National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-04-15

Ohio was always noted for her remarkable
peculiarities. Fate strikes her sideways some
times and knocks her into q novel position be-
fore the world. To-day she has three dead
| Democratic Presidential aspirants treading
upon herl rich soil like apparitions among
| the cold gray stones of 3 cemetery. Groes-
beck, Pendleton and Thurman, the three dead
| ducks.
Among the many abuses which the present
Congress is becoming noted for is the unusu-
ally large number Of absentees in both
branches. Many members failed to take
their seats until after the session was far ad-
vanced, and many have made 1t practice to
be absent about one third of the time. Moth
ing but urgent necessity should force men,
Der from his post of duty. He Is paid for his
services, and should render them with as much
promptness and assiduity as is required from
other servants employed in the civil service.
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A correspondent writes: "God knows that
labor is scarce enough now, and its pay insult
icient to keep body and soul together, but II
the Democratic reduction OF salaries prevail
that pay will be still lower. As. long as the
Government pays comfortable salaries the
laDOTeTk auu CIcI Luib DirttiSt nave uoPC
that they will not be ground down, but when
Congress reduces salaries, then our employers
have an excuse to still further reduce our pay.
Thus you viii see that the proposed reduction
of salaries is cruel blow at labor"
Who's this, prayl The bright Washington
Star mentions q rumor that ga prominent
officer of the House was some years ago SEN
fenced TO State prison for arson. pf-I'orttasd
Pres. .- y-..--..- ..... ...
The Press and the country will find out In
good time. The matter is now being investi-
gated quietly. and as soor as the details Of
the case are received they will be published.
The development wil not reflect much credit
upon the Democracy for placing man in
guilty of this great crime, - D.
What viii the Government do with Mexieof
For thirty years her-eitizens- have been steal
ing our valuable herds and Eaushtering our
border settlements, and the only satisfaction
the United States has ever received for these
repeated outrages has been In the glory OF
now and then running war vessel up the Rio
Grande and anchoring It for . time In close
proximity to the Mexican shore. Thirty odd
years ago we stepped on the son Of the
Montezumas, and quietly thrashed that
people into . state of submission and tempo
rary common sense for not half the provo.a-
| tion that we have at present. General Nc
Kenzie and q few other able officers conld put
q quietus to these troubles in less than four
weeks were they given the necessary orders
to perform the task. 80 -. = 80
When woman win she will, and when she
wont she wont, and you can depend on It. To
| this rule Mrs. Galpin, fullblooded squaw,
residing at Standing Rock, Dakota, is GER
| tainly not an exception. She set up q little
\ trading post of her own, and run It without
paying any bonus, and several intere sted par
ties tried to eject hero But she proved not to
have been that kind Of woman. She said
the pale fquaw trades heap In the great
I wigwams Of the whites, and me will trade
much among my own people. The first pale
face comes here to shut up my shop will get
| his scalp snstehed forty ways from the four
i winds of heaven" The whites who were NOV
ing 10 Dust her concluded that picking mans
| locks 90 many ways at once could not be the
| most agreeable thing to experience, and as a
CONSCIENCE, Mrs. Galpin yends her beaded moe
casins and shakes her CORY buffalo robes at the
whites whom the spirit of adventure and
ayafice has lead into the Wild and picturesque
regions OF Standing Rock. y 80 -
Old Mr.. Mix 10 superstitious man, and
somewhat inclined 10 nerTessaess. There are
dissecting rooms IN q certain portion Of the
city where the young medicine men asd limb
and artery slashers do nightly congregate for
the purpose Of carving up the human form
divine IN the interests Of science. Old MIx's
/ son is one Of the most enthusiastic of this
band Of body manglers, and greatly delights IN
plying his vocation. The other evening his
father paid the dfssecfinesroom visit for the
first time IN his life. Passing up dingy flight
i OF stairs be entered dark hallway, and
groped along until he came TO the door open
log into the room Here he paused for . mo-
meat. The merry laughter and gleesome
talk within sounded like fhe festivities Of a
piosicking party. He thought ~ himself, "the
4 hops ara haviou a kanov tina IA Isft.d a.