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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-12-31
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The Boston Adrertiser concludes long editorial
ON Mr.. Blaines dispatch In regard TO Central
American affairs as follows: 1.-THE dispatch Is rev
olutionary. 1t leaves our traditions out of sight
IL violates several of our Central American
treaties. IL is q threat which Mexico Nicaragua
and Colombia will feel keenly, and against Which
they will seek protection. The dispatch leads al.
rectly TO complications at home and abroad and
that without sufficient provocation. The Govern
ment will do well to withdraw the dispatch alto
gether, TO begin negotiations anew, and TO
convince England that America is truly a
great country-not great in aggressive
pretensions, but great in power; gTent- in
ifs respect for law; great in It's respect for the
rights of Others and great in those views of morals
ana affairs which offer the only true protection TO
the Interests, foreign and domestic, with which
this Government Is called upon to deal our
honor has suffered, the friendly relations between
this country and England has been disturbed and
the first duty of Mr.. FrclinghuYsen will consist i'm
restoring the good understanding which existed
before our Central American policy was treated as
though the point at issue consisted In carrying an
American election and In securing the offices md
appropriations which reward the successful man
ager of municipal politics under the spois system
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-12-31
Til. Jcaunet,e'. Party.

whether the Jeannette's people found the open
sea TO be myth or n fact, or whether they failed
to come near II at all. the world will soon know
All that II knows now Is that the Jeanette did
not touch Wrangcll Island. and that the brave
adventures found their ship crushed IN the ice
last June and were forced to abandon 1t some
800 miles from the main land. They were then
some GOO miles north aud 800 miles west OF the
point where they passed from Behring'S
Strait into the Arctic Ocean. How did
they come there? Did they drn there
ON an impossible ice paok2 Have they been for
two seasons at the mercy of the elements or did
they reach the pole last year, and seeking TO re-
truce their pgth, get far outside nf the warm cur
rent from the friendly Pacific? Is there any
" open polar scn?" For the solution of these
fascinating conuudrums we must wait till the
brave invaders Of the Northern mysteries cnn
cross over from the mouth Of the Lena River
where they reached teI7ugrmd, TO Okhotsk on the
Okhotsk sea, mn Inlet of the Pacific, and thence
be brought h9ck to their starting point Mt Sun
Francisco.-GlObc Democrat.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-12-31
DAN RICE.
The Strange story OF the Life OF the Vet,



" Haven't you something of interest TO relate
about your own circus life and the show business
~ gcncralY, inquired Of Dan Rice, now sOourn-
ing ni Wheeling. W. Va.
" The story of my life Is n strange one IL very
strange one. Forty years ago | first entered the
ring, aud since then probably twenty circuses have
existed undcrmy name For nine years | received
salary OF 81 900 per week. aud know all the men
who have gained distinction I'm the ring j have
been worth over S0OOOU0, and have given away
MS much. Forcpaugh Nathan, Cooper, Bailey K
CO., u. X. Spnulding, Avery Smith, and other well
known managers have travelled under my name
the United States, was once n slde.shOwnian with
me. and is n very likely and liberal gen
tlemnn for all that The Jokes Of old
Dan have been heard in almost every
city and town in the entire land. / have nut Nh
tents throughout the entire West which would no
more hOld the people who fockcd to my show
than this room would hold the crowds who throng
weekly the church Of Talmage or Beecher
There are four circuscs travelling now under my
nnme-one in Texas. one In Arkansas one on the
Mississippi River, md one In Australia. East In
the srring, North and Northwest In the summer
mud South in the fill is the order Of circns.going
But my mind wanders Tonight Old Dan Is not
himself any more circus clown Is not a very
elevated character in the eyes OF the world but
with hll his iailings circus clown has II heart;
and doesn't the Bible say, Judge NOT, that yc may
not be judged?"
And so the old man tnlRcd for n couple of hours
ana more. III told OF his divorce Cuse, of his in
tent ion 10 lecture one hundred nights Mt 500 per
night, ANA as he now aud then reca lied the scenes
OF his former days an expression of sadness would
pass over his aged face; for whisky and time are
FIST doing their work for old DAN Correspondence
Chicago Tribune.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-12-31

An up-cOuntry man took an old suit of clothes
stuffed IL with straw, aud set It upon fence round
the yard of man who kept bull dog. In the
moonlight II looked much like ~ man sitting on
the, fence. aud tho dog sailed up behind Il and
came over the fence. The animal expected 20 hear
a fearful yell, aud when none came, tried another
the sweet bye-nnd bye the man was made of, and
after seven different attempts to extort screech
Of agony, the dog gave up In despair, and went
away behind the barn and blushed and felt mis-
erable and It was more than week before lie
could get his nerve up TO tasting of another pair OF
trowsers. II was awful embarrassing for the poor
dog B0StOn POA
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-12-31
Thn Nrw R.hnIIian

The bondholdcrs rebellion has begun. The
money kings are seeking TO violate law BY forcing
the repeal of solemn and well. considered aet OF
Congress. They are playing the rebel game of
cession money is the cdsis beuL The rebels
cried; We Will not part wit h State I.ights-persh
not part with the Governments money 10 nav
honest debts-perish the soldiers. Down
with the pensoner Let the arrears act be
repealed" And what shall the ex soldiers do In
view Of the existing state of affairs? We say,
Rally Pround the flag, boys stand firm, shout
der TO shoulder, Ms you did twenty years ago, and
ayorice and rebel malice cannot conquer. Then
Old Glory iled you 10 victory over the armed
Zoe, although scarcely smaller army OF barking
oopperhead ours were tearing at your heels now,
with the same nag overhead, one brave and united
charge VIII sweep the field OF all these canting
hypocrites and useless vermln. up, men, and at
them. "-NatiOnul Tglbtine
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-12-31
FROM VIRGINIA..
"A Few Facts Relative 10 the Recent Flee



During the recent campaign in Virginia, Il must
have struck n casual observer as u little singular
shat In many cases those who clamored the loudost
:or The privilege OF compelling the people of the
State TO pay to the Mccullough brokers a COM
pound or capitalized interest which they didn't
S%e We're among M on those who were prompt 70 take
Df their own debts. There appears to be sort of
|" rhombo-c cphallioality about this which no one
1ike "a pronounced deviation of the tongue TO the
Yeh,' Il not an indication of defective minerva.
hion Of the facial muscles" Your correspondent
fhrough the columns of THE RRPuBLIcAN that
whatever might be the motives which induced
lhe imposition of the cnpitatiOn tax as n pre-
requisite to voting, In effect the tendency was In
hhe direction of acknowledgment; and was wrong
an principle, for the reason that the Legislature
franchise all poor persons, and especially coorcd
people In this connection, 1t may be
in the mighty Commonwealth Of Kentucky.
it appears that snt is now pending In the Cir
cuit Court OF that State, the object Of which Is to
net of the Legislature, passed FEBRUARY 20, 1874
From the facts as set forth In this case 1t appears
That, under an act passed in 1873, colored persons
were entirely excluded from the benefits of the
public schools and exempted from the payment of
the school tax, Under this act tax of forty
lye cents on slOo OF real estate and personal prop
erty was assessed on white persons alone, while
c0l0red persons were required to pay twenty. five
cents on sloO and exempted from the school tax OF
twenty cents paid by white persons This state of
affairs was followed by the above cited act OF Feb
ruary %, 1874 which imposed taxes as follows;
First--The prcsentannual revenue tax of twenty
five and twenty cents In addition on each 500 In
value OF the taxable property owned or held by
colored persons, which tax shall be devoted to the
education of colored children.
Second-A capitation tax of 81 on each male col
ored person above twenty.one years of age.
Third-All taxes levied or collected on dogs
owned or kept by colored persons, &c.
This distinction of color runs through all the
sections of the act, and neither the capitaton tax
nor that imposed by the sub-sections Is imposed
on white persons. Section 1877 of the revised
statutes Of the United States provides: Ali per-
sons within the Jurisdiction Of the United States
shall have the full and quail benefit Of all laws
and proceedings for the security of persons and
properly rs is enjoyed by white persons and shall
be subject 10 like taxes and exactions of every
kind and no other
This rem6ined as the law till 1876 when the tax
on Tue property OF white persons was reduced TO
forty cents on 800, leaving the tax Of forty-fye
cents on the 800 OF property owned by Colored
persons. lsthis part Of The wpng- out process OF
which we heard some time SINGER PROGRESS.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-12-31
OH LOVE.

Across the sprlngtime fields. my Love,
with Jeweled plnions fits the dove:
Her song Is glad her song Is sweet,
Yet fast thy tears fall at my feet.
oh, Love, we part, l go, but harkI
The dove sings mid the leaves,
"The sowing time, the waiting tune,
Aud then the golden sheaves!"
Across the autumn fields, my Love,
see no trace Of jeweled doyei
The loye-lit smile alone sec,
Thy hands OuistTetched 10 welcome me.
Oh, Love, we meet, 1 come, oh, sweet,
The dove sings mid the leaves.
"The sowing time, the waiting time,
And then the golden sheayes!'
WIN you have cigarettef
You bet
had n sister Get.
Who smoked q cigarette,
Since then ,hv has not ct
For sizes t.',
~ ne PDet.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-12-31
CnnnelN IN Texna.

CameIs were Imported into Texas, as beasts of
labor and burden, some years ago. and seem to
have done so wei that shipment OF drOmedaries
1--WE cnrloads-was recently made 10 Arizona
designed for the United States mail service.-Er-
hdnge. Cnmels were introduced into this country
Dythe United States Government during Pierce's
Davis, then Secretary OF War. They were brought
TO Texas for use on the great plains OF the South.
west, They thrive In that climate and now mum.
per several hundreds. They have not, however
been great success, the soil being too stony and
grayelly for their tender feet Different methods
~ shoeing them have been tried and failed
whether they can be used 70 advantage in Ari.
IONA ~ doubtful. Large herds Of them are 10 be
fsen In Western Texas.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-12-31

II has been announced Chat President Arthur
will keep "bachelor's hall !" that there will be no
ladies there except such may be invited to
preside on social occasions. This will have a
startling effect on the fashion bosses, who long
since put forth the edict that the President must
either get himself wife, DRAFT one his relatives,
lady of the Nation. Perhaps this is to be business
rather than a social administration. --E1change
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-12-31

II was Just Cousin Jack and so-what was the harm
We sat ON the steps, for the evening was wermi
We spoke very softly, and-Gs 10 his arm
II was Just Cousin Jack, ana so-what was the harm
ne scent OF Tue hay fields crept up from the farm
We were ogife in the dark save the nre-nlos swarm
(itwasjnst Cousin Jack and sO-what the harm y
A bird from the hedge whirrng up broke the charmi
He bent, as started In foolish alarm,
And-twRs Just Cousin Jack, and so-what was the
harm9
Eleanor Putnam IN The Oent,ry
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-12-31
A AIeeDer.

depOsitor dropped In ~ the office of the CASH
Ter one morning TO get note discounted. The
Official was absent, but on mis- chair reclined a
plump, rosy faced individual who was fast asleep
Turning to one of the clerks, and then glancng at
the recumbent figure, the visitor observed: "Ap-
pears 70 be on pretty friendly terms with Nor
phens" IT'S his habit" responded the gentle
manly clerk; ne always goes TO sleep when he
comes here Has business l suppose, with the
eashierT "oh, yes; he's one of the Government
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-12-31

Let the New York Iiibune and other half. breed
pensions act and demanding It's repeal remember
the following from Lincoln's second inaugural ;
with frmness In the right, as God gives US 20 see
the right, let us strive on 10 finish the work we
are in, to bind up the Nations wound, 10 care for
him hO shall hare borne e battle and for his tOilotp
aud his orphans, to do all which may achieve aud
cherish lust and lasting peace among ourselves
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-12-31
A SerInua Man.

George Washington was a very serious man. lie
was rarely known 20 laugh. mo, gentlemen" he
said to the Committee on Credentials, / seldom
smile, but If eyer do. II is about Christmas time
And then they bowed their manly chests
don't believe THIS, subpoena Thomas aud Jeremiah,
They were both there. -DnnliAQL0n Halokene.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-12-31

IT'S one o'clock; you must quit my lover,
Kiss me once, then all Is over"
HE
clasp you again to my Sunday vest
i go; your pater has our secret guessed"
SHE.
"You must go don't think me grufr
But four dollars week Is not enough
And thus were two fond hearts separated forever.
and Vivian Muldoon and Algernon Mcclure never
saw each other again Sweet Vivian married tho
cashier of "A Georgetown bank, aud Is living in re-.
gal style In Paris. But Algernon, alas he was
united In the holy bonds ioa widow with three
children, and is now a section boss on the Wash
ington Branch Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-12-31

An Austin clergyman, whose name we suppress
on account OF his sacred calling, was absorbed in
thought a few days ago. just before divine service
began, when he was approached by the organist,
who asked, referring 70 the opening hymn:
"What shall play2"
"What kind OF a hand have you got?" re.
sponded the abSent-minded clergyma n.--Teras
SjHiD0s "
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-12-31

The town of Coburg Is smitten with one of tho
plaques Of Earopean Gossip New FORK
American Capital is similarly ainicted-and ours
are "COburgers," too.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-12-31
what IL FceI. Like.
CORNCOBS.

A young lady who was squeezed between two
freight says II felt Just like trying on pair OF
new Philadelphia Chronicle Herald
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-12-31
snnInly TiIdcn's reform.
DUEL DoMMAGE 2

! shall not turn over a now leaf at the beginning
Of the year To tell The truth, am getting little
short OF leayes.-S. j. TldctL
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-24
Taking Him at his Word.

The Rev. DR.. Wellington was the old
Templeton minister from early in the
eighteen hundreds, and Col. Leonard
Stone was one of his parishioners 1t
was the custom to supplement the minis
ter's moderate salary with presents from
the products of the farms, and especially
with wood Now, Col Leonard, one day
in January, 1922, was drawing to the par
sonage some of his nice hard wood. 1t
was a good OK load-two cords or So AS
lie was going across the common with it,
his brother, Col. Ephraim, caught sight
OF him from the store, and was surprised
at such great load.
"Hello," says he, "why don't you take
your minister load of wood while you're
about it?"
"Now, look here" says Col. Leonard,
"l've been saving out lumber down't the
mill, and there's any quantity of slabs.
I'll give the minister as big a load as you
can take''
Col. Ephraim was man for fun He
instigated the townspeople to take hold
with him and accept his brothers. chal-
lenge. First they made the sled. Long
trees were cut for the runners. These
were made thirty odd feet long and set
eight feet apart. The body of the sled
projected two feet over the runner on
each side. Thus the sled would hold
twelve regular cords at one layer There
weretw0 tongues, one in front of each
runner.
On the appointed day the men and the
oxen from all over town came to the
meeting place. The sled was taken to
the sawmill and backed up against the
great pile. On went the slabs with a
will. Col. Leonard stood by, laughing,
cheering, urging them along. When
they had got on as much as they
thought would do, they hitched up
the team. One hundred and sixty oxen,
four abreast, found it easy enough to
pull. They had to 60 around through
Baldwinville, because there was not room
at the Otter River bridge for the sledge
to turn in. When they had got On to the
level ground above Baldwinville, they
stopped and unhitched Then with their
every day sleds they went back to the mill
to bring more slabs and pile them on the
big load. This they kept up till there
were no more slabs. Forty cords lay
| piled up on the sled. And the evening
and the morning were the first day.
The next morning came the rest of the
journey sup in town" The school chill
dren were let out to see the great sight
go by. One of them, to whose home il
was going. said it looked as big as a
house 1t lay anloaded for quite while
out by the parsonage, and people came
from near and from far to see it. II
kept Mr. Wellington in slabs for years tc
come.
When the great sled was taken tc
pieces, some of the timbers were used in
building Mr.. Winch's barn, and may be
seen there in the framework until this
0ay
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-24
ALMOND BLOSSOM.

Love, will you regret the flowers tnat ne
Scattered, and wet Win tears iioin -hp''- >
sky? a;o
They are the gladness of world unworn'
They sleep and waken withit, night ana morn
And laugh our dreams of ancient days TO scorn'
O,er the wide gulf that parts US from the
past.
Der rufus of great works designed to last,
me lirbtlv woven chain of flowers is cast;
And odors of old gardens, family blown
From legendary days and shores unknown.
BIeud with the breath OF those our hands
have sown.
n Milton's world how much was doomed
TO pass!
And muck the flowers he plucked for Lyci-
das.
And still the spring-time crowns waiting
With tender bloom. Nay, Love, tits you who
stand
With almond clusters in your clasping hand.
And all the sunset heaven behind your head;
'Tis YOU must pass, an unknown way 10 treao'
And leave the flowers. If | had long peen
dead,
Yet came from sleep of twilight centuries,
The almond blossom meath these vernal SKIES
Should welcome me again, but not your eyes.
The ROSY petals, drifted on the breeze,
Night strew, as now, tn turf beneath the
trees,
As now? No, not as now. Because to these
Pink sprays of almond, for little space,
Your musing smile, yonr blossom-perfect race
Give a supreme and solitary grace.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-24
An American Civil Code.

By means of the French civil code the
first Napoleon acquired one of his great
est titles to undying fame and by like
honor might be secured by somebody in
the United States. The best plan is not
the adoption and enforcement of such a
code by the Federal Government-which
of course is out of the question-but the
common agreement by the several States
to a code literally or substantially the
same, so that there will be legal uniform
ity throughout the country. The follow
ing are some Of the provisions which
might be put into the code: 1.-THE adop-
Jion of a general system of registration of
births, deaths and marriages would be Of
the greatest utility. Were marriages
celebrated only after suitable publica-
ton of the banns at the place of each
party's domicile and then duly recorded,
and a memorandum of such celebration
thereupon entered on the records Of each
party's birth, or American domlcile, there
would be fewer of those painful cases of
bigamy or polygamy which now too fire.
ouently bring distress upon families. We
would also like to see uniform law fix
ing suitable age as necessary to valid
iudlIldSC, - liC oS,C VI COnoONb uAOCl eHO
English common law is altogether too
low. Why should this age be deemed
sufficient in Massachusetts and New Y ork
and insufficient in OHIO, Indiana and
Illinois? We suggest that the age be
everywhere fixed at eighteen for males
and fifteen for females, as is now the law
in Wisconsin. The nation at large has
certainly an interest in preventing too
early marriages, when one person is too
young to give birth to vigorous offspring,
or the other too young to provide for
their support There may be no serious
objection to the adoption by each State
of its own form of procedure, though it
would evidently be more convenient to
have the same code of procedure every
where in force Why should person he
a minor in one state and of full age in an
other, perhaps an adjacent one? Why
should such person be able to contract
valid marriage in the one and not in
the other?
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-24
Poor Mems Wives.

The trouble is none of our young wo-
men are willing to become poor mems
wives professedly: even though they may
be so in reality The girl who marries
upon one thousand dollars year looks
forward to a life spent in second rate
boarding houses, from which she will
squeeze out a certain cheap domesticity
and some expensive pleasures. The chill
dren which Heaven may send are not
thought of, nor provided for 1t is a
question whether the young wife could
make herself dress or prepare herself a
wholesome meal of victuals. She marries
for freedom, to havea good time, to spend
money which she neither earns, nor even
helps to earn-for Heaven knows what
but certainly not to make comfortable,
if humble home for her husband. In this
respect we consider the British girl has
an immense advantage over the American
girl. From the highest to the lowest
circles of society in Britain, girls are
trained to make good and useful wives,
inasmuch as ladies preside over the de-
partments of their household and see
that everything is kept clean, and the
food is we'll cooked; so also in the lower
classes mothers teach their daughters to
do the same for themselves, without suf-
fering any loss of dignity in the doing of
it. Many of our American girls will be
surprised to learn that the Princess Louise
frequently makes her pastry, and makes
it well, too On one occasion, some april
cot tarts of her making being praised by
her guests, the royal lady wrote out the
recipe, with the words underlined, eff
you desire to have an apricot tart proper
ly cooked, always make it with an upper
crust'' The story has point, and the
point is that one can never know how to
do thing too well. One of the great
hindrances in getting good wife arises
from the false basis upon which society
is constructed. The idea that equality is
the peculiar birthright of all Americans
is erroneous. Where every person thinks
he or she is as good as the next, there is
always the opposite proof of incompetent
cy. A person is neither better nor worse
than another, except in the degree of
worth which is honestly sought to be at
tanned But the dispositions of young
women of the present day land the same
may be said largely of young men, though
perhaps not to the same extent) is to
think they are as good as anyone else,
without taking the trouble to be So From
this erroneous belief arises many of the
evils from which society suffers.