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CHANGE OF TINE
WESTERN MARYLAND Il. ROAD.
90 .s;.;.als- .at .,:;: s. -

90 .ss..s.a.s. ssss s.. 8.
NN and after Sunday, Nov. 2G, 1878
" Passenger Trains will run as fol-
lows:
LEAVE MECHANICSTOWN
For Baltimore and Westminster at 1874 A.
NJ, and BAT p. NJ.
For Hagcrstovn and Williamsport ll:22
A NJ and 7:07 P NJ
ARRIVE MECHANICSTOWN
From Baltimore and Westminster at l 1
% A NJ and 7:07 p NJ
From Willamsport and Hagerstown at
7:35 Il m, and 3:47 pm
EMMITTSBUkG RR.-Trains South
will leave Emmittsburg Mt 7:l0 and 1925
y IN, and 3:25 and 610 pm, arrive al Rock
Ridge at 1855 and 1880 Il IN, and 800 and
G:35 pm. North-Leave Rocky Ridge at
$50 and Hos Il m, and 4:05 and G:5O p m,
and arrive at Emmitsburg at S:l5 AMI H..
80 III, and 4:30 and 7.15 p m.
j. Nj. HOOD,
Genl Manager.
B.H. GRISWOLD,
Gen'l Ticket Agent.
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Orphans Court meets every Monday and
Tuesday OF each week.
Chief Judgs-v'm. ]. Black.
IAssociates-Ti. IIolbrunner and Jno
Hightmsn.
Reqister of H-.''s-Col. John r. Rouzer'
Countu Commi,siOne1c--)o5tph Wool
President; Samuel Hargett, Ezra Toms,
Daniel Biser of j., and A. K Simmons.
Czsrk to Commiss,oncrs-H. F. Steiner
Collector Of State and County 7"res-G'
w. Miller.
COUNTY Survcyor-Wm. II. Ramsburg.
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.
President, James w. Pearrc; Commlso,l'
crs-William G Baker, James w. IfoNcr,
Joseph Brown, Henry Boyle.
JUSTICES OF TIE PEACE.
District No. 15-Frcd'k White, Mechan'
icstown: l.. Firor, Gracclam WIN. D
Mcpherson, Catoctin Furnace.
REGISTRAR Or VOTERS.
District No. l5-Bcrnard Co!litiower.
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COUNTY OFFICERS:
Chef Judge-Hon. Il. l. Bowie.
Assoc1uses-Hons John A Lynch aud w.
V. BOuic.
STATES Attorney-Johu G. Mottcr.
Clerk of Circuit Court-Thomas Cor
SUCH
Sherif-John Sweadncr.
Auditor-Fred'k. j. Nelson.
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Job Work-CASH ON DELlFERY
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REGISTRAR Or VOTERS.

District No. l5-Bernard Co!litiower.
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MECIIANICsTOWN.

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National Republican., 1877-04-24
HELP FOR HOME LIFE.

1t Is great satisfaction to learn that the
suggestions recently made In THE Ma
TIoNAL REPUBLICAN concernin the new
departure in our present domestic help are
receiving favorable consideration from the
press as well a. the housekeeper.. Amer
ical women are famous the world over for
their housekeeping. and this reputation has
been won in the face Of the fact that they
contend with great difficulties 10 the matter
Of help. The household Of Europe, In
the matter Of domestic service, are much
further advanced than those In America,
but the European housekeeper cannot com
pete with 40 American In conducting do.
mestic affairs. In Europe the housekeeper
does not have TO contend with that ridic-
ulous prejudice which In our own country
looks upon the life Of . servant as degrsd-
ing. There an air Of respectsbility sur.
rounds the duties OF the domestic, and espe.
cially 10 England, where poor gentlemen
are to be found dischargins these duties In
six cut of every ten Of the homes; but here
1t Is rare thing to nnd gentlewoman OIL
girl Of ordinary Intelligence and culture
performing the work Of o servant. 1t Il
clear, therefore, that we're housekeepeIs Il
advance their interests by improving thei
domestic help the reputation which they
already have would be enlarged. and man,
comforts would be added to home life.
National Republican., 1877-04-24

A SUNDAY PAPER asks: "When will the
Metropolitan railway abolish the seven-oent
swindlep We answer, not until the people
stop paying the additional two cents for =
single fare. We know II is not always con-
venient 70 eIpend quartsr iu tho purchase
Of five tickets, but we believe many more peo-
pie would do 50 II they only gave the subject
. little thought. The ten cents saved will
moro than pay the interest on the Investment,
even though the FIVE rides which the tickets
insure arc not taken In two weeks or month,
and we take II that very few Of our citizens
who ride at all ride less frequently than that,
The seven-cent arrangement Is . swindle, es.
pecislly when every passenger Is compelled to
be his own conductor. But II is good thing
for the railroad company, which makes ffty
dollars day at the lowest calculation out o.
the two cent arrangement. They run sixty
cars daily, and each car makes fourteen trips
making in all eight hundred and forty trips
At the lowest calculation, an avera 20 Of thre'
passengers on each trip pay the single faro o
seven cents, thus giving the company 81,
cents. Multiply this by the whole number o
trips, ,'and the company gets my dollars sn'
forty cents which It is not legally entitled TO
But the estimate OF only three fares 10 yer.
low one. This extra fry dollars had bette
be In the pockets Of the individuals than 4
the Golfers OF this corporation
National Republican., 1877-04-24
TIE UNITED STATES AND VENE.

ZURLA.
1t is fact to be deplored, but 1t Is never.
theless a true one, that some of our repre-
sentatives abroad have of late years CON
Quoted themselves In such manner as to
bring discredit upon the American name.
This has been particularly the case with
reference to the South American Repub.
lies. Torn and distracted with internal dis
sensions; many Of them humble and feeble,
they have too often been the prey for rapa-
cious individuals who, obtaining consular
or diplomatic appointments, use their com.
missions TO cover the more remunerative
business OF acting as agents for enforcing
the payment OF claims. There have been
instances, too, where these Governments
have been deliberately insulted because
they insisted upon being dealt with equita
bly,.
t,The Republic Of Venezuela is case II
point. For q series OF years the Govern
ment of that Republic had complained o
the fraudulent character Of many OF tn,
claims awarded by the commission be
tween the United States and Venezuela
The complaints became SO earnest and fire.
quent that finally, at the f1rst session o
the Forty. fourth Congress, all of thu
papers and correspondence were called for
As a result of an examination OF these tn
Committee on Foreign Affairs Of the Hous
Of Representatives came to the conclusion
and SO reported. that many of the com
plants OF Venezuela were Justifsble an
National Republican., 1877-04-24

IT Is really fmusing to hear the ultra
Republicans comparing President HAYES
to ANDREW JOHNSON, and talking about
his "Johnsonizing" the party. When
pushed 10 the wall they cannot point to O
single act which justiaes the comparison
Mr.. JOHNSON excited opposition by putting
himself in direct sRtasonism to what were
at that time the well.considered views AND
wishes Of the Republican party which had
elected him. President HAYES is acting
within the party, and is sustained by al
except oorporal's guard OF msloontents
He Is fulfilling the promises and pledges
given In his letter Of acceptance, and upon
which he was elected. Did those wht
now oppose him regard that letter as mer'
clap trap. to be repudiated altar tho elec
ton, Iftbey did they mistook their man
that Ia all.
National Republican., 1877-04-24

valid, and recommended the Withholding
Of tie payments Of further warrants for
the time being. 1t was also In evidence
that much Of the fraud was made poss ibls
by the connivance of . former Minister
Resident (Mr. SrILLwHLL) now deceased.
When this report was published and
reached Venezuela the Venezuelan author.
tiles were naturally indignant that Mr..
THOMAS RUssRLL, the then Minister Resi-.
dent Of the United States, had reflected
pointedly upon the action Of the Venezue-
Ian Government. As Q Consequence they
declined 10 hold further Official commupi.
cation with him.
A respectful complaint made in form by
friendly power should be taken cegni.
zance Of with the least possible delay.
This should be done the moro readily
when the complaining power is weak and
feeble, and when good cause Of complaint
Is shown. We are, therefore, surprised
that no hlnister has yet been appointed 10
succeed Mr.. RUSSELL. He yet virtually
holds the position Of Minister Resident to
the Republic of Venezuel..
That there was good cause OF complaint
In this case, aud that Venezuela was fully
justified In declining to hold further Off.
cial communication with Mr.. RUSSELL, no
unpreiudiced reader Of his official CORE.
spondcuce with the State Department can
doubt. He seemed to embrace every op.
portunity TO misrcpresent the Venezuels
Government, and in letter to Secretary
Frsn, dated Caracas, May 8, 1875. he
offered a deliberate insult by using the
following Language, which Is the closing
paragraph Of that letter:
| feel bound to add that there are, In my opin
| lon, only two ways In which the payment Of &C
large an amount can be obtained. The ,fra 20 b,
sharing the proceeds rih some Of the ehfsf ofesri
| Of iAis Governmsni; the second, by display or
has boon pursued by one or more nations, will, o.
| course, never be followed by the United States
Tho expediency OF tho second II Is not my prov
ince TO discuss.
In view of such charge and statement
as this, was IL any wonder that Veuezuels
declined to recognize him further 10 or
official characterf We cannot understand
why be has not been formally relieved
1t should be done at once as mark o
respect to the Government of Venezuela
which. According to the report of our owl
House OF Representatives has beer
wronRed and outraged In the who'll
matter Of these claims.
National Republican., 1877-04-24
THE UFFIzI GALLERY, FLORENCE.

What can one say Of the treasures ofar In the
Ufhli gallery that has not already been better
saidi II you attempt Q more synopsis OF this
marvellous collection, with its 1850 paintings
5000 original designs, 1000 canoes and iutaslos
and 90, 900 designs, you arc overwhelmed by the
sheer opulenoe Of your materials. Entering the
court, with Its numerous inches adorned with the
marble statues OF celebrated Tuscans, you arc
introduced, amopy others, to aiotto, Dante,
Miohsel Angelo, Loousrdo da vinei, Petrarch
and Bsoosocio, Msochiavelii and aalliso. rs
oendisg tho grand stairway and entering the
vsstibule you are presented to the Modici, the
founder Of this noble gallery. Then you wander
along the corridors ~ In . cream, passing In 70.
view long hles OF gods and goddssses, ewperors,
kings. saints, angels and msdonnas. Here are
Roman emperors, from Cesar 10 Constantine, side
By side with deities from the profane Jupiter 10
the divine Jesus Hero are long perspeetiyes Of
Apoilos, yenuses, Vestsls, Nymphs and MUSES.,
Faqns and Baeehantes, canoPied BY ceilings In
arabesqus and freseo, IllustrAtiys Of Fiorsntino
annals and ancient mythology, together with .
pictorial chronological history Of ruloan art from
Oimabue to ya.afL You begin with the Virgin
''ngure Of marchpsne," and end with Fra An.
National Republican., 1877-04-24

sslise's aagsis ia the eosyidog. Or Rsphasrs
aMadoana Sths 0sidnneh" IN ne TsisuSs. II
Amer CiuSbus eomes oiotts, who, fryo .
ps.sS :s g m: ;Sss:s s.S.. &
oio,to, then Is Rsssissssss, vhish "a %
srannn o y .ny sn1p 'Gs mos.
Italian artists. The RsnnaissAnee osiminassd
in Leonardo de- vlnei and Miohael Angelo. This
Arsr s tssna rapid q as' aur,sy s Of tn. y.riou,
schools Of art and the several cabinets Of gems:
Inscriptions, camsos, and brcnlea, the 81: and
minable review 10 . few oelsbratsd mastsrpisces
Let us enter the stately hall where the fAs.Mned
NSSs ~sa M ns, ssysn sons and seven -
in the most palmetto IL not the most eloquent 81
,sS, S or g y. N: s.: ss.4s
genius holds It's oourt-ths halls Of autegrsph
portraits Of the most celebrated painters Of Ill
collection of more than three Sahdrsd iisstrstsd
autobiogrsphiel. some Of these portraits are
what every good portrait ousht 70 6e. .'nfs his,
the inner man, whore tho outlines Of character
tinetly Is the wrinkles on their browi.
.ys. ana n s oes: doss
his canvas .gentle, simple, sallow and sad
Leonardo d ylnei, sith h: E,avs, ..isMn ssp:s,
apostle Just out or an Illuminated missai. Yes
recognise at once the author Of the Last Sup
per-" Thsrs Is vandyck, WIKI his long haar, franh
open brow, clear blue eye, and red mustasks; ana
there 10 Michael Angelo In his dressing gown
whose broken nose recalls "reminiscences Of the
fearful blow he recsived from TorregianL whisl
dlsngursd him for life. But then, did not the
great artist throw handful Of marble dust int
The eyes Of Sodsrni, the gonfalonier, who dared
10 crfticise his Davidf Bat notwithstanding hi
broken mere you neod not LOOK twioe TO soc that
ho was man full Of IRE and passion a we'll q
genius, with volcanic brain and . Dsntssqus
the veritable author OF the Last Judgment"
The Tribune, We need not say, 10 the gem o
tho gallery. Octagopal In form, paved with pre-
cious marbles, and surmsunted BY . cupola In
laid with mother pearl, this saostuary Of afI
contains masterpieces enough TO make the rspu
tation OF half dosen galleries. Arranged IN Z
circle around the hall arc i've antique statues, o.
which the famous "ysnus de Medisi' 10 th'
great masters, there arc siI kaphaeis, if We 3,
not accept the celebrated Fornarinai three II
tians, including those "luminous nudtiea,r hi
two venusss; and . Holy Family, By Michael An
gslo-ons Of the three easel paintings attributes
70 the great sculptor, who onoe said. with spic
Of Ill nature, that "oil painting was nt ouly 70
hsgsssns for Nay.
National Republican., 1877-04-24

thing, the letter which he wrote to Mr..
TILpKN would undoubtedly have attracted
q great deal Of attention. and even more
ridicule than II has. CHARLHs FRANori
ADAMS may be an able man, but he Is an
eminently disappointed man, and hii
aspirations in the direction Of the White
House have been so deep-seated that dis
appointment has shocked his nervous sys.
tenn SO severely that he will probably never
recover. Mr.. O. F. ADAMS Il an eminen,
son of noble sire, but disappointment Il
slowly undermining his mind and health.
National Republican., 1877-04-24

SENATOR BLAINE says that the Presi.
dents Southern policy does not represent
the stalwart Republican sentiment Of New
England. The New England papers very
generally retort that If the Senator means
that few disgruntled politicians represent
the ''stalwart Republican sentiment" he
is correct But, as they think that the
merchants, manufacturers and business
men generally represent that stalwart sen,
timent, they fail to see the force of wha,
the Senator says.
National Republican., 1877-04-24
SHALL VICE OR VIRTUE WLNf

1t Is still an open question whether the
gamblers and the detectives combined are
to win against the honest people Of Wash.
ingtou who made the fight against their
wicked combination. Through the aid
and connivsnce Of . Board Of Police
Commissioners which failed to do Its
duty, the gamblers and the detectives
seem to have the best Of 1t for the
time being; for We regard the late white
washing report Of the Board Of Police -
. partial victory for the gamblers as well
As the detectives, and 1t Is reported that In
some places the 'tiger' Is showing his
fsngs again. 1t IL notat oil surprising that
the gambler feels encouraged to renewed
enterprise. He lights his gas Jets again,
but detectives and policemen are stricken
with sudden blindness when they pass by
the gilded palaces Of hell. Aud the noble
science Of robbiug the poor man Of his
earnings at the card table advances to per
fection. But the tide will turn. Em.
boldsned BY success they will soon again
too seriously interfere with the rights o
the honest people Of the community, who
demand the suppression Of crime, ant
when the raid Of virtue on vice Begin
again care will be taken that there shall be
an investigation by some other power thar
. time serving and faithless Police Board
We confess We have little or no hop,
while police affairs are administered b,
the present board. But we do believe tha
President HAYES has too much regard 70
virtue asd justice to keep such a quintette
Of faiuhlessness and imbecility in powe
very long.
National Republican., 1877-04-24
THE TURF KNoTBLDDLYG FOR PEACE.

THE RKN0TBL FOR PEACE.
The Russian embassy In leaving Con.
stantinopls for Odessa last night blasted
the last hopo Of peace. Their leaving
proves conclusively that Russia has deter
mined to fight, let come what will. The
rumor that the Sultan had become fright
ened aud Is anxious to secure peace at all
hazards is undoubtedly pure fabrication.
He knew when he rejected the protocol
that he was bringing desolstipg war upon
his country, but rather than suffer the deep
humiliation to which that document would
have subjected him he accepted the alterns
tive of war. and will struggle. Turk.like,
on 10 the bitter end. Therefore those who
have believed peace possible all along may
now put away the olive branches. II Il
useless to cry "Pesce - peace p wher
there is no peace.
National Republican., 1877-04-24
Southern Pred udios Az Iinst Labor.

Capital without labor b worthless, says the
Knoxville Chroniels. There 10 no doubt but
that this is the trouble with our country to-
day. Bread only comes from our wheat fields,
and those helds will mover yield without man
usl labor. They say the South is barren
waste. And whyi 10 1t because she has no
agricultural or mineral resources, no rich
fields for the tiller, no water courses for -four
ishing millsi Certainly not. Never was
there = land so bounteously blessed with all
these as the sunny South. Then why are
her fields barren wastei They are in this
deplorable condition because her people have
not fully recovered from the effects Of false
and vicious teaching given in the days Of
slavery, by which young men were made to
believe that labor was only the duty OF
slaves. But when the bloody surges Of our
fratricidal strife had swept over the country
those young men found their country shorn Of
Its slaves, and In the face OF the fact that
they believed work was degrading they found
their rich felds going 70 ruin, and that the
only way to save them was to 90 to work
themselves. Thus thoroughly inbued with
this old doctrine, they could not yield to the
necessities Of the times, and consequently
hundreds Of them became professional leaf
ers, and have not for the space Of ten year
earned enough to keep life In their bodies.
The Chronicle, In speaking Of the result o
this peculiar condition Of affairs, says that no
few young men without incomes and too lax.
and too proud to work for a livelihood hav
frequented bar.rooms, billiard halls, bowlinl
alleys, gambling saloons aud other places o
amusement and dissipation, until they bav
gone down In the social scale, aud have los
respect for themselves and for their friends
Instead of being . source Of wealth they are
tax upon the communities In which they re
aide. You will and them along our railroads
oongregated about iepots to watch passenRe
trains arrive and depart, and about the othe
places mentioned above. They are ssedy |
appearance and appear to have lost oil life an
energy. This oohditton Of things must chang
before the South can prosper. The presen
, Administration ia doing, and will In the futur
, do, everything possible to build up the vast
places In the South, but II win fail unless tn
vicious and absurd prejudice against labor
~ dispelled. Her idlers mast be taught that y
honest labor Is degrading, and henceforth th,
must be willing 10 earn the clothes they wei
and the food they eat. When this happen
then new era Of prosperity will dawn upt
the South but until IL does happen MI Il
Q efforts of the Administration TO better u
condition Of that people will be uuavailing.
National Republican., 1877-04-24

opportunity they have the power TO indorss
the Presidents policy and display gratitude
for his measures BY organizing the House
In the interests OF the Administration. II
they do this they will secure . lever BY
which they can elevate the South from the
slough Of despondencv into plain Of pros
perlty and substantial peace. II they fail
they will jeopsrdize the Presidents policy
and run the dangerous risk Of building up
again the sectional barriers which have Just
been removed.
National Republican., 1877-04-24

JUsT forty nine years ago. on the 7th Of
May, the Russians crossed the Pruth.
They will cross at just about the 7th Of
May next, asking about as much odds Of
Europe as they did forty .nine yesrs ago.
National Republican., 1877-04-24

THERE is law, we believe, against the So
licitation OF aims on the public streets. But,
like good many other laws, It is dead letter
so far as the police are concerned. The most
annoying Of these beggars are the little boys
and girls who appear In full force about night
fall, and dog the footsteps Of the pedestrian
with the whine OF "just one penny to buy .
loaf OF bread" and such like. There Is not
one 10 twenty who 10 . deserving object Of
charity. They are sent out to beg either BY
vsgsbond parents or some ovsEgrown losfsr
Who 10 too lazy to work. let the police do
their duty and put stop To II.
National Republican., 1877-04-24

ONE OF Cuba's best friends is that terri.
BILE destroyer, the yellow fever. And to
the patriots Its appearance always brings
hope. The mortality resulting from it
among the Spanish soldiers has exceeded
the amazing figure OF ninety per cent,
while the Cubans remain untouched.
Hence this dreadful scourge Is hailed with
JOY by the oppressed people, among whom
it has acquired the title of the "Yellow
Patriot"
National Republican., 1877-04-24
ALL SHADES OF OPINION.

IN Aa column Of TIE RsruBLIcAN ssil
hersqJsw b. Tosrd editorial extracts upon tn-
portant q~estie~s from promsnent American
nsvspapsrs irrespective Of party. Our readers
vln thus Be kept irformed Of the temper Of both
the Repubi,can and th Democratic pras spor
political and other subjects. We psbh'h m<'s
extracts xst as ~e would any other item Of ns'ss,
purely for reformation. 0~r. ovn opsnsons
and vkS, via, as usual, be eaprsusd only sn
our editorial columns.
National Republican., 1877-04-24

AFTER all, the poor women who arc about
to be dismissed from the Treasury may be
benefited BY the act. To be employed in the
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing is like
being buried alive with an over. present posi-
billy Of being resurrccted and elected. When
once out they can trnthfully soliloquize:
o solitude, whore sro thy charms
That sages have seen In thy fanef
Better dwell In the midst Of alarms.
Than groau In this horrible place.
National Republican., 1877-04-24

NICK MULLER, of the First Congres-
sional district of New York city. says he
will stick Notwithstanding the desperate
efforts of Mr.. TILpEN to have him make
room for DAVID DUDLEY FIRLp. MT
NICK MULLER likes to habitate among the
big bugs Of the Capital, and considering
this 1t is not surprising that he has con.
cluded to stick.
National Republican., 1877-04-24

AFTER a careful perussl of the letter
signed B. +. WADE. and addressed to U
II. PAINTER. We have come to the conclu.
sion either that WADE did not write 1t or
If he did that he has reformed. There is
not one prolane word in /. except "hell. -
and that cen scarcely be said to have been
used in profane sense. as 1t Is coupled
with that threadbare quotation about 9
pavement made of good intentions, or word,
to that effect.
National Republican., 1877-04-24

AUSTRIA has spoken, and says In unmis.
taxable terms that she will remain neutral
so long as her interests are not menaced in
the East, but that when those interests are
threatened she will act promptly in self.
defense. As it is evident now that the
theatre OF war will be in RoumaniA at first,
the probabilities are that Austria will soon
be involved. for she reserves to herself ab-
solute freedom OF action.
National Republican., 1877-04-24

THUS far there seems to be but one per.
son In the nation who believes in the quo
varranfo process. The people are for
peace, and under the banner of the present
Administration they see 1t assured. Any
attempt to destroy this national tranquility
will receive the prompt condemnation Of
the people. whether it be in the shape OF q
quo udrrdnto. or by open or, secret hos
tility to the Administration.