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National Republican., 1878-11-01
1T coLpwELL Salesman. ocassTni Tgg'
r II. WARNER,
Real Estate Auctloneer.

De Real Estate Auctoneer
BY yIrt9s Sf deeds Of rus! dated respectively feo
land records o The s District oi Columbia aud 6 iIs
R"Iy sfTFf2 of hd ,"srsSE w on
MONDAY, the 18Th day OF November, 4. D. ISIS at
ely SoSS q as S ,I"s'' il iSs The
recorded subdivision Of part OF square numbered iG
Terms: one'quNrier cash; balance In six. twelve
and eighteen months, with interest at per cent or
TsaaIred at time o sale ConycygndHsn expense Or
J. T. CoLDw Ell, salesman. ec:snoI, ,i'sii,iS,ls
TRrsTEE,s SALE OF A BRICK HOUSE on +
l. sTRREEr NORTH NEAR NORTH CAPITOL
by virtue Of q deed Of trust recorded In Iber s!I
fS9 is one Ti the lan Tec2rt; Of the District Of Co
wsmHs, rs @ a, IT, tour o'clock M IN front OF ne
10 10 slgare M ~? ~ lhis SS improved by brick dwell.
Terms, s!,Oj0 with per cent interest from Novcm.
Der ISL, and the expenses of sale In cash and the
months. with Interest sscnr,d by The rnici,"Scrs
no!cs and decd Of trust cn the property; A Hepp,,
%nc.ng al purchaser cost. -
b II, WARNER 4 co. HactiOnrsrs 8"D isS."S dcIS,t;
TRusTEEs SALE OF vALUBLE IMPROVED
REAL Estate, AT HILISDALE Dc.
ny virtue Of deed o. trust to pnmicI L. Eaton .
NJ e ioo sS5 one o ic iSli @ records iSr W",Ti%E hug
toi County, IN te l!srici,of Col nmbia aud Hi the
request OF the party secured thereby Surviving
trustee, will sell gt public auction In front OF the
premises, on FRIDAY. NOVEMBER IS ls7s, nt $50
O'Clock y m, lot No. =, section No o. Of the Barry
inEm subdirtslon according T. the plat Of suh-dviS
Ion hlrd by the trustees Of barry farm funt IN tho
once OF the surveyor OF Washington County District
Of Columbia.
Terms OF sale ;-o5 with Interest ut 10 per cent %
anpum ifom June ISL less 'GcCn' rGid on account
aud expenses q sale In cash; The 6nlamrr IN six tO
months, for when the notes Of the purchaser airing
date frum the day Oi safe and secured by Diet UrIuL
upon te property, shalt be taken. a deposit
OF IS Will be required the purchaser ut the time OF
sale, and ali Conypyluc!ng VII he at the cost Of the
purchaser. The trustee reserves the right TO resell
the property at the risk and cost of the dptultlug
purchaser II the terms Of sale not complied with
Within seven ~ days amer the day o. sale.
GEO W STICkNEN.
ocll law6dS Surviving Trustee.
National Republican., 1878-11-01
SbeciaL NOhceS,

NC9fs THIRD wASIiINGTOS COOPERATIVE
~ BUILDING ASSOCIATION -Thl1 AssocIn
ton wus organized, on the co operative plan, last
Wednesday night, I'D Instant At bRvl.' Hail. Gl5
seventh street. and The ioiioNlnS officer. elected
2, l.atner secretary, Jonn T. rhOmip,on treasurer
George J. johnson, J. d. Free, Leonard whitney r.
:. schafhrt. b, J. Macar,y. {. {. Duucan,ou. John
Coax,
. Toe first meeting for the payment Oi dues will be
held on the second Monday evening In December
next, at Davis Hail. No ~ seventh street, OppOs site
the Patent-Oiicc. Any ui the IiIUve.IameI officers
Will receive subscriptions for stock. The dues on
eaCh share VIII be sLsj per month Each share gives
the rIgnt to purchase mi advance Of ti,UDO, "hiC
with the premium, Is divided into one hundred
monthly payments: and the redemption o, unnd.
vuucel stock aud tn close OF the asso aiom viii be-
gin when assets can pay Si per Cnt on the amount
/ aid In on each share. JOHN l.. THOMPSON,
OCab bTuFhShtN Secretary,
National Republican., 1878-11-01
E0r Bent.

EoR RENT-CALL AND SEE OUR LIST OF
4 property for rent JOHN Su ERMAN & CO,
ly8iy 81 Cloud Building.
EOR RENT-A SEvEN-RoOM BRICK HOUSE,
No ~ street southeast; convenient tothe Ca pi.
toll Is htled up with gas, water. Latrobs stoves and
newly pnpercd. ocsgLlts
National Republican., 1878-11-01
REAMER q DOWNING.

UPHOJSTERERS,
And manufactures Ufhl grades Of MattIcsscs
No. 1O3 street y. w. Washington, ID. c.
Loose cover cutting speciality Al! orders prompt
ly attended 10. yli-lluI
National Republican., 1878-11-01
pWOrOs4I.S FOR GKINITE WORK.

Sealed pro- ONas will received at the piirc Of the
Eugur"r o. the Uut"i states IApilU. GrUGuis. cor.
u e eiawHrr avenue ald IS esl uuIthra'. unil u
~, NuyeH bwr l. iur fumi.hiu. Cut Granite lIeIs
mcnt of the Capitol purk.
fnns wrrh >UfrItCatius can be ~r"T uni bunk forms
OhItiuCd at tile UHicr uf tn engineer
The GOvcrnm"u' reserves the rtht TO accept the
Mhpu o. any piri Ot ANY bd.
B.hs VII uu ludur ,rl "I'r .pO-a,s fOr furnishing
Piers tnprg. &c, tor the ClMo uIOlud, and
accompHnei BY snlp e. 0 The % u.r nl 1, b. used.
Oci0- ArCh!tCct OF Ulrcd states lnpItol.
National Republican., 1878-11-01

n.y. EXTRACT OF REPORT FROM THE
W. celebrated Physician Erasmus Wilson, of Lon
don, Englani' several severe cases OF In
Clpient consumption have come under my obserya-
Ton that have teen cured by I've timely OF Cold.
ens Liebss Liquid Extract Of Besf aud ronlc lnvig.
orator. oCta66t
National Republican., 1878-11-01
NEW WINDSOR COLLEGE.
FOR YOUNG GENTLEMEN AND LADIES.

NEW WINDSOR MARSLAND-thTee hours ride
by TalI from WashngtOnin one OF the most beautiful
gnl heRlhul parts OF Western MARY land. 1t has u
mll corps OF competent and experienced professors.
The course Of study Is designed to give thorough ed
Terms MODERATE.
Parents or guardians IN wRshng ton having youth
to educate invited to visit the College aud Irurn OF
It's advantage or confer with tS Pro essUr Of History
Rev JOHN CHESTER, y. D., NO. lg6 Il street south
east Washington, u. C., OF whom circulars eau Dr oh
laned UCtg-lm
Il INDERGARTES NORMAL INSTITUTE OF
IN Wellington for the training of teachers, and
NationAl Kline ergHron for primary and advanced
ClRssc- The normal class opens October |. Lectures
to mothers every Tuesday and Friday, 5SJ o'clock
y: M, IN kintrrgnrlrn Hal For particulars apply
Mrs. LOUISE POLLOCK, a.9 Eighth street.
sen.
National Republican., 1878-11-01
NOTICE TO IONTRACToRS
Posr.OrIIcE nErNnrMr,

All LETTINGS.
National Republican., 1878-11-01

&. W. EOllSBEIiG & CO.,
D E Q o r A T O RS.
Ercsco Painting and Interior Decorations sIeci.Lly
onicc II.a street opposite the Riggs House. Wash
ingtOn.
Painting IN all II. branches. We uSc none but tn
best n aieriuI IN our work, and all work guarantee
salts ia T'uTy. uu-.lu
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-15
--s - = = -
MARK EGsNG IN TAELETI.

At 4:45 this morning soma of US land
to see the market, this being the great
day when the natives cone in from the
country and surrounding villages, by sea
aud by land, in boats or on horseback, to
sell their produce and buy necessaries for
the coming week. We walked through the
shady streets to the two covered market
buildings, partitioued across with two
great punches of oranges, plantains, and
many -col9red vegetables hung on strings.
The mats, beds, and pillows still lying
about suggested tho idea that the sales
men and women had passed the night
among their wares. Tie gayly-attired,
good-looking, 1ower-decorated crowd, Of
some 700 or 800 people, all chattering and
laughing, and some staring at us-but not
rudely-looked much more like chorus
of opera-siugers dressed up for the parts
in some grand spectacle than ordinary
market-going peasants. Whatever way one
turned, the prospect was an animated and
attractive one. Here, beneath the shade
of large, smooth, light-graen banana leaves
was group of earnest bargainers for
mysterious looking fish, luscious fruit. and
vegetables, there, sheltered by dropping
mango, whose rich clusters of purple and
orange fruit hung in tempting proximity to
lips and hands, another little crowd was
similarly engaged. Orange trees were
evidently favcrite rendezvous; and a row
of fower-sellers had established themselves
in front of hedge of scarlet hibiscus and
double Cape jasmine. Every vendor car
ried his stock in trade, however small the
articles comprising it might be, on bam-
boo pole, across his shoulder, occasionally
with rather ludicrous effect, as, for instance,
when the thick but light pole supported
only tiny fish six inches long at one end,
and two mangoes at the other. Everybody
seemed to have brought to market just
what he or she happened to have on hand,
however small the quantity. The women
would have one, two, or three new-laid
eggs in leaf basket one crab or lobster,
three or four prawns, or one little trout.
Under these circumstances, marketing for
SO large a party as ours was o somewhat
long operation, and was much amused in
watching our proreedor, as he went about
collecting things by ones and twos, until
he piled little cart quite full, and had
it pushed off to the shady quay.-Mrs.
Brassey in A Voyage in The Sunbeam.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-15
A mENDACi0Us MUMMY.

1t is hard to lose our faith in an
tiquity; to be told that the classic
legend of the wolf sucking the founders
of Rome is legend only; that Pompey
never ran his head against the pillar of
his name, and that Cleopatra never saw
the needle which now lies prone upon
the Thames embankment; that the de-
ciphered records Of the ancient tombs
and temples and obelisk8 Of Egypt and
Asia Minor have never been correctly
deciphered at all; and we shall be very
soon called upon to believe that the
Moabite Stone and the block granite
sarcophagus of Alexander the Great, now
in the British Museum, are modern an
tiquities, like the Cardiff Giant or the
Colorado Stone Man or Thurlow Weed
But the public had learned to have
faith in the veracity of mummy
especially of a genuine Egyptian
mummy. So much pains was taken ir
preparing him for physical Immortality
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-15

THE Comptes RenduS states that flames
neyer appear in VeSuvius but when the
volcanic action is energetic, and is accom-
panied with development of gaseous
substances in state Of great tension-that
is, they do not appear when the actions
are feeble; their appearance always accom-
panies explosions from the principal mouth,
only they cannot be observed but in favor
able circumstances. They likewise show
themselves in small cones in action, which
are found in the interior Of the crater, OF
at the foot of the volcano; nor are they
-isible except in the openings which are
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cox *.

The barking of the cork tree-a species
of oak growing in Spain, Portugal and
Italy-is commenced when the tree is fifteen
years old, and may be repeated every
eight or ten years afterward with no injury
to the oak, which in spite of this periodical
fiaying, lives to the age of hundred and
and fifty years. In July and August, in
cisions are made around the tree, and
down to the root; the pieces which detach
easily are soaked in water, placed under
heavy weights, dried before a fire, and
stacked in bales for expectation. The
corkcutters cut the sheets into
strips, and round them into shape with q
thin, sharp knife.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-15
FEE DOVES MOSQUE.

In the city of Stamboul, the Doves
Mosque, or the Mosque of Bajazet H., has
a special charm. The court, entered by
gates elaborately decorated in arab sque, is
exceedingly beautiful. In the centre is
marble fountain under canopy and shelf
cred by a cluster of fine trees. AS you
enter the court you hear the rotr of wings,
and for moment the air is darkened with
The sudden flight of nlyriNds of doves.
These birds, the offspring of a pair pur-
chased from poor woman by Sultan
Bajazet and presented to the mosque, are
as sacred as was the ibis of old. A grave
and reverend fellow with huge turban
sits under the cloister and sells grain to the
faithful and the tickle. The former fed
the doves for charity the latter fol fun.
While the fountain is knee-deep with
swarming birds and the trees clogged with
them and all the caves Of the cloister lined,
and even the high galleries of the slender
minarets not unvsited by these fcathered
dervishes. you throw handful of wheat into
the court and like thunder-cloud, tie whole
tribe swoops upon you with the rush and
roar of a storm, They crowd one another
and heap themselves together and stand on
their heads in their eagerness to get a
II orsel of grain. In a moment some one
enters the court and the birds take Tight,
stirring the wind in the cloister and filling
the air with soft, floating down. A tur-
baned graybeard near by sells rosaries and
perfumes, and there is also the fellow Mt
tle gate who cries "Sherbet," and clashes
his brazen cups till they ring like cymbaIs,
and there are loungers from dawn to dark
who drop in to see the doves of Bajazet
plunge into the court like an avalanche OF
dusky, impurpled snow, and wheel out OF
it again winged cloud of smoke! At the
mosque on Fridays there is distribution
of bread to dogs, and the hungry fellows
come from all parts of the city to get theil
norton,
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he was SO carefully drawn and stuffed
with myrrh and aloes and other aromatic
herbs, and swathed in vOluminous folds
of fine linen and waxed over, and then
covered with hieroglyphics, that it would
seem as if ne ought to be relied upon as a
casket of eternal truth.
A short time since the Duke of Suth-
erland took a mummy to England which
he had unrolled by the learned pundits
of the British Museum. Their first busi-
ness was to interpret the inscriptions on
the outside. of the case. This they were
able to do by means of key to the
Egyptian writings with very great accu-
racy and much to the satisfaction Of all
parties. They found that the person
whose body was inclosed was a certain
priest, Naemosis, son of Perphar and
brother of the Kings cup-bearcr. After
reading this translation the mummy was
still further denuded of its wraps, when
it was found to be the body of a woman.
The whole body of saSans then and there
assembled were wroth at the moral turpi-
tude and mendacity Of the leathery old
humbug who had thus fooled the pro-
fpSsDrS
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SCIENTIFIC.

CoNrREssED leather is now produced of
quality said to be harder, closer, and
more compact than the natural hide. The
manufacturing process is entirely simple,
consisting in the reduction of cuttings or
waste of shoemakers into fine filaments,
and these are combined with the cuttings
OR refuse of OK and similar hides, when un-
fit to tan, these being reduced to a fibrous
mass. The whole is combined together
with water to which is added one part of
sulphuric acid to one hundred parts of
water, until it assumes plastic mass, when
it is pressed into mouids Of the size and
thickness required. When dried in
steam heated room, they are passed
through heavy pulp rolls, glazed on one
side and rough on the other to represent
the grain and flesh sides of the leather.
The addition of the raw fibre with the
tanned flaments is III certain portions, ac-
cording to the quality of the leather re-
quired, from five to twenty per cent. be-
ing safely employed; it gives vitality to the
tanned tibres by agglutinating them and
imparting the albumen and gelatine de-
sroyed by the tannic acid. 70 render the
leather more supple or flexible, about one
pint of glycerine may be incorporated with
each hundred weight of the mass. The
fact, as stated, that this kind of leather is
much less permeable than ordinary sole
leather gives it a superior value for certain
purposes, especially when it is considered
how large an amount of inferior stock is at
present employed in manufactures pre-
sumably of pure leather.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-15
APAEIENE ELEPHANT.

An elephant in Calcutta had disease in
his ewes. For three days he had been
CONF pletely blind. His owner, an English
officer, asked DIR. Webb if he could do any,
thing to relieve the poor animal. The
doctor said he would try nitrate of silver,
which was remedy commonly applied to
similar diseases ra the human eye. The
large animal was ordered to lie down, and
at first, on the application of the remedy,
raised a most extraordinary roar at the
acute pain which it occasioned. The ef-
feet, however, was wonderful. The eye
VAS in a measure restored, and the animal
could partially see. !Ae next day, when
he was brought, and heard the doctorSs
voice, he lay down of himself, placed his
enormous head on one side, curled up hIs
trunk, drew in his breath, just like person
about to endure an op ration, gave sigh
of relief when it was over, and then, by
srunk and gesture, evidently wished to ex'
press his glatitude.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-15

OBSERVATION shows that rails in use
corode less than those out of use, the
difference, however, constantly decreasing
with the lapse of time. The absolute
amount of corrosion is, of course, source
of destruction of the rail greatly inferior to
that due to traffic. 1t is also regarded as
highly probably that the electric and
magnetic forces developed in the rails by
terrestrial magnetism, and by rolling traffic,
react in some way upon the chemical forces
concerned in their corrosion, and that,
therefore, the direction of lines of railway
in azimuth is not wholly Indifferent as
respects the question of the durability of
rails. Of whatever quality iron rails are
rolled, it is found that they are improved
by being subjected, prior to use, to
uniform course of hammer hardening all
over the top surface and sides; and, be-
fore they are laid down, after gaglng and
Strengthening, be heated to about 4oC
degrees Fab, and then coated with boiled
coal tar.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-15

A FRENCH journal, speaking of the COM
parative advantages possessed by the re-
Gently introduced methods of steel manu-
facture, considers the Marten process, as
it is called in France as realizing the old
and repeatedly proposed idea of melting
wrought iron in bath of liquid pig iron,
and thereby converting the whole mass in
to steel The principal elements of SUCCESS
characterizing this operation, and the
points which distinguish it from similar
but abortive attempts in the same direction,
are-frst, the high temperature and the
neutral or non-oxidizing fame produced
by the regenerative gas furnace employed;
and, secondly, the mode of charging the
decarburized iron into the bath of pig iron,
in measured quantities or doses. These
doses of wrought iron or steel are added to
the bath in regular intervals, so that each
following charge in melting increases the
quantity of liquid mass, and adds to the
dissolying power of the bath, until COM
pete decentralization is arrived at. The
charge is then completed by adding to the
decarburized mass u certain percentage of
pig iron, or of the well-known alloys of
iron and manganese degree of hard
ness or temper of the steel produced de-
pending upon the proportion of this final
addition,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-15

Mrs. LATIN, of Long Island City, is
weary Of the Latin race, and struggles
for divorce, She dates her domestic
infelicities about two years since, when
her husband, an old man Of seventy-four
years, became religious enthusiast snd
began to beat her. His ordinary manner
of demonstrating his religious enthusiasm
was to beIabor her with club, empha-
sizing his blows with vigorous shouts Of
"Gloryw He had even sought to i'm
press serious thoughts upon his mother
in-law with sundry hammerings and
hallelujahs, not, however, with any per-
ceptible benefits, and when in court he
slapped the clerk cnergetically on the
back and exhorted him to be better
man. The old mans intentions were
probably good enough, but his robust
religion will undoubtedly be the means
of converting him into grass widower
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-15

"They are not beverage, but medi-
cine, with curative properties of the highest
degree, containing no poisonous drugs
They do not tear down an already debili-
tated system, but build it up. One bottle
contains more hops, that is, more real hop
than barrel of ordinary beer.
Every druggist in Rochester sells them, and
the physicians prescribe them."-[ [Roches-
ter Evening Express on Hop Bitters
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-15

The demonstration of the variable bright
ness of the stars one of the most interest,"
ing questions in modern astronomy, is
largely due to the labors, i'll great part, of
NJ. Secchi He found, on comparison, that
the spectrum of the interior of the stn's
snots resembles that of red stars which con-
tain many dark bands-such as Antares
and Aldebaran-and therefore conclude
that they owe their color to the same cause
which produce the spots in the sun, all
these being variable, and their variability
depending upon the spots. Investigation
also shows that the intrinsic splendor aud
MAGNITUDE of some of the stars-provcd,
that is, by the combination of parallax
with the results of photometrlc expert
ments exceed greatly those of the sun, as,
for instance, Alpha, Lyr@, by some twenty
times. Another interesting fact seems
also to be proved recently by the obs rva-
ton and study of astronomers, namely,
that not only, as advocated by M. Struye,
are a very large number of the stars ply
sically double, but that the law of
gravitation prevails unerringly among
them.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-15

The coin examiner of the Treasury at
Washington can detect a counterfeit coin
in heap of money while blindfolded: He
runs his fingers through the mass and IN
few moments each coin is tested This re-
markable power of touch has been perfected
only by the practice of many years.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-15

An eccentric pedler, named Peter Fig
gans, died recently at Dundaylor, Scotland,
at the extraordinary age of 107 years. He
was never known to wear coat, and con-
tinued to vend his wares until few days
Of his death.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-15

The warm weather does not seem to agree
with the wax and stearine statues of the
Paris Exposition. One figure of a stearine
goddess is spoken of, the right arm of
which was stretched forth with an imperi-
al gesture 1t has gradually dropped, until
it now appears to be scratching the god
dess' knees.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-15

S. A. D. GREAvEs of Madison, Miss,
is the man who would build a railroad
from Washington City to St. Petersburg,
Russia, by the way of Behring's Straits
if he had the money. He will have many
S. A. D. Greaves before his fond fancies
ore realized.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-15

Now that Huston & Co. are to have
100000 to finish the Southern Rail
road, let there be no delay.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-15

A PATENT peach cutter sold for $400
in New York the other day. a patent
watermelon cutter is what this genera
ton wants.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-15

A young man, just returned from Chi
cago, when asked where he put up, said he
didn't know the mans name, but there
were three balls in front OF the door. He
put up" his watch to raise funds to get
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-15

FIVE HUNDRED and thirty-one firms
of nearly all nations have contributed
towards the International Paper Exhibi-
tion at Berlin. Chicago should send first
mortgage paper
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-15

AN English scientist says that Cuba
will sink in million and a half years.
Sell your Cuban bonds.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-15

THERE was roaring trade in bicycles
last month. They rhymed so well with
icicles.