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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

The most malignant enemy of our gal
liant navy is compelled to admit that the
salutes fired in honor of departed func.
tionarics of high degree are grandly sono.
rous and profoundly impressive. Eng.
land or Chilli may fire bigger guns, but nc
nation can boast of a navy that has car.
ried the saluting branch of the profession
to higher degree of perfection than has
our naval establishment. If the heroes
in whose honor these great explosions
are achieved are not entirely satisfied
Herewith they are certainly unreason.
nhle
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

"THE tariff should be so framed as to
raise the largest amount of revenue on
the least number of articles"-so says the
National organ of the Democratic party
That is the English free-trado plan, pure
and simple. We file the statement for
reference when next the organ begins
as it is pretty sure to do-to make loud
assertions that its policy and that of
its party is protection to American indus
tries. The Golden Club could not sug-
gest an amendment. to the theory of
Largest amount of revenue on the least
number of articles"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01
NIGHT MEDICAL SERVICE.
a System which VIII ne of Advantage
"a tf,p nIattIet


Dr. Henri Matched the originator OF the system
OF night medical service, which IL in effective
operation in New York city, Is visiting the city
ana has quarters at the Arlington. Dr. Matched
on being asked TO explain his system
readily consented. II has not long been in
operation, having FIRST been conceived in the
winter Of ls70lsO, but has already achieved re.
suits far beyond the hopes Of It's friends. The
system or plan Is briefly told rs follows when APP
Piled to this District: Police lieutcnants shall
register such physicians as will act professionally
under the system, and each one registered will be
given certificate of the fact. and the names
must be pluced on bulletin board at the police
stations for public inspection. If application is
made for a physician without designat-
Ing one by name the statlon-keoper
shall send policeman for the ply
stefan who lives nearest the patient. The bull
letins Of physicians may be posted also in hotels
and Telegraph offices and other. public places In
the precincts whore the physicians belong but
messenger service from such places must be pre-
paid by the patient Physicians registered must
be Of good standing and are honorebly pledged 70
shall receive n certificate from the policeman
| summonlng him for 50 fee due from public
| moneys but physicians must use every effort to
collect the fee from the patient at the time the
visit is made. II the patient pays the fec, the
certificate must be given TO the patient II the
| patient docs not pay, the physician must secure
| the Endorsement Of the police lieutenant of the
precinct, when It can be cashed by the cashier OF
| the night service ut the Office of the Board OF
| Health. The whole cfNcw York
WAS SERVED FoR SIXTEEN MONTHS
at an expense OF 600 onlywhilc our present sys.
| tenn Of caring for the poor in Washington costs
| for medical services alone sSi00 II relieves the
hospitals from oycrerowding, aud in cnse of an
| epidemic II could be met on every side, and in
case OF contagious diseases the patient could be
sent at to hospital IL Is believed that IL this
| service were introduced in Washington II would
result in Il saving In the cost Of medical attend
| anco to the poor. DR.. Matched Is gentleman OF
pmiupupp I'm his prOfpssiou mud IL putlvgingtin in
| advocacy Of his system, which certainly seems
worthy u trial.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

The President has approved the act granting a
pension TO Mrs. Lucretia r. Garfield, Mrs S. @.
Polk, and Mrs. Julia q. Tyler; the act confirming
certain instructions given by the Department OF
the Interior TO the Indian agent at ut the Green
Bay Agency, In the State of Wisconsin, and'thc act
authorizing the settlement of the nccounts of
Brigadier- General Edmund Hatch, In connection
with the special Ute commission,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

The business of Washington during
the month just closed was better than in
any corresponding month for the past
nine years. True, the voice of the croaker
is heard occasionally, for there are peculiar
persons who groan when they are happy
and prosperous, but the average mer-
chant wears smile of serene content
ment.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

II the Democratic soul were cheered
and sustained by an up-bracing hope of
electing Democratic President the
organs of that aged but agile party might
bestow an occasional thought on some of
the numerous Democratic Hspirants for
presidential honors, instead of giving
such deep, tender, and exclusive solicit
tude to Republican candidates, real or
supposed.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

81 think this Is the last Indian pow-wow we
shall have here while | am Commissioner" said
Commissioner Price yesterday in talking about
the Sac delegation. II Is perfect nonsense their
when they start and the longer they stay here The
less they know, and it's only waste oil time and
''N
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

The price Of THE NATIONAL IErunttcAN nv mail
or OF The counter is THREE CESrs FOR sfnOc copVi
ftcO tUccts, TWENTY-FIVE Gents; one month FIFTY
GENTS: ttro months oSE DOLLAR; three months, ONE
DOLLAR ANpA UAIT: sic WDHNt', THREE DOLLARS;
oncycdr, SIX DOLLARS, postage prepaid By The pub.
hgfcrS.
me- deltrc,cdfn Udshngion ant he SUBURBS by car
TfsrS at me some rates
There SuobsNertOnt than NsprcScr''o subscribe ror
me nrclrsi Ighissi and best Newspaper ptbiisted Il,
tie National CdVNdt SIND copies 10 yOUr yrienfg
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

THE Mormons must be Il cheerful set if
the report is true that they expect to find
loopholes in alaw framed by Senator Ed
mands through which they may escape
its operation.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

A GENTLEMAN's right TO exclude unwel-
come guests from his house is not moro
indisputable than the right of govern
ment to shut out undesirable immigrants.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

EDiToRs of sundry Democratic organs
are getting discouraged in their attempts
10 Girt with the colored voter. They
find him inclined to be rather fustidous.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

Population Of tho National Capital. 10000.
An,uscncnts To.Nignt.

T,rioSAL THEATRE Barlow, wilson, Primrose
= Vests Ministries,
Foups OrERA.iIousE-MllN Rhca-" Camille" at
the matinee and "Adrlcnnr Locouvrcur" Mt night
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

"HANLAN rowed seven miles and Boyd
showed excellent form" Now let the
country resume business and pursue the
even tenor or baritone, of its way, as of
81
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

Now and then, but not often, rural
Congressman may be heard INDUCING in
abuse Of Washington for what the Cap
ital costs the people of the United States
In one of the old light comedies there is
a character who, beholding his full-length
figure in u mirror, shakes his fist and
swcars at the reflection for the mint of
money I've spent in keeping you pre-
sontable," As this is the Nations Cap
ital-a city erected for capital, and hay
ing only such population as is due to the
fact of its being the Capital-.the people
are as much interested in keeping it in
presentablc shape as was the irate indi-
vidual in the play to take care of the
form that cost him such ga mint of
money"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

MARYLAND husbands who beat their
wives will under law just enacted be
punished with the lash. The advocates
of equal rights for the sexes will now
agitate in favor of similar treatment for
those athletic women who caress their
husbands with iire-pokers or fondle them
with broomsticks. Where is liberty in a
State that permitsa burly woman to beat,
bang, and otherwise maltreat her little
runt of husband with impunity and
sets the sheriff to logging the poor
wretch if he happen to strike back?
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

If we were called on to diagnose the
case Of Mr., Lowell we should say that
the seat of the trouble is that portion of
the spine between the cervical and lum-
bar regions, aud that the difficulty is &C.
casioncd mainly by softening of the
osseOMs tissue.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01
A TALE OF SUFFERING.
Fifteen Months on Desert Islnnd-Res-
cue of n ShIpMrccked Grow.

Commander Terry, ofthe Marion, has forwarded
report to the Navy Department, dated Cape
Town, February 20, giving detailed account of
his cruise Of fifty eight days from Cape Town to
the Heard Island, in the South indian Ocean, in
search of the crew of the American bark Trinity,
wrecked on Heard Island in October, 1880. Ho
found thirtythree men on Heard Island January
10, 1882 and rescued them. This composed the
entire crew, with the exception of two men, who
died from exposure while hunting for food on the
island. The Trinity sailed from New London
Conn, June |, 1880. for Heard Island, to procure
sea elephant oil, having crew Of sixteen men.
At one ofthe Cape de Verde Islands nineteen col
ored natives were taken on board as an addition
to the working force. The vessel wns wrecked
before the working party had landed, but they
threw overheard provisions which were
WASHED or TO THE BEACH
and the crew succeeded in getting ashore through
the heavy surf. With the provisions which were
saved, seat elephant meat, and such sea- fowl as
they could get they were able to sustain them
selves for fifteen months, although the ships pro-
visions had been exhausted for several months
before the rescue, They were greatly reduced
for want of strengthening food, and their clothing
was very filthy. A suit of clothes was issued Ia
each man from the Marions stores. The rescued
party were given in charge of the United States
consul at Cape Town. The climate of Heard
Island is reported the worst imaginable. The
and necessary repairs were to be made at Cape
Town, where she would remain about four weeks
The officers and crew of the Marion were reported
to be in excellent health.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

CANADIAN jurisprudence is becoming
illustrious. 1t already corusc ates with
the light of reason, and it threatens to
become scintillant with the luminosity
of genius. This accounts for recent de-
csion Of Canadian court to the effect
that the public horse-whipping of an edi-
tor is worth SIS in lawful money of the
realm. When editorial horse-whippings
are scheduled at this low rate even the
humbest journalist Of the Dominion
may be very ornatcly awayed in cowhido
fresCOcs.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

following as a composition; "Sat-Salt Is that
stun which makes potatoes taste bud when you
don't nut any on
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

A FRESH invoice of adiectivcs would be
q priceless acquisition 10 the Washington
"socioty" correspondents.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

THE numerous temperance organi2a-
tions Of the District are in state of
prosperous activity, and are doing Il vast
amount of good by persuadng young
men to eupdrinkiugand by surround
ing with good influences those who need
such support.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

No other committee of Congress has
been presented with such an array of
views and convictions rs has been un.
loaded on the Commerce Committee of
the House during the present session.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

THE Indiana Democrats hope for victory
in the township elections in Indiana
Monday, they having effected close ali-
ance with the Liquor Dealers Associa-
ton of that State.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

THOUSANDS of Swiss peasants are COM
ing to America, They are as desirable
as any immigrants can be- for they are
intelligent, industrious, thrifty, and in
hearty sympathy with republican insti-
futiOns.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

TELEGRAPHIC reporters of hangings
might spare themselves the trouble of
stating that "he died without a strug-
gle" after "his neck was broken by the
fall" a broken neck is so powerful a
scdativo that the subsequent proceed
ings do not amount to Il struggle
Mn. TENEYsoN has done so much GOOD
work that will bear the test of time that
his recent futile attempts at poetry are
painful. AS compared with the great
poems that bear his name and assure his
fame, his latest illusions seem like duubs
of common mortar on solid granite,
lg IS rather amusing to hear Democrats
FpeukiHg of the Republican side of the
House rs the weakest majority the House
ever had, How about the Democratic
majority in the last Congress, which was
uniformly defeated whenever the oppose
ton decided to stondup lorasquaro fight?
-H=H-=-=s -r'7-aaH-----
As COMPARED with other branches of
public acryice the Revenue Marine has
asked but little Of Congress in proportion
&C. the work il has accomplished. tasks
now 10 have provision made Tor the re.
trcment Of worn out officers, and we
cannot see why this proposition has not
the same merits rs tho laws for retiring
Officers Of the army and navy.
A CORRESPONDENT Of TnE REPUBLICAN
frees lis mind 20 tho extent Of sixteen
foolscap pages on american Aristoc.
racy," He has Il dcepIy-groundcd appre-
Lerslon hat the monaruhoa! tendencies
OF thc times will eventually subyou our
republican institutions" We do not
share this fear nor do we think the
phantom our correspondent has raised is
really worth demoiiahing Contempt and
rdiculo may be safely relied on 70 sup.
press american agi5tocrGcy" Whenever
81 becomes too oblnlsiye. Meanwhile
let it 20 on filing the place Of l.gh,
eoYcly in American life.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

MANY of the most shocking accidents
on our railways are caused by running
trains on the same track in the same
direction so near each other that there
isn't time to stop the hndmost train
when the other, by any accident, is COM
PEELED TO stop. There ought to be no
difficulty in keeping trains far enough
apart to avoid such disasters as these
When the ponitentiary gets u few high
grade railway officials there may be less
of this sort of slaughter
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

Or course we have full chorus of
gloomy reports about the ruin OF the
carly crops 10y the last cold snap. These
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

TnEpeople must prepare at once and teach the
stalwart conspiratoB that neither through the
agency Of prosecutions nor by wolves In sleeps
clothing, nor by soft talking shall this State be
put in position to be Afroanizcd again. The place
to begin Is right in the United States Circuit Court
next week. Let the accused election officers feel
and see that the State Is with them. Let every one
fthe accused understand Enthusiastically that his
cause is the cause ofciyilizatlon social order and
good government and that the indictment Of
South CNrolinians, TO serve the ends of the Stall.
warts is an attempt to indict awhole people,
Charleston Noes aad Courier.
Why, ccrtnly.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

a man out In Peoria adver,ises what he calls
" the medicine Of the future" II It's a cooling
drink II will sell well 10 tue majority OF people.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

So-cNILED Republicans who desire
Democratic ascendancy in the Forty
eighth Congress can aid materially in
the accomplishment of that object by
promoting discord and strife in the
Republican party.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

To THE Republican party the colored
people of the United States are indebted
for every step Of progress that they have
mOde--emancipation, Acknowledgement,
equality Of civil rights, all that makes
life worth living, Against each of these
steps the Democratic party set itself in
solid array. Hatred Of the blacks has
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

Nor many more days should be per-
mitIed to pass before the roster of the
House is rectiGed by turning out occu-
pants Of seats who have no more right to
the places they hold than they have to
the crown of Victoria or the chair Of st.
ppInr
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

Mosr Of the Democratic politicians who
arc preaching free trade at this time will
be getting out ailidavits in the summer of
1884 to prove that they have always been
in favor of protecting American manufac-
tures-espcciaLy DE- Poum'g alNaWgrNs.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

been the one dominating sentiment, the
great bond Of sympathy between Demo-
Gratis of all sections and at all times. The
history Of Democratic resistance to the
equal rights Of all mon presents many of
the most honid pictures in the book of
time. Thousands of black men have been
murdered since the Fifteenth Amend
ment vas adopted, and hundreds
of thousands have been brutally
intimidated in order to rob the blacks Of
political power. Legislation has been
controlled by maiorities in Congress Sc
cured by these means of repression.
Practical notification of the Fifteenth
Amendment robs the Republican party
OF thirty seats in the House at this time.
These are few--and only few--of the
many good reasons why it is impossible
for Democrats to lure the colorod voters
from the Republican party-from the
only friends they have had in the past,
the only friends they have now, the only
friends they can have until human ma
ture is reconstructed.
-
"THE next Congress will not be Re
publican" says the Post Is this predic-
ton based on the record made by the last
Democratic Congress? Is the confessed
,pnd notorious incapacity of the Demo-
cratic party, as shown by u continuous
line of failures during the entire period
of ascendancy in the House, fair basis
on which to predicate the speedy return
OF that organization to power? Or does
tho party go back to its war record and
hold up that as claim TO be trusted
again? What has the Democratic party
done for whole generation? What has
it achieved or tried to achieve for
the last thirty years What is there
in its recent history, what in its inspira-
tions, what in its personnel to beget con-
iidence in its ability or patriotism? 1t
has made no dangerous menace that it
has not tried to fulfill. 1t has given 10
pledge of good that it has not violated.
Tho highest thought, the best aims of the
American people have had no encourage
mcnt from the Democratic party. We
chccriully admit that there are Demo-
Gratis who are patriotic in spirit and pur-
pose, but the dominant influences of
their party are, as they have been for
many years, opposed to the progressive
tendencies of the age. Why should such
a party hope to be installed in authority ?
Why should not its highest hope be for
charitable oblivion?
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

ALABAMA is but novice in the cyclone
business, having just embarked limited
amount Of capital in that industry. Her
earliest product-a mere zephyr us COM
pared with what may be expectcd--was
only able to lift a colored woman and two
cows and bear them hence ON its heaving
bosom, prostrating few hamlets and
some scores of farm buildings that OBJ
structed its line of march.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

TIE IIION UIIII VOIHWI7SIOn WIS VUIIt
the proper thing, altogether lovely, and
one among ten thousand where Mr..
Eaton, a Democratic Senator, proposed it
in Democratic Senate. The same thing,
sponsored by Mr.. Morrill,, in q Senate that
is not Democratic is reviled by Demo-
cratic organs that were wont to lift their
voices in loud praise of it in the days of
its youth. Consistency, set in brass, is a
Democratic level.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01

rumors are sure precursor of an album
dant supply. The early fruits and vege-
tables never yield so well as in those
years when they are destroyed by frost
throo or four times. And the honest
farmer insists OIL misery and misfortune
as the chief Ingredients of his happiness
and Drosperitv.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-02-04
A Colorado Curiosity.

In Colorado there is a ten-acre field,
which no more nor less than subter-
ranean lake covered with soil about
eighteen inches deep. On the soil is
cultivated field of corn, which pro-
duces thirty bushels to the acre. If
any one will take the trouble to dig a
hole the depth of spade handle, he
will find it to fill with water, and by
using hook and line, fish four or five
inches long may be caught. The fish
have neither scales nor eyes, and are
perch-like in shape. The ground is a
black mari in nature, and in all proba-
bility was once an open body of wa
ter, on which accumulated vegetable
matter, which has been increased from
time to time, until now it has crust
sufficiently strong and rich to produce
fine corn. although il has to be cult
waited by hand, rs it is not strong
enough to bear the weight of a horse.
While harvesting, the hands catch great
strings of fish by making hole through
the earth. A person rising on his heel
and coming down suddenly, can see the
growing corn shake all around him.
Any one having sufficient strength to
drive rail through the crust will find,
on releasing it, that it will disappear
altogether.