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National Republican., 1881-04-23

THE divine Sara has been appearing in
and actresses, and they showed them
selves quite as appreciative and eager as
an ordinary crowd of theatre-goers, and
much more inclined to applaud. This
was perhaps as notable as any feature
about the novel audience. They ap-
plauded vociferously and continuously.
Evidently they believe in applause, and
believe she likes it, as, perhaps, they
would like to convince the public they do
themselves. In fact, it looks like bid
formo general encouragements by clap
ping of hands than is usually bestowed.
Appreciation electrifes and sustains an
actor" is the moral to be drawn.
National Republican., 1881-04-23
APRIL %.
Shakspeare.s Birthday and Deathday-
George Eliot.

To The Editor OF The Republican:
This is not only st. Georges Day"
but the birthday and deathday of William shaks-
peare, and, by the way, the deathday OF Ger
yantes. Warwickshire is not only lovely county.
but great for was not George Eliot, as well as the
Bard of Ayon," Graded in the same county?
Was not 'the lad ofall lads Warwickshire lad; the
viii of all Wills a Warwickshire Will% Yes; and
henceforth all the other shres in England are but
| as morn dew drops on the myrtle-leat 10 tnls
grand Ara" c. K. Paul says: They (Shakspeare
and George Eliot were Graded IN the same
| county. They We're nursed by the same outward
| influences: the same forest of Arden-for Shaks-
peares Arden is in reality the Warwickshire, not
the French one-the same forest of Arden was
around them both the same forms of gently slop-
ing hills and fields, and the scenes of George
Eiots youth reproduced in the novels may be
joined, and joined easily, with the pilgr1mages
from afar to Charlotte and to Stratford."
To me there always seems something peculiarly
beautiful in the fact of Shakespeare being born al
the time of the year he was. Little rogulsn VII
lie" came to Stratford- on Avon
"When well-appareled April on the heel
OF limping winter treads;
when the daisy, with its single pearl bud, opens on
the lea; when the primrose CLEANS with its faint
| pale light beneath the budding hawthorn edge
when the thrush and the blackbird sing out theiT
first paais and the nightingale comes back to Eng,
land after long winter 1t is if Nature had said
| for once, "Will send you poet in unison with
his fellow creatures, the flowers zone whose in
FAINT shall be attuned TO the deep, sweet music
| of the earth my faYorite child. Even at this
season of the year do the birds welcome on this
| blessed morn, and even the violet and
datfOdil Spring up so fresh and sweet
as if in remembrance of their poets birthday. A
deep, secret meaning, to be felt rather than than
| expressed, turks here. But, "brief but it be,
| there seemed to me something, said peculiarly
beautiful in his birthday, and not less so in his
deathday. There is certain mystery, well BENT
| ting the man of men" in this. The same flowers
| that rejoiced at his birth now mourn his death
! The same hesper-vesper that ushered in this
| gracious hallowed morn has also brought us the
night of his life. The circle was complete. After
many wanderings the stream of life poured itseli
back into the same spring from whence it SO Joy
ously issued. "We shall never look upon his like
again." Blessed be his name and his memory!
|
National Republican., 1881-04-23
Art ATTRACTIONS.

MIR. Carl Marr's picture, "The Wan
dering Jew is much praised.
Two very pleasing landscapes by F.
S. Dellenbaugh viii shortly be seen in this city.
Mr. Hamilton Hamilton has in his
studio several admirable studies of Western
scenery
Mr.. Launt Thompson has returned
| from hislong residence and is at home in New
York city.
Sir Frederick Leighton intends to
| exhibit in the Grosvenor gallery this spring his
portrait of Mrs. Ellen Grant sartoris.
in the April number of the american
Art Rerteo one of Fred. KimbalIs etchings, old
Houses at Stroudwater,'' is published and de-
| served tribute paid to its excellence.
-Gustave Dore was so affected by the
death of his mother some weeks ago that he was
una6e to finish two landscapes on his easel, which
| he intended to seRd to the Salon. He asked for a
delay of forty eight hours but this the committee
in charge of the Salon thought it their duty to re-
fuse. As the lime for sending in sculpture is more
| extended, he will exhibit two groups.
MIR. Millais is engaged upon a por-
trait of Mr.. Tennyson- 1t is related as proof of
the extraordinary power and facility which years
of hard work have given this artist that his fine
portrait Of Mr. Gladstone exhibited last year at the
Royal Academy was painted in five hours. For
his E1sture Cinderella" recently completed, Mr..
Nillsis has received from Mr.. Ingram, proprietor
Of the Illustrated London NesUs, the sum Of $4,000.
Mr. Eugene Benson sends to London
| this spring rich and sensuous picture, entitled
| "Art and Nature" in which art" Is represented
| by the young prince of a Roman villa which is
seen in the middle distance nesting in its trees
| while for Mature" we have in the centre of the
composition nude maiden, who leisurely leans
against a marble fountain. To her left are two
peacocks Zone of which is white) standing in a
very Eden of flowers
| Mr. Thomas Moran is about to finish
large picture which gives a striking and pictur-
| esque view in Wyoming Territory. In the fore
ground is band Of Ute Indians descending to and
crossing the Green River, seen in the middle dis
| tanee There is a brilliant sunset effect upon a
line of cliffs and tie rising moon is behind them.
Mr.. Moran has also in his studio two green and
| fresh looking landscapes" Three-Mile Harbor,"
noticed by rs at the last Union League monthly
meeting. and scene ON Napeague Beach, Long
Island
National Republican., 1881-04-23

The deadlock held the Senate fast,
AS down the Avenue there passed
A Bourbon, wearing on his breast
This motto: Do your level best
Rebellionr'
His brow was sad, his eyes were dim,
AS if some sorrow haunted him;
Yet often rs he passed along
His tongue he sounded like gong,
Rebellion,
Before him loomed upon his sight
The Capitol, so pure and white;
And sighs escaped his lips, and groans,
AS quick he thought him of Mahone's
Rebellion.
"DOn't try to VIM an old man said.
"Your Bourbon King has long been dead.
Remember once that game was tried"
And loud the Bourbon's voice replied,
Rebellion I''
"Oh, stay" fair Freedom said, and rest
Your weary tongue. Twill profit best"
No tear stood in the Bourbon's eye
As quick he answered, win or die.
Rebellion q
Beware the peoples mighty will.
Beware of them. They're loyal still.''
This was Columbia's last goodbye,
The Bourbon answered in reply,
"RebellionT'
At eve, when labor's loom had ceased,
The Senators, from toll released,
Were startled by a voice in air
That said, I'VE Bourbons firmly swear
Rebellion
And one, a Bourbon pilgrim found
Stretched lifeless on the chilly ground,
One hand still pointing TO his vest
Whereon this motto was imprest-
Rebellion
There, in the way, without coat,
He lay beside 8 Bourbon vote;
And down TO very depths OF hell
His spirit sank, and with it fell
Rebellion.
National Republican., 1881-04-23
R,,,s.S uua x,ruue,,es,

A young gentleman who is about to
take unto himselfa wife is talking enthusiastically
and appreciatively about the charms of the golden
blonde, which he declares to be the most perfect
type of female beauty.
"Ah, 1 see, your intended is fair"
"No, sir; on the contrary. she is pronounced
brunette"
"But thought you declared that you only liked
fair women?'
Pm marrying brunette; I'm going to lirt
with the blondes. See?'
National Republican., 1881-04-23
BarnuIn, p. L.

One of the unique characters on the
stage of public life is the Prince of Show
men, as he is called, or, as christened by
his Connecticut progenitors, Phineas I.
Barnum. Perhaps no name is more IA
miliar to the people of this country than
that of Barnum, P. T., and it is even
doubtful whether any one under the sun
has wider reputation. There is another
Barnum, w. H., who has obtained some
Fictitious fame as partner in side-show
which was exhibited throughout the
country last fall but it was fraud, and
was not the great moral entertainment
of the only original Barnum, ?. T. The
coincidence of names carries no weight
with it. A German paper that came to
our notice a few days since alluded to a
certain magician as being the Barnum of
Austria, showing that the people of
that country not only knew the
name, but that it was synonymous
in their minds with an idea.
People understood by this allusion that
the magician was humbug, and yet not
altogether humbug. He was the Bar
mum of Austria, one of unique and un-
-laapalloloSl olsace3 who have better detl-
milton than the name itself gives. For,
whatever may be said of Barnum's career
in the past; he cannot now be called an
impostor in any sense. He may stretch
the truth little in his posters and ad-
vertisements, because they are too large
-, ,fr hut
who attended his show will say that he
performed his promises very nearly, if
not quite, to the letter. But he began his
career as humbug, and we are not sure
but the word "humbug" was invented to
meet his particular case. Our oldest
amusement-seekers will remember his
woolly horse, his Seth Joyce, his What
Is-It, and a number of other attractions, /"
which were, in plain English, imposi-
tions or "humbugs" upon credulous
dred ingenious but barefaced swindles
practiced upon the people, and does not
seek to disguise his designs or scruple to
disclose his methods of cheating the pub
lie. But latterly Barnum has come to a
better phase of the showman'S career
simply, too, we expect, because there is
more money in it. His experience
has taught him that the circus is the
thing to draw out the great public. The
wild beasts and the dens of living ami
mails, the sports of the sawdust arena,
and the perennial jokes of the clown
the great canvas tent, the brilliant lights,
the marvels of the side-shows, the pea
nut and candy vendors, the mixed
crowd, the brazen bands of music, and a
hundred other things, makeup q show "
too fascinating to resist. This is the kind
of entertainment that draws the crowd,
and, besides, the old gentleman may be
humbugging himself in his old age with
the solace that it is a great moral "
show, and that he is doing something to
repair the damages his conscience sus-
tained in the earlier period of his show
mans career.
National Republican., 1881-04-23
A Singular InnrmIfx.

Mr.. Edwin Cowles, of the Cleveland
Ohio Leader, is the victim of singular infrmity
of hearing. He says it partakes somewhat of the
nature of color blindness that affects the eye, he
being unable to hear certain sounds at ALL For
example, he has never heard the sound of birds
song in his life. 4 whole room full of canares
might be i'll full song and yet he could not hear a
note. but the rustlng of their wings would be dis
tinctly heard by him. He can hear all the vowels,
but there are many consonant sounds which he has
never heard. He can hear man whisper, but
could not hear him whistle. The upper notes of a
piano. violin, other musical instrument he never
hears but the lower notes he hears without diff
culfV
National Republican., 1881-04-23
Weather Predictions.


Itwas in the smoking-room of an At
lantic steamer that worthy Teuton was talking
about the weather forecasts: Look here" said
he, "I dell you vat it is. You peter don't dake no
shtock in dem weather predictions Dose beople
don't know nodding. Dey can't tell no better as 1
can" But, my dear SIR said a person present,
"they foretold the storm which we have just en-
countered" "Vell, dot ish So" said the Teuton
contemplatiyely but 1 dell you vat it is; dot
shtorm would have come yust the same if it had
not been bredicted.'
National Republican., 1881-04-23
"The Fools Errand.''

Judge Tourgee is reported by the
Cleveland Leader as saying that his Fools Err
rand" has reached sale of 100000 or 100000
volumes. "a came to write the FOOLS Errand' in
this way" he added " One Sunday morning in the
summer of 1877 arose early, saying to my wife, 1
am going to write book by the name of "A Fools
Errand" by one of the FOOLS went into my Ii
brary and went to work, and during that day L
wrote three chapters of the book laid it away
and did not take it up again until june, 1872 when
the printing began. One chapter l wrote twenty
times, and tore it down out of type three times.
Each time threw my manuscript into the fire and
entirely rewrote the chapter. never could patch
nm
National Republican., 1881-04-23

THE term Star" service has become
quite familiar to the public of late. There
are great many inquiries to know its
meaning, and for the benefit of such as
may not be informed We give its deriva-
ton and nature. "Star" service took its
name from the practice in the POST Office
Department of designating the three
words, " certainty, celebrity, and security" !"
by three stars, as thus : :. It refers
to that kind of mail service performed by
other means than railway or steamboat,
such as on horseback, by stage coach,
horse and buggy, on foot, or in any other
way permitted by regulation.
National Republican., 1881-04-23

TJOR RENT-PLEASANT, WELL FURNISHED
I Rooms and excellent Table Board, by the week
month, at the TiOga House. SOC street northwest
references required. apl-Im
National Republican., 1881-04-23

The instinct for amateur gardening is
awakening. Young ladies may now be
seen in the front yards attired in sun
bonnets and watering pots, devoting
painful attention to the rearing of OBJ
stinate plants. Passers-by will observe
them contemplating the ruin of their
hopes from the front windows on the
daysfollowing, upon which occasions their
alabaster throats are enc;rcled with the
warming flannel, and convenient hand
kerchief indicates that the eyes and nose
both have it.
National Republican., 1881-04-23
DISRAELI,

Endynnion is dead, The silver lip is stilIed!
The golden bowl is broken,
The wand whose magic thrilled
Us weaves 10 more
Its fairy lore.
Old England mourns her mighty one,
Americas adopted son;
For here our hearts his tomb shall be,
Who lives in loving memory.
1.-TWO Nations" weep in unity,
Oh! Engiand's pride, for thee,
National Republican., 1881-04-23
CauniboIi,,n i'm the Ctty

w ANTEp-A strong, healthy woman to cook
wash, and iron Must furnish city references Apply
sl4 Eleventh street northwest.
To the Editor Of The Republican:
l wish to call your attention to the
above advertisement, which have clipped from the
Star. wish that you would give it your earnest
attention, and do all in your power to prevent the
terrible tragedy which may be enacted if no one
interposes. To think that cannibalism should
existin this very city-that people should openly
in the light of day, advertise for subject to cook
Strange, too, that they should want strong
healthy woman! One would think that they
would want weak, sickly one. as she would be
attention, and greatly oblige GINX.
National Republican., 1881-04-23
2fuction Sales.
BY ThOS. j. Fisher & Co.,
Real Estate Auctioneers, I223 F st.

SALE OF VERY VALUABLE BUSINESS PROP
ERTY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PENNSYI-
NANIA AVENUE. BETWEEN NINTH AND
TENTH STREETS WEST, AT AUCTION.
BY virtue of deed executed by the late Mrs Sarah
Hamilton appointing the undersigned trustee for the
purposes therein set FORTH dated the 18th day of april
ISL, and recorded in No 649 fol- 49, of the land
records for Washington County, ID. C., will sell at
public auction in front of the premises TO the highest
bidder, on TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 3, at 3
o'clock parts Of lots Nos five 5) and six (6 in square
numbered three hundred and eighty (3S0) improved
by threestory and attic dwelling with back build
ing being premises known as No. S24 PennSy lVani4
avenue northwest. This property fronts 20 feet ON
said avenue, with depth of about So feet connecting
with lot s. which fronts II feet inch on street; in
all, about $50 square feet.
Terms of sale: One-fOuTth cash: balance in u, Is
and a months, for notes bearing interest at per
cent, payable semtannualy. secured by deed OF
trust the property. a deposit of S20G Will be
Qured the time of sale If the of sale
complied with within days from day of sale the
property will be reSOld at the risk and cost of pur
chaser. All conVeyancing at purchasers cost.
THOMAS MCGILI, Trustee.
THOMAS J. FISHER & CO., Auctioneers,
-, IL
National Republican., 1881-04-23

THE long winter is breaking up in the
West. The immense bulk of snow and
ice which had accumulated, and which,
owing to the absence of any winter thaw,
has exceeded in quantity anything
known before, is at length melting, and
the result is seen in the general floods
and overfows that are reported from all
quarters. 4 great deal of damage is re-
SI11ti0Cr
National Republican., 1881-04-23
j. T. CoIdwen, Auctioneer.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
PROPERTY ON NEW JERSEY AVENUE, BE-
TWEEN d AND z STREETS NORTHWEST.
BY virtue of deed of trust dated April 1874, and
recorded in Liber IA, Folio 2S5, Of the land
ords for Washington County, District of Columbia,
and at the written request of the party secured
thereby the undersigned viii sell at public auctOn in
front of the premises, on THURSDAY, APRIL Is,
1851, at o'clock all that certain piece parcel
of ground in Washington City known and dIStin-
guished part of original lot numbered three (3 in
so numbered six hundred and thirty (630l which
is comprised within the following metes and bounds,
to wit:
Beginning for the same al q point on New Jersey
avenue one hundred and eleven (i1l) feet eleven (D
inches from the southwest angle Of said square and
running thence north with said avenue twenty (20)
feet thence al right angles with said hun
dTed and nineteen lS) feet thence enthusiastically
twenty COZ feet eight l ilches thence TO ineTsect
New Jersey avenue with lire perpendicular 10
sad avenue one hundred and thirteen (l3) feet ten
(O) inches. 10 the place OF beginning; improved by
threestory and basement brick dwelling, with store
room and large brick stable.
Terms: Blythe terms Of the trust the indebtedness
and expenses OF sale shall be in cash; balance in six
and twelve months These terms can, however. be
modified the sale, should any bona-hde purchaser
iesireit-
one hundred dollars shall be paid down when the
property is struck of. COnyeyancng az cost Of Pur
chaser.
xIFkES XIFkIAH Il p LEI TODD Trustees.
aDls 81 q q 2TSs
National Republican., 1881-04-23
wou,dn,t Go Any Farther.

Said the moderator of the town meet
ing: Gentlemen will be seated as far as they
can" and one modest individual went to his home,
three miles away, and seated himself. He said
he'd be darned if he'd so one step farther, and
he'd like to see that moderator or any one else
make him.
National Republican., 1881-04-23
Dynamite.

Dynamite is rapidly superseding the
dagger, and it is suggested that the play of "Ju-
Illus Caesar" be readjusted, so as to give Brut,.s
chance to hoist the old man with glass bomb.
Julius sailing up into the flies in quarter sections
and remarking "Et tn, Brute" would be unique and
sensational.-Bost0n Globe
National Republican., 1881-04-23
Tight Lacing.

Tight lacing caused the liver of an In
diana woman to grow fast to the epigastrium,
causing her death. Ladies cannot be too careful
in guarding against such calamity as this. When
tight lacing must be INDUCED in the epigastrium
should be removed and locked up in the bureau
drawer for safety.-Quincy Modern Arq0.
National Republican., 1881-04-23
Injurious.

A writer in scientific journal combats
the popular notion that night air is injurious to
health. We never supposed it was, unless the dog
were to break loose while the young man was
National Republican., 1881-04-23
G0uTdDst Ride IT.

An elderly resident of Newtown was
approached by an agent for cyclop@dia. 81
guess won't get one,' said the elderly resident,
and frankly added, al know 1 never could learn
to ride one of the pesky things DdRbury Nelrs.
National Republican., 1881-04-23
Sosf ano SonnS.

r OST BETWEEN B. AND P DEPOT AND sol
Il Thirteenth street on Thursday Red Russian
Leather Pocketbook containing about SIG and yalua-
Bile papers. Half the money given papers and pOck
etbOok are returned TO above number. ap223
T OST-AN ALLIGATOR TOOTH WATCH
IL Charm, the gift of dead sister. most satisfac-
tory reward will be paid for its return TO L. F. CUSH-
INC, Lighthouse Board, Treasury Department.
ap22-3t*
National Republican., 1881-04-23
A Legal HOLIDAY,

To the Editor Of The Republican:
Will you, through the columns of your
valuable paper, inform me as to whether the 3Oth
of May Decoration Day. is legal holiday or not
and if SO, when il became so? SUBSCRIBER.
[The S0th of May is legal holiday, made so just
previous to the SOth of May, 1ssO-ED. REFUBLI-
National Republican., 1881-04-23

DEMOCRATIC Senators emphatically
deny the suggestion that the Democratic
party is dead. No, it is not dead. 1t is
spoilt. tits rotten. 1t is deeaying. But
it still breathes, and, true to its instincts,
kicks against fate.
National Republican., 1881-04-23
0anfe0--S
QSanteS 2IIiscellaneolls


NTANTED ED-SH0RTHAND PUPILS; THOR
w ough course of instruction by practical teacher.
Address call at COS Thirteenth street northwest,
from i've 10 halfpast six p. m ap3
TNIRST-CLASS PATENT INTERESTS IN
II which to invest some small sums of money. Ad-
dress PATENT, Republican office. ap23St<
Use OF HORSE AND CARRIAGE TWO OR
- three times per week for keep of horse; best of
care Address HORSE, Republican office. ap2S5t$
DOST-OFFICE ADDRESSES OF CLAIMANTS
Il against the United States, for which liberal COM
pensation will be given. Address ATTORNEY, Re
publican Office. ap22St%
VALUABLE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS.
for which cash will be paid. Address BUY ER,
Republican Office. ap25St*
A PPLEToN'S ENCYCLOPEDIA (LASr EDI-
IA dOn). Address CASH, Republican Office. 2S3tS
TXTANTED-s25O FOR TWO MONTHS; GOOD
w security, liberal interest Address POst-Office
Box 4S3. ap223t%
TTTANTED-To EXCHANGE al ACRES OF
W. Land, near Tuscumbia, Ala. and cash, for
small improved farm near Washington; must be
pleasantly located and cheap. Address, giving full
particulars, J.. s. HALLECK, 9i2 street northwest
ap22-3t$
VYTANTED-ALL PERSONS WHO LIKE GOOD
w Tea to go to McBRIDE'S, 7U Seventh street,
and there they can get it. sure. ap21-St*
"ANTED-sI FOR SIX MONTHS, AT REA-
w sOnable interest, by a Department. clerk good
ap2i-3t*
"TANTED-ANY ONE HAVING ABOUT A so
w inch Bicycle in good condition, which they are
medately, WILLIAM DEXTER, Washington. d. C.
ap2l-3I<
National Republican., 1881-04-23

So IT seems the Republicans are going to have a
caucus after all The SaT was right. as usual
Star.
Like the Irishman, the Star was behind
before. but it's first at last.
National Republican., 1881-04-23
Jobs Condition.

In what condition was the patriarch
Job at the end of his lfe?" asked Sunday school
teacher of quiet-looking boy at the foot of the
class. Dead" calmly replied the boy.
National Republican., 1881-04-23
HEALTH rs WEALTH.

DR. Z. C. VESTS NERVE AND BRAIN TREATMENT.
q specific for EysteTia Dizziness, Commissions, Eer
vOJIs Headache, Mental Depression Loss Of Memory.
SperInatOrrhOea, InlpOteHcy, Involuntary Emissions,
Premature Old Age, caused by over-exertiOn self
cay, and death One box will cure recent cases. Each
box contains months treatment. One dollar a.
box or six boxes for five dollars Sent by mail pre-
paid receipt Of price. We guarantee six boxes 70
cure any case With each ordar received by Us for six
boxes accompanied with five dollars, we Will send
the purchaser written guarantee 10 return the
money if the treatment does not effect Guar
antees issued by STOTT & CROMWELL, 80 Penn
sylvaaia avenue, Washington, d. C., wholesale and
:etail agents. Orders by mail viii receive prompt Rt-
teufiou OclSlrrhS-iy
National Republican., 1881-04-23
RTU.u-nuos


Speaking of oyster-cism of Northern
men by the Solid South, how about one Frye
Ne,o York Commercial advertiser