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National Republican., 1883-03-20
THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE INDoRsEp.
To he Editor


Grateful Acknowledgements from the public
arc due to tho committee of safety and to the
press-especially to THE NATIONAL REPUB-
L1CAN-for their vigorous and successful ac-
tion in the matter Of the investigation Of the
crimes Of the detectives and their confederates.
Be assured public sentiment, privately and
candidly expressed, demands reconstruction
of the police force, root and branch, because
they were or were not ignorant Of this organ
lied system Of robbery, perpetrated for years
under rheir very noses, so to speak. Tho plea
of ignorance convicts them at once of utter
ineficiency, and il they were not ignorant, so
much the worse for them, for silence and inn
potence in their official positions was guilty
Of connivance. Guardians Of our lives and
property, who shall be proven to have been
false to their sacred trusts, deserve no sym
pathy. Nothing short of radical reformation
will satisfy community who have paid
tribute virtually under compulsion, for a
number Of years to ring of robbers.
National Republican., 1883-03-20
Trengt,rv Rules.

The rules of the Treasury department were
changed yesterday so as to accord with sec
tion 4 of the legislative appropriation bill
Hereafter the Office hours will be from 9
o'clock u. m. to 4 o'clock p. M, with recess
of half an hour at noon. Heretofore the de-
partment has been closed at $3.50 o'clock p. NJ.
Clerks and employees will hereafter be allowed
leave of absence not to exceed thirty days in
any year, and any absence over this allowance,
except in case of sickness, will be without pay.
National Republican., 1883-03-20
Court OF Claims.

In the court of claims yesterday judgments
were rendered in favor of Thomas c. Power
for $i15, in favor of Charles Mitchell for 1858
in favor of Isaiah Lightner for $442, and in
favor Of G. G. Belknap for $4,000. The first
case was claim against the United States
under contract for transporting Indian sup
plies. The three other cases were claims OF
Indian agents for balance of salary withheld
because of an insufficient appropriation.
National Republican., 1883-03-20
THE MONEY CHANGERS.
To Me Editor.

On March IS last an article entitled tho
money Changers" was inserted in your
paper by one whose knowledge is evidently
not founded upon facts. The writer fails to
state that the direful money lender is often
robbed by individuals who should sign their
names with largeC (crooked), and that these
self same clerks draw their pay in the face
of orders, notes, and bills and then very
honorably request the mild hearted lender TO
wait for his pay " till the close Of next century
or any time thereafter"
An old money lender who recently died
from heart disease, no doubt occasioned by
the worry and trouble attendant upon loans
made to these honorable gentlemen, left a
brief and concise statement of the fortune he
accumulated in this remuneratiye business,
and which / add below:
Capital OH hand, cash, 1s4.................. $4,000
Profits accrued, four years. ................ 1900
Losses failures to pay).,.....,........."... 5000
Capital on hand, cash. lS7S................. zoos
A striking instance of the manner in which
the vulture feasts upon percentum extortcd
from the clerks and the way the "brokcr
bird" fills his groaning Golfers from their
honorable method of dealing!
That silent contempt is often efficacious in
destroying the venom Of such malignant per-
sons as the worthy G, l doubt not, but on this
occasion i am constrained to exhibit the
writer in his true light, and show to the mis-
informed public that one guilty of such prac-
tices as have mentioned is the only one Gu
pable Of writing such slanderous article.
l.. Il. L,
National Republican., 1883-03-20
Tl,n preat.Ienf.

1t is now stated that the President has
abandoned his proposed trip to Fortress Mon
roe, and will instead move out TO his summer
residence at the soldiers home in few days
Comdr. Greene, Of the United States ship
Despatch which is now ut the navy yard,
waited upon the President yesterday to learn
his wishes with regard to that vessel. He
was informed that the President was still un-
decided as to his future movements, and that
It was not ut all certain that he would require
the use of the vessel at all
National Republican., 1883-03-20
Chess, Checkers, and whist Club.

A meeting Of tho above club will be held
this evening at their rooms, 1920 New York
avenue. A large attendance of members is
earnestly requested as business ofimportance
will be brought before the meeting The
whist tournament will commence next Fri
day evening, and all who wish to enter are
requested to be present at the club rooms on
that evening. The club rooms are open every
are always welcomed.
National Republican., 1883-03-20
HUNT THEM OUT"
TO he Efiiior.

WASHINGTON, Mar. 16.-Good for the old
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN Give tho per
cent. money lenders big blast, and the 8, 5,
and 10 per centers "biger" one. Root 'em
out. Don't let them stay here, Hunt them
down." / am surprised and sorry to hear
that some colored men arc also in the traffic.
/ thought better of them.
AN OLD TINE ABoLITIoNIsT.
National Republican., 1883-03-20
The Rifles, photographs.

The group of photographs of tho members
of the National Rifles who won in the COM
petitive drill during the Garfield fair, which
was noticed the other day as having been
taken at the Davis gallery and tastefully ar
ranged by Mr.. Il. r. Myers, the manager, has
been placed in the window of Ellis's music
store and attracts large amount of attention,
National Republican., 1883-03-20
Quarters for the CiviI Service Commission

The secretary of tho interior yesterday
wrote a letter to the attorney general asking
for AN assignment of rooms in the city hall
building for the use of the civil service com
mission. As soon US the transfer is completed
the rooms will be fitted up under the direction
of tho secreIary of the inferior.
National Republican., 1883-03-20

THREE handed people are becoming quite
numerous, they have right hand, left
hand, and are always behind hand in taking
Dir. Bulls Cough Syrup when they catch Q
p1l1
National Republican., 1883-03-20
New Theatre comioue.

The Comique has seldom if ever contained
moro people than were attracted last night by
Col. r. L. Snelbaker's Majestic Consolidation,
National Republican., 1883-03-20
A Cure AT Lnst.

Theeyidenceis over
whelming that Ely's
Cream Balm goes
more directly thanany
other to the seat ofthe
disease, and has re-
suited In more cures
within the range of
our observation than
all other remedies. =
WIKI G s-B ARE. Pa, ,
Union Leader, Dec. 10,
1879.
We hear iron GUS
toners the most Hat
tering reports of Ely's
Cream Balm, an artl-
Gle of real merit.
Smith, Kline d Co.,
Wholesale druggists.
Philadelphia, Pa.
National Republican., 1883-03-20
Apply by the little

Apply by tne little
finger into thenostrlls.
by absorption II effect
unlly cleanses the ma
sal passages ofcaiarrh-
al virus, causing
healthy secretions. II
allays Inflammation,
IS of the head from ad-
Is the sores. and restores
Beneficial results are
A thorough treatment
DIS In head. Agreeable
testimonials. sold by
lage'-stampS
In Co., Owego, N. Y.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-11-07

PRONOUNCED THE BEST-The farmers
throughout this section OF the country
devote a great deal of their attention to
dairying and consequently re interested
in the subject of butter coIors. aud desir-
Gus of ascertaining which OF the many in
the market is the best and also the cheap.
est. 1t is notict aole fact that. at the
agricultural fairs in New York and the
New England states. The improved
butter color, made by Wells, Richardson
& Co., of Burlington, VT, has taken first
premiums wherever exhibited triumphng
over all competitors. Its superiority over
all others, is marked by the following
properties. 1t nerer turns rancid AS so
many of the oil colors do. Ii gives Il
natural. bright color which is just what
is desired, a result which is often prom
ised but seldom if ever Obtained by others.
1t is far the strongest aDd therefore the
cheapest butter color made. IL gives
universal satisfaction, and dairymen who
have once used it will have no other. Il
will not color the buttermilk.
The verdict pronounced by the country
fairs is of the utmost Importance and
carries great weight from the fact that
the judges are practical men. farmers and
dairymen, who know just what is needed
and know at once whether the promised
results are obtained. The most rigid and
tests were made and the
trumphs of this color over all others, is
most marked because it is based upon real
merit, unprecedented by any hvortism
or other Influence.
This color is used from ocean to ocean
and is the oBly Sate OIL color 20 use.
of testimonials received by
The proprietors speak of its superiority
and sound its praises in the strongest
erms.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-11-07

PERKS OF BAD BREAD.-We will
assume the bread in all cases 10 be made
from a mixture of flour and water we
will say nothing of the other ingredients
for these two only are to the purpose
Such a mixture taken into the stomach ia
the state of raw paste is almost absolutely
indigestibe. II becomes II solid mass,
whose fermentation is absolutely fun OF
danger. Ii, 90 the contrary, il is cooked,
saw baked. it forms firm. hard substance,
which can be eaten, as we know. for a
time, but which few persons choose to eat
in continuance.
What we do. therefore. Is to puff up The
paste Of flour and water by means Of an
elastic gas, and it is largely in the changes
connected with this gas and its develop.
ment that the evil resides. II it is formed
properly, and the formation finished,
wholesome bread is the result. There are,
however two sources 0t danger here
indicated, only one of which we can al.
this moment consider-.Aal Is. that the
process is not completed. Here is where
the whole evil of hot bread in All its evil
shapes reaches elimination. The chang.
es in chemical composition, with the
molecular structure necessarlI" connected
with them, which are required to trans,
form paste into dough, do not cease when
that dough is baked, and has thus become
breed. They continue for quite time
atterward and until they have entirely
ceased the material has not become what
il ought to be--bread easy of digestion.
1t IS = burden to any stomach, to weak
one it is simply poison.
Here in few words is the source of
difficulty and suffering. Hot
bread in any form whatever, ought never
to be eaten. Some forms are very much
worse than others, but all are bad and
should in reason be banished from every
table. Scientific american.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-11-07
Indian Commissioner Price, in his

Indian Commissioner Price, in his re.
port, which has Just been submitted to the
secretary of the interior, calls attention to
an Improvement in the condition of the
Indians, which must be gratifying to
those who have sympathized with them in
the abuses from which they have suffered.
Among the things needed to secure success
and efficiency in the solution OF what is
known as the Indian problem, he enumer-
ates an accurate determination of the
boundaries of the reservations, the enact.
ment of law for the punishment Of those
who furnish the Indians with arms or
ammunition, and money appropriation
sufficient to defray the expense of detect.
ing and prosecuting persons who furnish
intoxicating liquors to the Indians. This
latter matter Is a very importan: one.
as without doubt the use of liquor on
the part of the nations wards has been
productive of more disease. crime and
loss of life than all other causes combined
Mr.. Price recommends that congress
confer both civil and criminal jurisdiction
on the several states and territories over
all Indian conservations within their
respective limits. except where such prop,
erty is expressly exempted Ivy treaty or
act of congress, and give the Indians all
the rights in the courts enjoyed by other
persons. He regards the law for the
punishment of the intruders on Indian
reservations as entirely inadequate, as all
that can be done at present to remove an
intruder is to bring a suit against him in
the nature OF an action for debt.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-11-07

A destructive confiagration occurred at
Willoughby, O., a small town east of
Cleveland. The high wind increased the
force OF the flames which consumed about
70 stores. dwellings, sheds and barns.
The aggregate loss is 100000 and the
insurance half that amount.
David Austin of East Burke went hunt
ing and made what he thought was Dig
haul, shooting nine geese out of n flock
he saw fly over the river. He didn't feel
so Keen about it however, when he discoy
cred that they were not wild geese, but
some tame birds belonging to neighbor
NEWSPAPER GEOGRAPHY.--CoLn
cut furnishes more valuable things than
wooden nutmegs sometimes. Al New
Haven they have adopted new educa.
tional feature which is good They call
1t Newspaper Geography and the idea
is to trace the news OF the day back to
its source by the use of maps. The
pupils show much interest in the new
idea. and interest in study ia half the
battle.
Nearly all the railroads have adopted
their winter time schedules, and every
one should get a copy of the Pathfnder
Ratlway Guide for this month, as 1t con-
tains the official time of all railroads and
steamboats, in New England and the
Provinces with its usual accurate maps
the current number has an elegant map
OF the United States and Canada. showing
the five new standards OF time that take
effect the 18th inst, The Pathfinder is
sold by all newsdealels.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-11-07

At Fresherton, Ont. Cook TAFT. an old
cripple, has been arrested on charge of
poisoning his young wife with strychnine.
Ii is stated that just previous to marrying
her a month ago, he insured her life for
large amount.
Geo. w. Williams, farmer, drove into
Wauseon, Ohio, the 23d. and sold load
of clover seed for quite large sum.
After returning home nothing was seen of
him or his family by the neighbors for
TWO days. On the 25th, search was
instituted. In the barn the body of
Williams was found with the head almost
severed. His wife was found in the house
with her head split open. The six weeks
old infant was on the bed nearly starved.
Money and valuables were missing. A
man named Johnson who had a watch
known to belong to Williams has been
arrested on charge of the murder.
A special dispatch from Kent, O..
reports that one of the most horrible
suicides on record occurred there the 25th.
Samuel Biehl, aged "a. who had been
working for a week at Day, Williams &
Co.'S glass works was standing by the fur
mace in those works Just after a retort had
been placed in it when one OF the workman
old him to stand aside as he wished to
get at the furnace. $50 do l." Biehl
replied and throwing his pipe on the
ground he plunged headlong through the
ring whence the melted glass is taken
and passing over the pot landed on the
intensely hot Goals that surrounded it.
So sudden and unexpected were the
movements that no effort conld be made
10 restrain him. The heat was so great
that death must have been instantaneous.
APPLES IN MALNE.-It turns out that
he crop OF apples, particularly from
Maine, has been underestimated, and
prices are at least so cents per barrel
lower than was expected for this period.
They are still high, however, being worth
$3.50 per barrel and are not likely TO go
lower. T. c. kimball of New York,
probably the most widely known apple
buyer in the whole country, is reported to
have made large contracts at 1926 as a
bottom figure for No. l apples. 1t is
said that in Maine, Notwithstanding it mas
been very dry, fruit has increased rapidly,
and there is now indication of double the
quantity that was expected September LIST.
There will be few barrels for export, but
Maine will not be so poorly off for apples
as was feared.-Ez.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-11-07
Thanksgiving Proclamation.
STATE OF VERMONT. !
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT


In conformity with a time honored
custom of New England, and ia accord
ance with the proclamation OF the Presl'
dent OF the United States, | appoint
Thursday. The twsnty-pinth day or Nors1H,,
Der, nezt, as day of thanksgiving and
praise to Almighty God for the innumera-
BILE blessings which he has bestowed upon
the com monwealth.
On that day let the people lay aside their
usual labors, and in the Sanctuary and IN
the household give fitting expression to
their gratitude and gladness.
In the happy observance OF this harvest
festival by the reunion of families and
friends, let not the suffering and uniortu-
nate be forgotten, but let their wants be
relieved by that charity which is twice
blessed-blessing him that gives and MIN
that receives.
Given under my hand and the
q. S. seal OF the state, at Shelburne,
on the thirty first day of October
A. D., 1888.
JOHN L. BARsToW.
By the governor.
GEO. w. WALES,
Secretary Of civil and military atflirs.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-11-07

Monday morning L dreadful accident
occurred on the Mi.sisqloi railroad at a
point about halfa mile from North Enos-
burgh, where there is Il side track to a
gravel pit. The switch had been opened
onto this side track rs it now appears,
by a brakeman on the Southeastern road
ia revenge for not being allowed to ride
free over he MissisquoI. As the train APP.
preached the switch the engineer saw
that all was no. right and, reversing hi:
engine, jumped; but was so terribly man.
gIed that he has since died. The locomo.
tive and one freight car went INTO the
river, and the fireman on the locomotive
was carried with them He was killed
by blow on the head from the engine OF
tender. The person, Edward E.ls, who
caused the accident, has been arrested and
made It partial confession.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-11-07

CONVICT LABoR.-There are two prac-
tical questions connected with this matter
of convict labor: l. Shall able. bodied
convicts support themselves or be support
ed by taxation? ?. Does convict labor
affect wages in the general market?
AS to the first there can be but one
answer 1t is rather cool proposition to
ask that man should be required to
contribute to the support OF one who has
attempted to burn his house or murder
his family. And yet that is substantially
the position of those who argue against
the contract system, and offer nothing but
idleness in its place.
As to the second proposition, abundance
of testimony can be produced 10 show
that convict labor does not and cannot
affect wages in the general market. There
is. however, certain amount of compe-
tition arising from prison manufactures
hat works injuriously at times and in
localities; this much must be admitted,
but no general or alarming injury, affect
ing the industrial interests Of the state
has ever been shown .-Comnlerclal Bu!le-
tin
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-11-07

Washington had 1000 pension agents
six months ago, il is said, some doing
business without signs, some with no
offices at all but their sleeping rooms, and
some who were not known at the bureau.
More than 800 have been suspended from
practice during the last Is months, about
half as many more disbarred. ard 300
more are being investigated. Their most
profitable work has been 10 sending out
circulars to old soldiers and their widows
promising pensions recklessiy. writing a
letter or two in every case where eommu
nication could be established BY hook or
crook, and then applying the milking
process. The first demand would be for
dollar or two for postagr and stationary,
and this would be kept mp with various
pretexts so long as a cent came. OF
course a man with several thousand
victims of this sort could make hand
some income, and it is said that sveral
of the swindlers have become rich from
the petty work.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-11-07
Medical men see a great deal Of life

Medical men see a great deal of life,
nothing strikes the observant family prac.
titioner more than the number of feeble,
sauntering, and lettering minds with
which he is brought into contact. No
inconsiderable proportion of the common
and some of the special ailments by which
the multitude are affected may be traced
to the want of vigor in their way of living
The human organism is force of physi-
CO. mental machinery, which can only be
successfully worked at a fairly high
pressure. 1t will almost inevitably get
out Of gear, if the propelling force is
allowed to fall below moderately high
standard of pressure or tension. and that
degree of tension cannot be maintained
without so much interest as will secure
that the mind OF the worker shall be in
his work. 1t is curious to observe the
way in which particular temperaments
and types of mental constitution are, so to
say, gifted with special atfinities, or predi.
lections for particular classes of work.
The men who work in hard material are
men of iron will, which is equivalent to
saving that the men OF what is called
hard headed earnestness find a natural
ven, for their energy in work that requires
and consumes active power On the other
hand, the worker in soft material is COM
monty either theoretical or dreamy. There
is a special type of mental constitution
connected with almost every distinct
branch Of industry, at least with those
branches which have existed long enough
to exercise sufficient amount of influence
on successive generations of workers. We
are all familiar with what are called the
racial types of character. 1t would be well
if some attention could be bestowed on the
industrial types. both in relation to educa-
tional policy and the study of mental and
physical habits in health and disease
Lancet
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-11-07

RECREATIoNs IN SCIENCE. 1.-THE sun
is Is 100000 years old and win last
Is 100000 years longer" This fact will
quiet great deal of anxiety aud alarm
An impression had got abroad that the
sun would only asst 100000 years long
er. The sun holds its age well Oldest
lnhabitagts say it does not look a day
,Ider than it did sixty five years ago
The temperature of the moon is
1t least 1900 below zero, and it is highly
edifying to mingle among the oldest
Inhabitants who congregate around the
village bar room stove in midwinter and
listen to their lies about the cod January
of 100,7Sl years B. c., when water froze
while boiling on the stove. The hypoth-
esis, however, that the temperature Of the
moon is 300 below zero is evidently q
false one. II the theory were tenable the
United States government would have
sent an exploring expedition there to
freeze to death. Some stars are
so far away that their light, moving with
u velocity OF 10000 miles per second,
require $4,000 years to reach our eyes :;
nut by colliding with half open door,
when cropping about dark room at
ndng ht, the light of l2S $40 90 900 900
stars, more or less. will reach our eyes
simultaneously with their first appearance.
From Puck.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-11-07

some SHOOTING The L7u lon Union.
November ri, says w. I. Walker OF
Newbury abused his wife so much that
she left him few days ago. Saortig after
she left, he followed her from a prayer
meeting into Nit Avery's house and
hnocscd her down. Avery was in bed At
the time, but he GOT up, and, with the help
of another man. seized Walker and took
nim down. Walker promised if they
would let him up to leave. They let him
up, when he drew a revolver and threaten
ed to shoot. Instead of leaying quietly he
stepped out doors fired two OF three
bullets through the window and disappear
ell somewhere in New Hamshire. He
next appeared last Monday driving from
the South Ryegate road into the village
When little above the village he met
David Brock. who asked him to stop
Walker presumed that he had papers for
his arrest, fired one or two shots ut Brock
and then ran his horse over into New
Hampshire. Walker is evidently Il tough
fellow and thinks he ought to be shut up,
or lie wouldn't easily presume passing
stranger had papers for his arrest.