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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-04-20
M h. WALSH, Auctioneer,
Nls 81 Seventh street. bet and h no

PAwNBROKER'S SALE OF $4,000 OF FOR
FEITED PLEDGES.
@ On THURSDAY MORNING. April %,
ETN commencing at 10 O'Clock, and EVENING
Ns until entire stock Is disposed OF will sell,
for A. Cohen, Pawnbroker, at his store, No. 1oO7
stock of forfeited Pledges, embracing some Of the
most costly and useful articles found in such sales
such as Gold and Silver Watches, Diamonds, solid
Silver and silyer-plated Ware Suns ReyolrerS, &C.
several sets very fine Jewery, Plain and Seal Rings,
20,000 very choice Cigars, one very superior Shet-
land Sealskln Ladys Cloak, cost SOD: together with
endless variety OF Ladies' Wear Cloaks, ShaHls,
&C. 600 assorted Gents Goats. large lot Boys Cloth
ing, large assortment Pants, Vests and Underwear,
Cut and Piece Goods. Feather Beds; Blankets,
Quilts &C.: large lot OF Carpenters Tools. Sewing
Machines, &C.: Together with thousand other use
ful articles, too numerous to mention. ~
Ladies are invited to this sale.
By order of A. COHEN, Pawnbroker.
NJ. h. WALSH, Auctoneer.
aplS-3t g2l Seventh street.
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BUILDING MATERIALS.

THEARTIFTCIAI STONE COMPANY
l. OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Is prepared TO supply, short notice. Tillng for
Vesti6ules, SideHaIks.sFootways and Cdrbfng, In
different colors; Fountains, Lawn Ornaments,
House. and Lawn Steps and Platforms: houses
fronted; cellar walls and flooring eemented TO ex;
clude dampness: kitchens aud areas ceInented anu
mt de perfectly dry, and sure preventive against
the Intrusion OF rats, insects, &C., and all other
work executed for which Portland Cement is
adaDted. Our Portland Cement becomes in few
DAYS superior any Of the marble or natural stone
In COMMON use and Is an admirable Imitation OF
either marble or stone; is more durable, and in
Its crushing resistance with age Its beauty
= G. NJ. ROBERTS, Manager.
iaSn-tf Al LOAisiana Avenue
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PROPOSALS

PRofosxEs ron fgEE, foFGGE AND
OFFICE @. q. NJ, THIRD DlsrRIor,)
| DIVISION OF THE ATLANTIC, }
Sealed proposais IN tripicate, under the usual
conditions, will be received at this office, and aso
at the Offices Of the Quartermasters at the posts
DAY, the 2sd day Of May, 1875, at which time and
places they will be opened in the presence Of bid
81 sns
July !, 1873, and ending June 80 1877. at the fol-
lowing NAMED pests BaitimOfe, Fort McHsnry
Proposals. for any portion of the supplies will be
The Government reserves the right to reject any
"A Ptetstsnce Win be given to articles Of dOues.
Bleak proposals and printed circulars, stating
the kind andestimated Quantities required at each
post, and giving full instructions as to the manner
Of eiddins, Conditions to be observed BY bidders,
nshed on application to this office, or to the Quar-
termasters at the various posts named.
shG anS a D.
dressed to the rndersigned, or to the respective
HENRY W. JAMES,
apeo-et Capt. and Asst. Q. NJ.
ITO IRON MANUFACTURERS. - PROPO.
Il SAILS FOR The EEECfION OF TWO
ToS's RASGE L1G 81 81 DE kh% a BAT.
FOURTH DISTRICT, No. So WALNUT ST, :
PHILADELPHIA, April Is, 1879.
Sealed proposals. in duplicate vii be received
Is, 1870 from iron manufacturers only for Furnish
ing all the metal work OF superstructure. and for
known as Lstonis Tree Range Lights, Delaware
bay The right 70 reject any or all PROPOSALS, or
the United States to do so, is reserved. Drawings
Office
Breyet Brigadier General, Engineer Fourth
Lighthouse District. apO
PROPOSALS FOR FRESH BEEF.
Fort MONROE, VA, April 4, 1875.
Sealed proposals, in duplicate, will be received
at this office until II O'Clock a. m, May s. 1870,
for furnishing Fresh Beef required by the Sub
sistence Department, United States army, at this
station during the fiscal year commencing July i,
Information as to conditions, quality of Beef,
payments, &C., can be obtained BY application to
ap46t First Lieut.. 9Th Art, A. @. S.
PRoPosALs FOR BUILDING A FIRST
l. CLASS LIGHT-sHLP.
OFFICE OF THE LIGHT-HoUsE BOARD,
WASHINGTON, March q, 1876.
until e O'clock m. on TUESDAY, 25th day S,y'G Of
April, 1878 from ship builders only, for furnish
to construct 4 rst-class light-ship in accordance
with specifications and drawings, bearing date as
above, copies of which may be had on application
at this office and to the Lighthouse Inspectors,
at the Custom-house, Portland Maine, ut No. Il
Pemberton Square, Boston, Massachusetts,; at
Tompkinsyille Staten Island, New York, and at
No. 2Os South Sixth street, Philadelphia, Penn
sylyania. Q" - II
The Board reserves the right to reject any or
all proposals, to waive defects IL it is deemed
for the interests Of the United States to do so.
JOHN G. WALKER,
Commander U. S. Navy,
apll-td Naval Secretary.
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SPRUCE JOIsT.

We have on our wharf about !, 500. 00 feet and
inch SPRUCE JOIST, very hest quality, from s
inches to u inches Wide. 10 to "a feet long which We
are authorized by the owner to sell for CASH with
out regard to cost. .
In order TO close II out As soon as possible, we
have determined to sell IL very much below cost,
and very much less than 1t can be bought in this
market.
Purchasers will find 1t to their interest to examine
this lumber and learn our prices. ... -
Large stock of
LUMBER OF ALL KINDS
always on hand, at lowest market prices. .
r. EDW. CLARK Il co.., ! a
Once, Depot and Planiug-MM
mhI2-tf Foot of Fourth street east
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WASHINGTON AND OHIO RAILROAD.

SUMMER ARRANGEMENT. BEGINNING
APRIL %. lS.5.
TWO TRAINS DAILY, EXCEPTcEzzzzzE=zEJ
- SUNDAY, BETWEEN ALEAAN-@zSssz1k=55
DRIA AND ROUND HILL. ------ = :
Leave Washington at a. m. and p. m. and
Alexandria at 9:lO 4. m. and 4:l0 p. pass Lees
burg, going westward a. ll20 a. m. and 6:0 p. IN.
and arrive at Round Hill At II m. and p. m, Leave
going eastward at A. m. and 1910 p m, and arrive
at Alexandria Sis 4. and S:l5 p. m, and wash
ingtoh ut $50 a. and Bed p. m. .
.krPassengers from Washington will take the
Washington and Ohio cars at the Baltimore and
Potomac railroad station at a. and p. M. and
go through TO Round Hill without change of cars.
The 9:lO a. m. train from Alexandria and 12:3O p
m. train from Round Hin connect at Round Hill
with Harris Daily Line OF Coaches for Snckers-
VILE Berryyie and Winchester: also. with Reamers
Line OF Coaches, which leave Lsesburg daily for
Alde and Middleburg. - rr..-- . .
Vienna with Slsson's Line OF Stages for Fairfax
Commntatiou tickets, 3 cents per mile; annual
tickefs 40 X. II. HAVENER.
anns-tf General Ticket Agent,
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Baltimore & Potomac Railroad.
Alexandria 4 Fredericksburg Railway &
Alexandria & Washington Railroad.

AtAdHufId d HdsHIHStUH hdiIFOdUs
For Alexandria, g. 4 sos. O. TO- II M, l. 8, 42, s.
G, 7c5 and n:i0 p. m. On sunday At = a. M, and
. ID. m. -.. ....---..r IT,.
ccpt Sunday, and via Lynchburg 500 a. m. and
Trains leave AIexandria for Washington g. :, g. g.
10, II 4. m. l. 3, 4. s. 6 and p. IN. On Suntay at
and 10 a. IN, and D. m. - Z
Tickets, Information, Sleeping and Parlor Cars
accommodations can be procured at the Offices:
Northeast corner Of Thirteenth street and Penn
sylyania avenue, northeast corner of Sixth street
and Pennsylvania avenue, and At the depot, where
orders can be left for the checking of baggage to
destination from hotels and residences.
FRANK THOMSON, ID. NJ. BOYD, Jr.
aII-tf Eenfl Manager. Genl Passenger Agent.
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FiNANcE;AND COMMERCE,
Monetary.

Il d. .--Aa-a - "a 81 rD.------- 4.aa.a .H-t 81
Monetary.
WAsHlNeToN, wednesday evening. Aar,IIs
L IN New York to-day money was dulI: oseraS
| sta IExehsngs steady a. asFs<. Cola Am :,
1isis@issH. Rates for carrying, las, Goy,r,,
ments active and better
The foisring are the closing rates fsr }ov,r.-
uents, furnished US By H. ID. Cooke. m d.
bankers:
SIS. 1881. coupoa,....IzIy SOFA 1853 I'D
S=sl's New aves......:,tif,s
5-Io'sv lcoI.......-.--isDS
Stats bonds qusef and nolasnai.
TsaSs:sss S. S Sta; S. ' e. sgs 81
do ssv :::::: - $s.:::..:::.rSs4
DO. soaso, -. y n. Carolina, old. Is
,or aSsa ssss Sc o. ns new g.
DO. usT...:.. S 5. CaFOiius, old. . u W
Leyee S.. 10 do. A. &O.Si
. Stocks closed active and very unsettled.
The following are the closing rates for Ehs
active stscks,- seIegraphe6 70 II. b. Coose, jr, 8
Co, from the Few York S5ock Exchange: =.
N. Y. Plttsburg ..--...... So
Erie I5h Northwestern iof,
Lake shore 49," Ss s9i gseferred. ,s 81
the Sub-Treas,ry, bsianceo at New York %
day: Gold, S45 I+3l2; currency, $5Si<o. 0gI.
The sub Treasurer paid out -9if0oo on account
o. interest, and $1,000 for boads- Customs rs-
cetPts, k5S7, 900. .-. .."-i -
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POrtner's Vienna Beer,

CEND sc. TO q. p. ROwELL Q CO., NEW
for r.ene md q 80
OF advertising. 81 - y,5$t HsH
II sTqu.ir- ss,ft - -, ..a5-5fl - D bssz5i
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J0ByPRENTING.

JoByPRENIING.'
oU~O|ecNcI0OON o0O0~oCOO"O~n/N
-E-EJa El.35TGEss.-.
THE -t'
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
BOOK AND JOB
PRINTING DEPARTMENT,
Cor. Pa. Ave. and Thirteenth ST.,
wAsTEINGToN.D DC,
Has the very best facilities for doing
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-01

In the vocabulary of educated and
highly cultivated people, the number of
words in ordinary use ranges from
2,O00' to 5000, and, in rare cases, to
1000 words. The ignorant require but
a few hundreds to express all they have
to say, and as they rise in the scale Of
culture, they add constantly to their
vocabulary new terms to express new
ideas. .., I.......... ..... r.,.'-,....s -.l,.s
When one who by much study. vari-
GUS readings, and many turnings of the
lexicon has acquired a fair knowledge
of his mother tongue, and, with this in
mind, takes up his little fOur-year-Old
and begins to teach him the rudiments
of the language, it does seem that the
youngster has entered on along and
weary way. Through how many hours
of slow plOdding in, primer and reader,
in speller and definer, must he pass, and
how many books must he read, before
the words to which he has-been thus
introduced will have lively and ready
meaning for him, and before he will at
tain sufficient mental development to
comprehend them! 1t is not desirable
that the labor of acquisition should be
entirely relieved, that the child should
come into the Inheritance of noble and
beautiful language without any effort
of his own, for this very effort is essen
tial to his intellectual growth. Never
theless, if his parents and teachers shall
manage jndiciously, the little student
may be spared large share of the labor
ordinarily involved, and occupy him
self, instead, with the pleasant gather
Ing of spoils in fields already near. The
narrow routine of school life permits
pupils to learn little more than the
rudiments of expression-merely the
names and uses of tools, not skin in
using them. This they can acquire
only by free conversation at home and
in society. If they hear in constant and
use from their elders the
hard words they spell and define ct
school, unconsciously these words will
pass into the texture Of their thoughts
and on fitting occasions drop from their
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-01
Hoo Puddfug.

The students in one of our colleges
being frequently annoyed by the noe
turnal and inquisitorial visits of Pro-
fessor, who suspected them of playing
cards, one evening prepared kettle of
mush, otherwise called hasty pudding,
and by the time it was boiled, had seated
themselves around the table in the atti-
tude of card-playing, waiting patiently
for the well-knOwn step of the Profess
sOr. 1t WAS no sooner heard than a
large outside pocket of one of them was
forthwith filled with hot hasty pudding
and all were seated as before. As soon
as the professor had opened the door,
the student who was loaded with the
mush, made a sudden sweep over the
table with his hand, as If to gather. up
the cards, and with another motion,
apparently put them into the pocket
containing the mush. These move
ments could not help being noticed, as
they were intended to be, by the Pro-
fessOr, who, considering them as a
pretty strong evidence Of guilt, broke
out with the following:
swell, young gentlemen, I've caught
you at it at last, have II" sIir7r-
"Why, yes, sir; we are all here"
$50 l see you are, and you have been
playing cards, too. 'i'
"No, sir, it's not So" "a ira l--
"It isn't, ha? What have you got in
your pocket, young MANI" .t.. --
"HOt hasty pudding, SIR" ,-.
"HOt hasty pudding, ha? Hasty pud-
ding, have you? I'll hasty pudding
you," said the Professor, at the same
time thrusting his hand, halfway to
the elbow, in the hot hasty pudding.
The dolorous looks, the shaking of
fingers, the groanings, and capers of
the Professor, are better imagined than
described. -.., - Bud. fa,..
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-01
TWO BY TWO.

Up and down this gladsome world we wander
Two by two;
See its sights. and learn its truths to ponder,
Two by two;
Smiling lads and winsome lassies stand
In life's rosy portals hand in hand
As soon as we can walk. John takes the road
To some Mary's ever-bright abode e1s (
And prattling Mary molds, OF plastic clay.
Rare pies for Johnny. as they steal away,
Two by two. sn0
Noah filled the ark unto his foresight given,
Two by two; ss-
And since the food, Love peoples its sown
heaven, G tff1H e G' rfi
Two by two; 1r.l
The Msudes and Charieys carved on birchen
bark. D. a1l ar ~
Tell us where lovers strayed within the park:
Adown the lake at Summers eventide,
Oft times we see two mimic shadows glide:
And tell-tsle curtains tantalize our sight
With forms of sweeshearts, courting by dim
light
Two by two.
Youth and age. all seek enchanted Aidens.
.r-.- Two by two; .-r-. 49,
Marriage laws bind willing men and maidens,
- 81 -. Two by two; !. ..-.. .-.-.s
Two eyes to failngs then should e'er be blind
Two ears should hear but gentle words and
kind; Al 'i'i' -
Two hands be glad to work another's will;
Two feet be patient other needs to fill;
Two hearts, united thus will be as one,
= 4 Not two by two. lS,st
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If it is slang, it is really classical
slang. And yet of the thousands who
use the term, how few-how very few
know its origin or its primitive sig
nificance. Truly, it is heroic thing 10
say of man to call him brick. The
word, so used, if not twisted from its
original intent, implies all that is brave,
patriotic and loyal.
Plutarch, in his life of Agesilaus,
King of Sparta, gives us the origin of
the quaint and familiar expression.
On certain occasion an ambassador
from Epirus, on a diplomatic mission,
was shown by the king over his capital.
The ambassador knew of the monarch s
fame-knew that though only nominal
ly king of Sparta, he was yet ruler of
he had looked to see mas
sive walls rearing aloft their embattled
towers for the defence of the town but
he found nothing of the kind. He mar
veled much at this, and spoke of it to
the king. .bss4..fr l-.
"Sire," he said, "I have visited most
of the principal towns, and I find no
walls reared for defence. Why is this 2"
"lndeed, Sir Ambassador" replied
Agesilaus, ''thou canst not have looked
carefully. Come with me Tomorrow
morning, and l will show you the walls
of Sparta"
Accordingly, on the following MORN
ing, the king led his guest out upon the
plains, where his army was drawn up
In full battle array, and pointing proud
ly to the serried hosts, he said: ....,.
'There, thou beholdest the walls of
Sparta-ten thousand men, and erery
man q brick. r...s ...,...-t .1 .....
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-01

Bologna ls full Of beautiful stories.
There is that of King Hensius, or En-
ziO. remember reading in an old ann
ual, many years ago, this story, told by
Mrs Norton. think the very gilt ed
ges of the precious volume rustled in
my memory a. / entered grand room
in the PalazzO del POdesta. and Was
told that here poor King EnziO was a
captive for twenty-five years. a-s @.
EnziO was the natural son of the En-
perOr Frederic ii. He led a Ghibelline
army against Bologna. was taken pris-
Oner in 1249, and kept in confinement
for the rest of his life but love
laughed ct locksmiths in his, as in
many cases. The priest who came 10
confess the royal prisoner was accom-
panied by beautiful boy, who brought
wine and fruit, and who begged to be
allowed to remain as his page. King
Enzio had fever, and in one of his de-
liriOus moments he imagined that the
page took off his cap and allowed TO
How down some long golden hair. Per-
haps instead of being delirious he was
gaining his senses. Certainly the page
was q wonderful nurse. King EnziO
was sorry to recover, but finally he was
well enough to sit up at the window
and look out at the glorious view of
the ApeHnines. The poor fellow rea-
lized that he was a prisoner, and wept
bitterly. He heard sObbing behind
him; it was the page, sadly sympathe-
tic. "See. boy, this great beautiful
world which l can enjoy no longer.
Life. love, and liberty-all, all are Ia
Lucia Vendagoli, alias the page, let
Anvrn al hov oh ha in nd tbrn q.
herself on his bosom, asked him if
love would console him. No one
knows what King EnziO replied, but
the good priest coming in oppOrtunely,
married them on the spot. For the
long years of his imprisonment this
noble creature lived and wrought for
the King EnziO. She baffied magls-
trates and jailers, and carried to him
whatever of comfort and sOlace his life
thereafter knew.
He left some beautiful verses i'm her
honor, and the noble family of the
BentivOgliO are proud to claim descent
from Lucia VendagOli. May they not
owe their name, which being translated.
meaneth 81 wish thee well,1 to the
whispered adieu of their royal ances-
tor, as Lucia crept away from many an
interview fraught with dangerf
Another and a sadder story is that of
Properzia de ROssi, called the SapphO
of Bologna. This woman was a poet,
a sculptor, a painter. musician, and en-
graver. Bologna is full of her works
now, bearing the marks of genius every
one of them. She madly loved some
man who did not care for her, and died
of broken heart. The great Pope
Clement VII. expressed a wish to take
her to Rome with him, 80 much did he
admire her works in the church of San
PetroniO. "The church holds only her
dead body" said a monk to his Holi-
ness. She died that day. ......
The imposing Basilica of San Petro-
MO contains some angels painted by
this gifted and extraordinary woman.
Her bust, sculptured by herself, is over
one of the doors. Her story adds
another to the many bearing this le-
gend; "a woman of genius Is seldom
a happy woman. Happy they who
have no history. THE Galayu.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-01
German wives.

The culinary art forms of part of
the education of the women in Germa-
n.y. The well-tO-dO tradesman, like
the mechanic, takes pride in seeing his
daughters good hOusekeepers. To eff
feet this object, the girl on leaving
school, which she does about fourteen
years of age, goes through the cere-
mOny of confirmation, and then is
placed by her parents with country
gentleman, or in large family, where
what may almost be termed the post
of servant, and dong the work of one.
This is looked upon as an apprentice
ship to domestic economy. She differs
from q servant, however, In this-she
receives no wages; on the contrary,
her parents often pay for the care Ia
ken of her. as well as her clothing.
This is the first step in her education
as hOusekeeper. She next passes, on
the same condition, into the kitchen of
a rich, private family, or into that of
hotel of good repute. Here she has
control of the expenditures of the ser
wants employed in it, and assists per-
sOnally in the cooking, but is always
addressed as frduiein, OF miss. and is
treated by the family with Difference
and consideration. Many daughters
of rich, families receive similar train
ing, with this difference, however, that
they receive it In q princely mansion,
or royal residence. There is reign
ing queen in Germany at the present
time, who was trained in this way.
Consequently, the women in Germany
are perfect models of economy.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-01
An Expensive Breakfast.

Long years ago, way back to 1914,
when our wives, sisters, ,and sweethearts
wore calico dresses, the material of
which was cheap, and made for seven
yards, and it cost as many shillin e,
three young men of capital and high
standing, named, Strong, Bell, and
Sedgwick, INDUCED in a nights de-
bauch at a hotel In Northampton Mass.
In the morning they summoned the
landlord to their presence, end ordered
a breakfast, which they stated must be
the most expensive that had ever been
given in the State. The principal dish
ordered was ham and eggs, Of which
they would 60 to the kitchen and su-
perintend personally, the cooking.
When the fat was hot, they each depos-
tied in it their gold watches, chains,
lOckets, and signet rings, which were
fried with the ham and eggs. The cost
of the jewelry alone was at least 81 800.
All of the parties are dead now, but
they lived long enough to know the
folly Of their foolish extravaganza.
Capitalists of our day are more prudent
with their money, while the ladies
have grown more extravagant.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-01
Lesse. the Cost OF Prod uction.

A subject for the constant study of the
farmer is, how to lessen the cost of pro-
duction of his crops, so as to make them
more profitable. One of the best ways
to lessen the cost of production is to in
crease the yield per acre. If only thirty
bushels of corn are produced per acre,
at cost, we will say, of twenty dollars
it can be readily seen that such farm
ing don't pay. But if, by ploughing
deeper, and preparing the ground bet
ter, and planting more carefully, and
cultivating more thoroughly, one hun
dred bushels can be produced to the
acre, the little extra care given bears
but slight proportion of expense to
the very largely increased yield; and
while the latter system is made very
profitable, the former does not pay ex-
penses. So, to make farming profitable
it must be well dOne-the largest yield
must be obtained that the land will
produce, to lessen the cost of produc-
ton. TO effect this, brains must be ex-
ercised, so that everything is done
timely and properly, and in the best
manner. Improved methods must be
adopted, improved machinery used in
cutting and harvesting crops, and pre-
pairing them for market. The old fogy
system must be given the go-by, and a
progressive, intelligent system adopted. !.
Rural World.