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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-04-26
The New OrIsSns EIposition.

The house committee on appropriations
yesterday agreed to fayorably report Repre-
sentative Elliss bill with amendments pro-
viding for the loaning of $l,0OO00O by the
government to the worlds industrial and
cotton centennial exposition TO augment and
enhance its success in such manner as tho
board of management may determine, one
third of tho amount 10 70 be available imme-
diately after tho passage of the act, and the
remainder 70 be paid in four monthly pay
ments thereafter. The bill as agreed upon
provides that no greater amount shall be
expended upon buildings grounds, and
preparations than the aggregate sum that
may be secured by subscription to the capital
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-04-26
ComptroIIer or Cmrreney and solLelto

Comptroller or Currency and Solicitor.
1t is expected that the President will in q
few days nominate a successor to Mr.. Knox
us comptroller of the currency, and fill tho
vacancy in the Office of solicitor of the treas
ury which has existed since the death of
Judge Rayner. There is an impression at
the treasury department that Mr.. Cannon, of
Minnesota, will be named for the first office
and that Assistant Solicitor Robinson will bo
made solicitor. Tho President yesterday re-.
ceiyed petition from the Knights of Labor
opposing the appointment Of any person
designated by the national banking interests,
and incidentally urging the appointment of
ex-Trcasurer Giliillan.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-04-26
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To oRDEE-s5 pants. EfsEMAN Bros, cor. 7lh &
A Colored Elocutionist.

The colored elocutionist, T. G. scottrQn, had
a testimonial benefit last night at Lincoln
hall, which was attended by several hundred
persons, both white and colored. Mr.. Scot.
tron gave areading Of Poe's Raven" aud APP
poared in one act each of Shakspeare's Shy
lock in the Merchant of Venice" and
"Othello." He displayed considerable dra-
matte talent, and is an excellent elocutionist
Mr.. Scottron proposes going to Europe to
complete his dramatic education before sp-
pearing upon the stage.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-04-26

stock by donations by the amount of the
loan. In tho distribution Of the amounts
that may remain in the treasury of the
board Of management after tho payment Of
the current expenses of the administration,
tho amount of the appropriation by tho
government shall be paid in full into the
treasury of the United States before any
dividend or percentage of profits shall be paid
to the holders of stock
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-04-26

Manager Snelbaker has completed arrange
ments for wrestling match between the
Japanese wrestler, Matsada Sorakichi, and
Duncan c. Ross. The match Is for $1,000,
and will be under the personal supervision Of
Richard X. Fox. Five bouts will be wrestled
in the Japanese and catch s-catch. can styles,
the man gaining three falls winning the
match.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-04-26
INFORMATION OF LABOR.

Prohibitions md Penalties Proposed 10
Prevent Importation or Low-Priced
Labor Under Contract.
The bill to protect American laborers, re-
ported favoraby TO the senate yesterday from
the committee on education and labor by Mr..
George, provides that tho importation or
migration from any foreign country into any
place within the Jurisdiction of the United
States of any alien, under any agreement,
expressed or implied, that such alien shall
work, labor for, or in any wise serve, in said
jurisdiction any person or corporation, shall
hereafter he prohibited; that every such agree
ment shall he considered null and void that
any advance Of the cost Of transportation or
any part thereof. or agreement to pay or
secure such transportation of any alien to
any place within the jurisdiction of the
United states, made by any person engaged
in mining manufacturing, building, or
transportation, or by any corporation what
ever, shall hereafter be prohibited.
1t provides Il penalty of $500 for each and
every violation Of these provisions, and that
il shall ho u msdemeanor punishable by a
fine of II 900 and disqualification from hold
ing office under the United States for any
person while in the Official service of the
United States to violate any Of the provisions
of this act, or TO knowingly aid and en-
courage such violation.
1t also provides that it shall be a misde-
mcanor for master or othor officer Of ves-
sci OF American registry to knowingly bring
from any foreign country into the United
States any alien who is under any agreement
prohibited by this act, and that such mis-
domeanor shall no punishable by fine of not
moro than 81 900 for zach and every alien so
transported ON his vessel.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-04-26
WISE and Baker will pitch and catch to-day.
National Associat,on OF Amateur Oars
men.

H. w. Garfield, president of the Nat ional
Association of Amateur oarsmen, has issued
q call to the executive committee to meet Mt
the Gilsey house, New York, this evening
The time and place for holding the next an
nual regatta will be settled at this meeting.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-04-26
SMOKE Georges Ha,cbct. $40 F street.
More Money for mississippi River I'M
provement.

Maj. Harrod, of the Mississippi river com.
mission, was before the house committee on
levees and improvement of the Mississippi
river yesterday. He said that work could be
carried on expeditiously on three or four
reaches at the same time, and that the Plum
point and Providence reaches will be COM
pleted within a year. As rough estimate,
he said Sl2,000,000 would construct COM
pleto line of levees two and half feet above
high water from Cairo to New Orleans.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-04-26
Summer Resorts.
THE BALDWIN,

Entirely new and eloguut Tho hos; ON the Atlantic
COnst Capacity, 800. First season. VIII Opuu June
Is. For particulars address -
GEORGE w. KirTEfLE,
rplG.stuth2Gt PrJprittir
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-04-26

Something for Those Contemplating the
Purchase OF nn Instrument 10 Read and
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-22
THE SWEET COUNTRY COUSINS.

How dear to the heart are the sweet country
cousins,
When dog days of summer begin to draw
near,
When bricks have grown hot and when sun
strokes by dozens
Fill body with anguish and bosom with fear /.
The green waving fields and The sweet smell
ing breeZes, Aat
The 'scaping from turmoil to quiet and calm
The rich creamy milk which the ready hand
seiZes,
And cen the brown Cousins who live on the
farln-
The plain country cousins, the uncultured
cousins,
The sweet country cousins who live ON the
farm -aI.H .Ia
The sweet country cousins! oh, aren't they a
treasure?
How handy to have at vacation time!
And paying ones board is a too costly pleas
ure,
When ull can be had without spending
How pleasant to live on rich cream and ripe
berries,
Fresh, goiden-hned butter, and cakes light
and warm; .
Free use of the horses, the carts, and the
wherries
OF sweet country cousins who live on the
farm
The plain country cousins, the uncultured
cousins,
The sweet country cousins who live ON the
farm!
How dear are the sweet country cousins in
summer!
How fragrant the meadow. romantic the
down!
But straightway your faces begin to grow
GUNNER
At thoughts of their visit next winter to
The theatre, the concert, the lecture, the
money
Expended in tickets. The thought gives
qualm.
The sequel of summer is not quite so funny;
Why don't the sweet Cousins remain on their
farm
The brown-visaged cousins, the great awk.
ward cousins,
The clodhopper cousins should stay on their
farm!
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-22
THOUGHTFUL SAYINGS.

A rich dress in not worth a straw to one
who has poor mind.
A man who has no respect for public
opinion has none for himself.
Pleasure is the business of youth; bust
ness is the pleasure of age.
No pleasure is comparable to standing on
the vantage ground of truth.
No great characters are formed in this
world without suffering and self-denial.
Calumny has been defined as mixture
of truth and falsehood blended with malice.
Wealth legitimately acquired is valuable,
and it is only valuable when thus acquired.
Try to be happy in this present moments
and put not off being SO to time to come.
The history of all the world tells us that
immoral means will ever intercept good
ends.
1t is better to sacrifice ones love of
sarcasm than to indulge it at the expense of
friend.
Takecare to be an economist in prosperity;
there is no fear of your being one in
adversely.
Littleness of mind makes one obstinate.
One is unwilling to believe what lies beyond
his sight.
Nothing is SO good for an ignorant man
as silence; and if he was sensible of this he
would not be ignorant.
To conciliate is so infinitely more agreeable
than to offend, that it is worth some sacrifice
of individual WILL
Choose always the way that seems best,
however rough it may be. Custom will
render it easy and agreeable.
To most men experience is like the stern
lights of ship which illumine only the
track which has been passed over.
Natural ability without education has
oftener raised a man TO glory and virtue
than education without natural ability.
distinguish man that is absent because
he thinks of something else, from him that
is absent because he thinks of nothing
Without joy We are member out ofjOint.
we can 90 nothiiiS Weii "ie""ue JOY ""
good conscience, which is the ground of
joy.
To find one who has passed through life
without sorrow, you must find one incapable
of love or hatred, of hope or fear-one who
has no memory of the past and no thought
of the future-one who has no sympathy
with humanity, and no feeling in common
with the rest of his species.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-22
IN THE WRONG BOx.


The CO1n1cal EPISODE Of an Dnuuly
Excited Wife. i.5..se...i
A comical episode occurred a day or SO
ago at East Oakland, Call, which rather
paralyzed one family for the time being.
The owner of Box So in the branch post Of
flee there advertised for housekeeper
therefore it is needless to say he is a bachel-
or. Close to this box is Box 80, owned by
a married man; and into the married man S
box a reply, couched in choice and eager
language, from young woman anxious
for the position, found its way. The better
half of the owner of Box 80 happened to go
to the office, and, finding the letter, pro-
ceeded to open it without bothering about
the address, and after couple of readings
took in the sense of it and started home
with the letter in her hand at 2.40 gait
and demanded an explanation The owner
of the box was knocked galley west, "
as it We're, by the terrible charge of being
in correspondence with a young woman,
and for awhile could give no explanation
except to deny the charge; but all his de-
NAL was useless until he happened to look
at the envelope, and discovered that the
letter was intended for box So. That set
tied the matter, and peace once more reigns.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-22

No man can ever borrow himself ont of
debt. You must make more and spend less
than you did while you were running into
debt
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-22

There should be. methinks. as little
merit in loving woman for her beauty as
in loving a man for his prosperity, both
being equally subject TO change.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-22
GETTING NAMES INTO NEWSPAPERS.


How on earth do names get into papers?
Very simply Here is an example narrated
by the Albany Erpress: ''The present
writer, upon one occasion not very long ago
| remembers young man who brought a
personal item to this office and respectfully
asked that it be inserted He was favored
A week later the writer happened to be in a
restaurant. when he overheard the same
young man, who was unaware of the writer's
presence, loudly denouncing the Express
for publishing an innocent item which he
himself had brought to the office. The
press is often blamed for intrusion upon
privacy, especially in its so-called society
items. Yet very many Of the people who
roll up eyes of horror at the mention of their
names in connection with some s'event. o.
by a description of their costumes, are
simply and only canting hypocrites, who
have directly or indirectly given the item. :"
Very many others, who have not exerted
themselves to secure the publication would
yet have been grievously disappointed had
the item not appeared. Very many others
| still, who do not truly wish newspaper
publicity, are yet interested sufficiently in
their neighbors' doings to buy eagerly
those papers that furnish the greatest
amount of this kind of tattle. Then they
turn around and wonder why the papers
will publish such things. This is not a
| characteristic alone of Americas reading
| ~, LA
successes of London to-day? Henry
| Labouchere's society sheet, called Truth
and Edmund Yates society sheet, called
| the World. Both men have grown rich by
writing up gossip in spicy fashion-sossip
| that they CLEAN from the sets in which they
themselves mingle. and are gladly admitted
and for which they pay even titled members
of such cts to furnish them. How much
is London better off than Chicago on this
score? Not much We laugh at Chicago
because its Sunday papers, i'll common with
those of other Western cities. publish per-
sonals of the most villiage-like character
/ that are in general sent in. But the plea
sure which an obscure Chicago school miss
feels i'll reading how she is entertaining
another equally obscure school miss from
an adjoining burg is. after all, just the same
| feeling from which Editors Labouchere and
| Yates draw their fine Incomes Did you
ever see person read over newspaper
item that contained his name? Then ten
to one you saw somebody hugging himself
so evidently that he could not escape sharp
eyes in doing it. He thought all the world
saw it and he wa; proud Vanity of this
sort is sometimes pathetic. There lisa story
which noted Western editor used to tell
of his early reporting days. which is in
point. He met young woman of his
acquaintance one morning, and She
laughingly taxed him with putting in every
body else's name in town in his paper. but
| ignoring hers completely He. as laugh
| ingly promised ito give her an item on
the first opportunity. When next he saw
her the coroner was dragging her body out
| of the river. a suicide, and he gave her more
than column Waterbury diaerican.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-22
BABY HAS GONE TO SCHOOL.

The baby has gone to school nh me!
What will the mother do,
With never II call to button or pin, ., 5-..
Or tie Il little shoe? ...
How can she keep herself busy all day,
With the little "hindering thing away?
Another basket to fill with lunch,
Another goodbye to say,
And the mother stands Mt the door to see
Her baby march away;
And turns with sigh that Is half relief,
And half something akin 10 grief.
She thinks of possible future morn,
When the children one by one,
Will go from their home out into the world
To battle with life alone.
And not even the baby be left to cheer
The desolate home of that future year
She picks up garments here and there,
Thrown down in careless haste,
And tries to think how IL would seem
Ifnothing were displaced;
If the house were always rs still rs this,
How could she bear the loneliness?
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-22
STRANGE ATTITUDES AFTER DEATH.

One of the most striking examples of the
strange fact that | am about to study was
observed by Dr. Rossbach, of Wurtburg
upon the battle field of Beaumont, near
Soudan. in 1870. He found the corpse of a
soldier. half sitting, half reclining, upon the
ground. and delicately holding a tin cup
between his thumb and forefinger. and di-
recting it toward a mouth that was want
ing The poor man had, while in this po-
sition. been killed by cannon ball that
took off his head and all of his face except
the lower jaw. The body and arms at the
instant of death had suddenly taken on a
rigidity that caused them afterward to re-
main in that position in which they We're
when the head was removed. Twenty -four
hours had elapsed since the battle, when
DIR. Rossbach found the body in this state.
A detachment of United States soldiers
foraging around Goldsborough, n. c.,
came suddenly upon a small band of South
ern troopers who had dismounted. These
latter Immediately jumped into their sad
dies, and all seampered away except one,
after being exposed to one round of fire.
upright. one foot in his stirrup. In his
left hand he held the bride and the horse 5
name. while his right hand grasped the
barrel of his rifle. near the muzzle, the
stock of the gun resting ON the ground.
The horseman's head was turned toward
his right shoulder, apparently watching
the approach of the assailing party. Some
of the soldiers of the latter were preparing
to fire again, when their officers ordered
them to dcsist. and to go and make the
defiant man a prisoner. The latter upon
being ordered to surrender made no an
swer. When he was approached and ex-
amined it was found that he was dead and
rigid in the singular attitude We have
Just described. 1t took considerable of an
effort to force his left hand to remove the
horses name and to remove the rifle from
his right hand. When the body was laid
upon the ground. the limbs preserved the
same position and the same intiexibility.
This man had been struck 10y two balls
from Springfield rifles. One OF these had
entered to the right of the vertebral column
and had made its exit from the body near
the region of the heart 1t had left its
track upon the side of the saddle and then
dropped to the ground
The horse had remained quiet. as he was
fastened by halter.
The following is another incident: AT
the battle of Williamsburg. DR.. T. b. Reed
examined the body of United States zoll-
ave who had received a ball in the forehead
Just as he was climbing over a low fence.
He, likewise, had preserved the last atti-
tude of his life. One Of his legs was half
over the fence, while his body remained be-
hind. One hand, which was partially clos
cd. was raised level with his forehead, with
the palm forward. as if to shield himself
against some imminent danger.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-22


1t is not surprising in these days when
bank defalcatiOns are matters of almost
daily occurrence, when firms that have
enjoyed the entire confidence of the commu-
nifty, go by the board and are shown to be
worse, if possible, than hopelessly bank
rupt, and when men who, during long
lives were noted for their piety, Christian
zeal and good works, ETC., are proven to have
been thieves and swindlers for many years,
that those having investments should
feel apprehensive in regard to them.
Within the past three or four months
there have been so many shameful develop
ments in these directions that hundreds, yes,
thousands of persons have in single hour
been reduced from affiuence to almost want,
and the amount of distress resulting must
be very great And in the face of all these
disgraceful, and to SO many, painful facts,
we do not find public sentiment rising as it
should in prompt and decisive rebuke.
These glaring departures from the path
of honesty are not viewed as they should be.
The former responsibility of these big
scoundrels is interposed as a shield of de-
Tense between them and the feeling of in
dignation that should be arrayed against
them. The men who rob bank or firm
of millions and escape to Canada, or wher-
ever the laws of the country are powerless,
are made the subject of jokes and newspaper
pleasantries UNTIL if such grim iests reach
them, they must feel that their sins have
not been of very deep dye.
How wrong this is needs not be said. 1t
is prostitution of one of the most potent
of all agencies, for good or evil, to the very
worst purposes. 1.-THE press of the country
would rise to the true dignity of its calling
it would pursue these rascals until justice
would finally ovcrtake and punish Them
But as long as man may steal and steal
and be respectable, so long will men be
found ready to steal whenever opportunity
offers Open the Jail doors and turn the
rascals in.-Phiid. Star. fta
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-22

Happiness depends not SO much On means
and opportunities as ON the capacity Of
using them. And this depends 50 much on
experience and self-ccntrol that the prop
ability of happiness in old age il just ~
great, TO say the least, as 1t Is In youth.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-22
VOL. I.
THE PETRIFIED FERN.

In valley, centuries ago
Grew little fern leaf, green and slender,
Yeining delicate and fibres tender,
Waving when the wind crept down so low;
Rushes tall and grass and moss grew roundit
Playful sunbeams darted in and found il:
But no foot of man e'er came that way:
Earth was young and Keeping holiday.
Useless? Lost? There came thoughtful man.
Searching Natures secrets far and deep
From fissure In the rocky steep
He withdrew II stone DER which there ran
Fairy pencilings, quaint design.
Leakage, veinings, hbres, clear and fine,
And the ferns life lay in every line.
SO think God hides some lives away,
Sweetly to surprise us the last day.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-22
THE LOCKS ON THE TREASURY.

Many people throughout the country
ington have direct access to the funds of
the Government, and that they have only
to go to the Treasury, put in their hands,
and fill their pockets The care in regard
to every pension, whether it amounts to 81
a month or 500 week, will show how
carefully the money of the country is pro-
tected. The same rule holds good in re-
gard to all drafts upon the Treasury. The
pension must first be found to be all right
by the appropriate evidence, which is com
pared with the muster rolls and the records
in the War Department. 1t goes through a
number of hands, and if found all right,
requistion is made upon the Treasury for it.
This requisition for its payment must go
through thirteen bureaus before it can be
paid In the first place, you know, there
must be fund appropriated by Congress
for the payment of the class to which it
belongs and the appropriation must be
available before the requisition will be
made. Then it must be drawn up and
signed by the Commissioner of Pensions.
From him it goes to the Secretary of the
Interior, who signs it and sends it on to the
Comptroller of the Treasury. The second
Comptroller signs it and sends it to third
Auditor, who looks it over and passes it on
to the warrant division. From here it
goes to the Register ofthe Treasury who in
turn ayaminpS If and hands If over to the
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-22

Speaking without thinking is shooting
without taking aim.