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National Republican., 1883-05-07

Nor drink, not sold in bar rooms, but =
reliable, non-aleoholic tonic medicine, useful
at all times, and in all seasons, is Browns
IEon BitteTs,
National Republican., 1883-05-07
DRoPosALs FOR wRA PIPING ER,TwINE,
III LETTER BALANCES, AND MARKING AND
RATING STAMPS.
PosToFgIcE pEPAHTMENT,

POsToBFICE DEPARTMENT,
WAsHINGroN, d. C., May 3, 1883
Sealed proposals will be received at this Depart
ment until the SEVENTH day of JUNE, 1854 at IA
o'clock noon for furnishing Wrapping Paper, Twlne,
Letter Balances, and Marking and Rating Stamps for
the of the postoces in the United States for
year from the first day of July, 1888
Banks for proposals and circulars, stating the kind
estimated quantities required, and giving nill in
BtructlOns as TO manner of bidding and conditions TO
be observed by bidders, will be furnished appllca-
lion 70 the $ Blank Agency, Postoffce Department,
Washington, ID, C.h
rue PSstmaster General reserves the right to reIect
any or all bids
w. Q. GRESHAM,
Postmaster General.
National Republican., 1883-05-07
PROPOSALS. FOR FRESH BEEF, MUTTON
Il AND CoRNED BEEF.

UNITED STATES SOLDIERS HOME,
WAsHINGToN, ID. O., April 30, 1883.
Sealed proposals IN duplicate, subject 10 the usual
conditions will be received at this otlce until II
o'clock noon on THURSDAY, THE l7TH DAY OF
MAY, 1888, at which time and place they will be
llyering atthe kitchen and hospital Of the Soldiers
Home fresh beef mutton, and cOrned beef required
by the secretary and treasurer OF the Home for the
year commencing July l, 1883, and ending June 80,
lSs4
Information rs 10 the manner Of bidding, condi-
tons to be observed by bidders, terms OF contract
and payment viii be furnished on personal appca-
ton at this office
The secretary and treasurer reserves the right TO
reject any and all proposals The successful bidder
will be required to enter Into written contract with
the secretary and treasurer Of the Home with good
and approved security, in the Of Sl 500 within
twenty days after being notified of the acceptance of
his proposals. copy ofthis advertisement must be
proposals shond be indorsed, Proposals for fresh
beef mutton, and cOrned beef at United States SOL
diers Home District OF Columbia and addressed 10
the undersigned. Is. j, RlTTENllOuSE
apS1iOt Secretary and Treaiu Soldiers Home
National Republican., 1883-05-07
LOW Enrr 10 NORFOLK,

The steamer Lady of the Lake has reduced
her rates 10 Fortress Monroe and Norfolk to
ST. and II. 80 round trip.
National Republican., 1883-05-07

THE highest cash prices paid for dresses and
gents clothing, watches. jewelry, &C. Call on or
address Herzog, No. 305 Ninth street, near Penn
sylyania avenue.
National Republican., 1883-05-07

DoN'T suffer moment with neuralgia or head
ache when you can get Reads Three Mnut,
Headache and Neuralgia Cure for % cents.
National Republican., 1883-05-07

SEVEN doctors recommend Reads Three. Min.
ute Headache and Neuralgia Cure as one OF the
wonders OF the age.
National Republican., 1883-05-07
THE coLoREp CONSTITUENCIES.
How arc They to he Represented IN the
Proposed ConventionG

Mr.. w. H. Harrison, Of Fremont, Neb,
writes to inquire about the proposed conven.
tion Of colored men. Hesays that he hopes
the cAl will be good one" sc. The most
that,can bo said on the subject at this time is
that the colored men who have most interest
IN the matter are by no means agreed as to
the advisability of the step, and since this is
a question they ought to settle among them
selves before going any farther, no informa-
tiou or advice can be had 1t is certainly
wrong to mislead any from distance by the
issue of call not authorized by all whose
names are signed. Prof. II. T., Greener, of
this city, not only dsapprovcS the movement
for n convention, but says his name OH the
call was put there without his authority or
consent. MIR. Harrison sends n statement of
the colorcd population by states which is
,rintod at his rpuupst.
National Republican., 1883-05-07
DRoPoSALS FOR FUEL, FORAGE, AND
IL STRAW.
DEPOT ouARTERMAsTEn's OFFICE,

DEPOT QUARTERMAsrERs OFFICE,
WAsHtNGToN. ID. C., May l. 1883
Sealed proposals. In triplcate subject TO the usual
conditions will be received at this Office until "
o'clock noon SATURDAY, JUNE p 1883, at which
time and place they Will be opened In the presence Of
bidders for furnishing and delivering during the year
follows;
Oak Wood, sawed and split and in the stick; Pine
Wood In the stick Pine Wood (klndling), sawed and
split; Anthracite and Bltumnous Coal Oats, Corn
Hay, and Straw, or such of said supplies MS may be
required at the Depot of Washington ID. G. (includng
Georgetown and Soldiers Home, ID. C.), Fort Myer,
Va, and Washington Barracks, d. G.
The Government reserves the right to reject any or
al proposals preference win be given 70 articles
of domestic production, conditions Of price and quality
being equal, and such preferences Will be given TO
chc const 10 the extent of the consumption required
by the public service there.
Blank proposals and printed circulars, stating the
kind aud estimated quantities required. and giving
full instructions TO the manner of bidding, con.
dltons TO be observed by bidders and terms f CON
tract and payment, will be furnished application
to this office.
Envelopes containing proposals should be marked;
" Proposals for Fuel" or Proposals. TOR Forage and
Straw" and addressed TO the Undersigned
II. N. BATCHELDER,
Lieut. Col. and Deputy Q. NJ. oenl U. 8. A.
DRoPosALs FOR POSTAL NOTES AND
III MONEY-ORDER DRAFTS.
National Republican., 1883-05-07
FOR STATIONERY.
CLERKS OFFICE

CLERKS OFFICE,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U. &,
WAsHINGToS D. O., April 20, 1881
Sealed proposals will be received at this office until
- O'clock M WEDNESDAY, MAY "a 1883. for fur
nishng stationery for the use OF the House OF Repre-
sentatives.
Blank forms of proposals showing the quantity and
quality OF each article and the bond 10 be signed by
the bidder and sureiies Will be furnished on applca
tion at the Stationery Room of this ofhce.
Proposals should be indorsed proposals for Station
ery" and addressed to the Clerk of the House OF Rep
resentatlves OF the United States.
EDWAHD MCPHERSON,
Clerk Of the House of Representatives u. q.
National Republican., 1883-05-07
DRoposAIs FOR FRESH BEEF. &c.
NAVY PAY oFF1op

NAVY PAY OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, ID. O., April n, 1883
Sealed proposals will be received at this office until
u o'clock on the FIFTEENTH DAY OF MAY, 1881,
for supplying such quantities OF Fresh BEEF and
Vegetables Fresh Bread and for Baking Navy
Bread Us may be required at the Navy Hardand sta
ton at Washington. ID. o., during the fiscal Year end
Ing June 80, 1881
Blank forms of offer, and all necessary informa.
ton as 20 specifications and the quantities required,
can be procured by applying 10 the Inspector OF Pro
visions aud Clothing ut the Washington Navy Yard
RICHARD MASHINGTON. w
PAY InspectOr, III, >. ".
National Republican., 1883-05-07

BASE BALL. National VS.. Defiance, Athletic
park, Monday, May Z.
National Republican., 1883-05-07
Job Printing

OF every description executed neatly at the short
est notice at THE REPUBLICAN, Job Rooms
National Republican., 1883-05-07
sw- posToTFicE NOTICE

n~- PosToFFIcE NOTICE
TUEsDAY.-At adO a. m. for Europe per steamship
Wyoming, via Queenstown; att n. m. for Venezuela
and Curacoa, per steamship Valencia; at 10 II. m.
for Jamaica, Hayti, and Shvnnilla, per steamship
Alvena; at p. M for Porto Rico direct per steam
wEDNEsDAY.-At4 4so a. m. for Europe, per steam
FTace must Se dfeSed serya S
a.m. for France direct per steamship Amerique,
S cSGa M for the MeshsrsndS a. dTfe' I6
a. m for Europe, per steamship Main, via South
r, ampton and Bremen; r., ,, - .,.,r,-
ship Republic, via Queenstown Oetttrs for Germany
aud France must be directed per Republic y; at
mouth % cSeIbouPr and mamSurp Vst'i at 10 a. M. for
Central America the south Pacific Ports, and West
Coast OF Mexico. per steamship Colon, via Aspin-
wall at lao p IN. for Bermuda. per steamship Fam-
borough at l:3J y. III. for Cuba Porto Rico, and
Mexico, per steamship City Of Alexa ndria via Ha-
FRfDAY.-Atioa 10 a. M for Cape Hayti, Santa Martha
Carthagena, Greytown and Limon per steamship
sATURDAY.-At $50 q. m for Europe, per steam
ship ssrdnan va 0neenst9Wn m et!eps rs ier
ian % at 6:3O q. M for Scotland direct, per sieam
ship Crcassa via Glasgow at a m. for Belgium m
10 n. m. for the Wlndward Islands, per steamship
Cyphrenes; at II o. IN. for Europe. per steamship
M for ctiba and the West Indies, per steamship
Newport, via Havanai at 1880 y. m. fer Truxllio
and Ruatan per steamship e B. Ward, Jr'' via
Malls Tor CHINA and Japan per steamship City of Rio
at Sp. m. Mails for Australia, New Zealand. Sand
wich and Fill Islands, per steamship CITY OF New
York. via San Francisco, close here May |20 att
FThe schedule of closing Of Trans-Paclnc mails Is
oyarSnd trans 4 to sam FranSseo Mails nom the
east arriving time at san Francisco the day Of
sailing Of steamers are dispatched thence the same
0A'' HENRY G. PEARSON.
National Republican., 1883-05-07
DRoPosALs FOR FILLING IN POTOMAC
IL FLATS.

UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE,
2l36 PENNsYIVANIA AVENUE,
wAsHINGToN, d. c. May l, 1854
Sealed proposals. In trplicate will be received at
This oftice until M O'clock noon on WEDNESDAY,
MAY 49, lssa and opened Immediately the CATER, for
filling about Six acres OF the Potomac tlAls' near
speciicstons, forms OF proposals. aud all necessary
Information can be obtained on application TO this
'-ANS PETER c. HAMS,
Major Of Engineers.
National Republican., 1883-05-07

READS 3.Minute Headache and Neuralgia Cure
Reads 3. Minute Headache and Neuralgia Cure
Reads 3. Minute headache and Neuralgia Cure
Reads 3.Minute Headache and Neuralgia Cure
Reads g. Minute Headache and Neuralgia Cure
Reads 3.Minute Headache and NeuralgtH Cure
Only % cents, or five for 81.
Only 25 cents, or five for 81.
Only % cents, or five for 81.
Only % cents or five for 81.
This Is the wonder of the nineteenth century
This is the wonder Of the nineteenth century.
National Republican., 1883-05-07

A CONTRACTOR on star route,
WAS crippled with rheumatic gout;
He was doctored to no avail,
But st. Jacobs Oil didn't fail,
To send the pain right up the spout"
National Republican., 1883-05-07

A LITTLE rub with gentle hand,
Applying Reads Three Minute Cure
No headache on the earth VIII stand,
But vanish In an instant sure.
Thousands say it's priceless boon
When headache racks the throbbing brain
In silent night or busy noon,
So easy thus TO free the pain. "a
No dose is given no stop to rest;
No doctors bill, or bandaged brow.
This wondrous cure has many bleasedI
They speak enraptures OF II now.
National Republican., 1883-05-07

CoNYERs, GA.-Dr. w. II. Lee says:
Browns Iron Bitters is q good medicine and
many are using it in this place"
National Republican., 1883-05-07
f.lnrInnI Promotions.

BASE RAIL-. Athletic park to-day, National
VS., Defiance, of Philadelphia.
National Republican., 1883-05-07
Proposals.

n BRooKs q co.
GOVERNMENT AND RAILWAY coNTRAo
TORS
Manufacturers ana Dealers In all kinds Of Govern
ment, Railway and Steamship supplies.
1OCoURTLANDr STREET,
NEW YORK.
National Republican., 1883-05-07
LOCAL MENTION.
A Wonderful Discovery.

WOnderfuI DfscoVery.
Reads Three Minute Headache and Neuralgia
Cure is the wonder of the nineteenth century, as
no sick or nervous headache, neuralgia, or any
acute pain can resist Il more than two minutes
as can be proven by hundreds of Baltimore's best
citizens. It's an outward application, and only
costs % cents. Sold by all druggists and country
Light streets, Baltimore, Md. Sent by mail on 70.
ceipt OF 30 cents.
= .}r.s ls1a P.S.
Also proprietor of Reads Grand Duchess
Cologne-the finest cologne in the world.
National Republican., 1883-05-07

R<S53~ INSURE YOUR PROPERTY IN THE
kSS BEST COMPANIES, AND IN CASE OF
LOSS YOU ARE PROMPTLY PAID
National Republican., 1883-05-07

aS9Fe THE RICHMOND TOOTH CROWN AND
~ COMBINA1IONS;
OR ARTIFICIAL TEETH WITHOUT PLATES.
have engaged DR.. q. L. Anderson, an expert In
Crown work, TO introduce and take charge OF this
style OF fine Dental mechanism, which has met with
such large measure of success In New York and
other cities.
Badly decayed teeth and roots restored 70 beauty
and usefulness, and by use of the "hridging" pro-
duced by loss OF the natural ones without the OF
a plate These operations ceanly, natural In ap-
pearance, and permanent,
ap30-6ts 2iO EOur-and-n-half street.
National Republican., 1883-05-07

n~S5ys THE WEST WASHINGTON CoNsERy-
W. atory OF Music, ], y Caulheld, musical d
above the postothce. Pupils received AZ any time
Fs RARRAn1s. Secretary. - No0AS' N's''usH~
National Republican., 1883-05-07
UAIderney Dairy Wa

"AIucFhey DHiTy "HBOHI'
Fresh Alderney butter churned every morning
and delivered In lb."Ward" prints, at 45c, per 1t
Also cottage cheese 6c. per ball; buttermilk, 5c
per quart, and sweet milk, sc. per quart
National Republican., 1883-05-07

REPAIRING.-Trunks, Bags, &C.. promptly and
ihOronghlY repnired.
National Republican., 1883-05-07

Our Insurance Department embraces the Etna,
Hartford, FRANKLIN, Springfield Fire and Marine,
Howard and Home, of Baltimore: National, of
Hartford; Royal and the London and Lancashire. OF
Liverpool
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12
" He Struck Me First"

Secretary Lincoln has enough of his
fathers nature to enable him to make
good stories and to tell them we'll
When he was in Chicago with President
Arthur he, with number of other gen.
tlemen, was enjoying an after-dinner
chat. when he told this story illustrative
of the craze in Chicago for entering the
plea of self-defense: Three men guar
relied in a room above saloon, where
one of them fell dead from heart dis
ease. The others were fearful that they
would be charged with murder, so one
went to the saloon and enticed the bar
tender out while the other carried the
corpse down and placed it in chair
with its head on table as if sleeping
off drunk. When the bartender re-
turned two men took drink, saying
the drunken man in the chair would
pay for it, and went away. The bar
tender soon shook his customer and de-
manded his pay. The corpse fell over
on the floor, and as the bartender
stood trembling with fear the two men
returned with an officer. The bar
tender, anticipating his arrest, quickly
said: He struck me first "-Chicago
NfUS.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12
FACTS AND FIGURES,


There are only 1890 Indians in
the United States. Chicago Tribune.
Last year Kansas had 62 tornadoes;
Illinois, 81; Missouri, A; Iowa, 81; In
diana, n, and Minnesota, 21.-Prairie
Farmer.
-Dickey County, d. T., one yeaEI
ago had population of 200. Now IL
has 5000, and more coming.-Dakota
Journal.
New York eats $1,000, 900 worth of
oysters year, Philadelphia $500, 600,
Baltimore 100000, Boston $780,
900 and about S5,OOO,OO0 worth of
beans. How grateful the Boston oyster
must be to the bean.-N Y Times.
Seven tunnels, with an aggregate
length of about seven miles, will be
built IN the line of the Harrisburg. &
Western Railroad between that city and
the Youghiogheny River. The road is
to cost S20,000.000, or about 100000
per mile, and is to be completed within
two years.-Philadelphia Press.
There are about 500 fancy biscuit
bake-shops in this country, and each
has capacity of from 100 to 600 bar
rels of biscuit day. Crackers cut in
to fanciful designs are carried around
the world by travellers and, baker
says, are not only a thing of beauty,
but joy forever.-DetroI Post.
The Car of Russia gets 50. $50. 900
per year, or $4,000 per day. The Sui
tan of Turkey, S6,0O0,O0O, or $4,000 a
day. Francis Joseph, of Austria, re-
ceives Si,O0O,OI0 year, or $4,000 a
day. King William, of Prussia, is paid
S3,000,OOO0 year, and King Humbert.
of Italy, 81, 100000. The President of
the French Republic gets $4,000 a
year, and President Arthur $4,000 a
year.
The peach-growing center is grad
ually moving south. a few years ago
there were great orchards in New Jer-
sey. Then Delaware was the chief pro-
ducer. Now Maryland and Virginia
are coming to the front. The largest
peach farms are in Maryland. The
Round Top farm has $4,000 peach
trees. On the estate of Colonel Wat
kins there are 10000 trees. A peach
trees usefulness is over after ten or
twelve years of life, and the soil in
which it grows is unfit for peach cult
ure.-M. Y. Sun.
According to figures furnished to
the American Bar Association Conven-
ton, in 1856 there were 20, 1889 lawyers
in this country; in 1870, 40,876; in
1880, 64.1S7. The number of lawyers
in the States at the close of the Revolu-
ton was from 800 to 700. Only 136
attorneys had been admitted in New
York by royal license prior to the
Revolution, and many of these were
dead when hostilities broke out In
1880 there were seventy-tive female and
64,062 male lawyers; sixty-four of the
seventy-five female lawyers were under
sixty years of age, eleven were sixty
and upward. To-day there are 10000
lawyers in the country. In another
half century there will probably be
100000. Chicago Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12
He HUNDRED Him.

A New York Stock-broker, who was
on his way to Buffalo, observed that one
OF his fellow passengers was closely re-
garding him, aud after time the map
came over and asked:
"Did see you in Chicago, in 1892;
The broker wasn't in Chicago in that
year, but thinking to humor the
stranger he replied in the affirmative.
Don't you remember of handing 8
poor devil silver dollar one night il
front of the Tremont?'
81 do.n
"Well, I'm the chap. was hard up,
out of work, and about ready to COM
nit suicide. That money made new
man of me. BY one lucky shift and
another / am nov worth twenty-five
thousand dollars.
..Ah, glad to hear it.
Now want you to take FIVE dollars
in place of that fifty cents. / can not
feel easy until that bill is paid"
The broker protested and objected.
but finally, just to humor the man, he
took his twenty-dollar bill. and gave
him back fifteen dollars. The stranger
soon withdrew, and everything might
have ended there if the broker, on
reaching Buffalo, hadn't ascertained
that the Twenty" was a counterfeit
and that he was fifteen dollars out OF
pocket.-WaH Street NeUs.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12
WIT AND WISDOM.

"A society miss makes hit if her
father is rich.-M. o. Picayane.
Remember that however things
may seem, no evil thing is success, and
no good thing is a failure. House
hold
The young men who are on the
lookout for "a soft place." through dis
like for honest hard work, can find one
under their hats.-Boston Herald,
Many a man spoils good fortune by
grumbling because it is not better.
God sends the corn, but the devil
makes hole in the sack.--M. y
Herald.
Thinkers are as scarce as gold, but
he whose thought embraces all his SUBJ
ject, who pursues it uninterruptedly and
fearless of consequences, is a diamond
of enormous size.-LaUater.
What do you mean, you rascal,
by splitting my coffee all over me?"
shouted an enraged passenger. "Never
mind, sir!'' protested the waiter; "Fll
Get YOU some more, SIM. Y. hide
pendent.
There are two or three dozen dit
ferent ways of spelling Shakespeare's
name. and if you begin with a capital S,
and run in about a dozen letters, you
are sure to strike one of them.-NorriS-
torn Herald.
Trouble in the Ramsbotham family:
81 nearly quarreled with him." said
Mrs. RamsbOtham. Il felt inclined to
say with Shakespeare: Cry haddock
and let slip the hogs of war. '''-Lon-
don Punch.
-. What is that mans name who IS
talking so loud" said customer of
beer saloon to the Teutonic proprietor.
Il don know vat hees name vas" said
Hans, .!but hees peesness vas dead
peat. "-BoSton BuLletin.
"A man should think too much of
his wife to permit her to fiatten her lit
tie nose against the window pane peer
ing out to catch glimpse of him as he
comes reeling home after lodge at four
o'clock in the morning.-Erchange.
In Boston: MA, l really think
shall marry Mr.. Perkins, "Well, my
dear, if you must, you must. 1 sup
pose" :" cahn't see, ma, why you
should object. Mr.. Perkins is rich; he
is actually a narobert, ma" "A what,
my dear?" "A narobert, ma; you
wouldn't have me make use of that
vulgar word nabob, would you, MAJ"
Louisville COurier-JOHrnal.
"A distracted dude stood on the
corner of Broadway and COurtlandt
streets this morning, gazing anNiously
around. He didn't remember where
he intended to go, and had forgotten
where he came from. A policeman
kindly took him in charge and led him
to the station-house, where he was put
in pigeon-hole of the desk and la
beled: "to be delivered when called
for. ~ Y Commercial
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12
The Youngest: Drummer.BOy.

But the Twelfth Indiana Regiment
possessed pet of whom it may be said
that he enioyed q renOwn scarcely sec
ond to that of the wide-famed Wiscon-
sin eagle. This was Little Tommy"
as he was Familiarity called in those DAYS
the youngest drummer-boy and, so
far as the writer's knowledge goes, the
youngest enlisted man in the Union
army. The writer well remembers hav-
ING seen him on several occasions. His
diminutive size and child-like appear
ance, as we'll as his remarkable skill
and grace in handling the drum-sticks,
never failed to make an impression not
soon to fade from the memory. Some
brief and honorable mention of Little
Tommy" the pride of the Twelfth In
diana Regiment, should not be omitted
in these s.Recollect:ons of Drummer
boy"
Thomas Huber was born in Fort
Wayne, Allen County, Ind, October 9,
1851. When two years of age, the fam
lily removed to Warsaw, Ind. Or the
outbreak of the war, his father, who
had been a German soldier of the truest
type, raised a company of men in re-
Spouse to President Lincoln's first call
for seventy-tive thousand troops. Lit
tie Tommy" was among the first to en-
list in his fathers company, the date of
enrolment being April 10, 1861. He
was then nine years and six months old.
The regiment to which the company
was assigned was with the Army of the
Potomac throughout all its campaigns
in Maryland and Virginia. At the ex-
piration of its term of service, in
August, 1862, Little Tommy" re-
enlisted and served to the end of the
war, having been present in some
twenty-siN battles. He was greatly be-
loved oy all the men of his regiment,
with whom he was a constant favorite.
1t is thought that he beat the first
"long roll of the great civil war.
He is still living in Warsaw, Ind, and
bids fair to be the latest survivor of the
great army of which he was the young
est member. With the swift advancing
years, the ranks of the soldiers of the
late war are being rapidly thinned
out, and those who yet remain are fast
showing signs of age. The boys in
blue" are thus, as the years 90 by, al
most imperceptibly turning into 1.-The
boys in gray" and as Little
Tommy" the youngest of them all,
sounded their first reveille, so may he
vet live to beat their last tattoo.-Sk
Nicholas