The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-24
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondence

The work of disfiguring our city
with great telegraph and telephone
poles erected by soulless corporations
goes on rapidly. On either side of
our beautiful avenues are monster
poles in height and size reminding
one of the great Calveras big trees in
a California forest. There is a Deep
seated Indignation against the future
Disagreement of this beautiful capt.
tai and an abatement of this nuisance
is demanded by an outraged commu-
nifty. These corporations allege that
their wires cannot be carried under
ground, but this declaration is not in
harmony with the experience ofcom-
panies in the great cities of the old
world, where not wire or an I'M
slightly pole is seen to mar the beauty
of the streets. This business is yet in
its infancy, and it is none too soon to
compel strict regard TO public con-
venience and safety of property and
human life in case of fire.
Virgins is more of a blizzard than
the storm of which he pretended to
be advised intuitively. That he was
able to frighten many timid people,
and subject silly fishermen and sea-
faring men to great loss, is doubtless
true. A fool can light a match that
will kindle a flame that scatters des-
olation in it's lurid pathway 1t
would be good scheme for ourslow
moulded neighbors to appoint scom-
mittee of sayans, experts in lunacy
and shallow mindedness, whoshOuld
be authorized to examine Virgins
storm centre and ascertain if possible
the influence of high tides and low
tides upon his saturnine brain. I'm.
til this examination is made and bull
letined authoritatiyely, fishing need
not hug the shore and apprehension,
like the pail of death, need not hang
over the community because of the
useless vaporing of this Virgins. (.
The internal revenue law as passed
entities every dealer in manufactured
tobacco and cigars holding stock of
the value of $40, and upwards, re.
bate of eight cents pound on tobacco
and SO per thousand on cigars. AS
there are over $500, dealers engage
ed in this business in the United
States the amount of the rebate to
be returned to dealers, upon stock in
unbroken packages, will reach from
SIS, 100000 to S3O,OOO,0O0. These
claims cannot be paid until there is a
special appropriation by Congress, so
that year will elapse before any re-
lief can be given to anxious applicants
for refund of money paid for stamps
affixed to the goods held by dealers.
Blanks are being prepared with an
fron-ciad oath ana arranged for a
complete inventory OF stock, which
must be attested in presence of a rev.
enue officer by two reputable citizens.
AS the revenue department are in
possession of a mass of information as
to stock on hand, its whereabouts, by
whom made, and who paid the tax,
it will be well for every dealer to be
sure that he stands on no uncertain
footing. The refilling of empty
packages and asking for rebate will
be about as dangerous as handling
dynamite. The law was made for
honest men, but if swindlers under
take TO make it means of beating
the government they better first send
for Virgins and make their will.
Claims should be filed as early as
possible as they will come up for adj
justment in the order in which they
are filed.
The Wigginian theory of storm
centres has not in the least disturbed
the Divine declaration that, sit is not
good for man to be alone" Hence
the denizens of the capital. having
out lived the fearful predictions of
this Canuck weather prognosticator,
are just now excited over two very
romantic weddings. Being so we'll
acquainted with the idiosyncrasies of
ex-senator Sprague, the ladies were
not surprised at his dashing into the
state of matrimOny like clown into
a circus ring, but that the rotund,
good natured, conservative, indepen-
dent David Davis should become an
ardent lover, in pensive repose solic-
iting the hand of southern maiden,
was simply paralyzing. Everybody
is interested in a young, ardent lover,
who starts out into the world booted
and spurred. with high hopes and
lofty endeavors, to find an affinity,
but when one who has outlived SEN
timentality, from whose shoulders
have dropped the judicial ermine of
a score of yeats, who writes as bygope
days of association with senators and
honored statesmen, falls in love and
wed-oh there is the mystery. Love
is all conquering, and knows no bar