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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-04
PROPOSALS.,
DRoPosALs FOR FURNISHING HEAL
l. STONES FOR SOLDIERS GRAVES.
1907 Pennsylvania Avenue.

OFFICE OF NATGoNAL CEMETERIES,
WAsutNgToS, u. q, sent, 81, 1854,
Sealed proposals In tripig ate, with q copy Of
this advertisement attached 10 each, will be re-
cclvCd at'thlS office until IL III. THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER u, 1854. for furnishing 1000
headstOncs more or less, of American White
Marble; Tor unmarked graves Of Union soldiers.
under the provisions of the acts of Congress of
March 9, 1873, and February ., 1879.
Specifications for the work, blank forms of
proposals. and all necessary information on the
subject will be furnished on application to til )
office Proposals are required to be submitted
on the forms supplied for the purpose. The right
Is reserved TO reject any or all bids Bids should
be indOrsed Proposals for Furnishing Head
stones" and addressed to the undersigned.
II. n. BATCHELDER,
ocl-6t Deputy or. MIR. Gen, u. - A.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-04

MEDICAL AND DENTAL DEPART
WI MENTS,
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY,
1904 AND lOO6 Il STREET NORTHWEST.
Lectures, which will he given during the day,
o'clock u. IN.
The Introductory lecture by Prof. George Will
lam West Will he delivered MONDAY, OCT. q,
1881, at o'clock p, m, in connection with the
opening exercises of the Law Department.
The profession and the public are invited to be
present.
For further Information apply to
ii. III. BARKER NJ. D., Dean,
selo-lm ZIG III street northwest.
MISS BALCH WILL OPEN A FIRST
M class school for young ladies September
10. Advanced pupils preferred. Special atten-
tlon given to Mathematics and Languages Num-
Der pupilslimited. Evening classes for adults
preparing Tor competitive examinations Apply
at once MISS lALCH, 1906 st. N. w. lief
erences; Hon W. w. CorcOran, Admiral Geo.
u. Bnlch, baltimore; Com - r. Lee, and Rev.
J. j. bullock, Washington u. G. sei-lm
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NJ ATIONAL UNIVERSITY,
~ l. w DE T. A RI NJ Il N L.
FACULrY:

FACULTY.:
HON. ARTHUR MACARTHUR,
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of tho
District ofCoumbia,
President.
HON. SAMUEL 4. MILLER,
Associate Justice Of the supreme Court of tho
United States,
Professor OF International and Constitutions
Law
H. q. CLAUGHTON, ESQ,
Professor Of Pleading, Evidence, Equity Jurls
prudence, Commercial and Maritime Law.
WILLIAM u. WEBB, ESQ,
Professor of Practice aud Judge of Moot Court.
EUGENE CARUS1, ESQ,
Professor of the Law of Real and Personal
Property, Contracts, Negotiable Instru-
ments. and Applied Evidence.
The opening exercises OF the Law, Medical,
and Dental Departments Will take place at tho
New Law Building, No. 1905 II street north
west MONDAY, OCT. o. 1854 at O'Clock y. m
AddressC q and announcements for the ensuinL
session will be made.
The Alumni and students of the Law Depart
ment and the patrons and friends OF the Uni.
versty are cordially invited To be present
Students who propose to enter the classes ara
nlAD rpuupStpl attend
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-04

PROPOSALS FOR COAL, WOOD, ICE AND
i STATIONERY.
OFFICE OF THE MARSHAL OF THE
UNITED STATES FOR THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
WASHINGTON, d. C., Sept. %, 1854.
Sealed proposals. nlOrsrd "PropOsals for
Supplies" will be received At this Office until
12M, TIE 6TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1854 for
the following articles for the use OF the Supreme
Court of the District Of Columbia, and for the
United States Court House, Washington, ID. @.
in such quantities as may be- required for use
during the year ending June 80, 1880, viz:
Coal,
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Ice,
SintlnnerY

Detailed Information as the several articles re-
uurpd, and samples of stationery, &c, may he
procured on application ut this oice.
The right Is reserved to reject any and NIL bids.
CLAYTON MCMICHAEL
se2g--t u. ;. Marshal District of Columbia.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-04

DROPOSALS FOR COAL AND WOOD.
scaled proposals to furnish and store the fol-
lowing coal and wood, In such quantities us may
be ordered tor the Department of Justice, viii
be received until IL O'Clock noon SArUR friday,
OCTOBER !, 1894, viz:
100 tons best qualities White Ash Anthracite
Coal furnace Size.
tons best quality White Ash, stove size.
10 cords best quality Pine Wood.
Instructions to biddcrs to be had on application
at the Department of Justice sC9T.BL
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-04
CHDERT.iKERS.

rT-EverythIng strictly iirst-cAss and outh,
-, an, ,o,anpnhin
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-18
The Ancients and Silk.

The ideas of the ancients upon the
subject of the origin of the silk were
rather vague, some supposing it to be
the entrals IF spider, which, fattened
for years upon paste, at length burst,
bringing forth its silken treasure; 9TH
ers, that it was spun by hidcous
horned grub in hard nests of clay
ideas which were not dispelled till the
sixth century. WREN the first silk worms
reached Constantinople, introduced
and cultivated, like many Other bene-
fits, by the wandering monks. From
thence they were soon imported into
Italy, which, for long period, re-
manned the headquarters of the Euro
pean silk trade, until Henry w., of
France, seeing that mulberry trees
were as plentiful in his Southern
provinces as in Italy, introduced silk
worm culture with great success
Boston Journal.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-18
The Origin OF Petroleum.

AS to the origin of petroleum scien
tific men are by no means agreed. In
the early period of American oil min
ing the only question much debated
was whether it was of animal or vege-
table origin or both. Of late, however,
a theory has been started that the oil
is not due to the storage of organic re-
mains under the surface, but that it
originated from chemical combina-
ton of carbon and hydrogen in the in
terror of the earth. This view of the
subject has been taken up in conse-
quence of petroleum having been
found in such large masses as almost
to preclude the idea of its origin in
animal or vegetable deposits. If this
be true it is probable that the oil ex-
lists in still larger quantities than any
which have yet been obseryed.-Neao
York Commercial Advertiser.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-18
Admiration UpOn Curates.

The Bishop of Lichfield has issued a
circular to the clergy of his diocese re-
mlnding them that curate in deacon
orders is not licensed to preach.
Whenever a deacon is required to
preach, he is to read sermon from
one or other of the books named in the
circular. These sermons may be
shortened or simpilfied, if necessary,
but otherwise they are to be delivered
by the curate as homilies sanctioned
by the bishop of the diocese. On one
Sunday in the month, however, the
curate is to preach written sermon
of his own composition, and the next
day the manuscript of it is to be sent
to the bishop for examination. Tho
Bishop adds that it will depend upon
the character of a curate's preaching
how soon this restriction is removed;
and, in the meantime, any infringe
ment of the rule thus laid down will
more or less delay ordination to the
priesthood.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-18
Origin of the Mexican PuIuue.

The legend of its discovery is pref
ty one and has taken so strong hold
upon the popular fancy that it re-
mains fresh in memory even at the
present day, having been the theme of
poetry and the inspiration of art. 1t
is said that when the Toltec Empire
was at the height of his splendor,
Tepancaltzin being upon the thu one, a
relative of the King, Papantzin by
name, was led, throu oh happy acct
dent, to observe the hidden virtues of
the maguey. The gnawing of rat in
the PUPPY body of the plant revealed
the secret which nature had hitherto
guarded SO carefully and brought to
the light that milky beverage which
was destined to be the source of
health and pleasure to countless thous-
ands. Papantzin seemed to have had
some idea of the Importance of his
discovery. for he resolved to take the
precious liquid up to court, deeming
that it would be an acceptable present
to the King. His lovely daughter
Xochitl accompanied him, and it was
from her fair hands that Tepancaltzin
received the jarro of pulque. The
monarch was so struck with the beau
ty of the maiden, which had earned
for her the name of Flower" that he
fell desperately in love with her, and
stealing her away from Papantzin, he
kept her a willing prisoner in charm
ing retreat near the City of lula.
Such was the influence exerted by this
Toltec Rosamond over the heart of her
royal admirer that he afterwards ac-
knowledged her as his Queen, and
placed their son Meconetzin upon the
throne. The latter, whose name sig
mites ''the son of the Maguey," was so
incapable of governing that he brought
a speedy destruction upon the empire,
the capital being destroyed by fire,
and the old king, with Xochitl, per-
ishing in the battle. Thus the past
history of pulque is one fitted to point
a moral and adorn a tale. At the
present day, though shorn in great
measure of its romance, there still re
mains much that is picturesque and po-
etical, and Mexico presents very few
studies more interesting than that af-
forded by a visit to one of these num-
erous pulque haciendas with which the
valley abounds.-Letter IN Nea0 Orleans
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-18
Henry Claws STYLE in Congress.

Mr.. Clay made a good Secretary of
State; but his place was in Congress,
for he was formed by nature for a pop
ular orator. He was tall and thin,
with a rather small head and gray
eyes, which peered forth less volumin-
ously than would have been expected in
one possessing eminent control of Ian
guage. His nose was straight, his up
per lip long and his under jaw light
His mouth, of generous width, straight
when he was silent and curving upward
at the corners when he spoke or
smiled, was singularly graceful, indi-
eating more than any other feature the
elastic play of his mind. When he en-
chained large audiences his features
were lighted up by winning smile,
the gestures of his long arms were
graceful and the gentle accents of his
mellow voice were persuasive and
winning Yet there has never been a
more imperious despot in political af
fairs than Mr.. Clay. He regarded
himself as the head center of his party
"L'etat, c'est naoi''-and he wanted
everything utilized for his advance
ment.--Ben: Perleu POore.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-18

ference of this circle, but 1t will only
be pleasure to you to figure out thi
distance to be travelled.
To switch off again: Two hundred
millions of gold, run into square bar
a foot thick, said bar would be about
how long, do you thinkp One hum
dred feet, ehP Well, friend, you would
get badly left if you sold it ''unsight,
unseen, for three hundred-foot bar
left by $50 feet, or 800, 658, 900! !.
To shoulder this tremendous bar OF
gold and take it up to your residence
on Fifth avenue, how many men would
be required, good for 100 pounds each
more than the average man would
want to carry for any considerable dis
lance? Seven thousand, reader!
What procession they would make,
marching lock-step. Stop! 1t Just
occurs to me that no more than;
LOO men could possibly put their!
shoulders to this foot thick 550-foot
bar of gold, walking ever so close, and
that number couldn't begin to raise it:
from the ground. In that shape, with
out rollers, it would take seven times
seventy ''Jumbos'' to drag it along.
So let it lie there-it will be safe.
Fifty men, standing on Park row,
and giving the dollars away at the rate
of ZOO day, would have to stand
there eleven years before their work
was done. This however, would be an
easier job. Fifty men eleven years
giving away S200,000,000 at the rate,
in the aggregate, of $50, 900 a day!
Two hundred million dollars! What
a palace it would build for Mr.. Wander
bilt on Fifth avenue, for which his
present palace might be the coal
bunker.
Vanderbilt's own weight is an atom
in comparison with this $50 tons OF
gold.
With it he could buy up and own all
the 11,315 daily and weekly news
papers in the United States, running
them to suit himself as manufacturers
of public opinion on gigantic scale.
With it he could pay the years
salary of all the $4,000 clergymen of
all the pulpits of every sect in the
country, giving every one of them over
$4,000 a year, which is five times as
much as most of them get.
With it he could give still greater
annual retainer to every one of the
$4,000 lawyers in the land, and get
them to argue for anything whatever.
With it he could raise an army of
1000 men and keep them in the
field for year, at an expense of 5000
a head, which is about the cost of a
soldier in Bismarck's German army.
l.
Two hundred millions of dollars in
gold! It's just the size of your pile,
isn't it, Mr.. Wander bilt?
And yet you get on the housetop
and cry for reduction of the pay of
the horny-handed working people out
of whom you have squeezed this
mighty pile of gold.-Joh's Swinto's's
Paper.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-18

Ranch on Red Willow Creek, half mile
above Osborn postotiice. Cattle branded on
right side ana hip above. al
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-18

POi '.'n0' w hafo udue practice OF
placing wood ashes where hogs could
eat them freely at all times with ex.
cellent results.
NJ. Ckiandi-BeY has made a consmn.
nication to the French academy sat.
ting forth the claims of an aqueous so.
luton of blsulphide of carbon az
dlslnfectant. The bisulphide is but
slightly soluble in water, a Gtre "a
water at the ordinary temperature dis.
solving only two or three milliprams
The solution is, however a yiooron.
antlseptlc, arresting all fermentation
and killing all microbes This soIutior
IS recommended for watering the streets
but the odor of the commercial artioIo
is certainly not in its favor.
Russia proposes to have her ou
wheat fields, and has NOT lono wi
contracted loan of So, 100000, to he
eAPenoeo III the construction of rail.
ways TO open up her wheat-producino
territory. This policy has been wisaiS
pursued Id India, and the Argentina
confederation of South Amer;oo =
building roads at cost of S2S. OO0 600
TO open up the vast pampas of the ;n'
terror. 'ne III
prof. Budd, of the Iowa Agricultural
coIege' says that the stories here told
as 70 the value of the timber of the
russian mulberry were laughed at he
russian foresters. 1t is used ~
sla, as It Will be here, merely as
small-sized. ornamental tree. Of SOM
value as fruit producer. II is war.L
OF trial, but not of the fuss wh;oh
made over it by interested parties
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-18


about the maximum weight that is
carried by freight car consequently,
at that allowance, we should have a
train of thirty-fve freight cars and
what train for the robbers of the
West to loot
How many licensed vendors horses
would be required to draw this STU
pendous weight of gold? Well, sup
pose we say 1,40O, allowing quarter
of a ton to each-a liberal allowance,
too.
How many "Jumbos'' would it take
to draw this amount of gold from the
sub-treasury? Well, there are Jum-
hos and Jumbos. Of the African or
Indian variety, seventy could walk off
with it, giving five tons to each. And
what show they would make-seventy
Jumbos!
Turn the gold into golden "eagle's"
$40 coins-lay them in a circle,
edges touching, what would be the
circumference of that circle, and how
long would it take Maud S, to swing
around it at 2:1O to the mile? Answer
ing the latter part of this interrogato-
ry first, you say at jump, six min
utes and thirty seconds. You are off
your base, for it would be a ring over
800 miles in circumference, and Maud
S. speeding at the rate of 2:1O, mile
after mile, would not pass under the
string at the conclusion of this
most extraordinary heat until the ex-
piration of twelve hours and forty
minutes! Yes, reader, Maud S., Jay
Eye-See, or any other phenomenal
flyer, speeding each and every mile in
2:1O, would be twelve hours and forty
minutes swinging round this golden
circle. 1 could give you the circu'n-
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-18

What's in name? Everything, when yor
are up for a political Office.
Madison times., 1884-07-12
Interview with Capt. Dabney.
MONROE, JUNE 81, 1881

MOSROE, JUNE II, 1904.
DEAR TIMEs.-Knowing the fe-
verish excitement of our people
concerning the completion of the
V. S. & P. R. r., your correspnd-
ent called on that prince of good
fellows Capt. Dabney for the pur.
pose of cleaning a few facts from
him direct. So, making a bee line
for the Captains office, we were
informed that the gentleman was in
and would give us an audience in O
few moments. We were soon
shown to his private Office and
found him busily engaged giving
instructions to the different depart
ments. After stating our mission
the Captain kindly motioned us to
comfortable seat, and looking US
square in the face with those pene-
trating eyes; remarked in substance:
"Well, sir, what is it l can in
form you on?"
Captain, if agreeable, will you
give us a few dots as to the actual
time, or as near as possible, when
your road will be in regular con-
nection with Shreveport for through
travel 2"
"To the best of my belief, We
will reach your city on or about
the 9Th or 10Th Of July, but will
not be able to run regular passen-
ger train before on or about the
first of August"
Captain it has been rumored
that you would run an excursion
train on the 4th of July from vicks-
burg to Shreveport
That, sir. is a mistake" a"
How faS are your trackIayers
from the Shreveport bridge now"
Turning ,o book OH his table:
This days work included they
will be just seven miles from the
bridge to night. This is no guess
work, as we have it figured down
to a foot. -
"Do you expect any further de-
Madison times., 1884-07-12
SHERIFF SALE.
State of Louisiana, Parish OF Madison
Sth District Court.
ID. L. BEsToR ct ais
vs.. No 564.

VS.. NO DOt.
JANE +. TARLEToS ct al. J
RH VIRTUE of an order of sale for
II purposes OF partition to me direct
ed from the Honorable Eighth Judicial
District Court for the Parish of Madison
will proceed to sell, at public auction,
at the door of the. Court House in the
town of Talnlah, in Madison Parish,
Louisiana. on the
First Saturday, the end, day of
August, a. d., 1884,
between the hours prescribed by law,
all the right, title and interest Of ID, Z.
Bestor ct ais, and Jane Tarleton, ct nj +,
in and to the following described prop
erty, situated in the Parish of Madison,
State of Louisiana, to-wit: THE upper
Montague tract" composed of lots six
(6) seven ca eight (S), and nine (9) of
section nine (9) lots four (4) and five ~
Of section seventeen ~, lots one ~
and four a. of section twenty (20), the
west half of the north west quarter OF
section twenty-one (2l); lot one ~ less
ten acres sold to S.-W. Hamilton, and
lots four (4) five t5l and eight (S), and the
east half of the north east quarter OF
section twenty-nine (29); all in township
seventeen III north of range eleven (ll)
east, ntaining six hundred and twenty
eight 42-l00 acres, "The ID. W. Adams
tract" composed of the south east quar-
ter of section eight (S); lots two (2) three
(3j four and five (5) dissection nine (9); lots
one ~ two f2) three (3) and six (6) and
the north west quarter of the south
west quarter and the south east quarter
of the south west quarter of section
seventeen % all in township seven
teen tl7) north Ofrarge eleven III east
containing five hundred and thirty
H-lOO acres. "The MickelbOrough or
Rodney Montague tract" composed OF
the south east quarter of section one (l)
in township fifteen (l5) north of range
ten 1O) east; the south half Of section
seven (O; lot two (2) of section eight (S);
lots one (i), two (2), three l3l, four [4l,
five 10 six lGl, seven and the north
east quarter of the north east quarter
and the south west quarter of the north
west quarter of section eighteen ISL;
lots two III, three l3l, four Il, five III
and six 81 and the south half of the
north east quarter and the north west
quarter of section seventeen III; all in
township fifteen ~ north Of range
eleven II east containing eleven hun
dr,-i and sixty acres, the three tracts
aggregaiIHg two thonsand five hundred
and eighteen 5J-iW acres seized IN the
above suit.
Terms Of sale-cash with the benefit
OF appraiscment.
H. r. HOLMES, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Tallulah, La, June %,
1854.
Madison times., 1884-07-12
Avs OF. account o. ralls?"

~ Oh HtLOL-V u d+Aa'
"No, indeed; the steamer Henry
Franks a few moments since arriv-
ed from New Orleans with sufficient
iron to complete the road and still
leave US surplus of one-half mile.
Glow about running trains to
Lawrence station ?"
"We shall not do so till we arc
ready TO run to Shreveport"
"How about the excursion spok-
en- of from Vicksburg to Shreve-
port ?"
"Well, for the benefit of your
people, will give you my present
programme and you are at liberty
to put it in any shape to suit you:
my idea is to start an excursion on
the 1st of August from Vicksburg
to Shreveport. l mean of course,
a free excursion for all prominent
citizens and railroad men along the
line; that is, if no accident occurs.
Captain, what do you consider
a probable accident ?"
"Well. sir, to be plain with you,
we are now running two daily trains
east and west, leaving us only two
spare passenger coaches, but Sup
erintendent Cummings, of the #. &
P, has kindly promised to lend us
four coaches, which he has now in
New Orleans, provided he can get
them out in time, and 1 have every
reason TO believe he will. All
things being favorable I, as before
stated, will start the excursion in
person, starting with two coaches
from Vicksburg, filing one between
Vicksburg and Monroe, filling two
at Monroe with prominent citizens
and railroad men and their families;
continuing on to Minden junction,
filling up. along the line and reach
ing Shreveport with seven passen-
ger coaches. Before doing so,
however, I will telegraph to Mayor
Currie, whom l know to be pro-
gressiye and energetic gentleman
and a friend of mine, to make the
necessary preparations to accom-
modate the guests, and / feel conf
dent he will do it in a proper man
ner."
GLOW long do you intend stop
ping at Shreveport ?"
"My idea is to return on. the Sd
Of August.
Here the captain leaned back in
an easy position, took an extra puff
at his cigar and gave expression to
many kind things of Shreveport,
telling lis to put any reasonable
question and it would be answered.
Not wishing to impose on good ma
ture and desiring to take the third
train, your correspondent took his
departure with kind memories OF
the pleasant and courteous manner
of Capt. Dabney and his assistants
-Shreveport Times.
Madison times., 1884-07-12
Proposals for Bridges

In obedience to an ordinance of the
Police Jury of the Parish Of Madison,
adopted June eth, 1884, Sealed rropos-
ais will be received for the building Of
the different bridges throughout the
Parish as per specifications and plans
now on file in the office of the Clerk of
the Police Jury-said bills to be recciv-
ed up to the first day Of August, 1884.
The Police Jury reserves the right to
accept or reject any or all said bids.
Bids to be endorsed, Proposals for
Bridges, and addressed to r. g. Weight
man, Clerk Police Jury, Tallulah, La,