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National Republican., 1883-05-10
THE MAN ON THE AVENUE.
Small Talk About Men and Measure,


The avenue street.sweepers timed their
movements with more nicely than usual last
night, and the air was filed with cloud os
dust just as the people came out oftho theater.
1t caught them all-the ladies with their lhces
and swect-scented gossamer fxings, and the
gentlemen with the sweat all ready to retain
the dust wherever it might hit So tho talk
on the avenue was all made up of growls and
curses and unpleasant remarks. The pretty
maidens, swinging 81 owly and jauntily along
with the.folds of the newest spring dress, were
ready to talk of the stilly moonness and the
moony stiffness tho tender leaves and the
leafy tenders but tho little noses were full
of dust and their tempers were not of the
sweetest 1t was like courting in house
cleaning time.
'"rhis is a field day for the tailors," re-
marked one of the best of them, standing in
his doorway yesterday afternoon.
"Ah! is there so much difference in the
days~
"Come here. There is my order book for
to-day. Now turn back and look at the dates"
This bit Of investigating disclosed the fact
that the tailor in question had taken in more
trade in the one day than the ten preceding
"Do they all wait for summer to fc~cs them
into thin clothesp
"No, not all Of them," said the tailor.
The young men get ready weeks before
hand, and are inpatient for such days as this
to come. They hurry us with our spring and
summer goods, and hurry the workmen.
They would hurry the Almighty, If they
could do so. But the older ones never think
Of their clothes until they become unbeara-
BILE. Sec that middle-aged man hos coming
to order a suit. See! He was well dressed in
tho weather of yesterday with that Prince
Albert made him last fall, and to-day he's
ashamed Of himself as he mops his forehead
and feels every stitch sticking TO him."
(Which are the best customers, the per-
functory old fellows or the anticipatory
young fellows?
twice year, and they write a check when
the bundle goes home. That is the end of it
with them unless the fit is o mighty bad one.
The young fellows try ON and change, and
falter and send back until one loses patience
even before he begins ON the money part of it
excuse me-here he comes"
"That lightest English cloth, dark blue,
with an extra pair Of trousers-S65 all told"
"Theyll do. Hurry en- up, My old meas
ure is near enough?"
"Yes docking him over), with little al.
lowance in belt measure"
And so the bargain was over.
go
"And 80 the national board of health has
not the handling of the 100000 epidemic
fund.-"
"No, / guess not. 1t is referred to the
Treasury department and over there they
have way of thinking that the marine hos,
pital service can do everything with it that
anybody or any board can"
"What will tho board of health have Ia
?"
"Well, I'll be-doctored II know. 1t has
little appropriation of $4,000 and office rent
paid for month longer"
"What brought the matter up to-dayT
"Well, you see, John Ellis, of Louisiana,
went up to see tho President, and from him
over TO the treasury. Somewhere on his
rounds he encountered Frank Hiscock, Of
! New York, who knows how hard the doctors
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worked for an appropriation, and among
them all there was pretty full talk over the
matter but IL rests with Folger and he has
faith in his own medical branch Of service.
So DIR. Hamilton will superintend tho cpl
demic fund"
80
"Our foreign relations we're all at the cir
GUS" remarked circurious observer last
night
eyes" said his vis-a-vis, as they were set
Ting the extradtion question over some beer
at Abner's; Eyes, and home office was there
to soc our foreign relations, aud tho warriors
were thero from the war Office, the pensioners
from the pension office, and the treasurers
from the Treasury department. They all tried
TO get there. Mr. Barnum's receptions are tho
largest Of all in Washington, and last night
tho doors closed on cabinet officer and two
foreign minister's"
"when will the star route case como to an
end ~
"Not until the defense has been fully heard
in reply to all points made by the prosecu-
tion," said one who knows.
@Ns
SEQ how much bigger our pint bottles are,
said an ambitious druggist to servant who
went for cologne with bottle bearing
rivals label--thereby scoring ono in the way
of disclosing the methods of tho retail drug
gists to steal customers from each other.
80
"Mr. So.and-so is not so bad, after all, Mr..
Avenueman."
"on tho contrary, he is perfect gentle
man. most agreeable, and scrupulously honor
able"
az thought before camo here that he was
mean enough to burn barns and haystacks."
Then No. chimed in with the philosophic
remark that men of like education and train
ing would, being surrounded by similar cir
cumstances, act as nearly alike as so many
horses.
see
The republican state central committee for
Ohio has arranged the temporary organisa-
ton Of the republican state convention. The
Hon. S. p. Wocott, Of Portage county, will
be chairman, and Charles IL. Gray, Washing
ton correspondent of the Cleveland Leader,
will be secretary.
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The London correspondent of New York
newspaper writes that rumors arc going
about that the queens mind is affected. Upon
this the Boston Herald remarks: at has been
generally understood for years that her mind
was unsettled on the subject of spiritualism
and the alleged mediumship of John Brown
was one reason for her strange attachment 70
him" This is, to say the least ungenerous
and narrow. The queen may have suffered
mental impairment by reason of age, anxiety,
and domestic afliction, but there is no evil
dence of any such thing in either her public
acts or (so far as the world knows her private
life. It is one of the misfortunes attaching
to exalted station that certain gossiping
liberty, arising from ignorance sometimes,
and sometimes from malice, is sure to be
taken with it. The rumors of the queens
falling may be and probably are liberties of
this kind. But admitting them true, it is
somewhat broad and sweeping thing
to do to charge her weakness to her
belief in spiritism, so called, or,
TO cite her belief in spiritism
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THE medical journals of England have be-
gun a war upon bicycle riding, practice
which they insist gives rise TO large num-
Der of very painful maladies. The Lancet goes
so far as to beg for legislative action in the
shape of law to impose a special tax upon
"these monstrous implements" whereby a
large proportion of those who now use them
would be compelled to give them up. 1t
would so hard with anyone who should try
that kind of war here. Moreover it
is a senseless and useless war. No medical
journal ever wants anyone to have any fun.
The man who regards them, and lives up to
what they say, and does what they recon-
mend, will find himself cut off from every
thing that makes life worth liviug-and will
die. There is force in the remark upon them
by the Pail Mall Gasctts that "if they fail to
remove the terrors from death, at least they
succeed in adding several more to lifo."
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The Arbitration League.

The annual report of the secretary of the
National Arbitration league has been made.
From this report it appears that the most
noteworthy event of the past year was tho
meeting of the important national arbitra-
ton convention in this city in May, 1882.
Five thousand copies of the proceedings OF
that convention were published and dis
tributed. The report discusses the action of
President Arthur in inviting the independent
countries of North and South America to
meet in peace congress in this city during
last November. They issued memorial
asking congress to indorse the action of the
President, and sent out large number of
copies TO representative people In different
parts of the country for signatures. The ac-
tion of the congressional committee in not
reporting the memorial Of the league to con-
gress is criticised. The constitution and by
laws of the league have been revised for the
purpose of increasing the efficiency and ex.
tending tho influence Of the order. An inter-
national arbtrat tion convention will be held
in Philadelphia Nov %, 1888 In conclusion,
the secretary reports there is good grounds
for announcement.
National Republican., 1883-05-10

ONE thing has been demonstrated by the
delay in commissioning the nominee for chief
examiner of tho civil service commission,
and that is the fact that rules or no rules,
our system makes it practically impossible
for man to establish himself in Office in the
face of reasonable protest until there has
been time to satisfactorily determine
the matter. Oftentimes man coming
forward or being brought forward
for an Office that several others want and
strive for is unjustly accused and has his
character sptefully maligncd, but it is ex-
ceedingly inirequent that the opposite occurs
that is, that a man who ought not to be ap-
pointed gets place, 1t often occurs that rather
than seem to disregard public protest, or oven
considerable showing of individual protest,
good man is laid aside after being taken up
but it seldom, if ever, happens that the
wrong man is taken in the face of pro-
test. Tho conservative value of little
wholesome waiting is we'll understood by the
appointing power and our system very
properly favors it.
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The Army Reunion.

The President is considering the question
of requesting the heads of the executive do
partmcnts to give such employees as may be
interested in the army of the Potomac re-
union to be absent on the sixteenth and sew
enteenth instants, two days vacation. The
President is somewhat restricted in the prem
ises by the law enacted at the last session of
congress, which defined tho office hours in
the various departments, and stated the days
upon which theefiices should be closed The
President is disposed to let the boys OFF If he
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Tho Presldent,s Movements.

The President will probably accept an in
vitation to attend the ceremonies incident to
tho inauguration of the New York and
Brooklyn bridge on the twenty fourth in
slant. He will certainly bo present ON that
occasion If his engagements permit. 1t is
also probable that he will participate in the
memorial exercises in New York city on
decoration day. The President will not take
up his residence at the soldiers home before
next mouth. He has not yet made any ar
rangements for the summer.
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Sale OF Timber Lands.

Secretary Teller rendered decision yester-
day in which he holds that the act of June 8,
1875 which permits the sale at the minimum
price of $3.50 per acre of lands valued princi-
pally for their timber aud unfit for cultivation,
does not apply to timber lands which may bo
rendered susceptible ofcultiyation by the ordi-
nary farming processes. "Such lands" the
secretary says, "are not within the purpose
of this act, which is intended to embrace
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The ClyiI Service ETamincr.

Private Secretary Phillips said yesterday
that tho appointment of chief examiner for
the civil service commission would probably
bo made to-day. There are strong indica-
tions that some person other than Mr.. Keim
will receive the commission, and II is said
that Chief Clerk Lyman, Of the treasurers S
office, will be the man. Representations re-
garding the Presidents appointments in the
past have fallen so wido of the mark, how
ever, that IL is not we'll to place great
amount Of confidence in the assurances of
every prophet,
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Court NJ (,Inina.

The court of claims was yesterday engaged
in hearing arguments in the case of Harry G..
Leopold against tho United States. This is
test case brought to determine the status Of
forty-six cadet engineersl in the nava who
were graduated from the navy academy in
1881 and in 1882. The case involvesi the
construction of tho act of August 8, 1882,
whether cadet engineers become graduates at
the end of four years or at the end of six.
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The Weather To-day.

For the middle Atlantic states, including me District
Of columbia, far wcaiher .folowed 6y local rains
edseiy ucerq 10 WeStry Oinds, stationary or iower
temperature, hiyher pressure.
Local rains are indicated on Friday in Nci0 Eng.
land, Clearing Uedther in he middle states aud iocer
lake region and fair weather in The northwest upper
lake region, Tennessee, and The Ohio pdiiey.
Yesterdays temperature.--7 ~ M, 65 10; II n. n
77.3o; p, m, S5Ao p. M, ~ 10: II p m. 60.0o
maximum. s60o minimum. $50. Rainfall, O.
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Peach Prospect In Maryland.

The Maryland peach prospect, as reported
to the United States department of agricult-
ure by the statistical agent for that state, is q
full average. The trees were in full bloom
on the twenty-sixth Of April, fourteen days
later than usual, thus escaping the injury
from the frosts incident to the season. The
prospect for other fruits in Maryland is un-
usually good
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Fourth Glass Postmnstern.

1t is estimated at the Postoifice department
that under the recent change in computing
the commissions of fourth class postmasters,
an expenditure of about 100000 more than
that which would have been required under
the old law will be necessary to settle the
accounts of fourth-class offices up to Oct
l, when the two-cent postage law goes into
operation.
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Raum,a succrssor.

The President will probably not appoint a
commissioner of internal revenue for sew
eral days yet. He is not obliged to fill the
vacancy until the twentieth instant, and he
will carefully examine the qualifications of
the various applicants before making the ap-
nointment
National Republican., 1883-05-10

A CORRESPONDENT of Buffalo paper re-
wives once moro the old proposition that the
Irish remove from Ireland to some other
island, and leave England to get on as best
she can without them. Tho first objection
that will occur to the Irish mind in this con-
nection is that such move would be too en-
tirely agreeable to England.
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NEW YORK nEEICE.

The New York Office OF THE REPUBLICAN is Mt
Room 65, 7Eiirrns building, where files OF The RE-
PUBLICAN and all necessary information relating
IL advertisements can be obtained.
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rn r1rY sIrnscRInERs.

TnE DAILY REPUBLICAN, delivered by carriers To
any part of the city and suburbs, regularly and
early, at the following rates!
Per Month. .'''''.'.'..''.'.'''''''.''' bO
ftr SlOO
ler 600
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RcmovnI OF CROW Indian,.

Special Agent Milburn of the Indian office
will leave to-day for the Crow Indian reser-
walton in Montana, where he will cooperate
with the resident agent in making arrange
ments for the removal Of the Crows to the
valley of the Big Horn and Little Big Horn,
in compliance with an act Of congress.
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The baltimore Collector.

Strong influence is being brought to bear
to secure the removal of g, Irving Ditty, the
collector OF tho port of Baltimore. Mr.
Dittys physical condition is such as to almost
entirely incapacitate him for performing the
duties Of his office, and his carly removal is
regarded as probable at the Treasury depart
ment
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Gen, Sherman,

Con. Sherman will leave Washington for
Fortress Monroe at A o'clock this afternoon
on the Despatch. He will be accompanied by
his two daughters and Col. Tourtelotte, of his
staff. The object of his visit is to inspect the
military post, Artillery Island, at Fortress
MonrOe
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Contract A1ynrdnd.

The contract for furnishing $4,000 cubit
feet of granite backing for the western and
central wings of the new War, State, and
Navy department building, has been awarded
to the Ellsworth and Blue Hill Granite COM
pany, Of Massachusetts,, at 81 per cubic foot
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THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1888.

Every effort Is being made 10 have THE REPUBLICAN,
6eirered early and promptly IN al paris Of he city,
Iusons uho do not reccirc their paper, or who have
cnp cause of complaint, tGW oJligs by notifying The
cDtce, either IN person or by posd! card.
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LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE.
Secretary Folgcr Lays Down the Law II
Regard TO the Inspection OF Freight
Vessels.

Secretary FoIgcr Lays Down the Law In
Regard TO the Inspection OF Freight
Vessels.
Secretary Folger has addressed letter to
Patterson, Ramsey & Co., of Baltimore, in re-
gard to the new law governing the inspec-
tion of foreign steam vessels in which he
says, !" that freight steamers carrying no per-
sous from an American port, except the nee
cssary crew of the steamers, and whose names
appear upon the ships articles as such, are
not subject to inspection under act Of August
z. 1882"
In regard TO tho matter of persons carried
out as attendants upon cattle, the secretary
says the department must consider such per-
sons as passengers, entitled to the protection
of the law, and steamers carrying such per-
sons must bo inspected and docs not consider
the expenses necessary thereto as superfiu-
Gus, inasmuch as at is expended in protecting
the lives of American citizens from unneces-
sary perils Of the sea, for unless the persons
referred to are regularly shipped and ON the
ships articles, tho department can consider
them in no other light than as passengers
entitled to the protection given to any other
class of passengers. If it is claimed that the
persons referred to are transported free
and are for that reason not to be
deemed passengers in the sense contemplated
ny tuc law, you lIlOIl1cu llhJ tuo
have held otherwise, In considering the
question as to how far n common carrier can
lawfully stipulate for exemption from re-
sponsiblity for the negligence of himself or
his servants, the courts have recognized per-
sons who were conveyed without compensa-
tion as passengers. Mr.. Justice Grier, in the
case of the Philadelphia and Reading railway
VS.. Derby "a Howard, 1850, said: When
carriers undertake to convey persons by the
powerful but dangerous agency of steam
public policy and safety require that they be
held to the greatest possible care and dill
gence and whether the consideration for such
transportation be pecuniary or otherwise tho
personal safety of the passengers should not
be left to the sport of chance or the negligence
of careless servants. This was in the case of
person who was transported free, a stock
holder of the company. Letter Of solicitor
of the treasury, Dec. 10, 1S74)
| In conclusion the department deems 10 a
duty to inform you that the penalties will be
eXacted in the cases of all passenger steamers
that shall leave port carrying any persons
other than those regularly upon the ships
articles as part of the crew OF the steamer.
National Republican., 1883-05-10
Acting Commissioner Of Internal Revenue

The President yesterday designated Mr..
John j. Knox, comptroller Of the currency, to
act as commissioner of internal revenue for
ten days from the tenth instant. The term
of Deputy Commissioner Rogers as acting
commissioner will expire to-day. He
could not be legally designated to act for q
longer period. Mr.. Knox was designated by
the President upon recommendation of Sec
retary Folger.
National Republican., 1883-05-10
AInbamn Claims,

In the court of commissioners of Alabama
claims yesterday the cases of William f.
Bray, William Lindsay, and Everett Fowler,
administrator, were argued and submitted
John o. Grady, of Philadelphia, was admitted
TO practice as an attorney.
National Republican., 1883-05-10
IoNOoN AND PARIS

THE REPUBLICAN, will be found on file tthe
American Exchange in Europe, No 40 Strand,
London; the American Exchange in Paris, No. 80
boulevard des CupucincS
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within its provisions timbored tracts only in
broken, rugged, or mountainous districts with
soil unfit for ordinary agricultural purposes
when cleared of timbern
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THE crown has reached a foregone conclu-
sion in the conviction of Kelly, though three
trials were found necessary to the accom-
plishment of that end.
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To shrink quart OF the strawberries now
in market, turn up the box, and pour the
berries in the bottom. ry
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ReaivnntIon.

Hon, George stoneman, of California, has
tendered his resignation as member Of the
board of Indian commissioners.
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ter Money sent in any other way is at the risk Of
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The Irish World heads its news from Ip.-
land as =" from the seat of war;" And such a
wari
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TABLE Talk.
TIE pRnMfsr or MAY

De Lancey, my own, softly whisper To me
What charm Off spring. -ume is sweetest 10 thee {?
Is it birds, the blossoms of trees or the flowers
Or thoughts Of true love, that are born OF il
houra9
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