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National Republican., 1883-07-30

THE first comptroller of the treasury seems
to have taken issue with the supreme court
of the United States. Mr., Green has for a
time held patent on what is known rs the
driven we'll He has been collecting a
royalty of $40 on each one Of his machines.
Some farmer near Xenia, Ohio, declined to
pay the royalty to Green's agent and wrote
to Judge Lawrence for his opinion. He re-
piled as follows:
There can be no patent FOR hole in the ground
or for an iron tube. hollow iron tube is as old
as the food, and It is impossible that there can be
n patent on that. The only thing patentnble would
be some peculiar form of the lower part Of the
tube, and 1t is very doubtful, rs suppose, whether
Mr.. Green has any patent that will amount 20
anything.
At the last term of the supreme court n
number of cases involving Mr.. Green's rights
under the patent, which had been appealed to
that court from tho circuit court of Indiana,
were decided in favor of the patentee and as
this is court of last resort we would not ad'
wise persons who are using this patent TO be
governed by the advice of the first comp
troler.
National Republican., 1883-07-30
A sharn Criticism.


A significant feature of the civil service OK,
aminations for appointments in the departments
at Washington is alluded to in our Washington
dispatches. The highest degree of accuracy in
answering the questions proposed to candidates
was reached by young girl l6 years old, pnprl
in the Washington high school. This is iiatte1ug
to the young miss, and to her teachers, but 1t Is
reflection upon Commissioners Eaton and Gregory
who prepared and propounded the questions with
a view to ascertainng the qualifications of candI
dates for clerkshps. That young lady Of the
age of 16 is the best qualified TO perform the duties
of position requiring skill, experience, and
knowledge among the entire number of 266 who
presented themselves for examination will scarcely
be credited although according 10 the test of Eaton
Gregory & Co. she is II their theory is carried out
she ought to be appointed to the vacancy that
ex ss In the Office of the adjutant general Of the
army, where her duties would be the eXamina-
tion of the muster rolls and other reports from the
military service The absurdty of the position
needs no demonstration. So far as can bo learned
tue questions proposed in the examinations have
been similar to those used by school teachers to
test the proficiency of their pupils, and have NJ
practical bearing upon or relation 10 the duties
which the candidates, If appointed, are required
to perform. They are such questions rs schCOl
girl fresh from her grammar and geography nigh
readily answer, but relate TO topics which are no
in the minds Of business men. II is doubtful a
Lyman j. Gage, who is considered u well qualified
business man, could, without study, write "lwc
sentences of ten words each, one containing q
transitive ami the other intransitive verb. hrl
in the subjunctve mood" and 1t would puzzle tnC
chief justice of the United States to name the
states in the order of size in geographical area
There are few bank presidents in, the United
States who could sit down at desk and write ou
correct answers to questions that are propounded
by the commission. but their sons and daughters
at school might possibly approach accuracy. TIL,
clv!l service commission of 1872 Jailed because /
was impractlcable, and the present movement
| will end in the same way, The government
wants clerks who can perform their duties hon
estly, accurately, and rapidly, aud these qualhca
tions cannot be tested by any set of questions re
| lating TO geography or grammar
National Republican., 1883-07-30

does he mean by mans workP There are
some sorts Of work which men eau do, which
are not suitable for women. We would not
advise the employment of women to fell tim
Der, work in coal or iron mines, OF to build
sewers or streets in tho cities. But women
have shown their capacity as correspondents
as general and special writers, as clerks in all
of the various governmental departments, as
clerks and saleswomen in stores, and as tele-
graph operators, and many other employ
ments. Why should an employer who
wants good clerk, saeswoman, or
telegraph operator, feel hampered and
sacrifice his independence in em-
ployinR woman who has the capacity to
do his work, and why should there be in her
case "a reduction in wages, even when the
actual work done-the same number of words
sent, the same letters written, the same
orders given-is exactly the same2"
The just and sensible rule is land no sensible
woman will ask for more) to employ woman
on her merits measure her compensation by
her capacity, and pay her accordingly, and
not to give her less wages for the same work
which is given to man unless she is guilty
of something more than of merely being a
woman.
National Republican., 1883-07-30
WOmeIl,a WnCes.

THE REPUBLICAN has heretofore taken the
ground that women in the public service
are entitled to and should receive, for the
same work, equal pay with men. The New
York Evening Post says that ain no way can
women in the public service be completely
delivered from that dangerous and disgrace
ful dependence upon the favor of men in
power, except by the establishment of some
method of testing their mental capacity and
requirements, so that they will obtain their
places exclusively upon the strength of their
own merits without being under any obli-
cations to anybody. And we do not see
how such tests, excluding all favoritism, can
be had except by competitive examination"
Examinations competitive in their character
are provided for in the civil service rules,
and so far as heard from in the examinations
already held, the women have not only
held their own, but have distanced their
masculine competitors. The Louisville
Comier-JournGl, discussing the employment of
women as telegraphic operators, says EN-
ployers cannot if they would treat woman
as they do man. They cannot be so rigid
so exacting, so unrelenting An employer,
to some extent, sacrifices his independence of
action when he hires woman to do a mans
work. He hampers himself, for incon-
veniences and restrictions are the inevitable
result As compensation, therefore, there
will be a reduction in wages even when the
actual work done-the same number of
words sent, the same letters written, the
same orders given-is exactly the same"
This is strange logic. When man employs
another to chop wood, to plough, to thresf
wheat to set type, or to operate on TELEGRAPH
wire, he usually stipulates the character ant
quantity of work to be done in day, week
or month, and agrees for this work to pa!
certain wages. If the man employed does tn
required work he is entitled to his pay. l
he does not, or does it in an unsatisfactor
manner, he is discharged. Is there any reaso
why woman may not be employed in tn
same way and under tho same restrict ions
Why, and in what manner, does man Sac
riice his independence or action whom h
hires woman to do mans work 2" Or whS
National Republican., 1883-07-30
RRANCH OFFICES.

The following IS list of the branch ofices In
Washington. Others will be added hereafter
VS.. RoosE's News Stands ut the ARLINGTON
uorKt- wuLARDs HOTEL, aud METROPOLITAN
HoTEI.
RoosE & QUEENS News stand, NATIONAL HOTEL
B.F. QUEEN, ST. JANIS HOTEL
RIGGS HOUSE News stand.
EBBITT HOUSE, News Stand.
AMERICAN HousF News stand
W. THoMPsoN's Drug Store.
CHI F1cKE1NG's Drug Store, Georgetown
!BRADLEY ADAMss Book Stores.
CIR. DuFouR, Druggist, 1918 Fourteenth street.
RIB. FERGUSON, Druggist, corner Second and
Pennsylvania avenue s. L.
Sc LEWIS, Druggist, corner Fourteenth and
streets.
G.G. c. EnsMs, Druggist corner Fourteenth and
New York avenue.
W.T.. SCALA, Druggist, 800 East Capitol street.
II. A JOHNSTON druggist, corner Tenth and
streets northwest
g. sLATER's Cigar Store, corner II and First
streets northwest.
National Republican., 1883-07-30
Deoision in Favor OF EdI,on.

The board of examiners in chief of che
patent Office rendered decision Saturday re-
versing former decision of the examiner of
interferences, and awarding priority of in
vention to Thomas A. Edison for an incan-
descent conductor for an electric lamp formed
of carbonized paper" William L. Sawyer
and Albon Man contested Edison's claim to q
patent before the examiner of interferences,
and decision was rendered in their favor on
Jan. Q, 1882, Subsequently the case was re-
opened for the admission of new evidence,
and June 3, 1888, the examiner of interfer-
ences again decided in favor of Sawyer and
Man. From this decision Edison took an
appeal to the examiners in chief with the re-
suit as above stated The examiners in chief
find that there is not sufficient evidence to
show that Sawyer and Man ever conceived OF
reducing to successful practice the paper car
bon pure and simple, set forth and claimed by
Edison, and made the subject of this inter-
ference,
National Republican., 1883-07-30
Regulate the Nuisance.

1t may be too much to expect that cor
poration which has consistently, and on
every possible occasion during q long term
of years, abused, offended, and inco nvenienccd
the public OF which it fattened, would at
any time consider so slight matter as the
health of that public, as affected by or bear
ing upon any of its operations. But with
yellow fever threatening us on two sides,
and the almost absolute certainty
of cholera epidemic close at
hand, there are considerations Of
public safety before which even the Washing
ton Gaslight company must bow. This COM
pany has no right of any kind whatever to
poison half dozen squares in the neighber-
hood of tho Ebbitt and Willards with the
deadly fumes of gas escaping from an old and
leaky pipe in a trench, the earth of which is
thoroughly impregnated with carbonated nap
tina. 1t may be necessary for the company's
purposes to lay larger pipes, but to lay bare so
hideous nuisance and keep it open nearly
Woch, WhSh ivory hVSSooaig iophii anu
change might easily have been effected in one
day, is not only wanton and exasperating,
but dangerous to the health and the life OF
every person in its neighborhood. If there
is any interest in tho health of the district
felt by any one of those who are set to rule
over the district, this present instance of out
i'll l. l.,
the future made impossible.
National Republican., 1883-07-30

If Miss Mary Anderson can succeed as well
in impressing the people of London with her
acting as she has done by her beauty, her
success will be complete. The London Court
Journal, describing her, says: " Her face is of
the soft creole whitoness which gives such
imm nse value to dark eyes, her hair of the
brightest gold, and the expression of the
countenanco that Of tho purest and most
childlike innocence. Never was tho realiza-
tion of the poets ideal in the Dream of Fair
Women so completely illustrated as by this
new beauty"
National Republican., 1883-07-30
A Runaway AZ Winchester.

WINCHESTER, Va, July ga few even
ings ago. as Mrs. Carter and Mrs. Grant, the
former daughter and the latter sister in
law of Mr.. r. A, Colston, gentleman living
about four miles from Berryvile, Clarke
county, Va, were out drying IN buggy,
when tho horse began kicking, and finally
started on run at full speed. After running
some distance he succeeded in breaking the
buggy all TO pieces. Both of the ladies were
thrown violently to the ground, and were
very much hurt The accident was wit
messed by several men, who were at work in
neighboring field, one of whom was in
stantly seat for physician, upon whose ar
rival il was found that no limbs were broken
The patients are in a very bad condition, but
il is hoped that they will recover.
National Republican., 1883-07-30

A LAW is needed for the protection of the
United States soldiers. All orders requiring
construction, repairs, &C., invariably contain
the clause with the labor of troops" Sol
diers arc not supposed to enlist to work as
carpenters, blacksmiths timers, boot and
shoomakers, tailors, or road builders. This
work should be done by hired labor, Many
men are kept during their entire enlistment
at some trade or work, and go out of the army
without being familiar with the first duties
of soldier. This is not right, and it is a
frequent cause of desertion. 1t ought to be
remedied
National Republican., 1883-07-30

THE headline in THE REPUBLICAN, of last
Saturday morning, speaking of the Hon.
Montgomery Blair as the last survivor of
President Lincoln's cabinet, has brought
down whole shower Of letters and postal
cards calling attention to the error. Hon.
Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania, is stAi
alive and well, and the letters and cards
referred to show that he has an army of
friends besides THE REPUBLICAN who hope
he may long remain 80.
National Republican., 1883-07-30

Alaska, IL will bo seen, is about the same as
that of Kentucky and West Virginia.
The population at the time of the treaty
was about $4,000. They are divided into
Koloshions, Remains, Aleuts, and Eskimos
They are much superior in all respects to the
native American Indians. SO far congress
has made no provision for the establishment
of territorial government, but it is not
unlikely that action will be taken in this
matter next winter.
National Republican., 1883-07-30

THE conference of government health au
thorities, physicians, and prominent citizens
at Fortress Monroe on Saturday in refereno,
to the quarantine regulations at that point
was an important one, as will be seen by the
full report in another column. The fact that a
vessel with four cases of yellow fever on board
had passed the capes and entered the harbor
at Baltimore shows that the regulations have
not been what they should be- While there
is perhaps no occasion for present alarm it is
time that every possible precaution wa
taken, not only to prevent the introduction
of the epidemic, but to control and crush il
out promptly If it should make its appearance.
The local health officials will do we'll to be
on their guard.
National Republican., 1883-07-30

SENATOR MALONE, disappointed in securing
what he probably hoped for in national affairs,
and doomed TO defeat at home, should cease t)
oppose the progress of events in the country at
large In which progress the better element of the
people of Virginia have just declared they will
have a share.--Pstes5urg IRde1. appeal
1t is hardly fair in the party which opposes
everything, and which has just accepted and
approved all that Gen. Mahone's courage and
enterprises has achieved, to charge him with
Opposing progress at home" or anywhere
else. There is no Eve oppose in the gem
erals platform. His policy has been ono of
progress, not of resistance, fact which his
opponents have abundantly admitted in their
platform recently adopted at Lynchburg.
National Republican., 1883-07-30
Amusemen,s and Reereutions.

The following amusements and recreations
are advertised:
Abner's Summer Garden-Miss Bertha Ravene,
Mr.. .George French, Prof Singer, and Prof, Chr.
Arth's orclfestya
4. Drivers Summer Garden-Mlle Lorraine in the
Egyptian Box Mystery and new company.
Fortress Monroe, Pinsy Point, Norfolk, and
Point Lookout-Steamor Lady of the Lake leaves
at $3.50 p. m.
Norfolk-Steamers Excelsior and George Leary
leave daily.
Lower Cedar Point-steamer Armenia leaves at
0 "a. m.
Blakiston's Island-steamer John W. Thomp-
son leaves at 0 u. m.
National Republican., 1883-07-30

DIR. FELTON,, formerly a democrat, then
an Independent, and member of congress
Macon Telegraph. in which he says of the
democratic party of Georgia that lit is
party without principle but claiming all
principles, all shades of opinion, with but one
aim and end in its politics, namely to make
the public offices fruitful source of private
pecuniary gain"
National Republican., 1883-07-30

germ theory, The professor does not, how
ever, regard the danger Of the conveyance of
the cholera from Egypt by the wires as very
imminent because the operator at tho Egyp-
tian end of the line, to convey the disease,
would have to be suffering from the disease
himself state of affairs not likely to occur.
National Republican., 1883-07-30

THE readjusters under the leadership of
Gen. Malone, have won some splendid vic
tories, but the crowning ono of all was at
Lynchburg, where the bourbon party sur
rendered horse, foot, and dragoon on the debt
question and the color line In other words
the bourbons of Virginia acknowledge that
the readjusters are right, and adopted in the
main points readjuste platform.
National Republican., 1883-07-30

Hon. w. s. HOLMAN, of Indiana, known as
the great objector, is spoken of as a candidate
for congress, for governor OF Indiana, and
also for president At what point in this
tion come in?
National Republican., 1883-07-30

IT the present operators on tho Western
Union line who have taken the place of the
strikers could be made to believe the theory
of Prof Hardin, Of Balial college, oxford, it
IS probable that they too would strike. Prof.
Hardin says, speaking of the telegraph, that a
power which transmits sound, movement, and
heat might also convey impalpable influences
of disease, though this is at variance with tho
National Republican., 1883-07-30
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THE account of Minister Foote'S visit to
the king of Corea, his reception and enter
tainment by the monarch and his ministers,
printed elsewhere, will be entertaining read
ing to the curious, as we'll as those who care
to know that the treaty arrangements be-
tween that country and this were successfully
National Republican., 1883-07-30

The 54th Virginia regiment was captured
during tho late war by regiment from Ohio,
and the survivors are now attending a re-
union in Ohio of their former captors.
National Republican., 1883-07-30
voNDoy AND PARIS.

Tpr REPUBLICAN will he found on file nj the
American Exchange in Europe, No 4i9 Strand,
London; the American Exchange in Paris, No. 30
Boulevard des Capucines
National Republican., 1883-07-30
MONDAY, JULY 30. 1883.

F-erp effort Is being made to have THE REPUBLICAN,
6srertd early and promptly in all parts Of he city.
Ttrsons pho do not receive their paper, or Uho hare
ony cause Of complaint toiR oblt0e bv i'0sVShV NE
oDtce, etiher IN persOn or BY postal card.
National Republican., 1883-07-30
NEW YORK OFFICE.

The New York Office OF TIVE REruBLIcAN is at
Room 65. Tribune building, where files of THE RE
PUBLICAN and oil necessary information relating
10 advertisements can be obtained
National Republican., 1883-07-30
Appreciated by the People.
Cincinnati Commercial, Gasette.

In national affairs the fact that President
Arthur has pursued moderate, prudent aud
conservative, and therefore conciliatory course.
asserting hts own sense of dguity and persChN
Obligation, declining to be the servant OF any
part VI the party, refusing TO carry ont the policy
of revenge urged by some who were very near to
hlm-growing up to his place-has had whole
some influence throughout the country and has
given republicans heart and hope, and the inn
pulse to put aside non-es'ent!als and unite for
the the common cause, We do not care whether
President Arthur is or is not candidate for a
second term, He has right to be a candidate,
and If he commends himself to the people by an
excellent administration, 1t is style of election
eering that we approve. His quiet demeanor and
steady perseverance, in the straight line Of duty,
following the republican disasters of last year,
which would have intimidaied aud irritated q
small man, have been cordially appreciated by
the people, and whatever may be faulty in the
past the future is fair to say the president has
earned and enjoys now the respect Of his country
men.
National Republican., 1883-07-30

Persons leaving The city during the summer can hare
THE REPUBLICAN, sent them by mad for any length Of
time and he address changed as often as desired, BY
notifying the business office.
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Sample copies sent on application.
Rcmittanccs may be made at our risk, either by
draf express, post office order. or registered let.
ter. Money sent in any other way Is az the fsk Oh
the person sending 1t, Address.
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CURRENT GOSSIP.

THE AMATEUR OPERATOR.
"Do know how to work the wire.
And do it well2 you ask.
II am quite surprised you should inquire
Bout such simple task.
"Why certainly can get through,
As am always quick;
But tell me, sir, what shall do
When that thing goes tick, tickr"
National Republican., 1883-07-30
He Will Not Never Consent Nohow.

burlington HdlDkeye.
Mr.. Tilden still continues to not be can
dldate under no circumstances.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-11-02
Lost Its Romance.

81 tell you, pard," said old Jimmy
Cannon, guide, "the west has lost its
romance. Only little while ago, it
seems to me, where once there was
nothing but the whoop of the Indians
and the song of the six-shooter, now
there are railroads and churches and
commercial men and high schools and
three-care-monte men and lecturers
and daily newspapers and every little
while natural death. Why, within
two months, if the papers tell the
truth, several men have died in Wyo.
ming Of disease. I tell you, it look
as though us old-timers would have to
move away When we have to wait
for lingering disease to snuff rs out
its time to light out for the frontier
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-11-02
A Cuban Execution.

Arriving at the foot Of the platform
the death sentence was again read, and
the "alguacil de corte" corresponding
to our sheriff. asked the prisoner if ne
had anything to say to the people. He
merely shook his head, by way of reply,
and was at once seated, his legs tied,
and his arms pinioned, with the hands
crossed on his breast, and the collar of
the garrote fixed about his neck. At
this point of the proceedings the
"yerdugo' pulled from his person a
long, bright knife, and handed it to the
police who were present \ black cap
was then drawn over the prisoners
face, and the priests began to recite the
"Credo." ;" When they came to the
words, Ills only Son." the "verdugo,"
by swift and deXterous turn of the
lever, launched the soul of the Door
wretch into eternity. There was but
mOmentary culver Of the limbs and a
Strengthening of the form, then all was
still, for the man was stone dead. The
mode of punishment is far more merci-
full than the hideous and bungling per-
formances frequently gone through
with at our gibbets
The troops then wheeled into column
and marched away to beat of drums.
and now came the strange sequel to
this dismal spectacle.
AS soon as the ground was cleared
one of the police went forward and,
seizing the "verdugo," arrested him for
murder, hurrying him to the prison,
where the "Juzgado" were still
assembled Placing him in their midst
he accused him of having killed man,
and denounced him as amurderer The
Judge asked him what he had to say in
answer to this charge
at is true replied the "verdugo,"
'that ] killed the prisoner, but deny
being a murderer, for, although com
mitted the act charged, displaying his
arms with the badge. y did it in tho
,ause Of justice and in pursuance of
he law, all of which | was compelled
o do by virtue of my office
"The accused is innocent, and is dis
harged, answered the court, and thus
he formula of Spanish law was salts
led. -Philadelphj0 Press