new. Baths free.
Terms, 81 and g. 50 per day, according to number In
party. -
my20-STuThlms Superintendent.
National Republican., 1876-05-24
FOR SALE.

ToR SALENExOEGGENT BUILDING
II lots at the southeast and southwest corners OF
Sixteenth and streets northwest, easy terms.
National Republican., 1876-05-24
FOR SALE OR RENT

ENOR SALE OR RENT, ON GEORGETOWN
II HEIGHTS.-The RESIDENCE OF the late -
Morris Adler, ESQ.,; Brick House, with fourteen :.
rooms, kitchen and pantry; one acre Of ground. ~
Rent 40 per month. Apply to W. II. DOU-~
GAL, corner Road and High streets. ocsD-a
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-02-12
Pioneer Correspondence.
PIONEER, Clarke Co., w. IT,,
january 26tb, 1876.

MIR EDITOR:
Permit me to use portion Of your
paper TO air my exasparatcd sentiments
OH mail matters.
Some time ago the contractor had the
time Of the service changed on this Van
couver.Kalama route to accommodate
himself-without consulting the peo.
pie. Thus occasioning much annoy.
ancc and hard tack and newspaper
writing.
He has several times-at least VIC
strongly suspect that such is the case
left Vancouver before the arrival Of tho
Dalles boat from Portland, bringing late
Eastern mails and our weekly papers.
Thus rendering our mail M after, ON it's
arrival. almost too stale to be valuable.
When the amount Of mail matter has
been too great, in bis official judgmcnt t..
for the comfort and health Of the horse.
be has made a judicial selection and left
such mail matter as he deemed best, in
Vancouver. l would like to inquire il
his contract restricts him to the use Of
one horse' It would seem to my mind
a. if it were a sufficient task for one
humble horse to carry the digui6ed con.
tractor. Could not Mr.. Shea, il he
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-02-12
Our Joaquin Again.

The Oregon poet, joaquin Miller.
was a guest at the Arcadian Club last
mouth, in New York, and here is what
the Sun reporter says about how he
looked amt acted there:
The next gentleman called upon was
Mr.. Joaquin Miller, but he merely said
that he came upon the distinct under
standing that he would not have to
deliver u speech, aud thcreupon sat
quietly down upon his chair again.
This we'll known American poet pro-
duces very striking impression. He
looks like a sandy haired Russian muiik.
with heard trimmed a Ia Zow0Ue, and
wears several snowy rings on bis fingers,
including a big solitaire diamond ring
on the fore-fnger Of the lett hand. He
eats much, drinks much, and picks his
teeth all through the dinner. The
meal was not half over az be asked for
his overcoat, and wrapped the lower
part Of his body in it, saying that he
was afflicted with bad cold in that re-
gion.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-02-12
Vancouver.

Noticing an article in the INpE.
PENDENT, OF last week, under the
head of"Vancouver," am constrain.
ed to add a word from my stand
point upon the subject. From time
to time people who did not seem to
have the fear Of the consequences
before their eyes, have been heard
disparaging the importance of Van.
couvcr. Now what the consequent
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-02-12

ces aforesaid were, or might have
been, I will not discuss; suffice il for
the present purpose to say that some
consequences, terrible perhaps, dire
at least, always impend on such rash
attempts. Vancouver is not to he
disparagcd. There are good things
here that many of yc abroad know
not of. The heavy trucks that roll
over the Nicolson pavement to wake
the drowsy sleeper early in the
morning at "Portland, on the Wal
amct," here we have not but sleep
in quictudc until the roscatc tingc of
of morning illumcs the eastern sky.
Here, then. are no mud flats to cx-
hale their fragrance on a summers
day nor clam digger natives to per-
ambulatc the streets with mock grav-
ity and stcalthy tread. Five ships
of the line do not lie alongside of
our tumble -down) dock at one time
and our coal bunkcrs are for the
present empty; but then we have no
sawdust in the streets, never have
any mad.houses and our people have
no notion of cmigrating from this to
any other place, and not because they
couldn't, either. Our railroad, steam
ships, machine shops, etc, exist only
in contemplation; but then our great
expectations have not dwindlcd into
Il reality infintesimal, the water never
gets ten feet deep in the principal
street, and now there is prospect
that said street will be graded and
erewhilc lighted o'nights. On the
whole we arc led to cxclaim, Happy
Vancouver! Surely thy ways are
ways of plcasantncss and thy paths
are peaceful. Nature has done very
much for thee. In the winter, no
typhoid fcvers vex thy people; in
summer, aguc never makes them
shake, and the frog pond concomitant
of these distils no raging pcstilcncc,
but nantlcd with its garb of green
affords Il home, saints rest where
in the social bull-frog chants his
evening vcspcrs, chants them to his
mate and leaves not unhummcd the
matin song of morning. Is there
any wonder that | was glad when
they said unto me. let It's arise from
or abiding place on the classic
Scappoosc and go up into the regions
of Vancouver: Sclah.
\ DT%IIrN
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chooses, bring the service OF more
horses into requisition, or even employ
pack train and still not do violation to
the conditions or intent Of HE contract
Or might he not use his chaise (Shea)
for. transportation.
The carrier has. at different times
omitted. possibly while suffering from
a temporary suspension of his retentive
faculties. or mentally wrestling with
some mighty philosophical problem; to
call at different offices in this REGION.
This has occurred both on up and down
trips. Peradventure he judged that
we were already smart enough and al
ready sufficiently posted to be able to
endure the temporary reduction OF mail
facilities without growing rusty. But
there is another view Of the case; should
the people be subject to such annoy
anccs' This past week your humble
servant was greatly inconvcnienced by
the failure of the contractor to call at
the Pioneer office on his return from
kaluma. To my certain knowledge
letters were left at this office after
the carriers departure on Monday, with
the expcctatio" that they would be sent
con their way rejoicing" Tuesday.
But observe. The roads being in an
cxecrable condition, and fearfully bro
ken up, the contractor serves his con.
tract with the government in the same
manner. Ac'uatcd, perhaps, by the prin-
ciple that "'rurn about is fair play"
May ask, are we to blame for the bad
travelling' II the vehement Execra-
tions, and constant grumbling Of the
residents would avail rest assured, that
the roads would be perfection persona
fled. IL it just that we should doubly
suffer on account of the bad travel
ing. We have to wade through tho
mud frequently, and half the time aro
not paid for it. DO you imagine Mr..
Editor, that the conditions of this CON
tract are sucl, that the carrier may ex-
ercise his discretion in ncglccting any
or all Offices during the damp season.
Supposins that such was the case. we
may expect to be subjected to such
annoyanccs for at least thirteen months
in the year.
l know that this subject has been
agitatcd before in the INDEPENDENT,
by ADLER pens than mine, but the mail
service seems to advance back ward.
"Ono Of the snftrc,s," expressed nv
scniiuonfs prccisely hut mildly. I'hia
malic. should be referred b" the proper
authorities and the contractor compelled
to do bis duty or retire from his remun-
orative position.
Yours Truly,
NED l.. GILsY.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-02-12
Noon Influence Notions.
Written ior the ISDEPrNpNrT.l

II is quite IN interesting curiosity
, to have a brici sketch of some of the
moons influence notions, collected
and arranged under proper heads, as
the following will show:
PLANTING. Root crops should be
planted in the dark of the moon.
All sorts of vegetables, trees and
plants designed to grow vigorously,
should be planted in the light or new
of the moon. All crops that produce
their yield above the surface Of the
ground, should be planted in the new
or light of the moon; while those
that produce theirs in the ground,
be planted when the moon is on the
wanc.
GRATING AND PRUNING. All
sorts of trees should be grated and
pruncd during the increase of the
moon.
FRUIT. If the fruit trees blossom
in or during the dark of the moon,
we will have but few or no apples,
peaches, cherries or pears, but plcn-
ty, if such blossoming occurs in and
during new moon. All vines, such
as cucumbcrs. MELONS, etc, produce
more fruit when they blossom and
commence bearing during full moon,
than when the nights arc dark.
GRAIN, intended for immediate
use should be harvested at the time
of full moon; while gram intended
for preservation should be gathered
at tho time of the new moon.
BUrcnERrNG. Hogs should bc
butchcrcd in full or a little before it;
as the pork will be better, and it will
swell up and enlarge; while ifbutch-
cred in the opposite phase of the
moon, it will be poor and shrinks.
BUILDINGS. The roofs of houses
and other buildings should bee shin
gled and rail fences stakcd, when the
horns of the moon point downward,
as the shingles and the stakes will
not then rise up, as they otherwise
will. Fences should be made and
repaired when the horns ofthe moon
point upward, as fences then will not
sink in the ground. Timber cut
when the moon is full or increasing
in her light will be full of sap, soft
and spongy, and soon become worm
eaten or destroyed by rot. Timber
cut in the old of the moon will not
snap in burning, and will last much
longer than if cut at any other time.
Weeds, briers and bushes, and all
noxious plants should be mown off
or grubbcd in the dark of the moon
to make their destruction sure.
WEATHER. To see the new moon
for the first time in the south is Il
sign that the weather will be warm
AMI pleasant; but when seen high
in the sky, the contrary weather will
happen. TO see the new moon for
the first time over the right shoulder
is sign that you will succeed in your
undertakings; while seeing it over
your left shoulder is a sign Of your
failure, or want of success.
MANURE should be spread over
the fields when the horns of the
moon point downwards, as the ma.
nure then will sink in the ground ;
otherwise it will not. Candles should
be made when the moon is on the
increase; then they will not crack,
and they will burn brighter.
CHILDREN, horn in the dark of
the moon, are liable to be idiots.
Now some people fully believe all
or most Of these things. and others
do not; but as these various moon
| notions form subjects Of profound (!)
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thought for thinking (i) minds, they
should not be hooted at.

should not be hooted at.
/, is astonishing to what an extent
the belief that the moon exerts
mighty influence over sublunary
things has obtained. According to
popular belief, the moon not only
controls vegetable life, directing the
rise and flow of sap, and the growth
and durability of plants; but it, in
great degree, determines the actions
and destinies of men. Acco rdingly
we sec men who would not like the
idea of being considered whimsical
or supcrstitious; cutting their timber,
setting their fence.posts, trimming
their fruit trees, planting their pota-
toes, and performing most all their
farming operations with reference
to certain phases of the moon, not to
do so would according to their belief,
be to invoke disastrous results: their
timber would snap in burning, their
fencc.posts would work out of the
ground, their potatoes would all run
to tops. If they see the new moon
over the left shoulder, it is the harbin-
ger. of disappointment during that
month; it is also made to forcshow
the weather, for if seen in the south,
the weather that follows will be fine;
but if it runs high, bad weather.
Now it is evident that if the moon cx-
crts any or all of the influences at
tributcd to it, there must be cause
for it. The operation of which
must come within the ken of philos-
ophy; but who ever heard reason
given why the moon has a different
effect on timber, in its first quarter
than in its last quarter; would timber
cut on the 4th day of January last
much longer than timber cut on the
18th day of January, 1876; can any
one nhow reason why this should
be so? How is it probable for the
moon to influence terrestrial things
excepting by its light and its attract
ion; if its light be the means, how
can the suns light rchcc ctcd from one
side Of the moon have different CT.
feet from the same quantum of light
reflected from the other side. Ii it
is its attraction, how can the new
moon have different effect from
the full or the old moon, for no one
supposcs that the moon actually in
crcases and decreases in si<c: Il
must be that those who believe in
luna influences accept the theory as
an oral tradition, handed down from
grandfathers and not as fact verified
by good actual experiment. A strong
argument in favor of tho rejection Of
such a belief is, the fact that it is dis.
cardcd by all eminent astronome rs !;
and if we believe in these influences,
why not except the astrologer's views
and all the supcrstit'ons connected
Herewith; the one is just as reason.
able and just as much supported by
reliable evidence as the other; the
intelligent farmer need but to test
the matter by actual experiment to
be constrained to reject the belief in
moon influences as a relic Of the dark
ages.
A. NJ.
PIONEER, Clarke Co.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-02-12

The stage company have delivered
the mails into Walla Walla with
great regularity during the present
winter.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-04

the Justice Court, the plea for the de-
Tense being temporary insanity. II APP
pears that the property Is heavily IN
debt, and is now in the hands OF q re.
ceiver.
As the Virginia express train was
coming from Steamboat last THURSDAY
evening, says the Reno Journal, DIR.
Frederick COnstoll, of Healdsburg,
Cal, suddenly died of heart disease.
He was suddenly seized with y spasn'
and recovering a little, he said: .'rhis
il the second attack / have had of this
kind, l shall die (and putting his hand
on his pocket). Send money to my
wife," With that he expired.
The Republic Gold and Silver Min
ing Company, of ~Cornucopia. was re-
Gently Incorporated in San francisco,
with f. NJ. Fry a. President; w. F.
Cushman, Colonel Webb and George
Il. Willard, Trustees. P. p. Cunning.
ham, formerly of Eureka. Is Superin'
ten ient of the new com pany.
In Elko, the other day, John Rains
plead guilty of horse stealing, and was
sentenced by Judge Flack to one year
in the State Prison.
Virginia Con. has declared its usual
monthly dividend Of 81 per share.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-04
a'rEAs.IN0A.

The annual fair of the Nevada Agri.
cultural. Mining and Mechanical Socie
" for 1875, will be held at Reno. com
msncing Monday, September IL. and
continuing six days. The officers OF
the Society are b. F. Leete, President;
w. r. Chamberlain. Vice President,
and General superintendent Of the race
track and grounds; James II. BOrland,
secretary; G. Il. Bender, Treasurer.
Board of T~rustees-B. f. Leete, Theo.
Winters, w. z. Chamberlain; ID. A.
Bender AID l.. I. Fox. The Society
has purchased and fitted up eighty-five
acres OF ground, located on the line of
the Virginia aud Truckee railroad and
the Reno snt Virginia stage road, one
mile and u half from the business GEN.
ter OF Reno. Rf.
By telegraphic dispatch, says the
Carson Tribune of the list inst, we
learn that George Fall, of Unionville,
son Of John G. Fall, was arrested last
evening for the crime OF arson, he hav.
ing been caught in the act of setting
fire to the Pioneer mill. The prelim-
mary examination is now pending in
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-04

che Democratic Convention and ex-
pects TO buy up the nation in Noveln-
Der.
The centennial decorations have
greatly increase ed IN New York,
Brooklyn and Jersey City. IL the fair
weather continues the decorations and
illuminatious to-day and morrow
will be unprecedented In the nations
annals.
-Four men while rowing yesterday at
Newark, while intoxicated, were
drowned.
After a lapse of three years work Is
being resumed on the wreck OF the
sunken frigate Hussar, near Port Nor
ris, tn obtain treasure to the amount oil
S4S, 900 buried in the vessel. A g-ier-
al survey of the wreck was made on
Saturday by the diver. Mr.. Cook, of
San Francisco. He found but little oil
the old frigate left. There remains
worm eaten keels on the knees of the
plank below the copper line, all Of
are which covered with a thick deposit
of sand and mud. The money is sup
posed Ia be in the ships treasury. On
the rim of the vessel over this is a
solid mass Of kentledge and shingle
ballast, which by the action Of the wa
ter have become so congloinerated that
it is as hard rs iron and has To he
drilled or blasted through. The Hus-
sar arrived with the frigate Mercury,
at this port, November %, 1850, which
carried money to pay the British
troops, but on arriving here the money
amounting to $3.50, 900 was all trans
ferred to the Hussar, which also took
on board 20 American prisoners and
set sail for New London. The com
mander determined to make the pas.
sage through Hsllgate but JAILED. The
vessel struck on q rock and the swirl
current drifted her helplessly against
Randall's Island, when she became
unmanageable. The captain then de
cided to beach her in a niarshy curve
below Port Morris. With the assistance.
of some farmers the vessel was run
ashore on high tide aud fastened by
hawsers TO some trees. As the tide rS-
coded the strain forced the cables to
part. Some of the trees were pulled
upand the vessel, with a sudden lurch.
went over the ledge and sunk in 100
feet of water, where she has been ever
since.
The Herald's Washington special
says papers have just been unearthed.
which ilnp,icate Consul Bridgeland so
seriously that the State Department
will be asked tOdismiss him.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-04
'76 the last tyranny of the earth will
vet crumble into dust.

'76 the last tyranny of the earth will
yet crumble into dust.
Our future lies before us, and naught
but the pencil of inspiration can depict
it's glories. The strength for success 10
in us; the spirit and truth that conduce
to success are in US. The mission OF
the fathers Of 1776, ofthe American peo-
pie of TO- day is but opening; but 1t Is a
mission of freedom and beneticence to
all mankind, and 1t cannot fail. Let
us, then, set our faces hopefully to the
future, and, mindfulcf the great prin
ciple Of individual liberty, strive each,
in his sphere, AS those have striven
who have gone before us. The we'll
being OF each of us, attained by his
own exertions, is a contribution to the
q advancement Of all. As we view our
past. there is no presumption in seek
ing to penetrate the vista Of the years
that lie before us. And in the light OF
that past what may we not hope for the
future9 Increasing and prospering as
in the past, the second centennial ami
yersary of this day will be celebrated
by . nation of seven hundred millions
of people speaking the language OF
freedom, breathing the air Of Freedom;
q nation whose beneticent rule shall
have cousecrated to freedom the
entire continent from Cape Horn 10 the
Arctic Sea, and whose influence and
example shall-surpassing the vision
of the Prophet" Proclaim Liberty
throughout all the earth unto all the
inhabitants thereof" !.