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National Republican., 1878-10-17
"THE HANDSOMEST ROW IN W."
.632, 1884, 1886, 1888, and l64o Rhode Island av

Two story basement, and mansard. with sub
tcrllars: heavy stone foundations. IL rooms |.
bays to every story verandnh In rear. with ar
raDgemon,s ior summer cooking; two water
CIOsets two stationary wnBlIstaHds hot aud cold,
plumbed so ns 10 prevent the possibility D. o-IOrs en-
teTng; Iron speaking tubes 10 principal rooms; par;
tOns and roof, trssed. thus sustaining the floors and
preventing the cracking OF walls ircscoed ce'ilngs
and walls expensive trimmings and Casings stained
In Imitation Ot OtwHlnut: two years In bui.din mainly
by days work under the minute personal direction
OF owner, with special reference 10 thOroughnesS,
himness, and durability, no clement OF WHICH Is Lack
ing; steps walks. and areas OF stone; i6il corner
elegant wardrobe, with mirror; three wAsllsiands,
eRl ed by furnace; Is hard wood cabinet finIS ee
view TO the needs OF persons ofdisccrnnent aud taste,
who require IA home more CIegRht aud durable than
the cheap constructions usually built for snle As
owner Is obliged TO realize they Will he sold for one
fourth less Than build.r would change to reproduce
them. Apply on the premises. sept.lmN
National Republican., 1878-10-17
DIED.

FAIRBROTHER On the 10th instant. FANsIr A.
FAinBHoT MIR, nee CLARKE, beloved wife OF Frank
l., Fuirhro her.
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
MOoRE.-fn Grand RAPIDS, Mich, October N, 1873.
ALLIE MOORE. formerly Of Washington Ia C., vile
OF Captain d. A. Dodge, OF New Norkc ty.
CASIDY,-Tuesday evening October Is, after lin.
gcring Illness Mrs NJ X CASSIDY In the Jith year Of
her age. daughter OF Otho and Ruth I. GnrtreiL.
In consequence Of illness IN the family, the funeral
services Will beheld In the chapel OF Oak Hill Gene.
terry, nth instant, at eleven n. IN.
yASHoN,-At Alcorn University, near Rodney,
Miss, Saturday, October Is, at gi0 p M, Professor
GEnRGE II. NAsIIoS, OF consumption OF the bowels,
aged 81 yeas months and 10 days. He leaves a
wife, four children and n niece TO mourn his loss.
After lies itfl fever he sleeps we'll"
Boston, Pittsburg, syracuse, New York, anl ST.
Louis plpers please copy.
National Republican., 1878-10-17

WE have inadvertently neglected to no.
tice the fact that our respected cotempo-
rary, the EroaiHg Star, of this city, has
donned a new and be iutiful dress, and now
presents itself as brightly and sprightly as
Is possible. We congratulate it Gn its i'm
proved appearance.
National Republican., 1878-10-17

ACKLCS is going to stick" In his card
TO his constituents he asks them to elect
him first and investigate him alterward.
This nice young man does not think that
social iailings, no matter how gross, should
effect political aspirations. Well, Judging
from the class Of nominations made in
many southern Democratic districts, we
Gou!d say that they did not
National Republican., 1878-10-17

JoHS G. THOMPSON is a joker. He thanks
GoD that Democratic districts we're saved
In Ohio because the "unpurchasablc" De-
mocracy did their duty. The application
Of the word unpurchasable to the average
Demoerat Is very funny.
National Republican., 1878-10-17

THE Hon. DEWITT C. WEST, Democratic
statesman of the State of New York, thinks
that the revelations of the cipher dispatches
are simply astounding. He attributes the
forcing of these dispatches to the front as due
70 the POTTER Investigating Committee.
National Republican., 1878-10-17

THE New York papers raise their voices
and cry aloud for "a responsible mayor"
There is a well-grounied fear that the city
will not get one Of that sort until it throws
of the shackles of Tammany Hall and re-
fuses to be led by the nose by Five Points
politicians Republican ascendancy in New
York would mean honest government.
National Republican., 1878-10-17
No Escnpe for TIlden.
IPlttsburg Commercial.G Gazette,

TTEIkUUTR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Tlden denies that the cipher dispatches in any
way compromise him. When Ihe Is directly aC.
cused he says he VIII have ms aceusers IN court
not accept this denial because II s simply impOs.
sible II the dispatches be true that he could have
been In Ignorance Of their contents. They were
sent by his own agents to his own house, related
to matters In which he was deeply concerned, and
at a time when his political fortunes trcmbled In
the balance.
National Republican., 1878-10-17

THE reelection of Senator MORRILL,, of
Vermont, for another term Of six years is n
wcll-meritcl compliment The country
has no more earnest patriot and the Re-
publican party no more faithful exponent,
After an honorable service Of twelve years
In the lower House Of Congress he was sent
to the Senate, where lie has occupied q
leading position since 1SG7. In re-electing
Mr.. MORRILL, Vermont has conferred honor
upon herself.
National Republican., 1878-10-17
In the Deepest Depths.

lAlDahy Journal
There Is one dreary comfort for Mr. Tilden In his
present infamy. He has touched the lOwermost
bottom His bark. In the nature of things, cannot
sink To deeper sea Of disgrace, seeing that there
Is no deeper sea.
National Republican., 1878-10-17
The Way They Conciliate.

Buffalo CommerclRl' 'AdVertIser
The "concilated" Democracy are giving rise to
q great deal Of trouble In South Carolina. They
are perfectly well disposed, peaceAble. &c. but
meetings. And being able to carry this point, they
then calmly assert that the negro is much more
submissive and reConciled now Than he was in the
days OF Republican reconstruction.
National Republican., 1878-10-17

THE Chicago TtiJmc seems to hare a
slight attack OF bloody shirt " chill, which
may he cured Il: some future time when the
South gets both feet on the neck of the
North and the Republican party and Re.
publican principles are treated in Illinois as
they are in South Carolina. However, ms
the Tribune lost its Republican heart in 1s72
its present state Of health is not surprising.
National Republican., 1878-10-17
Tilden's Disclaimers OF No Account.

TNHIVHBO IIIIICF,I
Mr.. Tilden's disclaimers are not likely TO help
his case or to relieve him and his conhdants from
the infamous position in which they have been
placed by the publication Of those cipher telegrams
National Republican., 1878-10-17

Poor SAM Cox! He is in such q sorry
political plight that he is pleased with the
nomination of the SurPE Socialist element
IN New York
National Republican., 1878-10-17
PecuIIarities OF New Hampshire Election
LAWS,

Mr. L. l.. White writes as follows TO the New York
Tribune about the popularity OF the election laws
in New Hampshire:
Just here II may be well to say word about the
election laws Of this State, the provisions Of which
National Republican., 1878-10-17

Mr.. MANTON MARBLE has at last been
heard from on the subject of the cipher dis
patches. But he has been heard only in a
still, small voice, and has done himself no
credit by his brief explanation. The New
York Tribune asks what is the result of Mr..
MARBLES examination Of the cipher dis
patches, and then says:
First, Of course, the plea of every criminal
when compelled to stand up before the court,
mot Guilty After that absolutely nothing
save u pretence so himsy aud utterly incouse-
quent that we may well believe the man S
brain has been upset By the shame of his ex-
pOsure. He pronounces one telegram, as trans.
lated and asCribCd to him, a forgery, and denies
our assertion that after its date he sent moth
ing implying 3 belief that the Democrats were
entitled to Florida Aud then comes the amaz.
ing assertion that on these two points hinges
the whole aTraigumCnt We have called this
fimsy. 1t is worse; it is childish.
National Republican., 1878-10-17
WASHINGTON, OCTOBER Il, 1873.

RESUMPTION is now fixed fact; only
s6 days more and it will become legal
Gact
National Republican., 1878-10-17

THE political campaign in Illinois is be-
Ing waged by the Republicans with much
zeal and spirit. The nominations for Con-
gress in the nineteen districts have been
made, and the nominees are speaking to en-
thusastic audiences throughout the State.
A gain of two members by the Republicans
is expected. Senator OGLI.sBY and General
LOGAN are in the field with their sleeves
rolled up, making a strong effort to capture
the Legislature for the Republicans, Among
the members of the present House certain to
be reelected are General HENDERSON, Mr..
HAYES, Colonel FORT, Captain BOYD, Mr.,
MARSH, and Mr.. CANNON. General HAw-
LEY, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
who has returned from his home in Illinois,
delivered, while there, several addresses on
the political situation with good effect.
National Republican., 1878-10-17
Not Approved by Respectable People.

TIIIUTWTIuIIOIIs JOUTIUI'I
No respectable paper IN the United States OF either
party has spoken OF the probable election Of ID. W.
Voorhees, 10 the United States Senate in terms Of
approval
National Republican., 1878-10-17

THE New York Tribune yesterday pub
lished another interesting budget of cipher
dispatches showing how Mr.. TILDEN's repre-
s"ntatiyes tried to buy the vote Of South
Ca-,ina. The story Of the secret opera
tious Of the Democratic managers in South
National Republican., 1878-10-17

De sure and call for DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup II "
are troubled with bad cough or cold. II will gi
you relief For sale by every respectable druggist.
Ono bottle . cents; five hottlcs for 81
National Republican., 1878-10-17

THE New FORK 7riJaae intimates that
there is short way of dealing with the
twaddle the Democrats are pouring out
upon the country concerning the awful
Republican cipher dispatches which they
want published The most important
cipher dispatches Of which anything is
known are those of Mr.. WILLIAM f.
CHANDLER. He has openly declared that
he is not only willing, but would be glad to
have the opportunity to translate his dis
patches, furnish the key, and place the
matter in evidence before the POTTER COM
mittee. When he was on the stand he
tried to get the examination to turn in that
direction, aud the Democrats carefully
headed him oil. They can get all the in.
formation on that subject they want any
day, by simply calling the POTTER commit
tee together. But they won't do it.
National Republican., 1878-10-17
B0aNing.

f7H PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NORTH
II ~ west.-Firs-class Board. with large airy
Rooms from ~ TO SlO per week; transient, $40 per
day baths and gas Mis-. o. a. HOWARD.
No e0nnt etiOn tchh he HoIG'Td House
les N
National Republican., 1878-10-17
SmUSen,ent.

7 'YCEUM LECTURE COURSE.
FRIDAY EVENING, October cS-REy. JOSEPH
COOK. subJect-tlumate America
TUESDAY EVENING, November 5.-wENDELL
PHILLIPS. Sublect-The Indian Question.
FRIDAY EVENING, November a-THE MEN.
DELSSOHN QUISTErTE CLUB, OF Boston.
TUESDAY EVENING, November l9.-J. l. RAN
KIN, ID. ID. subIect-Robert Burns.
MONDAY EVENING, December 2-FRANCI5
MURPHY. subject to b. announced.
Genus
This extraordinarily attractive course will be giver
" the splendid audience room OF the Congregational
Church. Observe the low price OF the Course Ticket
admitting to oil OF the Ave entertainments.
For sale at McIzerotts muSic store I2i Pcnnsylva.
MA avenue where reserved seats may be secured with
out extra charge.
BUY A COURSE TICKET
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COUGH DROPS.

Bachelors are slwus Dragging os
their freedom i-ife-'oia W darh
their own shins! had rather De 9
widdover once in years regser thar
tew be . grunting, Old haar-dyed
bachelor Tor only w Gays.
Amb'shnn tew SHINE IN everything
tA sarc "sy S" po' A@"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-08-22

HIS NOTES.

The other day boy of l3, who
looked very innocent and child-like
as he reposed under shade tree on
Beach street, reused up when joined
by another lad Of his own age, and
conf IDENTIFY inquired: swell, did
you make any observashuns! 81
did," wss the reply. "And we kin
hook the apples and not git ketched,
kin we?' "You wait a minute"
commanded the other, as he held an
old shingle up to the light to enable
him TO read the following "notes" in
pencil: ''Went down in front of
house saw old woman with club !;
saw dog layin' low for us; saw red
headed girl reddy to ring COW bell
and give alarm; saw man inside
breathen' hard and achin' to kill q
boy /; hull family looked me in the
eye; pressure too heavy and 1 back
ed of; nice appuls them, but under
the circumstances guess we'd bet
ter keep on chewin' ole lemons.
g Mother disappointment added to
our burdens, "3signed the first; and
they ioafed on.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-08-22
A SHARP MELON TRADE.

A policeman yesterday discovered
a negro and big watermelon In close
company in an alley on Fort-street
and refusing the tempting slice hand
ed out to him, he said:
"You stole that melon on the
markell"
"Dars what yer off the tow-patb,
boss-way off on one side," Was the
calm reply:
"Did you buy it? Come along
and point out the man you bought il
from"
"No, didn't buy de melon, boss
i traded fur it,
"What did you trader
snow, boss, what's de use? Heah
is, heah am de melon, an we are
jes' eatin' each odder up like a tor
nady."
"What did You trader" persisted
the officer.
"wall, if I mus tell I mus.
traded mule an q wagin fur dis
melon"
II don't believe it,
81 spected you wouldn't, boss,
kase yer doan' realize like / do how
cheap mules an wagins hez become,
an how de price of melons hez scoot-
ed up"
"You'll have to come along" said
the officer.
Snow, boss!"
The officer stepped forward and
discovered two more melons behind q
box. He turned for an explanation,
and the negro said:
''De man frew in deze odder two
melons kaze / frew in halter long
wild de mule! De price of halters
am way down, boss-way down whar
even de poorest kin have halter soup
free times dayl"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-08-22

sculpture emple:'s a comparatively
large staff of artists and work.
men. Thus, the models executed in
pattern clay are cast by the moulders,
and the ornaments are stamped either
in statuary, pasteboard, milIboard,
stuff, or plaster.
The Canadian trophy is one of the
great sights Of the exhibition, and
comes prominently before the notice
Of the American tourist, because II
is situated near the American refresh
nfept department. Solid petroleum
is among the riches shown in the Can
adian section; and, as the sight-seer
makes his way toward the trophy, he
comes upon the great gilded mass
raised in the air, apparently without
any sufficient means of support,
which, neve, theless, testifies to the
richness Of Banada, by an inscription
setting out that it represents in bulk
the amount of gold gathered in Can
ada up to the end of the year 1877,
namely: 1852, 900 ounces In British
Columbia 275, 900 in New Scotland !,
and $4,000 in other provinces, max
ing total amount of 4,l73, 900
ounces, worth sss, 46O, 900.
The elevator in the Frocardeno is
at last finished, and will be placed at
the disposal of the visitors within two
or three days. Even those who know
the building we'll, and have watched
the progress of the elevator, are as
founded by its enormous proportions.
The tower in which it is erected rises
to the height of 2sS feet above the
surface OF the hill ON which it stands,
and to $50 feet above the level of the
Seine. The piston by which it is
worked descends into a well which
passes through the old quarry below
to a depth of sixteen feet below the
level of the sea. The counterpoises.
each of which is composed of a mass
of iron sixty-five feet long a nj weigh
ing ten tons, work in tw6 other wells.
The triple wire cable ia eight inches
wide and one-aud one-tif h inches
thick, and is formed of ssS wires,
four -fifths of An iHch in diameter.
The resistance of each cable is calcu-
lated at two hundred tons. The cage
of the elevator is about eleven and
one-half feet in diameter. The flight
upwards is performed in two minutes.
The view from the summit is grand,
embracing not only the city, the Bois
dc Boulogne and st. German, but q
view of the Seine, with all its sin Iosi-
ties, as far rs Nantes. A fee of q
franc will be charged for the ride.
ALPHA.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-08-22

Cleanliness and comfort 60 togeth-
er, but when everything in house ID
too clean to be ased, you may be ~
cured there II not much comfort there.
WHIST an uneasy, uncomfortable, ny'
sway feeling takes possession Of one
when going into room where the
rugs say, ''step this way" where the
chairs say, ''sit down facing THU
way - where, in fact, everything il
the room says, - plainly as though
they had tongues, ''if you look at N
do 1t very carefully, and be sure sad
not leave asy Of ~ misplaced. +"
There 10 no comfort nor ease in such
places, and why viii women NAL q
such rooms only to b looked ati
For my part, II I had 10 choose be-
tween q too particular woman and
one not over nice, I should certainly
choose the latter.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-08-22
HOME DECORATION.

just as quick as Farmer Jones
painted his bal bed wire fence blue,
Farmer Smiths wife swore she WASH,
going to be out done, aud the fencs
around the Smith farm soon blossom.
ed out red, picked with white. Mrs.
Jones wasn't going to have any o'
the Smith family put On airs over her,
and their blue fence was soon trim
med with geld-leaf stripes. Smith
trumped over by putting . gilt ball
on every barb; and Jones, when las,
heard from, was painting weather
vanes, gilt horses. pescocks and
lightning-rod tips all over his fence,
and swearing he'd beat the Smith
family if he had to put cupola and
a hay window at every post, and hang
q chrome every two feet along the
line. We should all pay more atten-
ton to the decoyation of our homes.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-08-22

CLIFFoRD's FEBRIFUGE, OR FEVER
AND AGUE CURE.-This preparation
is obtained by a newly discovered
process, and contains all the active
medicinal principles of East India
Cinchona bark, grown on the neil
CHERRY hills, from which all the irri-
tant properties have been eliminated
1t is natures own rem edy for all dis
eases arising from malarial poison.
palatable, powerful, anti-periodic
and tonic, it never fails to cure fever
and ague, dumb chills, congestive
chills, bilious fever, periodical neu-
ralgia, and all diseases of malarlal
origin.
j. C. RICHARDSON, Proprietor,
st. Louis.
For sale by all Druggists. 9-tf.
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ssJOHN'' BEATS A SHARP KER-
..... CHANT. sgaosasI assr

At shoe store in San Francisco.
The persons concerned were the pro-
prietor of the store and q Joha fChi- Z
naman, examining pair of boots, :,
the price Of which was IS. John in
quired: "How muchee you axee for
botee1'' In spirit of waggery, 1t
is presumable, the owner replied:
''Two dollar q halfee, John. Very
cheap bootee, ainteeT' ssCheap
bootee," said John, who thereupon
examined . pair, and, concluding to
buy, offered . quarter-eagle. "Rqt,"
said the dealer in leather, s.this is
only enough for one boot. They are.
S2 SO piece; two boots cost $5.'sa
John WAS astonished, said he would
not buy, and demanded the return
OF his money, but the dealer was in-
exorable. mo, John, said the iat-
ter, 'syou have got one boot and paid
for it; now give me another pieoe
like this and take the 0ther."l John
saw the drift OF the game and was At
once resolved. "Well," said he,
ssthis bootee be mine, maybe? s. I
paid for he - eyes," said the deal
ler. "And you no give me the othe',
bootceg' asked John. ''Not with
out the money!" said the other.
sWell," said Johu, 81 do with the
bootee what 1 please-I cuttee he
up." And thereupon John whipped
out o knife, cut the boot TO- pieces.
and threw it into the street, exclain-s
ing as he departed; THAT am my
bootee the othe' he your bootee
you sell he to next fool Cmnafnari
what come along" At last aceouatss
the boot dealer was looking Cor the
man with the wooden leg, to whom
he might sell the odd boot, and thus
save the expense. !t'' 49,
= I--FF# p 81 -
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-08-22

No recent event has excited q
deeper and more widespread inter.
est in the country, than the brilliant
achievement Of Henry NJ. Stanley, IN
the field of African Exploration.
Ever since the announcement Of his
arrival, in q famlshed condition, at
the mouth Of the Congo, the public
have eagerly awaited . detailed &C.
count of his thrilling experiences,
and the results Of his discovery. The
announcement therefore of this' vol
ume, from the pen Of 90 brilliant aud
popular an author as Mr.. j. T. Head.
ley, will be received with lively inter-
est and satisfaction, and this interes
will be greatly heightened by an ex-
animation Of the book itself. T..
Since the death of Livingston, the
work Of exploration has been pushed
with great vigor, Sir Samuel w.
Baker with q small army and under
royal authority, sscended the Nile,
and was the first European to pene-
trate from the north into the great
Central Lake region. Lieut.. Came
rom, of the English Royal Navy,
reached the same region from the
east, and then pushed across the
Continent overland, to the weatern
coast, and last and greatest Of all,
the daring and intrepid Stanley,
breaking through the bGriers which
had proved insuperable to all former
explorers, in the face Of Q thousand
perils by ssvages, oataracts, disease,
wild beasts and starvation, forced his
way down the dark river, $500 miles,
and solved the great mysteiy y by prov
ing the Lualsba river discovered by
Livingston to be verify the headwa-
ters Of the mighty Congo, aud thus
opening . grand highway from the
west coast to the heart and treasures
Of one Of the most populous and pro-
ductive continents Of the globe. A
more intensely interesting and excit-
ing narrative we have never read. To
follow the brave Stanley in his mar
velous voyage down the unknown
river, fighting thirty-two battles with
man-eating ssvages, passing fifty
seven ostaracts and rapids, to read
Ct the desertion Of q large number Of
his party papie-stricken at the serrons
Of the forest; of threatened starys-
ton in the middle of the great river
whose banks were filed With hostile
savages /; of numerous labor In hewing
through dense jungle to pass the great
cstaracts; of the vast Wonder-land
bordering this mighty river, rich in
ivory, minerals and fruits. where
''Every prospsct pleases and only
man il vile :" telearn sll the incidenta
aud adventures Of this marvellous
tourney, and Of the grand ovations
which have everywhere honored the
indomitable American, one must fol
low the thrilling pages Of this book.
The publishers deserve great praise
for the superb manner In which they
have brought out the work. The
beauty Of it's Typography and binding
and the number and excellence Of
engrsvings, are IN keeping with ita
value and character. Undoubtedly
it will be more extensively read thar
any other book OF the year.
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PATENTS

obtained tor msChsnicial devices. medical
or orthes compounds, ornamental designs
trade marks and labels. Csveats, Assign
mants. Intsrferences, lnfringements, ana
all matters relating to Patents promptly
attended to. We make preliminary sx-
animation. an furnish opinions % 70 pat
entabilitv free OF charge, and oil who are
Interested In new inveHtions and Patents
are invited to send tor copy o. our
aGuids for obtaining Pstents," which 10
sent fres to any address, ana coata,as
ents' and other valuable matter. During
tie past ave wears we have obtained nearly
three thousand Patents for American ana
Foreign inventor, and can give satisiac-
tory references in almost every county In
the Union.
Address Louis Bagger d Co. Solicitors
of Psteuts and Attorneys et law, Ae
Droit Building, Washington, ID. q.
1i-1yf.
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An ambitious youth, with an edi-
torial turn Of mind, writes Us and
asks: "What shall write on frst? Pc
Better take q hemlock plank and .
chunk of charcoal, till you get % You
can make q straight mark twice alike.
aud then . piece Of sandpaper and Q
gold pen viii do to practice on till
you get your nerves steady, and the
point Of your pen properly sharpened.
Let US hear from you occasionally ;
you may need some further sdvice
upon this subject.