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National Republican., 1881-08-17

CSPENCERIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE. CORNER
SSevcnth and l. streets northwest. educates sons
and daughters for real life. The business course
comprises Penmanship, Spelling the English Lam
guage, Correspondence, business Arithmetic, Single
and Double Entry bookkeeping, business Practice,
on Business aud Ethics Day and evening sessions.
Scholastic year begins Monday, August 90 A valu'
able pamphlet containing an eloquent address on
" Elements OF Success" by James A. Garfield, and
"a Tribute to Graduates Of Spencerian Business Col.
information concerning the College. VIII be sent free
College Office. HENRY c. SPENCER, Principal
SARA A. SPENCER, Vice PrlnCinal, nulG-tf
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Sor GR ent.2 2GliseellaneoIe

JNOR RENT-THE ROOMS NOW OCCUPIED
II by the Young Mems Christian Association, viz: An
onicG,room; four large rooms. and the chapel, all
ering 00Jsquare feet " not rented by July
arranged viii be for rent separately. For terms &c.,
apply to A. s. PRATT d SON, Agents, 40l Ninth
street northwest. iel5MWF 3m
OMMNIlnu,!sEs TO hET-ToR EXGuRsIoN AMP
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2B,tsiness Chances.

VyTANTED-A FEW GENTLEMEN IN A
wv light and profitable business; also Partner with
$50 cash. Call on address ENTERPRlZE Mount
Vernon Hotel, Pennsylvania avenue, between lOand
4 o'clock aul6.3ts
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THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
Population Of the National Capital. 100000.

WASHINGTON, D. C., AUGUST IL. 1881.
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&Sucational.

INSTRUCTION ON THE PIANO, BASED UPON
i scientific principles ~ per quarter, payable
monthly. Address MISS s. L., Republican Office.
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oAMnEN,s nAnY MERMAln.
A Creature with Arms. Legs. son white
skin. nnd SensI.IIumnn Features.


Say, mister, hev you got that ERE sea
sarpint in hercg" cautiously inquired Jersey
farmer, rs ho poked frowsy head through the
doorway Of Brokers liquor store, Second and Fed
eral streets, Camden, at noon yesterday.
Yes, sir; walk in, )" replied Brooker.
BE this it2' asked the farmer, as he stood and
pointed n sun burned hand toward q lively young
Florida alligator in glass box.
Not exactly; only second cousin or So
There's the thing you came TO see, hanging up
there on the wall"
We'll I'll be swashcd n that don't look just
like jenkins new baby, over TO tho village.
Tain't child, is it?"
When told that IL was a mermaid, fresh from the
depths Of the Atlantic the countrymans eyes stood
out ON his check bones, and he gazed around at
the crowd with bewildered stare.
meermaidl Well, Welt I've heorn tell OF
such things; an my darter what works over to the
coloncls used to read out Of picture books bout
meermaids a-comen their hair in the ocean, but l
never seed one afore," and the old mans curiosity
ana wonderment knew no bounds
WHAT HE WONDERED AT.
The object in question, described by many as q
mermaid, from Its resemblance to the human fam
ily hung by string on the wall and was being
inspected by crowd OF the curious. It was about
two feet aud n half in length, and so many points
of resemblance to a newborn child did 1t have
| that many persons manifested little reluctance In
pronouncing II genuine baby mermaid. Its body,
with the exception Of the feet and tail and the To-
cation Of the arms, was in appearance the same MS
that of child, and might be described as revised
version Of a skinned monkey. The head ran TO n
peak at the top. and was set on a short neck and
well-defned shoulders. The eyes were sunken
and were covered, in lieu of oyeids, with grizzly
scales. The nose was quite prominent and
ended in the mouth, the lips of which were OF a
hard grizzly flesh and fringed with eight teeth on
the inside--four upper and four lower. The tongue
bore an almost perfect resemblance to the human
tongue and back Of II could be seen two small
tonsils. The breast and abdomen were remarkably
similar to those Of man. tho ribs being we'll formed
but about forty In number. The arms extended
to the hips and terminated in five fingers, with
claw-likc nails, the joints being at the point OF
connection with the body. The legs were long,
terminating in fms aud bore resemblance to those
of baby. At the end of the backbone well. de.
fined TAIL five inches in length, protruded ending
vertically IN two small fms Strange TO say, there
was not the sign ofa scale, sof Aeshy skin cover
ing the entire body, which was destitute of hair.
The weight OF the creature was about six pounds
now IT WAS CAUGHT.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-23
Decisions by Attorney General Bald
win.
The Caparol dnr;pO ,NaOi

1nC AblOAnCl thC bdol
week has made the following decisions:
Where A applied for and the County Commits
siOners granted license to sell intoxicating
Court, but he failed then to pay the license fee
and take out such license, and afteward, March
a. 1881. paid such fee and demanded license for
one year from March l. Held: That he was en-
titled to such license, but ii must date from the
time of granting it at the December term, 1880
p Notary Public by accepting an appoint
ment as Deputy Township Assessor does not va
cate the former Office Such deputyship having
salary or fees fixed by law is not lucrative Of
flee within the meaning of the Constitution.
8. The President OF Board OF Trustees of an
incorporated town has the right to vote upon all
questions before such Board, although his vote
will make the vote tie.
There is no such officer as Town Prosecutor.
4. The Auditor of a County is not entitled to
any fees under Section 6 of the act of March 3,
1871 Acts 1877, p. So for making out the du-
plicate for taxes levied to gravel or macadamize
roads constructed by order of the Board OF County
Commissioners, nor hefentitled to any fees for
are returned unpaid This is one of the duties OF
his office for which his salary is his compensation.
5. Town Trustees have no power to assess and
tax omitted property; such property can only be
taxed by turning over the tax duplicate TO the
County Auditor and Treasurer, who il seems,
have the power to place omitted property on the
tax duplicate tSee Sections 81 and IS, r. s,
1e76, P. oSS.)
6. Under the gravel road act of March 3, 1877,
lands within two miles OF the termini OF the road
may be assessed for its building. If the read
LANDS on each side of the proposed road the
case would be different.
Z. SheriffS in taking patients to the Insane
fee and salary act of 1872 and not the table OF
distances in X. s., 1876, D. 630
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-23
RESUME OF THE WEEKS NEWS.

dead. ''--''-''-''
Mayor Jacob has been renominated by the Re
publicans OF Cincinnati.
A Company with capital of 900 will erect
a cotton-mill at Charleston, S. C.
The prediction is made that Hon. VIII Cumback
will be appointed Commissioner OF Internal Rev
enue.
Recent events have driven the press of Russia
into the unequivocal advocacy of Constitution
for the Empire.
1t is alleged that Deputy Postmaster Brown, of
Wenona, ILL.,, embezzled 81, 300 and fled to parts
unknown last week.
John Brady, Jr.. Notary, was arrested in St.
Louis, Saturday for plicity in tho land frauds
recently unearthed there.
Colonel +. A. Rockwell was detailed by the War
Department Saturday as Superintendent of Pub
ic Buildings and Grounds.
vfgnaux, the French billiard champion, viii
probably come to the United States and play
matches in Chicago and New York.
The colored voters of Cincinnati have revolted
against the Republican party and placed in the
field ticket of their own selection.
France yields to the request of the United
States that pork shipped before the passage OF the
decree shall be subject only TO inspection.
jacob Powell. of Logansport, Ind, has left that
city IN a twenty-five feet steamer for trip down
the Wabash and Mississippi to New Orleans.
AT Pittsburg, Saturday, Special Agent Tyrell ar
rested George W. Nelson, real estate agent. for
alleged completely in the Missouri land swindles.
At meeting in New York on last Wednesday
in behalf Of education for young Indians. fifteen
persons subscribed $500 each, and one lady gave
5000.
Memphis dispatch announces the suicide of
Charles L. Gates from grief at the recent death OF
his father, who was Secretary of the Cotton Ex-
change.
Fred Douglass will be reappointed Marshal of
the District of Columbia. Minister billiard will
be recalled from Brazil and Minister Christiancy
from Peru.
Hon. William C. Barnett, the wealthiest man in
Pulaski County, Indiana, died at Winamac on
Friday. He had been State Senator and County
Treasurer.
st. Louis forwarders are endeavoringto contract
with California farmers to bring 5000 600 bushels
of wheat 70 that city and send il down the Missis
sppi for Europe.
An estimsble lady OF Terre Haute, Ind, Mrs.
Mary Rogers, while delirious from an attack of
the measles, sprang into well and was drowned
on last Saturday.
Secretary Lincoln has refused to permit twenty
six new appointees of the War Department To
draw their pay, on the ground that they were
illegally appointed. 1t appears that they were
selected By Judge Noah and Chief Clerk Crosby.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-23
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP.

The Office of County Superintendent will
not be abolished.
Interests on the loans OF school fund will
be in the future but g. per cent.
An amendment to the school bill in the
House allows half an hour each schoOl-day
for instruction ia the German language.
Senator Leeper is of the opinion that an
appropriation should be made that the State
may be properly represented at the Worlds
Fair
DO0rkeeper Wood has assigned tie late
DOorkeeper Evans to the position Of First
Assistant-the same position held by Wood
during the regular session.
There is much interest being manifested
an the Prison bill, which provides for
placing both Prisons under one manage
ment. 1t is not generally thought that bill
will pass.
There seems to be a strong impression
among those that have an opportunity OF
knowing that it will be matter of necessity
10 call another special session to complete
the business.
The Senate has not touched the criminal
code as reported by the Revision Com
mittee. Neither has the House done any
thing with with the civil code. 1t is thought
Representative Schweitzer is not only
lcvel-headed, but his heart is i'm the right
place. His bill requiring Township Trus-
tees to purchase books for poor children
passed the House and will most likely pass
the Senate and become law.
We invoke the favorable consideration of
the members of the Legislature, of the bill
now pending on its passage in the House of
Representatives, TO punish wife whippers.
1t was introduced by Hon. b. f. Cummins.
the able Representative from Wells and
Blackboard Counties
The liveliest skirmish we have seen lately
occurred in the House on yesterday on
the rate of interest on the school funds. DIR.
Edwins was too much for those advocating
5 per cent He had the rate reduced TO 6
per cent. and then PLAYED the old par
liamentary trick of moving TO reconsider
and then laying that ON the table so that il
is a fixture in the bill.
Senator Benz has received the following
letter, which explains itself:
VALLEY CITY, Ind. March Is. 1881.
Hon. John Benz:
DEAR sIR-Though personally stranger to you,
though acquainted with You by reputation, take
desperate effort being made to remove Mr.. b. f.
Ibach from the Superintendency Of the Asylum
for Feeble Minded Childrenat Knightstown, and
now, my dear sir. want to say to you that
think this would be a great mistake, for believe
Mr.. Ibach is as good man tor that place as could
be found In the State | think he is the right man
In the right place. have a son there for culture
and training and am interested in having good
superintendent I'm the Asylum. and should re-
gret very much to hear of Mr.. Ibach's removal
Please use your influence TO have him continued.
have visited the Asylums both I'm this State and
In Illinois, aud / think the management of our
Asylum compares very fayorably with the one In
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-23
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No mercury or injurious medicine used. No de
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DIR. Henderson is a regular graduate in medi
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dress DR. HENDERSON,
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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-23
The Prospective Deadlock. -


A Chicago Times Washington special of the 10th
says:
While the Republicans are talking about whaI
they can do III extra session Il called 1t is moi
easy TO see how they can do anything if the Dem
ocrats are inclined 10 raise objection. Senator
Bayard, in a conversation with Times correspon-
dent. said that he believed that there would be a
practical deadlock in Congress for the next two
years over any legislation outside of the regular
appropriation bills He specified how the dead.
first place the Republicans have set the Demo
Gratis the worst possible example duging the last
session by simply refusing TO vote as means OF
rejecting legislation Objectionable to them. The
Democrats have only to follow this Republican
precedent and Congress Is at once made powerless
TO commit any legislative act. The majority OF
the Republicans in both Houses Is of such close
character that ii will be practically impossible for
them TO maintain anything like a quorom among
their own members The refusal OF members 10
vote Senator Bayard regarded one of the most
norty to defeat the will of the majority. He says
that Ii CON- Dimes the worst forms Of notification
and secession In one. BY remaining in the Gov
vernrent and yet refusing TO act part of it, the
result is to destroy Ii eeetu ally than If the
same member should openly withdraw as In the
of secession Senator Bayard sees remedy for
the growing evil of dilatory expedicnts employed
to render Congress pow erless through the action
of some small faction, except at the bar OF public
opinion. II the country could only understand
the reasonable action OF members who refuse TO
they present, there would soon be any end to
what now threatens more danger to the Govern
ment. in the opinion of Senator Bayard, than did
the Rebellion of 1861.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-23
Cameron ON ,he ASSASSINATION.

All the living ex-Ministers to Russia seem to
have been interviewed on the assassination of the
Gar. Old Simon Cameron's turn has come. A
Harrisburg pa special says:
Simon Cameron, who has arrived home from
the South regards the assassination of the Car of
Russia most unfortunate. He does not a
tribute the murder to Nihilism, but rather to the
feeling of discomfort among the Russian nobility
at the advanced measures for good Government
that had been projected by the Gar In fact, the
nobility, in his opinion, Indirectly instgated it,
General Cameron met the Emperor at st. Peters
burg while Minister to Russia, and conversed with
him frequently. He regarded him rs n very su-
perior ruler far in advance of his times I'm mat
tiers of State SO far as they applied to Russia. The
dissatisfaction Of the Russian nobility, among
other causes. he ascribes to the freeing of the
serfs, q act which never forgiven by those of
title, who still nurse their wrongs because they
can not yet deal in human souls. The present
Emperor was a youth when General Cameron was
in Russia, but he remembered seeing him on
several occasions.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-23
The Assassination.

The assassination of the Car continues to be
the leading topic of conversation among all
classes. Washington special gives the views o
Z. w. Stoughton, late American Minister to
Russia, which will be read with interest:
1.-THE murder of the Emperor Alexander" he
said, lis act which the Russian Nation will re-
pudiate and lCath II was an act conceived and
instigated by the few, the very, very few and for
One may talk of the enormous ramificatiOn of the
Nihlist party: of the resources and of the power
1t Yields. l. for my part, do not believe IL to be
more than an infinitely small group of male
mon law criminals. who are soon bound to sue
cumb. The agitation they are keeping up will
die of itself IL has nothing to
feed on. Why should the peasant.
whose sole means of existence are the results OF
his labor, or the merchant. who depends on the
should the people. ask, countenance a movement
the end OF which can only be 10 destroy. and not
to reform or reconstruct? mol Nihilism interferes
with their material welfare. and they. therefore.
repudiate IL, and that Is why those Nihilists who
fall into the hands of the police are always found
without any interest in the industry. trade. and
commerce OF the country. Such persons have
everything TO gain and nothing 10 lose by the
agitation. / repeat the Nihilisis are few In num-
Der and Insignificant. IL Is true that they have
succeeded in killing the Emperor. but then they
them efectually as mis- father. and finally root
them out"
UDo you think the present Car will continue the
reform begun by his father?'
81 certainly do. II has been the firm purpose OF
the Russian Government since the emancipation
antry, who form about four-ffths OF the popula
ton.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-23

Ri Rev. Bishop Gilmour Cleveland, O. :;
Charles S. Strickland, Esq, 9 BOylston
street, Boston, Mass; Captain Paul Boyt)n,
the world-renowned swimmer; Professor
C. o. Duplessis. Manager Chicago Gym
nasium, Chicago, H.; William III. Wareing,
ESQ.,, Assistant General Superintendent
New York Postoffice; Hon. Thomas l..
James. Postmaster. New York; Stacey Hill,
ESQ.,, Mt. Auburn Inclined Plane Railroad,
Cincinnati, o., are among the myriads who
have experienced the beneficial effects of
that most remarkable remedy, St. Jacobs
Oil, and who have testified to its efficacy in
unqualified terms.-Pittsburg Commercial
Gazette.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-23
Onern,s Cod Liver OIL Jelly.

Approved by the Academy of Medicine of New
York for coughs, colds, bronchial and tuberenlar
consumption, scrofula and general debility. The
most mild, bland and nutritious form in which
Cod Liver Oil can be used. and with more benefit
secured to the patient by single teaspoonful of
this Jelly than by double the quantity of the
liquid OIL and the most delicate stomach willJnet
reject ii. For sale by all druggists and l. Il
TRUCK. 8 Platt street, New York.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-23

Against ordinary cannon than the lungs,
throat and chest are against consumption or
bronchitis when 'Hale's Honey of Hore-
hound and Tar is promptly taken for the
coughs, colds and bronchial complaints,
which always precede those terrible diseases.
Sold by druggists.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one
minute
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-23
The Greatest Rle..Inr.

A simple, pure, harmless remedy that
cures every time and prevents disease by
keeping the blood pure, stomach regular,
kidneys and liver active is the greatest
blessing ever conferred upon man. Hop
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been saved and cured by it. Will you try
it? See another column.-Eagle
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-23
Won Never Heard aDentist

say that Sozodont was not a good article to pre-
serve the teeth and gums. This fact is not to be
controverted. What gives it such prominence as
a curative wash? 1t is compounded after years
of scientific plodding OF materials calculated to
harden the gums. remove the septic acid and
avoid putrefaction.
So all ladies say of Spalding's Glue. They use
il to make lovers stick.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-23

the next car, and soon, until it passes Is
the coils under the other row OF seats and
returns TO the engine. Steam can be gen.
Grated in the reservoir in few minutes in
case the engine should become disabled by
accident or otherwise
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-23

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany has been experimenting with a new
arrangement for heating passenger cars by
means of steam Waste steam from the en-
CINE is conveyed to a boiler or reservoir in
the baggage car. from whence it is dis
tributed to the other cars by iron pipe. a
coil of which is placed under every seat
The steam enters the coils under one row OF
seats, and after passing through them, enters
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-23

Puritan from Massachusetts,, went to New
York on visit last week, and refused to
take his daughters to see the obeIisk because
it was Ceopatra's needle, and Cleopatra was
a bad woman.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-23

In those advanced stages OF bronchial dis
ease, where organic decay precludes the pos
sibility of restoration, DIR. Bulls Cough
Syrup gives very grateful ease and relief to
the weary sufferer.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-23
Opposition to a Clean sweep.

There is some opposition toa clesl sweep. as
proposed by the Republicans of the United States
Senate, on the part OF the Democratic Senators.
The Courier-Journal's Washington special Of yes
teryiay says:
Mr., Graham Is not perfectly sure of becoming
Secretary Of the Senate before next December
The Democratic Senators will make no opposition
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-23

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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-23

Occasion for Gratitude,

spring in the South has already appeared. The
face of nature is seen to the best advantage. The
fear of pestilence already comes to the mind Of
the prudent inhabitant of the Gulf States, and he
is thankful for the wisdom displayed in the legis-
lation which secured over million of dollars for
the maintenance OF the worlG.known Charity
Hospital at New Orleans, La, from the Louisiana
State Lottery, whose next drawing occurs on
April IL, and about which the full particulars
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