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National Republican., 1878-01-03
Good Advice.

The New York Tribune, in attending to
the Posts canard in relation to certain Dem
Ocratic Senators going back on themselves,
in which it gives to that utterancc more
consequence than the facts will justify
says:
But the repentance Of the DemOcratsc comes
too late. We can hardly imagine that the
President means to Oblige them. Their mo-
tiyes are too clear Whatever strengthens Mr.
COSKLING Of course Is poison to them for he
is AT this moment the most formidable of the
Republican leaders. We do not like his meth
DDS Of political warfare. We have often had
occasion TO quarrel with him in the past, and
we dare say we shall have TO criticise him
pretty frankly in the future; but we do not
purpose shutting our eyes to facts. He must
be blind who cannot see that the control of
the State Of New York is one OF the great Oh
jCctiye points in the next political campaign,
and that, ms affairs now stand, the infiu,nce OF
SenatOr CONKLING is what the Democracy
chiefly breads. Surely, il we needed any les
son in the Importance of harmony among our
selves, and the folly of AN acrimonious and use
less contest, we might find it in the anxiety Oi
our adversarics that this antagOnsIn between
the President and the Senate should be per.
petuatvd.
National Republican., 1878-01-03
CO-OperntiOn In Public Improve
mRuls.

When a community wants large improve
mcnt to be made requiring more capital than
an individual can devote to its accomplish
mcnt, 1t is common for it to prosecute this ca
terprise by the cooperative system If il
may not be done by the municipal, county, or
State organization, the joint stock association
method Is usually rcsOrted to successfully
When our fOrclathers cast about them for u
new form of government they at once, and
very naturally, too chose the cooperative
form. This came of the spirit which after
ward crystal2ed into the motto In Union
tn ere is strength" They forcSnw that while
they embraced no great capitalists and wealthy
and powerful money centre, that vet, by the
cooperative method of mobliEiug their
numerous small capitIls, they should have
sufficient means By which to carry forward
the enterprises Of strong Governments They
numbered only three millions Now We
number about fifty millions. Then we had
about six hundred thousand head, Of families,
now We have about ten million heads of Glmi.
lies, In the early days of the Republic the
burdens of taxation were much
heavier per capiH than they are
now. The purchasing power Of dollar
in the worlds currency then far exceeded
that Of the coin dollar Of to-day. The largely
increased production Of the precious metals
during the last quarter of n century has mate,
terially affected their purchasing power, and
is accountable for a great proportion of what
we now call the high prices OF certain articles
as compared with the value Of similar article,
in 1912. The latter date was the epoch Of low
| prices, caused by :he shrinkage which fol
National Republican., 1878-01-03

OVER nine hundred new subscribers were
added to the Posts subscription list yesterday
Post, January2.
We congratulate our young and vigorous
sotemporary on making this announcement,
for it requires considerable strength and
courage, no doubt to utter one of that mag
tainly congratulate 1t on its prosperity
for we like to see enterprise rewarded. Our
list of subscribers was largely increased at
the beginning of the year, but not sufficient
70 lead us to trihe with the truth.
National Republican., 1878-01-03

EVERY new paper that bursts upon the as
tonishcd gaze of Washington follows its prcde-
cessor in beaten path, and imagines that it
has discovered something extremely new when
1t goes into the reminiscence business. "Old
ANNE RoyALI," ""DUFF GREEN" house here
and there, where WEBSTER, CLAY CALHOUN,
or some other of the intellectual giunts of other
days, lived; the old SEWARD mansion, whence
SIcKLEs came out to shoot KEY, &C., &c, &C.,
all furnish topics which the conductors of the
new paper regard as of paramount interest.
Well, they are interesting; but these reminis-
cences are not particularly new to the readers
of Washington papers, and the periodical re-
publication is not striking such big lead after
ALL
National Republican., 1878-01-03

FIRST she would, and then she wouldn't
then she could, and then she couldn't" This
seems to be the way with Russia on the peace.
with-Turkoy question; but what is tho use
of beating round the bush2 The State policy
of Russia since PETER inaugurlted it and
CATHARISE indorsed it, has demanded the ac-
QUESTION Of Constantinoplo aud the Bosphor.
Gus, and a. the present Romanofs are nearer
TO the fulfllment of this manifest destiny"
than any of their predecessors they intend to
fly their eagles over the mumarcts of Stam-
bcul now, II they can. This means If JoHN
BULL don't let the old lion loose. If he does,
then the whole continental menagcrie may
pitch in making incarnadine the Black Sea
''One red"
National Republican., 1878-01-03

SENATOR HILL explains that Southern Dem
ocrats, even If they ever had the power, would
not demand payment for their slaves, pensions
for Confederate soldiers, or payment Of the
Confederate debt In this the gentleman from
Georgia utters solid chunks of wisdom which
are pearls Of price. And perhaps 1t wouldn't
be altogether healthy to do so. There is a
North, yes, thank COP, there is yet North,
and also great-heartcd West, not altogether
given over to Dixie.doodle-doo; and also the
malarious influences of the Kidwell swamps
are terribly provocative of chill -blaines.
National Republican., 1878-01-03

Mn. STILsoN HUTCHINs is making his life in
Washington pay. We observe that be has OBJ
tanned II rernunerative position in the Wash
ington poss-oitiee.-4t. I.ea!: Daily JOmHd,
This may be true but We think the bal
fist place, the individual named came
among us, carpet-bas in hand, prompted by
higher motives and purposes than holding a
filthy and paltry Office. Then again, it is
scarcely probable that either the Postmas-
ter-General or the Postmaster would impair
his general usefulness by cramping his abil-
tiles within the narrow confines of "a re-
munerative position" We feel authorized
TO contradict the rumor.
National Republican., 1878-01-03

WHAT the people Of Washington need is sd-
equate protection against the people who as
sembled here from abroad. This should be
looked into.-I0d.
We suppose the Post means "the people
who assemble here from abroad" 10 estab-
lish newspapers and for other purposes, and
who would be called 'carpet-baggers" in tho
South. 1t is intimated that some increase
OF adequate protection" was made early in
last month, in the way of sale-deposit f,cil-
tiles, where yaluables could be put safely
aMaY.
National Republican., 1878-01-03

cosmopolitan Republic. Andyct the men who
oouutenance and with all their power further
this thing are called by the high names Of gem
tlcmen, patriots, statesmen, and American citi-
zens. 1t would seem " they really stood on rs
high moral basis as these rmmes would i'm
ply, that IL they would not ailow tho coiored
man to take any part In politics, they at least
would not accept the extra political strength
founded upon his numerical strength, but, in
stead Of any word coming from them to not
accept representation where they will give
no political rights in the words Of one Of their
chief spokcsmen-Wade Hampton-they are
determined to hold to and secure this con.
temptible advantage beyond the power Of tho
free people OF the United States to prevent the
same. 1t would seem that II was full time
that mere political faction of the country
should no longer have the advantage of thirty
hve votes in the National House Of Represen-
tatives that IL Is not entitled 10, even though
they have 1t technically legally. 1t Is Ger.
tainly = great moral crime to allow these
thirty-fve men to weigh down on the side
| that they should by all that Is honorable hold
up IL Is certainly wrong In them to accept
II, and wrong in us to allow IL to 20 on fur
ther, at least without our strong protest against
| II. If within our power to accomplish IL, this
Insulting wrong should he rooted out. Il Is q
stain on our fair cscutcheons, and 1t Is to be
hoped that the good. people Of the land will
see that positive steps are Immediately taken
to blot 1t out forever. Some of these good
people may say, 20, it's In the Constitution,
and cannot now be helped !" but the political
rights Of the newly y-made citizens are also In
the same new additions to the Constitution.
If one is good for anything the other should
be II one is Of no value, the other should not
be. Tho situation of this thing at present Is
shameful and reproach. to us az q people-a
reproach to the North that 10 Is allowed only
| in part-a reproach TO the South in that IL Is
BY them only accepted In part PHILo. :.
National Republican., 1878-01-03

lowed the revulsion Of 1887. The statistics
show that beef, pork, tea, coffee, aud sugar,
are all twenty to hfty per cent. higher
than they were at that date, while -four, corn
meal, and Irish potatoes are nearly one hun
rdred per cent. higher It will be seen that
these arc all cash articles of prime necessity
means Of subsistence to the poor as well as the
rich.
or the fifty millions Of our population, the
ten millions who are heads of families, are
taxed less than ten cents day for the support
of the Federal Government. To bo nice about
1t, our receipts into the Treasury from all
sources last year were o little short
Of S270O0O.0O0. Ten millions tax
payers at ten cents each per diem would
yield 1896, 100000 per annum. Our ordinary
expenditures last year were q little short Of
s24O, 100000, but there was due the sinking
fund under the law $33,Oooooo which not
only absorbed the surplus revenue, but left a
deficit Of something over $3,0O0,0Oo. If we
had paid in our ten cents a day we could have
kept up our sinking fund and have expended
s93,oO0OOO on needed public Improvements In
various parts Of the country, which would have
had the effect to employ the idle laborers and
to infuse life and activity into all the indus
trial avocations Of the people. We complain Of
high taxes, but when we reflect that our federal
taxation daily amounts to only the price of
one good cigar or two glasses of lager, It looms
up in different light And when we find
that by paying this sum into the Treasury,
made up of our numerous Titles, where they
can have cooperative effect, we might ex-
pend nearly one hundred millions per annum
upon those public improvements which en-
liven industry and afford employment to the
needy the temptation is very strong to cry
out in favor of the project. This whole tax
alton would require but two cents per capita of
our population. Could we not stand that ?
And would 1t not be well expended
National Republican., 1878-01-03

THE WEEKLY NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,
IN eight-page political, literary, and agri-
cultural journal, will make its appearance
this afternoon. Extra and specimen copies
for mailing may be had in wrappers by ap-
plication at the counting-room.
National Republican., 1878-01-03

TIE first bill introduced in the Senate Of
The State of New York after its organiza-
tion was by Senator SESSIONS, a Republican,
which provides for the repeal of chapter "a
of the laws Of 1875, which proposed to re-
sume specie payment January l, 1879. This
causes slight furry in Wall street, but the
people begin to see the necessity of taking
their interests into their own hands.
National Republican., 1878-01-03
COmmerc iaI Disasters.

JOIN SHER MANS policy scored an even hun.
dred prominent busi iness firms IN New York
city in December. This, we may remark, Is Il
score that has never been equaled, hut we will
wait and see what JOAN does in January
Cincinnati Enquirer.
That the month of December proved pc
National Republican., 1878-01-03
MIRRIED,

HIKKTED.
GILLEM-TEAGLE-on Monday, May q, Is77 ut
st. Augustines Church, blythe Rev r. Barrott. Rich.
thus city.
HuBBS-CoLE.-on December a. IST7, by the Rev.
MI. France. MIILAhD =. HonIis and MAMIE v.
IOLE
Died
CoYLE.-.on january !, 1879 after short and pain.
tul Illness, JOIIS CoYLk, aged sixtyhve years,
tive OF ireland.
Ills funeral will take place from his late residence
No. 3ls Virginia avenue southwest, on Thursday
afternoon, January ,. at o'clock. Friends and ne
quain!ances oi the family are respectfully invited to
attend.
kSOTT-ARNIsTENDP kSprT, youngest sou OF
John and Martha A. Knott, born October IS, lsO,
died January !. ISIS, al o'clock D. m, ngod eight
year. two months and sixteen days.
wEIDE-on January I, is7s. GEDRoE wEfDE.
aged iOrtythree We Irs.
Friends ofthe family arc respectfully invited to ut
tend his funeral from No. llsi \ street northwest,
Thursday, January g. at . o'clock y. IN.
National Republican., 1878-01-03

THE Post is the Democratic organ at WASH
ington, but 1t feels authorized to say" great
many things which perhaps it knows nothing
sbout.-C hicdgo Inter Ocean.
Yes, and it might have added that it will
take our fog-horn neighbor much longer to
tell what it does not know than what it does.
National Republican., 1878-01-03

TEXAS Baptists have two thriving schools,
Waco and Baylor Universities. Efforts are
also being put forth to build one grand Cen
tennial University, costing $250,OO0, toward
which $4,000 have been raised.
National Republican., 1878-01-03

THE Turks appear to be playing Russia's old
game, when the first Napoleon invaded the
land Of the Tartar, burning the town and
villages. 1t is desperation born of semi
savage nature, but has in it, nevertheless, a
high order Of patriotism. 1t is a red-hot last
ditch
National Republican., 1878-01-03

GIVE us a rest" cried bootbinck from the gal.
lery Of our 0pera.House to party in the audience
who had been coughing during the greater part OF
the performance Use Dr. Bulls Cough syrup"
shouted another urchin.-Er.
National Republican., 1878-01-03

INNOCENCE and crime arc curiousiy blended
in the case of the little girl at philadelphia
whose parents took her from school and
treated her. as a servant in house Of ill.fame
which they conducted. The Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty to Children, to whom
she applied for deliverance, very properly re-.
moved her from their inhuman keeping
National Republican., 1878-01-03

The National Republican has y larger daily
circulation than all the other morning papers
Of the District combined.
National Republican., 1878-01-03

FEET TE ERsy VIE yEr E9E HEALTh d5a ,So ON
sands visit Ih. WHITES Establishment, opposite
Corns, Bunions Diseased Nails ChiIblains Vascular
EKcrescencss, DC Established IN Washington In 1891
oc0-ly
National Republican., 1878-01-03

THURSDAY Y..,,.i.iii,,s4JAN JANUARY ls7s
National Republican., 1878-01-03
SPECIAL NOTICES.

elTe MasoNIC-BY DIsPENsATIoN OF
49, theM T. q II: p. the slated eonvocaiion Of
lafayette r. A. Chapter, No. D, viii be held on
FRIDAY EyENING, January 4, instead OF TUES
DAY EVENING, January l. Members will take
-. RicIiARD J. BLAKEIocK,
National Republican., 1878-01-03

west.
Choice Oh Painting, Engraylngs, ChrOmos, nc.
Also, largest stock OF PapefhanglngS, Window
Shades, Pthres, Frames, Picture Cords and 1asBelS
Rings, Nails &c, In tho District
EBTERAIS CASH.
Please remember name and number. je2Sl3m
The New York herald., 1878-10-27
YORK HERALD SUNDAY OCTOBER 81 ls7souIN7UpLE
TO LET FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES.

RENNETT BUILDING,
- corner Of fulton and Nassau SITS
Several Offices In this building let at greatly reduced
rents The Offices viii be altered suit tenants
The building is heared by steam. and each onice mas
washstand and water Ia il.
Two elevators running. No extras.
IOhN L. KNIGHT.
The New York herald., 1878-10-27
CITY REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

L,OR SALEM THE TWGNIY-rHIRD WARD.
short distance from Harlem Bridge you can buy line
Cottage brick ouse newly built. from 81 600 80 uD
by paying $500 down monthly payments OF s23
Address ID. e., box 1873 Herald office.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-27

almost died of typhoid fever: since when
she has never been the robust. healthy
young lady she was before, but was more
or less an invalid while writing all those
cheerful and entertaining books.
And yet to that illness all her success
as an author might perhaps be traced.
Her Hospital Sketches first published
in Boston newspaper, became very pop
ular. and made her name known all over
the North. Then she wrote other books
encouraged by the reception given to this,
and finally. in 1868, FIVE years after she
left the hospital in Washington, she pub
llshed the first volume of"Little Women. },
From that day to this she has been con-
stantly gaining in the public esteem. and
now perhaps no lady in all the land stands
higher. Several hundred thousand
volumes of her books have been sold in
this country, and probably as many more
IN England and other European countries.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-27

| singing among the grasses. A strange
l1ghtness possessed him, and yet he kept
putting down his heart--not daring to
hope. The farmhouse door was open and
Bertrode was sitting in the porch. Little
Willy went into the house. Fennel
sat down on the step.
"What do you want, Bertrode2''
4 will tell you by and by
Inc twilight grew more dim as they
talked of unimportant things, until they
could not see each others faces. The
crickets were singing hundreds of songs
IN the grasses by the roadside. The dew
fell and woke the sweetness of the ferns
by the roadside.
A long time passed and at last Fennel
rose.
ut is time to go, Bertrode. Will you
tell me now?"
The moon came up and showed her
face pale and her lips tremulous, but
she stood up by his side and spoke
firmly.
Il want to ask you not to go away, Fen
mel. Don't 60"
4 There seemed more to be said, but she
could not say it. Her voice died on her
lips, and the eager light in Fennel Gould s
eyes faded.
Icannot stay, Bertrode; don't be troub.
led to pity me- Good-by, and God keep
you, dear, forever!'
} He stopped to kiss her. Her arms were
around his neck.
my love, my love" she cried, ''don'
, leave me. l want you; you make me-
happy; and have never, never, loved am
but you, dear heart! Take my life--yol
2 have saved it and spare me the one 20,
) risked in my salvation. will try t,
make it happy; but, indeed, Fennel, an
not worthy Of YOU"
!; Heart to heart, at last; Heavens angel
[ bless them.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-27
How Old japanese Bronzes are Made.

A correspondent of the New York
Times has this in letter from Kioto,
Japan: Bronzes and silks come in for
very large share of the exports Of Koto,
and some OF the work in bronze is of
superior charater. l have heard several
amusing stories about bronzes and the
way they make them here. A merchant
Of Kobe saw a pair OF very old vases in a
Kioto shop; their was no doubt about
their age, as they were eaten here and
there by yerdigris and the tooth of time
old I'empus Edar Re1um. He was sur
prised at the low price demanded, and
Immediately bought them, and then ask
ed the shop-keeper if he had any more.
The latter said he had none, but would
make them to order.
| don't want new vases" was the
reply; want old ones like these
Ill make them for you,' the shop
keeper answered; ''make them all just
| like these"
| The merchant gave the order, and in
month he had his new antiques with tie
necessary stamp Of 1empus Edar. He
ordered some more, sent the consignment
to London, and had the satisfaction of
clearing about 400 per cent. on invest
ment. The japanese maker told him
that the process of venerableizing
bronzes was very simple. SECT strong
vinegar" said he, and boil them in it
a few hours, and if you want to make
them very old add a little acid.'' The
same process has long been used at Biz
m1ngham in making Waterloo relics
and Egyptian antiquities, and the Japan
csc have not been slow to find it out
They are very clever at limitations Of any
kind, and if you allow them a little
latitude they will improve upon the
model. The porcelain factory which I
mentioned in proceeding paragraph had
limitations of all kinds of ware from
Japan and China, and the proprietor
offered to reproduce any sample which
, could be brought. "You can buy plenty
} of old ware here" said he, "but you had
better have it made, and then you know
: you are not cheated" Very good and
practical advice.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-27
A Singular Case of "Suspended Ami.
matiOn.'

While the extreme reticence of the
dranatis person@ make it hard to get at
the minute particulars Of the strange
events told below, the main facts of the
narrative are given on undoubted author
ity, and the story is believed to be in It's
essential particulars strictly true: In a
family Of excellent social position, resid-
ing not a thousand miles from Boston, the
wedding of young daughter was but a
few DAYS distant Notes Of preparation
precursory Of the glad event re-echoed
in the family mausion; busy fingers pu1
the finishing touches on the bridal outfit
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-27

Cured with nothing to hint at how near
it had come to being a funeral. At the
reception sweet old lady sat in her easy
chair, clipper as a squirrel, in her best
black silk and apick-span clean white
cap It was the brides grandmother, the
corpse of the morning before -Bostop
Globe.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-02-07
The Preliminaries of Peace.

The terms of the proposed Russian treaty
with the Turks as conveyed by telegraph
are such as might haye been expected. The
demand for the full opening of the Black
| Sea to both the mercantile and military yes.
| sells OF Russia is in harmony with the we'll
known principles of international law, and
| the privilege, if granted, must be extended
to all nations. From the earliest of her VIC
tories in modern times, Russia has sought
for at least the privilege of opening this sea
to the Muscovite mercantile marine. By
the celebrated treaty of Adrianople, in 1929,
Gen. Diebitch, the sBalkan crosser," OBJ
tanned the opening of the Dardanelles to
all Russian merchant vessels, but did not,
apparently claim the right for national
ships. Again, in 1888, when Turkey was
at the lowest ebb of fortune which she has
ever reached, a secret article of the treaty
with Russia provided that the Porte should,
when required by the Gar, close the Straits
of the Dardanelles against the armed vessels
of all other foreign powers, and under the
alliance with Russia her ships of war were
undoubtedly admitted. Fortune, however,
again favored the Ottomans, and after the
successful termination of the Egyptian war,
with the aid of the European powers, the
troatv Of london was ratified in 1S41. By
tbis the DardanelIes and Bosphorus were
recognized as mere Turkish streams, and
not as highways for nations and the princi-
ple was confirmed that no ships OF war OF
foreion mowers could enter the Straits OF the
Dardanelles. Russia herself acceded to this
stipulation.