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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-01

There are wise and experienced coun-
sellors in the Republican party, to whom
General Garfield may very naturally look
for aid in arriving at conclusions on some
questions They are such as have already
been taken into his counsels, and with
them it may be presumed he will further
confer That he VIII make any final de-
cision on any mans judgment except his
own we do not for an instant believe or
imagine. He will weigh the motives of
men as best he can from his knowledge
of their antecedents and his estimate as to
their plans Fortunate will it be for him,
for the country, and for the party of the
right if he shall firmly set his face against
any who seek to tear down. No man is a
patriot who does not help to build up.
Our party has either been fully
united by the trials, labors, and triumphs
of the presidential campaign, OF else it is
still afflicted with the diseases which
threatened its dissolution before. The
narrow margin by which aSolid Bourbon
South was prevented from turning back
the clock of the Nation twenty years
ought to warn us of the perils of reviying
the bitter strifes of factions which
preceded and entered the Chicago
convention. 1t is not to be doubted
that all our. leaders see the import
ance of harmony, and will give no
counsel that will abate the enthusiasm of
any portion of the party. 1t is under
stood that those who supported Mr.. Blaine
at Chicago are likely to be gratified by
seeing their leader Secretary of State.
Those who supported General Grant are
likely to be gratifed by seeing an un-
equivocal and recognized supporter of
his, personally desirable as well as ac-
ceptable to Senator Conkling, at the head
of the Treasury Department.
The people who did not favor either of
those gentlemen, but preferred General
Garfield, have long since seen their hopes
realized in his election. These things
done, peace and amity will be assured
or proven to be impossible. 1t is the new
Presidents duty to create the conditions
without which disturbance is GER
tain. That he is determined upon this,
and that nothing can swerve him from
that determination, we fully believe
Men of small calibre may continue to
busy themselves in puerile opposition to
the grand and magnanimous purposes of
General Garfield. But it is a comfort to
believe that they have no more counte-
nance from those in whose behalf they
assume to speak than they are likely to
have power with the incoming admins
tration. That any other than a friendly
disagreement as to the next Cabinet ex-
lists among Republicans of any promi-
nence, or that any man seriously men
toned for any Cabinet position will be
disgruntled at the selection of another, is
the merest nonsense.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-01
2S5ante0-- Sifllatious.

UYANTED-BY GRADUATE OF \ LAW COZ
w Iege. position in law Office; no objection 10
leaving Washington. Address J. B. w, Republican
Wy ASTED-A MIDDLE1AGED WOMAN WISH
w g. the care Of children in refined family. can
sew do ciI2ntberwOrS and make herself useful ID
rect letter card to NURSE, 2S2l / street north
west, near Twenty ty-ouTth. fp25
Misunderstanding OF ANY DESCRIPTION
w by an expert operator Singer machine; best
references. Address BEE, R6 Massachusetts avenue
northwest. ify++l
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2S5anteo--2 2ooms.

YNANTED - FURNISHED ROOM WITH
w board. near the War department.. Address II.
f., Republican office fe2S3ts
DOOAS WANTED - CENTRALLY LOCATED
a furnished rooms, suitable for physician; perma-
nent If suited. Address NJ. f. D., Republican Office
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NOR RENT-STORE, DWELLING, AND STA
IL bic, I221 Seventh street northwest; rent, S5 Ap
ply to ALBERT F. FOX, ,92O f street northwest. 95tS
NOR RENT-SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS
Il with fire, on Inauguration day; very desirable
Apply at ll9 Pennsylvania avenue northwest. 2GSt$
TIOR RENT-SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS,
IL with fire. fine view of the inaugural procession.
Apply et lis Pennsylvania avenue northwest 25-3t-
NOR RENT-WINDOWSF FOR THE INAUGURA-
Il ton from s. to SO each; fine rooms in Vernon
Row and other locations for party OF . to 80 on re-
sonable terms. Address MCINTYRE, Republican
office. fe265t
ITiOR RENT-LODGINGS AND BOARD FOR 80
Il persons. 6I7 street northwest fe263t*
TNAUG GURATIoN-TO LET-FOUR LARGE;
L windows, the grand arch; room heated,
chairs and settee. Address LOOKOUT, Republican
Office. fc2I-4t- Nlk
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Wy XTANTED-IN8IEDIATF \ GIRI, no NO
w general hOuSewOTS; references required A.
ply at II Grant Place northwest. mai sfs'
w UTASTED-REGISTERED PHARsIACiST as
w reiiefclerk; references required Address 2iED-
ICUS, Republican office. Iaal-stf
"ANTED-A SERVANT FOR GENERAL
w hoUSewOrk, and willing to make herself gener-
ally useful; good wages will b. paid for good hSlp
Apply immediately At 81 East Capitol street. z1s
WANTEO-IoO MEN OR BOYS TO SELL GAR
w field and Arthur badges; must make a deposit:
active parties can make from $40 TO 80 q day CFD
u. SIEiNBACH. Decoration Headquarters. corner
Ninth and streets northwest. feaS-sfs
WTANTED-AW WHITE GIRL As NURSE FOR A
w few days CAN at Marshall House corner OF
Eighth and streets, from to y to-day. fn36 st
UTANTED-BY THE WASHINGTON CITY
w and Point Lookout Railroad, railroad HANDS.
$50 good railroad hands, - good boys drive crts
80 good men and tie cutters: steady work ana
prompt cash payments. Apply to 5. r. SUI IT. prps-
dent corner Sixth and streets northwest. or HES
TER MCLEAN, chief of construction, Bra ndyviua
Nd. Transportation furnished ie256t
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-01

THE New York Herald has engaged
itself to the selfsacrifcing task of carry
ing around basket asking contributions
as to the best means of rehabilitating the
great Democratic party. Here are some
ofthe offerings yesterday: Ex-Governor
Seymour says that a steady and firm adj
herence to the principles of"-but most
everybody has read this speech in the
original. Ex-Governor Robinson remarks
that the trouble is that our public men
are governed too much by desire for
self ACKNOWLEDGEMENT" Now perhaps
there is something in this point. But,
then, how cleverly they disguised their
purposes. Nobody could have guessed
them, and the only remedy, if
such a state Of affairs did exist, is
to pledge the offices in advance.
But where, then, would be the moving
motive to the organization? Clearly,
Governor Robinson is "of." He con-
fuses the means with the end. A mere
tyro would not make this mistake. Ex-
Governor Walker does better. He is for
"a bold. uncompromising, and aggressive
policy" which in his view is just the
thing. But one little point is left out
What is this courageous method to deal
with? Where is the public wrong it is
to grappfe so boldly? Where is the public
grievance it is to refuse to compromise
with? Where is the public enemy it is to
seek out and boldly assail? None of the
contributors to the basket as far as heard
from have pretended to answer these
little questions. But there are others to
hear from.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-01
2Sanfe0-- --Sollses.

VITANTED-A IIOCSE-AT ANY TINE WITH
w in six months, within five squares this Office,
at not more than SD per month; must have nine
rooms, including bathroom. Address II, Republican
Office ieag If
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-01
NOR RENT BY B. H. WARNER

OFFICE ROOMS In No. S23 and 3l9 FoUr-and-a-half
street n. W.; Also in 453 Louisiana avenue II W.
Cali for weekly Rent-List.
nor RENT-CALL AND SEE OUR LIST OF
Il property for rent. JOHN SHERMAN & CO,
fe3-tf st. Cloud Building.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-01
The Last Report of Secretary Erarts

The last Report OF secretary Eyarts
The Department of State has just is
sued No. f of the monthly publica-
ton commenced last fall, Illustrating not
only the commercial advantages existing
at presentamong the principal nations of
the world, but also showing the wants
and peculiarities of each country, in or
der that our exporters may understand
the requirements of other nations and
prepare their manufactures in character,
bulk and quality so as to meet such de-
mand. The latest data of trade and the
latest novelties in foreign manufacture
are reported, and in addition are por-
trayed the characteristics, by Inheritance
and education, of the older races, which
cause these publications to be far more
interesting than any ordinary public
document.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-01
The Supreme Court on Personal Lib

The Supreme Court on Personal Lib
erty.
We devote large space Of our paper to-
day to the publication in full of the unani-
nous opinion of the Supreme Court of
the United States i'll the ease Of Hallet
kilbouFn VS.. the Sergeant-at-ArmS of the
House Of Representative for false inn
prisOnment. The importance of this case
merits the prominence We give it. 1t is
the first time in the history Of our Gov
ernment where the judicial department,
upon which devolves the duty of inter-
preting the constitutional functions of the
several branches of our governmental
system, has been so clearly and elabor-
ately defined. The encroachment of the
legislative department upon the rights
Of the citizen, which has heretofore
been indulged in by Congress under
an assumed prerogative of inherited par
liamentary powers, is by the Judgment of
the Supreme Court an exercise of unlaw-
ful authority.
The opinion quotes freely from English
parliamentary precedents and practices,
aud shows clearl y the distinction between
the usages of that system, underlined as
they are by any fundamental grant of
authority from the people, and the pre-
negatives of Congress, which are limited
within the strict construction of the
powers expressly conferred by the Con-
stitution of the United States.
This opinion warns Congress that it
must confine its action to matters of legis-
lation exclusively, and not assume to
perform the duties that are devolved by
the Constitution upon the Judiciary de-
partment coordinate branch of our
Government. The opinion of the court
is a landmark in the history Of the iuris-
prudence of our young Republic, and
stands forth boldly for the protection of
the citizen against the encroachment upon
his liberty by any branch of the Govern
ment. Our space forbids further COM
ment to-day, but We shall in short time
give a general resume of the whole sub
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-01
Samfe0--Se(p.

w WANTED-A WAITER, At ll2i FoURTFE1N5TT77T
Wv street northwest - -.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-01
Sor -Gaisecuaneolas

ItORSALE LOOK SHARP! NUMBER OFTICK-
II cts limited! You may lose your chance to get
tickets for Naval Monument stand. At Thomas w.
Smiths lumber yard and Baldwin RrntherS' mill.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-23

The following communication to the editor Of
the Salem tMaSS.) Register shows how an artist
treated his visitor: T" would have accepted your
kind invitation to visit you in your new quarters
with pleasure before this had not my old enemy
Mr.. rheumatism, pounced on me 50 suddenly
He arrived last Friday, and, without stopping to
send up his card, rushed in and grasped me by
the hand with such grip that in a few hours
my hand and wrist were so badly swollen and
painful that felt as though one Of Mr.. Hatch's
coal teams had run over me. Mr.. rheumatism
has been a cons ant visitor of mine for several
years; ne always swells and put on great many
airs, making himself at home, devOuring my sub
stance and leaving me poor in flesh and pocket.
Last winter he came and stayed two months. 1
then decided that the next time he came would
change his diet. | was somewhat at a loss what
to feed him with, but finally concluded to give
him three square meals day of ST. JACOBS OIL
morning, noon and night. This fare he is dis
gusted with, and is packing up his trunk and will
leave by tomorrow or next day: says he cannot
stop any longer, as he has pressing business else
where. He is a treacherOuS fellow, and he in
tends visiting some of our Salem friends: if he
does. just give him the same fare that l did and
he won't stop long. j. S. LEFAVOUR.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-23
Lucky DAYS.
GFrom the Saturday Review

|
1t Is curious to note that in India q
rainy day is considered unIucky for a
wedding, and that in Scandinavia Thurs
day, the day of Tho1, or thunder, was
also bad omen. st. Eloy, in sermon,
warns his flock from keeping Thursday
as holy day; and Dean Swift, in let
ter to Sheridan, rhymes Thursday to
'cursed day." The Esthonians con-
slider it unlucky, and in Devonshire it
has but one lucky hour. Mr.. Jones,
who, by the way, makes no mention of
Thursday as the fatal day of the Tudors,
does not attempt to generalize from these
curious facts, which, indeed, we have
picked out from different parts of the
book. Unlucky days in Cochin China
perhaps among the Mohammedan Ma
lays, but we are not told-are the third
day of the new moon, being that on
which Adam was expelled from Paradise;
the fifth, when the whale swallowed
Jonah; the sixteenth, when Joseph was
put into the well; the twenty-fourth,
when Zachariah was murdered; and the
twenty fifth, when Mohammed lost his
front teeth.
The ancient Egyptians were like the
Chinese in their careful observance of
lucky and unlucky days, and Mr.. Jones
may turn with profit for his next edition
to Mr.. Michell's amusing calendar, in
which they are detailed at length. Mr..
Jones says that from ancient Egypt the
evil or unlucky days have received the
name of Egyptian days, given them in
ga Saxon MS. (Cott. MS. Vitel, C. viii.
TO. 20)." They are the last Monday in
April, the first in August, and the Sc first
Monday of the going out of the month
of December" which leaves us some
what in doubt as to all the Mondays in
that month.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-23
THE TWO GATES.
BY q. 8. COEANT,

pilgrim once ESQ runs an ancient tale),
DID, worn and spent, crept down Swallowed vale;
On either hand rose mountains bleak and high;
Chill was the gusty air, and dark the sky;
The path was rugged, and his feet were bare;
His faded cheek was scanned by pain and care;
His heavy eyes upon the ground were cast,
And every step seemed feebler than the last.
The valley ended where naked rock
Rose sheer from earth to heaven, as if to mock
The pilgrim who had crept that toilsome way;
But while his dim and weary eyes essay
To find an outlet in the mountain side
A ponderous sculptured brazen door he spied,
And totteri1 toward it with fast failing breath,
Above the portal read, &C The GATE OF DEATH"
He could not stay his feet. that led thereto;
1t yielded to his touch, and passing through,
He came into aworld all bright and fair;
Blue were the heavens, and ballDy the air;
And, To- the blood of youth was in his veins,
And he was clad in robes that held no stains
OF his long pilgrimage. Amazed, he turned:
Behold a golden door behind him burned
In that fair sunlight, and his wondering eyes,
Now lustreful and clear as those new skies,
Free from the mists of age of care, and strife,
above the portal read, The GATE OF LIFE"
-HarpeI Magazine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-23
Strictly Temperate, Except


On the sleeper of an t., T. & W. train
recently, a traveller noticed an old, white
bearded gentleman trying to get into a
linen buster. The young traveller
rushed to his assistance, and III helping
him with the garment, noticed good
sized whisky-hask protruding from one
of the inside pockets of bis coat. Be-
ing of a waggish nature, he appropriated
the bottle, got the coat on the stranger,
and then pulling out flask, said:
Will you take drink ? y"
The old man did not recognize the
bottle, and, drawing himself up, re-
marked, rather severely:
''No, sir: | never drink.
cit won't hurt you," insisted the
wag. I" Its the best"
"Young man, " said the old gentleman,
intended for all in the car to hear, I" ii
you persist In drinking whisky you will
be a ruined man at forty. 1t is the
curse of the land. When was boy
my mother died, and the last thing she
did was to call me to her bedside and
say: John, swear to me that you will
never touch drop of liquor. '"-
Here the old man clapped his hand on
his side pocket, found it empty, and
recognizing the bottle In the hands OF
the other, he continued:
Except my dear boy, an occasional
snifter while travelling"
And reaching for the flask. he pressed
it to his lips, amid howl of laughter
which shook the whole car.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-23
A Curiosity in the Smithsonian.
From the Washington Republican,


One sees many curious things while
stroll1ng through the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition. In one of the cases there is a
small, irregular piece of mating, about
six inches long and two or three wide.
It is made of the bark of the southern
cane, and, although coarse when COM
pared with the mating made by the
Chinese, it is wei and neatly made.
This small piece of mans handlwork
might form the basis for treatise and lee
lures innumerable. It was found on
Petit Anse Island, near Vermillion Bay,
coast of Louisiana This island con-
tains a mine of rock salt, which was dis
covered during the late war, which
seems to be unlimited in depth and ex-
tent. Not far from the surface of the
salt the piece of mating was discovered
and it was probably preserved by the
salt. Two feet above the mating was
found the tusks and bones of an ele-
plant, and these bones were found four
teen feet below the present surface of
the soil. The question irresistably
arises, how many years has it been since
elephants lived upon this continent, and
what race of men, capable of manufac-
turing such mating, lived and hourished
hundreds of years before them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-23
What the DirecsOr said.

A Boston reporter. while in the Office of the
New York and Boston Despatch Express Com
pany, had conversation with Mr.. B. f. Lara
bee, one of the directors of the company, who
gave the following personal experience: "A
little ever year ago was taken sick. did
not know what the trouble was, bpt I continued
to grow worse, and my complaint baffied the
skill of my doctors. At last my symptoms de-
veope1 into that terrible complaint, Brlght's
Disease. which has been pronounced incurable
by all physicians. My sufferings at that time
were unspeakable. / was bloated from head to
foot; my heart panied me; my pulse was irreg-
ular, and I was unable to breathe except In
short, convulsive gasps. While suffering thus
| learned of Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure, and although had been given up to de
by the prominent physicians of Boston, and
they had told my friends | could not live a
week, resolved TO try this remedy as a last re-
sort am rejoiced to say it has effected per
feet cure in my case, and with many OF my
friends, who have been aft cted with kidney
troubles, either of long standing or IN their
acute forms, and who, under my advice. have
used this most wonderful remedy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-23

the old lady, in obedience to the pitiful
request of his wife not TO be disagreed
BILE, 'let us make it up. [ said there
was no woman in the world as unbeara-
BILE as you are, didn't [? at which you
felt hurt. Well, I take it back-there
are others"
GEN. CARR is a good Indian fighter
He's no parlor Carr. -Er. No; but
you're brave enough to deserve palace,
arr.-Salena Sunbeam. And when
you die you shall have fine box, Carr.
-Stcu6enville Herald. Your kingdom
for a horse, Ca1r.-'' Tom crystal, D
HGckens0ck Republican. Your stock,
Carr, is rising.-EyeUated RoitaDay
Journal.
SOME parents don't seem to discern
any difference between "Bring up a
child i'll the way he should CO." and
Bang up child in the way he should
go, consequently the female child is
banged" in a most idiotic manner.
And pretty often there is a great deal of
banging in bringing up the boy.-Nor-
rjston0n Herald.
"DAD, can God see in the dark %
asked Brooklyn youngster who strong
Iy suspected that his fathers frequent
visits to the pantry were not wholly I'M
connected with the presence of an I'M
labelled bottle upon one of the shelves.
"Why do you ask such honsensical
question sharply queried the old
gentleman. BECAUSE" returned the
candid child, 81 notice that you never
go into the closet without shutting the
door after you. "-Broohlyn Eagle.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-23
FACTS ABOUT UMBRELLAS.

Antiquarians say that the umbrella was in
vented shortly after the flood. and has been the
least improved upon of all appliances for human
comfort, the shape being now as it was in those
youthful days of the world. An umbrella is
much like pigeon as to the question of posses
sion-the last one who gets it owns it. The fol-
lowing facts about umbrella s-especially the last
one--may serve every reader a splendid purpose
sooner or later: To place your umbrella in rack
indicates that it is about to change owners An
umbrella carried over woman, the man getting
nothingbut drippings of the rain, indicates court
ship. When the man has the umbrella and the
woman the drippings, it indicates marriage. To
carry it at right angles under your arm signifies
thatan eye Is to be lost by the man who follows
you. Toput a cotton UNI brella by the side ofanice
silk one signifies that exchange is no robbery"
To lend an umbrella signifies that 81 am FOOL
To carry an umbrella Just high enough to tear
out men eyes and knock off mems hats, signifies
: | am a woman" To go without an umbrella
IN raln-storm shows am sure of getting rheu-
matIsm, and will have to use ST. JACOBS OIL to
get We'll" To keep a fine umbrella for your own
use and bottle of ST. JACOBS OIL always in the
house, in case of rheumatism or accident, would
signify that you are real philosopher.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-23
RESCsTEn EseOss DEATH.

William j. Coughlin, of Somerville Mass, says: In
the fall of 1876 taken with bleeding of the lungs.
followed by cough lost my appetite and flesh,
and was confined to my bed In 1877 admitted to
the hospital The doctors said had hole in my lung
as big as half dollar. At time report went
around that WAS dead. 1 gave up hope but friend
told me of DIR. WILLIAM HALLS BALsAM FOR THE
LUNGS. got a bottle when, to my surprise. COM
to feel BETTER and to-day feel better than for
three years past write this hoping every one afflicted
with diseased lungs will take DIR. WILLIAM HALLS
BALsAM, and be convinced that CONSUMPTION GAN BE
CURED can positively say it has done good than
all the other medicines have taken since sickness.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-23

CONSUMPTION in its early stages is readily
cured by the use of DR.. Pierce's ''Golden
Medical Discovery" though if the lungs are
wasted no medicine will effect a cure. No
known remedy possesses such soothing and
healing influence over all scrofulous, tubercul-
GUS, and pulmonary affections as the ibis
covery." John Willis. OF Elyria, Ohio, writes:
"Tne Golden Medical Discovery does
every other medicine in vain, this succeeded. T"
Mr.. Z. t. Phelps, of Cuthbert, Ga, writes:
"The Golden Medical Discovery has cured
my wife of bronchitis and incipient consump-
ton" Sold by druggists.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-23

A CHAUTAUQUA hunter scooped the in
side out Of large pumpkin, cut cou-
pie of holes through which he could see,
and slipping the shell over his head,
waded out to where flock was swim
ming, unconscious of danger. Grabbing
a goose by the leg, he gently drew her
under, and SO proceeded until none were
left to tell the tale.