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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14
"PhyaicInn, Heal ThyseIr,"


When the Sunday Herald publishes for
the sake of ridcule letter written by an igno.
ramus, we would most respectfully advise 1t to
overhaul its grammar and make sure that its own
sentences are technically correct before criczing
any production, no matter how badly written or
spelled. In nyeserday's ISSUE Sunday, November 10,
the Herald gives to the public aletter written to one
of the Departments by person anxious for place.
In the four lines preceding this remarkable episte
are three glarng grammatical errors for which the
Sunday Herald stands sponsor. The Herald says.
"Thc following is an exact copy Of an application
received ut one of the Departments recently. The
spelling, capitalization, and punctuation is Just as
q happenred in the original" Qtalics are our own)
The Herald must remember that "adverbs should
be placed as near as possible to the preceding
should preccde or follow the verb received"
which II qualities However, this is but an error
In elegance of expression. But what shall be said
of the verb "is" following "spciling, capital
iZatiOn and punctuation and OF the pronoun "it'
used to represent the three nouns connected by
"and" Horror of horrorsl In Mexican, a
Texan, Government clerk, or one who does not
write for the papers, this atrocity might be over
looked; but IN sheet Ike the Sunday Herald,
the mold of form" In ethics, economy, politics and
law mot TO mention grammar rhetoric, and pnnc-
tuutioiD, this mugiurOuS attack on the Kings Eng
lish is entirely ineNcusabc IL Is too utterly too
for anything! For the benefit of the Sunday Her.
dtd (Which appears TO be falling into It's doage) we
WIZ o"g thtt ~ 'n lloJ CnlluHOOu IL certainty
memorized the rules of syntax which declare that
two or more nOminatives In the singular CON
nected by and require plural verb" and that
"pronouns agree with the nouns for which they
stand In gender, number, and person." Hence the
Herald must know that "isn should be care"
and 1t" should be "thcy" and the sentence
should read; The spelling, capitalization and
punctuation are Just ns they appear In the origin
at Being opposed TO hitting man when he is
down, we refrain nom cricizing the puuctu-
alton which places comma after civiiza-
ton when connected with the word following
by and" Dear Sunday Herald, let us remind you
,SKt If the "blind lead tie blind both shall fall Into
the ditJni out of which they must be pulled by
~ ympathizlng aud iUrgving public. w. E.J.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14
PERSONALITIES.

M. LOUIS BLANC is so i'll as to cause
great anxiety TO his friends.
NJ GAMBETTA reached his forty-fourth
birthday on october 3d. Bismarck is sixty.six.
OLD Jubal Early is not so anxious to
fight Malone as he was before the Virginia cleo
tion.
COLONEL AND MRs. A. II. MARYLAND
have taken rooms for the winter at the Lexington,
which opens next Monday.
JOHN BRIGHT was in his childhood slen-
der and delicate giving little promise Of the 70.
bust strength Of his manhood.
Ex-senator ALLEN G. TuURMANintends
TO settle down to the uninterrupted practice Of the
law at his home, Columbus, Ohio.
JoHN w. MAcKEY tarries in New York,
and will not go West for over q month. When he
does IL will probably be by way of the Southern
Pacific road.
CAPTAIN JOSIAH w. WHITE, of Toledo,
Ohio, a one.armcd Ohio veteran soldier, arrived
Mt the ST. James yesterday morning, and will
spend the winter in the city.
THE new Car, it seems, stays strictly
within doors aud plays with the children. SO
long as he doesn't play the futo or accordeono-
yitchki his life we believe is in no danger
Ton SAVERS, JR., son Of Tom Sayers the
pugilist has achieved considerable fame in Eng.
land as fine baritone, singing much at sociol en-
tertainments It must pain the old man to sec his
family so dcgenCmted-Bostoa Post.
Puck says that Mr.. Patrick Muldoon
was considerably disappointed after he had bought
his tickets for "Othello," at Booths theatre, by
Rossi, "Bedad" said he as he walked down
Twenty-thrd street, "I thought 1t was oDonoyan
Rosa, so did"
THE rumor that Mr.. Mackay has lost
faith in the Comstock aud thinks of transferring
his mining interests to regions in New Mexico
and Arizona has no foundation In fact lie be-
leves in the old lode, and thinks II still contains
| several bonanzas
COLONEL II. NJ. WALLACE, of South Caro-
lima, who has been spending several days in the
| city, will leave for Charleston tomorrow. Mrs.
Wallace is sat present In New York, visiting friends
but will again visit Washington on the return of
Colonel Wallace on the LIST proximo.
JONI MCCULLoUGH played to 800 the
| first night Of his engagement at the Grand Opera
| House, Cincinnati, some years ago In the same
| place, nt the same theatre, and under the same
manager (Mlles), he played II few evenings since
to 600 His receipts In Chicago and ST. Louis
Gently, during five weeks, were $4,000.
President GREvY is man of much sim
plicity aud bonhOmc He holds in horror capital
| punishment and looks as carefully into the cases
of wreches asking for pardon US II he were an ad-
vOcate engaged to urge In their behalf extcnuat.
ing circumstances. lie was never known to turn
his back ON an old friend who had not sue
cceded in llfc aud MS President he is accessible
| n M
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14
THE FIRST TELEPHONE.
A Curious BH OF History Interesting 10
scientific People.

To the Editor Of THE REPUBLIcANi
In Tr~ REPUBLICAN of Monday, the 9TH
inst, is .ort notice in reference to the pending
telephone interference before the United States
Patent Office and in'this connection note singu-
lar circumstance, In looking over several old
newspapers. / found copy OF the Richmond
Republican Of May q, 1919, published by Baldwin
q Gallaher, In which is letter Of correspondence
from Washington, d. c. signed J. S. g., Jr giving
an account Of the celebration at 81. Inegoes, Nd,
of the anniversary of the landing Of the Pilgrim
Fathers" In the letter No. 1, dated May i6, 1Slo
mention is made Of a rude experiment, wherein is
clearly and briefly described, indisputably, the
very basis and first positive proof of the practical
idea, and conception of the telephone, and wherein
speech being conveyed from one human being
70 another through an extended solid trans
mll.tt,ns mating medium, , without the aid Of elec.
remarkable is the fact that the principle Of the so.
called Auricular Telegraph, G.. telephone, should
have been first originated tested and published to
the world by a native.born Wnshingtonian. As
the notice of the principle OF the telephone was
INST made known through paper having the title
publish the same, after the lapse of thirty-two
years, in your own paper bearing the same title,
REPuBLlcAN thus giving TO, the scientific reader
something peculiar TO ponder over Herewith
give you the identical extract from the letter re-
terred TO, which to many concerned may be Of
some interest and probably waken up new and
peculiar points In the matter Of the telephone, Its
history, and the pending controversy, especially
rs II Is in1mnted that ere long new contestant
for the old prize and modicum of the fame VIII
enter the lists and arena and contend for his rights
The following Is the extract Of letter May l6, 1870
Unfortunately for me- and much TO my chngrin nnd
disappointment, could not procure very suitable
position to enable me TO feast upon the mental treat
Offering, AssiduOusly did 1 aim to get within good
There too. Messrs. Editors felt the great and CON
hctng disadvantages of being "a stranger In q
strange land The best could do TO put my in
yenllye faculties to work, aud novel thought in
duced me to test the principles of the schOOlboy
philosophy. With the assistance of two or three Of
the ebon race manufactured out Of few fence rails
kind OF auricular telegraph, which 1 connected
with the rOstrum and one ear. BY this was enabled,
with close attention and great effort catch stray
word or two Hut physical Inilrmtics soon induced
me 10 abandon the experiment. and heating retreat,
beook myself to cooling angle of the fence aear by,
In
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14
POLITICAL POINTS.

NIacVeagh is relormer only with his
mouth.
An epitaph for Hustled: ",Sic trdnsom."
--Ne,c York World
Mr.. Husted's step-ladder seems to have
come apart at both ends aud in the middle
"There is no doubt in regard to its being
an ofryear was about as far of as anybody
Tom MUfphy.
The State is Republican; the victory
ours New York stands by Arthur, Cornell, and the
old Republican party-7roy Times tRep)
Our esteemed ally, the Hon. William
Malone, of Virginia, seems to have given the Bour.
bon brow terrific stroke right from the shoulder.
Huntington Hdwkcye.
Mr.. Wolfe, the Independent" candi-
date for State treasurer in Pennsylvania, who was
backed by the bogus rcformcrs and the sorehends
comes out very bad third in the race; and Mr.
Bailey. who was denounced as the "mnchinc"
candidate, because he was q good Republican, is
electcd.-GiObe- Democrat.
Mayor William Lamb, of Norfolk, Va,
is charged with violating the election laws. He
caused the barricades around the polls on Tuesday
TO be heightened ut several places. The ordinance
provides that only the Committee on Public Build
ings shall erect barrcades, and any interference is
under penalty for 800 for each oiIense,
Who gave the Democrats the Legisla-
turc? The Half-Breeds A majority OF the House
of Representatives is li7. Mr.. Flowers election
reduces the Republican vote to 1i6 Who took
the majority Of the House from the Republicans
The Half. Breeds, who knitted Astor IN the Eleventh
District-Netc York Commercial Adrertiser.
To avert such disaster as that which
has beiallen Virginia the dominant party in the
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14
Absurd Threats of the Virginia Bour-
bons.

The Bourbons are awfully mad at the
Readjusters of Virginia and the Repub-
lican party, And they are fixing up lots
of trouble which they hope may come to
the coalition. But none will come. The
Bourbons threaten through Northern
Democratic papers to coalesce with the
colored members of the new Legislature
against the white Readjusters, But they
forget that they cannot get into respect
able negro company for any political pur-
pose. They tried that in 1870 when they
offered to join negroes TO elect Wickham.
They are too late. The negroes may take
them on probation, but not at once
They also threaten to propose re-
pudiation of the debt instead of
reimbursement. But no Readjuster will
vote with them fof repudiation. They
are afraid that ex-senator John T, Lewis
will be mistreated, But he is not, They
will not break up the Readjusters, The
latter will confer together and majority
will decide. There are no bulldozers
among them threatening minority rule
or destruction. The Bourbons were
beaten last Tuesday, They cannot help
it, Let them bear it like philosophers,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14

No sooner is the campaign in Virginia
over than the Democrats begin 10 tell the truth
about the Malone movement, All through the
campaign tho idea was steadily maintained by
the Northern Democrats that the anti. Bourbons
were fighting for reputation and the Bourbons
We're fighting against 1t, yet on Thursday morning,
one of the most Jealous Bourbon organs, The Rich.
mOHd State, was able to say: "Ihe white men of
Virginia, who fnnCicd that vote for Mahone's
man, tmmerOii, meant n vote for repudiaiion or
rcadjustmeUt, or any action touching the State
debt, will surely be disappointed. The Repub-
licnn party, TO which Mahone Is sold, will insist
object OF the uliholy coalition between the Repub-
lican party aud MahOue--the payment Of the debt.
How shOCkingly drcndful!
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14
Ile Il S.gna

10 the Edliur OF THE lEruBLIcAEi
The article Of the Tribune Designed, as
you say, to pick quarrel IL illogical. The returns
from New York Is the result of the combined ac-
ton Of the Republican party in support of cnndi-
dates by convention from which there was no
bolt, nor threat of bolt, threat of Withholding
support from nnyon put in nomination. No organ
of the Republican party favorable to Messrs,
Conklng and Arthur advocated hostility to
any part of the ticket, in imitation of
the sO.Cnlled reform element of 10, lead
by Hdrpcrs Weekly. Consequently the simple
defeat Of Hustled Is no measure of nor can hnYe
any bearing whatsoever ON the strength of the
party represented by Mr. Conklmg Without n
solitary word of public protest against Husied's
candidacy he falls behind Mt least 1900 votes.
Can nny unprejndiced mind contend that this
deficiency would not have been increased tcnfOd
hnd Ml Conklings friends publicly opposed said
Hustled? DAILY HEADER
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14
How 4. Arthur succccdIuR.p

al think surprisingly well. Ask your
own Washington correspondent what he thinks as
TO the impression left upon the mind Of every one
that meets President Arthur. The country is
gradually waking up to the fact, which Is very
to be fully realized that the President is an
exceedingly able man, having thorough knowl-
edge Of men, remarkable capabilities In dealing
with them, a great deal of tact and the most sue
ccssfll of all kinds of diplomacy, and according
honest, frank, and genial treatment to every in
dividuNl and every question. There is nothing
subtcrranean in his methods. He Is thoroughly
reliable, and will not be, with all his gennlity
run over by horde of otlce-seekers nor bullGd
by anybody. wih Hon Emory S'oTs IN
(hic11D JiIles
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14
AFaRIliye fron, Juslice.

Attorney-General MacNeagh seems to
be fugitive from justice. Until his resignation as
member Of the Cabinet is accepted his proper
place is at Washington at the head ofthe Depart
mcnt of Justice. But he has left there, md the
usnlches sey ~ u uonpliu u ny VIII IekuEn. Inc
MS he formerly lived in Philadelphia, he will prob
ably turn up there soon. lie should be captured
aud sent back 10 Washington, aud required to per-
form his duties until he gets his discharge
(,l1bs. DSJuoJdl
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14

But If they were TO do that they would
cease to be Bourbons. If any do want
TO accept the situation gracefully they
will have to leave their party. No room
for them there
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14

A FRENCH writer says that the most
successful public official is he who gets
the maximum pay for the minimum of
work Judged by this standard what
stupendous success was achieved by our
ciyil-service commissioners
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14

THE Sunday Herald is informed that
Horace Greeley was the Democratic nom
inee for the Presidency in 1872, and that
Senator Sumner did "leap into the Dem
ocratic fold" by the very act of support
ing him. The Her0lds railing will never
change that fact
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14
@aufeS-- --Souses.

VXTANTED-BY A GENTLEMAN AND WIFE,
w Small House In good repair: rent not to
coed S2j; u suited, will rent by the year Address II.
T., Republican office, nOil3tS
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14

If the proposition to make officers SER
wants of enlisted men in the army ever
gets into the Military Committees room,
in either end of the Capitol, it will be
quietly but firmly dropped out of back
window.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14
u,rnIy Tmpor,nnt Iny.ntlou.

We have had patented an editorial hur-
die for night service. 1t is placed at the bottom OF
the steps leading to the snctum sanctum, and fills
long. felt want. By careful management, night
visitors can reach the editorial rooms one hour
after starting up stairs. A half hour is consumed
in recovering consciousness and another half In
examining the simple Arrangement No entrance
fee ChaTged.-AhdEld Constitution,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14

The usual winter destruction of tinder-
box hotels ut seaside resorts has begun
early this year. If there were any
hope of their being replaced by better
structures the public would be glad to
read of such confagrations.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14
On nussncss PrincipIes.


Let me say to your correspondent"W., ;"
who narrates the ease of the third class clerk who
went 10 the Treasury " to determine whether he
was fit to be promoted" that in the Interior De-
partment, where we do not have any civil. SER
wee reform aud where business principles" nre
in force, the clerk aforesaid would he spared the
humiliation of hppeaTing for examination by the
neat device of Installing some COngressmaI's
green" fnvUrtc IN the vacant fourth class place
and setting the third class gentleman or perhaps
q aS2pyis'; 20 tencning MN tne rndiments OF ms
preiers2 &. s. II.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14

The English presssregards Mr.. Glad
stones speech at the Lord Mayors ban
quet as wonderfully successful effort in
using words to conceal ideas. While
having an appearance of candor and
frankness, the Premier really said moth
ing Of any importance.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14

THE prohibitionists in Wisconsin, who
are nearly all Republicans, came quite
too near giving the temperance cause u
regular boom by electing n Democratic
State ticket
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14

AFTER much travail the new French
Cabinet complete in all its parts, will be
announced to-day. The press of France
is less skilled than that of the United
States in the great industry of Cabinet
carDentry
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14

THE man who burned his own house
down in trying to make things hot 1"
for his neighbors was an early and hum
BILE pupil of the school of which Mr.. Mac
Veagh has become distinguished
master
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14

The following notice appeared as an
advertisement in tho Walla Walla washington
Territory Union Of u recent date:
BoRN,--In Wala Wala County, Oct. 20, TO the wife
OF Daniel Hayes, a son. May the boy live to be "a
bigger man than old Hayes of OhO.h
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14

A LITTLE country paper in far.away
Oregon speaks Of Mr. MacVeagh as "the
great statesman of the Garfield Cabinet"
Mr. MacVeagh belongs to that class of
st;tesmen whose greatness increases in
the ratio of the''squarc of the distance
from Mr.. MacVeagh's home.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14

Is this picture ofMaude Branscombe :?
No; 1t is picture OF MIR. Tilden. Is 1t not beauti-
ful9 The LEFT eye is closed, II must be Tired. lie
is sitting on a Barrel. 1t must be Barrel of JAM
Would you Like 10 get your Little hand into the
Barrel? We Would-DonU6r IfT6isle Primer,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14

In retiring from control of the House
the Democracy should leave to its sue
cessors, as the rich, ripe fruitage of six
years wrestling, manual entitled "How
to Keep Door,"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14

A Professor Cunning, up in Michigan,
is lectuHng on after man, whatg' A Fort Wayne
editor who has been there rises to remark that IL
Is generally the sheriff or some woman"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14
lust as Good.

."Fhat are thin Kerry Micks the quality
arc making such fuss about, Tim?" "Faith
don I. know, Dinnis; there's Just as good Micks
comm from Donegal as ever came from Kerry"
"As good Is 1t? Aye, and better,"-NetO York Com.
DeIcidl Advertiser.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14

PuNGENT paragraphs from these col
umns look well and read smoothly in so
excellent q newspapers the indianapolis
Journal, even when credited to the At
lanta Constitution.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14

A little son of an evangelical clergyman
wished that he could die aud go to Heaven"
"Why p asked his grandmother, feeling that he is
getting too good to I've. cause want TO get some
OF the pennies I've been giving TO God-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14

IT would be unjust to Mr.. Blaine to re-
gard him as responsible for the servile,
sycophantish toadyism of Democratic
organs. Nature manifests itself in its own
peculiar WAYS.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14
A Recommendation.

The cave of Luray is ssaid to be Virgnia's
greatest and grayest natural curiosity We rec
ommend 1t to the defeated candidates, but beg
leave TO suggest that they do not pull IL in after
them. The other fellow may want II next time.-
Cincinnati ENQUIRER,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14

A company has been organized at Nc
KeespoFt, Pa, near Pittsburg, to manufacture gas
~ supply Atlanta and other Oiies through pipes
erecting pumps about twenty three miles apart.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14
United States Mnrshal,s Sale.

by virtue OF writ of fierl facias issued out of
the Clerks office Of the supreme Court of the
Dn'rft sSi at ob 9t Gomea % nnS s 70 e mF'cea % VIII
door OF said District, on WEpNEsDAY,, the
I'D day of November. 1881, at IL oclOc ~, all the
right, tltle claim and interest OF the defendant In
and to the followingdescrbed property to wit; Lot
No 4 square east OF square No S7 The north half of
lot No. square No. 257; the . feet Of lot No. o.
sguare No 26s; lot No ~ square No. &C., lots ii and
N, IN John g. Fays subdivision of part OF lot No. z,
square No l42 together with all aud singular the Inn
provemcnts tereon said real estate being located In
the city OF Washington said District and levied upon
ns the property Of Albert g. Hail. to satisfy execution
No. l79SS, at law, In favor of John r. Kendall.
G. Il. HENRY,
UnNed States Marshal.
THOMAS BOWLING, AuctiOneer. no3-dSds
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14

AsPrcmior without portfolio NJ. Gam
beta will be practically the head of the
French government, and the brainiest
head that the Repnblic Affords
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14
A hit of History,

1t was the accession of General Arthur
to the Presidency which saved the Republican
party In the fall elections In this State Had Gem
eral Garfield continued TO administer the execu.
tive department of the Gvernment the Republi-
cans would have been beaten out of sight In the
State of New York. If not elsewhere-NclO York
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14
2fuction Sales.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE UN.
~ derslgncd, IN pursuance of the authority vested
In him by deed of trust mortgage executed by the
Metropolitan Mining and Manufacturing Company
of the District of Columbia dated May a. ls67, and
recorded In the Clerks Office of the County Court of
GILES County, Virginia. the gth Of June 1867 In Deed
Book IT, pages $40 and 3ji, for default In payment of
deed Of trust or mortsage. VIII sell nt the auction
store Of James a. Freeman & Co.. ~ Walnut street,
Philadelphia Pa, on the sth day of DECEMBER,
ISL at II o'clock noon, all the right, title interest
and claim of aforesaid corporation In and to the fran
chises Of said company Including the charter TO said
company, approved July 23 ls9A -
Terms OF Sale Cash. GEO +. FISHER,
no7-MtSIhlw Surviving Trustee.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-14
A Relic Of Rnrbnrisn.

The Atlanta Constitution reprints an old
railroad freight bill issued for the Georgia road
forty.one years ago; we notice that the rates for
dogs and negroes between Augusta and Buckhead
Were So eaoh.-LOnispiNe Comnlercidk.