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Ladies ut John Chamberlain's Club
House.

AUCTION SALE OF THE EFFECTS TO-DAY
The effects OF John Chamberlains Club
house, corner of 18th and streets, were sold
at public auction TO day. John had a hard
run OF luck last winter, Statesmen instead
of banking on the green baiZe were banking
on President, and John failed to gather in
enough revenue 10 offset the demands of his
creditors and failed. About three hundred
persons attended the SALE Two hundred were
ladies-old and young, grave and gay.
Two thirds of these came out OF curiosity To
see the place where men had bucked the tiger.
Every room was monOpOliZed by the dear
creatures, and not q corner or crevlce escaped
their observation. They thought the place
rather fine, but declared that the carpets and
furniture were moth eaten, and then fell to
ard almost enraged each other in their at
tempts to Outbid. There were several furni-
ture de alers on hand who bought II berally.
=, The sale was conducted by Wash Will
lfams. He began operations in the reception
loom, where handsome satin covered par
lor suite was Knocked down for eighty dol
lars; il was rather antique in pattern. A
Brussels carpet, good deal the worse for
wear, ard OF shocking pattern. sold for sixty
certs per ard, ard the border for forty cents.
Old worn out rugs brought from one dollar
10 three dollars. An elabOrately inlaid mar
bic table, which the auctiOneer said cost six
hundred dollars when new. at which several
ladies exclaimed. ''Oh, N.Y." went Off for
twenty-five dollars. Seventy yards OF bU,y
Brussels carpets, on tue hall and rOtuuda.
So Do at 20 cents yard. The chandeliers,
which were of old design, sold from two dol
lars TO six dollars each. Seven medallion
p ctures of Cupids. etc, were knocked down
Ia a rsd-headed bachelor for one dollar each.
Fad silk ard wool WINDOW curtains fun
OF moths sold for four dollars and a half each.
An cld-fas hioned green velvet set, the lounge
o which has often held dead broke states
men, sold for eighty dollars.
Generally the prices obtained were good.
me competition was good, and was p-inci-
pa llN confined To the ladies', who We're bOunI
L secure some trophy from naughty John
Cam beI!atL's CLUB house.
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DROPPED DEAD.-Last Monday afternoon,
at Monroeville, in Allen county, Md, a
young lady named Leeds, aged 20, who was
visiting at her uncle's house, fell dead In the
parlor where she was standing, with her
hand on the door knob, talking to some
good, and the cause of death is a mystery.
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THE MOON looked through q rift in the
cloud. mot just yet, John" sighed she. A
cloud passed over the moon. Now. John :"
and smack reverberated from hill to hill,
and finally died away in the labyrinth of
cow she'd Duily Derrick
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"AsH1NCToE PARTY SHIPwRECKED
On u 2 llth irSt-. al ge'O jackson, q r. Wor-
&CDCra}d George Allen. VIM H. Rabhett
w III kiison. James +. Allen, and ChTs
III. Fowler left this city on the schooner
zoe, OF Alexandria, Capt McCracken. for
tie lower Charles and Cobbs Island. They
had & coed time until Thursday last, when
the vessel about midway between the island
ard Cape Charles. was found TO be leaking
and was immediately headed for the island .
ard The party took 10 the pumps but IL was
FOUND when about two miles from shore that
the vessel was sinking, il was beached on The
west side OF the island. The party came
home by way Of Cherrystone, Fortress Mon
roe, and Baltimore.
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CLOTHING.
The New Song of A Shirt.

The New Song of A Shirt.
The sous 'hst ma - r. df--rent tlins
ZION D. -ed on. 90 nd cur soit hearts 20 wiring,
l. rr'a.iy er "a Il, 80. s ~. - .ss ~,
htrh'rs ~ ttr ".-' y sAi-l made TO I'll
ny -yLg ~ not r"s - ,trikiugly we'd.
: he shirt thar nap'e other can shsnl..
ehlrt y hhout Tau "a ric'oE OF hlsms,
49, - rerf. ca, utHuld'd % it design.
Iiyi D naIs could ever De- snch duEcs
As q Nesr shuthef, - hp wore tins once.
eg. .'e And sesn' are stitched ~ ssesm.
Ana thert a.. u,Ci tu 20 dream
an peatiTs fiis n r. n gr rrrior "a,
"a iee'i'g unc. uni"nir Zee a. H.
Itet thry p, 90 tr. .,rit ann human Iiva1
Either q mothers, cr shiers. OF wives.
On the other hand then, YOU understand
That his shiri. a. careful v niceIy canned
Z q suii the taste q 20. manly mind,
J. Aweloonie boon 60 EVERY wife
10 values peace sna quIet liie.
FOR she who Ia. met can never forget
Her lord and master. fdg-t and fret
v tef the arr EFT that rht aid b mantle Of
AUG = M del Il beauty. - neither OF these
fCr ~ here IL he mz who can bear the strong S~ss
Oi az llly made -hirt-HOt known the best
IL IL then clear. q blessing 90 men
MS shift. u hOs' beauty inspires ny pen;
y his n ate fless wurk of prug res-iye art,
srrsnted perfect M every part
hnd be who has wurn Il " IN eyerDore swear
Vt be only shirt az Tor a gentlCmans wear
And 50 sing Il TIL beautiful thing
bat srits al fr, ~ fall q sprfng
a goy forever 20 N. " ho knows
y" sweet cnmplacsnoe, the band repOse
1lst comes from the gearing 20 first rate cloth~-t
III You inquire you 10 rid the hest
Al GEORGE {. BENAING 8, Seventh street west
aug2l-r
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FATAL ACCIDENT.-Mr. Lewis DonOhue
a farmer residing near Leesburg Va, while
returning from that town to his home in a
buggy, last Friday afternoon, was drowned
while attempting TO ford Tuscarora creek
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DILEs AND FIssURE.

Dr.. eHRADER, once room 40 st. Cloud Bald.
Ing, tsoqthwest corner 9th and y streets,) cures
Piles and Fisure without Knife, Ligature or Cans
nc, and without pain and guar zntees . In all
cases or no pay, Refers g l.. Luchs, of Luch. 3
6upsrintsnd mt W ashingtoa and Georgetown Rail.
east VIM Tuchsr meroSsnt tsior ~ Seis s1",s
yania avenue; r, b. Marche, r. o. Department,
Place; and fifty othery, ON application q nv ofiice
Lsdiss attended Ct their residsnoss II desirc1 0oc
hour 9. N. 70 ,. m; Sundays . 70 ,. .. Don.
OultA31OU ffoo. an9l-tp
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caBLE LINEN. napkins, sheeting cotton.
ssis :, al Carter's, 1G Market Space. Black
a., a. aSk cashmeres, black alpacas, new
60. goods, blankets and sbavls very cheap;
e~ssimeres for boys wear. 10y
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DETERGENT.--The best known substitute
for soap.
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ADJUSTMENTS.
MASONIC TEMPLE.

MASONIC TEMPLE.
MONpAY and TUESDAY EVENING, August
"a ana Is, Performance will be given By a
Troupe Of Native ALGERIAN ARABS, consisting
on a"ries Of representa- ions slowing the NAME rs,
Dancing and the Forms of Mari isge. A PLAY will Do
gwen by them entitled THE GRAND SULTAN"
Ihe apn iniments, costumes, &c. very complete.
Tickets 80 cents. Reserved seats 81. aug2i-3tr
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SELECT FAMILY EXCURSION
- Under the auspices of
EQUAL DIVISFON. No =. SONS OF TEN
PERA NCE,


EQUAL DIVTSI0N. No =. SONS OF TEN.
PERANCE
TO PIkEf POINT AND POINT LOOKOUT,
On board the fine and cummodlous steamer
JANE MOSELEY.
he beat will leave her " harf. frot 49,
OF Of street, on SATt RDAY EVEN AxH
ING, Sc ptember the lst, 1877, at 9&ksas
o'cioc sharp, stopping on sunday at Piney Point
ard POInt Lookout, to allow those " be avail them
selves this Opportunity for pleasant excursion,
an rle time for bathing AMI fishing &c. aid return
70 Washir gton esrly Monday morning in time for
business: Comfortable tleeping sccomm dstions
will be furnished 10 each per-nn free ri charge.
Sta,erooms will be charged extra Muse il pro-
Nidtd ior tie occasion. No liquors will be sold
given away during this trip.
StateroOms for ,ound-tri can be had 81 Josaph
Williams. No. BOG AZ street, of l.. O'Nerl,
No. 80 ~ street. Tickets for psrs n, o
each tickets fer children snG servants At half ice,
can be had al the music ct Of John f. lis Penn
sylvania avenue: Brad Adams bookstore; n. c,
Mitchelis No: 1000 18th street nortbwe-t; G. Il
Ashley, No. 1900 street; Dr.. T. + Howe, Trsa
sury denaItmeI {; John q. Wilson, Pension Office;
Isaiah Mll'ard Patent office: Nd. Sutherland. En-
eineers bureau War department; pr. Howard.
General Post ofice; W. II. Norton, Gever"msnt
Printing ofice, or of any member Of the Division.
auE202w
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MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued 10
Joseph Brsndenburg. of Howard conntv
Md, and Mrs. X. A. Bell; Alex r.. Doom Of
Staunton, Va, and Corine c. BOhrer of
tr, and Ida McGiloray, both of Rich monJ,
George W: Waite and Marie c. RInggold,
Seorge 4: Kelly and Alice SOper; Benjamin
SsIon, OF Charles county. Nd, ana Laura
IOvelace. OF Alexandria Va: ThomaS w
Cocke and Mary j. Isbell, both OF Hanover
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4 HEAP FUEL.

The cheapest and bsst fuel for eceki.s. wipes
In warm weather y COKE. IL = also val1sb6 foe
tneed csrciiY q coal IN the naskss q oons.sss.e
Tor Dersone wishing cheap fuel 20 supSy tSssslvSS
sits C0KH e &c sfnes Of u wAenInof0H
northvss. esin cold The rsosas ioW rsssS q % q
for loed Of forty beshels, end oi.0 Tor 8 ~ q
city. =
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,,xa.sss

YOUNG PEOPLES EVENING EXCUR-
SIONS.
The Barge COCKADE CITY will give select EK-
cursions ESEdf WEDNESDAY 6-
HNENlNG during the season leav- EASd8zEN
Ing her " haff at O'Clock p. m ,e1n7nrzGzsI1B
esarp, returning at ii o clock: remaining at Mar
Ticket, Is cents.
~ Regular Sunday Excursions for Ladies' and
Children, leave at - .. m. and return at clock
Tickets, Is certs, Children free.
FreuEd caterer. UE-lm
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Il hG{.ovzD SODA.
~" sAu'f 6EiSs. ssn~ N ia
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A SIGNIFICANT PIFCE OF TESTIMONY
was given before the San Francisco mint
investigating commission by Frank Levine,
de accompanied Superintendent Lagrange
TO the jail in which the defaulting clerk Pin
ney was confined for the purpose OF listening
to their interview, and ne testified that he
overheard Pinney tell Lagrange that he
would prefer no charge If he would join MIN
and bis crowd and help him through. La
grange said he did not fear Investigation. as
nothing could be proved against him. Pin
ney urged that however that ight be IL
would cost Lagrange a good deal of money,
and he added: You know that. through
my people, 1 can prove anything 1 want
TO pfOyev
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THE STEAMER MARY WASHINGTON
Il 10 making trips to GIym and Nv
intermediate landings daily Sunday EA4Ae ~
excepted, leaving her wharf, foot of0n1czssa4s
Ith street At 99 a. m returns about O'Clock p.
SUNDAY EXCURSIONS-Two trips, to Mount
Vernon Springs; leaving At 10 O'Clock Q. m. and
returning At O'Clock m. First trip fare, 90 cents
Second Trip leaving st 2Sp and returning at clock
p. m. Fare, Is cents. Those going the first can
return on the seco-d trr free Of charge. hEAP
Saturdays for cents round trip; adults, IS cents
Tickets will entitle the holders to ttop
usual landing @ until the return trip Of the bost:
good only Saturdays. Children must In all cases
be accompanied by their parents or some adult
friend
TEE STEAMBOAT MARY WAsBINGTON
esn be chsrtsred for Excur-ions by applying on
board, or 10 6. Y. ArLEE, Agent, 1t No. 6lS Tan
street, opposite the Patent once.
p. II. TROTH,
nv I'm 81 n1,,-
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'TrEfb and Drry"
CARROLL INSTITUTE.
SELECT ANNUAL EXCURSION TO MAR
sHALL HALL

THURSDAY, tUGU<T 80, 1877
The Steamer Mary Wa~hingt wi! leave aer
" haTf, foot 9th street, at "a m and
5. y m. return r g a: 4 81 and II ~ r E1TSS
MusiC by Prof. PistoriO'- Orche- s.<s--srEzzs&s
tire Tickets so cents, te be lad Of msmbeI- ogly
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"A WASHINGToNIAN IN TRoURIr
specis dispatch from Hsgerstown Nd. 10
The Baltimore SIN says: Richard Cookies
ser, OF washington, VINO is on a visit 70 rela-
lions here. last night got into an altercatlon
At house in Church street with several
yourg men. and stabbed Blair McCirtila in
The shoulcer and cut Henry Bomberger
across the right hard. Both wounds were
severe, McCardle having TO be carried home
Colklesser was arrested by Constable Il .iIy
and locked up for examination O.rnorrow
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A HOME CAMP MEETING was inaugura'ei
corner North CaUitol and X streets yester-
day. The attendance was very large. Tha
IreachiTg was by Revs. Frank Simons, B.
Peyton Brown and j. T. Lighter. The meet.
log will last two weeks, with preaching every
night by one Of the city pastors, and prayer
meeting every evening before preaching,
conducted by the Young Mems Christian
Association
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EXCURSIONS.

NINDaI EA- JUfoIONS,
The LADY OF TIE LAKE, Until
farther notice will make Regular Sx- a 81 =
cursiOn tri ps, leaving her wharf, foot .s AHf1Sk
Of 9Th street. at g Forty five miles dow md
return, Fare 80 cents.
The fast Steamer JOHN ". THOMPSON will
ieave fcCt Of 9Th street, Washington, q. S O'CLOCK
D. ca OF SUNDAY. Passage, round trip, lS Oeu1s.
jy7 SAM. BACON. PreutJent
FIRST EXCURSION TO POINT LOOK
L OUT THIS -EASON. The Fine 6-
Steam'r CHARLOTTE VsHDER- EAGhzs=N
blLT. Captain Entwisle, will leave oscacz.sns11B
Tor Point Lookout and MsrshaIls on Saturday
night al clock sharp, and every Saturday these-
after, returning Moudsy morning at clock
Fare round trip 5 50.
Fer state rooms, &c, inquire board or at W
II. Widening ., BOD TIN street A fine brass baud
VIII accompany every excursion.
FAMILY EXCURSIONS
oyery Monday and FriGay nights Leaving 9TH
Is cents.
The steamer can be chartered for excursions.
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THE EXCURSION OF THE SEASON.
pICNIC POSTPONED.

The PICNIC of LOGAN ASSOCIATIONS. l. O.
NJ v hich was 70 have been given On Al "a
GUST 23n, at GREEN sPRtsG. G.org1- 81
town, has besu P0rTPOSED 20 TUESDAY. sfsA
2Sth II st Tickets heretofore purch .sed in -
be coed on that occasion.
aug2i-st c r. ROBINSON, secre,ary,
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NOTICE TO MOUNT VERNON PAS
~ SgNGEES.
The Steamer ARROW Capt. Frank Holm .heai,
Ii the only boat allowed 10 land psssen- K<.2
gers at M Mount, , Vernon wharf Pas, 6ESs
connected with ;he ladies' Mount Vernon Lssocis-
ton Erotd riding IN zsbElsKcss skTss ssLs;, by
other lines.
Round trip, 81, including admission to Mansion
And Grounds.
Steamer ieay es TIN street harf daily, Sunday
oepted,D at o @. m and returns about p. m.
J. MCH. HOELINGSMOBTB,
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To he Prosecuted for Libel.

Ii is mentioned, upon the highest
official authority, that the President
has determined upon the prosecution
of Don Piatt, editor of the Capital,
for libel, and also for seditious writ
ing indictable under both common
and statutory law. District Attorney
Wells was directed TO take the neces-
sary steps in The matter and the arrest
will be made. An article in the Cdpi-
tai principally melted the official &C
ton just determined upon, but it is
understood that previous articles in
the same paper, regarded as libelous
upon the President, will be officially
noticed in the criminal prosecution
for libel Oh the President.
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PpA,pIEGrM February H. 1877

ED. EAGLE-Perhaps the people of
Prairie Gem have not been interested,
and did not think there would be as
much good accomplished by the at
tcmpts that have been spoken of as
failures some time ago by Pencil, for
there certainly was interest enough in
the Good Templar's Lodge that was
organized last Friday evening. Or, it
may be- they are good temperance peo-
pie, and this is just what they were
waiting for. The Lodge was the talk
of the neighborhood for about three
weeks before it was distinctly under
stood that all hands were ready for
"strong pull and long one," if need
be. Then the Deputy of the Ell Paso
Lodge was made acquainted with the
fact that all was waiting. He came
with "full force" and although the la
dies held their breath and asked when
shall we get enough for them to eat,
yet each must have thought eve are
few" aud took enough, so that we do
not think there was one went home
hungry. The Ell Paso brothers and
sisters furnished the singing, and it
was all we could ask. We think a
fairer or more intellectual set of peo-
pie Prairie Gem has not had the pleas
ure of entertaining for some. There
has been many older men than their
Deputy in the same office, but we can
truthfully say there are few who could
fill his place with more grace and self
possession in ali the appointments in
instituting a new lodge. The Ell Paso
Lodge showed itself well posted and
thoroughly interested in its work.
Certainly, if the lodge at Prairie Gem
does not succeed it will be no fault of
the FL Paso brothers and sisters. We
hope this will not be the last call they |
will give us, as we are young lodge |
and shall need encouragement and ad-
vice. After the installation of officers
there were several speeches made on
the subject of temperance, which were
and to the point. Then fol-
lowed more singing by Ell Paso, and in
the wee hours of morning we wendell
our way homeward, well assured of
success, if all will be interested in the
cause and forget self, that
mighty person who rules SO many OF
our best-hearted men and women. 1t
seems that the Ell Paso brothers and
sisters give little thought of them
selves, and we wish them much sue
cess, and long life in the temperance
cause. For Prairie Gem we will say
t is not dead, and any that doubt it,
lad better join our lodge aud they will
lgree with A Coon TEMPLAR.
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The Anti-Secret Society association
Of Topeka met at the United Brethren
church last night. There were pres
ent four ladies two girls five men and
as many boys. Mr.. Z. A. Sexton was
the principal speaker, the substance of
his remarks being that he had fer sale
a lot of books upon the subject of Free
Masonry. He read from one of the
books and pictured man being strip
ped of his clothing until he didn't have
anything on but an undershirt. The
description of man in this condition
caused the women to smile and blush
to tinge the cheeks of the girls who
were present. Mr.. Sexton says that
there will be a person initiated at tine
next State convention and he agreed
that woman should be the candidate.
Just think of a woman chasing after
the goat in her shirt-tail in room full
of men, women and hoodlums! The
was very dry except when
MIR. Sexton stripped the man. The
room should have been full of women.
.-Bldde.
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Fred Douglass says that i'll passing
through Lebanon, Missouri,a few days
ago, the train halted for refreshments,
and be with other passengers wended
his way to the lunch room.
Give me cup of coffee, Please"
said Douglass to the man behinIS the
counter. ~
The coffee dispenser looked at Mr..
D., and with business air replied:
$50 right into the Kitchen, my man,
and you II get q cup"
Douglass smiled good humoredly
and wendell his way to the culinary
department, where he was served in
true plantation style. When Doug
lass was in England he was the guest
of the nobility. who paid him the
homage of a generous recognition Of
his eminent talents and moral worth.
1t must have struck the great colorcd
orator as a capital joke when the keep
CT of a one-horse inn away off i'll Mis-
souri, waved him majestically into the
kitchen to get his coffee. But he
went!
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party that they had thrown away all
chances for Tilden in connecting the
infamous compromise bill, and that
the Democracy of the country will
hold the managers of the House to an
account for the peridy, there were
red faces on the Democratic eide and
shouts on the other. At about one
o'clock the Speaker declared the time
up, and in a few moments the Senate,
headed by the Vice President, filed in,
when the mysterious looking boxes
were again opened and the presiding
officer declared that the State of Flor
ida, under the law, would now be-
counted for Hayes and Wheeler, the
objection of the majority of the House
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
With the announcement great sigh
of relief seemed to go up-at least,
that's how postmaster felt. The
certificates then of Georgia, Illinois,
Iowa, Indiana, Kansas and Kentucky
were successfully opened, read aud
their votes recorded, which proceed
ing consumed fully two hours. Then
came Louisiana with three sets of cer-
tilicates, one of them burlesque sent
up and signed BY board OF BULLDOG
ers. All of the electors in this return
were named "John Smith, and were
designated as No. l, No. 2, letter A.,
and letter Il, and so forth. Judge
lioar, Garfield and other Republicans
asked that unanimous consent be Civ
Ell to throw them out, but the Demo
Gratis forced their reading. 1t was a
shame and ali outrage, but under the
law without unanimous consent the
reading could not be dispensed with.
At half past four O'Clock the Louisi-
ana papers were given to the commits
sion and yesterday and to-day they
have been hearing the arguments OF
the two sides. Before this appears in
the EAGLE the whole country will
know the result.
Rear admiral Wilkes, the Oldest
navy officer in the service, was buried
here Oh Sunday, and Rear Admiral
Theodore Baily was buried to-day.
Five companies of the marine corps
in full uniform, headed by the marine
band, attended the funeral. The mil
itary on the streets elected many con-
lectures and remarks.
President Grant and his son-in-law
Sartoris, walked along the street in
front of nay window few moments
ago. The President looks better and
happier than ever saw him. He tells
his friends that he anXiously awaits
the hour that will give him relief
from public life and its great respon-
sibilities. Sartoris is not much of a
chap. From his looks | should say
that there was not much to him and
that the strong probability is that he
will yet come back on ''the old man.
for living. He is inferior in size
and makeup, his only manly adorn-
ment sickly yellow moustache.
= If have written any thing in the
foregoing that in any degree interests
or amuses may write again.
NJ. NJ. NJ.
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Sol Miller says "The most anus
ing part of the late Senatorial contest
was the conduct of the little wheel
barrow load of Democrats who hap
pen to be members. They imagined
that they held the key to the result,
and that the Republicans could not
agree upon a man, but that their little
squad could dictate Senator at last.
They therefore resolved to vote solid
ly and steadily for man of their own.
Occasionally two or three would fly
the track, and vote for a Republican,
whereupon party leaders from Atchi-
con and other parts of the State would
hasten to Topeka to get them back in
TO the traces. 1t went on thus until
the Republicans got tired of fooling,
and resolved to have an election, when
that squad ofDemocrats didn't amount
to as much as a sand-burr on the tail
of a rambunctious bull"