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National Republican., 1878-07-19

ARE you bilious. troubled with headache. dizzy.
pcSS, sick stomach, constipation &c? Are you dys.
peptc, nervous, dull and lsnguid3 Averse to all
eAertion Is your life miserable? You require u
blood. Take QpiRk's 1RsH ftA, the great mouse.
hold remedy. II will soon relieve you. Sold by all
druggists % Gents per package which makes a
quart Of medicine,
National Republican., 1878-07-19

HARD times demand economy. pracuco II b.
renOvating your sUiied gloves with JorvES's Iso
DEEOus KID GLOVE CLEANSER, Price % cents pc
bottle.
National Republican., 1878-07-19
GENERAL CITY NEWS.
Items Collected by our Reporters
Yesterday.

Matters at the District Buiidings-A MIL.
woman's Misfortune - Burglars Chased
and C.ptursd-A suit Under tho Civil
Rights Law - A Now Reformed
Episcopal Pastor-Other Events
Of q Hot aud sultry Day.
National Republican., 1878-07-19

Thomas NJ. Helm has been appointed regis
tor OF the Land. Office at Krwiu, Kan, vice
Frank Campbell, suspended.
National Republican., 1878-07-19
DISSOLUTION of COPARTNERSHIP

The GoparlnerShip heretofore existing between the
undrrsiBnrd, under the lirm name OF -ANBDRN 4
KING, hHs this day been Dissolved by mutual con.
.pnl, AL debts due the firm Will BE- pRd to CHARI rs
KING, who viii continue tho business, and all per,
sons having claims against said firm will present
iheul " him tor paymDut Pending business win hs
continued and prosecuted 10 final determination In
John u SANRORN,
CHARLES KING,
wAsHISGTos, D. &, July l, isia Jy23w
National Republican., 1878-07-19
TIIeitITp InlnluuC,

Tic crowded houses at the Theatre Comique
attest the excellence ur tho pcrfo!mi,lcc given
every cy,LMg ! Gne bill II presented, aud
LOnr should mis- .,cing thi- week .hVw.
National Republican., 1878-07-19
Indica tions.

For tho Middle Atlantic States partly cloudy
weather. occasional showers, winds mostly from
the west rising followed By falling temperature
and stationary pressure.
National Republican., 1878-07-19

V WASIIlN lfON, July 7, ISIS,
Proposal, will h, received at th's onc> until MON.
DAY, July - nt orOrk D. m, for the purchase Of
lots for tho Fire Department within the following
metes and bounds, viz Betwesn Ponnsyl vania ave.
nnr and street rnd Twenty 1ond and Twenty.
hufth site .ls northwest; between street and Ihode
Island avenue sId Tenth and Twelfth streets north.
street AMI u and streets northeast. No bids con
sdared for lot, less than d e ron AMI 10 feet deer
This right reSarvud by the board t. REJECT any or all
bids Terms for paymcn, cash; Bid, must b. direct:
ed 10 tho Board OF Fire Commissioners. and maFIel
proposals for sale OF lots. by order OF the District OF
IyIgg Chairman BAi,dipu Oul,nlt
National Republican., 1878-07-19
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

Interest paid on deposits. Special rates on time
deposits. J. II. SQUIER & Co..
Banker. lti6 PcnnsylyAnia avenue.
National Republican., 1878-07-19

Il Your hair harsh. drv and stir7 Docs II refuse
To curR Dress II with IHonPsoSs oaADE OPrIuE.
An olcauinOus compound Of singular merit It
Will improve It, Sold BY druggists, DC Price %.
and 10 cenls yer bottle.
National Republican., 1878-07-19
VIEW ADyERTISEMENTs,

TIViL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
~ NJ the RI nstnlAeT Polytechnic Institute Troy, "
Y.-NcSt term b'gIns september ". Tho Annual
Register tor ls7s contains list OF the graduates the
past 81 yearwith their positions: also Of study
re lllrenents for admission, expenses &C. Address
wM. H. YOUNG, Treasurer. Iyioim
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STEAMBOATS, ano sailruaos.
pENNsYLvANIA RAILROAD.
AND uSiiEo SsfSfts >fIil.GourE.

AND UNIFIED STATES NAIL ROUTE.
on and alter Nov. IL 1877,
Trains leave New York, via DesbrOsses and Cortlanit
SITS Ferries, ~ follows
Express HARRISBURG Pittsburgh the West auA South
with Pullman Palace Cars attached . A. NJ, q ami -
4 VI daily.
For wliamsport Lock Haven, Cory, and Eric ats 3o
4 NJ, connecting nj Cory tor HtusNiile. Petroleum
Centre, and the on r. ions For wilhamsport and
Lock Haven, "a. VI
For Baltimore WASHINGTON. AMI The South, .LNitei
Washington Express ~ Pullman Plrlor Cars daily
ccpt sunday. . 30 \ NJ arrive Washington 1 lOP w.
Rcgsar at : 20 A. NJ, l, 80 andO n NJ sunday, $50
and P VI
ExTre,s Tor Philadelphia 40 500 o @ 81 Lnitcdl II
a VI l. I. 5. q, Is 80 : -, aud 9 T. VI sunday, A.
NJ. 80. ~ T. $50, ani9 NJ Emisrant aad second
class, l.. NJ
Boats OF Brooklyn Annex" connect with all through
ter Tor Brooklyn travel
Fer trains 70 Newark. Ehzabcih. Railway. Princeton
Trenton, Perth Amboy, Pennington. Bclviicre. and
other points, sec local schedules NJ all Ticket Oices
Train, arrive From Pittsburgh. 80 and 10 ~ and
lO;2or NJ daily. 1910 A NJ and 65l =. daily, ex.
cept Monday. From Washington and Baltimore. . 10
ant o 20 \ " ,tl9, 5.i5 and 100 VI. sunday
1910 10 ~ u ooA NJ > 10 40 II, 6:Srs %, - 10
and 20 ~ T. NJ SUNDAY, 5Oo. $50. $40, 1870 II 80
A. NJ. r ~. and 10 - T. VI.
Ticket Offices, 500 AMI atI Broadway. Aston iiousc
and loot VI Deshtusses and Cortlandt SIS Count ST.
Brooklyn, ia, l6. and ls Hudson st. Hohokcn, pcpu.
FRANK THOMSON. +. PALMER
General Manager General Passenger Agent
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ERIE Y.-FORECLosr ~ALt-
II Supreme Court Of the state ol SOW i,.,-iat
fArl,rt, Loan ana trust COMPANY plnur asst. 4
Enc Railway Company and ut.cr- Defendant. - BE 'f
tue OF and pursuant 10 a judgment ami dceg''.'s L.
~ VIZ sHlu supreme QUIZ IN tit hhuNl 'ii.-.' '
ON the seventh day OF NoNcmh' A u l~'i i's ~
singular the mortgaSod premises. franc >n' 81 10 i ;.
erty both real, personal, AMI mixed, m'uuH l y
ment and decree being the same mort-agei or me-, !
so 10 be to the plainuh, the Farmers l"ln ani Ins
Of fcGraary! A ia. do Hereby ~, ',, ,i
twenty hrsi day OF January In ihe 'sf l''- 'i u
o'clock, lon. AT the Merchants ENi.1n ~,
No ~ broadway. IN the city of N.M Nn'A ny !.
Snl III, Aucuoneer, SHAH proceed to >i ann ,',.
LOWING lie ,crihed property AMI sins ,Af w. '"
Of the said company from amt m iuiin- lnin. Us
sand railway on IAhe Enc, and the rnlwav AhlNna'
Newbnrsh branch, from NgwbnrgA g. t'ie inA', ,'
Branch oi the Erie Railway extending % 'u y ',.'
Niii' 10 Aitca, IN the state Of N'M lwA ti. 49,,
New York, Pcnnsylvan AMI Sew J,r~Y %, wy
~ ~ together with al the lands, IRA s., "l' '
cresaon., icnccs, walls, HNiurc- ram n,', i'f IT.,
and rishtS oi the said company, ami A..N .t'.'
uNcs. engines tenders. ears. carllAs',. t'Ni- u'
anl supplies OF every Kind hc nieius Dr,ni. l' '
RECEIVE or recover III, same al,o al. u.'''' f-'
chifrs, irihil. -r-. Hlh trht- 90 A' ID N
@smc mr. gy, dS y N a ", 'f,i li
thc frl' kulwhN tuui ans iN the .i.N ..
la,l ~ =, he n null'o SSsw, i,,k s,pi, d..
Conn. iuN, hN thc h'ch, ,trr ald Gee n'- 3d.
S ,a., aii , any j by The ~, ign. . i @
lill, r"clNnllc. arl "tlri rN'
lga.r'l a estates. c''!tr,'''. ans o'''
Giycnwlcr ny l1i. alnc nW tN.nN
Wv, W 80 '' aldio,l r,tNNosv'I.u-" .s'
3,N...l',' .N.,Y
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TWELVE FAREWELL
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ON and alter Nov -, 1877,
Express Trains leave New York. VIA Desbrosses and
tortlnn't SIS Ferries. rs follows.
81 : ~ o.;J hnitedl. n \ VI "a s. q. 6 ~ ~
anlof NJ sundays A. NJ, ., D. $50, 7. : 80. and .
trains at Jersey city, anoring u speedy and direct
transfer for Brooklyn travel
Returning trains leave Philadelphia 2 20. = 95 T. I'D
: ~ ami u A. VI dimltcd express rs NJ. >, I
3 20, -, T. T. s;DA VI. T. 7 81 T. VI AMI - midnight
Ticket offices. hsd and pa Broadway No Asnr House
AMI loot al Deshru.-cs and Cortlandt sts Court
and Brooklyn Annex depot loot nf Fulton st. Brooklyn.
III Ito and lis Hudson st, IObukcn, depot Jersey
CiM. Emigrant ticket Office, Battery place.
FRANK THOMSON, l.. T. FARMER
General Manager. Gcn'l Passenger AGENT
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LGbOui|iCPB BIOS.
CONTINUATION OF THE
Great Closing Sale
OS ACCOUNT OF
Dissolution Of Partnership.
ON MONDAY. JANUAHY IL.

Is ADDITION To THE EXTRAORDINARY nARGNiNs
rREviursLY ANSOrNCEp. ATTENTION Is ASKED
10 riE FOLLOWING. winch Will nE OFFERED
ON MONDAY. JANUARY ~.
At ct' per y,ri SEW AMI DESIRABLE AssoRr.
MtNr IrlNGS
At II etc.. HIGH coLopED NOVELTIES, WELL
WORTH IL cts per yard
Ats5 c'.. ALL.wooL M,rELAssEs Navy Blue, Green,
Sc cOsr TO IMPORT. - cts
Msoct,. SILK MIXED NOVELTIES and BouRRErrEs,
WORTH TODAY - cts
At 81 ci. Atwood rLAIDs and STRIPES WERE
5octs
At37i, cis. COLoRED ALL wool cAsrMEREs. JUST
MARKED DOWN irom 30 cts
siiopcr yard
At 81 per yard, .sinch SILK and wool sUrrISGs;
WERE 81 ~ and 81 %
AZ 81 So DOUBLE WIDTH ALI.wooL SNOWFLAKE
suITINGS. REDUCED from 81 so
At5o cts FANCY SILKS. REDUCED from rs cts
Atsi coLoRED SILKS WE'RE $50.
Atsi25, CoLoRED SILKS, WERE g.
Atsi5 60 BLACK SILKS, REDUCED from "a
Ats2 BLACK SILKS. USUALLY SOLD Ms
Ms2 so. RICH sArIS.FTNIsu BLACK SILKS. HERE.
TOFORE SOLD at So - per yard
At is eta. LADIES' HOSE. full Regular; WOULD De
CHEAP st2 cts
At Is cts. LADIES HOSE. WORTH IS eta
At 81 cts. FINE BALBRIGGAS HOSE. REDUCED from
90 cents
Atsi5o SCARLET VESTS and DRAWERS. ALL WOOL,
WERE 81.
At 81. -. 2lbutton PERINor KID GLOVES, REGULAR
PRICE si75.
ONLY THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY
OF REALIZING On OUR STOCK THIS
MONTH INDUCES Us TO OFFER OUR
GOODS AT SUCH PRICES.
WE WOULD AGAIN REQUEST OUR FRIENDS TO
CALL BEFORE II A NJ. IT POSSIBLE. AND THUS
AVOID THE CROWD AID ENABLE Us TO GIVE
THEN PROMPT ATTENTION.
lie Bouti||ier Bros,
~ East 18th ST., n. Y.
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V'O rHILADELPHIA.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
THE OLD ESTABLISHED ROUTE AND SHORT LINE
between

FOURTEEN THROUGH TRAINS EACH WAY DAILY
THREE DKPOrS II PHILADELPHIA,
TWO IN NEW YORK.
Double Track, the most Improved Equipment ant the
Fastest Time consistent with absolute safety
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4 val. ~. 1ollncet 3OI ut
\ Sunday. y.
u "',,''' 90 - - - . so S.
.lN. us-hlD - p"rrA,r Dri..i,i-.
nf lNr}' Es l.u'rr,,
DISEASES OF MrN.a ,nrt
- al'N. DIR n4ak ~ Np.f $500 .i
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4 Ost yno fuuno.

OST or mi,lti-B4ck sin slcQuc aut waist with
- makers name ana allr, ou belt ltialuud i'm.
hrdiaiely more than value VIII be uaia
| osT Harlem Savings Bank book No l8G.u Re.
- turn To tie bank.
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Is ADDITION To THE EXrR NonpfNARY BARGAINS
rEENtuNSiY ANNOUNCED. ATTENTION l. ASKED
10 TnE FOLLOWING. Wn1Cu will nE OFFERED
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John nnorcu.M,s pr>rrIT.

Ancr which the nrst act OF the celebrated play Of
IANtiitN
FANCUCN licroriginni character MAGGIE MITCHELL
Other characters hv Mcs-r- !. ~ ~t.lilrt > " cot
ll,r George Bccks ). H. Wilder, MARY Wells ana Mrs
J lIlnl.
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After which the third net from the romantic drama Of
MONTE IRlSfO
EDMUND DANrES ....... Ell ARIES FECtlrFR
Oier characters by Ncssrs r II waric u r Ring
gold charles Irccrcq W j. Cogg swell &. u. Baiubfidgc
and Miss AIce NrMy.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-09
Gold and silver

And now it seems the Bonanza kinps
are all in favor of gold as the unit ~
value, This was to have been expected
the very rich--those who have q larpe
surplus over their misunderstanding
ally desire that excess to be as yalnahIa
rs possible. A million dollars in nna
very scarc6 metal, which has been made
the legal unit, will buy more Of the bro :
duets OF human industry than million
dollars in 9 very much cheaper metal !.
the very rich, the world over. are there,
fore in favor of scarce and dear metal
as unit OF value. Then it should he
remembered that the Banonza mines nro-
duceu ceuforty-ive per cent. Of gold to fortv-
ilye per cent. Of silver. The mining in
terests OF the Rocky mountains are about
equally divided between silver and go,d
and II is to their interests Co have botb
metals circulating as currency. Now
that it is officially stated that the n.
nanza kings are for gold, il puts an end
20 the bugaboo raised by the gold
papers that it was the great mining
magnates who were at the hacP
O. the silver movement in this canntrv
Id truth, this agitation is in the interast
9, the great producing and indebted
@ c.asses. = Y not the very rich, but the
great nulk of the community, who wish
% restore the silver dollar TO the place #
occupied In our currency up to the time
OF the commencement Of the hard t;rnas
In 1873. N'..1 saA'ss
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-09

American rifles are now in the hands
of nalf the armies in the world. The
only great powers not directly employing
American arms are France, Germany
and England.
An exhibition of skins at the recent
exposition of Morelia, Mexico. has led
to the establishment of a factory in
Mexico for the manufacture of gloves
from mole skins.
The clocks in the Basque provinces of
France are made to strike twice, first to
give warning and then to denote the
hour. Few of the people can read the
time, and frequently no minute hand IS
used.
Breach of trust is lot viewed leniently
in France, where people are very careful
of their money. M. Guilhot, very
noted notary at Angouleme, has been
found defaulter to the tune of S24O, 600,
and consequently goes to Jail for ten
years.
On the I'd Chachapoyas, the capital of
Amazon, was visited by an earthquake
which demolished several houses and
damaged many more. Fortunately there
was no loss of life. The walls swinging
to and fro, the groanipg roofs, the noise
OF falling tiles, the walls cracking and
throwing out clouds of dust, combined
with the sh,ieks and groans of the agon-
lied inhabitants, made fright!ul scene.
Callas also experienced severe shock of
the earthquake, but no damage was done.
The Prince of Wales can hang cut
his shingle SIS an attorney, should any
thing happen. He was called to the bar
few years ago, at his own desire and
with the usual formalities, and took the
oath prescribed on admission. He was
at the same time made a master OF the
bench, the benchers being the governing
body Of the society OF the middle temple.
His portrait has recently been painted,
in the bencher's silken robe, and is to be
placed in the hall of the middle temple,
London. Whether he knows anything
about law is another question.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-09
All Sorts.

The vineyafdists Of southern Cali.
fornia are discouraged, and many are
proposing to cut up their vines, because
they can only realize SIS ton for their
grapes.
A new machine for making oil-barrels
is in successful operation in Pittsbure.
The machine will turn out between zoo
and 500 barrels per day, doing the work
80 far that the coopers have only to place
the heads. shave them off and drive on
the top hoops.
A few years ago Maine was the greatest
numbering state in the Union, but now
she issixth ON the list, and the business
is rapidly falling off by reason of the
wasting away OF the forests and the COM
petition of western men. Shipbuilders
at Portland say they can get pine masts
and spars from the Pacific coast cheaper
than they can cut them in their own
woods.
Broken bottles are utilized in England
10 the manufacture of cheap ieweIry.
chimney ornaments, and interior house.
hold glass for the manufacturing districts.
Also for the manufacture Of emery
powder, glass paper, etc One soda
water-maker in London, last wear, broke.
in the process of filling, corking, clean.
ing, and distributing his soda, one hun.
dred tons OF bottles. This old glass brings
about ten shilliDgs per ton.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-09
Joseph Jefferson's Opinion of
the Drama.

"The DRAMA" said Mr.. Jefferson. one
! day, when [ was travelingi with him.
has its ups and downs Sheridan g
Tom and Jerry in which there is not
one character, male or female, that is not
rogue, d fool, or a courtesan, and in
which the lowest slums in / .ondon are
represented, used to be played! to audiences
consisting Of the very best people in that
city. Corinthian Tom knocked over poor
| apple women, and che spectators thought
itjolly. No first class comedy would pay.
Well. we have made an advance upon
! those times, certainly. The Black
Crook at NibIo's, you sayf Yes, but the
people wentto see it, not because it was
bad, but because it had beautiful scenery
and beautiful dancers and dancing. It
was the beauty, not thef vice, that at
| trscted them. 1t was its novelty and
freshness, just as an epicute often prefers
q clam.bake and an ear oftgreen corn to
the most sumptuous dinner. People
really like the good better than the evil !;
they would rather see "a man who is
walking tight rope SUCCEED than to see
him tumble. Besides, after :The Black
Crook in New York, I'VE had Julius
Caesar for one hundred nights.
"The American and English drsma," ="
he continued ' is deficient in good plays
that is to say, in plays that are
we'll constructed, that are full natural
and varied incidents, that, in word, are
interesting. We have some very fne
ones but we need rnore of the same
sort. The first principle of the drama
is to entertain; if it likes it may in.
struct, but certainly it should not de-
grade Or demoralize. . / believe that
some of what are called the lower order
Of entertainments are :of value in edu-
eating coarse men up to point where
they can appreciate a higher order. Such
entertainments bring together class OF
persons who are not prepared for an in
tellectual treat, yet Ewho need to be
smused in their leisure hours. How can
a man who enjoys a: brutal sport-lik
cock-fghting for an e&le-enter into
the spirit of play Ii ke The Rivals or
Julius Caesar? An Entertainment, how.
ever, should always be little above the
audience for which It is intended it
should lead the audience slightly, not
follow the audience. The future of the
drama? Well, its future will be like its
pasta series of ups ard dawns. When
art is well paid, art degenerates; actors
become stars and gather their several
consultations. When art is badly sup
ported by the public, actors are forced
to combine; their companies are ANAL
gamated, and their plays are better
PLAYED. .'-App2eton' Journal.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-09

"Darling, have you come to say fare
well?'
"No," she answered, strangling the
sob in her throat. 1T have come to pray
you to live-for me"
A great joy lighted his ianguid eyes
"For you! George, do you love me at
last? ?''
II think I have always loved you
she sobbed, ''only know it at last"
81 cannot die now," he said.
And he did not.
Clasping Georgiana's slender hand fast,
he found the lite-giving sleep all narcot.
les had failed to give him, waking after
many hours to see loving eyes wearledly
watching him.
They were married when the priest
came in few hours later, the good
sister still remaining to share the nurs.
ing
But the life. giving joy was Georgina's
love, and all the restless discomfort left
her happy life forever, when once she
knew the secret of her own heart;
Mrs. Cassowin says she can't under.
stand why Georgina had followed Dun.
can Holcroft to Rome, when she might as
we'll have had q proper wedding. and re-
ception at home; and Georgina ha:
never explained.
Fry Corners sees her no more, nor viii
her husband make her a slave to fashion
or society, but band in hand, tE thoroughly
one in heart and mind, they find usefu
work and tender charity to fill all the
leisure hours when friendships calls arr
answered.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-09
France Armed for the Fray.

exhaustive compilation of statistics
relating to the "Armed Strength OF
France" has recently emanated from
the intelligence branch O: the quarter
master generals department at the horse
guards, and it is impossible to scan the
results of Maj. East's laborious investiga-
tions on the subject without being struck
at the prodigious strides made by the
French military authorities in the work
OF reorganization since the passage of the
new law, "sur lie requirement. y the
National assembly five years ago. Never
lsince the disastrous campaign of the
First Napoleon, which closed at Water
90, has the normal rate of expenditure
upon the army of France approached the
amount it has now reached. The num-
erical strength of the troops at present
established on peace footing exceeds by
SO 900 men what was deemed sufficient
on the same basis Immediately before
the outbreak of the war with
Germany. The French war Office
has spared no pains to become
acquainted with the working of
every military system in Europe. 1t is
a portentous fact that: according to the
estimate of Maj. East, Notwithstanding
her immense loss of territory, money
and population, France at this moment
Dossesses total available land force,
consisting exclusively Of trained men, OF
2,473,766. This vast aggregate includes
the "actiye" and "teEritorial armies
with the reserves belonging to them re-
spectively.
Consequently mighty force, drawn
from this armed host, under the new
regime, could be put in the field in a
comparatively short space of time. OF
course, it is only the modified plan of
recruiting introduced subsequent to the
Franco German war that could render
possible the mobilization Of a force so
enormous. By the act passed in 1872,
every Frenchman between twenty and
forty became liable to personal military
service, without the chance of receiving
any kind of bounty by wey of compen
sation for enlistment. So stringently
are the regulations enforced in respect to
this matter that no substitution is al
lowed, and even dispensations from SER
vice obtainable under certain conditions,
do not necessarily secure exemption.