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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-03-05

THAT bar'l of TILDEN's proved to be
very useful article. 1t was filled with
money, as all the world knows, for the CAM
paign of 1876, and now that it is empty the
old paralytic whispers fraud as loudly
and as hoarsely as he can into its reverber-
atiug vacancy, whence echoes issue assuring
him OF responsive throb TO his appeal for
vindication. The only trouble is that when
he stufls it full again preparatory to the
campaign of 1880 the assurances of vindica-
! ton will cease
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-03-05

THE Michigan Republican State Couyen-
tion will convene at lansing tomorrow.
Boom
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-03-05

THE Forty-fDh Congress has been bad
enough; but what of the Forty-sixth?
Are we flying from evils we wOt of?
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-03-05

Now let the Southern States prick up
their ears and point the finger of scorn at
Maine, the great Yankee State of Maine
wherein the free high-schools have been
closed by Legislative enactment for the COM
ing year. Then let them lower ears and
finger when they slearn that this suspension
of educational privileges is the first definite
result we have to record of the new Demo-
cratic administration of Maine, the great
un-Yankeeized State of Mnine
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-03-05
INTERIOR AD0RNMENTS.

1901 PESN. AVE. 1901 PESS AVE
a p. M'EIROY
GLIDER, MANUFACTURER OF PIER AND
MANTEb MIRRORS
Gold aud Walnut Frames OF every description.
Window COrnices. &C.. made 10 Older.
OLD FRAMES REPAIRED AND ltEGILT
Mirrors ard Pictures removed and re-hung. Pic
uro Hooks, Nails Gold, silver, and Copper Wires,
Mats, Velvet Frames. passe- -PRrtOuts, nc.
Picture Rod-Gilt, Walnut, aud Oak-put up Mt the
shortest notice, and at reasonable rates
As all work Is done OIL the premises am prepared
to do the at IS per cent less than any establish
mcnt this side OF New York, and Will guarantee sat
isaction. Mirrors and Pictures cart fully packed,
packed and hung by experienced wOrkmen
Orders by mail promptly attended TO.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-03-05

How many home has been robbed of sunshine
and happiness and rendered sad and desolatc by
tho loss Of some dear and pctted child. This is II
dangerous season for children, and parents should
keep DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup handy Price %
cents.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-03-05

VERY few tears were shed over the disso-
luton of the Forty-fifth Congress yester-
day.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-03-05

NEPHEW PELToN has been sued in New
York on a private debt-claim for S1,l4G
The ease had been postponed several times
when it was called again and again adj
iourned to give him an opportunity of COM
promising it. The claim is for borrowed
money, and PELToN proposed TO settle it by
paying $500 on account, but the offer wa;
declined. Other offers were subsequently
made, but these in no instance exceeded
$500. All were rejected. On February 90
the day TO which the proceedings were adj
iourned, PELToN addressed letter to thC
plaintiff, appealing with much earnestnes;
for further delay. In consideration OF hi
circumstances RUssELL's counsel consented
to postponement of one week. On cal
Thursday representatives from both sides
were present, and, after brief conference
q further postponement for two weeks wa!
agreed to. The legality of the claim ap'
pears TO be admitted-at least it is already
in iudgment-and the only difficulty il
the way of settlement lies in the utter inn
pecuuiosity of PELToN. When it is re
membered that about two years ago thi:
same man PEIToN was reveling in wealtl
and rioting in lavish corruption his presen
fate cannot fail to provoke sigh of pity
for, after all, he was nothing more than th'
plant tool of his unscrupulous and am
bilious uncle--an uncle, too, who In
thrown him of, or discarded him, only be
cause his attempted crimes in behalf o
that stony-hearted old paralytic were dis
covered But the world is full of such re
venges, PELToN pauper and TILDEl
stricken with paralysis!
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-03-05
SPECIAL NOTICES.
- OFFICE %, TUE MTTTAL FIRE IN.

f-Ssye OFFICE or TIE MUTUAL. FIRE IN.
~ SURANCE COMPANY
WAsutNGToS, d. G., March 4, is7a
Tic BOARD having been advised BY counsel that tho
annual meeting held on the 2Oh OF January last and
thereafter aud the proceedings hereot were illegal
and void and that II Is competent for the Board
20 order the annual meeting to be held M pursuance
of the charter and bylaws and the Interests OF tho
company recurring under existing circumstances,
that the fullest opportunity should be afforded for tho
expression of TIC of the policy holders, IL "
therefore ordered that the secretary give the ncc3
sary notice by advertisement In at least two newspa
pers In the city of Washington TO be pub sted three
times week fof five weeks and on the day OF meet
Ing thai the annual meetng or the company will be
held on fiONDAN, The 18th OF April next. at The
office of the company. when and where the election Of
managers will fake place, between the hours OF
j. WESLEY BoTELER
mnr0-N0w secretary.
n~Sa5s NOTICE.-rHE ANNUAL MEET INC, or
- the members of the Mutual Fire Insurance
Company OF the District of Columbia Tor the election
ofseven managers TO serve the ng year, will DO
held nt the Office of the company, on MONDAY. tho
1ith day Of April, 1879. Polls open from O'Clock q.
J. WESLEY BoTEIllR
marj-MWfJw Secretary.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-03-05
FOR SALE.
LOST AND FOUND.

II OST-ON FRIDAY LAST, JAPANESE
- bronze Sleevebutton, with monogram j. G. W.
Finder will be rewarded by leaving 1t at 1917 Vermont
avenue mchi-it#
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-03-05
BOARDING.

17S PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NORTH
II " west.-E -Eirst-clAss Board with large. airy
Rooms, from 90 to $40 per week; TRANSIENT sl60 per
day baths and gas. MRS o. q. HOWARD.
No connection tCih He No,gdrd House
ieS 1y
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-03-05
WANTED,
FOR RENT.

ENOR RENr-NEW PRESS BRICK FRONT
H. house, l7XS0, three stories high, No. 4eJ Ninth
street northwest, containing nice store roo IN and
good cellar The upper two stories for dwelling con-
venienty arranged Inquire at i29 Ninth street
northwe3t JanStf
ENOR RENT-CALL AND SEE OUR LIST OF
- property for rent JOHN SII ERNAN & CO.,
.-ty3l-ly ST. Cloud Building.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-03-05

WASHINGTON. MARCH 5, 1879.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-03-05

The elegant residences on East Capitol street one
square from the Capitol grounds, known us Grants
ROW, having been restored TO my possession by tho
supreme Court OF tthe District. now offer them for
rent, to iiisclass tenants only, ior term OF hreo
years
This Is the finest block of dwelling houses In Wash.
inBon, having cost over SO0OOO, each house contain.
ing nfteen rooms, three bathrooms and all the mod.
ern improvements.
There are extensive yards In front and rear, en-.
bellshed with Blrubbery. fountains, &C. large and
well arranged stable ~ attached TO each house
THIS is an uDeqnaed opportunity TO secure frat
class dwelling at low rent.
Application may be made at 22s a street southeast
or NJ 2l3 East Capitol street.
sep2}If A. GRANT.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-05

COUNTRY SOCIAL LIFE.-Country folks
are in general so fully occupied with af-
fairs that they have no time TO discover
how lonesome they really are. 81 far rs
this is concerned we think it misfortune.
We are too busy. We work too hard. We
take too few, or no holidays. We read
and think too little, and do not spend
sufficient time in social culture. There is
no reason who those who plow the soil or
e whose talk is Of bullocks" should not
experience the refnements which are the
results of formal social life. In business,
at bargains, in pursuit of dollars, no man
is seen at his best. He is thorny, spiny,
with his buck up rs q porcupinc might be
at his business. Let one dotf his working
clothes and enter room full of his neigh
bors men, women, young men and maid
ens-and he is man of another kind. lie
naturally falls into the ways of an intultlve
kindness which is really the truest polite
ness; the doing to his companion what he
would that he should do to him. lie
" lets himself OUT to please. and, after an
evening spent in social converse,he retlres
with many rough corners and asperltles
toned down. For few days the influence
remains. 1t would be permanent if ii
could be reinforced now and then, and the
good results would be most agreeable and
useful. There is no difficulty in bringing
these good influences to bear. Two oil
three persons with energy and some mag
netism about them can put them in motior
with ease. Now is the time to begin the
eflort.-Rural Ncw Yorker.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-05

A TURKEY DRUNK.-A Glenburn farm
or came into Bangor, Me-, recently, and
among other things purchased some rice
and a pint of whisky. Fearing that the
bottle might get broken on the way home,
he placed it in the box containing the rice.
When he reached home and took the box
from the pung he found that the stopple
had cot out of the bottle, and rice and
whiskey were thoroughly mixed. He
dumped the contents OF the box behind the
barn, and in short time huge turkey
came along and, rs he was not ~ particu
lar rs the farmer, gobbled up the medi-
Gated rice. Shortly after this the farmer
was greatly surprised to find the turkey
living cut behind the barn " dead rs y
ioor-nail," and vowing vengeance on the
man who sold him whiskey rank enough
to kill a turkey.h carried the bird into the
house. The farmer was soon alter seen
carving the naked bird-as every feather
was gone with the exception of tho wings
and tnil-out behind the stable, where he
left it on the snow. The next morning
when he entered the stable,it being hardly
light, ne detected what he thought was the
ghost of that incorporate turkey and
could almost feel his hair rise; but he
made up his mind to investigate the mat
ter and boldly advanced. Imagine his
surprise, on getting nearer. to discover
the bird shivering on the roost,and looking
ut him with reproachful eyes for having
stolen his clothes while helplessly drunk.
At last accounts the turkey was doing MS
we'll AS could be expected during this zero
weather.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-05

EIrcrr1c SPARK PtN-A new invention
in the art Of engraving probably suggested
bv the familiar electric pen has been
brought out in Puis. A copper plate is
prepared as for engraving. and over thi,
Is secured in some convenient manner :;
thin sheet of paper. The plate is then
connected with one pole of Il Ruhmkron
coil The pen (presumablv IL simple
insulated meIaIic rod or pencil with fine
p,in) is also connected by means of an
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-05
Catching Cold. d.--.Dry Bathing

Thin skinned persons catch cold most
easily Active exercise sets them into a
pers pirarun, and the sudden checking oi
the perspiratien when exercise ceases,
causes Il cold. Such persons may seldom
have severe colds if they learn how 10
manage them, and, perhaps they have less
actual sickness rs interieres with
work or pleasure-than persons who do
not take cold easily. Flesh brushing dur
ing the cooler months lessons the liability
to catch cold. A fish brush is much like
IN ordinary hair brush, only with "A longer
handle. | have seen II very good one
made of hair brush with II longer handle
att ,ched to it. Habit makes the use of Il
flesh brush on undressing for bed or on
rising in the morning,a luxury and almost
Il necessity for comfort. brief vigorous
rubbing of the skin promotes its healthy
active and its ability to resist cold.
Cold bathing has been recommended us
Il preventative of cold but it has dangers
connected with it which dry friction has
not. For persons in ordinary health |
cannot believe in bathing. except for
cleanliness, and water Uncomfortable tenn
perature answers this purpose best. The
COlu UdluS WlllCtl SilOCh lllC oNsltlll
then cause vigorous Reaction lin those
strong enough to bear them at all seems to
be objectionable for the same reasons that
other stimulants are, used in any cases eX-
cept in emergencies. They seem to in
crease the strength but cal! it out unnat-
urally only to waste it. But a bath is an
excellent thing as II curative agent when
one has taken cold, ifused iudiciously.
For instance, Il boy in this family hung
out the clothes for his mother one chilly
washing day not long ago, and when he
came in, it appeared that he had been
handling the cold, wet clothes bare handed
and bare headed, and he was thoroughly
chilled all over. This happened just after
Il late, hearty dinner and rs the chill
seemed to increase, | was confirmed in my
Suspicions that he had taken a hard cold.
had him put on his ovcrcoat and sit with
his feet to the fire in u warm room until he
was thoroughly warmed, and before he
went te bed he had comfortable bath by
the fire and good rubbing; and if there
was any cold next day, it was so sligh,
that we did not notice it. | have tried the
same method Of cure for myself when
warned by obstinate chilliness that | had
taken cold, with excellent success, and
think it much more reasonable than TO de-
range the stomach with any Of the popular
doses used for colds. Half our colds would
be avoided altogether if we would not al
low ourselves to get gradually chilled by
going with insufficient clothing, or sitting
in chilly rooms, allowing an uncomtorta-
BILE condition of chi!linesS, because the col |
does uot actually pinch and sting US. A
qui, KY followed by the proper tempera
ture. This should not be hot,house al.
mosphere or Il summer climate in oul
homes. In that case the change is to-
gre 1t from the ouL to the indoor atmus
phere.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-05

ECCENTRIC OLD CovIEs.-There is q
man SO years old who has resided in De-
troit ever since the first street car was
started, and yet has never entered car.
In rain and snow and heat he jogs along
meeting and being passed by cars, but
nothing can drive him into becoming n
passenger. When the present post t-office
building was erected the site displeased
him and he has never yet entered the build
ing. In going up and down Michigan
avenue he always walks on the south side.
There is man living in this city who for
years kept two men and two women SER
wants. and he has always insisted that the
men should be black-haired, and the wom-
en- red haired. 1t is said that years ago he
passed black-haired man and red-hair.
ed girl walking arm in arm, and during
the next ten steps he picked up n wallet
with large sum of money in it which
was never claimed. His good luck brought
with it the whim that he now induges.
On Sixth street lives middle aged man
who will not speak to a man wearing a
stovepipe hat Once, after sending for u
doctor for his wife, he refused to let the
physician enter because he had a silk hat
on.-Detroit Free Press.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-05

WHAT is CASTLE SoAP?-A subscrb.
er wishes to know how this differs from
other soap. The hard soaps made in this
country are almost exclusively from ami
NAL fats in the south of Europe, where
the olive grows abundantly, the poorer
kinds of olive oil are used for soap max
ing. Common soaps are soda and animal
fat. CASTLE soap is soda and vegetable
OIL In making CASTLE soap, great care is
taken to avoid an excess of alkali (the
soda). only just enough being used to
neutralize the oil. On this account the
soap is so much milder, and may be used
on wounds and other surfaces where COM
mon soap would irritate ami give pan.
The mottled appearance of CASTLE soap is
due to small quantity of solution of cop
peras (sulphate of irony which is stirred
into it before it hardens; this leaves a
blush odor of iron in the soap which.
when exposed to the air, becomes changed
to the red oxide. White CASTLE soap is
also solid, which is the same as the other
without the coloring. Though called
CASTLE. it is by no means exclusively made
in Spain, the largest share coming from
the South of France, and indeed it is gen.
orally known in Europe as Marseilles
soap.--An,erican AgTicutnris'.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-05

When the sea-shell is held up to the cal
there is peculiar vibratory noise, which
the children assure each other is the roar
of the sea, however distant they may be
from it. Phlosophicaliy investigated, the
peculiar sound thus recognized is phe
nemenon that has puzzled scholars for a
long time. The experiment is easily
made by simply presenting Il spiral shell
over the cerebra of either ear; tho sound
is very much like that of far-off cataract.
Now what causes it? Every muscle in
the body is always in Il state of tension.
Some are more on the stretch than others,
and particularly those Of the finger. 1t is
conceded that the vibrations of the fibers
in those fingers being communicated to
the shell,i propagates and intensiies them,
rs the hollow body of II violin does the
vibrations of its strings, and thus the ac-
coustic nerve receives the sonorous ex-
presSions. Muscles of the legs below the
knee are said to vbr4te into the same way,
and if conducted to the ear produce the
same results.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-05

COUNT THEM.-Count what? Why,
count the melt cies which have been quiet
y falling in your p,rsh through every
period of your history. Down they come
every morning and evening, angel mes
Sengers from the Father of lights, to tell
you of your best friend in Heaven. Have
YOU lived these years wastin mercies,
treading them beneath your feet, and con-
~umins them every day, and never yet
realized from whence they came? If you
have, Heaven pity you! You have mur-
INJURED under your atfl ction; but who has
yDaras Xo9 9lfs 0Eege T4ttrr T4ttrr JR4ts!sn899A ihe
sunbeam, the rain-Crop, the star, or the
queen of night. What is life but Il mercy?
What is the propriety of stopping to play
with IA thorn bush, when you may just rs
well pluck sweet flowers and eat pleasant
fruit-P Happy is he who looks at the
bright side of life, of providence, and Of
revelation; who avoids Lhorns IN | sloughs
until his Christian growth is such that, if
be cannot improve them, he may pass
among without injury Count mercies be-
fore you complain of atllction. Selected.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-05

a WooD PREsERvATIvE.-Th Builder
states that NJ. Lostal, French railway
contractor, recommends quicklime as a
preservative for timber He puts the
sleepers into pits. and covers them with
quickime, which is slowly Stacked with
water. Timber for mines must be left for
eight days before it is completely i'm
prcgnated. 1t becomes extremely hard
and tough. and is said never TO rot.
Beech wood, prepared in the same man
ner. has been used in several ironworks
for hammers and other tools, and it is
reputed TO be as hard rs iron. without the
loss of the elasticity peculiar to it. Ac-
coring TO the Kurze Berichte, lime slack
cd in Il solution Of chloride of calcium is
used at Strasburg rs fireproof and
weatherproof coating for wood.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-05

The ORIGIN or STORMS. Although
Ben. Franklin was the first to discover
that all our northeast storms, 50 ctllel,
came from the " est, it remained for the
Western Bureau and scientists generally
to .give us much practical information
about these unpleasant visits. All great
storms in this country move from the west
in n general easterly drection-usuallv
II little to the north or east. Nearly all of
them originate in that section of the coun.
Try marked on the maps AS +" the great
western plains the high table land he
cen the meridian of ninety-tive degrees
on the east, and the Rocky Mountains on
the west comprising the area occupied by
Montana, Dakota, Nebraska. Western
Kansas, Indian Territory, New Mexico.
Western Texas and Northern Mexico.
rhe origin of storm in this region may
be stated rs follows: The air over large
sandy area, becoming raretied by the in
tense heat of the suns rays, and rapid
radiation from the sandy surface, begins
to ascend the moisture laden air from the
Missouri and Mississippi valleys and the
Gulf of Mexico on the one hand, and the
cold current from the Rocky Mountains
on the other. rush in to take the place OF
that which is ascending. We have thus
produced an easterly wind on the front or
east side of the area of ascending air, anu
IL westerly wind behind, or on the western
side of it; to the south, north and immedi-
ate points the wind will blow towards the
center from those points. The wind blows
from all points around this area toward
the center. Now, if the earth were flat
and at rest. and the air over this sandy
area equally heated, the wind would blow
in straight lines from the circumference
toward the center, ascend and spread out
at the top; there would be no motion for
ward or backward of the whole body OF
air, and this condition of things might
exist forever. But, owing to the confgu-
ration and motion of the earth, and laws
of heat, and its influence in evaporation
and condensation, Il change is soon i'm.
pressed On this initial upward and centric
motion Of the air, and the collection OF
phenomena which we term storm results
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-05

man must have either great men or
great objects before him. Otherwise his
l"wers degenerate. aS the magnet does,
when it has lain for long time without
being turned toward the right corners of
the wOrld.-Richtcr.
Some empOyments may be better than
others but there is no employment SO bad
rs the having none at all The mind will
contract r rust and IN uniilnrss for every
hing, and man must either ill up his
Time with good. or at least innocent
business, or it will run TO The worst of
waste-tO sin and vice
Sume men are honest be cause they dare
not be otherwise The man who Is honest
when honesty is the best policy is not really
IN honest man. Honesty is not swerving
nolicy, but stable principle An honest
man is honest from his soul, nor deigns to
stooP to m"anness, though great results
hang on the petty fraud.
Begin the education Of the heart, not
with the cultivation of noble properties,
hut with the cutting away of those that
Ire evil. When once the noxious herbs
ire withered and rooted ont, then the
will shoot upward. The virtues like the
body, become strong and healthy more by
labor than nourshment. t.-RicLtSr.
- A CORRUPT oFfIcIAL'-I aldermen OF
prookIyh are 10 investigate the action OF
Fred Mossey. when president OF the fire
department, In approprlating lor two years
some sZ0'ooo; also about S9'oOO which he
deianlted upon Tor over a year after he
resigned the treasurysship of the inebri-
a.e's bone. Mossey is an Old ring polti-
cian oil brooklyn, and now, by appoint
meni' Is president OF the board OF city