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BUDGET OF FUN.
An Old Mans warning. .

Soon after dinner yesterday an elderly man.
having the appearance of being suburbanlte,
hastily entered Woodward avenue drug store
and eXcitedly called for the proprietor Wheh
that gentleman came forward the stranger
called out:
Say, don't you know that Paris green is
frank poison
"Of course do" was the reply.
| "'.l; vet YOU leave dozen big cans out mere
on the sidewalk, where fatal results may Occur
at any moment"
"Oh, they are put out there every gay IL
signs that we have the poison for sale"
Take them right intake them in this mo
ment," exclaimed the old man, waving his
hands rs high as the chandelier. suppose d
boy comes along"
Yes"
And sposn he thinks that stuff is sugar
and eats a lot of it. Where will the law put
lyouE
the contents Of the cans
Il will get excited sir, when human life is
in danger call upon you 70 put, those cans
down cellar al once"
| And refuse.
| you do, eh Well, sir let me warn you
Some day Il poor, innocent child barely able
to toddle around, will come along here and see
those cans. He will get dowmon his hands
and knees and lick, lick ut the can with his
rosy tongue. In an hour he'll be dead, anC
the dark shadow Of murder will fall athwar
your door Men will hiss your name, you'll
20 to the wall, and at last driven to wild dies
pair you'll--n
Have Il glass Of soda ?" interrupted the
druggist.
Thd old man looked ut him kccnly glanced
| towards the cool fountain, AMI in very sol
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Just before dying, a fashionable young man
asked to be buried II his hest suit including
one of those elaborate collars. His reques
was complied with. but the sexton said, "Blam
ell If he was going TO dig a. grave fourteen
feet long unle-> he was paid double price .o'
ii."-NorgtStosra ReralG.
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Ros-ini walking one day in Pas.y with a
friend. passed q stout street musician singing
to a guitar in the most horrible tason, the ser.
cnadc from the barber The composer stop
ped and rave the vocalist piece Of money
What" said his friend, astonished: you en-
courage this robust mendicant? He has no
infirmity needing pity" OH said RosSini
didn't you hear the voice with which he !,
ntflictcdE'
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NOTICEc.-EsTATK OF PETER SWEENEY. DECEASED
y Notice IS hereby given, that the undersGEGd Aasln
strator with the will annexed OF the estate OF iGef S"e
ney late the county OF La Sale and state OF Ihns
ceased will appear before the County Court oil sd county
on the hlrd Monday (beisg the twentieth day OF AuEn
A d. ls,i at the County Court House In Ottawa, IN sau
county when and where all persons having claims or Hc
mandS against said esaeare notified 10 attend and present
the same In writing TOR adjustment.
~ slLAS ". EUGEE,
yplv-Gw Administrator, &C.
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Dear George, how sweet and wayy that
wheat i, :" exclaimed g fair young lady, look
inc languidly from a car window. Yes, love
how beautiful" saws dear George, more intent
on insinuatin- lis arm around twcnty-iom
hone corset. how likc-how like Il dwcamn
How like oai-, re;ored disguised gran ger
",hems oats, young man.
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There must he lawn order said the judge
Yesterday, pushing his little mower vigorous
ly.-R..i SIR Democrat.
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When I die, said married man, Il wan
to 70 where there isno snow-to shovel" Hl
wife said she presumed he would.
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Aegal.
RICHOLSON & SNOW,

NINAI. SETTII;M EN'F.-EsrATE OF
L THEODORE Hoss. DRo'D.-Notce hereby given 10 ~,
In said estate that the unCe'sgncd Al
min strator with the will annexed OF the estate OF sa eo
dore Hoss deceased viii appear before the County court on
Court House H. Ottawa in said county on Monday th uay
of August A. D. 1871 for the purpose OF rendering an hC
count his proceedings in the administration OF s"u rs
tate for the final settlement.
Dated at Ottawa this 18Th day oil July 1851
AUGUST FUNFSlN.
ATTEST; II. A. McCALEB. Administrator, &C
Clerk CouAty Court La Sale Co. III. luly@liw
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4 consolation for the ladies. This world
abound, IN -pe-1cc-iCns
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NICHOLS, SHEPARD Il CO.,
Rattle Creek. Mich.

They or any of hef r,rular authorized Dealers furnish
Illustrated PtmDhets Pace Lists and iu particular. IFrc'
on application. -'''--''''
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FOR SALE.

Lot G Ottawa City Addition to OTTAWA, al the head Of
OTTAWA Avenue House with six rooms, cellar cs,erh
we'll barn &C About 100 growing trees 10 perch Of 'tnh'
on the ground. and beautiful building spot Ho"uhS Oh
i"n1iS AvyHD' u O'' H'" 40 4 NJ TRIHBLE.
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While we guarantee as Good Work
anv CITY iobbers, we challenge compar
son of Prices with any other e7tabllsn
mentS
National Republican., 1877-10-05

man In England at this moment who would have
been welcomed with such enthusiasm. Working.
men have turned out by tens Of Thousands 10 see
and cheer him. On the Tyne all the vessels were
dressed with flags, and 10000 men voluntarily lost
half a days work for the sake Of welcoming the
OK President Of the United States. Well might
General Grant refcr to this as circumstance OF
no ordinary interest" He unquestionnbly secs
that these immense gatherings arc brought to-
gcther by deeper feeling than that Of mere idle
curiosity. The public are not slow 10 do honor
10 his personal merits, but such displays
as these which havs taken place In the North carry
q political Significance with them. There the In
huenccs Of "society" are not felt. There is no
jealousy or dlstrust OF America no feeling Of ap-
prcnsion lest her example should produce sweep.
ing changes In tho public affairs Of England. The
word Republic" Is so far from being appalling 10
these workingmen Of the North that they turn out
In body to cheer the representative OF tie great
est Republic In the world, There are mnny who
believe that England would soon decay IL her form
Of government underwent any substantial change.
The hard-h h eaded workingmcn Of the North enter.
tain no such opinion. They don't think that Gen.
erul Grant represents failure. They not at oil
afraid Of the heXampe" which his country Is pre-.
senting to the world. They believe that Il Is quite
as well TO be ruled by man Of his sort las by man
like, for example, the Prince Of Wales. Perhaps
these opinions may be very shocking, but you may
depend upon II they on the increase among the
workingmon OF England. You do not see much Of
their newspapers. or have any opportunity Of know
Ing what they are thinking or talking about"
National Republican., 1877-10-05
PERSONAL

DowN with the gosling of our grandmothers.
THERE'S snow chance for the Russians now.
GIN HOWARD Is in safe pursuit of the In
diaus.
Mr.. MooDY, it is said, will spend December
In Maine
SENATOR ARMSTRONG weighs one hundred
and eighty.
Mr.. BONNER has private races on his West
chester farm.
NATURE is pinning scarlet flowers all over
her pet naples.
STUDYING at his meals and eating alone
killed LCVerrier.
IcEvT.LE is the quecr name of a Western
Massachusetts village
TiIE Gar Is getting worry impatient with
suryia. That does not Seryia right,
THE Spectator saws that an Englishman
could not write HEbbertOns stories.
RIuHT Hon. LYON PLAYFAIR, N. p, Lon.
don, England, is visiting Louisville Ky.
THE Gar met man near the Tirvova cafe
the other day, but didnt say Turkey once.
SENATOR LAFAYETTE +. GROVER, Of
Oregon Is al the II. Nicholas Hotel, Nav York.
"SHuN WAsHISGToN," says Gen. Boynton
But the ttmpta shGn is too great for some folks:
y. G. GOODWIN, the Boston comedian, re-
cecently married Mls Ella westhersby Is San
Francisco,
A CHICAGO paper, in an article on Tweed
says IL loves good liar. Egotism Is the curse ol
the country.
QUEEN VICTORIA has done one thing lately
National Republican., 1877-10-05
BUSINESS IN THE DISTRICT,

The NATIONAL REPUBLICAN is now read
daily by over fifty thousand persons. 1t
circulates among ten thousand families,
who comprise the intelligence and wealth
of this District. These families are the
largest consumers Of produce, provisions
fabrics and fancy articles, necessaries and
luxurics, which form the stock in trade of
the merchants. The advertising columns
of tins journal, therefore, present the most
direct and natural channel of communica-
ton between the merchant and the con-
sumer Of his wares that can be found or
could be desired.
The better class of houses in the District
are just now rapidly filling up with new
arrivals, from all sections of the country, of
those who will have business with Congress
the coming winter, and who intend con-
Meeting themselves with the present Ad-
ministration for the next four years.
These new housekcepers have not yet
determined to whom they will offer their
patronage, and it is prize for which the
merchants and tradesmen will have to
strive.
There have been very large number OF
houses erected in this District during the
last twelve months, but they are nearly all
occupied as soon rs finished. Where the
people come from to occupy them all is
what astOnishes the owners and builders.
But, notwithstanding all this, the fact re-
mains that the resident population of the
District is rapidly increasing, and the bust
ness of merchants and tradesmen must in
crease in corresponding ratio. We are made
aware of this npid growth by the constant
accession of new subscribers from those
localities recently built up, and we are striv.
ing to make such journal as shall command
the confidence and respect of the better
class of citizens, and tend to improve and
| elevate the lower classes. We are pushing
this journal into liberal circulation
which We can guarantee to our adyer-
tisers shall continue to increase through
the entire winter. Those who wish, like
us, to push their business to greater
volume can have the advantage of ouI
columns at the most reasonable rates
Those who first reach the ears of the con.
sumers of the new settlers as well as tho
old residents will stand the best chance oI
winning their custom. "A nod is as good
| as a wink etc.
National Republican., 1877-10-05
WORK AND WAGES,

AT Cambridge, Mass, tanners are paid 81
per week. clean hands So curriers' SO plitters and
engineers sli, shayers si3 and fnishers SO.
AT the st. Louis saw mills carpenters get
from si2 to SIS per week. turner's $3.50 boxmakers
$40 to sl2 engineers sl2, teamstcrs $40 and labor
eB s9
THE carriage factories of New York and
Brooklyn are doing fair business. although not
running at fnl capacity. Trade Is reported dull at
Boston.
THE miners of the Riverside Coal Company,
Wnkesbarre, Pa. have accepted a ten per cent
advance. and all the coieries of that company are
now at work.
BUSINESS in the building trades is reported
better In st. Louis and Chicago than at any time
since the beginning Of the season. Prospects arc
promising In New York and Chicago.
THE millinery and dressmaking trades are
In New York city last week 1874 machine operators
were advertised for, in Boston 20, in St. Louis l5o
BUSINESS at the -four mills keeps improving
are busy and the following rates ofwages arc paid
Millers slo engineers si2 teamsters SO and help
ers %.
THE painting trade is reported as generally
good, but at Detroit. Michigan, about two hundred
painters are idle. Wages per week In that city are
So for ornamenters, SIS for graincrs and s!5 for
gildeB.
THE demand for female domestic labor seems
always active and good servants demand high
wages in addition TO their board and lodging. The
papers OF all large cities have numerous advertise
ments for cooks and housemaids.
THERE Is more activity in the carpenterng
trade In Boston now than there has been for sew
eral months, and business In New York and brook.
lyn Is good The door, SaSh and frame factories at
Salem, Mass, are not busy at present
In the stone quarries near Charleston, S. c.,
stonccutters and marbleworkers get SIS per week .
helpers, 81 polishers S. teamster4 81. At Brook.
lyn, Jersey City, Boston and Providence business
Is fair but the Western trade Is dull, and many
out Of work.
THE glass-chimney makers in parts Of the
| Middle and Western States are on a strike and
| issue appeals to woTkmen IN their line 10 keep
| away from P!ttsburE Mansfield. Pa, and steubcn.
| Vile Ohio. At 2anesville, Ohio, a large glass
works have resumed operations, giving employ
ment to 100 hands.
ALL the cotton mills In Georgia and North
Carolina running on full time, and are keeping
in the Southern cotton mills from 30 to 10 pei
| cent. less than in the Eastern and Middle States
and they declare dividends Of 10 and II per cent.
| THE coopers' strike at Pittshurg and ALLIE,
| ghcny City has not ye, been settled, large mum
| bor OF men still remaining out The daily demand
Is about 5000 barrels. while the production Is only
receipts from other pOllts Al Rochester, n Y,
| about $40 eoopors are idle. AZ Sharon, Pa the
| coOpers are on strike for an increase Of wages
THIS country conrinucs TO make steady
progress IN shiPbuild.Hg notwithstanding the hard
| tmoS. Five years ago England had q decided ad
vantage over the United Sts'us with respect 10 thu
| cost Of shipbuilding, materials and labor bcinJ
much cheaper. great change has taken place
National Republican., 1877-10-05
THE sPEAKERsHIP.

The Democratic clans are gathering pre-
paratory to a struggle for the pickings
about the Hall of the House of Representa-
tives. There will he show of contest
for the Speak ership, but it will be short
sharp and decisive" Mr.. Cox has come
upon the ground early, being the first to
pitch his tent on the field of battle. He
could not think OF being left or forgotten
hence he has put in an appearance early
but he isno nearer the Speakers chair than
he is to the gates of Paradise This he
very well understands, and hence he /,
skirmishng for position, where he can br
recognized in the makeup Of committees
Having studied Paradise Lost, >" in conncc.
tOn with the late House of Representa-,
tiyes, when he forfeited the Speakcrship tC
obey the behests OF JoHN KELLEY. Mr.
Cox, under the irrepressbility Of his nature
is determined TO be heard from. So he i,
here rs genial and sprightly Ns is possible
button -holing the members us they stragglc
into town, and gathering here and there
name that he can score TO his own account
What he lacks in prestige under his lat,
fall from the Speakers chair he il
disposed to make up in activ
ity. for ths purpose of coopins
chickens that he can count when Congr' s
meets. Just in proportion IA he presents
formidable front in the count Just in tha
proportion he hopes to be- appreciated wlIrl
the Speaker elect shall make up his jewel
on the committees.
Mr.. Randall has also ceme into CAM
within few days or so, and is preparing
for action, but he shows marked conf
dence in the strength of his cause. He
cool, calm md collected, and regards his owr
chances aS beyond doubt.
There is, however II little confusion i
the Democratic arithmetic relating to thi
question. The whole number Of DcmG
cratic msmbos In the House Is one huE
National Republican., 1877-10-05

THE mania for suicide is evidently at Its
greatest pitch. The latest case reported Is
that Of MARTIN FLuHR, German. ffty-two
years Of age, who deliberately walked out Of a
saloon into the street and shot his head to
pieces lie was possessed Of several thousands
of dollars, was in good health, and a single
man. Can scientists, men Of the Church or
other deep thinkers tell US why this man
should have thrown OFF the mortal ooil-why
he should fly into the face Of ills he knows
not of? While here he was in the full enjoy
mcnt of all that man could wish for There
is good and just God, and all Christians be-
lieve this. Then why should one Of His children
be permitted to take his own lifeP The ways
of Divine Providence are indeed inscrutible.
This victim to the horrible deed was without
wife or children, and that may account for it,;
yet in answer to this il can he said that the
father, surrounded by all the pleasures and
luxures of home-ah! the life-giving word
home-steps out into the eternity of space
often without kiss Of goodbye from those he
loves or should love even better than words
can tell This selfmurder is a mystery that
the wise men of the East should solve, il they
can. But to recur TO this man FLuuR; no
other reason can be given for his rash act save
and except that he found that he was living
in Pittsburg, aud this thought made his life
| unbcarble.
National Republican., 1877-10-05

dred and forty y-fve.. Of these RANDALL
claims sixty votes certain; Mr. Cox, thirty
five; Mr.. sAyLER, forty; Mr.. BLACKBURN,
thirty eight, and Mr.. MORRISON, thirty two;
and thcre are said to be few fugitive votes
that nobody has counted with any certainty
of holding them. As two hundred and five
votes arc positively claimed, and only one
hundred and forty-fve votes, to say
nothing Of the scattering, can possibly
be secured to the Democratic side, it is
evident that there is cheating around the
board somewhere. II does not seem posi-
Bile to hold an election anywhere in which
the Democrats take part where there is not
more or less repeating, ballot-box stufiing OF
cheating in some way. 1t has become such
habit with that party TO practice frauds
upon the ballot-box that when they have no
opportunity to cheat their opponents they
practice their arts upon each other.
1t now appears, from statement in the
Cincinnati Enquirer, that Mr.. SAYLER has
determined not to enter his appearance at
the capital rs contestant for the Speaker
ship, but will remain in his own State and
make fight for the Democratic State ticket
until the election transpircs. This, we re-
gard, is equivalent to abandoning the can
vass for the Spcakership, and his friends
will no doubt transfer their support to Mr..
RANDALL, whose chances of success appear
very brilliant. Indeed, the party can do
no better than to let the result take that
shape. Mr.. RANDALL is undoubtedly the
best fitted for the position of any named
and, though bigotcd Democrat, is pos
sessed of n spirit of independence and man.
hood that challenges respect.
National Republican., 1877-10-05
DIED,

ADAM,-At his re5li, i,nn-. In Alexandria, Va. on
October 2. 1857. at II O'Clock a m o! paralysis, w.
WALLACE ApAM, aaarl sky years
His funeral Will take plary from his late residence,
No. H Duke street, to-day the 9Th irs.ant, at $50
p. IN.
EMMERSON.-On the morning o. October I, tsI7,
JANsS EI.wooD, snn OF James and Kate Emnlt r,on,
aged four wears, nine months and thne days.
Funeral from lles FourRnd-h-half street sou'hprs
to-day, October s, nj o'clock. Friends Of tho family
arc invited 10 attend
GANTT-On Thursday morning. October 4. RC-
BERTA y. GASTT, wife Of T.. L. CAN'T, at his rest
denre, lli NJ street northNet
Ih' frei Of the family are invited to attend the
funeral. ut Bethesda church, Montg 'mpry county,
Md. at 2:30 p, M, on Saturday
HENNINq.-At S51 y, m., October ., IsI7, Mrs.
ALICE ASS HESSISG, wife OF Rev James a. Hen
ming.
Funeral on Friday evening the %h iisant, at .
o'clock. to which the friends Of the fam are Ie,pe I.
fully invited, ut the family residence, No ii5 street
northwest.
BRowN-On Thursday. October l. al &t y. ln.,
CfLia.rIA, lic Of the late Salmon II. Brown, In the
forty-eRhih year OF her age.
Funeral services Will be held at No. II II street
10 Invest saturday, October Q, at 10 o'clock a. m.
Friends are invited.
ESKRIDGF.-At the Louise Home. DC oher a. aTed
seventy four years, MAHGAHRr wife Of the late g. q.
EikTldge, OF 1eesburg, Va,
Funeral will take place from the Home on Friday,
/ At 4:tl D.
National Republican., 1877-10-05
GENERAL GRANT.
Why 100, 900 Iyneside Laborers Gave Half
Day in Honor Of America.

Lou. J. Jennings in his dispatches from
London 10 the New York World, gives very inter.
esting account of tho reception General Grant got
from the English workingmen. 1t must be remem.
bered that Jennings Is an Euglishman, and while
managing editor of the New York Times his pre-
Judices in favor of his native country were fre-
quently observed. What he says Of the matter can,
therefore be relied on. The following are extracts
from his dispatch letter:
when General Grant was in London he was not
little impressed with the warmth Of the reception
he everywhere received yeniured, however, 10
predict TO him that the greeting he had met with
that which he would get when he came into CON
tact with the people; aud the events Of the past
week must have satisfied him OF the Justice OF that
remark.
He has been iu the North, at Shields Newcastle
aud other place., and perhaps there Is no public
National Republican., 1877-10-05
A Musical Prodigy,

There Is q most remarkable musical genius In
staunton in tho person Of little virgie Hoge, a
daughter Of Mr.. Charles r. Hosc, a child not yet
eight years Of age Besides being q performer OF
merit she has extraordinary talent as q composer.
and Is never happier than when engaged In that
work. She will come into room, without any
preparation, and, going TO the piano. will play
beautiful airs Of her own composition. Some Of the
airs have been caught and written by older persons
who hear her aud are excellent compositions. Her
remarkable gin has attracted the attention and ex.
cited the wonder of all the connolsseurs In music
In the city.-.Sdunton (Vd.) Indicator,
National Republican., 1877-10-05

THE dcvilish bsrbaritcs of the wicked man
seem to be transferring themselves to the
children. 1t was only day or two since that
several little urchns pushed a companion
overheard and he was drowned. This occurred
in wicked Philadelphia 1t has now to be re-
corded that in Louisville q more inhuman
piece of cruelty has been practiced. Three
boys, the Oldest one fourteen covered boy of
FIVE years of age with gasoline and then set
him on fire, and left him burning to death in
the street, An old woman ran to his assistance,
rolled him in the mud and water of the gut
ter, and probably saved his life. Can anything
be more horrible to contemplated The Sc
vercst punishment should be mcted out to these
young scoundrels. Can it be possible that
wArTERsoN's 100000 unarmed Kentuckians
are made up from such boys?
National Republican., 1877-10-05

THE cyclone came at last, and PRoBABILI-
TIES has again proven that he is ever right.
There are some things to get which is better
to receive late than never, but cyclone is
not one of them. 1t has caused much loss to
our citizens by the flooding of their cellars
and the destruction of goods and furniture,
and its severe blow at the Patent Office build
ing and the contents therein will probably be
irreparablc.
National Republican., 1877-10-05

ALBANY has applied the telephone To practical
uses The Offices Of the mayor and chief OF police
are connected In this manner and Il will soon he
In working order 10 all the station houses. There
Is also 10 be telephone connection between the
for the water commissioners tise also connection
between the Office and gns houses Of the Albany
Gas Light Company.
National Republican., 1877-10-05

THE saddest feature of the recent railway
stock fraud in Philadelphia is the announce
mcnt that Stokes, one of the perpetrators of
the frauds, has gone stark, staving mad, and
has been placed in q lunatic asylum. The
Philadelphia papers aver that he is innocent
of any crime; that he was only the dupe of
others. They say that he is indeed crazy.
This insanity atiiction has frequently attacked
criminals. 1t is passing strange, but much to
be regretted.