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MEMPHIS TENN. SATURDAY EVENING. AUGUST r. 1916

to hear him crow at all hours, and
generally treated him like a great
parsonage. Finally, one morning
he called the council together and
ordered the fortunate chanticleer to
be made a grand officer of the inn
perial order Of the Osmanie,
founded by himself in 1861. This
was done, the grand chancellor Of
the order passing the Gordon Of the
order solemnly around the neck of
the astonished bird. And yet
there are people who pretend to be
surprised that the Abdul-Aziz
should have killed himself with u
pair of scissors!
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RAILRoAps.
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE
AND
Great Southern Railroad.

BCHEDULE.
Express train leaves daily (except,
Saturday y PEN
Mail Train leaves daily 80 am
Accommodation leaves daily-........... 5;OO pm
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on all night
Grains.
Office. 2S7 Main, northwest corner Of Madison
JOHN T. FLYNN, Sup't Memphis Diy;
JAMES SPEED. Ticket Agent. ~
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MEMPHIS. TENN, June 10 1870
an AND AFTER SUNDAY, JUNE llTH'
l J 1876, trains will run as follows;
Leave. Arrive.
New Orleans mail, daily ~2:5O Pm. lS;oV pm
fIeihRnV 1cerf cu sunday ..' $50 am. $3.50 Am
1911 M. .DOhINE, IVY :.
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RAILROAu nME TABLES.

nEMPHIB AND Lot uNVILLE RAILROAD.
Arrives. Leaves.
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MEMPHIS AM CAARL STON R. R.
Arrives Leaves.
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AND OTHER EASTERN CITIES
WITHOUT CHANGE.

This is the only line running Ms, Pali@,e "a nant
Southern Sleeping GaIs irGm ontSemoSy Nem ~ Gre ere,
SUan mSI.ie Decatur, Jackson, enn., and Nash.
Vile to Cincinnati without change, IIs ConnIIS Tmnninc
Nv, pns,,m%an % and Wagner Palace sleePers to
Toledo. Detroit. Grand Eapits, BaIt,%1EoTo' Rn1EoTS
Washington. sandusky Gleyel9Y@Sit Yort Hbsi wiibogi
Albany, Salamanca and new AoiA "N-T''''
This is the only line running LIS entire trans ,bs
between Louisville and Clnclnhat., any Sontb Nh
oSiy line by which passengers from the Sl;u SGa;tn
Sn en- ronte to Eastern and Northern Ollies
Qt in through Sleeping GSTsI 81 eSSDisNo eSSi siIIs By
ssSaneinS cars nj Short Line Junction, WNA
T. and at. S. r. r., three miles south Oh snS nS
city, where an elegant Dining nall Is pSS,vu Tonn
under the management OF ths ha''roDu 'VN'
panies. -. Auont. Chatta.
nooga, Little Rock. Memphis ana tnAstIn6s ~ tn5s
make direct connection ut Short Line SunS
tiSp S with through SIee9ers 70 New hork
Philadelphia. AMI other cities wa 'his line'
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UopuE 81 hUAu OF Nlhln HIO9t.
Ticket once, 2sl Main street. corner Of
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DURING THE CENTENNIAL
rxhtbition at philadelphia, tickets wa thls ils
ms W,Til ha sold ut al ticket olnees IN dp tno
Sautlt esd Southwcst at greatly reouceu raves
ASK FOR nCKEls VIA
LouisviIWald Civeinnati Short Line
- o,ner s,tne Can Equal IL.
O. r. KELLY, 1ViaH aop,I Pass AGENT.
uen lss s,cn, S.abRss Gen. sup,
104-xxiii-l03 " asssi
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National Republican., 1876-03-23

hiss made him with It, and in the House,
exceedingly popular and influential. Nc.
Neal is also noted for excellent service.
Refer, for instance, to the important work
OF last Mondsy. Governor Hendee rep prted
two railroad bills, the Columbia and the
Citizens, which were passed; Re also re-
ported bill to regulate the duties Of con-
stables and marshals where property is
claimed to be exempt from execution,
much-needed measure. In supporting
these measures Governor Hendee was clear,
emphatic and squsrely to the point. MIR.
Neal reported a bill for building the Cor
coran squsfe market. After fully stating
tho provisions Of the bill. Mr.. Randall Oh
tanned the floor and offered substitute,
the object of which was to defeat the bill.
Governor Hendce's answer to Mr.. Randall
was complete and cogent, and so effective
as to command the attention of the House.
The substitute was defeated and the bill
passed. The fact that he faithfully attends
every meeting of the committee; and at
regular hours privately hears the views of
citizens. accounts for his readiness, knowl-
edge and power in debate. But this is by
no means all Vermont is ably represented
by Mr.. Hendee on all questions affecting
the interests of the Republican party. He
is never off his guard, and his votes are
uniformly recorded as every true and de
cided friendof Republican principles would
wish to see them. In him the State of
Vermont has a representative who COM
mands great respect at the Nation Capital
for his ability and integrity.
National Republican., 1876-03-23
sLoTE IN POLITICS.

The play which IS now drawing crowded
houses at the National Theatre is, like
most of the character plays of the day,
crude In It's conception and unartistic
in IFS execution. Its plot is thin and
weak. Its incidents are improbable and
IFS situations unimprcsslve. 1t Is cast
wholly in Tonologue and dialogue, and
the dialogue drags at times sldly, like
the conversation at an old fashioned family
dinner; but the play not only draws intel
ligent and appreciative audiences, butssnds
them homc in a state of exhilaratioa and
delight. Irhad the exceptional success Of
one hundred nights in New York, and
has grown steadily in public appreciation
wherever it has been since presented, until
the character OF Slote now takes rank in
the histrionlc roster with Dundreary, Solon
Shingle and Rip Van Wrinkle.
Doubtless the greater part of its popu-
larity is due to the dramatic ability and
artistic treatment of the Fiorences. but there
is more 10 the play than merely the acting
OF ftkcse children Of NJ mus. 1t would not
National Republican., 1876-03-23

We ARE GLAD to welcome disposition
which is being shown in this Centennial
year TO provide for the completion of the
Washington Monument and to rescue from
decay Washington's home and burial
place-AIount Vernon. Both of these are
enterprises which enlist the sympathies Of
every one who can, in the stirring events
of our times, still revert to the fact of our
humble origin and appreciate the debt of
gratitude we owe as nation and indi-
vidually to the efforts of the great patriot.
1t would be disgrace, indeed, if the hun
dredth year of our liberty should pass by
without an excrtion to finish the work
whiSh hes been begun to immortalize the
virtues of Washington by erection of a
monument suitable to his memory. Few
countries would have allowed the offering
to remain so long unfinished. Let it not
be said of us that it is entirely neglected
and forgotten. The effort which is being
made by the association having the matter
in charge to raise funds by an entertain
ment TO be given in this city on March 90
meets with our hearty support. 1t is un-
derstood that it will aim to revive the
patriotism Of former days, and the fact
that the distinguished patriot. Robert G.
Winthrop, Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives in 1913, and who delivered the
address on laying the corner stone of the
monument, will be present, and will prob
ably address the assemblage, should alone
call out crowd. The other attractions to
be furnished are noted in our local
columns
National Republican., 1876-03-23
STATE OF VERa0Nr AND TIE District
OF COLUMBIA

Senator Morrill,, OF Vermont as the
chairman of the Committee on Public
Bui;dings and Grounds. and Mr.. Hendee,
Of Vermont, as a member of the House
ComInittce ON the District Of Columbia,
have fairly won the regard and confidence
Of the people Of this District. Through
hei able representatives on the came com
mittees in ioTmer Congresses Vermont has
exercised powerful influence in behalf Of
the BEST interests of urpeople. The com
position Of the present House Committee
Gu this Distric. includes Representatives
from two New England States, Vermont
aud Connecticut ; six Western States, OAio,
Wisconsin, Illiroi5, Iowa, Michigan and
Kansas, and three Southern States, Mis-
souri,, Georgia and Maryland. The people
of the United States, in many important
ways, are directly interested in the affairs
of this District, and they may truly con-
gratuis.e themselves upon the fact that they
are wisely and discreetly represented by
their committee. 1t seems to be one sin
gulariy free from partisan prejudice and
very harmonious in its deliberations, and
its measures are brought forward in the
House, as q rule, with its consolidated
strength and we have noted with pleasure
that the long service and experience of
Mr.. Heudee as q member Of this committee
National Republican., 1876-03-23

WITHOUT the labor of the negro the
South would become barren waste in less
than a decade. Her material prosperity
depends upon the muscle of that muchde-
spised race, yet Democratic politicians Of
the Tucker and Hill stripe, who were
reared and educated upon the ill requited
labor Of the slave, are now their worst enc
mics, and would fain make their condition
more deplorablo than it has been made by
years of injustice and wrong. How dcs-
p:cable are tie characters of the men who
owe all they are or hope to be to the negro,
and who now conspire against him because
he dares assert his manhood by asking that
the commonest rights of citizenship be ac.
corded him.
National Republican., 1876-03-23

have taken its place so quickly. and yet 80
firmly; it would not have made the sensa-
ton 1t has made, If 1t had not been based
on q semblance of verify, represented in
the character of the Hon. Bardwell Slote,
the. member from Cohosh. The public
could not ask for more faithful mirror to
be held up to nature than the one which
reflects the lineaments of our typical coun-
try Congressman. His gray chin beard
and red face, his everlasting brosd-cloth,
his ignorance, his shrewdness, his ambi-
tons and his deep consciousness-all these
are set before us true to the life in every
line, and we recognized an old friend at
first sight
When Mrs. Gen. GilAory, the pretty in.
triguing widow, who has been abroad,
questions him as to his acquaintance with
the "Moor of Venice" he tells her that he
dom remember the man. There was o
Moore in the Forty second Congress, but
we called him Moore, of Michigan"
There was a Slote in the Forty second
Congress-in fact there was a good many
Of him-and the Cohosh district has in
creased in representation since then. We
have seen Slote in both Houses; we know
him in Legislatures; he is not above run
ming for the City Council; he delights to
serve on committees: he is always dele
gate at the conventions, and he generally
drafts the platform. In fact, the platform
is his stronghold-with clerk to correct
the spelling. There must have been
Slote in the greenback convention at Hart.
ford. There are several Slotes stopping
around The Tariff Pool in the lobbies of
Congress, and the political philosophy of
Slote finds simple expression in the Xxx
statesmen of the Robbins school and the
double distilled Democracy of the Forty
fourth House. In fact, it is hard to turn
point in politics without coming across
Slote. 1t will not do to make q jest of his
artless device Of engaging band and an
enthusiastic populace to serenade him on
the passage Of his railroad bill within
month after the Labor Reformers in Wash.
ipgtou have serenaded Peter Cooper, and
offered him the Presidency.
In fact, when we come to look at Slote,
to study his development and to examine
into his ramifications amid our complicated
politics, we will not wonder SO much at the
universal popularity Of the portrait as at the
fact that we have waited SO long to have
it painted. 1t must be admitted that the
Slote in real life is getting to be what the
charming Widow Gil1ory would call trop
pronOncc. or what the Hon. Bardwell
Slote would call U. M.--unpleasantly null
titudinous-and we have latterly been
casting about for means to get rid of him.
II may have been within the designs of
Providence that we may be able, by show
ing him up on the mimic stage, to laugh
him out of existence; and if this happy ex
pedient shall succeed it will be only
stronger reason for bestowing our admira-
tion and applause upon the Hon. Bardwcll
Slote, who appears in the Mighty Dol
lar" If the body polite should not gain,
at least, then, Mr.. Florence has created
and given to the stage new character.
National Republican., 1876-03-23

WHEN anything unusual occurs, and
man, the only reasoning animal, desires to
account for it, he generally argues from
cause to effect. Now that Mrs. Marsh has
returned, suppose We carefully examine
why she went. Marsh, hurried away by
Clymer, left here on Thursday. The next
day Clymer was told by member Of his
committee that Mrs Marsh was needed
witness, and should be summoned, and
that certain papers in the Treasury De-
partment should be examined. Sub-De-
tective Gibson, of the Sun, was told to ex-
anime the papers, and it was to be sup
posed that Clymer had summoned the wit
ness. Friday and Saturday passed, but
neither was done. Monday morning came,
and again Clymcr was reminded Of the
necessity of summoning Mrs. Marsh. Had
he wanted her, telegram sent 10 New
York would have secured her, but, instead
of sending this telegram, the weeper
matted until night, and then sent man to
New York with the summons. He could
not arrive and serve the document until
Tuesday. But on Monday evening Mrs.
Marsh left New York for Canada. Is she
possessed of the second sight and permitted
10 see what is going to happen? or is it
not more reasonable TO suppose that she
received a telegram from Washington,
saying: "a summons gees for you to night;
you had better dust - 1t seems to US
this IS the more reasonable proposition;
and the next question is 10 find who signed
that telegram. If Mr.. Bass or Mr.. Dan
ford had had the power to send sum-
mons for Mrs Marsh it would probably
have been sent on Saturday. But the
power to send a summons rests only with
the chairman of the committee. He alone
can have witness subpGnaed. Mr..
Clymer and the Sergeant alarms were
the only men who could tell that sub
puna would leave here on Monday even
ing for Mrs. Marsh at New York. The
deduction is irresistible that the dispatch
was sent, and the suggestion is involun-
tary that it was inspired by IIESTEE
CLYMEE.
National Republican., 1876-03-23

TIE New York Republicans spoke In
uDmistakable terms yesterday, both in
reference 10 principles and men. Senator
Conkling, as their first choice for Presi-
dent, received the emphatic Endorsement
Of three TO one.
National Republican., 1876-03-23
FOR SALE OR RENT.
DRY GOODS.

- =
nRESs sSHIRTS.-BUY YOUR SHIRTS
IL from the Factory, lOl2 street, where they
solo for So cents, equal In every respect any
Sl.O shirt sold in Washington. Only sIiE cents;
Just think ofit. Dress shirts made OF Wamsutta
muslin and twenty-one hundre linen for s7S cents
at the Branch Baltimore Shirt Factory, lOl2
street.
J. W. DARE,
nh15-lm Manager.
National Republican., 1876-03-23

and others will soon start the Campaign b Ill
rolling in Connecticut.
National Republican., 1876-03-23

TlyhIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE THAT WE
i have sold TO Mr.. L. NJ. WHITAKER, of this
city, cur entire stock In trade and good will Ia
business, dating from March Ii, 1876 We respect
fully quett all persons who are indeb eh to US TO
call at the store TO settle their accounts. Nr.
ChUatc will remain with Mr. Whitaker, where he
will be glan TO see his former friends and cuSto-
mers, and bespesks for him the liberal and gen.
eIou, patronage heretofore received by the Late
firm. NAkEsN CHOATE Il Gu.
The underslg ned having purch 'sed the stock In
trade and good will Of the business of Messrs.
Warren Choate & Co., will continue the BOOK
and ST TIUN ERY TRADE in all Its branches, at
the old sand, sil Pcnns ylva1ia avenue, Vernon
Row, where he will be most hsppy TO his friends
and the friends and customers of the late firm
well as the general public. All the new publica-
tons issntd will be found upon his counters to-
gPther with the latest styles OF fancy and mercau
lille Stationery. Visiting Cards and Monogram
engraving specially. j.. NJ. wHlTAKEH.
wsSUTSCTON. Ns-rh 16. 1876 mhst
National Republican., 1876-03-23

1t may have been difflcult to get rhyme
for Conkling, bu, 1t was very easy for the
Syracuse convention to harmoniousiy chime
for Conkling.
National Republican., 1876-03-23

1t is not the least strange that the Bourbon
side of the House felt put out yesterday, when
they were taken ia by Blaine on the election
aring bills
National Republican., 1876-03-23

The report that Caleb Marsh made his
money in the bribe-giving business il all
myth. He made every cent of it by selling
grated turnips for horse-radish.
National Republican., 1876-03-23

ing everybody to kick Hester Clymer. If the
TriIHne were not so near-sighted, it would
readily see that there is not enough of the
man to kick with any responsibility.
National Republican., 1876-03-23
BUILDING MATERIALS

THE ARTIFICIAL STONE COMPANY
u OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Is prepared to supply at shert notice, Tiling FOR
Nestf6ules, Sidewalks, FootwaYs and Curling, IN
different col0rs; Fountains, Lawn Ornaments.
House and Lawn Steps and Platforms; houses
honted; cellar walls and flooring cemented to ex.
clude dampness: Kitchens and areas cemented anA
made perfectly dry, and . sure preventive against
the intrusion OF rats, insects, &c:, and all other
work executed for which Portland Cement n
adapted. Our Portland Cement becomes IN q lew
days superior to any Of the marble or natural snns
In common use, and Is an admir- able Imitation %
either marble or EtOne; Is more durable. ana Ia
cre.ses Its shing resistance with age. IL beaxY
O. N, ROBERTs, Manager,
ia&-n sS6 oufsiAnA GVea1a,
National Republican., 1876-03-23
LOST AND FOUND.

r OST FIFTY. DOLLARS WILL BE
- given for The return or LEATHER POCKET
BOOK. containing about zone note OF fsCrN1
John T. Arms, dated December IL, 1874, S@lS3
seventeen months: one note over due of Ssst-Assz
Mrs General Gaines: other papers of no 42-.21@1k0
use to any one but the owner: name In book.
mhZ3-3I JOHN Is. CEAGETr.
National Republican., 1876-03-23
BOARDING.

"OOp'S, AS PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
w First-clasS BOARD At from o. to 40 per
week; Table Board IS Der week; Transients, 81 ~
per day. mar2-lm'
inc PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NEAR
Il " SlIth-strcet Depot FiTst-clas5 board,
with room from es to $40 per week; transient. sl0
National Republican., 1876-03-23
HOUSES.

EOR RENT-HOUSES NOS. li25-liSl Q
Il street, containing ten rooms each, with ,-s<
der Rent 80 per month. or will sell upon Ea
moderate terms. Apply to GEORGE W.
bIGGs, at RIGGS Co. 5 Bank, or to JOHN W.
7. MYERS. 7f5 Fifteenth street. mhse lm
EOR RENT-HOUSES NOS. 1885, l+Ss, liio,
L I4is, lifS 1854 and 1853 Corcoran street. ~
containing Il n rooms each, gas, water. bath, ~
latrebes. Rent 80 per month, or Will sell EH
"IOH JOHN W, P. MYERS, Agent,
fe74-Im -7l5 Fifteenth street.
National Republican., 1876-03-23

If the fathers and mothers of Washington
do not want their children to grow up Pendle-
tons and Robbins, they will see to 1t that when
they make claim on their attention and
affections it will be granted without ''dock-
ingr too large bonus.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-12-23
A Collector PArdOned.

At any other time the sudden and al
most dramatic return OF Mr.. Joshua +.
Bailey would be genuine surprise.
Mr.. Bailey has been fugitive in South
America for seven years. His sureties
long since made good his indebtedness
to the government, and even his enc
mics had comfortably forgotten his de-
falcation Mr.. Bailey, unaided, I'M
dertook to act in New York against
the whisky ring of tho whole country.
He failed; and he fled because, with the
sanguine confidence in success which
young men are apt to have, he had
taken liberties with the government
funds in his hands, which success would
have fully warranted, but which failure
converted into defalcation. The dis
trict attorney and most of the high Off
Gals then familiar with the facts certify
to Mr.. Bailey's good intentions and in
nocence rs to any personal dishonesty
in the matter. The suretios, who suffer-
ed by his defalcation, unite in the GER
tificate, and the government, in accord
ing him full pardon (no criminal pro-
ceedings ever having been instituted
against him), admits that his defalcation
was due entirely to his use OF govern
ment funds in prosecuting whisky
thieves and in defending himself against
the conspiracy of the whisky ring to
break him down, and that none of the
money was ever used by him for his in
dividual purposes. It is understood
that Mr.. bailey lived for a time in
Brazil in exceedingly straitened circum-
stances, but that fortune has smiled
upon him, that he is now engaged in
mining ventures, which promise ex.
ceedipgly we'll, and that altogether the
latter end Of this man is likely to be bet
ter than the first. Tribune.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-12-23

The table of the values of exports
from Great Britain to the United States,
prepared by tho Washington bureau Of
statistics, shows Il decrease, in total,
from G216 $50, 733, i'll 1876, to G158, 6l2, :
292, i'll 1876, or reduction, in round
numbers, of some $500, 100000 in one
year, the create It diminution being in
cotton, linen aud worsted stuffs. For
ton years-from 1850 to 1S60-the aver
age annual excess Of exports over i'm
ports was Sc 900. 900. In 1868 tho ex-
ports and imports were almost equal in
value in 1869 tho imports exceeded the
exports by some 1914 100000 in 1871,
again, they We're equal, but in 1872 the
United States imported in values some
SIG, 100000 more than was sent out,
even including gold.
The daily returns of the foreign com.
merce of the port of New York show the
same facts, as given by the reports of
British exports. The imports of pro-
ducts mp to Nov 81, from Jan. l, have
been 1888, 900 $50, against 1892, 225, 500
in the same period list year, or a reduc-
ton of some $4,000,000, whilo the ex-
ports OF produce are some $21, 600, 900
more this year than last.