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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24
Something About Doctors.

People who have little occasion to call
in the "doctor" have great cause for self
congratulation. They may miss the
chance of forming an acquaintance among
a class of first-rate fellows, but it must be
owned that the compensating advantages
of having no occasion for their services
overbalance the high social privilege.
But in the course of human events it re-
suits that the visit of the doctor becomes a
daily household event. And he also be-
comes in measure aho usehold study, and
some of his peculiarities as he is found in
Washington may not be an uninteresting
theme for five minutes reflection on the
part of our reader. The successful doc
tors first characteristics are urbanity,
smoothness, assurance, perfect self-pos-
session, and marvellous confidence. Con-
fidence is almost certain property itself
An enfeebled patient, encountering a
human being the reverse of himself,
full of yigor and assurance, receives d
shock which reinvigorates his vitality.
1t calls into action the human propensity
of opposition. If he has any spirit left
he will resist the domination of this man
of hope, and show himself as good. And
so the cure may begin. Then the will
power with which the Doctor puts aside
cherished prejudices, certain patent medi-
cine vagaries for instance, in favor of his
own prescriptions, is pleasant surprise
after the first feeble opposition is over,
and the pleasant resignation of affairs
into the hands of one capable is another.
But we leave the reader to pursue this
branch of the subject, it being the object
of The REPUBLICAN to deal with those
more practical features of a doctors pecu-
Iiarities which have to do with the in
terests of the general public. When
the doctors bill comes in we first encounter
the disagreeable side of his nature,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24
PERSONALITIES

GLADSTONE, it is said, will be created
Earl of Hawarden.
Mr.. JOHN S. CLARKE, the comedian, will
sail for this country on the 18th instant.
TIE Rev. Henry Ward Beecher says
that he has just declined an offer of $4,000 to lee
ture for one year.
SANKEY says that "the Bostonians have
great deal better opinion of themselves than the
Lord has of them"
VIcE-PREsIDENr WHEELER is going to
Europe next spring This is the first intimation
that the fish were biting in Europe.
GENERAL SHERMAN despises bores and
fools, and gives them loud hints. The only way
they can cultivate him is by letter.
GENERAL GIANT has been invited to
visit Hoosac Tunnel. He may not find it as great
bore as some other places he has visited.
FANNY FERN used to say that she had
always been mad at Eve for getting that apple and
she wished she had been Able to Cain her for her
folly.
GENERAL GRANT does not consider New
York his home for in the visitors book at the Fort
Orange Club the other day he wrote, L. S. Grant,
Galena Ill"
POPE LEO was i'll few weeks ago, but
he is now recovered. He is pale, and the white
robes which he wears make him look paler. In
March next he will be seventy-one years old.
SENATOR BLAINE is largely interested in
a Virginia railroad now being constructed between
Richmond and Clifton Forge. Hurrah for him.
We wish he would build the Vieksburg and Mem
phis Railroad-J JTcks5urg Herald.
CHARLES AICKNIGHT, one of the editors
,Ftl,, MI IL
and formerly connected with the Pitsburg Euen-
ing Chronicle and the Philadelphia Press, died in
Philadelphia yesterday morning.
UNITED STATES MINISTER HENRY w. Hill
LARD was recently robbed in Rio de Janeiro of
over $500 in money, his watch and chain, clothing
and jewelry. The thieves entered his room in the
night and administered chloroform.
THEY call the new Senator from Con-
necticut Gallant JO Hawley" because he is the
only man in public life and the first man in the
State who enlisted as high private in the front
rank - and came out major-general.
THE will of the late DR.. Edwin II.
Chaplin, which was offered on January 10, was ad-
mitted to probate yesterday morning by Surrogate
Colvin, in New York. The decedent beqpeaths all
his property to his wife, Hannah Chaplin.
Mr. CHARLES o. SHEPHERD, United States
consul at Bradford, Eng, and Mrs. McAlpine, one
of our countrywomen, were married in that city on
the 5th instant. The bride was given away by
Bret Harte, who is an old friend of the groom.
LELAND STANFORD, president of the
Central Pacific Railroad, has published three
column letter to the special committee on fares and
freights of the New York Board of Trade, answer
ing questions propounded by them, and also Judge
Blacks opinion.
The reception to General Grant and
Governor Cornell in Troy was a brilliant affair
Upon their arrival they were received by the citi
zens and soldiers, and after marching through the
principal streets were escorted to the residence of
the Hon. John n. Francis.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24
Lee rS RichardSnn

Representative John S. Richardson, of
South Carolina, having been permitted to
occupy Mr.. J. H. Rainey's seat in Con-
gress for the past two years, has recently
subscribed to some very silly allegations
in reply to Judge Lees notice Of contest
for seat in the Forty-seventh Congress.
Mr.. Richardson fails to answer a single
one of the startling accusations contained
in Judge Lees notice, but alleges that the
latter is not citizen of South Carolina.
and therefore was ineligible to a seat in
Congress.
The facts on that point are these :
Judge Lee is native of Sumter South Car
olina, where he resided uninterruptedly
except wilhelm college-untiI 1878 when
the lawless Democracyof Sumter County,
ofwhich Mr.. Richardson is the recognized
leader, drove him out Of the State, forcing
him to vacate the judge of probate's Office.
During the early months of 1879 he re-
sided in this city until he received assur-
ances of protection from outrage, when
he returned to his home. The following
year he was sent as a delegate to the
Chicago convention. Subsequently he
was unanimouslynomin for Congress
AIr. Richardson must be driven to a
pitiable strait when he is forced to adopt
the silly pretext that his antagonist is not
a citizen of the State, and therefore ineli-
gible.
Judge Lees citizenship is quite as well
established as is that of Mr.. Richardson.
When the Forty-seventh Congress as
sembles We think Mr.. Richardson will
discover that he has been reckoning
without his Host when he concluded that
Republican House would permit him
to retain a seat secured by the most glar-
ing of frauds, simply because his contest
ant had to fee from his State to avoid
the prosecution of Democratic thugs.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24
EfRH Rn..assIeu EnioxsHf.

It is good thing, even in misfortune, to settle
or unsettle any theory you may have entertained
for any length OF time. Thus ever since turned
the scales at two hundred and ten pounds, ] have
been very careful not to slip and fall, fearing L
would break open like a North Carolina water
melon. At the cost of terrible suffering, an i'm
menSe doctors BILL and the loss ofbusinesS, have
found out that nay theory was erroneous. On
Monday night, between twelve and one o'clock,
while on my way home slipped on the ice and
fell heavily; but instead of breaking open like
Il watermelon l merely broke both bones of
my left leg at the ankle. 1t may not interest
you, Mr.. Editor, but 1 assure you that nothing
in the many years l have been in Washington
has seemed half so important to me. You once
told me, Mr.. Editor, to always write on matters
which interested me and that ten TO one my
letters would interest the public. So 1 am
going to say something about my accident My
leg is trashcd up in q canvas case, with all man
ner of pulles and cords from the ceiling over my
bed, and is comparatively easy, while my mind
graSps the subject like a country lawyer spouting
about the Constitution. There is no fun, not the
slightest, in falling ON the ice and breaking your
self to pieces on a cold night, near morning, and
staying more than an hour in the snow without
assistance. At first did not think my ankle was
broken, but merely unjOinfed. tried to walk. but
could not, and thcn tried to wrench my ankle IN
position; 10 go. Then I sat down on the ice to
take stock as to the situation. Not human being
was i'll sight. yelled Justify for help" and "po-
lice,' but no answer came, so | thought would
try TO crawl home-about four squares distant.
With great pain made about one square when my
strength gave out. Then l sat down on the cub
and yelled again. No use-there was not police
man TO be seen reached. 1t was at Scott Circle,
and there were few houses in the near vicinity.
l waited here for nearly an hour before relief
came. The tortures of that hour l shall never
forget. don't know what l should have done
had not a gentleman and lady. coming from
party, obtained assistance forme, and was carried
home. IN an hour or two the doctors came. One
pulled my leg very hard and another squeezed my
ankle very hard, and l fear swore very hard. AL
together ii was a very charming experience. The
question may be asked in Philadelphia where were
the police? The location of the accident is i'll
very fashionable neighborhood, belonging to the
reservations and circles and the fact that fashion"
has just taken possession of the location there are
few occupied houses III the vicinity. There are
many fine mansions near (among them Senator Don
CamerOnS), but are not occupied yet. Then Wash
ington has the most inadequate police force of any
city in the country. Public life and safety require
that the force be doubled at least. IN the mean
time, fat on my back and scarcely able to move,
the matter can't affect me for six weeks at least
II. j. Il. IN PHILADELPHIA Times.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24
GaneraIGrana

Abstinence. says a New York correspondent has
given General Grant a clear, healthy complexion
He is said to have been wholly abStemious fOrthree
years, and his face is fairer and his eye clearer
Much dining has made him poTtly about the girth
so that his lower limbs are beginning to look too
slender for manly beauty Every day he eats big
dinner at some one else's expense. He is growing
talkative, however, and seated at table among
cOngenial gentlemen his tongue works freely He
is getting witty, also in a measure. While his
speech at the Press Club read like slap in the face
for the gentlemen who were dining him, it seemed
only bit of fun to those who heard it, for it was
largely responsive to some things said before by
of the editors 1t by far the best speech of
the evening. Grant and Beecher have got up quite
filtration. They turn up in each others company
once or twice aWeek, and seem to be disposed to
linger about each other as young college chums
Last night Grant visited Brooklyn to see Beecher
in his new uniform, and in the stiff ceremony of a
military review he could not resist the temptation
as he passed Beecher in line testop and take his
hand for a moment. Then WAen the Thirteenth
Regiment passed in review Beecher swung his
sword about, and dropped its point the floor in
giving the marching salute, and seemed to wink
at the eX-PreSident Beecher on parade is as
good as a circus. He is one of those uudisciplin-
able men who never can get the hang of military
tactics, so he is every now and then making
blunder; but he is a wonderful imltator and as ne
keeps one eye upon the officer next to him and by
promptly doing what he does manages to get
through the drill.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24
TEE
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
FOR 1881.
Fr . p = ctus.

The NATIONAL REPUBLICAN begins the
nev gear an1der new management and aith
ne,g material.
10 1rW be a Stal,cart Republican journal.
II eeiH be the best newspaper in Ae District
of Columbia.
II aeiH furnish during the sessions Of Con-
gress a satisfactory report Of the proceedings,
and priH at all times gire complete Information
oftke official doings in all Departments Of The
GorcTnmerlt.
II aciu gire all interesting inJ0rmatio" that
caa be Jegitimately obtained concerning the
iate1tions and policies Of the ruling po,rer.
L, District affairs it agiH knoag only the best
intercst8 Of the people a.poa ochOse JacOr 1t re-
lies, and uiH at all times cooperate aciM pro-
grsssire citizens, agithom regard to their pOIit-
icaI predictions, aCbO hare measures TO pro-
pose and adrance for the improvement Of the
National Capital.
II ,rW furnish a daily record Of all The in
tsrestiag social ersrts OF The city, making lis
society department a special feature.
Il eW GRE teIegrqpIic ne,rs from all parts
Of the aeorld reached By the asifes, and in its
editorials and foreign, domestic, and city ne'es
arW keep pace acih The times.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24
Bissee Seated on Saturday.

Owing to the late hour at which the House adj
journed Saturday morning, the journal of Fri
days proceedings was not completed at the hour
of fmeeting and recess was taken for the purpose
ofpermitting its completion.
After the recess, the journal was read and ap-
proved.
The morning hour having been dispensed with,
Mr. Keifer, of Ohio, called up the resolution of
the Committee on Elections upon the contested
election case of Bisbee Hull, declaring the con-
tcstant, BiSbee, entitled 10 the seat.
Mr. Springer explained that the opposition to
the consideration of this case Friday arose from
the fact that some gentlemen on his side desired
Mr. Hull to be present at the time of the vote
The resolution was adopted, and Mr.. Bisbee ap-
peared at the bar of the House and took the oath
of Office.
On motion of Mr.. Cox, the Senate bill was passed
authorizing certain persons to accept decorations
and presents from foreign governments.
Mr.. Lowe, of Alabama, rose to personal expla-
nation. He saw from the Record that the Sergeant
alarms had reported him refusing last night to
obey an order of the House. The Sergeant-at-A
in making that statement, had suppressed his
CLOwes) eXcuse-that he was unwell.
The order for the arrest OF Mr. Lowe was then
vacated.
The House then lat 1:30 adjourned.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24
A VOICE AND A VISION
BY E. T

There's voice comes to me as evening draws nigh
With cadence so sad it seems like sigh,
And it whispers sweet words that are soft and low
As the murmuring sounds of the brooklet's foW
There's a vision Of beauty dawns on my sight
As the curtains of darkness rise from the night
Sweet vision of beauty, radiantly bright
With halo of glory and heavenly light
That voice that to me is SO sweet and SO sad
Is the voice of my darling, that made me so glad
In the days that are past, ere Deaths cruel blow
Had laid her dear form in the grave SO low.
That vision of beauty, that daWns on my sight
With its halo of glory and heavenly light,
Is the vision of one in the Heaven above
Who blessed my sad life with tenderest love-
'Tis thus that the sadness of evening gives place
To the vision of love that beams in her face
As gaze through the mists that my tears have
made
On my loved one, whose beauty shall never fade.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24
Senator Johnston,

1t may be necessary to remind the public that
Virginia has Senator of that name-challenges
disaster by rushing into print with a review of
General Mahone's manifesto on the questions at
issue between the two parties to which these gen.
tlemen respectively belong. We cannot see that
Mr.. Johnston throws any new light on the subject
or relieves his party from the stigma placed upon
it by General Malone as an organization sailing
under false colors, and therefore having no claim
to the confidence of the Nation.-Phaadelphi
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24
a MEGfnrE

One of the unfathomable mysteries of this life is
to understand how a hand-cufed criminal can
jump off train when it is going at the rate of
forty miles an hour and escape injury, while man
VINO never cGmiuea W wrong a IN ms me cannot
hour without plowing up two or three feet of earth
with his nose, having leg crushed of. or his
skull fraPtnrpd
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24

Suppose Mr.. Blaines friends, or Mr. Grants
friends. or Mr. Sherman's friends had refused to
stand by the nomination of 1IT. Garfield at Chi
cago, what would the people have thought of
them? On the same principle Mr. Oliver is the
Republican nominee for Senator at Harrisburg
and should be supported by all good Republicans
-PHtSJRTJ C0malcrcidi- Gazette.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24
The WnrSr-

"Can you tell me-" said a punster who had in
ing for copper he had dropped, can you tell me
why at present am like Noah's weary dove?"
And he glanced with inward tremor toward gun
that hung above. "WOuldst thou know ?" he
queried blandly, as he lodged the cudgel stout
which we shied at him in anger-"'tis because I'm
one cent out"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24
Lick.

A one-cent stamp for circulaire,
A one-cent stamp for a newSpapaire,
A three-cent stamp for sealed lettaire,
All licked on the right cOrnaire.
Lick, brothers, lick with caire,
On the right hand side, not everywhere,
Unless you want the postmastaire
To make things hot and cuss and swaire."
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24
Senator SeyxoH.

No one can say that Senator sewell won his eIec
ton unfairly, and he is known as a Republican of
perfect faith and strong intelligence. Not an ora
tor, he is a well-spoken man, Df wide experience
in war and business, courteous, affable and gen.
tlemanly.-SelOark (N. J) AdUertiSer (Rep.)
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24
Sepatar5,I Sacro.s

Some Senators are human. They cannot keep
secret. Some one gave away the text of the Chi
neSe treaties 1t has not made much difference
anyway Perhaps the Senate had better drop the
subject, and remove the seal of secrecy on much
of the business which is now OStensibly secret but
i'll reality public to those who know the ropes"
-GFdphic.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24

THE boss Funders of old Virginia are
cOoing and billing with some Funder Re-
publicans TO make up a combination, in
which, under the guise of ultra honesty,
the Bourbon lion and the Republican
lamb are to lie down together, the lamb,
as usual, inside of the lion. The business
they pretend to have in hand is the
preservation of the honor of Virginia by
paying out more than is taken in.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24
nufeE Wn"

Mandes Lerch, of EaSton, Ps., says heard the
news of General Grants reelection of President
the day after the election at five p. m. (Which is
after the polls had closed, at Alexandria, Egypt,
from gentleman that received a dispatch from
Rome
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24
DIED OF LONELINESS.
SAMUEL DOUGLAS wYETH.

A word or two, sigh or tear,
A gentle pressure of the hand,
And he had lived for many year
Hale in the land.
But in that wide and selfish whirl
We call society" in town,
Fate cut his thread, the unnoticed pearl
Slipt and went down.
Down, as the Alpine climber falls,
In icy cavern cold;
The world beyond his prison walls
Hears no cry rolled.
And unto him came not his own,
In deaths most bitter pass;
We live in crowds to die alone,
Alas, alas!
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24

THE gentle resignation with which the
Democrats are now seized finds vent in
good advice and sweet words of wisdom
to the Republicans. 1t is always the way
with a worn-out TOue-passion blasted
and burnt out, he then turns to the work
of admonishment and advice. He is
willing to give bountifully out of the
stores Of his experience, never observing,
what every one else sees, that it is all an
effort to compound his sins by doing some
little good after it is too late to recall
tban1
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24
Polite GeOrgie.

"George,' said devoted young mother to her
very juvenile son, "you cannot have another
cookie till you ask for it properly" please, for
Christ's sake, amen" said the little innocence,
with Immediately folded hands.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24

TIE diversified scenery which has
made our streets look like bird's-eye
view of the Alps in miniature, with val
leys between and purling streams steal
ing down the sides, is fast changing
under the rays Of the sun. The asphalt
is almost in sight.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24
nor RENT BY B. H. WARNER,
M =

OFFICE ROOMS in No 323 and 3l9 FOur-and a-half
street II. w; also in ass Louisiana avenue n W.
Call for weekly Rent-List.
NOR RENT-CALL AND SEE OUR LIST OF
L property for rent. JOHN SHERMAN & CO,
fe3-tf st. Cloud Building.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24

Business is SO dull now that we wonder
some of our merchants don't take some
Of their stock down in the cellar and
presently have sale of wet goods at
sacrifice,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24

MORE ALAcRrTY on the part of the SEN
ate in getting at the appropriation bills
might be slightly undigniied, but it
would be much more satisfactory.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24

LELAND STANFORD, president ofthe Pacific
Central Railway, is out in card which is
in the nature of a special plea for the
rights of railways. The broad ground of
his argument is that it is not just, prac-
tical, or feasible for the Government to
supervise the business of railways, and
that the companies do it much better
themselves than the Government could.
He denies that it is the practice of rail
way companies to discriminate. Mr.
Stanford makes a fine argument from his
standpoint, but it is doubtful whether it
will cause any share of the public to
change their views. The entertainments
of corporate interests on the rights of the
people are too manifest to be dismissed
with a fne-spun theory, and the prac-
teal facts concerning discrimination are
too well known to be argued away.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24
About Being Dry.

There is no such thing as well running dry. 1t
is absurd. When a well is dry, it can't run: it
stops The only thing that runs when it is dry is
a toper-to the nearest saloon.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24

SOME of the red-sliirt companies of South
Carolina have applied for quarters here.
They cannot come as private organiza-
tons, but may slide in under the name of
State militia.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24

THE whippers-in of the Democratic
party are doing all they can to bring in
the absentees, and with pretty fair sue
cess. The object is evidently to make an
effort to pass the joint rule.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24

If n. de Lesseps d Co. are allowed to
set men at work making excavations for
the Panama canal without protest from
the American Congress in session at the
time, how shall we appear if hereafter we
assert an interest in the matter which
now We seemingly waive?
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24

THE Star calls them tramp engineers
How would Potomac flats do?
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24

risestimatedth that there will betwenty-
five thousand troops in line on Inaugural
tion day.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24

CANNOT some one write play On the
oyster pirates of the Rappahannock? 1t
sounds dramatic.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24

THE celebrated Brooklyn Ninth, of
which Rev. Henry Ward Beecher is chap
lain, will be here or Inauguration day.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24
ADEWRran-
&C HT,ittlp ROvn-YpS

Little Boy"-Yes, General Garfield has resigned
his seat in the Senate. He is an Ohio man. Ohio
men always resign offieeS-ghen they are elected
to higher ones-Grdpiic.