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National Republican., 1883-12-28
wAsHINGToN,s PHILANrHRop1sT.
MIR. w. w. Corcoran Reaches His Eighty
Fifth Birthday.

Mr.. W. W. Corcoran, accompanied by his niece,
visited the Louise home yesterday afternoon. He
was received by the matron, and after tour of
inspection and few kind words to the ladies re-
turned to his home. This visit is customary on
each of tue venerable gentlemanS birthdays.
Yesterday the number Of years of his life reached
eighty-ti The event was celebrated quietly
last evening at his home. After dinner the mem
bers of his family assembled about the genial
hearth fire and listened to many anecdotes and
stories of past years, as told by Mr.. Corcoran in
his entertaining and interesting STYLE. few
intimate friends called and congratulated the old
gentleman on the accession of another twelve
months to his ripe and Vigorous old age.
National Republican., 1883-12-28

BEFORE McEnery was renominated for
governor by the democratic convention of
Louisiana the New Orlean Picayune could
hardly find adjectives in the vocabulary of
abuse sufficient to express its sense of his un-
fitness, but now it roars as gently as suck
ing dove, if the quotation is fair definition
of pentential silence. By gentle gradations
the Picayune will presently rise from mild
allusion, to expedent adhesion for the partys
sake, and thence blossom into fierce fervor
of support of McEnery that will put the
Times Democrat to shame. And as does the
Picoyune so will do the Louisiana democrats,
who for q time before tho convention really
had notion they could be brave enough to
revolt against notoriously bad nomination.
National Republican., 1883-12-28

THE Post ought not to call the Philadelphia
Times liar for saying that Mr.. Carlisle has
abandoned the gr, at principle held by the
men who elected him-meaning thereby the
Wottcrsonian principle-when, in the same
issue, the Post declares that Mr.. Carlislo's first
lieutenant, Mr.. Morrison, has decided to
humbly follow the manufacturing interests in
legislation on the tariff.
National Republican., 1883-12-28

what It was going TO do until after It was done.
Fourth, that could start my presidential boom
better from Washington than from Lowell. re-
specially submit that I could not. In the FIR I
place. have no presidential boom to start and If
had, think Lowell would be II better place to
start one than Washington, because there are so
many started thero that there might be collision
Better start one in the backwoods. The rest Of
the paragraph is true"
National Republican., 1883-12-28
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National Republican., 1883-12-28

IN our Richmond dispatch will be found a
statement of the changed condition of the
financial status of the Old Dominion. When
the readjustors obtained control of affairs
they found the treasury empty and the state
bonds worthless. They retire from power
leaving two millions of dollars in the treasury
and the credit Of the commonwealth re-
spec.ed everywhere This is certainly an ex-
ce,lent aud honorable record.
National Republican., 1883-12-28

The crown prince went to Cauossa to some
purpose, as our foreign dispatches indicate,
Tho Prussau minister of ecclesiastical affairs
yesterday forwaded 11o dispcnsations for the
priests in tho diocese Of Broslau, who have
for long timo been debarred from exercising
their clerical functions through tho opera
ton of the laws enacted at Bismarcli's insti-
National Republican., 1883-12-28
Guaranteed in Advance.
NeiO York World


The agile Springer, of Illinois, is about to enter
upon thorough investigation Of the star route
trials. Those agonizing performances cost II great
deal of money, and the results were meagrc Mr..
Springer is eminently qualified for the work of in
vestigation. He enjoys that sort OF thing as much
as an enthusiastic medical student enjoys the
dissection of good cadaver He is happy when
investigating for his zeal has chance to expend
iIsn
National Republican., 1883-12-28
The Ornamental Editors.

DTUVNFyW UWIUH'
The worst thing yet brought TO light about the
new house is the fact that 22l its members, or
more than two. thirds are lawyers There are, to
be sure, ten editors in the body, but an almost
unbroken line of precedents, from the days of
Horace Greeley's term down, has shown that the
editors who are most potential with congress are
not those who wrlte NJ. C. aftcr their names.
National Republican., 1883-12-28
New Year Calls.

Those who wish announcement made in
THE NAr1oSA1. REPUBLICAN that they will
OF will not receive on New Year day are re-
quested to send notice to that effect to the
Office rs early rs practicable Monday morning,
to givo time for proper arrangement for pub
lication.
National Republican., 1883-12-28
MISS KATIE BEACH's GERMAN,
Floral Favors, nnd the Presidents Son
Leads.

Gen. Beachs residence. 922 Seventeenth street,
was well filled last night with the lady and gentle
men friends of his daughter Miss Katie the occa-
sion being german, which was danced by
c. A. Arthur, jr., with Miss Beach, Mr.. II. B.
wilkins jr., of Montana, and Miss Harding Tue
The Misses West, of the British legation Miss
Harding. Miss Dora Miller Miss Daisy Stewart,
Miss McKeever, Miss Alice Maury, Miss Clark,
Miss Lille Cotfey, Miss Lille Patterson, Miss
Mitchell, Miss Tiffany, of New York, aud Miss
Wallach, Mr.. Allan Johnson, Lieut.. Babcock,
Messrs, Lee Phillips, L. e. Beal, Lieut. Dick ems,
and others,
National Republican., 1883-12-28
A Dlnerent Kind OF a Necklace.
Bismarck Tribune.

pearl necklace owned by Il New York lady is
valued ut 100000, and yet the pleasure she de.
rives from wearing it is as skim milk beside
golden cream when compared with the pleasure
the Dakota girl experiences while wearing neck
lace composed Of strong, honest arm. This is
semioficial but it can be relied on as being cor.
raot
National Republican., 1883-12-28
meantime Let u. Enjoy our Own.

NtU IUTA UTUTUIU'
The fact that the Standard OIL company wants
to buy the Brooklyn navy yard affords the best
reason in the world why the government Of the
United States should hold fast to that locality.
one of these days tho Standard Oil company will
probably own the government, and then It can DO
MS IL nleases
National Republican., 1883-12-28

Amuncments.
NATIoNAL--"Tu the Ranks"
FoEDs.-Barry and Fay.
DINE EMusErM.-Matineea and evening performance
CoNIoUE.--M. b. Leavitts All-Star Specially Co.
WRiGHr's DIME MUsEUM.-Open this evening,
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2s, 1888.
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Ar,uacnie7lts.

Jnivtd atm, p. O. az second cldss matt matter.
POSTAGE on siroiG copies, cents.
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A beautiful maid at Fort Yates
Ate a pound and quarter of dates
That night in her dreams,
She uttered Wild screams,
That the winds bore clear back to the states,
The Delaware farmer., 1883-12-07
An Orange Grower.

A letter in the Boston Transcript
says: As luck would have it, during
the war the Yankee found his way to
Florida, saw the possibilities, and after
the war was over returned to Florida
and set himself to work to solve the
problem of making some money out Of
the wild orange groves. He cut all the
trees in the sour groves that were not
wanted, and budded the stock with
sweet fruit, which plan proved a sue
cess, fruit appearing in from three to
four years. He quickly perceived the
value of this and other fruits which need
tropical sun, and set the boom agoing
that has already attained immense pro-
portions and is increasing annually.
The orange may be called the staple
product of Florida, so generally is it
cultivated. Almost every enterprising
planter has his grove, which is very
tenderly cared for, as on this he expects
to depend for a good income when it
gets into bearing. Many groves are
owned by non-residents, merchants,
clerks, and even by mechanics who can
not afford to spend all their time wait
ing on an orange grove. Such persons
hire their work done for a small sum,
especially where they have not enough
money to go and do all they want to do,
such as build n house, etc. The grove
is cared for by some of the residents.
The orange tree is very prolific bearer,
seldom having an off year. Fifteen
thousand oranges have been picked
from a single tree in one season. This
is very extra, however. The prosperity
which Florida is enjoying is due largely
to the push and enterprise of the
Yankee. We have said enough about
the orange tree for the present. We
can tell you much about other trees,
and what they will do in Florida, such
as the peach tree (Which ripens its
fruit in early May, also the La Conte
pear, Japanese persimmon, strawberry,
and other trees, grapes, figs, etc, but we
fear we have already trespassed too
much upon your valuable space, though
you would be astonished if you knew
how many there are who look eagerly
for information on Florida. It has been
our pleasure to already have posted
many, and advised many to stay at
at home, their funds being too small.
The Delaware farmer., 1883-12-07
NapoIeon's Method of Questioning.

Prony, with his hair nearly in my
plate, was telling me entertaining anec-
dotes of Bonaparte, and Cuvier, with his
head nearly meeting him, talking as
hard as he could, not striving to show
learning OF wit-quite the contrary
frank, open-hearted genius, delighted to
be together at home and at ease. This
was the most fattering and agreeable
thing to me that could possibly be.
Harriet was on the off side, and, every
now and then, he turned to her in the
midst of his anecdotes and made her so
completely one Of us, and there was
such prodigious noise nobody could
hear but ourselves. Both Cuvier and
Prony agreed tnat Bonaparte never
could bear to have any but decided
answer. cone day" said Cuyier, Il
nearly ruined myself by considering be-
fore I answered. He asked me: Ought
we to introduce beet sugar in France p
In the first place, Sire, we must think
of the colonies. Shall we have beet
sugar in France? But, Sire, we ought
to study the subject. Bah, L will have
to ask Berthollet. This despotic, laconic
mode of insisting on learning everything
in two words had its inconveniencies.
One day he asked the Master Of the
Woods at Fontainebleau: How many
ocras Of wood here q The Master, an
honest man, stopped to recollect.
Bah = and the Under Master came for
ward and said any number that came
into his head. Bonaparte Immediately
took the Mastership from the first and
gave it to the second. " "QuaIrivalt Il ?"
continued Prony. The rogue who gave
the guess answer was soon fotnd cutting
down and selling quantities Of the trees,
and Bonaparte had to take the ranger
hip from him and reinstate the honest
hesitator.
The Delaware farmer., 1883-12-07
Peter COOper,s sympathy.

Mrs. Susan n. Carter, the head of the
Woman's Art School of the Cooper In
stitute, contributes an anecdotal paper
to the December Century, in which she
says of Mr.. Cooper's aims: All want,
he said, is, that these poor women shall
earn decent and respectable livings, and
especially that they shall be kept from
marrying bad husbands
"This subject of unhappy marriages
seemed to be very prominent one in
Mr.. Cooper's mind. That women were
often imposed upon, were ill-used and
broken down, he.had lively conviction;
and all his chivalry and sense Of fatherly
protection were enlisted to save them,
so far as he could, from these ordinary
misfortunes. While the world is now
occupied with the question Of what
women can be taught, their higher ed
ucation, and many kindred subjects,
Mr.. Cooper's acute genius discovered, as
by intuition, many years ago, the rela-
ton of women of the middle class to So
ciety, to industries, and the family. He
saw that many of them could not marry,
and he realized what must be the forlorn
position of a number of elderly daugh-
ters Of a poor man. He had noted the
dangerous likelihood Of giddy, ignorant
young girls marrying anybody for a
home. even if the men they married
were dissipated or inefficient; and he had
the tenderest pity for poor widows or
deserted wives. He talked many times,
and at great length, on these subjects,
and all circumstances and any sort Of
incident brought up this desire Of his
heart, to help women to be happy, in
dependent and virtuous.
zone of the last times he was at the
school, and while a celebrated New York
clergyman was giving a course of Lenten
lectures to women, Mr.. Cooper, with
his face all animated with his feeling
about it. said: sDr. - is of the wealthy
class. and he has been used to deal with
wealthy women. The world does not
look like the same place to him that it
does to me. If he could be in my place
for month, and read the letters get
from poor and suffering women, he
would think that it would be best to
have them taught anything which they
could learn to enable them to lessen all
this trouble.
The Delaware farmer., 1883-12-07

.rTndeed % exclaimed the young
ladies. after which silence settled on the
group for another very long minute.
The company began to be afraid that
the savant had forgotten his notes OF
had tumbled of. But at the right IN
slant his calm voice was heard again.
"Six minutes. We have just passed
over the Marent trestle on the Northern
Pacific. 266 feet, and are at the Minaret
of the Great Cairo Mosque, 2S2. Almost
directly opposite is Trinity spire, New
York. 2S4. The tallest of the pagodas,
the Pin She-t'ah, at Soochow, IS below
as at about $50 feet. Now we are pass
ing the campanile at Florence, 292, and
here comes the top of the Capitol, 3O1
feet.
"Why how very interesting" re-
marked the young ladies, clinging
tighter than ever to the blocks OF mar
BILE. There was a little shaking OF the
platform. and one of the blithe young
men declared that it was caused by the
trembling of the other young man, but
this he denied with a painful effort at
hilarity.
ooh. we're almost there, " exclaimed
one of the ladies looking up.
eyes, " replied one of the young men,
glancing over the edge, "but it's a deep
hole down to the bottom. This was a
most superhuous remark, and dispelled
at once the cheerfulness of the group.
The scientist alone was unmoved.
CHANGING at his card, he remarked
"Eight minutes: Milan Cathedral,
355; the Shoemadoo pagoda at Pegu,
361: st. Paul's, 365; Hotel de Vile,
Brussels, $40; Lubbock Cathedral, 395.
Here we are, Antwerp Cathedral, 4O2;
Washington monument at present, 40. "
"Oh oh p exclaimed the young
ladies, springing off the car and getting
at once in the way of the wOrkmen.
The views were, indeed, novel and
grand. The peculiarity OF the outlook
as compared with others from similar
height at once became apparent, and i'm
pressed every visitor. This is the entire
absence of anything to break the preci-
pice that falls in one sheer plunge to the
ground. It is test of the nerves to
look down over the edge, and we were
all thankful for the wide net rugged
around the sides.
All were admiring the scene when the
admiring exclamations were broken in
upon by the calm voice of the Professor;
"There are still higher towers" he
said, "such as the chimney of the
chemical works at Glasgow and the
great pyramid, each $50 feet; st. Peters.
455; and the Cologne Cathedral, Oil"
"Indeed r exclaimed the young
ladies, but their attention was now dis
tracted by the beauties Of nature and
the statistics fell on deaf ears. They
therefore turned their backs on the
mathematician and let the frivolous
young men point out the various objects
of interest while he retired from the
edge and interrupted the busy superin-
tendent to ascertain the distance Of the
horizon and the pressure of the monu-
ment per square foot on the base.
The Delaware farmer., 1883-12-07

BONDS. The amount of registered
bonds of the United States held abroad is
so small-only $17, ,19S, 300, October 1st
that the definite information given
about them by the Treasurer may not
seem very important. Yet it is a signifi-
cant fact that. during the past year, the
number of foreign holders of registered
bonds has decreased from ], ,131 to 495,
and the amount held by them from
$50. 1000, 900 to the sum above named.
The Delaware farmer., 1883-12-07

A BRlaAND. Black Bart has robbed
more than score of stages in California
single handed. He had a habit of writ
ing doggerel verses and pinning them
to rifed express boxes. The rewards
offered for his capture amounted to
nearly $4,000, and stray bit of his
versifcation finally betrayed him.
The Delaware farmer., 1883-12-07
WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
TRIP TO THE TOP OF THE LOFTIEsT
STRUCTURE IN AMERICA.

The Height of 40 Feet Already Attained
and I4O Feet 10 be Added-The Elevation
of Other Lofty Towers and Buildings.
The Delaware farmer., 1883-12-07

''TH1s is a new wrinkle" as the
maiden said, On consulting her mirror.
The Delaware farmer., 1883-12-07

AMONG intelligent people antip atbJ =
are more irreconcilable than hates.
The Delaware farmer., 1883-12-07

THERE are men whose friends are
be pitied than their worst enemies. y
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ed that he would die SO soon. Mr.. Brough-
ear was a single man, and has brother
living in Lynuport, Pennsylvania.
Mr.. David Ltghtbourne and Chas. w
Stone, two ST. Paul boys, to the manner
born, concluded the purchase of the Alert
newspaper and job Office, at Ada, the
county seat of Norman county. The young
gentlemen are frstssclass practical printers,
Industrious, energetic and thorough bust
ness men, and will give the people of AIDE
and Norman paper of which they can be
proud.
The transfer was completed yesterday of
lot Is, Merriam's out lots, by VIM. Gun
bingham to Mrs. Sally Desnoyer for $4,000
cash. The lot is 100 by 80 feet, fronting
on University avenue, short distance
from the transfer tracks, and was bought
for hotel purposes, Mr.. VIM. Johnson,a son
of Mrs. Desnoyer, having already perfect
ed arrangements for the erection of a
three-story frame building on the proper
ty for that purpose, to be conducted by
himself.
Work was commenced yesterday upon
the piece of sewer on Fourth street, from
Jackson street, throwing out of service one
of the tracks of the street railway coma
pany and disarranging to some extent the
running Of the cars, all of which for the
several lines of the city pass over this
stretch of track. By the aid of a fagman
to govern the movements of the cars going
in opposite directions, any serious deten-
ton is avoided. The sewer, under the con-
tract is to be completed in thirty days.
Joe Stee and Louis Stee two young
bootblacks, fifteen and thirteen years of age
who continued to annoy passers by the
corner Of Third and Wabashaw street, after
repeated warnings, were arrested by Off
Ger Steiger yesterday afternoon and con-
Quoted thence before Judge Burr. The
judge after thoroughly demoralizing
the lads by talking of a long confinement
in the reform school, gave them 6
lecture upon the folly of bad behavior.and
gained hearty promise of them to behave
better in the future, and then discharged
them.
Fl. Anderson was sent to the workhouse
yesterday for sixty days upon the COM
plant of R. Roessler, of the Union house
for larceny. The theft was perpetrated in
February, 1882, and was of a trunk OF
clothing belonging to a man named B.
Whitlock. Anderson claimed that he
simply helped friend carry the trunk tc
the union depot, supposing it belonged tc
him. He stayed at the Union house two
weeks after that and then went to Mime.
apolis, where he has been ever since. Under
these circumstances his arrest for the lar
ceny at this time seems little peculiar tc
say the least.
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IS WEALTH

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BROUGHEAR-On April 18th, at the residence
of James Dillon, Esq, No. 253 Commercial
street, Daniel Broughear, aged 81 years.
Funeral to-day at 2 p m. Friends invited.
RIKLLY-On April 10, 4:30 p. NJ, at his resi-
dence No. 479 Western avenue, Michael REILLY,
aged 81 years.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
Toledo, Ohio, papers please copy.
WILSON-On April Is, II 30 a. m, at the resi-
dence of Peter Stems, Esq, No. $50 East
Third street, George Wilson, aged Sc years.
Funeral on Sunday, 18th, p. m. Friends of
the family invited.
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DAILY LOCAL MEANS.
Bar. Their. Dew Point. Wind. Weather.
29.503 SIT 1917 Sc Cloudy.
Amount of rainfall, 90. Maximum Their
mometer, $50; minimum thermometer, 45.5;
daily range, 27.5.
River, observed heights feet 10 inches; rise in
twenty four hours, inches.
Maximum velocity of the wind during the
gale last night was fifty miles from 9:20 to 9:25
p. M; direction Sc.
p. T. Lyons,
Sergeant Signal Corps, q. s. &.
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gy, successfully navigated the turbulent
streets of st. Paul, taking observations
which were extended out to the famed
Midway stables, the extent of which was q
revelation to him.
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is the grand blood purifier, tonic, liver invigo-
ratOr and appetizer of the age. 1t gives strength
and vigor to the whole system, aids digestion
and the assimilation of food and cures dyspep-
STA. Look out for counterfeits. Every bottle
of the genuine bears the signature of J. ?. Allen,
Druggist, St. Paul, MINI.
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Grading Fuller street from West
ern avenue to Kent street,

In said city of st. Paul, the undersigned Will ON
the 18th day of April, 1883, at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon, at the City Treasurer's office In
the city of st. Paul, county of Ramsey offer for
sale at public auction as provided by law, to the
best bidder for cash the following described real
estate, to-wit:
Mackubin & MarshaIPs Addition.
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Funeral Notica.

The members of the st. Paul Fire Department
are requested to meet at No. Engine House,
at o'clock sharp. Saturday, April 18th, to at
tend the funeral of the late Daniel Broughear
By order of the President.
L. A. HERTZ Secretary
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ere You Going to Paint,

Minneapolis Liquid Paint has proved itself to
be one of the best liquid paints in the market.
Send for our new card of colors. Skinner & Sly,
all Second street south, Minneapolis.
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CITY NOTICE.
City Treasurer's Sale.
OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURER,
ST. PAUL, Mimi, April II, 1888. !

Notice is hereby given that under and by vir-
tue of judgement entered on March "A, 1888,
in the District Court, Second Judicial district,
Ramsey county, State of Minnesota, against the
hereinafter described real estate, situate, lying
and being in said city and county, on an assess
ment warrant for
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DIED.

The attractions still continue at the WiEwem
Tonight: Fancy skating and good music.
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A cordial invitation to all to witness the fine
skating at the Wigwam, tonight. Great Union
Rord