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National Republican., 1883-05-08

VNoR sALE-PRINTEp CARDS, "FURNIsHED
IL Rooms, with Table Boardi" This House 4r
Rent price 10 cents each are for sale az the Business
once Of The National Republican.
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DRoPosALs FOR FILLING IN POTOMAC
FLATS.

UNITED STATES ENaINRER OFFICE,
2l36 PENRsYLvAHIA AVENUE,
WAsHiNeToN, d. c., May l, 1888
Sealed proposals, In tripcate, will be received at
this once until ~ o'clock noon on WEDNESDAY,
MAY iG 1881 and opened ediatey ther eater for
hlllng about six acres Of the Potomac Flats, near
specifications, forms Of proposals. and all necessary
office.
PETER O. HAMS.
Major OF En- l1neerS
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Sutton Sales.
BY DuncansOn Brothers,
AUCTIoNEERs.

WATCHES, GOLD CHARMS, GOLD LoCKETS
AND AND CROSSES, DIAMoND AND PEARL
CLUsTERs). GOLD BRACELETS, GOLD AND
PEARL SETS, GOLD AND DIAMOND SCARF
SPOONS. HoLLoW. WARE, REyoLyERS,
PAINTINGS ON PoRCELAIN, OPERA
GLASSES, &c, &c, AT AUCTION.
On TUESDAY MORNING, MAY EIGHTH. At IL
o'clock, will sell at the auction rooms OF Duncanson
Bros, Ninth and ID streets quantity of Unredeemed
Pledges, being partly enumerated above.
Parties interested will please take notice.
PHILIP WALLACH, Broker,
1il7 PennAYlYnnln aYennn nnrthNpat.
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WADLEY, GA.--Dr. b. r. Doyle says: 81
consider Browns Iron Bitter's superior as a
tonic to any preparation now in use"
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United States Marshaps Sale.

BY virtue OF writ OF ieri facas issued out of the
Clerks Office Of the Supreme Court Of the District OF
sale, for cash, at Thomas Dowlings auction store
corn, corner Of Psnnsyiyanie ayenpe and Eleventh ,s
DAY OF MAY, 1889, at II o'clock M, all
in and TO the following described property to wit:
One piano levied upon as the property OF the de-
fendant, Paul j. Pez, to satisfy execution No. 20OS7
at law, In favor OF Hayward Hutchinson.
CLAYTON McMICHAEL,
United States Marshal.
THOMAS BOWLING. Auctioneer.
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9ropusaIs.
PosroFFIcE DEPARTMENT.,

DRoPosALsF FOR WRAPPING PAPER, ,TwfNE.
l. LETTER BALANCES, AND MARKING AND
RATING STAMPS.
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aAIdernsy Dairy Wsgons.n

Fresh Alderney butter ohurned every morning,
and delivered in Ward" prints, at i5c per ID,
Also cottage cheese, DC. per ball; butteTmilk, DC.
per quart, and sweet milk, &c. per quart
A LITTLE rub with gentle hand,
Applying Reads Three Minute Cure,
No headache on the earth Will 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.
No dose is given; no stop 10 rest;
No doctors bill, or bandaged brow.
This wondrous cure has many blessed,
They speak enraptures OF II now.
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9roposaIs.
Estimates furnished.
PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT..
May 3. 1889.
Sealed proposals for furnishing stationery for the
this Department until the 9TH day Of June. 1888 At IL
o'clock m,
Blank forms for bidding will be furnished upon ap-
plicaton.
The bids will be considered and accepted or rejected
item by item; and this advertisement and the pro-
po,al, 80 far as accepted by the Secretary OF the
Treasury. and the bond accompanying the same,
ment and the bdder.or bidders aud no further
tract will be executed.
The articles contracted for must be furnished from
time TO time during the year In quantities pursuant
to orders from the Depari ment The entire quanti-
ties Will. however, be called for during the year.
Each proposal must be signed by the individual or
firm making 1t, and be accompanied by a bond with
(S2,O00l approved by United States officer of the
district In which the suretes reside or do business
form TO be furnished by the Department, Cond-
toned for furnishing such portions OF the articles
may be awarded under It, and the performance OF the
contract
considered, and contracts will be awarded only 10 es-
Established manufacturers OF or dealers In, the
articles.
Proposals to be addressed to the undersigned, and
marked Proposals for stationery"
Deliveries must be free OF charge Mt the Treasury
Department, Washington, ID. C., and will be subject
10 inspection by All expert detailed for the purpose
by the secretary ofthe Treasury and the delivery of
AN inferior article will nc deemed sufficient to
The Department reserves the right TO waive defects
N CHARLES ]. FoLGER,
Secretary of the Treasury.
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GALE OF HORSES.

DEPOT QUARTERMAsTER's OFFICE
WAsuNGroN ID, O., May 4. 1888.
VIII be sold at public auction, at 10 o'clock a. m
MONDAY, MAY H. 1888, at the Quartermaster's
Corral, corner Of Fourteenth and streets southwest
TWENTY ONE HORSES. Terms cash.
II. N BATCHELDER,
1t. Col and ID. q. NJ. Gen., u. - A.
DRoPoSALS FOR SUPPLIES.
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IOID Printing

or every description executed neatly at the short.
est notice at THE REPUBLICAN, Job Rooms.
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DON'T suffer a moment with neuralgia or head
ache when you can get Reads Three Minute
Headache aud Neuralgia Cure for 25 cents,
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It, a, BUNKIII,
Chief Bureau Engraving and Printing,
nROPoSALS FOR FRESH BEEF, MUTTON
j. AND CORNED BEEF.
OFFICE or SEoRETARY AND TREAsURER

il AND CORNED BEEF
OFFICE or SECRETARY AND TREAsuRER
UNITED STATES SOLDIERS HOME,
WAsHISaToN, ID. O., April 3O 1888
Sealed proposals In duplicate, subject TO the usual
conditions, VIII be received nt this office until u
o'clock noon on THURSDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF
MAY, 1888 at which time and place they will be
opened In presence of bidders, for furnishing and de-
lverlng at the Kitchen and hospital OF the Soldiers
Home ffesh beef mutton and corned beef as required
by the secretary and treasurer Of the Home for the
year commencing July l, 1888, and ending June 30,
Information as to the manner of bidding, condl-
and payment win be furnished personal applica'
tlon at this office
The secretary and treasurer reserves the right to
reject any and all proposals. The successful bidder
the secretary and treasurer OF the Home with good
and approved security, In The sum of 1900 within
twenty days AFTER being notihed OF the acceptance OF
attached TO each proposal Envelopes containing
proposals should be ndorsed, Proposals for fresh
beef, mutton, and corned beef at United States SOL
the undersigned. d. f.. RITTENHoUSE,
apSO-lOt Secretary and Treasurer Soldiers Home.
DRoPosALs FOR PosToFFIoE ENVELOPES
PosToFFIoE DEPARTMENT.,
WAsHINoToN, ID. o., May l. 1853
Sealed proposals. Will be received at this Depart
ment until THURSDAY, the 9TH day of June, 1883
at ~ O'clock M, for furnishing PosOfice Envelopes
ordered during the fiscal year ending June d0 1884 OF
the following Classes viz:
Nos, to l. For Oniclal Letters and Returns.
No'S For For RsI.ing RBelGITniag Dead pactd detierS'
No. Z. Tag Envelopes for Registered Packages
No, s, For International Money Order Adyices.
Blank Forms Of bids, with samples and null apec-
Third Assistant Postmaster General Washington
ID, G. w q. GRESHAM,
Postmaster General,
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THE highest cash prices paid for dresses and
pents' clothing watches, jeWelry, &C. Call on or
address Herzog. No. S0S Ninth street. near Penn :
Rylyania avenue.
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9rnposals.
DEPOT QUARTERMAsrER'so OFFICE,
WARRINGTON. ID. q. Nav 4. 1881

DRoPosALs FOR FUEL, FORAGE, AND
l. STRAW.
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SEVEN doctors recommend Reads Three. Min
ute Headache and Neuralgia Cure as one OF the
wonders Of the age,
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sn.rinI Mntitta.
Q RICHMOND TOOTH GROWN AND

tay@ THE RIGHMoND HgiI TOOTH CROWN AND
az ARrrFrcr&SHP &SHPM4Rf:IEA4hrlSfs 4f:Efh @fFhour PLATES.
, I have engaged Dr, q l.. Anderson an expert in
style OF ilne dental mechanism which has met with
nen suen large measure OF success in New York and
Badly decayed teeth and roots restored TO beauty
and usefulness, and by use of the "bridging" pro.
GuceG BY loss Of the natural ones W %wou es tie se
plate These operations are cleanly natural in APP
GEoRGE r. WEIGH, Dentist,
apSo6ts 29 Four-auda-half street.
@y cHAH5Ns A4!r5RNr3 PAsEa ASb EaouNsr1on.
Room TO- No. 323 -Four and-a half street Northwest,
VIII practice III ali courts Of record in the District
Special attention to business in the Court of Claims,
Matonal Bank suits and to preparation OF briefs
wss ss neE By SlPTss 90t 70 ~ Hon rS.
Myle Associate Justice supreme Court D, g.. Hon
John iay Knox. ComptroIler Currency, ctzens
National Bank, Washington; D. CT Dillon &Swayne,
fS35% DIR. H. o. CANpEE, vITAPATlTIo
sources o. nature, scientifically applied through
ircity, and vital magnetism treat ali diicuitles-
hemorrhods, malaria, all blood diseases, &c. Con-
: once, oO6 i street northwest opposite Masonic
nage THE WEST wAsHINeToN coNsERy-
rector prncipaL No. 1871 Thirty street. one door
the pO'tOco Pupils 3 5efsSsS s6o E Any %s
+. S. BAupARIN Secretary.
RSEs DENTIsT.-HowLAND DENTAL Asso-
k-2S CIATION, No. 2il Four-anda.hnlf street.
Hereafter extrections under Nitrous Oxide without
dltional tooth at the same sitting. Extractions with
oat gas 30 cents each tooth. best Artificial Teeth
made. "a per, set Gold and Amalgam Filings from
| 81 to t. All work warranted first class Have ad.
mlnIstered Nitrous oxide 70 over 3oo patients Old
and feel like new for 81.
RcS5s CHARLES CALVERT LANCASTER
ATTORNEY AND SOLICITOR
OFFICE. 1919 f STREET.
Practice in the Supreme Court Of the United states
IN the Courts Of the District Of Columbia, and the
Executive Departments Special attention to Claims
aud Collections.
w j. b. oIcor1'
LIVERY AND SALE sTABLES
Rear OF 1926 street northwest
| Handsome Carriages for Calls, Receptions &C., &C.
Connected with Telephone Exchange. Fine Horses
and Turnouts always hand and for sale. All or
ders promptly attended to.
Agent for Horse.cllppIng Machine.
tlIsEDw. H. THOMAS.
| Room No. g. mont room above main entrance War.
| ner Building, 0l6 street northwest
a1s WARMERS KIDNEY CURE, MRS
~ Plnkhsms Compound, Cureallne, Cams
| CoUoHLIN'S, Masonic Temple.
nN4e IHE PRICE FOR MEALS
| KSR AT THE NEW YORK AVENUE HOTEL.
Will be reduced to $40 per month from the 18th OF
r~SsFs HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES sPEoI.
~ hcs, Witch Hazel oil Tracheai Drops Mes.
ties, Mellins, NenveS, and other Infants Food at
couahLINS
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READS g. 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
Read's s. Minute Headache aud Neuralgia Cure
Reads 3. Minute Headache and Neuralgia Cure,
Only 20 cents, or five for ST.
only 20 cents, or flye for 81.
Only % cents, or five for 81.
Only rs cents, or Ave for ST.
This Is the wonder OF the nineteenth century.
This 10 the wonder Of the nineteenth century,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-11-30
Thumbs and Thumb Lore.

Since the interest in palmistry has
been revived we have become more or
less inclined to regard our hands with
more than common respect as the ora
cles by which our virtues as well as our
shortcomings are registered, and on
which to great measure our veal or
woe is dependent. And as in palmistry
the thumb plays chief part, SO we find
that in ancient as well as in modern
time thai member of the hand has been.
of great historical and social impor-
lance. An article on ''Thumb Lore in
the A,stiqxday initiates us in all the
legends which have been formed Of the
thumb. We are told that ''in the re-
hottest days of antiquity among Goths,
Iberians and Moors the licking of the
thumb was regarded as a solemn pledge,
or promise. Another custom of even
greater grace and elegance was COM
mon in Scotland, where among the
lower classes bargains were concluded
by clicking and joining of thumbs. y
But the same ceremony was not always
and everywhere sign of agreement or
form of business; licking or biting the
was O1lCA a DIS III
Romeo and Juliet, or, as in Decker
dead Term an act to .sbeget quar-
rels. = Sir Walter Scott also alludes to
it in this sense, and many stories are
told where the biting Of the thumb, or
even of the glove, caused death and de-
struction. Kissing the thumb was re-
garded as sign Of servility, the cere-
mony being performed at interviews of
tradssmen with superior customers.
The important part which the Emper-
or's thumbs played in the days of
gladiators is well known; not so. per-
haps, the Chinese custom which still
prevails, to preserve an impression of
the thumbs of criminals, by which, as
the thumb is said never to change in its
formation and other characteristics,
malefactors are identified on future
committals. The very Latin name
pollen is by antiqaaries pointed out as
being the root from which the word
pollSoeri. ''to promise or engage Ii
derived. --Pall-MsH Gazette.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-11-30
Oil for Wagon Wheels.

A practical man says: II have a
wagon of which, six years ago, the fell
loes shrank SO that the tires became
loose. gave it a good coat of hot oil,
aud every year since it has had coat of
oil or paint, sometimes both. The tires
are tight yet, and they have not been
set foe eight or nine years. Many
farmers think that as soon as wagon
felloes begin to shrink they must go at
once to blacksmith shop and get the
tire set. Instead of doing that which
is often a damage to the wheels, caus-
ing them to dish, if they will get some
linseed oil and heat it boiling hot and
give the felloes all the oil they can
take, it will fill them up to their usual
size and tighten to keep them from
shrinking, and also to keep out the wa
ter. If you do not wish to go to the
trouble of mixing paint, you can heat
the oil and tie rag to a stick and
swab them over as long as they will
take oil. A brush is more convenient to
use, but swab will answer if you do
not wish to buy brush. 1t is quite a
saving of time and money to look after
the woodwork of farm machinery. Al
ternate wetting and drying Injuries and
causes the best wood soon to decay and
lose its strength unless kept well paint
ed. 1t pays to keep a little oil on hand
to oil fork-handIes, rakes, neck-yokes
whifletrees. and any OF the small tools
on the farm that are more or less exs
posed
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-11-30
HUMOROUS.

An exchange says: Science ispro.
nouncing against covering the walls OF
houses with paper. Ornamental tiles
are suggested as substitutes All
right. If science win put up the cash,
we will have our house tiled Immediate.
ly.-N. Y.iMail.
"A sky light: The sun The won.
ans cause: Because A tough time
Roughs on a spree-A dose Of salts
Several sailors sleeping The bird o.
freedom: An escaped iail-bird- Gen.
orally on the mending hand: The thin
BILE. Boston Courier.
Afraid in the Dark
A beautiful maid in Bismarck,
When the lamp was turned down for spark
~ Struggled up to her Fred,
And tremblingly said.
!" always feel slxeered in the dark!''
e@ Bismarc6 Tribune.
"A gentleman who sent a poem to
an editor said in a note: IT hope you
will do me the kindness of excusing
the errors in my manuscript" The
editor replied: II have excused all
the errors. In fact, have excused the
entire poem. "-Arkdaas0a0 Traveller.
Waiter: BE careful, sab, YOU
are spelling your lunch.' Guest: "In
what wayp" Waiter: "Why, sab,
you just took your napkin and rubbed
the quail on toast off your plate ?
Guest: $50 | did. How stupid of
me! ] thought it was fy-speck. y
Chicago Herald.
"A novel writer tells how "the
words crashed through her teeth" A
CLEAN of revenge may have also .'thun-
dered from her eyes and smile of
scorn "paralyzed her lips" but when
we reached the place where the words
crashed through her teeth we read no
further. -Norristoq0n Herald.
-" Look heah, sab, Indignantly
exclaimed colored gentleman, /" does
yer mean ter call me thief" "Dat's
whut | means can why, sab?
'Splain yerse'f, ur take de rough conse-
quence. y Cease | seed yer when yer
stole a coat. /" Wall, OATS all right,
but eff yer hadn'tseen me I'd er whipped
yer, sho'. Better be pertic'lar how yer
fools wild me. man, case | comes from
a proud FAM ly. Arka'asaw Traveller.
-" What's mesmerism P'' asked
Poots' little boy the other day. Mes
merism, son, is the-well- let's see.
how can make you understand iGP It
is the where's your dictionary But
no, never mind. I'll explain it in
another way" and then Poots, who
thinks he has a remarkably powerful
mind, undertook to exert a mesmeric
influence on his son. Fixing his eyes
on his son in way that made the boy
shudder, he said, as he pointed to the
clock: . See that pretty bird! Hear it
sing! Let's catch it and put it in
cage and he got up and dragged the
unwilling boy after him. ''Pretty bird!
pretty bird!' he said, as he patted the
clock. Then the boy broke away with
an awful yell, knocking the clock down
in his terror, and yelling: Ma! ma!
PAS got the jims again. And that
wound up Poots' experiments in mes
meriSm. Boston Post.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-11-30
Boys, Make the Most Of Yourselvcss


81 don't know what to do" said one
just stepping from the threshold of boy
hood. my ability is not great. If
enter college there must be long years
of preparation. The fitting school, the
college, the professional school each de-
mand their weary years.
IF | engage in mercantile business,
must commence at the bottom round.
| must sweep the store and run errands
and do up bundles. / must slowly rise
if at all. How do / know shall rise, |
have no capital and my business
capacity is not wonderful.
eff ] engage in manufacturing, there,
too, must begin low if / would rise
high. [ must go into the lowest room
of the mill. / must learn all of the
disagreeable details of the business. 1t
will take me years to learn, and after
all | may fail.
III l am to be farmer / must have
long years of disagreeable plodding. l
must pick up stones and drive cows and
water horses, and do thousand UNI
heard-of chores, before / am prepared
to even run in debt for farm aud 90
into business for myself. 1t is hard
row to hoe. The field of life is rocky
one. believe I'll settle down in my
little corner, do as well as l can the
humble work that comes to me, take
the bitter with the sweet, be content
with lowly lot, and fling ambition to
the winds. [ am a common boy-I
might as well recognize the fact now
as ten years hence"
Let me speak, as friend, who has
Travelled this rocky road many years be-
fore you Let me tell my little story.
Let me give you big dose of that med
icine so often prescribed, so seldom
given-Gdvice.
And first, / would say. the way is
rough. There is no fowery path to
success. The road to honor and use
fulness is not paved one. Whatever
vocation you choose, be it law or medi-
cine, or the ministry, or agriculture, or
merchandise, it is work, work, hard
work and uphill work at that.
81 dom know Ultot to do" you say.
1t may not be time for final decis-
ion. There are many lessons you ought
to learn, no matter what pursuit in life
You follow. Have you learned those?
But if you feel that the time has really
come, that you must decide and yet You
can not, than ask adyiee, ask some one
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-11-30
A GhOstIy Narrative.

1t was q cruel Job that several men,
bers of the fraternity Of commercial
missionaries, commonly callen drum
mers, put up on brother exhorter. He
had been sent South for three months,
and therefore missed his usual trip up
North, and the boys got notice OF his
death inserted in paper and sent it to
all his customers. Then they spread
the report that his ghost continued to
travel the route he did in. the flesh and
had called upon several old customers.
There's a good deal of superstition left
among the up-country merchants vet,
and the report made some Of them
nervous. Of course Nickerson, the mis-
sionary, had heard nothing Of this. II
was about dusk of one Of the damp,
gloomy, drizzly, wet days of last week
that country merchant named Corbin,
VINO does business in small New
Hampshire town, was at his desk. It
was dull day; there was nobody but
Corbin in the store. He had not
lighted the lamps, and in the cleaning
the place, festooned on one Side with
cardinal hose and cheap shawls and on
the other, the hardware side, with hand
saws, ETC., had quite weird appear
ance: Corbin was busy at his desk at
the back end Of the store. Nickerson
entered very quietly and unperceiyed,
and. when Corbin looked up, there
stood the drummer, directly in front Of
him. Corbin always had held strong
faith in ghosts and did not for moment
doubt that one stood before him. With
a howl of fear he hurled the ink-stand
at the astounded missionary and then
bolted under the counter. The mission.
airy couldn't understand it. He did not
know that he had offended Corbin, but
be was indignant at being covered with
ink, and resolved on having an expla-
nation. So over the counter he went,
grabbed the trembling Corbin and
hauled him out. "What the tophet did
you do it for?n demanded Nickerson.
"Oh, forgive me" pleaded Corbin. 81
was SO surprised at seeing you.
Hang you! Is that the way you act
when you're surprised?' s'Ye--yes,
sir. What do you wantP Why have
you come hereg' ITO sell you bill
of goods, of course. Get up here and
look at my samples. Light a light. y
"Ye-yes. Corbin turned to get
match. and just then Nickerson went
out to get his samples from his wagon,
and when Corbin got the lamp lighted
he looked about and no Nickerson was
to be seen. Then he was sure it was
ghost, and he went and locked all the
doors and crawled into the wood-boxE
and pulled the lid down, and Nickerson.
tried the door, found it was locked, con-
cluded that Corbn was drunk or crazy,
got into his wagon and drove off.
Corbin stayed in the box about an hour,
till number of townsmen and Cor
bins wife broke in to hunt him up, and
then he told his story, and opinion was
divided as to whether he had seen a
ghost or was drunk Since then Nick
erson has met with one or two other
milder suggestions that he is ghost,
and has come to understand the affair,
and has written Corbin an explanation.
But Corbin has not made it public in
town, and sticks to his ghost story. He
feels that he can't afford to be laughed
at.-B0StOn Post.