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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-18
MRS. Oiiyer Discharged.

NEW YORK, July 1.-THE Her.
AIDS Washington special says that
among the discharged female en-
plOyes of the Patent Office to-day
was Mrs. Oliver, who is sueing
Cameron for breach Of promise.
She was very indignant for a time
and refused to leave.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-18

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE At
torney General has sustained the
view taken by Second Assistant
Postmaster General that the law
passed at the last session of Con-
aress authorizing payments by
Post Office Department directly to
sub-coDtractors for carrying mails
is applicable TO contracts existing
at the date of enactment of the
law as well as those of subsequent
issue
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-18

Or. Chin Quong Tin,
CHINESE DOCTOR.
OFFICE-Corner Los Angeles and Ar
cadia streets.
Hd-Cures all kinds of diseases.
Once hours from to II A. M. and from
2 to S ana t09P. NJ. ap30tf
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-18
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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-18
Beacon. fields welcome Homo.

LONDON, July 1.-THE welcome
to Beaconsfield yesterday was a
perfect ovation. AS he and his
party were driven from the railway
depot along the West Strand, there
was one continuous cheer, and his
carriage was showered with bou.
qnets of flowers, q crowd following
all the way to Downing street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-18
sao Fsa0ciscO Markers.

NEW YORK, July 17-Secretrry
of Navy Thompson WAS the guest
of S. ID. Chittenden yesterday, and
during the day visited several
points of interest in Brooklyn. In
the evening dinner was given at
Manhattan Beach Hotel, Coney
Island, in honor of the Secretary
and family. There were about 40
guests.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-18
Ha,ieck's Cours Martial.

WEST POINT, July 1.-THE hear
ing of Fitz John Porter's case was
continued to-day. All the wit
nesses examined sustain the points
made by Porter, that it would have
been impossible for him 30 have
obeyed Pope's order to march, for
which he was court martialed.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-18

LONDON, July ia Paris des-
patch states that NJ. Maurice Jolly,
a well known radical advocate,
comm itted suicide.
The miners of AnZin, which con.
tains the largest collieries of
France, have struck. Precautions
have been taken to prevent threat
ened disturbances.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-18
Hot weather In st. Leuis.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 1.-THE
heated term continues; forty-nine
burial permits were issued to-day
for deaths by sunstroke. People
are dying in their houses who have
not been in the sun, SO great is the
heat.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-18
Passengers Guing south.

MoJAvE. July 17.-E Hamilton,
F Pico, H Salby, d H Thompson,
Il B Clark and wife, s w Suther-
land, w A Walter, J o Rhinehart,
A Ryder, III Bell, J d Harvey, ] b
Brown, A Pico.
The Umatiilas Not Against Us.
BOISE CITY, July 17th.--Tt is not
true that the Umatillas have join
ed the hostiles. On the other hand,
100 warriors Joined Col. Forsyth
and fought the hostiles yesterday
and brought in twenty-five scalps
and 800 horses.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-05-04
Little JOhnny's Menagerie.
THE HIPPO,


HIPPO is only the Christian name.
but there full names is Hippopata-
muses.. My picter book says hippo
means horse, but l think the first
teller that said it that way was fool,
cos horse is easier for to say. Hippose
is found in Africa, but wen YOU have
found one wot can you do? Once there
was 4 man came up to other to give
him lickin' and said, mad as ever he
could be: 81 have been looking for
you, you wrascle, and I've found YOU
at last" Then the other man he said:
THAT is fack, sure enough" and
Wen he said it he picked big stick up,
and the man which had done the findin
he said: "Yes, I've found you at last.
you betr' and the other said he cudent
deny it, and was rollin up his sleeve.
Then the man which spoke first said:
DO you kno wot street this is?" And
the other fellow said: Course | do,
you vagabone; it is Blank street"
Then the man which was goin to do
the lickin he thot awhile and said: "Oh,
If you amt lost, wot was the use for me
to find you?n and he walked away fast
as ever he could. The baby Impose is
about the size of Mister Brily, the
butcher, and Uncle Ned says that minds
him of wen baby vale comes ashore
and everybody went out for to see it,
and it was long like a tug bote and
thickern a OK. A young lady witch
went out with Uncle Ned she looks at
1t and said: Jest to think of sech a
little tot having no motherr' And
evry woman witch come to see it said:
Poor little thingr' 1 seen two hip
pose in ashow holdin open their mouths
for biskits witch folks give EN-. Vile
one was bein fed the other was off to
one side watchin, and wen it seen the
biskit in the otherns mouth it wunk its
eye, and then the other shet its mouth
and swollered, cos you mite put a hole
loaf in their mouths and they woodn't
knO it less the other told EN-, but that
way they dident waste no time on bad
boys witch made believe. Wen my Sis
ter talks to her dicky bird in the cage
L spOse it thinks like we do about the
hippose "What a horrid CRATE offie
MOUTH But if missy knew it tibet way
| bet she would say: "lts crewel to
keep birds shet up, lets give it to the
cat" But wen it comes to birds give
me the American eagle, witch ticks orl
others, and flies roun, and roun, and
up, up, up, -hooray!
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-05-04
The Earnings Of Lobbyists.

Does lobbying pay? In some cases
it does; in other cases it does not
There are all grades of incomes among
lobby men. The camp-followers and
occasional amateurs may pick up from
$50 to $500 in a session, but the big
lobbyists have frequently earned thou
sands of dollars in single session.
One lobby member, man who is en-
titled to wear the proud title of
"Speaker of the Third House, has. in
the course of decade and half earned
over 100000. From the best informa-
ton obtainable, it is doubtful if any lob
byist has ever earned over $1,000 or
$4,000 in a session.
How great the value of a lobbyist S
services may be can be seen by single
instance. Once upon time certain
general law was proposed by State
Commission. The bill which embodied
this law was designed to be general in
its application, and was framed in en-
tire ignorance of how oppressively some
of its provisions would operate in a
certain case. The bill was discussed
in a committee-room, when it was dis
covered by lobbyist of brains and
keen perceptions that certain section
of the bill would compel great cor
poration to make an outlay of 1,50O,-
900 to comply with its provisions. The
corporation was notified, and power
full influence brought to bear on the
committee. This section was modified
by special clause inserted, and vast
sum of money saved.
Lobbyists are frequently retained by
corporations simply to keep a lookout
for measures affecting their particular
interests, and if such measures are in
troduced the lobbyist notifies his en-
ployers. An Ex-Governor of this State
has said that his firm has to keep a
man at the State House to watch for
dangerous bills. Our shifting and fire.
quent legislation yearly imperils hun
dreds of important interests. The mere
cost of running the legislative machin-
cry is the smallest part of the burden
imposed by annual sessions. Boston
Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-05-04

eight cents very honestly. Are you
willing to come little while every day
till it is done?'
Il guess | am Harry said, CRATE
fully. I'm glad Eve got the chance"
So, for several days Harry went down
every afternoon, wedding row each
time. 1t was hot, hard, tiresome work,
but he persevered, and in a week had
finished the four long rows, one day
being all that Mr.. Osgood thought it
well for so small a boy to do, Seven
cents row, and four rows, fixed four
times seven once for all in Harry's
mind, and the afternoon when he
walked home with twenty-eight bright
pennies. jingling them all the way, was
one of the proudest of his life.
You have earned great deal more
than twenty-eight cents,' said mamma,
as she counted the shining pile. much
more than you would understand if /
told you now! Patience and persever-
ance and honor more than | was sure
my little boy had. Now you want to
pay Bob, and then l think you will be
happier than you have been for long
time"
Harry ran off and burst into Bob's
quarters with sort of war-whoop,
which brought out the owner at once.
Here's your money" said Harry,
putting down the pennies with such en-
ergy that some rolled on the floor.
Your ma gave tito you?n said Bob;
g or your grandfather, maybe?"
9 No, they didn't. l earned it." said
Harry. and that was all Bob could ever
make him tell. To Amy he confided his
troubles, and the fact that he should
not do so much treating hereafter, and
was greatly relieved when Amy de-
clared that she should not mind one bit.
So the trouble ended for that time, and
II Harry was ever tempted to say
. charge it, at any time he remem-
bered that half hour in the wood, and
the long rows of onions, and marched
away from temptation as fast as posi-
e.-ChriStia1a Union.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-05-04
A Cruel Girl.

Postmaster Siegel, of Hale's Corners.
Wis, has a fair daughter. Some months
ago the stern parent discovered that
she was madly in love with the hired
man, and, to break up the match, dis
charged the chap, who went to Milwau-
kee. Shortly after, a young physician
named Rowland appeared at the Cor
ners, and, becoming acquainted with
the fair Siegel, straightway fell in love
with her, and after brief courtship
proposed and was accepted, the old
gentleman being well pleased at the
idea of having professional gentleman
for son-in-law. The wedding day was
fixed for last Wednesday, but when the
doctor repaired to the house of his fair
one he found her missing, and a note
left for him said: Dear Fred, will
see you later" The next day came
letter from the runaway, stating that
she was safe in Milwaukee, and had al
ready welded her first love. This was
too much for the doctor, and he went
straight to the mill pond and jumped
in, but was rescued before he could
drown. He then gave vent to his feel
ings by taking a roll of bills out of his
pocket, tearing them to bits, and con-
signing them to the elements. This
seemed to satisfy him and at last ac-
counts he had quite recovered.
UtLle WtS. Dispatch TO Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-05-04
jim LANES LAST MESSAGE.

Ioq see that Jime Lane of the office
Had the keeping at Panamar Creek:
AS hne and noble a fellow
As ever translated the click"
We were chums in the army together
his signal L knew like book
AND his nervous, crisp manner of working
message could not be mistook.
Poor jim he was the first to 90 under
When the Yellow Jack happened this way;
And sorry time twas in the mountains
W hen we laid him away in the clay
The boys the whole length of the line here
Made purse for the widow and chick"
But we missed Jimmy Lane and his signal.
Ana the sharp, nervous way of his click.
Well, one midnight or near it, last season
- was tuning the mail from the West,
Sweeping on through the long narrow valley
Like thunderbolt, doing its best
Till the signal came from the last station,
And knew in ten minutes the mall
Would be past me and climbing the grading
Between here and the Cumberland vale
When quick on the heels of the message
,, lame signal with sharp nervous click;
L q swore that Jim Lane 1CdS a loorkiag
The wires up at Panamar Creek
Back my answer, and on came a message:
swtchi'
was out in a moment and tearing
Down the track by that ornery ditch,
Where found that some wretch had been turn
ing
The switch to demolish the train;
And spike driven down in the timber
To render my efforts in vain.
l tell You now, stranger, no mortal
Ever worked as did that night
L believe other hands were helping.
Though you may conclude it was fright.
But that spike was pulled ont in some manner.
And the switch-lever swung to it's place
Just as past swept the train on her metal
Mp and tuck with her time in the race
And as reeled back in my weakness,
In the last flying coach of the train
saw Jimmy's widow and baby
Looking out through bright-lighted pane.
Sherman D. Richardson.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-05-04
Our Photograph Abroad.

The monograph has carried Paris by
storm. At first the story was actually
spread abroad that the machine was
simply a mystification, and that the per-
son who exhibited the monograph was
merely a clever ventriloquist and imi-
tator of other peoples voices. No mind
but that of a Paris cockney could have
conceived of such an idea as that. As
soon as the Academy of Sciences had
testified to the genuineness of the in
vention the town went wild about it,
and Edison has had such advertising as
in his widest dreams he could not have
expected.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-05-04

the assistants going back to Belfast in
the carriage.
The next morning the news of Mrs.
I Bells restoration to life was abroad in
the town. The body-snatcher fingered
in the neighborhood until he ascer
tanned that the clergyman had quilted
home for friends house. Then he
called at the parsonage and asked for
the lady of the house. 1t was with
some difficulty that he obtained an in
terview, as the dOmestics informed him
that the lady was indisposed and con-
fined to her room. MY business" he
said, lis of very great Importance, and
it is absolutely necessary that | should
see her" After the lapse of half an
hour a middle-aged, handsome, state
ly lady entered the parlor, and, gazing
with considerable dignity at her visitor,
said: "What is your business with me,
sir?''
"Let me shut the door, ma am, - he
said, and, quickly stepping behind the
lady, closed the door. 81 think we have
met before, ma am he said, in a firm
but respectful tone.
"Sirn' the lady exclaimed in offended
accents.
Il am sure thatwe have met before,
ma am, the man said.
"You are mistaken, sir" the lady
replied, "utterly mistaken, sir; YOU
will oblige me by quitting the house
Immediately"
"You forget last night, ma'am, in
the vault" the man said in a low tone.
The cheek of the lady evidently
blanched, and she gave a gasp for
breath. Instantly recovering herself,
she said
81 don't understand you, sir. You
are laboring under mistake"
We'll, l may be-" the man replied;
g that's fact; but my impression was
that l saw you last night in the vault
when you were trying to remove the ring
from the finger of what you supposed
to be corpse"
The lady had sunk into chair, and
was deadly pale. By powerful effort
she overcame her momentary weakness,
and said in strong tones: 90 don't know,
sir, what you speak of. You are either
laboring under a mistake or YOU are a
lunatic'
"Do you happen to have dress like
this, ma amp the man asked, drawing
from his pocket the piece which he had
cut from the dress of the occupant of
the vault the night before
The lady's lips grew white and dry.
She tried to speak but her tongue Glove
to the roof of her mouth, and utterance
was impossible.
g | am reasonable, madam" the man
said; 81 know your secret, but | will
keep it if you will make it worth my
while.n
How much do you require?" the
lady asked, acquiring the power of
speech by great effort.
Twenty pounds down will satisfy
me for the present." the man said,
g and more at another time when
need it.n
The money was paid, and within a
month the man returned and demanded
more. The lady evidently revealed the
story of her disgrace and crime to her
husband, for he paid the money, and
soon after resigned his living and re-
tired to England.
This part of the condemned mans
was made known to Mr.. Bell.
All the parties to this strange transac-
ton are not yet dead, and hence the
names here are fictitious. The writ
er's informant, however, vouched for
the truth of the story, and there is no
reason to doubt his yeracity. Chicago
Inter- Ocean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-05-04
@ur nuung falls.
MERRY RAIN.

Sprinkle. sprinkle, comes the rain,
Tapping on the window-pane;
Trickling. coursing,
Crowdlng, forcing
Tiny rills
To the dripping window-sills.
Laughing rain-drops. light and swift.
Through the air they fall and sift;
Dancing, tripping,
bounding, skipping
Thro' the street,
With their thousand merry feet.
Every blade of grassearound
Is ladder to the ground;
Chnglng. striding
Slipping, sliding,
On they come
With their busy zip and hum.
In the woods, by twig and spray,
Iothe roots they find their way;
Pushing, creeping,
Doubling, leaping.
Down they 90
To the waiting life below.
Oh, the brisk and merry rain,
Bringing gladness in its train.
Falling, glancing,
Thinking, dancing,
All around
Listen to its CHEEKY sound
-fIeta F0'TeSter, IN s.. Nicholas
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-05-04

THE Philadelphia Peace Society has
sent a number of articles to the Paris
Exhibition, including a pillow, the
shares of which are made of swords and
the beam of scabbard. The shares
Give in number) are made from two
swords, one of which was used in the
Mexican war and the other in the Re-
bellion. Both swords were presented
to the Universal Peace Union at its last
decade meeting in Carpenters Hall, in
Philadelphia, and the scabbard, which
contained one of them, is made to do
service as a beam. Another sword
which was presented to the union at
the same time has been transformed
into pruning hooks.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-05-04

VICE-PREsIDENT WHEELER rides to
and from the Capitol in street car.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10
THE FAMINE IN CHsNA.

The distress in China is very great. The
CtIssiol Empire says that thousands die
daily in the Scba Province. The wretch
ed people not only feed on the bodies oil the
dead. but the strong in their desperation
kill the weak and dsyour them. The gov
eminent has appropriated 100000 taeis for
the relief of the famine in Schansi and Ho-
nan. According to the Peking Gosette the
greater part of the Empire is in very IN
poverished condition, and it shows little
symptom of improvement One hall oil the
country has been depopulated and ruined by
civil war or drought, and the other hall, owing
to like causes, cannot afford help. The cop
per mines could be made very profitable II
hands could be found to work them In
fortunately, there is no money to pay them
Recently, Chinese loan OF about SIC, 600
600 has been put on the London Exchange
but there is no prospect OF negotiating 1t FOL
want of adequate security The govern
ment is dismayed by the immense difficult
ties Of the situation-the growing depopu
lation, the inability of the people OF 'h'
richest provinces to pay taxes, and the ac
cumulated arrears that cannot be collected
There is danger of a collapse OF this ancien
Empire.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10
STATE MILITIA.

Some Interesting facts in regard to the
State Militia are brought out in the reply
of the War Department to resolution re
Gently passed by the Senate. 1t seems thai
the War Office has figures to show that the
nominal Militia force OF the various State.
is nearly 100000 OF men; but of thi,
number only 90, S65 are organized, and O
the organized Militia, as the public has &C
casion to learn last summer, only a very
small part is cabable of effective service
The Chief of Ordnance proposes to renew
his Recommendation that the appropri
alton for arms for the use of the militia
shall be increased from 500, 900 to 81 ,OOO,.
00G and that the arms shall be distributed
in such a WY as to make the states respon-
sible for them. Whatever may be done
with this particular proposition, there is no
doubt that the militia could, with advan-
tage, have a more intimate connection with
the Central Government, and could be, in
this way, made much more available than
II nou- l.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10
THE LIFE OF CHRIST.

The parties who bought Beecher's "Life
of Christ" have sued the author for failure
of contract. The case is in Judge Fuller
tons hands, who says: 'The whole matter
is in a nutshell, and is very simple. Mr.
Beecher made contract ten years ago, and
failed to keep it. In spite of that he OBJ,
tanned $4,000 from US, and subsequent
royalties, all of which, with interest, he
must pay back, besides compromising us fol
the damages we sustained. We shall pro.
coed at once" The question of interest is
who is the 1--WE" in the case, who, under the
name OF Cash." bought the Life Of
Christ" at the time OF the Ford sale. The
Fords say the book would have sold had
Beecher finished it. The second volume i:
only half written.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10
Au~picious Opening Of the New
Year
New York Times.l

The dark shadow of the war-clouds that
are slowly enveloping Europe makes the
peaceful opening of our own new year
seem brighter by contrast. Last year We
could almost match the dismal forebodings
over the issue Of the Cons,antinopie Confer,
epce with the fears that were entertained
of some violent sequel to the dispt te over
the result of the Presidential election
Now, we have so completely recov-
cred from our scare on that subject
that it will be found as difficult to
obtain from this Congress attention IL
plans for amending the constitutional pro,
visions Tor the election OF President as II
was before we had any experience oil the
dangers of contested election. Of Politi
cal uncertainties and perplexities, the veal
opeps with more than enough, but they hav'
|, lost their power to excite even Jealous par
tisans. and in spite Of the efforts OF mel
who are nothing if not leaders OF faction
all the conditions OF the time are favorabi
TO the bunting OF political animosiiies an
to the forming Of closer relations hetwee
the practical necessities If the country an
the legislation which ought TO minister I
| them.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10

The New York papers report that the
holiday trade this season has been very
much better in almost all respects, except
furs and other sriicles adapted to an espe- |
cially cold winter, than it was in 1861.
Both the number of buyes and the total VOL |
ume of transactions were better. There |
seemed, however, more than usual dispo- |
sition to neglect the fancy for the more Use.
full articles, and the same tendency was
manifested even by those who were ev:
ly purchasers of presents. IT,
sign of the times, for Ne~
commercial respe~
which goc' $ q eo'
d. York is In maj
|, Is the best pulse fro
.. diagnosis of the general bu:
..Iospects Of the country at large C;
l.